Date: Monday, November 16th
Time: 7:30 - 8:30 PM
Location: Vanderbilt Hall 206

The panel will be moderated by Deb Ellis, Assistant Dean of Public Interest Law. Panelists include:

- Janice Goodman, Law Offices of Janice Goodman
- Diana Hortsch, Center for Reproductive Rights
- Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women
- Sandra Park, ACLU Women’s Rights Project
- Maya Raghu, Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund)

Please join us to hear about the litigation of women’s rights and to enjoy free dinner!

Co-sponsored by SALSA, WOCC, LSRJ, CoLR, and Law Women.

 Jeffrey Tannenbaum ’88, who will be the Dean’s guest on Thursday, November 19, formed Fir Tree Partners, a private global investment firm, in 1994 and currently serves as President.  Fir Tree focuses primarily on publicly traded securities and pursues an opportunistic, value oriented approach to investing.  Fir Tree’s core investment funds include:  Fir Tree Value Fund, which focuses on both equity and credit strategies, Fir Tree Capital Opportunity, which focuses on credit strategies, and Fir Tree Mortgage Opportunity, which focuses on a variety of mortgage strategies.  Prior to forming Fir Tree, Jeffrey worked in the private equity industry. 

 Jeffrey has chaired and served as a board member of numerous public and private companies. Through the Fir Tree Philanthropies (“FTP”), Jeffrey focuses on accelerating America’s energy independence and promoting sustainable capitalism through innovations in public policy, finance and entrepreneurship.  FTP sponsors a variety of global sustainability projects and operates a Scientist in Residence program.  Through FTP, Jeffrey organized the country’s first major bi-partisan symposium focused on eliminating foreign oil dependence and most recently hosted the “100 Day” planning retreat for President Obama’s most senior energy and environment advisors. 

 Jeffrey received a J.D.-M.B.A. from New York University School of Law, and a B.A. in economics, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Tulane University; he also received a General Course Certificate from the London School of Economics and completed postgraduate work at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.     

 The dean’s roundtables are open to 18 interested NYU School of Law J.D. and graduate students. In order to achieve a representational mix of students, we will designate a proportionate number of seats to J.D. students and graduate students, respectively, to be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. The roundtables will begin at 12:30 p.m. in Snow Dining Room, on the fourth floor of Vanderbilt Hall. Lunch will be served. If you would like to attend a roundtable, please sign up in advance by calling Penelope Fernandes at (212) 998-6003 or by emailing her at penelope.fernandes@nyu.edu. Please indicate whether you are a J.D. or graduate student, and whether you have any dietary restrictions.

Come learn about speaking out in the classroom and its connections with institutional change. Raising issues of identity and difference—whether they be about race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, or anything else—can be difficult for professors, administrators, and students, particularly those coming from diverse backgrounds and faced with an alienating classroom environment. This Forum begins with statements from students about the personal and institutional barriers to speaking out, then turns to a panel of experts who will address strategies for speaking out.

Cosponsored by: Coalition for Legal Recruiting (CoLR), Asia Law Soceity (ALS), Asian-Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA), Black Allied Law Students Association (BALSA), Islamic Law Student Association (ILSA), Latino Law Students Association (LaLSA), Middle East Law Students Association (MELSA), South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA), Women of Color Collective (WOCC)

There will be a reception at 5:30 p.m. in Greenberg Lounge before the program begins at 6:30 p.m. in Tishman Auditorium. All portions of the event to take place at New York University School of Law’s Vanderbilt Hall, located at 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY.

Speakers include Rajat K. Gupta, Senior Partner Emeritus and former Managing Director, McKinsey & Company; Roger W. Ferguson, Jr, President and Chief Executive Officer, TIAA-CREF, and William T. Allen, Clinical Jack H. Nusbaum Professor of Law and Business and Director, Pollack Center for Law and Business, New York University.

Advance registration is required. To register online, please visit:
https://www.amacad.org/events/cEventRegForm.aspx?id=31.

Please call Amy Stewart at (617) 576-5032 with any questions.

Refreshments will be served.  For the sake of the environment, please B.Y.O.M. (Bring Your Own Mug)!

2L students will be discussing effective study strategies, including how to best use (or not use) a study group, how and when to outline, how to manage stress, and how to maximize efficiency during the weeks ahead. Donuts and coffee will be provided!

Tuesday, November 17
6:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Hall Room 206

* Panel on 1L Summer Jobs featuring 2Ls and 3Ls discussing their 1L summer experiences and job search tips. November 10, 5:00 p.m., Greenberg Lounge. RSVP on the CSM Events Tab.

* 1L Group Career Counseling Registration & Instructions: 1Ls may go to the Events Tab on CSM and sign up for a small group meeting (8 students) in November IF you want to review your resume, discuss cover letters, prepare to respond to job postings on December 1 or conduct an out-of-town search for over semester break. Others can wait until January to attend similar workshops. Space in these sessions is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis; cancellations are not permitted 48 hours in advance of your selected session. Sign up on the CSM Events Tab. After you have registered for a small group session, you MUST send your resume and 1L Resume Intake Form (available in the Document Library on the Documents Tab of CSM) to law.careers@nyu.edu with the subject line “1L Group Session, the DATE and TIME” of the session you are scheduled to attend. This email must be received at least 48 hours in advance of your session. You should also bring your Career Development Binder with you to the session.

* Mini Interview Workshops for students who are arranging interviews over winter break. December 1, 4:00 p.m., Furman Hall Room 334, and December 2, 4:00 p.m., Furman Hall Room 324. RSVP on the CSM Events Tab.

LL.M. candidates in the International Legal Studies Program are invited to join us for an informal career discussion with LL.M. graduates working at large law firms in New York. This is an excellent networking opportunity, and a good way to get advice and tips from LL.M. “success stories” who have been through the job search process recently. The panelists will also discuss their current practice, and how the ILS degree prepared them for the position. Panelist names will be confirmed and sent out next week. Please register on the Events Tab of CSM (https://law-nyu-csm.symplicity.com/students) to attend. The session will be videotaped.

LL.M. candidates in the Trade Regulation are invited to join us for an informal career discussion with LL.M. graduates working at large law firms in New York in the areas of Antitrust and IP. This is an excellent networking opportunity, and a good way to get advice and tips from LL.M. “success stories” who have been through the job search process recently. The panelists will also discuss their current practice, and how the ILS degree prepared them for the position. Panelist names will be confirmed and sent out next week. Please register on the Events Tab of CSM (https://law-nyu-csm.symplicity.com/students) to attend. Lunch will be served but you MUST RSVP to attend. The session will be videotaped.

LL.M. candidates in the Corporations Program are invited to join us for an informal career discussion with LL.M. graduates working at large law firms in New York. This is an excellent networking opportunity and a good way to get advice and tips from LL.M. “success stories” who have been through the job search process recently. The panelists will also discuss their current practice, and how the ILS degree prepared them for the position. Panelist names will be confirmed and sent out next week. Please register on the Events Tab of CSM (https://law-nyu-csm.symplicity.com/students) to attend. The session will be videotaped.

Tax and International Tax LL.M. candidates are encouraged to participate in this career event! LL.M. students will be matched up one-on-one with tax practitioners for a 20 minute practice interview followed by 10 minutes of feedback. In addition to the excellent interview practice, this event provides a strong networking opportunity, both with the individual attorney with whom you are matched, and also at a brief networking reception held at the start of the event. Register in the Events Tab on CSM (https://law-nyu-csm.symplicity.com/students) AND send an email to clara.solomon@nyu.edu noting any class conflicts between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. and any specific practice area interests. To the best of our ability, we will try to match you with a practitioner from your specified practice area (though we can’t guarantee a match, depending on attorney availability). International Tax Students please note: OCS will also host a practice interview program for all international LL.M. candidates in January. International Tax students must choose one event, either the November Tax evening or the January International Evening. Unfortunately, we do not have space to accommodate International Tax students in both programs.

The George Washington University in Washington, DC

The 2010 Sports Industry Networking and Career (SINC) Conference invites students, recent graduates and career changers to join the top decision makers in the sports industry for a unique conference experience. Over the two-day period, these sports business executives participate as keynotes, panelists, and take part in roundtable networking lunches, giving attendees a VIP pass into the world of sports.

For more information regarding the event, please click here.

New York County District Attorney’s Office, 80 Centre St., 8th Floor Training Room, NY, NY
An Interviewing Skills & Resume Workshop at the New York County District Attorney’s Office.
• Improve your interviewing skills
• Gain insight into what interviewers are looking for
• Have your resume critiqued by members of the hiring committee
• Reception to follow - mix and mingle with assistant district attorneys

Panel Discussion: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Reception & Resume Workshop: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
RSVP by November 9th to:docreception@dany.nyc.gov
(if you wish to submit your resume for critique, you must attach the resume to your RSVP email)

Applications for 2010 Summer Intern positions are due December 15, 2009.

For more information and to RSVP, please click here.

Five civil rights attorneys will be speaking about their law school experiences, careers, and civil
rights cases, with questions and networking to follow.

Panelists include:

- Sunu Chandy, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

- Alina Das (NYU '05), NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic

- Matthew Faiella, New York Civil Liberties Union

- Caryn Lederer, Special Litigation Unit, New York Legal Assistance Group

- Ben Wizner, American Civil Liberties Union

Collectively, these attorneys have experience litigating civil rights cases involving immigrant
rights; federal antidiscrimination law; disability; national security; lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) issues; police surveillance and other civil liberties; and constitutional law.

Please join us to hear about civil rights as a career, to network in preparation for the summer job
search, to meet other students interested in civil rights, and to enjoy free lunch!

Co-sponsored by CoLR and SALSA.

Living Up to Our Constitution
A Living Constitution Lecture with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Moderated by Katrina vanden Heuvel
Editor-in-Chief, The Nation

Friday, November 20, 2009
Reception 5:30pm, featuring the cuisine and libations of Rhode Island
Program: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, 9th Floor
Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street

Space is limited.
Please call (212) 992-8647 to reserve seats.
The Brennan Center for Justice Living Constitution Project brings together thinkers and policymakers to further understanding of the Constitution and its role in a changing world.

More information at the Brennan Center Web site.

Important Reminders for Fall OCI:
Please remember to enter your class schedule upon bidding in order to avoid being scheduled for an interview during this time. In addition, please note that the deadline to cancel a scheduled interview is 12:00 midnight the Wednesday prior to the employer’s scheduled visit to campus. Cancellations will only be accepted due to an emergency or an extenuating circumstance after that time.

Open Sign-Up for Week 7 of Fall OCI will begin at 12:00 noon on Thursday, November 12, and will close at 12:00 noon one day prior to the employer’s interview date. Students may sign-up for any open slot with an employer, as long as they meet the employer’s degree and/or specialty requirements. Open Sign-Up is conducted in real-time through CSM and is not a lottery. To sign up for an interview via Open Sign-up, simply click on an available date and choose a time slot. *Please note: If you are already logged in to CSM prior to the opening of this module, you must LOG OUT and log back in to view all available Open Sign-up slots. The “refresh” button will not function if you logged in before 12:00 noon.

Please feel free to contact Rebecca Linden, Associate Director, Recruitment & Marketing, with any questions at rebecca.linden@nyu.edu.

The Hauser Global Law School Program and the Office of Graduate Affairs invite you to a brown bag lunch discussion with Alexander Verkhovsky, head of the Moscow-based NGO SOVA Center.  Russian society has experienced widespread intolerance and a sharp rise in the incidence of violent hate crime in recent years. Mr. Verkhovsky, a leading Russian human rights activist, will discuss his organization’s efforts to monitor the surge in neo-Nazi violence, the inadequate government response to it, as well as the possibilities for progress on these issues.

Alexander Verkhovsky is the Director of the Moscow-based SOVA Center for Information and Research, the leading Russian NGO monitoring hate crimes in the Russia.  Since 2004, the SOVA Center has engaged in monitoring, research and advocacy work on the subjects of extreme nationalism, hate crimes, hate speech as well as on the government response to these problems.  The SOVA Center publishes daily bulletins and quarterly and annual reports. Alexander is the author and co-author of a number of books on extremism, nationalism and xenophobia in contemporary Russia and is a regular commentator in the Russian press on these issues.

Paul LeGendre, Director of the Fighting Discrimination Program of Human Rights First will put Russia’s hate crimes into an international human rights context and will discuss how the U.S. can use the “reset” in bilateral relations to improve mechanisms for combating hate crime in Russia.

Mary Holland, Director of NYU’s Graduate Legal Skills Program, will moderate.

2Ls:
Employers offering positions for the following summer to candidates not previously employed by them should leave those offers open for at least 45 days following the date of the offer letter.
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3Ls:
Employers offering full-time positions to commence following graduation to candidates previously employed by them should leave those offers open until at least November 15 of the candidate’s final year of law school. Candidates should reaffirm these offers within thirty days from the date of the offer letter. Employers may retract any offer that is not reaffirmed within the 30 day period.

Important information for NYU School of Law Students
• NYU students holding more than 2 offers for summer employment should make an appointment to speak with an OCS counselor.
• As students receive callbacks and offers, they should update the fall recruiting survey on Survey Monkey (using the link sent via email)
• Drop in appointments are available to discuss any career concerns: M-F 2:00-4:00pm

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
12.45 to 1.50 pm
Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, Furman Hall Ninth Floor

Panelists
Mr. Jarrett Barrios, President of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Dr. Charles Silverstein, Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, NYU College of Medicine
Dr. Christine Smith, Principal of Deloitte and Board Member of Out & Equal

We have some very exciting practitioners lined up to discuss important issues for women in the private sector, how to approach/deal with them, as well as initiatives firms are taking to address some of those issues. This is also a great opportunity to ask questions you may have about firm life and to meet several highly successful women in private practice. Our panel includes:

Julie Allen (Partner, Proskauer Rose)
Julia Engel (Associate, Greenberg Traurig)
Sharon Katz (Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell)
Laura Norman (Partner, Greenberg Traurig)
Valerie Radwaner (Partner, Paul Weiss)
Carrie Reilly (Associate, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz)

This promises to be a great event, and there will be free pizza and soda to prove it!

Please RSVP to NYULawWomen@gmail.com to make sure you have a seat.

Valid NYU ID Required

All submissions should be on a legal topic, and be between three and nine thousand words in length. Submissions are also welcome in Irish, French and German. Book reviews and case notes will also be considered. The closing date for submissions is the: 19th December 2009.

All interested parties should submit their articles and enquires to: editor@corkonlinelawreview.com

Join more than 50 leading communications professionals for a full day of education, career advice, and networking as they address innovation, the evolving world of communications, and the unfolding opportunities for the next generation.

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