Demonstrating their superior advocacy skills, three teams of FAMU College of Law students received high honors at regional mock trial competitions. Two teams advanced to the national finals. FAMU’s American Bar Association Client Counseling Team comprised of third-year law students Ricky Favors and Seyi Jemmott. They won regionals and will now represent FAMU and Region 5 in the ABA National Finals in Durham, North Carolina from March 13 through 14.
The FAMU team beat out a total of 11 competing teams and placed first for preliminary rounds through the finals. Elizabeth Kirk, a recent FAMU College of Law graduate, coached the team. As a consequence of this win, FAMU Law will host the ABA Client Counseling Competition next year.
The Trial Team of third-year law students Alexis Carter, Crystal Harmon, and Christine Richardson, and second-year law student Daniel Whitley were the first runners-up at the Southern Region Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Team Competition in Nashville. The second-place finish made the team eligible to compete at the BLSA National Competition in Irvine, Calif., from March 18 to 22. Richardson was named Best Advocate in the competition. The team was coached by staff Attorney Ka'Juel Washington, a member of the inaugural FAMU law class.
The Moot Court Team of second-year law students Sean Campbell and Truleia Fuller represented FAMU law in the Southern Region BLSA Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition held in Nashville. The team advanced to the quarterfinal round with an undefeated record before being eliminated. Campbell was named Best Oralist in the competition. The team was coached by Professor William Henslee.
“The success of our law student teams in trial competitions demonstrates how seriously we take our advocacy training,” said LeRoy Pernell, dean of the FAMU College of Law.
Pictured: Seyi Jemmott and Ricky Favors, the two students won the ABA Client Counseling Regional Competition. They will represent FAMU and Region 5 at Nationals.
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FAMU LAW is on its way to a complete overhaul. Have you read the news lately?
ReplyDeleteThe new Dean, LeRoy Pernell is totally on task. Administrators and faculty are developing new programs and initiatives designed to move FAMU College of Law to the next level of greatness. They are strongly headed for accreditation and then after that point you probably wouldn't be able to get in.
Have you seen the sharp new FAMU LAW building? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOICTx_wdiY
FAMU just announced the hiring of TWELVE law professors who are nationally and internationally recognized for their academic leadership and legal expertise. The appointments are effective for the 2008-09 academic year.
They opened a new International Law Center in August, 2008, a new Cafe in December, 2008, a new Bookstore in January, 2009.
In September, 2008 Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) College of Law was recently ranked seventh for providing clinical opportunities by National Jurist magazine, beating out other schools like Cornell, Harvard, Stanford and Rutgers Universities.
FAMU President James H. Ammons. “The sun is indeed rising as we embark on a new day at FAMU. In taking steps to ensure the College of Law becomes a leader in producing the tops lawyers in the country and is home of top-rate and credible academic programs, this is just a sign of things to come.”
FAMU LAW Bar pass rate is decent
ReplyDelete”The Times only cited FAMU’s first-time bar passage rate. The overall passage rate is conspicuously absent.
According to page 26 of FAMU’s March 2008 ABA report (available in a link in yesterday's story) FAMU’s overall bar passage rates have been the following: June 2005, 70.6%; February 2006, 71.4%; July 2006, 70.3%; February 2007, 70.9%; and July 2007, 81.3%.
The 70-81 percent passage rates are much larger than the "little more than half" statistic listed in the Times.
These rates prove that (1) the overwhelming majority of FAMU’s law students are passing the bar and (2) most FAMU law students are resilient men and women who persevered through tough circumstances.
FAMU grads find jobs - and they WE DO JUST FINE.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at placement statistics for 2007 - out of 72 graduates 67 found jobs after graduation and were employed and only 5 were looking at time of the survey report