NOTES FROM THE SBA PRESIDENT

THANK YOU

Thanks to all those who generously helped with the care package sent to both Tri-Delta and SAE in the wake of the Ocean Isle fire. A special thanks to Bronwyn McKnew, Haley Liss and Lindsay Joyner for their exceptional efforts! Please continue to keep our fellow Gamecocks affected by this tragedy in your thoughts and prayers.

PRO BONO OPPORTUNITIES

Please consider getting involved in some great pro bono opportunities this week: Red Cross Blood Drive will take place on Tuesday in the Lobby, and the Pro Bono office will accepting donations for the Harvest Hope Food Drive all week.

DEAN PRATT'S TOWN HALL MEETING

TOPIC: NEW LAW SCHOOL BUILDING!
Dean Pratt will conduct his final Town Hall Meeting of the semester next Wednesday, November 14th in the Law School Auditorium. He will be presenting the plans for the new law school building and updating us on the state of the building campaign. Please come out and bring your questions!

FACULTY SELECTION - STUDENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Over the next few weeks, prospective faculty will be visiting campus for interviews. As part of the interview/hiring process, a panel of students will sit down with each candidate. Student feedback from these interviews will be a key factor in the Law School's hiring decisions.

We need student volunteers to conduct these interviews! If you would like to be a member of a student panel and help shape the faculty at USC, please email your name and the times you are available to your Faculty Selection Committee Representatives Tyler Winton: twinton@gmail.com or Andrea Sancho: sanchoac@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.ngsl.com. Please email Brooks Fuller if you are interested in playing on the team or have any questions: fuller.brooks@gmail.com.

SBA MEMBERSHIP

If you would like to purchase an SBA Membership, please put a check in SBA Secretary Leigha Blackwell's student mailbox (2L). Make sure your name is on the check!

Please email Leigha with any questions: leigha.blackwell@gmail.com
1yr SBA Membership: $35, 2yr Membership: $55, 3yr Membership: $75

SBA MEETING

The SBA Legislative Council will meet this Wednesday at 5:15 pm in Room 138. All are welcome to attend.

LEXISNEXIS TRAINING

Tuesday, November 6, 12:45, Room 135
Want FREE PIZZA? 150 points? How about help finding a JOB? Come learn how LexisNexis can help you prepare for interviews.

WIL MEETING

Wednesday, November 7, 12:40, Room 135
Our speaker will be M. Malissa Burnette, an attorney with Burnette & Rothstein, PA. Lunch will be provided.

SUPREME COURT TALK

Wednesday, November 7, 12:40, Room 138
Professors Danielle Holley-Walker and Josie Brown present "Students' Rights in Public Schools: Rulings From the Roberts Court." Lunch will be served. If you plan to attend and eat, please submit your completed form to Tootie Hooks by the end of the day Monday.

ILS MEETING

Wednesday, November 7, 12:40, Room 345
Co-sponsored by SALSA. We will be hosting a Colombian lawyer and economist.

EXAM PANEL

Wednesday, November 7, 12:40, Room 333
1Ls, concerned about upcoming exams? Come to Phi Alpha Delta's Exam Panel! You'll hear from 2Ls and 3Ls who've been where you are now. We'll give some sound advice about how to study and prepare for exams, and talk about what your particular professors are looking for. Learn what we wish we knew before we took our first exams. Lunch will be provided. See you there!

IJM FILM SCREENING

Wednesday, November 7, 6:00, Room 333
"Invisible Children: Rough Cut" is a documentary which features the personal stories of children in Northern Uganda who are forced to flee their villages every night, seeking sanctuary in the bus parks and hospitals of large towns and cities, to avoid being abducted by soldiers who would force them to participate in one of the brutal wars which has plagued the country for 20 years.

FLU SHOT CLINIC

Thursday, November 8, 10:00, Law Lobby
DON'T GET SICK BEFORE EXAMS, GET A FLU SHOT!! The Health Law Society in conjunction with Student Health Services will be offering flu shots in the lobby this Thursday, November 8th from 10am-2pm. The cost is only $10 for students and $20 for faculty and staff. You don't have to sign up, just come to the lobby and get your flu shot!

SYMPOSIUM

Friday, November 9, 8:30, Law Auditorium
"19th Century African-American Congressmen, Legislators, and Judges in South Carolina." Panels of historians and legal scholars discuss the leading African American judges, legislators, and congressmen who served in South Carolina during Reconstruction and the two decades following.

CLOTHING DRIVE

Women in Law and the Player Law Firm are sponsoring a winter clothing and blanket drive to benefit Columbia's homeless. Please bring winter shoes, coats, blankets, and other warm accessories to the drop-off bin located outside the Women in Law office, room 342. Donations will be accepted all winter.

THANK YOU

Thanks again to everyone who helped out with the Mr. Litigious Pageant. We were able to raise about $2,000 for the PILS Summer Grant Program. Most importantly, we feel like we met our goal of establishing a viable event that PILS can continue to modify and build upon as a fall fundraising platform in coming years.

STUDENT AWARD NOMINATIONS

In 1992, the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association created The Compleat Lawyer Award to recognize outstanding attorneys and exceptional graduating students for their accomplishments. Each year, in addition to the attorney awards mentioned in last week's eBrief, the Bronze Award is presented at commencement to three graduating law students who, through their performance in law school and their relationships with students and professors have demonstrated their potential to be outstanding attorneys. These Award recipients possess the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and professionalism. You, the student body, submit nominations in March, so start thinking about which of your classmates are most deserving of this prestigious honor.

NOTES FROM THE REGISTRAR

BLOCKED COURSES

All Second Year Block Courses will remain closed until Wednesday, November 7, 2007. At 12:45pm 3Ls and 2Ls may attempt to register for second year blocked courses if seats are available.

COMPUTER-BASED EXAMS

Students are reminded to install SofTest and take the Mock Exam USC by Friday, November 9, 2007. Please install the software only if you are planning to use it for final exams. 3Ls and 2Ls were given a list of professors/courses using SofTest.

NEWS FROM PRO BONO

BLOOD DRIVE

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to donate Tuesday. We need twenty more donors to meet our goal of forty pints! We can take two donors per time slot (or a maximum of sixty donors total), so please sign up at Joanne's office Monday or online at: www.givelife.org.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Everyone can contribute to the "Best Class Food Drive" even if you only bring 2 cans of food or 1 bag of beans you help to address the problem of hunger in SC. Try packing a PB & J and spending your lunch money on food to donate!

CASA

Applications for the January 2008 Richland County CASA (Guardian ad Litem) training are now available. Come by Room 233 for more information. The tentative training dates are: Jan. 22, 24, 29 & 31, 5:50-8:30 at the Law School.

NOTES FROM STUDENT SERVICES

FLORIDA/CAROLINA FOOTBALL SCANNING

Scanning for the Florida/Carolina football game will take place on Monday, November 5 and Tuesday, November 6 from 9a-4:30p in room 131-K, Student Services. The lottery will be posted on Wednesday, November 7, at 9a. Florida tickets will be distributed on Thursday, November 8 from 9a-4p and on Friday, November 9, from 9a-12n. No tickets will be given out after this time!

CLEMSON/CAROLINA LAW SCHOOL BLOOD DRIVE

Thanks to all the students who have signed up for the law school blood drive on Tuesday, November 6 from 10:00 am - 4:00 p.m. in the law lobby. A complete schedule will be posted on Monday, November 5 outside the Student Services office and on the SBA board. Please verify your time.

3L's - FINGERPRINTING FOR YOUR BAR APPLICATION

Fingerprinting for 3Ls filing the SC Bar Application will be held on Wednesday, November 7, from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, in the law lobby. Please bring your student ID or any identification. Fingerprint cards will be available on the tables. This should only take 5 minutes plus a little "wait" time.

Remember! SC bar applications filed between December 1 and January 10 have a filing fee of $400; whereas SC bar applications filed from January 11 - January 31 have a $750 filing fee. To print out a copy of the bar application access: http://www.sccourts.org/bar/index.cfm. Please call for certified copies of your birth certificates, college transcripts and other documents you may need - TODAY!

1L's - WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOCK IN YOUR BAR REVIEW COURSE TUITION?

BAR/BRI representatives will be in the law lobby on Monday, November 12 from 9a-12n to enroll 1Ls in the Bar/Bri. The fee is $100 and you will receive the First Year Review volume (Torts, Property and Criminal Law), an online audio Final Exam Review and StudySmart software. This is a great way to review for final exams. Take advantage of this great opportunity.

MARINE CORPS MARATHON

Congratulations to our Marine Corp. Marathon participants, Eric, 3L and Holly Montalvo, Matt, 1L and Allison Couvillion, who completed their run to the finishing line in Washington D.C. on October 27.

CONGRATULATIONS

Katy Flowers, 2L, became engaged to Colin Mitchell on October 11, 2007.

THIS WEEK - BREAKDOWN

MON, NOV 5

9:00

· Florida-South Carolina ticket scanning, Room 131K

TUE, NOV 6

9:00

· Florida-South Carolina ticket scanning, Room 131K

· Blood drive, Law Lobby

12:45

· LexisNexis training, Room 135

WED, NOV 7

9:00

· SLED fingerprinting for 3Ls, Law Lobby

12:40

· Women In Law meeting, Room 135

· Supreme Court talk, Room 138

· Public Interest Law Society meeting, Room 236

· Intellectual Property Law Society Meeting, Room 338

· International Law Society meeting, Room 345

· International Justice Mission meeting, Room 344

· Phi Alpha Delta exam panel, Room 333

12:45

· Blocked courses open for general registration

5:15

· SBA Legislative Council meeting, Room 138

6:00

· Film screening - "Invisible Children: Rough Cut," Room 333

THU, NOV 8

9:00

· Florida-South Carolina ticket distribution

10:00

· Flu shot clinic, Law Lobby

12:40

· Law Democrats Meeting, Room 344

FRI, NOV 9

8:30

· "African-American Leaders During Reconstruction," Law Auditorium

9:00

· Florida-South Carolina ticket distribution

SAT, NOV 10

12:30

· Florida v. South Carolina - GO COCKS!