Week of June 7, 2021
In This Issue
News from Knowles
Deadline Lowdown
Office Hours 411
Events: This Week
Events: Next Week
Save the Date
Apply Yourself
Distinguish Yourself
News from Knowles 
Reminders, Announcements and Administrative Updates 

  • There will be no classes on Friday, June 18 on observance of Juneteenth.

  • The summer exam schedule is posted here.

  • 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, for example purchasing a printer or desktop. Please complete the application and email it to l.schoendorf@northeastern.edu

  • Student Organization Leaders: Please update your student organization contact information for the 2021-2022 academic year here. Also check your group's contact information and description here, and email lawstudentaffairs@northeastern.edu with any updates.

  • SBA Supplemental Elections! Calling all 2Ls, 3Ls, and LLM students - the SBA is hosting supplemental elections for the 2021-22 school year! There are many positions still available on the E-Board and committees. The election packet was sent out in the SBA Newsletter and is available on Canvas!  Platforms are due on Friday, June 18, 2021, at 11:59 P.M. EDT. Please email your platforms to Sam Sano at sano.sa@northeastern.edu and CC nuslsba@northeastern.edu. Voting will begin on Sunday, June 20, 2021, at 3 P.M. EDT and end Sunday, June 27, 2021, at 3 P.M. EDT. For any questions, please reach out to Sam Sano at sano.sa@northeastern.edu and/or nuslsba@northeastern.edu.

  • Work for CISP: The 2021-2022 class year CISP sign-up is now available! Any interested 1L or 2L is encouraged to sign-up by August 31, 2021, at 5:00 PM. Work study eligible and volunteer students accepted. When the law school is open full-time, CISP employees sells snacks and merchandise to raise money for students going on public interest co-ops. If you are an interested 2L, consider working as a co-chair on your rotation. Please sign up via this google form. Any questions, please contact wall.d@northeastern.edu and smith.ryan1@northeastern.edu.

Deadline Lowdown
Co-op, Graduation Requirement, and Other Upcoming Administrative Deadlines
  • Co-op Deadlines:

  • The Main Deadline for Fall 2021 collecting co-ops is TOMORROW, Tuesday, June 8th at 11:59 PM Eastern. Gil Sayfan will be available for last-minute Symplicity questions or technical troubleshooting tomorrow night from 5 pm through the midnight deadline. You can email them at g.sayfan@northeastern.edu. 

  • The OCI & Resume Collection Deadline for the Class of 2023 will be Tuesday, June 22nd at NOON Eastern.


Office Hours 411
This Week's Administrative Office Hours, Appointments, and Drop-by Schedules
  • ASA Office Hours: ASA will have drop-by office hours from 2:00-3:00pm on Wednesday, June 9th in 56/59 Cargill. Please email lawstudentaffairs@northeastern.edu to set up an appointment to speak with ASA. 

  • Co-op Office Drop-by Hours: 
  • Tuesday June 8, 1-2 pm with Cynthia. Call Cynthia with your questions at (617) 373-3345.
  • Wednesday June 9, 10:30-11:30 am with Renay, in person.
  • Thursday June 10, 2-3 pm with Claire, in person.

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • Computer Services: OCS is available Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 5. Chat with us on Teams here. You may also email us at slaw_ocs@northeastern.edu or call us at 617-373-8919.

  • The Dean's Suite (120 Knowles) will be open Monday-Friday, 9-5.  


Events Round-Up: This Week
Events & Programs at Northeastern & Beyond
  • Today! In-Depth Look at the OCI Application Process (for the Class of 2023): Monday, June 7th , 12:45 - 1:45. Please join Cynthia Tow McPherson and Dorothy Morgan for a discussion of the Law Firm OCI application process. We will discuss application materials, how to apply via Symplicity, and the timeline in detail, and answer any questions. Join us on Zoom at 12:45 here: https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/91002543691,  Passcode: OCI 

  • Please join us on June 9th from 6-7pm for a Confronting Racial Injustice event, The Charles Stuart Story: White Lies and Black Lives. This event will feature a panel of speakers discussing the 1989 Charles Stuart case which ultimately resulted in the persecution of a Black community in Mission Hill. Please find the attached flyer for more information and register now!

  • Thursday, June 10: Making Connections in Boston's IP Community - Hosted by the Law School Committee from 5-7:30pm. The program will begin with two concurrent Zoom panels discussing IP practices and careers from 5:00-6:00 p.m., followed by a networking reception from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. on Remo Panelists will discuss the nature of their practice and their career paths followed by a networking reception with connection stations hosted by Boston area IP law firms and in-house offices. Register here.

  • Legal & Ethical Issues in Artificial Intelligence Conference: June 11, 2021 (Virtual)- 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (ET) The University of Maine School of Law is partnering with Northeastern University School of Law and The Roux Institute to host this one day virtual conference, which includes a Privacy and Policy Responses to AI panel that Professor Hartzog is chairing. NUSL students can attend at no charge. Please contact Rhonda Rittenberg, Director of New Markets, for registration details.

Events Round-Up: Next Week
Events & Programs at Northeastern & Beyond
  • THE BIG WIDE WORLD OF COMPLIANCE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES--AN INSIDE VIEW: Monday, June 14, 2021, 12:45-1:45 p.m. (ET)(via Zoom) Please join us for The Power of Your JD In An Interdisciplinary and Innovative World Lunch & Learn Series with our upcoming guest speaker Amy Morancie ’18, Compliance Associate for Wells Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is Ms. Morancie’s third year with Wells Fargo’s Corporate and Investment Banking Firm. Since the beginning of her law school journey, she searched for alternative ways to utilize a J.D. outside of a courtroom. Her passion for compliance began with her work as a compliance intern for the Athletics Department at Northeastern University. Ms. Morancie obtained her bachelor’s degree in history and political science from the University of South Florida. ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED HERE.
Save the Date
Events to Register For or Put on Your Calendar
  • Drop-by Q&A Session: Last-Minute OCI Application Questions (for the Class of 2023): Monday, June 21st, 12:45 - 1:45 pm, via Zoom. Link and more details to follow. 

  • Drop-by Q&A Session: Fellowships and Government Honors Programs: Monday, June 28th, 12:45 - 1:45 pm, via Zoom. Renay Frankel, Director, Public Interest and Government, will be available to answer your questions about applying for post-graduate fellowships and government honors programs. This session will be for non-confidential questions that do not require a full advising appointment. Join us on Zoom here: https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/92997468588, password: co-op

  • 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 more. Additionally, 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! Students interested in signing up for membership should email s.bergelson@northeastern.edu./
Apply Yourself
RA, TA, and Work-Study Positions around Campus 
  • The Office of the Dean in the School of Law at Northeastern University is seeking applicants for a front office receptionist who provides essential frontline support within the Office of the Dean. Responsibilities include front desk supervision and other tasks as needed. Please apply on the student employment portal, under the job title “Summer 21 Law School Desk Receptionist.”

  • Housing Helpers Needed! Join the NuLawLab’s housing help project and assist people applying for pandemic rental relief. This work is more urgent than ever! Work-study available if you have an award. Read about the project here. Sign up here. Questions, contact Ally Mastrangelo or Dan Jackson.

  • Professor Margaret Woo is looking for a research assistant this summer to prepare a short report on U.S. access to civil justice. The report will be presented at an international comparative law conference in Asuncion, Paraguay in October 2022. Please contact Professor Woo at m.woo@northeastern.edu if you are available and interested.
 
  • Weekly Wire Work Study Position: ASA needs a new student worker to manage the Weekly Wire! 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. 

Distinguish Yourself 
Opportunities for Student Distinction

  • First annual Zipporah B. Wiseman Prize for Scholarship on Law, Literature, and Justice: The international and multidisciplinary writing prize, administered by the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas School of Law, will be offered annually in honor of the late Zipporah Batshaw Wiseman’s important work at the intersection of law and literature. We welcome papers from any discipline that engage both legal and literary methods or texts. For these purposes, literary texts include written and other narrative forms, such as film. Papers should use an interdisciplinary lens to explore issues of justice, broadly understood. The papers may work from any of a variety of perspectives: legal and literary, of course, but also philosophical, historical, sociological, political, economic, or cultural. The call for papers is available online and submissions are due by June 15, 2021.

  • Law Student Writing Competition: For the past ten years, the ABA Forum on Construction Law has held an annual Law Student Writing Competition. Through the Competition, the Forum introduces itself to the next generation of construction lawyers and pursues its mission of “Building the Best Construction Lawyers.” And, talented law student writers gain the opportunity to demonstrate their skill to the Forum and attend its Fall Meeting. The Law Student Writing Competition was prompted, in part, by the increasing number of law school courses dedicated to construction law.  Competition closes July 21st. Click here for more information.

  • 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 piece on any legal, policy, or current events topic of their choice. The Forum provides an opportunity for NUSL students to publish an article, gain writing experience, and express their views! All posts are generally between 250 and 2,500 words and follow a blog-style format. More information can be found here. Current posts are viewable here. Reach out to forum.nulr@northeastern.edu with any questions or proposals, or stop by office hours on Thursdays at 7pm: https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/92466761231 

  • 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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