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January 22, 2008

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Upcoming Programs: 

·         Career Advice from the Law Faculty (Wed., Jan. 23, Room 1013, 12 - 1 & 5:15 - 6 )

·         Kimm Walton Seminar “Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams” (Wed., Feb. 13, Auditorium, 11:45 – 1:00)

Spring Recruitment Resume Collects:  

·        NEW: Federal Trade Commission, East Central Region-2L Preferred (Cleveland, OH)

·         NEW:  Grand Rapids/Floyd Skinner Bar Associations Minority Clerkship Program-1L (Western Michigan)

·        GE Aviation Legal Department- 1L (Cincinnati, OH) 

·        Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter, Co., LPA- 1L (Columbus, OH). 

Lucas County Bar Association Meeting (Open to Law Students): Monday, Jan. 28^th

MPRE Registration Deadline for March Test Date:  January 29^th, 2008.

Teach Abroad Opportunities with CIEE

FCBA Foundation Accepting Applications for Funding of Unpaid Legal Internships at Government Agencies

This Week’s “Hot Job”: Wittenberg Phillips Levy Nusbaum- Law Clerk (Toledo, OH)

Upcoming Programs/Events:

Career Advice from the Law Faculty, Wednesday, January 23, 2008

12:00 - 1:00 & 5:15 - 6:00, Auditorium

• Dean Ray, Prof. Kilbert, and Prof. Porter will provide career and job search advice.
• This program is recommended for all 2L, 3L and 4L students.  
• Pizza provided.

 “Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams” seminar by Kimm Walton, best-selling author and renowned motivational speaker, Wednesday, February 13^th, 2008

·         General Session: 11:45 – 1:00, Auditorium (Pizza Provided)

·         Special Q & A Session with Ms. Walton: 1:00 – 1:45 (RSVP Required to jessica.mehl@utoledo.edu, Space Limited)

Kimm Walton is the author of numerous books and articles, including the new second edition of Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams, What Law School Didn’t Teach You…But You Really Need to Know, America’s Greatest Places to Work With a Law Degree, and The Best of The Job Goddess.  She is a renowned motivational speaker, lecturing at law schools nationwide.  She is also the author of Law in a Flash, one of the country’s most popular law school study aids. Ms. Walton received her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio.

Spring Recruitment Resume Collects:

(Submit materials to LCS in hard copy)

Resume Collect Participation Procedures:

Employers that are not able to visit UT Law’s campus request that the Career Services Office collect resumes from eligible students. The application materials collected from students are then forwarded in one package to the employer.

Employers establish candidate criteria and indicate whether it is preferred (indicating there may be flexibility in the candidates an employer is willing to consider) or required (meaning only persons with those qualifications can apply). These preferences are noted on the resume collect schedule above.

If you meet the stated criteria, and would like to submit your application materials for the Resume Collect program, you will need to do the following:

1. Have a sample resume and cover letter reviewed by Law Career Services.
2. Gather the requested materials for EACH employer you wish to apply to, and submit those materials along with a Resume Collect Cover Sheet to the Law Career Services Office by the date noted.

Lucas County Bar Association Meeting (Open to Law Students): Monday, Jan. 28^th

The Lucas County Bar Association is open to law students attending their weekly meetings.

Next Meeting:  Monday, January 28, 2008

Speaker: Honorable William Skow

Place: Georgio's Cafe International (426 Superior Street, Toledo, Ohio)

Lunch begins at noon price is $10

Program runs 12:30 - 1:00 pm

If  interested in attending, please RSVP to Heather Karns at heather.karns@utoledo.edu

MPRE Registration Deadline:

The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is a sixty question, two-hour and five minute, multiple-choice examination administered three times each year (March, August & November). The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is required for admission to the bars of all but three US jurisdictions.

For the March 8, 2008 test date, the application receipt deadline is January 29^th, 2008. 

For more information or to register online, please see:

 http://www.ncbex.org/multistate-tests/mpre/guidelines/registration/

Teach Abroad Opportunities with CIEE:

CIEE Teach Abroad programs in Chile, China, Spain, and Thailand enable your students to live and work overseas while learning first-hand about the local people, culture, and language while discovering more about themselves.  (http://www.ciee.org/teach.aspx)

CIEE offers three conveniently timed programs for upcoming graduates:

·         Teach in China begins in August (apply by May 1)

·         Teach in Spain begins in September (apply by March 15)

·         Teach in Thailand begins in October (apply by June 15)

All CIEE Teach Abroad programs offer academic-year teaching assignments, with Asia programs also offering a single semester options. CIEE staff negotiate a placement teaching English, a local stipend, and temporary housing. We provide pre-departure advising, visa advice, medical insurance, a comprehensive in-country orientation, and 24-hour support services. Eligibility requirements to Teach Abroad with CIEE include a bachelor’s degree in any discipline, native English fluency, and a genuine interest to share experiences using creativity, inventiveness, and global and cultural savvy. For both Teach in Chile and Teach in Spain, upper intermediate to advanced Spanish skills are essential.

For more than 60 years, CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange has pursued its mission, "to help people gain understanding, acquire knowledge, and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world." CIEE Teach Abroad programs are a smart choice for graduates interested in living this experience.  If interested, contact Jennifer Atkinson
Manager, Teach Abroad Programs for more information. Telephone: 207.553.4038; E-mail: JAtkinson@ciee.org

FCBA Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Funding of Unpaid Legal Internships at Government Agencies:

For the fifteenth consecutive year, the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) Foundation will award stipends to law students from its Chairman Robert E. Lee Scholarship and Internship Fund. In 2008, the Foundation will award at least five $5,000 stipends to law students employed as unpaid summer interns in positions with the FCC and other government agencies or entities with a connection to the communications industry (i.e., broadcasting, cable television, telephony, satellite, wireless, and information technology).

In addition, the Foundation will select one outstanding intern among those chosen to receive an additional stipend of $600 for the summer—the “Max Paglin Award.” Mr. Paglin was the former General Counsel and Executive Director of the FCC, and the founder of the Golden Jubilee Commission on Telecommunications, which compiled a definitive legislative history of the Communications Act.

Requirements

Applicants will be selected on the basis of: (1) a demonstrated interest in the communications field, (2) having secured or having pending, an unpaid summer position (internship) for at least 8 weeks in communications with a government agency, (3) dependence on financial assistance in order to accept the unpaid internship in a government agency or entity involved in communications; and, (4) community activities. To the extent a recipient receives unanticipated funding for the unpaid internship, the FCBA Foundation’s general policy is to reduce its scholarship awards by any amount that a recipient’s total funding (including all sources) for the internship would otherwise exceed $7,000.

Applications for a Lee Fund scholarship should be submitted to Kerry Loughney, FCBA Foundation, 1020 19th Street, N.W., Suite 325, Washington, D.C. 20036, by Friday, March 7, 2008. Applicants may be asked to interview with members of the Foundation Board; interviews may be conducted by telephone. Winners will be notified by Friday, April 18, 2008.

*Please disseminate these documents to students at your institution.

To see the application, go to: http://www.fcba.org/foundation/internship_stipends.shtml

This Week’s “Hot Job”:

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