Announcements, Marketplace, Resources
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www.wisconsinsba.org/announcements
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Table of Contents
General
1. Moot Court Board Try Outs
2. Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic
3. Regulation in Detecting and Responding to Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Symposium
4. Kaplan Bar Review Tabling
5. BarBri Halloween Deals
6. Faculty Appointments Committee Candidates
SBA
7. Bar Review
Student Organization Meetings/Events
8. BATLAW – Quiz Bowl
9. SALDF
10. Pro Bono Society Celebration
11. ILSA
12. PILF
13. SFA
14. LEO
15. NLG
16. APALSA/SALSA and CJP
General Announcements
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1.
Attention 2Ls
Are You Interested in joining the UW Moot Court Board?
Each fall, second-year students are invited to compete in the Omar Megahead Appellate Advocacy Competition. The two finalists will be invited to join the Moot Court Board. Competitors will not have to prepare a brief. Instead, competitors will prepare and present oral arguments from a pre-written brief.
The competition will be held the week of November 14th and the problem will be released on Thursday November 3rd. You must attend an informational meeting in order to compete. Informational meetings will be held on the following dates:
Tuesday October 25th from 5:30-6:00pm (room #2225)
Monday October 31st from 12:10-12:40pm (room #5223)
If you have any questions, or cannot attend either of the informational meetings, please email Cassandra Best (cbest@wisc.edu).
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2.
The University of Wisconsin Law School Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic (L&E Clinic) is recruiting students for the summer 2012 program, with an option to participate during the 2012-2013 academic year.
Applicants should email Janet Christopher a cover letter and resume no later than November 11, 2011. The cover letter should identify any experience and legal education in transactional law, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, client interface, or science. Rising 3Ls are given priority.
Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic Summer 2012 Program
This eleven-week, 40 hour per week immersion experience provides students the opportunity to work with startup businesses and entrepreneurs. The L&E Clinic operates as a law firm using a paper-less document management and time keeping system and is located at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. L&E Clinic participants will use what they have learned in the classroom, what they discover through research and collaboration and their legal and life experience to prioritize and solve problems facing their clients. L&E Clinic participants are supervised by experienced business law and corporate attorneys and respond to wide ranging legal needs, including business formation, capital structure, funding, intellectual property and contracts. The L&E Clinic provides quality legal services with a robust review process of work by private practice attorneys. L&E Clinic participants develop skills and confidence in client interface while providing thoughtful and productive solutions to legal, business, and ethical challenges confronting early stage businesses. The L&E Clinic uses the varied expertise of individual L&E Clinic participants to provide collaborative quality legal services. The L&E Clinic seeks to provide legal expertise in coordination with accounting and business planning consulting to clients and continually explores out-state clients as part of Law in Action and the personification of the Wisconsin Idea. The summer L&E Clinic includes training in a wide range of legal, ethical, and practical issues expected to confront L&E Clinic participants. As the summer concludes, L&E Clinic participants will meet with a supervising attorney to determine the appropriateness of continued participation during the 2012-2013 academic year. Additional students will be recruited at a later date to supplement the summer students for participation during the 2012-2013 academic year. A tuition credit plus a stipend will be available to accepted students. Permission of the instructor is necessary to enroll.
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3.
The Role of Public and Private Regulation in Detecting and Responding to Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
November 21, 2011, 1:30 to 4:30pm
Managing Import Safety, a collaborative project funded by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), examines market, regulatory, and hybrid approaches to preventing and detecting economic adulteration and accidental contamination of the food supply. In this final event, our multidisciplinary project team proposes to evaluate and compare the current systems for detecting and responding to foodborne outbreaks in the U.S. and the European Union. In the context of recent, produce-related foodborne outbreaks in the EU and the US, we will examine and compare the respective approaches, assessing challenges in surveillance, detection, trace-back and identification of a contaminated food item. Finally, we will consider lessons learned from recent outbreaks by examining issues of public health, responsibilities of industry, and comparisons of regulatory frameworks.
To register, please send an email to Lorna Zach (lzach@engr.wisc.edu) with your name, affiliation, and email contact information.
Dr. Serratosa is interested in having meetings with groups and research teams on the UW – Madison campus to present his views, and forge ties for future collaborative work.
***Please see the attached document for more information
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4.
Kaplan Bar Review Tabling:
Enroll by 11/11/11 for huge savings!
For example, save $700 on New York course, and $995 on Illinois course simply by enrolling by 11/11/11
Additional discounts include:
- $250 off if you took a Kaplan LSAT prep course
- $250 off for law review, moot court and other law journal members
- $100 off for ABA members
**Discounts up to $500 for live or video course; up to $250 for purely online course.
So, if you took the Kaplan LSAT course and are on the moot court board, you could take the Illinois Kaplan course for $1600 if you enroll by 11/11/11
Questions? Email pritger@wisc.edu
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5.
BarBri Halloween Deals
Trick or treat, grab something sweet
Start the week with a deal that can’t be beat!
Stop by the BarBri table on Monday, 10/31, between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm
Grab some cake, and lock in your BarBri course.
1Ls – Sign up for $20, pick up our 1L materials, and lock in your course price.
2Ls/3Ls – Sign up for $50 and lock in your BarBri course price.
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6.
The Faculty Appointments Committee has been working hard over the past few months and has conducted short interviews with a number of candidates. We have now begun the process of choosing whom to invite to campus.
Our first candidate, Victor Quintanilla, will be here this Thursday, October 27th. Victor’s work focuses on the intersection between law and social psychology, and his “job talk” will be based on a paper entitled Beyond Common Sense: A Social Psychological Study of Iqbal’s Effect On Claims Of Race Discrimination.
Our second candidate, Andrew Bradt, will be here the following Monday, October 31st. Andrew’s work focuses on the interplay of civil procedure, conflict of laws, and federalism in the context of large-scale, multi-jurisdictional litigation. His “job talk” will be based on a paper entitled The Shortest Distance: Direct Filing and Choice of Law in Multidistrict Litigation.
The candidates will have “job talk” presentations in Lubar Commons at lunchtime. Students will be able to meet with Victor on Thursday from 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. in Lubar. The interaction period with Andrew will be sent out at a later time. We, as students, really need to show the candidates how engaged and intelligent our student body can be. These candidates certainly will have interviews at other schools and we want to make a good impression.
If you have any questions, feel free to email Christopher Byers at cbyers@wisc.edu or Eli Wykell at ejwykell@wisc.edu.
***See attached document for more information on the candidates
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SBA Announcements
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7.
This week Bar Review is being hosted by QLaw at Plan B (924 Williamson Street).
Come join QLaw for a night of dancing! Also- there will be a costume contest going on that night so don’t forget your costume!! See you there!
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Student Organization Meetings/Events
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8.
UW BATLAW Presents:
QUIZ BOWL
LAW SCHOOL v. BUSINESS SCHOOL
Thursday, November 3, 2011
8 pm
Brickhouse BBQ
Followed by Bar Review
Every
year teams of 3-4 students from the Law School and the Business School
participate in a popular general-knowledge Quiz Bowl competition.
Start forming your teams today!
For more information visit the BATLAW website
http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/batlaw/
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9.
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) membership meeting
Monday, October 31 from 12:30 to 1:00 pm in Room 3261 (jury room).
Hope to see you there! Food will be provided.
Email jstroup@wisc.edu with any questions.
Also, don’t forget to enter your photos in our annual Halloween Pet Photo Contest! Enter your photos here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225312810866896
It’s that time of year again!
UW Student Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Halloween Pet Photo Contest is back!
Post your photos and find more information at:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225312810866896
We ask that you donate $1 (or however much you feel comfortable giving) per picture submitted.
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10.
Celebrate Pro Bono Week
Join us October 23-29, 2011
The UW Law School Pro Bono Program is enthusiastic to participate in the American Bar Association’s annual Celebrate Pro Bono Week. We hope to expand awareness of the need for pro bono services in our community and opportunities to get involved. Join in on the action!
UW Law School Pro Bono Society Celebration
Tuesday, October 25th and Wednesday, October 26th, 11:00AM to 2:00PM
Law School Atrium
On October 25th and 26th, the University of Wisconsin Law School Pro Bono Program will be promoting the law school’s new Pro Bono Society in the law school atrium. We will be serving Celebrate Pro Bono cake to law students and faculty while raising awareness of the benefits and opportunities available for participating in local pro bono activities.
Learn about more Celebrate Pro Bono Week events on our website.
Questions? Contact Program Coordinator, Julia Zwak (jzwak@wisc.edu).
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11.
Come check out
ILSA’s Apparel Sale!
In the atrium today (10/27) and Friday (10/28)
Order forms due next Thursday (11/3)
- Some “Blind Bucky” items still available from last year- final year to get Blind Bucky!
- NEW DESIGN available for order (screen print and embroidery options). These will look great on you and
make great gifts, and you won’t have to worry about holiday shopping during Finals Season 
Submit order forms to Lindsey Menebroeker’s hangfile (3L) and please email menebroeker@wisc.edu with any questions
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12.
Faculty Lunch Series with Tricia Bushnell
Please join PILF and Tricia Bushnell, Clinical Instructor at the Wisconsin Innocence Project, for a brown bag lunch (bring your own) on Friday, October 28 at 12:15pm in 2225.
Questions? Contact Chris (august@wisc.edu).
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13.
Software Freedom Association
General Membership Meeting
Monday, Oct 31
6:00 pm in Room 3226
The Halloween Memos
In keeping with the season,
a discussion of some creepy,
spooky threats to computer users’ freedoms,
followed by planning of upcoming events and fundraising.
Questions? Contact Addison Smith at dsmith4@wisc.edu
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14.
The LEO Groups Present:
There’s an App for That!:
Clinics and Clerkships Panel
All 1L’s are invited to get the inside scoop on UW Clinical Programs and The Diversity Clerkship. Attendees will get a chance to hear directly from panelists who will discuss information about both, the application process and experiences during their participation in the program. Students interested in applying to either of these programs are encouraged to attend!
Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Time: 7:30pm
Room: 5240
*Refreshments will be provided
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15.
OCCUPY AMERICA!
A Celebration to benefit The Madison Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild: Join members of Madison’s progressive legal community, students, workers, artists to support the newly re-birthed Madison Chapter, NLG. Light refreshments served, live music, lively conversation, and a reading by Luis Rodriguez!
Guest Speaker
Luis J. Rodriguez
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
7 pm: Argus Bar & Grill
123 East Main Street, Madison WI
Admission: $10*
*Suggested Donation: No One Turned Away
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16.
Book Drive for Kyrgyzstan
(APALSA/SALSA and CJP)
Monday, 10/31 – Friday 11/4
IN THE ATRIUM
Help the children of Aral learn English
DONATE!
1) Basic English Books (baby books, alphabet, elementary)
2) Old Laptops
3) Board Games like Scrabble Slam
4) Money
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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 uwsbamail@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 touwsbamail@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
