2017-18 LALSA-Sponsored Events Calendar
September 2017:
LALSA’s First Board Meeting – Friday, September 1st – Golkin 330 @ 4:30PM LALSA Welcome Back Event - Thursday, September 7th – LALSA’s Social Chair-- Anthony's Apt. @ 7:30 PM
First General Body Meeting - Friday, September 15th - Silverman 240B @ 1:00PM
Familias Reveal - Tuesday, September 26th - Tanenbaum 112 @ 12:00PM
October 2017:
FALLSA! Annual Celebration of Latinx Heritage and Culture - Thursday, October 5th - Penn Law Courtyard @ 4:30PM
LALSA Board Game Night - Thursday October 12th - Location TBD @ 7:00PM
Books Through Bars LALSA Group Packathon - Saturday, October 14th - Books Through Bars @ 1:00PM
ALLSA 1L Academic Success Panel - Thursday, October 19th - Law School @ 4:30PM
Affinity Club Mixer - Thursday, October 19th - The Goat @ 5:30 PM
Spring Break Service Trip Information Session, Monday, October 23rd – Tanenbaum 112
@ 1:30 PM
Halmoni Film Screening and Immigration Panel, Co-sponsored with PLIRP, NLG, IRAP- Tuesday, October 24th - Silverman 240A @ 6:00 PM
Familia Meetups - Various Dates and Locations throughout the month.
November 2017:
LALSA Board Meeting – Tuesday, November 6th - Golkin 238 @ 12:00 PM
Coffee Chat with Neil Corwin, Executive AUSA for SDNY – Monday, November 13th – Tannenbaum 112 @ 3:00 PM
Don't Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie) Film Screening & Discussion with Activist, Angy Rivera, Co-sponsored with BLSA, PLIRP, NLG, and APALSA - Tuesday, November 14th – Fitts Auditorium @ 6:00 PM
I am Not Your Negro Film Screening, Co-sponsored with BLSA - Tuesday, November 28th
– Silverman 240A @ 6:00 PM
Discussion with Congressman Raúl Grijalva, Co-sponsored with the American Constitution Society, Elected Leadership Incubator, and Wharton Hispanic MBA Association - Monday, November 27th – Fitts Auditorium @ 4:30 PM
Familia Meetups - Various Dates and Locations throughout the month
December 2017:
LALSA’s End of the Semester Lunch - Tuesday, December 5th – Silverman M28 @ 12:00 PM
January 2018:
LALSA Board Meeting - Monday, January 29th @12:00 PM
LALSA General Body Meeting – Wednesday, January 31st – Silverman 245A @ 4:30 PM
February 2018:
"They Call Us Monsters": A Film Screening and Conversation about how the Criminal Justice System Impacts Latinx Youth – Thursday, February 1st – Fitts Auditorium @ 6:00PM
22nd Annual LALSA Conference: Latin@s and the Criminal Justice System: A Conversation About How the Juvenile Justice System and Increased Immigration Enforcement Impacts the Latinx Community – Friday, February 2nd – Fitts Auditorium @ 10:00AM
La Gran Fiesta – Friday, February 2nd – Great Hall @ 7:00PM
Chinese Exclusion Act PBS Documentary Screening - Tuesday, February 13th - Fitts Auditorium @ 6:00PM
Introductory Session: BLSA/LALSA Writing Competition Series - Thursday, February 22nd – S-280 @ 9:00AM
LALSA Breakfast with Penn Law Honorary Fellow-in-Residence Juan Cartagena, President of LatinoJustice, Friday, February 23, 2018 – TPIC Leadership Room @ 10:00AM
Cleary Gottlieb "Fireside Chat" with LALSA, APALSA, and Women’s Association - Tuesday, February 27th – Farmicia Restaurant @ 7:00PM
Life as a National Security Lawyer (Department of Justice) - Tuesday, February 27th - Silverman 245A @ 12:00PM
March 2018:
LALSA Spring Service Trip: Mississippi Center for Justice in Biloxi, Mississippi- March 4th to March 9th (spring break)
LALSA’s First Firm Crawl – Friday, March 23rd – NYC firm visits
BLSA/LALSA Writing Competition Practice Session - Sunday, March 25th – Golkin 330
@ 4:00PM
Admitted Students Weekend (ASW)--LALSA Meet & Greet - Saturday, March 24th - Golkin 330 @ 9:45AM
BLSA/LALSA Writing Competition Practice Session - Friday, March 30th – Golkin 330 @ 3:00PM
April 2018:
LALSA Clerkship Info Session with Professor Wolff - Monday, April 2, 4:30PM-5:30PM
LALSA Elections & General Body Meeting - Wednesday, April 4th – Tanenbaum 112 @ 12:00PM
LALSA Spring Alumni Reception - Wednesday, April 4th - Strangelove's Beer Bar @ 6:00PM
LALSA’s End of the Semester Dinner – Friday, April 13th – Tierra Colombiana @ 6:45PM
May 2018:
BLSA/LALSA Writing Competition Intensive - Saturday, May 5th – Golkin 238 & 330 @ 3:00PM
BLSA/LALSA Writing Competition Intensive - Sunday, May 6th – Golkin 238 & 330 @ 3:00PM
LALSA’s First Board Meeting – Friday, September 1st – Golkin 330 @ 4:30PM LALSA Welcome Back Event - Thursday, September 7th – LALSA’s Social Chair-- Anthony's Apt. @ 7:30 PM
First General Body Meeting - Friday, September 15th - Silverman 240B @ 1:00PM
Familias Reveal - Tuesday, September 26th - Tanenbaum 112 @ 12:00PM
October 2017:
FALLSA! Annual Celebration of Latinx Heritage and Culture - Thursday, October 5th - Penn Law Courtyard @ 4:30PM
LALSA Board Game Night - Thursday October 12th - Location TBD @ 7:00PM
Books Through Bars LALSA Group Packathon - Saturday, October 14th - Books Through Bars @ 1:00PM
ALLSA 1L Academic Success Panel - Thursday, October 19th - Law School @ 4:30PM
Affinity Club Mixer - Thursday, October 19th - The Goat @ 5:30 PM
Spring Break Service Trip Information Session, Monday, October 23rd – Tanenbaum 112
@ 1:30 PM
Halmoni Film Screening and Immigration Panel, Co-sponsored with PLIRP, NLG, IRAP- Tuesday, October 24th - Silverman 240A @ 6:00 PM
Familia Meetups - Various Dates and Locations throughout the month.
November 2017:
LALSA Board Meeting – Tuesday, November 6th - Golkin 238 @ 12:00 PM
Coffee Chat with Neil Corwin, Executive AUSA for SDNY – Monday, November 13th – Tannenbaum 112 @ 3:00 PM
Don't Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie) Film Screening & Discussion with Activist, Angy Rivera, Co-sponsored with BLSA, PLIRP, NLG, and APALSA - Tuesday, November 14th – Fitts Auditorium @ 6:00 PM
I am Not Your Negro Film Screening, Co-sponsored with BLSA - Tuesday, November 28th
– Silverman 240A @ 6:00 PM
Discussion with Congressman Raúl Grijalva, Co-sponsored with the American Constitution Society, Elected Leadership Incubator, and Wharton Hispanic MBA Association - Monday, November 27th – Fitts Auditorium @ 4:30 PM
Familia Meetups - Various Dates and Locations throughout the month
December 2017:
LALSA’s End of the Semester Lunch - Tuesday, December 5th – Silverman M28 @ 12:00 PM
January 2018:
LALSA Board Meeting - Monday, January 29th @12:00 PM
LALSA General Body Meeting – Wednesday, January 31st – Silverman 245A @ 4:30 PM
February 2018:
"They Call Us Monsters": A Film Screening and Conversation about how the Criminal Justice System Impacts Latinx Youth – Thursday, February 1st – Fitts Auditorium @ 6:00PM
22nd Annual LALSA Conference: Latin@s and the Criminal Justice System: A Conversation About How the Juvenile Justice System and Increased Immigration Enforcement Impacts the Latinx Community – Friday, February 2nd – Fitts Auditorium @ 10:00AM
La Gran Fiesta – Friday, February 2nd – Great Hall @ 7:00PM
Chinese Exclusion Act PBS Documentary Screening - Tuesday, February 13th - Fitts Auditorium @ 6:00PM
Introductory Session: BLSA/LALSA Writing Competition Series - Thursday, February 22nd – S-280 @ 9:00AM
LALSA Breakfast with Penn Law Honorary Fellow-in-Residence Juan Cartagena, President of LatinoJustice, Friday, February 23, 2018 – TPIC Leadership Room @ 10:00AM
Cleary Gottlieb "Fireside Chat" with LALSA, APALSA, and Women’s Association - Tuesday, February 27th – Farmicia Restaurant @ 7:00PM
Life as a National Security Lawyer (Department of Justice) - Tuesday, February 27th - Silverman 245A @ 12:00PM
March 2018:
LALSA Spring Service Trip: Mississippi Center for Justice in Biloxi, Mississippi- March 4th to March 9th (spring break)
LALSA’s First Firm Crawl – Friday, March 23rd – NYC firm visits
BLSA/LALSA Writing Competition Practice Session - Sunday, March 25th – Golkin 330
@ 4:00PM
Admitted Students Weekend (ASW)--LALSA Meet & Greet - Saturday, March 24th - Golkin 330 @ 9:45AM
BLSA/LALSA Writing Competition Practice Session - Friday, March 30th – Golkin 330 @ 3:00PM
April 2018:
LALSA Clerkship Info Session with Professor Wolff - Monday, April 2, 4:30PM-5:30PM
LALSA Elections & General Body Meeting - Wednesday, April 4th – Tanenbaum 112 @ 12:00PM
LALSA Spring Alumni Reception - Wednesday, April 4th - Strangelove's Beer Bar @ 6:00PM
LALSA’s End of the Semester Dinner – Friday, April 13th – Tierra Colombiana @ 6:45PM
May 2018:
BLSA/LALSA Writing Competition Intensive - Saturday, May 5th – Golkin 238 & 330 @ 3:00PM
BLSA/LALSA Writing Competition Intensive - Sunday, May 6th – Golkin 238 & 330 @ 3:00PM