Puerto Rican Bar Association (PRBA) Scholarship: Apply by September 15, 2017.

THE PRBA SCHOLARSHIP FUND APPLICATION, to learn more about this scholarship for law students, visit:  www.prbasf.org   

NEW DEADLINE:  SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 

(EXTENDED FROM: JULY 31, 2017)

For complete application materials (9 pages) click on link:  2017 NEW Amended Scholarship Application – Deadline 9-15-17.pdf

The Puerto Rican Bar Association Scholarship Fund, Inc. (“Scholarship Fund”) is now accepting applications for its annual scholarship. The Scholarship Fund was established to promote diversity within the legal profession by providing scholarships to students of Puerto Rican and Latino descent attending ABA-accredited law schools in New York State. Applicants must be enrolled during the 2017-2018 academic year.

For the first time the Puerto Rican Bar Association will be awarding legacy scholarships in celebration of its 2017 Puerto Rican Bar Association Diamond Jubilee. Each scholarship recipient will receive Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) yearly until graduation. The scholar will receive Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per semester. To receive the award, the scholarship recipient must remain in good standing and enrolled full time at an accredited American Bar Association Law School in New York state.

Albany Law School: Diversity and Inclusion Newsletter, Issue 1

Published by members of the Law School’s Faculty Diversity Committee.
Website: http://www.albanylaw.edu/diversity 

The Theodore T. Jones, JR Undergraduate Intercultural Moot Court Competition, Saturday, April 8 (Albany Law School)

Featured Story: http://www.albany.edu/news/78067.php

Sponsored by the University at Albany and Albany Law School Venture Fund  

In memory of the Honorable Theodore T. Jones, Jr.  Associate Justice, N.Y. Court of Appeals

Theodore Theopolis Jones, Jr. was the fourth African American appointed to serve on New York State’s highest court. He was nominated to the Court of Appeals by the then-newly elected Governor Eliot Spitzer in January 2007 and confirmed by the State Senate in February 2007. Sadly, Judge Jones’s time on the Court was cut short when he passed away unexpectedly on November 6, 2012 at the age of 68.   Learn more about Judge Jones:  http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/history-legal-bench-court-appeals.html?http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/luminaries-court-appeals/jones-theodore.html

Theodore T. Jones, Jr. Undergraduate Intercultural Moot Court Competition:

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Held on Saturday, April 8, 2017
No registration fee
(21 undergraduate students from the University at Albany will be competing)  

Albany Law School,  80 New Scotland Ave.
Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom (Room 421), Time: 9am – 3pm

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• 21 U Albany students will compete for gift certificates!
• The competition is based on oral argument
• Register on a first-come basis
• Sign up solo or as a team of two
• Work with law students, professors, lawyers and judges during the competition
• The competition is open to all students who are enrolled in undergraduate programs

  Questions, you may contact: Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Rosemary Queenan at rquee@albanylaw.edu 

PAID ($6,000 stipend) 1L & 2L NYC Summer Legal internship with Host Employer: Salesforce. Apply by: Monday, March 27th

Dear 1L and 2L Albany Law School students:  

Kenneth G. Standard Diversity Internship Program (Summer 2017) – Paid Job
($6,000 Stipend)  — This in-house counsel internship job is in New York City!

Host Employer: Salesforce.com (NY, NY) ***The application deadline has been extended to Monday, 3/27/17.***

• Position: Summer 2017 Legal Internship (Paid)
• Eligible Students: Students must be in the Class of 2019 or the Class of 2018 from under-represented groups attending a participating law school and capable of fulfilling the requested work hours and responsibilities.
• This internship posted can be found in ALBANYLAW LINK under “Jobs.” The JOB ID # is 21176.

NOTE: This posting has been extended twice – all past applicants from Albany Law School are still under consideration (per email from ALS alum David Rothenberg, Esq. on 3/22/17).

 

Diversity Opportunities Announcement!

The following diversity 2017 summer internship opportunities are posted online
through your ALBANYLAW LINK account under “JOBS (Non-OCR).”

Job Title/Event	JOB ID #	Employer/Organization	Due Date
SALESFORCE.COM (NY, NY) (Legal Department) SU ‘17 Diversity Internship (1Ls & 2Ls; paid)	21176	Kenneth G. Standard Diversity Internship Program New York State Bar Association	3/20/17
CONSOLIDATED EDISON (NY, NY) SU ‘17 Diversity Internship (2Ls; paid)	21476	Kenneth G. Standard Diversity Internship Program New York State Bar Association	3/20/17

Upcoming Diversity Programs, Career Fairs & Events:

• AFL-CIO’s Lawyers Coordinating Committee Minority Outreach Program | Washington, DC American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Review Information in ALBANYLAW LINK, Job ID #: 21175
• 2017 HNBA/Microsoft Intellectual Property Law Institute (IPLI) | Washington, DC Hispanic National Bar Association, June 4-9, 2017

• 29th Annual Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair | Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA The National LGBT Bar Association August 2-4, 2017

Awards and Writing Competitions:

The National LGBT Bar Association is accepting submissions for the following awards & competitions. DUE DATE: Friday, April 21, 2017 at 5:00pm EST.

• The Student Leadership Award

• The Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition
• The International Association of LGBT Judges Writing Competition

Harvard Law Review elects Imelme Imana as president of Harvard Law Review

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/health/harvard-law-african-american-president-trnd/index.html

“Imelme Umana, 24 is the first African-American woman to lead a journal that has the largest reach of any law journal in the world.  The Harvard Law Review elected its first black man as president 27 years ago, that was former President Barack Obama.”

“Umana was chosen by the Harvard Law Review’s 92 student editors in what is widely considered the highest-ranked position that a student can have at the cut-throat law school.  The difficult election process required a thorough dissection of her work and application, and a 12-hour long deliberation of her portfolio.

The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, Umana grew up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She’s a joint degree candidate at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.   Last summer, she interned with the public defender’s office in the Bronx, and wants to serve as a public defender. “I didn’t realize [civics] could be so personal and so alive for a lot of the students,” Umana told the Harvard Crimson, the school’s newspaper. “It taught me sensitivity in teaching but it also taught me, like the public defender’s service, to not assume certain backgrounds, certain reactions, certain lived experiences.”  Her tenure begins next school year.”

The HARVARD BLSA Club extended Congrats to their fellow member: https://twitter.com/HarvardBLSA

 

 

Invitation: UAlbany’s Janice D. and Theodore H. Fossieck Lecture, Feb. 15th

Topic: “Salty and Fresh Frontiers in Native American History”
Click Here:  lipman_fosseick_flier 

You are invited to the annual Janice D. and Theodore H. Fossieck Lecture. This event will take place from 1:45 to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15^th in the Standish Room of the Science Library on University at Albany’s Uptown Campus. There is a Free bus service to UA’s campus from Albany Law School.  A map of the UAlbany campus is available here: http://www.albany.edu/maps/uptownmap.html   

This year’s speaker is Andrew Lipman, Assistant Professor of History at Barnard College. He is the author of, The Saltwater Frontier: Indians and the Contest for the American Coast, winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History, finalist for the New England Society Book Award, and honorable mention for the PROSE Award in U.S. History.

This event is FREE and open to the public – this event is wheelchair accessible, for other accommodation or if you have any questions, please contact Christopher Pastore, cpastore@albany.edu.

Celebrate Black History Month with Nell Stokes, Tuesday, Feb. 7th (Albany City Hall Rotunda), 5 pm – 7pm

The City of Albany invites you to celebrate Black History Month:
This event is FREE of charge and open to the public.
http://newstimealbany.com/2017/01/celebrate-black-history-month-with-nell-stokes-on-tuesday-february-7-2017/

Excerpts from African American History in spoken word and song. 
Poet Nell Stokes will take participants on a unique journey through African American history using both spoken word and traditional Black spirituals. In this uniquely entertaining and informative performance, Ms. Stokes will share excerpts from over 500 years of blood, sweat, tears, pain struggle, triumph, laughter, and joy.

Nell Stokes is a native of Montgomery Alabama who moved to the Capital District in 1963. She has consistently contributed to the Albany community by serving on numerous boards and working as a volunteer. She is a co-founder of the Black Women’s Association of Albany and currently volunteers with the Wizard’s Wardrobe tutoring program. While employed by the Albany YWCA in 1980, she created the Black American Essay Contest for students ages 8 to 18. Nell has written, directed and produced several plays with themes around education, faith, hope and love. She is a poet who credits her inspiration to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.   

For more information, please call (518) 434-9821, email: bsmith@albanyny.gov or visit http://www.albanyny.org

Happy Chinese New Year!

Millions across the world celebrate The Year Of The Rooster:    

Join Us for Breakfast on Wednesday, February 1st from 8:30am – 10:30am.  Stop by the red tables outside the Library’s Foyer for some breakfast treats.
Co-sponsored by:  APALSA and members of the Diversity Faculty Committee 

The 2017 Chinese New Year celebrations were not only restricted to China or Chinatowns across the globe as a large number of people from London to San Francisco came out to celebrate the Spring Festival, bringing in the Year of Rooster.  One of the most important traditional celebrations in China and countries with a large Chinese population, the lunar new year is a family holiday where people clean their homes and decorate them with red lanterns and posters of poetic verses.

Click HERE to learn more: http://www.ibtimes.com/chinese-new-year-2017-pictures-millions-across-world-celebrate-year-rooster-photos-2483239

NYCBA seek nominations for Annual Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award

The New York City Bar is now seeking nominations for its Annual Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award. The award recognizes extraordinary individuals whose actions and activities within the legal profession, particularly in New York City, embody the Statement of Diversity Principles by facilitating “diversity in the hiring, retention and promotion of attorneys and in the elevation of attorneys to leadership positions within our respective organizations.” Diversity Champions are leaders in the bar who create lasting change in organizations and establish an inclusive work environment. Nominees are evaluated on their excellence in one or more of the following essential components of leadership: 1.     Influencing Others 2.     Being a Role Model 3.     Continually Learning 4.     Cultivating Diverse Teams 5.     Innovating and Taking Risks 6.     Holding Oneself and Others Accountable for Diversity 7.     External Leadership Involvement Please click here for more information on the award. Nomination materials can be submitted to Monica Parks, New York City Bar, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036; via email at mparks@nycbar.org; or via fax at (212) 869-2145. The deadline for submission is Friday, February 17, 2017. We encourage you to nominate individuals within your network that embody these principles. Please feel free to contact us directly with any questions. The 2017 Nomination Form is available at the following link: http://bit.ly/2jRnbvt. Many thanks for your continued support,

Gabrielle Lyse Brown Director of Diversity and Inclusion New York City Bar Association 212.382.6713 | gbrown@nycbar.org | nycbar.org