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News and Events Make Your Reservation Now for Alumni Weekend, May 16 & 17 2008 UDSL’s Hispanic Volunteer Tax Clinic Challenges Students to Work Fast, Tackle Real-World Problems
Read this story UDSL Alumnus Defends Former Liberian President against 11 War Crimes Charges Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, has been a central figure in the last two decades of West African turmoil. His larger-than-life rise to and fall from power includes a bloody coup, exile, escape from a Massachusetts prison, guerilla warfare, victory through popular election, and an eventual ousting resulting from international pressures. He was detained by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone last year after a period of enforced exile in Nigeria and is currently on trial at The Hague, the first African head of state to be brought before an international court on war crimes allegations. He is accused of fueling a civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone and encouraging murder, mutilation, rape, gun running, diamond smuggling, the conscription of child soldiers, and cannibalism. UDSL alumnus Morris Anyah (’96) is a member of his defense counsel and recently shared his thoughts on the case with the Dayton Docket during a two-week judicial recess. Read this story UDSL Grads’ Employment Percentages, Salaries, Are at a 5-Year High The employment statistics for the class of 2007 have been collected and reported, and the news is very good indeed. The recent alums’ hard work and ingenuity in pursuing various career opportunities paid off handsomely—to the tune of a 91.6% overall employment rate and an average starting salary of $60,516. Read this story Program in Law and Technology Kicks Off Scholarly Symposia Series
Read this story UDSL in the News UDSL has enjoyed some recent publicity highlighting two hallmark programs unique to the School of Law. The Dayton and Columbus Bar Associations featured the School’s externship program in an article that focuses on student Aziz Ahmad’s externship experience with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Read this story. And the March/April issue of the Ohio Lawyer, published by the Ohio State Bar Association, contains an article highlighting UDSL student work completed during intra-session regarding model disciplinary procedure for court interpreters that has been submitted to the Ohio Supreme Court. Read this story. April Is Full of Special End-of-Semester Events at UDSL As the winter semester comes to a close, student organizations celebrate with banquets, balls, and awards receptions, many of which honor members of the extended UDSL community and are open for all to attend. Read this story |
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Brief Mentions Did you miss February’s Gilvary Symposium on law and justice for the foreign born? Not to worry; you can download symposium materials and podcasts of the sessions at UDSL’s website: law.udayton.edu Professor Jeannette Cox will visit Notre Dame, her alma mater, and Professor Eric Chaffee will visit Case Western for the Fall 2008 semester. UDSL is proud that they have been honored with these invitations. Professor Susan Brenner participated in a roundtable discussion on the Grand Jury at George Washington University Law School in March where she presented a paper, “The Grand Jury Speaks!” The 2007 CALI awards will be handed out on Wednesday, April 9. The CALI awards honor the outstanding academic achievements of UDSL students by acknowledging the student with the top grade in each School of Law course. For a complete list of award winners, click here. UDSL’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society is sponsoring an outing to a Dayton Dragons baseball game on Friday, April 18. UDSL’s Law Students for the Arts organization presented a Benefit Concert at Canal Street Tavern on Thursday, March 13th to raise funds for the Alternative Spring Break trip to New Orleans. The Career Services Office hosted their annual Lawyers in Practice Program on March 11, featuring four panels of local attorneys who represented a variety of legal areas. The panelists answered questions about their practice areas and experiences, and provided advice about career pursuits. As part of UDSL’s Legal Profession Program, a representative from the Ohio Bar Association introduced first year students to the "Casemaker" legal research system during a seminar on Tuesday, March 11. 3L Michael Eshleman was elected to the Warren County Republican Party's Central Committee in Ohio’s March primary. Alumnus Richard Freshwater ’06 joined the Cleveland office of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC. He will focus his practice on civil litigation with an emphasis on consumer finance, commercial and business litigation. Freshwater was a member of Law Review and Intellectual Property Moot Court while at UDSL. Alumna Mary Montgomery ’98 has been promoted to Criminal Trial Team Leader of the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office. Alumnus J. Todd Dipre ‘05 has joined Porter Wright Morris & Arthur’s Cincinnati office as an associate with their Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group. Alumnus Tedd Shimp ’89 was featured in a Dayton Business Journal article in February about local law firms growing their government contract law practices. Shimp was recently recruited by Taft, Stettinius & Hollister to build its government contract business in the area. Read the story here Alumna Cinnamon Baker ’04 recently has been named Director of Career Services at Barry University Law School in Orlando, FL. Alumna Lisa K. Wiseman ’01, an attorney at the Dayton office of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, has been certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in estate planning, trust, and probate law. |
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