George Washington University Law School Scholarly Commons Nota Bene, 2009 Nota Bene, 2000s 1-14-2009 Nota Bene, January 14, 2009 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/nota_bene_2009 Recommended Citation George Washington University Law School, 23 Nota Bene 7 (2009) This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Nota Bene, 2000s at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Nota Bene, 2009 by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY NOTA BENE A Forum for News, Features & Opinions in the Law School Community W A 5 II I N C I O N D C Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Vol. 23, No. 7 University Preps For Historic Obama Inauguration BY CLARE CAVALIERO Features Editor Where will you be on Tuesday, Janu­ when many of us resume classes after the closed even to pedestrian traffic! So my Also on Monday, various student ary 20,2009? Hopefully not in the district. lovely four-day weekend. The University sister and I will probably get up very early groups are sponsoring a book signing by While estimates of up to 5 million people is asking people to be prepared for a long and walk from Glover Park. We're expect­ U.S. Representative Barbara Lee. She will infiltrating the area have been dismissed, commute - travel time is most certainly ing it to be very cold and we're going to speak about her autobiography: Renegade the reduced number of 3-4 million people going to be increased. have to stand around for hours, but we are for Peace and Justice: Congresswoman does not eliminate much concern. The Despite logistical headaches, stu­ both very excited. This truly is a historic Barbara Lee Speaks for Me. record for most witnesses present at an dents remail excited about the historic inauguration, and I am thrilled to be able The Lisner Auditorium will host swearing-in ceremony was set in 1965, inauguation. Ashley Inderfurth is one to be a part of it." "An Historic Inauguration Gospel Trib­ when 1.2 million people attended Lyndon of the students who will be attending The University, along with its ute" on Monday evening. This black tie Baines Johnson's inauguration. the ceremonies. In a recent email to the administrative and safety preparations, concert will celebrate Obama's inaugura­ The University is closing all aca­ Nota Bene, she wrote: "I got my ticket is also preparing for the fun aspect of tion and honor Dr. King's legacy. demic buildings on campus Monday and through my little sister, who works for a the inauguration. On Friday, January During the day on Tuesday, January Tuesday, January 19th and 20th. The law congressman. She gets to invite a guest, so 16, the BBC will broadcast its popular 20, GW is holding viewings of the Inau­ school and the library will be locked all i got lucky! I tried to get a ticket through show "Any Questions?" from the Jack guration and Parade in various locations. day both days. The streets on campus will my own congressman's office, but there Morton Auditorium in the Media and Additionally, GW will have its very own be used on both days to stage and disperse was no chance. They ran a lottery, but Public Affairs Building. "Obama Radio float in the inauguration parade! the Inaugural Parade participants. Streets they had over 1000 people after the first Nation 2009" hosted by Bill Press, will Finally, and, most importantly, GW surrounding the law school as well as week, and they were only allotted 198 be broadcasted from Lisner Auditorium is capturing the excitement of the inaugu­ some of the parking lots will be closed. seats! I'll be spending the night before on Sunday, January 18. ration by hosting its Fifth Inaugural Ball. The University is concerned that some the inauguration at my sister's house in To celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. The Ball will be at the Omni Shoreham zealous attendees might try to camp out Glover Park, since I live in Courthouse Day, GW is sponsoring a Day of Service Hotel on Tuesday evening. in the law school, so make sure to report and the bridges are all closed to vehicle Monday, January 19. Participants should For more information regarding any sketchy sleeping strangers. traffic. I was planning to walk across the eet at the Marvin Center and give back to GW's activities surrounding the inau­ Additionally, this mess is expected Roosevelt bridge early on Tues morning, the DC community Registration required. guration: http: / / inauguration.gwu. to spill over into Wednesday morning, but according the the Post, that bridge is http://gwired.gvm.edu/sac/OCS/. edu/obama/. Student Hurricane Network Continues Annual Service Trip to New Orleans BY ELIZABETH WESTBROOK Staff Writer On December 14, thirty-eight and rebuilding-related legal matters. 3L George Washington University Law stu­ Maureen McGough, who has been par­ dents descended on New Orleans to do ticipating in the SHN trip since its first the unthinkable: pro-bono public service year, says this "definitely wasn't quite the work during winter break. For the third work I expected to be doing when I signed year in a row, the Equal Justice Founda­ up to help the people of New Orleans. tion helped fund the Student Hurricane However, it soon became pretty clear that Network's trip to the Big Easy where stu­ New Orleans needs help - at every level dents take part in a wide array of service - even three years after the storm." assignments to get this ailing metropolis Four students worked with the back on track. Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Ac­ School service trips to New Orleans tion Center, which is a non-profit orga­ are nothing new, but what is unique nization dedicated to eradicate housing about what the SHN visit is the kind of discrimination in New Orleans. Three work students do while there. The idea students worked for the New Orleans of students volunteering in New Orleans Advocacy Center, a non-profit whose probably conjures up images of college mission is to aid disabled persons and kids wielding hammers and sweating senior citizens in legal matters. The final under the weight of their tool belts under fourteen students worked for the City the hot dirty south sun. This was indeed Attorney's office. the case for the seventeen of our intrepid One of the students in the City classmates who were assigned to work Attorney's office was 1L Micahel Onufer Photo by Kathie Carroll with the Sierra Club—but for another who says his work consisted of draft­ twenty-one the work was tailored to take ing memoranda to be submitted to civil our presence and desire to help, and tried in New Orleans he was helping himself advantage of the specified skills we law court. He says the supervising attorney hard to give me substantive work." Mi­ noting that he wrote a memo in support of students have to offer working on Katrina he worked with "genuinely appreciated chael also found that while helping others See Hurricane on Page 5 NEWS FEATURES OPINION Should Ethics Professor Be Fired? Page 2 Record Ski Trip Page 4 Champagne and Obama Page 3 SBA Corner Lack of Scheduling Choices Page 5 Music Review Just a Second Page 7 De Novo Days ft Page 2 Nota Bene January 14,2009 NEWS NOTA BENE 2008 G STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20052 [email protected] NOTA BENE IS A BI-WEEKLY STUDENT PUBLICATION AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL. NOTA BENE SERVES AS A FORUM FOR NEWS, FEATURES & OPINIONS IN THE LAW SCHOOL COMMUNITY. WE SEEK SUBMISSIONS FROM STUDENTS AT GW LAW SCHOOL. EDITOR IN CHIEF KATIE EARNEST FEATURES EDITOR CLARE CAVALIERO OPINIONS EDITOR ADAM PEARLMAN STAFF ZEENA ADIL ABDUL-RAHMAN MATTHW LINDEN RYAN BOWEN TERENCE G. SCHOONE-JONGEN STEFAN CHACON SET SAMII REID COPLOFF LISA STRAUSS TIMOTHY FREY JOON SONG ELIZABETH WESTBROOK SBA to Host Annual GW Law Ski Trip, With Record 183 Students BY TIMOTHY FREY Staff Writer Thanks to Martin Luther King Day and the Presidential Inauguration, law students are looking forward to the upcoming five-day weekend. One hun­ dred and eighty-three of those students, however, may be more excited than the rest as they prepare to head to Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia for the annual GW Law Ski Trip. Organized by the Student Bar Association, this three day weekend getaway provides students with an opportunity to ski, snowboard, or sim­ ply spend time with friends away from the stress and pressure of school. According to Rebecca Bianchi, the Vice President of Programming for the SBA and person in charge of organiz­ ing this event, as well as the bar reviews, Halloween party, and Barrister's Ball, there is a lot of excitement surrounding this year's trip - the seventh straight to Snowshoe, West Virginia. SBA President Brett Sheats noted that this trip marked a record year for students participating in the trip, up from one hundred and sixty last year to one hundred and eighty-three students this year. Tickets for the event went so fast that a fifty-person wait list GW Students on the 2008 Ski Trip to Snowshoe, West Virginia was formed less than two days after sales Photo provided courtesy of Matt Rizzolo. began. Luckily, the SBA was able to add the slopes" with fellow law students. In ally skiing, with an additional 10 hitting one for a cabin and a lift ticket, and finally three cabins and some people realized addition, there are many students, like Bi­ the slopes on snowboards.