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UCI Law Student Newsletter January 6, 2023
Announcements and Deadlines

Half Way Done Party: Please join us in the courtyard on Monday, January 11th at 12:00pm to honor and celebrate 2Ls who are half done with law school! Cake will be served. Please note that if it rains, we will celebrate in the California Room (first floor in the library).

U.S. News Town Hall with the Dean: Please join Dean Parrish on January 12th from 12:00pm to 1:00pm in EDU 1111 to discuss the U.S. News rankings and the law school's decision to no longer provide propriety data to them. Please do not miss this opportunity to ask Dean Parrish any questions you have about this important topic! You may also submit questions in advance by January 11th at 5:00pm. If you would like to attend virtually, please refer to Sam Domingo's email on January 5th for the zoom link.

Community Care Fair: Come and learn about some of the many resources within the UCI community that are available to UCI Law students! Staff from different resource centers on the UCI campus will be in the law school courtyard on Wednesday, January 11th from 12:00pm to 1:00pm to share information about their services that are available to you. Please don't miss on this wonderful opportunity to meet and speak with them!

1Ls:  Many of you have asked questions about how the grading curve works at UCI Law and what your grades mean. To help you better understand your grades, which will be released on Thursday, January 12, we have planned two mandatory workshops via Zoom (links will be emailed before the events):

  1. On Friday, January 13th, at 10:30-11:00am, Vice Dean Chris Whytock will explain the 1L grading curve. Student Affairs Dean Jennah Jones, ASP Professor Queena Mewers, CDO Dean Jasminder Deol, and Student Services Dean Kyle Jones will also be available to answer questions.

  2. On Tuesday, January 17th, at 5:00-6:00pm, ASP and CDO will address how to respond productively to your fall semester performance.  We will teach you how to learn from your fall semester exams, tweak your study strategies, develop positive relationships with your professors, create a career development plan, tackle job interviews, and more. Guest speakers include 1L Professors Chris Whytock and Ken Simons, as well as Community Fellows Grace Palcic (2L, SBA President) and Elizabeth Duran (3L, Co-Chair of the Mental Health in Law Society).

Pro Bono: Alternative Spring Break Application is now open! If you are interested in volunteering over Spring Break, please submit your application no later than January 13th! For those that missed the information session, please feel free to watch the recording.

The UCL Institute Conference: The Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law Section's UCL Institute will feature leading UCL practitioners from across the private and public sector on January 12th from 1:00pm to 7:00pm at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles, CA. Register HERE. 

National District Attorneys Association Job Fair: Students who have a passion for advocating for the rights of all involved in the criminal justice system are encourged to attend on January 29th-30th at Hotel Washington in Washington, DC. Registration and additional information can be found HERE. 

Orange County Bar Association's Creating a Prison to University Pipeline: Prison Education and the New "Clean Slate" Laws: This Continuing Legal Education (CLE) will provide an overview on Tuesday, February 7th at 4:30pm to 7:00pm in EDU 1111 of LIFTED (Leveragin Inspiring Futures Through Education), a new University of California, Irvine initiative offering a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) to incaracerated students and will address legal policy issues facing incarcerated students, in particular, access to federal financial aid in and after prison. Please register to attend.

A Free Career Program for Native American Students: Cutting Sign to the Legal Profession: Native American students are welcome to register and attend this free program on Febuary 17th-18th at the University of Utah, hosted by the universities of Idaho, Utah, and Washington. Students will attend a series of panels regarding firms, public interest jobs, non-traditional jobs, government positions, and judicial clerkships. Students will participate in interviews with various employers, and 1Ls will receive focused support to help hone their resumes and cover letters. Current details can found be found HERE.

Ms. JD's National Women Law Students' Organization (NWLSO) will be hosting the Leadership Academic Intensive on March 17th-18th at the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. This intensive will feature impactful leadership workshops, inspiring panel discussions, and an empowering keynote conversation. The deadline to apply is January 31st. 

UCI Counseling Center Graduate Student Workshop Series: The following workshops aim to help graduate and professional students understand their concerns related to each topic and development skills to improve them.

In-Person @ 203 Student Services 1 - Main Counseling Center
January 26th - Stress Management
February 2nd - Imposture Syndrome
February 9th - Time Management
February 16th - Navigating Academic Relationships
Virtual - Zoom link available HERE
February 23rd - Stress Management
March 2nd - Time Management
March 9th - Imposter Syndrome
March 16th - Navigating Academic Relationships

AccessLex Institute Center for Education and Financial Capability provides the following opportunities and resources to help you as you work to evaluate your financial options this year:

  1. Register for your free account at AskEDNA.AccessLex.org and complete the course in your year 1L, 2L, 3L. This earns you scholarship entries for the $330,000 AccessLex Institute gives away to law students each year, just for learning more about their personal finances. That is $5,000 twice a year to 12 students, and once a year--$25,000 to six students, and $40,000 to three students.
  2. Check out the MAX by AccessLex Hannah R. Arterian Memorial Scholarship. Annually, one 1L MAX participant who completes the eight-part Financial Foundation course and attends at least two MAX events will be automatically entered to win a $50,000 scholarship toward their remaining law school tuition. The first drawing of the Scholarship will take place on May 1st. 

2023 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE): Registration for the March 2023, August 2023 and the November 2023 MPRE's are now open. For more information about the exam, the registration process, and test accomodations, please visit MPRE Registration Information.

Spring Instructions begins Monday, January 9th. 

 UCI Forward Coronavirus Information
This Week

Monday, January 9

Half Way Done Party: 12:00pm to 1:00pm, Courtyard. 

Pro Bono Kickoff: 12:00pm to 1:00pm, EDU 1111 & EDU 1131. 

Pro Bono Open House: 5:00pm to 6:30pm, Courtyard & Library California Room. 

Tuesday, January 10

CDO: 2023 Public Interest/Public Sector Career Day Information Session: 12:00pm to 1:00pm, EDU 1111. 

SBA Meeting: 12:15pm to 1:15pm, MPAA 420. 

CDO: 2023 1L First-Generation "Big Law" Panel Discussion (San Francisco): 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Munger, Tolles & Olson-San Francisco Office, 560 Missions Street, 27th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

Wednesday, January 11

Community Care Fair: 12:00pm to 1:00pm, Courtyard.

Davina Cooper - Should the Law Recognize Multiple Genders or None?: 3:00pm to 4:00pm, LAW 3750.

CDO: Reed Smith: Home for the Holidays - New York/Princeton: 3:00pm to 5:00pm, Reed Smith's New York Office, 599 Lexington Ave 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10022.

CDO: Allen Matkins: You're Invited - Winter Reception (Los Angeles): 5:30pm to 7:30pm, 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

CDO: Allen Matkins: You're Invited - Winter Reception (Irvine): 5:30pm to 7:30pm, 2010 Main Street, Suite 800, Irvine, CA 92614.

CDO: 2023 1L First-Generation "Big Law" Panel Discussion (Los Angeles): 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Munger, Tolles & Olson-Los Angeles Office, 350 South Grand Avenue, 50th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071.

CDO: 2023 1L First-Generation "Big Law" Panel Discussion (Virtual): 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Virtual.

Thursday, January 12

CDO: The UCL Institute: 1:00pm to 7:00pm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 333 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90071.

CDO: Reed Smith: Home for the Holidays - Philadelphia: 2:00pm to 4:00pm, Reed Smith Philadelphia, Suite 3100, Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 

CDO: Best Best & Krieger: 1L Diversity Fellowship/Scholarship Information Session: 4:00pm to 5:00pm, Virtual.

Friday, January 13

Explain the 1L Grading Curve (Mandatory workshop for 1Ls): 10:30am to 11:00am, Virtual.

CLSC - Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Carolina Valdivia: 12:00pm to 1:15pm, LAW 3500.
Next Week

Monday, January 16

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observance.

Tuesday, January 17

Moot Court Oral Argument Training: 12:00pm to 1:15pm, EDU 1131.

SBA Meeting: 12:15pm to 1:15pm, MPAA 420.

How to Respond Productively to Your Fall Semester Performance (Mandatory workshop for 1Ls): 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Virtual.

CDO: 2023 1L First-Generation "Big Law" Panel Discussion (Washington, D.C.): 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Munger, Tolles & Olson - Washington, D.C. Office, 601 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 500 E, Washington, DC 20001.

Wednesday, January 18

Wellness Wednesday: 12:00pm to 1:00pm, Courtyard.

CDO: StayHoused LA Internship and Fellowship Information Session: 6:00pm to 7:30pm, Virtual.

Thursday, January 19

Friday, January 20