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LEGAL SPEAKERS SERIES 2011-2012

SPEAKERS FOR SPRING 2012!!!!!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012:  Nontraditional Legal Careers with our own Katie Zingg, J.D., NCAA Legal Compliance Officer.  This will take place from 12-1:00 p.m. in the Mississippi Room at the MUC.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 12:00 p.m.:  Discussion with Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer A. Winfield, J.D., of the U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis.  Come hear about her career path, and her current duties as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney.  This will take place in the Mississippi/Illinois Room at the MUC.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., in the Mississippi Room, MUC:  Lorri Mott, J.D. currently practices Family Law in Belleville, IL, and will come and share with us what it’s like to practice Family Law, and she will also comment on her law school experience.

NEW PRESENTATION SCHEDULED!!!  Thursday April 5, 2012 at 5:00 at the Student Success Center, Timothy Chartrand, a graduate of SIUE and First Year Law Student, will speak to interested pre-law students about the law school application process.  For further details, please e-mail Rebecca Norris, President of the Pre-Law Association at renorri@siue.edu.  Hope to see you all there!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 12:00 p.m., Mississippi Room, MUC:  Jessica B. Brasel, J.D.  Come hear Jessica speak to "Civil Defense Legal Practice:  Managing Family, Billable Hours, and an Active Legal Practice".  She will speak about the areas of her practice, while balancing the demands of family life.

ALL PRESENTATIONS IN THE LEGAL SPEAKERS SERIES ARE CO-SPONSORED BY STUDENT LEGAL SERVICES.

What do lawyers think about their careers?  Find out in "Pulse of the Legal Profession" at http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/pulse_of_the_legal_profession/.

Interested in what law school may NOT provide for you?  Check out "What They Don't Teach Law Students:  Lawyering" at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/business/after-law-school-associates-learn-to-be-lawyers.html?pagewanted

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