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LAW CONNECTION		September 3, 2014

		Career Planning Open House 3L Thursday, September 4, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Career Planning Suite Professionalism Series – What it Means to be a Lawyer Thursday, September 4, 3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Tabor Classroom
Faculty in the News Professor Bernard Trujillo, has been invited to make the keynote address to the Lake County Bar Association's, event on Diversity, to be held September 11th at the Radisson in Merrillville. Read More Professor Geneva Brown, wrote a blog post for Best Practices in Legal Education on August 27th titled, "What Price Is Right? Paul Campos and Legal Education.“ Read More Professor Geoffrey Heeren's article, Shattering the One-Way Mirror: Discovery in Immigration Court, was published earlier this summer in the Brooklyn Law Review and was just reprinted in Bender's Immigration Bulletin, a source regularly consulted by immigration practitioners. Read More

Student News FALL Extern Assignments are Due Friday, September 5 Non – Judicial Externs must submit their learning Objective to TWEN. State Judicial externs must submit their check-in message to Prof. Vance by email. See Lisa Cannon with any questions. Read More

Judicial Staff Attorneys and Court Administration Monday, September 8, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., Stride Courtroom Read More

Porter County American Inns of Court Thursday, September 11, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Career Planning Suite Information session about the Porter County Chapter of the American Inns of Court - Learn about a group of attorneys who meet on a regular basis locally to discuss legal issues and law practice. Read More

Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair Registration for the Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair is now open. The conference takes place October 24th and 25th in Bethesda, MD. Read More

2014 Illinois Forum on Pro Bono: Moving the Pro Bono Needle Forward Thursday, September 25, 2:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Chicago Bar Association PILI organizes this annual event to bring together pro bono leaders from law firms, corporations, legal aid agencies and law schools from around the state to discuss timely pro bono issues and share pro bono best practices. Read More

The Law Clinic is now accepting new cases The Law Clinic at the Valparaiso University School of Law is now accepting new cases and is offering its services to the University faculty, staff, and students in matters such as debt collection defense, consumer issues, landlord/tenant disputes, guardianships, adoptions, and tax concerns involving the Internal Revenue Service. Read More

Barbri 1L Rep Resume Drop If you are interested in becoming a Barbri 1L representative, please bring your resume on September 9th from 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m., to the Barbri table and introduce yourself! Read More

Alumni Events Check out the Alumni "Coming Up Next" Page to see what alumni events are happening. Students are welcome to attend! Read More

Wesemann Café Menu For the menu please click here Read More