Louis D. Brandeis School of Law proudly announces that Justice John Paul Stevens will receive the prestigious Brandeis Medal at a dinner on April 18, 2013.  Justice Stevens served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975 until his retirement in 2010.

The law school will host a question and answer session with Justice Stevens in the Allen Courtroom at 1:30 p.m. on April 18. Attendance is free and open to all UofL students. Attendees are asked to please arrive before 1 p.m. and dress appropriately (business-casual attire.)

For more details about the Brandeis Medal Presentation and Dinner, or to make reservations, please visit the Brandeis School of Law Web site.

The Community Foundation of Louisville is seeking qualified applicants for the Marian Kincaid Warns & Carl A. Warns Jr. Scholarship Fund for the 2013-2014 academic year.  The fund was established to provide grants to help defray the law school expenses of students currently enrolled at the Brandeis School of Law. 

Applications are due July 1, 2013. 

Eligibility:

• Currently enrolled at the Brandeis School of Law who has completed at least one year of full-time coursework;
• Cumulative 3.0 GPA in all courses pertaining to labor and employment law;
• Demonstrate financial need;
• Preference given to applicants who (1) demonstrate an intention to pursue a career in labor or employment law, or (2) despite a physical disability is pursuing a career in law.

Potential scholarship applicants should access the Foundation's website, http://scholarship.cflouisville.org/, for information regarding other scholarship opportunities. 

Applications may be picked up from Dean Ballard's office (Room 216).

Anxious about final exams?  We understand that the next few weeks are going to be a high-pressure period.  To help ease some of your stress, the law school is going to the dogs on the last day of classes - Monday, April 22! 

We've invited some of the cutest, cuddliest, and well-mannered certified therapy dogs from Pawsibilities Unleashed, a non-profit group based in Kentucky, to the law school. 

If you have classes on Monday, or if you are in the building studying for your upcoming final exams, we hope you will take a few minutes to visit and play with these special pooches.  Two sessions will be offered, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.  The dogs will be stationed throughout the school, and weather-permitting, outside for some ball and frisbee fetching.  We hope that the stress of looming exams will be lifted for a couple of hours on Monday!  

The following certified therapy dogs are excited to meet you:

Cutip (Toy Maltese), Bella (Newfoundland), Grendel and Beowulf (American Bulldogs), Jake (Yellow Lab), Ivan (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel), Reese (Aussie Mix), Jade (Plott Hound), Grace (Australian Blue Heeler/Lab mix), Jenny (Australian Shepherd/Heeler mix), Max (Sheltie/Spaniel mix), Phoenix (Sheltie), Ciara (Husky mix), Ziggy (Goldendoodle), and Howdy (Labradoodle).   

As part of Appreciation Week festivities, we will thank all of our students and wish you good luck on finals at a lunch on Wednesday, April 17 served by your faculty, from 11:45 to 12:45, in the Mosaic Lobby.  Desserts will also be provided by your professors!  Mark your calendar and enjoy a quick break as you begin the intense preparation for final exams.  We hope to see you on Wednesday!

Join Professor John Cross on Monday, April 8, at noon, in Room 171, for an information session discussing law student publication opportunities in the Louisville Bar Association's Bar Briefs.  Learn how you can partner with a practicing lawyer to co-author an article to be featured in the LBA's monthly publication, which has a circulation of more than 3,200 readers!   

Bar Briefs offers informative articles on current issues of interest in the law. It also keeps members informed about what is going on at the LBA - continuing legal education offerings, meetings, special events, public service and pro bono opportunities, member benefits and news about colleagues. Readers look to Bar Briefs to provide news and timely information about the local, state and federal courts.

Don't miss learning about this great opportunity!

Externships offer unique opportunities for learning lawyering skills, exploring career options, and making valuable contacts in the legal community.  Many externship experiences will be offered during the Summer 2013 and Fall 2013 semesters, including opportunities for students who have completed the 1L curriculum.  Externships are open to students in academic good standing who have completed prerequisites.

1L Curriculum:
o Summer Judicial Externship

1L Curriculum + 40 credit hours:
o Metro Government Externship
o General Electric Externship
o Fall Judicial Externship

1L Curriculum + 60 credit hours:
o Legal Aid Externship
o Fort Knox Externship

1L + 60 credit hours + Evidence and CrimPro: Constitutional Issues:
o Commonwealth Attorney’s Office Externship
o County Attorney’s Office Externship
o Department of Public Advocacy/Public Defender Externship  

More detailed information about opportunities is available on the TWEN course titled Externship INFORMATION. You may also contact Professor Jordan for information. 

Monday, April 8 is the first day of the Law School’s Appreciation Week, an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff, and to thank those who have supported the law school. 

On Monday, all students are invited to the Cox Faculty Lounge between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to write a personal thank you note to a law school donor.  A second session will be offered on Tuesday, April 9, from 1:00 to 3:00.  If you are a scholarship recipient, moot court competitor, or student leader, you are required to be at one of the events or to make other arrangements with Dean Ballard. 

The Law School will provide everything you need (note cards, envelopes, pens, sample thank you notes), and will take care of postage and mailing.  We’ll even provide the contact information and donor information for your particular scholarship so you can thank your donor personally.  Supporters of the law school will enjoy hearing from you and learning that their donations are being put to excellent use. 

We hope this will be an annual tradition at the Law School.  Help us make this inaugural event a success by expressing your written appreciation to the supporters of our law school. 

At this time of year, when a lot of information about registration, course evaluations, exams, Exam4, graduation, etc., is distributed by e-mail, it is extremely important that students check their UofL e-mail accounts frequently.

In addition, some students have both CardMail and Exchange accounts.  Students with Exchange accounts include those enrolled in Clinic, student organization officers, or any student who is or has been in the University's payroll system.  If you think you may have an Exchange account, try logging in to exchange.louisville.edu with your ULink credentials.  If you can log in, you have an Exchange account; and it's very likely that you will find there e-mail that had otherwise been "missing."

Under the provisions of the Student Handbook, students are charged with knowledge of all official communications sent to their University e-mail accounts.