Fall 2024 – Week Ten

The Women’s Law Caucus Outline Bank will close on November 1st. To become a member of WLC and gain access to the bank, please fill out the following form and Venmo accordingly. After November 1st, the outline bank will be closed to new members until spring semester. Sign up form: https://forms.gle/AbKQHKovvL4LmctQ8

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 October 30th; November 1st

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

Career Pathways: Fields & Industries of International Law – Tuesday, October 29th at 12PM

Voting Rights & Health Equity Panel – Tuesday, October 29th at 12PM

On Tuesday, October 29^th (12PM in K2A), the Temple Health Law Society is hosting a lunchtime discussion on the intersection between voting rights and health equity ahead of the upcoming election. Experts will talk about how our right to vote can influence our health and vice versa. Lunch will be provided!

Lunch with Litigators Fall 2024 Series – next event Wednesday, October 30th

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 Fall 2024 series is below:

• October 30: The World of Civil Litigation
• November 6: Three Exceptional Appellate Advocates

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Screening – Wednesday, October 30th at 5PM

Give yourself over to absolute pleasure and join us for a screening of the cult-classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show! This event will feature a live pre-show as well as audience participation. All are welcome, including Rocky Horror virgins! Food and drinks (alc/non-alc) provided. Optional but encouraged donations will be sent to Hearts on a Wire, a grassroots inside/outside prison advocacy organization working to address the needs of transgender people in Pennsylvania’s prisons.

Spring 2025 External Clinic Virtual Panel – Thursday, October 31st at 12PM

Interested in live-client experiential learning opportunities for Spring 2025 without completing an application? Join us for a virtual panel discussion on Thursday, October 31st at 12PM via Zoom. This panel offers a great chance to hear directly from the adjunct professors who teach the following external clinics:

• Tort Litigation and Trial Practice Clinic with the City Solicitor’s Office
• Criminal Litigation Clinic with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project

This session is perfect for students planning their spring semester as priority clinic registration approaches (for our external clinics, no application is required – you register for these clinics like any other class).

Life in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court – Thursday, October 31st at 12PM

Join TBKLS and ACS on Thursday, October 31st from 12-1 PM in K1C or via Zoom (link here) in learning about bankruptcy law and the U.S. bankruptcy court from guest speaker, the Honorable Brendan L. Shannon of the District of Delaware. Food will be served.

Affinity Halloween Mixer – Thursday, October 31st at 5 PM

Come join APALSA, WLC, First-Gen, OUTlaw, JLSA, LALSA, BLSA, and SALSA for the annual Affinity Halloween Mixer! Stop by for food and drinks before heading out for your Halloween plans, or stay the evening for a spooky good time. Please RSVP (https://forms.gle/jsc6x9CCy3gRFkyM6) to receive the address at a date closer to the event. Costumes aren’t required but encouraged!!

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

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

WRITING COMPETITIONS, CONTESTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND TOURNAMENTS

Scholarship Opportunities: New opportunities; next deadline November 1st

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

• 2024 Mercer County Bar Foundation Samantha Josephson Scholarship – Deadline November 1st
• Janet Doherty Memorial Scholarship – Deadline November 12th
• PBA Intellectual Property 2024 Writing Contest – Deadline November 22nd – NEW
• American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) Law School Student Writing Award – Deadline December 31st
• Fifth Annual Judge Samuel G. DeSimone Memorial Legal Writing Competition – Deadline January 1st
• NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund Law School Writing Contest – Deadline March 1st – NEW
• Public Investors Advocate Bar Association James E. Beckley Writing Competition – Deadline March 28th
• Meltzer Fellowships through the Sheller Center for Social Justice

AccessLex Scholarship Databank

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

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.

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