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All events are at the Curtis<br />
Law Building, 1822 East Mall<br />
unless otherwise noted.<br />
To submit a notice to Bulletin<br />
Board, please email us at<br />
events@legaleye.<strong>ca</strong>. <strong>The</strong> deadline<br />
is the 15th <strong>of</strong> the month<br />
preceding publi<strong>ca</strong>tion.<br />
compiled by Caley Howard, Law II<br />
David Yarrow<br />
UBC Law & Society is hosting a seminar<br />
by Dr. David Yarrow <strong>of</strong> Monash <strong>University</strong><br />
in Australia, Monday Nov 1st in the<br />
<strong>Faculty</strong> Comference Room from 12:30-<br />
2:00pm. Dr. Yarrow will give a seminar,<br />
entitled “Copyright, Empire and the <strong>Legal</strong><br />
Independence <strong>of</strong> Canada.” For more info<br />
contact Pr<strong>of</strong>. Wes Pue at pue@<strong>law</strong>.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
Esoteric Magazine Benefit<br />
Esoteric invites you to a night <strong>of</strong> musi<strong>ca</strong>l<br />
entertainment to support UBC’s creative<br />
magazine. <strong>The</strong> benefit will take place on<br />
Wednesday Nov 3rd at the world-famous<br />
Marine Club, 573 Homer St. (at Dunsmuir).<br />
Show starts at 9:00pm; cover is $7. For<br />
more info see the ad on page 9 or email<br />
esotericmagazine@hotmail.com.<br />
Margaret Hall<br />
<strong>The</strong> Centre for Feminist <strong>Legal</strong> Studies invites<br />
you to a lecture by Margaret Hall on<br />
Thursday Nov 4th from 12:30-1:30pm in<br />
Room 157. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Hall will be speaking<br />
Bulletin Board<br />
about Bonnie Mooney’s civil suit against<br />
the police for not protecting her against her<br />
abusive ex-partner. For more info contact<br />
the CFLS at (604) 822-6523 or<br />
cfls@<strong>law</strong>.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
LBS Billiards Night<br />
<strong>The</strong> UBC Law & Business Society is hosting<br />
a Billiards Night, Thursday Nov 4th,<br />
6:00-8:30pm at Soho Billiards, 1144<br />
Homer St. For more info email<br />
<strong>ubc</strong>lbs@yahoo.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
Night <strong>of</strong> a Thousand Dinners<br />
<strong>The</strong> Night <strong>of</strong> a Thousand Dinners will be<br />
held on Thursday, Nov 4th at the<br />
Strathcona Community Centre, 601 Keefer<br />
St. <strong>The</strong> event is a fundraiser for Landmines<br />
Action Canada and other landmines NGOs.<br />
Proceeds will go to edu<strong>ca</strong>tion <strong>ca</strong>mpaigns<br />
in landmine and non-landmine affected areas,<br />
de-mining projects, and artificial limb<br />
construction and fitting. <strong>The</strong> dinner starts<br />
at 7:30 pm; suggested donation is $10. For<br />
more info visit www.1000dinners.com, or<br />
email Johanna MacDonald (Law II) at<br />
jojomacd@yahoo.com.<br />
Lysyk Symposium<br />
A symposium honouring Mr. Justice<br />
Kenneth Lysyk, who served as Dean <strong>of</strong><br />
UBC Law from 1976–1982, will be held<br />
November 5th-6th at the Law School. <strong>The</strong><br />
symposium is organized around themes to<br />
which Ken Lysyk made special contributions:<br />
Aboriginal <strong>law</strong>, federalism, conflict<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>law</strong>s, and the 1981 Patriation Reference.<br />
For more info, visit http://<br />
faculty.<strong>law</strong>.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>/lysyk.<br />
November 2004 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Eye</strong><br />
Kim Pate<br />
<strong>The</strong> Centre for Feminist <strong>Legal</strong> Studies is<br />
hosting a talk by Kim Pate, the executive<br />
director <strong>of</strong> the Canadian Association <strong>of</strong><br />
Elizabeth Fry Societies, on Monday Nov<br />
8th from 12:30-1:00pm in Room 157. <strong>The</strong><br />
topic <strong>of</strong> Pate’s lecture is “Confessions <strong>of</strong> a<br />
Recovering Lawyer: Why Prisons are the<br />
Latest Answer to Poverty, Homelessness<br />
and Mental Illness.” For more info contact<br />
the CFLS at (604) 822-6523 or<br />
cfls@<strong>law</strong>.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
Andreas Schloenhardt<br />
<strong>The</strong> UBC Law & Society Seminar Series<br />
presents a talk by Dr. Andreas<br />
Schloenhardt, a pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Adelaide Law School, on “Global Terrorism<br />
and International Criminal Law.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> talk will be held on Monday Nov 8th<br />
from 12:30-1:30pm in the Small Dining<br />
Room at Green College, 6201 Cecil Green<br />
Park Rd, UBC. For more info contact Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Wes Pue at pue@<strong>law</strong>.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
Phi Delta Phi Meeting<br />
<strong>The</strong> McLachlin Inn, the UBC chapter <strong>of</strong><br />
Phi Delta Phi (a fraternity promoting ethics<br />
in the legal pr<strong>of</strong>ession) is having a meeting<br />
on Wednesday Nov 10th at 12:30pm<br />
in Candida’s. For more info about PDP,<br />
visit http://faculty.<strong>law</strong>.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>/phideltaphi.<br />
Charles Menzies<br />
<strong>The</strong> Xwi7xwa Indigenous Scholars’ Series<br />
is hosting a talk by Dr. Charles Menzies <strong>of</strong><br />
the UBC Department <strong>of</strong> Anthropology and<br />
Sociology on Thursday Nov 25th from<br />
12:00-1:30pm at <strong>The</strong> Longhouse, 1985<br />
West Mall, UBC. <strong>The</strong> topic <strong>of</strong> Dr. Menzies’<br />
talk is “Relations <strong>of</strong> Respect: Gitxaala Approaches<br />
to Sustainability and Conservation.”<br />
For more info visit<br />
www.library.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>/xwi7xwa.<br />
Peter Burns Dinner<br />
<strong>The</strong> UBC <strong>Faculty</strong> <strong>of</strong> Law and the UBC Law<br />
Alumni Association is hosting a retirement<br />
dinner for Pr<strong>of</strong>. Peter Burns Thursday Dec<br />
2nd at the Law Courts Inn, 800 Smithe St.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Burns has been a member <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Faculty</strong><br />
for 36 years, and is a highly respected<br />
teacher and scholar. Cocktails will be<br />
served at 5:30pm; the dinner begins at<br />
7:00pm. Tickets are $80 each. Please RSVP<br />
to Judy Pozsgay at (604) 822-6350,<br />
pozsgay@<strong>law</strong>.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>, or to Gloria Casciano<br />
at 604-822-9165, <strong>ca</strong>sciano@<strong>law</strong>.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
Law Library Resources<br />
<strong>The</strong> UBC <strong>law</strong> librarians remind students<br />
that the Law Library website is full <strong>of</strong> useful<br />
resources such as legal websites &<br />
databases links, research guides, and indexes<br />
to legal periodi<strong>ca</strong>ls. Make the <strong>law</strong><br />
library website your homepage:<br />
www.library.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>/<strong>law</strong>.<br />
Law Library Blog<br />
Want to know the current news & information<br />
<strong>of</strong> interest to UBC <strong>law</strong> students and<br />
faculty, or tips on legal research, or information<br />
about various events and sessions<br />
happening at the <strong>law</strong> library, then check<br />
out the Law Library’s blog at http://<br />
<strong>ca</strong>reo.elearning.<strong>ubc</strong>.<strong>ca</strong>/weblogs/<strong>law</strong>lib.<br />
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