NOTES FROM THE SBA PRESIDENT

TOWN MEETING

Dean Pratt and SBA would like to invite all students to attend the last Law School Town Meeting of the semester. The Town Meeting will be held this Tuesday, November 13 at 12:30pm in the Law School Auditorium. Dean Pratt will be making a presentation on the Building Campaign as well as showing us a video animation of the new law school building. After the presentation the Dean will be addressing students' questions and concerns about the new building or anything else on your mind. So come and take advantage of this great opportunity.

SBA MEETING

Monday, November 13, 7:00, Room 138
This is the last SBA meeting of the semester. Attendance is mandatory for all Representatives. Attendance is also mandatory for Committee Members responsible for the following events, which we will discuss: End of Semester Party, Exam Time Massages, and Career Week.

FACEBOOKS

Copies of this year's Facebook (Law School Directory) are in the SBA Store and Joanne's Office. All paid SBA members can pick up their copy free of charge. This year's Facebook is also available to non-SBA members for $20.

NOTES FROM THE ASSOCIATE DEAN

LONDON MAYMESTER 2007

There will be a Gathering of all Interested Students in room 135 at 1245 on November 16. Questions will be answered and signup forms will be available. The meeting will be short.

Attendance at this meeting is not required for eligibility for the program. Signup sheets will be available in the Registrar's office.

Signups will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. Signup will require a completed form and a check for a non-refundable deposit. Once 40 completed signups have been accepted a waiting list will be started. The waiting list will require a completed signup form but no deposit.

The program will begin with a meeting in London on Sunday, May 6, 2007, and end on Friday, May 25, 2007. Those attending will make their own travel arrangements. They may either make their own housing arrangements or use housing arranged by the Law School and charged to the students on their tuition bills.

Everyone is encouraged to visit the London Maymester web site, which is linked to Academic Programs on the Law School web site. As of now the information on the web site is accurate, except as to dates. The site will be updated from time to time to reflect developments.

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.

DUAL-DEGREE PROGRAM INFORMATION

Tuesday, November 14, 12:45, Library Room 223 Interested in Environmental Law? A detailed information session about the dual degree options students can undertake (with top-ranked Vermont Law School and/or USC's own School of the Environment) will be held on Tuesday. Representatives of the Law School as well as the two other schools will be present. Questions in advance? Email Professor Connolly, connolly@law.sc.edu.

LEXISNEXIS TRAINING

Tuesday, November 14, 12:45, Room 135 Need help preparing for interviews? Let LexisNexis help. Learn how to use Martindale-Hubbell and Courtlink during this training session. Lunch will be provided! Get 150 points just for attending. Please sign up at www.lexisnexis.com/myschool.

HEALTH LAW MEETING

Thursday, November 16, 1:00, Room TBA Jeff Wheeler, Esq. will speak on Medicare Fraud at the Health Law Society luncheon meeting. All interested students are invited to attend.

NOTES FROM STUDENT SERVICES

MIDDLE TENNESSEE/USC FOOTBALL GAME

Students interested in obtaining a ticket for this game will scan on Monday, November 13 from 9a-2p and Tuesday, November 14 from 9a-4p in the Student Services office, Room 131-K. There will be no lottery. Tickets will be given out on Thursday, November 16 from 9a-4p in the Student Services office. A Carolina/Clemson lottery listing has been requested from the Athletic office. It will be posted next to the Student Services office for all to see.

FINGERPRINTING FOR MAY GRADS

What a showing of interested bar applicants and summer bar review participants were present at the Thursday meeting! Bravo to all of you who took the time to become informed! Bring you original copies of your documents, as well as parts of your bar application to Student Services for certification and notarization. Please remember that SLED and USC law enforcement will be in the law lobby on Wednesday, November 15 from 9a-12n to do your fingerprinting. Please bring some ID with you. Fingerprint cards will be provided.

2006-2007 LAW STUDENT DIRECTORIES HAVE ARRIVED

Law students who have SBA memberships can pick up their copy of the Student Facebook in the SBA office or Student Services office, rm. 137. All other students, faculty, and staff can purchase a copy for $20.00. It will be a classic edition in a few years as the Visit of the Chiefs on October 20 is highlighted in the edition.

SWEARING-IN OF OUR MAY 2006 GRADS

May Grads, 2006, who have passed the South Carolina Bar will be sworn-in to the S.C. Bar on Monday, November 13 at 2:30 pm at the Koger Center. Our congratulations go to Beth Davis, our Admissions/Student Affairs special addition, as she will be sworn in at this time. If you see her, let her know that you are thinking of her on this special day.

STUDENTS WHO GAVE THAT PINT OF BLOOD

Our special thanks to all the students/staff who gave blood again, the second blood drive of the semester. They include: William Flowers, Jonathan Yarborough, Tyler Arnold, Nicole Fessler, Kenneth Anthony, Whitney Evans, James May, Stephen Agee, Neal Truslow, Kathryn Stoddard, Jennings Anderson, Lindsay Joyner, Jennifer Clary, Miranda Dynes, Margaret Lindsey, Mara Baltabol, Matthew DeAntonio, Nora Helman, Kelly Dennis, Esther Moore, David Schumpert, Nathaniel Mark, Yechiel Shenkar, Angela Atanasov, Ashley Kendall, John Fetner, John Williams, Valerie Cochran, Jennings Hucks, Benjamin Powell, Jennifer Dunaway, Richard Allen, Kathleen McDaniel, Venessa Rawl, Rebekah Maxwell, Lauren Chestnut, Amber Martella, Anna Stonecyper, Nancy Brannon.

NATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM

Good luck to our National Moot Court team who will be competing in the National Moot Court competition in Atlanta on November 16-18. The team is composed of Sarah Bayko, Brook Andrews, Andrew Mathias and Deidre Hill, Manager. Moot Court Adviser Bob Bockman will accompany them.

BASKETBALL BLOCK SEATING

Our basketball block seating will not begin until after our semester break. You can obtain a basketball ticket by showing your student ID before each home basketball game at the Colonial Center.

INCREDIBLE SHOW OF GOOD CHARACTER

Our praise goes out to Michelle Powers, 1L who accidentally (thought it was litter) picked up a First Citizens envelope on the canteen floor. As she was throwing it in the trash, she realized some money was in the envelope, just eight $100 bills. As it was 5:30 pm and time for her to hurry home, she gave it to her Legal Research Professor who was walking in the hall. Stacy handed the envelope into the Lost and Found on Friday morning. It took until Wednesday for the law student who lost it to ask if any one found and turned in a First Citizen's envelope with $800. Bruce Hoover, 2L, was overjoyed to learn that we have students here with honorable, real values and live according to these values. BRAVO! Just know you would also uphold this honorable character!

THIS WEEK - BREAKDOWN

MON, NOV 13

9a-4p

Clemson-Carolina ticket lottery scanning, Russell House

7:00

SBA Meeting, Room 138

TUE, NOV 14

12:30

Dean's Town Meeting, Law Auditorium

12:45

Dual-degree Program Information Session, Library Room 223

WED, NOV 15

THU, NOV 16

12:45

Gathering of All Students Interested in the London Maymester Program, Room 135

"How To Take 1st-year Law School Exams" Student Panel, Room TBA

1:00

Health Law Society Meeting, Room TBA

FRI, NOV 17

SAT, NOV 18

USC vs. MIDDLE TENNESSEE