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News from Knowles
Reminders, Announcements and Administrative Updates
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Community Forum: Grappling with the Role of the Law, Lawyers, and Legal Education in the Insurrection. The School of Law will convene at 6-7.30PM on Wednesday, Feb. 24 for a virtual community forum to grapple with questions surrounding the recent events in Washington, D.C. See the full listing in the events section.
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There is still time to apply for the NUSL Emergency Fund! This fund provides limited emergency financial assistance to students who have experienced unanticipated hardship resulting from COVID-19. Please complete the application and email it to l.schoendorf@northeastern.edu
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Student Organization Leaders: Please make sure that your contact information is correctly listed here.
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NuLawLab New World Webinars: Join on Fridays activity period (3/26 - 4/9) for webinars on the pandemic response habits and innovations worth keeping around. More info here. Register here.
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IAPP Data Privacy/CIPP-US Certification
Are you interested in privacy certification with the International Association for Privacy Professionals (IAPP)? Do you plan to begin your studies for certification this spring? If so, please contact Toni Morgan, Managing Director, CLIC, at to.morgan@northeastern.edu by Friday, March 5th to begin your registration.
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Northeastern University's undergraduate chapter of Phi Alpha Delta is in the process of developing a mentorship program to connect pre-law students with law school students. The proposed program has already received a lot of interest from undergraduate members, many of whom are still determining whether law school is the right path for them. They are currently looking for NUSL students who would be willing to serve as mentors to those members, helping them navigate the law schools admissions process and answering any questions they may have about law school. If you may be interested in serving as a mentor and helping develop this program reach out to the undergraduate Phi Alpha Delta chair, Shane Gravel at nuphialphadeltavolunteering@gmail.com.
- Good news everybody! The Law Library is proud to announce access to an online collection of legal study aids. Need some help understanding your course materials from well-established experts? Need some practice with multiple-choice questions? Is COVID-19 an obstacle to consulting print study aids? Then this is the tool for you! Consult the Understanding,Mastering, Q&A, Skills & Values and A Student's Guide series. You can access the study aids anywhere, anytime, on any device with no restrictions. Initially access the Legal Study Aids Collection with your Northeastern credentials. Thereafter your computer/device will remember your access and personalized account. https://lexisdl.com/library/northeastern/. If you need any help with access, please contact LawLibrary@northeastern.edu.
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Deadline Lowdown
Co-op, Graduation Requirement, and Other Upcoming Administrative Deadlines
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Upcoming Co-op Deadlines: The next supplemental deadline for Summer 2021 collecting co-ops is on Tuesday, 3/2 at 11:59 pm Eastern.
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Spring Quarter Deadlines: the add deadline for spring quarter classes is Monday, February 22nd. The deadline to drop a class (without a W) is March 8th.
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Office Hours 411
This Week's Administrative Office Hours, Appointments, and Drop-by Schedules
- ASA Office Hours: ASA will have drop-by office hours during Activities Period (12:30-1:30) on Wednesday, February 24 in 56/59 Cargill. Please email lawstudentaffairs@northeastern.edu to set up an appointment to speak with ASA.
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Co-op Office Drop-by Hours: In-Person Drop-by Hours: Tuesday 2/23 from 1- 2 pm, Wednesday 2/24 from 3 - 4 pm, Thursday 2/25 from 2 - 3 pm. Virtual Drop-by Hours: Monday 2/22 from 9:30 - 10:30 am. Meet with Kristen on Zoom here. (Meeting ID: 984 0648 0581, Passcode: NUSL); Friday 2/26 from 2-3 pm. Meet with Naomi on Zoom here. (Meeting ID: 501 674 7377, Password: 514215)
- 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.
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Law Library: Away from campus this quarter? You can still schedule an appointment with a librarian! Click here and set up a meeting on Teams today!
- The Dean's Suite (120 Knowles) will be open Monday-Friday, 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.
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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.
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Forum office hours: Fridays 12 pm, for individuals interested in writing. The zoom link for the office hours is on the law review website: http://nulawreview.org/onlineforum
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Events Round-Up: This Week
Events & Programs at Northeastern & Beyond
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 Wednesday, February 24: Grappling with the Role of the Law, Lawyers, and Legal Education in the Insurrection: A Community Forum
The recent violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was an event of monumental historical significance. In its aftermath, the mantra "this is not who we are" has dominated the political discourse. But in a number of ways, the events of January 6th are symptomatic of a legacy of white supremacy, violent oppression, and other troubling elements foundational to the American experiment. For the legal community, these events-and their broader context-present special challenges, including individual acts of lawyers and law enforcement in facilitating the siege of the Capitol, broader critiques of the structural oppression inherent to "rule of law," and implications for legal education and legal academy.
The School of Law will convene at 6-7.30PM on Wednesday, Feb. 24 for a virtual community forum to grapple with these and other questions surrounding the recent events in Washington, D.C.
The event will unfold as follows:
1. Introductory remarks by Dean James Hackney and Mahathi Vemireddy '22
2. Panel featuring brief reflections, featuring Wendy Parmet, Hemanth Gundavaram, and Siri Nelson, '19
3. Community forum and discussion, moderated by Mahathi Vemireddy '22
All members of the NUSL community are encouraged to participate
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Wednesday, February 24: Equal Justice Works Virtual Event: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST. An overview presentation of all the law student and postgraduate opportunities offered by Equal Justice Works, followed by breakout sessions with EJW staff, Fellows and alumni, student representatives, and National Advisory Committee members. See more details and register here!
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Wednesday, February 24: ASA would like to invite you to the next cooking class in our faculty chef series! Cook a new recipe with a faculty member over zoom and get to know your professors and other members of the NUSL community. Professor Hartzog will be cooking Campfire Black Bean Chili at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, February 24th. Please RSVP here to receive the zoom link and recipe; sign up by Monday, February 22nd, to be eligible to enter a gift card raffle to offset the cost of ingredients.
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Wednesday, February 24: Please join WLC and NUSL alumnx on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 7 pm for a panel career event. WLC and our alumnx have prepared this event to both showcase the wide range of potential post-graduate career paths, including housing law, public policy, family law, and a public defender, as well as provide insight into what it really looks like to be a womxn in the legal field. Because we want to respect the time of our alumnx, please RSVP to the event via this link. We look forward to seeing you there! Meeting ID: 962 0311 4732
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Thursday, February 25: Join NUSL If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice for a Coffee Chat on Feb. 25, 2021 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm EST with Mehreen Butt, Esq, Associate Director of Policy and Government Affairs at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. See a flyer here. There will be plenty of time for Q&A on policy advocacy surrounding reproductive justice! Zoom link: https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/94013237804
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Thursday, February 25: Socially Conscious Investing Club is hosting its first meeting of the new quarter on February 25th at 6pm. Are you interested in learning about how public interest can effectuate real, positive change using investing? Please join us! The club will be discussing upcoming plans for the semester including (1) a lecture series on helping students understand investing with confirmed participants from impact investing firms, Big Law, and others; and (2) continued experiential learning opportunities working with a student-run impact fund. No investment experience is needed, just an interest! The Zoom link here. Any questions please reach out to Alexandre Miranda at miranda.al@northeastern.edu
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Thursday, February 25: The Family Law and Juvenile Justice Society (FLJJS) will be holding a roundtable with Boston-area lawyers specializing in family law and juvenile justice on February 25 at 6 P.M. The roundtable can be accessed at the following zoom link:
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Thursday, February 25: EVENT: Lost and Found: Intellectual Property, Race and Restorative Justice
Thursday, February 25, 2021 | 6:00 - 7:30 PM
In 1857, an enslaved blacksmith named Ned used his skills and creativity to design an improved plow. The efforts of his enslaver to patent Ned's invention led to a formal statement by the US attorney general that no inventions of African Americans, enslaved or free, were eligible for patent protection.
In the 21st century, Black Americans make up an estimated 0.3% of US-born innovators. Please join us for an interdisciplinary conversation exploring the racial gap in invention and patenting in the past and present, considering how IP regimes have been used to exploit BIPOC intellect and creatorship and what is needed to reverse this historic inequity and use IP regimes to develop a more equitable society.
Speakers include:
Shontavia Johnson; Licensed patent attorney; host of The Shontavia Show; founder of Brand+Business Academy; associate vice president for entrepreneurship and innovation at Clemson University
Akiba Abaka; Artist entrepreneur; creative producer at ArtsEmerson; founder and artistic director of the former Up You Mighty Race Company
Luke Blackadar '14; Director of Legal Services, Arts & Business Council
Timothy M. Kobba '22
Abby Plummer '22
Professor Kara W. Swanson; Professor of Law and History, Northeastern University
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Events Round-Up: Next Week
Events & Programs at Northeastern & Beyond
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Career Perspectives: Practicing Immigration Law at a Non-Profit Organization: Monday, March 1st, 12:10 - 1:30 pm via Zoom. Please join the Co-op Office for a discussion with immigration attorneys practicing at a variety of non-profits across the country. Learn about the different perspectives and approaches to practicing immigration law and serving immigrant communities, as well as the day-to-day work at a non-profit. Panelists will include: Aneesha Gandhi (NUSL '12), Managing Attorney of the LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative at the National Immigrant Justice Center; Jessie Hahn (NUSL '10), Labor & Employment Policy Attorney at the National Immigration Law Center; Adriana Rodriguez, Director of Recruitment, Training and Operation at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.; and Jessica Yamane (NUSL '14), Deportation Defense Attorney at Delores Street Community Services in San Francisco. Join us on Zoom here! (Meeting ID: 935 7753 2872, Passcode: NUSL)
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Virtual Trivia Night: Wednesday, March 3rd at 7pm. Come play trivia (run by TriviaHub) with other NUSL students! Winners will receive NUSL prizes. Sign up for trivia night here.
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Northeastern Environmental Law Society (NELS) will be hosting a virtual trivia night on Thursday, March 4 at 5:30-7pm. Topics include environmentalism, activism, culture, and more! Join us for a fun evening with great prizes courtesy of LexisNexis!
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The Law Review's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee has developed a tutoring initiative for 1Ls aimed at strengthening factchecking, cite-checking, and other editing skills, as well as de-mystifying law review and the application process! We will be holding three workshops in March and April, each with the option to attend on a Tuesday evening or during the Wednesday activities period. All sessions will be recorded. The first workshop will focus on factchecking and will be held on Tuesday, March 2 from 6:30 - 8 PM and Wednesday, March 3 from 12:10 - 1:40 PM. You only need to attend one, as the sessions cover the same material. In addition to practice problems from law review articles, we will also allow some time to go over questions you may have about factchecking your LSSC projects. If you are interested in attending the Factchecking Workshop, please provide your email here so that we can send you a worksheet prior to the workshop and an answer sheet after the workshop. The Zoom link for the first workshop is below, as are the topics and dates of the second and third workshops.
Workshop 1: Introduction to Law Review, Legal Scholarshop and Factchecking
Workshop 2: Cite-checking: Understanding and Navigating the Bluebook
Tuesday, March 16 from 6:30 - 8 PM
Wednesday, March 17 from 12:10 - 1:40 PM
Workshop 3: Re-cap and Practice Application
Tuesday, April 13 from 6:30 - 8 PM
Wednesday, April 14 from 12:10 - 1:40 PM
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Events to Register For or Put on Your Calendar
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Prepping for Co-op for Fall First 1Ls: Monday, March 8th, 12:10 - 1:30. This is a mandatory training for 1Ls going on co-op in Fall 2021. Please mark your calendars! Advisors from the Co-op Office will lead small-group workshops to address your questions about co-op strategy and preparation. We look forward to seeing you! More details will follow by email.
- Entangled Nuclear Colonialisms, Matters of Force, and the Material Force of Justice, part of the Composite Bodies Series, on Zoom Wednesday, March 10 at 5pm. In this talk, Karen Barad will expand upon their pathbreaking article "After the End of the World" (Theory & Event, 2019), which states that "quantum theory is shot through with the political." In order to demonstrate, in relation to the theme of composite bodies, the highly political nature of not only our modes of meaning making, but of matter, they will outline the socio-political dimensions of their agential realist reworking of quantum physics and will briefly discuss the political nature of matter, followed by a discussion of the article and its implications for notions of justice. Barad's lecture will provide the ground for a conversation with Daniela Gandorfer, who is currently a postdoctoral scholar at UC Santa Cruz working with Barad, and the co-founder of the Logische Phantasie Lab, a research agency that investigates injustices resulting from political, legal, economic, social, physical, and environmental entanglements. Find more information here or RSVP here
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Class of 2021 Save the date! Friday, March 12th from 12:10-1:15 PM- Via Zoom- join in a discussion with the MA Board of Bar Examiners regarding remote testing and the bar exam. At this point, we expect some jurisdictions will continue to offer the July bar exam remotely. How is the test administered? How does the AI work? Join us so we can demystify the remote testing. A zoom link will be sent to those in the class of 2021 the week before the session. If you have any questions, please reach out to Assistant Dean Kukas k.kukas@northeastern.edu.
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Symplicity Training for Fall First 1Ls and LLMs: Monday, March 15th, 12:10 - 1:30. This is a mandatory training for 1Ls and LLMs going on co-op in Fall 2021. Please mark your calendars! In this session led by members of the Co-op Office's Operations Team, you will learn all about using the online Symplicity system to search for and apply for co-op opportunities. We will discuss the whole co-op process, including applications, interviews, offers, and final placements. In addition to the co-op process, we will review how to use Symplicity to research employers, make appointments with advisors, and access resources. More details will follow by email.
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IMPACT ESG and Corporate Sustainability-
A Bridge Between Public Interest and the Private Sector
Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 12:10-1:40 pm (virtual)
Please join us for The Power of Your JD In An Interdisciplinary and Innovative World Lunch & Learn Series with our upcoming guest speakers, Marion Werkheiser, Managing Member with Cultural Heritage Partners and Chris Fletcher '11, Human Rights Specialist with Wells Fargo. Ms. Werkheiser works with investors, financial institutions, and companies on ESG and corporate governance matters to reduce the impact of infrastructure projects on indigenous people and cultural heritage worldwide. As part of the Environmental and Social Impact Management team, Mr. Fletcher works to identify, assess and mitigate human rights risks in the context of corporate lending and financing. Zoom details to follow.
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The Northeastern University Law Review invites you to participate in our annual Symposium titled, The Many Faces of Health, to be held virtually on March 19, 2021, from 8:30 am - 5 pm.
The full-day Symposium is hosted in collaboration with CPIAC, CHPL, and CLIC. The focus was selected to reflect the ongoing pandemic, as well as the surge in awareness related to the nation's public health crisis related to systemic racism. See our website for more information. Click here to register. Any questions? Please reach out to the Symposium Editors at symposium.nulr@northeastern.edu.
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STUDENTS: REGISTER FOR VIRTUAL CONNECTIONS 2021: 4/1/2021. "Connections," which the Office of Development and Alumni/ae Relations and the Alumni/ae Association Board of Directors have hosted for over 20 years, is our annual mentoring and networking reception to benefit students. This year it will be held virtually on Thursday, April 1, 2021 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM ET. Meet NUSL graduates who will share their expertise about practice areas, co-ops, the legal job market and more. The graduates are clustered by practice area or setting. The introduction for the event will be offered by Andrew Glincher '84, Managing Partner of Nixon Peabody and Lisa Warren '94, Managing Partner of Morse Barnes-Brown and Pendleton. We are fortunate to have them attend. You will need to pre-register if joining us for Connections. You are required to register online. This event is open to all 1L's, 2L's, 3L's, and LLMs, and we urge all students to attend. Register here.
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Are you LGBTQ+ or an ally? The National LGBT Bar Association is hosting its annual Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair, July 28 - 30th. With over 1700 annual attendees and more than 180 recruiters, it is the largest LGBTQ+ legal career fair in the world! This year the conference will host more than 50 programs, including a number geared specially to law students about career planning, student activism, and moreAdditionally, top law firms and organizations from across the country will be recruiting students at the Career Fair. You can learn more about the conference and register online here. Remember: Student members of the LGBT Bar can register for free! You can sign up for membership online for only $40 annually.
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RA, TA, and Work-Study Positions around Campus
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Weekly Wire Work Study Position: ASA needs a new student worker to manage the Weekly Wire during the spring and fall quarters! Worker will manage the weekly input and formatting of the newsletter in Constant Contact and proof read content for publication. Applicants must be work-study eligible and in class during the fall/spring; 2Ls strongly preferred. Please email a resume and statement of interest to Aileen McGrory to apply.
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Professor Reza is seeking an Upper Level student to work as a TA for his Criminal Justice Class during the spring quarter. Must have work study funds. If you are interested please ema il s.reza@northeastern.edu.
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Prof. Wendy Parmet is looking for research assistants to work on projects related to judicial review of COVID-19 orders. If you are interested, please email her at w.parmet@northeatern.edu and send copies of your resume and evaluations. Please also note whether you are work study eligible, or are interested in working for credit.
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Professor Martha Davis seeks research assistance for the spring quarter. Student will work on issues involving local environmentalism and human rights. Work study preferred. Interested students, please send CV to Martha Davis, m.davis@northeastern.edu
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Fall 2021 Property TAs Sought - Professor Swanson: Professor Swanson is seeking enthusiastic, kind, and well-organized students to assist next year's 1Ls in learning property law, as well as case briefing, issue spotting, outlining, and all the other skills that 1Ls don't even know they need to know. Willingness to tackle the Rule against Perpetuities required. Having taken Property with Professor Swanson highly preferred. Both 2Ls and 1Ls are invited to apply. Interested students should send their resume and evaluations to Professor Swanson by March 15, along with a cover email detailing their reasons for seeking the position. Please indicate whether you are work-study eligible.
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Summer 2021 Information Privacy TAs Sought- Professor Waldman: Professor Waldman is looking for 1 or 2 TAs (either work study or for credit) for his Information Privacy class to take place this Summer 2021. The class will be remote. Applicants should have successfully completed Information Privacy Law before. Those interested should send an email with "Privacy TA" in the subject line to a.waldman@northeastern.edu along with unofficial transcripts and a resume. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until filled.
- Professor Nicholson seeks a Research Assistant(s) for the spring quarter. Projects will include research on local government and community economic development. Work study eligible or can be completed for independent study credit. Please send resume to ja.nicholson@northeastern.edu.
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Research Assistant for Professor Rowan: Professor Rowan seeks a Research Assistant on politics of guaranteed income for the spring quarter. Work-study eligible law students only. Please send resume and writing sample to j.rowan@northeastern.edu.
- The Prisoners' Rights Clinic seeks four Research Assistants for the spring quarter. RAs will advocate for different types of parole relief in four of our existing cases:
- Case One involves filing a Petition for Change of Home Plan with the Parole Board for an elderly Haitian client and then working out the logistics with family members so he can fly home to Haiti.
- Case Two involves reviewing and organizing many years of mental health records to assist a prisoner in getting a psychological evaluation completed by a forensic psychologist in furtherance of his request for parole. The Clinic has a psychologist on board but needs to work with the expert to determine the work that needs to be done and the important information to include in the written report. The student will prepare a short memo about the mental health evidence that will be submitted to the Board.
- Case Three involves filing a Petition to Terminate Parole Supervision for someone who has been an exemplary parolee for many years. The petition will set forth the client's life history, letters of support from the community members and an argument about why termination of parole is in the interest of justice.
- Case Four involves drafting and filing a Charge of Vote petition to get the prisoner released from prison sooner to prevent him from becoming infected with COVID-19.
- Spanish Interpreters for Law Clinics: The Law Clinics are looking for law students who can serve as translators for Spanish-speaking clients during the spring quarter. There will likely be a handful of virtual meetings over the course of the quarter for each Clinic, with the potential for document translation, as well. Preference given to work-study eligible law students, though not required. Spanish fluency required. Please contact lawclinics@northeastern.edu with interest, or with any questions.
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Distinguish Yourself
Opportunities for Student Distinction
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The Northeastern University Law Review is accepting student-written submissions for publication in Volume 14, Issue I. Submissions should be between 10,000 and 15,000 words (including footnotes) and follow a standard law review-style format. We accept works until Friday, April 30 at 5 PM EST. Please email your submissions to submissions.nulr@northeastern.edu.
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Applications for the Alaska Bar Association's scholarship program for Alaskans in law school are due March 1. As the only state without a law school, our applicants come from law schools all over the country. This scholarship is aimed at Alaska students who demonstrate ties to Alaska, and the intent to return to Alaska after graduation. Applications can be found on the Alaska Bar Association website and they are due March 1. View the Flyer: https://alaskabar.org/wp-content/uploads/student-flyer.pdf
- The Williams Institute at UCLA Law is currently accepting applications for Summer Law Fellowships. Our fellowship programs provide law students with a unique opportunity to engage in LGBTQ law and policy work. If you have any questions, please reach out to Williams Institute Legal Director, Christy Mallory at mallory@law.ucla.edu.
- WILLIAMS INSTITUTE SUMMER LAW FELLOWSHIP: The Williams Institute Summer Law Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for law students to develop expertise in sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. Summer fellows will provide research and writing support to Williams Institute scholars who focus on state, federal, and international legal issues that impact the LGBTQ community. Tasks may include providing drafting and research assistance for policy briefs, conducting legislative research and analysis, tracking LGBTQ law and policy developments around the country and internationally, and collecting and analyzing data and other information about LGBTQ communities. All Williams Institute Summer Law Fellowships will be remote in 2021. Deadline to apply: February 20, 2021. For application instructions, please visit our website.
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GLEASON/KETTEL SUMMER LAW FELLOWSHIP: The Williams Institute awards the Gleason/Kettel Summer Law Fellowship to provide a law student, or recent law school graduate, with a stipend of up to $5,000 to work at an eligible placement in the field of sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. Eligible placements include organizations, scholars, or research centers focused on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. Examples of eligible placements include Lambda Legal; ACLU LGBT Rights Project; National Center for Lesbian Rights; Transgender Law Center, LGBTQ Task Force; state equality organizations; and similar national, state, and local organizations. Deadline to apply: May 1, 2021. For application instructions, please visit our website.
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The Massachusetts Bar Foundation has announced the availability of applications for its 2021 Legal Intern Fellowship Program. Law students selected as MBF Legal Intern Fellows will receive a stipend of $6,000 to volunteer for ten weeks during the summer at a nonprofit organization that provides civil legal services to low-income clients in Massachusetts. Applications for the Legal Intern Fellowship Program are due at the MBF's offices by 5pm on March 12, 2021. The application and additional details can be found here. If you have any questions about the program, please contact MBF Executive Director Susannah Thomas at (617) 338-0534 or foundation@massbar.org.
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The Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest 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.
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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.
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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.
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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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