Originally published in Student Lawyer magazine, September 2003 (Vol. 32, No. 1)

CIRCUIT BOARD

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First Circuit. The Native American Law Students Association at Suffolk University hosted a guest lecture by Beverly Wright, chairperson for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gayhead (Aquinnah), who discussed tribal sovereignty. The group was founded last fall by student Javier Kinney.

Second Circuit. The Lambda Law Students Association at Pace University presented a panel discussion titled "On the Verge: Progress and Promise in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law." Panelists and audience members discussed the state of sexual orientation and gender identity law and policy…. The Syracuse University team won first place in the Fasken Martineau First Year International Law Moot Court Competition…. Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law founded a Center for Public Service Law, which will coordinate public service and public interest activities…. Students of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution and the International Law Students Association presented the International Advocate for Peace Award to Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Third Circuit. Temple University School of Law hosted a talk by Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Dees recently won a federal case in which the Alabama Supreme Court was ordered to remove from its rotunda a monument to the Ten Commandments.

Fifth Circuit. Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio and Stetson University law dean Darby Dickerson led a "topping off" ceremony for the school's new law center, which is expected to be a hub for legal activity in downtown Tampa. The center, due for completion in December, will house evening law classes, the Tampa branch of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal, and continuing legal education programs. Classes are expected to begin in January…. A team from the University of Florida took first place in the Herbert Wechsler National Moot Court Competition in Buffalo, N.Y.

Sixth Circuit. The ABA Law Student Division's Sixth Circuit governor, Joan Walker, is forming a committee to develop programming for diversity events at law schools nationwide. For further information, or to send your ideas to her, e-mail walkerj_ 6thcircuitgov@yahoo.com…. The University of Detroit School of Law sponsored an auction fund-raiser for public interest summer fellowships in the Detroit area. The school also hosted, with assistance from the ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division, a public interest career panel…. The student bar association at Thomas M. Cooley Law School sponsored a charity raffle at its annual Barristers Ball. The proceeds went to the Lansing City Rescue Mission to help purchase a refrigerated van to distribute food. Also at Cooley, the ABA Law Student Division chapter sponsored midterm tutorials for more than 200 first-year students…. University of Cincinnati law students Patricia Foster and Susan Coan took first place in the 2003 National Representation in Mediation Competition, sponsored by the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution…. University of Dayton law professor Susan Brenner is recruiting students to write for her cybercrime web site. Students from any law school who are interested in the topic can visit the site at www. cybercrimes.net/ldf/index.html and contact Brenner for further information.

Eighth Circuit. The SBA at Creighton University organized a charity auction to raise money for the Literacy Center for the Midlands…. Creighton's Environmental Law Society sponsored Earth Week, featuring numerous speakers on environmental law…. Phi Delta Phi and Creighton undergraduates organized a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for Omaha-area citizens…. The Association of Women Law Students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City hosted several events, including Safety Week, which included programs on domestic violence, rape, and self-defense; a reception honoring the achievements of women in the law; and a fund-raiser where the group auctioned off lunches with local lawyers and judges…. UMKC hosted a fund-raiser for the Midwest Innocence Project. Kevin Green, an exonerated man, spoke about his wrongful conviction and eventual release from charges of murder.

Eleventh Circuit. Law students from American University and lawyers from Arnold & Porter met with high school students in Washington, D.C., who were taking part in an educational program sponsored by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The high school students participated in mock jury selection, court proceedings, and jury deliberation.

Twelfth Circuit. At the University of Oregon law school commencement, ABA national secretary Ellen Rosenblum, a state judge and 1975 alumna, received the school's Meritorious Service Award.

Thirteenth Circuit. The University of Texas School of Law teamed up with the Austin Shakespeare Festival to present a dramatic performance and panel discussion on "Henry V and the Law of War." Faculty members Steven Ratner and Paul Woodruff commented on the international legal and ethical issues surrounding the conduct of war in Shakespeare's day and drew implications about how wars are conducted today.

Fourteenth Circuit. The ABA Section of Antitrust Law and Stanford Law School cosponsored the Stanford Conference on Antitrust in the Technology Economy in June. The program covered topics such as the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property, licensing problems, and anticompetitive settlements.

Fifteenth Circuit. Two Arizona State University 3Ls, Kiersten Murphy and Karen Stillwell, argued in April before a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle. The students represented clients in a case against a U.S. bankruptcy trustee.

Compiled by Kenneth Gorton