Announcing the 2006-2007 APALSA Board!

The appointed positions are set! Thanks to all those who applied, and we look forward to seeing what the new board accomplishes in the coming year :-)

President: Christine Lee
VP External: Brian Wong
VP Internal: James Liu
Treasurer: Janet Choi
Secretary: Melissa Galicia
1L Liasons: Jenn Kim, Susan Lu
Community Chair: Anton Nguyen
Alumni Liason: Jessica Liou

75th Celebration for Harold Koh (Apr. 3)

Monday, April 3
East Wing 120
4:00 P.M. (with reception to follow)

In conjunction with Diversity Month, the 75th Celebration will be honoring Harold Hongju Koh, Dean of Yale Law School and renowned scholar in international law and human rights. Dean Koh's grandfather was also the first graduate of this Law School from Asia. The Law School will be giving him the Distinguished Service Award, and he will be making a presentation to the school-wide community on Monday, April 3rd, at 4:00pm.

APALSA is cosponsoring this event.

P.S. At 2pm on the same day, Dean Koh will be giving a presentation on international law and human rights as it pertains to immigration in Stuart 411.

Judicial Internship Program (Apr. 14, Apr. 20, Apr. 28)

The Puerto Rican Bar Association (PRBA) , the Association of Judges of Hispanic Heritage (AJHH) and the law firm of Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP are pleased to invite you to a special reception to kick off this year's Judicial Internship Placement Program.

The Honorable Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals will deliver the keynote address. Welcoming and introductory remarks will be made by the Honorable Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals.

Date: Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, 1675 Broadway,
Suite 1900, New York City (between 52d and 53d
Streets)

Hors d’oeuvres will be served.

RSVP to sdavis-nyarko@mayerbrownrowe.com with your full name, email address and telephone number by Friday, April 14, 2006. If you are a student or judge, please indicate so when making your reservation!

Judicial Internship Program applications are due no later than April 28, 2006. All students of color enrolled in ABA accredited law schools are eligible. If you have any questions, please contact Adam Rodriguez at rodrigueza@mville.edu.

Two photo IDs are required by security.

Jeanette Rodriguez-Morick
Law Clerk to the Honorable Dora L. Irizarry
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
225 Cadman Plaza East
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 613-2154

Minority Law Student Survey -- and free iPod!

Dear Minority Student Group Leaders and Law School Administrators: This year, a group of student leaders of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), and La Alianza (the Latino/a student organization) based at Harvard Law School are conducting an online survey of law student experiences among minority law students. Our goal in disseminating this survey is to gather first-hand accounts about law school in order to create a unique, web-based guide for minority law school applicants. For administrators, please forward this email--including the link to the online survey below--to your minority student group leaders, encouraging them to forward it to their list-serves. For minority student group leaders, please forward it to your list-serves. Keep in mind, minority student group list-serves are the ultimate destination! Given the need to keep the methodology uniform across schools, we ask that you not publicize the survey in other ways. The survey can be found online at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=265021871962 Note that survey respondents will be eligible to win 1 of 5 iPod nanos; feel free to highlight this prominently when forwarding this information along!

WilmerHale Diversity and Hiring Committee (Apr. 12)

The WilmerHale Diversity and Hiring Committees invite first-year law students to learn about:

• Why Diversity Matters at WilmerHale
• Our Summer Program
• Our Practice
• Unique Pro Bono opportunities at the firm

Please join members of our Diversity Committee and our Hiring Committee for a discussion about what we do and what makes WilmerHale different followed by a reception with members of the firm.

Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Time: 5:30 p.m.

Location: 60 State Street, Boston (26th Floor)

Please respond to Brooke Zimmerman-Fetzer at brooke.zimmerman-fetzer@wilmerhale.com or 617-526-5567 by Monday, April 3, 2006.

Dana Faulconer
Legal Recruitment Coordinator
WilmerHale
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109 USA

Appointed Position Deadline Extension (Mar. 27)

In light of law prom and March Madness, I am extending the application deadline for appointed positions to Monday, March 27, at 5pm. Please submit statements to Eric Averion for the following positions: Alumni Liason, 1L Liason, and Community Chair.

Election Results! And Appointed Position Applications

Drumroll please...

The votes are in, and the newly elected APALSA Board is:

President:
Christine Lee

VP External:
Brian Wong

VP Internal:
James Liu

Secretary:
Melissa Galicia

Treasurer:
Janet Choi

Congrats guys!

Now, one more thing. Besides the elected positions, the board is made up of appointed positions. They are Alumni Liason, Community Chair, and 1L Liason. Over the past year, these positions were filled by Zac Wang, Dan Park, Joo Cha, and Chris Day. Now that elections are over, we are looking for some good people to apply for these appointed positions. If you are interested in any of these positions, please look over the descriptions below and submit a written statement to Eric Averion ( averion@bc.edu) explaining why you would like to be considered. Have this statement sent to me by this Sunday, Mar. 26, and the newly elected board will be meeting sometime next week to read over your statements and fill those positions.

All right, that's all from me for right now. Congratulations again to the newly elected board, and for those interested in the appointed positions, please get your statements to me by Sunday.

Alumni Liaison

The Alumni Liaison maintains communications with BCLS alumni

-organizes, maintains, and acts as facilitator for the alumni mentoring program

-assists the VP External in securing speakers from the alumni community for speaker events

-plans and organizes the annual alumni homecoming reception

-collects contact information from graduating members (3Ls)

-assists 1L Liaison in organizing interview workshops

Community Chair

The Community Chair is responsible for fostering a sense of community among the membership.

-organizes social events for the membership, including bar socials, house parties, movie nights, trips to sports events and art venues, the annual lunar new year party

-coordinates with reps from SALSA to organize pan-Asian events

-coordinates with reps from other APALSAs to organize inter-APALSA social events

-organizes the annual Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program

-works with the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts (AALAM) to coordinate events with APALSA

-works with representatives from the LSA and other school organizations such as PILF in coordinating school volunteer activities

-helps the VP Internal oversee the annual end-of-year APALSA banquet

1L Liaison

The 1L Liaison ensures the needs of the 1Ls students is met.

-coordinate with B/LA/SALSA reps to organize the Annual Students of Color Retreat

-organize academically oriented events including: outlining workshop, exam prep workshop, summer job workshop, mock interviews, course selection workshop, etc.

-coordinates with Law Review rep to introduce 1Ls to the writing competition in the spring

-coordinates with the clinical reps to introduce clinics to 1Ls in the spring

-maintains the course directory

-organizes the executive board election

APALSA Elections (Mar. 23)

*Nominations update!*

APALSA Elections

Thurs., Mar. 23
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Room: Stuart 411
Lunch provided

Dear APALSA,

The election will take place this Thursday, March 23. At that meeting, all candidates will be invited to make a short speech and answer a few questions, if asked. VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER SPEECHES ARE MADE.

If you would like to vote, YOU MUST ATTEND.

There will not be absentee voting or any other method of voting. In order to make this election process as accessible to everyone as possible, it has been scheduled during the common lunch time.

Please note that voting is open to APALSA members only. If you are getting APALSA emails, you are a member. Non-members are not eligible to vote.

Candidates, please prepare your speeches! Also, please email me to let me know which position(s) you accept your nomination for, and will run for.

AND NOW - HERE ARE THE NOMINATIONS!!

For President:
Christine Lee
Anthony Nguyen

For VP External:
Jessica Liou
Brian Wong

For VP Internal:
James Liu

For Secretary:
Melissa Galicia

For Treasurer:
Janet Choi




GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL, AND SEE YOU THURSDAY!

LSA election candidate responses to APALSA q's on diversity

Dear members,

This year APALSA has requested the LSA president and vp candidates to address our members regarding diversity at BC Law. Many have graciously responded with a statement; I hope that these will help provide some more information about each of their positions and in turn assist in your voting decisions.

Nadia Boctor, Candidate for President

What makes diversity important in law school is the same thing that makes it important in life. Difference of opinion generates thought which ultimately generates progress. When I was deciding where to attend law school most of my decision was based around urban environments. Often think about what all the cities I love have in common, they are all port cities, port cities have a larger population of immigrants and a healthy contingent of alternative lifestyles. Frankly, these various enclaves of culture generate more liberal, and for me more inviting, environments.

Being a minority student myself, its easy to feel depressed about the lack of other students who look like me, but I think overall if you stop and look at the amount of issues raised by different groups as well as the support a majority of our faculty and administration give us, I have no doubt we are moving ahead. Its merely a slow journey. But comparatively the law school is a leader in diversity for BC. On the downside, I extremely doubt there is anyway the LSA can increase addmittance of students for diversity purposes, I'm quite certain the school has their own policy about it and does whatever they please.

I think the best thing we can do is to show continually that the more diverse our school is the better it gets. We do this by continuing to raise events by motivating people to talk about the issues, and mostly by being kind and appreciating each others differences and learning from them. In my experience when you can get people excited about something you have the greatest impact. The LSA can work harder to hype up the importance by providing a series of events maybe one each month of the year committed to recognizing something important that each sub-group of people have changed about the american law or raise the one pressing issue that each minority group faces in society in a legal context and present a sophisticated lecture series about it, rather than just compiling a bunch of events into one month. I'm talking sophistication and power. If we could get the quality of the Chimerinsky event on a monthly basis I think it would surely be impressive. We could potentially use the 3rd World Law Journal as a resource for some of these events, as well as our contacts with the alterior organizations the the ALSA's actively communicate with. And most importantly we can try to have those in the administration who CAN change the face of diversity at BC to attend those events and see how important it is to us.


Gerry Cahill, Candidate for President

Thank you so much for giving the LSA candidates an opportunity to explain our positions on diversity. My positions on this issue, and others, are explained on my website in more detail than I can go into in this short message. I would encourage you to visit the website at www2.bc.edu/~cahillge/ .

Social and ethnic diversity in our student body and faculty is one of the school's core strengths, and at the same time an under-utilized source of great potential. I have three specific objectives for taking advantage of our community's wealth of backgrounds, and for encouraging administrative response to our increasingly diverse needs and goals.

1. In the Press: We should publish a small newsletter which will include articles from various student groups. In this newsletter, each student group will be able to contribute short pieces describing recent events or upcoming events of importance to the group. The LSA would compile these articles once a semester, and make them available to the entire student body. In this way, the whole student body will have an even greater opportunity to benefit from the groups' diverse perspectives and thoughts.

2. In Person: It's crucial for the LSA president to actively seek input from minority communities as to ways the student government can promote the interests of all students. As soon as the campaign rules would allow, I contacted all the school's student organizations representing minority communities. I've been meeting with them to hear about their goals, expectations, and frustrations. As LSA president, I plan to expand and deepen this dialogue to bring about meaningful changes consistent with the goals of our diverse community.

3. In the Community: Students need an easily-updateable calendar of events accessible through Agora or on the LSA website, where groups can publish the dates and times of their events. Such a calendar will allow students to know, at a glance, the various events available each day, and will allow student leaders to avoid scheduling conflicts with other groups. In this way, more of us will know about the wealth of events on campus, and more students will be able to attend these events and learn from them.

If you have any further questions, comments, or ideas, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'd really like to hear what you have to say.

Thanks!

Yours,
Gerry


Patrick Hurley, Candidate for President

The first thing the LSA can do to promote diversity is support existing programs such as the Students of Color Retreat before orientation and the diversity presentation during the orientation itself. These events, which occur upon arrival at BC, set the tone regarding diversity for each student's BC Law experience.

Each of us need look no further than our 1L sections to the diversity at BC Law: students of various ethnic backgrounds, ages, sexual orientations, religions, political ideologies, etc. We learn better, both inside the classroom and out, when we are encouraged and challenged by others whose worldview is different than our own. Yet we can do a better job, particularly outside the classroom.

We need better communication between all student groups, including the LSA, to avoid scheduling against each other as much as possible. Having an accessible calendar online would help this. We need to make sure the LSA is abreast of the events of all of the cultural organizations in particular and attempt to co-sponsor or help promote events together. One area I think this would be extremely effective is community service events. LSA should sponsor their monthly community service event with various organizations to increase turnout to the events, but also give students the opportunity to serve a community held dear by one of our cultural organizations.

During my time at BC Law I've tried to take advantage of the full range of events offered by various student groups. While this year, my primary focus has been serving as President of PILF, I've continued to attend events of other groups whenever possible. Some highlights of events I've attended are the Martin Luther King, Jr. service held in Trinity Chapel, the Inter-religious Dinner, the Diversity Month Keynote Speaker, the Diversity Town Hall, salsa lessons, and the Taste of BC. But even more importantly, I've tried throughout my time at BC Law to embrace my fellow students as individuals regardless of their background, with the knowledge that we have more to learn from each other than from any hornbook or treatise.

Without student diversity, BC Law would be a blander and less interesting place. I look forward to working with the leaders of student organizations to figure out the best way to collaborate and make the general population of BC Law more aware of the wonderful backgrounds of other students. The most important way to do this is by working closely with new organization officers as they are elected in the coming weeks. Thank you for your time, and I appreciate your support.


Pavlos Lykos, Candidate for Vice President

I'm not going to write to you as if I know what it means to be an Asian, Black, Latino or other minority student here at BC. What I am going to tell you is that as the son of two immigrant parents, and a First-Generation American myself, I know what it feels like to not be in the mainstream of society. I know what diversity is because, together, we comprise it here at BCLS. The only time the diversity I bring to the Law School came up before I attended was while I was sitting in Dean Rosselot's office in June 2004. She was giving me 5 minutes to convince her to take me off the wait list. Bringing three cultures and languages to BC is what coming here has allowed me to do and now I want to make sure that other students, with even more to offer, don't have to wait until the last minute to show the importance of the diversity they bring.

I believe Diversity can be tackled from two directions: from within and without. First, from within, let's put energy into what we already have and capitalize on the diversity within our walls. I hope to inspire the energy I'm talking about in getting all minority student groups, by means of the Diversity Committee, to collaborate and do more than put up signs, but have a real voice in the law school community and show diversity in full bloom rather than in bits and pieces.

Secondly, from the outside, the diversity issue can be best addressed by school admissions. I would propose an optional essay to provide students the opportunity to express how they feel they would contribute to diversity at BCLS. Granted, allowing optional essays on any topic already exists, but assigning an optional essay with the task of showcasing diversity would allow this important aspect to be assimilated into the admissions process in a meaningful way and not require it to be painfully extracted from heaps of admissions materials.

I believe that simple, yet still bold, tasks are the most successful and I am confident that we can make a stride in the right direction together. I welcome you all to visit my campaign website ( www.TheGreekForVeep.com) for more information about me and my vision for BCLS. Thank you very much for you support.


Kayla Tabela, Candidate for Vice President

I have been committed to making BC Law a more diverse, more tolerant, and more open place since the start of my 1L year. I could tell you how I feel about diversity. I could tell you why I think increasing the diversity of BCLS is so important. But someone once said, "actions speak louder than words." This year I have served as an e-board member of BLSA, Lambda, and the Coalition For Equality; president of the Health Law Society; and been an active supporter of all the "-ahlsas".

Next year I hope to continue my efforts as Vice President of the LSA. Appointments & Promotions Committee, the Diversity Committee, the Social Activities Committee – these committees effect our daily lives. If elected, I will work with these committees to develop discrete goals and streamline communication with the student body. The VP is in a unique position to realize change but I need your help to get there. Vote Kayla for VP.

Chinese Law Event (Mar. 22)

Chinese Law Event: March 22, 1:00pm in EW120:

The International Law Society (ILS) and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) invite you to a Visiting Scholars Panel on Chinese Law this Wednesday at 1:00 in EW 120. Professors from three Chinese Universities will speak briefly on their respective expertises including Chinese legal reform, defense strategies and legal tradition (see below) and then open it up for questions. Moderated by Prof. Charles Baron, this panel of experts promises enlightening insight followed by lively discussion. Refreshments will be served. Welcome!

-- "Criminal Legal Defense in China": Keqing Ban, Dean, Guangxi Administrative Institute of Politics and Law
-- "Criminal Law Reform in China": Xiaoming Li, Professor, Soochow Law School
-- "The Chinese Legal Traditon”: Yigong Liu, Professor, Lanzhou University Law School

DLA Piper cocktail reception (April 7)

Cocktail reception hosted by

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP

This is an opportunity to meet some of the firm's attorneys in an informal setting on

Friday, April 7, 2006
5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location:
33 Arch Street, 26th Floor
Boston, MA

RSVP to Genia Lysak at
genia.lysak@dlapiper.com no later than Monday, April 3, 2006.

Leyte Mudslide Disaster Relief Event (Mar. 22)

On February 17th, 2006, after ten days of continuous heavy rains and a severe earthquake, a series of mudslides covered the town of St. Bernard, Southern Leyte, Philippines. 140 bodies have been found, 972 people are still missing, and no one has been found alive. Please help us as we fundraise for the rebuilding of Leyte!

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Leyte Mudslide Disaster Relief Fundraiser & Asian/Pacific Islander Alliance Mixer

Wednesday, March 22nd, 6-9 pm
Tommy Doyle's
Cambridge, MA (Harvard Square)

A $10 donation gets you all this!
- free drink
- appetizers
- special performances starting at 8pm (including spoken word artist Giles Li, and the Harvard Philippine Dance Troupe)
- cover for the night

SUPPORT THE RELIEF EFFORTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Ed. note: Hope you can make it to this event! Eric Averion IS going to make a guest dance troupe appearance!

Taste of Diversity (Mar. 15)

Come celebrate at our

TASTE OF DIVERSITY AT BC LAW

Featuring: Salsa Instructors, DJ, Free food and refreshments!!!

When: Tomorrow, March 15th, from 4:30 – 6:30pm

Where: At the Snack Bar

Co-Sponsored by APALSA, BLSA, LALSA, LAMBDA, SALSA and LSA Diversity Committee

Visting Scholars Panel on Chinese Law (Mar. 22)

International Law Society
Visiting Scholars Panel on Chinese Law
March 22 at 1:00pm in EW 120
Moderated by Professor Charles Baron

Join us to hear from Chinese legal scholars on:

- Chinese legal tradition

- Introduction to Chinese criminal law

- Chinese lawyer's defense strategies

Snacks will be served
Co-sponsored by APALSA

See Neil Gotanda and others at Discrimination Law event (March 13, 3:30pm)

"DISCRIMINATION LAW: 4 Viewpoints You Probably Won't Be Taught in Law School"

Monday, March 13
3:30 p.m.
Barat House

~Please join us for a discussion on the status of discrimination law in the United States, with scholars representing a variety of theoretical perspectives.~

Featured Professors:

** Zanita Fenton -- Critical Race Feminism
** Adam Gearey -- British Critical Legal Studies
** Neil Gotanda -- U.S. Critical Legal Studies
** Frank Rudy Cooper -- Cultural Studies

Moderator:

** Professor Anthony Farley

* Entertain your brain * Open your mind * Sweeten your tooth (desserts provided) *

Careers in Securities Law (Mar. 9)

CAREERS IN SECURITIES LAW:

Thursday, March 9th at 7:30 p.m.

Stuart 315

Panelists John F. Malitzis (New York Stock Exchange), Robert C. Mendelson (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP), and Scott W. Olson (State Street) will discuss their career paths, experiences, and the practice of securities law. Pizza will be served. Sponsored by the UCC Reporter-Digest, BC Business &

Law Society, and Career Services.

For additional information, please contact Scott Haylon at haylon@bc.edu.

Vault/ MCAA Legal Diversity Job Fair

Dear Student :

Vault and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) have planned a Legal Diversity Job Fair & Leadership Summit. This national event will take place in New York City on April 21st and 22nd.

Here are some more details about the event:

Q. When and where is the Legal Diversity Job Fair & Leadership Summit?

A. The networking session will be held on Friday, April 21st from 6pm – 9pm at the Metropolitan Pavilion located at 125 W. 18th Street, New York, NY

The Job Fair and Leadership Summit will be held from 9am – 4:30pm on Saturday, April 22nd. This will also take place at the Metropolitan Pavilion located at 125 W. 18th Street, New York, NY


Q. Who will be invited to attend the Legal Diversity Job Fair & Leadership Summit?

A. While all students and lateral associates are welcome to attend, the Legal Diversity Job Fair specifically targets the following underrepresented groups:


Minority, female and GLBT 1Ls who are researching employers in preparation for fall recruiting
Minority, female and GLBT 2Ls and 3Ls who have not yet committed to a firm or other employer
Minority, female and GLBT lateral associates who are looking for new opportunities


Q. Is there a charge to attend the Legal Diversity Job Fair & Leadership Summit?

A. There is no charge for students and lateral associates to attend the Friday night networking reception or the Saturday Job Fair & Leadership Summit.


Q. How do I register for the Legal Diversity Job Fair & Leadership Summit?

A. All students and lateral associates interested in attending the event are asked to register online at: www.vault.com/legaldiversity.

While, it is possible to register the day of the event, space is limited and we strongly recommend that you register by April 7th.


Q. What is the format of the Legal Diversity Job Fair & Leadership Summit?

A. Friday will consist of:

A networking reception and keynote speaker will be held on Friday, April 21st. Students, lateral associates, law firm partners and recruiting personnel, general counsel, and career center personnel are invited to sign-up for this event; however, due to space restrictions, a lottery will be held to determine the final invite list. There are no costs associated with attending the networking reception.

Saturday will consist of:

A Job Fair where law firms, corporations and other legal employers will have exhibitor booths. Students and lateral associates are welcome to visit the job fair, meet with representatives from various companies, drop off their resume and pick-up materials on some of today’s top legal employers.

A Career Center & Internet Cafe will be available for students who want to print resumes, receive resume advice and gain free access to Vault’s treasure trove of information on legal careers and legal employers. An Interview Center will be set up for mock interview sessions. Law student educational sessions will be held throughout the day to deliver educational content through presentations, panel discussions, and interactive sessions.

Lateral associate professional development sessions are also scheduled to provide professional development content for young associates on topics such as rain-making tactics and how to get involved in your law firm's diversity mission.

A morning keynote speaker, morning break, lunch program and afternoon break are also scheduled on Saturday.

To view the complete agenda please go to: www.vault.com/legaldiversity/jobfair_main.jsp?page_id=3.


Q. Will interviews be held during the Job Fair?

A. We will maintain interview stations on-site. We require students and lateral associates who register for the event to submit their resume. The resumes will then be made available to employers who may contact select 2L and 3L students and lateral associates to arrange interviews. Please note, submission of resume does not guarantee an interview.


Q. Should I bring my resume to the Job Fair?

A. Yes, please bring multiple copies of your resume to distribute to potential employers. We will also have resume printing stations available at the event.


Q. What is the dress code for the Legal Diversity Job Fair & Leadership Summit?

A. Business casual dress is recommended.


Q. Who is organizing this event?

A. Vault, the leading source of career information for law students and associates, has partnered with the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), an advocate for increased diversity in the legal profession, to produce a legal diversity career fair for law students and lateral associates. To learn more about Vault and MCCA please go to: www.vault.com/legaldiversity/jobfair_main.jsp?page_id=4


Q. Are you contacting any student organizations regarding the event?

A. We have reached out to many minority, female and GLBT law school student organizations and have already received support from many of the organizations. To see a list of supporting organizations please go to: www.vault.com/legaldiversity/jobfair_main.jsp?page_id=7

If you are a member of a student organization and would like to learn how you can promote this event to your organization please email us at events@vault.com.


Q. Is the Legal Diversity Job Fair & Leadership Summit open to students and lateral associates from across the U.S.?

A. Yes, we are promoting this event nationwide and encourage everyone, especially minority, female and GLBT law students and lateral associates to attend the event.


Q. What employers will be exhibiting at the Legal Diversity Job Fair & Leadership Summit?

A. Law firms, government agencies, legal recruiters and corporate counsel departments that are interested in meeting with a diverse group of students and lateral associates have been invited to exhibit at the event. To view a current listing of sponsors and exhibitors please go to: www.vault.com/legaldiversity/jobfair_main.jsp?page_id=8


Register today for the Vault/MCCA Legal Diversity Job Fair & Leadership Summit. Register at: www.vault.com/legaldiversity

Tough Talk: How to Have Real Dialogue on Hard Issues (3/9)

Thursday, March 9
3:30-5:00
EW 115B

Sex. Politics. Religion. Topics to avoid at the dinner table, because they are too volatile for polite company. Yet these hot-button issues are at the heart of law, public policy, and contemporary civic life. How can we engage in honest and respectful dialogue about emotionally-charged issues without facing a breakdown of communication and descending into tribalism? In an increasingly divided body politic, we need to be able to have open conversations about the tough stuff.

Featuring:

Susan Podziba, Public Policy Mediator
Founder, Susan Podziba & Associates

SP&A creates opportunities for deliberative interactions between government and the governed that build unique solutions to complex public policy challenges and, at the same time, strengthen the fabric of democratic governance. As a public policy mediator for more than two decades, Susan Podziba has assisted participants of public deliberative processes in using their collective knowledge, and even their opposing passions, to construct innovative solutions that reflect existing possibilities and political constraints. Susan Podziba co-facilitated secret talks between Massachusetts Pro-Life and Pro-Choice leaders with Laura Chasin of the Public Conversations Project (PCP). The talks, initially slated for four three-hour meetings over the period of one month, continued over six years and culminated in a consensus article published in the Boston Globe, entitled, “Talking With the Enemy.”

Tim Muldoon, Director, The Church in the 21st Century Center

The Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College seeks to be a catalyst and resource for the renewal of the Catholic Church in the United States by engaging critical issues facing the Catholic community. Drawing from both the Boston College community and others, its activities currently are focused on four challenges: handing on and sharing the Catholic faith, especially with younger Catholics; fostering relationships built on mutual trust and support among lay men and women, vowed religious, deacons, priests, and bishops; developing an approach to sexuality mindful of human experience and reflective of Catholic tradition; and advancing contemporary reflection on the Catholic intellectual tradition.

Presented by the LSA Diversity Committee
Refreshments will be served.

Eating History Workshop: Hong Kong Anti-WTO Reportback

Hong Kong Anti-WTO Reportback

Wednesday, March 15, 6:00-9:00 PM
Posner Auditorium, Tufts Chinatown campus

(200 Harrison Ave, Boston)

· Has the WTO policies really helped impoverished countries develop their economy and infrastructure?

· Why did the Korean farmers perform a full bow--silently and with humility--for 1 mile all the way to the WTO center?

· Why do these farmers, women, and migrants stand together against police harassment and arrest?

· How has the WTO affected their lives and livelihood?

Come see exclusive film footage of the protests & to hear a presentation by Ching-In Chen, who went to the WTO protests in Hong Kong as part of the US Asian American delegation of displaced garment workers, youth, activists, and organizers to stand in solidarity with the worldwide opposition to corporate globalization.

This event includes a light dinner at 6:00pm. A $5 donation will be requested.
Please RSVP by Friday March 10^th.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact (617) 426-5313 or info@aarw.org

AARW Annual Banquet: Volunteers Needed!!!

AARW BANQUET VOLUNTEERS MEETING!

It's that time of year again, and AARW is asking you to help us put on another great banquet! This year's theme is "Uniting Grains of Sand: The Power of the People in Action" - and is tentatively scheduled for May 5.

If you think you can help with:

~ fundraising ~ corporate sponsorships ~ graphic design ~ research ~ marketing and promotion ~ volunteering at the event~ or everything else...

then please join us for a Banquet Volunteers Meeting on Wednesday, March 8 from 6pm-8pm at the AARW office, 33 Harrsion Ave 3rd Fl in Chinatown. See you all there!

For more information or questions, please e-mail banquet@aarw.org or call the AARW office at (617) 426-5313! If you can’t make the meeting, but are interested in helping out, please let us know & we can let you know how to get plugged in!

Mintz Levin Interview Workship for 1Ls

MINTZ LEVIN INTERVIEW WORKSHOP FOR BOSTON-AREA

FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENTS OF COLOR

We would like to invite you, as a first-year law student of color, to participate in our Annual Mintz Levin Interview Workshop. This Workshop will provide you with the opportunity to visit our offices, complete a 30-minute mock interview, receive critical feedback, and meet with participating attorneys and students for a question and answer exchange on interview pointers and the recruiting process. Interviews will take place at our office (One Financial Center, 38^th floor, Boston) at 4:30, 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, 2006. The mock interviews will be conducted by Mintz Levin attorneys, who regularly interview law students for internships and summer associate positions, members of the firm’s Hiring Committee, and members of the firm’s Management Committee.

Following the mock interviews at 6:00 p.m. we will wrap up with a question and answer exchange session and reception for participating attorneys and students. If you have one of the earlier interview time slots (i.e., 4:30 or 5:00 p.m.), we invite you to use the extra time for studying in our Library or to mingle with our colleagues and your fellow law students over refreshments.

To sign up to participate in this Workshop, please email Kerry Oliver at koliver@mintz.com as soon as possible but no later than March 24, 2006. Please give your name, law school, postal mailing address and telephone number. Also, please reference the Mock Interview Workshop in the email subject line and indicate all of the times at which you are available to interview in the body of the email. And finally, please attach a copy of your resume to the email before sending it. Once schedules are finalized, we will email you to confirm your interview starting time.

We look forward to your participation in this Workshop. If you have any questions on the Workshop or on Mintz Levin, please do not hesitate to contact Kerry Oliver via e-mail at koliver@mintz.com for further information:

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. is a multidisciplinary firm with offices in Boston, Washington D.C., Reston, New York, Stamford, Los Angeles and London. We are committed to increasing diversity throughout our firm and providing a supportive and comfortable work environment for the diverse attorneys and staff who join us.

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DuPont Minority Student Job Fair

March 2, 2006

DuPont is proud to announce the Twelfth Annual DuPont Legal Minority Job Fairs. For 12 years we have led the effort to attract talented law students, with an interest in increasing the number of lawyers of color represented in our law firms and primary legal service companies.

DuPont has carefully selected the participating employers as part of a program designed to foster partnering and efficiencies between client and law firm. Law firms that meet their criteria are designated as ‘Primary Law Firms’ and will assume significant responsibilities over DuPont’s complex litigation docket. Primary Law Firms are joined by other service providers to create a DuPont Network with representatives throughout the United States.

DuPont was the winner of the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) 1999 Mark of Distinction Award. This award is presented each year by NALP to recognize individuals and organizations that advance the goals of NALP’s mission in an exemplary manner. Some of these goals are to promulgate and implement standards and procedures which will effect positive change and promote ethical conduct in such areas; and to promote diversity in the legal profession and in the membership of their organizations.

Your school has been selected as a participating law school. We urge you to consider applying for an invitation to one of our Minority Job Fairs. When you submit an application for an invitation, you are, in effect, submitting an application to all of the legal employers participating in the program. Students have the option of choosing from three job fair sites:

Houston, TX Saturday, August 12, 2006
Los Angeles, CA Saturday, August 12, 2006
Wilmington, DE Saturday, August 12, 2006

Registration for the Houston, Los Angeles, and Wilmington sites will be completed electronically. You may log on directly to the link below, complete the Registration Form, attach your resume and transcript and click “Submit.” It’s that easy! The deadline for the receipt of your registration for any of the Job Fairs is Friday, April 7, 2006.

NOTE – The Job Fair registration is on a restricted site to pre-designated law schools only so you must use the following information provided in order to access the Registration Form. This information is not to be shared with students from other law schools. Ballad Spahr is hosting the Registration Form on their organization’s website. To access the Ballard Spahr site, log on to the Internet and type www.ballardspahr.com in the address bar. When the Homepage comes up you will see the link to the Registration Form at the bottom left of the page in orange. Click on this link to bring up the screen which asks for your username and password. Use the information provided below to populate these fields. Please note that the letters are case sensitive (the third character is a zero and the sixth character is a lower case “o”).

Username: student

Password: 3r0vaodf

You are requested to attach a copy of your resume and law school transcript to the electronic Registration Form. If this is not possible, you may send the information as an e-mail attachment to dupontregistration@ballardspahr.com or by mail to Rosa T. Neal, DuPont Legal Minority Job Fair Coordinator, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, 1735 Market Street, 51^st Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599 before Friday, April 7, 2006. Your application materials will not be accepted unless you provide both your resume and transcript.

We realize that you may not have your current law school transcript by our registration deadline. We encourage you to send what you have now to assist participating employers in the prescreening process as you will be requested to bring an updated transcript to the interviews themselves, if you are selected. Employers will have the opportunity to review your materials (taking into account your geographic preferences) and select students to whom they would like to extend an invitation to interview with a representative from their organization at a Job Fair. If you accept an invitation you will be expected to travel to the Job Fair at your own expense. Each selected student will have private interviews with those employers that have expressed an interest in them.

Listed at the bottom of this letter are the technical specifications necessary to properly view and register through the website. If you have any difficulties entering the site, please check with your school's information technology department if you are logging in from campus, or contact the appropriate technical support line if you are logging in from a personal computer to see if your system meets the required specifications.

We very much hope that you will apply to participate in the DuPont Legal Minority Job Fair this year. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at dupontregistration@ballardspahr.com, or through a representative of your Career Placement Office.

Sincerely,

Rosa T. Neal

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

DuPont Legal Minority Job Fair Coordinator

Culture v. The Workplace Panel (Mar. 9)

Save the Date! March 9, during the lunch hour in a location to be decided. SALSA, LALSA, Lambda, BLSA, and APALSA will be providing speakers to serve as the panelists.

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Culture vs. the Workplace: Facing the Choice of Leaving Who You are at Home

How do lawyers mediate between aspects of their identity (culture, race, gender, religion) and what they perceive as the dominant firm culture? How have Black lawyers dealt with the choice of keeping their hair in braids after joining a firm? Have immigrant lawyers felt like they had to “drop” their accents to sound more educated or more American? What about family? When a senior partner invites a young associate out to drinks after work, how does he make the choice between face-time with the partner vs. family commitments he or she may have?

These are the types of issues we would like the panel to address. The idea is for established lawyers to share their personal stories with law students who will soon be facing questions like these.

Reminder: LALSA Bar Review/Salsa Night (Mar. 2)

Salsa Night tonight at Mojito's in Boston! Find the details here.