Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Florida Coastal School of Law Rules Moot Court

Congratulations to Emilia Walker, Florida Coastal BLSA Member and a rising 3L, for winning the Orseck Moot Court Competition held at the 2006 Annual Florida Bar Convention in Boca Raton, FL. Competition was stiff this year as Oral Advocate Teams from the University of Florida, Florida State University, Florida International University, Stetson School of Law and the University of Miami School of Law all competed in this prestigious event. Emilia Walker and her partner, Lawrence Perron, also won Best Oral Advocates Awards.*
Judging the competition were Florida Supreme Court Justices: Chief Justice Barbara J. Pariente, Justice R. Fred Lewis, Justice Peggy A. Quince, Justice Kenneth B. Bell, and Justice Raoul G. Cantero, III. According to Justice Pariente, who spoke for the entire bench, picking the best advocate was just to hard a decision.

Florida Coastal had two teams in the final round. I would look for a strong showing in January 2007 at the Southern Regional Convention since Emilia will be a strong contender.
*The teams brief writer: Grant Zacharias.

Friday, June 16, 2006

Announcements:



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THE T.J. REDDICK BAR ASSOCIATION

Sidney C. Calloway
and
Shutts & Bowen LLP

Cordially Invite You To A Special Reception
For Young Professionals, Lawyers And Law Students

“21st Century Call of the Professional”

Thursday, June 29, 2006
5:30 p.m. -- 7:30 p.m.


200 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 2100
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
RSVP Jessica Bracho 954-524-5505

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Academic Retreat for Florida & Puerto Rico
Septempber 8-9, 2006
Miami, Florida
We have an exciting retreat planned for Florida and Puerto Rico
this year, so don't miss out. Would you like to be on the
Retreat Committee?
Please email me interest letters: uzolaw@gmail.com.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2006
5-9PM – MIAMI ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
444 SOUTHWEST SECOND AVENUE
DOWNTOWN MIAMI

SPONSORED BY:
THE CITY OF MIAMI
&
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Sunday, June 11, 2006

36TH Annual Southern Regional Convention

National Black Law Students Association
Southern Region
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Puerto Rico


June 4, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE


Contact: Gabriel McGaha, Public Relations Co-Chair: (502) 330-6110
Marisa Darden, Public Relations Co-Chair: (919) 699-6959

National Black Law Students Association Southern Regional Conference to be held in Miami

MIAMI, FL----The Southern Region Executive Board of the National Black Law Student’s Association (NBLSA) has chosen Miami, Florida as the site for its 2007 Regional Conference. The Conference will be held January 17-21, 2007 at the newly renovated Radisson Hotel Miami located in the heart of downtown Miami’s new Arts District. The conference will occur just weeks before the city hosts Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium.

At its annual May meeting in Birmingham, Alabama the Board heard proposals from representatives from several regional law schools, but was most impressed by the culture, historic perspective and overall attraction that Miami will offer its conference participants. The University of Miami School of Law and St. Thomas University School of Law will co-host the Region’s 36th annual convention.

The conference’s most notable events will include the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial and the Frederick Douglas Moot Court Competitions which attract competitors throughout a region comprised of 42 law schools across nine states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. This year’s Southern Region winners received top honors at the NBLSA Convention in Washington, D.C.

NBLSA is the largest student-run organization in America, and represents over 6,000 Black law students at over 200 law schools across the country. The Southern Region (SRBLSA) is the largest of six regions within NBLSA and was the first recipient of the “Region of the Year” award at the 2006 NBLSA Convention. Recently the NBLSA established international links with Black law students in Canada, England and South Africa who modeled their student organizations after NBLSA.

For more information contact Public Relations Regional Chairs, Gabriel McGaha: (502) 330-6110; Gpmcgaha@olemiss.eduor Marisa Darden: (919) 699-6959; Marisa.darden@law.duke.edu

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