Careers @4: Law Panel

Representatives from O'Melveney & Myers, Neighborhood Legal Services, the District Attorney's Office and a Pre-Law Advisor from the Office of College Advising will be attending the workshop.

Date: Monday, October 19th
Time: 4:00 to 5:30 pm
Location: Trojan Presentation Room B-3
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The Unruh Institute of Politics & USC Gould School of Law presents Crime, Punishment & Rehabilitation: The Politics & Policy of California Prisons

Guests include: Steve Cooley; L.A. County District Attorney, Pat Nolan; V.P. - Prison Fellowship Ministries, Jody Armour; USC Law Professor & USC Student Leaders

Date: Friday, October 23rd
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Law School Room 1

For more info please call 213.740.8964 or visit www.usc.edu/unruh or VKC 263 event flyer

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SEO Corporate Law Program (open to graduating Seniors or recent graduates attending law school in Fall 2010)

The unique SEO Corporate Law Program gives interns the training and experience they will need to thrive at a world-class firm, as well as access to attorneys at the top of the field who are happy to share their experiences, contacts and wisdom.  SEO offers a unique opportunity to its Corporate Law alums during the summer after the first year of law school: the SEO Judicial Clerkship is the opportunity to clerk with a federal judge years before most other law students do, while still receiving the benefits of an SEO internship, including mentoring and networking opportunities.

Date: Tuesday, October 20th (SEO Overview/Resume Workshop) and Wednesday, October 21st (How to Be the Ideal SEO Candidate)
Time: 6:30 pm (both dates)
Location: KAP 146 (both dates)
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Blackstonians

The first Blackstonians meeting of the academic year will be held:

Date: Tuesday, October 20th
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: VKC 100

The meeting is open to current members as well as those interested in joining.  We will be electing this years officers at the meeting.  The faculty advisor, Professor Alison Dundes Renteln, will be in attendance, as well a guest speaker.  Refreshments will be provided.

Blackstonians is a pre-law honor society that recognizes academic excellence in undergraduate students and strives to expand their knowledge and perceptions of the legal profession.  Students will have access to a variety of events, speakers and resources that will enable them to focus on using law and the legal system for the moral improvement of society as a whole. In accordance with its bylaws, membership is restricted to those who have completed at least 32 units (16 of which must have been at USC), but not more than 118 units. An overall grade point average of 3.5 is required as well.
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WRBLSA

Southern Sub-Regional Law School Boot Camp
Date: Saturday, October 31st
Time: 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Southwestern School of Law, 3050 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90010

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Registration and Light Breakfast
Welcome Remarks
Law School Admissions Workshop
Financial Aid Workshop
Joint Lunch with Academic Retreat
Mock Law School Class
Day in the Life of a Law Student Panel

For more information and registration, please contact WRBLSA Executive Director, Calvin Lowery wrblsaExecDirector@gmail.com.
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Law School Application Timeline Reminders for October

    * Attend Pre-Law workshops.
    * Work on personal statements.
    * Register for the December 2009 LSAT, if necessary.
    * Request Letters of Recommendation.
    * Request Dean's Certificate, if necessary.*

If you have any specific questions about the law school application process, feel free to drop by our office during our walkin hours or schedule an appointment by calling 213.740.2534 Appointments: Monday through Thursday, 9am-4pm

Walk-In Hours: Fridays, 9am-4pm

*Dean's Certificate or Letter: is a form that some law schools require in order to verify that you are in good standing at your undergraduate institution.  First, find out if the law school you are interested in applying to requires a Dean's Certificate as a part of its J.D. application process.  If a Dean's Certificate is required, you can generally download the form off of that law school's website.  Once you download the form, print it out and take it to USC's Office of the Vice-President for Student Affairs (STU 201) along with postage and a pre-addressed envelope.  The Vice-President for Student Affairs will only fill out the forms - they will not write letters on behalf of students.

If you need to contact the Office of the Vice-President for Student Affairs (STU 201), please call (213) 740-2421.
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Law School et cetera:

There are many factors you should consider in determining which schools you should apply to:
1) Rankings & Reputation; 2) Course Offerings & Specific Programs; 3) Geographic Location; 4) Recruiting & Networking Opportunities; 5) School Culture & Student Body; 6) Tuition & Costs; & 7) Class Size.

In the sixth week of our discussion on How to Find the Right Law School, we continue with #6 - Tuition & Costs:
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USC Annual Law Fair

Don't miss out on your chance to get to know your law schools and explore what they truly have to offer! If you've already submitted your application, this will be a great opportunity to stop by and say hello to the folks that will be making a decision on your application.

Save the date! Check which schools have registered so far: http://college.usc.edu/registered-schools/

Attendees: 91 law schools and 7 others

Date: Thursday, November 5th
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: Trousdale Parkway
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Applying to Tulane Law School?

Come by the Office of College Advising to pick up a FEE WAIVER CERTIFICATE and save $60 ( we have 1 to give away)! Certificate expiration date: January 15, 2010
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Florida State Law School's Summer for Undergraduates Program

Florida State Law Schools Summer for Undergraduates Program provides students with an inside look at law school and the legal profession.  Sixty undergraduate students will be selected to participate in this intensive 4-week long program from May 17 thru June 11.  For more information, please visit www.law.fsu.edu/slp.

*Application deadline:  March 26, 2010
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UC Berkeley: Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute

intensive 7-week academic training program at UC Berkeleys Goldman School of Public Policy.  The summer institute prepares undergraduate students for graduate studies in public policy and international affairs. Each year 30 juniors are selected to participate in the program from across the country.  For more information, please visit http://gspp.berkeley.edu/ppia/index.html.

*Application deadline:  November 1, 2009
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Southwestern Law School Admissions Events

Are you interested in staying in Los Angeles for law school?  If so, you may be interested in applying to Southwestern Law School.  Southwestern offers 4 programs to obtain your J.D. degree, including a 2-year program.  Prospective students should consider attending Southwesterns admissions events held on the Southwestern campus:

Open House:                  Saturday, November 14, 2009
Info Session:                  Friday, December 4, 2009
Info Session:                  Friday, January 8, 2009
SCALE Info Session:     Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Diversity Event:            Saturday, January 23, 2010
Info Session:                  Friday, March 19, 2010

To RSVP for any of these events, please email admissions@swlaw.edu or call (213) 738-6834.  Please also include your mailing address when you RSVP via email.
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The LSAT: Everything You Need To Know About The Test with Chloe Reid, Associate Dean for Admissions at University of Southern California-Gould School of Law and others (from Althea Legaspi and the Law School Podcaster) Check out the podcast here
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IBR info: Income-Based Repayment Calculator

Independent, nonprofit source of information about new federal student loan payment and forgiveness programs. Check it out: http://www.ibrinfo.org/index.php