2/11 LALSA Newsletter

Hola a todos! We have quite a bit of stuff going on, so read carefully!
1) General Body Meeting this Thursday 2/14, 1pm, EW115A
2) Spanish Language Film Series with Professor Augustine-Adams
3) HNBA mid-year conference
4) 1L networking event at Holland & Knight "Demystifying the Large Law Firm Practice"

Come one, come all to the General Body Meeting on Thursday. We will have sign ups for community service events, information on great events like inter-lalsa networking, taste of diversity, films, and volunteer opportunities with "Latina Know Your Rights." Not to mention FREE Venezuelan food, yum!!Please direct any questions, comments, future events, etc to itzkoff@bc.edu
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General Body Meeting
Thursday, Feb 14th @ 1pm
Room EW 115A
Hey all, we're having a general body meeting on Thursday! Come get some delicious food, and hear about the amazing things we have planned for you the rest of the semester: regional LALSA career networking event, community service, and more!!_________________________________________________

Prof. Augustine Adams is looking for students interested in a Spanish film class:BASE (Boston Area Spanish Exchange) will offer a Spanish language through film class at Boston College Law School for four weeks in February and March. Gathering a small group of students and/or faculty (up to ten) to participate in the class. At this point, it's likely the class will be on Monday evenings probably from 6:15 to 9:00. A description of the four films and the course is at http://www.spanishclassesboston.com/film.shtml. The cost is $137/person. There may be an option to extend the class for more weeks, if enough people are interested.If there is enough interest, the classes are likely to begin February 11th, February 25th, March 3, and March 10 (with February 18th off because of President's Day). If you are interested in participating, please let me know ASAP.The course has been prepared for high intermediate to conversational students. BASE asks all participants in the course to complete BASE's online Written assessment (http://www.SpanishClassesBoston.com/assess.shtml). Ideally, we'll also have an oral assessment for each student, but I'm not sure yet how to work that out logistically.Don't hesitate, please email Professor Augustine-Adams as soon as possible if you are interested! kif.augustine-adams.1@bc.edu
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HNBA Mid-Year conference
March 13th-15th
New York, NY
The conference will provide lawyers, in-house attorneys, business professionals, and general practitioners from across the country with opportunities to discuss important topics on law and finance. Topics include Labor Law litigation in Financial Services, Securities Litigation Developments, Insurance Law and the Financial Sector, Bankruptcy, Microfinance, Juvenile Justice and more. Attendees will also have the opportunity to network and exchange ideas and knowledge with other practitioners and leaders in the field.
The Moot Court Competition will provide law students with the opportunity to hone their brief writing and oral advocacy skills while exploring a complex legal issue that has been recently decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
For more information contact: Diana Sen, Chair, Mid-Year Conference & Moot Court Competition, Diana.Sen@friedfrank.comContact Jonathan Agudelo (agudeloj@bc.edu) if you're interested in attending. For more information please visit http://www.hnba.com/midyear2008-2.html

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1L Event @ Holland and KnightThursday, March 6 @ 4:30pm
Holland & Knight's Diversity Committee present: Demystifying the Large Law Firm Practice. The event will take place at Holland & Knight: 10 St. James Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02116. For further information or to RSVP, please contact Bronagh Fay (617) 854 1430 or mailto:bronagh.fay@hklaw.com?subject=Boston%20Recruiting%20Event%20e-invite%202008