Reminder Checklist For Senior Day
Time: Thursday, December 21, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Michigan Theater
Event Contact: Janet Graf, jangraf@umich.edu, 734.615.4535

· Fill out and return Information Form to Reading Room desk - Do this now!
· Order cap and gown from Willsie - do this by Friday, November 17th
· Pick up invitations at the Reading Room desk - Available now!
· Pick up cap and gown - Wednesday, December 20 - 118HH (11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
· Arrive at the Michigan Theater - Thursday, December 21 at 1:00 p.m.

Note: This ceremony is open to the public and no tickets are necessary.

Business Law Association 1L Job Panel
Time: Wednesday, November 15, 12:10 - 1:10 p.m.
Location: 220 HH
Event Contact: Dana Peck, danapeck@umich.edu, 917.763.6856

The student panel will include 2Ls who worked over the summer in a variety of places, including firms, banking, in-house, public interest and for the government.

All 1Ls are welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided.

December Senior Day Graduation
Time: Thursday, December 21, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Building
Event Contact: Janet Graf, jangraf@umich.edu, 734.615.4535

The Law School Senior Day Ceremony will be held at the Michigan Theater at 603 East Liberty on Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. This ceremony is open to the public and no tickets are necessary. Parking for guests will be available at the Thompson, Thayer or Hill Street Parking structures starting at 12:00 p.m.. Parking Operations will not be ticketing those lots. Please see the Central Campus Parking Map for structure locations. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony in the Lawyers Club Lounge at the Law School. Family and friends are invited to attend the reception.

Fall 2006 Practice Your Language Skills!
Time: See dates listed below, 12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Lawyers Club Recreation Room (under the Lawyers Club Lounge)
Event Contact: Stephanie Wiederhold, wls@umich.edu, 734.764.0535

Language lunches are a great way for J.D. and LL.M. students who share an interest or background in countries where the particular languages are spoken to meet each other and improve their language skills. The lunches have played a wonderful role in bringing together students interested in different parts of the world and enabling them to build friendships and share resources.

MONDAY: JAPANESE, FRENCH, & RUSSIAN:
November 13, 27
December 4

TUESDAY: GERMAN, ITALIAN, & ARABIC:
November 14, 28
December 5

WEDNESDAY: SPANISH, CHINESE, & HINDI/URDU:
November 15, 29
December 6

No language lunches: Week of November 20.

If you would like to participate but pizza is not your food of choice, residents of the Lawyers Club may request a brown bag lunch 24 hours in advance. Also, you do not need to live in the Lawyers Club to participate. Nonresidents may have the pizza or bring in their own brown bag lunch.

If you have any questions or are interested in starting a group in another language, please contact Stephanie Wiederhold. Enjoy!!!

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Competitions/Scholarships/Externships/Fellowships

Jewish Educational Loan Service
Students may apply for interest-free loans through the Sarah and Harold Gottlieb Jewish Educational Loan Service (JELS). Applicants for these interest -free loans must be Jewish residents of the Metropolitan Detroit area and full-time students, pursuing undergraduate, graduate or professional education at an accredited college or university in Michigan. Financial need and satisfactory academic progress must be shown. Application information is available in the Financial Aid Office, 310 HH. The application deadline is November 17, 2006.

Godfrey & Kahn Diversity Scholars Program
The firm offers a $2,500 non-renewable scholarship to first-year law students at the University of Michigan, the University of Iowa, and Northwestern University for use during his or her first year of law school. One scholarship is awarded at each school. Students who are African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Native American or GLBT are eligible to apply. Applications are available in the Financial Aid Office, 310 HH. The application deadline is November 17, 2006.

Dykema Scholarship
Dykema will select a minority first-year law student at the University of Michigan to receive a $7,500 scholarship to be used for law school tuition and fees in the second year. This scholarship is automatically renewable for the student’s third year if the student maintains a 3.0 GPA and presents proof of continued enrollment. Applications are available in the Financial Aid Office, 310 HH. Applications must be submitted to the Financial Aid Office , 310 HH, by the December 1, 2006 deadline.

International Court Of Justice's University Traineeship Program
An opportunity is available to graduates of the University of Michigan Law School to apply for the International Court of Justice's University Traineeship Program beginning September of each year for a period of nine months. The other participating schools are Columbia, Yale, Georgetown, Virginia, New York University, McGill, Strasbourg, and Geneva. One nominee from each school typically is selected. The Law School is grateful to Judge Bruno Simma of the International Court of Justice and a member of our Affiliated Overseas Faculty for his invaluable assistance in making this opportunity available to our students.

Students are chosen through a competitive process in which a select group of academic institutions are eligible to nominate students to the International Court of Justice. The Court makes the final selection of clerks from the nominees of all the schools.

The primary duties of the trainees will be to assist Members of the Court in their tasks, including carrying out research, preparing case files, and drafting various types of documents. For more information about the International Court of Justice, please see its website: www.icj-cij.org.

For information on eligibility, the application process, funding, and miscellaneous details, please see the following web site: http://www.law.umich.edu/CentersAndPrograms/cicl/programs/ICJUnivTraineeshipProgram.htm

The application deadline is Friday, December 15, 2006.

Please direct questions to Virginia Gordan, Assistant Dean for International Affairs, vgordan@umich.edu; 734.764.5269.

The University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women Scholarships
CEW Scholarships are given at the graduate, professional and undergraduate levels to women whose education has been interrupted. The interruption in education must be for at least a) 48 consecutive months or b) a total of 50 months, not counting interruptions of less than 8 months. The interruption may have taken place at any point in the pursuit of higher education. If you feel your situation meets the intent, if not the exact criteria, and warrants an exception, please submit an explanation of your circumstances in writing for an evaluation by the eligibility committee prior to submitting an application. Approximately 38 scholarships are awarded annually ranging from about $1,000 to $8,000, with some larger awards given. Strength of motivation, promise of impact in a chosen field, academic record, potential and creative and scholarly contributions are among the criteria for choosing the scholars. Applications are available online at www.cew.umich.edu. The application deadline is January 8, 2007.

The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Academic Scholarship Program
Approximately $500,000 is available for Jewish students who are identified as having promise for significant contributions in their chosen careers, and are in need of financial assistance for full-time academic programs primarily in the helping professions. Legal domicility in the greater Chicago metropolitan area, or in some cases, Cook County or Northwest Indiana is required. Refugees or asylees are encouraged to apply, as citizenship is not a prerequisite. To apply, go to www.jvschicago.org and click on Scholarship Services. The application deadline is February 15, 2007.

$1,000 Prize For Best Paper On European Integration
The Milton and Miriam Handler Prize will be awarded for the best paper written on European integration by a current University of Michigan Law School J.D. or LL.M. student while enrolled at the Law School. The Prize is for $1,000 and has been made available through the generosity of the Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation.

Deadline: Papers must be submitted by Friday, May 18, 2007, to Stephanie Wiederhold in the Center for International and Comparative Law at the Law School, Room 300D LR in the Reading Room. Please submit two hard copies to Ms. Wiederhold as well as one electronic copy to her by e-mail at wls@umich.edu.

If you have questions, please e-mail Virginia Gordan, Assistant Dean for International Affairs, at vgordan@umich.edu.

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Externships

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Fellowships

Fulbright Scholar Program for U.S. Faculty and Professionals
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering various lecturing and research awards in some 150 countries for the 2007-2008 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators, professionals from business and government, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most Fulbright Scholar lecturing assignments are in English. Some 80 percent of the awards include a lecturing component. Register and apply online at www.cies.org. The deadlines vary but range from May 1, 2006 - February 1, 2007.

AARP Foundation Litigation Herbert Semmel Elder Law Fellowship
This Fellowship includes a salary for a summer 2007 clerkship in Washington, DC and scholarship, totaling approximately $20,000. Following the summer clerkship, the Fellow will be expected to prepare a manuscript. Applicants should be in their second year of law school at the time of application. They must possess strong analytical, research, and verbal skills, an ability to write clearly and effectively, and a commitment to public service. A familiarity with the issues affecting older Americans is highly desirable, as is a demonstrable commitment to the field of elder law. Further details and application instructions are available in the Financial Aid Office, 310 HH. The application deadline is November 15, 2006.

Jean Monnet Graduate Fellowships For Research On Issues Of European Integration Call For Proposals Deadline: December 1, 2006
With a grant from the European Commission, the European Union Center and the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies are offering students summer grants of $5,000 to work on issues of European integration. Student grantees would conduct research and write a paper resulting from this research on a relevant topic.

It is expected that during spring and/or summer of 2007, the grantees will devote twelve weeks of full time work on this project with a faculty advisor. Recipients may be invited to participate in selected outreach activities organized by the European Union Center with local high schools, colleges and universities. N.B. This is not a travel grant.

Students in professional schools and graduate programs are eligible to apply. Applicants should submit 2-3 page proposals that describe the project to be carried out, including its topic, aims, method, and anticipated scholarly contribution. They should indicate the dates they would be devoting themselves full time to this project. A letter of recommendation from a University of Michigan faculty member (preferably the student's advisor), most recent transcript, and a CV should accompany the proposal.

Application materials are to be submitted by December 1, 2006, to Michael D. Kennedy, Director, CREES/CES-EUC, International Institute, SSWB 4663, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106. For further information please contact Natasa Gruden-Alajbegovic, nalajbeg@umich.edu, or 734.647.2743.

The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship
Fellowships are available for graduate study in organized institutions of higher learning located in the United States of America, as well as independent research or study projects, which must be carried out entirely in the United States of America. The amount of each Fellowship will cover the cost of tuition and a stipend of $18,000. These Fellowships are to be awarded only to candidates who have outstanding undergraduate records, have demonstrated a need for financial assistance and are citizens of the United States of America. Application instructions and details are available in the Financial Aid Office, 310 HH. The deadline to apply is January 10, 2007.

National Security Education Program Boren Scholarships and Fellowships
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) provides a unique funding opportunity for U.S. students to study world regions critical to U.S. interests. NSEP was designed to provide Americans with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation, in exchange for a commitment to seek work in the federal government. As students of other cultures and languages, NSEP Boren Scholars and Fellows begin to acquire the international competence needed to communicate effectively across borders, to understand other perspectives, and to analyze economic and political affairs. Further information and applications are available online at www.iie.org/programs/nsep/default.htm. The application deadlines vary ranging from January 17 - February 13.

Public Interest Fellowships
For the latest fellowships available in Public Interest visit the Office of Public Service Web site at: www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/PublicService.

Student Writing Competitions

To see all student writing competitions please visit:
www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/studentservices/competit.html

Additional information about these competitions and awards may be found in a binder located in the Registrar's Office, Room 300 HH.

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Awards

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Announcements/Reminders

Special Notice For Ohio Bar Takers
Event Contact: Diane Nafranowicz, nafrano@umich.edu, 734.764.1116

The Supreme Court of Ohio requires that students taking the Ohio bar exam complete one hour of alcohol and substance abuse training. Students planning to take the Ohio bar examination in February, 2007 and still need to take the alcohol and substance abuse training should contact Diane Nafranowicz, MSW and Director of the Lawyer’s Club at 734.764.1116 or nafrano@umich.edu.

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Employment

Center For International Business Education Hiring GSIs For The Winter 2007 Term.
Event Contact: Brad Farnsworth, (bradleyd@umich.edu), 734.936.3917

Course name(s): University Course 245 / Geography 245 “Global Interdependence”. The course meets TuTh 2:30 ­ 4:00.

This course explores the ways that ideas, people, goods, and natural resources flow across political and cultural borders, examines the consequences of those flows, and helps students understand how an interest in these topics can be the basis for a professional career.

Guest lecturers will teach about 18 of the 28 sessions in the course, depending upon availability. The remaining sessions will be used for class discussion.

Estimated FTE: Two positions at 50%.

Selection criteria: We will choose applicants with the strongest and most relevant teaching experience, work experience, and academic training.

Selection process: To assure that application is considered, submit your resume and a one-page cover letter to Brad Farnsworth by Tuesday, 21 November. We will begin reviewing submissions on that date and continue until we fill the positions.

Application deadline: November 21, 2006.
Decision date: End of Fall 06 term.
Note: Both these positions are subject to final funding approval from the LSA dean’s office.

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Office Hours

Assistant Dean for Student Affairs - David Baum
To make an appointment with Dean Baum, please contact Marilyn Genoa either in person in 301 HH, by calling 734.764.0516, or via e-mail at marilyng@umich.edu.

Director of Student Affairs - Christine Gregory
Tuesday: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Friday: 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
To make an appointment with Christine Gregory, please contact Mark Gebhart or Trudy Feldkamp by e-mail mgebhart@umich.edu or tfeldkam@umich.edu, or phone at 734.615.0019.

Office of the Registrar:
For answers to questions about graduation requirements, registration, examination procedures, and the like, e-mail lawrecords@umich.edu. Alternatively, students can make an appointment to see Jack Atkinson, Registrar (734.763.6499), Debby Hartranft, Student Services Examination and Grade Coordinator (734.647.7589), Amy Bishop, Student Services Curriculum Coordinator (734 .763.6499), David Baum, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs (734 .764.0516), or Christine Gregory, Director of Student Affairs (734.615.0019).

Financial Aid Office:
Office hours are 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Our phone number is 734.764.5289 and the office e-mail is lawfinaid@umich.edu.

Assistant Dean for International Programs Virginia Gordon:
To schedule an appointment with Assistant Dean Virginia Gordon, please contact Barbara Glispin in 300D LR, phone 734.764.5269, glispin@umich.edu. If you have questions about international legal studies, planning your curriculum, or opportunities for students with international or overseas interest, drop by the Center for International and Comparative Law and Assistant Dean Virginia Gordan would be happy to talk with you.

Office Of Public Service:
To make an appointment with a counselor, please see Tia Bradley at 200 HH #3, call 734.647.3256, or e-mail tiab@umich.edu.

Office of Career Services:
To make a scheduled appointment with Susan Guindi, Carolyn Spencer or Robin Kaplan, please stop by 210 HH, or call 734.764.0546.

Library Hours:
8:00 a.m. to Midnight, seven days a week

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