NEBLSA Job Fair Packet

Lorem Ipsum School

2011

CHAPTER LEADERSHIP RETREAT & JOB FAIR

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SHERATON LINCOLN HARBOR HOTEL WEEHAWKEN, NJ THURSDAY, AUGUST 18TH & FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH THE NEBLSA 2011-2012 THEME: U N I T E D W E C L I M B Page 1

GREETINGS FROM THE NEBLSA BOARD Lorem Ipsum School

THE NEBLSA BOARD WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR 2011 JOB FAIR! WE HAVE WONDERFUL PROGRAMMING PLANNED FOR YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ATTENDANCE. ESTABLISHED IN 1968, THE NATIONAL BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION IS THE LARGEST STUDENT-RUN ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH OVER 200 CHAPTERS AT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND NEARLY 6,000 ACTIVE MEMBERS. NBLSA SEEKS TO PROMOTE AND ARTICULATE THE PROFESSIONAL NEEDS AND

GOALS OF BLACK LAW STUDENTS. THE NORTHEAST REGION OF NBLSA IS COMPRISED OF 33 CHAPTERS ACROSS EIGHT STATES AND HAS OVER 1,200 ACTIVE MEMBERS.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, August 18: Leadership Retreat

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

CHAPTER LEADERSHIP SESSION TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE: RSVP (Please bring your laptop computers)

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

KAPLAN PMBR OVERVIEW

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

INTERVIEW WORKSHOP

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

ALUMNI & MEMBER RECEPTION TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE: RSVP

Friday, August 19: Job Fair 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

REGISTRATION

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

EMPLOYER INTERVIEWS

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

LUNCHEON

GUEST SPEAKERS:

MENTORING: MICHELE WILLIERS VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAM SERVICES BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ESSEX, HUDSON, & UNION COUNTIES

PROFESSIONALISM: PAULA EDGAR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICES SETON HALL LAW SCHOOL, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PRACTICING ATTORNEYS FOR LAW STUDENTS PROGRAM (PALS)

1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

EMPLOYER INTERVIEWS

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

DESSERT RECEPTION

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GREETINGS FROM THE HOTEL INFORMATION NEBLSA BOARD Lorem Ipsum School

SHERATON LINCOLN HARBOR (EVENT HOTEL) 500 HARBOR BOULEVARD - WEEHAWKEN, NJ 07086 TEL: 1-201-617-5600 FAX: 1-201-617-7223

HILTON GARDEN INN SECAUCUS/MEADOWLANDS 875 ROUTE 3 EAST SERVICE ROAD - SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY 07094 TEL: 1-201-864-1400 FAX: 1-201-864-9845

HILTON HASBROUCK HEIGHTS/MEADOWLANDS 650 TERRACE AVENUE, HASBROUCK HEIGHTS - NEW JERSEY 07604 TEL: 1-201-288-6100 FAX: 1-201-288-4717

COURTYARD SECAUCUS MEADOWLANDS 455 HARMON MEADOW BOULEVARD - SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY 07094 TEL: 1-201-617-8888 FAX: 1-201-319-0035

Participants will receive complimentary parking and wireless internet (hotel Lobby only) at the Sheraton. contact neblsa.jobfair@gmail.com for additional information.

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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS Lorem Ipsum School

Alston & Bird LLP (New York, NY)

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP (Morristown, NJ)

American Bar Association Law Student Division

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (New York, NY)

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (New York, NY)

Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (New York, NY)

Arnold & Porter LLP (New York, NY)

Nassau County District Attorney’s Office (Mineola, NY)

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP (New York, NY)

National Bar Association

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson,

New Hampshire Public Defender (Concord, NH)

New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Law

and Union Counties

Bingham McCutchen LLP (New York, NY)

Black Women in Entertainment Law (BWEL)

New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation

Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC (Syracuse, NY)

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. (Florham Park, NJ)

New York County District Attorney's Office (New York, NY)

Bronx County District Attorney's Office (Bronx, NY)

New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth

Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft, LLP (New York, NY)

Carmody & Torrance LLP (Waterbury, CT)

Office of the Appellate Defender (New York, NY)

Carter, Ledyard & Milburn LLP (New York, NY)

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (New York, NY)

Chadbourne & Parke LLP (New York, NY)

Phillips Lytle LLP (Buffalo, NY)

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (New York, NY)

Practicing Attorneys for Law Students (PALS)

Cozen & O’Connor LLP (Philadelphia, PA)

Proskauer Rose LLP (New York, NY)

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (New York, NY)

Reminger & Reminger LPA (Cleveland, OH)

Cullen & Dykman LLP (New York, NY)

Richmond County District Attorney’s Office (Staten Island, NY)

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (New York, NY)

Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP (New York, NY)

Day Pitney LLP (Hartford, CT and Parsippany, NJ)

Sedgwick LLP (San Francisco, CA)

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (New York, NY)

Shearman & Sterling LLP (New York, NY)

Dechert LLP (Philadelphia, PA and Washington, D.C.)

Shipman & Goodwin LLP (Hartford, CT)

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (New York, NY)

Sidley Austin LLP (New York, NY)

Dickstein Shapiro LLP (New York, NY)

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP (New York, NY)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (New York, NY)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP (New York, NY)

Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP (New York, NY)

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (New York, NY )

Herrick, Feinstein LLP (New York, NY)

The Bronx Defenders (Bronx, NY)

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (New York, NY)

U.S. Air Force JAG Corps

Kaplan PMBR

U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit (New York, NY)

Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP (New York, NY)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Philadelphia, PA)

Kaye Scholer LLP (New York City, NY)

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (New York, NY)

King & Spalding LLP (New York, NY)

U.S. Navy JAG Corps

Kings County District Attorney (Brooklyn, NY)

White & Case LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP (New York, NY )

Wiggin and Dana LLP (New Haven, CT)

Linklaters LLP (New York, NY)

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (New York, NY)

Marine Corps Officer Programs (New York, NY)

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (New York, NY) Page 5

(Newark, NJ and Trenton, NJ) Counsel (New York, NY )

Department (Rochester, NY)

(Chicago, IL and New York, NY)

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DIRECTIONS GENERAL DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM LINCOLN TUNNEL/NYC OUT OF THE TUNNEL TAKE THE FIRST RIGHT (WEEHAWKEN/HOBOKEN). AT THE SECOND TRAFFIC LIGHT, 19TH STREET, MAKE A LEFT. PROCEED STRAIGHT INTO THE LINCOLN HARBOR COMPLEX. BEAR RIGHT OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS; THE HOTEL IS 100 YARDS ON YOUR RIGHT. FROM JFK AIRPORT TAKE THE VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY (678) NORTH TO THE GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY WEST. FROM THE GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY, TAKE THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY WEST. EXIT AT THE QUEENS MIDTOWN TUNNEL. AFTER EXITING THE MIDTOWN TUNNEL FOLLOW SIGNS TO THE LINCOLN TUNNEL TRAVELING WEST ON 34TH STREET. OUT OF THE TUNNEL TAKE THE FIRST RIGHT (WEEHAWKEN/HOBOKEN). AT THE SECOND TRAFFIC LIGHT, 19TH STREET, MAKE A LEFT. PROCEED STRAIGHT INTO THE LINCOLN HARBOR COMPLEX. BEAR RIGHT OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS; THE HOTEL IS 100 YARDS ON YOUR RIGHT. FROM LAGUARDIA AIRPORT TAKE THE GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY EAST TO THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY WEST. EXIT AT THE QUEENS MIDTOWN TUNNEL. AFTER EXITING THE MIDTOWN TUNNEL FOLLOW SIGNS TO THE LINCOLN TUNNEL TRAVELLING WEST ON 34TH STREET. OUT OF THE TUNNEL TAKE THE FIRST RIGHT (WEEHAWKEN/ HOBOKEN). AT THE SECOND TRAFFIC LIGHT, 19TH STREET, MAKE A LEFT. PROCEED STRAIGHT INTO THE LINCOLN HARBOR COMPLEX. BEAR RIGHT OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS; THE HOTEL IS 100 YARDS ON YOUR RIGHT. FROM NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SOUTH) FOLLOW SIGNS FOR NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE NORTH. TAKE NJ TURNPIKE NORTH (EASTERN SPUR) TO EXIT 16E. FOLLOW SIGNS TO THE LINCOLN TUNNEL 495 EAST. TAKE THE LAST EXIT IN NEW JERSEY (WEEHAWKEN/HOBOKEN). PROCEED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, BEARING RIGHT. TURN LEFT AT THE FOURTH TRAFFIC LIGHT (DYKES LUMBER) AND THE HOTEL WILL BE ON THE RIGHT. FROM NORTH (RT 80, 95 & GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE) TAKE THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE (LINCOLN TUNNEL/EASTERN SPUR) SOUTH TO EXIT 17. FOLLOW SIGNS TO THE LINCOLN TUNNEL (495 EAST). TAKE THE LAST EXIT IN NEW JERSEY (WEEHAWKEN/HOBOKEN).

PROCEED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, BEARING RIGHT. TURN A LEFT AT THE FOURTH TRAFFIC LIGHT (DYKES LUMBER). THE HOTEL WILL BE ON THE RIGHT.

DIRECTIONS FROM MANHATTAN, NY - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OUR JOB FAIR SITE IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM MANHATTAN VIA THE NEW YORK WATERWAY FERRY. THERE ARE TWO LOCATIONS FROM WHICH THE FERRY DEPARTS. THE PREFERRED FERRY DEPARTS FROM PIER 79, AT THE 39TH STREET/MIDTOWN TERMINAL. THE FERRY ARRIVES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE SHERATON AT LINCOLN HARBOR. THE SECOND LOCATION IS PIER 11, LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN ON SOUTH STREET BETWEEN WALL STREET AND GOUVENEUR LANE. PIER 11 IS ACCESSIBLE VIA MTA SUBWAYS #2 AND #3 AT THE WALL STREET STOP. THE FERRY ARRIVES IN JERSEY CITY, NJ. PATH TRAINS ARE AVAILABLE TO TRANSPORT YOU BETWEEN JERSEY CITY, NJ AND THE HOBOKEN, NJ STOP. FOR ADDITIONAL FERRY INFORMATION AND/OR TO VIEW SCHEDULES AND FARES, PLEASE VISIT WWW.NYWATERWAY.COM. FOR ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION, YOU MAY VISIT THE SHERATON LINCOLN HARBOR HOTEL’S WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.STARWOODHOTELS.COM/SHERATON/PROPERTY/AREA/ TRANSPORTATION.HTML?PROPERTYID=1177 Page 6

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