2013 IndyBar Diversity Job Fair

Mark Your Calendars Now! 

The Indianapolis Bar Association is thrilled to announce our 6th annual Diversity Job Fair offering great employment potential. What sets us apart: THE RESULTS! 

In 2012:

• 20% of interviewing students received and accepted job offers.
• 27 firm, government, court and corporate legal employers interviewed students from law schools around the country.
• Barnes & Thornburg presented a $2500 scholarship to an interviewing student during the keynote luncheon.

The Indianapolis Bar Association (IndyBar) seeks candidates who represent all aspects of diversity, who are looking for a one-of-a-kind legal community in a Midwestern city that has both cosmopolitan style and small-town charm. We cordially invite students who will be, in Fall 2013, full-time 2L law students (graduating May 2015) or part-time 2L and 3L law students (graduating 2015/2016) to participate in the IndyBar Diversity Job Fair.

Student Registration Information

Student registration opens on April 1, 2013!

Students will register for the IndyBar Diversity Job Fair via Symplicity’s web site.  After the student submits his/her registration, an automatically-generated password will be provided, which will enable him/her to use the system throughout the next few months. The student registration deadline is July 7, 2013.

Hotel Registration

The IndyBar Diversity Job Fair interviews will be held at the Hilton Indianapolis Hotel and Suites, 120 West Market Street, Indianapolis, IN on August 7-8, 2013. Overnight room rates for students are $129. Students will be responsible for making their own travel and lodging arrangements. Contact the hotel directly at 317-972-0600 to reserve a room. Make sure you reference the IndyBar Diversity Job Fair to receive our group rate. If you need special accommodations, please contact Caren Chopp (cchopp@indybar.org or 317-269-2000). The hotel’s reservation deadline to receive the special rate is July 16, 2013.

Schedule of Events

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

5:30-7 p.m. Student Registration, Skyline Club, One America Square

5:30-7 p.m. Welcome Reception, Skyline Club, One America Square

Thursday, August 8, 2013

8 a.m. Registration Re-opens, Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites

9:00.-11:40 a.m. Interviews held in private suites, Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites

12:00-1:15 p.m. Keynote Luncheon, Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites

1:20-4:00 p.m. Interviews held in private suites, Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites

Interview Process

Each full day employer schedule contains 14 candidate interviews.  Twelve interviews are with students selected by the employer from among interested students, while the remaining two interviews are assigned based on student interest alone.  Students will participate in a maximum of 7 interviews throughout the day, based upon employer and student interest and availability. All interviews will take place at the Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites in individual private suites.

About Indianapolis

Indianapolis has so much to offer law student candidates.  Our collegial yet sophisticated legal community provides a great platform to network, develop practice area expertise, and become involved in a number of exciting programs and causes.  Our city provides cosmopolitan urban attractions, along with the affordability and hospitality that are hallmarks of the Midwest. Check out these web sites!

Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association: www.indy.org/

Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce: www.indychamber.com/

Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of REALTORS: www.mibor.com/

Indianapolis Bar Association: www.indybar.org

Indiana State Bar Association: www.inbar.org

The official Web site of Indianapolis and Marion County: www.indygov.org

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook or keep up-to-date through the IndyBar Diversity Job Fair at www.ibadiversityjobfair.com

2013 CMBA Diversity Job Fair

The Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association is pleased to invite your organization to participate in the 2013 CMBA Diversity Job Fair. The Job Fair offers Employers the opportunity to interview quality applicants from a diverse candidate pool for summer and/or full-time employment. In addition, new and seasoned attorneys, and eligible law students are offered the opportunity to interact with potential employers. 

The Job Fair offers employers the opportunity to interview quality applicants from a diverse candidate pool for summer and/or full-time employment. In addition, new and seasoned attorneys, and eligible law students are offered the opportunity to interact with potential employers. Eligible law students must be (a) currently enrolled in a Juris Doctor program and (b) a member of the class of 2014 (current 2Ls/rising 3Ls) or 2013 (current 3Ls) (c) at an Ohio law school or a law school at a historically Black college or university.

When: March 28, 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: Cuyahoga County Courthouse (Old Courthouse), One Lakeside Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44113

Parking is available at the Huntington Garage under the courthouse (space is limited).

Law Students may attend the Job Fair for free.

Job Seekers interested in registering should send an e-mail to jobs@clemetrobar.org.  The email should contain your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, year in school, and whether you will attend the welcome reception on March 27, 2013.  Attached your resume to the same email.  Register by March 18, 2013.

Schedule of Events

• The Job Fair will begin with a panel discussion featuring prominent attorneys from a variety of industries and practice areas.
• Following the panel, Job Seekers will begin speed interviewing, structured as an informational table-talk event.  Job Seekers will meet with employers in five-minute intervals.
• Following speed interviewing, some Job Seekers may be selected for an in-depth interview at an appointed time.

DRI's Law Student Diversity Scholarship

DRI's Law Student Diversity Scholarship Now Accepting Applicants  Application Deadline is Friday, April 19, 2013 DRI is now accepting applicants for its annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship open to incoming second- and third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American students. The goal of these scholarships is to provide financial assistance to two worthy law students from ABA accredited law schools in order to promote, in a tangible way, the DRI Diversity Statement of Principle. Incoming second- and third-year female law students are also eligible, regardless of race or ethnicity. Incoming second- and third-year law students who also come from backgrounds that would add to the cause of diversity, regardless of race or gender, are eligible to apply.  To qualify for this scholarship, candidates must be full-time students. Evening students also qualify for consideration if they have completed one-third or more of the total credit hours required for a degree by the applicant's law school.  Two scholarships in the amount of $10,000 each will be awarded to applicants who best meet the following criteria:  Demonstrated academic excellence  Service to the profession  Service to the community  Service to the cause of diversity Applications must be received by DRI no later than Friday, April 19, 2013.  Click here for complete scholarship details and how to apply.  Scholarship winners will be notified in advance and will be officially announced at the 2013 DRI Diversity for Success Seminar, May 30-31, in Chicago.

Fodham-SKKU Summer Institute in International & Comparative Law

Fordham University School of Law and Sungkyunkwan University College of Law are pleased to co-sponsor the eighth annual Summer Law Institute, a three week academic program in international and comparative law in Seoul, Korea from June 23 - July 7, 2013. 141 U.S. and Canadian students from 25 law schools attended the 2012 program. In its first seven years, the Institute enrolled over 1000 students from 5 countries and 60 law schools, including students from the law schools at American University, Boston College, Boston University, Chicago-Kent, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, George Washington, Hastings, Illinois, Loyola-LA, McGill, NYU, Texas, Tulane, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, USC, and University of San Diego.

COURSES

Students may enroll in three credit hours by taking one of the following courses: International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law, Law of International Institutions, and Comparative Corporate law. These courses will be taught in English by distinguished tenured faculty from Fordham Law School. The program will also offer optional Korean language lessons for those students interested in learning some basic Korean. Students will be able to enroll in three credit hours during the program, and the courses are approved by the ABA for credit toward the J.D. degree.

INTERNSHIPS

After the conclusion of the Summer Institute's academic program, the Institute will place U.S. and Canadian participants who would like to stay in Korea in 5-week internships at the Korean supreme and constitutional courts, Korean government ministries, the Korean National Assembly, multi-national corporations, human rights organizations, and law firms.

FEES/CREDIT

Students may choose to:

1. Receive three ungraded academic credits for internships at a tuition rate of $2,100 (with $500 payable at the time of application)

OR -

2. Receive no academic credit for the internship upon payment of an internship placement fee of $500.

Students opting for academic credits will have priority in internship placements and program housing over non-credit internship applicants.

EVENTS

Program students will also tour the Korean National Court, the Supreme Court, the National Prosecutor's Office and the Foreign Ministry, and attend an extensive selection of extra-curricular tours and social events that enable students to experience Korean cultural life.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

To find out more about this extraordinary program, please visit our website: http://law.fordham.edu/korea

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity! We hope to see you in Seoul.

Leighanne Yuh, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Fodham-SKKU Summer Institute in International & Comparative Law

33 West 60th Street, #225

New York, NY  10023

212-636-7571

Miami County Bar Association - J. Andrew Fulker Scholarship

The Scholarship Committee of the Miami County Bar Association announces it is currently receiving applications for scholarship grants from the J. Andrew Fulker Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Fund was established, in cooperation with the Troy Foundation, as a lasting tribute to Troy Attorney J. Andrew Fulker who died in an auto accident in 1989.

Andy Fulker was a 1971 graduate of Troy High School. He received a Bachelor’s Degree from The Ohio State University in 1976 and his Juris Doctor degree from California Western School of Law in 1979. He was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1979 and became a partner in the Troy law firm of Faust, Harrelson, Fulker & McCarthy. He served as Assistant Municipal Prosecutor for the City of Troy from 1979 to 1982 and as counsel for the Miami County Planning and Zoning Boards from 1979 through 1981. He was a member of the Miami County, Ohio State, and American Bar Associations, the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

The scholarship fund is designed to assist deserving law students who are residents of Miami County. Recipients of J. Andrew Fulker Memorial Scholarship grants will be selected by the Scholarship Committee of the Miami County Bar Association. Grants will be used for law school tuition. To be eligible an applicant must be admitted for full-time attendance at a college of law or law school in a program designed to lead to a Juris Doctor or similar law degree.

The scholarship fund operates as an endowment fund with grants awarded from the income earned on the principal of the fund. Gifts to the J. Andrew Fulker Memorial Scholarship Fund are eligible for deduction as a charitable contribution for federal income tax purposes. Contributions may be made payable to the Troy Foundation, designated for the J. Andrew Fulker Memorial Scholarship Fund, and mailed or delivered to Melissa A. Kleptz, Admin. Director, Troy Foundation, 216 W. Franklin Street, Troy, Ohio 45373.

Applications for scholarships may be obtained from Jack L. Neuenschwander, Chairman, Miami County Bar Association Scholarship Committee, 1455 Stockham Drive, Piqua, Ohio 45356, telephone 937-778-0269.

DRI 2013 Law Student Diversity Scholarship

DRI announces its annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship program open to incoming second- and third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American students. The goal of these scholarships is to provide financial assistance to two worthy law students from ABA accredited law schools in order to promote, in a tangible way, the DRI Diversity Statement of Principle.

Incoming second- and third-year female law students are also eligible, regardless of race or ethnicity. Incoming second- and third-year law students who also come from backgrounds that would add to the cause of diversity, regardless of race or gender are eligible to apply.

To qualify for this scholarship, candidates must be full-time students. Evening students also qualify for consideration if they have completed one-third or more of the total credit hours required for a degree by the applicant’s law school.

Two scholarships in the amount of $10,000 each will be awarded to applicants who best meet the following criteria:

Demonstrated academic excellence:

·         Service to the profession

·         Service to the community

·         Service to the cause of diversity

Application:

http://www.dri.org/contentdirectory/public/awards_scholarships/DRI_2013Diversity_Scholarship_Application.pdf

The deadline for all applications is April 19, 2013.

Scholarship winners will be notified in advance and will be officially announced at the DRI Diversity for Success Seminar, May 30-31, 2013 in Chicago.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding the Law Student Diversity Scholarship. DRI looks forward to hearing from you!

Megan O’Neill

Marketing Analyst

P: 312.698.6244 | F: 312.252.0956 | E: moneill@dri.org

Judge John R. Brown Award

The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation

Rules for the 2013 Brown Award of $10,000 for Excellence in Legal Writing:

The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce the twentieth annual Brown Award. The Award is in recognition of Excellence in Legal Writing in American Law Schools. Any law student currently enrolled in an accredited law school in the United States seeking a J.D. or LL.B degree is eligible to receive the Award.

This year the stipend for the winner is $10,000. The 2012 Award was presented to Daniel S. Alterbaum of Yale Law School for his paper entitled, Control Share Acts, Closed-End Funds, and the Battle for Corporate Control.

Application process:

In order to be considered, four copies of a current legal writing must be submitted to:

Foundation c/o Mr. Kenneth G. Engerrand

Brown Sims, P.C.

Tenth Floor, 1177 West Loop South

Houston, Texas 77027-9007

The article must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a law school faculty member or legal professional other than the author of the paper. Only one paper may be submitted on behalf of any student and only one paper may be sponsored by any faculty member or legal professional.

Due date:

The submission must be postmarked no later than June 7, 2013. The student’s package must contain a separate sheet containing the title of the paper; the name, physical address, telephone number, and email address of the student; and the name, title, physical address, and email address of the student’s sponsor. This year there is no page limitation or restriction on the topic except that the writing must be on a legal subject. The Foundation will appoint a final judging panel consisting of a law school dean, a federal judge, and a law school professor. The Foundation will not return any material submitted to the Foundation.

Notification process:

The 2013 recipient of the Brown Award will be notified by October 31, 2013, and listed with the other finalists at the website www.brownsims.com/about-brown-sims/affiliations/judge-john-r-brown-award