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VIII. SPECIAL EVENTSJANUARY 2000CALENDAR

IX. 1L TUTORIALSCHEDULESPRING 2000

X. 2L TUTORIALSCHEDULESPRING 2000

WELCOMESTUDENTS!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

I. WELCOME BACKSTUDENTS!

II. DECEDENTS'ESTATES IIREVISED CLASSSCHEDULE

III. LEGALMETHODS II

IV. TUTORIALS

V. MOOT COURTBOARD

VI. CAREER SERVICESNEWS

VII. COMPUTERSERVICES UPDATE

Students who wish tocontinue (from Fall, 1998) at acertain location or on a certainpro bono project should stop byand see Lydia Lavelle ASAP.

DECEDENTS' ESTATES IIREVISED CLASSSCHEDULE

Beginning Tuesday,January 18, 2000, DE II will

BACK meet TUESDAYS &THURSDAYS from 9:30 amuntil 10:45 a.m.

There are various probono projects and assignmentsavailable that the Pro BonoOffice has lined up this springfor 1L, 2L and 3L students! Alist of pro bono opportunitiescan be picked up in the ProBono Office, Room 201 afterTuesday, January 1 1 th.

To apply for a pro bonoproject, you must fill out anapplication, available in thePro Bono Office. Applicationsmust be turned in to LydiaLavelle, the Pro BonoCoordinator, as soon aspossible. On Friday, January

2 1st, students who have signedup for projects can stop by thePro Bono Office to find outwhere they have been assigned.

LEGAL METHODS II

Attorney Perry will havecitation reviews on Wednesday,January 1 9 " for the first yearstudents in Legal Methods II.Section 102's session will be at10:00 a.m. in room 204.Section 101's review will be at1:00 p.m. in room 204.

TUTORIALS

Tutorials will begin onTuesday, January 18, 2000.The schedule is in the weeklyand posted on the bulletin

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boards. If you have anyquestions concerning theschedule, please see AttorneyPerry in room 216.

MOOT COURT BOARD

A MANDATORY Moot CourtBoard Brief Writing and OralArgument Seminar will be heldFriday, January 28th @ 1:00p.m. in room 204. All MootCourt Board members must bepresent. Please seeChairperson, Angela Hamlet ifyou have any questions.

CAREER SERVICES NEWS

The Youth Advocacy andInvolvement Office is nowaccepting applications for itsinternships in state governmentfrom interested first and secondyear students. Applicants mustsubmit (1) a North CarolinaInternship Application (must betyped), (2) a cover letteroutlining reasons you areinterested in each project forwhich you apply, (3)photocopies of application andcover letter for each project forwhich you apply, (4) atranscript of post-secondarygrades (student copy issufficient). Law studentsshould also submit coursegrades or a list of courses ifgrades are not available as wellas class rank, if available, (5) aresume. Completed

applications and all applicationmaterials should be submittedto the N.C. Internship Program,Youth Advocacy andInvolvement Office, 1319 MailService Center, Raleigh, NC27699-1319. The deadline toapply is January 24, 2000(postmark deadline). Projectbooklets and applications areavailable in the Career ServicesOffice or you may access theirwe b site atwww.doa.state.nc.us/doa/vaio/intern.htm. One of YouthAdvocacy's projects is a judicialinternship with the NorthCarolina Supreme Court or theNorth Carolina Court ofAppeals.

First Union Corporation LegalDivision, Charlotte, requestsapplications from first yearstudents interested in its 2000Summer Internship Program.Applicants should submit aresume, writing sample, oneletter of reference from one ofthe student's law schoolprofessors, a first semestertranscript and a one page essaydetailing the student's reasonsfor becoming a lawyer. Thedeadline to submit thisinformation to the CareerServices Office if Friday,January 28th at 12:00 noon. Ifyou do not have a transcript orlist of all first semester gradesby January 2 8 th, thatinformation may be submittedby February 4 th. Yourprofessor may direct his/her

letter toBarnes.

January 19, 2000

Attorney Michael

Captain Bronte' Montgomery,United States Army JudgeAdvocate General's Corps, willvisit our campus on February

8 th to interview first yearstudents for summerinternships and third yearstudents for summerinternships and third yearstudents for Staff JudgeAdvocate (attorney) positions.She will also conduct a briefingat 12:00 noon on February 7th

for interested students. Thedeadline for interested studentsto sign-up and submit a resumeto the Career Services Office isJanuary 3 1st

On Thursday, January 2 0 " at2:00 p.m., Attorneys BrianBeverly and Terrie Hagler-Gray will visit our campus todiscuss the North Carolina BarAssociation's JL MinoritySummer Law ClerkshipProgram. The purpose of theprogram is to give NorthCarolina's major law firms aninside track on recruiting someof the state's most talentedminority law students. If youare interested in this program,please be sure to attend thissession. Applications will bemade available during thissession and applicationprocedures will be discussed.

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The Honorable Robert H.Edmunds, Jr., North CarolinaCourt ofAppeals, has requestedapplications for a judicialclerkship to begin in August of2000. Interested 3Ls shouldsubmit a cover letter, resumeand writing sample. He is alsoaccepting applications from 2Lsfor a position to begin inAugust of 2001. Interested 2Lsshould submit a resume andcover letter. Participation onthe law journal is preferred forboth. Materials may besubmitted to Judge Edmunds atPost Office Box 888, Raleigh,NC 27602.

Individual counseling sessionsare now being scheduled withfirst year students. Please stopby the Career Services Office tosign-up or an appointment.You shoidd also bring a draftcopy of your resume to bereviewed during the session.

Handouts available... If youattended the Career ServicesOffice orientation session onTuesday, November 2 3 d anddid not get a copy of thehandouts, you may stop by theoffice in Room 201 to pick themup.

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our networked laser printers will cost 5< per copy. Each Law SchoolStudent is entitled to 100 free copies per semester. You may pick up yourprinting card with a total of 200 copies preprogrammed for the academicyear '99-00, Monday - Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.and 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. from Roslyn Mitchell in room 220. Additionalcards may also be purchased in denominations of $10 (200 copies) and $20(400 copies) during the same hours from Roslyn Mitchell. Evening studentsmay pick up and purchase cards Mondays and Thursdays from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. in room 208. Handle your card with care. Stolen, lost, or damagedcards will not be replaced.

There were a number of seriouscomputer viruses infecting thecomputers within the Law School

Community. All of the computers in the Law School are equipped witheither, Dr. Solomon's, McAffee, or Norton AntiVirus Protection Software.We have updated and standardized all of our computers with the currentversion of Dr. Solomon's AntiVirus Software. Any encounter of virus ona law school computer, should be reported immediately to the circulationdesk clerk on duty in the law school library.

You can now get CALI, CCH, GPO,

L8W Li WS Web Page Congressional Universe, InfoTrac andthe Law Library's Online Catalog andNew Book List via the internet. To go

directly to the Law Library's Web Page, type the following URL address inyour internet browser: http://www.nccu.edu/law/lawlib.html. The passwordsfor CALI and InforTrac are as follows and are case sensitive: for CALIlearnthelaw and for InfoTrac lawlibrary.

Interested in working in the computer0 t a Alabs 10 - 20 hours per week @ $10.00

per hour? Duties entail assistingstudents with software related questions and problems; maintaining papersupplies, laser and inkjet cartridges for printers; troubleshooting minorproblems such as computer lockup and paper jams; downloading andinstalling software, identifying and disinfecting viruses from students'diskettes and lab computers; observing and reporting inappropriate labactivities to supervisor or Law Library Circulation Desk personnel; and,maintaining the lab decorum. The student worker must be flexible and ableto prioritize and handle a myriad of ongoing task. If interested in applying.contact Greg Clinton @ 530-7174, Room 238 or emailgclinton@\wpo.nCcu.edu by January 31, to schedule an interview.

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1L Tutorial ScheduleSpring 2000

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8:00

9:00 Contracts Contracts Civ. Pro. Contracts Civ. Pro.

10:00 Contracts 5101 Property 10:30-12:00 Civ. Pro. 10:30-12:00

Tutorial Tutorial Torts 5101 Tutorial Torts 5 101

Room 102 6101-Room 100 6101 -Room 1006102-Room 102 5102-Room 102

11:00 Torts §102 Civ. Pro. TortsS102 LMII Torts5102

12:00 Torts Tutorial5101-RoomlO5102-Room2O4

1:00 Property Property Contracts 5102 PropertyTutorialRoom 206

2:00 Writing LabRoom 204

3:00 Crim. Law Crim. Low Crim. Law

4:00 Criminal LawTutorialS101-Room 100§102-Room 102

2L Tutorial Schedule

Spring 2000Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8:00

9:00 TP101 TP 101 TP101

10:00 Con. Law Con. Law Con. Law

11:00 TP102 TP102 Tax Tutorial* TP102Room 204

12:00 BA BA TP 103 to 3:50 BA BA

1:00 TP 104 to 2:40

2:00 Tax Tax Tax

3:00 Con. LowTutorialRoom 204

4:00 Legal Writing Legal Writing

*The Tax tutorial will meet every week, unless the Tutor otherwise indicates.

Meeting dates for Con. Law Tutorial:January 18t"

Februaryl'February 15t"

February 29"March 21'April 4 h

April 18"

Office Hour WeeksJanuary 2 4 "

February 7"February 21'March 6t" *can be made a tutorial at tutor's

discretion b/c of Spring Break next week.

March 27'April 10th

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Spring 2000 ScheduleJanuary 10, 2000 - May 8, 2000

Monday - Thursday......... 7 a.m. - 12 Midnight

Friday............................................. a.m. - 9 p.m.Saturday......................................... 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.Sunday...................................... ..... 1 p.m. - 10 p.m.

3asement Closing HoursMonday - Thursday...... ............................... 10 p.m.Friday........................ ............ 7 p.m.Saturday................................................ 5 p.m.Sunday............................................. ....... p.m.

WestLaw & Lexis-Nexis/ Student Computer Labs

Monday - Sunday................ ..... 30 minutes before Library closing

Exceptions to the Hours Above

Monday, January 17 ..................... CLOSEP (MATIIN LUTHER KING PAY)

Sernester Break

March 11 - 19, 2000

Monday - Thursday, March 13 -16. .................... a.m. - 10 p.m.

Easter Weekend

Friday, April 21.........CLOSED (Good Friday)

'Houre are subject to change during Exam Feriod. Holidays & Semester Breaks