UofL Law News and Events

Entrepreneurship Clinic Information Session - Tuesday, March 19

Student News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 11:03
The Entrepreneurship Clinic is hosting an information meeting for all students on Tuesday, March 19, at 1:00 in Room 171. The Clinic Director, Professor Mike Slaven, and a panel of students currently participating in the Clinic will be present to discuss clinic activities, to share their experiences, and to answer your questions. Lunch will be provided. Come and learn about what the Entrepreneurship Clinic is all about and enjoy some food!

Entrepreneurship Clinic Information Session - TODAY!

Student News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 11:02
The Entrepreneurship Clinic is hosting an information meeting for all students on Tuesday, March 19, at 1:00 in Room 171. The Clinic Director, Professor Mike Slaven, and a panel of students currently participating in the Clinic will be present to discuss clinic activities, to share their experiences, and to answer your questions. Lunch will be provided. Come and learn about what the Entrepreneurship Clinic is all about and enjoy some food!

Entrepreneurship Clinic Information Session - TODAY!

Latest News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 11:02
The Entrepreneurship Clinic is hosting an information meeting for all students on Tuesday, March 19, at 1:00 in Room 171. The Clinic Director, Professor Mike Slaven, and a panel of students currently participating in the Clinic will be present to discuss clinic activities, to share their experiences, and to answer your questions. Lunch will be provided. Come and learn about what the Entrepreneurship Clinic is all about and enjoy some food!

Barbri Table Day

Student News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 10:43
div style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pxBarbri Table Day will be Tuesday, March 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Come by for some snacks or other goodies, and to find out more about the Barbri product! /divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pxbr //divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pxAlso, Barbri is offering a free MPRE Review Court on Saturday, March 23, 2012. This course is open to all UL law students. The lecture, given by Dr. Paul Lisnek, former Dean of Loyola Law School in Chicago, will start at 9:30 a.m. in Room 177. His lecture covers the substantive law tested on the exam, as well as exam techniques geared toward successfully mastering the MPRE./divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px /divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pxMaterials for the course include:/divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px• Comprehensive Outline/divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px• A Lecture Handout/divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px• Over 200 Practice Questions/divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px• Conviser Mini Review Summary Outline/divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px• Flow charts and graphs/divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px• Diagnostic StudySmart® Computer Software/divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px /divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pxThe MPRE review book will be distributed on March 19th at UL during table hours (while supplies last)./divdiv style=color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pxFor additional information, please go to the BARBRI website at a href=http://www.barbri.com/www.barbri.com/a./div

Roofs Around Campus are Looking Up!

Staff News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 09:38
pWithout question anyone traveling through the oval on UofL's Belknap campus has seen the glint of new copper roofs going up on Grawmeyer Hall and Brandeis School of Law./ppUrgent repairs to prevent water damage to the buildings started immediately after the hail storm in April, 2012. Besides the roofing material, such things as skylights, windows and rooftop equipment also sustained damage. /ppRead more about the repais to many damaged structures around campus at a href=http://louisville.edu/uofltoday/campus-news/roof-work-continues-11-months-after-hailstorm title=New RoofsUofL Today./a/p

Roofs Around Campus are Looking Up!

Faculty News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 09:38
pWithout question anyone traveling through the oval on UofL's Belknap campus has seen the glint of new copper roofs going up on Grawmeyer Hall and Brandeis School of Law./ppUrgent repairs to prevent water damage to the buildings started immediately after the hail storm in April, 2012. Besides the roofing material, such things as skylights, windows and rooftop equipment also sustained damage. /ppRead more about the repais to many damaged structures around campus at a href=http://louisville.edu/uofltoday/campus-news/roof-work-continues-11-months-after-hailstorm title=New RoofsUofL Today./a/p

Roofs Around Campus are Looking Up!

Student News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 09:38
pWithout question anyone traveling through the oval on UofL's Belknap campus has seen the glint of new copper roofs going up on Grawmeyer Hall and Brandeis School of Law./ppUrgent repairs to prevent water damage to the buildings started immediately after the hail storm in April, 2012. Besides the roofing material, such things as skylights, windows and rooftop equipment also sustained damage. /ppRead more about the repais to many damaged structures around campus at a href=http://louisville.edu/uofltoday/campus-news/roof-work-continues-11-months-after-hailstorm title=New RoofsUofL Today./a/p

Roofs Around Campus are Looking Up!

Latest News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 09:38
pWithout question anyone traveling through the oval on UofL's Belknap campus has seen the glint of new copper roofs going up on Grawmeyer Hall and Brandeis School of Law./ppUrgent repairs to prevent water damage to the buildings started immediately after the hail storm in April, 2012. Besides the roofing material, such things as skylights, windows and rooftop equipment also sustained damage. /ppRead more about the repais to many damaged structures around campus at a href=http://louisville.edu/uofltoday/campus-news/roof-work-continues-11-months-after-hailstorm title=New RoofsUofL Today./a/p

Roofs Around Campus are Looking Up!

Alumni News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 09:38
pWithout question anyone traveling through the oval on UofL's Belknap campus has seen the glint of new copper roofs going up on Grawmeyer Hall and Brandeis School of Law./ppUrgent repairs to prevent water damage to the buildings started immediately after the hail storm in April, 2012. Besides the roofing material, such things as skylights, windows and rooftop equipment also sustained damage. /ppRead more about the repais to many damaged structures around campus at a href=http://louisville.edu/uofltoday/campus-news/roof-work-continues-11-months-after-hailstorm title=New RoofsUofL Today./a/p

Soles4Souls Shoe Drive

Student News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 09:13
Do you have any shoes you don't wear anymore and need to get rid of?  Donate them to Soles4Souls!  Soles4Souls is a shoe charity that provides new and used shoes for those in need.  There will be a collection bin in the mosaic lobby from March 18 - April 25. You can donate any size or style shoe - new and used. If you have any questions please contact Elizabeth Richardson at a href=mailto:earich04@louisville.eduearich04@louisville.edu/a.

3L Composite Pictures

Student News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 08:50
pspan lang=en-US/span/pdiv style=margin: 0pxspan style=font-size: x-smallspan style=font-size: smallThe last available make-up date for Composite Pictures is next Thursday, March 28, 2013 from 11:00 - 3:30 PM at the Delta Zeta house located atspan style=font-size: x-small; font-family: Calibri,sans-serifspan style=font-size: x-small; font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif/span/span 2104 Unity Place, Louisville, KY.  /span/spanspan style=font-size: x-small; font-family: Calibri,sans-serifspan style=font-size: 11ptspan style=font-size: x-smallspan style=font-size: smallspan style=font-size: x-small; font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serifAdam Gabbard is the photographer and his telephone number is span style=font-size: x-smallspan style=font-size: x-small/span/span513-549-1018span style=font-size: x-small if you additional questions.  Dark suit and tie are recommended.  /span/span/span/span/span/span/divdiv style=margin: 0px /divdiv style=margin: 0pxspan style=font-size: x-small; font-family: Calibri,sans-serifspan style=font-size: 11ptspan style=font-size: x-smallspan style=font-size: smallspan style=font-size: x-small; font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serifspan style=font-size: x-smallIf you are unable to attspan style=font-size: x-smallend this make-up session, span style=font-size: x-smallthe last available option is tospan style=font-size: x-small have your own portrait span style=font-size: x-smallby a photographer and submit your own photo.  Please find the own photo form attachespan style=font-size: x-smalld.  Please remember that the additional $20 fee is waived./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span /span/span/divpnbsp;/paddressspan lang=en-USdiv style=margin: 0pxspan style=font-size: x-small; font-family: Calibri,sans-serifspan style=font-size: 11pt/span/span/div/span/addressspan lang=en-US /span

SBA Candidate Interest Session

Student News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 08:41
pspan style=font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'All candidates interested in running for SBA office must stop by the SBA Office, Room 245, for a few minutes either today, Monday March 18 from 12:30-1:30 PM or tomorrow, Tuesday, March 19 from 4:00 – 5:00 PM.  If you are an interested candidate and cannot stop by the office during these times, you must email a href=mailto:jbrandonjohnson@gmail.comjbrandonjohnson@gmail.com/a prior to Tuesday, March 19 at 5:00 PM and briefly state (1) whether you have read the election rules (as attached), (2) why you were unable to attend, and (3) what position interests you. br /br //span/ppPlease consider serving your University and classmates. /p

Barbri Table Day

Student News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 08:26
divBarbri Table Day will be Tuesday, March 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Come by for some snacks or other goodies, and to find out more about the Barbri product! /divdivbr //divdivAlso, Barbri is offering a free MPRE Review Court on Saturday, March 23, 2012. This course is open to all UL law students. The lecture, given by Dr. Paul Lisnek, former Dean of Loyola Law School in Chicago, will start at 9:30 a.m. in Room 177. His lecture covers the substantive law tested on the exam, as well as exam techniques geared toward successfully mastering the MPRE./divdiv /divdivMaterials for the course include:/divdiv• Comprehensive Outline/divdiv• A Lecture Handout/divdiv• Over 200 Practice Questions/divdiv• Conviser Mini Review Summary Outline/divdiv• Flow charts and graphs/divdiv• Diagnostic StudySmart® Computer Software/divdiv /divdivThe MPRE review book will be distributed on March 19th at UL during table hours (while supplies last)./divdivFor additional information, please go to the BARBRI website at a href=http://www.barbri.comwww.barbri.com/a./div

New Course Schedules Uploaded - Please Double-Check

Student News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 07:48
Updated Summer and Fall 2013 course schedules, course notes and exam schedules have been uploaded to the law school web site on the a href=/academics/class-schedules title=Course Schedules target=_blankClass Schedules/a page.  Please double-check these against your registration plans - some courses have been changed or added since the last version.  Although we hope that changes going forward will be minimal, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have the most recent version of the schedules when planning your Summer and Fall registration.

New Course Schedules Uploaded - Please Double-Check

Latest News - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 07:48
Updated Summer and Fall 2013 course schedules, course notes and exam schedules have been uploaded to the law school web site on the a href=/academics/class-schedules title=Course Schedules target=_blankClass Schedules/a page.  Please double-check these against your registration plans - some courses have been changed or added since the last version.  Although we hope that changes going forward will be minimal, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have the most recent version of the schedules when planning your Summer and Fall registration.

Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL) Event - Monday, March 18th at Noon in room 175

Student News - Sun, 03/17/2013 - 23:25
pPanelists include: Rebecca Weis (Stites amp; Harbison), YPAL's President-Elect; Daniel Mudd (Frost Brown Todd), YPAL's Secretary and Legal Committee Chair; and Emma Brown, Executive Director of YPAL./ppIf you are interested in learning how to connect and network not only with fellow attorneys, but with other young professionals who could be future clients, please attend this event. These individuals will focus on their experiences in law school and their first few years of practice after law school. Learn about the business side of being an attorney - how to meet and get clients and business. YPAL is an excellent place for a law student or young attorney to begin their legal/professional career./pWestlaw will be providing lunch.

DOMA and Marriage Equality in 2013

Student News - Fri, 03/15/2013 - 22:29
span style=font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333Join ACS and attorney Nicole Kersting for a discussion on the DOMA suits pending before the Supreme Court. Ms. Kersting will be discussing marriage equality on a local and national level and what potential actions can be anticipated in the future to address individual state bans such as the 2004 KY Constitutional amendment./spanbr style=color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px /br style=color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px /span style=font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333Nicole Kersting was the president of University of Louisville's Lambda Law Caucus during law school, she is a member Coordinating Committee with the Fairness Campaign, the Statewide Fairness Steering Committee, and was featured as a Commentator on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews. She currently practices family law with Derenzo Durrett, PLLC, and works as an activist in the gay community to advance the rights of LGBTQ individuals and families in the state of Kentucky. bThis Tuesday, March 19, 12:00/b, Room 175. bFREE QDOBA/b. /span

Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair (SIPJF) - Save the date - Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in Atlanta, GA

Student News - Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:32
pThe 9th Annual SIPJF in Atlanta, Georgia will be held on Tuesday, July 30, 2013.  The career fair connects rising 2L, 3L and class of 2013 students, as well as recent graduates (class of 2011 and 2012), with respected employers in the intellectual property community./ppInterested students and soon-to-be graduates will be able to review the employer list beginning May 6 and decide if they want to participate.  If you have an interest in participating, please let Dean Hajek or Debra Reh know. /ppnbsp;/p

Sign-Up for the 2013 Arbitration Team

Student News - Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:33
pThe American Bar Association hosts an Arbitration competition each year. The competition is held in November and the finals are held in January. For more information, visit:/ppa href=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_students/events_competitions/practical_skills_competitions/ac.html target=_blankhttp://www.americanbar.org/wbr/wbrgroups/law_students/events_wbr/wbrcompetitions/practical_skills_wbr/wbrcompetitions/ac.html/a./ppMembership on the Arbitration Team provides practical skills and an opportunity to work with local arbitrators. It is also a very impressive accomplishment to add to your resume./ppIf you are interested in competing on the four-member team, please fill out the attached candidacy form. The candidacy form and a statement of interest need to be placed in the envelope on the Moot Court Board office door. Please also sign up for an interview time on the sign-up sheet when you turn in your forms./pp Forms are due and sign-ups end on bThursday, March 21 at 5:00 p.m./b/ppDuring your interview, you will be asked to give a ten-minute summation on behalf of the claimant from the case file of this year's competition. Please see the second attachment for this information./ppIf you have any questions, please contact facilitator Courtney Pawley at a href=mailto:Courtney.Pawley@louisville.eduCourtney.Pawley@louisville.edu/a. /p

2013 Oral Arguments

Student News - Thu, 03/14/2013 - 16:46
h1Oral Arguments with the Kentucky Court of Appeals/h1h2Honorable Judges Keller, Stumbo and Thompson/h2br /bbr //bh2bDocket for Wednesday, March 20, 2013/b/h2h3b10 a.m.     Dr. John L. Doyle III v. Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure Services/b/h3pbr /Legal Issue: As a condition to having his license to practice medicine reinstated under a separate agreed order with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, Dr. Doyle entered into agreed orders of dismissal that dismissed his petitions for judicial review of an order of suspension and indefinite restriction and an order of revocation. A year later he filed a motion to vacate the agreed orders of dismissal. On appeal he argues the trial court erred in denying his motion.br /br /Appellant Attorneys: J. DeMoisey, C. Vest II /ppAppellee Attorneys: Leanne Diakovbr //ph310:45 a.m.    Hugh Scott v. Louisville Bedding Company/h3pbr /Legal Issue: Scott appeals from an order of the Jefferson Circuit Court denying his motion to compel arbitration.br /br /Appellant Attorneys: Todd Myers, Margaret Keane, Benjamin Lewis/ppAppellee Attorneys: Eric Isonbr //ph312–12:50 p.m.    Question and Answer session with Judges Keller, Stumbo and Thompson/h3proom 275: All students are invited to attend. Pizza will be served./p