December PLEM Meeting • Penn Carey Law Events Management • Penn Carey Law

December 2014 meeting minutes for Penn Law Event Managers.

Catering: foodwerx

Michelle Werner continued with last month’s theme and reinforced the need to plan ahead
As soon as you know about an event, please contact any departments that need to be involved with making your event a success
Any caterers/hotels not direct bill, need at least 3 weeks notice. Business Affairs is no longer able to process expedited checks
Note: please be careful blocking hotel rooms and ensure all rooms are filled. Let Michelle know if you have any trouble blocking rooms.

**Please remember to add your events to the PLEM calendar! For assistance, please see the ITS page How to Add Pending Events to the PLEM Site or contact a member of the Communications team.

December
- Dec. 9-19: Fall Exams
- Holiday Party: Dec. 12
- Dec. 19: 1L End of Exams party, 1:30-3pm in the Goat
- Dec. 19: Ernie’s Luncheon
January
- Legal Scholarship workshops on Fridays, every other week.
February
- Feb. 23-28: Public Interest Week
Many large student events coming up for Spring Semester. Stay tuned

Dimitri Islam and Julie Colleluori presented on how they assist students in personal and professional development at the law school, including all student group events
The process starts with Julie. Students meet with her to start student groups. She also finds dates for events and books 500-600 rooms a year. Directs students to service providers such as CLE, Communications, etc.for event needs
Dimitri helps students with the substantive part of the planning. Works with them to make events a reality. Talks to them about the types of events they want to have. Works with students on problems, issues, counseling, advising.
Major events Calendar.