FAMU Law welcomes new Law Review members during Eleventh Pinning Ceremony

A host of family members and invited guests witnessed the installment of 19 new members into the Law Review at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) College of Law on Friday, August 28, 2015. The eleventh pinning event took place in the law school’s Ceremonial Moot Courtroom.

The FAMU Law Review represents some of the brightest legal minds the College of Law has to offer, providing a vehicle for academic publishing in the field of law. Students selected for law review are in the top percentage of their respective classes, and/or demonstrate a high level of research and writing skills.

The program included welcome remarks from Interim Dean Darryll Jones and greetings from Associate Professor Joseph Grant, who serves as FAMU Law Review Faculty Advisor. The program also featured remarks from current members of the Law Review editorial board, and a keynote address delivered by Neil Ambekar, ’14, who served as articles editor on the 2013 – 2014 FAMU Law Review Editorial Board.

“The induction honors the accomplishments of the incoming staff and allows them to share in their academic success with friends and family,” said Jacqueline Bertelsen, Editor-in-Chief of FAMU Law Review. “For senior editors, induction is how we officially welcome junior editors to our ranks.”

The event featured the pinning of 19 new members, who are either second-year day, or third-year evening program students. Newly installed members included: Davidson Anestal; Aarica Ardis; Karen Descafano; Melissa Escoffery; Caitlin Frenkel; Jack Grimsley; Aaron Humphrey; David Johnson; Rachel Kilbert; Kyle Marcil; LaVater Massie-Banks; Jahaida Numa; Maite Palazzolo; Anthony Paris; Robin Rogers; Michael Scott; Sarah Swyers; Issa Velho; and Nicholas Wright.

“The best part of the evening was seeing the students, faculty and administrators in the audience supporting our Journal,” Bertelsen said.

The new members will assist with the production of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Law Review Journal, a student-edited periodical that seeks to generate knowledge and progressively contribute to the development of law

Caption: Newly installed Law Review staff editors pose with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) College of Law Interim Dean Darryll Jones (center, standing) and current members of Law Review.  Nineteen second- and third-year students were pinned.