NOTES FROM THE SBA PRESIDENT
DEAN PRATT'S TOWN MEETING
Dean Pratt will be hosting his next Town Meeting on Wednesday, October 10th in the Law School Auditorium at 12:40p.m.
Please make every effort to attend and bring your questions for the Dean! Lunch will be served.
TEXTBOOK STAMPING AND COMPUTER ENGRAVING
Back by popular demand, USC campus safety will be at the law school on October 24 and 25 to help ensure your valuables are kept safe. Officer Adams will be in the lobby to register and engrave your laptops and stamp your textbooks with invisible ink.
Please contact Joe Harris with any questions: joe.c.harris@gmail.com
UVA NATIONAL SOFTBALL TOURNEY
The UVA School of Law is hosting its world famous softball tourney, the unofficial "law school national softball championship," the weekend of April 4-6th, 2008. USC Law sent a quality team to the tourney last year, put on a spectacular run and nearly knocked off the UVA gold team, the eventual tournament champion. We'd like to send another team this year to attempt to break the UVA juggernaut.
Due to the tournament's proximity to exams, and students' propensity to hunker down pre-exams, we are gauging interest to see if fielding a team is even a possibility. If we have enough interest, tryouts will be held in the early spring and the USC law team will play in the USC spring intramural league.
For more information on the Law School Invitational, please see www.ngls.com. Please email Brooks Fuller if you are interested in playing on the team or have any questions: fuller.brooks@gmail.com.
CLASS OF 2008 GIFT CAMPAIGN
The Class of 2008 Gift Campaign will be kicking off soon! If you are interested in being a 3L class gift agent, please stop by Beth Davis' office (Room 140A) to fill out an information card.
SBA MEMBERSHIP
If you would like to purchase an SBA Membership, please put a check in SBA Secretary Leigha Blackwell's student mailbox (2L). Please email Leigha with any questions: leigha.blackwell@gmail.com
1yr SBA Membership: $35, 2yr Membership: $55, 3yr Membership: $75
ATTN 1L'S: FREE CONTRACTS STUDY AIDS
See www.masteringcontracts.com for free Contracts study aids.
SBA MEETING
The next SBA meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 17th at 5:00p.m. in Room 138. All students are welcome to attend.
NOTES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
ATTENTION 2Ls
The Office of Admissions is looking for 2Ls to serve as Law School Advocates. Advocates conduct tours of the law school for prospective students, help host Open Houses and other Recruitment events, and serve as student representatives at alumni and other School of Law events. If you are interested in applying to be an Advocate, please stop by the Office of Admissions in Room 105 or Beth Davis' office in Room 140A to pick up an application. These applications will be due on Wednesday, October 17.
ACS/BLSA MEETING
Monday, October 8, 6:00, Room 135
The American Consitution Society and the Black Law Students Association present "Diversity in the Legal Profession." Pamela Roberts, partner at Nelson, Mullins, Riley, & Scarborough, and Chair for the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, will be speaking. Dinner will be served! Everyone is invited!
PRETTY IN PINK BAKE SALE
Tuesday, October 9, 9a-3p, Law Lobby
Proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen foundation.
INITIAL MAYMESTER 2008 MEETING
Wednesday, October 10, 1:30, Room 138
This is to announce the initial informational meeting of students interested in the London Maymester program to be conducted at Gray's Inn, London, during May of 2008. A description of the course is found at the program's website, which can be accessed through the Academic Programs link on the Law School website. Attendance at the meeting involves no commitment. The meeting is for information only. It will be short.
CAREER SERVICES SEMINAR
Wednesday, October 10, 12:40, Room 135
Representatives from The Duke Endowment are presenting a program on The Duke Endowment Fellowship. They will explain grant money for people dealing with 4 program areas (higher education, health care, child care and rural church). This program is primarily targeted at students interested in careers in the non-profit sector.
COPYRIGHT LAW SYMPOSIUM
Friday, October 12, 8:30a-6p, Law Auditorium
"The Future of Copyright Law" is an ambitious symposium bringing together scholars from the United States to discuss the future of copyright law, through competing predictions, visions, and even warnings about the likely evolution of copyright law in the United States and around the world. More information can be found on the Law School website at www.law.sc.edu/copyright_law_symposium/.
SCAVENGER HUNT
Ahoy Matey! Join LexisNexis for a virtual scavenger hunt. There's treasure a plenty in this hunt. Weekly points and booty at the end. Arrrrg! All ye buchaneers need to go to www.lexisnexis.com/myschool for the rules (and hints) to me hunt. We may be pirates, but we've got a Code. The next 2 clues in the hunt are: (1) Under this federal regulation code covering "SALES OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES MADE AVAILABLE UNDER TITLE I OF THE AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1954," the GSM will waive the requirement for the notice of arrival required by Form CCC-106 by a written notice to the supplier of ocean transportation on the receipt of evidence satisfactory to the General Sales Manager that the vessel is lost or unable to proceed to destination after completion of loading as a result of ... public enemies or pirates? (2) Blockbuster hit "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" concluded this festival's calendar of non-commercial film screenings held in Atlanta on August 27, 2007 at 7:30 PM. Email ye answers to Ree Washington at reewashington@yahoo.com by midnight Friday or ye may find yourself in Davey Jones' Locker.
LEXISNEXIS TRAINING
Three opportunities to LexisNexis for training (and points) this week! On Monday, Oct. 8 at 12:40p in Room 334, LexisNexis will conduct Lexis for Litigators training. Learn how to find motions, pleadings, and forms on Lexis. Lunch will be provided and 200 points! Plus, 2 iTunes gift cards will be raffled off during class. Can't attend on Monday? The Litigators training class will be offered again on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 10:20a in Room 333. Also on Tuesday, at 12:40p in Room 135, Lexis will conduct a Certification class. Pizza will be provided and 2 iTunes giftcards will be raffled off during class! Please sign up for the classes on www.lexisnexis.com/myschool.
IJM CLOTHING DRIVE
IJM-USC is running a Clothing Drive immediately following Fall Break!
We are raising money for International Justice Mission to train and send a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (S.A.N.E.) to Guatemala to properly examine and document the injuries of rape victims in order to ensure the just prosecutions of their assailants. We are collecting donations of lightly used name brand clothing which will be sold to a consignment store. The drive will run from October 15th to the 19th. Please drop off your donations in Beth Davis' office, Room 140A. Thank you for your help in this most important cause!
KIDS HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL
Women in Law is sponsoring the annual Halloween Carnival on Monday, October 29th from 5pm-7pm in the lobby. Games, fun, costumes, and more! Children from both St. Lawrence Place and SisterCare have been invited, and all children of students and faculty are also welcome to attend. All organizations are encouraged to participate. Contact Colleen Quinlan at colleentquinlan@gmail.com for details.
SUPREME COURT LUNCHTIME TALK SERIES
This year's series was kicked off with a multi-media extravaganza presented by professors Crocker and Kuo. Here is the remaining schedule:
October 17 - Developments in Civil Procedure - Danielle Holley-Walker and Joel Samuels.
October 24 - The Roberts Court and Issues of Gender Equality - Joe Seiner and Josie Brown (with Women in Law).
October 31 - Tax-Free Municipal Bonds and the Dormant Commerce Clause - Davis v. Kentucky Department of Revenue - Brant Hellwig.
November 7- Students' Rights in Public Schools: Rulings From the Roberts Court - Danielle Holley-Walker and Josie Brown.
Professor Fox has also arranged for a professor from American University, Stephen Vladeck, to visit and give a talk to students on November 1. The topic of his talk has not yet been set.
CONGRATULATIONS!
BLSA Mock Trial tryouts were held recently, and the following students were selected to the team: Byron Wratee, Lambert Guinn, Brooke Johnson, and Yvonne Murray-Boyles.
PMBR
Attention 1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls: Kaplan PMBR will be holding its October table day on Wednesday, October 17 from 8:00-3:30. Please stop by to find out more about Kaplan PMBR study aids and bar review courses or to submit your deposit.
WESTLAW RAFFLE WINNERS
Congratulations to the following 1Ls who won free study aids in the recent Westlaw Jeopardy raffle: Evan Guthrie, Adam Schanz, Justin Williams, Kate Herbein, Tiffany Gibson, Catherine Johnson, Melissa Alexander.
NEWS FROM PRO BONO
Volunteer at Harvest Hope - join CLS and the Pro Bono Program as we volunteer at Harvest Hope's warehouse on October 19 from 1:30 to 3:30. The school has donated tons to the food bank and now is your opportunity to see what Harvest Hope is all about. To sign-up, email brian@brmurphy.com with Harvest Hope in the subject line by October 12.
NOTES FROM STUDENT SERVICES
MPRE REVIEW COURSE
The MPRE Review course will be held on Saturday, October 27 from 9a-2:30p in room 333. Registration ($50 for book and class) can be made in Student Services, rm. 131-K. 2Ls and 3Ls can enroll in the MPRE Review course free if you pay a nonrefundable $250 to retain a locked-in price of the Bar-Bri bar preparation course.
WINTER 2008 S.C. BAR REVIEW COURSE
A note to the December grads! The fee for the Winter SC Bar Review course is $1995 plus $250 refundable materials deposit plus state sales tax of $64.75. The Winter course fee is due on December 1. A late fee of $75 will be accessed on all accounts not paid by December 1, 2007.
FALL BRIDGE THE GAP
The registration deadline for the Fall Bridge the Gap is October 12. Fall Bridge the Gap is held on October 22-24 at the SC Bar Building which is located on 950 Taylor Street. 2008 Bridge the Gap during Spring Break will be held March 10-12; 2008 Spring Bridge the Gap is scheduled for May 12-14 and 2008 Summer Bridge the Gap is scheduled August 4-6. The cost is $300. Applications are available in Student Services, rm. 131-K.
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