Taken from the law school's master calendar located at cardozo.wm.edu

UPCOMING (30 days) EVENTS

February 8 Table Day: OCS Express. 12:30 - 2:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 8 ELPR Board Meeting. 1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 135. February 8 Table Day: PMBR. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 8 Table Day: Westlaw. 8:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 8 Bushrod Tournament. 6:00 pm.  Rooms 138, 262, 266, 236A. February 8 Trial Team Development Class. 6:00 - 8:00 pm.  Room 133. February 8 VBA General Meeting. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 124. February 8 Committee on Writing, Professional Formation. 11:30 am - 1:00 pm.  The Faculty Room. February 8 SBA Executive Council Town Hall Meeting. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 133. February 8 ACLU Meeting and guest speaker, Kent Willis - Executive Director, ACLU of Virginia. 1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 141. February 9 Women's Law Society General Meeting. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 124. February 9 Madrid 2010 Informational Sessions. 1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 141. February 9 Hinz Luncheon. 11:30 am - 2:00 pm.  Dean's Conference Room. February 9 Bushrod Tournament. 6:00 pm.  Rooms 262, 266, 236A, 236E. February 9 - 12 Table Day: PSF Faculty/Staff Auction & Gift Shop Sale. 10:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 9 OCS Program: Prosecution Careers. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 133. February 9 - 12 Table Day: 3L Class Gift. 12 noon.  Law School Lobby. February 9 ILS Board Meeting. 1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 138. February 10 Administrators Staff Meeting. 2:00 - 3:30 pm.  The Faculty Room. February 10 Table Day: BAR/BRI. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 10 PSF Board Meeting. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 127. February 10 OCS Program: The Ultimate Bar Review: Insider's Guide to the Bar Exam. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 124. February 10 Business Law Society Weekly Meeting. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 134. February 10 Bushrod Tournament. 6:00 pm.  Rooms 262, 266, 236A, 236E. February 10 Legal Skills TA Information Session for 1L Students. 1:00 - 1:30 pm.  Room 141. February 10 Legal Skills TA Information Session for 2L Students. 1:30 - 2:00 pm.  Room 141. February 11 Faculty Meeting. 3:30 pm.  Room 133. February 11 BLSA - Let's Argue: Black Wealth. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 133. February 11 Bushrod Tournament. 6:00 pm.  Rooms 262, 266, 236A, 236E. February 11 Phi Alpha Delta Initiation. 6:00 - 8:00 pm.  Room 124. February 11 OCS Program: Careers in the U.S. Department of State. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 141. February 11 Town Hall Meeting with Dean Douglas. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 119. February 12 Cutler Lecture, Professor Matthew Adler. Cutler Lecture: Constitutional Disagreement and Right Answers by Professor Matthew Adler On Friday, February 12, at 1PM in Room 127 at William & Mary Law School, Professor Matthew Adler of the University of Pennsylvania Law School will present the Cutler Lecture titled "Constitutional Disagreement and Right Answers." Professor Adler's books include New Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis (Harvard 2006; co-authored with Eric Posner); and the forthcoming Well-Being and Equity: A Framework for Policy Analysis (Oxford 2010). He is an editor of Legal Theory, the leading journal in the area of law and philosophy. Free and all are welcome.  1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 127. February 12 Spong Tournament. 6:00 - 10:00 pm.  Rooms 119, 120, 124, 127, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 141, 262, 266, DCR, TFR, Lobby. February 12 Mediation Certification Training hosted by ADR Society. 3:30 - 7:30 pm.  Cottage. February 13 Spong Tournament. 7:30 am - 6:00 pm.  Rooms 119, 120, 124, 127, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 141, 262, 266, DCR, TFR, Lobby. February 13 Mediation Certification Training hosted by ADR Society. 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.  Cottage. February 15 Table Day: OCS Express. 12:30 - 2:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 15 ELPR Board Meeting. 1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 135. February 15 Table Day: PMBR. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 15 Table Day: Westlaw. 8:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 15 Bushrod Tournament. 6:00 pm.  Room 119. February 15 Trial Team Development Class. 6:00 - 8:00 pm.  Room 133. February 15 Curriculum Committee Meeting. 3:30 - 5:00 pm.  Dean's Conference Room. February 15 Central Development Meeting. 10:00 am.  The Faculty Room. February 15 ADR Training. 1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 141. February 15 SBA Class Representative Town Hall Meeting. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 133. February 15 OCS Program: Promoting Justice Through Civil Legal Aid. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 138. February 15 Haiti after the Earthquake: The Future of the Country and the Rule of Law. Haiti after the Earthquake: The Future of the Country and the Rule of Law Rene Magloire, former Minister of Justice of Haiti and Special Advisor to the President and Ministry of Justice of Haiti Professor Louis Aucoin, Institute for Human Security, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and former Special Advisor to the Minister of Justice of Haiti February 15, 2010; 12:15 pm - 1:30 Room 119 (Room 120 to accommodate oveflow) Sponsored by the Program in Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Justice Co-sponsored by the Black Law Students' Association and the International Law Society The January 12th earthquake resulted in massive loss of life and the destruction of critical infrastructure in Haiti. Thousands of detainees and prisoners escaped prisons that crumbled in the earthquake and its aftershocks. A month later, most institutions are still not able to function, and many key government personnel remain unaccounted for. What is in store for Haiti? What does the future hold for the government, courts and institutions of this small nation, which had already been struggling for many years to embed the Rule of Law?  12:15 - 1:30 pm.  Room 119. February 16 George Wythe Society Lecture Series: Tom Frantz, Esq. guest speaker. Please join W&M Law School Dean Davison M. Douglas and The George Wythe Society of Citizen Lawyers as we host Thomas R. Frantz, B.A. '70, J.D. '73, LL. M. '81, Chief Executive Officer of Williams Mullen and recipient of the William & Mary Law School Association's 2009 Citizen-Lawyer Award. Free and all are welcome. Mr. Frantz, a 1973 graduate of William & Mary Law School, will discuss his experience as a citizen lawyer. Drawing on his tax background, Mr. Frantz maintains a corporate practice representing multi-national corporations, handling major mergers and acquisitions, and advising corporations on a variety of legal matters. He is listed in three categories in The Best Lawyers in America and has been named to Virginia Business magazine's list of "Legal Elite." He is active in numerous civic and educational organizations, serves on several boards, and has been honored on several occasions for dedication to his community. A reception will follow in the lobby.  1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 119. February 16 Bushrod Tournament. 6:00 pm.  Room 119. February 16 - 19 Table Day: PSF Ticket Sales for Auction. 10:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 16 OCS Program: Post-Graduate Fellowships for 2Ls. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Dean's Conference Room. February 16 Legal Skills Staff Meeting. 1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 135. February 17 Table Day: BAR/BRI. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 17 OCS Program: Choosing Small, Choosing Smart: The Small Firm Job Search. Reception to follow in the lobby.  3:45 - 5:15 pm.  Room 133. February 17 BLSA General Meeting. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 127. February 17 Business Law Society Weekly Meeting. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 134. February 17 Roundtable Discussion with the Faculty. 12:45 - 2:00 pm.  The Faculty Room. February 17 Table Day: Relay for Life. 12 noon.  Law School Lobby. February 17 Bushrod Moot Court Tournament Finals/Presentation of the Silver Tongue Award hosted by the Institute of Bill of Rights Law: Student Division. Reception to follow in the Law School Lobby.  5:00 pm.  McGlothlin Courtroom. February 18 BLSA - Let's Argue: All Backs are Democrats? 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 133. February 18 OCS Program: Careers in Criminal Defense. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 141. February 18 The Federalist Society Lecture by Alan Gura. The event will be hosted by the Federalist Society. It will be a lecture by Alan Gura, Partner at Gura and Possessky, PLLC. With the Supreme Court's recent decision to hear the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago, he will be providing his perspective on litigating the Second Amendment and the likelihood of the Court overturning The Slaughterhouse Cases. Lunch is to be served.  1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 127. February 19 Public Interest and Government Interview Program. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.  University of Richmond. February 19 Affiliates Mini-Conference. 1:00 - 3:00 pm.  McGlothlin Courtroom. February 19 Kelly Teaching Program - Hands on with Clickers. 12:30 - 2:00 pm.  Room 133. February 19 Mediation Certification Training hosted by ADR Society. 3:30 - 7:30 pm.  Cottage. February 20 PSF Auction. 8:00 pm.  Trinkle Hall. February 20 BAR/BRI Ethics Test Review. 10:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Room 119. February 20 Educational Law Class taught by Dr. Stronge from the School of Education. 9:30 am - 4:00 pm.  Room 138. February 20 Mediation Certification Training hosted by ADR Society. 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.  Cottage. February 22 Human Security Law Program: Law of Art Confiscation During Military Conflict. Panel including Dr. Allan Gerson, widely recognized as the first attorney to engineer a practical basis for suing foreign governments for acts of terrorism. Gerson initiated the civil suit against Libya on behalf of the victims of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland and was instrumental in the passage of the Anti Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. Gerson is currently representing the Russian family who originally owned Van Gogh's painting Night Cafe, confiscated by the Bolsheviks and now in the Yale Art Museum.  6:30 pm.  Room 119. February 22 OCS Program: A View from the Bench: Post-Graduate Judicial Clerkships for 2Ls. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 119. February 22 Table Day: OCS Express. 12:30 - 2:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 22 ELPR Board Meeting. 1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 135. February 22 Table Day: PMBR. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 22 Table Day: Westlaw. 8:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 22 Women's Law Society presents former U.S. Attorney, Professor Miriam Weismann. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 124. February 22 Trial Team Development Class. 6:00 - 8:00 pm.  Room 133. February 22 Make-up Class - Contracts with Professor Alces. 5:00 - 5:55 pm.  Room 127. February 23 BLSA: You're Not Like the Others. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 124. February 23 OCS Program: Opportunities for JDs in Trade and Professional Associations. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  McGlothlin Courtroom. February 24 Table Day: BAR/BRI. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. February 24 PSF Board Meeting. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 127. February 24 Business Law Society Weekly Meeting. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 134. February 24 Committee on Writing, Professional Formation. 12:45 - 2:00 pm.  The Faculty Room. February 24 BLSA: MPRE Panel Discussion. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 124. February 25 Faculty Workshop: Professor Inga Carboni from the Mason School of Business. 3:30 - 4:30 pm.  The Faculty Room. February 25 OCS Program: Legal Careers in International Trade. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 133. February 25 BLSA - Let's Argue: Crying Wolf about Racism. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 141. February 25 Asian Law Students Association Film Screening. Screening a National Geographic documentary called "Inside North Korea" courtesy of Liberty in North Korea.  5:30 - 8:00 pm.  Room 124. February 26 Kelly Teaching Program - Animation in PowerPoint. 12:30 - 2:00 pm.  Room 133. February 27 Journal of Women and the Law Symposium. The William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law will present their annual symposium titled "A Man's World?: Challenges and Solutions as Women Take Center Stage in the Global Theater" on February 27, 2010 at William & Mary School of Law in the McGlothlin Courtroom from 8 am to 4 pm. Professors with expertise in the fields of gender and international law will discuss the discuss and present solutions to challenges that women face in the areas of rural development, international trade, constitution - building in post-conflict countries, gender equality, and religious fundamentalism. Free to public. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please contact Laura Stewart at lastewart@wm.edu with any questions or to pre-register.  8:00 am - 5:00 pm.  Courtroom 21. March 1 Table Day: OCS Express. 12:30 - 2:00 pm.  Law School. March 1 ELPR Board Meeting. 1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 135. March 1 Table Day: PMBR. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. March 1 Table Day: Westlaw. 8:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. March 1 Trial Team Development Class. 6:00 - 8:00 pm.  Cottage. March 1 ADR Training. 1:00 - 2:00 pm.  Room 141. March 2 OCS Program: Starting Your Own Practice. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 133. March 3 Table Day: BAR/BRI. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  Law School Lobby. March 3 BLSA General Meeting. 1:00 - 1:50 pm.  Room 127. March 3 Business Law Society Weekly Meeting. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 134. March 3 OCS Program: Health Care Law Careers. 12:50 - 1:50 pm.  Room 141. March 3 Reception for Privacy Conference. Wine and hors de'oeuvres served in the lobby.  6:00 - 8:30 pm.  Law School Lobby. March 4 - 5 7th Conference on Privacy and Public Access to Court Records. 8:00 - 5:00 am.  Lobby (March 4, 8-11 a.m.). March 4 Review Session: Contracts with Professor Alces. 5:00 - 6:00 pm.  Room 124. March 5 University Commencement Ticket Registration Deadline. On - Line. March 6 MPRE Exam. 9:00 am.  Room 119. March 8 - 12 Spring Break. March 10 - 12 Basic Court AV Technologist Certification Course. 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.  McLaughlin Courtroom. March 10 - 12 Basic Court AV Technologist Certification Course. 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.  Lobby.