Thursday, Feb 23rd at 12:00pm in the Berman Lounge
International Law Society will hold a planning meeting on Thursday the 23rd at noon in the Berman Lounge. We will also hold elections for all executive positions. Please join us with your ideas and enthusiasm for international law events.
MLSRJ Film Series: "Very Young Girls"
Thursday, Feb 23rd at 7:00pm in the Middle Classroom
The MLSRJ’s film series focuses on the rights of women and girls here in the U.S. and abroad. Each film or documentary highlights pressing issues facing women and girls, and efforts to obtain access to reproductive healthcare and freedom from sexual exploitation.
This week we will be featuring "Very Young Girls," an exposé of the commercial sexual exploitation of girls in New York City as they are sold on the streets by pimps and treated as adult criminals by police. The film identifies hope for these girls in the organization GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services), a recovery agency founded and run by Rachel Lloyd, herself a survivor of commercial sexual exploitation. GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact commercially sexually exploited youth.
Thursday, Feb 23rd at 7:00pm in the Middle Classroom
The MLSRJ’s film series focuses on the rights of women and girls here in the U.S. and abroad. Each film or documentary highlights pressing issues facing women and girls, and efforts to obtain access to reproductive healthcare and freedom from sexual exploitation.
This week we will be featuring "Very Young Girls," an exposé of the commercial sexual exploitation of girls in New York City as they are sold on the streets by pimps and treated as adult criminals by police. The film identifies hope for these girls in the organization GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services), a recovery agency founded and run by Rachel Lloyd, herself a survivor of commercial sexual exploitation. GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact commercially sexually exploited youth.
MLSRJ Book Club
MLSRJ is starting a Book Club event for Before Roe v. Wade. We will also read the EEE. If you're interesting in joining us (so we know how many books we need), please contact Amy Olfene or Jackie Moss. We recommend this article by the authors for more information. Hope you can join us!
ABA Law Student Division 1st Circuit Spring Meeting & Governor Election
Friday - Saturday, February 24-25, 2012
New England School of Law - Boston
154 Stuart Street, Boston, MA 02116
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Registration is FREE and open to ABA and non-ABA Members
If you are interested in learning how improvisation skills can improve your abilities in an interview to a courtroom, knowing more about the transition from being a student to a lawyer, and want the opportunity to network with area attorneys, attending the ABA 1st Circuit Spring Meeting is for you! Experience first-hand how the ABA can help you achieve your goals. This year's Spring Meeting affords you the opportunity to meet your fellow law students, network with area attorneys and learn about skills that you won't find in law school that will help you succeed in your legal career. Click HERE for the agenda!
If you are interested in learning how improvisation skills can improve your abilities in an interview to a courtroom, knowing more about the transition from being a student to a lawyer, and want the opportunity to network with area attorneys, attending the ABA 1st Circuit Spring Meeting is for you! Experience first-hand how the ABA can help you achieve your goals. This year's Spring Meeting affords you the opportunity to meet your fellow law students, network with area attorneys and learn about skills that you won't find in law school that will help you succeed in your legal career. Click HERE for the agenda!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact: ABA Rep, Taylor Kilgore(2L).
MALI Panel Lecture
Monday, Feb 27th at 12:15pm in Middle Classroom
Maine Association for Law and Innovation (MALI) is having a panel lecture on the patent reform act on Monday, February 27th at 12:15 pm in the middle classroom. Lunch served!
Court-Appointed Criminal Law Certification Info Presentation
Wednesday, Feb 29th at 12:00pm in Moot Court Room
Steven Carey, head of the Maine court-appointed certification program, will be presenting about that program and the certification a new attorney must go through before they can begin accepting court-appointed criminal cases. This event is targeted at any students who think they may practice criminal law at some point or take court-appointed work.
The 25th Annual Robert M. Cover Retreat
When: Friday, March 2 - Sunday, March 4, 2012 (first weekend of Spring Break)
Where: Sargent Center, Peterborough, NH
What: A gathering of public interest law students, practitioners and academics to network, learn and enjoy a weekend away from the law school environment
Cost: $150 includes Retreat fees, lodging and all meals/food.
Registration Deadline: February 16, 2012 (To register: http://www.law.yale.
For more information, contact Nicole Bissonnette (nicole.r.bissonnette@maine.
When: Friday, March 2 - Sunday, March 4, 2012 (first weekend of Spring Break)
Where: Sargent Center, Peterborough, NH
What: A gathering of public interest law students, practitioners and academics to network, learn and enjoy a weekend away from the law school environment
Cost: $150 includes Retreat fees, lodging and all meals/food.
Registration Deadline: February 16, 2012 (To register: http://www.law.yale.
For more information, contact Nicole Bissonnette (nicole.r.bissonnette@maine.
Honorable Unity Dow of Botswana - Justice for Women Lecture
Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at 7:00 pm at the Abromson Center at 88 Bedford Street.
Unity Dow is an international human rights advocate, a former judge, and a novelist. The Law School recently established the Justice for Women Lecture Series to bring a distinguished speaker to Maine annually to contribute to a global conversation about justice for women and girls. If you plan to attend the evening lecture on March 27th, please RSVP to Lexie Moras at 780-4344 or amoras@usm.maine.edu.
In addition to the March 27th evening lecture, Judge Dow has generously offered to spend time in the Law School, most likely on Monday, March 26th, to talk with law students and will participate in other events in the Portland area during a three-day visit. Stay tuned for more information about these other events.
Rep. Chellie Pingree by ELS and HLA
Tuesday, April 3rd at 12:15 pm in the Moot Court Room
The Environmental Law Society and the Health Law Association are hosting Rep. Chellie Pingree on April 3 in the Moot Court Room at lunch time (12:15-1:10). She will be speaking about food policy and the linkages between food choices, environmental health and human health. We hope to provide lunch from Local Sprouts.
Intervarsity
Dear Law Students, hope you have a great week. Due to USM Feb break I won't be on campus this Thursday but will be back March 1. If you want to visit, call me at 2074499672. Blessings on your work and studies. Happy day! Allison VanderLinden, Chaplain to Grad Students.
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