Lunch with U.S. District Court Judge Paul

Join the CCS for lunch with Senior U.S. District Court Judge Maurice M. Paul on Tuesday, March 17th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Jury Assembly Room of the United States Courthouse, 401 SE First Avenue, in Gainesville. If you wish to be one of the five students attending this event with the CCS, email careers@law.ufl.edu with Judge Paul in the subject line, indicating your class year and name by no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10th.

Diversity Fellowship

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP is now accepting applications for its Diversity Fellowship Program. Through the program, Cooley will award up to $15,000 to eight first-year students to assist with law school tuition. Each fellow will also receive an invitation to join Cooley’s Summer Associate Program. For 1L students in the 2008-2009 school year, applications must be received by April 15, 2009. Awards will be announced to the students in the summer following their first year of law school with the Summer Associate position to start following the successful completion of the recipients’ second year of law school. The application and additional information are available at www.cooley.com/diversityfellowship or send inquiries to diversityfellowship@cooley.com.

Gubernatorial Fellowship Program

The Gubernatorial Fellowship Program is designed to provide students who are interested in public service with the opportunity to gain experience and exposure by working in key areas of government. Gubernatorial Fellows are assigned to the Executive Office of the Governor or the Governor’s agencies, based on their major or area of concentration.

To be eligible for a Gubernatorial Fellowship, candidates should be enrolled at a Florida college or university as an upperclassman (junior or senior) or a graduate student. Approximately 12 students from around the state will be selected based on a competitive application process. The Fellowship year will follow the university calendar, starting in August 2009 and ending in May 2010.

Applicants should possess strong leadership, written and oral communication skills, community activism, and a desire to serve the people of Florida. Applications are due no later than Friday, March 20, 2009. The Governor’s Screening and Selection Committee will announce the program participants by the first week of June 2009. For more information on the Gubernatorial Fellowship program, please visit www.myflorida.com/fellows.

National Black Prosecutors Association Job Fair

The National Black Prosecutors Association (NBPA) cordially invites law students and graduates to participate in its Annual Job Fair on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the Marriot Memphis Downtown in Memphis, Tennessee. The Job Fair will provide a unique forum where law students, recent law graduates, and experienced attorneys from across the nation can meet and interview with prospective prosecutorial employers at the local, state, and federal levels. For information and registration visit http://www.blackprosecutors.org/.

The Indianapolis Bar Association (IBA) cordially invites fall 2009, 2L law students to participate in the IBA Diversity Job Fair on August 6-7, 2009. Student registration opens on April 1, 2009. Students will register for the IBA Diversity Job Fair via Symplicity’s web site at https://law-indybar-csm.symplicity.com/students/. 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. Student registration deadline is July 10, 2009.
There is no fee for students to register for the IBA Diversity Job Fair. Please contact Caren Chopp, cchopp@indybar.org, 317-269-2000 with any questions.

Federal Magistrate Lunch Rescheduled

The lunch with Federal Magistrate Judge Kornblum originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 3rd and rescheduled to March 25th has been rescheduled at the judge's request to Thursday, March 26th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. It will be held in the Jury Assembly Room of the United States Courthouse, 401 SE First Avenue. If you are interested in a federal judicial clerkship or federal practice, this is an ideal networking event for you. Email careers@law.ufl.edu indicating your class year and interest by Tuesday, March 17th at 5:00 p.m.

Considering an LL.M.?

Check out these sites for information about U.S. and international LL.M. programs:

• www.llm-guide.com/usa


• http://www.nationaljurist.com/?q=content/llm-programs

This Week's Programs

Wednesday, March 4 at Noon:

For 1L's: What I Did Last Summer

Join a panel of 2 and 3L's and hear about their summer experiences.
136BG

For 3L's: Bar Application Conversion & Prep Program, Co-sponsored by Bar/Bri

HOL 345

Save the Date -- Careers in International Law

Career Services and the International Law Society present guest speaker MATTHEW WILSON, Associate Dean & General Counsel, Temple University, Tokyo Japan Campus.

Mr. Wilson has more than 17 years of experience in the international law arena and will offer students practical tips on finding opportunities in international law, how to market themselves, and how to make the most of study abroad opportunities.

The program takes place right after Spring Break on Monday, March 16 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in HOL 180. Mark your calendars now and don't miss this exciting program.