For Innovative Research and Writing on Lawyers’ Professional Liability
An Annual Competition
Concluding every April
$5,000 PRIZE & a free trip to Boston, MA!
Contest Deadline & Information

Deadline for Submission
ONLINE entries MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on February 18, 2011.
MAILED entries MUST be postmarked by February 18, 2011.

Contest Mission
The contest encourages original and innovative research and writing in the area of legal malpractice law, professional liability insurance and loss prevention.

Prize
* Cash award of $5,000.
* All expense paid trip to the Spring 2011 National Legal Malpractice Conference in Boston, MA on April 27-29.

Sponsors
The Bert W. Levit Essay Contest is conducted by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability and the San Francisco law firm of Long & Levit LLP. The 2011 contest is administered and judged by a subcommittee designated by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability.

The Assignment
The 2011 Contest Essay Hypothetical concerns whether a party who has engaged in fraud has standing to bring a suit against a lawyer for fraud and legal malpractice based on the lawyer’s conduct relating to the fraud itself, or rather if such a claim is barred by the doctrine of in pari delicto, which prohibits one wrongdoer from suing another wrongdoer for a fraud the two parties committed together.

For more information, please visit: http://apps.americanbar.org/legalservices/lpl/levit/levit.html

This presentation will cover extensively how LRAP works, including the program requirements and the “Low Bono” and union coverage pilot program. We will address LRAP repayment options and how the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) can be utilized while receiving LRAP support. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.

If you plan a legal career in either the public service or public interest and would like to find out about LRAP this is the event you don’t want to miss. Please bring your questions!

The event will be held from 12:45-1:45P.M. on Wednesday, October 20, in 140 Boalt Hall. Please remember that food and beverages are not allowed in this classroom.

In connection with the student interviews it is conducting on the first day of our OCIP — Monday, August 23 — the law firm of Crowell & Moring, LLP is holding a reception at Adagia from 6-8pm.  All students and faculty are welcome.  

You can view the full invite here. 

On Thursday, August 26, there will be an information session presented by UC Berkeley’s Residence Affairs Unit regarding establishing California Residency for tuition purposes. Students currently billed as nonresidents but planning to appeal their residency status for 2011-2012 should attend this informal lunch period gathering from 12:45 -1:45 in Room 100 Boalt. The impact of working out of California this summer and tips for completing the appeal will be discussed by the presenter. There will be time for questions and answers.

If you have any questions,  please contact the Financial Aid Office
financial-aid@law.berkeley.edu
510-642-1563

Berkeley Law Financial Aid

If you are a New American, please plan to attend the information session for the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. The session will be held in 110 Boalt Hall, 2-3 P.M., on Thursday, April 15. Warren Ilchman, Director, Stanley J. Heginbotham, Consulting Director of Selection, and the current Boalt 1L who is now a Soros Fellow, will provide information and insights about how to be a successful applicant for this prestigious $90,000 two-year national fellowship.

A New American is a person who holds a Green Card, or is already a naturalized citizen, or the child of a naturalized parent (the other parent cannot be a US born citizen). A candidate must not be more than 30 years of age as of November 1 of the year of application. Please go to www.pdsoros.org for more information about the fellowships.

Dennis Tominaga
Assistant Dean of Financial Aid

The Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law is holding its first general membership meeting of the semester. All BJELL members should attend this important meeting. We will discuss our plans for the semester, BJELL’s publication process, and exciting opportunities for BJELL members. Interested in joining BJELL? Then don’t miss this meeting! Lunch will be served.

BJELL General Membership Meeting
12:45 PM Wednesday, September 10th
Boalt Room 170

Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 12:45
Room 100

The Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights presents Emily Arnold-Fernandez, founder and executive director of Asylum Access. Asylum Access makes refugee rights a reality by providing on-the-ground legal counsel and representation for refugees in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and by advocating for refugee rights worldwide.

Lunch will be served!

For more information, contact sarahmrich@berkeley.edu.

The Berkeley La Raza Law Journal will be meeting Wednesday, September 3d at 1245 in Room 123. We will be discussing our plans for the semester and assigning new members to article teams. We will also be walking to the journal office (2 blocks away) so that members can know where the space is.

All are welcome! Lunch provided.

For more than ten years, EBCLC’s Community Legal Outreach (CLO) Program has engaged first-year students to assist under served communities throughout the East Bay. Under the supervision of EBCLC staff attorneys, upper class student coordinators recruit and train students to conduct outreach visits to shelters, transitional housing sites and health clinics.

Each year, CLO students provide basic information and make referrals to more than 1,000 low-income people in need of social and legal services. These linkages often make the difference between people being housed or homeless, and having access to other basic necessities such as income and health care.

Location: TBA

Correction:

Wednesday, September 3

12:45 pm

Room 170

Interested in joining BHWA?

Join us at our first general meeting to meet current members, learn about what events BHWA will be putting on this semester (such as faculty teas and 1L advice series), sign-up for a mentor, and get free lunch!

“The Great Urban Transformation: Politics of Land Development in Post Mao China” You-tien Hsing,

UC Berkeley
Boalt Hall, Room 105;
12:40 – 1:40 pm
Monday, September 8

This is a great opportunity to preview Professor Hsing’s upcoming Oxford University book of the same title. Radical changes have taken place in the socialist regime of land rights as Chinese cities have expanded dramatically since the 1980s. Professor Hsing will talk about the players – socialist land masters, municipal governments and mobilized citizens. She will also talk about the connection between urban expansion and local state building.Luncheon served; RSVP to BCLBE@law.berkeley.edu

Come learn about what is going on around campus and how you can get involved in energy, climate and cleantech with the Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative (BERC)!. Cheezeboard will be served. Check out berc.berkeley.edu to learn more, or email berc.boalt@gmail.com if you have questions.

Thursday, August 28 from 5:30-7pm (Donor Lobby), attorneys from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom will come to Boalt to meet YOU! Do not miss this opportunity to make some connections and distinguish yourself from other students as you prepare for your OCIs. Cocktails and savory hors d’oeuvers will be served.

Tuesday, 9/2/08
12:45 PM
Room 145

Come meet student and faculty members of the Federalist Society, and hear what the Society has planned for the upcoming year and why you should be a part of it! 1Ls – you are especially encouraged to come and ask any questions about the Society or Boalt life in general. Lunch will be provided.

If you have questions or would like further information, please email xyan@berkeley.edu or kgong@berkeley.edu.

Friday, September 5, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.
Steven Raphael, Goldman School of Public Policy
Why Are So Many Americans in Prison?
Boalt Hall, Dean’s Seminar Room