{ prima facie } the Temple Law newspaper

By Kristina Moon

• Students pitching in with donations of bizarre and valuable talents = 49
• Temple Law faculty getting into the spirit and donating . . . themselves = 37
• Items in the 2008 auction, donated from all over the country = 312
• Supreme Court Justice bobble-heads in the 2008 Auction = 2
• Years of throwing a party disguised as an auction = 16
• Cases of beer and wine ordered for 2008 Auction = 10
• Party Bus to bring you & all your friends from Temple campus to the Auction at Duane Morris = 1
• Retiring Temple Law Dean to receive the Inaugural SPIN Award at 2008 Auction = 1
• Dollars raised at the 2007 Auction = $22,000
• 2007 matching award from Dean Reinstein and Temple Law School = $22,000
• Law students who might’ve worked for peanuts but instead received a SPIN grant in 2007 = 25
• Public Interest Organizations that benefited from full-time legal interns in 2007 = 23
• Dollars paid to law students to provide public interest services since 1992 = over $200,000
• Spending the summer putting all those class hours into legal action where it’s needed most = PRICELESS

The Online Auction is Friday, February 29th, until Friday, March 7th., with bids accepted at www.temple.edu/spin. The Live Auction will be on Wednesday March 5th at Duane Morris, LLP with the free reception starting at 5:00pm. Keep a lookout for information about the SBA-sponsored “party bus” from Temple to Duane Morris (30 South 17th St). Email spin@temple.edu with questions.