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Securities Law Presentation – Law Students Welcome

By on October 18th, 2010

The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section and the Dade County Bar Association’s Business Law Committee Present:

Demystifying the Securities Laws: A Practitioners Approach to Getting the Deal Done

The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section and the Dade County Bar Association’s Business Law Committee present “Demystifying the Securities Laws: A Practitioners Approach to Getting the Deal Done.” This event will be held on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 from 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. The 1.0 hour CLE will be presented by Alan H. Aronson of Akerman Senterfitt. You may attend this event either in person or by telephone conferencing.

For those attending in person, the session will be held at:

Akerman Senterfitt

One SE Third Avenue

25th Floor

Miami, Florida 33131

A call-in number will be provided one day prior to the course to the participants attending by telephone conference. Please mute your line for the duration of the call, unless you wish to speak or ask a question.

Law students are encouraged to participate in this event.

Please RSVP (and indicate whether participating in person or telephonically) to Alan Aronson. You are welcome to take your own lunch.

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ABA Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP)

By on October 18th, 2010

The Judicial Intern Opportunity Program is a full-time, six-week minimum, summer internship program open to all first- or second-year minority and/or economically disadvantaged law students who want to do legal research and writing for state or federal judges in participating cities. Participating judges are from Illinois; Texas; Miami, FL; Phoenix, AZ; Washington, DC; Philadelphia, PA: Seattle, Washington; Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA. Interns will receive an award of $1,500.

The mission of the Judicial Intern Opportunity Program is to provide opportunities to students who are members of racial and ethnic groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the profession. The program also provides opportunities to students with disabilities, students who are economically disadvantaged and students who identify themselves as LGBT. To assist you in identifying how you qualify for this program please click here.

The program is only open to students who have not previously participated as an intern in the program. Students applying to the program must submit a completed application, grades (second-year students), resume, legal writing sample and a statement of interest. Students may rank location preferences on their application; however students may not request particular judges or courts.

Screening interviews will be conducted to better determine student qualifications. Only qualified students will be sent on for judicial interviews. Judicial interviews will continue until all positions are filled.

To apply CLICK HERE.  Your application must be submitted by the January 7,2011 deadline.

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This Week at the CDO (Week of October 18, 2010)

By on October 18th, 2010

Welcome back from Fall Break!

October 18 – October 22

Fall OCI Program interviews continue in the CDO and Law Library

October 22-23

Equal Justice Works Conference, Washington, DC

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Legal Services of New Jersey Public Interest Legal Fellowship Program for 1L and 2L Students

By on October 15th, 2010

Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ) invites applications from 1L and 2L students for the Deborah T. Poritz Summer Public Interest Legal Fellowship Program for the summer of 2011.  The program’s purpose is to promote public interest and poverty law opportunities for interested law students.

Application forms and brochures may be viewed at the LSNJ website.   Interested students are encouraged to apply early as hiring decisions will be made on a rolling basis.

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U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Positions Available

By on October 15th, 2010

The U.S. Department of State is accepting applications for Foreign Service General Services Officer positions. Click here for more information, and to start the online application process.  The deadline to submit completed applications is November 1, 2010.

Please note: the Gateway to State online application system will be unavailable during the weekend of October 23-24, 2010. Applications-in-progress will be accessible and available for submission after that weekend.

Applicants must be U. S. citizens between the ages of 21 and 59, able to qualify for a top secret security clearance, and available to serve world-wide. Please read the vacancy for all qualifications and requirements.

Foreign Service General Services Officers (GSOs) serve at many of the approximately 265 Foreign Service posts throughout the world, at Department of State locations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, in New York at the United States Mission to the United Nations, and at the Florida Regional Center in Ft. Lauderdale. Primary responsibilities include the management of physical resources and logistical functions at United States embassies and consulates, and service to other U.S. Government agencies. GSOs are responsible for the overall management of General Services Operations (or some portion of these operations), the supervision of the subordinate staff, and the actual performance of some or all of the following functions. The GSO normally works under the direction of the Management Officer/Counselor and is a service provider to the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS) Council at post.

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Echoing Green Fellowship

By on October 15th, 2010

Echoing Green is looking for our newest class of fellows! For nearly 25 years, Echoing Green has focused its efforts on identifying and funding promising social entrepreneurs to help them launch innovative social change organizations worldwide.  We’ve invested close to $30 million in seed funding to nearly 500 social entrepreneurs who work to solve deep-rooted problems in the world through their innovative ideas.  Echoing Green has helped launch Teach For America, City Year, Genocide Intervention Network, The SEED School, Global Fund for Children and hundreds of others. Now we’re looking for the next generation talent to deliver bold solutions and social change.

Fellows can receive up to $90,000 over a two-year fellowship. Interested? Apply by November 12, 2010: www.echoinggreen.org/fellowship. The 2011 Echoing Green Fellowship application is now open and will remain available through November 12, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. Please note that no late applications will be accepted.


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Exellent Networking Opportunity with the Greater Miami Alumni Club

By on October 14th, 2010

BNI Networking Breakfast – Tuesday, October 19th, 6:45 to 8:30 a.m.

$20/GUEST FOR BREAKFAST;  BUSINESS ATTIRE

The Greater Miami Alumni Club of University of Miami invites you to network with the local Success Link chapter of Business Networking International (BNI) at Jungle Island (1111 Parrot Jungle Trail, Miami, FL)! BNI is a category exclusive networking group that has chapters all over the world and offers the opportunity to share ideas, contacts, and business referrals. This event will include breakfast ($20/guest) and provide everyone the opportunity to give a “60 second commercial” about yourself and your business.

Please note that this networking event will be hosted by BNI and will follow their category exclusive procedures accordingly. If you conflict with a current member’s business category you will not be allowed to give a “60 second commercial” (for example only one financial advisor, one personal injury attorney, one bankruptcy attorney, etc.). Please check the BNI website to see which categories of business are available for this BNI chapter, Success Link event.

If your category of business has already been taken by a current member, please note that the Greater Miami Alumni Club is planning similar future networking events in partnership with BNI, as well as other types of networking and career development events.

To R.S.V.P. or for additional information, please contact Greater Miami Alumni Club President, Michael Stewart, B.B.A. ’00, M.B.A. ’04.

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Books & Books Event with former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida

By on October 14th, 2010

Kendall Coffey – Spinning the Law

Mon, 10/25/2010 – 6:30pm

Kendall Coffey, former U.S. Attorney for South Florida and a widely recognized legal commentator – representing Al Gore and Elian Gonzalez, to name a few – offers an engrossing exposé of the central place media spin has come to hold in the American system of justice inSpinning the Law: Trying Cases in the Court of Public Opinion (Prometheus Books, $26).  Spinning the Law draws on Coffey’s extensive experience as a witness and participant in the growing importance of winning in the court of public opinion, and also provides an entertaining look at spin in famous trials through the ages, from Socrates to Joan of Arc, from Aaron Burr to the Lindbergh kidnapping. A behind-the-scenes analysis of media strategies not taught in law school or journalism classes, this collection of entertaining examples and explanations makes for ideal reading for everyone fascinated by celebrity legal problems.

Location:

Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave.
Coral Gables, FL 33134

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American College of Legal Medicine 2011 Student Writing Competition

By on October 14th, 2010

Every year, the American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM) presents an award for the outstanding original paper on legal medicine. All students studying law, dentistry, podiatry, nursing, pharmacy, health science, healthcare administration or public health are encouraged to compete.  Prizes to be awarded:

Hirsh Award Winner – $1,000
2nd Prize – $500
3rd Prize – $250

The first place paper will be named the Hirsh Award Winner. In addition, the ACLM will pay the Hirsh Award Winner’s costs of travel & lodging to present his or her paper at the ACLM 2011 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

Click here for full details on the writing competition.

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Sarasota County Bar Association Diversity Scholarship

By on October 14th, 2010

The Sarasota County Bar Association Diversity Scholarship Fund is intended to provide an opportunity for first through third year law students of under-represented minority backgrounds (e.g. race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, physical disability, or socioeconomic background) who have an interest in practicing law in Sarasota County upon graduation, to obtain summer placement in private law firms and governmental agencies in Sarasota County, Florida, so that they and potential employers in the Sarasota County legal community may establish a connection. At the conclusion of their summer employment in a law firm or governmental agency, the law school the student attends will receive scholarship funds of no less than $2,000.00 per student to be used by the student to continue his or her education.

To apply, students must complete an application and return it to the Community Foundation of Sarasota, FL by January 14, 2011.  To obtain a copy of the application, please email the CDO.