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	LAW SCHOOLS Stanford Law School is accepting 3Ls displaced by Hurricane Katrina Stanford Law School, is accepting 3Ls from Tulane and Loyola who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Students must be able to attend classes ASAP. More Information (PDF) Law School Responds to Hurricane Katrina The faculty, administration, and students of the University of Michigan Law School are deeply concerned about the welfare of those suffering from the impact of Hurricane Katrina. In an effort to be of some assistance to fellow members of our legal community who have been so terribly affected by the dire conditions in the New Orleans area, we wish to offer space to current law students from Tulane and Loyola of New Orleans to enroll as visiting non-degree students for at least the fall semester (with the need for a second semester to be addressed later this fall). While we would ideally have room for all who would come, we know realistically that this will not be possible. Because we have already received inquiries from many more students than we are capable of enrolling, we will give priority to third-year law students and to those who have connections to the state or the University of Michigan. We will be conducting an expedited admissions interview over the telephone for those who have expressed interest in attending. Following a University-wide policy (since other schools at the University will take similar action), we must charge visiting students tuition. Details concerning remission of tuition either to visiting students or to their home law school will be worked out later, but we will operate on the principle that a student visiting here should end up paying (to whichever institution) no more than that which they would have paid to their home school had this tragedy not occurred. Please contact the Admissions Office at 734.764.0537 or law.jd.admissions@umich.edu for more information. ABA Minority Caucus Colleagues Minority Caucus Colleagues, If you have contact with law students who had been going to Tulane or Loyola in New Orleans, before those schools were devastated by Hurricane Katrina, please pass on the following message: This is from an email I received from my alma mater, Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley: Boalt has joined a number of U.S. law schools in stepping forward to offer assistance by accepting into our community and our classes a limited number of students from Tulane and Loyola for the fall semester. "Our response to this emergency is only 24 hours old and there are a myriad of details to address but we hope to have these students arriving at Boalt by mid-September," said Professor Andrew Guzman, who proposed and is assisting in organizing our offer to the displaced students. Boalt is also considering other ways our community may be able to assist the student visitors, such as with housing, books and other needs. Professor Guzman can be reached at (510) 642-8074. Richard M. Macias Chair Minority Caucus House of Delegates American Bar Association Richard Macias & Associates Attorneys at Law 2741 Prewett Street PO Box 31569 Los Angeles, CA 90031-0569 Office (323) 224-3906 Direct (323) 224-3939 Cell (323) 428-8799 Fax (323) 225-4485 Email RMMacias@aol.com Hurricane Katrina Information Hurricane Relief Loan Sallie Mae is offering an interest-free loan (through June 1, 2006 ) to students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The loan is a one-time relief loan of up to $1,000.00. You may qualify for a relief loan if you applied for a Sallie Mae loan during academic year 2005/2006 and you were enrolled for the current academic year at one of the following affected schools: Louisiana: Ayers Institute/Deisel Driving Academy Bryman College?New Orleans Delgado Community College, New Orleans Dillard University, New Orleans Louisiana Technical College campuses in Metairie, New Orleans, Slidell, Bogalusa, and Harvey Loyola University, New Orleans LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Nunez Community College (All branches) Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond Nicholls State University, Thibodaux Southern University New Orleans Tulane University, New Orleans University of New Orleans Xavier University, New Orleans Mississippi: Alcorn State East Central Community College Jones County Community College Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (All branches) Pearl River Community College Tougaloo College University of Southern MS William Carey Colleg Follow the instructions below to start the application for this special Hurricane Relief Loan: 1. Call Sallie Mae toll free at 1-877-HELP-040 (1-877-435-7040) Our hours of operation are 7:00 AM ? 10:00 PM (Central). If you call after hours, please leave a voice mail and your call will be returned within 24 - 72 hours. Complete Application: Once you have talked to a representative, you will be instructed to electronically sign the promissory note. The representative will provide instructions to you regarding this process. Note: If you are unable to electronically sign your promissory note, you can download the application , complete the student borrower section and return it to Sallie Mae using one of the following methods: Fax (toll free): 1-866-392-9329 Mail/Overnight: 1002 Arthur Drive , Lynn Haven , Florida 32444 Or 2. Email Sallie Mae If you are trying to reach us after hours, you can send an email to requesthelp@salliemae.com . When emailing, please include a phone number where you can be reached in the event we have questions. You will be contacted within 24 ? 72 hours.