October 26, 2007
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Excellence in a Teacher – Professor Paul Marcus
Students, alumni, colleagues, and others recently shared their thoughts on Paul Marcus, appointed on Sept. 28 to the Kelly Professorship for Excellence in Teaching, a chair made possible by the generosity of the late Herbert V. Kelly, Sr. B.A. ’41, B.C.L. ’43. Click here for more.
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Law School Honors Judge Wilford Taylor, Jr. ’78 for Outstanding Service
Judge Taylor, director of the Trial Advocacy Program, received this year’s St. George Tucker Adjunct Professorship Award at a luncheon in his honor on Sept. 6. Click here for more.
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“The Roberts Court” – Watch it on CSPAN!
This timely panel from the Supreme Court Preview was broadcast on CSPAN’s “America & the Courts” program on Oct. 6. The panel, moderated by David Savage from the LA Times, featured Duke Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Linda Greenhouse from The New York Times, Stanford Law Professor Kathleen Sullivan, and Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo. Click here to watch the video on the CSPAN website.
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| CLCT Teams Up to Launch Accessible Courts Initiative
The Center for Legal and Court Technology, formerly known as the Courtroom 21 Project, and the American Foundation for the Blind Consulting Group recently announced a joint initiative aimed at eliminating “the barriers between people with disabilities and the nation’s state and federal courts and administrative agencies.” Click here to visit the Initiative’s website. |
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U. Michigan Scholar Receives 2007 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize
Margaret Jane Radin was honored for her scholarship on the "personhood" dimension of property rights at a dinner on Oct. 5 held during the Fourth Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference. Click here for more. |
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W&M Students Compete in – and Win –International Virtual Moot Court Competition
The McGlothlin Courtroom was the site of a competition that successfully spanned both distance and time zones. Click here for more.
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Junaid Ahmad ’08 to Lead National Organization of Muslim Law Students
Ahmad ’08 was recently elected president of the National Muslim Law Students Association, a group which assists Muslim students as they plan for their legal careers and also provides a forum for Muslim legal issues. Click here for more.
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Upcoming
Lectures
and Symposia
- Human Rights and National Security Law Distinguished Lecture Series: When, if Ever, Should Torture Evidence Be Admissible? by Professor Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University Law School, Nov. 1
- 53rd W&M Tax Conference: Tax-Free Planning in a Taxable World, Nov. 8-9 Click here for more.
- 2nd Annual Stanley H. Mervis Lecture in Intellectual Property: Trends in Copyright Law by Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyrights, Nov. 13
We welcome alumni & friends of the Law School at our events. Click here for the Events Calendar. |
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| Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)
LRAP was created by the Law School to help make the choice of public service careers more viable for its graduates. Alumni who graduated in 2004 or later may apply for assistance. To learn more about the program and how to apply, click here. |
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Post a Position, Schedule an Interview -- Electronically
We encourage alumni to use the Employers Services page to schedule on-campus, off-campus, or videoconference interviews, request resume collection, or list positions to which students and/or graduates can apply. Click here to read more. Click here to learn more about career services at the Law School, including services for graduates interested in changing jobs.
Have You Changed Your Work or Home Address?
We want to stay in touch. You can update your contact information on-line by logging into the Alumni Directory and clicking on the link ("To update your own information"). Click here to go to the on-line directory page.
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