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Holiday Sharing Tree
09:00 AM, Table #3 all dates.
Phi Alpha Delta is teaming up with Madison House to bring back a Holiday Sharing Tree to UVA Law. A tree will be set up in Hunton & Williams hall with ornaments describing requested gifts for underprivileged children in the Charlottesville area. Pick up an ornament and bring back your gift (unwrapped) either to the table at the law school or to Madison House on Central Grounds. Madison House will distribute the gifts to community families.
Sponsor: Phi Alpha Delta
Contact: Amy Strang
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PILA Fall Pie & Cookie Social
05:00 PM, Caplin Pavilion
PILA will host a pie and cookie social. There will be good food and hot beverages along with an opportunity to socialize with fellow PILA members and professors.
Sponsor: Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
Contact: Alexandra Morgan
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Student Experiences in Summer Jobs in Public Interest by PILA
05:00 PM, WB104
Find out about summer jobs that other students have done in the field that interests you: Human Rights/International Law, Environmental Law, Government Law and Criminal Law.
Sponsor: Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
Contact: Sarah Johns
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J.B. Moore International Law Society Faculty Speaker Series Presentation with Professor Ryan
11:30 AM, WB105
Professor Jim Ryan will discuss the effect that the growing intersection between international arbitration and U.S. litigation is having on the federal policy favoring arbitration.
Sponsor: John Bassett Moore Society of International Law
Contact: Dena Harandi
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Law and Humanities Workshop
12:00 PM, Faculty Lounge
Cristina Vatulescu of New York University will present. Lunch will be provided.
Sponsor: Law & Humanities Program
Contact: Donna Green
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1L Orientation: Featured Speaker, United States Attorney for Western District of Virginia Tim Heaphy, and 1L Summer Employment Panel
01:02 PM, Caplin Auditorium
1L Orientation: Featured Speaker, U.S. Attorney for Western District of Virginia Tim Heaphy
Sponsor: Public Service Center
Contact: Yared Getachew
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The Internet and the Duty to Moderate
05:10 PM, WB126
Anthony Ciolli, former chief education director for the controversial Internet forum AutoAdmit, will debate Professor Ted White on whether there is a duty to moderate open forums on the Internet. Reception to follow.
Sponsor: Student Legal Forum
Contact: Andrew Penman
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Board and Council Meetings
08:30 AM, Caddell Conference Room
The Board of Trustees and Alumni Council come to Charlottesville for their Fall 2008 meetings.
Sponsor: Law Foundation
Contact: Ellen Moskowitz
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Legalizing Drugs, ALL Drugs
12:00 PM, SL298
Professor Walter Block will discuss the legalization of drugs. Block, an Austrian school economist and anarcho-libertarian philosopher, is the Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics at Loyola University New Orleans and a Senior Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
Sponsor: Federalist Society
Contact: Alexander Cox
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Mandatory 1L Cover Letter and Resume Writing Workshop
12:00 PM, Caplin Auditorium
Writing workshops will be held Nov. 5 and 6. The workshops will be identical and students may attend either.
Sponsor: Career Services
Contact: Lynn Stiteler
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PILA Criminal Jobs Panel
05:00 PM, WB128
Hear about 2L and 3L students' experiences in criminal law internships. Students who worked in prosecution and student who worked in defense will speak. Get advice on the job search.
Sponsor: Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
Contact: Kristin Weissinger
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Spring Course Offerings in International Law
12:00 PM, WB154
1Ls, before registering for classes learn about spring course offerings in classes related to international law, from business to national security and human rights law. This is an opportunity to learn more about course goals and expectations and to get a preview of the professor's teaching style. Lunch will be provided by the J.B. Moore Society of International Law.
Sponsor: John Bassett Moore Society of International Law
Contact: Jacqueline Margaret Leonard
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PILA Government Jobs Panel
05:00 PM, WB128
Hear about 2L and 3L students' experiences in government internships. Get advice on the job search.
Sponsor: Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
Contact: Kristin Weissinger
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Mandatory 1L Cover Letter and Resume Writing Workshop
11:30 AM, Caplin Auditorium
Writing workshops will be held Nov. 5 and 6. The workshops will be identical and students may attend either.
Sponsor: Career Services
Contact: Lynn Stiteler
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Faculty Workshop
03:30 PM, Faculty Lounge
Barbara Armacost will present.
Sponsor: Faculty
Contact: Joyce G. Holt
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Admissions to the Bar Ceremony
Congratulations to those attending the Admissions to the Virginia Bar Ceremony at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
Sponsor: Alumni Association
Contact: Ellen Moskowitz
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Is There Something Called “Veterans Law?”
12:00 PM, SL262
Jeffrey Schueler, Senior Appellate Attorney with the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and for the 2009-10 academic year the VA Visiting Professor of Law at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School in Charlottesville, will discuss the emergence of “veterans law,” appellate advocacy before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and the perspective of VA’s General Counsel in litigation.
Sponsor: Virginia Law Veterans
Contact: George Benjamin Milam
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PILA Policy Jobs Panel: Environmental and Education Jobs
05:00 PM, WB105
Hear about 2L and 3L students' experiences in environment and education policy internships. Get advice on the job search.
Sponsor: Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
Contact: Kristin Weissinger
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What to Expect in Your New Job
11:30 AM, WB105
Join Virginia Law Women for a panel discussion on what it is like to start your legal career. Panelists will discuss their experiences working for large, medium, and small firms, the government and oneself as a sole practitioner. Lunch will be provided.
Sponsor: Virginia Law Women
Contact: Laura Schuyler
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