VOLUME 5: Fall 2011-Spring 2012Vol. 5, No. 13
Friday, April 27, 2012 – Thursday, May 10, 2012
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. GAP Year Opportunity: Americorps Opportunities at Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS)
3. LSAC’s Law School Forums
4. Interview: Art Eisenberg ‘64, Legal Director, New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 12
Friday, April 13, 2012 – Thursday, April 26, 2012
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Summer Opportunity: Research Paralegal Internship, South Brooklyn Legal Services (SBLS)
3. Media Watch: LSAT Administration Down for Second Year in a Row
4. Interview: Justin Loffredo ’07, George Washington University School of Law 3L
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 11
Friday, March 16, 2012 – Thursday, April 12, 2012
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Opportunity: Summer 2012 Undergraduate Internship Opportunity, National Prison Project, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
3. Media Watch: Rutgers Student Convicted in Spying Case, Found Guilty of Hate Crimes
4. Interview: Wendy L. Stark, Director, Office of Institutional Equity, Tulane University
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 10
Friday, March 2, 2012 – Thursday, March 15, 2012
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Summer Opportunity: Charles Hamilton Houston Scholars Program (CHHSP)
3. Media Watch: What Hiring Partners Seek When Considering Associates
4. Interview: Stacey D. Finley, Senior Associate, Medical Malpractice Litigation Team, Aaronson, Rappaport, Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 9
Friday, February 17, 2012 – Thursday, March 1, 2012
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Internship Opportunity: Doctors Without Borders
3. Media Watch: “12 More Law Schools Sued Over Employment Data”
4. Interview: Emily Jaskot (JHU ’01), Staff Attorney, Long Term Care Assistance Project, Maryland Legal Aid Bureau
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 8
Friday, February 3, 2012 – Thursday, February 16, 2012
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Thinking Globally? Study Abroad!
3. Media Watch: “Law Firms Keep Squeezing Associates”
4. Interview: Jared Jaskot, Maryland Public Defender
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 7
Friday, December 2, 2011 – Thursday, December 15, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Media Watch: Should Law Schools Teach to Practice or Remain Focused on Theory?
3. Opportunity: Community Impact Summer Internships
4. Interview: Andrea Dodrill (JHU ’08), Insurance Defense/Personal Injury Litigation Attorney, Offices of H. Barritt Peterson & Associates
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 6
Friday, November 18, 2011 – Thursday, December 1, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Media Watch: Justices to Hear Health Care Case
3. When Contemplating Where to Apply to Law School, Consider this: New Study Shows that Most Big Firm Partners Went to Local Law Schools
4. Interview: Adriana V. Tibbitts (JHU ’04), Corporate Associate, Hogan Lovells
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 5
Friday, November 4, 2011 – Thursday, November 17, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Media Watch: ABA to Report More Accurate Employment Data
3. Opportunity: Spring 2012 Volunteer Paralegal Student Intern Program
4. Interview: Marc S. Friedman (JHU ’68), Partner, SNR Denton
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements
Vol. 5, No. 4
Friday, October 21, 2011 – Thursday, November 3, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Media Watch: “Best Profs, Most Competitive Students and Other Honors”
3. Opportunity: GAP Year (Or Two) Law Firm Paralegal Positions
4. Interview: Joy Clinkscales, Attorney-Advisor, CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of Treasury
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 3 Friday, October 7, 2011 – Thursday, October 20, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Media Watch: “Law School Lure Fewer Students as Jobs Dry Up”
3. Opportunity: SEO Career/Corporate Law Program
4. Interview: Oleg Shik (JHU ’09), Paralegal, Commercial Litigation Branch, U.S. Department of Justice
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 2 Friday, September 23, 2011 – Thursday, October 6, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Media Watch: Therapy Dogs in Court
3. Internship Opportunity: ACLU’s Yolande Gregory Student Intern and Young Volunteer Program
4. Interview: Amanda Leese (JHU ’06), 2L, Northwestern University School of Law
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 5, No. 1
Friday, September 9, 2011 – Thursday, September 22, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. In the News: Red Sole Battle -- Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent
3. Opportunity: CLEO Connection
4. Interview: Mia Reini, Director of Compliance and Risk Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 4, No. 15 Friday, May 13, 2011 – Thursday, May 26, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Media Watch: “Law Students Lose the Grant Game as Schools Win”
3. Opportunity: Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) Student, Library of Congress
4. Interview: Philip A. Gelston, Partner, Cravath Swain & Moore LLP
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements
Vol. 4, No. 14
Friday, April 29, 2011 – Thursday, May 12, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Entry-Level Attorney Recruitment Up Slightly
3. Summer Opportunity: Summer 2011 Policy Intern, Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention
4. Interview: Emilie Adams (JHU ’06), First Year Associate
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 4, No. 13 Friday, April 15, 2011 – Thursday, April 28, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Big Firms’ Impact on the Job Market & Law School Curriculums
3. Interim Year Opportunity: Legal Assistant/Assistant Secretary to a Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
4. Interview: Aaron Blynn (JHU ’06), Associate, Genovese Joblove & Battista, PA
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 4, No. 12 Friday, April 1, 2011 – Thursday, April 14, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Law Schools Go Global
3. Interim Year Opportunity: Citizen Outreach Director(s), Fund for the Public Interest
4. Interview: Harrison Taylor (JHU ’09), Litigation Paralegal, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, LLP
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Student Meeting & Program Announcements Vol. 4, No. 11 Friday, March 18, 2011 – Thursday, March 31, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. The 2012 USNWR Law School Rankings
3. Internship Opportunity: Special Assistant-Diplomatic Relations, Organization for International Cooperation
4. Interview: Maria R. Cirincione, Associate, Fried Frank Vol. 4, No. 10
Friday, March 4, 2011 – Thursday, March 17, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. What Predicts a Successful Legal Career?
3. Volunteer Opportunity: CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Baltimore
4. Interview: Bethany Durand, Maryland Assistant State’s Attorney, Homicide Division
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements Vol. 4, No. 9 Friday, February 18, 2011 – Thursday, March 3, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. What Law Firms Consider When Hiring
3. Interim Year(s) Opportunity: City Year
4. Interview: Rafael Roberti (JHU ’08), 2L, American University, Washington College of Law
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements Vol. 4, No. 8
Friday, February 4, 2011 – Thursday, February 17, 2011
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Media Watch: “Is Law School a Losing Game?”
3. Financing a Legal Education
4. Interview: Mindy G. Farber, Esq., Employment & Labor Law Attorney
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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Friday, November 19, 2010 – Thursday, December 2, 2010
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Internship Opportunity: Maryland Office of the Public Defender Law Clerk and Legal Internships
3. Interim Year(s) Opportunity: Massachusetts Legal Assistance for Self-Sufficiency Program, South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc.
4. Interview: Letha A. Miller, Assistant Public Defender, Baltimore City
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements Vol. 4, No. 5
Friday, November 5, 2010 – Thursday, November 18, 2010
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Hopkins Social Impact Internships
3. Student Employment Through the Federal Government: Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) & Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)
4. Interview: Anna Margolis (JHU ’09), Paralegal, Department of Justice
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
2. Law School Applications Up Due to Economy 3. Internship Opportunity: Unpaid Student Volunteer Internship Program, International Trade Administration (ITA), Department of Commerce (DOC) 4. Interview: Dolores Dorsainvil, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney, District of Columbia Office of Bar Counsel 5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. The “U.S. News” Effect on Increasing Law School Tuition -- And Beyond
3. Internship Opportunity: Unpaid Student Volunteer Internship Program, International Trade Administration (ITA), Department of Commerce (DOC)
4. Interview: Michelle Wildstein, Esq., Associate Director, PCAOB
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Externships in Law School: How to Build Your Marketability in a Tough Legal Market
3. Internship Opportunity: Online Outreach Intern, National Women’s Law Center
4. Interview: Maryanne McGovern, Senior Land Project Manager, Scenic Hudson, Inc.
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. The Proper Use of Social Media – Including Facebook!
3. Internship Opportunity: SEO Corporate Law Program
4. Interview: Rose Cuison-Villazor, Associate Professor of Law
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. “International Law” Demand & the Law School Response
3. Glide Year Opportunity: Jet Programme, The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme
4. Interview: Daniela Dwyer, Staff Attorney, Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, Florida Legal Services
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Loan Repayment Assistance: College Cost Reduction & Access Act of 2007 and The Higher Education Reauthorization and College Opportunity Act of 2008
3. Glide Year(s) Opportunity: Teach For America
4. Interview: Elizabeth J. Reza, Corporate Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Legal Job Projections: The Federal Government
3. Employment Opportunity: Legal Admin, Blackboard, Washington, DC
4. Interview: Rodney C. Villazor, Assistant U.S. Attorney
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. A Glimpse At The Current Legal Market & Projected Trends
3. Interview: David Poulouse (JHU ’08), (former) Legal Assistant, White & Case LLP/(current) 1L, Duke University School of Law
4. Employment Opportunity: White & Case, LLP Legal Assistant
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. The Law School Admission Test (LSAT): Q & A
3. Internship Opportunity: Maryland Legal Aid Bureau Volunteer Internship
4. Practitioner Interview: Matthew E. Schernecke, Esq., Corporate Attorney
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Internship Opportunity: Fundraising and Development Interns, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI)
3. Law School Recruitment Forums: How They Can Help You
4. Interview: Andrew Joyce (JHU ’08), JET Programme High School English
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Employment Opportunity: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Legal Assistant Program
3. New LSAC.org Functions to Debut in April
4. Practitioner Interview: Michelle A. Zamarin, Esq., Assistant United States Attorney
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Internship Opportunity: Outreach Intern, National Women’s Law Center
3. LSAT Date Change Policy
4. JHU Alum/Law Student Interview: Zachary N. Moor (JHU ’08/BUSL ’11)
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. I am a Sophomore Interested in Applying to Law School: What Should I Be Doing?
3. Internship Opportunity: Sophomore Summer Policy Institute, Institute for International Public Policy Fellows Program
4. Practitioner Interview: Vaishali Udupa, Esq., Patent Litigator
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. I am a Freshman Interested in Applying to Law School: What Should I Be Doing?
3. Internship Opportunity: SEC Summer Honors College Program
4. JHU Alum/Law Student Interview: Syed A. Wasim (JHU ’08/CLS ’11)
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Letters of Recommendation: Guidelines & Tips
3. Practice Area Focus: Entertainment Law
4. Practitioner Interview: Joseph R. Molko, VP & Senior Counsel
MTV Networks, Business & Legal Affairs, Content Distribution & Marketing Group
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Internship Opportunity: U.S. Department of Labor
3. Practice Area Focus: Labor Law
4. Practitioner Interview: Francine A. Serafin, U.S. Deptartment of Labor Trial Attorney
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Internship Opportunity: Maryland Office of the Public Defender
3. Practice Area Focus: Criminal (Defense) Law
4. Practitioner Interview: Carroll Crumbaugh Love, Criminal Defense Attorney
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Employment Opportunity: Honors Paralegal Intern, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division
3. Interview: Gayatri Patel, Honors Paralegal Intern, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division
4. Taking Time Off Before Law School: A Few Ideas
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Internship Opportunities: U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
3. Practice Area Focus: Intellectual Property Law
4. Practitioner Interview: Theodore A. Wood, Patent Prosecution Attorney
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Internship Opportunity: SEO Corporate Law Program
3. Practice Area Focus: Corporate Law
4. Practitioner Interview: Paul H. Kim, Corporate Lawyer
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Internship Opportunity: The Johns Hopkins Sustainability Initiative
3. Practice Area Focus: Environmental Law
4. Interview: Jennifer Bevan-Dangel, Environmental Attorney
5. Study Abroad Opportunity: University of Edinburgh Parliamentary Internship Program
6. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Deferring a Law School Acceptance
3. Practice Area Focus: International Law
4. Practitioner Interview: Dalmau Garcia, Esq., International Corporate Associate
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Multiple Seat Deposits: Should You Hold More Than One Spot?
3. Practice Area Focus: Criminal Law
4. Practitioner Interview: Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi, Esq., Prosecutor
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from Ana L. Droscoski, Esq.
2. Choosing a Law School: Deciding Between Multiple Acceptances & Competing Scholarship Offers
3. Practitioner Interview: Patricia McGowan, Esq., Corporate Partner
4. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Practice Area Focus: Litigation
3. Practitioner Interview: Brian K. Esser, Esq., Litigator
4. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Practice Area Focus: Immigration Law
3. Practitioner Interview: Sarika I. Garg, Esq., Immigration Attorney
4. Employment Opportunity Highlight: Paralegal Specialist, Federal Trade Commission
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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Monday, February 4, 2008 - Sunday, February 10, 2008
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Practice Area Focus: Child Advocacy & Special Education Law
3. Practitioner Interview: Fatema E. Dariani, Esq., Special Education Attorney
4. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. New York Legal Education Opportunity Program (NY LEO)
3. FAQs: The LSAT
4. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Frequently Asked Questions: About Minority Status
3. ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund
4. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Practice Area Focus: Product Liability Law
3. Legal Internship Opportunity: Law Clerk, Evert Weathersby Houff
4. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Practice Area Focus: Corporate Law
3. Pre-Law Student Activity Highlight: Pre-Law Society 2nd General Body Meeting
4. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Pre-Law Program Highlight: Career Series Panel: Corporate Law
3. Internship Opportunity Highlight: Investigative Internship Program, Criminal Justice Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center
4. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Pre-Law Question of the Week: What Happens if I Complete and Forward My Law School Applications, but Indicate on the Application That I Am Taking the December (or Future) LSAT?
3. Internship Opportunity Highlight: The White House Internship Program
4. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Pre-Law Question of the Week: What isthe UGPA?
3. Internship Opportunity Highlight: U.S. Department of State, (REE) Foreign Service Specialist, Student Program, Summer 2008 Internship
4. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Pre-Law Question of the Week: How Do I Forward My Transcripts to the LSDAS?
3. Internship Opportunity Highlight: Baltimore City Office of the Public Defender
4. Program Opportunity Highlight: Teach for America
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Pre-Law Question of the Week: To Which Law SchoolsShould I Apply?
3.On CampusHighlight: The Center for Social Concern
4. Fellowship Opportunity Highlight: Aitchison's Public Service Fellowship in Government Program
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Upcoming Office Program Highlight: Job Market Prospects for Attorneys
3. Student Organization Highlight: JHU's Mock Trial Association
4. Employment Opportunity Highlight: Paralegal - U.S. Department of Justice
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Advisor
2. Student Organization Highlight: Pre-Law Society
3. Volunteer Opportunity Highlight: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
4. Internship Opportunity Highlight: The Judicial Program at the Supreme Court of the United States
5. Upcoming Pre-Law Meetings and Program Announcements
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1. Message from the Pre-Law Advisor: Current Applicant Checklist
2. Question of the Week: What is a Dean's Certification Form?
3. Debunking the Myths & Rumors: What You Need to Know If You Are Considering Applying to Law School
4. Volunteer Opportunity Highlight: Hopkins Refugee Youth Program
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