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On Friday, Feb. 6, the Women’s Law Caucus (WLC) will turn the Bluebird into Bourbon Street and celebrate Mardi Gras in style at its annual charity auction, with silent auctions on donations from local businesses and those infamous professor packages (described in detail below). Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and all auctions – presided over by first-time auctioneer Professor Mark Need – will close by 9 p.m. Following the auction, there will be a live band. All proceeds will benefit the Protective Order Project (POP) and Middle Way House, the local domestic violence shelter, so bring your friends and your checkbook!
Packages up for bidding are:
Spend an evening flaunting your mundane knowledge and amazing recollection skills in a game of Trivial Pursuit with Professor Heidt and Professor Bradley. They’ll be providing snacks! Between six and eight students can join. Minimum bid: $200.
Cocktails at FARM’s Root Cellar for up to four students with: Catherine Dyar, Director of Special Gifts and Programs; Robyn Schuster, Assistant Dean for Communications and Marketing; and Archana Sridhar, Assistant Dean for Research and Special Projects. All of them have law degrees but no longer practice law. This will be a fun opportunity to have some drinks and talk about alternative careers for lawyers and life after legal practice. Max. number of students: 4. Minimum bid: $80.
Up to 10 lucky students can sip from a selection of fine microbrews while awaiting their turn to be trounced at Wii bowling and Wii beach volleyball by the LRW faculty, Professors Daghe, Goodman, Parrish, and Reichard. Special guest DJ Sedge (known in the absence of his superpowers as Professor Lahn) will be spinning vinyl from his amazing collection. Professor Mark Need, against everyone’s wishes and demands, has pledged to crash the festivities, which will take place at Professor Reichard’s abode. Max. number of students: 10. Minimum bid: $150.
Poker night at Professor Shreve’s home with food and beverages. Free poker chips, with prizes awarded at the end of the evening. Max. number of students: 7. Minimum bid: $300.
Mabel and Noodles Farnsworth—two adorable beagles—and Sophie and Isabelle Barnes-Hughes—two adorable Welsh Spaniels—and their respective owners, Professors Farnsworth, Hughes and Professor Barnes, cordially invite dog lovers for canine frolicking at the home of the Barnes-Hughes. A large fenced area will be ready for the romp and we’ll have plenty of tennis balls with which to entertain our canine guests. Students may bring their own pups to play, but only socialized, well-behaved pups, please. Pet ownership is not required to participate, and students without pets can adopt Sophie and Isabelle for the romp, so long as the student is willing to tolerate copious kisses from these two exuberant young ones. Snacks and beverages for canines and masters alike will be provided. Mutually agreeable Saturday or Sunday after Spring Break, except the weekend of April 18-19. Max. number of students: 15. Minimum bid: $150.
Join the women clinicians, Amy Applegate, Cindy Lott, and Carwina Weng, for chocolate delights and casual conversation. Max. number of students: 10. Minimum bid: $400.
Join Dean Robel in her home for an evening of great food, wine and conversation. Max. number of students: 18. Minimum bid: $400.
Professors Baude, Lamber and Bethel will host an evening with at Professor Bethel’s home for up to eight students, complete with homemade pizza à la Chef Bethel and beer (chosen by Professor Baude from tireless sampling), wine and soft drinks. A designated driver is required. Max. number of students: 8. Minimum bid: $200.
Celebrate in the style of Mardi Gras with Dani Weatherford, Director of Recruitment, Kelly Compton, Director of Admissions Operations, and Nikki Rolf, Events Coordinator, and experience authentic New Orleans cuisine: jambalaya, Haydel’s Bakery King Cake, and Pat O’Briens’ Hurricanes straight from Bourbon Street. Eight students (including designated driver) will have the chance to fight for the baby (inside the King Cake) and “let the good times roll!” Max. number of students: 8. Minimum bid: $100.
Professors Orenstein, Bell, Lahn, and Fischman will host a delectable Sunday brunch, for up to eight students, at Professor Orenstein’s home. Max. number of students: 8. Minimum bid: $200.
Join Professors David and Susan Williams for an evening of adventures in constitutionalism. Enjoy a feast of food from countries that are in need of the rule of law. Learn to speak a few words of Burmese. Ring an elephant bell. Learn to field-strip and (liability permitting) shoot an AK-47. And see slides of people who are struggling to bring constitutionalism to their countries and the places that they are active (but only if you want to). The package must be collected during April. Max. number of students: 6. Minimum bid: $300.
Enjoy a scrabble playing tournament of two rounds over the course ofan evening with Dean John Applegate and Professor Amy Applegate at their home. There will be plenty of food and beverages for the participants. Max. number of students: 8. Minimum bid: $175.
Enjoy a casual meal of food and wine typical of the south of France while delighting in the company of your host, Professor Baude, your host and sommelier for the evening. Max. number of students: 7. Minimum bid: $300.
Shoot the blarney with Professors Scanlan and Hughes over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the Irish Lion. This package must be used on a mutually convenient Tuesday or Wednesday night before the end of classes. Because Professor Scanlan expects to retire this semester, this is a limited-time package! Max. number of students: 6. Suggested Minimum bid: $25.
Cheer on the Reds at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati with Professor Henderson. Package includes transportation, game tickets, hot dogs, and of course, hours in the car with Professor Henderson! This package must be used in May. Max. number of students: 4. Minimum Bid: $200.
Use this package to show off your golf skills to a couple of law school legends and harmonize with nature (many birds and perhaps an eagle may be spotted, even if in an adjoining fairway). Professor Conkle and Dean Fromm will compete as a team against each of 2 teams of 3 students in a best ball competition. Each team of 3 plays 9 holes with each of the 2 legends. Small but memorable prizes will be awarded to any winning team who can beat this Dynamic Duo, as well as longest drive, closest to the pin, etc. The package will include greens fees, carts, club rental (if necessary), at a local course (negotiable) and plenty of libation and food afterwards at Nick's or another equally fine establishment. Bidders must organize themselves into teams of 3 students, and the top 2 bidding teams will win this special golf outing opportunity, which will take place during late March or early April. Golfing expertise is not required. If requested, the Duo is able to impart the finer points of hitting a golf ball to the left or right and up or down, as well as miscellaneous legal implications surrounding the game of golf! Max. number of students: 6. Minimum bid: $250.
Pay big bucks for this item and you’ll get beer and dinner at the Irish Lion with Professors Fuentes-Rowher, Henderson, Mehrotra, Ochoa, Collins, and Madeira and Waters - those professors still young enough to remember what it was like to be sleep deprived, on call, on journal and on the job hunt—all at the same time as being too poor to drink anything more than water when eating out. Max. number of students: 7. Minimum bid: $200.
Four teams of (8) students will have the opportunity of a lifetime...to play basketball on the floor of Assembly Hall*! The 4 student teams will duke it out, and the last team standing will get to play the dream team of professors! *Subject to the new coach's gym schedule. Max. number of students: 4 teams of 8 students. Minimum bid: $225 per team.
A night at the favorite haunt of generations of law students: Nick's English Hut. Join Professor Gjerdingen for dinner and other delights at Nick's. Upstairs, downstairs, dinner, snacks, burgers, stroms, and anything else your legal heart desires. After dinner and frivolities, we will conclude with a seminar on the state of Scottish single malts at a secure but undisclosed location. Package is for four students, but a fifth one is free if a designated driver.
Minimum Bid: $125.
An evening of home brewing with Professors Hoffmann and Stake, while imbibing outstanding and rare beers, and listening to the best music of the modern age -- the Fab Four. If the package is bought by 3L's who will be leaving town right after graduation, the winners will need to schedule the event ASAP, so that the beer will have enough time to finish (at least 2 months) before they leave town. If the package is bought by non-3L's, or by 3L's who will be staying in town to study for the bar exam, then there's no real issue with the schedule -- we will have plenty of time, because the finished beer can sit around all summer if necessary. Maximum 10 people; EITHER a designated driver OR a commitment to take taxis is required; and the timing of the event will be either during an evening (i.e., ending by around 11 p.m.) OR on a weekend afternoon. Suggested Min. Bid: $200.
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