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2008 PLANC Conference: Advising the Millennials -- High Tech, High Touch

Las Vegas, October 15-18

Conference Theme

The planning is well underway for the PLANC Fifth National Pre-Law Conference to be held in Las Vegas October 15-18, 2008. The theme of the conference is Advising the Millenials: High Tech, High Touch. We plan to address the challenges pre-law advisors face in advising a new generation of students whose familiarity and ease with electronic technologies affect how they gather and process information and plan their futures in law. We will explore how advising is evolving in an age of virtual tours, chat rooms, e-mail and informed, yet anxious potential applicants, as well as the differing expectations and approaches students, advisors, law school admissions personnel bring to the process. How do we help tuned in “organization kids” to think meaningfully about the future of a career in law? The conference will combine panels on these subjects along with standard “nuts and bolts” sessions and workshops to benefit both new and experienced pre-law advisors. If you have the funding for only one conference, this opportunity will provide a comprehensive experience for pre-law advisors nationwide.

Conference Site

The conference will be held in the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas which is easily accessible by shuttle. Given the extremely reasonable rates we’ve secured, which extend for a night or two before and after the conference (depending on availability), you may want to combine the conference and a vacation. Reserve your room at the South Point Resort.

Tentative Program Schedule & Highlights

Conference Registration Forms

ONLY USE ONE OF THESE FORMS TO REGISTER FOR THE PLANC CONFERENCE IF YOU MUST PAY BY CHECK. Otherwise, PLEASE register online at the Cvent site

Commercial Exhibitor Registration Form
Law School Representative Registration Form
Non-Profit Conference Exhibitor
PLANC Partners Registration Form
Pre-Law Advisors Registration Form

Any Pre-law Advisor from a HACU or HBCU institution who expects to be eligible for a registration subsidy from Law School Admissions Council should complete his or her PLANC Conference registration by using the Pre Law Advisor Registration form on this website. Please mail the completed form to Conference Registrar Frank Homer by August 15, 2008. Only LSAC's Office of Diversity Initiatives can verify which institutional pre-law advisors are eligible for such support and to what extent for this conference.

Conference Transportation

Las Vegas Transportation
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Conference Steering Committee

Co-Chair
Pamela Allen, Director & Pre-Professional Advisor
Career Services and President, MAPLA
306 Burton Morgan Center
150 Ridge Road
Denison University
Granville, OH 43023
Phone: 740.587.6521
FAX: 740.587.6357
Email: allenp@denison.edu
Web: www.denison.edu/career

Co-Chair
James V. Calvi, Professor, History & Political Science
West Texas A & M University
WTAMU Box 60807
Canyon, TX 79016
806-651-2429
806-651-2429 (fax)
jcalvi@mail.wtamu.edu

Conference Program Chair
Ava Preacher, Assistant Dean, Arts & Letters
104 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Ph. 574-631-8637
FAX 574-631-6856
ava.preacher.1@nd.edu preache@nd.edu

Other Steering Committee Members

Frank Guliuzza, PLANC Board Chair, WAPLA
FGULIUZZA@weber.edu

Jim Calvi, Immediate Past President PLANC and Co-Conference Chair, SWAPLA
jcalvi@mail.wtamu.edu

Stanley E. Clark, Publicity, President, PCAPLA
sclark@csub.edu

Frank Homer, Conference Registrar, NAPLA
homerfl@scranton.edu

Karen Severn, PLANC Treasurer, SWAPLA
ksevern@tamu.edu

Gerald Wilson, Liaison with Law Schools & Vendors, SAPLA
gwilson@asdean.duke.edu