| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
JAMES E. ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW |
DECEMBER 14, 2022 | | |
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Greetings,
This week, we feature our Legal Paraprofessional Program.
University of Arizona Law has long sought to foster legal education beyond the traditional JD, and to find ways to train legal professionals and provide lower cost legal services to people who cannot access or afford a lawyer. A new scholarship in partnership with the Marshall Foundation will allow more students to pursue Legal Paraprofessional career paths.
The Arizona Supreme Court is at the national cutting edge of innovation in legal services, encouraged, in part, by the breadth and diversity of our legal studies degrees, courses, and modalities at the University of Arizona.
In January, the University of Arizona will host the first annual Legal Paraprofessional Summit, bringing together a range of participants from the legal community to promote LP education and professional development.
Also in this newsletter, learn about other ways in which Arizona Law is at the forefront of innovation and education in law, from supporting Native scholars to tackling issues in space law.
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Until the footnotes,
Marc
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New Marshall Foundation Grant Will Fund Legal Paraprofessional Training | |
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In partnership with the Marshall Foundation, the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law has established new scholarships for students pursuing a Legal Paraprofessional (LP) license beginning in the Spring 2023 semester. A recent $40,000 grant from the Foundation will go towards funding the education and licensing of students completing one of three paraprofessional tracks available only at University of Arizona Law.
Founded in 1930, the Marshall Foundation focuses its community giving on early childhood through undergraduate education and supportive wrap-around social services for underserved populations. The Foundation also funds projects, programs and scholarships at the University of Arizona, including post-secondary levels.
The funds have been used to develop the Marshall Foundation Legal Paraprofessional Scholarship and the Marshall Foundation LP Graduation Award. The Marshall Scholarship will help support students who wish to obtain the necessary education to become an LP. If selected, students will receive a one-time award applied to the costs of attendance associated with either the University of Arizona BA in Law, the Master of Legal Studies (MLS) program or the accelerated MLS program for qualified BA in law students.
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Once finished with their course work, students can then become eligible for the Graduation Award which will support the pursuit of licensure by providing reimbursement for the costs associated with testing – specifically one core exam and one endorsement area exam – and the state licensure application fees.
Currently, the University of Arizona has the only MLS Graduate LP Certificate and the only Arizona Supreme Court certified BA program in the state providing the educational pathways to become an LP. Additionally, students enrolled in the BA program can earn the first ever undergraduate LP certificate beginning this Spring.
“We are so grateful to the Marshall Foundation for their support of our LP students at University of Arizona Law,” said Kristy Clairmont (pictured above), coordinator for the LP program. “These scholarship opportunities represent our sincere belief in our students’ future impact as licensed LPs on the access to justice issues in our state.”
See here for the full story.
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Year End Giving Information
If you would like to make a year-end philanthropic contribution, here are some helpful tips to ensure your gift is counted in 2022. Please plan ahead. The University of Arizona will be closed campus-wide starting Friday, December 23 until Monday, January 2 and will reopen on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
Gifts by check: All checks should be made payable to the Law College Association and mailed to The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 1201 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721. Checks will be processed and receipted according to the postmark date on the envelope. Please allow extra time for delays. To receive a charitable gift deduction in 2022, your envelope must be postmarked by December 31, 2022.
Gifts by credit card: Credit card gifts will be receipted on the date the charge posts to your credit card account. This means to receive a 2022 charitable gift deduction, the charges must be made with sufficient time before December 31, 2022 to allow the donation to post by December 31, 2022. You can make a gift securely at: https://givetoarizonalaw.org/
Gifts of stock: Stock gifts will be processed and receipted on the date the stocks are transferred into our account. To receive a 2022 charitable gift deduction, stocks must be transferred by the end of the day December 30, 2022. If you are planning a stock gift please call 520-621-8430 prior to December 23, so that we can prepare for your gift.
If you would like to make a gift another way, please contact the Alumni & Development Office at 520-621-8430 prior to December 23. Thank you!
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Early Bird Registration Extended to December 20 for First Annual Legal Paraprofessional Summit | |
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The first annual Legal Paraprofessional Summit will be held at multiple University of Arizona locations January 20 and 21. Register by December 20 to take advantage of early bird pricing.
The 2023 Legal Paraprofessional Summit brings together licensed and prospective legal paraprofessionals, lawyers and judges, and members of the legal community to facilitate robust discussion promoting innovation and growth for LP education and professional development.
The Summit will be held over two days at the UArizona Chandler campus with virtual attendance opportunities available via Zoom and at viewing locations at the College of Law campus in Tucson and the UArizona Yuma campus.
Attendees may earn up to 5 CLE credits.
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The Final Frontier: Forum Explores Present and Future of Space Law and Policy | |
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In October 1967, the United States entered into the Outer Space Treaty (OST), which deemed space a domain to be shared by all nations and laid out the basis for international space law. In October 2022, 55 years after the treaty’s signing, the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law convened “The Future is Almost Now: Issues in Space Law and Policy,” a forum on the present and future of space law and policy.
Hosted at the University of Arizona Washington D.C. Center for Outreach & Collaboration, the event included a series of panels and a keynote conversation reflecting on a broad range of topics from the Outer Space Treaty and property rights, to responsible stewardship of the Moon, to the crowding of low earth orbit and national security in orbit and beyond.
“So many of us think that Space Law simply requires you to take the law that we have here on Earth, and export it to outer space,” explained Christopher Griffin, University of Arizona Law director of Empirical & Policy Research and member of the event planning committee. “But you quickly find out that the nature of disputes in outer space are qualitatively different there than on Earth.”
See the full story to learn more about the variety of topics covered.
View recordings of the sessions here.
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Update on Huerta Scholarship - Thanks for Your Generosity! | |
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As 2022 comes to a close, we want to thank the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program community of supporters, alumni and advocates for supporting Native law students attending University of Arizona Law through the Huerta Scholarship.
Thank you for supporting the next generation of Native law students. With your support we are able to recruit, retain and support a fantastic group of Native law students each year.
Thus far we have 37 donations totaling $24,306 in support of the Huerta Scholarship, all of which goes directly to supporting Native law students as they start their legal education at University of Arizona Law.
Matching Gift Challenge
Thanks to the generosity of Deborah Sliz (’79), Alan Yandow, and Justin Ruggieri (’00) your donations will be doubled now through December 22, up to $5,000 total, for our double matching gift challenge. Double the impact of your gift by participating in our matching gift challenge!
Please let your colleagues know that it is not too late to support Native law students! They can donate online at https://crowdfund.arizona.edu/huerta
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Prof. Silverman Recognized as Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser | |
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Joseph M. Livermore Professor Emeritus of Law and Director of the Civil Rights Restoration Clinic Andy Silverman (’69) was recently honored at the Southern Arizona Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) chapter National Philanthropy Day event.
This video from the AFP features Andy and his outstanding volunteer work:
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Andy was named the Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser, for his philanthropic contributions and dedicated volunteerism to improve the quality of life in our community. This award recognizes an individual, organization or group that demonstrates exceptional leadership and commitment to the advancement of philanthropy and motivates and inspires other volunteers in successful fundraising projects.
Congratulations, Andy!
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Registration open for January in Tucson | |
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Registration is now open for January in Tucson, happening January 9–29, 2023. The course calendar is available here.
This year January in Tucson returns to in-person courses at the University of Arizona. We are offering 19 courses, including 2 new courses, Navajo Common Law and Tribal Gaming Law and Regulation.
For three weeks each year, the January in Tucson intensive education session brings together distinguished faculty in the field of Indigenous governance and Indigenous rights and gives them the opportunity to teach and hold discussions with Indigenous leaders, practitioners, community members and University of Arizona graduate students.
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Do You Have News?
Your success is the college’s success and we want to celebrate with you! If you have landed a new job, received an award or recognition, stepped into a leadership role or have good news in general, let us know.
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In 1965 there was no such thing as a nurse practitioner. In 1966 the first nurse practitioner program was created in Chicago. There are now around a quarter of a million nurse practitioners, providing critical health services as part of a diverse array of health professionals.
With the creation of Legal Paraprofessionals by the Arizona Supreme Court, we – our state, and our College – are at the front end of a potential revolution in the provision of accessible, lower-cost, high-quality legal services.
The creation of LPs connects to our decade-long goal of expanding legal education, and the now five-year-old Innovation for Justice program, aimed at developing new pathways to civil legal services – the so-called access-to-justice challenge.
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