3L Government Honors & Internship Upcoming Deadlines

The following government program has a 3L deadline coming up in the next few weeks.  Details are provided in the 2010-11 Government Honors & Internship Handbook (login/password located in the Symplicity Announcements). 

• New York State Senate – New York State Senate Fellowship Program (Paid, Deadline 04/08/11)

1L Government Honors & Internship Upcoming Deadlines

The following government programs have 1L deadlines coming up in the next few weeks.  Details of these programs are provided in the 2010-11 Government Honors & Internship Handbook (login/password located in the Symplicity Announcements).

CBA Meetings for Next Week

Meetings for Week of April 4, 2011
This schedule was generated on March 31. View most recent list. 

The following is a list of committees that have notified the CBA of their speaker / topic. Meetings are held at 12:15 p.m. for one hour at the CBA unless otherwise noted. Bring your CBA card to obtain MCLE credit for meeting attendance. Lunch is available in our servery for $9.50. There is no need to RSVP for committee meetings. Member may attend any meeting they choose.

Kimball R. Anderson & Karen G. Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship

Through the generous gift of Kimball Anderson and Karen Anderson, The Chicago Bar Foundation (“CBF”) awards public interest law fellowships to provide loan repayment assistance for outstanding recent law school graduates who either are presently working or have accepted an offer to work for CBF-funded public interest law organizations.

Informational Interviews: Part I

When questions spike around a topic, we know it is time to address it in a blog post! Today, we begin to address Informational Interviews.

This link is a bit dated, but it a great post about informational interviews, plus a great link to pet peeves about those who abuse informational interviews (think of this as this "not to do" list). While most students are using these opportunities to focus on career exploration and build their networks, taking these opportunities to really listen for the chance to provide value to the person across the table as well as consider possibilities for future joint endeavors.  You never know when you might want to ask someone to provide a guest blog post on your future blog or invite part of their network to participate in a speaking engagement or CLE panel.