Volume 4, Number 27

Week of April 30, 2007

The Crier consists of "Law School Announcements and Meeting Notices", "Law Library News", and "Student Calendar and News." Items for all sections should be submitted to Academic Services by 12:00pm on the Thursday prior. Academic Services produces The Crier. E-mail submissions may be sent to: [email protected].

Dates to Keep in Mind

May 15 May 17-19 May 28 May 30 June 4-8

Last day of compressed classes Compressed Classes Final Exams Memorial Day – school holiday Last day of Spring Quarter classes Finals Week

ACCESS TO JUSTICE CONFERENCE Interested in a FREE opportunity to network with civil legal aid agencies, Washington Supreme Court justices, and learn about innovative ways to improve access to legal services in our community? Five lucky UWLS students will receive a scholarship to attend this year's Access to Justice Conference, including all travel and lodging expenses paid.

PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR DATES TO REMEMBER: Wednesday, May 2 -- Clinic results available on students adjusted schedules (about 12:00 noon). Thursday, May 10- 12:00 noon deadline for submitting online course requests at www.law.washington.edu/students. Wednesday, May 16- Adjusted schedules will be available and fall quarter registration starts.

Please see below for details: WHEN: June 1-3, 2007 WHERE: Wenatchee Coast Hotel HOW: Please submit either a printed hard copy to Michelle Storms' mailbox or email Michelle at [email protected] with the following information by Friday, May 9, 2007: * Your name * Your year * Your legal practice/subject area of interest * If you're a 3L and you wish to indicate as such, whether you have a job after graduation. A panel* will review all entries and select five students.

Wednesday, May 30 – Students need to be registered on MyUW for their Autumn Quarter clinic, if any, in order to keep their spot in the clinic. Additional information for course planning in the highlighted box on: http://www.law.washington.edu/Students/

SUMMER CLASSES 2007

For more information, please email [email protected] or visit www.uwpila.org for a link to the conference agenda. *Interested but can't go this year? Please volunteer to be the student member of the selection committee. Email [email protected] for more info.

OFFICIAL NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

The schedule is as follows: Law A 512 Secured Transactions - TWTh 8:30-10:40 (A term: June 19-July 18) Law A 582 Bankruptcy Law – TWTh 8:30-10:40 (B term: July 24-August 17) LAW B 503 Evidence – TWTh 4:30-7:30 (A term: June 19-July 18)

The weekly issue of “The Crier” is the primary means to distribute official notices and information regarding the law school community. This will include policies and deadlines involving registration and examinations. Additional notices may be distributed via the email listserv “LawDawgs.” Each student is responsible for being aware of this information and responding accordingly.

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Judging Criteria Applicants will be judged on the following criteria:

CENTER FOR CAREER PLANNING AND PUBLIC SERVICE

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demonstrated interest in pursuing public interest work upon graduation from law school;

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community service and community involvement, particularly service to the South Asian/South Asian American community in Washington State;

UPCOMING EVENTS

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academic achievement, work experience, activities, and post-law school goals; and

Monday, April 30, 2007 Meet the Employers, Room 115, 5:30-7:00PM

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an essay of 1000 words or less.

(Room 346) Office Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. M-F (206) 543-9097 General office questions may be directed to [email protected]

Selection & Notification The recipient will be selected and notified by the SABAW Scholarship Committee and/or Board of Directors. Awards will be presented at the 2007 SABAW Annual Banquet.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007 OCI-Overview of Fall Recruiting, Room 133, 12:301:20PM Thursday, May 3, 2007 OCI-2L’s Tell Fall Recruiting Tales, Room 133, 12:301:20PM

GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY 3Ls, when you accept an offer for a position, please go to Symplicity and fill out the Graduate Employment Survey. This year we are using Symplicity to track these NALP surveys. Let Dean Sanchez know if you are seeking employment and what you are looking for specifically. You can set up an appointment by emailing [email protected].

Learn more about these events and RSVP via Symplicity!

FALL JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIPS Thinking about applying for a fall judicial externship? We recommend applying before you leave school for the summer (note that Judge Pechman in the WD of WA likes applications before the end of April). More info at: https://www.law.washington.edu/Career/PS/JudApp/

RECENTLY ADDED JOBS ON SYMPLICITY Court Clerk Supervisor, Seattle Municipal Court Externship, Honorable Marsha L. Pechman Internship, Wizards of the Coast Law Clerk, Eglick Kiker Whited PLLC Law Clerk, Montgomery Scarp MacDougall PLLC Legal Intern, Law Office of Andrew Charles Huff Paralegal, Otto Law Group Law Clerk, Hendricks & Lewis Policy & Legal Extern, WA State School Directors Association Researcher, DSHS-State of Washington Internship, Alaska State Commission for Human Rights

CLERKSHIP DEADLINE REMINDER Applications for Oregon state courts are due by 4/27. Please contact [email protected] if you have questions or need assistance.

SOUTH ASIAN BAR ASSOCIATION PUBLIC INTEREST STIPEND The South Asian Bar Association of Washington (“SABAW”) will award two $1,000 public interest stipends ("Stipends") to students attending a law school in Washington State. The Stipends will recognize law students who have demonstrated a commitment to public interest work and community service, and particularly service to the South Asian American community in Washington State. Applicants do not need a South Asian background. The application deadline is May 11, 2007.

SAFETY AND ABUSE IN AMERICA'S PRISONS Speaker: Alexander Busansky, Exec. Director Comm. on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons Monday, April 30, 2007, Room 133, 4:00-6:00PM Alexander Busansky is a former prosecutor who began his career at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. For nearly five years, he investigated and prosecuted cases across the country involving excessive use of force by federal, state and local law enforcement and corrections officers. 2

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Law Library News Cheryl Nyberg, Editor

To register for Westlaw summer extension, go to http://lawschool.westlaw.com/. Then sign-on and complete the Westlaw Password Summer Extension form.

UPGRADED COMPUTERS Computers in the Law Student Lounge (L113) are now equipped with Microsoft Office. Use the computers just as you would use the ones in Room 222, the Law Student Computer Lab. These PCs are connected to the Pharos printers.

If you do not fall into one of the categories listed above and do not register for a summer extension, your password will still allow you access to Westlaw for 2 hours per month during the summer.

Remember to save your data and documents to your thumbdrive or floppy disk; saving to the PC hard drive is not an option.

Graduating students: Your Westlaw password will expire on June 30, 2007. You can receive a summer bar study password from WestlawRewards. (They’ll email you in mid-May. This password does not include free printing.)

LIBRARY LIFESAVERS Drop by Room 119 on Tuesday, May 1st at 12:45 to learn a little about regulations and other things you always wanted to know about legal research but were too afraid, bashful, or intimidated to ask!

Stay Up-to-Date with Congressional Action Using OpenCongress by Bret Masterson, Law Librarianship Intern

This session is one of the opportunities you will have to register for the drawing!

Whether you are tracking the progress of a bill, monitoring legislative activity in a certain issue area, or keeping tabs on what your elected representatives are doing, you need to check out OpenCongress.org, http://www.opencongress.org. This relatively new website is produced by the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation. OpenCongress combines information from THOMAS and other official sources with news and discussion from the Web to provide a comprehensive and easy-to-use site for information on Congress and its activities.

SUMMER ACCESS TO LEXISNEXIS AND WESTLAW by Ann Hemmens LexisNexis You can register your Lexis ID for summer access, as long as your use falls under these “academic purposes”: • • • •

unpaid non-profit/public interest internship or externship (or pro bono work) that is required for graduation

OpenCongress offers some powerful tools for tracking legislation. If you know the number of a bill, you can examine its text, check its status, review all legislative activity, and obtain related information. You may subscribe to an RSS feed that will provide you with an update whenever further action is taken on the bill.

law school coursework research for law review or moot court work for a law professor (paid or unpaid) internship, externship, or clinic work that is unpaid and for which you receive law school course credit

To extend your Lexis ID for the summer, go to http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool and click on the “register for summer access” link.

If you are interested in a certain topic and want to find out what legislation might be pending in that area, navigate to the “Issues” page. Here you’ll find over 4000 issue labels assigned to bills by the Congressional Research Service. Select an issue to see relevant bills and subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on legislative developments and new bill introductions. Numerous links allow users to move easily from overview information to specific topics in greater depth.

Graduating students: You can extend your Lexis ID until August 1, 2007 by following these same instructions. Westlaw You can register your password for summer extension if you need access for: • law school coursework • research for law review or moot court • work for a law professor

Many of the features on OpenCongress promote accountability by keeping voters informed about their elected representatives. Separate pages for each member of Congress offer a wealth of easy-to-digest information: • committee membership • recently-sponsored bills 3

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University Of Washington School Of Law, we will award this scholarship in his honor each year.

recent votes and a complete voting history fascinating and fun “Voting Trends Analysis” that names the Senators or Representatives with whom the individual has voted most-often and least-often, both within his or her own party and from the opposition consolidated links to news stories on the Web and blog postings that reference the official an overview by industry of campaign funding from the most recent election cycle.

Scholarship: Approximately $9,000 for the 2007-2008 academic year. Application: Applicants will submit a one-page description of their demonstrated interest in international human and civil rights. Although not required, you may also submit a letter of recommendation and a resume as part of your application. Application materials should be turned in to the Financial Aid Office in William H. Gates Hall 362.

The OpenCongress project is currently in “beta” and its sponsors are working on extending the site. Many of the features planned for the next phase of the project are designed to allow for user collaboration: del.icio.us-style tagging of bills, message boards for users to discuss and analyze pending legislation, and “plain language” summaries of complex proposals.

Deadline: May 4th, 2007

SEED IP LAW GROUP FOUNDERS SCHOLARSHIP $6,000

With its easy-to-navigate structure, impressive scope, and powerful RSS options for maintaining current awareness, OpenCongress offers a terrific way to keep up with federal legislative activity. Take a look.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2007-2008 Seed IP Law Group Founders Scholarship. The Seed IP Law Group Founders Scholarship commemorates the contribution of the firm’s founders, Richard Seed and Ben Berry, to excellence in Intellectual Property legal work. Ben and Dick were both recognized as leaders in the I.P. field and together they founded and built one of the top I.P. firms in the country. In honor of their contribution, this scholarship recognizes excellence in an I.P. student at the University of Washington School of Law. To receive the scholarship, the student must be enrolled in the I.P. concentration program, either for the JD or LLM programs. Applications should include (1) a cover letter explaining the applicant's qualifications, (2) a resume, and (3) two letters of recommendation (preferably faculty members). A Seed IP Scholarship Committee composed of local practitioners and law faculty reviews applications. The deadline for submission is May 25th, 2007.

FINANCIAL INANCIAL AID OFFICE Financial Aid Coordinator: Arlo Hammontree Room 362 206-543-4552 [email protected]

TAKUJI YAMASHITA ENDOWED MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP The Takuji Yamashita Memorial Scholarship was established in 2001 by his descendants and friends to provide assistance to students enrolled in the School of Law who have demonstrated a particular interest in human and civil rights, especially those of people of Asian decent. Takuji Yamashita, a native of Japan was among the first students enrolled at the University Of Washington School Of Law in 1900. Distinguishing himself for his skills in moot court, he graduated in 1902. He later passed the bar examination. However the laws at the time did not allow non-citizens to be admitted to the bar and people of Japanese decent were not allowed to become American citizens. On March 1, 2001, the Washington State Supreme Court posthumously admitted Takuji Yamashita to the Washington State Bar. In recognition of Takuji Yamashita’s place in the history of American civil rights, the history of the legal profession in the State of Washington and the history of the

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM The Labor and Employment Law section of the WSBA and the University of Washington School of Law are proud to announce the 2nd annual Labor and Employment Law Internship Program. Each of these organizations is dedicated to educating future lawyers about the practice of labor and employment law. The purpose of this grant is to give students the opportunity to have hands-on experience in the field of labor and employment law where such experience would not otherwise be available because of limited funding. The grant provides a total of $6,000 in funding for a qualified student for the summer of 2007. Applications are available in room 362. Deadline for materials is May 11th, 2007.

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Islam in the state. She will address the crucial question of how actors articulate and advance their agendas with the use of the establishment clause as legal authority. Stilt intends to reach scholars and policymakers both in the United States and the countries she is studying.

AID FOR SUMMER Summer Quarter is the first quarter of the 2007-2008 aid year. The types and amounts of aid available are limited. The first step in applying for summer aid is to submit a 2007-2008 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the central processor. Then, after the UW has received the FAFSA information (about 2 weeks for FAFSA on the Web, or 4-6 weeks for paper FAFSAs), complete and submit the summer aid application.

Stilt's specialty and main area of research and writing focuses on Islamic law in its classical formulations and contemporary applications. Last year, Stilt was selected to serve as a Research Fellow at the UW Simpson Center for the Humanities for the 2006-07 academic year in order to complete her book on the application of law in medieval Egypt.

Applying for Summer Aid: If you have submitted your FAFSA as indicated above, you may submit a Summer Aid Application. Please be prepared to supply your UW NetID and password. The Summer Aid Application is available through your MyUW.

Last year, two UW faculty were selected as 2006 Carnegie Scholars: Clark Lombardi, UW School of Law, and Ellis Goldberg, Department of Political Science and Director of the Center of Middle Eastern Studies.

More information on Summer Aid: http://www.washington.edu/students/osfa/aidforsum.html

The goal of the Carnegie Corporation's 2007 grants is to build a body of thoughtful and original scholarship to encourage the development and expansion of the study of Islam in the United States. This year's scholars were selected from an array of universities and institutions, indicating that Islamic studies is a growing area of interest among American academics.

SOUTH ASIAN BAR ASSOCIATION $1,000 STIPEND FOR WASHINGTON STATE LAW STUDENTS The South Asian Bar Association of Washington (“SABAW”) will award two $1,000 public interest stipends ("Stipends") to students attending a law school in Washington State. The Stipends will recognize law students who have demonstrated a commitment to public interest work and community service, and particularly service to the South Asian American community in Washington State. Applicants do not need a South Asian background.

UW LAW SCHOOL ANNOUNCES 2007 SAMPSON FELLOWS The UW School of Law proudly announces the 2007 recipients of the William Sampson Fellow in Comparative Public Interest Law: Michiko Hase 1L, Emily Jarvis 1L, Emily Alvarado 1L, Elizabeth Hawkins 1L. The 2007 Fellowship recipients were announced at an event with Emer Deane, Consul General for Northern Ireland to the Western U.S., April 13, 2007 in William H. Gates Hall.

PROFESSOR STILT SELECTED AS 2007 CARNEGIE SCHOLAR

The Sampson Fellow program, arranged by the law school's European Law Initiative (ELI), provides an externship opportunity for UW law students to spend up to four months working in Europe at a human rights nonprofit or NGO in Ireland. Traditionally, Sampson Fellow's have worked with organizations like the Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) in Dublin, Ireland.

For the second year in a row, a UW law professor has been selected as a Carnegie Scholar. Professor Kristen Stilt is one of 21 professors chosen by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for the 2007 class of scholars. Each Carnegie Scholar will be awarded a grant of up to $100,000 to research themes relating to Islam and the modern world. Stilt, who joined the UW faculty in 2004, will study how political actors view, and seek to implement, the relationship between Islam and the state in three countries: Morocco, Egypt, and Malaysia. As in many countries in the Muslim world, the constitutions of the three countries she will study include the provision that "Islam is the official religion of the state." This clause, which Stilt calls the "establishment clause," is a significant rhetorical site for debates about the place of

"This is a wonderful opportunity and I'm excited to return to Northern Ireland," said 1L Hase, who visited the country previously to present a paper on war-related sex crimes. The Fellowship's namesake, William Sampson, was an Irish Protestant human rights lawyer, who, after being imprisoned, disbarred and banished from his homeland following the 1798 Rebellion, practiced as the United States' first career human rights lawyer. In New York 5

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Peter Eigen is the founder of Transparency International (TI), a global civil society organization (CSO) combating corruption. Corruption lies at the root of poverty, conflict, violence and destruction -- locally and globally. Developing countries -- particularly in Africa -- are the main victims. It is difficult to control corruption, especially international grand corruption, because of poor governance in the globalized economy. Peter Eigen will present an example of a successful coalition between government, private sector and CSOs in fighting corruption -- where governments alone, and private enterprises alone have failed. He will explore the possibility of addressing other failures of global governance -- environment, climate change, human rights, slavery, exploitation of women and children -with similar coalitions of state, business and civil society. Peter Eigen will also report about the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a new global multi stakeholder organization applying this approach to introduce more transparency in the oil, gas and mining sectors. He is the chairman of EITI. As a member of Kofi Annan's new Africa Progress Panel (APP) he will focus particularly on the impact of these initiatives on Africa.

City, Sampson brought test cases on behalf of Irish Catholic refugees, defended striking union shoemakers against conspiracy charges, represented AfricanAmericans in pre-Civil War America, and a host of other "unpopular" causes in the courtroom. He died in New York in 1836.

FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP AWARDED TO LAW PROFESSOR WINN UW School of Law Professor Jane Winn has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to spend the summer in 2008 in China researching the impact of information technology (IT) and globalization on commercial law with Song Yuping, a lecturer in law at Henan University of Technology (China). Song, who was a visiting scholar for the UW Asian Law Program in 2005-06, and Winn will compare developments in commercial law in China to those in the United States and European Union. They have a co-authored a forthcoming article in the Columbia Journal of Asian Law, "Can China Promote Electronic Commerce Through Law Reform? Some Preliminary Case Study Evidence." Winn is considered an expert in the area of electronic commerce law developments in the United States, European Union, and China. In 2006, she served as an advisor to an E.U. Commission study on future directions in the European Union's policy regarding IT standards and the development of electronic commerce. She recently published an article on that subject in the International Journal of Information Technology Standards and Standardisation Research and co-authored an article on the reform of E.U. contract law for The Business Lawyer.

SAM DALEY-HARRIS -- Champions and Revolutionaries: Critical Ingredients for Ending Global Poverty Thurs, May 3, Johnson Hall, Room 102, 5:30-7:30PM After organizing the Global Microcredit Summit last November with delegates from 112 countries, including the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the President of Honduras, and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Muhammad Yunus, Sam Daley-Harris did something he has done before in his life-he made a radical change. Daley-Harris will discuss why he has gone back to organizing grassroots activists in church basements and community centers and why he believes that that's where the real power lies. "They're the ones who can build champions in Congress and in their communities to end global poverty," Daley-Harris says, "but you can't make that happen without a transformation from 'I don't make a difference' to 'I do,' from 'I can't fight City Hall' to 'I am City Hall.' “Daley-Harris will talk about the revolutionaries he has worked with who have broken countless rules in order to create tools that empower very poor women and their families, people like Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus. He will also discuss his views on the healing and empowerment that must take place in order for ordinary citizens to become and create champions for the end of poverty.

Winn is a Charles I. Stone Professor of Law and teaches commercial and technology law courses. She is also a director of the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology. Winn is a member of the American Law Institute and a board member of CALI (Computer Assisted Legal Instruction). The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.

ANNOUNCING THE MARC LINDENBERG CENTER 5TH ANNIVERSARY LECTURE SERIES

ARON CRAMER -- Whither Global Corporate Citizenship? - From the United States to China and Beyond Friday, May 4, Kane Hall, Room 110, 5:30-7:30PM

PETER EIGEN -- Good Governance Against Poverty and Conflict in Africa: Turning Extractive Industries From a Curse into a Blessing? Wed, May 2, Johnson Hall, Room 102, 5:30-7:30PM 6

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Co-Sponsors: UW Global Health Resource Center, Northwest International Health Action Coalition (NIHAC), the Friends of Palestinian Medical Relief Society and UW Global Health and Justice Project. For more information, please contact: Amineh Ayyad, [email protected], Vicki Aken, [email protected] or Sarah Frey, [email protected].

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has moved into the mainstream of business and public debate. With attention to climate change, poverty alleviation, and corporate accountability, attention to the role of business in society is accelerating. Aron Cramer, President and CEO of Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), will provide his perspective on current and emerging trends at the center of this debate. Cramer works with many of BSR's 250 member companies around the world, helping them to integrate social and environmental concerns into their strategies and operations, to achieve a more just and sustainable global economy. BSR works with companies from its headquarters in San Francisco, as well as its offices in Paris and Hong Kong and Guangzhou. Cramer will provide a view of emerging trends globally, and also a particular view of fast changing developments concerning sustainability in China.

MEDIATION CLINIC WORK STUDY POSITION The Mediation Clinic is interviewing for one or two case developer positions, to begin in Fall 2007. Each case developer will work 8-12 hours/week. The position is open to both current 1Ls and 2Ls (2L and 3L next year). Preference will be given to 1Ls who can commit to two years in the position.

For more information, please contact Catrina Lucero Graduate Student ([email protected]), Assistant, Marc Lindenberg Center, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs University of Washington

Your Role as Case Developer The case developer has two main roles: screening clients and preparing cases for mediation. Screening a client involves talking with them to determine whether or not their case is appropriate for the Mediation Clinic. If it is not appropriate (i.e., divorce/ child custody case, or seeking legal advice), we provide a suitable referral. If appropriate (landlord/tenant, business/consumer, coworkers, roommates, etc.), the case developer then works with the clients to schedule mediation logistics and prepare the parties for mediation. There are also administrative and office management duties.

THE DANIEL J. EVANS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY (INGATE) AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM PRESENT: “Health and Human Rights Consequences of Occupation and Violence on Palestinians and Israelis: Focusing on the West Bank and Gaza“

Qualifications We need patient people who are good communicators, comfortable solving problems on the spot and working with highly stressed people. Good organization and computer skills are required. An interest in mediation is essential; this job can be done in conjunction with enrollment in the Mediation Clinic. Outreach skills are also helpful!

Presentation and Discussion with Dr. Alice Rothchild Wednesday, May 2, 2007, The Commons in Parrington Hall, Room 308, 12:00–1:00PM; Refreshments will be served Dr. Rothchild is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School and the author of "Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience". She worked with a health and human rights project, collaborating with Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and the Palestinian Medical Relief Society. In her book, she brings to life the voices of people mutually entwined in trauma and conflict, and explores individual examples of resilience and resistance.

Must be work-study qualified, with sufficient work-study funds to work up to 10 hours/week each quarter. Compensation will be $15/hour. For questions about whether you will be work-study qualified, check with the work-study office in Schmitz Hall or check out http://www.washington.edu/students/osfa/ws1.html. Please submit a resume and letter of interest to Julia Gold, Director of the Mediation Clinic ([email protected]) no later than Monday, April 30, at 5 PM. Please include the name of your BLS professor.

In 1997, through her involvement in the Boston Workmen's Circle, a progressive secular Jewish organization, Dr. Rothchild turned much of her nonmedical focus to understanding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and its relationship to US foreign policy and American Jewry. She co-founded and co-chairs Jewish Voice for Peace, Boston and co-organized the Jewish American Medical Project, now called the JVP Health and Human Rights Project.

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STUDENT CALENDAR AND NEWS Monday, April 30

SALDF, Room 115, 12:30-1:20PM LSC, Emergency Contraception and Conscience Clauses, Room 119, 12:30-1:20PM GreenLaw, Citizen Enforcement Mechanisms in NAFTA, Rm. 117, 12:30-1:20PM

U.S. Navy JAG Info Session, Rm. 217, 12:30-1:20PM Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons, Room 133, 4:00-6:00PM Career Services, Meet the Employers, Room 115, 5:30-7:00PM

Tuesday, May 1

Wednesday, May 2

Thursday, May 3

Law Library Lifesavers, Room 119, 12:30-1:20PM OCI-Overview of Fall Recruiting, Room 133, 12:30-1:20PM Health Law Speed Date w/Faculty, Room 115B-C, 3:30-4:30PM Outlaws, “Closer Walk” Documentary, Rooms 138/115B-C, 4:30-6:30PM

LWC Panel on Domestic Violence, Room 133, 12:30-1:20PM Academic Advising Session, Room 138, 12:30-1:20PM CLEJ, Immigrant Rights & Worker Rights, Room 127, 12:30-1:20PM

SBA Executive Board Meeting, Room 115B-C, 12:30-1:20PM Tech law 2007-2008 Course Advisory Panel, Room 117, 12:30-1:20PM OCI-2L’s Tell Fall Recruiting Tales, Room 133, 12:30-1:20PM CHRJ, Guatemalan Genocide Witness Speaks, Room 127, 12:30-1:20PM Outlaws, Urshavi Vaid Presentation/Discussion, Room 213, 2:00-3:20PM PILA Hosts TGIT, Room 115, 3:30-5:30PM

Friday, May 4 The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or e-mail at [email protected]

United States and Canada - is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law.

CITIZEN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IN NAFTA Monday, April 30, Room 117, 12:30-1:20PM

Greenlaw is pleased to host Geoff Garver for a brownbag lunch at 12:30 on Monday, April 30th in Room 117.

Intended to remove regulatory barriers to free trade, NAFTA also provided mechanisms that could be used to weaken national environmental laws. In response to concerns that trade liberalization would pose formidable challenges to sustainable development in the region; the Commission for Environmental Cooperation was created as an independent body for assessing NAFTA’s impact on the North American environment.

Geoff Garver joined North America's Commission for Environmental Cooperation in December 2000 as Director of the Submissions on Enforcement Matters Unit. The Unit handles assertions by North American citizens that one of the NAFTA countries - Mexico, the

Come learn about the promise and challenges of this regional international institution in promoting environmental enforcement in North America. Questions: email Jasmine Vasavada, [email protected]

Holding North American Nations Accountable to Their Own Environmental Promises: Citizen Complaints, NAFTA's Commission for Environmental Cooperation, and Using Sunshine to Prevent a Race to the Bottom

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This event is Co-sponsored by the University of Washington Outlaws GLBT group and Student Health Law Organization. Food and treats will be provided in Room 115B-C.

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AND CONSCIENCE CLAUSES Monday, April 30th, Room 119, 12:30-1:20PM Reproductive Rights litigation goes Hollywood! Join Law Students for Choice for a screening of "Boston Legal." In this episode, two attorneys defend a teenage girl who was brutally raped and is now pregnant. The girl sues the Catholic hospital where she was treated because they refused to provide her with emergency contraception. Following the screening, join in a discussion of the Washington state laws and policies regarding emergency contraception.

The event is open to the public. Questions: email Dave Iseminger, [email protected].

"HUMAN RIGHTS AT HOME: CAMPAIGNS PROMOTING LABOR RIGHTS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES." Wednesday, May 2, 2007, Room 127, 12:30-1:20PM

Lunch will be served! Questions: email Danika Adams, [email protected].

Rebecca Smith of the National Employment Law Project and Hilary Stern of Casa Latina in Seattle will speak on legal developments in the United States and the Interamerican Court to protect the human rights of undocumented workers. Both of these speakers are highly esteemed leaders in national worker rights protection. Come eat La Puerta Mexican food and participate in this engaging panel. This event is being sponsored by the Center for Labor and Employment Justice. Questions: email Chris Benoit, [email protected].

HEALTH LAW SPEED DATE WITH FACULTY Tuesday, May 1st, Room 115B-C, 3:30-4:30PM On Tuesday, May 1, 2007 the health law faculty will host a joint event with SHLO that we affectionately call the "Health Law Speed Date." At this event, health law faculty will sit at desks stationed around the Perkins Coie Room. Students will rotate in pairs to each desk and have the opportunity to speak briefly with professors about the courses they teach, obtain prospective syllabi for the various health law courses offered inside and outside the law school, and also have the chance to talk about summer work plans and career goals. SHLO and the health law faculty will provide food and refreshments for this event as well.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PANEL Wednesday, May 2, Room 133, 12:30-1:20PM In the wake of Rebecca Griego's recent murder by a former boyfriend on our campus, the Law Women's Caucus is hosting a panel to discuss the legal issues involved with domestic violence. Panelists will include Chief Vicki Storms from UW Police, Beth Helm from the Northwest Justice Project and Kelly O'Connell from the Sexual Violence Law Project. Please join the LWC for this special panel on Wednesday, May 2 at 12:30 in Room 133. Food will be provided. Questions: email Karen Zehnder, [email protected].

Please pass this along to any friends who are considering taking any of the very interesting health law courses being offered next year. It is a great chance to meet professors and learn a bit more about the breadth of offerings that UW has in this area. Following this event, at 4:30pm SHLO and Outlaws will host a joint showing if the film "A Closer Walk." This film depicts humankind's confrontation with the global AIDS epidemic. "A Closer Walk" was conceived by the late Jonathan Mann, architect of the World Health Organization's response to global AIDS, (www.acloserwalk.org). Food and treats will be provided in Room 115B-C. Questions, email Megan Vogel, [email protected]

GUATEMALAN GENOCIDE WITNESS SPEAKS Thursday, May 3, 2007, Room 127, 12:30-1:20PM EMILIO TOJÍN LÓPEZ, leader of the Guatemalan Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR), will be speaking at the UW Law School on May 3. Come enjoy delicious Salvadoran food and listen to Emilio's courageous story. The AJR is an association of genocide witnesses from 22 indigenous communities in Guatemala. They are working to bring General Rios Montt and other former military leaders to justice for genocide and human rights crimes committed against Maya communities in the early 1980s. AJR is also involved in the international legal case being pursued in Spain, under the EU's doctrine of universal jurisdiction.

"A CLOSER WALK" DOCUMENTARY SHOWING Tuesday, May 1st, Room 138/115B-C, 4:30PM This film was conceived by the late Jonathan Mann, architect of the World Health Organization's response to global AIDS. It chronicles the global AIDS crisis, http://www.acloserwalk.org. Running Time: 80 minutes 9

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Emilio plays a key role in the AJR's struggle for justice and will discuss important current news and actions.

FOOD IN CLASSROOMS

This event is being sponsored by the Center for Human Rights and Justice. Questions: email Chris Benoit, [email protected].

"Food and drinks may not be served in classrooms, with the exception of student organization and club lunch meetings (generally 12:30-1:20pm). Student organizations are responsible for the clean-up of any room that they use for a meeting. This includes removing any trash and related items from the room with proper disposal of such items in trash and recycling receptacles. Items that will not go into trash receptacles (i.e., pizza boxes) need to be bagged and placed by a trash receptacle, not just left on the floor near one. Trash bags are available at Academic Services, room 361. Food and drink may be served in the Perkins-Coie Room, a multi-purpose room (not a classroom)."

TECHNOLOGY LAW SOCIETY ELECTIONS & PANEL Thursday, May 3rd, Room 117, 12:30-1:20PM The Technology Law Society will be holding elections for next year's officers on Thursday, May 3rd, in Room 117. Following the elections, we will have a student panel to discuss the IP-related classes that will be offered next year. Pizza will be provided! Questions: email Gregory Ellis, [email protected].

PILA HOSTS TGIT Thursday, May 3rd, Room 115, 3:30-5:30PM This week, PILA will be hosting the TGIT on the plaza. We will be serving freshly grilled food (hamburgers, hotdogs, and a vegetarian option) and honoring the recipients of PILA grant money for the coming year. The students who traveled to New Orleans over spring break will also be in attendance, and a slide show of photographs from the trip will be presented in room 115. Come to celebrate and honor their work, and congratulate the PILA grant recipients!!! Questions: email Rebecca Huffman, [email protected].

POSTING OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FLYERS Any type of notice being posted on the law school general bulletins needs to be approved at the Academic Services Office, room 361. Notices should be no larger than 8-1/2”x11”. One notice per bulletin board may be posted. NOTE: Announcements for on-campus events need to include the required accommodation statement: “The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206-543-6450/V, 206-543-6452/TTY, 206685-7264/fax, or email at [email protected]”

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