WLA's Coffee & Conversation w/ Prof. Steiker, Serve at a Women's Shelter, BLSA open letter, Gendering Human Rights and more
Harvard Women's Law Association
WLA Events & Announcements:
1. WLA Presents: Coffee & Conversation with Professor Steiker: Wed., Dec 1, 5-6:30, Hauser 104
2. Sign Up to Serve Dinner at a Women’s Shelter This Week!
3. BLSA/WLA’s Special Presentation from NY Legal Aid Society: Wed., Dec. 1, 12-1pm, P 202 – Lunch
4. Access and Advocacy: Gendering Human Rights in the Global South: Thurs., Dec. 2, 12-1pm, Hauser 102 – Lunch
5. Submit Your Old Outlines and Exams to the WLA Exam Bank!
6. Save the Date: Women’s Law Association Annual Conference - Fri., Feb. 11th!
Additional Events & Announcements:
1. TODAY- Sign BLSA Open Letter – Mon. Nov. 29. 11am – 3pm - Hark
2. Second Annual Harvard Wide Mississippi Delta Celebration: Wed., Dec. 1, 6-8pm, Hark South - Food & Drink!
3. Human Rights & Sex Trafficking: A Film Forum: Dec. 2-5th, Cambridge
Coffee & Conversation with Professor Carol Steiker
Join the WLA and Professor Carol Steiker for a study break featuring Finale desserts, coffee, and a conversation about women in law teaching and practice. Coffee & conversations is a series designed to bring women professors and students together in informal conversation. Wed. Dec. 1st in Hauser 104 from 5-6:30pm.
Serve Dinner at a Women's Shelter This Week!
Get into the spirit of the holidays and spend a night serving dinner for a women's shelter in Central Square. We have 2 spots remaining for Thursday (December 2) and 3 spots remaining for Friday (December 3) (both nights will start at 4:30pm and finish up before 9pm). First-come-first-serve so reply to rl...@jd12.law.harvard.edu now.
Special Presentation from Legal Aid Society, New York, NY
On Wed., Dec. 1st in Pound 202, from 12-1 pm, Marie Richardson from the NY Legal Aid Society will be giving a special presentation to BLSA and WLA 3Ls who may be interested in available positions in the Criminal Division. Please come out to hear about the upcoming application process and to ask any questions about employment at the Legal Aid Society. 2Ls interested in future employment at the Legal Aid Society Criminal Division are also encouraged to come out and meet Ms. Richardson. Lunch provided! Co-sponsored by HBLSA and WLA.
Access and Advocacy: Gendering Human Rights in the Global South
On Thurs., Dec. 2, from 12-1pm, in Hauser 102, please join us for a panel discussion on women’s rights issues in developing countries. HLS students who worked as Chayes International Public Service Fellows will discuss their research and work in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Lunch served. Sponsored by International Legal Studies, Women’s Law Association & HLS Advocates for Human Rights.
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).
Save the Date: Women’s Law Association Annual Conference!
The Women's Law Association asks you to save the date for our Fifth Annual Conference – This is What Equality Looks Like: The World We Want for Women and Girls. Our conference will take place on Friday, February 11, 2010 in Ropes-Gray. The conference will include four impressive panels, Judiciary, Economics, Girls, and Health, as well as a Keynote Address, which will be announced at a later date. After the conference, we ask you to join us for cocktails and dinner with the panelists. More details about the conference and dinner registration to follow. We hope you will participate in this exciting day!
Sign BLSA Open Letter - TODAY
The WLA encourages members to stop by the Hark on Mon. Nov. 29 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. for the opportunity to sign an Open Letter the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) is organizing. Several members of the Harvard community were confronted with an unfortunate situation last weekend during an after party for the Harvard-Yale game. The party was shut down after the establishment's management expressed a concern that the primarily black crowd would attract the "wrong crowd." HLS student groups including the WLA are joining in a collective response to the incident through the release of an open letter, and individual students are able to participate as signatories as well. Stop by the table on today to learn more about what happened and hopefully to add your name.
Second Annual Harvard Mississippi Delta Celebration
Join faculty and students from all over the Harvard community on Wednesday, Dec. 1, from 6:00-8:00pm in Hark South, to celebrate recent work in the Mississippi Delta! Over the past few years, students and faculty from HLS, Kennedy School, School of Public Health, Business School and Harvard College have all worked on a range of projects to improve the health, economic outcomes, community engagement, and overall wellness of communities in the Mississippi Delta. Please join us again this year to learn about new projects, meet members of the Harvard community interested in this region, and celebrate the wonderful work being done in the Delta. This event is open to anyone from the Harvard community! Hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.
Human Rights & Sex Trafficking: A Film Forum
From December 2-5th, the 'Human Rights & Sex Trafficking: A Film Forum', will take place in Cambridge. The event will be screening 12 films at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, each followed by discussion panels featuring survivors, filmmakers, activists and academics. Recognizing the need for greater public and academic awareness of sex trafficking, the forum will explore the power of documentary film in effectuating a movement to combat commercial sexual exploitation and modern-day slavery. Sponsored by the Boston Initiative to Advance Human Rights. http://bitahrfilmforum.eventbrite.com/
--
Become a Fan of the WLA: facebook.com/HarvardWLA