{ prima facie } the Temple Law newspaper

Compiled by Jesse Chen (Prima Facie Submissions Editor)

The following list is not necessarily exhaustive. If you know of a student group that is not included, please send information about the group to Prima Facie through the contact page on www.TemplePrimaFacie.com.

Name: Temple Alternative Break

Description: "Members have the responsibility of participating in fundraising events throughout the year (bake sales, quizzo events, recent minigolf fundraiser) so that they can partake in the money that is raised to fund our spring break trip." Most recent two trips were to New Orleans.

Mission Statement: "Temple Alternative Break is a student group dedicated to annually sending students to regions of the United States to provide free legal and community-based services."

Membership: ~15-20 members, free to join.

Contact: Jennifer Russell, jenniferannrussell@gmail.com

Advisor: Maureen Olives

Events Planned (Time): Quizzo at National Mechanic (11/10).

Name: Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)
Description: Members enjoy networking opportunities with local Asian
American attorneys, information on employment opportunities,
fellowships, scholarships, a mentorship program, and other social
events such as karaoke. Members are welcome and encouraged to help in
any event APALSA organizes, from food sales to the Lunar New Year
Banquet.
Mission Statement: "Our mission is to foster diversity and to promote
Asian American issues at Temple Law."
Membership: Open to all, free to join.
Contact: Gina Tran, regina.tran@temple.edu
Faculty Advisor: Professor Ting
Events Planned: Lunar New Year Banquet, Quizzo Spectacular, Karaoke
End-of-the-Year Party

Name: Black Law Students Association (BLSA)

Description: "Since 1969, BLSA has been supporting African American students at Temple Law. That support has taken various forms, most recently via peer mentorship, academic enrichment, career planning support and social activities. Members are responsible for supporting one another and upholding the standards of the national organization."

Mission Statement: "BLSA's mission is to articulate and promote the needs and goals of Black law students and effectuate change in the legal community."

Membership: 42 due-paying members, open to all, participation not limited to due-paying members, national/regional dues total $25.

Contact: Jennifer Supplee

Advisor: Prof. Donald Harris

Events Planned (Time): Remaining events this semester include: Faculty/Student Brunch, Alumni Networking Reception, BLSA Food Sale, Mentor-Mentee Outing, 1L Reviews, Philadelphia Law Camp, 1L Academic Retreat, Exam Break & Study Session.

Name: The Brehon Law Society ("The Brehons")

Description: "We participate in events organized by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Brehons as well as organize networking opportunities with students from neighboring schools, practicing attorneys, and sitting judges." Members also claim to host the best happy hours.

Mission Statement: "The Brehon Law Society is a group of law students that promotes learning about Irish laws and culture through the social, cultural and intellectual activities."

Membership: Open to all, $15 at or before August Welcome Back Happy Hour, $20 thereafter.

Contact: Colleen K. McCue, ckmccue@gmail.com; Colin Stewart, cstewa03@temple.edu; Colin Haviland, CSH555@temple.edu

Advisor:

Events Planned (Time): Welcome Back Happy Hour (Aug.), other happy hour and celebrations, Irish Heritage Day at Citizens Bank Park (Apr.), various lunch hour discussion topics.

Name: Temple Christian Legal Society

Description:

Mission Statement: "The Christian Legal Society aspires to be

a student-led group that works to support the spiritual and

intellectual life of its members and interested non-members

through dialogue that intersects law and faith. Our core

value is to better understand the commands of Jesus Christ

to love God and those around us."

Membership: 40 members, free to join.

Contact: Tristan Bramble, tbramble@temple.edu

Advisor: Prof. Stephen Mikochik

Events Planned (Time): Weekly Friday lunchtime bible study; more to be announced.

Name: Temple Environmental Law Society (TELS)

Description: Promotes environmentally friendly personal acts and public policy. "This year TELS is doing a variety of activities. Not only are we involved in the usual clean up, but we are planting trees, buying and retiring carbon credits, and joining up with other organizations to lobby city hall for more recycling bins on the streets of Philadelphia."

Mission Statement:

Membership: 20 members, open to all, free to join.

Contact: Rick Lowenberg, rick1462@aol.com; Mary Cate Gordon, gmarycat@temple.edu

Advisor: Prof. Amy Sinden

Events Planned (Time): Lobby City Hall with GAS, fundraising for carbon credits, community clean-ups.

Name: Government Affairs Society (GAS)

Description: Trains members in lobbying with lectures and other opportunities. Members should be actively interested in government, politics, and policy-making.

Mission Statement: The Government Affairs Society is dedicated to promoting careers in government affairs and teaching students a broad range of government relation skills.

Membership: 100 members, join by attending meeting, free to join.

Contact: Jamie Ware, jware@temple.edu

Advisor: None.

Events Planned (Time): Membership meeting and lobbying training (11/5).

Name: Temple International and Comparative Law Journal

Description: Legal journal, bi-annual publication. Emphasis on public and private international law. Includes articles by legal scholars and student-written notes or comments. Members may join Staff and Editorial Board. Responsiblities of members include copy editing, writing notes or comments, administration, and publication of issues.

Mission Statement: "The Temple International & Comparative Law Journal is a natural outgrowth of the commitment of the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law to the fields of international and comparative law, providing readers informative, diversified, and current discussions of material in a wide range of fields emphasizing both public and private international law and offer a variety of comparative law topics."

Membership: 16 Editorial Board and 30 Staff members. Membership decided through Spring Semester Write-On competition.

Contact: Editor-in-Chief Jeff Vagle, Executive Editor Jeanmarie Dunn-Kane

Advisor: Prof. Duncan Hollis

Events Planned (Time):

Name: Jewish Law Student Association

Description: Provides social and professional activities for members.

Mission Statement: "The purpose of the Temple Jewish Law Student Association is to foster a vibrant Jewish community at Temple Law School, to raise awareness of Jewish issues in the legal community, to promote a coherent social network among similarly minded law students at Temple Law, and to forge connections with Jewish community groups across all professional disciplines. The JLSA implements these aims through its Mentoring Program, the invitation of guest speakers, promotion of faculty relationships, educational forums, and social events."

Membership: 58 members, open to all, free to join

Contact: tujlsa@gmail.com

Advisor:

Events Planned (Time): Joint JLSA Happy Hour (10/23), Free Sushi/POW exchange in Jewish Law (10/29), James E. Beasley clerk and Blank Rome partner Norman Perlberger as speaker (11/10), Networking Event (3/2009).

Name: Moot Court Honor Society

Description: Members must take a course in appellate advocacy, compete in outside Moot Court competitions, and assist competing members by judging their arguments.

Mission Statement: "The Moot Court Honor Society is dedicated to achieving excellence in written and oral advocacy."

Membership: 29 members, members selected through Polsky Competition, free to join.

Contact: Warren Holland

Advisor: Prof. Ellie Margolis

Events Planned (Time): Stern Competition (May, 2009), guest lecturers

Name: National Lawyers Guild (NLG)

Description: "The NLG was founded in 1937 as a left-wing, racially-integrated alternative to

the American Bar Association. Members have incredible opportunities locally, nationally, and internationally." Temple members enjoy 1L mentoring and various social justice projects and events. National membership enjoy "job and internship opportunities, networking events, access to workshops and job fairs, opportunities to travel to other countries (the next will be a delegation to observe the March 2009 presidential elections in El Salvador)."

Mission Statement: "The National Lawyers Guild seeks to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers of America in an organization that shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests."

Membership: $5 to join Temple NLG, $15 annual dues for national membership.

Contact: Abby Biberman, abiberman@gmail.com; Matthew Pillischer, matthew.pillischer@temple.edu

Advisor:

Events Planned (Time): Race and the Elections, national convention (10/15-10/19), continuing film series, election viewing party, immigration career panel, more to be announced.

Name: Outlaw

Description: Supports gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) students and is concerned with GLBT issues in law. Provides a "safe space for everyone, regardless of their identity".

Mission Statement: "Outlaw works to represent the concerns of Temple Law's LGBT population and its allies through social and educational programming and political activism. Outlaw is open to all members of the Temple Law School community."

Membership: ~50 members, open to all

Contact: Nick Setteducato, ngs@temple.edu

Advisor: Prof. Nancy Knauer

Events Planned (Time):

Happy hours (TBA), Outfest brunch (October), Partnership with the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review in a symposium on transgender and family issues (November), Bown bag lunches with professors and community activists (TBA), Networking/mentorship program at CLE course on elder law and gay issues (Spring, 2009), AIDS walk (TBA), Awarding local judge for service to GLBT issues (Spring, 2009), Equality Associates volunteering program (continuing).

Name: Philadelphia's Leaders of Tomorrow (PLOT)
Description: From great bars to professional contacts, PLOT provides
members with valuable social and professional networking opportunities
as well as a knowledge of resources available throughout the city.
Members have as much, or as little responsibility as they choose. They
can actively participate in organizing events and finding
professionals to speak to the group, or they can simply attend
our events and utilize our knowledge of, and passion for the city.
Mission Statement: Our mission is to get students interested in
staying in Philadelphia to live and work after graduation.
Membership: Open to all, join by attending event or signing up on
membership list; free to join.
Contact: Ben, Anthony, and Jason at tuplot@gmail.com
Events Planned: PLOT Happy Hours; brown bag lunch with special guest
Rand Spear, "THE Accident Lawyer", Date TBD

Name: South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)

Description: Networks with the South Asian Bar Association of Philadelphia and other South Asian graduate student organizations, organizes fundraisers, holds events addressing South Asian issues.

Mission Statement: "To provide a support network and focus on pressing legal issues affecting the South Asian community."

Membership: Free to join.

Contact: Priya De Souza, priyadesouza@gmail.com

Advisor:

Events Planned (Time): Annual South Asian food sale (11/13).

Name: Women's Law Caucus (WLC)

Description: "The WLC offers opportunities for ALL students, female and male. We participate in community service activities that help women in the community. We hold events that promote awareness of the problems women face in the legal profession. We keep an online outline bank that is accessible to all members. We have two mentoring programs: one which matches 1Ls with an upperclass 'big sister' or 'big brother', and one which matches female 1Ls with female attorneys in the Philadelphia area."

Mission Statement: "The WLC has been active in dealing with problems that particularly concern women in law school as well as those confronting women in society generally."

Membership: Membership forms available at WLC office in Barrack's 3rd floor. $20 dues for lifetime membership.

Contact: Diana D'Auria, diana.dauria@gmail.com; Rachel Reibman, rachel.reibman@gmail.com

Advisor: Prof. Kathryn Stanchi

Events Planned (Time): Wine and cheese mixer (10/28), monthly community service opportunities, speakers and panels, Spring Reception to honor local woman excelling in the legal profession (spring semester).

The above list is alphabetical, by organization name. The words “Temple” and “The” at the beginning of organization names are not used for alphabetizing purposes.