In Brief, July/August 2018: News and accolades from the law school community
Faculty and Staff
Mario Barnes, Toni Rembe Dean, was elected as a new member in the .
Pearl McCrea, library technician, received the LexisNexis John R. Johnson Scholarship from the AALL Scholarship Awards Jury.
Karen Boxx, professor, was appointed Council 2021 Council Member, Groups and Substantive Committees Co-Chair by the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law.
Students
Josh Bruner, Varsha Govindaraju, Raeanne Miller and Fred Rabb received the 2018 MacGillivray Scholarship.
Tommy Statkiewicz received the Stokes Lawrence 1L Diversity Scholarship.
Jennifer Mendoza received an Equal Justice Works Regional Public Interest Award.
Class Notes
Mike Peters, '09 Gates Scholar and two-time Paralympian, was promoted to Chief Operating Officer with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Shawn Butler ’18 was named a 2018 Rising Star by Super Lawyers.
Wesley Hottot ’08 will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court this coming winter.
Lori K. Smith was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division 1.