PROFESSIONALISM DINNER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011

NCCU SCHOOL OF LAW
The Weekly
Contact People:
Student organizations:
Assistant Dean Lisa Morgan
(530-6115) and Ms. Staris
Best (530-7163)
Academic issues: Assoc.
Dean Wendy Scott (530-6171)
Career Services: Asst. Dean
Linda Spagnola (530-6510)
Financial aid: Assistant Dean
Ronald Douglas (530-6365)
Evening: Assistant Dean Adrienne Meddock (530-5249)
Registrar: Attorney Carol
Chestnut (530-6286)
Wellness Director: Dr. Donna
Kornegay (530-5156)
Upcoming Events
Feb. 5th & 11th: Life in
a Law Firm
Feb. 9th: Are You
Smarter Than A 1L?
Feb. 10th: Innocence
Project Case Training
Feb. 16th: Professionalism Dinner
Look elsewhere in this
Weekly for details about
events!
January 31, 2011
Volume 9, Issue 19
www.nccu.edu/law/theweekly.html
PROFESSIONALISM DINNER
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011
at the UNIVERSITY CLUB in DURHAM
The Law School will be
hosting the fifth annual
Professionalism Dinner
(co-sponsored by the
Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism)
for law students on
Wed, Feb. 16, 2011 at
6:30pm at the University Club in Durham,
NC.
Law School and other bar
leaders, and to enjoy a
wonderful meal. The dinner is open to all law students, but space is limited.
Students interested in
signing up for the Professionalism Dinner must
see Ms. Perry in Suite
170 (where Dean Morgan’s office is) between
today and Thursday,
February 10th to fill out
their name, email address and class year on
a slip of paper.
The dinner will be an
interactive dinner for
students and attorneys.
The moderator for the
evening will be Professor Michael Wallace and
a fun time should be had
by all!
Evening students may
give their names to Dean
The dinner is a great Morgan or to Ms. Roberts
opportunity for students in Dean Meddock’s office
to meet alumni of the who will get them to
Dean Morgan.
All names will go into a
box for a lottery drawing. Next week, Dean
Morgan and Associate
Dean Sims will pull
names to determine who
will attend the dinner.
Students will receive
confirmation emails and
their names will be
posted in The Weekly.
2011 Barrister’s Ball: A Night at Prestonwood
Save the Date! The 2011 Barrister's Ball: A Night at
Prestonwood will take place on Friday, February 25, 2011
from 8pm-12:30am. The ball will be held at the Prestonwood Country Club located at 300 Prestonwood Parkway
Cary, NC 27513.
The attire is formal. Dinner will be served until
10:30pm.
Tickets are $15 per student and $25 for a couple. Tickets
will be sold in the fishbowl starting Monday January 31,
2011. Tickets are limited!
Top 10 Reasons to Attend Table Talk at the
Public Interest Law Career Fair on February 16th!
10.
Free food! 
9.
Expand your horizons! Learn about areas of law not covered in many of your classes.
8.
Gather brochures, newsletters, and other information for your “post law school” file!
7.
Practice your professional and job search skills: Introductions, active listening, and engaging in
conversations with purpose.
6.
Learn about the wide variety of public interest practice areas! Organizations attending the Fair work
in areas ranging from death penalty litigation to child welfare to civil rights to immigrants’ rights to
consumer protection to environmental law!
5.
Learn legal strategies when representatives explain how they best advocate for their clients!
4.
Find out about future employment prospects in various areas of public interest law. Public interest
lawyers are passionate about their work and are glad to provide information and insights to students
with similar interests.
3.
Missed the deadline on bidding for interviews? No problem! You can make your case to prospective
summer employers at Table Talk!
2.
Check out options for future internship and pro bono volunteer work. Many organizations are glad
to work with students during non-traditional work hours, and offer opportunities to do legal
research from home!
1.
Network! Network! Network!
Remember, these are your future colleagues!
Career Services and PILO are excited to offer NCCU law students the opportunities presented by the
PILO Career Fair, and we encourage you to attend! Questions? See the “ PILO Fair Practical Guide
to Student Participation” on the PILO TWEN Page, or contact Career Services, any PILO Board
member or Prof. Page Potter, PILO’s Faculty Advisor and the Director of NCCU’s Pro Bono Program.
THE LEGAL WRITING
PROGRAM PRESENTS . . .
THE 2L & 3L (3LE & 4LE) LEGAL
ANALYSIS WORKSHOP
If CRAC, CREAC, IRAC, etc. are still a mystery to you, this is
the workshop for you! Professors Nick Herman and Brenda
Gibson will be conducting a series of three workshops to assist
students with developing better analysis skills.
Date: Saturday, February 12 & 19, 2011*
Time: 9 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Turner Law School (room assignment pending)
*Light lunch will be served.
Pre-registration is required (closes on 2/7/11).
Go to the Legal Writing Program TWEN page and register on the
Analysis Workshop Sign-up Sheet (located under Sign-up Sheets).
Contact Professor Gibson (bgibson@nccu.edu) or Professor
Herman (gnherman@gmail.com) if you have further questions.
Durham Bar Foundation Adam Lischer Memorial Scholarship Award: Applications Available
The Durham Bar Foundation, Inc. is once again offering two $1000 cash scholarship awards to Durham's law students. The purpose of the Foundation's scholarship fund, created in 2003, is to provide financial assistance to residents or natives of Durham County who are attending law school within the state of North Carolina. To date 16
scholarships have been awarded, to students representing most of our NC law schools.
The Durham Bar Foundation's Adam Lischer Memorial Scholarship Awards are awarded based on three criteria:
connection to Durham County, financial need, and professional/academic achievement. Please note that two letters
of
recommendation and an academic transcript are required for consideration by the Awards Committee. The application form can be downloaded from our website at www.durhambar.org <http://www.durhambar.org/> , under
the Bar
Foundation category. The deadline for 2011 applications is Tuesday, March 1, 2011. We anticipate announcing the
awards in early April. Award winners will be invited to attend a Bar luncheon in Durham to receive their award.
Those dates are April 13 and May 11.
Questions regarding the awards can be directed to the scholarship committee's chairperson, Christy Malott, at
christy.a.malott@nccourts.org .You may also contact the Executive Director, Bonnie Biggs, at 919-682-2012 or at
info@durhambar.org.
IS YOUR ORGANIZATION PLANNING A CLE THIS SPRING?
The Law School Relations Committee wants to coordinate all of the programs for the spring semester. Please contact Ms. Staris Best (sbest@nccu.edu) or Asst. Dean Glean
(pglean@nccu.edu) with the date, time, and topic of your program by Feb. 1, 2011.
Fellow Legal Eagles,
Some of HLSA's bilingual members are planning to dine together once a week to practice their Spanish
skills, and we invite you to join us.
This Monday, Jan. 31, we will meet at El Rodeo at 7 p.m. to share a meal and good conversation. You do not
need to be a member of HLSA to come! You need only be able to speak some conversational Spanish and be
hungry.
El Rodeo is at located at 3404 Westgate Dr. in Durham, across from the Target and just off of 15-501.
¡Hasta luego!
The Class of 2011 presents:
Are you smarter than a 1L ?
This will be a trivia game based on first year law school subjects. Gentlemen will compete against the ladies! Come out for an
evening of fun! Wednesday February 9th at 5pm in room 202.
Are you interested in
completing a case review?
Please plan to attend…
What: Case Training
Where: Room 100
When: Thursday 2/10 at 4:00 PM
We hope to see you there!
On January, 19th, The Women’s Law Caucus and Career Services Office presented “the net-iquette workshop” as a
part of the Professionalism Series. Speakers were Camille Stell, Director of Client Services at Lawyers Mutual,
James C. Dockery, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources at NCCU and Founder of diverselawyers.com,
and Linda A. Spagnola, Assistant Dean of Career Services.
Attendees learned that they already have a “brand” and how they can make their brand work for them and their
careers. Speakers discussed how to make internet sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn an asset, how
they can become a liability and how they can manage to have both a professional and a personal “brand.”
Students received the professionalism credit for attending the program.
Shown in the photo are: Rosetta Royster, Tonya Davis Barber, Camille Stell, Tameka Lester, Linda Spagnola, and
James Dockery
Photo Credit: Kyla Stone
Westlaw Presents:
Free Coffee Wednesdays
Every Wednesday, at 8:00am in the Fishbowl
Coffee will be provided by the
Westlaw Student Reps( while supplies last)
So bring your coffee mug and enjoy!
(Limited supply of cups provided)
NCCU’s VITA Site Opens
More than 50 law students and 8 NCCU undergraduate business and accounting majors have trained as
VITA volunteer tax preparers this year!
The Law School’s VITA Site is located in the Legal Clinic suite this year. Hours are Fridays from 4:00-7:00
pm and Saturdays from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Volunteers will prepare and e-file taxes free for individuals
with incomes of $49,000 or less in 2010. Call 530-6011 for an appointment or just walk in!
NCCU VITA volunteers attended a press conference held Friday January 28th at Durham’s City Hall to
promote VITA and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Mayor Bill Bell, County Commissioner Michael
Paige, and Congressman David Price spoke about the importance of the EITC and VITA programs to the
financial well-being of low and moderate-income families. Pictured are 3L Lindsae Adamson, NCCU
Senior Darren Grant, NCCU junior Brian Eley, IRS Specialist Cleoria “Kee” Williams, and 4LE Derrick
Hensley.
WEEKLY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The Weekly is published every Monday during the school
year. Please note that the deadline to submit information
for The Weekly is by 3:00 pm on the Friday before. Submissions to The Weekly should be sent to
TheWeekly@nccu.edu.
National Bar Association
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Advocacy Competition
Students May Now Register for the 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Drum Major for Justice Advocacy Competition !
Sponsored by:
Applications for the the National Bar Association's (NBA) Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Competition are now available.
The annual competition is designed to motivate high school students to
excel in education. The Competition encourages students to express
their views on a pre-selected topic and focuses on the ability of the
students to communicate orally and in writing. The contest is also
designed to give young people experience in public speaking and
provides an opportunity for them to obtain some financial support to
continue their education.
The annual competition is showcased during the NBA's annual
convention & exhibits. This year's competition, which is sponsored by
MetLife, Inc., will be held during the NBA's 86th Annual Convention &
Exhibits in Baltimore, Maryland on Tuesday, August 2, 2011.
2011 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Question:
If Dr. King were alive today, what specific NEW solution(s) and
NEW program(s) would he recommend that YOUR State
implement and the Obama Administration fund; and specifically
explain why the proposed new solutions and programs should be
adopted?
For more information regarding the competition, please visit the
National Bar Association's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for
Justice Competition page, or click here.
National Bar Association
1225 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 842-3900
www.nationalbar.org
Spring 2011 Group Exercise Schedule
L.T. Walker Physical Education Complex - NCCU
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
5:30PM
ZUMBA (Latin Fusion Dance) w/Ka”Isha
(50min)
6:30PM
AWESOME AB’s w/Tiara (20min)
7:00PM
B-L-T/Buns, Legs, and Thighs w/Tiara (25min)
7:30PM
PILATES (Mat & Ball) w/Charellitta (50min)
8:30PM
Insanity DVD (Day 1)
5:30PM
STEP, STRIKE, SCULPT! w/Tiara (50min)
6:30PM
DANCE FITNESS w/Andrea (50min)
7:00PM
AWESOME ABS w/Tiffany (Kiara) (20min)
7:30PM
T-N-T/Tighten and Tone) Express w/Tiffany (Kiara) (25min)
8:30PM
Insanity DVD (Day 2)
5:30PM
ZUMBA (Latin Fusion Dance) w/Ms. Dixon
(50min)
6:30PM
AWESOME AB’s w/Tiffany (20min)
7:00PM
A-B-C/Arms, Back and Chest w/Tiffany (25min)
7:30PM
YOGA-PILATES FUSION w/Crystal (50min)
8:30PM
Insanity DVD (Day 3)
5:30PM
Cardio Blast w/Crystal (50min)
6:30PM
FRIDAY
CONTEMPORARY HIP-HOP w/James (50min) *NEW
7:30PM
TOTAL BODY BLAST w/Clayton (50min)
8:30PM
Insanity DVD (Day 4)
5:30PM
MARTIAL ARTS CONDITIONING w/Martinely (50min)