Daily Archives: January 12, 2017


EMPLOYMENT update:

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USAID DONALD M. PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM [DEADLINE: JAN. 20, 2017]

The Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship seeks to prepare young people for careers in international development as Foreign Service Officers in USAID. USAID has expanded the program, which selected 3 fellows in 2013, and will offer up to 10 fellowships in 2017.

The Payne Fellowship Program provides benefits of up to $94,000 over 2 years toward a 2-year master’s degree, arranges internships in Washington D.C. and at USAID missions overseas, and provides professional development and support activities leading to employment in USAID. Fellows may use the fellowship to attend a 2-year master’s program in a U.S. institution to study an area of relevance to the USAID Foreign Service, including international relations, public policy, agriculture, environmental sciences, health, business administration, economics, or urban planning at a graduate or professional school approved by the Payne Program. At the end of the 2-year fellowship, Fellows enter the USAID Foreign Service.

Who: The Payne Fellowship encourages the application of members of minority groups who have historically been underrepresented in international development careers and those with financial need. Applicants must be graduates looking to start graduate school in the fall of the year they apply.

Requirements: U.S. citizens

  • GPA: 3.2 minimum

Submission components: Available @ paynefellows.org/?areaid=2&contentid=945&mcontent=y&typeid=PAYNE62548

Contact: 202.806.5952

 

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EVENTS update:

UPDATE FROM THE CARIBBEAN BAR ASSOCIATION

On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, the Caribbean Bar Association (“CBA”) successfully executed its signature youth literacy initiative “Caribbean Reading Day” for the first time in Miami-Dade County. After enjoying considerable success in Broward County, the CBA brought Caribbean Reading Day to CARE Elementary School located in the historic Overtown neighborhood.

The remarkable and bright children from CARE Elementary thoroughly enjoyed the story time sessions and the interaction with the young lawyers from CBA. In addition, the children particularly enjoyed interacting with Eleventh Circuit County Court Judge Jason Dimitris and U.S. District Court Judge Donald Graham. The CBA received great feedback from the young lawyers and the Judges that participated as well as the teachers and administrators from the school and plan to continue the program next year.

Caribbean Reading Day was started by the CBA in 2008 to address the low literacy levels in South Florida’s African American communities. The program has been hosted annually during the summer at the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale. Children ages 4-9 from underserved neighborhoods attend the event where young lawyers and judges read a book selected by the CBA. The day is designed to make reading fun and to pique the children’s interest in Caribbean American history and culture. The CBA also donates the books as well as school supplies to the children that attend the event. The books selected by the CBA reflect the culture of different Caribbean islands. Past titles include Tap-Tap by Karen Lynn Williams which featured the island of Haiti and Every Little Thing by Cedella Marley. This year, the CBA selected A Day With Bonefish Joe by Elizabeth Howard which highlights the islands of the Bahamas.

*For any students interested in re-activating our Caribbean Student Bar Association at FIU Law, please visit: law.fiu.edu/students/organizations/student-bar-association-2/

 

INTA ROUNDTABLE: U.S. TRADEMARK CASE LAW REVIEW [JAN. 18, 2017]

 

Usher in the new year with INTA with a recap of the important decisions in 2016. In this roundtable, they will review important 2016 decisions affecting substantive law and day-to-day trademark practice. This roundtable will cover key federal court decisions and precedential Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decisions.

Where: Fox Rothschild LLP, One Biscayne Tower, 2 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 2750, Miami, FL 33131

When: 12 P.M. – 2 P.M.

Complete details and Registration: Available @ inta.org/Roundtables/Pages/2017USRTJAN_oVERVIEW.aspx

 

OVADIA CP&P OFFICE ANNUAL PUBLIC INTEREST & GOVERNMENT LAW RESOURCE FAIR [JAN. 24, 2017]

Contact: lawcareer@fiu.edu