Upcoming Student Organization Events the Week of November 12, 2012

Looking to purchase Maine Law merchandise? Please make sure to visit the SBA's clothing website.

SBA Trivia!
For the past weeks, SBA has posted a daily question pertaining to Maine Law and student life. Originally, the daily winner was determined by who answered first. To encourage more student involvement, answers will now be messages to the SBA's Facebook account. The question will be posted at 9:00am, and students will have until 11:00am to submit their answers. A daily winner will be drawn from all those who correctly answered the question. Want to participate in the daily trivia?! Make sure to like our FB page: http://www.facebook.com/mainelawsba.

Please help victims of Hurricane Sandy!
The Portland Regional Chamber and Allen & Coles Moving Systems  are organizing  a donation drive to help affected areas of Hurricane Sandy. Donations must be dropped off by Saturday, November 17 to Allen & Coles Moving  Systems,  75 Pinetree  Industrial Parkway in Portland, between the hours of  8:00am and 12:00pm. SBA is contributing to this effort by helping to collect donations this Monday through Friday, from 12:10pm-1:10pm.The suggested donations include:

• nonperishable items
• bottled water
• first aid kits
• coats and clothing in good condition (gloves,  new underwear and socks, work gloves)
• towels and blankets
• diapers
• personal hygiene products

The SBA needs volunteers to help collect donations and bring the items to the donation site Saturday morning. Prof. Wriggins is offering to help shuttle any donations to the site. If you'd like to volunteer to help collect donations, as well as help shuttle donations to the site, please email Diana DeJesus at diana.dejesus@maine.edu. 

Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
Nov. 12th through Nov. 17th in the Lobby
The SBA is pleased to announce that it is an official drop-off site for the Toys for Tots Program. Each year, the Toys for Tots Foundation collects unwrapped toys for children in need. Last year's campaign provided toys to over 10,000 children in central and southern Maine. Donations will be accepted from between between 11/12/2012 through 12/17/2012 during lunch You may also drop off your unwrapped in the marked Toys for Tots boxes. To encourage school spirit, the SBA will keep a running total of how many toys each respective class donates. To learn more about the Maine Toys for Tots Foundation, please visit: http://topsham-me.toysfortots.org/local-coordinator-sites/lco-sites/Default.aspx. Please help needy children this holiday season!

SBA "Dirt Cheap" Portland Pirate Tickets!
In partnership with the Portland Pirates College Program, the SBA is offering students "dirt cheap" Portland Pirates flex tickets for $5! With flex tickets, students have the freedom to choose which Portland Pirates home game to attend. You may purchase your flex tickets during lunch, or email sba@maine.edu to schedule a time. 40 tickets available. For the Portland Pirates schedule, please visit: http://portlandpirates.com/2012-2013-schedule/.

Student Veteran Organization 
Monday, Nov. 12th at 10:00am

1) On Monday November 12 in the Middle Classroom from 10 am -1 pm, all encouraged to join the Maine Law SVO as we join with The Fight Continues to host a "Reading of the Fallen." This Veterans Day we honor our fallen soldiers, along with hundreds of other reading locations all participating on the same day.  We will read the names of 1,750 names of our fallen soldiers on that day, in hopes of honoring 1.2 million fallen soldiers through all conflicts from the birth of the United States.  This event will take place simultaneously throughout our Nation, honoring soldiers from all branches of service.  Join us for this historic event to honor today's veterans and all that came before us. Stay as long or short as you want.

There will also be banners of appreciation for students, faculty, and staff to sign that will be sent to local VFW and American Legion Posts.

2) Next week there will be a bulletin board up in the lobby with pictures of those in the Maine Law community who have served in US Armed Forces .  If you have a picture of a relative or someone close to you who served (or especially if you yourself served), please email Neil Riley ( neil.riley@maine.edu) for details on to have your picture included in this tribute.  It will be a great way to recognize those who have served in our community.

Wolters Kluwer - Aspen Publishing Study Guide Display
Monday, Nov. 12th from 10:30am-1:00pm in the Lobby
Display of study guides provided by Aspen Publishers and 7-8 titles will be given away!

SBA and Career Services: Professional Transition - Going into the Workplace (for internships, summer associate, or full-time positions)
Tuesday, Nov. 13th at 12:10pm in the Moot Court Classroom
Happy Go Legal, LLC is hosting its final lunch and learn series on professional transition within the legal profession.
You have secured an opportunity in an office, whether it be an interview or a position in a non-profit, corporation, government, or private practice setting.  Your colleagues buzz around in a flow that is extremely different from interactions with colleagues in law school, or your prior profession.  We will answer questions no one wants to ask, about proper attire, how to behave in meetings, and how to communicate with colleagues.  We tackle a particularly challenging scenario you may face, of delegating to an assistant or support staff, especially if they are of an older generation than you.  For interview goers we cover great questions to ask when the interviewer ask “so, do you have any questions?”, what the billable hours model really means to how you spend your time, and the importance of creating and maintaining a personal business plan for your career.  
Lunch will be served!

HLA Health Law Career Panel Discussion 
Wednesday, Nov. 14th at 12:10 pm in the Moot Court RoomThe Health Law Association is sponsoring a health law career panel discussion with Mira Denning, Ken Lehman, & Paul Gauvreau Moot Court room on November 14 at 12:10 PM. If you're interested in health law please come, listen and participate in a discussion with leading legal minds in the field. Lunch will be served; all are welcome! FMI, reply to this message. RSVP, and forward ad lib.

Business Law Assocation
Thursday, Nov. 15th at 12:10 in Room 118
Please join us for a general meeting. We will be discussing our upcoming panel discussion and other business. Feel free to bring your lunch.

National Lawyer's Guild: Unequal Justice Film Screening

Thursday, Nov. 15th at  12:10pm in the Moot Court Room

National Lawyer's Guild in association with the Alliance for Justice would like to present their annual short film about the Supreme Court. This year’s film, Unequal Justice, explores the growing pro-corporate bias in key Court decisions and their real-world impact on ordinary Americans. The film is about 20 minutes long. Lunch (not pizza!) will be served.

Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Thursday, Nov. 15th at 6:30pm at Luther Bonney, Talbot Hall, University of Southern Maine
Panel Discussion with guest speakers: Denise Yarmal Altvater, Esther Anne Altvater, and Passmaquoddy Tribal Members
For more information, please email Sue at sevans@usm.maine.edu or visit the USM calendar.

Annual Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Policy
Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7:30pm at the Portland Museum of Art
The University of Maine School of Law is pleased to present Jeffrey S. Lehman as the lecturer for the 20th annual Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service. Jeffrey Lehman is a leader in American higher education and in groundbreaking collaboration with universities in China. He is founding vice chancellor of NYU Shanghai, as well as chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law. As this year’s distinguished Coffin Lecturer, Jeffrey Lehman will discuss “Worldly Public Service.”
Lehman formerly was president of Cornell University and dean of the University of Michigan Law School. Early in his career, he served as law clerk to Chief Judge Frank M. Coffin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and as law clerk to Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. After legal practice in Washington D.C., he was a law professor at the University of Michigan, where he had earned graduate degrees in law and public policy.
To RSVP, please email alexandra.moras@maine.edu

SBA Annual Holiday Party!
Friday, Nov. 16th from 8:00pm-1:00am
The Student Bar Association cordially invites you to its annual Holiday Party! This year it will be at Grace Restaurant (the downstairs area). Entertainment will be provided by DJ KTF, and the photographer will be Abby Merson. For more information, please visit the Facebook event page.
 

Women's Law Association

Saturday, Nov. 17th 11:00am (RSVP by Monday, Nov. 12th)

We have still have a few spots available for our first "Women-in-Law Brunch Series"! Please email us at wla@maine.edu by Monday, Nov. 12th if you are interested in attending. Our first guest speaker will be, Deborah A. Buccina, a litigator and co-chair of a committee in the Women's Law section of the Maine State Bar Association. Brunch will be served!

BLA Firm v. In-House Panel
Thursday, Nov. 29th at 12:15pm in the Moot Courtroom
The Business Law Association is inviting a corporate in house lawyer from a local corporation in house legal department and a lawyer from one of the big firms in Portland to come and present their perspectives on what it means to work in each setting.

SBA Election Schedule
Wednesday, Dec. 5th at 12:10pm in the Lobby
The SBA is having its school-wide elections on  Wednesday December 5 from 12:10pm-1:10pm. In addition to each class voting for its respective class representatives, the entire student body will voting for the following executive positions: President, Vice-president, Secretary, Communications Director, Treasurer, and American Bar Association Representative. Below are the important dates:

• Monday, November 19 - Declaration of Candidacy begins
• Monday, November 26 - Declaration of Candidacy ends
• Tuesday, December 4 - Candidate speeches, 12:10pm, 1L room
• Wednesday, December 5 - School-wide elections, 12:10pm, Main Lobby
• Thursday, December 6 - Results posted

Students may obtain full description of each executive position by visiting the SBA bulletin board. Questions? Please email sba@maine.edu.

Maine Law goes to TD Garden
Friday, Jan. 18th at 7:00pm at TD Gardens
The SBA, Maine Law Basketball Association, and Athletics at Maine Law are sponsoring a trip to watch the Boston Celtics play the Chicago Bulls. Tickets will be $30, including transportation to and from the game. The seats are located in the following sections:

• Section 324, Row 10 and 11
• Section 325, Row 3-

Due to the anticipated interest, the 55 tickets are ONLY for law students. Students may purchase their tickets starting Monday, November 19, 2012 from 12:10pm-1:10pm. First come, first serve! For more info, please email Diana DeJesus at diana.dejesus@maine.edu.