Events Calendar
Thursday, January 24, 2013
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Knight Law School, Room 141
Contact: Bryan Silverman • Email
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The Law and Entrepreneurship Student Association (LESA) is presenting a panel discussion with several Oregon in-house counsel attorneys. Each lawyer will compare and contrast in-house counsel roles from private law firm life, and explain how their career paths led them to in-house counsel positions. All students are welcome. Students interested in business law, corporate law, international law, intellectual property, and the in-house counsel role are especially encouraged to attend. Register today at: https://law.uoregon.edu/lesa-panel-2013/
Friday, January 25, 2013
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Career Center Conference Rooms
Contact: Bonnie Williams • Email
Attorneys from firms and public interest employers will conduct mock interviews with interested students. The mock interview includes a 20-minute interview, followed by 10 minutes of feedback and questions.
Monday, January 28, 2013
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Knight Law Center, Room 175
Contact: Kelsey Provo • Email
Featuring economist Jared Bernstein. Currently a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, from 2009 to 2011 Jared served as economic advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, executive director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class and member of President Obama’s economic team.
Bernstein’s writings appear in The New York Times and The Washington Post, and he is a frequent guest on CNBC and MSNBC.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm
Room 184
Contact: Marcus A. Walker • Email
Federalist Society Event
Speaker: Professor Alicia Hilton
- Professor of Law
- Former FBI Agent
Refreshments will be provided
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Gerlinger Lounge
Contact: Kelsey Provo • Email
Public Affairs Speaker Series roundtable featuring Richard Ellis, Alison Gash, Melissa Buis Michaux, and Dan Tichenor.
Sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center and the UO Department of Political Science.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Room 141
Contact: Kata Bahnsen-Reinhardt • Email
Learn about the Conflict & Dispute Resolution Master's (CRES) Program and how to apply. Earn your JD and master's degree in 4 years. Program consists of both skill- and theory-based courses including Negotiation, Facilitation, Cross Cultural Dynamics, Basic Mediation, Psychology of Conflict, Research Methods and more. If you cannot attend this session and are interested in the program please contact Kata Bahnsen-Reinhardt.
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Knight Law Center, Room 175
Contact: Laura Johnson • Email
Mark C. Hackett is the CEO and Executive Director of Operation Broken Silence, a human rights organization that specializes in using multimedia tools to end mass atrocity crimes. His work has been featured by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and other prominent new outlets and organizations. He has testified to the United States Congress multiple times concerning the crisis in Sudan.
Mark is also creator of the recent documentary film Across the Frontlines: Ending the Nuba Genocide.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Room 184
Contact: Jane Steckbeck • Email
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The Fair Housing Council of Oregon offers a complimentary, 6-hour class on the details of federally required Design & Construction (D&C) requirements under the Fair Housing Act (FHA). Cosponsored by the University of Oregon School of Law Pro Bono Board.
The training will address Federal Fair Housing Act ADA requirements for multifamily housing – apartment buildings and condos constructed since 1991 - minimum accessibility standards. Learn about the appropriate slopes, turn radiuses, and much, much more.
Register at: www.FHCO.org/event_reg.htm