News from Knowles 
Reminders, Announcements and Administrative Updates 
  • Winter Break Building Closures: see the building hours here or on Canvas.
  • All 1Ls received a notification about the modified spring semester calendar in October. You can see the calendar here.
  • New course announcement: Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Podcast Course, Spring 2021 This pilot interdisciplinary course is a partnership between the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) at the School of Law, and the School of Journalism. Working in teams, students will produce podcasts on racially-motivated homicides, including lynchings and police killings, in the Jim Crow South from 1930-1970, drawn from cases from the CRRJ Burnham-Nobles Archive. The course is 3 credits, admission is by application, and enrollment is capped at 5 law students. There are no prerequisites. If you might be interested in taking this course, or if you have questions, please email Katie Sandson at k.sandson@northeastern.edu. This will help the instructors gauge interest in this new course offering.
  • *Call for Talent* CISP is hosting the Annual No Talent Show on Thursday, January 21st, with details to follow! All proceeds from this event will go to fund public interest co-op scholarships! Sign-up to perform an act at the show. Everyone is encouraged to participate, both those with and "without" talent. Perform a skit, do impressions of your professors, play an instrument, or have your dog do tricks. All acts are welcome! If you are interested in performing, email smith.ryan1@northeastern.edu or wall.d@northeastern.edu. You do not need a thought-through act at this stage, just an interest; we will ask for details as the event draws closer.
  • Don't forget to check out the Outside Scholarship page! There are over 10 scholarships with December deadlines.
Week of
Dec. 21, 2020
In this Issue
Deadline Lowdown
Co-op, Graduation Requirement, and Other Upcoming Administrative Deadlines
  • Upcoming Co-op Deadlines: 
    The first supplemental deadline for Spring 2021 co-ops will be Tuesday, January 5th. 
    The next Main Deadline for Summer 2021 co-ops will be Tuesday, January 20th.
Office Hours 411
This Week's Administrative Office Hours, Appointments, and Drop-by Schedules
  • Financial Aid Appointments: the office of financial aid is currently working remotely. To schedule an appointment with either Hillary Werner or Linda Schoendorf please use this link. You can also email us at lawfinaid@northeastern.edu.
  • The Dean's Suite (120 Knowles) will be open Monday-Wednesday, 9-5.  
  • NULR Office Hours Open to All: Have a Bluebooking question? Need guidance on fact checking? Want advice on publishing your work? The Northeastern University Law Review's office hours are open to you and all NUSL students! We offer a couple different options, as follows:
    • Office Hours with our Managing Editors (Winter Quarter Schedule): Thursdays 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Zoom link here.
    • Office Hours with BIPOC Leadership (Winter Quarter Schedule): Thursdays 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Zoom link here. Meeting ID: 921 3113 1765. Passcode: 271912.
Events Round-Up: This Week
Events & Programs at Northeastern & Beyond
  • Wednesday, December 23: Tis the Season: Confronting Racism Over the Holidays 
    In response to a request from MLSA leadership, and with feedback from leadership of other LSAs, MLSA's White Caucus is going to be holding some space throughout the year for white folks to work on deepening our understanding of various harmful behaviors that we frequently impose on the NUSL community, particularly our BIPOC peers. 
    This month, we will discuss strategies to call in family members when they say something racist. We will reflect on some short articles that you can access via the google drive link below, and we will also be developing individual action plans. 
     
    This event will be held Wednesday, Dec. 23 from 5:10-6:10 pm EST. Zoom Link can be found here. Link for readings.
Save the Date
Events to Register For or Put on Your Calendar
  • Spring Clinics Zoom Information Session. The Clinics will be holding a virtual Zoom informational session regarding their spring 2021 clinic opportunities Monday, January 4th,between 6-7pm. If you are interested in participating in the Community Business Clinic, Domestic Violence Clinic, Immigrant Justice Clinic, IP CO-LAB, or Poverty Law and Practice Clinic this spring quarter, please join us to learn more about these opportunities and to ask any questions you may have for the faculty. For questions, please contactlawclinics@northeastern.edu. Join the Zoom Meeting here. (Meeting ID: 910 0158 8343, Passcode: 994813) 

  • The Post- Graduate Job Search for 3Ls: Monday, January 11, 2021, 12:10 - 1:30 pm. Join advisors from the Center for Co-op and Career Development for a discussion about the post-grad job search. More details to follow.
Apply Yourself
RA, TA, and Work-Study Positions around Campus 
  • Professor Blaine G. Saito is looking for TAs for his Spring 1L Contracts class. Students must have a strong academic record, particularly in contracts. Work study students strongly preferred. If interested please send entire transcript, resume, and cover letter to b.saito@northeastern.edu.
  • Professor Haupt seeks Research Assistants for the winter and spring quarters. Project involves research on professional speech and torts. Ideally, students will have taken First Amendment class. Open to work study and non-work study. Please send expression of interest, CV, and unofficial transcript to  c.haupt@northeastern.edu
  • Classroom Facilitator: Assist assigned faculty member with classroom management in order to make the remote or hybrid classroom experience seamless for all students. The exact contours of your responsibilities will vary depending on your assigned faculty member. However, this is not a Teaching Assistant (TA) position, and you will not be expected to provide substantive support to the faculty or students.  Please click this link to apply. In the survey, you will be asked to select which courses you are able to facilitate; we are currently finalizing the list of courses and meeting times. Please see this flier for more information. Application Deadline is December 11th.
Distinguish Yourself 
Opportunities for Student Distinction
  • The application for the 2nd year of the Initiative for a Representative First Amendment (IfRFA) fellowship is now open! IfRFA provides summer funding to 1Ls and 2Ls from backgrounds underrepresented in First Amendment law. Hosted by Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, IfRFA provides funded fellowships to law students at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities who are interested in First Amendment work. Applications are open from now until January 11th. Applicants can find out more at our website. For your perusal, the application questions can be found here. To apply, students must submit this form. 
      
  • is now accepting entries for the 2021 contest! Eligible second or third-year law students are welcome to submit original essays on any aspect of family law. First, second, and third-place winners are awarded monetary prizes, as well as publication of the winning entries on the Section's website, and more! See a flyer here or the website. Submissions are due Friday, April 9th, 2021.
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  • The Washington Attorneys with Disabilities Association is thrilled to offer a scholarship to be granted this academic year to a law student who has shown commitment to helping promote meaningful inclusion of people with disabilities throughout the legal profession and by sharing the personal experience of a person with disabilities while pursuing a legal career. Please see the attached for additional information or visit the WADA website. An additional information sheet for recommenders can be found here. Applications and supporting materials are due March 30, 2021.
     
  • This year's American Indian Law Review national writing competition is now welcoming papers from students at accredited law schools in the United States and Canada.  Papers will be accepted on any legal issue specifically concerning American Indians or other indigenous peoples.  Three cash prizes will be awarded: $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place, and $250 for third place.  Each of the three winning authors will also be awarded an eBook copy of Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law, provided by LexisNexis. The deadline for entries is Friday, February 26, 2021, at 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. For further information on eligibility, entry requirements, and judging criteria, see the attached PDF rules sheet or the AILR writing competition website at http://www.ailr.net/writecomp.
  • The New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) is currently accepting submissions for the Hon. William C. Conner Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition. The Hon. William C. Conner Writing Competition was established to recognize exceptionally written papers that are submitted by law students and is presented each year at the Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner. The competition is open to students enrolled in a J.D. or LL.M. program (day or evening). The subject matter must be directed to one of the traditional subject areas of intellectual property, i.e., patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, antitrust, and data security/privacy issues. Entries must be submitted electronically by Sunday, February 28, 2021, to Richard Brown, rbrown@daypitney.com. Find more information here.
  • The Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality (GCWS) is hosting a graduate student conference "Radical Love Across Difference" next semester from April 9-11, 2021. This free conference will be held virtually and they encourage graduate students from all disciplines to submit their papers, projects, and works of various mediums. The GCWS conference "Radical Love Across Difference" welcomes proposals from graduate students in all areas of study. Proposals may come in the form of papers, films, art, performance, visual art, or alternate forms not listed above. Submissions due: January 10, 2021, Conference dates: April 9-11, 2021. Learn more about the conference here, or submit a proposal here.
  • The NLR Law Student Writing Competition offers law students the opportunity to submit articles for publication consideration on the NLR Web site.  No entry fee is required. Applicants can submit an unlimited number of entries each month.  Entries are reviewed October through May, when school is in session. Entries must be submitted via email to lawschools@natlawreview.com by 5:00 pm Central Standard Time by the last day of the month.
  • The Law Review Online Forum is accepting submissions from students to write a blog post on any legal or policy topic. The Forum provides an opportunity for NUSL students to publish an article, gain writing experience, and express their views. All posts are between 250 and 1,500 words and follow a blog-style format. The Forum is particularly looking for students to respond to current events. More information can be found here. Current posts are viewable here. Email your questions or proposal to forum.nulr@northeastern.edu.
  • The Law Review's online counterpart Extra Legal is accepting article submissions from faculty and students. Extra Legal is aimed at publishing legal commentaries that support legal professionals and facilitate ongoing discussion of emerging legal issues. Submissions should be between 2,000 and 5,000 words and written as a formal Law Review article. Extra Legal is particularly looking for responses to current events. More information can be found here. Current posts are available here. Email your questions or proposals to extralegal.nulr@northeastern.edu.
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