Spring 2025 – Week Twelve

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COMMUNITY REMINDERS

Academic Advising Virtual Help Desks

As priority registration for the fall 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 fall 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:

1L Academic Advising Panel Recordings

Did you miss one of our academic advising panels? Below are the recordings for the panels that we’ve held so far:

Criminal Law and Procedure Academic Advising Panel
Public Interest Law & Social Justice Academic Advising Panel
Civil Litigation Academic Advising Panel
International Law Academic Advising Panel
Immigration Law Academic Advising Panel
Intellectual Property and Law & Technology Academic Advising Panel
Corporate & Tax Law Academic Advising Panel

Resources shared during IP and Law & Tech Panel

2025-2026 Priority Financial Aid Deadline Extended to April 1

We are still accepting financial aid applications for the 2025-2026 School Year and Summer 2025 Work Study Grants

You must complete a new financial aid application for each year that you wish to be considered for financial aid. You should complete the required applications any time between now and the priority deadline, April 1, 2025.

The financial aid application process can be completed entirely online. Please complete the steps 1 & 2 below if you anticipate needing any of the following types of financial aid for the 2025-2026 school year. Many summer jobs, both on and off-campus, require that students have work study for the summer.

  • Summer 2025 Work Study Grant 
  • Federal Direct Student Loans(Unsubsidized, Graduate PLUS)
  • Federal Work Study for the Academic Year( for the fall and spring terms)

STEP 1: The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Please provide our School Code – 003371 on the FAFSA so we will receive the record.

STEP 2: Temple Law School Financial Aid Request Form Under Application Year make sure that 2025-2026 is selected, then select, Returning J.D. Student.

Additional Summer Work Study Information: When completing Step 2, you must also complete the Summer Work-Study Request section of the Financial Aid Request Form. Please read the information posted on the Summer Work Study page of the law school website for more information on the work study application process and requirements, employer eligibility, and matching funds.

Timing of Financial Aid Offers for students who submit all required financial aid forms by April 1st: Summer Work Study eligibility notices will be emailed to students by April 10th; Federal Work Study and/or Federal Student Loans offers for the 2025-2026 fall and spring terms will be available to view on TUPortal later in the summer.

SPIN Auction – Open March 24 – April 2

The annual SPIN Auction will open on March 24th! Everyone in the Temple Law community is invited to bid on auction items. All funds raised will go to SPIN grants. Bidding will be open from March 24th – April 2nd and items include things like Phillies box seats, bar prep courses, dinners and activities with all your favorite professors, and so much more!

Check out the auction here: https://new.biddingowl.com/SPIN

University of Iowa College of Law France Study Abroad Program – Apply by April 2

Applications are now open and WE HAVE A FEW SPOTS LEFT!!  The deadline has been extended to April 2. The cost is $8,000, which includes 6 credits, housing, legal and touristic visits, plus opening and closing meals. The program spends the first five days in Paris and then goes to the beach front town of Arcachon, one hour from Bordeaux.  The courses will be: Introduction to French Law I (one credit) and II(one credit) (Paris lawyer/professor Michael Amado); Comparative Criminal Procedure  (2 credits)(Iowa associate dean Dawn Anderson & Judge Lars Anderson); and Law in the Muslim World (2 credits)(Iowa professor and Program Director Dean Adrien Wing). Interested students can visit the website at https://law.uiowa.edu/summer-program-france-paris-arcachon  which includes all relevant documents or contact adrien-wing@uiowa.edu.

Spring 2026 Japan Semester Abroad Application – Now Open!

Women’s Law Caucus Now Accepting Members for Outline Bank – Sign up by April 1

The Women’s Law Caucus is once again accepting members to the outline bank for the semester. To secure your lifetime membership to the Women’s Law Caucus, please complete this form and VENMO your payment of$30.00 to @osowon with your Temple Email in the subject. The cutoff to buy into the outline bank is 12:00pm April 1st, 2025.

If you have any questions about WLC membership, how to make cash payment, or anything else related to WLC, please email LawWLC@temple.edu.

*Please note that by becoming a WLC member, you are agreeing to NOT share outlines with nonmembers*

Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program Trainings

Law Student Networking Opportunity with Philadelphia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

Each year, the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the Philadelphia Bar Association invites students from Philadelphia area law schools to join the Executive Committee as liaisons for their schools. Liaisons are asked to assist with planning YLD events, share upcoming law school events, and help expand the professional networks of their fellow classmates.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Ryan Spengler at RSpengler@duanemorris.com.

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

FINAL EXAM INFORMATION – SPRING 2025

Spring 2025 Exam Schedule

As you know, the last day of fall classes is Monday, April 28, 2025.  The exam period begins Wednesday, April 30, 2025 and ends on Monday, May 12, 2025.  If you do not see an exam listed on the SP25 Exam Schedule, please check the SP25 Take-Home Schedule and the SP25 Free Slot Schedule.

Students with a SP25 Free Slot exam can take the exam at any Free Slot on the SP25 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.

Exam Conflicts (Upper-Level Students Only) – Submission Deadline Monday, March 31

Two (or more) scheduled exams that begin within a 30-hour period will be considered a conflict. A student with an exam conflict must take the first scheduled exam and may elect (unless otherwise specified) to take the later exam(s) during a Free Slot after its scheduled time. If the exams in conflict are at the exact same time, students can choose which exam to take at the scheduled time and which to take at a later Free Slot.

Having a scheduled exam on each of three consecutive calendar days is also a conflict. To resolve this type of conflict, the exam scheduled for the middle calendar day will be deferred to a subsequent date.

If you have a conflict, please complete the exam conflict form and email it to Molly Levy, Coordinator of Student Services and Wellness Initiatives, at molly.paige.levy@temple.edu, by Monday, March 31 at 5PM. We will review conflict forms every Thursday.

Saturday Exam Option (Upper-Level Students and 1LE Students) – Submission Deadline Friday, April 4

We are administering exam sessions on Saturday, May 3, 2025 and Saturday, May 10, 2025 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). Please complete this form by April 4, 2025 at 6PM if you wish to take a Saturday exam.

ALSO,

Any upper-level student who would like to reschedule an exam that was already approved as a conflict for a Saturday exam may do so and should complete this form by April 4, 2025 at 6PM.

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.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Bar Exam and Application Virtual Help Desk – Sunday, March 30 from 7-9PM

Do you have questions about the bar application, bar prep, or the bar exam generally? We will be hosting virtual bar exam and application helpdesks on Sunday evenings from 7-9PM through mid-April. The Zoom link for these helpdesks can be found here: https://temple.zoom.us/j/93840575451.

“Making Sense of the Headlines” Series – next event Monday, March 31 at 12PM in K2A

Join members of the Temple Law faculty and staff for a 6-part series, “Making Sense of the Headlines.” These five Monday programs are designed to address some of the main issues and themes that are the subject of recent executive action, concluding with a capstone Community Conversation on the rule of law and presidential power.

All sessions will be informal “lunch and discuss sessions”, led by faculty members and staff, held on Mondays from 12-1PM (pizza will be served):

  • February 24 (K2A) “Transgender rights” (Profs. Adam Herpolsheimer & Dara Purvis, Jasper Katz, Books Schatschneider)
  • March 17 (K2A) “Business & Finance” (Profs. Michael Donella, Tom Lin & Jonathan Lipson)
  • March 24 (K2B) “Immigration” (Profs. Jen Lee, Jaya Ramji-Nogales & Evelyn Rangel-Medina)
  • March 31 (K2A) “International Law & Institutions” (Profs. Scott Burris, Meg DeGuzman, Jeff Dunoff & Rachel Lopez)
  • April 7 (K2B) “Diversity, equity, and inclusion” (Profs. Zamir Ben-Dan, Sophia Lee & Noelia Rivera-Calderón)
  • April 21 (K2A) “Preserving the Rule of Law” (Professors Elizabeth Lippy, Jane Manners, Lauren Ouziel, Jake Schuman)

The goal of this series is to clarify issues that have significant ramifications and provide our internal community with insight, information, and an opportunity to ask questions. We hope you will mark your calendars and join us for any, or all, of the sessions.

Temple Law Environmental Justice Week – March 31 – April 3

Join us during the first week of April for Environmental Justice Week! TELS and Temple’s Environmental, Energy and Climate Justice Fellows are hosting four events from noon to 1pm in K1C. Food will be provided! Zoom options available!

Event Time Location
What is Environmental Justice with Justina Thompson Noon to 1PM K1C or Zoom (https://temple.zoom.us/j/95515964125)
Environmental Law Career Panel Noon to 1PM K1C or Zoom (https://temple.zoom.us/j/99293859113)
Future of Energy Panel Noon to 1PM K1C or Zoom (https://temple.zoom.us/j/93425073802)
Advocating for a Sustainable Future with Mathy Stanislaus (1 Sub. CLE Credit Offered) – Please RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eUXiDUzC Noon to 1PM K1C or Zoom (https://temple.zoom.us/j/95339460921

What is Environmental Justice with Justina Thompson – Monday, March 31 at 12PM in K1C

Friel-Scanlan Lecture: Ethical Lives and Business Forms – Wednesday, April 2 at 11AM in MCR

Join us for the Spring 2025 Friel-Scanlan Lecture

Ethical Lives and Business Forms
Presented by Professor Harwell Wells

The Friel Scanlan Lecture showcases recent scholarship by Professor Harwell Wells, a legal historian and corporate law scholar whose work, Shareholder Meetings and Freedom Rides: The Story of Peck v Greyhound, tells the story of an early social justice action by James Peck and Bayard Rustin that sought to hold Greyhound Bus Company accountable for its role in perpetuating racial segregation in the South and ultimately exposed the racial bias underpinning corporate and securities regulation.

Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Duane Morris LLP Moot Court Room

Register Here

SPIN Auction Closing Celebration – Wednesday, April 2 at 6PM at Stradley Ronan

To celebrate the end of the auction, there will be an event hosted by Stradley Ronan. Join us at 2005 Market St. at 6 PM. Temple law students, faculty, and the public interest community will be in attendance! Please use this link to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTWUdYxYo5aGA20-4OzvXpBO-7l3EoLbhD_xkJTLLw4FH0wA/viewform

SPIN Forum – Thursday, April 3 at 12PM in K1E

Join SPIN and ACS to discuss freedom of speech in social media. We will have three amazing panelists to discuss the intersection of freedom of speech and social media, focusing on private and government involvement and current events. Lunch will be served!

Advocating for a Sustainable Future with Mathy Stanislaus – Thursday, April 3 at 12PM in K1C or Zoom

PA Board of Law Examiners Presentation – Wednesday, April 9 at 12PM via Zoom

Join us as Jessica Holst, Lead Character & Fitness Investigator from the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners, shares information about the character and fitness process, the bar exam application, and other important requirements. Zoom link: https://temple.zoom.us/j/91053766526. This session will be recorded and the recording will be available to graduates through the month of July.

If you have specific questions you would like addressed, you can ask them anonymously by filling out this form: Questions for PABOLE Information Session

Night Owls Alumni Happy Hour – Friday, April 11 at 5:30PM

Please join the Nights Owls as we host our semesterly Alumni Networking Happy Hour! Come meet and mingle with current students, alumni, and even invite your favorite evening professor!  Food with be provided. Click here to register.

Perspectives in Print: Diverse Voices in TLR’s Legal Scholarship – Monday, April 14 at 12PM in K1C

Please join Temple Law Review for Perspectives in Print: Diverse Voices in Temple Law Review’s Legal Scholarship on April 14th from 12:00 to 1:00pm in K1C.

This will be a dynamic lunchtime conversation highlighting the diverse voices shaping legal scholarship. This event brings together Temple Law Review authors to discuss their published work, share their experiences in legal writing, and explore how diversity in scholarship impacts the broader legal community.

We have invited panelists who have been published in Temple Law Review. These panelists include Professor Carol Brown (University of Richmond School of Law), Dean Rachelle Holmes Perkins (Antonin Scalia Law School—George Mason University), Judge Juan Sánchez (Eastern District of Pennsylvania), and Professor Melanie Regis (Charleston School of Law).

Please join us to learn more about Temple Law Review as well as engage in meaningful conversations about diversity in the law.

Please register by filling out the form below. We look forward to seeing you there! https://forms.office.com/r/DrUNT2T7m8

BLSA Presents: The Honorable Mia Perez – Tuesday, April 15 at 12PM in K1E

Temple’s Black Law Students Association welcomes The Honorable Mia Perez for a moderated speaking engagement on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Klein Hall 1E at 12pm (noon). Judge Perez currently presides on the bench for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She is the first Asian American and only the second Latina person to serve on the bench.  She is a Temple Law alum and an adjunct professor of trial advocacy. Come hear about her journey from the classroom to the bench. Food will be served.

Stern Moot Court Competition Final Round – Wednesday, April 16 at 4PM in MCR

Join us for the final round of the I. Herman Stern Moot Court Competition, in which students new to Temple’s prestigious Moot Court Competition Team complete their first year by arguing an issue currently before Pennsylvania’s appellate courts. Each year, advocates enrolled in Temple Law’s Moot Court Program research, brief, and argue an actual appellate case file in preliminary rounds of the Stern competition. The final four competitors go head-to-head in oral arguments before a distinguished panel of judges. This year, advocates will argue a Fourth Amendment issue currently before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court: whether a person’s temporal and spatial proximity to a ShotSpotter alert constitutes reasonable suspicion to justify a Terry stop. The winners of the Stern competition earn roles on the Competition team as oral advocates, written advocates, or both.

The panel for this year’s final round, which includes the Hon. Ellen Ceisler Law ’86 of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania; the Hon. Carolyn Nichols Law ’85, LL.M. ’94 of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania; and the Hon. Megan Sullivan Law ’01 of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania will offer competitors a challenging and prestigious forum to showcase their appellate advocacy skills.

The Professor I. Herman Stern Moot Court Competition

Final Round | Reception to Follow

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Duane Morris LLP Moot Court Room

https://law.temple.edu/events/stern-moot-court-competition-april-16-2025/

Dean’s Cup – Friday, April 18 – Sign Up To Play!

This year’s Dean’s Cup will be Friday, April 18th at Penn’s Palestra stadium. We are so excited for this year’s Dean’s cup where students from all the local law schools compete in a basketball tournament for funding for public interest summer grants. If you are interested in playing in the tournament fill out this form!

WRITING COMPETITIONS, CONTESTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND TOURNAMENTS

Scholarship Opportunities: new opportunity, next deadline March 31st

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/RA POSITIONS

Temple 10-Q Hiring Student Editors – Apply by Monday, March 31st at 5PM

The Temple 10-Q, the law school’s business law magazine, is looking to hire a few student editors for the upcoming academic year (2 credits or pay). The work is 3-5 hours/week. Please submit your resume and transcript to apply, due by Monday, March 31 at 5 PM. Questions? Email tithipatel@temple.edu and douglas.sasso@temple.edu.

APPLY HERE: https://forms.office.com/r/LstAh3Myug

Tech Justice Law Project Fellowship – Apply by April 15

The Tech Justice Law Project (TJLP) is seeking a 3L, 4LE, or recent graduate for a one-year, funded postgraduate fellowship to support its work in technology accountability. TJLP plays a distinct role in the tech accountability field, filling a gap by serving as the connective tissue between tech accountability litigation and the tech reform movement.  If you are passionate about tech policy and law, litigation and policy, movement lawyering or public interest practice, this is a great experience that will allow you engage in creative legal scholarship and practice for the most pressing issues in technology.

For full consideration, please submit all application materials by April 15, 2025. You can learn more about the job and find out how to apply here.

iLIT Summer Research Assistant Applications – Rolling Deadline; Apply by April 21

Temple Law’s Institute for Law, Innovation & Technology (iLIT) is hiring research assistants for the summer. Applications are rolling until April 21st, however applications received by March 24th will have preference.

If you have any questions about iLIT, the requirements of the RA position, or anything else please reach out to us at ilit@temple.edu or aloubeau@temple.edu.

RA Position – Temple Law Diversity in Public Interest Law Project (DPIP) – Apply by April 25th

The Temple Law Diversity in Public Interest Law Project (DPIP) is looking for part-time and full-time summer and fall research assistants. Compensation is available through either work study eligibility or course credit. If you are interested, please send your resume and a short paragraph describing why you’d like to join the project to Lydia Hurtado (lydia.hurtado@temple.edu). Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, but please submit by April 25th for the summer session.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS REMINDERS AND EVENTS

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

Bar Exam Support Survey

We want to know how we can best support you as you prepare for the bar exam. Please take a moment to complete this short survey: 2025 Summer Bar Prep Survey – How Can We Help?

Bar Exam and Application Virtual Help Desks – Sundays from 7-9PM

Do you have questions about the bar application, bar prep, or the bar exam generally? We will be hosting virtual bar exam and application helpdesks on Sunday evenings from 7-9PM through mid-April. The zoom link for these helpdesks can be found here: https://temple.zoom.us/j/93840575451. Below are the list of dates for our helpdesks:

  • 2/23
  • 3/2
  • 3/9
  • 3/16
  • 3/23
  • 3/30
  • 4/6
  • 4/13
  • 4/27

July 2025 Pennsylvania Bar Application Now Open!

The application period for the July 2025 Pennsylvania Bar Exam is now open. If you plan on sitting for the July 2025 bar exam in Pennsylvania, you can begin your online application today.

If you plan on sitting for the bar exam in another jurisdiction, you should refer to that jurisdiction’s website for more information on the application process, timeline, and fees. Not sure where to start? Check out the NCBE’s Directory of Jurisdiction Bar Admission Agencies.

“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.

Information on Spring semester dates will be released soon. Slides from the Esquire Bound events for the fall semester are below:

  • September 15th: Admission to Practice: Overview of the Bar Exam – Recording – Slides
  • September 29th: Admission to Practice: Other Requirements – Recording – Slides
  • November 10th: Planning for the Bar Exam: Courses, Schedules, and More – Recording – Slides

2025 MPRE Dates and Registration Deadlines

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.

Bar Exam – Information on UBE Passing Scores by Jurisdiction

NextGen Bar Exam – Coming to a Jurisdiction Near You Beginning July 2026!

Are you planning on taking the bar exam on or after July 2026? If so, you might be taking the NextGen Bar Exam! Beginning in July 2026, UBE jurisdictions will begin to adopt the NextGen bar exam. For more information on this new generation of the exam, scan the QR code above.