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In This Issue
News from Knowles
Deadline Lowdown
Office Hours 411
Events: This Week
Events: Next Week
Save the Date
Apply Yourself
Distinguish Yourself
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News from Knowles
Reminders, Announcements and Administrative Updates
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Spring Registration starts this week for UL students who will be in classes. You can find registration information on ASA's website here, and have also received an email from ASA. You must fill out the limited enrollment lottery form by 9am on Wednesday, December 8th to be included in the limited enrollment lottery. Open enrollment begins on Friday, December 10th at noon.
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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.
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Class of 2022 post-graduate job opportunities: Large and mid-sized law firms are hiring Class of 2022 graduates! Check out the list of firms maintained by the Center for Co-op and Career Development, which is updated every Wednesday, on the career development website here.
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Independent Study Opportunity: The Ned Project: Professor Swanson seeks up to 4 upper-level students interested in working on The Ned Project for independent study credit. The Ned Project is an ongoing CLIC/CRRJ collaborative restorative justice project, begun in Fall 2020. Named for an enslaved inventor named Ned, the student-driven project seeks not only recognition of Ned’s accomplishment but also to recognize the centuries of contributions of Black Americans to technology and acknowledge the intellectual property that was stolen from uncountable enslaved inventors whose names are not known. More broadly, it is designed to acknowledge and repair the theft of creativity from Black Americans via intellectual property laws. The Ned Project considers restorative justice as a process and students work to explore restorative measures. To apply, please submit a statement of interest, resume, and evaluations (both course evaluations and co-op evaluations, as available) to k.swanson@northeastern.edu. Prior or simultaneous coursework in intellectual property law is useful, but not required. If you have any questions, contact Professor Swanson, at k.swanson@northeastern.edu. Applications accepted on a rolling basis until the add/drop deadline for Spring term.
- 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.
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The Christian Law Caucus is collecting donations for the Women's Lunch Place, a daytime shelter in Boston that provides free meals, personalized advocacy, and medical care to women suffering homelessness. Please consider making a donation during the activities period on December 8th, 12:45-2:00 p.m. See the list of requested items here https://womenslunchplace.org/in-kind-donations
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Study Rooms: You can reserve study rooms at the law library here.
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The Jewish Law Students Association invites interested students to sign up for their email list here. If you have any questions, please contact jlsa@northeastern.edu.
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Deadline Lowdown
Co-op, Graduation Requirement, and Other Upcoming Administrative Deadlines
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The next main deadline for Summer 2022 collecting co-ops will be Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern.
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Office Hours 411
This Week's Administrative Office Hours, Appointments, and Drop-by Schedules
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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/
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Mon 12/6- 3:30 - 4:30 (Lupita)
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Tues 12/7 - 12:00 - 1:00 pm (Cynthia)
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Weds 12/8 - 3:30 – 4:30 pm (Renay)
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Thurs 12/9 -2:00 – 3:00 pm (Lisa)
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Fri 12/10 - 2:00 – 3:00 –pm (Adam)
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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.
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Law Library: Away from campus this term? You can still get help from a librarian! Email lawlibrary@northeastern.edu or use our Chat to get research help, or schedule a virtual meeting!
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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.
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The Dean's Suite (120 Knowles) is open Monday-Friday, 9-5.
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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.
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Events Round-Up: This Week
Events & Programs at Northeastern & Beyond
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The Christian Law Caucus is collecting donations for the Women's Lunch Place, a daytime shelter in Boston that provides free meals, personalized advocacy, and medical care to women suffering homelessness. Please consider making a donation during the activities period on December 8th, 12:45-2:00 p.m. See the list of requested items here https://womenslunchplace.org/in-kind-donations .
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Please feel free to stop by the Christian Law Caucus table in the Commons on Wednesday, December 8th from 12:45-2:00 p.m. to pick up a treat at our exam encouragement table. Please visit this document to obtain more information or make a request of the CLC.
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Lawyering And Leadership… A Focus on Entrepreneurship and Equity: Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 1:00-2:00 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 Krystal Williams, Founder of Providentia Group and General Counsel of StashUp in Portland, Maine. Attorney Williams is an accomplished and results-driven energy and business attorney. She brings an important and respected perspective to issues of innovation, strategic partnerships and board governance, and has served on the board of directors for multiple non-profits and in leadership roles at her alma maters. She currently serves as a technology advisor for Maine Technology Institute, the Equity Officer and a director for the Maine ACLU, and a member of the governance committee for Maine Public Radio. Attorney Williams is the chairwoman of KinoTek, a rapidly growing startup in Maine. She holds a J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law, an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and BAs in Mathematics and Psychology from Williams College. ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED HERE.
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CPIAC Coffee Hour with Mario Paredes of Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) and Prisoners Legal Services (PLS). Wednesday, December 8, 4:30 - 5:30 PM, Knowles Sunroom. Join CPIAC for a conversation with Mario Paredes, staff attorney for MLRI and coordinator of MLRI and PLS's Immigrant Detention Conditions Project, which supports immigrants who are incarcerated as civil detainees in county jails. Coffee and refreshments will be served.
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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. The next topic, on Wednesday, December 8, is Boston and America’s Racial and Ethnic Politics: Looking to 2022 and 2024
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When: Wednesdays, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET
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Where: West Village F, Room 20, Northeastern University
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Join the Abolitionist Collective, in sending some holiday love to our incarcerated neighbors! Thursday, Dec. 9 from 10am-5pm, come visit us in the Dockser Commons and fill out some holiday postcards to be sent to the Black and Pink community. Snacks, postcards, and sample messages are taken care of, you just need to show up! More info at blackandpinkpenpals.org
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Friday, December 10: Zoomin’ Out: Felipe Durini LLM ‘18, 12:45pm. Join the Office of Development and Alumni/ae Relations for our final Zoomin’ Out: Alumni/ae Global Series conversation featuring Felipe Durini LLM ’18 from Quito, Ecuador. Felipe is an international lawyer with more than 20 years of legal practice, focusing on corporate & contracts, investment law, ADR (specializing in arbitration), tax law and labor matters. Registration required. Click here to register.
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Human Rights Day Talk! Human Rights Cities: Why and How? Join the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) for a webinar with Morten Kjaerum, President of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI). RWI is a research and academic institution headquartered in Switzerland with offices in 40 countries. RWI combines research and direct engagement to promote human rights internationally. December 10, 2021 | 1:00 -2:00 PM EST | Register Online
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Save the Date
Events to Register For or Put on Your Calendar
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JD/MPH Information Session On Wednesday, Jan. 26th at 1:15pm faculty from Tufts University School of Medicine and the Bouvé College of Health Sciences will discuss their JD/MPH programs. You can attend in person in 42 Dockser or via Zoom here. Join them to learn about these opportunities to earn an MPH in addition to your JD!
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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 fifth speaker in the series is Dr. Sangay Mishra, who will be giving the talk "Race, Religion, and Belonging of South Asian Americans: 20 Years after 9/11 ." Sangay K Mishra is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Drew University. He specializes in immigrant political incorporation, transnationalism, diaspora, and racial and ethnic politics. Registration is required for this hybrid event on Thursday, February 10 from 4:00 PM – 5:30. See a poster here.
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Apply Yourself
RA, TA, and Work-Study Positions around Campus
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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.
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Distinguish Yourself
Opportunities for Student Distinction
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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.
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2021-2022 American Indian Law Review National Writing Competition: 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: $1,500 for first place, $750 for second place, and $400 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 Monday, February 28, 2022, 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.
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The ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law and The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers are pleased to announce their 2022 writing competition. This competition is open to articles written while the author is an active student at an accredited law school in the United States. Articles must be submitted to swan@laborandemploymentcollege.org, using the subject line “Writing Competition,” by midnight (EDT) on June 15, 2022. Find more information and the application form here.
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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.
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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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