APALSA Announcements through 12/11/06

The following are the APALSA announcements through 12/11/06. The announcements can also be seen by

going to http://bcapalsa.blogspot.com.

GOOD LUCK ON FINALS EVERYONE!

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Heller Ehrman Diversity Scholarship

At Heller Ehrman we believe diversity enhances the quality of service we provide to our clients and makes our firm a rich and rewarding place to work. We are committed to recruiting, retaining and advancing attorneys who contribute to the diversity of our firm and the legal community. As one of our diversity initiatives, HellerEhrman is pleased to announce our four 2007 First-Year Student Diversity Fellowships. The application deadline is Wednesday, January 24, 2007. Early applications are encouraged.

The information is available on our website at www.hellerehrman.com.

Best regards,
Michael Gotham, Director of Attorney Recruiting

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Stoel Rives - First Year Student Diversity Fellowship

Fellowships are available in their Seattle and Portland offices. Fellowships include a paid summer associate position and a $7,500 scholarship to help defray tuition and related expenses during the 2007/2008 academic year. Applications must be postmarked by January 22, 2007.

Please go to their website www.stoel.com for more information

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Dear 1Ls-

Below is a letter from Warner, Norcross and Judd, a large firm in Michigan. If you are from the area, I suggest applying. They are specifically looking for 1L students of color. Please contact Nina Modi for more information if you are interested.

TO: Minority 1L Students Interested in Clerking At One Of "America's Greatest Places To Work With A Law Degree"

RE: "Fun, Pride and Profit"

Warner Norcross & Judd offers the rare combination of a sophisticated practice that still leaves time for a life outside of the office. As a result, we are one of two firms in Michigan, and one of only 115 firms in the nation to be named in America's Greatest Places To Work With A Law Degree.

Forty percent of the firm's partners are listed in The Best Lawyers in America. We are currentlyaccepting resumes from 1L students interested in 2007 summer clerkships in any of our four Michigan offices – Metro Detroit (Southfield), Grand Rapids, Muskegon or Holland.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Warner Norcross & Judd LLP strives to have a workforce that reflects the realities of today's diverse national and global community. We recognize that the differences in heritage, culture, and perspective that each individual brings to WNJ make us better able to serve the needs of our clients. We also understand that our respect for and understanding of those differences makes our firm a better and more collegial place to work. You can learn more about our firm's commitment to diversity by reading our 2006 Diversity Annual Report on our website at www.wnj.com. While on the site, you may also wish to learn more about our $5000 scholarship to minority law students and print an application.

The Warner Difference

Our summer associates and attorneys possess credentials that rival those of their counterparts at leading national law firms. They came to Warner Norcross for the quality of our practice, the depth and breadth of our national client base, for firm policies that foster collegiality and balance, and for the exceptional quality of life in Michigan. That combination is difficult, if not impossible, to find in a large law firm in a large city.

Warner Norcross differs from most large law firms in several significant ways. Associates and summer associates choose their own areas of practice and are not slotted into groups. Our lockstep compensation system eliminates internal competition for hours and clients, making the work environment a very collegial one. With our extensive Career Development Program, a full time Director of Professional Development, and our policies that address life/balance issues, WNJ is committed to helping its associates develop into leading members of the profession and partners in the firm.

Our summer class of 2006 was composed of 22 summer associates from ten different law schools, including five minority students and 12 women. As a summer associate at Warner Norcross, you won't be bored and you won't be stuck in the library. Our program allows you to explore all areas of our practice and does not limit you to one or two practice groups during the summer or when you receive a permanent offer. Work assignments are channeled through a central system to ensure that you'll get work from a variety of practice areas, especially the areas in which you have an interest. It also ensures that you will receive feedback on all your work.

We Would Like to Hear from You

Although we are not able to visit your campus this fall, we hope you will send us your resume. To apply for a clerkship, please send a cover letter, your resume and a copy of your law school transcript to me at the following address or by email. I look forward to hearing from you!

Cathleen Meriwether

Director of Lawyer Recruitment

Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

900 Fifth Third Center

111 Lyon Street, N.W.

Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2487

Email: cmeriwether@wnj.com

AALDEF Spring & Summer 2007 Internships

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in 1974, is the first organization on the East Coast to protect and promote the legal rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy and community education. Current program priorities include economic justice for workers, immigrants' rights, voting rights and civic participation, language rights, affirmative action, the elimination of anti-Asian violence and police brutality, youth rights and educational equity, and the assistance of low-income Chinatown residents and workers affected by 9-11. For more information about AALDEF, visit our website at www.aaldef.org.

Included in this email are details regarding the following internships:

Spring 2007 Undergraduate Internships

Winter 06/Spring 07 Voting Rights Internships

Spring 2007 Legal Internships

Summer 2007 Undergraduate Internships

Summer 2007 Legal Internships

Summer 2007 Pfizer Inc./AALDEF Corporate Legal Internship

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WINTER 2006 & SPRING 2007 INTERNSHIPS

DEFENDING ASIAN AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS

for Undergraduate, Graduate, and Law Students

In prior elections, Asian Americans faced a series of barriers in exercising their right to vote; for example, ballots have been mistranslated listing Democratic candidates as Republicans and vice versa, lack of interpreters, denial of language assistance, rude and hostile poll workers. Then, when the news media reported on election returns and the vote by specific groups, Asian Americans were overlooked. AALDEF's Voting Rights Program aims to enhance the political participation of Asian Americans and guard against anti-Asian voter discrimination.

Voting Rights Interns work on the following:

*Reviewing election monitoring reports to advocate for election reforms and compliance with the Voting Rights Act and federal Constitution. The Voting Rights Act mandates Chinese and Korean language voting assistance and forbids anti-Asian voter discrimination. This includes legal research and writing, fact pattern development, and working with clients and witnesses for possible litigation.

*Documenting the use of bilingual ballots and reporting on Asian American voting patterns from AALDEF's multilingual multi-state voter survey.

*Assess local elections compliance with settlements reached in voting rights lawsuits in Massachusetts and other states.

*Registering new voters after citizenship swearing-in ceremonies.

*Conducting research and advocacy on local, state and federal election reform proposals.

Description of Fall Internships:
Supervision: Interns are supervised by attorneys through regular meetings and trainings.
Compensation: These internships are not paid positions, but academic credit can be arranged.
Hours: Interns work anywhere between 12 to 25 hours per week in the office.
Duration: Winter internships are during intersession and Spring internships usually follows the spring semester, commencing with the start of classes (end of January) to the first or second week of May.

To Apply:
Bilingual ability is helpful but not required. Students with language ability in Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin), Korean, Bengali, Urdu, or Punjabi are especially welcome to apply and languages (if any) should be stated in the resume.

Applicants should also state the number of hours they can work per week and a possible schedule.

Send a resume and cover letter to:

Voting Rights Fall Intern Search
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
99 Hudson Street, 12th floor
New York, New York 10013-2815
fax: 212-966-4303 or Email: info@aaldef.org

For more information, contact Glenn D. Magpantay at 212-966-5932, ext. 206 or gmagpantay@aaldef.org.

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SPRING LEGAL INTERNSHIPS 2007

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in 1974, protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy, and community education. Legal internships are available in the following program areas:

Anti-Trafficking Project, legal research on the Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (TVPA), as well as outreach, community education, and advocacy on the rights of women and youth trafficking survivors .

Community Health Care Initiative, legal research, as well as community education and outreach in the areas of immigration, government benefits, language rights, and health care access;

Economic Justice for Workers, litigation on behalf of garment, restaurant, and other low wage workers;

Educational Equity and Youth Rights, legal services, policy work, community education, research and litigation concerning educational equity, juvenile justice, affirmative action and post 9-11 hate violence and racial targeting;

Immigrant Access to Justice, litigation, legal services, and organizing/outreach with communities impacted by 9-11, including special interest detainees, special registration, voluntary interviews by the government, the 9-11 absconder initiative, and local and state enforcement of immigration laws;

New Jersey Asian American Legal Project, community outreach, education, and legal services to Asian Americans in New Jersey, as well as community organizing and litigation on employment-related claims for Asian immigrant workers in New Jersey.

Korean Community Law Project, direct legal services and litigation on employment-related claims for Korean immigrant workers, and community education /advocacy in collaboration with YKASEC - Empowering the Korean American Community;

South Asian Workers Project, direct legal services on employment-related claims to South Asian immigrant workers, as well as community education and advocacy; and

Voting Rights, legal research and fact development under the Voting Rights Act and Equal Protection challenging anti-Asian voter discrimination, advocacy on bilingual ballots, and state and local election reform; produce reports and organize public forums.

Description of Internships.

Interns are supervised by attorneys in specific program areas. Legal interns will work on litigation, particularly legal research and writing, legal and policy advocacy, client intakes, and some community outreach and education. Each program area differs in emphasis.

These internships are not paid positions, but academic credit can be arranged. Interns work anywhere between 8 to 25 hours per week. The internship usually commences with the start of classes or late January/early February through late April/early May.

To Apply:

Any bilingual ability should be stated in the resume. Bilingual ability is helpful but not required. Applications should also state the number of hours the intern is able to work per week and a possible schedule. Send a resume and cover letter to:

Legal Intern Search

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
99 Hudson Street, 12th floor
New York , New York 10013-2815
Fax: 212-966-4303 or Email: info@aaldef.org

For more information, contact Jennifer Weng at 212-966-5932, ext. 212 or jweng@aaldef.org.

APALSA Announcements through 12/4/06

The following are the APALSA announcements through 12/4/06
The announcements can also be seen by going to http://bcapalsa.blogspot.com


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Tired of studying? Need a break? Want to celebrate the last day of classes with fellow 1Ls? All of the above are good reasons to come to the 1L Study Break!

When: Monday, December 4th, 1-2pm
Where: EW 1st Floor Student Lounge

*Indian food will be provided!*

Sponsored by SALSA, BLSA, APALSA and LALSA

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WORKING WITH A JUDGE:

Hello APALSA,
I'm writing to encourage any 1Ls or 2Ls thinking about working for a judge this summer to apply to Judge Lindsay at the federal District Court in Boston. I'm clerking for him this year, and he is truly an amazing human being. He's very engaged with his clerks and interns on a personal level, having lunch with us every day and sharing his stories about coming of age as a black man in the south during the civil rights era and his thoughts on pretty much anything. On a professional level, an internship with him would be very rewarding. He regularly relies on clerks and interns in making decisions; we attend court proceedings as often as we wish, and he often breaks in the middle of sentencing or a trial to solicit our opinions. Interns do substantive work, including plea memos and bench memos to assist the judge in preparing for hearings.
I believe the judge has begun to receive resumes and cover letters for the summer, but I don't think his hiring really gets underway before January. If anyone is interested in learning more about working for Judge Lindsay, please feel free to contact me. Also, please forward to LALSA, SALSA, APALSA, Lambda, ACS, and/or other listservs that may reach other interested folks.
Thanks,
Amy Reichbach, BCLS '05

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Bilzin Sumberg Attorneys at Law Invite:
Minority Law Students
Networking Reception
Please join the partners and associates of Bilzin Sumberg for cocktails and network with minority law students from around the country who call Miami home.

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 5:30 pm
200 S. Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 2500
Cocktails and hors d’ouvres will be served.
Parking is available in the Wachovia Tower garage.
Please RSVP to Jannett Abreu at 305.350.2360
or jabreu@bilzin.com by December 22

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Dear APALSA 1Ls,

Here is a scholarship opportunity that may interest you.

Arent Fox has announced its second-annual Diversity Scholarship Program. As in 2006, the firm will award two first-year law students $15,000. The scholarship recipients will also join Arent Fox's 2007 Summer Program; one will summer in Washington, DC, and the other in New York City.

Arent Fox will accept 2007 program applications from first-year law students December 1, 2006, to January 15, 2007. To view the application, visit: http://www.arentfox.com/2007scholarship_app.pdf

Delaware Minority Job Fair

JOB FAIR

FOR

FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENTS

THE DELAWARE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION’S
COMMITTEE FOR DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY
INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE

ELEVENTH ANNUAL DELAWARE MINORITY JOB FAIR
FOR FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENTS
AT WIDENER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2007
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

Please visit your Career Placement Office on December 1, 2006 to learn more about the Delaware Minority Job Fair. The deadline for submitting your application is Monday, December 11, 2006.

Dear Student:

As part of an effort to recruit talented students and increase diversity in the Delaware Bar, a number of law firms, corporations, and governmental legal employers will participate in the Eleventh Annual Delaware Minority Job Fair for First-Year Law Students, which will be held on the Wilmington campus of Widener University School of Law on Saturday, January 20, 2007. The Job Fair, which is by invitation only, is limited to students who are in their first year of law school during the 2006-2007 school year.

We urge you to apply for an invitation to the Job Fair. The Delaware Minority Job Fair differs from many other job fairs in that students must be invited to attend rather than simply registering and showing up. In return, the students invited receive considerably more individual attention than is possible in a very large job fair. When you submit an application for an invitation you are, in effect, submitting an application to all of the Delaware legal employers who participate in the program. You will be eligible for an invitation if two or more of those employers wish to meet you. We plan to send out invitations enclosing a proposed interview schedule in early January 2007. Your response, accepting or declining the invitation, will be due by Monday, January 8, 2007.

There are no application or registration fees. If you are invited, you will need to arrange for your own transportation to Wilmington. We hope to be able to reimburse you for all or at least a portion of your transportation expenses. We historically have been able to reimburse 100% of such expenses. We will provide a breakfast to all invited students. A number of experienced attorneys and leaders of our Bench and Bar will join us for breakfast to answer any questions you might have about life and the practice of law in Delaware.

The Job Fair is a unique opportunity for law students not only to interview with a number of well-respected Delaware employers, but also to learn about the practice of law in the State from leaders of its legal community.

To become eligible for an invitation you must complete the attached application form and return it via mail, fax or e-mail, along with your resume and college and law school transcripts (if available) no later than Monday, December 11, 2006 to:

Joni L. Peet,
Job Fair Administrator
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
One Rodney Square
920 N. King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Fax (302) 498-7778
peet@rlf.com

We are looking forward to receiving your application.

Sincerely,
William J. Wade
Committee Chair
Delaware Minority Job Fair

General Announcements through 11/27/06

PROFESSIONALS IN THE LAW PANEL - Tuesday, November 28 5-7pm
Location: EW120
ATTN 1Ls --Are you interested in hearing about the different opportunities available this summer? Come out to our Professionals in the Law Panel to hear from speakers from both the private and public sector. There will be a speaker from GE, Foley Hoag, Greater Boston Legal Services, and the Attorney General's Office. This is a great opportunity to hear more about summer jobs available, begin networking, get advice on when and how to apply, what to include in your cover letter / resume, and get your questions answered by those who do the hiring. This event is co-sponsored by
APALSA, BLSA, LALSA & SALSA. REFRESHMENTS will be provided.

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JOB FAIR FOR FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENTS

THE DELAWARE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION'S COMMITTEE FOR DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE

ELEVENTH ANNUAL DELAWARE MINORITY JOB FAIR
FOR FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENTS
AT WIDENER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2007
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

Interview with Delaware Large, Medium and Small Law firms
Interview with Delaware Public Sector Employers (Federal & Local Government)
Interview with the Delaware Attorney General and Public Defender's Offices
Learn about Diversity in Delaware
Explore the Practice of Law in Delaware
Breakfast with Distinguished Members of the Delaware Bench & Bar

Please visit your Career Placement Office on December 1, 2006 to learn more about the Delaware Minority Job Fair. The deadline for submitting your application is Monday, December 11, 2006.

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Deadline: 11/30: Exams on Computer
Students have the option of taking exams on computer using software provided by ExamSoft Worldwide. The software download period will be open from September 19-November 30th. Students are required to download the software and register SofTest during that time, or will have to hand-write the exams.

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BLSA FOOD DRIVE
Between Nov. 16 and Nov. 27, BLSA will be having a food drive for the Greater Boston Food Bank. There will be a box in the cafeteria and one outside BLSA's office. Please donate what you can. Non-perishables, please.
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A WITNESS FROM DEATH ROW
Tuesday, November 28th, 6:30pm
St. Mary's Conference Room
Dale Recinella, lawyer and Catholic lay chaplain to Florida's death row, will speak about his first-hand experience with death row prisoners.

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HOW TO ACHIEVE ENDURING SUCCESS IN DARFUR
Wednesday November 29, 2006
6:30 p.m.
Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge.

Jendayi Frazer, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Director for Africa
Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations,United Nations
Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Chairperson, Sudan Social Development Organization
Alex de Waal, Research Associate at the Global Equity Initiative at the Harvard Asia Center and Lecturer on Government
Robert Rotberg, Program Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution (moderator)

General Announcements Through 11/20/06

The following are the APALSA announcements through 11/20/06. The announcements can also be seen by going to http://bcapalsa.blogspot.com


IMMIGRATION TRIP BAR NIGHT - MONDAY Nov. 20th, 8pm-12 at Wonder Bar in Allston
Buy your tickets all this week!
Come support the PILF Immigration Trip at Wonder Bar in Allston! Celebrate the completion of your OMII and the approaching T-giving mini-break with a night of prizes, food and fun!
Tickets are $10 and help fund the immigration trip! It also entitles you to 2 raffle tickets for awesome prizes (including Comedy Connection tickets and personal training sessions to get you in tip top shape for all the necessary Thanksgiving fork lifting!). One free drink ticket for the first 100 attendees and a generous spread of free food for all!
Don't miss out! Pick up your tickets starting MONDAY Nov. 13th through Friday in the caf from 11:30 to 2!
Wonder Bar
186 Harvard Ave (Cross Street: Commonwealth Avenue)
Allston, MA 02134-2806
http://www.wonderbarboston.com/
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LALSA GENERAL MEETING: Tuesday Nov.21 at 12:30
Location: EW 200
Please join us for our last general meeting of the semester. We will be having a Q& A session on summer jobs/ study advice. Also Mithra Merryman, from Latinas "know your rights" Project will be discussing holiday and spring volunteer opportunities. FREE MEXICAN FOOD will be provided. The First 30 1Ls will receive FREE STUDY GOODIE BAGS. See you there :)
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BLSA FOOD DRIVE: Between November 16th to November 27th
BLSA will be having a food drive for the Greater Boston Food Bank. There will be a box in the cafeteria and one outside BLSA's office. Please donate what you can. Non-perishables, please.
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HOW TO ACHIEVE ENDURING SUCCESS IN DARFUR
Wednesday November 29, 2006
6:30 p.m.
Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge.
Jendayi Frazer, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Director for Africa
Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Chairperson, Sudan Social Development Organization
Alex de Waal, Research Associate at the Global Equity Initiative at the Harvard Asia Center and Lecturer on Government
Robert Rotberg, Program Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution (moderator)

General Announcements through 11/13/06

BROWN BAG LUNCH with GEOFFREY WHY

For our first Brown Bag Lunch, APALSA is honored to host Mr. Geoffrey Why, a Massachusetts Attorney General and former district attorney. Come speak with Mr. Why about his personal experiences at the DA and AG offices, his current projects, and his experiences as an Asian American in the criminal law arena.

Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: 406 Stuart
Bring Lunch With You! Bring Questions!
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BC Yearbook Photo
Please come to the front of Stuart on Tuesday at 3:30 for the APALSA Yearbook Picture. Come show your face!

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Immigration Trip Bar Night!

The event will be on Monday, November 20th from 8-12pm at WonderBar in Allston!!
Admission tickets will cost $10 (this will include two raffle tickets, food, one drink ticket (if they are one of the first 100 to arrive))
Raffle tickets cost $1 each

We will have a list of the prizes available next week. We have a couple of free admission tickets to the Comedy Connection and one free personal training session--we'll have much, much more. Tickets will go on sale in the cafeteria starting this Monday the 13th. We will be in the cafeteria Mon-Fri from 11:30 to 2:00 pm.

Other details:
1. free food: nachos, pita and hummus, garlic bread, bruschetta, pasta salad, cookies and small pizzas
2. one free drink ticket for first 100 people to show up
3. DJ

We have the top floor of the bar booked for our party and the raffle will be held the same night.

General APALSA Announcements through 11/6/06

COME EAT ICE CREAM AND LEARN ABOUT PAD!!!!
Never heard of the legal fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta? Want to know more about it? Do you really like ice cream? Need a sugar rush during your long lunch hour? Then come to room Stuart 408, tomorrow, Tuesday 11/06, from 1-2 pm to eat ice cream with us and learn about PAD. Everyone is welcome!

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BROWN BAG LUNCH with GEOFFREY WHY

For our first Brown Bag Lunch, APALSA is honored to host Mr. Geoffrey Why, a Massachusetts Attorney General and former district attorney. Come speak with Mr. Why about his personal experiences at the DA and AG offices, his current projects, and his experiences as an Asian American in the criminal law arena.

Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: 406 Stuart
Bring Lunch With You! Bring Questions!

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Invitation to the Women and Minority Law Student Intellectual Property Summit

Date: Friday, November 10, 2006
Location: Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02116

RSVP: E-mail us at LawIPSum@microsoft.com with your name, telephone number, e-mail address, law school affiliation, and class (e.g., 1L, 2L or 3L). Please note that space is limited and seats are reserved on a first come first serve basis and must be received on or before November 6, 2006.

Once again Microsoft is bringing together a number of top technology, media, retail and other firms and organizations in an effort to increase awareness of careers in Intellectual Property, and to encourage women and minority law students to seek careers in this field. The event will include presentations from a number of diverse in-house lawyers at these companies and organizations specifically focused on IP law career opportunities for women and minorities. This event will be followed by a reception which will include the law students, law firms and representatives from all of the participating companies and organizations to foster conversation and interest in Intellectual Property opportunities.

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Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce its 1L Diversity Fellowship Program for 2007. With ten offices nationwide, F&R is offering fellowships to five minority first year law students. The program is a key component of the firm's ongoing initiative to recruit, retain, and advance attorneys who will contribute to the diversity of our practice and of the legal profession. Founded in 1878, F&R is one of the nation's largest law firms practicing exclusively in the areas of
intellectual property, litigation, and corporate law.

The Fish & Richardson 1L Diversity Fellowship Program is comprised of three components: mentoring, a $5,000 scholarship, and a paid summer associate position in the office of the student's choice. Applications for the 2007 fellowship will be accepted from December 1, 2006 through January 16, 2007.

For more information about the Fellowship and to print out an application and a checklist of required support material, please click here. For more information about Fish & Richardson, please visit www.fr.com.

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Hello 1Ls & 2Ls:
If you are interested in free housing and don't mind living on campus next year, then consider applying to be an RA. Applications are now available. For more information, please see the link below.
http://www.bc.edu/offices/reslife/

Inter-APALSA Semi Formal Boat Cruise

Dear BC APALSA,

Friday 11/17 marks the date of the first annual Inter-APALSA Semi-Formal Boat Cruise. We'll be sharing a cruise ship with Harvard, BC, BU, New England School of Law, and Northeastern.

Thanks to Harvard's persuasive capacity and the generosity of the firm Kramer Levin, the cruise has been very well-subsidized, and the cost is $15 per APALSA member. See Janet Ly's flyer for the specifics.

You can access the flyer at the following address:
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bwong/apalsacruise.pdf

I know that the cruise falls on the Friday before OM2 is due, so try to do some prep work and make sure to save a few hours for this event!

You can pay me (Brian) or Janet Ly, and feel free to e-mail either of us with any questions you may have. We'll set up a few times to meet at the snack bar for sign-ups, and you can definitely bring $15 to the Brown Bag Lunch that's coming up on the 14th.

Brian (wongrg@bc.edu)
Janet (lyj@bc.edu

General Announcements through 10/30/06

The Following are the APALSA Announcements through 10/30/06:



LATIN FLAVORED BAR REVIEW @ MOJITOS --Friday November 3, from 8pm - 2am
Come out and experience Bar Review with a Latin Flavor! FREE ADMISSION W/ SCHOOL ID from 8-10pm, (event name is BC LALSA), FREE SALSA LESSONS, DJ, FREE DRINK TICKETS on a first come basis & a chance to hang out with law students from Harvard, NE, Suffolk, BU and MAHA attorneys.

Where: Mojitos Lounge, 48 Winter Street, Boston (http://www.mojitoslounge.com)
No excuses guys/gals! If you drive $7 parking @ Lafayette Garage w/ Mojitos validation or get off @ the Park Street Stop on the T.
Dress: Casual to Dressy (no sneakers, jeans are ok)


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Dear all,

This is just to let you know that the next meeting of the International Legal Studies Colloquium will be on Tuesday, November 14 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Dr. Andrew Lang of the London School of Economics will be speaking on the subject of trade and human rights. Information about Dr. Lang and his work appears at http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/law/staff/andrew-lang.htm .

More details will follow shortly. I hope to see you there!

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ASIAN AMERICAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS
SOUTH ASIAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON
present

CAREER PANEL:
CHARTERING
YOUR LEGAL CAREER


Come hear from lawyers employed in different settings whether you are looking for opportunities after law school or interested in a change in your career.

Panelists include
Simone Bui, Greater Boston Legal Services
Jeffrey Hsi, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP
Mark Lee, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
Joseph Liu, Boston College Law School

Monday, November 6, 2006
6:00PM – 8:00PM

Goodwin Procter, LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
RSVP by November 2, 2006 (reachvince@gmail.com)

Light refreshments served.

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JTBF seeks your help in notifying law students about the historic judicial externship/clerkship program designed to increase diversity among judicial externs and full-time law clerks in our federal and state courts.

We have received request for referral of applicants from judges in Boston who are looking for externs and full-time law clerks. Students who are interested in participating should visit the JTBF website ( http://www.jtbf.org).

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Date: Friday, November 10, 2006
Location: Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02116



RSVP: E-mail us at LawIPSum@microsoft.com
with your name, telephone number,
e-mail address, law school affiliation, and class ( e.g., 1L, 2L or 3L).
Please note that space is limited and seats are reserved on a first come
first serve basis and must be received on or before

November 6, 2006.



Once again Microsoft is bringing together a number of top technology,
media, retail and other firms and organizations in an effort to increase
awareness of careers in Intellectual Property, and to encourage women
and minority law students to seek careers in this field. The event will
include presentations from a number of diverse in-house lawyers at these
companies and organizations specifically focused on IP law career
opportunities for women and minorities. This event will be followed by a
reception which will include the law students, law firms and
representatives from all of the participating companies and
organizations to foster conversation and interest in Intellectual
Property opportunities.

Schedule:

3:00 - 5:00 PM Law Firm Fair for law student registrants

Open to All Attendees

Students will visit Law Firm tables and submit for discussion and resume
submission (excluding L1 students).



5:00 - 7:00 PM Intellectual Property Summit

Open to All Attendees

Moderator-guided discussion with Panelists from Participating Companies.

Q & A

Closing Remarks
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7:00 - 9:00 PM Cocktail Reception

Open to All Attendees

Networking opportunity for Law Students

Companies:

America Online American Express
Cisco Computer Sciences
Corporation
EMC HP
News Corporation Raytheon
Shell UPS

General Announcements through 10/23/06

The following are the APALSA announcements through 10/23/06. All announcements in their entiretycan also be seen by going to http://bcapalsa.blogspot.com



You are cordially invited to celebrate Diwali!!!

Diwali or Deepavali, the most significant Hindu festival in India, is an occasion for the invocation of the Gods of prosperity and plenty. Diwali means "rows of lighted lamps" and the celebration is often referred to as the Festival of Lights. It symbolizes the victory of righteousness and the lifting of spiritual darkness. It celebrates the victory of good over evil - and the glory of light. Lights and diyas are lit to signifying the driving away of darkness and ignorance, as well as the awakening of the light within ourselves. Diwali is a time for family gatherings, food, celebration and puja . The celebration means as much to Hindus as Christmas does to Christians. In some regions, Diwali also signifies the arrival of the New Year.

Please join us for a Puja led by Pundit Dube Maharajh followed by dinner
On Monday October 23 rd, 2006, 6:15pm at the Barat House, Boston College Law School, 885 Centre

Street , Newton, MA 02459

For inquiries please contact Bhavini Doshi- doshib@bc.edu or Nina Modi- modin@bc.edu

Brought to you by BC SALSA, SASA and GISA


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November 7th Voter Monitoring Volunteering

Hey APALSA, a big election is coming up soon, and a great opportunity to help make sure the voting rights of our fellow Americans are safeguarded. Basically, we will be polling voters to see that the proper language materials and other necessary measures for voting are available for those who might speak English as a second language. The details about the training session and polling location need to be ironed out, but are largely dependant on how many volunteers we get. So, if you are interested please let us know SOON!

Email anthony.nguyen.3@bc.edu and he will send you a volunteer form if you are interested in volunteering. Either print out a form and hand it to any APALSA officer, or feel free to complete
it electronically, and email it back to Anthony.

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October 28 Silk Road Gala, Domestic Violence Fundraiser
Hey APALSA, this Saturday the 28th is a great oppotunity to help volunteer at the Silk Road Gala--the annual fundraising benefit for the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence.
Registration is available online, at: http://www.atask.org/Events_SilkRoadGala.htm
Follow the link and select "volunteer", and mention "Boston College Law School" in the school name.

For any questions, please contact Anthony at anthony.nguyen.3@bc.edu

General Announcements 10/9/06

The Outlining Session will be held on Tuesday, October 10, 12:45, Room 115B.

Attention 1LS, want to outline? Don't know how? Come to the outline session sponsored by APALSA, BLSA, LALSA and SALSA. Hear from 2Ls and 3Ls about what techniques they used to outline. Plus study tips, note taking advice and lots of other stuff.

Food and drinks will be provided.
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October 11, 2006 - CAFÉ CON LALSA - From 3:00 to 4:30 in STUART F313
LALSA Office Open House. Come have some coffee and dessert with other LALSA members. This is a great way to meet new people, get familiar with the office, share ideas and express concerns on LALSA, the legal career and life at BC in general.

Mentor Mentee Shindig!!

MENTOR/MENTEE SHINDIG

FREE FOOD!!! TAKE A STUDY BREAK!!!

If you are an APALSA MENTOR or MENTEE: Be at APPLEBEES in BRIGHTON at 9:30 on THURSDAY, OCTOBER

12th for FREE FOOD!

We know you guys have all been working hard, so we hope you'll take this opportunity to get to know your mentor/mentee a little bit better along with all of the other apalsa members while stuffing your belly with unlimited goodies at Applebees.

We will be meeting at 9:30pm at Applebees in Cleveland Circle. It's located next to circle cinema, adjacent to cleveland circle park, and at the last stop on the C line. There is parking there and it is convenientlylocated by the B, C, and D T lines.

381 Chestnut Hill Ave.
Brighton, MA 02135
617.731.0159
www.applebees.com

We got lots of cash yo, so come out and help us spend it. Apalsa will be providing massive amounts of free appetizers only, beverages will be the responsibility of each individual who orders it.

PLEASE RSVP with the Evite that has been sent out. If you did not receive the evite please email James Liu at liujy@bc.edu. You must RSVP by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, October 10th in order to be guaranteed admission to the event. We need to know how many people are coming so James can reserve the correct amount of space.

Community Service Opportunities

November 7th Voter Monitoring Volunteering

Hey APALSA, a big election is coming up soon, and a great opportunity to help make sure the voting rights of our fellow Americans are safeguarded. Basically, we will be polling voters to see that the proper language materials and other necessary measures for voting are available for those who might speak English as a second language. The details about the training session and polling location need to be ironed out, but are largely dependant on how many volunteers we get. So, if you are interested please let us know SOON!

Email anthony.nguyen.3@bc.edu and he will send you a volunteer form if you are interested in
volunteering. Either print out a form and hand it to any APALSA officer, or feel free to complete
it electronically, and email it back to Anthony.

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October 28 Silk Road Gala, Domestic Violence Fundraiser
Hey APALSA, this Saturday the 28th is a great oppotunity to help volunteer at the Silk Road

Gala--the annual fundraising benefit for the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence.

Registration is available online, at: http://www.atask.org/Events_SilkRoadGala.htm
Follow the link and select "volunteer", and mention "Boston College Law School" in the school name.

For any questions, please contact Anthony at anthony.nguyen.3@bc.edu

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October 11-13, 2006 - VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE - 12:30 to 2:00 Cafeteria
On November 7, 2006, Massachusetts gubernatorial election will be held. Many of us will begin and establish our legal careers in Boston and will be directly affected by the actions taken by the
governor who wins this election. Furthermore, too many of us do not vote because there are no accessible means to actually register ourselves to vote. LALSA will be holding a voter registration drive October 11-13 in the Cafeteria. We will sit in the Caf with registration forms and encourage students passing by to register. They fill out the form and we will then send those forms to their respective city/town halls to complete the official registration process.

General APALSA Announcements through 10/2/06

APALSA Announcements through 10/2/06


BLSA is having an Academic Success Workshop for BLSA 1Ls on Oct 6th at 4pm in room 120. Let your 1Ls know.

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APALSA has rescheduled its Academic Study WOrkshop to Tuesday, October 10th during the common lunch period. The room will be announced at a later time.

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REMINDER: The Legal Education in China event will be held on October 3. The presentation is scheduled for 12:30 on Tuesday October 3 in Stuart 410. People should bring their lunch if they like, but dessert will be provided. There will be a brief round of introductions at the beginning, then Professor Liu will speak for about 20 minutes. The rest of the time will be an opportunity for questions and discussion. It is scheduled to finish at 1:30, but if people want to stay longer they should feel free to do so.

Interapalsa Social Mixer!

The first INTERAPALSA Social Mixer is this Wednesday (9/27) at 8-12 pm at the Rattlesnake.

Get out of your bubble and come drink and play with fellow aspiring lawyers at the first Inter-APALSA Mixer of the year! We’ll be taking over the top floor and roof deck of Rattlesnake on Boylston and rocking out at Bar 33 afterwards. So shine your shoes, iron your shirts, strap on those heels, curl your hair, and get ready to meet cool kids from BC, BU, Harvard, New England School of Law, Northeastern, & Suffolk.

General Announcements for 9/25/06

SALSA will be having its first general body Tuesday, Septemeber 26th at 12:30 in EW 115A.
They will having 1L rep elections (have your nominations ready!) and briefly go over our agenda for the year. Also, be prepared to play a short but definently fun South Asian Trivia game.
Free Indian Lunch will be served.

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APALSA's Outlining Session will be held Thursday October 3rd, at 330pm @ EW 120. Come learn outlining tips and study strategies to help prepare for your exams!

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LEGAL EDUCATION IN CHINA on Oct 3 at 12:30
Location: TBD

Come listen to presentation by Visiting Scholar Yigong Liu regarding the legal education in China. Discussions will draw comparisons with our own legal education as well as other countries.

Miscellaneous APALSA Announcements

The First APALSA General Body Meeting will be held on September 12th, at 1pm in EW 115.

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Melissa Galicia will be sending APALSA's weekly announcements every Monday. If you have an announcement that you want us to include please be sure to e-mail her at: galiciam@bc.edu by Sunday at noon.

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CALLING ALL OUTLINES! 2ls and 3ls please contribute outlines for previous classes by emailing them to bcapalsa@gmail.com. All of these outlines will be made available on APALSA's Lexis Nexis webcourse.

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Mentor/Mentee Forms are still available. Please email James Liu at james.liu.1@bc.edu if you need another copy. Hard copies will also be available at the APALSA General Body Meeting. Please turn in all completed forms to James Liu either through his email, his mailbox, or at the APALSA General Body Mtg.

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1L volunteers needed to help with APALSA Alumni Partners Program. Great networking opportunity and you get to work with Brian and Jessica (2L's) (what more could you ask for?). Please contact either wongrg@bc.edu or liouje@bc.edu. by September 15th.

Alumni Directory Database

Greetings fellow APALSA members,

We are in the process of updating our alumni directory/database. If you could email any contact information you might have regarding BC Alums who were involved in APALSA (including recent 3L grads) to liouje@bc.edu, we would greatly appreciate it. Specifically, please include the first and last name of the person, their address, email and phone number for either their personal or professional location. Partial information is completely acceptable. If you have any additional information you would like to include, please feel free to.

Thank you in advance for your help!

THANKS!!

~jessica liou

Help Defend Asian American Voting Rights in Boston!!!!

Help Defend Asian American Voting Rights in Boston!!!!
When: Monday and Tuesday Evening, September 18-19, 2006
Where: Placements in and around Boston (Chinatown, Lowell, Dorchester)
Time: Training on Monday Evening, Polling on Tuesday Evening
Who: Only 1 or 2 volunteers are needed for the MA Primary Election on September 19

FYI: There will be a larger full-scale poll monitoring activity in November (like last year) where more people can get involved. For Sept, we only need 1 or 2 other people.


Some questions that may be going through your mind...

What is this?
This is another great volunteering opportunity where you can be directly involved with the community and actively involved in protecting the voting rights of Asian Americans. Since 1992, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has conducted non-partisan multilingual surveys of Asian American voters to document voting patterns and to assess compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act, which bars anti-Asian voter discrimination.

What would I be doing?
Volunteers conduct exit surveys at various polling sites, which may later become the basis for voting rights litigation. There are different shifts located in and around Boston (Chinatown, Lowell, Dorchester, and Mission Hill).

Who else will be participating?
I, for one, will be at one of the sites which has yet to be determined. There will also be students volunteering from other Boston law schools and colleges. Last year, students from Suffolk, NU, Tufts, and BU (just to name a few) participated. This is a great way to meet people from other schools as well! Last year, BCLS fielded teams at multiple polling sites.

This sounds awesome!! How do I sign up?
All you have to do is fill out the volunteer form and attend a BRIEF (45 mins) training session.

About AALDEF.
Founded in 1974, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is the first legal rights organization on the East Coast serving Asian Americans. We were founded by a group of lawyers, law students and community activists who believed that the law should be used as a tool to achieve social and economic justice for Asian Americans and all Americans.

We believe that the laws in this country should be applied equally, regardless of race or ethnicity. We also believe that every American has a right and an obligation to be involved in the communities where she or he lives and works. Our aim is to build an informed and active Asian America that is involved in the civic life of this country.

To learn more about AALDEF, visit their website at: www.aaldef.org

Still unsure or have questions? Please email me (brian):
wongrg@bc.edu

Warner Norcross & Judd

TO: Boston University APALSA 2L Students

RE: “Fun, Pride and Profit”

Warner Norcross & Judd offers the rare combination of a sophisticated practice that still leaves time for a life outside of the office. As a result, we are one of two firms in Michigan, and one of only 115 firms in the nation to be named in America's Greatest Places To Work With A Law Degree. Forty percent of the firm's partners are listed in The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, we are included in 2006 Edition of The Vault Guide to the Top Chicago and Midwest Law Firms.

We are currently accepting resumes from 2L students interested in 2007 summer clerkships in any of our four Michigan offices – Metro Detroit (Southfield), Grand Rapids, Muskegon or Holland. I encourage you to learn more about who we are and what we do by reading our web site at www.wnj.com.

We Would Like to Hear from You

Although we are not able to visit the Boston College campus this fall, we hope you will send us your resume apart from that process. To apply for a clerkship, please send a cover letter, your resume and a copy of your law school transcript to me at the following address or email. I look forward to hearing from you!

Cathleen Meriwether

Director Lawyer Recruitment

Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

900 Fifth Third Center

111 Lyon Street, N.W.

Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2487

Email: cmeriwether@wnj.com

Law Clerk Positions

LAW STUDENT CLERKS NEEDED (FULL OR PART-TIME)

Mission
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights champions the legal rights of people of color, poor people, immigrants and refugees, with a special commitment to African Americans.

History
The Committee is affiliated with the national Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, begun in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy. San Francisco’s office was founded by leading members of the San Francisco Bar in 1968, shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Lawyers' Committee --with the assistance of hundreds of pro bono attorneys--provides free legal assistance and representation to individuals on civil legal matters. In addition, the Lawyers' Committee handles policy impact cases in the areas of Race, Poverty, and Immigration.

Internships Under the supervision of an attorney, the law clerk will prepare legal memoranda, conduct legal research, perform other litigation and non-litigation related legal assignments, and conduct client interviews. Clerks also participate in legal staff meetings.

Law clerks work in all of our issue areas (race, immigration, poverty). If you have a particular interest in homelessness/poverty issues or our African-American Agenda, please indicate this in your cover letter – there may be an opportunity to work with staff on special projects in these areas.

Summer law clerks are ordinarily expected to work 37.5 hours per week for 10 weeks. During the semester, law clerks are expected to work at least 15 hours per week. We encourage clerks to seek academic credit or independent funding for their work.

Law clerks at the Lawyers' Committee may be considered in the future for post-graduate fellowships at the Lawyers’ Committee, including our Thurgood Marshall Fellowship and sponsorship for the Skadden and Equal Justice Works Fellowships.

To Apply Send a cover letter, resume, and three references to the attention of Silvia Contreras to the following address: Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the S. F. Bay Area, 131 Steuart Street, Ste. 400, San Francisco, CA 94105.

Prior public interest experience is preferred. If applicable, please indicate if you are fluent in a foreign language (particularly Spanish, Mandarin, or Cantonese). Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials as early as possible as decisions are made on a rolling basis.

Suggested application submission periods:

Summer: September 1 – March 15

Fall semester: February 1 – September 1

Spring semester: August 1 - January 1

Please visit our website for more information about our organization: www.lccr.com

The Lawyers’ Committee is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. People of color, lesbians, gay men, transgender individuals, persons with disabilities, and people over 55 are encouraged to apply.

Public Interest Retreat

Boston College Law School

2nd Annual

Public Interest Retreat

September 15-17, 2006

Last spring, BC Law School held its first annual Public Interest Retreat, bringing together an amazing bunch of students committed to developing careers in public interest law for a weekend of reflection, camaraderie, mutual support, and professional sustenance. This year, we’re holding the event in the fall in order to start the year off right. While others suit up for law firm interviews, we’ll take some time to build our own path toward work in the common good.

We hope you’ll join us! This year’s Public Interest Retreat will be held the weekend of September 15-17 (Friday evening to Sunday morning) at BC’s new retreat center in Dover, Massachusetts, a short 20 minute drive from the law school. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with other public interest-minded students and faculty, meet alumni, hear inspiring speakers, and think about the many ways in which the law can be used as a tool for social change. In addition to speakers and discussion sessions, the schedule will also provide ample time for participants to interact informally and reflect on their experiences and career goals.

BC’s Public Interest Retreat is student-initiated and student-led. We are fortunate to receive generous support from the Law School Fund. Thanks to that support, the entire weekend will be free for participants. We have room for up to 30 students to attend.

To attend the Public Interest Retreat, please send a brief statement (1-2 paragraphs) to Gavi Wolfe at wolfegb@bc.edu about why you want to participate in the retreat, and how and why you see yourself using your legal education to serve the public interest. Applications must be received by Monday, September 4. Retreat participants will be selected by lottery.

McDermott Will & Emery Diversity Scholarship

Dear APALSA,

As you and members of your organization are considering the law firms with whom you want to interview this fall, we hope you will consider McDermott Will & Emery.

To help achieve greater diversity in the legal profession and to assist deserving minority law students with their law school education expenses, McDermott is pleased to announce the McDermott Minority Scholarship. McDermott will award a $15,000 scholarship and a position in a McDermott Summer Program to two second year minority law students from ABA – accredited law schools. Students who meet McDermott’s hiring criteria and demonstrate leadership, community involvement, and a commitment to improving diversity in the legal community are encouraged to apply.

We hope you will visit our website at www.mwe.com to learn more about our Firm and the McDermott Minority Scholarship.

Sincerely,

Harvey w. Freishtat

Firm Chairman

Summer Lecture at Suffolk Law

The South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston
Invites you to the

2006 Summer Lecture

Why Disasters Should Not Be Forgotten:
The South Asian Earthquake Experience.

Wednesday, August 2, 2006 starting at 6:30 p.m.
at Suffolk University School of Law
First Floor, Function Room
120 Tremont Street, Boston

Come hear Adil Najam professor of International Negotiation and Diplomacy (Tufts) share his observations of South Asia after the earthquake in Kashmir and the future challenges in facing such disasters around the world.

Everyone is welcome!

Refreshments will be served.

If you have any questions please contact Sa'adiyah Masoud at saadiyahmasoud@yahoo.com or (617) 821-4676

www.sabagb.org

Diversity Networking Reception

Please join Paul, Weiss at

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

for its annual Diversity Networking Reception

July 20, 2006
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres

The Allen Room
Frederick P. Rose Hall
Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th Street

New York City

Featuring speaker, Deborah C. Wright,
Chair and CEO of Carver Bancorp, Inc.

RSVP to www.paulweiss.com/diversityevent

Students of Color Retreat

Hi Everyone!

I hope your summer is going well! In case you were not aware the BC Student of Color Retreat is scheduled for August 25-26th. In order to help the incoming 1Ls adjust to life in Boston and to connect with the community around them, we would like to put together a packet of information about the best places to do things in Boston.

For example:

Where to get your haircut
Where to eat- best restaurants/ delivery places
Where to shop: groceries, clothing, ethnic foods etc.
Where to find a great mechanic

Best bars/ clubs
Favorite tourist attractions
Best places to study

Or any other suggestions you may have. Please send any suggestions or ideas to leedza@bc.edu as soon as possible.

Goodwin Procter Diversity Fellowships

Dear Mr. Averion:

As the Hiring Committee Chairman of Goodwin Procter LLP, I am reaching out to you in your role as a leader of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association to inform you of the 2006 Goodwin Diversity Fellowships. Intended to promote diversity in the legal profession and at our firm, these Fellowships provide up to three annual awards of $15,000 each to minority second-year law students who demonstrate exceptional academic performance, outstanding leadership, a commitment to community service, interest in the private practice of law, and other special achievements and honors.

We launched the Goodwin Diversity Fellowships in the Fall of 2005, and awarded $15,000 each to three Fellows: Nilda Isidro of NYU School of Law, Charles Borrero of Georgetown University Law Center, and Marie Scott of Harvard Law School.

As you may know, Goodwin Procter LLP is one of the nation’s leading law firms, and is headquartered in Boston, with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles. The firm’s core areas of practice are corporate, litigation and real estate, with specialized areas of focus that include financial services, private equity, technology companies, REITs and real estate capital markets, intellectual property and products liability.

We would greatly appreciate your help in forwarding this e-mail as appropriate to your fellow students who are entering their second year of law school this Fall. Goodwin Diversity Fellows will be chosen from among those students who express interest in joining our Summer Program, submit a Fellowship application, and complete the Fellowship interview process.

To be eligible, you and/or your classmates will need to complete an application and, if possible, sign up to interview with us on-campus when we are at Boston College on Thursday, August 31, 2006 as part of our 2L summer associate interview process. Anyone applying for a Fellowship who is not able to obtain a slot to interview with us on campus should e-mail us at fellowships@goodwinprocter.com to request a screening interview, which will be arranged if our preliminary qualifications are met. Further information and application forms for Goodwin Diversity Fellowships can be found on our website at:

http://www.goodwinprocter.com/Our%20Firm/Diversity/The_Goodwin_Diversity_Fellowsh.aspx

Applications are currently available on our website. Applications are due within two weeks of a candidate’s initial interview with the firm for a Summer Associate position.

Please e-mail us at fellowships@goodwinprocter.com if you have any questions or would like further information.

Sincerely,

Larry Cahill
Partner and Hiring Committee Chairman
Goodwin Procter LLP

Panel on controversy over BC's selection of Condoleezza Rice as Commencement speaker (Sunday, 5/7, 7pm)

Please forward this email to your friends and colleagues ASAP! Thank you.

We cordially invite all students, faculty, administrators,
Father Leahy and the entire BC community to the...

The Condoleezza Controversy:

A truly balanced discussion
about BC's commencement invitation to Secretary Rice, A panel
featuring some of the most prominent faculty members at BC...


Come here all sides of the issue, pro-and-con from:

Father Parker

Professor Marc Landy

Professor Shawn Copeland

Professor Lisa Cahill

Professor Deborah Levenson-Estrada

This SUNDAY, 5/7
7PM
Devlin 008

Be a part of the discourse...

sponsored by a group of undergrad and graduate students, faculty members and the help of some of the deans in ODSD

May 1st Day of Action in Support of Immigrant Rights (May 1)

May 1st Day of Action
In Support of Immigration Rights

MONDAY May 1st, 2006 EVENTS:

11:30 AM:
Assembly @ O’Neill Plaza for a Boston College Community Vigil

12:30 PM:
Travel to Harvard Yard for a Rally and Student Walk-Out Event

2:30 PM:
March to State House with the entire Student May Day Coalition

3:30 PM:
Rally at Boston Common Statewide Movement with Boston May Day Coalition

Boston College May Day Coalition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 25, 2006

Boston College Students Show Solidarity with Immigrants
By: The Boston College May Day Coalition

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts — Students, Faculty and Student
Organizations have formed the Boston College May Day Coalition (BCMDC)
in support of the nationwide movement for immigrant rights.

The BCMDC seeks support from all individuals: students, faculty, and
staff alike. Expressly, we encourage everyone in the Boston College
community to:
a. Boycott class or work on May 1
b. Refrain from making any purchases throughout the day
c. Express solidarity with the movement by wearing white shirts or white ribbons
d. Endorse our campaign, whether as an individual or as an
organization by spreading the word to all your friends, classmates,
professors, and organizations
e. Join us on O'Neill plaza at 11:30 a.m., and continue to Harvard for
an organized rally at 1:30 p.m., followed by a march to the State
House for a statewide rally.

BCMDC's platform is rooted in a desire to work for social justice and
equality. Those in the Boston College community committed to the same
ideals need a coalition to express their solidarity with society's
marginalized communities. Our aim is to raise awareness among students
and faculty of the immigrant rights movement. Only then will our
elected officials address the unfair treatment of immigrants.

Our concrete goals are to:

1) Create a dialogue to raise campus awareness of the country's unjust
immigration policy; and
2) Express solidarity with immigrants who suffer oppression under U.S.
immigration policy.

In anticipation of the general boycott scheduled for May 1, and in an
effort to expand dialogue and understanding about this critical issue,
student leaders have scheduled the following events and activities:

1. An immigration roundtable discussion with experts and civic leaders
on April 26, 2006, at Boston College Law School.
2. A white ribbon campaign on May 1, 2006, to express support for and
solidarity with all immigrants.
3. In interfaith religious service on May 1, 2006, at Boston College Law School.
4. A letter-writing campaign to urge Congress to pass sensible
legislation that does not criminalize undocumented workers and honors
the contributions that all immigrants make to the United States.
5. An undergraduate vigil scheduled for May 1st at noon on O'Neill
plaza, followed by participation in the Harvard University rally and a
march to the State House to attend the MIRA Coalition press conference
and statewide rally.

The Boston College May Day Coalition is also part of the larger Boston
Student May Day Coalition, which will convene and march, for the first
time as a unified organization, at the Harvard University walkout on
May 1.


List of Endorsers:

AHANA Leadership Council
Organization of Latin-American Affairs
Asian Caucus
Brazilian Club of Boston College
South East Asian Students Association
Chinese Students' Association
Philippine Society of BC
South Asian Students Association
Vietnamese Students Association
UGBC President-Elect Santiago Bunce
JUSTICE
Women's Health Initiative
Global Justice Project
BC Sociology Department
College Democrats (pending)
Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Leadership Council
4Boston Leadership Council
Ecopledge

BC Latin American Law Students Association
BC Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
BC Black Law Students Association
BC Third World Law Journal
BC South Asian Law Students Association
BC Law Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
BC Law St. Thomas More Society
Community Economic Development Law Group
Grad. School of Social Work Student Collective
Environmental Law Society
International Law Society
Jewish Law Society

Harvard May Day Coalition
Northeastern May Day Coalition
The Executive Board of the Asian Community at Tufts
Boston May Day Coalition

Immigrant Rights Panel (Apr. 26)

IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PANEL -- Wed., April 26 at 11:30
Location: EW 120

On May 1st students, workers and other concerned Americans will hold a variety of events, including boycotts and walkouts. Here at BC, concerned students are organizing a panel discussion for this Wednesday, April 26 at 11:30 to discuss the current proposed immigration bills and their potential economic and social impacts. We are also asking members of the law school community to wear a WHITE RIBBON as a show of support for positive immigration reform and to sign a petition that will be sent to various senators. We will be passing out ribbons, and more info in the cafeteria this Monday - Wednesday. Please come and show your support!

Celebrate the Arrival of Spring with SALSA (Apr. 26)

Celebrate the Arrival of Spring
and the Last Day of Class
with SALSA

Please come enjoy FREE INDIAN FOOD, mango lassis, music, henna tattoos,
and nice weather (hopefully) as SALSA commemorates Holi
which celebrates the Spring season.

Traditionally, Holi involves throwing powdered paint so dress appropriately.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006
3:30pm - 5:30pm

Outside (behind) Barat House

Community event: Tabla and Taiko (May 11)

The Arab American Antidiscrimination Committee, Japanese Americans Citizens League, Asian American Resource Workshop, and MIT Center for International Studies have sponsored forums on post 9-11 civil liberties issues. Please join with these groups and the MIT Council for the Arts in this celebration of culture.

Link to full event brochure: https://wfs.bc.edu/takei/apalsa/tablataiko.pdf

Middle East Meets Far East
A Tabla and Taiko Drumming Event
7 PM on May 11 in MIT Building E25 Room 111

Master percussionists Karim Mohammed and Elaine Fong demonstrate Egyptian Tabla and Japanese Taiko, and then offer a joint performance.

ELAINE FONG is founder and artistic director of Odaiko New England; and a member of Marco Lienhard's group, Taikoza. She has received instruction from Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka of San Francisco Taiko Dojo; Kenny Endo of Taiko
Center of the Pacific; and Tiffany Tamaribuchi of Sacramento Taiko Dan.

KARIM NAGI MOHAMMED is a native Egyptian who has lived in Boston for 20 years. Karim performs Arabic, Turkish and Andalusian hand percussion, including the tabla, riqq and segat/zills. He is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, and leads the Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble.

Asian American Law Journal: Call for Submissions

Dear APALSA:

The Asian Law Journal of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) has recently changed its name to the Asian American Law Journal, reaffirming our commitment to addressing issues of concern for Asians in the United States. We would like to invite your members to submit an article for our fourteenth regular volume or our special upcoming volume dedicated to affirmative action and overturning Proposition 209. (Please feel free to circulate this email widely.)

As one of only two Asian Pacific American law journals in the nation, we are committed to providing a forum for scholars, practitioners, and students to address legal and policy issues relevant to the APA community. As we prepare to publish our next volumes, we are dedicated to continuing our pursuit of excellent, applicable scholarship to foster awareness and increase dialogue both within and beyond the legal community. We would request that you send articles on international issues only insofar as such issues affect APA communities in the United States. Past volumes of AALJ have addressed such issues as hate crimes, accent discrimination, immigration policy, civil liberties, and political engagement. While articles on all APA issues are welcome, we also hope to expand our coverage of less-represented Asian Pacific American groups.

Please submit any previously unpublished article, note or comment regarding legal, political, or social issues that you believe have impacted the Asian Pacific American community.

If you are interested in contributing to the fourteenth volume of AALJ or the special affirmative action issue, please send us your submission early. Articles will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis until Friday, September 1, 2006. Those accepted by the AALJ editorial board will undergo two rounds of editing. The editing process may continue through Spring 2007. Final publication is scheduled for May of 2007.

Articles submitted should meet the following requirements:

* The article must be sent in Microsoft Word format, as an e-mail attachment, to the following address: aalj.submissions@gmail.com.

* The article must be double-spaced and single-sided.

* The article must be in 12 point font and at least thirty (30) pages in length, with one inch margins. (Note: shorter pieces will be considered for the Notes and Comments section of the journal.)

* Footnotes must be within the text (i.e. incorporated at the end of each page). Footnote citations should be according to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed.).

* Statements made in the text must be supported by outside authority.

* The first draft of the article must be submitted by Friday, September 1, 2006. (This deadline may be altered to fit your schedule.)

* The second draft of the article must be submitted within two weeks after receiving AALJ's suggested revisions of the first draft.

If you have any questions or would like more information about the submission process, please do not hesitate to contact us via email. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Thank you for your time and attention.

Best regards,
Kati Hong and Jenny Lam
Submissions Editors
Asian American Law Journal
U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
589 Simon Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
aalj.submissions@gmail.com