The International Association of Defense Counsel is sponsoring a student writing competition covering the fields of Tort Law, Insurance Law, Civil Procedure or other areas of practical concern to lawyers engaged in civil defense litigation. The suggested word limits is 12,000, including footnotes; and the deadline is May 16. First prize: $2,000, second prize $1,000 and third prize $500 plus possible publication.  See www.iadclaw.org/contset.cfm or Dean Sealing for more information. 

To all students interested in running for SBF's Executive Board. Applications are due April 15th. Please submit a resume and a short statement (under one page) indicating what positions you are applying for and why you will help make a difference in our legal community. All positions except for Vice Chair are open. Please email your applications or any questions to ewzahn01@louisville.edu.

Finals have you stressed out?  Come relax with a free massage!  The Student Activities Board in conjunction with your 2007-2008 SBA invite you on Wednesday, April 23 from Noon until 3 p.m. to enjoy a massage in the Washer Lounge (rm. 188)!

Interviews for the Moot Court Board will be held this Friday, April 9. All students interested in becoming a part of the Moot Court Board must first complete an application and sign up for an interview.

Applications and the interview sign-up list are located on the door of the MCB office.

1Ls & 2Ls, sign-up sheets are now up on the SBA door for 2008-09 men's football and basketball season tickets. Due to the limited number of tickets reserved for law students, there will be a lottery held on Saturday, April 19th to determine the winners. You must sign up on the SBA door by Friday, April 18 at 5:00 P.M. to be eligible.

Prices for Basketball & Football Combo tickets will cost approximately $210 per student ($420 if providing a ticket for a guest). For Football only, tickets will cost approximately $72 per student ($144 if providing a ticket for a guest).

Also, please remember that no law students are allowed to attend the undergraduate ticket lottery. You will lose your tickets if you attend.

Are you checking the summer job opportunities and part-time jobs?

Bahe Cook Cantley & Jones is looking for a summer associate/law clerk.

Bubalo Hiestand & Rotman has several summer law clerk openings for document review involving mass tort litigation.

There is also a "blind ad" advertising an opening for a May 2009 graduate to work full-time during the summer and continuing during the fall semester.

Career Services will continue to receive part-time/summer opportunities after the semester ends. You can view part-time/summer jobs online under "Current Job Postings."

Lots of prizes for only 1,000 words!  The National Center for Nonsmokers Rights is sponsoring a writing competition. Students should submit a 1,000-word outline of a legal or law-related action designed to protect nonsmokers by May 16. There is a $5,000 first prize, a $3,000 second prize, a $1,000 third prize and thirty $1,000 travel grants to their June 7-8 conference in Washington, D.C.  See Dean Sealing for more details or go to http://nosmokingcontest.org.

Please join the externship supervisors from Legal Aid, the Public Defender's Office and the County Attorney's office to learn about externship opportunities on  Thursday, April 10th from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in Room 060.

Legal Aid has scheduled a Pro Se Divorce Clinic for Friday, April 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 at Legal Aid, 416 Muhammad Ali Blvd.  They would like to staff this clinic with 2 students.  If anyone who has been trained is interested in participating in this clinic, please e-mail Jina Scinta at jina.scinta@louisville.edu.  The first two students to e-mail will be selected.  The necessary forms will be e-mailed at a later date.

The Department of Public Advocacy - Post Trials Division is in need of 1 to 2 students to assist them to help determine the current timeframes for completion of criminal appeals in Kentucky.

They need to obtain the following information about criminal cases decided during the period from July 1 2005 to the present, by fiscal year:
1. Which court rendered the decision?
2. Was it a DPA appointed case?
3. Notice of appeal filed by prosecution or defendant?
4. Is it a direct appeal from a judgment, or a post conviction action?
5. Appeal as of right, or discretionary review?
6. How many days from notice of appeal to certification of record?
7. How many days from certification of record to brief for appellant?
8. How many days from brief for appellant to brief for appellee?
9. How many days from brief for appellee to reply brief? (note, if none filed, then the result should be 15 days)
10. How many days from reply brief to decision?

In order to get this information, they are in need of someone to review all minutes from both the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court for the specified period, and then print out the "step sheets" (i.e., a printout of the court's docket, available online) for each of those cases. The research could likely happen from your home or campus library and could likely be completed by one student.

If additional hours are needed or another student requires hours, the next step would be to enter the information in a spreadsheet of our design.

The interested student(s) would be required to report to the Post Trial Division Director, Tim Arnold, and his Internal Policy Analyst, Jennifer Withrow. Participants would be subject to DPA's confidentiality policy in reference to their work on this project.

To sign up with the Public Service Program, please e-mail Jina Scinta at jina.scinta@louisville.edu. Reservations will be given on a first come-first served basis. Reservation Forms will be e-mailed to the student(s) who respond first.