From: CLS Student Affairs Digest
Date: January 31, 2022
Subject: The Gavel: Your Weekly Student Affairs Newsletter (1L Edition)


Student affairs news, events & deadlines January 31, 2022
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Deadlines

 
Digital Forms are open on LawNet until Tues. 2/1 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Please review the Handbook -- Chapter 2: Spring 2022 Add/Drop on our Resources page.
 
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise Summer Fellowships - Applications accepted beginning March 1.
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Student Services


- Academic Success - Lessons Learned from the Fall - Weds. 2/2, 12:10 - 1:10 p.m. (Zoom) Now that you've received your first semester grades, you might be asking yourself a lot of questions. "What should I - or should I not - take away from last semester? Should I approach this semester differently? How important are first semester grades? What if I did well? What if I'm not happy with how I did?" You're not alone in these questions! Come hear Prof. Michael Heller provide his insight into how best to think about these questions and more.

Contact Student Services
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Judicial Clerkships


- Interested in a summer judicial internship? Review OJC tips for obtaining a summer judicial internship here.

- Last week, OJC hosted Judge Jenny Rivera, '93 LL.M. of the New York Court of Appeals for a lecture about Latinos in the Law. Judge Rivera has spent her entire career in public service, including having clerked for then-Judge Sotomayor of the Southern District of New York. Click here to watch a recording of the event.

Visit Office of Judicial Clerkships
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Social Justice Initiatives


- Recently updated: Spreadsheet of Financial Resources for Students 

- Wednesday: Have questions about the PILC Fair? Join our PILC Fair Drop-In 

- Get help choosing public interest classes and activities with our new Public Interest/Public Service Curricular Guidelines 

- Full SJI Newsletter
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Career Services


- Virtual Law Firm Events: The following programs will be held in the coming weeks (additional details and RSVP information for these and other programs are listed under Events on Symplicity):
  • 1/31 - Ropes & Gray - RSVP
  • 2/1 - Fried Frank - RSVP
  • 2/3 - Fenwick - RSVP
  • 2/8 - Kirkland - RSVP
  • 2/10 - Reed Smith LA - RSVP
  • 2/15 - Foley Hoag - RSVP
- Spring OCI: The Virtual Spring On-Campus Interview Program has started and the 'Add' period is open for employers with open slots on their schedules. Please check Symplicity for employers, dates and instructions.

- Interview Resources: If you are interviewing with private sector employers for your 1L summer, please review available resources including "Presenting Yourself in an Interview", which are available on Symplicity in the Document Library under Researching Employers. Also, "The Candidate's Guide to Prepping for a Virtual Interview" is a great resource about virtual interviewing prepared by Flo Recruit.

Contact the Office of Career Services

Events
 

Weds. 2/2,
12:10 p.m.



 		 Careers in Law Teaching Workshop - Going into Law Teaching: What I Wish I Had Known When I Was in Law School (Zoom) The first CILT workshop of the spring features faculty panelists Amber Baylor, Jamal Greene, and Kathryn Judge. Open to all CLS students and alums interested in law teaching as a potential career. Zoom link (Meeting ID: 947 4196 4467; Passcode: 939361)
 
Mon. 2/7,
6:00 p.m.


 		 Building Your "Leadership User Manual": A workshop facilitated by Adam Bryant, managing director at The ExCo Group and senior advisor to the Reuben Mark Initiative at Columbia Business School. Gain greater self-awareness, a productive framework for sharing your particular work style and preferences with colleagues, and practical tools for building more cohesive teams. Register
   

Student Resources

Counseling and Psychological Services

Open to any student, anywhere - click above for more. And CPS's Problem-Solving Drop-ins are an opportunity to talk with a mental health professional about a specific situation that is causing emotional stress.

Schedule a COVID Test

Voluntary testing will remain available for asymptomatic vaccinated faculty, staff, and students up to once weekly.

 

Medical Appointments

Click above or call 212-854-7426 for appointments. Contact Alice! Health Promotion at 212-854-5453 or alice@columbia.edu
 

CU Food Pantry

Open Tuesdays & Fridays
3:00pm - 6:00pm
5th Floor Lerner Hall, 
2920 Broadway (Between 114th & 115th Streetsets)

Financial Wellness Resources

Students experiencing unexpected financial need, including food and housing insecurity, may be eligible for additional assistance. To apply for emergency assistance, complete the funding request form. 

Evening Shuttle

The on-demand, point-to-point Public Safety Evening Shuttle by Via has replaced the escort service at the Morningside campus. Additionally, the Intercampus Shuttle runs Monday to Saturday, excluding University holidays.

CU's Public Safety App - Lionsafe

This app not only connects users with quick access to Public Safety emergency services, it helps keep you updated with crime alerts, emergency protocols and critical campus safety protocols. Download it today!

Safety Awareness Opportunities

Public Safety periodically hosts Security Awareness Days at each campus for students, faculty, and staff.
 
Back-up Child Care

Full-time enrolled Law School students can receive up to 60 hours of back-up care per academic year through Bright Horizons.

Child Care & Schooling Services

Care for adults, children, or yourself in situations when normal care arrangements are interrupted or when short-term care is required.

Lawyers Assistance Program

A free, confidential service available to law students and their family members in NYC who are struggling with alcohol or drug abuse, depression, anxiety and stress, as well as other addictions and mental health issues. LAP’s confidential hotline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 212.302.5787.

 

Emergency Resources

Emergency Text Messaging
Click above to sign up for emergency text updates to receive real-time notifications of emergency events on or near campus.

Emergency Phone #s
Columbia’s Public Safety is available at any time of day, every day. Please store these critical numbers in your phone:

Morningside Campus Emergency Line: 212-854-5555
Manhattanville Campus Emergency Line: 212-853-3333
Medical Center Campus Emergency Line: 212-305-7979

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