*** Event Change: Judge Manoukian***

BLSA has changed this week's event with Judge Manoukian to Monday, November 7 in Bannan 135. Sorry for any inconvenience!

BLSA Updates for the week of 10/17

Welcome to the second half of the semester! Let us know how everything is going and if you need anything from us.

News

Mentoring – Please let us know if you haven’t made contact with your mentor!

Also, look for news about the mentor-mentee mixer the weekend of 10/28!

Thank you to everyone who made this year’s Judges’ Fireside Chat a success!

Events

2011 Santa Clara Law and Law Career Services Diversity Gala

Santa Clara Law is a leader in law school diversity: it is among the top ten most diverse law schools in the U.S. Our students and alumni founded the Diversity Gala in order to foster an atmosphere of inclusion for these young lawyers. The Diversity Gala is an opportunity to form relationships that develop into mentorships, to be assured by representatives from participating organizations that diversity is highly valued and to recognize the contributions that prominent members of the legal profession have made to further the interest of minority groups.

http://law.scu.edu/careers/diversity-gala.cfm

Ins and Outs of Law & Motion with Judge Manoukian – Come see one of BLSA’s supporters give a presentation about how law and motion works. Thursday, October 27 at noon in B 238.

It’s not too early to start thinking about the Western Region BLSA Convention held January 11-15, 2012 in Seattle. Details at http://www.nblsa.org/index.php?pID=438. Attendance requires an NBLSA membership, which much be purchased through the SCU chapter, not individually. The price of an NBLSA membership goes up to $55 on 11/1.

Scholarships

http://www.nblsa.org/index.php?pID=473

Constangy, Brooks & Smith Scholarship -- Deadline November 21, 2011

http://law.scu.edu/blog/scholarship/constangy-brooks-smith-scholarship.cfm

The next two scholarship opportunities are intended for students, especially those with diverse backgrounds, committed to pursue a career in IP Law:

Marc T. Banner Scholarship -- Deadline November 11, 2011 http://law.scu.edu/blog/scholarship/mark-t-banner-scholarship.cfm

Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship-- Deadline January 4, 2012 http://law.scu.edu/blog/scholarship/donald-w-banner-diversity-scholarship.cfm

BLSA Update for the week of 10/10/2011

BLSA Membership – It’s time to commit to memberships! Let us know by e-mailing if you’re interested in becoming an SCU or National BLSA member. National membership allows you to attend National and Regional Events and cost $40. National membership includes a local membership. Local membership ($10) includes mentoring and invitations to our networking and other events. Our second annual Judges’ Fireside Chat is coming up, and we’re pushing the RSVP deadline. Please make sure to get yourself on the invitation!

Upcoming events

Regional BLSA Social, Saturday 10/8 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at 330 Ritch (the address and the name of the venue) in San Francisco. This is a chance to meet and greet BLSA members from other schools. Send us an e-mail if you’re planning on going.

BLSA General Meeting, Wednesday, 10/12 at 12 p.m., B241 – Please, bring your calendars and your volunteer hats!

Judge’s Fireside Chat, Friday 10/14. Members, let us know if you are interested in going and haven’t RSVPed yet.

Diversity Gala, October 27 at Adobe Lounge. Put simply, it would be a bad idea to miss this. Information and RSVP here.

Thanksgiving Potluck, November 19 at Professor Armstrong’s home. Details to come, but save the date!

Here are some opportunities from around campus.

HMCE Volunteer

This year Santa Clara has been selected to host the regional ABA Negotiation Competition. This event is a wonderful opportunity for students to watch live negotiations, network with the professionals slated to judge the rounds (including Judges and practicing attorneys in the area), and interact with students from a wide variety of law schools

To make the event a success, HMCE needs volunteers for November 4th, 5th, and 6th. (Remember the MPRE is Nov. 5 for those taking it) Sign up using the following google spreadsheet link HMCE has provided. Put BLSA in parenthesis next to your name and we could win a prize! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApENO8v_3I2ZdFNMZ1EtVkZwblMwWVNIN1NyRWFaeVE&hl=en_US#gid=0

Constangy, Brooks & Smith Scholarship -- Deadline November 21, 2011

Diversity Scholars program for 2Ls: http://law.scu.edu/blog/scholarship/constangy-brooks-smith-scholarship.cfm

Marc T. Banner Scholarship -- Deadline November 11, 2011

Scholarship for 1L's, 2L's interested in IP : http://law.scu.edu/blog/scholarship/mark-t-banner-scholarship.cfm

Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship-- Deadline January 4, 2012

Scholarship for 1L's, 2L's and Part-time 3L's interested in IP: http://law.scu.edu/blog/scholarship/donald-w-banner-diversity-scholarship.cfm

The District Attorney's Office of Santa Clara County will be interviewing for paid 2L summer positions with the intention of interviewing these candidates for Post Bar paid clerkships.

Please see our website www.santaclara-da.org in order to apply.

If you’re interested in going to a local school to teach kids about the Constitution, let us know. SALSA is sponsoring and we can make sure you know how to connect with them. Here is some info: the school is in San Jose, 7 mins away from campus, and the times will be 8-9:30 am, and 12:30-2 pm. For the Supreme Court activity, we need volunteers to act as Supreme Court Justices for 8th grade oral arguments (not a competition). SALSA will provide the material for both sets of activities.

BLSA update for the week of 10/3

BLSA invites all of you to commit to becoming National BLSA members. Membership is $40, and allows access to National and Regional BLSA events like job fairs and conventions.

SCU BLSA also offers local memberships for $10, offering access to our mentoring program, networking events, and job opportunities (some below!). Right now, we have an event with local lawyers at a judge’s house that is one of our membership benefits. You can buy one or both memberships Monday in Bannan Hall outside 127 from 12-1 and 5-6.

Upcoming Events

Professional

Judges’ Fireside Chat is upcoming for paid members, who should make certain to check their e-mails for information regarding the event.

CELA, the California Employment Lawyers’ Association, has sent us an application for scholarship money applicable to its upcoming conference on October 27-29 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey. Depending on financial need, the scholarship will pay for part or all of the attendance fee for the conference. (Note that it does not specify lodging.) Paid members may see Sherrett for details.

2011 Santa Clara Law and Law Career Services Diversity Gala

Santa Clara Law is a leader in law school diversity: it is among the top ten most diverse law schools in the U.S. Our students and alumni founded the Diversity Gala in order to foster an atmosphere of inclusion for these young lawyers. The Diversity Gala is an opportunity to form relationships that develop into mentorships, to be assured by representatives from participating organizations that diversity is highly valued and to recognize the contributions that prominent members of the legal profession have made to further the interest of minority groups.

http://law.scu.edu/careers/diversity-gala.cfm

It’s not too early to start thinking about the Western Region BLSA Convention held January 11-15, 2012 in Seattle. Details at http://www.nblsa.org/index.php?pID=438. Attendance requires an NBLSA membership, which much be purchased through the SCU chapter, not individually. The price of an NBLSA membership goes up to $50 on 11/1.

Jobs

Paid members, if you are interested in a state judicial clerkship in New Jersey, please respond as we have received a packet outlining the application process along with a guide to minority judges. Neither NJ residency nor NJ Bar is required for these one-year jobs aimed at recent graduates.

On 9/21, Sherrett attended a dinner hosted by Trucker Huss, where they talked about opportunities for minorities. If you are interested in working in ERISA (look it up!), working for a small firm, or would like to get a networking conversation going with Trucker, e-mail us. Note that Trucker employs SCU BLSA’s own Jahiz Agard JD ’11.

Social

On October 8, USF is having a Bay Area BLSA mixer at a club in San Francisco from 6:30-8:30 After that, you can find us in da club. Paid members, e-mail us and let us know if you’re interested in going so we can see if ride sharing is available and convenient.

Save the date for our annual Thanksgiving Potluck, held this year on 11/19 at Professor Armstrong’s house.

Academic

On October 15, Western Region BLSA is sponsoring an academic workshop at Stanford. E-mail for details if you’re interested.

The AFL-CIO is offering its Law Student Union Summer for candidates who have a demonstrated commitment to the practice of Labor Law. They are looking for 1L’s and 2L’s who have taken one or more labor law courses and who have experience in organizing or community activism. The Deadline is October 24, 2011 for 2L’s and January 23, 2012 for 1L’s. They offer a stipend of $600 a week, plus local transportation and housing. Paid members feel free to e-mail for more details.

Fundraising

Look for our bake sale outside of 127 on Monday!