Law School Admissions Process Workshop, Tue., Nov. 1

Please join us for the following event on the law school admissions process (Pizza and drinks will be served):

The CSI Legal Studies Institute Presents:

The Law School Admissions Process:

A Discussion With

Ziva Cohen, Esq.

Associate Director of Admissions

Cardozo School of Law

Degna P. Levister, Esq.

Clinical Law Professor/

Interim Assistant Dean of Admissions

CUNY School of Law

Tuesday, November 1^st

2:30—4:00 pm

Building 2N, Room 220

Pizza and drinks will be served
Contact Prof. Michael Paris:  Michael.Paris@csi.cuny.edu

Legal Career Night at St. John's Univ, Tuesday, October 18th

You are invited to a Legal Career Evening 

featuring:



St. John's University
300 Howard Avenue
Staten Island, NY  10301

For more information, contact:
kennyj@stjohns.edu

The College of Staten Island Legal Studies Institute’s 2016 Annual Lecture in Law, Philosophy, and Public Policy

The Abortion Conflict and the Court:

From Casey (1992) to Whole Women’s Health (2016)

Reva Siegel

Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law

Yale Law School

Thursday, September 15th

Williamson Theatre, Center for the Performing Arts

Building 1 P

5:00 o'clock

Reception to Follow in the West Lounge

In 1992, the Supreme Court decided Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a case which offered a constitutional compromise for a nation divided over questions of abortion. In the interim, states have enacted increasing numbers of restrictions on abortion, not only to protect the unborn, but to protect women’s health, increasingly restricting women’s access. This year in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt the Court by a 5-3 vote struck down a health-justified law on abortion that would have closed ¾ of the abortion clinics in Texas. This lecture will discuss Whole Women’s Health in light of current and coming controversies.

Professor Reva Siegel is the Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Professor Siegel’s writing draws on legal history to explore questions of law and inequality and to analyze how courts interact with representative government and popular movements in interpreting the Constitution. 

Her recent articles include Casey and The Clinic Closings: When “Protecting Health” Obstructs Choice, 125 Yale L.J. 1428 (2016) (with Linda Greenhouse); Conscience Wars: Complicity-Based Conscience Claims in Religion and Politics, 124 Yale L.J. (2015) (with Doug NeJaime); Meador Lecture: Race-Conscious, But Race-Neutral? The Constitutionality of Disparate Impact in the Roberts Court, 66 Ala. L. Rev. (2015); The Supreme Court, 2012 Term — Foreword: Equality Divided, 127 Harv. L. Rev. (2013); and The Constitutionalization of Abortion, in The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law 1057 (Oxford University Press 2012). Her books include Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking (with Paul Brest, Sanford Levinson, Jack M. Balkin, and Akhil Reed Amar, 2014); Before Roe v. Wade: Voices That Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court’s Ruling (with Linda Greenhouse, 2012); and The Constitution in 2020 (edited with Jack M. Balkin, 2009). Professor Siegel is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an honorary fellow of the American Society for Legal History, and serves on the board of the American Constitution Society and on the General Council of the International Society of Public Law.

Co-Sponsors: The CORE Program, the Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities, the CSI Student Government Association, the CSI Foundation, the CSI Campus Activities Board, and the CSI Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality.

For more information, contact Professor Michael Paris, Michael.Paris@csi.cuny.edu

Job Opportunity: Paralegal at Staten Island Legal Services

JOB AVAILABLE

FORECLOSURE PREVENTION PARALEGAL 

STATEN ISLAND LEGAL SERVICES

           

Staten Island Legal Services (across the street from the ferry) seeks a paralegal for its Homeowner Defense Project.  The job involves working with low-income people facing foreclosure and other risks to homeownership, interviewing them about their individual situations, gathering documents to support their cases, and working with lawyers to modify mortgage loans and save homes. The paralegal will have substantial client contact as well as their own clients.

 

            Qualifications include:

Ø  Excellent interviewing, writing, and communication skills;

Ø  Experience working with low-income people preferred;

Ø  College degree or commensurate experience;

Ø  Excellent organizational skills;

Ø  Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred

Salary determined by Collective Bargaining Agreement.  Excellent benefit package.

           

Interested individuals should email a resume, cover letter and writing sample to:

                                                                        sihiring@silsnyc.org

Please write “SILS foreclosure paralegal” in subject line

Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No telephone calls.

Staten Island Legal Services is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, gay, lesbian, and transgender people are all welcome and encouraged to apply.

Reminder Bar Association Workshop on the Law School Admissions Process on Monday July 11th

Reminder: Bar Association Workshop on the Law School Admissions Process on Monday July 11th

http://www.lawadmissionsworkshopseries.com

Law Admissions Workshop Series

NYC Bar Association

Monday, July 11^th, 6:00—9:00 PM

42 West 44^th Street

New York, NY 10036

http://www.lawadmissionsworkshopseries.com

Are you thinking about law school? Considering your options for the next step in your education? Wondering if now is the right time to make a career move? We invite you to attend a new summer workshop to learn more about the possibilities found in law school. Come and meet the Admissions Deans from the leading law schools in the United States. Learn about the career opportunities available to graduates of our schools and the importance of a legal education.

What are the L.A.W.S. events?

Hosted by a group of leading law schools, L.A.W.S. events are focused on providing prospective applicants with information about legal education, the legal profession, and preparing for the process of applying to law school. Admissions Deans from participating schools will participate in a panel discussion followed by a question and answer session. After the panels, representatives from each of the participating schools will be available for additional information and discussion during a small format educational fair.

We believe there is a strong positive case to be made for law school and for the career opportunities available to graduates of our schools. Our workshops allow prospective applicants the opportunity to engage directly with experienced law school Deans of Admission, find out what they look for in applications, discover the innovative new approaches to legal education that are complementing more traditional approaches, and learn about the wonderful range of possibilities available to our graduates. The depth and breadth of the conversations that will be possible are simply not available in traditional one-size-fits-all events.

 http://www.lawadmissionsworkshopseries.com