Upcoming Dates and Deadlines!

PILF Auction
Friday, March 28, 5 to 9pm, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
The 2014 Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) Auction promises to be the highlight of GGU’s social calendar. Tickets are on sale now! You don’t want to miss out on this fun night that also benefits your fellow students. Bid on great items such as dinner at Henry Hunan's with Professor Sylvester or dinner at Chaya with Professor Chu, stargazing with Professor Yates, or golf with Professors Porter and Calhoun! Or you can take a progressive, personalized tour of Alcatraz with GGU’s Public Interest Career Counselor and a formerly imprisoned activist!  And don't forget to buy raffle tickets for the chance to win a $500 visa gift card.  Tickets are $15 for students and $20 for non-students. Buy your tickets today! Tickets go up $5 at the door.

Pro Bono Honors Society - Applications due April 3
To honor the breadth of pro bono work performed by the GGU student body, qualifying criteria for the Pro Bono Honors Society has changed.  Applications for membership are due to Public Interest Career Counselor Cynthia Chandler by Thursday, April 3, 2014.  Golden Gate’s Pro Bono Honor Society acknowledges and rewards students who dedicate a significant portion of their time to helping others through participation in pro bono work.  Pro bono work now is more broadly defined as legal work done in service of indigent or modest means individuals or community groups, or for not-for-profit organizations or government agencies, with the primary purpose of providing services to economically disadvantaged communities, or to other not-for-profit organizations or government agencies with a purpose of increasing access to justice or improving the law and legal system.

Public Interest Specialization Certification - Applications Due April 11 for Mention at Public Interest Graduation
To acknowledge the volume and diversity of GGU Law students committed to the public interest, the qualifying criteria for public interest specialization certification has changed to completing the following: 14 units of Public Interest courses; and 135 hours of supervised legal work at a public interest organization, civil rights law firm, or government agency. You now may qualify under the new rules. All students who previously qualified will fit these criteria, too. If you have already applied for a specialization certification that overlaps with public interest work, such as litigation or environmental law, you might ALSO qualify for the public interest certificate.  To have your public interest efforts acknowledged in the April 2014 Public Interest graduation and commencement activities, applications for the Specialization Certificates are due to the Registrar's Office by Friday, April 11. The revised application form and eligibility requirements are available online.