Media Advisory: UC Irvine School of Law’s Public Interest Law Fund to Hold Community Trivia Quest Fundraiser on March 2
WHAT: The Public Interest Law Fund, a nonprofit student group, will host a Community Trivia Quest to raise funds to enable UC Irvine law students to take summer positions at organizations providing services for traditionally under-represented communities.
WHO: Among the 12 teams of contestants will be representatives from law firms, elected officials, in-house counsel, faculty and students, including Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, corporate teams from The Irvine Company, Broadcom, and Taco Bell, and three former state senators: Joe Dunn, Jim Brulte and Dick Ackerman.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 2, 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
WHERE: Radisson Newport Beach, 4545 MacArthur Boulevard, Newport Beach
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER: For more information, including photos of featured items to be auctioned, please visit the PILF event page at law.uci.edu/pilf.
MEDIA CONTACT: Rex Bossert, assistant dean for communications and public affairs, rbossert@law.uci.edu, (949) 824-3063.
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Opened on Aug., 24, 2009, UC Irvine School of Law seeks to create the ideal law school for the 21st century by doing the best job of training lawyers for the practice of law at the highest levels of the profession. Recruited from prestigious schools, the faculty ranked 9th in the country in scholarly impact in a recent study. The first two classes of students have median grades and LSAT scores comparable to those of classes at top 20 law schools. The school’s innovative curriculum stresses hands-on learning, interdisciplinary study and public service.