Announcements, Marketplace, Resources
Latest Announcements:
www.wisconsinsba.org/announcements
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Table of Contents
General
1. Wisconsin Law Review: Open Call for Student Notes/Comments
2. BLSA Class of 2011 T-shirts
3. Themis Bar Review Scholarship
4. 3L Gift Out on the Plaza!
SBA
5. SBA 3L Rep Special Election – TODAY
6. 3L Graduation Party
7. 1l End of the Year Celebration
8. Announcements During Finals
Student Organization Meetings/Events
9. Vis Arbitration Moot Court
General Announcements
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1.
Wisconsin Law Review:
Open Call for Student Notes and Comments
Not on a journal but want a chance to be published?
Are you on a journal but your Note wasn’t selected for publication?
Have you written a class paper that you want to further develop?
The Wisconsin Law Review will conduct an open call for Student Notes and Comments this upcoming fall. All UW law students are eligible for publication consideration. The deadline for submission will be October 3rd.
Not sure what a Note or Comment looks like? Check out our current and past issues for examples – http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/lawreview/.
Questions? Contact Anne Readel at readel@wisc.edu
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2.
BLSA still has Class of 2011 T-Shirts on sale for $10. The shirts must go 
Please contact Jackie Smith, jsmith23@wisc.edu to purchase a t-shirt! Help support BLSA while taking a memory from law school in the form of a shirt!
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3.
Themis Bar Review – SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!
As you approach final exams and graduation, Themis Bar Review has several important reminders for May 2011 graduates:
Payment Plans or Public Interest Scholarships: Themis understands that the current economic situation in our country has reduced the availability of jobs for law school graduates and reduced the availability of some bar loans. We want to help. If you need financial assistance or additional time to pay your balance, please contact
Shannon Reifsteck at shannon.reifsteck@themisbar.com or 312-589-6198.
In addition, Themis Bar Review offers Public Interest Scholarships to students who have accepted positions with public interest organizations. Students that have accepted a position in public service or for a government office and whose employer is not paying for bar review may qualify for a reduced tuition rate of $995.
To apply, please contact Shannon Reifsteck (shannon.reifsteck@themisbar.com).
Upon completion of a very brief form and providing supporting documentation, scholarships will be granted until all funds are dispersed.
There is no payment deadline or late fees with Themis Bar Review. We encourage all students to make payment no later than May 1 to ensure books arrive before May 23 course start date for all available Themis courses.
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4.
The 3L gift to the Law School is now out on the Plaza!
The two brand new benches are out there for all to use and enjoy before the end of the year. Special thanks to the 3Ls, SBA and WLAA for their generosity!!
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SBA Announcements
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Due to a resignation and the need to fill this vacancy before summer SBA work begins, we will be conducting a Special Election.
To manage busy exam schedules, this election will be conducted via email. Please send your votes to nanzig@wisc.edu. All ballot counting and handling will be conducted by non-rising 3Ls.
The rising 3L class should vote for one candidate via email from 5/8 to 5/11. The new 3L representative will be announced once the ballots are counted.
Please contact Brittany Nanzig (nanzig@wisc.edu) with any questions.
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6.
“Graduation Party” at Brink Lounge
Join your fellow graduating students, friends and family at the Brink Lounge May 14th from 8p-close to celebrate, socialize and mingle.
The Brink Lounge
www.thebrinklounge.com
701 E Washington Ave #105
(608) 661-8599
*SBA will not be providing food and drink for this event. We have simply reserved the space in the Lounge area. You and your guests will be responsible for all food and drink*
Questions? Email Cassandra at cbest@wisc.edu
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7.
1L End of the Year Celebration
Who: 1Ls
When: Friday May 13th after Con Law final from 1p-5p
Where: State Street Brats
Why: You are officially done with your first year of law school!
Questions? Please contact Cassandra at cbest@wisc.edu
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Announcements over finals and summer…
During finals, announcements will only be sent on Mondays. This means TODAY is the last announcement for the semester. Over the summer, announcements will be sent out once a month (June 1st, July 1st and August 1st).
Announcements over the summer should be sent to uwsbamail@gmail.com by 8 am on the 1st of each month.
Contact Brittany Nanzig (nanzig@wisc.edu) with any questions. Thanks and have a great summer!
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Student Organization Meetings/Events
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9.
Interested in International Law, traveling abroad, and moot court?
The UW International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team provides an amazing opportunity to study International commercial law, and participate in the Willem C. Vis Competition in Vienna and Hong Kong.
To be eligible to try out for the team, students must take Professor Jason Yackee’s International Commercial Arbitration course in the fall semester. The team will consist of eight students. The Center for East Asian Legal Studies provides a travel stipend to assist with the travel costs.
For more details, please see the attached flyer. Please email Christopher Marotta (marotta@wisc.edu) Kara Koonce (kkoonce@wisc.edu), or Nicole Wells (niwells@wisc.edu) if you have any questions.
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We’re updating the SBA website, so check it out!
You can see a calendar of upcoming events, access old outlines for your classes, and post pictures of life as a UW Law student:
www.wisconsinsba.org
Also, to submit your old outlines, please email uwsbaweb@gmail.com
Attention Student Orgs!
Please send your law school announcements as you would like them to appear and by 8:00 am on the first day you would like them to appear to uwsbamail@gmail.com. Announcements run on Mondays and Thursdays. There is a 150-word limit. After the first announcement, any bulk information (e.g., discussion topics, speaker bios) will be posted on the SBA website until the meeting has occurred. Contact uwsbamail@gmail.com with any exception requests.
Announcements will run for three consecutive emails, except for congratulatory announcements. Congratulatory announcements will run once unless specifically requested otherwise. If you would like announcements to run beyond three consecutive emails, please resend them.
Any questions? Contact Brittany Nanzig at nanzig@wisc.edu.
