How are your course outlines coming along?  By now, you should have enough information in each course to begin outlining.  Then, you want to add to your outlines regularly – preferably every week or every other week.  Remember that your outlines will be your primary study aids for exams.  Once you have a good outline for a segment of the course, your class notes and case briefs will no longer be your focus for that part of the material.  If you missed the outlining workshop this week, you can review the presentation online at the Academic Success webpage http://www.law.louisville.edu/academics/academic-success.  If you have any questions, please stop by the Academic Success Office (Room 212). 

Kaplan PMBR is offering a free MPRE review course for November examinees.  The course features include:

• Online Course Flexibility – practice your questions or watch the lecture when you want, where you want.
• Full-length Practice Exam – experience the actual exam time constraints and test your knowledge.
• Two online workshops - question-by-question review of core concepts and how they are tested.
• Substantive Outline Book – contains the most recent revisions to the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) and Code of Judicial Conduct (CJC).
• Online MPRE Qbank (quiz bank) - create customized tests, review detailed answers and analyze your strengths and weaknesses.

If you are interested, you can register by phone (800.523.0777), or online at http://www.kaptest.com/Bar-Exam/Law-School-Success/Professional-Responsibility/MPRE-online-course.html?cid=707448. 

Are you planning to take the November 7 MPRE?  The deadline to register for the exam is September 29.  You can register online at http://www.ncbex.org/multistate-tests/mpre/guidelines/registration.  The fee for the MPRE is $60.  The registration fee is nonrefundable.

Keys to the Door: ENDA, Transgender Identity, and Community
September 29, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Room 275

Sponsored by the Diversity Committee and the Lambda Law Caucus, with the following co-sponsors: ACLU of KY, ACS, BLSA, Fairness Campaign, Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, SBA, UofL LGBT Services Office.

A  three-person panel will discuss ENDA generally, the case for inclusion of transgender people in ENDA, and the politics of ENDA.  

This event is part of the UofL Pride Week celebration and will include a light lunch from Expressions of You (available at 11:30 AM).

Congratulations Jason Crosby! You've won an iPod Touch. Please retrieve your prize from Dean Bean.

 

Thank you to all who submitted a completed orientation evaluation form!

Additional Winners:

Richard Williams - Louisville Law mug

Patrick Benzick - 50 Blue Books

David Erhart and Kristie Wetterer - Westlaw laptop bag and highlighter pen

 Charlie Mingus and Lindsey Noller - Louisville Law lunch bag

Adam Monich (unclaimed) and George Murray -  UofL Brandeis Law Orientation t-shirt

Nancy Vinsel - 1 GB thumb drive from Westlaw

Robert May and Natalie Smith - "Justice Louis D. Brandeis: The People's Attorney" DVD 

Jasmine Fogle and Jennifer Lynch - Westlaw thermos

Sadaf Aulakh - Louisville Law portfolio and 10 printed resumes

Erica Bindner-Wooten, Thom Stevens, and Earlene Whitaker - Westlaw laptop bag and highlighter pen

Tyler Jolley (unclaimed) and Amanda Warford - Louisville Law mug

Vince Kline, Amanda Prager (unclaimed), Joe Tackett, and Alex White - UofL Brandeis Law Orientation

Michael Brenyo and Lani Burt - Westlaw thermos

Joshua Abell (unclaimed) and Greg Mayes (unclaimed) - 1 GB thumb drive

Molly Block and Nathan Fort - "Brandeis at 150: The Louisville Perspective"

Riley Duck - a red leather basket filled with a Louisville Law thumb drive, candy, blue books, and more school supplies 

It's not too late to register for the Louisville AIDS Walk! To register, please visit http://louisvilleaidswalk.kintera.org and join the Louisville Law team--registration for the walk is free! Funds raised at this event ensure that those in need continue to receive the food, medical assistance, housing, counseling, legal assistance, and other support services provided by a diverse group of local non-profit organizations. You can collect donations online or bring them to the walk. Join other students and professors in supporting this great community event.

If you are attending the walk, meet downtown at the Belvedere near Main Street at 1.30pm. Come wearing a U of L shirt and look for someone holding a Louisville Law sign.

If you have any questions, contact Sandra Moon at sandra.moon@gmail.com.

Are you graduating this December and planning to take the Kentucky Bar Exam in February 2010?  The bar application filing deadline is October 1, 2009, and several items are required at the time of filing your application.  If you need help navigating through the many requirements, please stop by the Academic Success Office in Room 212. 

Evaluate your time management and study habits for the past three weeks.  Do you need to make improvements?  Are there problems for which you have not found a solution yet?  E-mail Ms. Ballard for an individual appointment so that you can get some assistance in those areas.  kimberly.ballard@louisville.edu

Wow!  You have already completed three weeks in the fall semester.  What should you be focusing on right now?  Here are some suggestions:

• Now is a good time to make a list of questions to ask your professors.  Plan when you will go to see your professors this week to get their assistance.  It is easier for a professor to get you on the right path if you ask questions early and often.
• This weekend is the perfect time to get caught up on your outlines if they are still non-existent or barely begun.  You have enough material in most courses to be able to determine both the “big picture” of the sub-topics or topics and how the parts fit into that whole.
• Now is a good time to use a monthly calendar to write down all deadlines for papers, projects, mid-terms, or assignments.  Plan over the next month when you will work on specific tasks for those longer-range deadlines.