Monday, November 11, 2013

CEPS Roundtable Series Tuesday, November 19th

Come learn about the Center for Ethics and Public Services antipoverty, civil rights, and nonprofit programs, including the Historic Black Church Program, the Community Education Project, the Community Research Project, the Environmental Justice Project, the Oral History Documentary Film Project, and the Professional Responsibility and Ethics Program. 12:30-2pm in D201. Lunch will be served.

Give Miami Day Wednesday, November 22nd

Give Miami Day is a unique, 24-hour online giving event that allows individuals in our community an opportunity to build a greater Miami by making a charitable gift to a local nonprofit. Over 400 nonprofit organizations have registered for this day of giving. Visit givemiamiday.com on nd November 22 to read about and support a nonprofit doing great work in the community.

2014-2015 Fulbright-Clinton Fellowships

Fulbright-Clinton Fellowship provides opportunities for U.S. citizens to serve in professional placements in a foreign government ministry or institution in partner governments. Fulbright-Clinton Fellows function in a special assistant role for a senior level official. The goal of the professional placements is to build the Fellows knowledge and skills, provide support to partner country institutions, and promote long-term ties between the U.S. and the partner country. Applications are now open and are due by January 10, 2014.

Affordable Care Act Panel Tuesday, November 19th

What are the implications of the new health care law? The Miami Law Health Law Association will be hosting a panel discussion about the Affordable Care Act featuring a variety of experts. Distinguished panels include Andrea M. Ferrari and Albert Chip Hutzler of Healthcare Appraisers, Inc.; Miami Law Professor Frances R. Hill; and Alan Lash, partner of Lash & Goldberg. 1:30-2pm in Miami Law Multipurpose Room at the Student Activities Center.

Dade County Bar Association Young Lawyer Divisions 11th Annual Bids 4 Kids Thursday, November 21st
Join the DCBA YLS for the 11th Annual Bids 4 Kids event benefitting the YLS children's services programs. This years event will feature an open bar, gourmet bites, silent auction, live graffiti artist, food trucks and a performance by Suenalo. Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door. Click here to buy your tickets.

ACLU Spring and Summer 2014 Internships

The ACLU National Office has opened its Spring and Summer 2014 internship applications. Projects include Racial Justice, Criminal Law Reform, Womens Rights, Immigrants Rights, Reproductive Freedom, LGBT & AIDS, and many others. Click here for more information and to apply.

Canes Carnival Friday, November 22nd

Join the Society of Bar & Gavel this Friday from 3:30-5:30pm for this very special event! B&G has invited 4th graders from Edison Park K-8 Center, a high needs school in an Miami, to join us on the bricks for a carnival filled with games, music, giveaways, UM Cheerleaders, and much more. If your organization would like to reserve a booth for a creative and fun activity for the kids or if you would like to be assigned an activity, please email barandgavel@gmail.com.

Volunteer with the Miami Book Fair International Now - November 24th
Calling all book lovers! The Miami Book Fair International needs volunteers in the weeks leading up to the Fair; as well as each day of actual Fair which is in mid-November. The shifts are in 3 hour incrementsyou can sign up for as many or as few as you want. You can pick the area you want to volunteer in. Volunteers assist transporting the authors, working in the childrens alley, ushering, autographing and generally working with the authors. All volunteers will get a free t-shirts. Contact kwillig@law.miami.edu if you are interested.

Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Summer 2014 Fellowships

During the summer, HLAB selects approximately 15-20 law students to serve as Summer Fellows, who will interact directly with clients, opposing parties, witnesses, and government agencies; engage in extensive factual and legal investigation; hone their research and writing abilities; and develop their litigation skills. Fellows work in HLABs Family Law, Housing Law, Government Benefits, and Wage and Hour practices. For more information, click here.

Dont Forget . . .
LOG YOUR HOURS for pro bono advocacy and community service! Congratulations to the hundreds of students who made the choice to begin the year with service through HOPE DAY. Over 800 hours of community service were logged by participants for their work across Miami-Dade County on August 16th. Take the HOPE pledge of performing 75 hours or more of pro bono advocacy and community service in law school. Like the UM HOPE Facebook Page! Connect with the HOPE Public Interest Resource Center on Facebook to learn more the inspiring work Miami Law students are doing in the public interest. The HOPE E-News is distributed every Monday. If there is something you would like included in the next HOPE ENews, e-mail umhope@law.miami.edu. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, its the only thing that ever has. --Margaret Mead