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Federal Court Clerkship Meet & Greet with Seventeen Alumni – Updated post with Alumni Names and Bios

Want to speak with alumni who are current and former clerks to judges on courts including: the D.C. Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Ninth Circuit, DDC, EDVA, SDOH, EDPA and DMD? Come to the Federal Court Clerkship Meet & Greet on Wednesday, March 3rd from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., in OCS front office, McDonough 328. Light refreshments will be served. To RSVP, please email ocsrsvp@law.georgetown.edu, subject line “Clerkship Meet & Greet” by 5 p.m. on Friday, February 26th.

See below for a list of alumni attendees, and and a link to detailed bios. 

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Posted by Laura Hosid at 10:40 AM - Categories: Judicial Internships | Alumni | Judicial Clerkships | OCS / OPICS Programs | All class years

Reminder: International Meet & Greet—RSVP Soon!

See below for an updated list of attendees, and a link to their bios. 

Interested in learning about the practice of international law from Georgetown Law graduates? Want to have a chance to ask questions about international organizations, language skills required and which classes to take and internships to consider while in law school?  Then you do not want to miss the International Meet and Greet on Tuesday, February 23rd from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Sports & Fitness Center Lobby.  We look forward to seeing you there!

To attend, please email your RSVP: ocsrsvp@law.georgetown.edu by noon on Friday, February 19th.

See below for an updated list of attendees. 

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Posted by Laura Hosid at 4:11 PM - Categories: Public Interest | Alumni | Law Firms | Government | Practice Areas | International Internships | OCS / OPICS Programs | All class years

Climbing Capitol Hill

Interested in learning about interning or working on Capitol Hill?  Please join OCS and OPICS on Monday, February 22nd from 5:00 – 6:00 pm in the Office of Career Services (Room 328).  Speakers include:

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Posted by Laura Hosid at 2:16 PM - Categories: Public Interest | OCS / OPICS Programs | All class years

Loyola Patent Law Interview Program - Registration Open

Posted by Laura Hosid at 10:39 AM - Categories: Law Firms | Practice Areas | 2L/3E | 3L/4E | Off-campus programs

The Loyola Patent Law Interview Program is a two-day interview program held in Chicago each summer that brings together patent law employers and law students from across the country to interview for summer associate positions and post-graduate employment. The 2010 Patent Law Interview Program will be held on Thursday, July 29 & Friday, July 30 at the Embassy Suites in downtown Chicago.

For more information and to register, please visit http://www.luc.edu/law/career/patent_students.html.  

The student registration deadline is March 8, 2010. 

Off-Campus Event: Brown Bag Lunch with the CIA's General Counsel

Posted by Laura Hosid at 9:36 AM - Categories: Government | Off-campus programs | All class years

Join the District of Columbia Bar for its General Counsel Series on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 12:15pm – 1:30pm at WilmerHale (1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW).  The General Counsel's Office at the Central Intelligence Agency plays a leading role in shaping national security law.  Stephen W. Preston was appointed CIA General Counsel in June 2009, having previously been a partner at WilmerHale.  He also previously served as general counsel of the Navy, deputy general counsel of the Department of Defense, and deputy assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice.  The costs is $10 for law students.  For more information, please click here.  

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Information Session

Posted by Laura Hosid at 1:25 PM - Categories: Government | OCS / OPICS Programs | All class years

Representatives from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will come to campus from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 18, 2010 to speak with students about working as attorneys within the CFTC.  This hour-long information session, which will take place in McDonough 203, will provide students an opportunity to learn more about the Commission and will be interactive in nature.  To RSVP, please click on the following link:  http://www.law.georgetown.edu/forms/form.cfm?FormID=491

Evening Hours suspended tonight

Posted by Laura Hosid at 12:23 PM - Categories: All class years

Because of the Faculty Retreat, OCS will be suspending evening hours tonight and will close at 6pm.  If you planned to come in after 6pm, please e-mail Laura Hosid directly at lar9@law.georgetown.edu.  Evening hours will resume next Tuesday, February 23rd.