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News and Events Alternative Spring Break Trip to New Orleans Invites Alumni Participation In April, UDSL students had an opportunity to take their classroom knowledge on the road for some hands-on experience that made a big impact. In lieu of going to Florida or Cancun during their Spring Break, 30 UDSL students went to New Orleans on an ‘Alternative Spring Break’ trip to complete pro bono work and help rebuild the areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Student organizers are planning on an even larger group traveling to New Orleans this year, and would like to open up the trip to alumni. The trip will take place the week of March 16 – March 21. Read this story
UDSL graduate Jim Candelmo ’87 has a unique and historically relevant claim; using an extraterritorial jurisdiction section of the Patriot Act, earlier this year he prosecuted the only civilian conviction for detainee abuse in connection with the United States’ involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read this story UDSL Students Teach Conflict Management at Dayton Public Schools UDSL students will serve as mediators, co-instructors and evaluators of a new pilot program in conflict management being implemented in three PK-8 Dayton Public Schools this school year. The program has been employed in other schools around the state and has been shown to positively impact school climate. The unique difference in the DPS pilot is the involvement of law students. Read this story
The biggest employer of actors in the Dayton area may not be the Victoria Theatre Association or Dayton Theatre Guild, but the School of Law. Professor Dennis Turner directs UDSL’s Standardized Client Program, founded four years ago, in which students practice interviewing and active-listening skills with trained actors posing as clients, then receive feedback from lawyers and professors. Turner said he borrowed the idea from the Standardized Patient Programs that commonly are incorporated into curricula at medical schools. Read this story UDSL Community Comes Together to Fight Hunger/Homelessness In celebration of the season and in conjunction with National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, several UDSL student organizations have sponsored events on campus and around the Dayton area to collect food and clothing for the less fortunate, to raise awareness about the homeless population of Dayton, and to gather and give thanks. Read this story |
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Brief Mentions  Dean of Students Lori Shaw and 2L Monica Saylor at the Student Bar Association’s annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Professor Tom Hagel has a part in Tom Brokaw's latest book, boom! voices of the sixties. Brokaw interviewed Tom about his brother, Chuck, and their experiences in the Vietnam War. Tom says that Brokaw is a really down-to-earth guy and that he enjoyed talking with him about what was a transitional time for our country. Brokaw sent Tom a copy of the book with a personal letter thanking him for sharing his memories. If you plan to pick up a copy, be sure to look up pages 460-465! Professor Dennis Turner’s article, Why Can’t Law Schools Be More Like Med Schools?, highlighting the real-life experiences offered at UDSL, is featured in the latest issue of the online journal, The Complete Lawyer. Professor Jim Durham is one of four University of Dayton professors chosen to be profiled in the December 2007/Excellence in Education issue of Ohio Magazine. Professor Richard Saphire will present The Voting Rights Act and the Racial Gap in Lost Votes with Paul Moke, professor at Wilmington College, as a part of the panel titled, “Changing the Rules: Causes and Consequences,” at the 2008 Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting in San Diego. UDSL Alumna Mary Jo Korona (’93) has opened a new Rochester-based litigation firm with three other partners. Korona has been a part of Rochester’s legal community since 1992 and focuses her work in commercial, employment, and bankruptcy litigation. UDSL Alumnus Max Eckstein ‘06 has joined the staff of the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law as director of continuing legal education. He writes, “I am very excited to see what this program can grow into, excited to start down a new opportunity and new career.” UDSL alumni Michael Buckwalter ‘84, Christopher Conard ‘87, Jeffrey Cox ‘91, and Jeffrey Ireland ‘80 will present a six-credit CLE through the National Business Institute titled “Litigating to Win through Advanced Trial Advocacy” in Dayton on December 13, and in Cincinnati on December 14. |
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