What Is the Indiana State Legislature Considering Doing to Our Environment?

Next week Wednesday, an excellent opportunity to hear about pending environmental legislation (and grab some engagement points, if that's what it takes to motivate you).

Kim Ferraro, Senior Staff Attorney and Director of Agricultural Policy with the Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC), will share the latest information and answer your questions about proposed environmental bills and priorities in this important budget-making session of the Indiana General Assembly and how you can get involved. 

 

Wed., Feb. 8th

5:15 pm - Informal hello's and appetizers

5:30-6:30 - Update & Your Questions 

West Lafayette Public Library

208 West Columbia St., West Lafayette, IN

The League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette has coordinated with HEC to host this opportunity in our community.  HEC is a leading environmental education and advocacy organization.  HEC and the League of Women Voters of Indiana are two of the more than 25 organizations that make up the Indiana Conservation Alliance, which share a strong commitment to protecting and improving the state's natural resources. 

About Kim Ferraro: 

Kim is HEC’s Agriculture Policy Director and Senior Staff Attorney.  Kim comes to HEC from the Legal Environmental Aid Foundation (LEAF), the state’s only not-for-profit legal aid services organization focused on the environment.   Kim served as the Executive Director of LEAF from its founding until its merger with HEC in Dec. 2011.   As LEAF’s ED and continuing with HEC, Kim has achieved several legal victories that have helped communities impacted by industrial pollution, factory farm waste, reckless residential development, and coal ash contamination.  Kim’s honors include “Up and Coming Lawyer” by Indiana Lawyer, “Legal Advocate of the Year” by HEC, and Dean W. Kohlhoff Memorial Award for Excellence in Environmental Law.  Kim has a law degree from Valparaiso University School of Law, and a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University.

Free Program at the Federal Court in Indianapolis

The federal court in Indianapolis will be offering a free CLE (continuing legal education) program in February in honor of Black History Month. CLE is required for attorneys, suggested for paralegals and--in this case, at least--open to anyone. Plus (again, in this case) it sounds really interesting! (Also, it's a great excuse to drop in at the federal courthouse.)

Here are the specifics:

Ind. Courts - "Free CLE- Annual Black History Month Event at the U.S. District Court"

From the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana:

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, along with the Bankruptcy Court, U.S. Attorney's Office, Probation Office, Marshals Service, and Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., has announced that its annual Black History Month event is set for Friday, February 24, 2017. This year's speaker is Ms. A'Lelia Bundles, Madam C.J. Walker's great-great granddaughter and biographer. Madam Walker, born 150 years ago this December, is an Indianapolis legend, renowned for her entrepreneurial skills (she was one of the first female self-made millionaires) and philanthropy. Ms. Bundles will discuss Madam Walker and her attorney, Freeman B. Ransom, in a presentation titled, "An Amazing Partnership of Business and Law: Madam C. J. Walker and Attorney F. B. Ransom." The event will take place at the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse (46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis) on February 24 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm, in the William E. Steckler Ceremonial Courtroom (courtroom 202). One hour of CLE credit is pending approval. Musical entertainment will be provided by the North Central High School Northernaires gospel choir, and refreshments will be provided following the program. Registration is not required.

Law School Panel at Purdue

Thinking about law school? If so, it's never too early to find out what law schools are looking for and to get some good advice for how to prepare. The Purdue Pre-Law Society is sponsoring a Law School Panel, featuring admissions representatives from IU Maurer, IU McKinney, Notre Dame, and Valparaiso law schools. The panel will take place on Wednesday, February 1 (1 week from today), at 6:00 p.m. in Rawls Hall, room 1057.

A Word from the Career Development Office

Those of you who have taken my classes know how proud I am of our program's placement rate. But I also know that there's always that little bit of panic--What if I'm the one student who can't get a job? Also, there are many of you who have not taken my classes (which means you are taking online classes, as I am difficult to avoid in person), and you may want a little more guidance as to career options. Hire Ivy Days are for you. Yes, it does mean you need to drop by campus in the flesh. But there is popcorn....

FREE POPCORN DURING HIRE IVY DAYS!

Hire Ivy Days will take place on January 24 & 25 in the Grand Hall 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Stop by the table in the Grand Hall for some freshly popped popcorn and information about what Career Development can do for you!

A Shameless Plug

This is not related to classes, and it is not valid for engagement points, but I will be in a show at the Civic Theatre of Lafayette on Tuesday, January 24, at 7:30. The show is W;t, and it is excellent (if I do say so myself).

Here's the info from the Civic Theatre website:

W;t

by Margaret Edson

Tickets

All ages pay what you can.

All seats for this production are general admission.

January 24, 2017

A Civic

• Staged Readings

Production

at Monon Depot Theatre

Directed by Mona Bapat

During the course of her illness – and her stint as a prize patient in an experimental chemotherapy program at a major teaching hospital – a renowned professor of English comes to reassess her life and her work with profundity and humor.

Performance Dates and Times

Tuesday	January 24, 2017	7:30 pm

MLK Day Opportunities

What's better than starting a new semester? Starting a new semester with 10 points already in the bag.

That's right--for those of you in one of my classes, you can earn engagement points on MLK Day (January 16) even though the semester doesn't start until January 17. Volunteer for a minimum of one hour someplace in honor of MLK Day, or attend a speaker slated in honor of MLK Day anywhere, and walk in January 17 with 10 engagement points ready to go. Bring a photo of yourself at the event for 10 points (or you and one or more of your colleagues for 15) to class and claim your points.

How do you know if you're in one of my classes? This semester, I'll be teaching Legal Writing 2 (PARA 224), Property Law (PARA 108), and the Capstone class (PARA 279).

If you've never had one of my classes before, trust me--you'll appreciate this opportunity.

See you on the 17th! (Or the 23, if you're in Capstone.)

Happy Holidays to Our International Visitors

Here are the stats from the past week. It's been quiet, which was to be expected. France is still hanging in there, but no one has contacted my son (still in Blois!) yet.

Entry	Pageviews
United States	9
France	4
Ukraine	1