Fall 2024 – Week Eleven

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COMMUNITY REMINDERS

Academic Advising Virtual Help Desks

As priority registration for the spring semester approaches, we will host a series of Academic Advising Virtual Help Desks. We encourage you to drop in should you have any questions or concerns as you plan your schedule for the spring semester. Students will be admitted into the Zoom room one at a time in the order they are logged in. Mark your calendars for these help desks:

External Clinic and Externship Courses: Registration-Based Experiential Learning Opportunities

Our External Clinics and Externship Courses provide students a great opportunity to gain live-client experience by simply registering for a course – no application required!

Upper-level students can register for the following external clinics and externship courses for the Spring 2025 semester:

Interested in our clinical offerings with the PA Innocence Project or the City Solicitor’s office? Check out the recording here: Spring 2025 External Clinic Virtual Panel

If you’re interested in one of these courses, plan on registering during Clinic/Externship Registration as follows:

  • 4LE & 3L students: Thursday, November 7th from 12PM to 11:59 PM
  • 3LE, 2LE, & 2L students: Friday, November 8th from 12PM to 11:59 PM

Questions? Contact Associate Director Noeleen Urmson at nurmson@temple.edu.

Peperograms for Pepero Day! – Order by November 5th; Pickup November 11th

November 11th is celebrated as Pepero Day in Korea or Pocky Day in Japan because the chocolate-coated cookies resemble 1’s. People exchange the sweet treat with friends, like sharing candy with loved ones on Valentine’s day in the U.S. Peperograms are $3 and will include a box of Chocolate Pocky or Hi-Chew goodie bag (gluten and nut free) and a personal note if you so choose!

If you’d like to request a Peperogram for yourself or others, complete this form by November 5th at 10pm. Then on November 11th, APALSA will reach out to those people to tell them they have a gift waiting for them in the 1st floor breezeway of Klein!

Recordings for 1L & 2L ACE Sessions

Did you miss our 1L or 2L ACE Sessions? You can view the recordings at the links below.  If you have any questions, please contact Associate Director Urmson at nurmson@temple.edu.

1L ACE Sessions

Recording: 1L ACE #1: Studying & Synthesis – What to do Outside the Classroom (Evening)
Recording: 1L ACE #1: Studying & Synthesis – What to do Outside the Classroom (Day)
Recording: 1L ACE #2: Outlines – When and How to Begin (Day)
Recording: 1L ACE #2: Outlines – When and How to Begin (Evening)
Recording: 1L ACE #3: Exams –Test-Taking Skills and Strategies (Day)
Recording: 1L ACE #3: Exams –Test-Taking Skills and Strategies (Evening)

2L ACE Sessions

Recording: 2L ACE #1: Outlining Refresher

1L ACE Counselor Request Form

Are you a 1L student trying to navigate how to outline and prepare for your midterms and final exams? Complete the ACE Counselor Request Form to let us know how we can best help you! Once you’ve completed the form, we will pair you with an ACE Counselor to work with them one-on-one to develop the tools and skills you need to succeed. (Note: you will need to be logged into your Temple AccessNet account to complete the form linked above).

Questions? Contact Associate Director Noeleen Urmson at nurmson@temple.edu.

Flyer Posting Policy

Flyers are prohibited in the following areas:

  • Wall-papered or laminated surfaces​
  • Glass doors leading to classrooms​
  • Inside & outside of the elevators​
  • Career Services, SBA, and International Programs bulletin board on 1st Floor of Klein​
  • 2nd Floor of Klein – including front doors, classroom doors, wooden pillars at alcoves​
  • Doors entering and exiting the library on the 3rd floor​
  • Inside classrooms​
  • Barrack Hall (except public bulletin boards)​
  • Individual Lockers (unless you have permission)​
  • No more than 1 in each restroom (but only the interior of the lavatory door)

Thank you for helping keep our law school looking great!

Bar Association Student Memberships – Join for Free Today!

Join the Philadelphia Bar Association Today!

The Philadelphia Bar Association makes an important investment in students’ professional development by paying for your membership. To get started, fill out this online form. You must use your temple.edu email address. Questions? Contact membership@philabar.org or (215) 238-6300.

Pennsylvania Bar Association – Free Membership for Law Students

Law students can join the Pennsylvania Bar Association for benefits such as networking, scholarships, job posting, writing competitions, and leadership opportunities. For more information: PBA 2024 Law School Membership Flyer

Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania – Free Student Membership

Law student membership to the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania is completely FREE. The HBAP has a robust Legal Education Fund organization which provides generous scholarship opportunities for Latinx law students. For more information, go to https://www.hbapa.net/.

Free ABA Law Student Membership

ABA Law Student Membership is FREE and includes many extremely valuable resources. For more information:  ABA Law Student Membership Brochure

SPRING 2025 PRACTICUM INFORMATION

We are pleased to share some important information on our practicum course offerings for the Spring 2025 semester. A practicum course offers students an opportunity to earn 2- or 3-credits in connection with an unpaid experiential opportunity. In a practicum course, students will engage in a project for a real client under the supervision of an on-site practicing attorney or supervisor and a full-time faculty member. We offer two types of practicum courses: School Designed Practicums and Independent Practicums.

School Designed Practicum Catalogue – Next Deadline November 15th

Our School Designed Practicums are pre-approved practicum opportunities with designated faculty supervisors. Each semester, we published a School Designed Practicum Course Catalogue that provides a description for each practicum course and the application requirements. We are pleased to share the first version of our Spring 2025 School Designed Practicum Course Catalogue and encourage you to consider the opportunities in the document linked here: Spring 2025 School Designed Practicums (1).  We will continue to update and circulate this list in the upcoming weeks and early summer months as additional opportunities become available or are confirmed.

Questions? Email lawpract@temple.edu or contact Associate Director Urmson at nurmson@temple.edu.

Independent Practicums: Information and Approval Form – Deadline December 12th

Independent Practicums provide students an opportunity to earn academic credit for an experiential opportunity not otherwise offered by the law school. Upon accepting an unpaid legal internship or externship position, a student seeking to pursue an Independent Practicum must obtain approval from Dean Ramji-Nogales by completing the Practicum Approval Form. Once approved, the student will then need to secure a full-time faculty member to act as the faculty supervisor for their practicum. The deadline to submit Practicum Approval Forms for the Spring 2025 semester is December 12, 2024 at 12 pm.

Questions? Email lawpract@temple.edu or contact Associate Director Urmson at nurmson@temple.edu.

Practicum Registration – Information and Practicum Agreement – Deadline January 6th

All students who wish to register for a practicum must submit a completed Practicum Agreement, signed by the student’s faculty supervisor and site supervisor, through the Practicum Agreement Submission Form on our website. The Practicum Agreement serves as the registration form for the practicum course. Once submitted, the student will be administratively registered for their practicum by the end of the add/drop period. Students seeking to pursue a practicum opportunity for the spring semester should plan on registering for a full course load during general registration and dropping a course during the add/drop period if they need to make room in their schedule. The deadline to submit Practicum Agreements for the Spring 2025 semester is January 6, 2025 at 12 pm.

Questions? Email lawpract@temple.edu or contact Associate Director Urmson at nurmson@temple.edu.

FINAL EXAM INFORMATION – FALL 2024

Fall 2024 Exam Schedule

As you know, the last day of fall classes is Thursday, December 5, 2024.  The exam period begins Friday, December 6, 2024 and ends on Thursday, December 19, 2024.  If you do not see an exam listed on the F24 Exam Schedule, please check the F24 Take-Home Schedule and the F24 Free Slot Schedule.

Students with a F24 Free Slot exam can take the exam at any Free Slot on the F24 Exam Schedule. You do not need to need to notify us beforehand – just come to Exam Central and we will have the exam ready for you.

Please note that occasionally a faculty member changes the format or length of an exam, or sometimes we change the exam room.  Although these schedules are as accurate as we can make them, we ask that you please check the exam schedule online in the weeks leading up to the exam period.

Saturday Exam Option (Upper-Level Students and 1LE Students)

We are administering an exam session on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 9AM.

All evening division students (1LE-4LE) may move one exam from the originally scheduled date to Saturday (you are not permitted to take an exam before the originally scheduled date). If you are an evening student requesting to take an exam on Saturday, please complete this form by November 18, 2024 at 2PM.

ALSO

Any upper-level student who would like to reschedule an exam that was already approved as a conflict for Saturday, December 14 at 9AM may do so and should complete this form by November 18, 2024 at 2PM.

Exam Reminders

  • Password for all mock exams: TU123
  • Most in person exams are secure. That means any study materials you plan to use for an open book exam must be in hard copy.
  • You are not permitted to talk to your professor about the exam after the day the exam is scheduled even if your exam is deferred and you are studying for it later.
  • Any questions about a take home exam must be directed to the administration. Do not contact your professor.
  • Secondary devices (tablets, e-readers, etc.) are not permitted.
  • You will not receive a confirmation email when submitting take home exams.
  • If your in person exam has a word limit, you can check the word count in Examplify by clicking on the document icon next to the character count on the bottom of the screen.
  • If you are taking a Free Slot exam, Saturday exam, or testing in Barrack Hall, you must keep your own time.

Exam Information Session Slides and Recording

Did you miss the Fall 2024 Exam Information Session? The slides are here and you can watch the recording at this link. If you have any questions, please contact Senior Director Walden at walden@temple.edu.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Temple Student Eviction Defense Workshop – Monday, November 4th at 12PM

TELS GBM: Building the Environmental Law Program – Monday, November 4th at 12PM

Lunch with Litigators Fall 2024 Series – next event Wednesday, November 6th

Lunch with Litigators offers students the opportunity to hear from and ask questions of extraordinary advocates. The series takes place on Wednesdays, 11:45AM – 12:45PM in K1E. You must register to attend. Pizza will be provided. The remaining events in our Fall 2024 series is below:

  • November 6: Three Exceptional Appellate Advocates

1L ACE #4: Exams – What to do After Midterms – Friday, November 8th at 12PM via Zoom

Now that you’ve survived your midterms, what do you do now? Join us for an information session and discussion on Friday, November 8th at 12PM via Zoom (link: https://temple.zoom.us/j/95390767313). We’ll discuss how to use your midterms as a learning opportunity, study tool, and planning mechanism as you look toward finals.

Esquire Bound Series: Planning for the Bar Exam: Courses, Schedules, and More – Sunday, November 10th at 6PM via Zoom

Join us for the next event in our “Esquire Bound” series on Sunday, November 10th from 6 – 6:45 pm via Zoom.  You can access the Zoom link for every session here: https://temple.zoom.us/j/96046427589. This session will be recorded.

For more information on the Esquire Bound series, including dates for upcoming events and a copy of the recordings for the events, see the BAR EXAM & MPRE section of the Student Post below.

WRITING COMPETITIONS, CONTESTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND TOURNAMENTS

Scholarship Opportunities: New opportunities; next deadline November 12th

Information on available scholarships, writing competitions, contests, and tournaments is posted here: Student Post Scholarship Page. The scholarship opportunities currently available include:

AccessLex Scholarship Databank

Students seeking additional financial support during law school can also access the AccessLex Scholarship Databank.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND TA POSITIONS

Nothing here for now – check back next week!

HEALTH AND WELLNESS REMINDERS AND EVENTS

Temple University Wellness Resource Center November Events

The Temple University Wellness Resource Center (WRC) is hosting a series of events through the month of November. More details can be found below.

Mindful Mondays

Monday, November 4th & 18th | 3:00pm – 4:00pm | Zoom: https://temple.zoom.us/j/92756662962

Intentionally paying attention to the current moment without judgement takes some practice and the WRC wants to create space for you to do just that!  Mindful Mondays will be virtual opportunities to learn about the science of mindfulness, as well as engage in an optional guided practice (different each time).  Join us at either 3:00 or 3:30pm or stay the whole hour!

Thoughtful Thursdays

Thursday, November 14th | 11:00am – 12:00pm | Zoom: https://temple.zoom.us/j/92756662962
Drop by and explore a new wellness topic with the WRC team. Learn about supporting peers and friends, gain skills, and find community!

Wellness Tip

November 13th is World Kindness Day! 🌍 We invite you to use this day to honor the season of gratitude by spreading extra kindness and making someone’s day. 😊 Try showing your appreciation for your favorite barista with a compliment or letting a long-distance friend know you are thinking about them.

Use this link for information on gratitude exercises!

Use this link to learn more about the Global Kindness Movement.

TUSafe App – download today!

Temple University’s Department of Public Safety has a one-stop personal safety app that is available on your mobile device. Please visit the university’s Public Safety website for the new application.

Bike Temple: Register your Bicycle; Free U-locks

Students can register bicycles online using Campus Safety’s Bike Registration Form. Just complete and submit the online form, and then visit one of the Campus Safety locations.

Temple Campus Walking Escort Program

To request an escort, call: 8-WALK (8-9255) from a campus phone, or call: 215-777-9255 from a cell phone. Escort service is available daily from 4 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. 

Temple Flight Program

Flight is Temple University’s nighttime fixed-route shuttle loop service. Flight-branded shuttles circulate throughout the areas within and surrounding the main campus patrol zone, and pick up and drop off students at each of its over 40 stops. Flight shuttles can be tracked in real time.

BAR EXAM & MPRE

“Esquire Bound”: Virtual Information Series on Admission to Practice and Bar Exam Success

Join us for “Esquire Bound” – our  series of virtual information sessions on admission to practice and how to pass the bar exam. These sessions will be held on Sunday evenings from 6 – 6:45 pm via Zoom. You can access the Zoom link for every session here: https://temple.zoom.us/j/96046427589. These sessions will be recorded.

The Esquire Bound events for the fall semester are as follows:

  • September 15th: Admission to Practice: Overview of the Bar Exam – Recording – Slides
  • September 29th: Admission to Practice: Other Requirements – Recording – Slides
  • October 13th November 10th: Planning for the Bar Exam: Courses, Schedules, and More
  • SPRING 2025: Tools to Tackle the Bar Exam: Essential Study Tools and Resources

2025 MPRE Dates and Registration Deadlines – Register for March MPRE by January 23rd, 2025

The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is a two-hour, 60-question multiple-choice examination administered three times per year. It is required for admission to the bars in almost every jurisdiction in the United States.  The 2025 test dates for the MPRE have been released, and can be found below:

Test Administration Recommended Submission Date to Apply for Accommodations Registration Deadline
Fee: $160
March 26 or 27, 2025 December 4, 2024 January 23, 2025
August 20 or 21, 2025 April 30, 2025 June 18, 2025
November 13 or 14, 2025 July 30, 2025 September 25, 2025

For more information, or to register, please go to the MPRE Registration Information page of the NCBE website here: https://www.ncbex.org/exams/mpre/registration/

Information on Free MPRE Review Courses

MPRE review courses are a great opportunity to get a sense of which commercial bar prep course might be best for you. Information on the MPRE prep courses for some of the most popular bar prep companies are linked below: BARBRI, Helix, Kaplan, Quimbee, Themis.