Week of November 8, 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 
  • Reminder: there are no classes this Thursday, November 11. You can see the full academic calendar here.

  • Students confronting unexpected situations that result in missing a significant amount of class, like a COVID diagnosis, should email Matt Podgurski at m.podgurski@northeastern.edu.

  • Have you accepted a Spring 2022 or Summer 2022 co-op? Remember to confirm your placement with the Co-op Office here. Co-op placements are not finalized until confirmed with our office through that form. 

  • Spring 2022 Clinic applications will be available on the ASA website this week. Application deadline is Monday, November 22nd by 5pm. For questions, please contact lawclinics@northeastern.edu.

  • Former IP-CO LAB Clinic students are welcome to apply for “advanced fieldwork” for 1, 2 or 3 credits (subject to availability). Please email Professor Bruce Jacoby with your interest. 

  • Study Rooms: You can reserve study rooms at the law library here

  • Active Student Organizations: SBA is collecting information on active student organizations. Please complete this form to indicate whether your organization is active.

Deadline Lowdown
Co-op, Graduation Requirement, and Other Upcoming Administrative Deadlines
  • Co-op & Career Deadlines:
  • The next Supplemental Collection for Spring 2022 collecting co-ops is Tuesday, November 9th at 11:59 PM Eastern.
  • The next Summer 2022 collecting co-op deadlines are December 1st (default deadline!) and January 19th.


Office Hours 411
This Week's Administrative Office Hours, Appointments, and Drop-by Schedules
  • Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers: LCL provides free and confidential mental health resources, addiction recovery support, and practice management services. LCL is a non-profit organization not affiliated with Northeastern University. LCL is now offering dedicated office hours for NUSL students! To sign up and learn more, please visit: https://www.lclma.org/northeastern-office-hours/


  • Co-op Office Drop-by Hours (In-Person):
  • Mon 11/8: 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Lupita)
  • Tues 11/9: 12:00 - 1:00 pm (Cynthia)
  • Weds 11/10: 3:30 – 4:30 pm (Renay)
  • Fri 11/12: 2:00 – 3:00 –pm (Adam)

  • Financial Aid Appointments: Appointments with our financial aid team are available virtually and in person. You can schedule a virtual appointment here. If you wish to schedule an in-person appointment, please email our Assistant Director Vanessa Hensey at v.hensey@northeastern.edu for assistance.

  • Law Library: Away from campus this term? 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) is open Monday-Friday, 9-5.  

  • Office of New Markets: Learn more about employment opportunities and career paths in new, emerging and growth areas by scheduling an appointment with Rhonda Rittenberg, Director, Office of New Markets. Co-op and Post-Graduate Opportunities can be found on Canvas at Office of New Markets. 

Events Round-Up: This Week
Events & Programs at Northeastern & Beyond
  • Monday, November 8: Event TODAY! Intro to Big Law for 1Ls: Monday, November 8th, 1 - 2 pm. Join the Center for Co-op and Career Development's Private Sector Team for a Nuts and Bolts presentation about the 1L Summer Associate Process and Big Law recruitment generally. We'll cover what a "Summer Associate Program" is, the application timeline, and how the 1L process can impact 2L Big Law/OCI recruitment. Join the event on Zoom here: https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/99295479304 (Passcode: Big)

  • Wednesday, November 10: All are welcome to join the Christian Law Caucus on Wednesday, November 10th from 12:45-1:45 p.m. in room DK46. 

  • Wednesday, November 10: Path, Passion and Policy… A Multifaceted View of the Technology and Telecommunications Industries: Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 1:00-2:00 (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 Gavin Logan ’10, Privacy & Public Policy Manager at Facebook. Mr. Logan is a Washington, D.C. based attorney specializing in technology and telecommunications. He served as Attorney Advisor for the Federal Communications Commission, Director of Tech Telecom Policy for the National Urban League Washington Bureau, and Assistant General Counsel for the District of Columbia Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment. Mr. Logan has provided expert opinion on policy issues such as diversity in the tech industry, algorithmic bias, and privacy. He chaired the FCC’s Diversity in Tech working group in which he led a team of diversity experts to meet with tech industry leaders to develop industry recommendations on improving diversity in the tech space. Mr. Logan obtained his JD from Northeastern University School of Law and his BA in political science from Brown University. ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED HERE.

  • Wednesday, November 10: Open Classroom | Fall 2021 | Repairing a Divided America: Race, Hate Crimes, and Reconciliation. Please join the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, the College of Arts, Media, and Design, and the Northeastern Humanities Center for this semester’s Open Classroom series. The Fall 2021 Open Classroom will focus on hate crimes, anti-Semitism, anti-Asian discrimination, and on ways of bringing together disparate groups to address discrimination and reconciliation. We will address history, reparations, racial dialogues, and approaches to addressing social justice in America. This week's topic is Searching for Common Ground.
  • When: Wednesdays, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET
  • Where: West Village F, Room 20, Northeastern University
  • REGISTER HERE

  • Saturday, November 13: Housing Justice Build-a-Thon: Join NuLawLab, Journalism & Art + Design on Sat. November 13th for a housing equity build-a-thon. Goal: develop an interactive tool that promotes a more realistic approach to Area Median Income. Learn more here. Register here. Questions to Dan Jackson.

Events Round-Up: Next Week
Events & Programs at Northeastern & Beyond
  • CPIAC and CLIC invites you to a panel discussion: Gig Workers’ Rights, the Future of Employment & the Future of Democracy, featuring Prof. Veena Dubal, UC Hastings; Prof. Peter Enrich; Beth Griffith, Chair, Boston Independent Drivers Guild; Prof. Jason Jackson, MIT; and Prof. Karl Klare. Monday, Nov. 15, 12:45 - 2:10 p.m in Docker 240. Pizza will be served.

  • In Real Law: Casual conversations with diverse attorneys about what life in the law is really like for first generation professionals or persons of color and answering your questions about navigating law school and the modern legal job market. Featuring Michael Curry, Esq., CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, dedicated to reducing health inequities in our community, and former President of the Boston Branch of the NCAAP. November 15, 2021 05:30 PM. Register here.

  • The Intellectual Property Society is hosting NUSL alum Allison Krause as she discusses her career path from IP and tech transactions associate in big law to in-house counsel at an automation and tech start-up. She has also clerked for the US Dept. of Education and served as the COO of a software platform which provided pricing for potential clients in the legal market. This meeting will be taking place over Zoom on Tuesday, November 16th, at 6:30pm. Registration is required and all are welcome.  

Save the Date
Events to Register For or Put on Your Calendar
  • Please join the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 from 9am – 12pm ET for a conference on policy approaches to redressing historical racial harms. Recent years have seen heightened calls for the redress and remediation of historical racial injustice. Policymakers have responded with initiatives that take meaningful steps to address the United States’ long legacy of racial violence and injustice. This convening will take a close look at the current laws and proposals put forth by those legislators and public officials who are at the forefront of these efforts. The conference brings together lawmakers, academic experts, and advocates from across the country to explore legislative efforts to launch government-sponsored truth proceedings and reparations programs.  Webinar Registration is available, or see the Conference Poster

  • You are invited to join the Northeastern University Asian Studies Program for the university-wide speaker series, Asia America and the World. The recent upsurge in anti-Asian violence and bigotry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted renewed attention on a long-standing problem. This inaugural series invites a diverse slate of scholars from different disciplines—history, sociology, political science, and anthropology—to address critical issues confronting Asian American communities from a global or transnational perspective. The fourth speaker in the series is Dr. Mae Ngai, who will be giving the talk "The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics." Mae Ngai is Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History, and co-director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. A U.S. legal and political historian interested in questions of immigration, citizenship, and nationalism, she is author of the award-winning Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (2004); The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America (2010); and The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics (2021). Registration is required for this hybrid event on Thursday, October 28 from 6– 7:30 PM. See a poster here.

Apply Yourself
RA, TA, and Work-Study Positions around Campus 
  • Work for CISP: The 2021-2022 class year CISP is now seeking employees! Any interested, work study eligible 2L or 3L is encouraged to apply. CISP employees will sell snacks and merchandise to raise money for students going on public interest co-ops. Please email Rachel with your resume and a short statement of interest at moroknek.r@northeastern.edu to apply.

  • Professor Blaine G. Saito is looking for RAs to work on various tax and social policy projects for both the remainder of fall term and the spring semester. Ideal candidates would have taken taxation or have an interest in tax. Duties include pulling and summarizing sources, assisting with footnotes, and drafting memos. Work study or credit is preferred. If interested, please submit a resume, cover letter, and full transcript to b.saito@northeastern.edu

  • Professor Blaine G. Saito is looking to fill TA roles for the Spring Semester Contracts course. Interested candidates should have a strong performance in their 1L contracts course. Duties include but are not limited to attending some class sessions, grading assignments, running review sessions, and holding office hours. Work study or credit is preferred. If interested please submit a resume, cover letter, and full transcript to b.saito@northeastern.edu.

Distinguish Yourself 
Opportunities for Student Distinction

  • The Hon. William C. Conner Writing Competition was established by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) 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 27, 2022, to Richard Brown, rbrown@daypitney.com. Find more information here.

  • Northeastern University Law Review is accepting student-written submissions for publication in Volume 14, Issue 2. Submissions should be between 10,000 and 15,000 words (including footnotes) and follow a standard law review-style format. Please email your submissions to submissions.nulr@northeastern.edu. 

  • Northeastern University Law Review's online counterpart, Extra Legal, is accepting article submissions from faculty and students. Extra Legal aims to publish legal commentaries that support legal professionals and facilitate 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 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.

  • 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/97446170807
 
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