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  May 22, 2013   |   Last update: Today @ 11:00 am

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The Career Brief

PDO Holiday Hours

The Professional Development Office will be closed December 24 & 24, and December 31 & January 1 during the holiday break. Jaclyn will be out of the office the week of the 24-28, and Jess and Megan will be in the office December 26-28th, from 10-3. Contact us with questions at ... Read this post »

YLD Mentoring Marathon Event!

Plan to attend the 2013 Mentoring Marathon, sponsored by the Utah Minority Bar Association and Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar! The Marathon is this Saturday, January 19, 2013, from 11:00-2:00 p.m., and is open to all classes. You must RSVP by Wednesday, January 16th at 5pm. The Mentoring Marathon ... Read this post »

Reciprocity

Just a reminder to those of you looking for jobs out of state—you can look at the job boards of other law schools by making a “reciprocity” request.  Many of the schools have recently been in “black out” status for fall recruiting, and are now back in business.   Contact Megan ... Read this post »
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Clinical Quarterly

Former Interns Describe Experiences

In this story 2L students Edward Prignano and Victoria Bunch describe why you should do a Civil Clinic:  to gain skills, network, learn from a role model, and even to have something to talk about in job interviews!  For the spring semester, most placements are open, but they will be filled ... Read this post »

Practice Your Lawyering Skills

Civil Clinic students take Lawyering Skills Survey, which will be taught by Adjunct Professor Benjamin Cook on Monday/Tuesday mornings at 10:45 a.m. during the spring semester.  Click here for Professor Cook’s biography, which describes his extensive national and international practice as a mediator.  An experienced educator, Professor Cook is ... Read this post »

Coming in Spring: Clinical Program Information Sessions

Save the date of January 29 to learn more about the Clinical Program during a comprehensive Information Session led by Professor Linda Smith.  This Information Session is for 1L’s and other students who would like to learn more about clinics available beginning Summer 2013.  In April, Clinical faculty will hold ... Read this post »
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The Law Library

PDO Holiday Hours

The Professional Development Office will be closed December 24 & 24, and December 31 & January 1 during the holiday break. Jaclyn will be out of the office the week of the 24-28, and Jess and Megan will be in the office December 26-28th, from 10-3. Contact us with questions at ... Read this post »

YLD Mentoring Marathon Event!

Plan to attend the 2013 Mentoring Marathon, sponsored by the Utah Minority Bar Association and Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar! The Marathon is this Saturday, January 19, 2013, from 11:00-2:00 p.m., and is open to all classes. You must RSVP by Wednesday, January 16th at 5pm. The Mentoring Marathon ... Read this post »

Reciprocity

Just a reminder to those of you looking for jobs out of state—you can look at the job boards of other law schools by making a “reciprocity” request.  Many of the schools have recently been in “black out” status for fall recruiting, and are now back in business.   Contact Megan ... Read this post »
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Bioscience

Bowman v. Monsanto: Implications in Health and Biotechnology

By 3L student Ryan Beckstrom, Fellow with the Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences The United States Supreme Court is currently considering the case of agribusiness giant Monsanto against a farmer who planted his crops using second-generation versions of Monsanto’s patented “Roundup Ready” soy seeds. Generally, Monsanto farmers are forbidden by contract ... Read this post »

Is This the New “Cola” War?

Jeffrey Enquist, 3L and Student Fellow with the Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences According to new research presented this week at an American Heart Association conference, approximately 180,000 obesity-related deaths that occur worldwide every year can be linked to ... Read this post »
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Innovation

Blending the First-Year Legal Classroom

Just posted a new blog at the Law School Ed Tech blog.  Today's post is about flipping a first-year class, Contracts, by using online multimedia articles. With all the talk about blended learning, flipped classrooms, and the like, we wanted to visualize what that might look like in ... Read this post »
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Global Justice

U.S. Killing of U.S. Citizens

The 16-page “U.S. Department of Justice White Paper” on the killing of U.S. citizens by the U.S. Government has been receiving well-deserved condemnation among academics and experts in the field of military affairs. Most of that condemnation has focused on the astonishing claim of power to kill a ... Read this post »
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