Several items deserve your consideration:

1. Full-time Associate position for Dec 2007 or May 2008 graduates. McMurry & Livingston, a Paducah law firm, has requested that we collect application material from interested soon-to-be graduates. Give us your resume, a copy of your law school transcript & a writing sample by the deadline of Friday, November 16th. Indicate your intention to apply by signing the sheet in the Career Services library. To learn about this firm, go to their website: <www.lawyersforyourlife.com.>

2. Two writing competitions:

A. Global Warming. How Litigation Can Make a Difference. $5000+ prize. "Intent-to-enter" deadline: January 31, 2008. See the poster in the Career Services library for more information or go to <www.publicjustice.net>

B. The Genocide Convention at Sixty. $1500+ prize. Submission deadline: January 20, 2008. Run by Chapman University School of Law students. See the poster in the Career Services library for more information.

3. Fall 2007 University-wide Career Fair. Tuesday, October 30th from 11:00 to 3:00 in the SAC Multi-purpose room. More info? See the poster in the bulletin board next to #182's door.

4. Teach for America. TFA is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit to teach in urban and rural public schools for two years. Info session at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 1st in the SAC W303A. Free food.

On Tuesday, October 23rd at twelve noon, learn all about the process for landing a job in the criminal justice system with those who are in charge: Julie Hardesty, Jefferson County Attorney's Office; Harry Rothgerber, Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney; and Leo Smith, Louisville Metro Public Defenders Office.

Lunch will be served, so the room will be selected after we learn how many people plan to attend.  Please let me know to count you in at jlt@louisville.edu or on the sign-up sheet on the table in the Career Services library by Monday, the 22nd.  This session is recommended for 2, 3 & 4Ls interested in practicing criminal law.