NOTES FROM THE SBA PRESIDENT

CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS

Students selected through the lottery can pick up their tickets on Thursday. Students sitting in the auditorium must dress as if attending court and are prohibited from bringing the following items with them to the auditorium: backpacks, bags, cameras, recording devices, or cell phones. All classes on Friday are cancelled, except for one 8:00am legal writing class. An email will be sent later today with further details about the overflow rooms.

PRESIDENTS' COUNCIL MEETING

There will be a meeting of all organization heads/representatives Thursday, Oct. 19 at 12:45 in room 231 - check the weekly update bulletin board for the date.

SKI TRIP

The deadline to sign up for this year's Ski Trip to Snowshoe, WV is next Friday, Oct. 27. The Ski Trip is going to be Jan. 12-14 (Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend) and for only $450 you get 3 nights of lodging, 2 days of lift tickets, and 2 days of ski or snowboard rental. For you 3Ls, this could be the last time you get to take a vacation without worrying about what you're missing at work. For the 1L and 2Ls, this is a great opportunity to meet other law students and to go skiing for an incredibly low cost. Sign up sheets are on the door of the SBA store (you can sign up with non-law school students as well). We want to make sure everyone who wants to go, is able to, so if you can only pay half of the cost by Oct. 27 or have any other questions, send me an email and we will work something out (applebycl@hotmail.com).

THANK YOU

A an enormous thank you goes out to Jennifer Harris and everyone else who worked so hard to make this year's Fall SBA Golf Tournament a huge success. The Timberlake Golf Course was a great course located on Lake Murray and the weather on Friday could not have been any better. Check out pictures from this event on the Student Life page later on this week and if you weren't able to make it out this semester, be on the lookout next semester to sign up for the Spring SBA Golf Tournament.

NOTES FROM THE ASSOCIATE DEAN

DO NOT STORE VALUABLES IN THE TOP COMPARTMENT OF YOUR LOCKERS.

Please do not store valuables in the top of your locker. This area is not secure. We have had a number of articles stolen from lockers.

DEAN'S TOWN MEETING

Tuesday, October 17, 12:30, Law Auditorium

WOMEN IN LAW MEETING

Tuesday, October 17, 1:00, Room 135 Margaret Miles Bluestein, partner in Bluestein & Nichols (small firm with only 5 attorneys) will speak. Lunch will be served.

INTERNATIONAL LAW SOCIETY MEETING

Tuesday, October 17, 6:00, Room 344 Jan Kuklik, Vice-Dean of Charles University in the Czech Republic (the second oldest law school in the world: the Oxford/Cambridge/Harvard of Europe), will speak to the group.

He is visiting this country to study ways to update his university's legal curriculum for the Czech Republic's integration into the European Union. His insights will be fascinating.

Dinner is provided (courtesy of the law school). Please RSVP so we can get a head count.

Also, tell your friends. This event is open to the whole law school, not just the International Law Society.

CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY MEETING

Thursday, October 19, 12:45, Room 345

LEXISNEXIS TRAINING

Thursday, October 19, 12:45, Room 138 Statutes and secondary sources. Lunch will be provided.

WESTLAW TRAINING

Wednesday, Oct. 25
10:20 and 12:45
All students are invited to attend. Lunch will be provided for the 12:45 session.

CHILDRENS ADVOCACY LAW SOCIETY MEETING

Thursday, October 19, 12:45, Room 235 If you are interested in becoming a guardian ad litem, want more information about the program, or stopped by the table at the CASA Rally, the this meeting will be very beneficial to you. Heidi Vaughn, Volunteer Coordinator at the Richland County CASA Office will share information about the program including the application process and training dates. Ben Crosby, Alexia Ray, and Bronwyn McKnew, law students who are also guardian ad litems, will share their experiences and answer any questions you may have. Lunch will be provided.

NOTES FROM STUDENT SERVICES

ATTENTION MAY GRADUATES!

Supreme Court and SC Bar Review representatives will be speaking to the May grads on the bar application process and bar review program on Thursday, November 9, from 12:45-2:00 in the law auditorium. Bar applications are available online at www.judicial.state.sc.us. The filing period for the July Examination is December 1 - January 31, 2007. Bar applications filed from December 1 - January 10 require a filing fee of $400. Bar applications filed from January 11 - January 31 require a fee of $750.

Fingerprinting for May grads will take place on Wednesday, November 15 from 9:00-12:00 in the law lobby. Fingerprint cards will be provided. You will need identification and 5 minutes of your time.

For further information on the above and on bar loans, come to the Student Services office, Room 131-K, and see JoAnne.

SODA MACHINES

The soft drink machines in the Law School Canteen have been set up to use your Carolina Card. The Card is your permanent university ID and a flexible declining-balance card with two accounts. You can make deposits to your Carolina Cash or Dining Dollars accounts year-round through VIP. You can also add money to your Carolina Cash account at the Carolina Card office in the Russell House Underground.

NOTES FROM THE PRO BONO OFFICE

ANNUAL CHILDRENS HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL

Women in Law and the Pro Bono Board invite all the law school organizations to participate in this year's Halloween Carnival, to be held on Thursday, October 26 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the law school lobby. This will be a spooky, fun night of Halloween activities and trick-or-treating for children, their parents, and law students who participate. Please RSVP to Elizabeth Perkins at eaperkinslaw@yahoo.com by October 20th if your organization would like to participate. When doing so, please note what event (game/activity/craft) your organization would like to sponsor so that we can avoid duplicates. We ask you to have candy available for the children and that you dress up in costume. We will provide the table and the space in the lobby. Be as creative as you wish.

Professors and students are welcome and encouraged to bring their children (elementary age and younger) to this event.

Activities chosen thus far are as follows: mini pumpkin painting (Healing Species), dance contest (WIL), PILS (fortune telling), spooky Halloween tattoos (BLSA), popcorn hands (Pro Bono Board), toss game (ELS), medical malpractice table (CALS), sugar cookie decorating (Law Review).

SBA BLOOD DRIVE

The SBA sponsored annual Gamecocks v. Tigers Red Cross Blood Drive will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 8th from 10-4 p.m in the law school lobby. Sign up on-line by visiting www.givelife.org, entering sponsor code "gamecocks," and following instructions or sign up with JoAnne in her office. Represent your team and help save a life! Thanks to all who participated in the last drive on Wednesday, Sept. 6th. Gamecocks v. Tigers Blood Drive t-shirts will be given to donors. You helped us reach our goal of 32 usable pints!

NOTES FROM STUDENT AFFAIRS

TRUSTUS PLAY

Thursday October 19th, Come out and support sexual assault survivors. Trustus Theatre will be putting on a Special showing of the play "Frozen" and proceeds will go to Sexual Trauma Services.

Special price for students $20 covers heavy appetizers, adult beverages and showing of the play.

What time? 6:30pm at Trustus for food and drinks. Curtains open at 7:30pm

Where do I get tickets? Pick them up at Sexual Trauma Services, 2001 Greene Street. Located next to Mr. Friendly's in downtown Five Points.

What's the play about? "Frozen" is the Tony Award winning play that deals with a fictational sexual assault and killing of a young girl. The play takes place twenty years after her death and her bones are found. It faces her family's plight of dealing with the tragedy, the mind behind a criminal, forensic psychology and legal policies that deal with these types of situations.

Contact: Sarah Luadzers for tickets or more information at 252-8393 or Sarah.Luadzers@stsm.org

THIS WEEK - BREAKDOWN

MON, OCT 16

TUE, OCT 17

12:30

Dean's Town Meeting, Law Auditorium

1:00

Women In Law Meeting, Room 135

6:00

International Law Society Meeting, Room 344

WED, OCT 18

THU, OCT 19

12:45

Christian Legal Society Meeting, Room 345

LexisNexis Training, Room 138

Children's Advocacy Law Society Meeting, Room 235

FRI, OCT 20

SAT, OCT 21