Judicial Clerkship
The 2011 program will be held on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2011, at Georgetown University Law Center.
The JCIC is an annual program sponsored in part by the Institute for Intellectual Property & Social Justice that brings judges and judicial clerks from around the Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland area to a Washington area law school to meet with law students to provide information about judicial internships and clerkships.
Flyer pdf
When: Oct. 20, 2011
Where: Georgetown University Law Center
What:
- Learn about judicial clerkships and internships from judges and law clerks
- Meet judges from federal and state trial, administrative, and appellate courts
- Hear Judges and law clerks describe the work of their courts and their own experiences
- Understand the application process and the selection criteria for clerkships and internships
Complimentary breakfast and lunch provided.
Registration
register at https://bitly.com/jcic2011rsvp
Sponsoring Organizations
- American University Washington College of Law
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Maryland
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia, Inc.
- APABA Educational Fund
- George Washington University Law School
- Georgetown University Law Center
- Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- Howard University School of Law
- Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice, Inc.
- South Asian Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- Vietnamese American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area, Inc.
Internships
IIPSJ at HUSL Internship & Clerkship Programs
IIPSJ, Inc.'s Program at HUSL includes helping place students in internships and clerkships, especially in IP-related settings.
Information is available at
Student Honors
IIPSJ Student Honors
Awards earned by students in 2005
Tameka Simmons '05
Ms. Simmons won the 2005 Jan Jancin Award for demonstrating excellence in intellectual property law. Ms. Simmons stands out through her remarkable service, while still a law student, in furthering IP pedagogy at the law school and in CLEs, through her dedication and service to IIPSJ and related HUSL programs, and to the IP Bar. The Jan Jancin Award is a national IP award open to all law schools (a number of whom have large IP and technology transfer programs) and to all of their students. This award is sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation (AIPLEF), and the Intellectual Property Section of the American Bar Association.
Letoria House '06
At the 2005 annual Giles S. Rich Inn of Court Dinner (at which Sen. Patrick Leahy was the keynote speaker), Letoria House received the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court Scholarship. This award is bestowed upon a recently admitted lawyer or a law student who has contributed significantly to the Inn as measured by "the degree and quality of participation" and by the person's "contribution to fulfilling the Inn's Mission." Part of the Inn's mission to further the principles of civility, professionalism, and competence in the practice of law. The GSR Scholarship is open to junior Inn members practicing throughout the DC/Maryland/Virginia region and to the student members of the GSR Inn from the five participating law schools (HUSL, Georgetown, Catholic, American, and George Mason).
Stephanie Harris '07
On the eve of her matriculation to HUSL, Ms. Harris became HUSL's first recipient of a Sidney B. Williams, Jr. Intellectual Property Law Scholarship sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation. This scholarship is open to minority students throughout the nation. It is awarded to minority students with demonstrated accomplishment and potential in the field of IP practice. Ms. Harris's scholarship was renewed in 2005 on the basis of her continuing accomplishments as a HUSL student.
On a related note, Sid Williams, for whom the scholarship is named, is a great friend of HUSL, having served as IIPSJ's inaugural keynote honoree when IIPSJ was launched in 2002.
GSR Inn of Court
The Giles S. Rich Inn of Court for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
The Giles S. Rich Inn of Court is a professional organization dedicated to advancing the principals of civility and service in the legal profession. One of the Inn's major priorities is providing mentorship and support to newly admitted attorneys and law students interested in IP practice. Each year the Inn invites the participating law schools to select up to four students to participate as Pupil members in all of the Inn's programs and activities.
SInce IIPSJ's founding in 2002, it has developed a strong working relationship with the Giles S. Rich Inn of Court t for the Federal Circuit. IIPSJ Director Lateef Mtima is the current (2009-10) President of the Inn. He has been a member of it since 2003 and has held several other leadership positions in it. (President, ‘09-‘10; Vice-President, ‘08-‘09; Program Chair, ‘05-‘06; Mentoring and Scholarship Chair, ‘04-‘05).
Each year IIPSJ at HUSL's relationship with the GSR Inn provides four HUSL IP students with an especially valuable opportunity of being student members of the Inn of Court even before they become members of the bar. This provides an unparalleled opportunity for students to meet with and learn from practicing lawyers.