ILSA Chapter Happenings
the following speakers: Dr. Albert Mumma, Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi Faculty of Law, Kenya – Distinguished Lecturer; Carlton Waterhouse, As- sociate Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law – Opening Keynote; Climbing Poetree, En- vironmental and Social Justice-Based Performers – Luncheon Keynote Presentation; Esperanza Gar- cia, Climate Change Negotiation Delegate, Youth Climate Movement Organizer, Philippines – Friday Closing Keynote. Attendees were impressed with the symposium’s ability to passionately address domestic and international dimensions of environ- mental justice, including human and environmental impacts of the Gulf oil spill.
Finally in December, the FAMU ILSA chapterorga- nized a food drive in which donations were com- bined with the Black Law Students Association to be shipped to Haiti.
In keeping with the school’s mission of diversity, the FAMU ILSA chapter brings awareness to issues affecting the domestic and international community through various community service based activities to take place throughout the school year. Our high- est priority is to serve its members, community and colleagues at FAMU College of Law, and the local and global community for many years to come.
TOURO ILSA CHAPTER
Touro Law Center Central Islip, New York USA Joyce Serebour, ILSA Public Chair
The main goal of Touro Law Center ILSA Chapter is to provide students at Touro Law Center with knowl- edge and skills to advance the study of International Law through various programs and activities. We are proud to say that last year our chapter was able to fulfill our goal and provide Touro students with various programs that enlighten and broaden their understanding and knowledge in the International Law field. The various programs hosted by the chap- ter last year ranged from a Seminar on how to ob-
tain an internship in a big law firm to programs held to raise awareness on current international issues. These programs generated a great turnout in the school and proved to be a successful program that will be held again in the near future. The “Big Firm” event focused on the skills and steps needed by student in order to obtain an internship or job at a large law firm. In planning for this event the Touro ILSA chapter reached out to Third-year students either currently working or who had previously worked in a big firm to share their experience and knowledge.
Additionally, we collaborated with other organiza- tion in the Touro community to help generate mem- bers as well as raise awareness on international law. Touro ILSA collaborated with the South Asian Law Student Association to bring attention to the ongoing war in Afghanistan and the need to bring the troops home. The program consisted of the showing of the movie “Rethink Afghanistan” and an open forum discussion following the movie.
Touro ILSA also provides its member with weekly updates on programs and events relating to Interna- tional Law that are being held at various bar associa- tion. Furthermore, students are also provided with information on scholarship, competition and work opportunities to better help them advance. Addi- tionally, the chapter is also involved in the prepara- tion and training of the candidates for the Jessup competition.
The chapter’s goal for this current semester is to gain as great as success as we did last year through our programs and activities. We plan to host another seminar on how to obtain a job in the international law field, and we are currently in the process of get- ting experienced attorneys in the field to attend the program as panelist. We hope to generate a large turnout from this program since most students will be graduating this semester. Also, this semester we will be hosting cultural potluck, which will allow students to learn about the various cultures in the Touro community, as well as bring together the vari- ous student organizations.
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