Daily Archives: May 24, 2017


EMPLOYMENT update:

 For more information and to apply to the opportunities below, please visit Symplicity and be sure to CHECK PRIOR BLOG POSTS! You can narrow your search by utilizing the “Blog post categories”

 

13TH ANNUAL HEARTLAND DIVERSITY LEGAL JOB FAIR (HDLJF) [DEADLINE: JUNE 23, 2017]

The HDLJF is the result of Kansas City’s leading law firms, legal associations, and corporate legal departments coming together to encourage law students to practice law in Kansas City. The HDLJF is designed to expose law students of diverse backgrounds to both traditional and non-traditional legal employers.

Who: Students who will be returning to school in August and those graduating in May are eligible to attend the job fair, as employers will be interviewing for both summer and post-graduate positions.

Where: Kansas, MO

When: Aug. 4-5, 2017

Brochure with complete details: Available @ fiulawcareer.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/HDLJF2017_Brochure.pdf

Registration: Available @ https://law-kcmba-csm.symplicity.com/students/

 

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WRITING COMPETITION update:

34TH ANNUAL SMITH-BABCOCK-WILLIAMS STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION [DEADLINE: JUNE 5, 2017]

Topic: A question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law.

Awards:

  • First place: $2,000 and submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer, the law journal of the American Bar Association’s Section of State & Local Government Law
  • Second place: $400
  • One Honorable Mention prize of $100 will also be awarded

Complete details and submission rules: Available @

fiulawcareer.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/APA-PLD2017WritingCompetition.pdf