CBA Meetings for Next Week

January 17

• CBA Closed for Holiday.

January 18

• Cyber Law & Data Privacy Committee (IL MCLE Credit, Webcast): Brian Hengesbaugh, Baker & McKenzie LLP, with "Data Security Breach Laws: What Every Client Needs to Know."
• Energy and Communications Law Committee (IL MCLE Credit): Dr. James Duncan, ConocoPhillips Gas & Power, with "The New Shale Gas Revolution and How It Fits Inside The New Short and Long Term Outlook for Natural Gas."
• Probate Practice Committee (IL MCLE Credit:Marisa Cipolla, The Northern Trust Company, with nuts and bolts of guardianship from corporate guardianship perspective.
• RPL, Condominium Subcommittee (IL MCLE Credit): John Polich, Gabriel Environmental Services, with how condominiums can use geothermal and other forms of renewable energy technology.
• YLS Women in the Law Committee: Strategies for Successful Marketing: Branding Yourself in the Legal Community

January 19

• Committee For LGBT Rights (12:00 P.M.) (IL MCLE Credit): James L. Bennett, Lambda Legal, with the IL civil union legislation , the status of marriage equality, and more.
• Joint CBA and YLS Bankruptcy & Reorganization Committee Mtg (IL MCLE Credit): Panel on the use of cash collateral in real estate bankruptcy cases.
• RPL, AIA Construction Contracts Subcommittee (8:00 A.M.) (IL MCLE Credit): Location: Deutsch Levy & Engel, 225 W. Washington, 17th Fl. Group discussion on operative intent and potential litigative results in comparing AIA A201 w/ConsensusDOCS200, Sections A.2.3/4.3.2, et seq.

January 20

• Commercial Finance & Transactions Committee:Meeting cancelled.
• Customs & US International Trade Law Committee (IL MCLE Credit): Dennis Blasius, Consumer Protection and Safety Commission, with enforcement at the border.
• Immigration & Nationality Law Committee: Meeting cancelled.
• Municipal Department Committee (12:00 P.M.) (IL MCLE Credit): Location: Daley Center, Room 1307. Author Laura Caldwell with "Long Way Home and Life After Innocence Project."
• Securities Law Committee (IL MCLE Credit): Rick March, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., with FINRA developments and regulatory priorities.
• Social Security Law Committee (IL MCLE Credit, Webcast): Alan Goldstein, Equip for Equality, the Ticket to Work Act and Program.

January 21

• Professional Responsibility Committee (IL professional responsibility credit, subject to approval): Panel with "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about ABA Ethics 2020."

Top Ten Networking Tips

In case you don't follow the PSLawNet blog, check out DePaul alum Michael Bergmann's Top Ten Networking Tips posted this past week. Michael is currently serving at the Executive Director of the Public Interest Law Initiative, an important organization doing lots of great work in support of public interest and pro bono efforts in Illinois, and in providing national leadership. Get to know this organization to better understand the Illinois legal landscape.

NALP Employment Statistics

NALP, the professional association in which all the Law Career Services advisers are active, is one of the organizations to which we provide our graduate employment statistics. They provide us with technical assistance in creating the data we share about our employment outcomes, as well as then also aggregate that locally, regionally, and nationally for salary snapshots.  Please email your career adviser with the geographic location and we'll provide you the latest set of data pertinent to that locale.

Postgraduate Judicial Clerkships

Are you considering a postgraduate judicial clerkship? Not sure where to start? We have lots of resources in the Symplicity Document Library such as:

• Judicial Clerkship Overview (an introduction)
• Judicial Clerkship Guide (comprehensive resource filled with advice, guidelines, and law school processes)
• DePaul Alumni Judges List

In the Law Career Services Resource Library, this is a sampling of additional resources:

• Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships by Debra M. Strauss
• Federal Almanac
• American Bench
• Yellow Book Judicial Directory

Nearly one-quarter of all state court clerkship applications are accepted in the spring of 2L year. Check out the Vermont Guide to State Court Clerkships (login/password in the Symplicity Announcements) as well as the State Court Supplement found in both the Symplicity Document Library and  Judicial Clerkship Guide.   Judicial Clerkship Nuts & Bolts presentations will be held on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 4:45 p.m. in 901 Lewis and Thursday, January 27, 2011 at Noon in 901 Lewis so RSVP in Symplicity today for these sessions!

Social Media Resolutions

This article provides strong resources for leveraging social media to make connections, share information, and continuously keep up with the latest news and developments in your areas of interest.  A simple way to do some of this is to use the Google tools such as Reader and Alerts effectively and efficiently.