{"id":187,"date":"2009-02-16T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=187"},"modified":"2009-02-16T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-16T16:55:00","slug":"this-week-at-the-cdo-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"This Week at the CDO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center; font-family: georgia;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\">Monday, February 16<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family: georgia;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">FLORIDA SUPREME COURT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM INFORMATION MEETING POSTPONED (1L and 2L students)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The Florida Supreme Court Internship Program Information Session scheduled for today, Monday, February 16, has been postponed.  The new meeting date is <\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\">Monday, February 23 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 110<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">.  Former interns will be on hand to answer questions about their experiences at the Supreme Court. The application and selection processes will also be discussed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Applications for the summer 2009 Florida Supreme Court Internship Program for Distinguished Law Students are now available in the Career Development Office, Room A112. First and second year students are eligible to apply. The application deadline is now Friday, February 27, 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-family: georgia;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\">Tuesday, February 17<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;\">U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OCI BIDDING ENDS (1L and 2L students)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">Bidding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ends on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family: georgia;\">Tuesday, February 17 at 11:00 p.m.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">  <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">DHS will be on campus on March 4 to interview prospective candidates.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;\">SPRING OCI (FEBRUARY PHASE) INTERVIEWS BEGIN (all students)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Those students interviewing during the February phase of OCI should check in at the front desk of the CDO 10 minutes prior to their interviews.  Good luck to all interviewing students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-family: georgia;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\">Wednesday, February 18<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-weight: bold;\">FLYING SOLO:  EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OPENING YOUR OWN SHOP (all students)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Join Spencer Aronfeld (JD &#8217;91), a successful alumnus and one of our most dynamic speakers, as he gives his annual, highly acclaimed presentation, &#8220;Flying Solo:  Everything You Need to Know About Opening Your Own Shop.&#8221;  The presentation will be held on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Wednesday, February 18 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 108<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">.  This is a fun, energetic and extremely informative program, which is one of the most popular with students each and every year.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);\">CORAL GABLES BAR ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON (all students)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">You are cordially invited to the following Coral Gables Bar Association Luncheon:<br \/>When:       Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 11:45-1:00 pm<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Speaker:  Attorney General Bill McCollum<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Topic:       Duties of the office and some of his initiatives regarding cyber crimes and the growth of gangs in the state<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Location:  Westin Colonnade Hotel, 180 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, FL<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Member Cost:         $30.00                      Non-Member Cost:         $35.00<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">RSVP to:   <\/span><a style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coralgablesbar.org\/\">www.coralgablesbar.org<\/a><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Make checks payable to:  Coral Gables Bar Association.  *Please bring check to luncheon*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">Thursday, February 19<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);\">HOW TO MANAGE YOUR LOANS AND LAND THE RIGHT JOB (all students)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The CDO and the Office of Financial Aid present &#8220;How to Manage Your Loans and Land the Right Job&#8221; with guest speaker Alexander Rundlet, an associate at Podhurst Orseck.  Prior to joining the firm, he worked in the public sector in several capacities, as a federal law clerk, a post-graduate fellow and public defense attorney.  Mr. Rundlet will share his experience in meeting his financial obligations on a public sector salary and the CDO and Office of Financial Aid will offer tips on how to manage your student loans at various pay levels.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\">Join us on Thursday, February 19 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 108<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\">***A word about the March Phase of Spring OCI***<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">To accommodate the delay in completing the student ranking process, bidding for the March phase of the Spring 2009 OCI program will begin late this week.  An email will be sent to all students with information at that time.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, February 16 FLORIDA SUPREME COURT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM INFORMATION MEETING POSTPONED (1L and 2L students)The Florida Supreme Court Internship Program Information Session scheduled for today, Monday, February 16, has been postponed. The new meeting date is Monday, February 23 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 110. 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