This week in the Law School
- Stay connected and healthy with several activities this week, from coffee to yoga
- 1Ls and 2Ls: Job planning sessions for you on Friday afternoon
- Farewell, Kate Zearing! Kate is one of our major gift officers, who is moving to Raleigh to be closer to family. Best wishes to you!
- Congratulations, BLSA! The Law School's chapter has just been named 2020-21 Midwest Chapter of the Year!
Monday
Monday morning mindfulness for Maurer students.
9-9:30 am
Join the Law School community and Jill Carnell, JLAP volunteer and founder of Thought Kitchen, for a 30-minute mindfulness practice to help you ground and center as you begin your week. Sessions are tentatively scheduled each Monday through March 15, 2021.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Center for Law, Society & Culture Speaker Series
4-5 pm
Darrell Miller, Duke University Law School, presents "Second Amendment Equilibria." Please register in advance.
Contact Prof. Jody Madeira (jmadeira@indiana.edu) for more information.
Friday
Community coffee chat.
11 am-noon
Join your fellow students, faculty, and staff for a Community Coffee Chat. Bring your lunch or coffee and jump on to see whom you meet. Breakout rooms will be used to facilitate conversation.
CPT/OPT information session.
1-2 pm
F-1 international students are strongly encouraged to join representatives of the Office of International Services at IU to learn about the requirements of Curricular Practical Training (CPT) and Optional Practical Training (OPT).
Continuing your summer job search: 1Ls
2-3 pm
Join CSO directors for more tips and advice on your summer job search. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. RSVP via CareerNet.
Continuing your summer job search: 2Ls
2-3 pm
Join CSO directors for more tips and advice on your summer job search. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. RSVP via CareerNet.
Center for Law, Society & Culture Research Roundtable Series: Nicole Wright
2-3 pm
Nicole Wright, University of Colorado, Boulder, presents “Copping an[d] Attitude: The Emotional and Affective Discourse of Eighteenth-Century Legal Terminology and Lexphobic Slang.”
Public Interest Law Foundation general body meeting.
3-4 pm
All PILF members and prospective PILF members are invited to our general body meeting. At this meeting, the executive board will share PILF's plans for the spring semester including important information about Singing for Summer Salaries. Members will receive 1 PILF point for attending.
Saturday
Saturday morning yoga for law students.
10-10:30 am
A gentle 30-minute yoga practice for the Law School community with Bloomington yoga teacher Ruth Cohen. Tentatively scheduled every Saturday through March 20, 2021.
Announcements
Callout for IJGLS New Global Scholar Series.
The Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies is seeking submissions from SJD and LLM students for its inaugural online New Global Scholar Series. All accepted pieces will be published on the IJGLS website, and the IJGLS Executive Board will provide all accepted authors with editing, formatting, and citation assistance. IJGLS will accept submissions on a rolling basis through March 31, 2021. Please visit ijgls.indiana.edu for more details and reach out to ijgls@indiana.edu with any questions. We look forward to reading your submissions!
VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)—Continuing a long tradition for Law School students
Join VITA in assisting international students in completing federal and state individual income tax returns. VITA is a valuable community service and learning experience. No tax return preparation experience required. Register here for online training on Friday, February 12, 1:00-2:30 (required to pass the IRS’s certification test).
VITA sessions will take place on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 9:30 pm for two months. Volunteers will assist taxpayers virtually (on Zoom with breakout rooms). If you have questions or want more information, come to our callout meeting Wednesday, February 10, at 7 pm. If you think you might be interested, please email tax accounting Clinical Professor Greg Geisler at geisler@iu.edu.
Seeking submissions for Diversity and Inclusion Student Newsletter.
The Diversity and Inclusion Student Newsletter resumes this week. Please email submissions to the bi-weekly newsletter to this year's diversity, equity, and inclusion fellow, Hussein Mohamed, at lawdei@indiana.edu.
Applications for various Law School fellowships open February 15
Applications for several paid, upper-level positions will open on CareerNet on Monday, February 15. Students interested in serving as a practice group advisor, career services office fellow, diversity and inclusion fellow, access to justice fellow, or development fellow are encouraged to review a recent email sent by Director Beck with position summaries and the application timeline, and to visit CareerNet on February 15 so see full descriptions and submit their applications by Friday, March 5. Applications for admissions fellows and dean's writing fellow (legal research and writing) positions operate on a separate timeline.
Join the Class of 2021 Graduation Committee
The Leonard D. Fromm Office for Student Affairs is seeking students from the Class of 2021 to join the Graduation Committee and help plan this year's graduation celebrations. Members of the committee will work with Director Beck to coordinate voting for specific awards and recognitions, select the student singer and speakers, and help ensure that graduation-related activities and events are meaningful to and well-communicated to their classmates. Most work will take place in March and April, and will be adaptive to COVID-related restrictions as they develop between now and then. To express your interest, please email Director Beck with your a brief statement of why you would like to serve on the committee. Applications received by Sunday, February 21 will be considered.
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