Student tickets for Lawlapalooza 2008 are on sale now in the Faculty Resource Center, room 272.  Student tickets are five dollars ($5) each, and each student may now purchase up to two tickets at that price.  Previously, students were only permitted to purchase one discounted ticket each.

Lawlapalooza directly benefits our students by funding summer fellowships in the areas of family law, domestic violence and spouse abuse, and HIV/AIDS.  So, come on out to support yourself and enjoy a fun evening of great music, Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Phoenix Hill Tavern.

If you are interested in the Trademark Moot Court Competition, please email ergers01@louisville.edu or jsward01@louisville.edu this week (as soon as possible) to sign up.

The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund will have a meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 24th at 12:10 pm and 4:30 pm in Room 177. Hope to see you all there!!

Immigration: Debunking the Myths, the first program in the 2008-09 Diversity Forum Series takes place at 12 noon Tuesday, 9/23.

The program will feature:

• Gabriela Alcalde, Chair, Hispanic/Latino Coalition of Louisville
• Ron Crouch, Director, Kentucky State Data Center
• Ron Russell, Attorney, Russell Immigration Law Firm
• Introductions by Becca O'Neill, 3L
• Q/A moderated by Professor Enid Trucios-Haynes

The Minority Law Students Dinner, originally scheduled for Friday September 19 at Judge Clayton's house, has been cancelled.  We will reschedule sometime in the near future.

Members of the law school community were asked to share their impressions of the Kentucky Supreme Court's recent visit on September 10-11, 2008.

“I thought it was a great opportunity to sit in on a real case and see the Supreme Court justices do their job,” said Kim Albritton, a senior at Central High School and a participant in the law magnet program, which is part of UofL's Signature Partnership Initiative.

Noelle Rao (2L) shared Ms. Albritton's appreciation, “I think it’s a great opportunity to see the Supreme Court in action.”

See Kentucky Supreme Court visit provides students with unique learning opportunity for more comments from Professors Judith Fischer & Susan Duncan, and Dean Chen.

 

Beginning at 1:40 PM, Wednesday, September 17, 2008, all UofL classes and offices are returning to their normal schedules.

The Law School follows the lead of the University on weather-related cancellations.  The official word on weather status is available from the University main information number, and from the website.  The Law School interprets "classes starting after 6pm" to not include 6pm classes, since those do not start after 6pm.

Due to storm damage and continuing power outages, the Minority Law Students Dinner, previously scheduled for Friday September 19 at Judge Clayton's house, has been canceled.  We will be rescheduling the dinner sometime in the near future.

 

Professor Jim Jones addresses the walkers at the National Alliance on Mental Illness Louisville 1.5K Walk at Waterfront Park, Saturday, September 13, 2008.  University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law staff and students joined Professor Jones' fund raising team for the NAMI walk.