Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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People in other countries sometimes have to be given notice before a legal step here can proceed, but serving legal documents on someone living in a foreign country can be complicated. This class covers the requirements of serving papers abroad using something called the Hague Service Convention.

Class covers:

• What is the Hague Service Convention?
• When does the Hague Service Convention apply?
• Procedures for service of papers outside the U.S. under the Hague Service Convention
• How to find out the proper method of service if the Hague Service Convention does not apply

Presented by:
Austin Stoub, Senior Librarian, Reference & Research, LA Law Library

Registration fees: FREE – Registration reserves spot

Tuesday, June 28, 2022: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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Join the LA Law Library book discussion group via Zoom as we continue to explore income inequality in America.  Our next book, Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, by Andrea Elliott was just awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.  In Invisible Child, investigative reporter Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter.  The author weaves the story of Dasani’s childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north.  As Dasani comes of age, New York City’s homeless crisis has exploded, deepening the chasm between rich and poor.  She must guide her siblings through a world riddled by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction and the threat of foster care.  This is an astonishing story about the power of resilience, the importance of family and the cost of inequality – told through the true story of one remarkable girl.

About the author & book:

• Author is an investigative reporter for the New York Times and former staff writer at The Miami Herald
• Awarded Pulitzer Prize, a George Polk Award, a Scripps Howard Award
• Invisible Child chosen as one of New York Times 10 Best Books of 2021
• Included in Best Books of 2021 lists by The Atlantic, New York Times Book Review, Time Magazine, NPR and Library Journal

Presented by: Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research

Registration fee: FREE.  This discussion will be hosted via Zoom.  Zoom information and link will be emailed to registrants prior to discussion.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (PST)

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Join the LA Law Library book discussion group via Zoom as we continue to explore income inequality in America by reading Heartland, A Memoir of Working Hard & Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, by Sarah Smarsh. Smarsh, a writing professor and journalist, tells the story of her family’s cycle of poverty that constrained them for generations. She was born into a family of working class farmers in Kansas. Her mother was a teenage mother, and the women in her family were all young mothers hardened and aged early from the work it took to survive day-to-day. Smarsh writes with love and care about these women and the men who married them, but also lays bare their hardships and the shame of being poor. Part memoir, part social analysis, part cultural commentary, Heartland is an uncompromising look at class, identity and the perils of economic hardship in a wealthy nation.

About the book:

• Finalist for 2018 National Book Award
• Finalist for 2018 Kirkus Prize
• Named a Best Book for the Year by NPR, New York Post, BuzzFeed and Publishers Weekly

Presented by: Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research

Registration fee: FREE. This discussion will be hosted via Zoom. Zoom information and link will be emailed to registrants prior to discussion.

Class recorded Wednesday, June 22, 2022

This panel discussion will provide information regarding a variety of post-graduate fellowship opportunities, including the Equal Justice Works, Skadden, and Justice Catalyst Fellowships. Topics covered will include how to find a sponsor organization, how to ensure quality recommendations, how to develop a project proposal, how to shop it to sponsor agencies, and more.

Presented by: Rachel Kronick Rothbart, Director of Career Services Office, USC Gould School of Law, (Moderator)

Rosie Frihart, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Children’s Law Center of California

Erik Nickels, Skadden Fellow, Mental Health Advocacy Services

Sarah Zollner, Justice Catalyst & Public Rights Project Fellow, San Francisco District Attorney's Office

Registration fees: FREE

No legal advice: LA Law Library does not provide legal advice.  LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service.  The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons.  For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.