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1st Circuit. David Colarusso, a first-year student at Boston University School of Law created Community Counts, an online political forum that allows visitors to post questions for state and local politicians in video and text format. The website is similar to Colarusso’s 10 Questions website, where in the fall of 2001, U.S. presidential candidates answered the 10 most popular questions with videos of their own.
2nd Circuit. Students from the Albany Government Law Review at Albany Law School of Union University presented a conference titled “God and the Land: Conflicts Over Land Use and Religious Freedom.” The conference looked at what defines religion in our society and the political and constitutional implications arising from the intersection of religion and land use. The event featured more than a dozen experts in the fields of land use law and religion.
3rd Circuit. Two students from Drexel University College of Law were awarded scholarships at the annual conference of the International Association of Korean Lawyers. Second-year student Helen Park was awarded the Dr. Shin Woong-Shik Scholarship, and third-year student Emma Reynolds took home the IAKL Foundation Scholarship. They were selected based on their commitment to the Korean American and Asian/Pacific Islander communities. Both students said they are sensitive to the language barriers that put solid legal representation out of reach for some people in the United States.
4th Circuit. Jacqueline Bond, a third-year student at Charleston Law School, was honored at the White House for her efforts on adoption advocacy and foster care issues. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham nominated Bond, designating her as an Angel in Adoption. The distinction provides an opportunity for Congress members to recognize the work of their constituents who have enriched the lives of foster children and orphans in the United States and abroad.
5th Circuit. Sixty students, faculty, staff, and friends from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School took part in the 7th Annual Scott’s Run 5K run and 1 mile walk. Proceeds from the event benefit the Immigrant Children’s Advocacy Project of Catholic Charities Atlanta, which represents undocumented children, many of whom are abused, abandoned, or sold into prostitution. Dressed in red JMLS T-shirts, the JMLS team won the coveted Spirit Award for the largest team.
6th Circuit. The State Bar of Michigan honored Annise Maguire, a third-year student at University of Michigan Law School, with the Wanda Nash Award for dedication to the cause of animal law. Maguire worked in public interest litigation on behalf of animals after Hurricane Katrina and helped get companion animals included as part of disaster relief planning.
7th Circuit. Nearly 100 students took place in the sixth annual Socctoberfest at Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington, an event designed to bring together JD and LL.M. students in a friendly soccer competition. The event helps welcome the school’s diverse group of international students, most of whom are pursuing an LL.M. through its Graduate Legal Studies Program. Socctoberfest has become so popular that a draft has to be held to equally distribute the students.
8th Circuit. Theresa Stadheim, a second-year student at University of Minnesota Law School, won the $5,000 grand prize in Foley & Lardner’s 9th Annual Intellectual Property Writing Competition for her article, “Rambus, N-Data, and the FTC: Balancing Patent Holder Rights and Consumer Protection in Standards-Setting Organizations.” Another of her articles was given an honorable mention. Entries are judged on originality, research, content, and contributions to law and practice.
9th Circuit. Seventy students from Pepperdine University School of Law joined Dean Ken Starr at the 2008 Christian Lawyer Global Convention in Washington, D.C. Cohosted by the Christian Legal Society, Advocates International, and Advocates North America, the convention focused on six global issues: religious freedom, peace and reconciliation, justice for the poor, laws of life, family and community, and integrity under the rule of law. The students attended workshops, lectures, and panel discussions on career options, ministry opportunities, and Christianity and the global rule of law.
10th Circuit. University of Kansas School of Law’s Women in Law student organization worked to raise awareness and support for survivors of gendered violence through a supply drive and an educational forum. The students collected items for Women’s Transitional Care Services to keep at the shelter as part of its “Call to End Gendered Violence” campaign. In conjunction with the item drive, Women in Law hosted a Gendered Violence Forum that was open to the public.
11th Circuit. American University Washington College of Law students Elicia Ford, Greg Eichelman, Aliza Pescovitz, and Justin Terres placed first in the San Diego Defense Lawyers Invitational Mock Trial Competition. The team was coached by Nicole Lehtman (who received her JD from the school in 2000) and Brady Haywood of the Alexandria Public Defender’s Office. This marks the first time a team outside California has won.
12th Circuit. University of Washington School of Law students and alumni held the third annual Race Judicata 5K at Seward Park in Seattle with proceeds supporting student work in public interest law and public health issues. The USA Track & Field–certified race is sponsored by the UW Law School Alumni Association, WSBA Young Lawyers Division, UW Student Bar Association, UW Public Interest Law Association, and UW Student Health Law Organization.
13th Circuit. From their own evacuation locations after Hurricane Gustav, Tulane University Law School second-year students Patricia Guzman, Carolyn Cooper, Jonathan Belaga, and Claire Yancey, aided relief efforts by helping to develop a website providing information and hurricane-related resources to the public. The site, found online at gustavinfo.org, is one of the various ways Tulane students aided in the hurricane relief effort.
14th Circuit. Student authors at University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law presented the annual California Initiative Forum in October. The event, founded in 1998, gave a nonpartisan, objective analysis of the 12 propositions on the ballot for California voters. Christine Elliott, James Bothwell, Brian and Tessa Mayer, Melissa Meth, Corey Ordonez and Stephanie Schiele, Lee Sheldon, David Cox and Amber Maltbie, Joshua Kob and Rebekah Grodsky, Travis Leete, Jason Munroe, Jeffrey Grant and Luke Vanderwagen, and David Marchiano and David Weissman made forum presentations.
15th Circuit. Emily Kane and Erin Ford, third-year students at The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, formed the Election Protection Team at their school, a student organization that trained and placed nearly 80 law students as poll watchers on Election Day. The University of Arizona location served as southern Arizona’s only command center during the November 4 general election.
