| | Students visit LOCAL Schools | Students Zach Anderson and Emily Anderson recently visited Omaha Northwest High School as part of Creighton's Street Law Program. Street Law is an initiative in which law students go in teams of two to local schools, both middle and high schools, and teach students some of the basics of law. Subjects range from search and seizure to principles of democracy, from landlord-tenant to mock trials.
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| | immersion trip to the D.r. | For a full week in early January, a group of 10 Creighton Law students, along with professors David Weber and Ronald Volkmer, participated in the law school's seventh immersion trip to the Dominican Republic.
Creighton Law's program, which is conducted under the auspices of the Creighton Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC), is structured to provide students with opportunities to witness and encounter all aspects of Dominican life, law and culture.
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| | studying in washington, D.c. | The School of Law's inaugural Master of Science in Government Organization and Leadership ("GOAL") Program class is spending the fall semester working and studying in Washington, D.C. The D.C. office of the law firm of Husch Blackwell generously donated classroom space for the group, and the firm is hosting several outings during the semester, including a dinner at the stately Metropolitan Club. Husch Blackwell's managing partner in the D.C. office is alumnus Steve Kupka, JD'89.
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| | National champions | Congratulations to Creighton's all-female mock trial team that won the national Buffalo-Niagara Criminal Mock Trial Competition, held Nov. 11-14 at the University at Buffalo Law School. Creighton competed against 32 teams, 16 each in civil and criminal divisions. Creighton's four women won all seven of their trials. Pictured, from left, are Jacquie Clement, Julie Roberts, Kayla Coleman and Bonnie Moore. Clement and Roberts were each named Best Advocate in each of the final trials.
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| | Group visits dominican republic | Professors Ronald Volkmer and David Weber and 12 students visited the Dominican Republic in early January. Volkmer has led several groups of law students on one-week immersion experiences to the Dominican Republic in previous years. This project is a culmination of his participation in Creighton's Education for Justice Committee and the Faculty Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education. (Pictured above is third-year law student Patrick Erker with young students in the Dominican Republic.)
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| | Honoring dean shkolnick | Dean Emeritus Rod Shkolnick has spent the last 50 years as an administrator and professor in the School of Law, teaching generations of students and, in his humble way, building and shaping the school into what it is today. He was honored during the law school's annual dinner on Oct. 1. The event included a special tribute video. Alumni and friends wishing to recognize Shkolnick may want to consider a gift to the Rodney and Lois Shkolnick Endowed Scholarship. Gifts can be sent to the Office of Development, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, Neb., 68178, or made online.
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