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• The NEW MAX by AccessLex® app is now available for download in the iOS and Android app stores. Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think!
• The first MAX scholarship drawing of the academic year is right around the corner on November 1.   A digital scholarship poster is attached for you to share with your students.
• We’d like to give a big MAHALO (thank you) to University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law’s Professor and Director of the Ulu Lehua Scholars Program, Troy Andrade, and Director of Law Student Financial Assistance, Heather Smith-Lee, who recently brought MAX into the Ulu Lehua Scholars Program 1L classroom with the webinar, Managing Your Money During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Ulu Lehua Scholars Program offers financial, academic, and moral support to underrepresented law students throughout their law school careers.

The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers is pleased to announce the Annual Law Student Writing Competition 2020-2021, which is co-sponsored by the ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law.  It is our hope to stimulate interest in this important field of law by sponsoring a writing competition among law students on legal topics of interest to practitioners in the field.  Attached are the guidelines for the competition.  We would appreciate it if you would inform your students about this opportunity.  Notice has also been sent to the Dean of your law school, as all students, not only those currently taking labor and employment law courses, are eligible to participate.

Although a freestanding organization, the College was established in 1995 through an initiative of the Council of the Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association.  The purpose of the College was to have an organization of senior lawyers, well regarded at the Bar, who would promote achievement and excellence in our area of practice.   As set forth in the College’s bylaws, Fellows must have been practicing labor and employment law for at least twenty years to be nominated and must be active and outstanding contributors to the labor and employment law bar.  

Law schools, scholars of labor and employment law, labor and employment law historians and students can benefit greatly from the intellectual and practical value available through the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.  The College’s primary mission includes supporting creative and thoughtful teaching of Labor and Employment Law, supporting and enhancing the existing curriculum, bringing depth of real life experience to law students through visiting professor and mentoring programs, and pushing the traditional boundaries to bring the current and dramatically changing legal environment into clearer focus.  We invite you to visit the Audiences section of our website (www.laborandemploymentcollege.org) and click on “Law Schools and Students.”

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

David Borgen 
President

• The NEW MAX by AccessLex® app is now available for download in the iOS and Android app stores. Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think!
• The first MAX scholarship drawing of the academic year is right around the corner on November 1.   A digital scholarship poster is attached for you to share with your students.
• We’d like to give a big MAHALO (thank you) to University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law’s Professor and Director of the Ulu Lehua Scholars Program, Troy Andrade, and Director of Law Student Financial Assistance, Heather Smith-Lee, who recently brought MAX into the Ulu Lehua Scholars Program 1L classroom with the webinar, Managing Your Money During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Ulu Lehua Scholars Program offers financial, academic, and moral support to underrepresented law students throughout their law school careers.

The Alaska Bar Association announces a scholarship program for Alaskans in law school.  As the only state without a law school, our applicants come from law schools all over the country.  This scholarship is aimed at Alaska students who demonstrate ties to Alaska, and the intent to return to Alaska after graduation.  Applications can be found on the Alaska Bar Association website and they are due March 1.

Attention All Akron Law Students! SBA will be hosting the Fall General Student Body Meeting on Monday, October 19 at 5:00-6:00pm via Webex. Topics to be discussed include: Midterms (Examsoft and Brightspace procedures), in-person and online classes, updates on the Spring semester schedule, the Bar Exam and Character and Fitness applications, and the impact of COVID-19 on the school. Student reps from the working group will be in attendance to discuss the potential CSU/Akron partnership and want to hear your thoughts! Use the link below to join the meeting:

Session number: 120 658 1925 
Session password: SBUA 
Go to: https://uakron.webex.com/uakron/k2/j.php?MTID=tcd0e825ef846055aa78e21bdaecdfb75

Hope to see you all there!

– SBA Executive Board