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IPA High Tech Tuesday:

Intellectual Property at Software

Companies Bannan 139

12:10—1:00pm

Careers in International

Law Bannan 127

12:00—1:00pm

Singapore, Bangkok, Ho

Chi Minh City, Kuala

Lumpur, Phnom Penh

(ASEAN) Summer Law Study Abroad

Program Bannan 137

12:00—1:00pm

Women and Law

Wednesdays Speaker:

Dr. Larry Wolfe Bannan 142

12:00—1:00pm

Emerging Gender Roles

in the Chinese Legal

Profession Presented by

Professor Mary Szto

Benson Parlors D&E 11:45am-1:00

IPA & HTLI’s NAPP

Reception Strong

Commons Room,

Bergin Hall 5 - 7pm

Dine at Chevy’s

Restaurant 550 S

Winchester 15% of the

proceeds from your meal will be

donated to Women & Law

26th Annual BALiF Dinner:

"Equality: A Right Reserved

to All" 5:30 PM

Reception 7:30 PM

Dinner Program * Please contact

jbentley@scu.eduto RSVP.

Bar Prep II: Essay Writing

Through Contracts

Sponsored by Academic and Professional Development

Live in Bannan 142 Simulcast to Bannan 139

12:30—4:30pm

Galloway Moot Court

Quarter Final Rounds

Moot Court Room

5:00—9:00pm *Judges: DA Judith Sklar,

PD’s Jose Franco and Ashu Kalra, and Federal Law Clerks Heather

Angove, Christian

Delaney, and Christina Shay.

8th Annual Trina Grillo

Public Interest and

Social Justice Law Retreat

Day 1 Santa Cruz,

CA

Student Appreciation

Day Bannan Lounge

Full Time Law Students

12:00—1:00pm Part Time Law

Students 5:30—6:00pm

Lochner and

Economic Liberty

Sponsored by the Federalist

Society Bannan 135

12:00—1:00pm

First Monday of the Month:

Drop in Resume

Review and Career

Counseling Sponsored by

LCS and PTLSA Bannan Lounge

5:00—6:00pm

GRAPEVINE Calendar of Events

Week of March 06, 2006

The

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BARRISTER’S BALL tickets

on sale — only 5 days of sales left!

Welcome back from Spring Break. Hopefully these hallowed halls of learning now find you rested, recharged and ready for a strong finish to the last half of the semester. While you have been vacationing in various ex-otic locales (or simply sleeping in at home), we’ve been updating the Student Life Website this Spring Break. When you have a chance, please check out our new Student Profiles: A Year in the Life. We’re very pleased with the site and give credit to those students who were kind enough to help us put this together. We brought in a photographer and scheduled photo ses-sions with 12 volunteers, and the results were striking indeed. The updated web site is important to the school for several reasons. First, our school is a small community to itself and it always helps to learn more about each other. The participants took time to share comments and observations that should be of interest to every law stu-dent. You’ll find helpful tips and words of encourage-ment from those who share the trenches here with you. A second goal of the site is to serve as an introduction to the school for prospective students. You may recall how often you perused web-sites and brochures for the schools you dreamed of at-tending. The first impres-sion a student has of SCU and its law school may very well come from the web

site. By offering a glimpse of our diverse and very tal-ented student body, the site makes a strong case for put-ting SCU on a prospective student’s short list of pre-ferred institutions. Finally, the page gives a good perspective on the per-sonality and character of our school. By including both full and part-time students from varied backgrounds, we make the point that the SCU experience is an inclu-sive and accommodating one. More than a simple mar-keting piece, Student Pro-files is a sincere collection of viewpoints and honest assessments. It’s significant that so many volunteers of-fered positive comments about our faculty. Such un-prompted endorsements are a reflection of the time and energy our professors de-vote to their students. If you haven’t taken advantage of the office hours your profs keep we’d encourage you to make time to visit before finals. Moreover, our fac-ulty encourages conferences after receiving marks, and more than a few students have been guided to clerk-ships and careers by seeking input from our talented fac-ulty. We hope you enjoy the page and that you’ll help us continue to make our law school one of the premiere institutions in the state and the country. We all benefit from the successes we share and from the assistance we give each other.

Sincerely,

Jennifer and Sandra

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Week of March 06, 2006

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26th Annual BALiF Dinner: "Equality: A Right Reserved to All"

BGLAd won the BALiF award for best LGBT student organization in 2005 and is nominated for the award again this year, so everyone cheer us on as we attend the 26th Annual BALiF Dinner!

Date: Thursday, March 9th 2006 Time: 5:30 PM, Cocktail Reception and Hors D'oeuvres

7:30 PM Dinner Program

Speaker: Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) will deliver the dinner keynote address. Ms. Kendell and NCLR are at the forefront of the legal battle for LGBT equality.

Info: The BALiF Board will also present the Community and Legal Service Award at the dinner. While the award honors an organization or individual whose work benefits the LGBT community in the non-legal and legal arena, this year's honorees work in areas that have been much neglected in our community. Positive Resource Center will receive the Community Service Award for its work to help individuals with HIV/AIDS obtain employment and financial security. Transgender Law Center will receive the Legal Service Award for its efforts to gain equality and acceptance on behalf of people who are transgender.

If you still want a chance to attend, please e-mail Jackie Bentley (jbentley@scu.edu) to RSVP. BGLAd may still have some openings at our tables, or we may buy another table if the demand is high enough!!!!

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IPA High Tech Tuesday!

Topic: IP at Software Companies

Speaker: Sonya Sigler, VP Business Development and GC at Cataphora,

Inc.

Date: Tuesday March 7th Time: 12.10 - 1pm

Place: Bannan Hall, Room 139

Lunch Provided!

"Lochner and Economic Liberty" Sponsored by the Federalist Society

Speaker: Tim Sandefur of the Pacific

Legal Foundation Date: Monday March 6th

Time:12pm—1:00pm Location: Bannan 135

*Food will be provided*

IPA & HTLI’s NAPP Reception!

The IPA and the HTLI is co-hosting a wine

and appetizers reception, meeting, and speaker event with the

National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP).

Date: Thursday March 9th

Time: 5 - 7pm Place: Strong Commons Room, Bergin Hall

Meet Patent Practitioners!

Eat, Mingle, Get Career Advice, and Listen to a Speaker

SCU Event Information

SCU Event Information

Fundraiser at Chevy’s Please come out and show your support for

Women & Law at our annual fundraiser at

Chevy’s restaurant. Dine at Chevy’s anytime on March 9th, and 15 % of the proceeds of your meal

will go the club. We’ll be distributing fliers in your boxes

to bring in with you (extra copies will be in a folder in the lounge).

The Participating Chevy’s is located at 550 S Winchester in San Jose just south of

Santana Row.

Contact SVartabedian@gmail.com for more information.

Women & Law Wednesdays Speaker Series Presents Dr. Larry Wolfe

Dr. Wolfe is the director of Health and Counseling Services at SCU, and former SCU graduate program professor. Dr. Wolfe will be

discussing the difficulties involved in balancing law school and relationships (significant others, family, friends, etc.) and how to best deal with

these sorts of issues.

The speaker series will be held on March 8 from 12-1 in Bannan 142.

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Santa Clara's Jessup International Law Moot Court

Team - Tom Howe, Pami Vyas, Leta Singfield, and Justin Miyai - for an outstanding performance!

The team placed second out of 14 schools in the field. Along the way to the final round, our team defeated several successful schools, including

past regional champs California Western and the University of Denver. Great job!

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BAR PREP CLASSES

Sponsored by Academic and Professional Development for SCU law students planning to take the Summer 06 or Winter 07 CA Bar.

Week of March 6 Friday, March 10: Bar Prep II, Bannan 142 live, simulcast to B139, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Subject: Essay writing

through Contracts. Bring your one volume book. BarBri Professor Steven Harris. Sponsored by APD for SCU law students planning to take the Summer 06 or Winter 07 CA Bar.

Week of March 13

Friday, March 17: Bar Prep III, Bannan 142 live, simulcast to B139, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Subject: Essay writing through Constitutional Law. Bring your one volume book. BarBri Professor Steven Harris. Sponsored by APD for

SCU law students planning to take the Summer 06 or Winter 07 CA Bar.

Week of March 20 Friday, March 24: Bar Prep IV, Bannan 142 live, simulcast to B139, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Subject: Multiple Choice test skills for the Multistate. Bring your one volume book. BarBri Professor Steven Harris. Sponsored by APD for

SCU law students planning to take the Summer 06 or Winter 07 CA Bar.

Week of March 27 Friday, March 31: Bar Prep V, Bannan 142 live, simulcast to B139, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Subject: The Performance Test of the CA Bar. BarBri Professor Steven Harris. Sponsored by APD for SCU law students planning to take the

Summer 06 or Winter 07 CA Bar.

Direct any questions to apd@scu.edu

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