Washburn Law Clinic Newsletter
Spring 2009 Table of Contents
Got Experience?
47% of the Class of 2009 will graduate with clinic experience.
"Washburn Law Clinic gave me the practical skills that I would need to practice law. It is the skills learned and honed during my last year of school that gave me every bit of confidence to walk into court knowing I could give my client the best representation possible. What I learned in Clinic is what impressed my employer. That enabled this fresh from law school attorney to land a job with, in my humble opinion, the best criminal defense firm in Utah. I have a job that suits me perfectly. I know I would not be here if it were not for the Clinic. Thank you for all the individual attention you gave me to teach me how to be an excellent lawyer."
— Stephen R. Allred, '08
Jennifer Amyx Earns the Irvine E. Ungerman Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice
The Irvine E. Ungerman Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice is awarded twice yearly to legal interns who have distinguished themselves by providing highly competent representation to clients in a manner exemplifying the ideals of our profession: "pursuit of the learned art in the spirit of a public service."
Law Clinic Announces Public Interest Grant
To help our graduates make decisions about legal careers in the public interest sector, the Law Clinic faculty has created this grant which will reimburse the selected recipient in the amount of four credit hours (credits spent participating in Clinic).
Put On Your Lawyer Hat Before You Write Your Resume
Margann gives advice to Clinic interns about how to best draw attention to their Clinic experience on their resume and during interviews.
Justice Rosen Presides Over Swearing-in Ceremony
Justice Rosen spoke to the interns regarding a lawyer’s duty to pursue justice and importance of ethical conduct in the profession.
What Happens in the Clinic Building?
- Criminal Defense Clinic
- State Tribal Court Practice Clinic
- Children and Family Law Clinic
- Civil Litigation Clinic
- Small Business and Transactional Law Clinic
Jury Trial Win for Washburn Law Clinic Students
It is uncommon for Law Clinic interns to have a jury trial, but in the Spring semester of 2009 Washburn clinic interns, Jennifer Amyx and Jordan Wills, not only had their first all day jury trial but were successful obtaining an acquittal for their client in Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Tribal Court. The jury acquitted the client on both misdemeanor counts — criminal trespassing and obstruction of government function.
