COMMUNITY REMINDERS
Lockers for Upper-Level Students
Any upper-level student who would like a locker for the 2022-2023 academic year should email Molly Levy, Coordinator of Student Services and Wellness Initiatives, at molly.paige.levy@temple.edu.
Fall 2022 Textbook Information
You can log in here: https://temple.bncollege.com/course-material/course-finder to access the Barnes and Noble course materials finder. No sign in required. Choose your campus, Barnes & Noble @ Temple University Law School, and then use the dropdowns to choose course and section.
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!
Did you hear about the student loan announcements? Scammers did, too!
In light of the recently announced Student Debt Relief Plan, The FTC issued a Consumer Alert on how to avoid student loan forgiveness plans. You can report any suspected fraud related to student loan forgiveness tohttps://reportfraud.ftc.gov/
Politics and Purpose: Movement Lawyering Law Student Edition – Free Workshop
Politics and Purpose: Movement Lawyering Law Student Edition is a workshop designed to explore the theory, practice and heart of movement lawyering as you start your school year. Together, we will critically examine the relationship between law, lawyers, and social movements and have some real talk about what these times require of us. Register at this link: https://movementlawlab.org/pplawstudentworkshop
Fall 2022 Law School Men’s Outdoor Soccer Team
Would you like to play on a men’s law school soccer team through Temple University’s Intramural Sports program? For more information, contact Connaire McGowan by August 31st at connaire.mcgowan@temple.edu.
Need a break? Join the Law Library for tee time (8/30), viewing the Rawle Room (8/31), and therapy dogs (9/1)!
The Temple 10-Q – Random Advice for First-Year Law Students (2022-2023) – We Encourage You to Read!
https://www2.law.temple.edu/10q/10-q-random-advice-for-first-year-law-students-2022-2023/
WRITING COMPETITIONS, CONTESTS, AND TOURNAMENTS
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
National Legal Innovation Tournament – October 7, 2022
Hofstra Law, along with the New York State Bar Association and Hofstra’s School of Engineering, is hosting a virtual National Legal Innovation Tournament. Law students and computer science students will compete to design apps that will help change the face of dispute resolution. Finalists will work with Hofstra University’s computer technologists to develop a prototype of the app, and the winning team will receive $500 thanks to the generous support of the Dispute Resolution of the New York State Bar Association.
The competition, on October 7, is open to all law students. No prior technical background is required and there is no cost to participate. Students are required to attend one of two workshops, on either Friday, September 9th and Thursday September 22nd, to learn more about the competition rules and objectives.
For additional details about the Tournament, or to register, go to https://law.hofstra.edu/legal-innovation-tournament/.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND TA POSITIONS
RA Position – Professor Sinden – Fall 2022
Professor Amy Sinden is looking for interested law students to work with her as part-time research assistants during the Fall 2022 semester on projects relating to environmental law. Possible topics will include the role of cost-benefit analysis in EPA rule making, general administrative law topics, and climate change. Work-study required. Interest in and knowledge of environmental law, administrative law, and/or economics is a plus, but not required. Please send resume and transcript (unofficial) to jonathan.joseph.koehler@temple.edu. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis.
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.
BAR EXAM & MPRE
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.