UW LAW ABOUT 30% MINORITY, 15% ASIAN DOWN FROM 40% 25% IN 1994 \doc\web\98\07\uwlaw.txt Date sent: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:23:39 -0700 (PDT) From: "D. StevensYPerez" To: arthurhu@halcyon.com Subject: Condon Crier 9/28 issue (fwd) The stats are in the Dean's Message. Dave ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 08:41:25 -0700 (PDT) From: lawnews@u.washington.edu To: lawdawgs@u.washington.edu Subject: Condon Crier 9/28 issue Volume 24, Number 1 Week of Sept. 28, 1998 The Condon Crier consists of "Law School Announcements and Meeting Notices", "Law Library News", and "Student News." Items for all sections should be submitted to Student Services by 12:00noon on the Thursday prior. The Condon Crier is produced by the Student Services Office. E-mail submissions may be sent to: lawnews@u.washington.edu **** LAW SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND MEETING NOTICE **** >> CLASS CHANGES / CORRECTIONS New Courses: > B567 -General Externship Seminar (Wiehl) - will be offered in the Autumn Quarter. It will meet on Mondays at 3:30-5:20pm. This first class meeting will be on Monday, October 5. > E564 - Indian Law Clinic will meet on Tues. and Thurs. from 8:30-10:20am. The first class meeting will be Sept. 29. ROOM ASSIGNMENTS: Room assignments will be posted on Monday morning on the Student Services first floor bulletin board and at the Information Booth. *** DATES TO KEEP IN MIND September 28 Start of Autumn Quarter Classes Sept. 29-Oct. 3 Add/Drop period (without fee) October 10 Last day to Add classes October 16 Tuition due November 11 Veterans Day - No Classes Dec. 14-18 Examination Week ** EXAM SCHEDULE The proposed examination schedule for Autumn Quarter will posted on the Student Services bulletin board on first floor as well as at the Student Services Office, room 310 by Friday, Oct. 2. Comments on this schedule will be taken until 12:00 noon on Thursday, October 8. Do not make travel plans based on this schedule. It is subject to changes. (First year students will have their finals at 1:00pm on Mon., Wed. & Fri. of exam week although the course order may change.) *** DO NOT DISCUSS RESCHEDULING OF AN EXAM WITH YOUR INSTRUCTOR. *** >>USE OF COMPUTERS FOR EXAMS In their June 1994 Faculty meeting, the Law School Faculty approved the following policy to be effective Autumn Quarter 1994: During the first two weeks of a class a faculty member may announce that computers may be used in any exam as long as all regularly enrolled students, and the faculty member, unanimously agree by anonymous vote and so long as the Dean agrees. If you have any question regarding the policy, please contact Student Services, room 310. >>PLAN AHEAD - FOR YOUR INFORMATION The Law School does not distribute copies of documents from student files. This includes copies of academic transcripts from prior schools and LSAT scores. Students anticipating a need for transcripts should order an original directly from the school(s) attended, and LSAT scores should be ordered from Law Services at (215) 968-1001. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> FROM THE DEAN As we begin a new academic year, I want to welcome all students, and especially those who are here for the first time. The first year class has about 175 students. It includes 94 women (54%) and 81 men (46%). There are 51 students of color (29%), slightly more than half of who are Asian Americans. Washington State residents account for 71% of the class. The median age of the class is 25; the range is 19 years to 47 years; and 17% are over 30. More than 85 undergraduate schools are represented and 18% of entering first year students have graduate degrees (9 have PhDs). The entire student body in the Law School is extremely well qualified, and this year's entering class continues to combine excellence and diversity. This seems to me to be an appropriate time to reflect on the standards we should apply in admitting students to the Law School. Over the last five years, applications to the Law School have ranged from a low of about 1700 to a high of more than 2600. From these applications we make between 400 to 500 offers of admission which leads to a targeted entering class of 165 students. We believe that of the 2000 or so applications we receive each year, at least 1000 have the intellectual capacity to complete the UW Law School program successfully. How then should we decide which 400 of these 1000 qualified applicants should be extended offers of admission? It is often suggested that admissions should be based solely by reference to grade point averages and LSAT scores. At the UW Law School, we in fact do pay substantial attention to "the numbers." (The median GPA for this year's entering class is 3.57, and the median LSAT score is 162 - the 89th percentile.) "The numbers" demonstrate many attributes that are essential to good lawyering: intelligence, articulateness, and diligence. But numbers are not the sole predictors of who will be the best law students. The highest scoring applicants do not always make the best lawyers. We hope to educate lawyers who have an abiding commitment to the search for justice; who are sensitive to the needs of all groups in our society; and who will adhere to the highest ethical and moral standards in the practice of law. Numbers do not show these attributes. It is also our clear responsibility as educators to ask how each student will contribute to the learning of other students in the class. A graduate of Princeton once observed that "people do not learn very much when they are surrounded only by the likes of themselves." When I came to the Law School in 1964, the student body was mostly white, male and young. Our student body today is much more diverse, and that diversity enhances the quality of legal education. When there were very few women students, for example, we did not have the benefit of their life experiences in assessing the impact of legal rules upon women. We think also that it is appropriate to consider an applicant's past or present economic adversity, not because we think poor people are more meritorious or will make better lawyers, but because in their law school discussions of legal issues, students will be better educated if the student body includes people who bring to the classroom first hand experiences of poverty. We also believe that the legal learning environment is enhanced by diversity in educational backgrounds, by geographic diversity and by age diversity. As the United States Supreme Court noted years ago in Sweatt v. Painter, a law school "cannot be effective in isolation from the individuals and institutions with which the law interacts." Few people question that diversity in general adds to the quality of legal education. What is at issue in this State and nation is whether race, gender and ethnicity are the kinds of diversity we can take into account in making admissions decisions. And if those factors can be taken into account, a further question relates to the weight that can be given to them. These are important issues of our day. People of good will can have different views on these matters. My own view is that racial and ethnic diversity adds a great deal to the quality of legal education law students receive. Issues relating to race are present in almost every course in the law school curriculum. Discussion of those issues is enhanced by the presence in the classroom of students with diverse racial backgrounds. Consider, as an example, a discussion of Brown v. Board of Education, the school desegregation case, in which no black student is present. Affirmative action policies themselves present legal and constitutional issues. The recent fifth circuit Hopwood case, for example, challenges the validity of using race as a factor in law school admissions. Discussion of the issues presented by that case in a classroom of people "surrounded only by the likes of themselves" cannot be as effective as a group that includes ethnic and racial minorities. But it is not only in these high profile cases that diversity matters: issues of race, gender and class permeate courses throughout the law school curriculum. Even when such issues are not involved, a classroom environment is improved by the free exchange of ideas and viewpoints from all groups in our society. Diversity is important outside the classroom as well. Law students learn a tremendous amount from each other. Their attitudes and perceptions are influenced as much by their classmates as by their professors. Our current admissions policy states that our objective is to select individuals who have the highest potential for achievement in the legal profession. In measuring that potential we rely primarily on undergraduate grades and LSAT scores. But selection is not based solely on these criteria. Because diversity is an important part of a student body, we also consider such factors as racial or ethnic origin, cultural background, activities or accomplishments, career goals, living experiences, such as growing up in a disadvantaged or unusual environment or with a physical disability, or special talents. Furthermore, no factor will confer admission on an academically unqualified applicant. Favorable consideration of the factors I have described means, in a keenly competitive environment, that applicants who do not present those factors do not enjoy an advantage. But any admissions system has that effect. A system based only on grades and scores does not give any advantage to the person whose grades or scores suffered because of background, economic circumstances, or other factors. Giving favorable attention to an applicant who has overcome economic or other adversity may seem unfair to an applicant with higher scores who has faced no such adversity. Considering race or ethnicity favorably can also offset advantages enjoyed by other groups. That kind of consideration is under current and sustained challenge. If the judicial process or the legislative process tells us that we cannot consider race or gender in assessing applications, we will certainly comply with the letter and the spirit of the new rules. But because we do believe that a diverse student body is essential to a superb legal education, we will continue to seek diversity in other respects and in ways legally appropriate. Lawyers shape the law. In my view, they will shape it better if the legal profession reflects the diversity of our society. The rule of law depends upon respect for the law, and that respect will surely run deeper if the legal profession is open to all groups in our richly diverse society. America has always been a society based on law. Law has been the principal means by which we have been able to mold one nation out of a people whose principal characteristic has been diversity. If any groups are excluded from the legal profession, I believe we will endanger our ability to mold unity out of diversity. --- Roland L Hjorth ************************************************************************** ** Assistant Dean Announcements: Michael Kingan commenced service as Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations on July 15, 1998; he joins us from the University of Michigan Law School where he was a Major Gifts Officer for the past five years. Paula Littlewood, who was serving as Acting Assistant Dean for Development, will continue to work on the legislative campaign to secure funding for the new building as Assistant Dean for Public Relations and Director of Development. ************************************************************************** FINANCIAL AID Brenda Ringer Cote Room 308, Condon Hall WELCOME! I hope you have all had an enjoyable and restful Summer! **NEW** OFFICE HOURS I am now available for drop-in traffic from 9-1. Afternoon appointments are available if you cannot come in during my morning hours, please call me at 543-4552 to schedule. I will open 8-5 on Monday and Tuesday, the first two days of the quarter. FINANCIAL AID AVAILABILITY INQUIRY You can confirm your financial aid is available by calling STAR at 548-STAR or viewing your account online at: www.washington.edu/students/staronline You can pick up a check if you owe the University less than the Quarterly total of your financial aid. You will need to sign for your loan(s) if you haven't already completed and returned your promissory note. ALL LOANS require a signed promissory note. If you need to sign for a loan, first go to the Loan Signature Window on the second floor of Schmitz. If you don't need to sign for a loan, go directly to the Student Accounts Office in 129 Schmitz according to this schedule: 9/24 Thursday 8:30-4:30 A-L 9/25 Friday 8:30-4:30 M-Z 9/28 Monday 8:30-4:30 A-L 9/29 Tuesday 8:30-4:30 M-Z 9/30 Weds 8:30-4:30 All students Beginning Thursday, October 1st, hours are 10-4:30 and any student may go to Students Accounts to pay their bill or pick up an aid check, if one is waiting. AID DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE TUITION PAYMENT Tuition is due October 16th, whether or not your financial aid is available at that time. If your tuition is not paid by the end of the fourth week of classes, your registration will be cancelled and a re-registration fee of $75 will be assessed. Short-term ("emergency") loans are available to JD students from the Law School Financial Aid Office and the Short Term Loans Office in 172 Schmitz. Applications must be submitted by the tuition due date. Up to $1,000 may be borrowed from the Law School and up to resident tuition is available from the Short Term Loans Office. Funds are limited and there are additional restrictions. LOAN DEFERMENTS Loan deferment forms (for loans you have borrowed in the past) are processed by the Office of the Registrar. Deferments are certified for one academic year at a time unless the lender requires a shorter time period, such as one quarter. You may take deferment forms to the Office of the Registrar (225 Schmitz) or bring them to me in Room 308 Condon and I will forward them to the Registrar for you. SCHOLARSHIPS Copies of materials for these scholarships are available in Room 308. NAPABA Scholarship Amount: $1,000 to $2,500 Criteria: Demonstrated commitment and interest in pro bono/public interest legal work, financial need, leadership potential, maturity and responsibility, and commitment to serving the needs of the Asian Pacific American community. Deadline: October 15, 1998 Asian Bar Association of Washington Amount: three awards of $1,000 Criteria: Community leadership and academic excellence Deadline: October 15, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Writing Workshops All Law Students Welcome Workshops will on Fridays 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. in Room 139. Feel free to bring lunch. Oct. 2: "What am I Supposed to Learn from Reading a Case?" Reading effectively and taking good notes in class. Oct. 23 "Grammar and Syntax for Lawyers." How to avoid common mistakes that afflict legal prose. Nov. 6: "What is 'IRAC' and Why Should I Care?" Using the (in)famous paradigm to organize memos and exam answers. Nov. 20: "How to Be Brief Why You Have a Lot of Information to Share" Writing techniques for getting to the point in a hurry. Dec. 4: Preparing a Good Writing Sample" Revising your writing to meet and surpass employer's expectations. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CAREER PLANNING AND PUBLIC SERVICE CENTER ANNOUNCEMENTS Mike Gotham, Director Center Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday UPCOMING EVENTS Law School Student Organizations - An Overview Wednesday, September 30 12:30 - 1:20 Room 109/129 LL.M. Student Career Planning and Public Service Center Orientations October 5 - 16 Contact the Center for specific times. First Monday in October The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Do We Measure Up? Monday, October 5 3:30 - 5:00 Room 109/129 LL.M. in Taxation / Deloitte & Touche Information Session Tuesday, October 6 3:00 - 4:00 Room 105 Volunteer Opportunities in Public Interest - An Overview Wednesday, October 7 12:30 - 1:20 Room 109/129 First-Year Student / Attorney Mentor Reception Wednesday, October 7 5:30 - 8:00 Crowne Plaza Hotel LL.M. in Taxation / Arthur Andersen Information Session Thursday, October 8 3:00 - 4:00 Room 101 LL.M. in Taxation / PriceWaterhouseCoopers Information Session Tuesday, October 13 3:00 - 4:00 Room 105 Access to Justice in Washington State Patrick McIntyre, Northwest Justice Project Wednesday, October 14 12:30 - 1:20 Room 101 LL.M. in Taxation / Moss Adams Information Session Thursday, October 15 3:00 - 4:00 Room 101 CONFERENCES Stop by the Career Planning and Public Service Center to see the listing of employers attending the 1998 NAPIL Career Fair!!! This is going to be great! If you haven't yet made plans to attend, pick up a brochure off the Public Service Program bulletin board or email ctrupin@u.washington.edu. EXTERNSHIPS NEW * NEW * NEW - Citizen Advocacy Center - "Building Democracy for the 21st Century" For: All Quarters Location: Elmhurst, IL Type of Work: Develop "law plus" skills - organizing democracy workshops, publishing "how-to" legal brochures and public speaking Applicants: 2Ls and 3Ls Deadline: none (see, Externship Binder - public interest) LOOKING NOW --- - KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR For: Immediate! Location: Seattle Type of Work: Domestic Violence - Special Assault Unit Applicants: 2Ls and 3Ls Deadline: ASAP, resume, cover letter, writing sample and unofficial transcript to Jennifer Ritchie, King County, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, W554 King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 296-9498 (no official posting, see Berneta if you have questions) LOOKING NOW --- NORTHWEST JUSTICE PROJECT (for credit OR work study OR pay!!!) For: Immediate! Location: Seattle Type of Work: Immigrant Advocate - see job description in Externship Binder, public interest Applicants: 2Ls and 3Ls Deadline: ASAP (see, Externship Binder -Public Interest) LOOKING NOW ---- U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT, Western District of WA (Karen A. Overstreet) For: Immediate Location: 2 different judges - one in Tacoma, one splitting time between Seattle and Tacoma Type of Work: all aspects of judicial clerkship Deadline: ASAP, Resume and cover letter to Judge Karen A. Overstreet, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of WA, 424 Park Place Building, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 553-1624. (no official posting, see Berneta if you have questions) NEW * NEW * NEW - U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of CA, Judge Arthur S. Weissbrodt For: Spring 1999 and Summer 1999 Location: San Jose, CA Type of Work: Prepare the court for complex motions calendars, perform research and assist in drafting of decisions Applicants: 2Ls and 3Ls Deadline: ASAP (see, Externship Binder - Judicial) The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press For: Winter/Spring (and subsequent quarters) Location: Arlington, VA Type of Work: Applicants: 2Ls and 3Ls Deadline: 10/31/98 (later deadlines for later quarters) (see, Externship Binder - Public Interest) FELLOWSHIPS By: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Called: The Reporters Committee Legal Fellowship Program For: Protecting First Amendment interests of the news media Applicants: 3Ls (it's a post-grad fellowship) Stipend: 35K - 38K for one year, plus health benefits Deadline: January 5, 1999 (see, Fellowship Binder - First Amendment) By: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Called: The Jack Nelson Legal Fellowship For: Protecting First Amendment interests of the news media Applicants: 3Ls (it's a post-grad fellowship) Stipend: 25K for one year, plus health benefits Deadline: January 5, 1999 (see, Fellowship Binder - First Amendment) Georgetown University Law Center Called: The Advocacy Fellow For: Supervising clinical students working on asylum cases and undertaking scholarly research and writing. Applicants: 3Ls (it's a post grad fellowship) Location: Washington, DC Stipend: $31,777 plus tuition and all fees paid for an L.L.M. in Advocacy Deadline: 12/1/98 (see, Fellowship Binder - Teaching Fellows) VOLUNTEER Called: University of Washington, School of Law Aspiring Youth Program By: Student Bar Association For: Being a role model, from the legal community, for students at Meany Middle School Applicants: Need 21 volunteers to donate TWO HOURS one afternoon in the fall quarter Stipend: Undying gratitude and/or a golf shirt Deadline: ASAP (see, Volunteer Binder - or contact Roger Brodniak - e-mail to brodniak@u.washington.edu, (206) 328-4059 (h); (206) 543-9111 (w). JOB POSTINGS The following are summaries of jobs recently received by the Center. Jobs will appear once in the Condon Crier, and once via a Wednesday e-mail from the Center. Most recently received jobs appear first. Positions are in Seattle unless otherwise noted. For additional information about the positions with numbers followed by an "S" (#111S-LF-WA), please refer to the blue Student Job Binders in the Center. In addition, job announcements for attorneys that may be of interest to third-year and LL.M. students are listed. For additional information about the positions with numbers followed by an "A" (#111A-LF-WA), please refer to the red Attorney Jobs Binder in the Center. Job Postings Received 9/8/98-9/22/98 HATCH & PARENT, a Santa Barbara, California law firm is accepting applications for a summer law clerk until 11/4/98. (Recd 9/8/98, #212S-LF-O) QUENTIN KNIPE, MEULMAN & MILLER, in Boise, Idaho, has a summer clerk position open for Summer 1999. (Recd 9/8/98, #214S-LF-O) SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, has an opening for a temporary legislative intern position. (Recd 9/8/98, #215A-SLG-WA) US CUSTOMS SERVICE, has a part-time law clerk employment opportunity in the Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel. (Recd 9/9/98, #240S-SLG-WA) NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC DEFENDER, seeks 2L's for its summer intern program. (Recd 9/9/98, #213S-PI) DAVID B. ZUCKERMAN, is a criminal defense attorney seeking second or third year law students for research and writing assistance. (Recd 9/10/98, #247S-LF-WA) MANNING CURTIS BRADSHAW & BEDNAR, LLC, in Salt Lake City, Utah, is interested in receiving applications from 2L and 3L students for summer clerkship and associate programs in 1999. (Recd 9/10/98) YMCA, Mock Trial Competition Coordinator, needed in Olympia, WA from October 98 - April 99. (Recd 9/11/98, #271A/S-ALC) THE LAW OFFICES OF BART KLEIN, has three part-time Law Clerk positions available in Immigration Law. (Recd 9/14/98, #278A/S-LF-WA) THE TEXAS AUDOBON SOCIETY, in Austin, Texas, has an open position for a policy intern. (Recd 9/14/98, #283S-ALC) 126TH DISTRICT COURT TRAVIS COUNTY, in Austin, Texas, has an intern position available. (Recd 9/14/98, #287S-JC-O) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, in Washington, D.C., is interested in applicants for entry level attorney or summer law intern positions. (Recd 9/14/98, #290A/S-FED) CIRCUIT COURT FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY, in Maryland, is seeking applications for a one-year law clerk position. (Recd 9/16/98, #301A/S-SLG-O) ROBBEN, BLAUERT, RAHLFS & ROHRBACK, has a part-time, (20 hrs wkly) clerical office opportunity. (Recd 9/16/98, #302S-LF-WA) SEASHOLTZ, FITZPATRICK, LENTZ & BUBBA, in Pennsylvania, has Summer 1999 opportunities for 2L and 3L students. (Recd 9/16/98, #303S-IH-WA) NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION, in Virginia, seeks resumes from 2L students for Summer 1999 employment. (Recd 9/16/98, #304S-IH-O) KAY, CASTO, CHANEY, LOVE & WISE, in Charleston, West Virginia, is interested in hiring several 2L students for Summer 1999 positions. (Recd 9/16/98, #305S-LF-O) PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP, in Washington, D.C., has a job announcement for a Supreme Court Assistance Project Coordinator. (Recd 9/18/98, #338A/S-PI) EARTHJUSTICE, (formerly Sierra Club), has a job announcement for an associate attorney position in the fall of 1999. (Recd 9/18/98, #337A/S-PI) U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT, DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA, is seeking a law clerk from October 1, 1998 through summer 1998. (Recd 9/20/98, #346A/S-JC-O) MINNESOTA FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, in Mankato, is seeking a law clerk. (Recd 9/20/98, #345A/S-JC-O) DITLEVSON, RODGERS & HANBEY, P.S., in Olympia, Washington, is seeking a full-time, entry-level associate. (Recd 9/20/98, #339A/S-LF-WA) NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, is seeking one or two entry-level attorneys in early 1999 - June 1999 graduates considered. (Recd 9/21/98, #357A-PI) NORTHWEST JUSTICE PROJECT, has a five-month position for a law student or graduate for an Immigrant Advocate. (Recd 9/21/98, #359A/S-PI) ****************************************************************** LAW LIBRARY NEWS Linda Kawaguchi, Editor Welcome! To those of you returning as 2Ls and 3Ls, welcome back! We hope you had a fun and productive summer. To the entering class, we're glad to have you here! This column serves to update you on things you need to know when using the library. We'll also include research tips and strategies, new sources, and the occasional trivia contest so that you can test your research skills. If you have any questions about using the library, just ask! Library Checkout Your UW Husky card is your Law Library card. If you wish to check out materials, you must have it with you: the Circulation staff will not be able to check a book out using just your name. Law students may also use their Husky card to check out materials from other UW libraries. Study Areas UW law students have priority in the use of all seating areas in the law library; however, the library is open to other UW and public patrons. There are carrels on floors 4, 5 and 7 and nine tables on floor 7 that are open to any law student. For more information about carrel use, see the next article. There are also group study rooms in the library along the south wall on floors 4-7. You may study alone in one of these rooms but must yield it to a group of law students (2 or more) who wish to study together. Library Carrels There are a total of 142 carrels in the library. Those on the 6th floor are assigned by the Graduate Studies Program Coordinator, leaving 104 carrels on floors 4, 5 and 7 available for 1L, 2L or 3L students. Use of those 104 carrels is on a first-come basis. Students may use any free carrel; if you are using a laptop computer, please use the carrels on floor 4. Some projects may take several days or longer to complete and you may want to leave library materials at a carrel so that you can use them later. Here is the procedure: first, you must check out the materials; next, ask Circulation for a pink save flag for each book; finally, use the books at a carrel and leave the pink flags showing until you return. Other students are asked to work and study in carrels containing no pink flagged books. Remember, only books checked out and with flags may be saved in a carrel, those without current date due stamps and pink flags will be reshelved. LEXIS-NEXIS AND WESTLAW 2Ls and 3Ls: Did you use LEXIS-NEXIS and WESTLAW for your job this summer? Whether the answer is yes or no, you will want to be sure to hone your online research skills this year for law school and your career. In case you have forgotten your LEXIS-NEXIS ID, or mislaid your WESTLAW password, the vendors will be reminding you. WESTLAW will be putting a copy of your WESTLAW password in your mailboxes this week. LEXIS-NEXIS will have a table set up on the first floor on October 7 to answer your questions. Be sure to check your mail and stop by that table! 1Ls: On Wednesday, October 7, first year students will receive LEXIS-NEXIS IDs and WESTLAW passwords; gather in room 109/129 at 2:30. All of you have a contracts class that ends at 2:20, so plan to stay about a half hour to pick up the CALR [computer assisted legal research] materials you will need. In early November, training will begin to help you use WESTLAW and LEXIS-NEXIS for job searching. For all students: Both LEXIS-NEXIS and WESTLAW can be accessed using the vendors' proprietary software or via the Internet. Firms, corporations, courts, and other organizations in which you will work, if they have access to either service, may access the products one or both ways. To make sure you are ready for whichever access your employer will recommend, learn how to search both WESTLAW and LEXIS-NEXIS and use both the software and the Internet. The computer lab has both the software versions and access to the Internet. (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)*)*)*)(*)(*)*) (*) STUDENT CALENDAR AND NEWS Mon., Sept. 28 First day of classes - Autumn Quarter Tuesday, Sept. 29 12:30-1:20, room 109 - SBA Budget Meeting for all student groups Wed., Sept. 30 Thurs., Oct. 1 Fri., Oct. 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To request disability accomodations, contact the ADA Coordinator, at least ten days in advance of the event. 543-6450(voice); 543-6452 (TDD); 685-3885 (FAX); access@u.washington.edu (email). __________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ATTENTION ALL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: The 1998 SBA Budget Packets are now available outside the SBA office in the basement of Condon Hall. To be funded by the SBA, you must complete this packet and return it the SBA office NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. OCTOBER 1, 1998. IN ADDITION: A MANDATORY budgeting meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 1998, at 12:30 in Room 109. ALL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS MUST SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO THIS MEETING. Other questions or concerns regarding the SBA budgeting process should be directed to the SBA office: 543-9111. >> CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION Schedule of Events (NOTE: UW Law students are invited to attend on a space available basis for only the cost of the materials. Call 543-0059 for more details.) OCTOBER 1998 Oct. 2 Choice of Limited Liability Entities- LLC,LLP,S-CORPS? Washington Athletic club-Half-day NOVEMBER 1998 Nov. 6 Private Equity Capital Cavanaugh's Inn Nov. 20 Commercial Real Estate: Drafting & Negotiation Consideration Urban Horticulture Center ************************************************************************ American Bar Association 1998 Newspaper Contest Results The Law Student Division and Student Lawyer Editor recently announced awards that included an UW related publication, The Docket. Entire magazine: First Place: Duquesne University School of Law, Juris Second Place: American University, Washington College of Law, American Jurist Third Place: University of Washington School of Law, The Docket Editorial article: Third Place: University of Washington School of Law, The Docket, [date unknown,] "Freedom of Expression? No, Just a Moron" by Captain Daniel "Zene" Crowe . *** POSTING OF NOTICES, BANNERS, POSTERS OF CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS*** 1. All notices, posters, banners, advertisements and similar items are prohibited from being affixed to windows, walls, doors, elevators, mailboxes and lockers in Condon Hall. 2. A notice -- not larger than 8-1/2" x 11" -- may be posted on existing bulletin boards if the following requirements are met: all notices shall be authorized (signed and dated) by an employee of Student Services (room 310) before posting. notices announcing events MUST CONTAIN the ADA accommodation statement (stated below). notices shall be removed within ten days after authorization no two identical notices shall be on any one bulletin board. [NOTE: This policy does not apply to official administrative and faculty notices or to assigned "private" bulletin boards used by student organizations.] Accommodation statement: To request disability accommodations, contact the Office of the ADA Coordinator, at least ten days in advance of the event. 543-6450 (voice); 543-6452 (TDD); 685-3885 (FAX); access@u.washington.edu (e-mail). >>> STUDENT SERVICES STAFF -- Update The Autumn Quarter will begin with a Student Services Office staff a little different than those who helped students last year. Gabrielle Kirouac left just before the end of the Spring Quarter to travel to Indonesia and return to school this fall. We received a postcard from her during the summer and she was enjoying her travels. Pim Lustig (Director of Student Services) who was on leave during the Spring Quarter, decided to keep that status as a "home dad" with his daughter Maude. He said he may continue his graduate studies this fall. Wendy Bastin joined the Student Services staff during August as Gabrielle's replacement. Wendy has previously worked in Undergraduate Admissions in Schmitz Hall. William Jackson, who was filling in for Pim during the Spring Quarter, is the new Director of Student Services. He was selected from a group of three finalists of a personnel search during the summer. Steve Hettinga is still with us as our Office Assistant/AV Coordinator.