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Phi Alpha Delta will be having a meeting this Friday at 1:10 in W-206 to elect a new Marshal. If you are interested in the position please email Dianna at dms119@zips.uakron.edu. You will be asked to give a brief statement to our members on why you would be a good officer. Voting will take place on Friday by the members present at the meeting.
Additionally we will be talking about spring semester events and our trip to bi-annual convention this summer.
GUN FREE ZONES: ARE GUN LAWS MAKING OUR CAMPUSES MORE DANGEROUS?
Join the Federalist Society January 26th at 12:30 in Room L-151. Free Lunch provided by Old Carolina Barbeque Company.
The speaker is John Lott, author of “More Guns, Less Crime.” Commentary will be provided by Professor Aynes.
John R. Lott, Jr is an economist who has held research and/or teaching positions at the University of Chicago, Yale, Stanford, UCLA, Wharton, and Rice, and was the chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission from 1988 to 1989. Lott has published over 100 articles in academic journals. He has authored six books including More Guns, Less Crime, Freedomnomics, The Bias Against Guns, and Are Predatory Commitments Credible? He has two other books forthcoming. He is a contributor and a weekly columnist for FoxNews.com. Lott’s Opinion pieces have appeared in several publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune, and has appeared on television programs including ABC and NBC National Evening News broadcasts, Fox News, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and the Today Show. He received his PhD in economics from UCLA. He has testified numerous times in front of both chambers of Congress and in front of many state legislatures.
The Tillman Military Scholars online application will open on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 12:00 AM EST.
Further information about the program and how to apply (including essay questions) is on the Pat Tillman Foundation website. This is also where the online application link will be posted. http://www.pattillmanfoundation.org/tillman-military-scholars/apply/
The 2012 Midwest BLSA Convention will be held in Columbus, OH, on February 15th-19th, 2012. For a general list of activities and registration information, please visit www.nblsa.org/mwblsaconvention.
The alumni reception will be sponsored and hosted by Ohio State University Moritz College of Law on Friday, February 17, 2012, from 7:30-9:30 pm. It will be located at the OSU Barrister Club, 25 W. 11th Avenue (located across 11th Avenue from Drinko Hall and above Panera Bread), Columbus, OH, 43210. This reception will be a great opportunity for current law students to expand their network and connect with NBLSA alums.
For more information, contact Evangeline White, NBLSA Midwest Director of Alumni Affairs and Development, at midwest.alumniaffairs@gmail.com.
In 1978 the Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship Fund was established by Helen and Richard Fox and Friends to honor the memory of their son who, as a proud member of the Berks County Bar Association, served as a young attorney in the Public Defender’s Office.
The Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship Award of $3,000 is presented annually at the Berks County Bar Association Law Day Event. It is given to help fund a deserving Berks County, Pennsylvania, resident embarking on his or her second year at an accredited Law School.
In June 2000, the Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship Fund was transferred to the Berks County Community Foundation to manage and administer.
The Berks County Community Foundation is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to develop, manage and distribute funding to meet existing and emerging community needs. Through permanent endowments created from charitable gifts, the Community Foundation makes grants from the earnings of the endowment. By keeping the principal balance of the funds intact and spending only earnings, the Community Foundation ensures a lasting and stable vehicle for the support and development of Berks County.
Please visit www.bccf.org for an application for the Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship. Complete applications must be submitted to Berks County Community Foundation between January 15th and April 1st.
If you have any questions regarding this scholarship, please contact Ms. Leta Doganes using the contact information below.
Leta B. Doganes
Scholarship and Grant Administrator
Berks County Community Foundation
237 Court Street
Reading, PA 19601
610-685-2223
610-685-2240 (fax)
letad@bccf.org
www.bccf.org