For students interested in law school, this is a must

If you would like to attend this two-day pre-law event, please register for it right away.  Michael Paris, Michael.Paris@csi.cuny.edu

 Greetings, 

 

I am pleased to announce that our 12^th Annual LSAT Prep & Law School Conference will be held on Wednesday, January 13 and Thursday, January 14, 2021! 

 

 

This is a comprehensive conference for students, recent college graduates and anyone interested in pursuing a law degree. The Committee on Diversity Pipeline Initiatives and the Office for Diversity and Inclusion partner with local and national law schools, test prep companies, and pipeline programs to offer attendees a robust overview on preparing for and succeeding in law school. This conference has historically served approximately 275-500 attendees. This year, the program will be held virtually over one and half days. Day one, Wednesday, January 13, 2021, will focus on New York City law schools that offer part-time/evening programs. Day two, Thursday, January 14, 2021 will include panel presentations and a virtual exhibit hall.

 

 

 

Devanshi Shah, Senior Coordinator, Office for Diversity & Inclusion

New York City Bar Association | 42 W 44th Street, New York, NY 10036

212.382.6772 | dshah@nycbar.org 

The Road to Law School, One-Day CLEO Seminar, Jan. 30th

 

GGU Law to Host CLEO Road to Law School Are you a first year college student who dreams of going to Law School?  GGU Law is excited to host CLEO INC.'s virtual one-day Road to Law School seminar on January 30, 2021!  Sessions include: Financial Planning for Law School, Suggested Pre-Law Curriculum Choices, Mock Admissions, Skills Needed in Law School, and Logical Reasoning  Registration is OPEN and space is limited on a first come, first serve basis.  Register Today: http://ow.ly/CuTh50CJiEo

Interesting Winter Course; WGS 203, Seat Open

 

Seats Open in WGS 203, Winter Session

Hybrid, Synchronous apx. 50% of the time; Asynchronous apx. 50% of the time.

Prerequisites may be able to be waived, if appropriate.  Contact: Artemida.Tesho@csi.cuny.edu

NYPIRG Public Policy Internships; Announcement; Application

 

For nearly forty years, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) has offered unique internship programs that provide college students with experiential learning and civic engagement opportunities. Amid the pandemic, NYPIRG remains as committed as ever to providing students with exceptional experiences that augment their classroom education by offering a NYPIRG Public Policy Internship.

The Public Policy Internship provides highly motivated students of all majors the opportunity to thoroughly study a particular public policy issue by pairing them with an experienced public policy mentor.  Program interns will gain an intimate understanding of legislative processes and practical experiences in such areas as public speaking, writing, research and dealing with the media—excellent additional preparation for graduate studies and the job market.

Public Policy interns research, track and promote legislation in such diverse areas of public policy as consumer protection, public campaign finance, higher education, health care, political reform and environmental preservation, network with student leaders, and organize policy briefings with legislators.  

Interns will commit to 16 hours per week, receive a stipend, and work remotely. Interns will be responsible  for securing course credit for the program. The program begins in early January of 2021 and continues until the end of the academic semester. Please submit your application by the deadline, Monday, December 21st. Please send any questions to civicinternship@nypirg.org. OR

Esperanza Rosenbaum <erosenbaum@nypirg.org>

Students can apply here!

Free Winter Break Pre-Law Program from U.C. Davis

 

The application for the 2021 Winter Session of the King Hall Outreach Program is open, and the deadline is Tuesday, December 29, 2020. The King Hall Outreach Program (KHOP) is a no-cost pre-law program consisting of four Saturday workshops to prepare college students and recent graduates from underrepresented communities to excel in the law school application process. Students and recent graduates of all accredited four-year schools who meet the eligibility criteria are encouraged to apply.   Over 41 percent of KHOP alumni have graduated from, or enrolled in, ABA accredited law schools including UC Davis, UC Berkeley, the University of Michigan, UCLA, UC Hastings, Northwestern University, the University of Wisconsin, Boston University, and many others. In 2016, KHOP received the American Bar Association Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Award For Excellence in Pipeline Diversity for its important role in cultivating racial and ethnic diversity in legal education.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 King Hall Outreach Program Winter Session will take place exclusively on Zoom. In the past, this program has been available only to students who can attend in person at UC Davis, but this year, students can participate from anywhere. The dates of the 2021 KHOP Winter Session are: January 16, January 23, February 6, and February 13 (and we will also meet 2-3 times during the week at a time TBD).

Please direct questions to Joe Schneider, Director of Admission and Outreach, atoutreach@law.ucdavis.edu.

Deadline: Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Apply Now!

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Albany Internship Program for Spring 2021

 ANNOUNCEMNET:

The New York State Legislature is moving ahead with its Assembly and Senate undergraduate internship programs for the spring 2020 semester. Students work full-time supporting legislative offices in Albany and take courses with professors in residence closely linked to their work. Typically, three or four CSI students a year take advantage of this opportunity. It is a great opportunity for career development and to learn about the legislative process.

The state legislature provides a $6,600 stipend to cover living expenses in Albany. Students earn 16 credits in political science for participating in the program. The state legislative leadership intends to run the programs with students in residence in Albany. The fallback plan would be for students to remain home and participate in the program remotely. Legislative leaders seem committed to moving forward under any circumstance.

Please email Prof. Flanagan at Richard.Flanagan@csi.cuny.edu to discuss the application process in greater detail. It is essential that he has conversations early in the process with students, considering all the contingencies involved with the program this year. 

Here are the links: 

https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/2020/undergraduate-program

https://nyassembly.gov/internship/undergraduates/

Lecture Series: Race, Law, and Justice. "Critical Race Theory," Kendall Thomas, Nash Prof. of Law, Columbia Law School, Nov. 4th, 7:30 pm

 I am pleased to invite you to attend "Critical Race Theory, 'Critical Race Theory,' and the Weaponization of Racial Illiteracy," to be given by Kendall Thomas, Nash Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, on November 4th, 7:30 pm.  This event is free for College of Staten Island students, faculty and staff, and free for students at other institutions. For others who have not yet obtained tickets, we request a small donation in the amount of $10 to help our students afford LSAT prep classes. Use the Eventbrite tab below to reserve a seat and/or make a donation.

Please note this slight change in Professor Thomas's topic:

One last thing.  When you click through to claim or purchase a ticket, you will see my email address [michaelpari@gmail.com] in the first email window.  PLEASE confirm that email address in the first “confirm email” window by typing my email address [michaelpari@gmail.com] in, instead of trying to type in your own. Below that, you will see a window for the payment method (if you are paying for a ticket), and then below that you will see spaces to type in your information, including your own email address.  I will send you a Zoom link for the lecture the day before the event. Below this invitation, you will find titles and abstracts for the presentations and biographies for our speakers.

 

Very best regards,

Michael Paris

Associate Professor; Director, Legal Studies Institute [CSILSI.blogspot.com]

College of Staten Island (CUNY)

You are invited to the following event: CSI LEGAL STUDIES INSTITUTE PRESENTS: RACE, LAW & JUSTICE: A LECTURE SERIES Multiple events from: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 7:30 PM  - to - Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 8:45 PM (EDT) Attend Event Share this event: The CSI Legal Studies Institute is pleased to announce its fall lecture series. Race, Law, and Justice: A Lecture Series Share this event on Facebook and Twitter. We hope you can make it! Cheers, CSI Humanities and Social Sciences

ABOUT KENDALL THOMAS:

Kendall Thomas is a scholar of comparative constitutional law and human rights whose teaching and research focus on critical race theory, intersectionality, legal philosophy, feminist legal theory, and law and sexuality.

Thomas is the co-founder and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Culture at Columbia Law School, where he leads interdisciplinary projects and programs that explore how the law operates as one of the central ways to create meaning in society. He is a founder of Amend the 13th, a movement to amend the U.S. Constitution to end enforced prison labor.

His seminal writing on the intersection of race and law appears in Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Founded the Movement (1996), which he co-edited. He is also a co-editor of Legge Razza Diritti: La Critical Race Theory negli Stati Uniti (2005) and What's Left of Theory? (2000).

Thomas has taught at Columbia Law since 1986. He has been a visiting professor at Stanford Law School and a visiting professor in American studies and Afro-American studies at Princeton University. His writing has appeared in volumes of collected essays and in journals including National Black Law Journal, Widener Law Symposium Journal, and Columbia Journal of European Law.  Thomas was an inaugural recipient of the Berlin Prize Fellowship of the American Academy in Berlin and a member of the Special Committee of the American Center in Paris. He has been chair of the Jurisprudence Section and the Law and Humanities Section of the Association of American Law Schools. 

He also has written and spoken widely on the impact of AIDS and was a founding member of the Majority Action Caucus of ACT UP, Sex Panic!, and the AIDS Prevention Action League. A former board member of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, he now serves on the board of the NYC AIDS Memorial.

Thomas is also a professional jazz vocalist who performs at venues including Joe’s Pub and is on the board of advisors of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition.