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November
27, 2007
Contents:
Attention
3L’s/4L’s: Presidential Management Fellowship Application for
Post-Graduate Federal Gov’t positions - NOW
AVAILABL
Free
Seminar on Tuesday, December 4: A Guide to Intellectual
Property
AIPLA's
"Women in IP" Dinners: January 16th,
2008
Toledo Bar
Association (TBA) and College of Law provide Mentoring
Opportunities for 1Ls—SEVERAL OPENINGS STILL
AVAILABLE
Toledo
Bar Association (TBA) 1L Minority
Recruitment Program
Registration
Open for the Midwest Public Interest Law Career Conference
(MPILCC) in Chicago, IL on Feb. 1,
2008
Summer/Fall
2007 Public Service Commendation Forms due THIS FRIDAY
(11/30/07)
Interested
in Sub-letting your Apartment Over the Summer?
This
Weeks “Hot Job”: The Cleveland Clinic 2008 Summer
Clerkship Program (1L/2L)
Attention
3L’s/4L’s: Presidential Management Fellowship Application for
Post-Graduate Federal Agency Hiring is NOW AVAILABLE:
The PMF Class of 2008
application process is NOW OPEN. The application process
will close at 11:59:59 p.m. (Eastern Time), Tuesday, December 4,
2007. For more information on the PMF Program,
please visit https://www.pmf.opm.gov/index.aspx
The Vacancy Announcement
and Job Application is available on the USAJOBS website: http://jsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=65420177&AVSDM=2007%2D11%2D20+00%3A00%3A06
Please contact Jessica
Mehl if you have any questions about the PMF Program or application
process.
The nomination official
for UT Law is Professor John Barrett, Fellowship Chair.
Free
Seminar Tuesday, December 4:
A Guide to Intellectual
Property
Join us for this free
seminar designed for engineers and lawyers. Legal smarts
for today’s inventor: the IP basics of trade secrets, trademarks,
patents and copyrights. The do’s and don’ts of recordkeeping,
disclosures, patent counsel, understanding prior art and what the
invention truly is, who’s an inventor and why it’s important, and
why you shouldn’t include the boss.
Presenters include
attorneys from MacMillan, Sobanski
& Todd LLC:
- C. Fred Charpie, III
- James A. Duggan
- Thedford I. Hitaffer
- Gregory W. Robinette
- Gary M. Sutter
- Anita S. Toska
Sponsored by The
University of
Toledo College of
Engineering and
Law Alumni Affiliates
4 p.m. in Nitschke Seminar Room
1027
Light
refreshments
Engineers earn one continuing professional
development credit or unit.
Register by November 30 to lcs@utoledo.edu
AIPLA's
"Women in IP" Dinners: January 16th, 2008:
Save
the date for a night of networking, mentoring, and
outreach.
The
AIPLA's Women in IP Committee invites you to join us for a
cross-country networking dinner on January 16,
2008. Simultaneous networking dinners
will be hosted in the following
cities:
Atlanta
(Hosted by Epstein, Becker & Green P.C.)
Boston
(Hosted by Foley Hoag LLP)
Chicago
(Hosted by Howrey LLP)
Dallas
(Hosted by Winstead PC)
Houston
(Hosted by Baker Botts L.L.P.)
Indianapolis
(Hosted by Baker & Daniels LLP)
Los
Angeles
(Hosted
by Sidley Austin LLP)
Minneapolis
(Hosted by Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh & Lindquist P.A.)
New
York
(Hosted by Morrison & Foerster LLP)
Orange
County
(Hosted
by Howrey LLP)
Palo
Alto
(Hosted
by Morrison & Foerster LLP)
Philadelphia
(Hosted
by RatnerPrestia, P.C.)
Salt
Lake
City
(Hosted
by Workman Nydegger)
San
Diego
(Hosted
by Morrison & Foerster LLP)
San
Francisco
(Hosted by Howrey LLP)
Tampa
(Hosted
by Squire Sanders L.L.P.) and
Washington
D.C.
(Hosted by Drinker, Biddle, & Reath LLP)
Specific details of the
location of each dinner will be given at a later date to all
attendees. Space is limited in some locations. Please RSVP by
clicking on the following link to ensure your spot: RSVP.
Be sure to note which dinner you will be attending.
Before the conclusion of
each of the dinners, all of the dinners will be linked by
teleconference for a welcome by the president of the AIPLA, Jim
Pooley, and the chairs of the Women in IP Law committee, Daphne
Lainson and Carey Jordan.
A special note of thanks to our
sponsors for generously covering all costs for these dinners.
We sincerely hope you
will join us. These dinners are an excellent opportunity to interact
and meet other women in IP in your geographic area and across the
country.
Please email
WomenIPDinners@gmail.com, should you have any questions.
~Daphne Lainson, Women in IP Law Committee
Chair
~Carey Jordan, Women in
IP Law Committee Vice-Chair
~Alyson Barker,
Networking Dinner Chair
Toledo Bar Association
(TBA) and College of Law provide Mentoring Opportunities for 1Ls:
Several Spots Still Available
This professional
mentoring opportunity will be made available to 25 first-year day or
evening law students. Students will be accepted on a first
come, first served basis. Matching of students to mentors will
be done randomly. To receive a mentor and participate in this
program, interested students must agree to all activities related to
the program.
They are as
follows:
January 15 ,2008 – Opening Reception – UT College of
Law
Minimum of one mentor/mentee meeting each
month
Minimum of one two hour shadowing
opportunity
April 4, 2008 – Closing Luncheon – Toledo Bar
Association
The first 25 1Ls to
e-mail lcs@utoledo.edu expressing
interest will be considered.
Toledo
Bar Association (TBA) 1L Minority
Recruitment Program-
The TBA
will sponsor a Minority Clerkship Program in which first year
minority law school
students
will have the opportunity to work as a summer associate in a local
law firm, corporate legal
department,
court or public sector position. The program is open to first year
law students at the University
of
Toledo and law students who are
Toledo,
Ohio residents but
attend law school out of the area.
Please stop by
the Office of Professional Development for an application and
further details.
Registration
Now Open for the Midwest Public
Interest Law Career Conference (MPILCC):
The
20th Annual Midwest Public Interest
Law Career Conference
is
scheduled for
Saturday,
February 2, 2008
in
Chicago at Northwestern University
School of Law
Each year,
the MPILCC Conference attracts nearly 50 employers for on-site
interviews, Table Talk (an informal networking session), or resume
solicitation. The conference is free to employers and
students. Please see www.mpilcc.org for full conference
details.
Participating
Employers:
Advocates
for Basic Legal Equality –ABLE, Citizen Advocacy Center, City of
Chicago -Department of Law, Cook County Office of the Public
Defender, Cook County Office of the Public Guardian, Illinois
Migrant Legal Assistance Project, International Union, Legal Aid of
Western Ohio, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Miami-Dade County
Public Defender's Office, Midwest Center for Justice, Ltd., Missouri
Attorney General's Office, Ohio State Legal Services Association,
San Bernardino County Public Defender, The Carter-Alexander
Institute for Law and Justice, The Greenlining Institute, U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the General
Counsel, General Law, U.S. Department of Justice - Environmental
Enforcement Section, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission
To
register:
Please send the following information to Jessica Mehl at jessica.mehl@utoledo.edu by December 5, 2007:
- Student Last Name
- Student Middle Initial
or Middle Name
- Student First Name
- E-mail Address
(YOU
MUST REMOVE THE HYPERLINK)
- Current Class Year
(1L, 2L or 3L)
- Registered
Last Year? (yes or no)
Public
Service Commendation Forms due Friday:
Public Service
Commendation applications and time-sheets for Summer/Fall 2007 are
due by Friday, November
30th 2007. A student may earn a Public Service
Commendation for each semester in which he or she performs thirty
(30) or more documented hours of unpaid law related public service
work. Applications and-time sheets are
available at http://law.utoledo.edu/students/probono.htm
Completed forms can be
turned into Jessica Mehl, Public Service Coordinator in The Office
of Professional Development, Law Career
Services.
Need
to Find Someone to Sublet your Apartment for the
Summer?
An area law firm has
hired two summer associates from out of town, and both are looking
to sublet an apartment in Toledo over the summer
months. If you are interested in subletting your apartment
over the summer, please e-mail Heather Karns at heather.karns@utoledo.edu.
This
Week’s “Hot Job”:
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Employer:
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The Cleveland Clinic Office of
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Job
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LAW RELATED POSITIONS
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Job
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Summer 2008 Clerkship
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Description:
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Deadline is November 30,
2007. The Cleveland Clinic’s Office of General
Counsel has administered a summer law student clerkship
program since 1997 for 1st and 2nd year law students. Students
have an opportunity to work with health care attorneys on a
wide variety of maters that affect the legal interests of this
international health referral center. The Clinic is now
accepting applications for its 2008 Summer Associate Program.
The attorneys practice law in a wide variety of practice
areas, including medical malpractice, risk management,
hospital law, clinical research, medical education, commercial
transactions, real property, tax-example organizations, fraud
and abuse, managed care contracting, conflicts of interest,
labor and employment, and corporate compliance. This will be
hands-on activities in all of the major areas of practice. The
clerks are given the opportunity to attend various hospital
committee meetings and are also required to participate in ½
day internships in the Ombudsman Department, Media Relations,
Medical Records, CCF Innovations and the operating room.
Special consideration will be given to 2nd year law students
and those law students who demonstrate an interest in pursing
a career in the health care field. Submit a resume and brief writing
sample. Some indication of the candidate’s academic
performance should be included in the resume or otherwise,
e.g., GPA and class ranking. Deadline is November 30,
2007. Send materials directly to: Barbara W.
Honecy Administrator, Office of General Counsel The Cleveland
Clinic Foundation 1950 Richmond Road, TR38 Lyndhurst, Ohio
44124 honecyb@ccf.org
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