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Mock Trial Competition Update
Aug 19   2:58 PM

All information for the Thurgood Marshall Competition, including the problem for the competition, qualifications for students, deadlines, and registration fees, will be posted by September 15, 2008."
 
National Black Law Students Association will hold its 3rd annual Charles Hamilton Houston Leadership Weekend in Washington, D.C.
Sep 26   12: AM

Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Black Law Students Association (“NBLSA”) announced its 3rd Annual Charles Hamilton Houston Leadership Weekend will be held in Washington, D.C., at the Hotel Madera, located in the heart of Dupont Circle.  Please join us from September 26 – 27, 2008, during Congressional Black Caucus Weekend, as we celebrate “One vision. One purpose. One goal.” with an insightful and entertaining schedule of activities. 

We will hear from Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D) - Texas and the newly elected President of the National Bar Association, Rodney Moore.  There will be presentations from our National Programming Officers on this year’s upcoming initiatives.  We also have social events planned both nights for NBLSA leaders to unwind and fellowship.  This is all in addition to a reception to remember hosted by Reed Smith LLP.

We are calling on all our members to participate in the events of the weekend.  The Leadership Weekend in conjunction with CBC Weekend will prove to be an invigorating start to the school year.

Contact:

George Reff                                                    Ibidun Roberts
chiefofstaff@nblsa.org                                   secretary@nblsa.org


National Black Law Students Association selects Irvine, CA as the location of its annual convention

Organization announces year’s theme: One vision. One purpose.  One goal. (8/12/2008)

Washington, DC – The National Black law Students Association (NBLSA) today announced Irvine, CA as the location of its annual convention.  Thousands of law students and legal professionals are expected to attend the convention, NBLSA’s 41st, on the week of March 18 – 22, 2009.  The convention will be hosted at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Irvine. 

NBLSA’s leadership has been hard at work developing a yearlong agenda of service, legal activism and community outreach under the mantra One Vision. One Purpose. One Goal. The week-long convention will celebrate and perpetuate this message of social activism by adopting One Vision. One Purpose. One Goal. as the event’s theme and offering attendees the opportunity to engage in outreach to the schools and communities of the Irvine area. 

Other programming for the 2008 - 2009 convention include interactive professional workshops and discussions, motivational luncheons, networking receptions, celebrations and more.  As in previous years, participants in the nationally-recognized Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial, Frederick Douglass Moot Court and International Negotiation final competitions will be among the convention’s attendees.  

“We’re very excited about the programming being offered this year,” says Jasmine F. Robinson, NBLSA’s national convention coordinator.  “I welcome any inquiries about sponsorship opportunities or how to get involved with NBLSA’s 41st Annual Convention.”  

The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA), founded in 1968, is a national organization formed to articulate and promote the needs and goals of Black law students and effectuate change in the legal community. As the largest student run organization in the United States with over 6,000 members, NBLSA is also comprised of chapters or affiliates in six different countries, including the Bahamas, Nigeria and South Africa.

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Contact:Jasmine Robinson, National Convention Coordinator
National Black Law Students Association
convention@nblsa.org