TALES FROM SUCCESSFUL ALUMNI: THE PRACTICE OF LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW WITH PROFESSOR STONE [OCTOBER 8, 2014]
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HONORING JUDGE SANDY KARLAN – A PIONEER OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS [OCTOBER 14, 2014]
Judge Sandy Karlan has been a Circuit Court Judge since her appointment to the bench by Governor Lawton Chiles in 1995. She is currently the Administrative Judge of the Family Division and is also assigned to the Complex Litigation Division within the Unified Family Court. Judge Karlan was a member of the Florida Supreme Court’s Family Court Steering Committee and the Chair of the Florida Bar Commission on the Legal Needs of Children. Judge Karlan graduated from the University of Miami and received her law degree from Nova Southeastern University School of Law. A former member of the Florida Bar Board of Governors, she was in private practice for 17 years specializing in bankruptcy and family law. She is certified in Marital and Family Law and frequently writes and lectures on both bankruptcy and family law. She is a past president of Miami-Dade FAWL.
*Proceeds from the event will be used to fund the Judge Sandy Karlan Law Student Fellowship at Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. The Fellow will assist in providing free legal assistance to women and children at LSGMI where 70% of te households served are headed by women and more than one third of the household members are children. Donations to the Fellowship may also be made online @ lsgmi.org.
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ABA LAW STUDENT DIVISION: PRACTICAL SKILLS COMPETITIONS – CALL FOR ENTRIES [OCTOBER 2014]
The Law Student Division annually sponsors 4 national competitions. These competitions offer participating students a forum to develop the very skills they will use as practitioners, and a chance to meet and network with fellow law students and legal practitioners – future colleagues – from around the nation. Competitions also provide an excellent opportunity for law students to gain important resume-building experience and recognition.
- ARBITRATION COMPETITION (Deadline: October 3, 2014)
- NEGOTIATION COMPETITION (Deadline: October 3, 2014)
- CLIENT COUNSELING COMPETITION (Deadline: October 17, 2014)
- NATIONAL APPELLATE ADVOCACY COMPETITION (NAAC) (Deadline: October 31, 2014)
Complete details: Available @ americanbar.org/groups/law_students/events_competitions/practical_skills_competitions.html
Contact: Competitions@americanbar.org
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