The Louisville Bar Association's Diversity Committee invites you to a reception at the Bar Center on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 5 PM. Meet past and present participants in the Kentucky Legal Education Opportunity (KLEO) Program and learn how KLEO is changing the face of justice in Kentucky.  

The next Louisville Bar Association Young Lawyers Section meeting will be held on July 22, 2009, at noon.  The meeting will take place at the Louisville Bar Association located at 600 West Main Street.  At the next meeting they will discuss the section's involvement in the Kosair Children's Hospital Foundation's 2009 BMW raffle, the summer associates program, newly admitted lawyers' cocktail reception at the LBA, and their fundraiser at the Green Building.Law students are encouraged to attend.  To RSVP, e-mail LaKeisha Wright Butler.

Activities will include a welcome program in the morning to which friends and family are invited.  Later in the day, you'll get your campus picture IDs, attend a law school IT training session, get a tour of the campus and law building, get your locker keys, and do other nuts and bolts sorts of things.  

Today you will attend several information sessions designed to prepare you for academic success in your first year of law school. The day will conclude with a "Rock Band" party at the Red Barn.   

Today's session will include a class on Contracts (your assignments will be sent in advance) and an opportunity to meet your professors.  The SBA is sponsoring a social at Flanagan's Ale House on 934 Baxter Avenue from 10 PM - 1 AM.  

This is your opportunity to participate in Orientation 2009 Community Service Day. Your Student Bar Association officers have planned a number of service events and we hope you'll all choose to participate.  The community of Louisville will benefit from these projects but you'll benefit too, in two ways: you'll feel good about your volunteer work and you'll get to know your workmates, i.e., your classmates and upper-level students, along with some faculty and staff members. We'll have everything from litter pick-up in the park to serving meals at a shelter to painting walls at an animal rescue center to assembling care baskets.  Projects include:

• Animal Care Society
• Family Scholar House
• Habitat for Humanity (Saturday, August 15)
• Home of the Innocents
• Hosparus
• Kentucky
  Refugee Ministries 
• Masonic Homes of Kentucky
• Operation Brightside
• St. Vincent De Paul

The SBA is sponsoring a social at Wick's Pizza Parlor on 975 Baxter Avenue from 6-9 PM.  

As part of this year's student orientation, a volunteer project has been organized with Kentucky's Habitat for Humanity. Since space is limited, first-year students will receive priority.  Where & When:  Volunteers should arrive at the construction center at 1631 Rowan Street (one block north of the intersection of 17th & W. Main Street) at 8:30 AM.  They will provide a brief introduction about Habitat before the group heads to one of their construction sites.  Most of them sites are within 2-3 miles of the construction center.  Volunteers are expected to work on site until 3:30 PM.  What to Bring:  Habitat provides all of the tools and materials. They also have plenty of water on site.  A pair of work gloves is recommended.  What to Wear:  Dress in work clothes appropriate for the weather. Sturdy shoes are a must - work boots, hiking boots or athletic shoes.  A cap is recommended on hot sunny days.  Types of Construction Projects:  Volunteers work on nearly every facet of home construction, helping with dozens of tasks including preparing the site for construction, framing, insulating, siding, hanging drywall, painting and landscaping, just to name a few. Lunch:  Lunch is provided on Saturdays.  Inclement Weather:   It is rare that they cancel a work day due to weather but will do so if they feel the work conditions are unsafe. They will e-mail or call the team's leader if they need to cancel due to weather. Volunteers may also call Habitat's construction center at 583-0332 if the weather is questionable the morning of your workday. Release and Waiver of Liability:  All volunteers are required to sign a release and waiver of liability which is attached. Volunteers under 18 must have the form signed by a parent or legal guardian.  All volunteers must be at least 16.

You're Invited!!  The Black Law Students Association will host our annual welcome cookout on Saturday, August 15th from 2pm to 6pm.  The picnic will be held at the shelter at Des Pres Park at 4709 Lowe Rd., 40220 (Lowe Road is off Taylorsville Road in the Hikes Point area).   We invite all incoming students, BLSA members, faculty, staff, alumni and friends to join us!  For additional information, please contact Adrienne Henderson at adhend03@louisville.edu or (502) 417-8914.