THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 24, 2010

CONFERENCE CALL: HARVARD LAW SCHOOL OFFICIAL AND FORMER HARVARD LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS TO DISCUSS ELENA KAGAN’S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AT 12:45PM EDT TUESDAY


WASHINGTON – At 12:45pm EDT, Harvard Law School’s Assistant Dean for Public Service Alexa Shabecoff and former Harvard Law School students Brandon Weiss (HLS ’08), Lauren Sudeall Lucas (HLS ’05), and Sarah Isgur (HLS ’08) will hold a conference call to discuss the role that then-Dean Elena Kagan played in expanding opportunities for Harvard Law School students to engage in public service.


WHO: Alexa Shabecoff, Assistant Dean for Public Service, Harvard Law School

Brandon Weiss (HLS ’08), Skadden Fellow at Public Counsel

Lauren Sudeall Lucas (HLS ’05), Staff Attorney at the Southern Center for Human Rights

Sarah Isgur (HLS ’08), Republican political consultant in Texas

WHAT: Conference Call to discuss Elena Kagan’s Commitment to Public Service

WHEN: Tuesday, May 25
12:45pm EDT







Book Launch of THE REAL DEAL -Journey of an international student in the UK@ the Nigeria high commission in London




When Olanike Adebayo left her native Nigeria to attend university in England, no travel guide could predict the culture shock awaiting her. From the moment she stepped off the plane, Olanike found herself thrust into a new world that was foreign on nearly every front.
Her struggle to adapt goes far beyond learning a new language and adjusting to English weather: from shopping and hailing a cab to learning British colloquialisms and adjusting to the laid-back atmosphere of university life.

She was pleasantly surprised to discover that England was not an island of dapperly dressed white people, as her studies back home in Africa had led her to expect.

Instead, she found herself part of a teeming multicultural assemblage, from whom she learned as much outside the classroom as she did inside.

From her own experiences as an international student, Olanike has crafted both a memoir and a helpful guide to other exchange students contemplating the challenges of studying in the United Kingdom.