pIsaacs amp; Isaacs Law Firm is seeking summer law clerks.  If you are interested, please contact Ms. Kathy Lobb, Office Manager, at 458-1000./pp1L students preferred /ppnbsp;/p

pstrongThe Executive Board of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law Moot Court Board is proud to announce the new incoming members of Moot Court Board for the 2013-2014 Academic Year:/strong/ppAaron Schechter/ppAdrienne Stonecypher/ppAndrew Lakin/ppAndrew Marvin/ppAshley Ervin/ppBailey Schrupp/ppBrittany Crenshaw/ppChris Groeschen/ppChristine Shannon/ppDwight Young/ppErica Crane/ppIsaac Fain/ppJennifer Weihmuller/ppJessica Wilkett/ppJessie Weinman/ppKathryn Cross/ppKellie Davis/ppKevin Boswell/ppKim Lynch/ppKylie Parker/ppLaura Edelen/ppLee Wilson/ppMatt McClinton/ppMitchell Jackson/ppPaige Clark/ppSana Abhari/ppTaylor Eigelbach/ppstrongAnd a huge thank you to our returning members for their continued hard work!/strong/ppAnnie Nutter/ppChelsea Painter/ppDamon McCormick/ppErica Wood/ppGreg Finch/ppKristin Birkhold/ppMichael McGee/ppCongratulations to all incoming members of Moot Court Board on this prestigious honor!/p

pWhy should you apply for JLE?  Two great reasons:/polliYou value your time olliWork is spread out, requiring most of all responsibility in meeting deadlines, a basic professional trait./liliNo office hours; ours is an unstructured time commitment./liliEach candidate has over six months, with reasonable deadlines, to write a Note./li/ol/liliAmazing opportunities olli4-5 opportunities for your note to be published!/liliYour written abstracts are published in EVERY edition.  That's four times you are guaranteed publication of your written work!/liliJLE thrives as the leading journal in the field of law and education - ranking well above the median in law review circulation./liliSupportive staff; we want to help you develop as a writer./liliAbundant editorial board position opportunities for 3Ls./li/ol/li/olpApplication deadline is May 29 at 5 p.m.  Find our application a href=http://www.law.louisville.edu/note/8549here/a.  Mark your calendar for a mandatory orientation June 12 from 6 to 8 p.m.  To submit your application or if you have any questions, please contact Callie Blausey at a href=mailto:cassie.restrepo@gmail.comcassie.restrepo@gmail.com/a. /p

pThere are seven writing competitions open to law students with deadlines in June, plus many more competitions with deadlines throughout the summer.  Below is a list of competitions with upcoming deadlines.  To view a more complete list, go to a href=/node/7044https://www.law.louisville.edu/node/7044/a.  Good luck!/ppnbsp;/ph225th Annual Law Student Essay Contest/h2pSponsor: American Judges Association/ppGeneral criteria: Essays submitted must be under the topic of quot;Comparing Hearsay Rules in Different Courts.quot;  All papers shall be the original, unpublished work of an individual student, but may have been prepared as a course assignment./ppDeadline: June 1, 2013/ppAmount of award: First prize is $3,000; second is $1,500; and third is $1,000./ppSubmission information: See a href=http://aja.ncsc.dni.us/uspan style=color: #0000ffhttp://aja.ncsc.dni.us/span/u/a. /ppnbsp;/ph2KBA Annual Student Writing Competition/h2pThe Kentucky Bar Association encourages UofL Law students to enter the KBA Annual Student Writing Competition.  This competition is open only to students at the three Kentucky law schools - UL, UK, and Chase!  /ppFirst ($1,000), second ($300), and third place ($200) awards will be given.  Entries must be received by strongJune 1, 2013./strong/ppStudents may enter their previously unpublished articles. Articles should be of interest to Kentucky practitioners and follow the suggested guidelines and requirements found in the quot;General Formatquot; section of the Bench amp; Bar Editorial Guidelines at a href=http://www.kybar.org/103uspan style=color: #0000ffwww.kybar.org/103/span/u/a. /ppOur very own strongLeah Rupp Smith/strong won the 2012 KBA Writing Award with her entry titled quot;Standing Your Ground: The Happy Medium Buried in Kentucky's Common Law.quot;   Let's continue the tradition for 2013!/ppa href=/sites/www.law.louisville.edu/files/2013%20KBA%20Student%20Writing_0.pdfuspan style=color: #0000ffSubmission Information/span/u/a/ppuspan style=color: #0000ff/span/u/ph2uspan style=color: #0000ff/span/u/h2h2National Student Writing Contest on Real Property Law /h2pSponsor:  The Texas Wesleyan Journal of Real Property Law (Property Journal) /ppCriteria: This is a national writing competition for all law students on any topic falling into the general theme of real property law. This is a great opportunity for students on law reviews and journals whose note or comment may not have made the final publication cuts, and students who have written excellent papers for a seminar class or independent study. There are cash prizes as well as an opportunity to publish in the Property Journal./ppDeadline:  June 1, 2013/ppAmount of award: First-place will receive $750; Second-place will receive $500.00; and if a Third-Place essay is selected, that author will receive $250.00./ppSubmission information: a href=http://www.realpropertyjournal.org/Home/national-writing-contestuspan style=color: #0000ffhttp://www.realpropertyjournal.org/Home/national-writing-contest/span/u/a. /ppnbsp;/ph2Employee Benefits Writing Competition/h2pSponsor: The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel/ppCriteria:  Papers must deal with employee benefits topics.  As an illustrative example, a paper might address legal issues involving health benefits, pensions, 401(k) plans, severance, executive compensation, claims, appeals, current or former spouses' or domestic partners' benefits, collectively-bargained benefits, benefits in bankruptcy, ERISA litigation or fiduciary obligations.  /ppDeadline: June 1, 2013/ppAmount of award:  Two cash prizes of $1,500 for the top two submissions.  The law students who submit the wining papers will be our honored guests at our annual black tie dinner in New Orleans on November 9, 2013. /ppSubmission information: See a href=/sites/www.law.louisville.edu/files/Employee%20Benefits%20Writing%20Competition.pdfuspan style=color: #0000ffcompetition rules/span/u/a./ppnbsp;/ph22013 Brown Award of $10,000 for Excellence in Legal Writing/h2pSponsor: The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation/ppGeneral criteria: Any law student currently enrolled in an accredited law school seeking a J.D. is eligible.  To be considered, four copies of a current legal writing must be submitted to the Foundation. There is no page limitation or restriction on the topic except that the writing must be on a legal subject.  The 2012 Award was presented to Daniel Alterbaum of Yale Law School for his paper entitled, emControl Share Acts, Closed-End Funds, and the Battle for Corporate Control/em.  /ppDeadline: June 7, 2013/ppAmount of award: $10,000/ppSubmission information: a href=http://www.brownsims.com/about-brown-sims/affiliations/judge-john-r-brown-awarduspan style=color: #0000ffwww.brownsims.com/about-brown-sims/affiliations/judge-john-r-brown-award/span/u/a /ppnbsp;/ppnbsp;/ph230th Annual Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition/h2pSponsor: Planning amp; Law Division of the American Planning Association/ppGeneral criteria: The Competition is open to law students and graduate planning students writing on a question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law./ppDeadline: June 7, 2013/ppAmount of award: The winning entry will be awarded a prize of $2,500 and will be submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer, the law journal of the American Bar Association's Section of State amp; Local Government Law.  In addition to the first prize, the Competition will offer a second place prize of $500 and a third prize of $250.  Up to two additional submissions may be awarded Honorable Mention./ppSubmission information:  Visit a href=http://www.law.asu.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=epuHJYqwa-4%3Damp;tabid=937uspan style=color: #0000ffhttp://www.law.asu.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=epuHJYqwa-4%3Damp;tabid=937/span/u/a./ppnbsp;/ppnbsp;/ph22013 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition/h2pSponsor: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel/ppGeneral criteria: Law students may submit an original, previously unpublished work that relates to an issue within one or more of the following topics in the area of trusts and estates: Businss planning; charitable planning; elder law; employee benefits; fiduciary accounting, administration, income taxation, or litigation; estate planning; professional responsibility; or wealth transfer taxation./ppDeadline: June 14, 2013/ppAmount of award: $5,000 for first place; $3,000 for second place; $1,000 for third place./ppSubmission information: a href=http://www.actec.org/public/WenigCompetition/WenigCompetitionRules.aspuspan style=color: #0000ffhttp://www.actec.org/public/WenigCompetition/WenigCompetitionRules.asp/span/u/a/ppuspan style=color: #0000ff/span/u/ppuspan style=color: #0000ff/span/u/ph2James Boskey Writing Competition /h2pSponsor: ABA Section on Dispute Resolution /ppGeneral criteria: The purpose of the competition is to promote greater interest in and understanding of the field of dispute resolution and collaborative decision-making among law students.  The essay may address any aspect of dispute resolution practice, theory or research that the contestant chooses./ppDeadline: June 14, 2013 /ppAmount of Award: $1,000/ppSubmission information: Visit a href=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/dispute_resolution/awards_competitions.htmluspan style=color: #0000ffhttp://www.americanbar.org/groups/dispute_resolution/awards_competitions.html/span/u/a/ppuspan style=color: #0000ff/span/u/ph212th Annual Environmental Law Essay Competition/h2pSponsor: Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan/ppGeneral criteria: The Competition is open to all law students.  Essays must be original and not previously published.  They may have been submitted for course credit or for law review, but not as part of paid employment.  Any environmental law topic of current interest to Michigan practitioners./ppDeadline: June 30, 2013/ppAmount of award: $2,000 for first place; $1,000 for second place; and $500 for third place.  Winning essays will be published in the emMichigan Environmental Law Journal/em./ppSubmission information:  See a href=/sites/www.law.louisville.edu/files/Twelfth%20Annual%20Environmental%20Law%20Essay%20Contest%20poster.pdfuspan style=color: #0000ffflyer/span/u/a./p

pThere are seven writing competitions open to law students with deadlines in June, plus many more competitions with deadlines throughout the summer.  Below is a list of competitions with upcoming deadlines.  To view a more complete list, go to a href=/node/7044https://www.law.louisville.edu/node/7044/a.  Good luck!/ppnbsp;/ph225th Annual Law Student Essay Contest/h2pSponsor: American Judges Association/ppGeneral criteria: Essays submitted must be under the topic of quot;Comparing Hearsay Rules in Different Courts.quot;  All papers shall be the original, unpublished work of an individual student, but may have been prepared as a course assignment./ppDeadline: June 1, 2013/ppAmount of award: First prize is $3,000; second is $1,500; and third is $1,000./ppSubmission information: See a href=http://aja.ncsc.dni.us/uspan style=color: #0000ffhttp://aja.ncsc.dni.us/span/u/a. /ppnbsp;/ph2KBA Annual Student Writing Competition/h2pThe Kentucky Bar Association encourages UofL Law students to enter the KBA Annual Student Writing Competition.  This competition is open only to students at the three Kentucky law schools - UL, UK, and Chase!  /ppFirst ($1,000), second ($300), and third place ($200) awards will be given.  Entries must be received by strongJune 1, 2013./strong/ppStudents may enter their previously unpublished articles. Articles should be of interest to Kentucky practitioners and follow the suggested guidelines and requirements found in the quot;General Formatquot; section of the Bench amp; Bar Editorial Guidelines at a href=http://www.kybar.org/103uspan style=color: #0000ffwww.kybar.org/103/span/u/a. /ppOur very own strongLeah Rupp Smith/strong won the 2012 KBA Writing Award with her entry titled quot;Standing Your Ground: The Happy Medium Buried in Kentucky's Common Law.quot;   Let's continue the tradition for 2013!/ppa href=/sites/www.law.louisville.edu/files/2013%20KBA%20Student%20Writing_0.pdfuspan style=color: #0000ffSubmission Information/span/u/a/ppuspan style=color: #0000ff/span/u/ph2uspan style=color: #0000ff/span/u/h2h2National Student Writing Contest on Real Property Law /h2pSponsor:  The Texas Wesleyan Journal of Real Property Law (Property Journal) /ppCriteria: This is a national writing competition for all law students on any topic falling into the general theme of real property law. This is a great opportunity for students on law reviews and journals whose note or comment may not have made the final publication cuts, and students who have written excellent papers for a seminar class or independent study. There are cash prizes as well as an opportunity to publish in the Property Journal./ppDeadline:  June 1, 2013/ppAmount of award: First-place will receive $750; Second-place will receive $500.00; and if a Third-Place essay is selected, that author will receive $250.00./ppSubmission information: a href=http://www.realpropertyjournal.org/Home/national-writing-contestuspan style=color: #0000ffhttp://www.realpropertyjournal.org/Home/national-writing-contest/span/u/a. /ppnbsp;/ph2Employee Benefits Writing Competition/h2pSponsor: The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel/ppCriteria:  Papers must deal with employee benefits topics.  As an illustrative example, a paper might address legal issues involving health benefits, pensions, 401(k) plans, severance, executive compensation, claims, appeals, current or former spouses' or domestic partners' benefits, collectively-bargained benefits, benefits in bankruptcy, ERISA litigation or fiduciary obligations.  /ppDeadline: June 1, 2013/ppAmount of award:  Two cash prizes of $1,500 for the top two submissions.  The law students who submit the wining papers will be our honored guests at our annual black tie dinner in New Orleans on November 9, 2013. /ppSubmission information: See a href=/sites/www.law.louisville.edu/files/Employee%20Benefits%20Writing%20Competition.pdfuspan style=color: #0000ffcompetition rules/span/u/a./ppnbsp;/ph22013 Brown Award of $10,000 for Excellence in Legal Writing/h2pSponsor: The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation/ppGeneral criteria: Any law student currently enrolled in an accredited law school seeking a J.D. is eligible.  To be considered, four copies of a current legal writing must be submitted to the Foundation. There is no page limitation or restriction on the topic except that the writing must be on a legal subject.  The 2012 Award was presented to Daniel Alterbaum of Yale Law School for his paper entitled, emControl Share Acts, Closed-End Funds, and the Battle for Corporate Control/em.  /ppDeadline: June 7, 2013/ppAmount of award: $10,000/ppSubmission information: a href=http://www.brownsims.com/about-brown-sims/affiliations/judge-john-r-brown-awarduspan style=color: #0000ffwww.brownsims.com/about-brown-sims/affiliations/judge-john-r-brown-award/span/u/a /ppnbsp;/ppnbsp;/ph230th Annual Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition/h2pSponsor: Planning amp; Law Division of the American Planning Association/ppGeneral criteria: The Competition is open to law students and graduate planning students writing on a question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law./ppDeadline: June 7, 2013/ppAmount of award: The winning entry will be awarded a prize of $2,500 and will be submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer, the law journal of the American Bar Association's Section of State amp; Local Government Law.  In addition to the first prize, the Competition will offer a second place prize of $500 and a third prize of $250.  Up to two additional submissions may be awarded Honorable Mention./ppSubmission information:  Visit a href=http://www.law.asu.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=epuHJYqwa-4%3Damp;tabid=937uspan style=color: #0000ffhttp://www.law.asu.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=epuHJYqwa-4%3Damp;tabid=937/span/u/a./ppnbsp;/ppnbsp;/ph22013 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition/h2pSponsor: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel/ppGeneral criteria: Law students may submit an original, previously unpublished work that relates to an issue within one or more of the following topics in the area of trusts and estates: Businss planning; charitable planning; elder law; employee benefits; fiduciary accounting, administration, income taxation, or litigation; estate planning; professional responsibility; or wealth transfer taxation./ppDeadline: June 14, 2013/ppAmount of award: $5,000 for first place; $3,000 for second place; $1,000 for third place./ppSubmission information: a href=http://www.actec.org/public/WenigCompetition/WenigCompetitionRules.aspuspan style=color: #0000ffhttp://www.actec.org/public/WenigCompetition/WenigCompetitionRules.asp/span/u/a/ppuspan style=color: #0000ff/span/u/ppuspan style=color: #0000ff/span/u/ph2James Boskey Writing Competition /h2pSponsor: ABA Section on Dispute Resolution /ppGeneral criteria: The purpose of the competition is to promote greater interest in and understanding of the field of dispute resolution and collaborative decision-making among law students.  The essay may address any aspect of dispute resolution practice, theory or research that the contestant chooses./ppDeadline: June 14, 2013 /ppAmount of Award: $1,000/ppSubmission information: Visit a href=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/dispute_resolution/awards_competitions.htmluspan style=color: #0000ffhttp://www.americanbar.org/groups/dispute_resolution/awards_competitions.html/span/u/a/ppuspan style=color: #0000ff/span/u/ph212th Annual Environmental Law Essay Competition/h2pSponsor: Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan/ppGeneral criteria: The Competition is open to all law students.  Essays must be original and not previously published.  They may have been submitted for course credit or for law review, but not as part of paid employment.  Any environmental law topic of current interest to Michigan practitioners./ppDeadline: June 30, 2013/ppAmount of award: $2,000 for first place; $1,000 for second place; and $500 for third place.  Winning essays will be published in the emMichigan Environmental Law Journal/em./ppSubmission information:  See a href=/sites/www.law.louisville.edu/files/Twelfth%20Annual%20Environmental%20Law%20Essay%20Contest%20poster.pdfuspan style=color: #0000ffflyer/span/u/a./p

pProfessor Laura Rothstein was recently interviewed by KET for a story about Justice Louis D. Brandeis.   Special thanks to Scott Campbell, who was very helpful in providing background information for the story.  br /br /In episode 720 of a href=http://www.ket.org/cgi-local/fw_louisvillelife.exe/db/ket/dmps/programs?id=LOULquot;Louisville Lifequot;/a, the author of iBrandeis at 150: The Louisville Perspective/i talks about former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and his life in Louisville. /ppIt will air on the following dates:/pulliKET: Saturday, May 25 at 7:00 pm EDT /liliKETKY: Sunday, May 26 at 8:00 am EDT /liliKET2: Sunday, May 26 at noon EDT /liliKET2: Monday, May 27 at 7:30 am EDT /liliKETKY: Monday, May 27 at 6:00 pm EDT /liliKETKY: Tuesday, May 28 at 6:30 am EDT /liliKET2: Thursday, May 30 at 7:30 pm EDT /liliKET: Friday, May 31 at 12:30 am EDT /liliKETKY: Friday, May 31 at 8:00 am EDT /liliKET2: Friday, May 31 at 5:30 pm EDT /liliKETKY: Saturday, June 1 at 7:00 am EDT /li/ul

pProfessor Laura Rothstein was recently interviewed by KET for a story about Justice Louis D. Brandeis.   Special thanks to Scott Campbell, who was very helpful in providing background information for the story.  br /br /In episode 720 of a href=http://www.ket.org/cgi-local/fw_louisvillelife.exe/db/ket/dmps/programs?id=LOULquot;Louisville Lifequot;/a, the author of iBrandeis at 150: The Louisville Perspective/i talks about former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and his life in Louisville. /ppIt will air on the following dates:/pulliKET: Saturday, May 25 at 7:00 pm EDT /liliKETKY: Sunday, May 26 at 8:00 am EDT /liliKET2: Sunday, May 26 at noon EDT /liliKET2: Monday, May 27 at 7:30 am EDT /liliKETKY: Monday, May 27 at 6:00 pm EDT /liliKETKY: Tuesday, May 28 at 6:30 am EDT /liliKET2: Thursday, May 30 at 7:30 pm EDT /liliKET: Friday, May 31 at 12:30 am EDT /liliKETKY: Friday, May 31 at 8:00 am EDT /liliKET2: Friday, May 31 at 5:30 pm EDT /liliKETKY: Saturday, June 1 at 7:00 am EDT /li/ul

pProfessor Laura Rothstein was recently interviewed by KET for a story about Justice Louis D. Brandeis.   Special thanks to Scott Campbell, who was very helpful in providing background information for the story.  br /br /In episode 720 of a href=http://www.ket.org/cgi-local/fw_louisvillelife.exe/db/ket/dmps/programs?id=LOULquot;Louisville Lifequot;/a, the author of iBrandeis at 150: The Louisville Perspective/i talks about former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and his life in Louisville. /ppIt will air on the following dates:/pulliKET: Saturday, May 25 at 7:00 pm EDT /liliKETKY: Sunday, May 26 at 8:00 am EDT /liliKET2: Sunday, May 26 at noon EDT /liliKET2: Monday, May 27 at 7:30 am EDT /liliKETKY: Monday, May 27 at 6:00 pm EDT /liliKETKY: Tuesday, May 28 at 6:30 am EDT /liliKET2: Thursday, May 30 at 7:30 pm EDT /liliKET: Friday, May 31 at 12:30 am EDT /liliKETKY: Friday, May 31 at 8:00 am EDT /liliKET2: Friday, May 31 at 5:30 pm EDT /liliKETKY: Saturday, June 1 at 7:00 am EDT /li/ul

pCongratulations to the following students who have been selected to serve on the Executive Board of the Student Bar Foundation! The Student Bar Foundation runs an auction each year from which all proceeds benefit law students working in low-paying or non-paying summer positions. Information will be available in September for those who would like to serve as at-large members of SBF./ppbChair: /bKasey Fehler/ppbVice Chair and Public Relations Chair:/b Emily DeVuono/ppbFundraising Chair: /bKevin Boswell /ppbSecretary: /bAmy Dorsch/ppnbsp;/ppWe are looking forward to a great Auction this Spring! /ppnbsp;/p

pThis is a reminder that paid and unpaid job postings are continually being added on Symplicity. New Public Service opportunities are also being added. Log onto Symplicity to apply./ppBelow is a sample of recently added jobs:/ppAmerican Commercial Lines, Law Clerk (In-house) - rising 2Ls and 3Lsbr /Louisville Water Company, Law Clerk (In-house) - rising 2Ls and 3Lsbr /*Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Summer Interns - rising 2Ls and 3Lsbr /Thacker Bickel Hodskins amp; Thacker LLP, Associate - new graduates br /Johnson Newcomb, LLP (Frankfort) - new graduatesbr /Norton Healthcare, Legal Interns - rising 2Ls and 3Ls br /*University Health Care, Inc. d/b/a Passport Health Plan, Summer Interns - rising 2Ls and 3Lsbr /*Judge Stephanie Burke, Summer Interns - rising 2Ls and 3Ls/pp*Hours can count toward Public Service requirement/ppYou are encouraged to continue to check Symplicity since new job postings are received throughout the summer. Please also contact Dean Hajek at a href=mailto:laurel.hajek@louisville.edulaurel.hajek@louisville.edu/a and Ms. Scinta at a href=mailto:jina.scinta@louisville.edujina.scinta@louisville.edu/a in the Office of Professional Development if you would like assistance with your search for summer work./p

p style=line-height: 170%span style=line-height: 170%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9ptTuesday (May 21) is the last day students may register for the Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair (SIPJF) in Atlanta on July 30th.  Employers will be interviewing 2L students for summer positions for 2014 and 3L students for permanent positions following graduation.  All students interested in intellectual property law are encouraged to attend and contact Dean Hajek (a href=mailto:laurel.hajek@louisville.edulaurel.hajek@louisville.edu/a) for more details.  /spanspan style=line-height: 170%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9ptA tentative list of participating employers and student instructions are attached./span/p

p style=line-height: 170%span style=line-height: 170%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9ptTuesday (May 21) is the last day students may register for the Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair (SIPJF) in Atlanta on July 30th.  Employers will be interviewing 2L students for summer positions for 2014 and 3L students for permanent positions following graduation.  All students interested in intellectual property law are encouraged to attend and contact Dean Hajek (a href=mailto:laurel.hajek@louisville.edulaurel.hajek@louisville.edu/a) for more details.  /spanspan style=line-height: 170%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9ptA tentative list of participating employers and student instructions are attached./span/p

The Dave Nee Foundation has named Professora href=/faculty/james_jones James T.R. Jones/a the recipient of the 2013 David S. Stoner Uncommon Counselor Award.br /br /This Award is given annually to a member or members of the legal profession who exhibit extraordinary compassion and concern for their co-workers, family, friends, and community and who also actively fight the stigma of depression and other mental illnesses within the legal field. Professor Jones was commended for his courageous leadership demonstrated by openly sharing his experiences as a person living with bipolar disorder and receiving effective treatment.br /br /a href=http://www.daveneefoundation.com/The Dave Nee Foundation/a was created in 2005. It's mission is to eliminate the stigma associated with depression and suicide by promoting and encouraging not only the diagnosis and treatment of depression among young adults, but also the education of young people, their families, and friends about the disease of depression. br /br /Professor Jones will be presented with the award atthe Foundation’s annual Gala scheduled on November 8, 2013 in New York City.

The Dave Nee Foundation has named Professora href=/faculty/james_jones James T.R. Jones/a the recipient of the 2013 David S. Stoner Uncommon Counselor Award.br /br /This Award is given annually to a member or members of the legal profession who exhibit extraordinary compassion and concern for their co-workers, family, friends, and community and who also actively fight the stigma of depression and other mental illnesses within the legal field. Professor Jones was commended for his courageous leadership demonstrated by openly sharing his experiences as a person living with bipolar disorder and receiving effective treatment.br /br /a href=http://www.daveneefoundation.com/The Dave Nee Foundation/a was created in 2005. It's mission is to eliminate the stigma associated with depression and suicide by promoting and encouraging not only the diagnosis and treatment of depression among young adults, but also the education of young people, their families, and friends about the disease of depression. br /br /Professor Jones will be presented with the award atthe Foundation’s annual Gala scheduled on November 8, 2013 in New York City.

The Dave Nee Foundation has named Professora href=/faculty/james_jones James T.R. Jones/a the recipient of the 2013 David S. Stoner Uncommon Counselor Award.br /br /This Award is given annually to a member or members of the legal profession who exhibit extraordinary compassion and concern for their co-workers, family, friends, and community and who also actively fight the stigma of depression and other mental illnesses within the legal field. Professor Jones was commended for his courageous leadership demonstrated by openly sharing his experiences as a person living with bipolar disorder and receiving effective treatment.br /br /a href=http://www.daveneefoundation.com/The Dave Nee Foundation/a was created in 2005. It's mission is to eliminate the stigma associated with depression and suicide by promoting and encouraging not only the diagnosis and treatment of depression among young adults, but also the education of young people, their families, and friends about the disease of depression. br /br /Professor Jones will be presented with the award atthe Foundation’s annual Gala scheduled on November 8, 2013 in New York City.

pThis is a reminder that paid and unpaid job postings are continually being added on Symplicity. New Public Service opportunities are also being added. Log on to Symplicity to apply./ppBelow is a sample of recently added jobs:/ppAmerican Commercial Lines, Law Clerk (In-house) - rising 2Ls and 3Lsbr /Louisville Water Company, Law Clerk (In-house) - rising 2Ls and 3Lsbr /*Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Summer Interns - rising 2Ls and 3Lsbr /Thacker Bickel Hodskins amp; Thacker LLP, Associate - new graduates (will be posted this week)br /Norton Healthcare, Legal Interns - rising 2Ls and 3Ls (will be posted this week)br /Johnson Newcomb, LLP (Frankfort, Kentucky) - new graduates/pp*Hours worked at this placement will count toward the Public Service requirement./ppYou are encouraged to continue to check Symplicity since new job postings are received throughout the summer. Please also contact Dean Hajek at a href=mailto:laurel.hajek@louisville.edulaurel.hajek@louisville.edu/a and Ms. Scinta at a href=mailto:jina.scinta@louisville.edujina.scinta@louisville.edu/a in the Office of Professional Development if you would like assistance with your search for summer work./p

pWe have one spot open to a student, free of charge, for each day of the Warns Institute, the law school's annual labor and employment CLE program.  It will be held at the Seelbach Hilton on June 13-14.  More information is available at a href=http://www.law.louisville.edu/2013warnsinstitutehttp://www.law.louisville.edu/2013warnsinstitute/a.  Free attendance requires a commitment to arrive early in the morning and man the registration table.  It may also require missing parts of, or entire, lectures, but we will accommodate your preferences to assure that you hear those you are particularly interested in.  If you are interested, submit an e-mail to Becky Wenning, a href=mailto:becky.wenning@louisville.edubecky.wenning@louisville.edu/a, copy Maggie Bratcher, a href=mailto:margaret.bratcher@louisville.edumargaret.bratcher@louisville.edu/a, and Ariana Levinson, a href=mailto:a.levinson@louisville.edua.levinson@louisville.edu/a, and include a paragraph stating why you are interested in attending.  Please submit your statement of interest no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 20, 2013./ppStudents are also welcome to attend the entire program at the reduced cost of $70, or one day of the program at the reduced cost of $35.  If you plan to register at reduced cost, please do so by contacting Maggie Bratcher at 502-852-1669./p

pWe have one spot open to a student, free of charge, for each day of the Warns Institute, the law school's annual labor and employment CLE program.  It will be held at the Seelbach Hilton on June 13-14.  More information is available at a href=http://www.law.louisville.edu/2013warnsinstitutehttp://www.law.louisville.edu/2013warnsinstitute/a.  Free attendance requires a commitment to arrive early in the morning and man the registration table.  It may also require missing parts of, or entire, lectures, but we will accommodate your preferences to assure that you hear those you are particularly interested in.  If you are interested, submit an e-mail to Becky Wenning, a href=mailto:becky.wenning@louisville.edubecky.wenning@louisville.edu/a, copy Maggie Bratcher, a href=mailto:margaret.bratcher@louisville.edumargaret.bratcher@louisville.edu/a, and Ariana Levinson, a href=mailto:a.levinson@louisville.edua.levinson@louisville.edu/a, and include a paragraph stating why you are interested in attending.  Please submit your statement of interest no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 20, 2013./ppStudents are also welcome to attend the entire program at the reduced cost of $70, or one day of the program at the reduced cost of $35.  If you plan to register at reduced cost, please do so by contacting Maggie Bratcher at 502-852-1669./p

pThe Executive Committee of the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar has established the Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student Award.  The award was created to recognize both excellence and achievement in the field of bankruptcy and corporate restructuring law, and to encourage the pursuit of a career in bankruptcy law and corporate restructuring.br /  br /Dean Ballard is accepting student self nominations through May 17, 2013.  Nominees for the MRBS Distinguished Law Student Award will be a first or second year law student with a superior academic record, a strong interest in the practice of bankruptcy law and corporate restructuring, and a commitment to pursuing a career in the practice.  /ppTo self nominate, please send your resume and a statement of interest in the fields of bankruptcy law and corporate restructuring to Dean Ballard by May 17.  Members of the Executive Committee will select up to four students from law schools in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky to receive the award.  The recipients will receive: /pp• Complimentary registration at the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar scheduled for August 22-23 in Cincinnati, Ohio;br /• Reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses;br /• Two nights stay at the Westin Hotel in Cincinnati;br /• Invitations to the Reds game on August 21 and faculty dinner on August 22;br /• Listing of the Distinguished Law Student recipients on the MRBS website; andbr /• Recognition and award during lunch on August 22./p

pThe Executive Committee of the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar has established the Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student Award.  The award was created to recognize both excellence and achievement in the field of bankruptcy and corporate restructuring law, and to encourage the pursuit of a career in bankruptcy law and corporate restructuring.br /  br /Dean Ballard is accepting student self nominations through May 17, 2013.  Nominees for the MRBS Distinguished Law Student Award will be a first or second year law student with a superior academic record, a strong interest in the practice of bankruptcy law and corporate restructuring, and a commitment to pursuing a career in the practice.  /ppTo self nominate, please send your resume and a statement of interest in the fields of bankruptcy law and corporate restructuring to Dean Ballard by May 17.  Members of the Executive Committee will select up to four students from law schools in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky to receive the award.  The recipients will receive: /pp• Complimentary registration at the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar scheduled for August 22-23 in Cincinnati, Ohio;br /• Reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses;br /• Two nights stay at the Westin Hotel in Cincinnati;br /• Invitations to the Reds game on August 21 and faculty dinner on August 22;br /• Listing of the Distinguished Law Student recipients on the MRBS website; andbr /• Recognition and award during lunch on August 22./p