The Public Interest Law Society Student Chapter (PILS) will host its 21st annual Public Interest Auction for NSU law students, alumni and the public on March 14 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Shepard Broad Law Center Atrium.
The auction’s co-chair Geoffrey Langbart, first-year law student, said the auction has dual purposes: to provide students with networking opportunities and raise fellowship grants worth $2,000 each for first-year law students who plan on working full-time for pro bono — free legal counsel —summer programs.
PILS Vice President Berta Serrano, auction co-chair, said, “We believe in providing those opportunities for the students in the form of grants or scholarships because it’s very difficult for students to work 20 to 40 hours in a position that doesn’t pay.”
This is the first year that PILS extended an invitation to the Broward County Bar Association to attend the event.
PILS President Maria Santi, second-year law students, said students should dress in business attire because professionals at the auction might look to hire students for open positions.
Serrano said the free event will include a live auction auctioneered by law professor Michael Richmond, a beer and wine bar, a silent auction, catered food, an orchestral performance by a student jazz trio from the University School, and a surprise musical performance.
PILS has been contacting business to donate various gift items to auction off. The more valuable prizes, such as hotel vouchers, outings with professors, study packages and tickets to Walt Disney World, will be part of the live auction. Originally, DOSA’s only campus location was a student lounge with a Pac-Man machine and other video games. In 1999, the division began establishing several student traditions, including the Student Life
Achievement Awards, the Distinguished Speaker Series and Homecoming.
Williams said that there weren’t many events happening on campus in the university’s early years and that the NSU community had to create its own fun. Many of those initiatives were led by Student Affairs.
For more information, contact Jitpraphai at jitpraph@nova.edu or 954-262-7493.
