- Class of 2009 Graduation Survey (if you have not already done so at http://admin.snesl.net//pub_images/GraduationQuestionnaireDec2009andMay2010.doc)
- All other Classes Alumni Career Network Survey (if you have not already done so at http://www.snesl.edu/pub_images/Alumni%20Survey.pdf)
- SNESL’s “Alumni Connection Raffle” is underway—if you know alumni who are not part of the Alumni Email Distribution List spread the word that they can receive a Dunkin Donuts voucher and automatically be entered to receive a $100 gift certificate by providing their email address to me at lwilson@snesl.edu
Archive for August, 2009
Staying Connected
Posted by Kevin Whitaker on August 14, 2009
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Spring 2010: March 22-23. U.S. Supreme Court Alumni Swearing In Ceremony & Alumni Association D.C. Area Regional Event
Posted by Kevin Whitaker on August 14, 2009
- Monday, March 22nd-Tuesday, March 23rd: “U.S. Supreme Court Alumni Swearing In Ceremony & Alumni Association D.C. Area Regional Event” coordinate by the SNESL Alumni Relations Office this annual event for selected students and alumni hits all the Washington, D.C. highlights including a reception, breakfast at the U.S. Supreme Court, a meeting with a Supreme Court Justice, and new this year a tour of the White House—to be sworn in applicants must be admitted to practice for at least three years and not have been the subject of any adverse disciplinary action during this three-year period (contact Leslie Becker Wilson by email at lwilson@snesl.edu if you are interested in attending)
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Spring 2010: April 11-15, 2010 – Small Firm Week
Posted by Kevin Whitaker on August 14, 2009
- Monday, April 11th–Friday, April 15th: “Small Firm Week” coordinated by the SNESK Career Services Office will include various programs throughout the week for current students as well as alumni related to small and solo practice, including the “Small & Solo Career Forum” alumni panel discussion, the Massachusetts Bar Association’s “Going Solo” CLE program, a student “speed networking” event, and “practice area tabletops” as well as other opportunities for students and alumni to network with local attorneys in a low key setting (contact Leslie Becker Wilson by email at lwilson@snesl.edu if you are interested in participating in any of the programming.
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Alumni Volunteer Opportunities
Posted by Kevin Whitaker on August 14, 2009
- SNESL’s Academic Resource and Writing Center is looking for alumni to critique student writing at workshops on Thursday nights from 6:00-6:30 (contact Anne Walsh Folino ’97 by email at afolino@snesl.edu if you are interested)
- SNESL’s Academic Resource and Writing Center is also looking for alumni to be panelists for new 1L “Lunch & Learn” discussions on Tuesday, September 15th from 1:15-2:15 p.m. on ” Juggling Act: Law School and Life” and on Tuesday, December 1st from 1:15-2:15 p.m. on “Exam War Stories: What Not To Do” (contact Anne Walsh Folino ’97 by email at afolino@snesl.edu if you are interested)
- Volunteer positions for unemployed lawyers are available in the MD, NJ & NY Attorney General’s Offices
- Alumni Association “Small Time Commitment/Big Impact” mentoring opportunities include being a guest speaker in a class, conducting student mock interviews, providing bar exam advice, judging a SNESL mock trial and/or moot court team and participating in the 3L/4L Job Shadow Program and Recent Graduate Mentor Program (contact Julie Lynch ’05 by email at julie.lynch@att.net if you are interested)
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Alumni Events
Posted by Kevin Whitaker on August 14, 2009
- Monday, August 17th 5:30-6:45 p.m.: “FREE Loan Forgiveness Webinar” for government and nonprofit workers presented by Equal Justice Works (register online https://equaljusticeevents.webex.com/equaljusticeevents/onstage/g.php?d=666028325&t=a)
- Thursday, August 20th 6:00-8:00 p.m.: “FREE SNESL Orientation Dinner” at the law school and sponsored by the Alumni Association (RSVP to Leslie Becker Wilson at lwilson@snesl.edu)
- Wednesday, August 26th 10:00-11:15 a.m.: “FREE Unemployed Lawyer Support Group” coordinated by Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL) on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at LCL to discuss strategies for dealing with the financial, emotional, social and psychological aspects of unemployment (register by telephone at 617-482-9600 or by email to gina@lclma.org or nancyb@lclma.org)
- Saturday, August 29th 1:30 p.m.: “SNESL Golf Tournament & Dinner Benefit” to benefit the Terrorism Law Conference and Law Journal at $125 per golfer/$400 per foursome including greens fee, golf cart, range balls, use of practice facility and dinner—or join only for dinner at $20 (register online at http://www.golfdigestplanner.com/13271-sneslgolf/)
- Wednesday, September 16th 5:30-7:30 p.m.: “FREE New Bedford/Fall River Area Women’s Bar Association Social” at the Waterfront Grille at 36 Homers Wharf in New Bedford (RSVP to Michelle Keith at mkeith@snesl.edu)
- Thursday, September 17th 5:30-7:00 p.m.: “FREE Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) Recruitment Information Session” co-sponsored by the Bristol County Bar Association and the New Bedford/Fall River Area Women’s Bar Association at the law school to learn about the DIA’s current effort to recruit minority attorneys to become Administrative Judges as well as Administrative Law Judges for which are 13 openings, each of which carries a six year term, for which applications will be due in December (RSVP to Leslie Becker Wilson at lwilson@snesl.edu)
- Thursday, September 24th 5:30-8:30 p.m.: “FREE Alumni Association Cape Cod Regional Event” at the home of Anne Walsh Folino ’97 in Buzzard Bay to get together with fellow Cape Cod-based alumni for social and professional networking (RSVP to Leslie Becker Wilson at lwilson@snesl.edu)
- Thursday, October 1st-Saturday, October 3rd: “ILSA Terrorism Law Conference” which will explore the definitions of both terrorism and armed conflict, the difficult balancing act of ensuring national security while preserving human rights, and investigate how other areas such as the environment, immigration, micro-financing, and rule of law initiatives relate to developing better solutions within the law, as well as examine how the international community has responded to terrorism, both historically and recently, though international and regional agreements, the U.N. system, and in customary law (for further information and online registration visit the conference website at http://www.snesl.org/ilsaconference/)
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SNESL News
Posted by Kevin Whitaker on August 14, 2009
- Anne Folino ’97 has returned as the Director of SNESL’s Academic Resource and Writing Center!
- SNESL’s bar passage rate for first time takers of the February bar exam was 57% for CT and 50% for MA
- SNESL was instrumental in assisting both the Massachusetts Superior Court as well as its graduates by helping to create new clerkship opportunities for two 2009 SNESL graduates who have been selected to be Massachusetts Superior Court Law Clerks, but since state-wide budget cuts have left these positions unfunded the law school is accepting tax-deductible contributions to the “Clerk’s Fund” to help support these newly created opportunities
- SNESL is preparing for its reaccreditation by NEASC, which occurs every 10 years, and alumni will be asked for input into the process in the coming months
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