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Mar. 28: Open Forum for SALSA Elections monday B142, 12:10-1:00pm

ILSA: Medellin Supreme Court Case Panel Discussion B127, 12:00-1:00pm, Catered Lunch Provided (page 4)

Honors Moot Court: Quarterfinals 191 N. First St., 6:00pm (page 4)

Mar. 29: Honors Moot Court: Semifinals tuesday Moot Court Room, 6:00pm (page 4)

Heather Harris from the International Labor Org. B110, 12:00-1:00pm (page 6)

SBA Candidate’s Forum Levy Lounge 12:00-1:00pm, Food Provided

Part-Time Candidate Meet and Greet Levy Lounge, 7:00-7:30pm, Food Provided

Mar. 30: Environmental Law Society Meeting wednesday B137, 12:00-1:00pm, Lunch Provided (page 4)

LCS: Table talk: Gearing up for High Tech Career Fair B127, 12:10-1:00pm (page 8)

SBA Elections Levy Lounge, 11:00am-2:00pm, 5:00-7:30pm

Honors Moot Court: Finals Music Building Auditorium, 8:00pm (page 4)

Mar. 31: Social Justice Judicial Roundtable: Honorable Jerome Nadler thursday B139, 12:00-1:00, RSVP for lunch (page 7)

BGLAd Elections B110, 12:00pm, pizza! (page 3)

SBA Elections Levy Lounge, 11:00am-2:00pm, 5:00-7:30pm

Apr. 1: William P. Laughlin Lecture Series on Global Leadership and friday Ethics Presents a Symposium on HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY Featuring Prof. Hans Kung Music Recital Hall, 8:00am-5:00pm (page 4)

La Raza Student Association Banquet! 5:30-11:00pm, Check your email for more details! (page 5)

Events At A Glance

SBA Executive

Board

President Roy Stanley

VP (Full-Time) Devin Brown

VP (Part-Time) Heather Hoblit

Treasurer John Salcido

Secretary Joshua Dorward

3L Class Representatives

Erin McDermit Jay Gatchalian Steven Berki

Stephanie Johnson

2L Class Representatives

Samantha Kim Hamilton Gardiner

Cyndi Claxton Alana Fremgen

Alternates: Alan Upton

Tim Wagstaffe

1L Class Representatives

Renee Bernard Valerie Marvin Steve Ahlers

Gina Gancheva

Alternates: Chevelle Douglas

Chuan Teng

Part-Time Representatives

Patricia Lopez Brent Jason

Michael Percy Yu Shan Chuang

ABA-LSD Representatives

Gina Fornario Tobin Dietrich Karin Frenza

Patricia Lopez

5 Weeks Left!

These Are Your

Reps!

www.scu.edu/sba

Submissions, News, Comments, and Criticisms: jdorward@scu.edu Need to get in touch with your SBA? See Page 2.

Last Day to Buy Women & Law Banquet Tix is

MONDAY, 03/28! (page 3)

High Tech Career Fair on 03/31, Brass Rail,

4-6pm

GET THE VOTE OUT SBA ELECTIONS WED & THURS!!!

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Roy Stanley, 2L SBA President rstanley@scu.edu

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From the Editor Joshua Dorward, 2L

Ray Kurzweil prognosti-cates a future that eliminates the inevitability of death by aging. The inventor and en-trepreneur cites the expo-nential acceleration of sci-entific progress and pro-poses that the convergence of health science and tech-nology will provide the means for prolonging life indefinitely.

A sci-fi pipe dream you say? Between Kurzweil and March Madness, your money is safer with the scientist.

Today, we use statins to improve our blood lipid pro-file and growth hormone to hit baseballs really (really) far. Tomorrow, we will use nanotechnology to excise cancer at the cellular level while gene-doping will neu-tralize the body’s “regulator” on muscle production, my-ostatin.

The viability of immor-tality, or even extremely pro-longed life by contemporary standards, holds tremen-dous implications for our ever-evolving social-system.

Particularly poignant in light of the Terry Schiavo case (and the Easter holiday for that matter), the prospect of doing away with death means re-evaluating social norms and cultural beliefs—the treatment of death as desirable or undesirable, a right, or a privilege, must all be reconsidered.

Surely, popular litera-ture and Hollywood have sensationalized countless iterations of a possible fu-ture: Huxley’s Brave New World and the films Blade Runner, Gattaca, Dark City, and Minority Report come to mind.

It is no wonder that re-curring themes in these popular futurist forays deal with dystopia and escapism. In these stories the toys and

promises of the future are always great, but fleeting—and never enough justifica-tion for the direction of soci-ety’s “progress.” Each pro-tagonist must struggle to define their existence by breaking the status quo.

Some argue that the longer we perpetuate life (especially among a certain class of people), the more likely a system of norms will emerge that brings us closer to a dystopian future. An-other, more optimistic view, argues that prolonging life allows for the accumulation of unbroken “continuums” of knowledge and information, the proliferation of which will give rise to the next wave of innovations.

With the advent of a global network, the idea of a measurable information con-tinuum is already a reality. The Internet is slowly clos-ing the gap between a per-son’s perceived and online information.

Each technological inno-vation that connects to the network publishes informa-tion to the continuum. Your car’s GPS, your cell phone, TiVO, Xbox, VoIP phone, and soon an entire litany of biomedical devices will add to the growing wealth of online information at an ac-celerating pace. And some-one will google it.

It is an enormous effort to apply law’s order to the exponential growth of inno-vation. Perhaps, if Kurzweil is right, there will be enough billable hours in our futures to handle the job. Then again, the prospect of undy-ing lawyers may be enough to compel society’s careful rethinking of “progress.”

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SCU Event Information

Women and Law Banquet Tix On Sale! WOMEN & LAW BANQUET TICKETS

ON SALE IN LEVY (BANNAN) LOUNGE Honoring National & Local People of Distinction

Saturday April 2nd, San Jose Hyatt,

6pm-12am Silent Auction, Dinner, Dancing $22 for Women & Law Members $26 for Student Non-Members $30 for Non-students ** Sample of silent auction items: Karaoke party hosted by Judge Ware, climbing lessons from planet granite, tickets to see San Jose Sabercats, several gym memberships, tickets to San Francisco Zoo, tickets to Palo Alto Philharmonic, tickets to Winchester Mystery House.

ticket sales end Monday March28th!!! please see our website for more information:

www.scu.edu/law/womenandlaw or contact: Angela Lytton(angela.lytton@gmail.com) or

Emily Berrio (eberrio@scu.edu)

CONGRATULATIONS TO 2005 WOMEN & LAW SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Sharon Bashan $700 Erin McDermit $1000

The Scholarship Winners will be recognized at the Banquet!

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!!!! Do you want to be part of an exciting effort to free domestic violence survivors in prison? The California Habeas Project is currently recruiting volunteers to interview battered women prisoners during the months of March to June. Previous ex-perience working with prisoners and/or domestic violence survivors is preferred, but not required. Interested volunteers should email Margaret Prinzing at mpringzing@rjp.com or call 510-346-6200. For general in-quiries about the Habeas Project, go to www.habeasproject.org. AND: The Bill Wilson Center is looking for volunteers to help chil-dren at risk, specifically with the effort to reform the juvenile justice system. Please call Victor, the volunteer coordinator at 408/850-6138 for more information or check out their website, billwilson-center.org. PILCS NOTE: PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO TURN IN YOUR PRO BONO FORMS BY April 6th!!!!

PRO BONO OPPORTUNITY OF THE WEEK SCHOLARSHIP RENEWALS AND APPLICATIONS

2005-2006

Applications to renew your Law Faculty, Emery or Public Interest Scholarships for the 2005-2006 academic year are now available. They can be picked up from Associate Dean Mary Emery’s Office, Heafey 156. The application deadline is May 20, 2005. You must turn in the applica-tion itself as well as the cover sheet (signed).

Current scholarship holders must reapply. Scholarships will not be renewed without an application. Emery schol-arships may be renewed if the academic conditions in the original award letter are met and funds are available. New Emery scholarships may be awarded to students who place in the top 10% of their class and who apply for the scholarship. Law Faculty scholarships will be re-newed if a student continues to demonstrate financial need and satisfactory academic progress. Students who do not currently have a Law Faculty scholarship may ap-ply; however, new awards are limited by the availability of funds.

Please contact Patti Hallead at phallead@scu.edu or at (408) 554-4451 if you have any questions.

AGAIN, THE SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE IS

MAY 20, 2005.

Scholarship Renewals and Applications

BGLAd Elections! 03/31 BGLAd

Bisexual Gay Lesbian Advocates

Elections & General Meeting Thursday 3/31, Bannan 110

@Noon

Pizza!

Questions? Contact David: dtsai@scu.edu

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ELS Meeting 03/30 The next ELS meeting is Wednesday, 3/30, from 12:00 to 1pm in Bannan 137. Lunch will be provided!! We will be discussing our upcoming wine and cheese career event, Earth Day plans, and our upcoming ELS officer elections.

Don’t miss out!!

Honors Moot Court Competition 2005 Honors Moot Court Competition

Quarter-Final Rounds Monday, March 28, 2005

Time: 6:00pm Location:

San Jose Superior Court Building 191 N. First St.

Semi-Final Rounds

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 Time: 6:00pm

Location: Santa Clara University School of Law

Moot Court Room 500 El Camino, Santa Clara, CA

Final Round

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 Time: 8:00pm

Location: Santa Clara University School of Law

Music Building Auditorium 500 El Camino, Santa Clara, CA

ILSA Supreme Court Case Panel 03/28!

Panel Discussion of the Supreme Court Case Medellin v. Dretke

What is the applicability of international law on the US court system? Come hear a panel discussion of the intersection between in-ternational law and constitutional law. The discussion will begin with a procedural history of the case, starting with an explanation of federal habeas, the Breard decision, discuss the case in detail, and then conclude by discussing some of the constitutional questions raised by the order of the President requiring state courts to hear the VCCR claims of Medellin.

Panel: Professor Bradley Joondeph, Professor Beth Van Schaack

Professor Jiri Toman

Monday, March 28th 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Bannan 127

Catered lunch provided!

Human Rights and Human Responsibility Human Rights and Human Responsibility Symposium

April 1, 2005 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Music Recital Hall

The Global Leadership and Ethics Program of the Mark-kula Center for Applied Ethics, in cooperation with the InterAction Council, an organization of former heads of state and prime ministers, invites you to a dialogue on human rights and human responsibility. The InterAction Council has proposed a Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities to complement the United Nations Uni-versal Declaration of Human Rights. symposium will ex-plore ways in which these two concepts can reinforce one another. Speakers: Hon. Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of the Common-wealth of Australia, 1975-1983 Prof. Thomas Axworthy, Executive Director, Historica Foundation of Canada Prof. Dr. Hans Kung, President and Co-founder of Global Ethics Foundation, Germany Prof. Kathleen Mahoney, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Centre on Rights & Democracy Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan, Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Co-sponsored by Santa Clara Journal of International Law

RSVP by March 30th to Tara Bonakdar at tbonakdar@scu.edu

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SCU Banquet Information

APALSA BANQUET Friday April 8, 2005

@ Ming's Restaurant in Palo Alto 6:30pm

Open wine and beer bar & 6-course meal!!!! $25 for law students

La Raza BANQUET Friday April 1, 2005

5:30-11:00pm Hosted cocktails, full dinner,

program and after-party! Look for email announcement this week!

Women & Law BANQUET Saturday April 2, 2005

6:00-12:00am San Jose Hyatt

Dinner, Silent Auction, Dancing!

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SBA President Devin Brown, 2L – Dbrown@scu.edu Richard Bull, 1L – Rbull@scu.edu ♠ Vishal Jangla, 2L – VJangla@scu.edu Roy Stanley, 2L – Rstanley@scu.edu SBA Vice President (Full Time) Justin Bates, 1L – Jbates@scu.edu Melissa Miller, 1L – MHMiller@scu.edu Marc Theriault, 1L – Theriault8@aol.com ♠

SBA Vice President (Part Time) Yu Shan Chuang, 2L – Ychuang@scu.edu Patricia Lopez, 2L – Plopez@scu.edu SBA Treasurer Herbert Hayden, 2L – Hhayden@scu.edu Jackie Bentley, 1L – Jbentley@scu.edu SBA Secretary Gina Gancheva, 1L – Ggancheva@scu.edu ABA-LSD Representatives Alvaro Almanza, 1L – Aalmanza@scu.edu Emily Andrews, 1L – Eandrews@scu.edu Scott Chavez, 1L – SJChavez@scu.edu Suzanne Farley, 1L – Sfarley@scu.edu Penny Honda, 1L – Phonda@scu.edu Elizabeth Krehe, 1L – Ekrehe@scu.edu Erene Kuvetakis, 1L – Ekuvetakis@scu.edu Tammy Lo, 1L – Tlo1@scu.edu Andrew Newman Gonchar, 1L – AnewmanGonchar@scu.edu Deepa Panelli, 1L – Dpanelli@scu.edu Ankita Patel, 1L – Aapatel@scu.edu Sarah Simmons, 1L – Ssimmons@scu.edu Hilary Sledge, 2L – Hsledge@scu.edu Alan Upton, 3L – Aupton@scu.edu Emily Williams, 3L – ESWilliams@scu.edu

♠ Running on the same ticket.

Let your voice be heard in Levy Lounge this Wed and Thurs, 11-2 and 5-7:30!!

HON. JEROME NADLERSuperior Court of California,

Santa Clara County

SOCIAL JUSTICEJUDICIAL ROUNDTABLEThursday, March 31, 2005

Bannan 139Noon to 1 p.m.

Co-sponsored with La Raza

Please join us for an informal discussion with

La Raza will open the conversation with a remembrance of Caesar Chavez.

Order a box lunch by calling the Center for Social Justice at 551.1720 by noon on Tuesday, March 29.

Limited space also is available to take the judge to lunch at 1 p.m. Contact the Center at 551.1720 to sign up for the opportunity following the noon-time event.

If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation, please call Law Career Services at 408-554-4350, or 1-800-735-2929 (TTY – California Relay) at least 48 hours prior to the event.

Make Time for Your Career! LCS News March 28-April 1, 2005 1Ls-4Ls: Have you looked at eAttorney lately?

www.eattorney.com

Here is a sample of recent employers that have posted jobs/fellowships: Therma Corporation - San Jose (Contract Administrator) Tropian, Inc. – Cupertino (Intern, Intellectual Property) Avaya Inc. – Milpitas (Summer Intern) Kershaw, Cutter, Ratinoff & York, LLP – Sacramento (Summer Law Clerk) Lawrence Livermore National Lab – Livermore (Summer Scholars) Chief Judge Vaughn R Walker - San Francisco (Judicial Externship) IPVALUE Management Inc. - Palo Alto (Intellectual Property Legal Intern) Burriss & Monahan - Mountain View (Law Clerk) Berge & Berge LLP - San Jose (Legal Receptionist) Need your eAttorney password? Call 408-554-4350 to set up an appointment

This Week

3.30 Table Talk: Gearing Up for the High Tech Career Fair The third in our series of table talk discussions—focused on making the most of the High Tech Career Fair on March 31 Wednesday, March 30 12:10-1 p.m. Bannan 127

3.31 8th Annual Silicon Valley High Tech Legal Career Fair Sponsored by:

www.bstz.com Come talk to representatives from High Tech Firms and Corporations. Thursday, March 31 Career Fair: 4-6 p.m. Reception: 6-7 p.m. Brass Rail, Benson Center Hors d’oeuvres provided! We will be raffling 2 iPod Shuffles at the event, courtesy of BSTZ.

Mark Your Calendars

4.7 Celebrate Diversity Reception A great networking opportunity that celebrates and encourages diversity in the legal profession. Thursday, April 7 5:30-7 p.m. Arts & Sciences Foyer

Do you plan on participating in Fall On-Campus Interviews?

4.12&

4.13

Mandatory Fall On-Campus Interview Preview Sessions Tuesday, April 12 12:10-1 p.m., Bannan 139 5-5:50 p.m., Bannan 135 Wednesday, April 13 12:10-1 p.m., Bannan 139 5-5:50 p.m., Bannan 137 Please note: All students that intend to participate in On-Campus Inteviews must attend one of these sessions regardless of class level, previous participation in On-Campus Interviews, or previous attendance at one of these sessions last year. We will be implementing new policies this Fall which must be covered in these sessions.

Did you miss Kate Patterson’s Presentation? Check out her live audio webcast on March 28! "How to Get a Job in IP Law" March 28, 2005 from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. We'll start with a quick survey of the kinds of jobs available in IP law, and then deal with frequently asked questions like: • Do I need a science or engineering degree to

practice IP law? • If I DO have a science or engineering degree,

what special opportunities are available to me? What if I don't?

• How do I demonstrate my interest and experience in this field to potential employers?

• Where are my best networking opportunities? • And much, much more… You can listen to this briefing live on the Web or on the phone. There will be time for some questions and answers at the end of the presentation. Or listen to the briefing after April 13th as an archived audio program. In any case, it's free, courtesy of the Practising Law Institute. Register for PLI's "How to Get a Job in IP Law" at www.pli.edu (click on “Upcoming Programs”)