Donohoe Wins Judge Moss ScholarshipTemple Law student Carole Anne Donohoe was recently awarded the Sandra Mazer Moss scholarship by the Brandeis Law Foundation, the charitable arm of the Louis D. Brandeis Law Society of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Sandra Mazer Moss joined the presentation of the scholarship to a deserving Philadelphia law student.
Temple Law Student wins Burton AwardCongratulations to Michelle Orloski '09, who has won the 2009 "Distinguished Writing Award," presented by the Burton Foundation, in association with the Library of Congress. Michelle will receive the award in June at a ceremony held in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Michelle's selection was based on her article titled Preventing Gross Injustice to Local Cultural Patrimony: A Proposal for State Regulation of Deaccessioning, which will be published in the upcoming issue of the Temple Law Review.
#2 in Trial Advocacy, #7 in Legal Writing, #15 in International LawTemple University Beasley School of Law's programs in Trial Advocacy, Legal Writing and International Law continue to be recognized among the nation's best. In the 2010 edition of US News and World Report law school rankings, Temple's award-winning Trial Advocacy program is again ranked at the top, this year at number 2.
Trial Team Wins Capitol InvitationalCongratulations to the National Trial Team, which won the inaugural Capitol City Challenge Tournament this weekend at American University's Washington College of Law.
Dean JoAnne Epps to receive O'Connor AwardTemple University Beasley School of Law Dean JoAnne Epps will receive the Philadelphia Bar Association's Sandra Day O'Connor Award and present the Judge A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Public Interest Lecture at the Association's Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon on Tuesday, June 9.
Temple's Jessup Moot Court Team finishes 3rd in the USMarch 30, 2009 - Temple Law defeated teams from Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Hebrew University in Israel, and Kallingrad, Russia to prevail in the first round of the International Jessup Moot Court Competition this past weekend in Washington, D.C.
Trial Team Wins Capitol InvitationalMarch 30, 2009 - Congratulations to the National Trial Team, which won the inaugural Capitol City Challenge Tournament this weekend at American University's Washington College of Law.
Innocence Project Launches at Temple LawINNOCENCE PROJECT LAUNCHES AT TEMPLE LAW
Pennsylvania's First Legal Center to Exonerate Wrongfully Convicted Inmates
PHILADELPHIA - March 5, 2009 - In 2004, Bruce Godschalk walked out of a Pennsylvania prison, 17 years after being wrongly convicted of two rape charges. His exoneration was made possible through post-conviction DNA testing and the steadfast efforts of renowned Philadelphia civil rights attorney David Rudovsky. It is because of Godschalk's story, and hundreds like it, that Rudovsky and David Richman, a former prosecutor and long-time prisoners rights advocate as a litigator with Pepper Hamilton LLP, teamed up to form the Pennsylvania Innocence Project.
Temple Law to run new $19 million public health law research programTemple University 's Beasley School of Law has been selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to manage a new $19 million national program that will fund interdisciplinary research exploring legal and regulatory solutions to pressing health challenges such as chronic diseases, and health emergencies including floods, bioterrorism and epidemics.
Public Interest Program Recognized by Philadelphia VIPMarch 6, 2009 - Temple University Beasley School of Law's Office of Public Interest Programs has received the Pro Bono Program Award from Philadelphia VIP (Volunteers for the Indigent Program) for the second year in a row. The award was made in recognition of Temple Law's exemplary contributions to the ongoing mission of Philadelphia VIP. The award was accepted by Maureen Olives, Director of Public Interest Programs. Among other programs, this year Temple Law students were particularly engaged with assisting migrant farm workers in preparing their taxes.
Temple wins ABA Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) Regional ChampionshipMarch 9, 2009 - Temple Law students Warren Holland '09 and Mackenzie Smith '09 are headed to Chicago in April as the regional champions of the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC). Holland and Smith, who are members of the Moot Court Honor Society, won five straight rounds over three days of competition in Brooklyn, NY to advance to the national championships. Of the thirty-two teams competing in the regional round, only four will advance to the national round, which will be held in Chicago from April 2-4, 2009.
Jessup Moot Court Team Advances to FinalsFebruary 23, 2009 - Temple's 2008-09 Jessup Moot Court Team competed in the Mid-Atlantic Super Regional Competition against 23 other law school teams and advanced to the International Round in Washington DC.
National Trial Team Wins Regional ChampionshipFebruary 23, 2009 - Congratulations to the National Trial Team, which has successfully defended its Region III championship title in the National Trial Competition, held at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, PA. With this victory, Temple Law has won the Region III championship for twenty-one years straight.
Temple Wins ABA Law Student Tax ChallengeCongratulations to six Temple Law students for an outstanding and dominating performance at the 2008 ABA Section of Taxation Law Student Tax Challenge. An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, the Law Student Tax Challenge asks two-person student teams to solve a cutting-edge and complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice.
Two Temple Students Receive Independence Foundation FellowshipsThe Independence Foundation recently announced the recipients of their 2009 Fellowships to pursue a public interest project at a Philadelphia area organization. The Foundation gave two fellowships this year, both to Temple students. This year also marks the tenth consecutive year that a Temple student or alum has received an Independence Foundation Fellowship.
Professor Mehra Awarded Japan Foundation FellowshipProfessor Salil Mehra has been awarded an Abe Fellowship by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and the Social Science Research Council. The Abe Fellowship is designed to support research on "policy-relevant topics of long-range importance." The fellowship will fund research in connection with his comparative study, entitled "Law, Harm and Cultural Cognition: An Experiment with Interactive Cartoons." The study will use interactive cartoons to examine whether previously experimentally-observed differences in attributing causation between Americans and Japanese carry into their perceptions of torts and responsibility.
Temple Wins 2008 PBA Public Interest Section AwardEach December, the Public Interest Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association rewards a graduating law student from each of the
Philadelphia law schools for outstanding public interest commitment and dedication to social justice.
Temple's winner of the Law Student Award for 2008 is Mary Clark.
Mary was nominated by HIAS & Council Migration Service and Friends of Farmworkers.
Three other
Temple students received nominations:
The Office of Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. nominated
Daniel Horowitz,
SeniorLAW Center nominated
Jennifer Russell and Face to Face Legal Center nominated
Emily Vener-Giszter. Temple Wins Ginsburg Award AgainA Temple student has won the Philadelphia Bar Association's Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award. This year's winner is
Mary Clark, who won the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Writing Competition for her paper--The "American Dream" Deferred: The Problem of Inadequate Mental Health Care in Immigration Detention Centers. The paper will appear in the Fall 2008 issue of the Philadelphia Lawyer. Mary's victory keeps Temple's string of Ginsburg successes intact. And congratulations to
Professor Susan DeJarnatt, who once again was the supervisor of the winning paper. The award will be presented at the Bar Association's Quarterly luncheon.