Docket Information

The Docket is the Law School's official means of communicating important administrative announcements and many Law School events to the student body. The Docket is published weekly [bi-weekly June-August] only in electronic form and the complete contents are contained in this site. Students are responsible for all information in each issue. In addition, please check both your e-mail accounts and pendaflex mail folders daily for important faculty and administrative communications disseminated after the week's Docket has been published.

Unless you request otherwise, announcements will appear in one issue only.

Notices for the calendar (not the Docket) should be directed to Karen Moore, moorekl@umich.edu or 764.0514.

Docket Web-based Submission Form

The Docket accepts announcements on a Web based submission form. The article submission form is available at http://cgi2.www.law.umich.edu/_Docketposting/DocketSubmissionForm.asp. Our deadline remains 1:00 p.m. Wednesday for publication the following Monday (Docket Schedule).

Deadlines

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Exams & Registration

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First-Year Information Program Summer Pizza Lunch
Time: Wednesday, June 15, 2005  12:45 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Courtyard HH
Event Contact: Mark Gebhart, mgebhart@umich.edu, 734.615.0019

FYI invites first-year summer starters to pizza lunch in the Hutchins Inner Courtyard (150 HH in case of inclement weather). This is a great opportunity to mingle with your fellow section mates and section professors in an informal setting.

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New York State Unified Court System Legal Fellows Program

The New York State Unified Court System is once again offering a one-year Legal Fellowship beginning in the Fall of 2006 for recent law school graduates. This program is designed to designed to introduce recent law school graduates to careers in the public sector. The Fellows work directly with Judges and their staff and attend monthly seminars where they have the opportunity to meet attorneys who have dedicated themselves to public service.

Highlights:
One year (12 months) Fellowships begin in September 2006
Assignments will be to judicial offices throughout the court system
Year long salary will be $50,498
A comprehensive state employment benefits package

To be eligible, the applicant must have received a Juris Doctor degree from a fully accredited law school. Applicants must anticipate graduation from law school by August 2006, or have graduated no more than three years prior to May 2006.

Application packages must be filed between July 1, and October 15, 2005 for employment sought for positions beginning in September 2006.

The application package must include:
A current resume
Law school transcript (unofficial copies will suffice)
A writing sample (unedited)
Two letters of recommendation from law school professors (if you have been practicing law following receipt of a JD degree, letters from legal employers may be substituted)
A cover letter indicating preference of location. A list of locations is included with each brochure, as well as online (see website information below).

Prospective candidates will be contacted and interviews scheduled in the Fall of 2005. Offers will be made in January 2006.

Brochures are available in the Office of Academic Services.

If you have any questions or need further information, contact the Legal Fellows Coordinator at 212-428-2540. You may also visit their website, www.courts.state.ny.us. Search for "legal fellows program" to find a copy of last year's brochure.


Scholarships

D. Augustus Straker Bar Foundation Law Student Scholarship Application
The D. Augustus Straker Bar Foundation, Inc., is now accepting applications for applications for its minority law student scholarship. The Straker Scholarship awards two scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each to minority students in need of financial assistance in the pursuit of a degree in law. This scholarship encourages minority law students to excel in legal scholarship, with the ultimate goal of increasing minority representation within the practice of law.

The scholarships will be awarded at the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association’s 2004 Trailblazers Dinner on June 9, 2005.

Applicants must be enrolled in a certified law school program within the State of Michigan and entering either their second or third year of law school in the fall of 2005. Successful applicants will demonstrate scholarly dedication, involvement in school and community activities, and be able to clearly articulate a vision which indicates prospects for long term success in the practice of law, especially as it relates to representing minority viewpoints within the system of jurisprudence.

Complete application packages will include the Straker Bar Foundation’s Law Student Application (available in the Office of Academic Services, 313 HH), applicant’s current resume, and a typewritten 300-word or less essay describing applicant’s career aspirations and why applicant should receive a scholarship. The application will be judged based on its quality and content. No additional writing samples will be considered.

Finalists for the scholarships may be contacted for a personal interview and/or be requested to provide copies of their law school transcripts. Scholarships will be awarded in late Spring, 2005.

All application materials should be submitted directly to the Straker Bar Association, and must be postmarked no later than Friday, April 22, 2005.
 

The Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Foundation provides several different scholarship opportunities to study or teach abroad. The scholarships are designed to promote international understanding between people of different nations. Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 30. Further information and applications are available online at www.rotary.org/foundation/educational.

Key Education Resources Scholarship Offer
Key Education Resources will award $5,000 to one winner, each month from February to June 2005. That's five lucky winners. Register to win online at www.Key.com/Take5. Make sure you enter each month for five chances to win.

Minority Corporate Counsel Association ­ Lloyd M. Johnson Scholarship Program
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) has created the Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. (LMJ) Scholarship Program, which is open to college seniors who have been accepted into law school for the fall of 2005 and will be J.D. candidates in 2008. Named after the founder of MCCA, the Lloyd M. Johnson Scholarship promotes academic excellence and diversity in law schools by awarding ten newly accepted law students from disadvantaged backgrounds with scholarships to help defray their education expenses. The LMJ Scholarships will provide ten selected students with $10,000 a year for three years. In addition to the ten selected scholars three to five runners-up will also receive a one-time award of $10,000 to assist with their first-year expenses. Applications are available online at www.MCCA.com. The application deadline is June 1, 2005.
 

Canada-US Fulbright Program
Canada-US Fulbright Student Awards are intended for American students and junior professionals who wish to enroll in a graduate studies program or continue their current course of graduate study and/or research as a visiting student/researcher for a period of nine-months at one of Canada’s universities or research centers. Applications will be accepted by the Council of International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) until August 1, 2005. Application forms and further details are available at www.cies.org and www.fulbright.ca.

DRI ­ The Voice of the Defense Bar ­ Law Student Diversity Scholarship Program
Two scholarships in the amount of $10,000 each are awarded annually. The Law Student Diversity Scholarship Program is open to second year African American, Hispanic, Asian, Pan Asian and Native American students. Second year female law students are also eligible regardless of whether they are persons of color. Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence and service to the profession, community and to the cause of diversity. Applications are available online at www.dri.org. The application deadline is August 1, 2005.

Jewish Educational Loan Service (JELS)
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 Hutchins Hall. The application deadline is November 18, 2005.

Fellowships

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.

John M. Olin Center For Law & Economics - $2,500 Fellowships For Academic Year 2005-2006

The purpose of the fellowship is to foster student research and study in the area and methodology of law and economics; and to help to create an environment in which students and faculty interested in law and economics will be more likely to work together to their mutual benefit. Any student enrolled at Michigan Law School, or any graduate student at University of Michigan who is also pursuing law and economics-related studies is eligible to apply. Duties of Fellows. (a) To make a significant commitment of time and effort to research and writing in the area and methodology of law and economics. The writing must be in addition to any work done for credit. Either the Fellow could write a paper separate from any paper written for credit or the Fellow could write a paper intended for credit but more substantial than would be required for credit. (b) To attend one or both of the Law and Economics workshops; registering for the workshop, however, is not required. Note: there is no course work requirement for the fellowship. (c) To attend occasional meetings of the Fellows. Application to be a Fellow. You must submit: (a) A copy of a transcript of your undergraduate record (and your graduate record if you went to graduate school), plus a transcript of your Michigan Law School record (official transcripts are not required). (b) The attached Basic Information form. (c) A short description of your background and interest in the area of law and economics. (d) A synopsis of the research and writing you intend to accomplish. (A detailed proposal would not hurt, nor would attachments of papers previously written in economic analysis of law. But it is certainly realized that a well-qualified applicant might well not have either a detailed proposal or some previously written paper in economic analysis of law.) The interpretation made of acceptable topics in economic analysis of law will be quite broad. To see last year's fellows go to www.law.umich.edu/CentersAndPrograms/olin/olinfellows.htm Fellowship Period is normally, one academic year. (Successive fellowship years are not ruled out, but re-application would be necessary.) Amount of award is $2,500 for the year (1,250 per semester). Applications can be downloaded at: www.law.umich.edu/CentersAndPrograms/olin/student%20application.pdf   Applications can be submitted at any time up until September 9, 2005 to Paula Payton, Administrative Director, Olin Center for Law and Economics. Notification is normally made in September.

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 300HH.

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Awards

2005 Honors Convocation Award Recipients

The following is a complete list of recipients who received awards at the Honors Convocation in May 2005. On behalf of the faculty, staff, and fellow students of the University of Michigan Law School, we salute your considerable achievements. Congratulations to all award recipients. Any questions regarding these awards contact Mark Gebhart at 615.0019 or mgebhart@umich.edu.

ABA-BNA Labor Law Award
Dayna Harmelin

Henry M. Bates Memorial Scholarship Award
Peter DiCola
Stephen Sanders
Daniel Tenny

Clara Belfield & Henry Bates Law Student Travel Fellowship
Esther Farkas
Sara Faulman
Daria Fisher
Stephen Higgs
Niketa Kulkarni
Kerry McLean
Barbara Miltner
Aaron Page
Amy Radon

S. Anthony Benton Memorial Award
Aaron Ostrovsky

William W. Bishop, Jr. Award
Christina Murdoch

Bodman Awards
Heidi Bond
Jennifer Carter
Joshua Deahl
Bernard Eskandari
Richard Kim
Melissa Marks
Rebecca McNeill
Matthew Morris
Jeremy Schwartz
Laura Yockey

Lee C. Bollinger Prize
Joshua Deahl

Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition
First Place Winners:
Patrick Egan
Edwin Kilpela, Jr.

Second Place Winners:
Joshua Deahl
Michael Pearson

Alden J. “Butch” Carpenter Memorial Scholarship Award
Nneoma Nwogu
Mitoshi Fujio-White (runner-up)
Anthen Perry (runner-up)

Class of 1908 Memorial Scholarship
Daniel Tenny

Howard B. Coblentz Prize
Brian Keenan
Andrew Kolozsvary

Roger A. Cunningham Memorial Property Prize
Heidi Bond

Women Lawyers of Michigan Julia D. Darlow Award
Laurel Dumont

Helen L. DeRoy Memorial Award
Daniel Tenny

Edwin D. Dickinson Award
Brandon Reavis

Raymond K. Dykema Scholarship Award
Yasmine Chubin

Raymond K. and John R. Dykema Scholarship Awards
Law Review winners:
Douglas Chartier
Natalia Cortez
Anne Fitzpatrick
Alicia Frostick
Kamal Ghali
Christian Grostic
Christine Hammerle
Dana Kaersvang
Timothy Wyse

Journal of Law Reform winners:
Nada K. Abu-Isa
Mia O. Solvesson

Emmett E. Eagan Award
Jennifer Hobbs

Robert S. Feldman Labor Law Award
Brian Schwartz

Robert B. Fiske, Jr. Fellowship for Public Service
Rosemary A. Caballero
Ona M. Hahs
Adam D. Kirschner

Ralph M. Freeman Prize
Dana Kaersvang

Daniel H. Grady Prize
Brian Hagerty

Carl Gussin Memorial Prize
Joanne Werdel

Rockwell T. Gust Advocacy Award
Johanna Hartwig

Jason L. Honigman Award
Andrew Schlichter
Lisa Spreitzer

Louis Honigman Memorial Award
Kristen Jacoby
Wesley Stockard

Sarah Honigman Memorial Award
Robert Koch

International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award
Caroline Fayard

Richard Katcher Senior Tax Prize
Amandeep Grewal

Allan Lewis Kaufmann Award
Daniel Zibel

Jeffrey S. Lehman Legal Practice Award
Nicholas Bronni

Dores McCree Award
Megan Whyte

Jane L. Mixer Memorial Awards
Emma C. Cheuse
Daria Fisher
Joanne Werdel

Saul L. Nadler Memorial Award
Robert Weber

National Association of Women Lawyers Award
Christine Brescoll

Jack C. Radcliffe, Jr., Award
Douglas Nelson

Rakow Scholarship
Lydia Raburn

Jenny Runkles Memorial Award
Nadine Gartner
Jay Surdukowski

Scholarly Writing Awards
Merrill Hodnefield
David Kligerman

Scribes Membership
Matthew Baumgartner
Aaron Ostrovsky
Jason Weinstein

Abram W. Sempliner Memorial Award
Elizabeth Lintz

Craig Spangenberg Oral Advocacy Award
Christian Grostic

E. Blythe Stason Award
Andrew Lievense

Eric Stein Award
Brian Schwartz

Irving Stenn, Jr., Award
Nadine Gartner
Matthew Nolan
Ali Shah
Jamie Weitzel

Juan Tienda Memorial Scholarship Award
Deon Falcon
Paul Mata
Monica Vela

Maurice Weigle Scholarship Award
Dana Kaersvang

West Publishing Company Award
Dayna Harmelin

Women Lawyers’ Association of Michigan Foundation Award
Robbin Pott Gonzalez
Rebecca B. McNeill
Jenna M. Goldenberg

Hessel E. Yntema Award
Omar N. Chaudhary

Certificates of Merit
Joseph Ashby
Mark Ashton
Deborah Atlas
Christian Auty
Donald Badaczewski
Justin Bell
Jessica Berry
Suzanne Bessette
Heidi Bond
Elizabeth Bray
Sarah Brown
Teneille Brown
Krista Caner
Christopher Carlisle
Eric Carsten
Emily Cauble
Douglas Chartier
Jie Chen
Kristin Cleary
Christa Cottrell
Carey Cuprisin
Joshua Deahl
Andrea Delgadillo
Peter DiCola
Stephanie Douglas
Talia Dubovi
Erica Fenby
Thomas Ferrone
Elizabeth Fine
Kelli Fitzgerald
Robert Frommer
Yi Gao
Joshua Gewolb
Roderick Gilman
Christine Goldstein
Jessica Greenston
Christian Grostic
John Hardison
Dayna Harmelin
Jeremiah Helm
Jennifer Hobbs
Merrill Hodnefield
Richard Hoeg
Landon Jones
Dana Kaersvang
Cynthia Kao
Syed Karim
Kate Kleba
Lewis Kneib
Brian Koch
Andrew Kolozsuary
Lesley Kroupa
Jeffrey Kruszewski
Jeffrey Lamb
Margaret Lassack
Eric Laufgraben
Adam Mandel
Samuel Mantilla
Jessica Margolin
Jenny Marsh
Megan McCulloch
Rebecca McNeill
Joseph Mead
Jennifer Morris
Gary Mouw
Maude Myers
Rebecca Navin
Taryn Null
Kenneth Parsons
Bret Peace
Maureen Pettibone
Amer Pharaon
Gregory Piedlow
Andrew Pietro
Matthew Pryor
Bonnie Puckett
Lydia Raburn
Jennifer Reid
Daniel Richards
Michael Ross
Noah Roth
Brian Schwartz
Jeremy Severson
Fadi Shaheen
Rhett Skubis
Elizabeth Smith
Justin Solomon
Joseph Syverson
Daniel Tenny
Matthew Turnell
Osvaldo Vazquez
Duyen Ha Vo
Matthew Weiler
Susan West
Colin Wicker
Jason Yackee
Jeffrey Young
Katie Zell

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Announcements/Reminders

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Employment

Research Assistant For Mediation Clinic Professor
Event Contact: Carol Izumi, carol@law.gwu.edu, 734.936.3535

Professor Carol Izumi will be teaching the Mediation Clinic in the fall and will arrive on campus this summer. She is a nationally known mediator, scholar, and clinical teacher. Prof. Izumi needs to hire a research assistant (or 2, depending on student availability) to start work in early July. She's looking for about 20-25 hours per week which can be divided up between 2 students or the sole responsibility of one student. Professor Izumi has been director of the Mediation Clinic at George Washington University Law School for 18 years. She also co-founded the Community Dispute Resolution Center in Washington. Research will be on topics related to mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Regular law school hourly rate applies. Please e-mail your resume and cover
letter to Prof. Izumi directly: carol@law.gwu.edu.

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Assistant Dean of Students David Baum
Special Exam Period Office hours for Dean Baum.  Beginning April 22, Dean Baum will see students who have questions, concerns, and requests concerning examinations on a walk-in basis during regular business hours. Please check in with Marilyn Genoa in 301 HH to make sure he is not already with another student.  Students wishing to see Dean Baum for any other reason should make an appointment with Marilyn Genoa in person or by calling 764.0516.

Assistant Dean Of Students Charlotte H. Johnson
Mondays: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Tuesdays: 10:00 - 11:00 am
Thursdays: 10:00 - 11:00 am

To make an appointment with Dean Johnson, please contact Mark Gebhart or Trudy Feldkamp by either e-mail mgebhart@umich.edu or tfeldkam@umich.edu, phone at 615.0019, or stop by the office at 313 HH.

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 (763.6499), Debby Hartranft, student services examination and grade coordinator (647.7589), Amy Bishop, student services curriculum coordinator (763.6499), David Baum, assistant dean of students (764.0516), or Charlotte Johnson, assistant dean of students (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 764.5289 and the office e-mail is lawfinaid@umich.edu.

Assistant Dean for International Programs Virginia Gordan:
To schedule an appointment with Assistant Dean Virginia Gordan, please contact Barbara Glispin in 300D LR, phone 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 Barbara Summers at 200 Hutchins Hall, call 647.3256, or e-mail bsummer@umich.edu.

Barbara Summers has open office hours from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Office of Career Services:
To make an scheduled appointment with Susan Guindi, Carolyn Spencer, Robin Kaplan, or Christine Gregory, please stop by 210 HH, or call 764.0546.

Counselor walk-in hours are as follows:

Carolyn Spencer:
Monday, Thursday, and Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.;
Tuesday and Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Robin Kaplin:
Monday and Thursday, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.;
Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:30am to 11:30am

Christine Gregory:
Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Susan Guindi:
Monday-Friday, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Library Hours:
8:00 am to Midnight, seven days a week
OPEN July 4 and Labor Day
CLOSED Memorial Day Holiday, May 30

Computer Lab Hours:
Doors unlocked: weekdays, 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
MCard Access required after 5:30 p.m. weekdays and all weekend (doors are locked but the Lab is open)
Hours during the holidays will be the same as the reading room hours.

Room 200 HH Phone: 734.647.3731

Consultants staff the Lab 47.5 hours per week. The Law School Computer Services staff have offices in HH, rooms 200 #1, 200 #3, 200 #6, 303, 305, 307. The office of the Director of LawIT, Rosa Peters, is 303 HH, phone 647.7353.

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