NEBLSA NEWSLETTER VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3
- Final Interview Schedules will be released within 7-14 days after the acceptance period.
- Friday, August 21st – NEBLSA Job Fair
7:00 a.m. – Student/ Employer Registration Open
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. – Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. – Employer Interviews
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. – Employer Interviews
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The Academic Retreat will be a great opportunity to meet NEBLSA peers as well as to get invaluable information regarding law school survival. There will also be a Delegate's Meeting to vote on changes to the Regional Constitution and Bylaws. For more information regarding this part of the day, please contact Shetera Patterson at NEBLSA.CT@gmail.com.
NEBLSA's College Students Division aims to provide college students resources and guidance on applying to law school. The CSD Law Camp serves as an avenue for prospective law students to gain pertinent information about the law school application process and the benefits of obtaining a legal education. If you know of college students who may be interested in applying to law school, please encourage them to contact the NEBLSA Director of College Student Division so that they can receive information about the NEBLSA College Students Division and the Law Camp. The College Students Division Director is also seeking volunteers for the Law Camp. If you would like to serve as a panelist on a law school panel to discuss your law school experience or a resume/cover letter reviewer for a prospective law student, please contact Alana St. Aude at NEBLSA.LawCamp@gmail.com.
- Siana McLean, University of Buffalo, Frederick Douglass Moot Court Coordinator
- Whitney Matthews, University of Connecticut, Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Coodinator
- Melvin L. Felton II, Columbia University, Communications Director
- Althea Udo-Inyang, Western New England College, Convention Coordinator
- Combined Northern New England Sub-Regional Director
- Attorney General
- Mock Trial Specialist
- Moot Court Specialist
- Be enrolled in an American (US) law school recognized by NBLSA
- Be in good academic standing at your institution, and provide proof of such with a letter from your Dean.
- Be a member, for the entire term of office, of an active chapter of the Association (meaning your chapter has remitted national and regional dues). Interested parties who will not be enrolled for the ensuing, complete academic year are ineligible for service in any capacity on the NEBLSA Executive Board
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Dear NBLSA Members,
My name is Alana St. Aude, and I am the Northeast Director of the College Student Divison. The National Director, Jessica Childress, and I are honored to serve you this year. The College Student Division is a component of NBLSA which informs undergraduate students considering law school about the law school application process, life as a law student, the practice of law, and other relevant knowledge about obtaining a law degree. I look forward to working closely with local BLSA chapters in instituting the initiatives that CSD has planned for the year.
Undergraduates may join CSD as members of their undergraduate local chapters or as general members. General membership is available for those individuals who attend institutions which are unable to sustain a CSD chapter for various reasons. The CSD strongly encourages all BLSA chapters located on campuses without CSD chapters to assist CSD in garnering undergraduate interest. Membership application materials will be sent in a separate email or are available by emailing me at neblsa.lawcamp@gmail.com.
This fall, CSD will be hosting National Law Camps within each region. Law Camps serve as an avenue for prospective law students to gain pertinent information about the law school application process and the benefits of obtaining a legal education. The camps will host various speakers from pre-law organizations who will address topics such as financing a legal education, the law school application process, and making the transition into law school. The tentative locations and date for this year’s NEBLSA Law Camp is:
NORTHEAST REGION, October 17: Hartford, CT (University of Connecticut School of Law)
In addition to our law camps, this year, we will be spearheading the first annual College Student Division Law Fair at our National Convention in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts. During this event, deans of admission and other representatives from ABA accredited law schools will provide information about their law schools to CSD members. As we get closer to Convention, we will need your assistance in reaching out to representatives from your law school and encouraging them to attend this event.
BLSA members have traditionally served as mentors to CSD members, and this year, we ask you to help us continue this strong tradition of mentorship by encouraging your members to volunteer to become CSD mentors. By serving as mentors, BLSA members will build relationships with a CSD member who holds similar interests. Moreover, they will serve as a guide to mentees as they navigate the law school application process. Please encourage the members of your chapters to become mentors. Anyone interested in becoming a mentor can complete the application attached to a subsequent email or by contacting me at neblsa.lawcamp@gmail.com. Please email the mentorship application by September 25, 2009. If you develop a mentorship relationship with an undergraduate student near your law school and would like to involve your mentee in CSD, please send me the name, contact information, and undergraduate inst itution of your mentee to neblsa.lawcamp@gmail.com.
Finally, one of the major goals of CSD this year is to increase membership and enhance the benefits of being a CSD member. You can help us achieve these goals by encouraging pre-law students at your school to charter a CSD chapter or to become general members of CSD. Moreover, if your BLSA chapter is hosting any programs that would be of interest to a CSD member, this year, we will ask that you invite CSD members to such events.
Best wishes for a successful school year,
Alana St. Aude
Northeast Director of the College Student Division
neblsa.lawcamp@gmail.com
Jessica Childress
National Director of the College Student Division
Second, each local NEBLSA chapter must work with at least one other NEBLSA chapter on at least one community service program. Schools in close proximity should physically work together and those far apart should find other ways to collaborate (such as a fundraiser).
NEBLSA Region-Specific Community Service Programmatic Areas:
• Adult economic empowerment
- Education, employment, housing, prisoner re-entry, etc.
- Advocate/teach importance of early childhood education to parents/local officials.
- Clean up/beautification project or create/maintain green space.
2. Book Drive at the Joint College Student Division Program/Academic Retreat.
a. Collect early childhood books for kids and distribute the books to parents with literature discussing the importance of early childhood education3. NEBLSA’s Each One, Reach One – Take 2 Community Service Initiative:
a. Host at least four (4) community service programs (Note: Suggested that you have programs at your school and in your adopted community)
b. Work with at least one other NEBLSA chapter in some way during the week4. Regional Convention – Direct Service TBD
1. Sending a delegate to the regional delegate’s meeting
2. Sending a 1L or other interested student to the academic retreat
3. Participating in the regional College Student Division event
4. Participating in regional community service programs
5. Participating in the “Each One, Reach One” Initiative
6. Participating in the Take 2 Community Service Initiative
7. Submitting a letter from your sub-regional director
If you have any questions, please contact NEBLSA Director of Community Service, Ashley Moore at: neblsacommunityservicedirector @gmail.com.
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For a limited time only, paid NBLSA members can take an extra 5% OFF of all purchases over $50 with Barristerbooks.com. Use code "NBLSA283" to receive the discount. Please note that this promotion begins Saturday, August 1, 2009 and ends Monday, August 24, 2009.
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Event Sponsored By:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Location:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
(between: Water & South Streets)
PALS welcomes the Class of 2012/2013! This networking reception is designed to help young attorneys and law students hone their conversation and networking skills, and to provide a venue to access the knowledge and perspectives of attorneys of color.
Please contact Joshua Jones, NEBLSA Secretary, at NE.Secretary@gmail.com to update contact information, if you would like to have your local chapter events or announcements included in an upcoming newsletter, or if you have any comments or suggestions. Your NEBLSA Executive Board
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