COMMUNITY REMINDERS
Fall 2022 Textbook Information
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The Appellate Project’s 2022-2023 Mentorship Program – Now Accepting Applications
TAP’s Mentorship Program is the first national effort focused on empowering law students of color to pursue appellate work. We pair law students of color interested in appellate practice with mentors in the appellate field. We also provide students with appellate-focused resources throughout the year: clerkship support, networking opportunities with the appellate bar, connections with judges, skill-building workshops, guidance on appellate job opportunities, and more. Learn more about our impact.
See 2022-23 TAP Mentorship Program for more information or to apply. Application Deadline: September 12, 2022 at 11:59 pm EST.
New York Times – Unlimited Access Available
Temple University now has unlimited access to The New York Times via NYTimes.com. Access is available to current students, staff, and faculty after creating an account using your @temple.edu email address. If you already have a personal account with your @temple.edu email address, you need to contact the New York Times to cancel your existing account and set up a new Temple account. Full details are available on this Topic Guide: https://guides.temple.edu/nyt
A Midsummer Movie Night: Reparations – August 29th at the Parkway Central Library
Join the Mayor’s Commission on Faith-Based & Interfaith Affairs for an in-person screening and discussion of Reparations, which features Black & Asian Americans reflecting on the four-century struggle to seek repair and atonement for slavery in the United States.
RSVP at this link for this free in-person screening taking place on August 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Parkway Central Library!
WRITING COMPETITIONS
Honorable Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “Pursuit of Justice” Legal Writing Competition – Deadline Extended to August 22nd
The Philadelphia Bar Association is pleased to announce the 2022 Legal Writing Competition in honor of the late Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. In so doing, the Bar Association recognizes the importance of excellence in legal writing and seeks to award a student enrolled in an ABA-approved Philadelphia-area law school for authoring a top-quality competition submission. Deadline: August 22, 2022.
View the competition details
Philadelphia Bar Association Law Student Essay Contest
The Philadelphia Bar Association is accepting essay entries from current law students or recent graduates who have strong advice for new or aspiring law school applicants. Essays should be between 500-1,000 words in length, and the winning writer will receive a $500 prize sponsored by 7Sage, plus publication of their essay in the Fall 2022 issue of The Philadelphia Lawyer, the Association’s quarterly magazine. Deadline: Tuesday, September 6, 2022.
View the competition details
JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND TA POSITIONS
RA Position – Professor Evelyn Rangel-Medina – Fall 2022
Research Assistant (RA) wanted to assist Professor Evelyn Rangel-Medina with research and writing support for academic journals. The preferred RA candidate has journal experience and should be interested in racial and economic justice. The RA will help edit academic journals, support with citation development, and provide research assistance in the areas of immigration, race & the law, and labor and employment discrimination. The RA will work with and report to Professor Rangel-Medina and will be expected to work 8 – 12 hours per week. Please send Professor Rangel-Medina your CV and a short statement of interest in the position at evelyn.rangel-medina@temple.edu.
Brooklyn Defender Services – Public Interest Law Fellowship
The Civil Justice Practice (CJP) at Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) is seeking rising third year law students, judicial law clerks, and recent law school graduates to sponsor for a post-graduate public interest law fellowship project designed to focus on NYPD property seizures and civil forfeiture. The fellow will collaborate with the Science and Surveillance Project to assist clients of the criminal defense practice with property seizure related collateral consequences. BDS regularly sponsors fellows for Equal Justice Works, Skadden, Liman, Kirkland & Ellis, and school-based fellowships. Under the direct supervision of a Supervising Attorney in the Civil Justice Practice the fellow will apply for project funding to address an area of rising need in New York City.
BDS represents approximately 30,000 clients per year in a variety of legal proceedings in New York City, primarily indigent criminal, family, and immigration defense. We also provide legal representation for our clients on a wide range of matters that impact their lives including housing, education, employment, and immigration. We are one of the largest public defense providers; representing people who have diverse, complex, and multi-faceted needs in a high volume and fast-paced setting.
CJP aims to reduce the civil collateral consequences for low-income clients who have had interaction with the criminal, family or immigration justice systems. Through legal advocacy in court and at various agencies, we assist people in eviction defense, benefits advocacy, returning seized property, and interdisciplinary representation.
The Science and Surveillance Project provides technical support to attorneys in criminal cases and engages in larger systemic advocacy. The team investigates government and private entity use of new science, surveillance, and data analysis techniques and focuses on the civil rights implications of mass surveillance and unlawful practices by police.
To find out more information and apply, please click here. Interested students should also feel free to contact iLIT Executive Director Laura Bingham at laura.bingham@temple.edu to learn about the process, the specific goals of the project, and what it’s like to work with BDS.
Fall 2022 – Research Assistant Position – Professor Jules Epstein
Professor Epstein is looking for a Research Assistant for the fall 2022 semester. The position is work-study eligible and will require 5-10 hours a week of work. Interested students should send a resume and unofficial transcript to Professor Epstein at jules.epstein@temple.edu.
BAR EXAM, MPRE, GRADUATION INFORMATION
Critical Pass Flashcards – 15% Discount
West Academic is offering Temple Law students and recent graduates a 15% discount off Critical Pass flashcards and most other West Academic print and digital publications. To make a purchase, go to www.westacademic.com and enter the discount code WATEMPLE when you check out.