FACULTY EXCELLENCE
Externships
Building on-the-job experience
Externships are a key factor in providing students with hands-on
skills and experience in advance of graduation. Under the leadership
of Director Josie Gough, and with the welcome participation of
members of the bench and bar who supervise externs in the field
and participate as guest speakers in the externship seminar course,
the number of students receiving professional practice-based legal
training in field placements has more than doubled in the past several
years. The seminar course has been recently redesigned to emphasize
professionalism and practical skills. A few of the many outstanding
externship opportunities enjoyed by Loyola students last year:
Government
Cook County Bureau of
Technology
Cook County Bureau of Labor
Cook County Office of EEO/AA
Cook County Department
of Revenue
Cook County Sheriff’s Office
City of Chicago
Corporate
Integrys Business Support LLC
Levy Organization
Chicago Stock Exchange
Intersport
Professionalism
ABA Center for Professional
Responsibility
Illinois Disciplinary Commission
Illinois Sup. Ct. Commission
on Professionalism
Illinois Bankers Association
Public interest
Lawyers’ Committee for
Better Housing
Sargent Shriver National
Center on Poverty Law
James B. Moran Center
for Youth Advocacy
2012 National Health Law
Moot Court Competition
National Champions, Best Brief,
Best Advocate
2012 Appellate Lawyers Association
Moot Court Competition
National Champions, Best Brief,
Third-Place Advocate
2012 WilliamW. Daniel National
Mock Trial Competition
National Champions
2013 J. Braxton Craven
Moot Court Competition
National Champions
2013 Health Law Regulatory &
Compliance Competition
National Champions
2013 ABA National Criminal
Justice Trial Competition
National Champions
2012 International Law School
Mediation Tournament
International Semifinalists, Second-Place
Individual Mediator
2012 Thomas Tang Moot
Court Competition
Regional Champions, Regional Best
Brief, Regional Best Advocate, National
Quarterfinalists, National Second-Place Brief,
National Third-Place Advocate
2012–13 National
Moot Court Competition
Regional Champions, Regional Best
Advocate, Regional Best Brief,
National Quarterfinalists
2013 Vis Moot International
Commercial Arbitration Competition
Top 32 teams out of 300 teams worldwide,
Honorable Mention for Oral Advocate
2013 American Association for
Justice Mock Trial Competition
Regional Champions, advanced to
national rounds
2013 National Moot Court
Competition in ChildWelfare
& Adoption Law
Best Brief, Best Advocate,
National Semifinalists
2013 National Trial Competition
Regional Champions, National Finalists
2013 Jessup International
Law Moot Court Competition
Regional Finalists, advanced to
international rounds
2013 ABA Client
Counseling Competition
Regional Finalists
2013 ABA National Appellate
Advocacy Competition
Regional Finalists, Second-Place Brief,
Third-Place Advocate
2013 Thurgood Marshall
Mock Trial Competition
Regional Finalists, advanced to
national rounds
2013 National Tax
Moot Court Competition
Second-Place Brief, National Quarterfinalists
2013 Giles Sutherland Rich
Moot Court Competition
Regional Semifinalists
2012 Chicago Bar Association
Moot Court Competition
Third-Place Brief
2013 Saul Lefkowitz
Moot Court Competition
Regional Quarterfinalists,
Fourth-Place Brief
GLOBALLY SOUGHT
Diane Geraghty,
A. Kathleen Beazley Chair in ChildLaw and Director, Civitas ChildLaw Center
Internationally recognized child law expert Geraghty was a presenter at the Inaugural Myanmar National Workshop on
Clinical Legal Education in Yangon, sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme. She also participated
as a faculty member in a clinical legal education training in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Corboy Fellows Kyle Flynn (left), David Rivelli, Daina Staisiunas, and Matt Anderson won the National Criminal Justice Trial Competition.
Student competitions
Sharpening oral advocacy skills
As evidence of the strong support from faculty, administration, and alumni,
Loyola law students continue to boast a winning record in a wide variety of
regional, national, and international advocacy competitions. Here are some
of Loyola’s most recent advocacy awards and honors.
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LAW STUDENTS
PARTICIPATED IN EXTERNSHIPS
DURING THE 2012–13 ACADEMIC YEAR.
Brenda McKinney (JD ’13) participated
in a judicial externship during the
2012–13 academic year with the Hon.
Robert W. Gettleman, US District Court,
Northern District of Illinois. She recently
accepted an internship with the Office
of the White House Counsel.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
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