October Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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LCS Resume

building/ interview

skills 12pm

Bannan 127

IPA Trade

Secrets 12-1:00pm

Bannan 142

Legal Aspects of

Counter Terrorism 12-1:00pm

Bannan 127

LCS & PISJC Public Interest

Attorney Panel 12pm

Bannan 127

Insights into the Legal

Profession 12pm

Bannan 127 RSVP by Oct. 24 MDain

@scu.edu

Bill Quigley Loyola New Orleans Law

Professor 12-1:00pm Williman

Room

Patent Policy

Conference 8:15 am– 5:30pm

Bannan 127

SBA Halloween Bar Review The Vault 9:30am-2:00am

PTLSA &LCS Public

Interest Attorney

Panel 8:45PM

Bannan 127

PISJC roundtable 12:00pm- 1:00pm

Bannan 110

Registration period begins: upper

division

GRAPEVINE Calendar of Events

Week of October 23rd, 2006

The

Online: www.scu.edu/law/resources/grapevine.html

SBA Executive Board

President Dan Schaar

VP (Full-Time) Jennifer Leung

VP (Part-Time) Mary Likins

Treasurer Justin Bates

Secretary Candice Macario

3L Representatives

Erika Rivera Erica Tierney Racole Henry

Jenni Klock ALTERNATE

Ramon Lopez

2L Representatives

Ben Procter Curtis Macon

Jason Mendelson Kevin Magnus ALTERNATES

Sonia Feldstein Monica Davis

1L Representatives

ABA LSD

Quote Of The Week How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes

some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to

drive? - Homer SImpson

Jessica Tipton Christine W ang

Molly Healy Bo Cotton

ALTERNATES Lauren Ogata Sherin Rashedi

Ankita Patel Emily Andrews Jessica Anderson Hannah Yu Catherine DeCoro

The

Online: www.scu.edu/law/resources/grapevine.html

Week of September 4th, 2006

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From the Editor Candice

Happy Tues-day.

The Grape-vine is back to normal today. In case some people are wondering what the Mi-crosoft Word version was about it was an illustration of what the Grapevine would like if I left the submis-sions in Micro-soft Word.

Starting with the next Grape-vine I will no longer accept any lengthy ad that is not in PDF or JPEG format.

Unfortu-nately it takes me an average of an extra

three hours a week working on the Grpaevine con-verting peo-ple’s word documents to fit into the Grapevine. So I will be imple-menting this new policy.

This week is full of several talented guest speakers and a patent confer-ence on Friday. Hopefully you can find time to attend at least one event.

To all those 2L’s giving oral arguments this week. Good luck!

Take Care, Candice B. Macario

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Candice Macario, 2L SBA Secretary cmacario@scu.edu

Justin Bates, 3L SBA Treasurer jbates@scu.edu

Jen Leung, 2L SBA VP (Full Time) jyleung@scu.edu

Dan Schaar, 2L SBA President dschaar@scu.edu

Mary Likins, 3L SBA VP (Part Time) mlikins@scu.edu

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SCU Event Information

Public Interest Attorney Panel

Wednesday October 25, 2006

Noon – 1 p.m. Bannan Rm 127

YES!!!

There is more than one type of public interest law or-ganization!

If you’re considering a career in public interest, join

us for an opportunity to learn more about the various types of public interest work.

What is the difference between a client oriented

and policy oriented organization? How do different organizations operate?

What should I do to prepare for a career in public interest?

Panelists include: Equality California - Legislative Advocate Alice Kessler

Fair Housing Law Project – Senior Attorney Annette Kirkham Asian Law Caucus – Staff Attorney Sin Yen Ling

California Rural Legal Assistance – Anastasia Steinberg Torres-Gil & Phyllis Katz

Tryouts: Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Team Tryouts will be held the week of October 30 for the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition (see: http://www.wcl.american.edu/hracademy/mcourt/). Applications for the competition can be on Monday, October 23 from Christina Johnson (ccjohnson@scu.edu) and must be returned, via email, by October 30. Tryouts, consisting of a 15 minute oral presenta-tion, will take place later that week. Prospective competitors should note the unusual schedule for this competition, i.e. the problem will not be re-leased until early December and the competition takes place in the third week of May next year. If you have additional questions about the competi-tion, please contact Wil Burns at: wburns@scu.edu.

MELSA Mentor/Mentee Mixer

Come and meet your mentor/mentee and other fellow

members at this get-together.

When: Thursday 10/26 at Noon Where: Bannan 142

Food provided

All members are welcome

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SCU Event Information

Exploring the Catholic Faith

Have you ever thought be-coming Catholic? Campus

Ministry offers law students the opportunity to explore the Roman Catholic tradi-

tion and celebrate the Sac-raments of Initiation

(Baptism, 1st Eucharist and Confirmation). For more in-

formation, contact Lulu Santana in the Campus Ministry Office, Benson

Center 105; 408-554-4639; lsantana@scu.edu.

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Patent Policy in the Supreme Court and Congress

October 27, 2006 Bannan 127 8:15am-5:30pm

Co-Sponsored by The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley and The High Tech Law Institute Santa Clara University School of Law The past term was an important one for patent law in the United States, with the U.S. Supreme Court hearing a number of cases involving patent law and proposals for patent law reform be-ing seriously debated in Congress. The upcoming term promises to be even more eventful, with several more pat-ent cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, and continued debate on patent reform in the Congress that will be elected in November. This conference will bring together academic scholars from across the nation to discuss the reaction to this term's Supreme Court decisions, the cases to be heard in the upcoming term, recent decisions in the Federal Circuit, the impact of patent law on innovation, and potential future directions for patent reform legislation in Congress.

Admission to the conference is free but an RSVP is required. For full conference details and registration, go to www.scu.edu/patentconference

Public Interest Law Career Services presents the

2006 Fall Public Interest Career and

Information Fair Thursday, November 2nd

12:00 – 4:00 pm Santa Clara Mall

(located outside of Benson near the fountain)

Organizations who have confirmed to date: Asian Law Alliance * Bay Area Legal Aid (Oakland Office) * California Appel-late Project, Child Quest International * Communities Overcoming Relation-ship Abuse * Fair Housing Law Project * Legal Services for Children * Legal Services for Prisoners with Children * Northern California Innocence Project * Office of County Counsel, Santa Clara * Office of the City Attorney, San

Francisco * Public Interest Law Firm * Santa Clara Office of the District At-torney * Santa Clara Office of the Public Defender * Self-Service Center, Su-perior Court, Santa Clara County * Senior Adults Legal Assistance * Support

Network for Battered Women * VIP Mentors * Watsonville Law Center

Several organizations are collecting resumes – please visit our website to find out which employers are collecting resumes for se-

mester interns, summer interns, volunteers, and post-graduate positions. http://scu.edu/law/careers/pi_career_fair.html

Stop by the fair to get more information about the wonderful organizations and opportunities in our community!!

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