SBA Elections are Coming Up!
Sign Up to Run by 4:00pm on Wednesday, November 23.
If you are interested in running for SBA positions for the 2012 school year the sign up sheets have been posted!! Please have you name on the sign up by 4:00pm on November 23rd.
Speeches are Wednesday November 30th in the 1L room (yes pizza will be served)
Voting on Thursday December 1st in the Lobby 12-1:30pm
1L representatives (5 positions)
2L representatives (5 postions)
3L representatives (5 positions...yes 3L's someone should represent us next semester)
President (only 2L's are eligible) (Victoria Silver)
VP (Chad Burbank)
Treasurer (Colin Morrow)
Communications Director (Elyse Apantaku)
Secretary (Johanna Gauvreau)
ABA Represenative (Cheryl Cutliffe) (non-voting position)
The description of the positions are posted along with the sign up sheets. Location: SBA bulletin board beside Brenda Berry's office.
If you have any questions about the positions, see your current class representatives and anyone on the executive board (see names above!).
Health Law Association Care Package Drive
Just a reminder, the Health Law Association is still collecting items for the troops! Thank you to everyone who has donated already! Please speak with Kasey Ciolfi, Kristen Murray-James or Christie Herman about any questions regarding the care package drive or to donate money that will be used to buy items not donated. The Health Law Association would like to be able to send three more care packages to the troops by the end of the semester!
Collecting Donations for the Preble Street Teen Center
The Maine Law Community is currently collecting winter clothing items for the Preble Street Teen Center through the end of the semester. This is a great opportunity to clean our your closets and really support our community's teenagers. New or gently-used jackets, sweatshirts, mittens, hats, and scarves will be greatly appreciated, as well as personal care products. Thank you for your support!
Sign Up to Run by 4:00pm on Wednesday, November 23.
If you are interested in running for SBA positions for the 2012 school year the sign up sheets have been posted!! Please have you name on the sign up by 4:00pm on November 23rd.
Speeches are Wednesday November 30th in the 1L room (yes pizza will be served)
Voting on Thursday December 1st in the Lobby 12-1:30pm
1L representatives (5 positions)
2L representatives (5 postions)
3L representatives (5 positions...yes 3L's someone should represent us next semester)
President (only 2L's are eligible) (Victoria Silver)
VP (Chad Burbank)
Treasurer (Colin Morrow)
Communications Director (Elyse Apantaku)
Secretary (Johanna Gauvreau)
ABA Represenative (Cheryl Cutliffe) (non-voting position)
The description of the positions are posted along with the sign up sheets. Location: SBA bulletin board beside Brenda Berry's office.
If you have any questions about the positions, see your current class representatives and anyone on the executive board (see names above!).
Health Law Association Care Package Drive
Just a reminder, the Health Law Association is still collecting items for the troops! Thank you to everyone who has donated already! Please speak with Kasey Ciolfi, Kristen Murray-James or Christie Herman about any questions regarding the care package drive or to donate money that will be used to buy items not donated. The Health Law Association would like to be able to send three more care packages to the troops by the end of the semester!
Collecting Donations for the Preble Street Teen Center
The Maine Law Community is currently collecting winter clothing items for the Preble Street Teen Center through the end of the semester. This is a great opportunity to clean our your closets and really support our community's teenagers. New or gently-used jackets, sweatshirts, mittens, hats, and scarves will be greatly appreciated, as well as personal care products. Thank you for your support!
For more information, contact Kasey Ciolfi at kasey.ciolfi@maine.edu
LGBT Caucus will be hosting Zach Heiden
Monday, November 21 at Noon in the Moot Court Room
As part of the commemoration of Transgender Remembrance Day on November 20, the LGBT Caucus will be hosting Zach Heiden, Legal Director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union to give a guest lecture on the topic of transgender rights in Maine as well as in New England and the nation as a whole. It will be on the Moot Court Room at noon on Monday, November 21st. Lunch will be served.
MAML's Last Meeting of the Semester
Tuesday, November 21 at 12:10 in Room 117
Tuesday, November 21 at 12:10 in Room 117
Join MAML for our last meeting of the semester. A few items we will be discussing include:
-Events for next semester
-Upcoming event with Honorable Rick Lawrence on November 29, 2011.
-New Leadership Positions
-Possible attendance to conferences and networking events
MAPIL Meeting
Tuesday, November 22, at 12:15 p.m in Room 117
Please join MAPIL for our last meeting of the semester on Tuesday, November 22, at 12:15 p.m in Room 117. We will be holding elections for next year's officers. This is a great opportunity for 1L's to get involved with a group that provides numerous PAID fellowships for summer jobs as well as add leadership experience to your resume. We will also have a quick update on our Spring auction. Even if you have not yet been able to make a meeting, we would love to see you.
Maine Law Students Needed For A Phonathon
Tuesday, November 22nd from 4:00-7:00PM
We offer $10 an hour (plus food and camaraderie). The Phonathon supports the Maine Law Annual Fund –the largest source of financial aid for Law School students. For More Information Contact Mary Roy, Assistant Director Development/Alumni Relations at 228-8411 or mroy@usm.maine.edu.
Maine Law Basketball Alumni Event
Saturday, November 26, 2011
The Second Annual Maine Law Basketball Alumni Event has been scheduled for Saturday, November 26 at Sullivan Gym from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events
Saturday, November 26, 2011
The Second Annual Maine Law Basketball Alumni Event has been scheduled for Saturday, November 26 at Sullivan Gym from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events
SBA Last Day of Classes Party
Get ready to have some SBA sponsored fun on the last day of class (12/2)! The SBA will be hosting a party at Bayside Bowl (http://baysidebowl.com) on the last Day of Classes! Lanes will cost $15/hr and there will be free shoe rentals. After the bowling there will be some phenomenal 1L skits back on campus!
A Message from Allison VanderLinden, the new InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) Chaplain to all Graduates at USM
She is wanting to come along side first-year, second-year and third-year students to encourage, listen to, pray with and befriend any of you who need fellowship. If you can't see her there, call the Interfaith House (http://usm.maine.edu/interfaith) or her cell phone which is 207-449-9672. She looks forward to meeting you and being there for you.
She is wanting to come along side first-year, second-year and third-year students to encourage, listen to, pray with and befriend any of you who need fellowship. If you can't see her there, call the Interfaith House (http://usm.maine.edu/interfaith) or her cell phone which is 207-449-9672. She looks forward to meeting you and being there for you.
Would You Be Interested in Seeing a Chapter of the Law School Democrats of America?
Are there any law students interested in forming a connection with the Law School Democrats of America? Please read the message below from Sarah Harrison who has reached out to out school to see it there is any interest. If you are interested please email Sarah at sharrison@lawschooldems.org to learn what to do to start a chapter then contact Chad chad.burbank@maine.edu or Victoria victoria.silver@maine.edu.
Hi! My name is Sarah Harrison and I am the VP of Membership for the Law School Democrats of America. We are reaching out to all of our chapters to have an updated list for events and our convention. We would like for all Law Democrats to have an opportunity to attend the 2012 winter convention, run for the national board, and participate in other initiatives ongoing in LDA. Thank you! Feel free to email me with any questions.
Best,
Sarah Harrison
2012 JD - South Texas College of Law
2011-12 Georgetown - Visiting Student
(361) 877-9128
