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

Bar Registration For First Year Students
Several state bars prefer that students complete an initial registration with their state bar during their first year of law school. Often there are financial incentives, such as lower registration fees. Students who already know in which state they are likely to practice are advised to contact that state’s bar. It is important that students recognize that they should make contact directly with the bar of the state in which they intend to practice as soon as they know which state that may need to be fully informed of educational and testing requirements and deadlines that may apply to them.

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Exams & Registration

Summer And Fall 2005 Registration And Drop/Add Calendar
Drop/Add Period via the University’s Wolverine Access System:

Summer and Fall 2005:
Drop/Add began Monday, May 23 at 8:00 AM
(Can add your name to the bottom of waitlists for seminars, practice/simulation courses, and clinics)

Summer 2005:
Drop/Add ended Monday, May 23 at 5:00 PM (one day only)

Fall 2005:
Waitlist Drop/Add begins Tuesday, September 6 at 8:00 AM
(Seat offers extended for seminars, practice/simulation courses, and clinics)

Fall 2005:
ALL Drop/Add activity ends Wednesday, September 14 at 5:00 PM

As always, we will be available for questions during business hours in room 300 HH or you can contact us by email at lawrecords@umich.edu.

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LLSA Fall Scramble Golf Tournament
Time: Saturday, September 24, 1:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Building
Event Contact: Sandie Zuniga, sandiez@umich.edu, 650.387.1492

Come join LLSA, University of Michigan Law students, and members of the law school and area legal communities for an afternoon of fun and folly on a championship golf course voted one of the Top 10 Public Courses in Southeast Michigan. Golfers of all skill levels are invited to enjoy the last few days of the golf season in our Scramble-format tournament. Following 18 holes of play is a Latin Fiesta Awards Dinner, replete with a Fajita Bar and other traditional Latin fares.

Register:
- Either by mail (look for emails with the registration form attached) or...
- In person the week of September 12th, 11:30 - 1:30pm at the table in front of 100 HH.

Annual Huron River Canoe Outing
Event Contact: David Hobstetter 734.276.0119

Bates Overseas Fellowship Information Meeting
Time: Thursday, September 15, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Location: 132 HH
Event Contact: Stephanie Wiederhold, wls@umich.edu, 734.764.0535

Are you interested in pursuing an internship or other project overseas after you have completed two years of law school or shortly after graduation? Do you need funding to make your dream a reality? The Law School has an endowment for assisting recent law school graduates, or law students who have had two or more years of law study, to travel abroad for work or study experience.

If you are interested in learning more about the Bates Overseas Student Fellowships, attend this information meeting. Assistant Dean Virginia Gordan vgordan@umich.edu from the Center for International and Comparative Law will be there to discuss this opportunity and answer your questions. The deadline for submitting proposals for projects to take place between January 2006 and January 2007 is Wednesday, November 1, 2005.

In the past, students have used the fellowships for internships with international agencies, human rights organizations, and law offices in foreign countries; or comparative legal study and teaching assistantships at universities throughout the world; or pursuit of a research project for which field research overseas is an important component. (Students may not seek Bates Fellowships for externships or study abroad programs for academic credit toward the student's JD.) More detailed information about the application process for a Bates Overseas Fellowship is available at the Center for International and Comparative Law, 300D LR, or can be found at the following web site: www.law.umich.edu/CentersAndPrograms/cicl/programs/BatesTravelFellowships.htm

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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

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.

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. <br

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

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Announcements/Reminders

Group Study Room In The Law Library
Event Contact: Veronica R. Richard, vrichard@umich.edu, 734.763.7191

There is a study room on Sub-3 (S-395) that can be reserved for group use. Inquire at the Circulation Desk for reservations. For a map indicating the location of the study room and additional information see " Reservation Rules for Group Study Room" (pdf). You may use the room without reserving it, but groups that have reservations take precedence.
The Library will add a second group study room, probably in September, in the adjacent room.
Both rooms have wireless service and electric outlets.

A Way To Learn About Events Of International Interest Taking Place At The University

The Law School's Center for International and Comparative Law sends notices of events, speakers, conferences, and other opportunities related to international or foreign matters to an e-mail group made up of interested law students, faculty and administrators. The Center actively seeks out notice of events taking place throughout the University as well as some non-University events and opportunities, and disseminates this information to our "international interests e-mail group."

If you would like to be added to this e-mail group, please contact Stephanie Wiederhold at wls@umich.edu.

Also, if you learn of events or opportunities which would be of interest to law students and faculty who are part of the "international interests e-mail group," please send them to Stephanie, so she can forward the information on to the group.

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Employment

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Assistant Dean of Students David Baum
To make an appointment with Dean Baum, please contact Marilyn Genoa either in person in 301 HH, by calling 764.0516, or via e-mail at marilyng@umich.edu.
 

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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