Diversity Month Events - Spring 2009

Networking 101 For Students of Color: Sponsored by LSA Diversity Committee, APALSA, BLSA, LALSA, NALSA, SALSA. Led by Kimberly Chin and Paul Navarro, this three part series is intented to prepare you for the Diversity Expo taking place on 3/24 at Suffolk Law School as well as several networking opportunities that will become available over the summer.

• Tuesday 3/10 @ 5pm in Stuart 411
• Tuesday 3/17 @ 5pm in Stuart 411
• Tuesday 3/24 @ 12:45pm in EW 200
  

Diversity Roundtables:

• Wednesday 3/18 @ 12:30pm brought to you by SALSA
• Tuesday 3/24 @ 12:30pm brought to you by LALSA
• Thursday 3/26 @ 12:30pm brought to you by BLSA
• Monday 3/30 @ 12:30pm brought to you by SALSA

An Afternoon Without: Wednesday March 25th, 3-5pm. LALSA will be hosting this event about ideological exclusion. Students and faculty will be performing readings from the works of writers, scholars, and political figures who were banned from the US because of their political opinions.

Admitted Student Mixer: LALSA will be having a social for admitted and current law students after the BC Law Open House on Friday March 27th at 9:30pm at Mojitos in Downtown Boston.

Taste of Diversity: Tuesday March 31st, 3-5pm in Barat House. Come enjoy samples of food from around the world, courtesy of BC's ALSAs, and the comedic stylings of Erin Judge, Mehran Khaghani, Tom Morello, and Bethany Van Delft.

Diversity Bar Review: After Taste of Diversity on March 31st, the Boston College Alumnae Association and the LSA Diversity Committee are inviting BC Alums and students to a Diversity Alum Reception in the Yellow Room with hors d’oeuvres and drinks starting at 5pm.

Foley Hoag Invitation

Dear LALSA 1Ls:

I hope that you enjoyed The Boston Lawyers Group's "Charting Your Legal Future" event last month. Everyone is pleased to welcome you to the Boston legal community.

I would like to invite you to an event that Foley Hoag will host for 1Ls on Thursday, March 19, 2009.

While the event will focus on assisting students in polishing their resumes and on providing interview tips, it will also provide a terrific opportunity for networking with members of our firm's Hiring Committee in advance of next fall's interview season. You can also look forward to chatting over drinks and hors d'oeuvres with other Foley Hoag lawyers from a variety of practice groups.

Dina M. Wreede | Director of Legal Recruiting

FOLEY HOAG LLP
Seaport World Trade Center West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2600

617 832 7060 phone
617 832 7000 fax

www.foleyhoag.com

Spring 2009 Events

March 27th : BC Law Open House / Admitted Student Weekend Events – LALSA is committed to helping recruit more Latino students for the class of 2012. We are planning to help give tours during the Open House on Friday, will be planning some LALSA social events for Admitted Students to mix with current students, and will be hosting prospective students who need a place to stay for the weekend.

March is Diversity Month: Keep an eye out for several events that are being planned by the ALSAs as a part of Diversity Month. We will be asking Professors to take a pledge to discuss diversity issues in their classes, organizing dialogue roundtables at lunch, a Comedy Night, and ACLU's Voices of Dissent at the Taste of Diversity Event. LALSA will be taking the lead on quite a few events so please contact us if you'd like to help out.

February 19 : Spanish for Lawyers Workshop [Immigration]

February 15 : Dinner and a Movie "Che"

Fall 2008 Events

November 6^th - December 15^th : Holiday Giving Campaign to the Latinas Know Your Rights Project

November 7^th : LALSA Potluck Dinner

October 16^th : “Real Women Have Curves” Film Screening

October 14^th : “Columbus – The Man, the Myth, the Legacy” – Co-Sponsored by NALSA, LALSA, BLSA, and the LSA Diversity Committee

October 8^th : LALSA Mentor/Mentee Dinner at Big City

October 2^nd : Café Con LALSA

September 29^th : Progressive Nacho Study Break

September 19^th : 2nd Annual Boston-area Latino Law Mixer at Boston Beer Works

September 15^th – October 15^th : Hispanic Heritage Month

Latinos in the Law Reception, April 2 at 6pm

The 1st Annual Latinos in Law Reception is next Wednesday, April 2 at Foley & Lardner (Prudential Center, Green Line), from 6:00 to 8:00pm. Several organizations have worked hard in planning this event, including the Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys (MAHA) and the Latino law student groups from Boston-area law schools. The reception promises to be a great way to network with other Latino law students and local Latino attorneys from a variety of fields. In addition, there will be at least 2 Latino judges, and maybe a third, who will be in attendance -- because they want to meet Latino law students!

This reception is an introduction to the mentor-mentee program AND also a general networking event open to everyone. Local attorneys and judges are coming because they want to meet YOU- if you are interested in attending, reply to agudeloj@bc.edu for a general headcount. An official RSVP is NOT required, though- so come out!