Sixth Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair - Free Event

Thursday, November 11, 2010 - Sunday, November 14, 2010

The University of Houston - University Center

4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas

FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

 

Conrad Johnson, Esq.

Clinical Professor of Law

Columbia Law School

New York, New York

 

Karen Wishart, Esq.

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

TV One

Silver Spring, Maryland

 

Kent Lollis, Esq.

Executive Director for Diversity Initiatives

Law School Admission Council

Newtown, Pennsylvania

 

Adrien Katherine Wing, Esq.

Professor of Law

University of Iowa College of Law

Iowa City, Iowa

 

Dennis Shields, Esq.

Chancellor

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Platteville, Wisconsin

This comprehensive pre-professional conference is FREE OF CHARGE

to ALL Pre-Law Registrants, Advisors, Supporters, Mentors, and Parents!

Elon University School of Law in North Carolina waives application fee

In June 2008, the Elon University School of Law received provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association (ABA). September 2010, Elon Law will host a team from the ABA as it seeks full accreditation at the earliest date possible under ABA guidelines, Spring 2011.

May 2009, the Elon Law charter class graduated and attained an 83% bar passage rate on the North Carolina Bar Examination. Summer 2009, the average bar passage rate of the N.C. bar exam was 73%. Summer 2010, Elon Law graduates continued to be successful on the N.C. bar exam with an 80% bar passage rate while the N.C. bar passage rate remained 73%. Elon Law students have also been successful with bar passage in other jurisdictions as well. Elon Law students not only receive a great legal education, they work closely with faculty, University leadership, and the legal community who all share a vision of cultivating lawyers who are equipped and inspired to lead.

Elon Law’s education program emphasizes total student development, exceptional legal knowledge and skills, engaged learning, international awareness and civic involvement incorporating the practices of the  world’s finest leadership education programs. Students may select one of four concentrations: business, litigation, public interest and general practice. The 84,000 square-foot law school facility in downtown Greensboro includes a multimillion-dollar library, the latest technology, and a spacious courtroom that also serves as the home of the North Carolina Business Court, making Elon Law one of only a handful of law schools in the nation to house a working court. The school’s location provides its students access to learning opportunities in the area’s leading law firms, courts, businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. August 2010, the law school enrolled 344 students.

The admissions department will begin accepting applications October 1st! The $50 application fee is waived from October 1st – December 31st.

University of Cincinnati Law School - Admissions News

School has begun for the College of Law's 144 first-year students. On August 16, 2010 the Class of 2013 started their academic careers with "Intro to Law," the week-long orientation program designed to acclimate students to the law school environment. This year's incoming class is an impressive, diverse group. Boasting a median LSAT score of 161, they range in age from 21 to 54. They hail from 74 undergraduate institutions, and include roughly 50 different undergraduate majors. According to Al Watson, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, "Half of the class is from outside Ohio (representing 27 states and four countries: China, Iran, Nigeria, and Germany), while members of minority populations make up 20% of the class."

Applications at the College of Law grew significantly in 2010, up 38% over the previous year (the overall national average for applications grew by only 7.1% during the same period according to the Law School Admission Council). This increase led to the most applications - 1,823 - ever received in one year at Cincinnati Law. "We believe many applicants are attracted to our small size, strong reputation and outstanding clinics and faculty. All of this is coupled with a tuition rate that helps save students money and hopefully enables them more flexibility with the job market upon graduation," states Dean Watson.

Cooley Law School - Michigan

Cooley Law School will be holding Open House events in the month of October.  For more information, please visit the website at:  http://www.cooley.edu/index.htm

University of La Verne College of Law - Fee Waiver

University of La Verne College of Law is now accepting applications for Spring 2011 and Fall 2011 terms. For a limited time, students applying to La Verne Law may be eligible to have their $50 application fee waived. If your students are considering applying to our law school, please feel free to contact the admission office directly or advise them to email us at lawadm@laverne.edu for their application fee waiver code.

Lewis & Clark Law School

Viewbook:  The new Lewis & Clark Law School viewbook is online. 

Quick recap of this year's incoming class:

Number in entering class:    247

LSAT percentiles (75/50/25)   164/ 162/ 157

GPA percentiles (75/50/25)    3.69/ 3.48/ 3.20

APU Alum at Creighton University

For those of you looking at schools outside of California, we recently received word that an APU alumnus has enrolled this fall at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.  This might be a good fit for you, too.  You can check out their website at:  law.creighton.edu.

The Federalist Society Los Angeles Lawyers Chapter Hosts Special Event

The Constitutional Health of the 2010 Affordable Health Care for America

Speakers:

• David B. Rivkin Jr., Baker & Hostetler LLP and counsel for plaintiffs in Florida v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Prof. Jonathan D. Varat, UCLA School of Law

Moderator:  Kenneth K. Lee, Jenner & Block LLP

Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 12:00 Noon

Place: The California Club, 538 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071.
(Please note that parking is available underneath the club from the Flower Street entrance.)


Gentlemen are asked to wear coats and ties and Ladies to wear dresses, suits or skirts (with blouses, sweaters or jackets) or appropriate dress pant suits in keeping with the above standards.

Students and law clerks may pay the discounted rate of $25. In addition, if you plan to park at the California Club, please include an additional $10 with your payment.


RSVP: Please e-mail lafedsoc@gmail.com by Friday, September 17, 2010.

Franklin Pierce Law Center is now University of New Hampshire School of Law

"Since 1973, Franklin Pierce Law Center has been pioneering in intellectual property and practical in providing applied, hands-on training in many specialties. Our faculty, alumni and students work around the corner and around the world, making our reach simultaneously local and global. And we have provided the resources and relationships our students require for real leadership in a world of opportunity. Now, with our UNH affiliation in place, we offer all this and more as the University of New Hampshire School of Law."

Florida State University - College of Law

Florida State Law recently asked to share this information with prospective students:

•In six of the last nine Florida Bar Examinations our graduates ranked first among all Florida law schools that had more than one test taker.

•Ninety-nine percent of the graduating class of 2009 was placed within nine months of graduation, most of them in private firms.

•Our Student Bar Association received the 2010 Public Interest National Achievement Award from the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association. In both 2008 and 2009, the Law Student Division selected Florida State as the “SBA of the Year.”

•Leiter’s Law School Rankings (2010) rates our faculty the nation’s 23rd best in terms of per capita scholarly impact.

•The National Jurist magazine (2009) ranks us the nation’s 10th “Best Value” law school, based on employment rate, bar passage and tuition.

•U.S. News & World Report (2010) ranks our environmental law program 5th in the nation and our overall program 54th.

For more information, please look under the "Prospective Student" section of their website.

Emory Law: Center for the Study of Law and Religion

The Law and Religion Center at Emory Law features a variety of cross-listed courses, research fellowships, public forums, and publications in law and religion.  Most of their work is focused on issues of faith, freedom, and the family, viewed through the lenses of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

The Center offers five degree programs for students interested in a concentrated course of study of law and religion.  The JD/MDiv, JD/MTS, and JD/PhD programs are open to college graduates. 

For more information, please contact the Center at:  404-712-8710 or cslr@law.emory.edu.

Seattle University School of Law - Influential Voices Speaker Series

Dean Mark Niles will kick off this year's Influential Voices series with a thought-provoking lecture exploring questions related to the new focus on preventing future crime.

"Pre-Empting Justice:  Pre-'Crime' in Fiction and Fact:" 
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Sullivan Hall, C-5, 4:30PM

A reception will follow in the second floor gallery.  RSVP Required.

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