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2016 HOWARD C. SCHWAB MEMORIAL ESSAY CONTEST SECTION OF FAMILY LAW

Each year, the American Bar Association Section of Family Law conducts an essay contest to encourage law students to think about current issues in family law, and to encourage participation in the Section of Family Law. Students may write on any aspect of family law. The contest is open to second and third-year full-time J.D. students (and second through fourth-year part-time J.D. students) of all ABA-approved law schools, and to first year J.D. students where family law is taught as part of the first year curriculum.

Winning entries receive the following: Monetary prize, certificate of recognition, consideration of essay’s publication in Family Law Quarterly and the Section website, letter to law school dean regarding the achievement, and one year complimentary membership to the Section. To enter, one must submit an entry form by April 15, 2016. Essays are due April 29, 2016.

More information, including our downloadable entry form, can be found on our website. You may also contact ABA Section of Family Law Program Assistant, Samantha Schooley at samantha.schooley@americanbar.org or 312.988.5145 for additional information and assistance.

Practicing Law Institute (PLI) will be here on Friday, November 13th from 12-1 to share information about the patent bar.

If you are a student with an undergrad degree (or at least two years of coursework) in engineering, computer sciences or the hard sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, some related fields), and are interested in becoming a Patent Agent or Attorney,
Practising Law Institute (PLI) invites you to a presentation by John White, Academic Director of PLI’s Patent Office Exam Course. Topics for discussion include:

• The latest info on the Patent Office Exam,
• Who can take it,
• How it works, now that it’s on computer and “on demand,”
• When you should take it (you don’t need to…and probably shouldn’t…wait until you graduate),
• How the America Invents Act is impacting the Exam, and
• Recommendations on when and how to study for this very difficult Exam.

Scholarships to PLI’s other IP programs will also be discussed.

Date: Friday, November 13th
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: Rm. 133

CBLS IN-HOUSE COUNSEL PANEL OCT. 19 at 5:15 PM

Please join the Corporate and Business Law Society in an In-House Counsel Panel on Monday, October 19th at 5:15 PM in room West 214. Three attorneys will be speaking to the group on their experience in corporate and business law, as well as answering any questions students have. Brent Ryan from Vitamix, Allison Cole from Signet, and Robert Mullen from Aultman Hospital will be joining us.

Food will be provided!