Do you want to enroll in an externship or an independent study?  Do you need to request to enroll in more than 16 hours as a full-time student or 12 hours as a part-time student?  Have you completed a degree checklist recently?  Do you want to take non-law graduate level courses?  
 
The Student Life Office will be offering course registration advising office hours for upper division students on October 25, 26, and 27.  Stop by or make an appointment in advance to discuss any questions you may have regarding your Spring 2011 schedule, graduation requirements, externships, pre-registration permission forms, etc.  Kathleen Bean, Associate Dean for Student Life, and Kimberly Ballard, Academic Success Director, will be available to provide one-on-one advising, and to answer questions about course selection.  To sign-up for a time in advance, add your name to the appointment sheet outside the Brandeis Room (112). 

Office Hours:
Monday, October 25, noon to 2:00
Tuesday, October 26, 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 27, 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

 

Dual degree and other students taking non-law graduate level courses must have the permission of the Associate Dean for Student Life.  Registration for these courses occurs BEFORE law school registration.  Law students thus need to do the paperwork now if they want to take these courses.  The rules are set out in the Student Handbook on page 14:  http://www.law.louisville.edu/sites/www.law.louisville.edu/files/Student. The form you need to fill out is attached.

It’s happening here – another “brief” break!!  Students, staff, and faculty are invited to the Cox Lounge, Thursday October 14, for a brief break from their computers and their books.  We’ll have every variety of Krispy Kreme you can imagine!  So please join us anytime between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. 

 

Dual degree and other students taking non-law graduate level courses must have the permission of the Associate Dean for Student Life.  Registration for these course occurs BEFORE law school registration.  Law students thus need to do the paperwork now if they want to take these courses.  The rules are set out in the Student Handbook on page 14:  http://www.law.louisville.edu/sites/www.law.louisville.edu/files/Student .  The form you need to fill out is attached. 

Reminder:  October 15 (Friday) is the last day to withdraw from a class.

The Exam4 practice test deadline for 1Ls taking the Legal Research exam Friday, October 8, and/or Professor Hall's Torts I mid-term Friday, October 15 is TODAY, Wednesday, October 6.  If you have not yet submitted a practice test, you must do so, identifying yourself with your UofL user name, by midnight tonight in order to receive tech support, if needed, during either or both of these exams.

As of this writing (10:20 AM, Tuesday, October 5), we have received two unidentifiable practice tests: "1631" and "1698361."  If these persons (or this person) have/has not also submitted a practice test identifying him/herself properly, he/she must do so by tonight's deadline.

Plan ahead for the long weekend. Take time this week to identify tasks that you need to complete, and then prioritize those tasks. The more prepared you are to get started, the more you will acomplish during the break.

Campus Health Services will be here at the law school to give flu shots:  Thursday, October 7, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Shots are free for students and for faculty and staff who are at least 80%.

The law school softball team - the Bottom 90% - battled to the finish in their second-place showing in this fall's tournament. After cruising through the early rounds, the Bottom 90% defeated the eventual champions in the opening game of the championship series, but was bested in the rubber match. The Bottom 90% thanks their fans for their support.

Attention students graduating in December 2010, May 2011, or August 2011: 

On Tuesday, November 9, at 1:00 p.m., representatives from the Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions, including Mr. Grant Helman, Chair of the Character and Fitness Committee, will present a mandatory bar program for graduating law students on candor and related bar issues you may face when applying to take the bar. 

ABA Standard 302(a)(5) requires that each student receive substantial instruction in “the history, goals, structure, values, rules and responsibilities of the legal profession and its members.”  In addition, Interpretation 302-6 requires that the School of Law “involve members of the bench and bar in the instruction required by Standard 302(a)(5).”  This program is designed to provide instruction on professionalism issues concerning law students and lawyers and also to satisfy the ABA’s requirement in Standard 302(a)(5). 

Your attendance at the November 9 program is a requirement for graduation.  Please mark your calendars now and plan to attend.  If you have an absolute conflict that will prohibit you from attending the November 9 program, you must notify Dean Bean so that alternative arrangements can be made. 

Graduating students planning to take the KY Bar Exam in July 2011, or February 2012, will receive a handout during the November 9 program providing instructions on completing the Kentucky Bar Application.  A separate program focusing on the Kentucky Bar Exam will be offered on January 11, 2011, at 12:15 p.m.  All graduating students taking the KY Bar Exam are strongly encouraged to attend this program.