Meeting October 2003 Schedule

Southern Association of Pre-Law Advisors
SAPLA FALL MEETING  

October 30 – November 1, 2003 

Duke University School of Law
Millennium Hotel, Durham, NC 

“Twenty Years of SAPLA:  The Transformation of Pre-Law Advising”

Sub-theme:  The Shifting of Affirmative Action 

Tentative Schedule 

Wednesday, Oct. 29

            Evening SAPLA Executive Board Meeting  

Thursday, Oct. 30                                                                           Millennium Hotel 

            9:00-3:00       Conference Registration                             

            12:00-1:45     New Pre-Law Advisors Buffet Luncheon and Session 

            1:45-2:00       Break 

            2:00-3:15       PLENARY:     Wisdom from Past Presidents and Advisors What Has Changed and What Have We Learned? 

            315-3:30        Break 

            3:30-4:45       PLENARY:     Aftermath of Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger:   The Impact on Law School Admissions 

            4:45-5:00       Break 

            5:00-6:15       Simultaneous  Sessions 

                                                Financial Aid Session

                                                What We Learned about LSAT Preparation in  20 Yrs.?

                                                Kaplan/Princeton Review

                                                Other Sessions                       

            6:30                PLENARY  Dinner    

Friday, Oct. 31                                                                                       Millennium Hotel 

            8:00-9:00       Continental Breakfast                                    

            9:00-               Conference Registration                   

            9:00-10:15     Multiple Sessions 

                                                Good Students and Low Scores Sessions

                                                Academic Topic and Curricular Sessions

                                                Other Sessions

            10:15-10:30   Break 

            10:30-11:15   Multiple Sessions 

                                                Law School Support Groups

                                                Financial Aid Session

                                                Summer Law Programs Session

                                                Other Session 

            12:00-1:30     PLENARY  Lunch

            1:45-3:00       Multiple Sessions 

            3:00-6:00       Law School Fair  

                                                3-4 Advisors

                                                4-6 Area Students Invited to Law Fair 

            6:30    Banquet   

Saturday, November 1                                                      Duke University Law School 

            8:00-9:15       Continental Breakfast                                            Millennium Hotel 

Hotel Check-Out 

            9:30                Board Bus for Duke University Law School 

            10:00-11:15   Multiple Sessions                              Duke University Law School 

            11:15-12:00   Tour of Duke University Law School 

            12:00-2:45     PLENARY Lunch   

                                                Recognitions

                                                Business Session 

3:00    Bus Returns to Millennium 

            Possible Additional Tours 

J. Howell Smith, SAPLA President 
(336) 758-5502
smithhow@wfu.edu

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Durham, NC  27705-4479 

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