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Brooklyn Law Students for the Public Interest is a student-run, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization at Brooklyn Law School that encourages and enables student participation in public interest legal work. Our mission is to help meet the legal needs of underrepresented communities and individuals.Join the BLSPI mailing list
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Congratulations to our 2012 BLSPI Fellows!
BLSPI is excited to announce our recently selected Fellowship class for 2012! After an incredibly competitive selection process, we are pleased to welcome these 20 students into our Fellowship program. Comprised of first and second-year students, as well as one … Continue reading
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More Announcements
Hello BLSPI members, Below are a few announcements for the upcoming week related to BLSPI initiatives: The Community Development Committee is holding a planning meeting for this year’s Race and the Law conference on Tuesday, January 31 at 1pm in … Continue reading
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General Meeting Recap
Hey BLSPI, The minutes from our meeting last week were sent to everyone on the listserv. It has a nice breakdown of everything we talked about. But, we want to highlight a few important points, just in case you missed … Continue reading
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2012 Fellowship Application
The BLSPI fellowship program is a great way to become more involved in the BLS Public Interest community. The fellowship was created to allow students to do work in the public interest and still earn a living wage during their … Continue reading
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Dinner with Steve Wise, Cosponsored by SALDF
Along with the BLS Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, BLSPI is proud to cosponsor a lecture on animal rights jurisprudence with the legendary Steven M. Wise. A vegetarian dinner and wine will be served. Practicing animal law for the last … Continue reading
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Halloween Candy Drive
Want to bring Halloween to kids who can’t go trick-or-treating this year? From Oct 17th-28th, you can donate bags of individually-wrapped candy (or cash money) to the BLSPI table in the cafeteria or at the drop-box in the student lounge! … Continue reading
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Community Service Day
Hi BLSPI folks! We’re very excited to get underway with several service day opportunities, but want to get a clearer sense of what people are interested in, and when you all think would be the best time to spend a … Continue reading
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Meeting Minutes and Election Results
Hi BLSPI Folks, We have posted the topics and discussions from our first general meeting: BLSPI minutes – 08.30.11. Below are the upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. Student Activities Fair: Tomorrow from 1pm-6pm in the BLS quad/courtyard; we could use … Continue reading
BLSPI Mentorship Program
It’s a new school year, and hopefully folks have had a really rewarding summer. To the 2L’s, congrats you made it! To the 3L/4P’s, we’re just in the home stretch! Many of us survived our 1L year because of the … Continue reading
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