LWI members gathered in Indianapolis for the Sirico Scholars Workshop, the annual mentored scholarship retreat, ahead of the #LWIBiennial2024. The workshop was led by Jane Cross (NSU), Sarah Morath (Wake Forest), Leslie Culver (Utah), Lisa Eichorn (SC) & Brian Larson (Texas A&M).
🙋♂️ Raise Your Hand.
In the next few months many of you will be participating in your first legal internship or job. Others will be changing career paths within the legal profession to try something new. Those types of large-scale change are extremely important. 🧵
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Rising 2L students, join the Office of Career & Professional Development virtual session on using the On-Campus Interview (OCI) process to land positions with prominent law firms and other major employers!
Thanks to our peers for ranking us a Top 10 Legal Writing Program (#8 to be exact!). We are grateful for the amazing professors, hard-working students, and supportive administration who make NSU Law a wonderful place to train new lawyers! #nsulaw#nsulrw#usnwr#legalwriting
Thanks to 4th DCA Judge Damoorgian who regaled our students with wonderful advice about oral arguments and life as a lawyer. Thanks also to Prof. Camille Lamar and to the Moot Court Society for partnering with us! #nsulaw#nsulrw#nsulrwstudentoutreach#advocacy#oralargument
Great turnout at our Judicial Roundtable at the Broward Courthouse yesterday. Thanks to Judges May, Diaz, Levenson, & Williams for their remarks. Thanks also to @ProfBax, Dean @OlympiaDuhart, Prof. Lamar, Prof @LauraPGraham, and Dean @BetoJurezJr1 for their participation! #NSULRW
Dean @BetoJurezJr1 sharing a wonderful tribute In Memoriam to Professors Holly Maguigan and Michael Olivas at the @SaltLawOrg 50th Anniversary celebration.
Congrats to @OlympiaDuhart and Alyson Gold on a wonderful two years as Co-presidents of @SaltLawOrg. They put on a great celebration last evening for SALT’s 50th Anniversary. #SALT#AALS2024
Welcome back 2Ls, 3Ls, and 4Ls, and a special welcome to our new 1Ls! We are looking forward to getting to know you over the next year, and we are so excited to take you on an educational journey you won’t forget!
#backtoschool#NSULawLRW#legalwriting#lrw#NSULaw
About to start law school? You are smart enough. You belong. The challenge is working smarter not harder.
The most important tool for success is PROCESS.
Steady work all semester >>> frantic cramming at the end.
Everyone has their own process, here is mine (visual thread) ↓
In-line subheads are a boon to judges weary of wading through briefs on devices and screens!
In her blockbuster antitrust victory for Microsoft in the district court, Beth Wilkinson used them liberally.
@WSTrialLaw#legalwriting@ABALitigation#appellatetwitter
The Legal Research and Writing Program at #NSUlaw has successfully climbed 8 spots to rank #7 among all U.S. law schools, according to the U.S. news rankings. We are proud to be in the TOP 10! Thanks to all of the faculty, students & staff who made this possible. #NSU#NOVAlaw
It’s our favorite time of the year: LRW Oral Arguments! NSU Law’s LRW students blew the judges away with their outstanding arguments this past weekend. We are so proud of each of you! The future of Advocacy at NSU Law is bright. #NSULawLRW#oralarguments#IsurvivedOralArguments