The IT department has created a series of screencasts to demonstrate how to perform numerous computing-related tasks, including:

• How to connect a laptop to the University's wireless network
• How to connect Windows (XP and Vista) laptops to one's Lawnet network share
• Changing your Lawnet password
• Updating student profile information on the School of Law Web site
• Registering a new Westlaw password
• Creating an e-mail alias in ULink

The screencasts are available at http://www.law.louisville.edu/it/screencasts and require a Lawnet log-in. Returning students should note that Odyssey is no longer required to connect Windows computers to the wireless network, and should watch the screencast to learn how to connect without Odyssey.

The following photos were taken during orientation on August 13, 2008.

Welcome Session in the newly renovated Room 275.
New students gather in the Mosaic Lobby.	Faculty, staff, and students queue for lunch.
Time for a tasty taco buffet.	Today's lunch is sponsored by Republic Bank.
New students gather outside the lobby.	New students enjoying a lunch break.
New students relaxing on the Oval.	An impromptu picnic on the lawn.
New students take a break in the shade.	New students gather in the student lounge.
New students pictured with Louisville Law merchandise.	Members of the University of Louisville Law Review.
Reps from Westlaw, one of orientation's generous sponsors.	Representatives from Republic Bank, another generous sponsor.
Dean Keith Sealing conducting an orientation session.	New students gather in Room 275 for orientation.

Lambda Law Caucus is the University of Louisville School of Law's registered student organization dedicated to the interests of LGBT law students and supporters. If you would like to be added to the Lambda Law e-mail list in order to receive announcements and news of interest, contact Kristen Staley at kestal02@louisville.edu.

Professor Cedric Merlin Powel has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors of TARC (Transit Authority of River City).

 

Professor Manning Warren has been appointed to the Louisville Zoo Foundation Board of Trustees.

Kudos to Professor John Cross for his insightful lecture on Justifying "New" Intellectual Property as part of the panel on "New" Forms of IP: trade secrets, geographical indications and traditional knowledge at the Conference on Innovation and Technology in Turku, Finland. Professor Cross also served as a moderator for the panel on IPR Misues and the IP -- Competition Law Interface.

Congratulations to Professor Lars Smith for successfully moderating a session on Private and Commercial Speech on the Internet at the Conference on Innovation and Communications Law in Turku, Finland. The conference was sponsered by the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, Michigan State University College of Law, Drake University School of Law, the IPR University Center, and the University of Turku.

The Planning and Law Division of the American Planning Association serves those who seek to understand the diverse legal issues that affect the planning profession. The purpose of the PLD Daniel J. Curtin, Jr. Fellowship Program is to foster increased interest in the study of land use planning and its interrelationship with the law at the advanced undergraduate, graduate, and law school levels.

The Program is open to third and fourth year undergraduate students, first and second year master's degree students and first and second year law students. Two fellowships with a stipend of $4,000.00 each are awarded per academic year.

To learn more about the program, click here.

To apply for the fellowship, click here.

On July 17, Professor Jim Jones spoke to the clinical staff of Wellspring on “Severe Mental Illness, Stigma, and the Value of Treatment.”

Karen Jordan was a participant in the AALS Conference on Evidence, June 3-6 in Cleveland, Ohio.