Month: June 2014

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Law Student Limelight: Gonzaga University Law’s Tyler A. Rube

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Student Name: Tyler A. Rube

Law School: Gonzaga University Law School

Status: Rising 3L

Undergraduate: U.S. Air Force Academy (Legal Studies)

Other Degrees: Masters, Webster University (International Relations)

Home City/State: Phoenix, Arizona

Tyler Rube, a rising 3L and current Gonzaga Law Student Bar Association vice-president, was born and raised in Phoenix, Ariz., and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at 17. After a few years, Rube was accepted into the U.S. Air Force Academy and subsequently graduated as Class President in 2007. He then worked as a Special Agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, where he conducted felony-level criminal and counterintelligence investigations. Continue reading →

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Pre-Law Advisers Explain It All: Tips for Aspiring Law Students

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dglass2 Experience is power when you’re applying to law school, and that makes pre-law advisers the reigning monarchs of the realm. Years of guiding aspiring law students through the application process have taught the best counselors a thing or two about steering you to the right fit — or steering you away from the legal profession altogether. Here at Lawdragon Campus, we’ve culled their collective wisdom into a list of tips.

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Dean Limelight: Jeremy Paul, Northeastern U School of Law

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Jeremy Paul knew shortly after starting Harvard Law School that he wanted to teach. He began doing so as soon as he graduated in 1981, holding positions that included professor in residence for the U.S. Department of Justice, and he was named dean of Northeastern University School of Law 31 years later. Continue reading →

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Law Student Limelight: UC Hastings’ Christine Doelling

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Student Name: Christine Doelling

UC HAST DoellingLaw School:  University of California,  Hastings College of the Law

Status: Rising 2L

Focus:  Media, Entertainment and Intellectual Property

Undergraduate Degree/Institution: BA American Studies (2008), George Washington University (Washington, D.C.)

Graduate Degree/Institution: Masters – Media, Communications and Critical Practice (2012), University of the Arts, London College of Communications

Home city/state or country: Berkeley, Calif.

Christine Doelling, a rising 2L, is immersed in the music industry, where she aspires to work. She has created and led multi-channel marketing initiatives for world-renowned artists, musicians, museums and media companies. Doelling founded Lunchbox Theory, a music promotion company in Washington, D.C., and has served as a music promotion consultant for National Geographic Live.

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Law Student Limelight: Boston University Law’s Aaron Horth

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BU Law Aaron Horth Law School: Boston University School of Law

Student Name: Aaron Horth

Status: Rising 3L

Undergraduate degree/major: B.A. Political Science

Undergraduate institution: University of Missouri

Home city, state: St. Louis, MO

During his undergraduate career, Aaron Horth spearheaded the IncludeME MU campaign to add gender identity and expression to the protected categories in the university’s non-discrimination policy. After graduating, he worked as a Residential Victims’ advocate at a shelter for those subjected to domestic violence.

Lawdragon: What were key factors you used to choose your law school?

Aaron Horth: Because most of the schools I got into were roughly the same in rankings, I looked mostly at geographic location. I chose Boston because I wanted to live in a larger city and a place that I knew would be progressive and queer-friendly.

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Dean Limelight: Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, Stetson University Law

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Stetson Dean C PietruszkiewiczChristopher Pietruszkiewicz, the dean of Stetson University College of Law, has spent much of his career at the intersection of education, business and law. He came to Stetson from LSU Law Center at Louisiana State University, where he was the J.Y. Sanders Professor of Law and where, as Vice Chancellor for Business and Financial Affairs, he was responsible for strategic planning, budgeting, financial planning and personnel matters. Before that he was a trial lawyer in the U.S. Justice Department’s Tax Division and an attorney-adviser in the U.S. Education Department.

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