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This is another reminder that our Kaplan Assessment Testing for part-time 2L students will be held from 6:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m., on Monday, February 4, 2013, in Room 709.  As you know, this is a mandatory assessment for all 2L part-time students. PLEASE BRING YOUR LAPTOPS for the written portion of the assessment. Pencils will be provided.

If you are in Professor Cantley’s Property II class, not to worry, as he is aware of this testing and will NOT have class on this day.

The purpose of this testing is two-fold: 1) To provide you a personalized assessment of your strengths and weaknesses; and, 2) To provide our school with invaluable metrics, that will help inform and mold our effort in improving the quality of our education and your preparation for the bar exam.  It is a very integral part of the educational process, in that it provides us feedback prior to the bar exam, concerning your progress, our areas of strength, and our areas of weakness.  Please take it serious.  In addition, it also provides a rare opportunity to start training your mind and body to perform under bar exam conditions.

Given that this is scheduled during the evening and is exclusively for part-time students, I do expect ALL 2L part-time students to attend this testing.  Please reserve requesting an exception to this policy for only the most exceptional of circumstances.  If you do have an exceptional circumstance that prevents you from attending, please make a written request to Dean Cieply, with supporting documentation, as soon as practicable.  Students who do not complete the testing as scheduled, or under an approved exception, will receive an administrative hold, and will not be able to register for summer classes.

Please join the John Marshall community at the Chattanooga Alumni Luncheon with the Dean of the law school, Richardson Lynn on February 5, 2013 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at 212 Market Restaurant in Chattanooga, TN. There is no fee to attend, but please RSVP to Charles Dillard at cdillard@johnmarshall.edu.

All 1Ls (and part-time 2Ls) are invited to participate in the facilitated study groups offered for each 1L doctrinal course: Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property and Torts. Professors in nearly every 1L course work with an assigned upper-class Study Group Facilitator by providing hypothetical questions and direction through the professor’s selected material.

These Study Groups provide an opportunity to gain insight into a professor’s expectations, to work collectively with your colleagues to develop and reinforce areas of understanding, as well as to identify gaps in knowledge before the exam. Study groups are held every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Please click here to see the schedule. Contact the Office of Academic Achievement for more information.

The Black Law Student Association and the Office of Academic Achievement  are pleased to announce the launch of Kickstart Your MBE Prep for May 2013 graduates.  Each Saturday,   starting February 2 through March 2, 2013,  from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Rm. 709,  students will have the opportunity to review and practice MBE-styled questions. Please see the attached calendar for details.

Students interested in attending Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School (AJMLS) are invited to learn more about the school, meet professors, students, alumni, key staff and attend a mock class at our Prospective Student Open House 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., February 16, 2013. The event will be at the law school’s Blackburn Conference Center located at 1405 Spring Street, Atlanta, GA 30309. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. To RSVP to this event, please fill out the form below or contact the Office of Admissions by phone at 404-872-3593.

All 1Ls (and part-time 2Ls) are invited to participate in the facilitated study groups offered for each 1L doctrinal course: Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property and Torts. Professors in nearly every 1L course work with an assigned upper-class Study Group Facilitator by providing hypothetical questions and direction through the professor’s selected material.

These Study Groups provide an opportunity to gain insight into a professor’s expectations, to work collectively with your colleagues to develop and reinforce areas of understanding, as well as to identify gaps in knowledge before the exam. Study groups are held every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Please click here to see the schedule. Contact the Office of Academic Achievement for more information.

The Black Law Student Association and the Office of Academic Achievement  are pleased to announce the launch of Kickstart Your MBE Prep for May 2013 graduates.  Each Saturday,   starting February 2 through March 2, 2013,  from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Rm. 709,  students will have the opportunity to review and practice MBE-styled questions. Please see the attached calendar for details.

Every year Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School hosts its Fred Gray Social Justice Seminar in honor of the legal legacy of veteran civil rights attorney Fred Gray. Each seminar tackles pressing and current legal issues attorneys and practitioners face. This year the theme is “Conquering Growing Issues: Women Rising in the Face of Adversities”.

The 6^th Annual Fred Gray Social Justice Seminar will take place from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., on Friday, February 22, 2013 at the law school’s Blackburn Conference Center located at 1405 Spring St. Atlanta, GA 30309. The seminar will include a panel discussion on several epic issues affecting women. In furtherance of this year’s theme, panelists will address the following topics:  1) immigrant women who are the victims of domestic violence, 2) breaking the cycle of drug addiction for women, 3) the abusive practice of shackling pregnant women in prison, and 4) the increase in teen dating violence against young girls.

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School will also present this year’s Fred Gray Social Justice Award to Catholic Charities of Atlanta (CCA). CCA is an advocate and friend for individuals and families facing adversity.  They provide a holistic combination of accredited social services − life skills education, counseling, family stabilization, and immigration legal services − that remove barriers to self-sufficiency and wholeness.

For more information on this event, visit the News & Events section of the John Marshall website at www.johnmarshall.edu or call Professor Patrice Fulcher at (404) 872-3593.

All 1Ls (and part-time 2Ls) are invited to participate in the facilitated study groups offered for each 1L doctrinal course: Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property and Torts. Professors in nearly every 1L course work with an assigned upper-class Study Group Facilitator by providing hypothetical questions and direction through the professor’s selected material.

These Study Groups provide an opportunity to gain insight into a professor’s expectations, to work collectively with your colleagues to develop and reinforce areas of understanding, as well as to identify gaps in knowledge before the exam. Study groups are held every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Please click here to see the schedule. Contact the Office of Academic Achievement for more information.

The Black Law Student Association and the Office of Academic Achievement  are pleased to announce the launch of Kickstart Your MBE Prep for May 2013 graduates.  Each Saturday,   starting February 2 through March 2, 2013,  from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Rm. 709,  students will have the opportunity to review and practice MBE-styled questions. Please see the attached calendar for details.

The five Georgia law schools – Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School (AJMLS), Georgia State University College of Law, Emory University School of Law, Mercer University School of Law, and University of Georgia School of Law – present Law School 101 in cooperation with the Law School Admission Council’s (LSAC) Discover Law Months for high school and undergraduate college students from underrepresented racially and ethnically diverse groups, who are interested in pursuing a legal career.

The event, which is hosted by AJMLS this year, will be held from 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. on  Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the school’s Blackburn Conference Center. The event is free for attendees and will provide prospective law school students an introduction on preparing for law school.  Prospective students will also have the opportunity to attend a mock class taught by an AJMLS professor, learn the importance of undergraduate performance, as well as tips to make their law school application stand out.

This event is sponsored by the LSAC as part of Discover Law Months. High school students or college freshmen and sophomores interested in participating in this event can RSVP by completing the submission form below. For event-related questions, please contact the AJMLS Office of Admissions at admissions@johnmarshall.edu.

LSAC Discover Law Program

All 1Ls (and part-time 2Ls) are invited to participate in the facilitated study groups offered for each 1L doctrinal course: Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property and Torts. Professors in nearly every 1L course work with an assigned upper-class Study Group Facilitator by providing hypothetical questions and direction through the professor’s selected material.

These Study Groups provide an opportunity to gain insight into a professor’s expectations, to work collectively with your colleagues to develop and reinforce areas of understanding, as well as to identify gaps in knowledge before the exam. Study groups are held every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Please click here to see the schedule. Contact the Office of Academic Achievement for more information.

The Black Law Student Association and the Office of Academic Achievement  are pleased to announce the launch of Kickstart Your MBE Prep for May 2013 graduates.  Each Saturday,   starting February 2 through March 2, 2013,  from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Rm. 709,  students will have the opportunity to review and practice MBE-styled questions. Please see the attached calendar for details.

Dean Richardson Lynn cordially invites Savannah area alumni of Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School to join him at the 2013 Savannah Alumni Luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m., on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Leoci’s Trattoria restaurant.  This is a great opportunity to gather and network with other alumni. There is no fee to attend. To RSVP contact Chad Dillard, Alumni Director, at cdillard@johnmarshall.edu or call (404) 872-3593 ext. 287. We hope to see everyone again!

This presentation, hosted by the Office of Student Services, will focus on the pressures the practice of law places on lawyers to behave unethically or unprofessionally. It will also discuss how to avoid the temptation to compromise personal or professional values for pecuniary gain.  During the event, speakers will examine the extraordinary challenges and opportunities that come with the profession and ways in which professionalism contributes to the satisfaction lawyers find in their calling. The featured speaker will be Patrick Longan, Esq., Professor, Mercer Law School; Advisor, Chief Justice’s Committee on Professionalism.

This program serves as a mandatory event for first-year students. For questions and concerns, please contact Dean Harrison at sharrison@johnmarshall.edu,or Amber Saunders at acsaunders@johnmarshall.edu.

The Office of Academic Achievement will host a 3L MBE three-day workshop for May 2013 graduates from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. from Friday, March 22 to Sunday, March 24, 2013 at the law school. To qualify for the $1,500 Diligence Reward, students are required to attend the equivalent of two days of this workshop (4 sessions). Locations for each day of the workshop are listed below. Please contact the Office of Academic Achievement for additional information.

Location
Friday: Blackburn Conference Center
Saturday: Room 301 of the law school
Sunday: Blackburn Conference Center

All 1Ls (and part-time 2Ls) are invited to participate in the facilitated study groups offered for each 1L doctrinal course: Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property and Torts. Professors in nearly every 1L course work with an assigned upper-class Study Group Facilitator by providing hypothetical questions and direction through the professor’s selected material.

These Study Groups provide an opportunity to gain insight into a professor’s expectations, to work collectively with your colleagues to develop and reinforce areas of understanding, as well as to identify gaps in knowledge before the exam. Study groups are held every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Please click here to see the schedule. Contact the Office of Academic Achievement for more information.

The John Marshall Alumni Board meeting will be held from noon to 2 p.m., on March 28, 2013 at the Blackburn Conference Center.  Our Alumni Board has grown to near capacity, and it is always a pleasure welcoming them to our school.  We look forward to their continued support and dedication to our community.

For more information about the John Marshall Alumni Board, please go here.

Thank you Alumni Board!

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School will host an Alumni Reunion Dinner from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., on March 29, 2013 at the Blackburn Conference Center, located directly across from the law school. The reunion will honor those alumni who graduated in 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, and all alumni graduating prior to 1973. After the reunion, guests are invited to walk across the street to The Center for Puppetry Arts and enjoy the PILS Auction. Be on the lookout for your invitation in the mail in early February.

The Public Interest Law Society (PILS) Silent Auction will take place on March 29, 2013, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., at The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. The facility is wonderful and filled with puppet displays and exhibits. There will even be some puppeteers wandering around that evening and you never know what to expect. If you have any questions or if you would like to make a donation of goods to the silent auction, please contact Chad Dillard at cdillard@johnmarshall.edu or 404-872-3593, ext. 287.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the landmark United Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright, Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School (AJMLS) invites you to attend its Criminal Justice Honors Program Open House, an exclusive event for the AJMLS community. The event will be held at the Blackburn Conference Center on Saturday, March 30th, 2013 from 10AM to 3PM. This is an excellent opportunity for prospective students to learn more about this unique Juris Doctor Program from the program director, professors and current students. Additionally, Program Director and Professor Jonathan Rapping will discuss the upcoming award-winning HBO documentary, Gideon’s Army, featuring his non-profit organization, Gideon’s Promise (formerly the Southern Public Defender Training Center). Gideon’s Army follows three Gideon’s Promise public defenders who are trained and supported by Professors Rapping, Fulcher, Saviello and a national faculty of current and former public defenders.

The Blackburn Conference Center is located at 1405 Spring St. NW Atlanta, GA 30309. Parking will be available in the parking garage attached to the law school. Please RSVP to the Office of Admissions at admissions@johnmarshall.edu or (404) 872-3593 ext. 201.

All 1Ls (and part-time 2Ls) are invited to participate in the facilitated study groups offered for each 1L doctrinal course: Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property and Torts. Professors in nearly every 1L course work with an assigned upper-class Study Group Facilitator by providing hypothetical questions and direction through the professor’s selected material.

These Study Groups provide an opportunity to gain insight into a professor’s expectations, to work collectively with your colleagues to develop and reinforce areas of understanding, as well as to identify gaps in knowledge before the exam. Study groups are held every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Please click here to see the schedule. Contact the Office of Academic Achievement for more information.

All 1Ls (and part-time 2Ls) are invited to participate in the facilitated study groups offered for each 1L doctrinal course: Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property and Torts. Professors in nearly every 1L course work with an assigned upper-class Study Group Facilitator by providing hypothetical questions and direction through the professor’s selected material.

These Study Groups provide an opportunity to gain insight into a professor’s expectations, to work collectively with your colleagues to develop and reinforce areas of understanding, as well as to identify gaps in knowledge before the exam. Study groups are held every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Please click here to see the schedule. Contact the Office of Academic Achievement for more information.

This presentation, hosted by the Office of Student Services, will focus on budgeting, understanding credit, and covering living expenses while studying for the bar exam. The event will also discuss managing student loan debt, handling student loan repayment issues, avoiding default and delinquency, tuition assistance, loan repayment programs, and understanding your student loan repayment terms. The featured speaker will be Mr. David Haygood, Senior Account Executive, Sallie Mae.

This program serves as a mandatory event for first-year students. For questions and concerns, please contact Dean Harrison at sharrison@johnmarshall.edu, or Amber Saunders at acsaunders@johnmarshall.edu.

Please join Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School for our 2013 Accepted Student Open House. This is an excellent opportunity for new students to learn more about the school; meet professors, students, alumni and key staff; and experience firsthand why AJMLS is the community you’ve been looking for! The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on April 13, 2013, at the Blackburn Conference Center located across the street from the law school. While this event is specifically for accepted students, prospective students are welcome as well.

For additional information, please contact the Office of Admissions at (404) 872-3593 ext. 261 or email admissions@johnmarshall.edu.

Hosted by the Office of Academic Achievement (OAA), the event Presentation on Strategies and Tactics for Practicing in Georgia will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., April 23, 2013 at the law school’s Blackburn Conference Center for May 2013 graduates. Director of Bar Admissions, Sally Lockwood and Georgia Bar Examiner, Anita Wallace-Thomas provide strategies and Q & A regarding the Georgia Bar Exam. Practice requirements and resources of the State Bar of Georgia. For more information, contact the OAA located on the 8th floor of the law school.

A case that the U.S. Supreme Court handed down on April 17, 2013 has decided if — and how and under what circumstances — multinational corporations can be held accountable in U.S. federal courts for alleged human rights abuses.  This landmark decision, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 569 U.S. __ (2013), will be examined  in an April 26, 2013 lecture at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.

In his lecture, The Alien Tort Statute and the U.S. Supreme Court: What’s the ATS and Why Should We Care What the Supreme Court Has Done With It In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum?, Professor Jeffery Van Detta, Associate Dean for Scholarship at AJMLS, will discuss Kiobel and its implications both for multinational corporate enterprises (MNEs), as well as for human rights advocates and individuals who have been harmed by human rights violations that are proscribed by international law.

“Although backlash from the business community and several foreign governments unleashed heated criticism of the ATS, corporations have paid out millions of dollars to settle human-rights lawsuits over the last decade, and more ATS lawsuits have continued to be filed,” Professor Van Detta said.   “Kiobel, however, has created an entirely new legal landscape. Yet the topography of this new landscape, while clearer than before, still leaves important issues about ATS litigation unresolved.”
Professor Van Detta brings to the lecture both his experience in teaching International Civil Litigation and International Business Transactions at AJMLS, as well as a perspective informed by his scholarship in those areas.

The free lecture will be held from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on April 26, 2013, at the Blackburn Conference Center, 1405 Spring St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30309.

Professor Jeffrey A. Van Detta, Associate Dean for Scholarship, who teaches and writes in the area of International Civil Litigation, will address these and other questions about the ATS and the Kiobel case.  Please join us for the conversation. As always, the AJMLS Lecture Series is open to the public. To RSVP, please fill out the form below. For additional information, contact Rebecca Stafford at rstafford@johnmarshall.edu or call (404) 872-3593.

AJMLS will partner with Princeton Review to provide prospective law students the opportunity to take a free LSAT practice test just weeks before the June exam. A Princeton Review representative will also be available to discuss tips on getting a better score on the LSAT. The practice test will be administered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 18, 2013, in the Blackburn Conference Center across the street from the law school. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information, email the Office of Admissions at admissions@johnmarshall.edu or call 404-872-3593, ext. 261. To register for the practice LSAT, click here.

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School is pleased to announce that the 2013 Commencement Exercises will begin at 1:30 p.m., on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center.  This year’s graduating class will be one of the largest in the law school’s history with 249 Juris Doctor candidates and nine LL.M. candidates. The Commencement Speaker is the Honorable Doug Collins, a May 2008 AJMLS graduate and the U.S. Representative for the 9th District of Georgia. Additionally, Mr. Collins and Mr. Tavis Knighten, a December 2005 graduate, will be honored as Distinguished Alum at this year’s ceremony.

Please join Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School for our 2013 Accepted Student Summer Reception.   This is an excellent opportunity for new students to learn more about the school; meet professors, students, and key staff; and experience firsthand why AJMLS is the community you’ve been looking for! The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., on July 11, 2013, at the Blackburn Conference Center located across the street from the law school.

For additional information, please contact the Office of Admissions at (404) 872-3593 ext. 261 or email admissions@johnmarshall.edu. We look forward to seeing you there!

Students interested in attending Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School (AJMLS) are invited to learn more about the school; meet professors, students, alumni, key staff; and attend a mock class at our Open House event held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on July 20, 2013. The event will be at the law school’s Blackburn Conference Center located at 1405 Spring Street, Atlanta, GA 30309. Food will be provided. To RSVP to this event, please fill out the form below or contact the Office of Admissions by phone at 404-872-3593.