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Apply to be a Summer Organizing Fellow – Miami Dade Democratic Party

By on April 18th, 2016

Are you ready to get off the sidelines, roll up your sleeves and fight for affordable higher education, healthcare for all, protect a woman’s right to choose, get serious on climate change, a comprehensive immigration reform bill, and win back the Supreme Court so we can overturn Citizens United.

If you’re ready, then fill out your application for the 2016 Summer Organizing Fellowship for the coordinated campaign. The fellowship starts on May 28 and ends in late August.

Summer fellows will be the core of our campaign to win up-and-down the ballot in November, as they were in 2012.

Apply today and get your start in progressive politics. Deadline to apply is May 21st.

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2016 SUMMER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AT LEGAL AID SERVICE OF BROWARD COUNTY AND COAST TO COAST LEGAL AID OF SOUTH FLORIDA

By on April 13th, 2016

The Summer Fellow program is for law school students with an interest in public interest law. The Fellow will spend 6 weeks at LAS/CCLA working directly with clients and staff attorneys. The Fellowship will take place during a mutually agreed upon and consecutive 6 week period between May 9, 2016 and August 26, 2016, and the Fellow will receive a $2,500 stipend. 

Important Dates:

April 27 (10:00-11:00 a.m.) Meet & Greet at Legal Aid Offices, 491 N State Road 7, Plantation Florida 33317. Attendance is not required or mandatory. This is an opportunity for candidates to learn more about the legal aid programs in Broward County and to ask any questions.

Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.

April 28 (4:00 p.m.) Application Deadline (Applications must be submitted via email and time stamped prior to 4:00 EST.)

May 2-4 Phone interviews with finalists.

May 4 Notification of Fellowship recipient.

May 6  Announcement at National Law Day. Fellow will be invited to attend the Broward County Law Day luncheon if their schedule permits.

For the application, please visit the CDO.

 

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ABA RPTE Law Student Writing Contest

By on April 11th, 2016

The goal of the ABA RPTE student writing contest is to encourage and reward law student writing on the subjects of real property or trust and estate law. The essay contest is designed to attract students to these law specialties, and to encourage scholarship and interest in these areas. Articles submitted for judging are encouraged to be of timely topics and have not been previously published. This contest is open to all law and LL.M students currently attending an ABA-accredited law school.

1st place:

  • $2,500 award
  • Free round-trip airfare and hotel accomodations to the RPTE Fall Leadership Meeting in Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 14-17, 2016. This is an excellent meeting to network with RPTE leadership!
  • One year free RPTE membership
  • Consideration for publication in The Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal, the Section’s law review journal, which is mailed to 20,000 RPTE members
  • Name and essay title will be published in the eReport, the Section’s electronic newsletter

2nd place: 

  • $1,450 award
  • One year free RPTE membership
  • Consideration for publication in The Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal, the Section’s law review journal, which is mailed to 20,000 RPTE members
  • Name and essay title will be published in the eReport, the Section’s electronic newsletter

3rd place: 

  • $1,000 award
  • One year free RPTE membership
  • Consideration for publication in The Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal, the Section’s law review journal, which is mailed to 20,000 RPTE members
  • Name and essay title will be published in the eReport, the Section’s electronic newsletter

Entries must be received by the Section no later than June 30, 2016. See the official contest rules and entry form for details.

More information, including official rules and applications, can be found on the website.

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Join the FBA’s South Florida Chapter for a Lunch Featuring Bruce Moyer, Counsel for Government Relations to the Federal Bar Association

By on April 6th, 2016

Please join the FBA’s South Florida Chapter on April 13, 2016 for a lunch featuring guest speaker Bruce Moyer, Counsel for Government Relations to the Federal Bar Association.   Mr. Moyer will discuss the federal courts and election year politics, including the current vacancy at the U.S. Supreme Court and at other federal courts.

Mr. Moyer advises and represents the FBA in Washington on policy issues that involve the federal court system, its funding, operations, and jurisprudence.  His column, Washington Watch, appears regularly in The Federal Lawyer magazine.  He is an attorney, registered lobbyist, and the principal of The Moyer Group, a firm specializing in government relations and public policy.

For tickets, please visit this link.

When:                 Wednesday, April 13, 2016 

Where:               Hyatt Regency Miami
                                400 SE 2nd Avenue
                                Miami, FL    33131 

Time:                   11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Cost:                     $50.00 for non-members
                                $35.00 for members
                                $20.00 for government, young (< 5 years), academic lawyers & students
 

 

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This Week at the CDO (Week of March 28, 2016)

By on March 28th, 2016

Wednesday, March 30, 2016:

  • Careers in Patent Law and the Patent Bar Exam – 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Law School Campus Room E-265: Practising Law Institute will meet with Patent-Bar-eligible students to talk about careers in intellectual property law and the Patent Office Exam. For any questions, please contact the CDO.
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The Deadline for the 2015-2016 Beveridge & Diamond Constitutional Environmental Law Writing Competition is April 4th!

By on March 28th, 2016

The deadline for the 2015-2016 Beveridge & Diamond Constitutional Environmental Law Writing Competition is fast approaching! Entries must be received no later than 11:59 pm ET on Monday, April 4, 2016.

Students should email entries (and any questions) to Talia Fox. 

Organized by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and the National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS), this annual competition invites law students from across the country to submit papers exploring current issues of constitutional environmental law. The winner will receive a $2000 cash prize, an offer of publication in ELI’s flagship journal, the Environmental Law Reporter(ELR), and a one-year individual membership to ELI.

For more information about the competition and past winners, please visit the website or CDO Blog post here.

 

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Prestigious Awards and Fellowships 101 – Wednesday, March 30, at 1:00 pm in the Hecht Residential College Faculty Master Apartment #122

By on March 24th, 2016

Are you interested in applying for Prestigious Awards and Fellowships, but you don’t know where to begin? Join April Dobbins, Director of Prestigious Awards and Fellowships, for this information session that will cover the basics of applying for nationally and internationally competitive awards and fellowships such as the Rhodes Scholarship and the Fulbright, Boren, and Gates Cambridge awards.

Learn how to secure stellar letters of recommendation and write compelling personal statements. Find the awards that are right for you. For more information, contact April Dobbins via email.

 

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2016 Law Student Writing Competition

By on March 22nd, 2016

The National Law Review is hosting its 2016 Law Student Writing Competition. The National Law Review (NLR) consolidates practice-oriented legal analysis from a variety of sources for easy access by lawyers, paralegals, law students, business executives, insurance professionals, accountants, compliance officers, human resource managers, and other professionals who wish to better understand specific legal issues relevant to their work.

The NLR Law Student Writing Competition offers law students the opportunity to submit articles for publication consideration on the NLR Web site.

Each month’s entries will be judged and the top two to four articles chosen will be published on the NLR website.

Submissions are now being accepted. 

Suggested Topics:

  • Cyber-security Issues – Major data breaches, EU Privacy Shield, Wearable Devices,Medical Devices​
    Election 2016 Coverage
  • Tax Issues
  • Constitutional Issues – First Amendment, Gun Control
  • Employment Issues – Ban the Box Laws, Minimum Wage,Transgender Accommodations, Age/Sex Discrimination

Articles covering current issues related to other areas of the law may also be submitted. 

How to Submit:

Entries for March must be must be submitted via email to lawschools@natlawreview.com by 5:00 pm Central Standard Time March 31, 2016.

For complete submission guidelines and accompanying materials go to:Submission Guidelines.

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You’re Invited to a Webinar on: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S HONORS PROGRAM AND SUMMER LAW INTERN PROGRAM AT DOJ

By on March 21st, 2016

You’re Invited to a Webinar on: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S HONORS PROGRAM AND SUMMER LAW INTERN PROGRAM AT DOJ.

Hosted by: Rena J. Cervoni, Deputy Director and Trisha A. Fillbach, Assistant Director, Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management. In a brief webinar, we will discuss the timeline, eligibility, application, and answer your questions about the process. You have four opportunities to attend.

Please RSVP via email for one session by Monday, March 28, 2016. Please include your name, title, school, and the date you choose to attend.

Participation is limited to the first 100 respondents for each session. These are the sessions: 

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Thursday, March 31, 2016

12:00 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) or 3:00 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time)

AND

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Friday, April 8, 2016

3:00 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) 12:00 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time

 

 

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The OnRamp Fellowship for Female Lawyers

By on March 18th, 2016

The OnRamp Fellowship matches experienced women lawyers who have taken a break from practicing law, for one reason or another, with law firms and legal departments for one-year, paid Fellowships.  This re-entry platform gives returning women lawyers a chance to broaden their legal experience, skills and contacts while demonstrating their tremendous value in the marketplace.

The initiative started in January 2014 with four major law firms and has expanded to include Akerman, Baker Donelson, White & Case and 22 other leading law firms, as well as Amazon’s legal department, HPE’s legal department and Barclay’s compliance group. Together, these organizations have posted more than 200 Fellowship positions — 3 of which are located in Florida.

Miami: Akerman – 1 position – Real Estate; White & Case – 1 position – Bank Finance

Orlando: Baker Donelson – 1 position – Health Information Technology

You can view all of the open positions by clicking here.  The goal of the Fellowship is to increase the number of experienced women in legal organizations. For more information, please visit OnRampFellowship.com.