Calendar of Events
Wednesday October 3, 2012
Poll Monitoring/Election Protection Information Session
7 - 1 pm - 201Students interested in being trained in voter protection and volunteering in the upcoming election as election monitors are eligible to receive College of Law pro bono hours for such activities. Election monitors are allowed in the polling areas and assist all voters who have questions pertaining to voter i.d., registration, provisional ballots and other challenges to voting. Election monitors also work with the polling personnel at polling sites to assist in complying with voting laws.
Representatives from Georgia Election Protection, a non-partisan organization, and the Obama campaign each contacted us to solicit student volunteers. Naturally, we reached out to the Romney campaign and invited them to participate in these efforts, as well. We will be hosting an informational session on campus in Room 201 on Wednesday, October 3rd at noon and 5:00 p.m. for students wanting to learn more about voter protection training and volunteering. Additionally, each participating organization will be hosting a training session on campus in the evening on October 18th as well as additional times off campus (information about other training dates/times will be provided at the October 3rd information session). For questions, please contact Professor Tucker at amtucker@gsu.edu .
E-mail: amtucker
@E R A S Egsu.edu
ELS Lunch: Juliet Cohen from Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Noon - 1 pm - Room 170General Counsel for the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK), Juliet Cohen, will be speaking about her work advocating for the health of the Chattahoochee River. CRK'S mission is to advocate and secure the protection and stewardship of the Chattahoochee River, its tributaries and watershed, in order to restore and preserve their ecological health for the people and wildlife that depend on the river system Contact : Karissa Orris
E-mail: karissaorris@E R A S Egmail.com
BLSA RWA Workshop
Noon - 1 pm - Room 230Get the inside track on RWA! Come to BLSA's RWA workshop where Professor Slovensky and a bevy of RWA CALI recipients will answer your questions, concerns and provide tips on all your RWA woes! Contact : Dantel Ruiz
E-mail: dantelruiz@E R A S Eyahoo.com
BLSA Mock Exam Sign-up
Noon - 1 pm - Room 1st floor lobby table 1Come by and sign up for the Black Law Student's Association Mock Exam! Get the opportunity to take a mock exam under test conditions, and have it graded by an actual GSU Law Professor and receive feedback. Mock exam costs to include breakfast, mock exam, grading and commentary, and follow up panel with GSU Law first year professors about test taking skills! Contact : Dantel Ruiz
E-mail: dantelruiz@E R A S Eyahoo.com
Intellectual Property Legends Award Luncheon
Noon - 2 pm -PLEASE "SAVE THE DATE"
INFORMATION WILL BE UPDATED IN THE NEAR FUTURE
Contact : Christine Nwakamma, (404) 413-9083E-mail: cnwakamma@E R A S Egsu.edu
Growth & Infrastructure Conference
3 - 7 pm -The Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth is co-sponsoring the Growth & Infrastructure Consortium 2012 Conference, "Doing So Much with So Little: Funding Local Government Facilities and Services." This conference is being held October 3-5 at the Georgian Terrace Hotel in Midtown Atlanta.
For more information or to register for the conference please visit www.growthandinfrastructure.org. Registration will be free for the first 30 students who register.
Contact : Karen Johnston, Assistant Director - Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan GrowthE-mail: kjohnston3@E R A S Egsu.edu
Federalist Society Debate: Legality of Drone Strikes
4:45 - 5:45 pm - Room 652Federalist Society debate featuring Professor Michael W. Lewis from Ohio Northern University Petit College of Law and Professor Henry Carey from GSU Department of Political Science
Dinner will be provided at no cost.
Professor Lewis, with Ohio Northern University Petit College of Law, flew F-14s for the U.S. Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq. He graduated Topgun in 1992 and earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School. He teaches Commercial Law, Corporate Finance, International Law, Law of War and Torts.
Professor Henry Carey is an associate professor of political science at Georgia State University. He gained a Ph.D. from Columbia University after his B.A. at Yale University and M.A. at Harvard University. His research interests include international criminal justice and human rights, comparative legal development, Empirical Democratic Theory, elections and democratization.
E-mail: rgordon5@E R A S Estudent.gsu.edu
Poll Monitoring/Election Protection Information Session
5 - 6 pm - 201Students interested in being trained in voter protection and volunteering in the upcoming election as election monitors are eligible to receive College of Law pro bono hours for such activities. Election monitors are allowed in the polling areas and assist all voters who have questions pertaining to voter i.d., registration, provisional ballots and other challenges to voting. Election monitors also work with the polling personnel at polling sites to assist in complying with voting laws.
Representatives from Georgia Election Protection, a non-partisan organization, and the Obama campaign each contacted us to solicit student volunteers. Naturally, we reached out to the Romney campaign and invited them to participate in these efforts, as well. We will be hosting an informational session on campus in Room 201 on Wednesday, October 3rd at noon and 5:00 p.m. for students wanting to learn more about voter protection training and volunteering. Additionally, each participating organization will be hosting a training session on campus in the evening on October 18th as well as additional times off campus (information about other training dates/times will be provided at the October 3rd information session). For questions, please contact Professor Tucker at amtucker@gsu.edu .
E-mail: amtucker@E R A S Egsu.edu
