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Valentine Candy Grams!

Valentine Candy Grams Are HERE!!!!!

Candy Grams will go on sale February 8 – February 12th.

Candy grams are $1 each.

Get your sweetheart, friend, mentor, or professor one today!!!!!!

All proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Haiti Hurricane Relief Fund.

Posted By: Amanda Nichole Heath on 02/09/10
 
1Ls/2Ls: Financial Aid for 10-11 and Summer '10

It's time to apply for financial aid for next fall and spring.  The early deadline is March 1st!

  1. Complete the FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov.  (School Code is 001580)
  2. Complete the Mercer Application in your portal.

Are you taking summer classes?  Earning credit through a summer externship?  Studying abroad?  If you need financial aid this summer, complete the Summer Financial Aid Application available in your portal. 

Questions--see Stephanie or Terry in the Financial Aid Office.

Posted By: Stephanie D. Powell on 02/08/10
 
3Ls: Mandatory Exit Counseling for Loan Holders

Attn: 3Ls

Please check your school email account for the details on completing exit counseling if you have outstanding federal student loans.  Your options include (1) online exit counseling (2) in-person meeting with Stephanie Powell or (3) group meeting on Tuesday, March 23rd at noon.

The deadline to complete this requirement is Friday, April 9th.

Posted By: Stephanie D. Powell on 02/08/10
 
Negotiation Team Goes to Nationals

On Friday, February 5th, Christopher Steele and Lindsey Wilson represented Mercer in the National Negotiation Competition in Orlando, Florida.  They were one of 24 regional champions from around the country competing for the national title.  They represented Mercer very well, had excellent scores and received positive feedback from the judges, but ultimately, did not advance.  Congratulations Chris and Lindsey!

Posted By: Falen Oneal Cox on 02/08/10
 
Mercer Wins!

Falen Cox & Emily Macheski-Preston have WON the Charleston School of Law Moot Court Competition!

Falen and Emily also were awarded Best Brief and Emily was recognized as the Best Oralist of the Competition!!!

2L team, Crystal Lang and Elizabeth Pool did amazingly well but due to stiff competition did not advance!

The Charleston Teams were coached by Professor Painter-Thorne, Joan McCallum and Kevin Stroberg! 

We are very proud of both our teams and coaches and their representation of Mercer!

Congratulations Emily & Falen and Crystal & Elizabeth!

Posted By: Lisa Louise Fox on 02/06/10
 
New Outside Scholarship Opportunities Posted

Please see the Writing Contests and Scholarships page at http://www.law.mercer.edu/news/opportunities.cfm for several new outside scholarship opportunities.

Posted By: Stephanie D. Powell on 02/04/10
 
Intl. Human Rights & Climate Change Conf. at UGA
The Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law and The Dean Rusk Center, will host the conference…
 
“International Human Rights and Climate Change”
 
-February 12, 2010,
 
at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia.
 
-*Thomas Pogge*, of Yale University, will present the keynote address:
“Poverty, Climate Change, and Overpopulation,” exploring the extent to which the struggles to deal with these three phenomena are in competition with one another and/or synergistic, using a human rights standard as a common metric of assessment.
 
-The day long conference will take the form of a moderated round table discussion, with a lunchtime keynote address.
 
-Topics: The United Nations’ Process of Linking Human Rights and Climate Change; Potential Human Rights Effects of Proposed Climate Change Regime; Litigation— including Citizen Suits, Judicial Review, and Access to Information; Human Rights and Environmental Regulation; Climate Change Refugees.
 
-The conference is slated to offer 5.5 MCLE Credits, including 1 Trial Practice and 1 Professionalism Credit.
 
Participants include: Prof. Peter Appel, University of Georgia; Prof. Dan Bodansky, University of Georgia; Prof. John Bonine, University of Oregon; Prof. Rebecca Bratspies, City University of New York; Prof. Harlan Cohen, University of Georgia; Prof. John Knox, Wake Forest University; Prof. Svitlana Kravchenko, University of Oregon; Ms. Elizabeth O’Sullivan, US EPA Region 4; Prof. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, University of California, Hastings College of Law; and Prof. Dinah Shelton, George Washington University.
 
More information can be found at:
If you have any further questions, please contact: Blake McDaniel, Executive Conference Editor, at: gjiclconference@gmail.com or (229) 522-0790.
Posted By: deanstudent on 01/15/10
 
Recent Assignments:
New LAW 153.02 (Sales)
•  LAW 152.01B (Legal Writing I)
•  LAW 420.01 (Comparative Law)
•  LAW 253.01 (Law of Trusts)
•  LAW 490.01 (Fundamental Perspectives on Law)
•  LAW 516.01 (Higher Edu Law and Policy Seminar)
•  LAW 643.03 (Advanced Legal Research)
•  LAW 206.01 (Evidence)
•  LAW 643.02 (Advanced Legal Research)
•  LAW 560.01 (Torts II)
•  LAW 151.02 (Jurisdiction & Judgments)
•  LAW 150.02 (American Constitutional System)
•  LAW 151.02 (Jurisdiction & Judgments)
•  LAW 151.02 (Jurisdiction & Judgments)
•  LAW 151.02 (Jurisdiction & Judgments)
Upcoming Student Org Meetings:
• AWLS Meeting
Feb 09, 2010 12:00 PM-Classroom A
• Mercer Association of Veterans Meeting - Dan Hines
Feb 09, 2010 12:00 PM-Classroom G
• National Security & Law Society - Owenby
Feb 09, 2010 12:00 PM-Classroom C
• OWLS Meeting
Feb 09, 2010 12:00 PM-Classroom B
• ABA Moot Court Team
Feb 15, 2010 6:00 PM-Webb Room
• Legal Aid Volunteer Association (LAVA) Meeting
Feb 16, 2010 12:00 PM-Classroom C
• ABA Moot Court Team
Feb 22, 2010 6:00 PM-Webb Room
• Amnesty Meeting
Feb 23, 2010 12:00 PM-Classroom A
• Phi Delta Phi - Brittany Flowe
Feb 25, 2010 7:00 PM-Courtroom
• ABA Moot Court Team
Mar 01, 2010 6:00 PM-Webb Room
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