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February 5, 2008

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Upcoming Program:  Kimm Walton Seminar “Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams” (Wed., Feb. 13, Auditorium-11:45 & 4:45)

Spring Recruitment NEW OCI & Resume Collects

·         NEW: Lexis-Nexis (3L/4L)

·         NEW: Kegler Brown (1L full-time day)

·         Arnold, Caruso, Green & Belazis, Ltd, 2L/3L/4L (Toledo, OH)

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

Funding Sources for Summer Public Interest Work

NEW Pro Bono Opportunity

Lucas County Bar Association Meetings

Public Service Externship Meeting this Thursday, Feb. 7

Reinberger Honors Program in Prosecution:  Deadline to Apply is Thursday, Feb. 7

This Week’s “Hot Job(s)”: City of Toledo, Real Estate Department Legal Intern; Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project

Kimm Walton Seminar:

Please make plans to join us for the Kimm Walton Seminar “Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams” on Wednesday, Feb. 13 in the Auditorium from 11:45 – 1:00.  (Pizza will be provided)  

o        A special Q&A session with Ms. Walton will take place immediately following the program.   (RSVP required- jessica.mehl@utoledo.edu)

o        In addition, we will show a video re-play of the seminar in the Auditorium from 4:45 – 6:00 for evening program students.

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:

(Submit materials to LCS by the date specified)

NEW ON-CAMPUS EMPLOYER(S): 

RESUME COLLECTS: 

Funding Sources for Summer Public Interest Work:

If you are considering public interest work over the summer, please review funding sources at http://www.pslawnet.org/content/index.php?pid=50

Applications for UT Law Summer Public Interest Fellowships will be available at the end of the month. 

NEW Pro Bono Opportunity:

Partner in a Toledo area firm looking for a law student to assist with a pro bono divorce.  If interested in this opportunity, please contact Jessica Mehl at jessica.mehl@utoledo.edu.  Flexible hours; great learning experience. 

Lucas County Bar Association Meetings:

Professional Development for law students! Attend Lucas County Bar Association Meetings!

If anyone is interested in additional details, feel free to contact the Office of Professional Development, Law Career Services at lcs@utoledo.edu or Joanne Rubin, Lucas County Bar Association Program Chairperson, at 419.241.7211.

Meeting Location:

Georgio's Cafe International

426 N. Superior Street

Toledo, OH

Lunch beginning at noon

Program 12:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Luncheon Price: $10.00

Monday, February 11, 2008

Speaker: Jerry Phillips

Topic: "Etc."

Monday, February 18, 2008

Presidents Day- No Meeting

Monday, February 25, 2008

Speaker: Judge Gary Byers, Maumee Municipal Court

Topic: View from the Bench

Public Service Externship Program Informational Meeting Thursday:

Thursday, Feb. 7

Noon; SLK Lounge

Please attend this informational session if you’re thinking of participating in the Public Service Externship program this summer or fall.

The Public Service Externship includes a mandatory classroom component and field placement component in which students work in a public service legal settings.  A Public Service Externship Notebook, available in Room 2008 contains descriptions of all field placements in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. 

Students receive credit for the course.  While compensation is not allowed, reimbursement for expenses is permitted.  The course is graded on a pass-no-credit basis. Students can enroll for a maximum of four (4) credit hours in the fall and spring terms. In the summer the maximum is six (6) credit hours.  For every credit hour elected, students must complete 56 hours of work over the entire term.

Students interested in enrolling in the Public Service Externship course must submit an application along with a resume and unofficial transcript.   Applications are available on the College of Law web site ("Legal Clinics") and from Sharon Dickerson in Room 2008.  Prior to submitting an application students should meet with Professor Fink to discuss possible placements. You may set up an appointment by emailing her at maara.fink@utoledo.edu. Enrollment is by approval of the instructor only.  

10th Annual Reinberger Honors Program in Prosecution:  Deadline to Apply is Thursday, Feb. 7

The College of Law is pleased to announce the availability of 10 Reinberger Honors Program in Prosecution fellowships in the amount of at least $4,000 for the summer of 2008. The Program is designed to attract highly qualified law students to careers in prosecution and to enhance prosecution placement opportunities. Law students who have completed the course in Evidence by the beginning of the summer 2008 semester and who meet the requirements of the placement jurisdiction’s law student practice rule (e.g., Ohio requires completion of 2/3 of the credits required for graduation; Michigan requires completion of the first year of law school) are eligible to participate.

To apply, students should submit to Professor Robin Kennedy by email at robin.kennedy@utoledo.edu, or fax at 419-530-4447, or at Law Center Room 2008E, the following:

1)       a cover letter stating the student’s interest in the program, the prosecutor office or locale (county, state, or city) to which he or she wishes assignment, and a statement of his or her criminal record (a criminal record does not necessarily disqualify a student from participation);

2)       an unofficial law school transcript; and

3)       a current resume.

For more information, contact Professor Kennedy.

This Week’s “Hot Job(s)”:

Megan Robson with the City of Toledo is interested in an intern in the Real Estate department to do some research. She is specifically interested in a law student. The pay is $9.50-$11.50…depending on his/her level in school. Hours are 8-5, flexible, probably 15-25 hours per week.

You may have them email their resume directly to her at: megan.robson.utoledo.oh.gov or mail to her at:

Megan Robson

Leader – Youth Commission

One Government Center, Suite 2250

Toledo, OH 43604

Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project ($5,000 fellowship to work in a State Attorney General’s office during summer of 2008) - - applications due by February 11, 2008.

Due date for student applications extended until MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008.

http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/at-law-student/word/Student-Application-2008.doc

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