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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.
FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION
“Introduction to Federal Practice”
Presented by:
Attys. Karen Adinolfi and Helen Carroll
Roetzel and Andress
DATE: Monday, January 23, 2012
TIME: 12:20 p.m. (lunch provided)
PLACE: School of Law, West Hall 206
Come for an opportunity to interact with attorneys involved in labor, employment, and education law
Topics include: operating in federal court, advantages and disadvantages to litigating in federal court, and developing a practice in federal court
Questions? Ellen Lander, eml11@zips.uakron.edu, (330) 338-652
Dean William S. Jordan III, jordan@uakron.edu
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.