NAACP Legal Defense Fund Summer 2010 Internship

Greetings BLSA: Here is a link and more information on this internship opportunity:
http://www.naacpldf.org/content/pdf/jobs/Internship_Summer_2010.pdf

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)* is currently accepting law
student internship applications for Summer 2010. Summer interns will be responsible for legal
research and memorandum writing, factual investigation, development of educational and
outreach material, discovery review, and/or other needs that may arise during the summer.
Intern assignments are dependent on the needs of LDF’s legal staff during the summer months.
Summer interns in the New York office will also enjoy a weekly series of brown bag luncheons
featuring prominent civil rights and public interest attorneys, attended by interns from numerous
non-profit, legal organizations in the city.

The internship positions are unpaid and limited in number. Students should seek summer
funding from their law schools and student-run public interest organizations. Although we prefer
second-year law students, exceptional first-year law students will also be considered. Interns are
expected to work for at least ten weeks during the summer, but split summers may be
accommodated on a case-by-case basis.

The New York and D.C. offices award internships independently. Applicants should send a
cover letter, resume, 5-10 page writing sample, and list of three references to the appropriate
office below. Positions will be filled on a rolling basis; we encourage applicants to apply as soon
as possible beginning October 2009, and no later than January 2010.

New York office:
Monica Garcia
Director of Human Resources
NAACP LDF
99 Hudson Street, Suite 1600
New York, NY 10013
email: jobs@naacpldf.org
website: http://www.naacpldf.org/
No phone calls please.
Washington D.C. office:
Summer Internship Coordinator
NAACP LDF

1444 Eye Street, N.W., 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
email: dfinley@naacpldf.org
website: www.naacpldf.org
No phone calls please.
LDF

Opening Ceremony for Black History Month

BLSA will hold its Black History Month Opening Ceremony on

Monday, February, 1st from 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm in the Atrium.

Our Black History Month theme this year:

"The shoulders on which we stand, their dreams propel us."

Join us for an evening of great food, entertainment, some Black history, and a preview of the exciting events we have planned for the month of February!

Suggested attire is "Sunday Best", or feel free to come as you are!

Can't wait to see you ALL there!

Mentor/Mentee Social

Join us this Friday, January 28th for our

Mentor/Mentee Social at Dave and Buster's from 6-8 pm.

This is a great opportunity for Mentees and their Mentors to get together outside of school and have a great time!

Also feel free to bring friends and family!

Hope to see you there!

Haiti Community Service Opportunity

In our efforts to support disaster relief in Haiti, BLSA will be working with Mission Harvest America this Saturday, January 23rd and next Saturday, January 30th from 7am-2pm.

If you would like to donate your time, please RSVP to Jennifer McCarthy.

 You may also visit Mission Harvest America's website at http://www.missionngo.com/ for more information.Thank you for your support!

Ritz Theatre and LaVilla Museum

BLSA Family,
As part of our activities for Black History Month, we are going to the Ritz Theatre on Friday, February 5th at 7pm for Amateur night, which is similar to the Amateur night at "Showtime at the Apollo".
This will be a fun night, so those who will definitely attend should RSVP to me by Monday, January 25th by 5pm to get your FREE admission!
For more information about the Ritz Theatre, please visit http://www.ritzlavilla.org/.

BLSA Meeting Tomorrow!

Our first General Body Meeting of Spring 2010 will be held tomorrow,

January 21, 2010 in Room 455 from Noon-1:00pm.

We will discuss the exciting events we have planned for the semester, including involvement with Census 2010 and Black History Month!

Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend. We hope to see you there!

As always, LUNCH WILL BE SERVED!

SRBLSA Law Journal Vol. IV Publication

Greetings BLSA,
Over the weekend, the SRBLSA Law Journal selected the pieces that will be published in Vol. IV of the Journal this coming April 2010. SRBLSA had a record number of submissions this year, so publication decisions were extremely tough.

Please join me in congratulating our own Travis Sumter, for being selected for publication!

SRBLSA's theme this year is "From the White House to My House: Changing the Color of Legal Discourse Through the Emergence of the Black Perspective".

The articles selected for publication are as follows:

Travis Sumter - Florida Coastal School of Law
-Move Up or Move Out: Gentrification and the Futility of the Intent Doctrine

Neubia Williams - Wake Forest University
- A Post Racial Era?: How the election of President Obama and recent Supreme Court Jurisprudence illustrate that the United States is not Beyond the Centrality of Race.

Diane Littlejohn - North Carolina Central University
- Presidential Security and Freedom of Expression in the Age of Obama.

Whitney Cherry - University of North Carolina
- Putting the Hose on the Final Flicker of Affirmative Action: Where Does the Future of Affirmative Action Lie after Ricci v. Destefano and in the Obama Era?

Elizabeth Hall - Emory University
- Criminalizing Our Youth: The School-to-Prison Pipeline v. The Constitution.

Milton Flynt - University of South Carolina
- The New Generation of Civil Rights Advocacy: The Charter School Movement in African-American Communities in the South.

Harriet Huell - University of North Carolina
- No More Hiding Money in the Mattress: An Analysis of Minority Heir Property Issues and the Necessity of Estate Planning in the African American Community.

Haiti Relief

BLSA Family,

As I am sure the catastrophe in Haiti has burdened your hearts as it has mine, I wanted to remind us of our duty as BLSA members to aid our brothers and sisters in Haiti during their time of need. In the past years, BLSA has worked on Haiti initiatives and projects, provided funds for community centers there, and collected school supplies, and without a doubt, our assistance is needed now more than ever before.

With Martin Luther King Day, and the "Day on not Day Off/Call to Service theme that usually surrounds the day, I can think of no greater cause right now that providing any help we can to those suffering in that region. I encourage everyone to link up with another BLSA member or FCSL student this holiday and find a way to contribute.

Please watch your email for the specific efforts that BLSA will be sponsoring, and if you have any suggestions, please forward them to an Executive Board member. Consider Mission Harvest, located at 69 Copeland Street, 904-356-4819 http://www.missionngo.com/. The hours of operation are M-F from 7am-7pm; Sat. 7 am- 2pm & Sun 2pm - 7 pm.

Our hearts and prayers go out to those who have loved ones in currently in Haiti.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sincerely,
Julia Jenae' Latimer
Candidate for Juris Doctorate, 2010
Black Law Students Association, Chaplain/Public Relations Chair
“Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and who write oppressive decrees, depriving
the needy of justice and robbing my peoples’ poor of their rights, making
widows their plunder and orphans their prey.” — Isaiah 10:1-2

SRBLSA TM Mock Trial/FD Moot Court Competitions

Our Mock Trial and Moot Court Teams SHINED during the SRBLSA/MBLSA Joint Regional Convention this past weekend in Baton Rouge, Louisiana:

Our Mock Trial Team members, Ruby Green, Adrianne Irish, Jaimee McDowell and Clarence Sydnor won an unprecedented FIRST PLACE (out of 20 teams) in the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition, making this win the first for Florida Coastal School of Law's Mock Trial Team!

The team will next move on to compete against other top competitors from law schools of each BLSA region in the NBLSA Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition in Boston, Massachusetts this March.

The Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team, Sharisse Campbell and Jorja Carr also placed in the top eight (out of 16) of their competition. We are proud of them!

CONGRATULATIONS to both teams, Way to represent the James Weldon Johnson Chapter and FCSL!

It's 2010!

Happy New Year to Everyone!

Let's make 2010 a great year! :)