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Greetings,
This
week, we recognize the achievement of two students
who work in the area of natural resources law, and
share an innovative course on the federal
judiciary.
Until
the footnotes,
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| Rebekah Elliott hiking
Mt. Lemmon |
RMMLF
may sound like a tongue-twister, but it is the
acronym for the Rocky
Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.
RMMLF
is the leading collaborative center on the law and
study of mining, oil and gas, water, public lands,
energy and environmental protection. The trustees
of RMMLF are representatives from 30 law schools
-- including Professor Robert
Glennon from Arizona Law -- 13 bar
associations, and 18 mining and oil and gas
associations. The College of Law has been a member
for many years.
I
am pleased to share the news that two Arizona Law
students recently received scholarships from
RMMLF. These highly competitive scholarships are
presented to students with high academic
accomplishments and a demonstrated commitment to
natural resources law.
Recipients
were selected on their academic ability,
leadership, financial need, and their potential
contributions to the field of natural resources
law overall.
Araceli
Rodriguez and Rebekah Elliott, both rising 3Ls,
will receive significant scholarships and access
to Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
resources. Both of these students stood out
as top candidates in the scholarship program
because of their investment in
the coursework and activities
available in our strong environmental and natural
resources law program.
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Araceli
Rodriguez |
Araceli
grew up in Yuma and has explored a special
interest in water law and policy while at Arizona
Law. She is spending a split summer in Phoenix.
She is currently externing for Judge Susan Bolton
of the United States District Court for the
District of Arizona through the American Bar
Association's Judicial Intern
Opportunity Program. For the second half of
her summer, she will intern in the Phoenix field
office of the Department of the Interior's Office
of the Solicitor. Connect with Araceli on
LinkedIn.
Rebekah,
from Madisonville, Kentucky, is a former special
education teacher from the Teach for America
program. At Arizona Law, she serves as an articles
editor for the Arizona Law Review and is active in
the Law Women's Association. She is spending a
second summer at the Phoenix office of Snell &
Wilmer. She plans to pursue a career in
natural resources and energy law after
graduation. Connect with Rebekah on
LinkedIn.
Araceli
and Rebekah's developing
expertise in natural resources law continues a
long-standing tradition among Arizona Law alumni,
including Desmond Kearns ('72), John Lacy ('67), Chuck
Jeanness ('83), Luke
Narducci ('86), Margaret LaBianca
('98), and many others. This strength is
reflected in our ongoing efforts to build a new
program in Mining and Natural Resources Law and
Policy. We congratulate Araceli and Rebekah on
their outstanding achievements.
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Federal
Judicial Literacy
Course |
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| Spencer
Scharff |
In an era of dramatically
changing legal practice, innovation must become
the hallmark of legal education.
In downtown
Phoenix, Spencer
Scharff ('10) and his co-clerk Alex Samuels (a
Harvard Law graduate who does not -- yet -- have a
degree from the U of A) approached us
with an idea to better prepare students to work
within the federal judiciary. The two are
currently clerking for Judge Andrew Hurwitz on the
US Court of Appeals for the 9th
Circuit.
Their
idea was straightforward and direct: create a
summer class in which students learn about court
and judicial operations in an intimate educational
environment. By delivering the class in Phoenix,
students completing summer internships or
clerkships, or otherwise working in the Valley,
would also be able to hone the skills that are
useful in judicial employment settings.
We were thrilled with the
idea, and collaborated with them to implement the
class this summer.
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| Alex Samuels
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Students
who take the class should be well prepared for the
federal clerkship application process, if they
wish to pursue that path. They will be more adept
at complex federal process and procedure. Students
will also gain access to federal staff and judges
to ask open and direct questions in a welcoming
setting.
The
course is available to students for credit or as a
participation opportunity. Students from any law
school are able to enroll. Students are coming
from Osborn
Maledon, Perkins
Coie, Fennemore
Craig, Snell &
Wilmer, the ACLU,
the Arizona Supreme Court, and federal judicial
clerkships.
We
are proud of Spencer and Alex's effort. In time,
we are hopeful that this course will grow and open
new pathways in the federal judiciary for our
students.
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New
Book: Law, Culture, &
Environment
IPLP
Director and Professor of Law Melissa Tatum and
co-author Jill Kappus Shaw (SJD '12) have
published a new book, Law, Culture, &
Environment. Their work explores the
conflict between environmentalists seeking to
protect critical habitats, American Indians
seeking access to their sacred places, and public
lands managers struggling to balance competing
demands.
Coming soon!
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THE DATE - Arizona Law in Denver
August
11, 2014
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September
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THE DATE - PLAN AHEAD - Centennial Homecoming
Weekend
November
7-9, 2014
For
more information, CLICK
HERE to visit our
Homecoming 2014 website.
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For those of you no longer
in Tucson -- the monsoon has arrived, and in
dramatic fashion. And it's just in time for a
streetcar named...whatever Tucsonans will
ultimately call the new light rail, which starts
on July 25.
Warmly,
Marc L.
Miller
Dean & Ralph W. Bilby Professor of
Law
James E. Rogers College of Law
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