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CASA helps College Students Seize A Special 4-Year Degree Pathway Partnership Opportunity

Michigan, USA - With the help a leading Chaldean educator at Wayne State University, efforts have been made to help qualified Chaldean students receive admission, garner scholarships, and transfer to Wayne State University from Oakland Community College. Preferring to remain anonymous the Chaldean professor and lead administrator has been aggressively pursuing new options and pathways to help high school and community college students overcome barriers.

Chaldean American Student Association (CASA) is pleased to inform Chaldean college bound students that Wayne State University and Oakland Community College (OCC) have signed an agreement making it easier for students in business, computer science and engineering at OCC to complete a bachelor's degree at Wayne State. Chaldean students wishing to transfer to WSU will find it convenient to attend their upper-division courses on the main campus of WSU or at Wayne State's Oakland Center in Farmington Hills.

Filed in: Career & Education, Chaldean Education & Career Center, Chaldean American Student Association By CASA

26th Annual Chaldean Commencement and Gala Party.

Michgian, USA - The Chaldean Federation of America (CFA) with supporting coordination from the Chaldean American Student Association (CASA) will be hosting the 26th Annual Chaldean Commencement and Gala Party. The Chaldean Commencement celebrates the 2007-2008 Chaldean high school and college graduates. The event showcases the community’s top student scholars and helps raise tens of thousands of dollars in scholarship money for Chaldean students.

The event will be held Thursday, June 12th starting at 4:00 p.m. at the Southfield Millennium Center, located on 15600 J. L. Hudson Drive in Southfield, MI. 48075.

Filed in: Career & Education, Community & Culture, Chaldean Education & Career Center, Chaldean American Student Association, Chaldean Federation of America By Rita Abro

Summer Enrichment Programs for College Bound Chaldean Students

Chaldean American Student Association shares a number of summer enrichment programs to college bound Chaldeans in middle and high school. The programs offer Chaldeans a wonderful opportunity for hands-on adventures and exposure to college settings.

Although some of the programs offer college credits, the majority are enrichment programs intended to enhance student academic exposure, college application, and scholarship opportunities.

For questions, please contact the school offering the opportunity. The CASA national board will be offering scholarships for a number of select programs that might include travel, lodging, and meals for qualified applicants.

Filed in: Chaldean American Student Association By CASA

Chaldean College Goal Sunday: Free Help With FAFSA Filing

Michigan, USA - Chaldeans preparing to attend college are invited to a FREE FAFSA filing session. The event will be held on Sunday, February 10, 2008, from 2 – 4 p.m. at several locations in the metro Detroit area.

The "College Goal Sunday" will offer college bound students to meet with finical aid experts and receive immediate assistance with submitting a federal student aid application. Chaldeans not sure about college are encouraged to apply for the money now and decide later. If you wait, chances are you’ll get less.

Students needing assistance regarding scholarship or financial aid from the Chaldean Education and Career Center are required to first attend College Goal Sunday event. Those who attend "College Goal Sunday" have a chance at more than $5,000 in scholarships and gift cards.

Filed in: Chaldean Education & Career Center, Chaldean American Student Association By CE&CC

Seminar Offered to Chaldean Parents and Professionals of Children with Special Needs

Michigan, USA - The Chaldean Education and Career Center, Chaldean American Student Association of Michigan, and Chaldean American Professionals share with the community four very important instructional family based seminars on children with special needs. The events are free and will be held throughout Oakland and Wayne County.

Chaldean parents and health professionals which include teachers, counselors, social workers, nurses, psychologist, ministers, and community family aid providers as well as Chaldean college students studying in these fields are strongly encouraged to register and attend. The events offers state accredited certificates and an opportunity to network with other professionals in your field.

The seminars will be held in English by industry experts. The dates for the events are February 16, March 5, and March 18. The seminar will cover state aid and educational services for families with children of special needs.

Afterwards CE&CC, CASA-MI, and CAP will be organizing special culturally focused sessions for families with children of special needs. A brief summary including the seminar syllabus, location, and registration requirements follows.

Filed in: Health & Fitness, Career & Education, Chaldean Education & Career Center, Chaldean American Student Association, Chaldean American Professionals By CE&CC

New Lawyer Stationed in Iraq Gets Sworn In Via Video Conference
In a what may be a first-of-its-kind swearing-in ceremony for a lawyer, a soldier in Iraq became an attorney last week via a live video conference, taking his oath before a Michigan judge who was over 6,300 miles away. The long-distance ceremony for Army Major Miles Gengler was a promise made good by an associate dean at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, John Nussbaumer. "I promised Miles that if he passed the bar exam, I would find a way to get him sworn in even though he would still be in Iraq," said Nussbaumer.

Aspiring Lawyer Can't Join N.Y. Bar due to $400,000 Debt
Aspiring lawyer Robert Bowman took the New York bar exam four times before finally passing last year, but now his debt is preventing him from joining the Bar. The New York state appellate division recently decided that the size of Bowman's student loans, about $400,000, along with his failure to repay them, show that he lacks "the character and general fitness requisite for an attorney." Bowman graduated from the University of California Hastings College of Law and also has a masters of law degree.

Blank Rome to Cut Associate Compensation by $15,000
Blank Rome has become the latest law firm to put the squeeze on associate salaries, with much of the focus on more junior associates. Effective July 17, first-year associates face a $15,000 pay cut. Other associate classes will see a 2 percent to 10 percent pay reduction, the firm said in a statement, adding that the cuts are a market adjustment. One recruiter predicts that first-year associate salaries will ultimately fall to a "natural level" of between $110,000 and $120,000.

Ruden McClosky Slashes Pay, Lays Off 8 Lawyers
Florida-based Ruden McClosky has laid off eight attorneys as part of a cost-reduction effort that includes 18 percent pay cuts for most of its lawyers, according to sources. The laid-off attorneys worked in the firm's litigation, corporate and land-use practice areas. The latest layoffs follow three rounds of dismissals conducted since late last year. An attorney at the firm who asked not to be named said morale has declined because of the cuts in jobs and pay and that many of the firm's lawyers are seeking other jobs.

Young Attorney Victorious in First Supreme Court Case
Jason Murtagh says that the most nerve-wracking moment during his work on Haywood v. Drown was when the U.S. Supreme Court granted writ of certiorari in June 2008. That's because he was the one set to argue the case. But it turned out well for the 34-year-old attorney and his client in the prisoner rights case -- the Court ruled in their favor in May. Murtagh took the pro bono case while an associate at Dechert, but he's moved on to 40-attorney Rubin Fortunato to pursue a greater amount of casework.

Howrey, Day Casebeer Make It Official
Howrey and Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder made their union official Wednesday, capping at least six months of serious talks. All but one of the Silicon Valley intellectual property boutique's 26 attorneys joined Howrey's Palo Alto, Calif., office, effective July 1. The move includes nine partners and 16 associates. Managing partner Lloyd "Rusty" Day said 725-lawyer Howrey's vision is a good fit for his firm, which couldn't add resources quickly on its own.

Maintain a Web Presence to Help Your Job Search
Lawyers seeking employment must have a Web presence, said speakers at a recent seminar for unemployed lawyers hosted by the State Bar of Georgia -- but their ideas varied on which avenues to take. Lawyer and social media enthusiast David A. Barrett advocated spreading one's name far and wide on the World Wide Web through "open networking," while other speakers discussed blogging or maintaining a professional Web site. The speakers also had several ideas for self-promotion that didn't involve the Web.

Orrick Breaks Lockstep in Response to Clients' Cost Concerns
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe dumped lockstep associate promotion on Wednesday and began assigning associates to one of three tiers within its partner track: associate, managing associate or senior associate. Orrick will also create a nonpartner-track option for associates, and boost the number of staff attorneys doing more routine work like document review. Orrick Chairman Ralph Baxter Jr. said the moves are meant to create a system in which clients aren't paying for unnecessary costs.

Hiring Partners: What's So Bad About Spring Recruitment?
Should on-campus recruiting at law schools be delayed until the spring? That question was a major topic of discussion during a recent roundtable on the future of legal hiring that brought together law firm leaders, law school officials and general counsel in Washington, D.C. Many of the participants agreed that it would make more sense to recruit in the spring rather than in the traditional late summer or early fall. But several law school representatives worried the move would create logistical problems.

Alston & Bird Cuts Associate Pay
Alston & Bird is cutting associate pay by $5,000 across the board for the remainder of the year -- a reduction equal to about 7 percent of annual starting pay. The cuts, effective July 15, follow other cost-saving measures undertaken by the firm since the end of last year, including staff and associate layoffs, early retirement packages for senior staff, a reduction in its summer program and a deferred start date for its new first-year class.

Has Pro Bono Become Recession-Proof?
A year ago, Lehman Brothers appeared solvent, Bernard Madoff was a trusted name and the global economic crisis was still called a downturn. Even then, pro bono advocates worried that altruism would be a casualty of hard times at the country's top law firms. Judging by firms' performance last year, those fears may have been unfounded. As a group, the nation's 200 highest-grossing firms devoted more hours to pro bono than ever.

Advice for the Lawlorn
I'm in good standing at a firm that has announced possible layoffs. If they happen, I'd like to take a six-month, unpaid sabbatical. Would I be more likely to be terminated, or would the firm welcome this?

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