Gearing up for the winter!

This year's SHN board is currently working hard to find placements for the great number of students who have shown interest in this year's trip! We plan on travelling to the Gulf Coast 12/30-01/05 this year.

Shout out to Hillary!

On October 1st, the Louisiana Supreme Court and State Bar Association honored our all-star PIRC director Hillary Exter for all the work she's done and continues to do both within our SHN chapter an beyond! We couldn't be happier and can't think of anyone who deserves this more!

From Fordham Law's press release (http://law.fordham.edu/ihtml/news-2details.ihtml?id=612&nid=629):

The Supreme Court of Louisiana and the Louisiana State Bar Association honored Director of Student Organizations & Publicity of Fordham Law's Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC) Hillary Exter along with other attorneys and legal services professionals in a New Orleans ceremony on October 1.Ms. Exter has worked alongside over 60 Fordham Law students and faculty as part of each Student Hurricane Network legal delegation to the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina and Rita hit.

In addition to her position with Fordham Law, Exter has done pro bono work with the Advancement Project, New Orleans Worker Justice Coalition, New Orleans Worker Center for Racial Justice, Orleans Public Defenders, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation, and the Peoples Hurricane Relief Fund.

Life Goes On...

Life goes on....

but should it? Shouldn't it stop? When something so tragic and momentous happens shouldn't the world stop?

How can everything just go on? Shouldn't we all stop and help pick up the pieces? Help rebuild?

If it were us, wouldn't we want life to pause? Just for a second? When it happens to us, and it will, in one way or another, how will we feel as we see life carry on around us? When the world we knew is gone?

It's been almost two years and our lives goes on, but what's life like back in NOLA? We're so quick to forget; out of sight out of mind. Some didn't even blink. Others saw an opportunity to benefit themselves. But even those of us that did care enough where are we now? Our lives have moved on too.

Life has gone on....but should it have?

NYC Intern Collaborative

Our friend Morgan Williams is helping create an exciting collaborative for the summer. The aim is to create a network that provides a forum for 2007 NYC summer intern law students to socialize, network, and exchange ideas about social justice work.

The first event is this Tuesday, June 12th, at Sweet and Vicious at 7pm (5 Spring St, www.sweetandvicious.com).

Email summerinterncollaborative@gmail.com to RSVP- indicate law school, anticipated graduation date, and the name of the organization/firm where you are interning this summer. Hope to see you there!

Linkin Park Lyrics about NOLA

The Little Things Give You Away

water grey
through the windows
up the stairs
chilling rain
like an ocean
everywhere

don't want to reach for me do you
i mean nothing to you
the little things give you away
and now there will be no mistaking
the levees are breaking

all you've ever wanted
was someone to truly look up to you
and six feet / underwater
i do

hope decays
generations disappear
washed away
as a nation simply stares

don't want to reach for me do you
i mean nothing to you
the little things give you away
and now there will be no mistaking
the levees are breaking

all you've ever wanted
was someone to truly look up to you
and six feet / underwater
i do

all you've ever wanted
was someone to truly look up to you
and six feet / underground now
i do

Shout out to Morgan Williams!

A few days ago we heard from Bill Quigley the awesome news that the Louisiana State Bar Association has awarded Morgan Williams its first ever Law Student Pro Bono Award! Morgan Williams is a graduating Tulane Law Student, who was one of the founding members of SHN. Here is a picture of Morgan, speaking at the 2006 Equal Justice Works Awards Dinner in Washington D.C. (while a few familiar faces look on...):

Congratulations Morgan! SHN could never have become as succesful as it is without you and your unflagging commitment. Thanks for being such an amazing leader, and a great friend.

Fordham SHN in Albany for the NY State Bar Association Pro Bono Awards

The New York State Bar Association's luncheon for recipients of the President's Pro Bono Service Award was a fun time, and a great chance to meet up with some of the SHN folks at other New York schools such as Touro, Columbia, Brooklyn, Cardozo and others. Abe, Anamaria, Hillary and Tom were able to make it up to Albany to represent Fordham's chapter of SHN, and we're proud to bring home what we think is a lovely trophy. Below is a picture of the Fordham contingent, plus an enthusiastic 1L from Columbia.