August
Sunday, August 20, Duke Law Sculpture Garden | GPS Coffee & Donuts Social
This social will be moved to Star Commons in the event of bad weather.
For questions, contact maggie.ash@duke.edu.
Friday, August 25 at 12:30pm, Room 4047 | Careers in Public Interest Panel
Join GPS for lunch and to learn about potential public interest career paths. Hear from Chelsea DeMoss Fuller (L’18), Senior Staff Attorney at JusticeMatters, Scheree Gilchrist (LLM ‘04), Chief Innovation Officer of Legal Aid of North Carolina, and Amy Powell, Senior Trial Attorney at the Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch. A short panel will be followed by audience questions and time for networking.
RSVP here: https://forms.gle/QSn9KK9FJcPEXD317
For questions, contact maggie.ash@duke.edu.
Thursday, August 31 at 12:30pm, Room 3043 | Racial Justice Lawyering Panel
Join BLSA and GPS for lunch and to learn how you can advocate for racial justice as an attorney. Hear from Emily Coward, Director of the Inclusive Juries Project, Elana Fogel, Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic, Jenny Kim, clinical fellow with the Immigrant Rights Clinic, and Cassandra Stokes, Democracy & Economy Coordinator of the NC Black Alliance. A short panel will be followed by audience questions and time for networking. Co-hosted by BLSA and DBA.
For lunch, please RSVP: https://forms.gle/uTCkK8LfDfwpkHye7
Please contact Maggie.Ash@duke.edu with any questions.
September
Saturday, September 23, Camp New Hope | Public Interest Retreat
Join us for a casual day of community, fun, reflection, and learning. The fall retreat is a great way to meet more public interest students, network with practicing attorneys, and build community. Read more on the PIPB website.
RSVP here: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9EskxyBD7z3vFv8.
For questions, contact allyson.barkley@duke.edu.
October
Monday, October 23 at 7pm, Bull McCabe’s | Public Interest Student Social
Join your GPI classmates for a fun post-fall break social! We will be at Bull McCabe’s from 7pm-9pm.
For questions, contact allyson.barkley@duke.edu.
November
Friday, November 3 at 12:30pm, Room 4047 | General Body Meeting
Join the Government and Public Service Society for our Fall General Body Meeting! We will discuss what the GPS Board has been up to, our future plans, and GPI resources. We will also reveal second-round career mentorship matches and leave time for mentors and mentees to meet up. All students interested in government and public interest careers are welcome.
Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP here: https://forms.gle/iFxH4g5PbHVBrkSB6.
For more information, please contact m.dayanim@duke.edu.
Tuesday, November 7 at 12:30pm, Room 3041 | Law & Activism in the Triangle and Beyond
Join us for a lunch panel featuring members of the Triangle’s activist community, including leaders at local legal nonprofits, in conversation with Duke Law community members. Panelists will speak on the region’s history of legal activism and how law students can contribute. Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/yLGmAVYQkZGzvBV98.
Contact Maggie.Ash@duke.edu or Molly.Pines@duke.edu for additional information.
January
Thursday, January 11 at 12:30pm, Room 4045 | Navigating Extracurriculars as a PI Student
Join us to hear from upper-level students about involvement in law school activities after your 1L year. We will discuss journals, moot court, mock trial, and more.
For questions, contact maggie.ash@duke.edu.
Wednesday, January 17 at 12:30pm, Room 3171 | Resume and Cover Letter Workshop
Join GPS for an open-house resume and cover letter review session. Upper-level students will be available to review materials and provide general application and interview advice. Coffee and pastries will be provided.
For questions, contact maggie.ash@duke.edu.
fEbruary
Wednesday, February 21 at 12:30pm, Room 4042 | Conversation with Karla McKanders
Join us for a conversation with Karla McKanders, Duke alumna and expert on race, immigration, and the administrative state. Karla will talk about her current work with the Legal Defense Fund and opportunities for lawyer activism in racial justice and public law.
Please RSVP at: https://forms.gle/KaGr4BUqnXky9KH78. Lunch will be served.
For questions, contact Maggie.Ash@duke.edu.
Thursday, February 29 at 12:30pm, Room TBD | Public Interest Alumni Networking Lunch
Connect with the Duke Law public interest alumni. More information to come.
For questions, contact maggie.ash@duke.edu.
Thursday, February 29 at 5:30pm, Star Commons | Public Interest Winter Social
Connect with the Duke Law public interest community, including alumni, students, faculty, and staff, as well as PIPS certificate students and faculty mentors.
RSVP here by February 22: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9EskxyBD7z3vFv8.
For questions, contact allyson.barkley@duke.edu.
March
Wednesday, March 6 at 6:10pm, Room 3041 | Dinner & Movie Night: 100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice
100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice tells the story of Elouise Cobell, a Blackfeet Warrior, who filed the largest class action lawsuit ever against the federal government for 100 years of broken promises. When the U.S. Government broke up Indian Reservations and allotted millions of acres to Native Americans, it promised to manage the land and set up the Indian Trust Fund to disburse revenues generated by mining, oil, gas, and timber leases. The government was supposed to manage the Indian Trust, but instead cheated Indian families out of billions of dollars. Join us for a screening of the documentary and comments by Professor Vickie Sutton of Texas Tech and Professor Ryke Longest, who are co-teaching Indigenous Justice this semester. Sponsored by the Environmental Law Clinic, the Office of Public Interest and Pro Bono, and GPS.
RSVP Here: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ac26LCfe7BlyVW6
For questions, please contact Holly Dorfman at had11@duke.edu.
Wednesday, March 20 at 12:30pm, Room 3043 | Public Interest Student Luncheon
The Public Interest and Pro Bono Office invites public interest students of all class years, including LLMs, to an informal lunch. The lunch is an opportunity for students to visit with each other and continue conversations started at the public interest retreat or in other venues this fall. Co-sponsored by PIPB and GPS.
Contact Holly Dorfman, had11@duke.edu with questions.
Thursday, March 28 at 12:30pm, Room 4047 | Public Interest Salaries and Law School Debt
Come hear directly from Duke Law alumni working in public interest careers with non-profits, state agencies, and the federal government. They will share how they have achieved their financial, life, and family goals on public interest salaries and workplace benefits, all while doing work that they love. Alumni will share their personal circumstances related to budgeting, salaries over time, and managing their educational debt, including how they have bought houses, saved for retirement, started families, funded vacations, provided financial assistance to family members, and paid off student loans. They will also talk about Public Service Loan Forgiveness and using Duke’s LRAP. John Ahlers, the Senior Director of Financial Aid at the law school, will also be on the panel. Sponsored by the Office of Public Interest and Pro Bono, the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, and the Government and Public Service Society.
Please contact Holly Dorfman at had11@duke.edu with questions.
April
Monday, April 1 at 12:30pm, Room 3037 | “Judging the Jury”: Film and Panel Discussion
Join us for a screening and discussion of Twin Seas Media’s “Judging the Jury,” a short film directed by Abby Ginzberg that examines the lack of jury pool diversity and barriers to jury service for low-income people and people of color. A moderated discussion with local advocates and elected officials will follow.
Lunch will be provided, please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/DenjKAv83LtPmjHm8/.
For questions, please contact Maggie Ash at mla58@duke.edu.
