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| John Kastelic ’90: Bringing an Engineering Background to a Legal Role |
When John Kastelic ’90 started his professional career as an engineer, law school was not yet a contender in his future. But after four years of immersion in the electrical engineering field, he noticed that the content of his work was switching gears. “I found that documentation at my company was not keeping up with the ever-changing product line, leading to necessary but unavoidable questions from customers,” Kastelic said. “I found that one of my strengths was in technical writing and verbal communications with those customers. That was probably the biggest factor that led me down the path to law school.” (Read More) |
| Serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice at Moritz this November! |
Would you like to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice without all the fuss of a Senate confirmation hearing? The Moritz College of Law is in need of 60 people to judge the oral arguments of second-year students in Professor Beazley’s mandatory Appellate Advocacy course. Students in the course research and write a brief for one of four cases currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and then present their cases to the Court in oral arguments.
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Linda Cook ’87: Living a life of service |
Linda Cook ’87 knew when she went to law school that she wouldn’t be defending criminals or representing corporations. Those are fine choices, but not the reasons she chose to become an attorney.
“I always knew that I was going to be a bleeding heart,” Linda said with a laugh. “I first thought about becoming a public defender, but I learned that was not for me. Then I decided that legal services work was a good fit, and it obviously has been.”
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| Moritz Practice Interview Program Needs Alumni Volunteers |
Moritz’s Career Services staff invites you to participate in the 2008 1L Mock Interview program. We are asking that you volunteer one hour of your time to “interview” one or two students in your office. Your feedback is invaluable and provides students with the opportunity to become comfortable in a legal environment while honing interviewing skills. Additionally, your participation and constructive criticism will contribute to a successful recruiting season for our students. You will be matched with a student who will contact you after Nov. 1 to arrange for a mutually convenient time. To volunteer your time to this program, please respond to Kelly Chimney at chimney.2@osu.edu or (614) 247-7210 with the following information:
Name and contact information:
Organization name:
Substantive area of law practiced:
Number of students you can interview:
Preferred contact information for student: |
Moritz College of Law Faculty Sound Off on Financial Crisis, Fed Bailout |
| Via Op-Eds, media interviews, and blogs, Moritz College of Law faculty members have been active providing their analysis of the recent financial crisis and the federal government’s actions to mend the damaged market.
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| McCain v. Obama, a U.S. Supreme Court hypothetical (one hopes) |
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Election Law @ Moritz, with co-sponsors AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project and the Supreme Court Institute at Georgetown's law school, will conduct simulated adjudication of a hypothetical case involving a dispute over the outcome of this year's presidential election. This experiment will test an idea proposed in recent scholarship: that the public more likely would perceive that courts are fair and impartial in resolving lawsuits over the outcome of high-stakes elections if the courts that adjudicate these cases are specifically structured to be strictly bipartisan.
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| Student Profile: Creating Opportunities Through Leadership |
After spending the summer working at the law firm of Frost Brown Todd in his hometown of Louisville, Ky., 3L Junis L. Baldon said that he has some exciting plans for the Black Law Student Association (BLSA) in the coming school year. Baldon, the organization’s president, said that there are already several events lined this year that will help carry out the group’s mission of fostering a sense of civic duty as well as professional and personal development.
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