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EVENT MAY 16, 2008

End of SCALE II Period VI

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - Friday, May 16, 2008

EVENT MAY 16, 2008

BLSA Graduation Dinner

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

EVENT MAY 18, 2008

Commencement

Southwestern's ninety-third annual commencement ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 18, 2008. Commencement 2008 Handbook...

EVENT MAY 19, 2008

Write-On Competition

10:00 a.m.

EVENT MAY 20, 2008

SCALE Moot Court Intramurals Round 1 and 2

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

EVENT MAY 21, 2008

Write-on Competition Ends

5:00 p.m.

EVENT MAY 26, 2008

Memorial Day

EVENT MAY 28, 2008

Mandatory Summer Externship Orientation

5:00 p.m. If you did not attend the alternate orientation meeting on April 23rd, you must attend this meeting. All Summer...

NEWS APRIL 30, 2008

O'Melveny & Myers Partner Robert Willett Joins Board

Mr. Robert E. Willett, a partner and Vice Chair of the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, was elected to Southwestern's Board...

NEWS APRIL 28, 2008

New Full-Time Professors to Join Faculty for 2008-09

Several new full-time faculty members will join Southwestern in the 2008-2009 academic year. They include three exceptional...

NEWS APRIL 28, 2008

Professor Parrish Named Vice Dean for Academic Affairs

Professor Austen Parrish , a member of the Southwestern faculty since 2001, has been appointed as Vice Dean for Academic...

NEWS APRIL 25, 2008

Professor Laura Dym Cohen Named Director of Street Law Program

Professor Laura Dym Cohen has been named Director of the Street Law clinical program at Southwestern. After joining the law...

NEWS APRIL 16, 2008

First-Year Southwestern Students Impress Prominent Jurists in Moot Court

Hon. Elizabeth B. Lacy, Senior Justice for the Supreme Court of Virginia said there's a good reason that five judges listened...

NEWS APRIL 14, 2008

Gregory and Leah Bergman, Hon. Scott Gordon, Robert Lind to be Honored at Southwestern Awards Event

Four outstanding members of the Southwestern Law School community will be honored at the 21st Annual Awards Recognition...

NEWS APRIL 10, 2008

Professors Hart, Kim and Cohen Receive 2008 Excellence in Teaching Awards

Southwestern Law School is pleased to announce that Professors Danielle Kie Hart , Janine Young Kim and Laura Dym Cohen have...

NEWS MARCH 25, 2008

Andrea Ramos to Direct New Legal Clinic

Dean Bryant Garth announced the appointment of Andrea Ramos , a prominent children's rights and immigration rights lawyer, as...

NEWS MARCH 21, 2008

Southwestern to Honor Three with Honorary Degrees

At a recent meeting of Southwestern's Board of Trustees, the Board voted to award honorary Doctor of Laws degrees to three...

NEWS MARCH 18, 2008

BLSA Teams Excel at Western Regional Competition

Evening students Bernetta Hardy and Anne Cheung ruled the Black Law Student Association's (BLSA) Western Region Competition...

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