LAW – General Meetings – Feb. 22, 12:15 and 5 pm, W-206

The Law Association for Women will host our first general meeting of the semester on Feb. 22 from 12:15pm-1:00pm and from 5:00-5:45pm in room W-206. Please join us for soup and salad and a discussion about our upcoming events! Topics include: Our ongoing donation drive for the Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit and Medina Counties; Pro-bono volunteer opportunities; Speakers; and upcoming social hikes and events. We look forward to seeing you there!

QUESTIONS ABOUT BARBRI, Bar Fellowships, Need Based Bar Review Scholarships?

REMINDER, Please join us, as follows:

 DATE:              Tuesday, February 21

 TIME:               12:15 to 1:00 – free food!

 5:30 to 6:30 – free food!

 PLACE:            Room 151

 Dyann Margolis, Esquire of BARBRI Bar Review will present the following:

  •  Demo of BarBri AMP Software
  • General description of how the BarBri course runs and what is included in the tuition including important dates

 SBA President Jennifer Ellison will answer questions and share her perspective based on her interaction with law students.

 Assistant Dean Lauri Thorpe will discuss the $1,000 Bar Exam Review Course Fellowships for the May 2012 JD graduates along with Need Based Scholarships for bar review courses.

 All three will answer your questions and provide assistance.

 We look forward to seeing you there!

 #  #  #

SALDF – Jeff Holland to speak Feb. 29 at 12:30, L-152 (Free lunch!)

Please join SALDF in welcoming Professor Jeff Holland on February 29th at 12:30 p.m. in room 152.  Jeff Holland has represented many individuals with a wide variety of animal welfare legal issues. He has also represented a number of animal welfare organizations, including Humane Society of the United States, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and Humane Societies in a number of Ohio counties. He has served as special prosecutor for animal cruelty cases in many courts across the State of Ohio for the past 20 years.

Free vegan Chipotle will be provided!

FBA-NDOC Cleveland Foodbank Volunteer Night – Mar. 22, 6 pm

Join your friends of the FBA-NDOC in combating hunger in our community!

Members of the Northern District of Ohio Chapter, our Law Clerk Committee and Younger Lawyers Committee will volunteer at the Cleveland Foodbank on March 22, 2012 from 6-8 P.M.

For more information or to register, click here or contact Bozana Lazic Lundberg, Chair of the Younger Lawyers Committee, at blundberg@ralaw.com or Jennifer Armstrong, Chair of the Law Clerk Committee, at jarmstrong@mcdonaldhopkins.com.