The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund will host a Texas Hold Em' Tournament on Sunday, Oct. 25th at the Monkey Wrench, 1025 Barrett Avenue. The game is no limit Texas Hold Em', $20 buy in, 3000 starting chips, 15 minute blind levels, caps at 60 players plus alternates. First place wins a Nintendo Wii! Sign ups are on the silver bulletin board in the law school lobby. Anyone and everyone is invited to enter. 

The Louisville Law Dining Guide contains reviews of the law school community's favorite dining establishments in the city and sourrounding area. It's by no means exhaustive, but it is informative, especially for those of you that are new to town.

The Student Bar Association's favorites include: Third Avenue Café, J. Alexanders, Ramsi's Café On the World, Spinelli's Pizzeria, El Mundo and the Irish Rover. Dean Chen, Michael Ben-Avraham, Scott Campbell and Professors Knowles and Hilyerd each recommend the Santa Fe Grill.

See the dining guide for more reviews, details and directions. 

 

 

Please see the attached document for registration days and times. 

Pre-registration forms for ALL students must be returned to Student Records by 4:00 p.m., Thursday, October 29, 2009.

Registration materials will be available in Student Records on Tuesday, October 20, 2009.

Tip #2:  Take advantage of “windfall” time.   Always keep tasks handy that can be used as study “fillers” when unexpected time becomes available.  Working with flashcards, rewriting a rule several times for memory, or reviewing a chunk of an outline can create productive time when a ride or study buddy is late.

Any upper-level student interested in trying out for the Tax Moot Court Team MUST sign up on the door of the Moot Court Board Office by Friday October 23.  After we get an accurate count of those interested, we will provide information about what is expected for the tryouts and when those dates will be.  If you have any questions please contact Blake Nolan at blake.nolan@louisville.edu.

Congratulations to Jim Becker! His entry, "Melinda Becker's Deer Chili", won for the second consecutive year. Following by just a 1/2 vote, was Becky Wimberg's award-winning southwest chili, aka "Becky's Kickin' Chicken Chili".

Thanks so much to all who purchased a meal! A grand total of $317, which will be split among the five charities of the UofL Cares campaign, was raised.

Other tasty entries included:

• Kathy Bean's "Cleveland Art Museum Tomato Basil Soup" and her husband's "Bombay Bob's Vegan Red Lentil Soup"
• Tom Blackburn's "Turkey Chili"
• Becky Wenning's "Homemade Beef Stew"
• Vickie & Leslie Tencers' homemade "Cream of Mushroom Soup"
• Kimberly Ballard's "Vegetarian Chili with Whole Wheat Pasta"

Many thanks to the following individuals who also contributed: Charlene Taylor, Janet Sullivan, Rita Siegwald, Debra Reh, Peggy Bratcher, Jina Scinta, Brandon Hamilton, Brenda Hill, Ariana Levinson, Grace Giesel, Barbara Thompson, Jodi Duce, Kathy Urbach, and Angela Beverly.

If you haven't already made a pledge, we hope you'll do so now.  To make a pledge on-line or to print out a form to contribute by mail, visit UofL Cares.  

 

Email any questions to Ashley Eade at amgill06@louisville.edu.

Everybody is sliding into “studying for exams” mode.  Time becomes a critical variable now.  It is important to find time for all of your tasks.  It is also important to be productive with that time.  This week's tips will focus on how to get more time out of each day and be more productive during studying.

Tip #1:  Evaluate your day for “lost” time.   Look for time wasted in the following ways:  unproductive time between classes; assignment time stretched to 3 hours when with more diligence it could have been finished in 2 ½ hours; delay in starting a project because “I have all day;” inefficient and scattered errand running or other non-school tasks; completion of chores or other non-school tasks during prime study time.  If only ½ hour is captured each day of the week, it nets 3 ½ hours of extra study time.

Bad advice:  You can’t do any practice questions until right before the exam because you don’t know enough.

Why this advice is bad advice:

• Exams are all about applying the concepts and law that you have learned all semester to new fact scenarios or legal problems.
• You wouldn’t go on a black diamond ski slope without lots of practice.  Why would you go into an exam without having worked on several practice questions throughout the semester?
• A multitude of practice questions are available that test your knowledge on sub-topics and topics and not just entire courses.

Alternatives:

• Do some practice questions at the end of each sub-topic to test your application skills.  Can you spot the issues and sub-issues?  Can you apply the concepts correctly?  Can you apply the rules and exceptions to the rules?
• Practice your approach to questions:  how will you analyze the question; how will you marshal the facts; how will you organize your answer; how will you write the answer in the most concise way.
• Become more adept by starting with one-issue questions, then progressing to two- or three-issue questions, then progressing to more extensive questions.  Once you can organize and answer shorter questions, you can practice your organization for longer questions.
• Use multiple sources of questions:  ones handed out by the professor; questions in study aids; questions you and your study partners write and swap; questions from prior exams.  
• Schedule practice question time each week for each course so that you do not forget to practice or put off practice too long.

Due to lack of participation, the following program is postponed.  We will try to reschedule for February. 

Clerk Jeffrey Apperson of the Western District of Kentucky will conduct a program for law students this Saturday, October 17 at 9 a.m. at the federal courthouse downtown.  Mr. Apperson will conduct a courthouse tour and an electronic filing demonstration.  Electronic filing of court documents is now required in most federal courts, including Kentucky's, and attorneys must have the training before practicing before the courts.  The program will last approximately two hours.

Any interested student should e-mail Barry Dunn by 9 a.m. Friday.

Thanks to Professor Laura Rothstein, the Moot Court Board, and the University of Louisville Law Review for arranging the event.