WLA Course Selection Mingler, Gender & Globalization Discussion, Women & Business Panel, Firm Jobs Panel and More!

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Check out all the great events happening this week and next!

Events This Week:

1) WLA Course Selection Mingler: Mon., Nov. 1st, 9-10am, Lewis 102 - Breakfast!

2) WLA/HALA Discussion with Judge Solomy Bossa of the ICTR: Mon., Nov. 1, 6pm, Griswold 110

3) WLA Presents: Perspectives from Women in the Global South, a Conversation with Gita Sen: Tues., Nov. 2nd, 12 -1, P 201 - Lunch!

4) WLA/HALB Women in Law & Business Panel: Wed., Nov. 3rd, 12-1, Austin West, Lunch - RSVP

5) WLA 1L Summer Firm Jobs Panel: Thurs., Nov. 4th, 12-1, P 335, Lunch

Events Next Week:

1) WLA Presents: Strategies and Challenges of Prosecuting Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Mon., Nov. 8, 12-1, P 107

2) WLA Gender Jobs Panel: Thurs., Nov. 11th, 12-1, Austin East - Lunch

3) Making International Connections: WLA JD/LLM Networking Banquet:  Fri., Nov. 12th, 7-9 pm, John Chipman Gray, Dinner!

General Announcements:

1) JLG Student Note Competition: Looking for Submissions

2) Calling all HLS Moms: Email to join a lunch with other HLS Moms!

3) Submit your old outlines/exams to the WLA Outline/Exam Bank!

 

WLA Course Selection Mingler

On Monday, November 1st (tomorrow!), from 9-10 am in Lewis 102, come mingle with your fellow WLA members to get informal advice and opinions on course selection for the Spring Semester. 1Ls, come hear from 2Ls and 3Ls; 2Ls and 3Ls come give and get advice!  Breakfast will be served!

WLA/HALA: A Discussion with Judge Solomy Bossa of the ICTR 

Successes and Challenges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: A Discussion with Sitting Judge Bossa. Please join Harvard African Law Association and the WLA for an exciting paper presentation and discussion with Judge Solomy Bossa of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR).  Judge Bossa is the former secretary of the International Association of Women Judges, and has served as a Judge of the East African Court of Justice and the High Court of Uganda. Dinner will be served! Mon., Nov. 1, 6PM, Griswold 110.

Gender Perspectives from the Global South - Gita Sen 

The WLA Presents Gender and Globalization: Perspectives from Women in the Global South, a Conversation with Professor Gita Sen on Tuesday November 2, 12 - 1pm in Pound 201. Dr. Gita Sen, a pioneer in the field of gender and development, will discuss globalization, development, and international engagement from the perspective of women in the Global South. Lunch provided! See attached poster.

Women in Law & Business Panel

Are you a woman at HLS interested in a career in corporate law or business? Please join us for our 'Women in Law & Business Panel' on November 3, 2010 at 12:00 PM in Austin Hall West. The panel will feature Nancy Browne (Managing Director, Goldman Sachs), Niloo Howe (Managing Director, Paladin Capital), Ronit Berkovich (Partner, Weil Gotshal), Nicole Levin-Mesard (Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton) and Marisa Wesely (Partner, Simpson Thacher). They will discuss their experiences rising to the top of their respective fields and take questions from students regarding their own career ambitions and interests.  Sponsored by the Harvard Association for Law and Business.  Non-pizza lunch provided.  RSVP REQUIRED via CSM, click on  "Events".

WLA 1L Summer Firm Jobs Panel

Come listen to a panel of 2Ls answer questions and share insider tips about the 1L summer firm job search.  A variety of geographic regions will be represented, including New York, California, Washington D.C. and Texas. Thursday, November 4, 12-1pm in Pound 335 - Lunch provided! Co-sponsored by HALB.

Strategies and Challenges of Prosecuting Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault 

Hear from a panel of local prosecutors discussing the challenges in domestic violence and sexual assault prosecutions.  Moderated by Professor Alex Whiting.  Nov. 8th, 12:00-1:00, Pound 107.  Lunch provided.

Gender Jobs Panel

On Thursday, November 11th in Austin East, from 12-1pm, come hear 2Ls and 3Ls talk about their summer experiences working for women's rights (domestic and international), reproductive rights and LGBT rights organizations, and learn how you can apply to work in these fields.  Non-pizza lunch served!  Co-sponsored by WLA, HLSRJ, JLG and LAMBD.

Making International Connections: WLA JD/LLM Networking Banquet

Interested in working abroad? Thinking about interning in international human rights? Come to a WLA banquet to meet LLM and SJD students in order to find out about opportunities in their home countries and make new friends!  Dinner served! Friday November 12th, 7-9 pm, John Chipman Gray.

JLG Student Note Competition

As many of you may be embarking on winter writing, please consider the Journal of Law & Gender (JLG) 2011 Student Note Competition, open only to current HLS students. The winner will be published in the Summer 2011 issue of the JLG and may have the opportunity to present his or her scholarship at the JLG's spring symposium alongside preeminent gender studies professors. Winter writing proposals (for credit) are due on Friday November 5, so act fast!

The title of the symposium will be Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Barriers to Access, Roadmaps to Fulfillment. We encourage writers to explore this theme in connection with one of the following topics: The feminization of HIV and poverty; Critical race studies and intersectionality; Gender-motivated violence and patriarchy; Queer theory; International law and human rights; Abortion and trauma-based restrictions

Articles on topics outside the above listed will be accepted and strongly considered, but preference will be given to outstanding student writing in the area of sexual and reproductive rights. All submissions are due by January 21, 2011. Frequently asked questions are below and also available at:http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlg/next/students.php

Calling All HLS Moms!

Are you an HLS mom, interested in getting together with other HLS moms? We're hoping to organize a lunch at the Hark so that we can get to know other women who are juggling school and little ones. If you're interested please email Harriet Loos at hl...@jd11.law.harvard.edu.

Submit Your Outlines/Exams to the WLA Outline & Exam Bank!

Calling all 2Ls and 3Ls! Remember those outlines you spent hours crafting? Those exams you worked so hard on?  Put them to good use by contributing your old outlines and exams to the WLA Outline & Exam Bank and continue the tradition of women   supporting women! To get a copy of your old exams, email Sandy Parker at sapa...@law.harvard.edu and requesting a copy and she will forward you the PDF.   Send your materials to w...@law.harvard.edu (include professor name, course title, and  semester). 

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