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Cumberland School of Law Announces Members
of the National Trial Team
There have been 16 exceptional individuals
selected to join Cumberland School of
Law’s National Trial Team. In the 2012-
2013 academic year, these members will
continue the law school’s tradition in trial
advocacy excellence. The law school is
currently recognized nationally by U.S.
News as the No. Four trial advocacy program.
The new trial team members were
selected Monday, September 10, from the
finale of the Herbert W. Peterson National
Trial Team Competition.
“I feel like we are stacked, we really have a
solid team,” said second-year law student
Alex McFall, one of 16 selected for the
team.
“The Peterson,” as the competition is
commonly referred to, began in late August 2012 with a total of 30
participants. The problem this year was a criminal case where Lone
Star resident, Alex Moore, was on trial for the murder of his sister.
Each student competed in two separate rounds, one round for the
prosecution and one round for the defense. Judges and attorneys
from across Alabama were on hand to preside over the trial and to
score the competitors in each round. By the third round, 21 of the
original 30 competitors advanced. Then, each had to give a demanding
five-minute opening statement in front of the six trial team
coaches.
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The E-Newsletter
John L. Carroll
Dean & Ethel P. Malugen Professor of Law
Week of September 10, 2012
Pictured Front Left to Right: Cory Ricci, Carl Williams, Benjamin
Odendahl, Nick Rayburn, Blake Milner, Melissa Isabel, Jackson
Neal, Rachel Martin, Jennifer Reynolds, Rebecca Hall, Alex McFall,
Genevieve Turner, Chambers Waller, Dain Stewart, Keith Knowlton,
and Patrick Hinchey.
Pictured Back Left to Right: Robin Beardsley Mark, Bains Fleming,
Marc Jaskolka, Sara Williams, Judge Jim Roberts, and Mike Rasmussen
In this issue:
• National Trial Team
• Vulcan Award
• Application is Live
• Works in Prgress Recap
• Lunch With A Lawyer
• Professor Update
• Investiture Program
• Elections 2012
• EJW Career Fair
• Pantry Stock
• Announcements

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“I’m honored,” said third-year law student Cory
Ricci, who made the trial team for the second consecutive
year. “I’m so thrilled just to have a case to
try again.” Ricci is referring to the Tournament of
Champions, a trial competition that will take place
this year in Chicago, IL. Governed by the National
Institute of Trial Advocacy, the Tournament
of Champions hosts the top 16 trial advocacy
programs from law schools throughout the country,
and Cumberland School of Law is one of these
16 schools. Last year, Cumberland’s trial team
won not only the Tournament of Champions in
New York City at St. John’s University but also the
National Trial Advocacy Competition held in East
Lansing, MI, at Michigan State University, and the
American Association for Justice Student Trial
Advocacy Competition held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“We definitely have the firepower. It’s just a matter
of putting in the preparation,” Ricci stated. This
year, Ricci hopes to repeat the success of last year.
The judges who presided over the competition
were universal in their praise of the competitors.
Submissions for this E-Newsletter
“The students did very well. At Cumberland,
there is more of an emphasis on practical application.
I think it pays off well when they get out and
begin to practice,” said the Honorable Joseph L.
Boohaker, who presided over one of the rounds.
The following 16 Peterson competitors now make
up the current Cumberland School of Law National
Trial Team: Rebecca Hall, Patrick Hinchey, Melissa
Isabel, Keith Knowlton, Rachel Martin, Alex
McFall, Blake Milner, Jackson Neal, Benjamin
Odendahl, Nick Rayburn, Jennifer Reynolds, Cory
Ricci, Dain Stewart, Genevieve Turner, Chambers
Waller and Carl Williams.
The team will be coached by Robin Beardsley
Mark, W.M. Bains Fleming III, Marc Jaskolka,
Michael V. Rasmussen, the Honorable James H.
Roberts Jr., and Sarah L. Williams. The competition
was coordinated by Victoria Ebrahimi, director
of the Peterson, and Hannah Torbert, associate
director of the Peterson.
Students, faculty and Staff are reminded to please send your content submissions
for the Dean’s E-News to Derrek G. Smith, director of law school
communications (dsmith@samford.edu), on or before the Friday before the upcoming
week.
A Note on Photographs for the E-Newsletter:
• Most new smartphones will take a photograph that can be used for web content, but of course
higher resolution photographs are welcomed. A high resolution photograph will be needed if
the photograph is to appear in a print publication such as the Cumberland Lawyer. If you have
questions about photography, please contact the director of law school communications, his
email address is listed above.
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Trey Bolling, Winner of the Vulcan Materials Co. Scholarship
Award for Outstanding Candidate’s Paper
Each summer, members of Cumberland School of Law's rising second year class are invited to participate in
competitive writing programs for membership on the American Journal of Trial Advocacy and Cumberland
Law Review. Afterward, the very best papers from the Trial Journal's writing program are considered by a
committee of faculty members for the prestigious Vulcan Materials Co. Scholarship Award for Outstanding
Candidate’s Paper. The winner of this year's award is Trey Bolling for his paper written on Denver Health
& Hospital Authority v. Beverage Distributors Co. Trey earns the $1000 prize made possible by the Vulcan
Materials Company, and his paper will be published in issue 36:2 of the Trial Journal. The runner-up for this
year's award is Courtney Bailey. Ms. Bailey wrote her paper on United States v. Huete-Sandoval. Her paper
will also be published in issue 36:2 of the Trial Journal.
The Journal would like to extend a special thank you to Professors Wendy Greene, Lynn Schuck, and Belle
Stoddard, who took time out of their busy beginning-of-the-year schedule to read and vote on the top papers
from our Summer Writing Program.
American Journal of Trial Advocacy Announces Associate Editors
The Editorial Board of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy is pleased to announce the selection of the following
talented members who will serve as associate editors this 2012-2013 academic year:
Senior Associate Editors
Jack Gray
Joanna Hair
Blake Hungerford
Michael Krombach
Yawanna McDonald
Chambers Waller
Associate Editors
Courtney Bailey
Christen Butler
Trey Frazer
Theresa Johnston
Abbey Thompson
Nina Towle
Wren Williams

The Application Process for the First Year Law Class Entering Fall 2013
is Now Open
Cumberland School of Law representatives from the Office of Law Admission are now traveling throughout the
southeastern U.S. and beyond to attend law school events. At these events, representatives will meet prospective law
students for next year’s incoming class.
Please feel free pass along this link http://cumberland.samford.edu/admissions/recruiting-schedule, which has more
details about each location, to prospective law students.
As always, prospective students can make appointments with the Office of Law Admission to learn more about Cumberland
School of Law. Contact: Phone, 1.800.888.7213 & Email, lawadm@samford.edu.
LSAC/Miami Law School Forum 9/15/2012 11:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Sewanee: The University Of The South 9/17/2012 11:30 a.m.—1:30 p.m.
University of Mississippi 9/17/2012 2:00—4:30 p.m.
Millsaps College 9/19/2012 4:00—6:00 p.m.
LSAC/Houston Law School Forum 9/29/2012 11:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Alabama Connection - Site 1 - Oakwood University 10/1/2012 10:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
Alabama Connection - Site 2 - Stillman College 10/2/2012 9:00 a.m.—noon
Alabama Connection - Site 3 - Samford University 10/2/2012 3:00—6:00 p.m.
Alabama Connection - Site 4 - Auburn University 10/3/2012 10:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
Alabama Connection - Site 5 - Faulkner University 10/3/2012 3:00—5:00 p.m.
Alabama Connection - Site 6 - University of South Alabama 10/4/2012 11:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
Tuskegee University 10/9/2012 1:00—4:00 p.m.
Middle Tennessee University 10/10/2012 10:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
The University of Central Florida 10/10/2012 10:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
University of South Carolina 10/10/2012 11:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
The University North Florida 10/11/2012 10:00 a.m.—2:30 p.m.
LSAC/New York Law School Forum 10/12/2012 & 10/13/2012 11:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Florida State University 10/23/2012 10:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
University of Memphis School of Law 10/23/2012 6:00—8:00 p.m.
Florida A&M University 10/24/2012 10:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
Furman University 10/24/2012 noon—3:00 p.m.
University of Florida 10/25/2012 10:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
Mississippi State University 10/25/2012 noon—3:00 p.m.
LSAC/Toronto Law School Forum 10/26/2012 3:00—9:00 p.m.
Lynchburg College 11/6/2012 9:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 11/7/2012 1:00—4:00 p.m.
Wake Forest University 11/8/2012 10:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
Davidson College 1/8/2012 3:30—6:00 p.m.
LSAC/Los Angeles Law School Forum 11/10/2012 11:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.

Cumberland’s Works-in-Progress Series
Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig of the University of Iowa
College of Law was the first presenter in Cumberland School of
Law Faculty’s Works-in-Progress Series. During her presentation,
she discussed her forthcoming book: According to Our
Hearts: Lessons on Race, Family, and Law From Rhinelander v.
Rinelander (Yale University Press).
According to Our Heats examines the sensational litigation of
Rhinelander v. Rhinelander and utilizes Alice and Leonard’s
story of love, law, and race as a backdrop for discussion on
contemporary issues on multiracial identity, interracial marriages
and multiracial families in a variety of contexts like
high-level professions, family, housing, and employment law.
Pressured by his family and risking disownment, Leonard Rhinelander—one of New York’s social elites—sought
an annulment from his wife, Alice, in 1924. Leonard claimed that Alice, of racially ambiguous ancestry, misrepresented
her race as white. Though interracial marriages were not legally proscribed in New York at the time,
Alice’s alleged racial misrepresentation served as a sufficient basis for annulment. In turn, the Rhinelander trial
became a spectacle of determining Alice’s race, concluding with not only the annulment of the Rhinelanders’
marriage but also the demise of a captivating love story between Alice and Leonard.
During her presentation, Professor Onwuachi-Willig discussed the specific workplace discrimination suffered by
employees in interracial unions and multiracial families as well as the import of monoracial unions on the advancement
of individuals seeking prominent professional positions in academia, sports, and politics.
Launched in 2004-2005, the Cumberland School of Law’s Works-in-Progress Series serves as an important opportunity
for faculty and interested students to hear the recent scholarship of leading legal academics from across the
country. The presentations allow attendees to think critically about and engage in a robust, intellectual exchange on
contemporary as well as historic socio-legal issues domestically and globally. If you are interested in learning more
about the Works-in-Progress Series, members of the Cumberland community may contact Professor Wendy Greene,
director of faculty development.
Dear Cumberland School of Law Students,
Legal Services Alabama (LSA) is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access to justice and free quality
civil legal aid and assistance to educate and empower Alabama’s low-income community from nine offices located in: Anniston,
Birmingham, Dothan, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Opelika, Selma and Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham office is currently in need of law clerks and is taking volunteers. Our office is currently understaffed and
we rely heavily on the assistance we receive from our law clerks. We ask our clerks to meet with clients, draft pleadings,
contact clients, attend court, conduct research, answer discovery etc……Also, volunteers would be free to make their own
schedule. We would love to have someone here everyday of the week, but if everyone can only show up on Thursday or
Friday we will take it.
For you 3L’s, this is a great opportunity to finish fleshing out your resume` with some hands on, practical legal experience.
If you are interested, contact Stephanie Blackburn at 205.328.3540 ext: 3513.
Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig is pictured at the lectern
Birmingham Office
is Looking for Legal Clerk Volunteers

The Career Development Office
invites you to attend
Lunch With a Government Lawyer
Featuring:
Beth Joiner
Associate Regional Counsel
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
Thursday, September 13th, at 11:00 a.m. in room 118
Click on the following link to sign-up online: http://cdolunchwithagovtlawyer.eventbrite.com/
Beth Joiner is an associate regional counsel for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) in Birmingham, Alabama. HUD’s Office of General Counsel works to provide legal services to
create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all people.
Like many federal agencies, HUD has a Legal Honors Program for graduating law students that serves
as the Department’s only recruitment program for entry-level attorneys. The application deadlines for
many Honors programs are approaching quickly (HUD is September 28, 2012). If you are interested in
the HUD Legal Honors Program or any other Legal Honors Program, don’t miss this must attend event!

Cumberland School of Law Professor Updates
Dean John L. Carroll
On September 13-14, Judge John L. Carroll will be attending the annual meeting of Working Group 1 of the
Sedona Conference. The Sedona Conference is an internationally recognized complex litigation think tank and
Working Group 1 is the working group responsible for the promulgation of the widely accepted Sedona Principles
relating to the discovery and production of electronically stored information. Judge Carroll is a member of
the governing Board of the Sedona Conference and its Advisory Board.
Professor Alyssa DiRusso
Professor Alyssa DiRusso’s recent article co-authered with S. Kristen Peters entitled “Parental Testamentary Appointments
of Guardians for Children” and publish in the Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal, was recently listed on
SSRN’s Top Ten download lists for three eJournals: Family & Children’s Law eJournal, Parent’s Rights and Obligations
eJournal, and Law & Society: Family Law, Relations & Dispute Resolution eJournal.
Professor Brannon P. Denning
Professor Brannon P. Denning’s recent article co-authored with Glenn H. Reynolds entitled “National Federation
of Independent Business v. Sebelius: Five Takes” has been accepted by the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly
and will appear in Volume 40. You can read Professor Denning’s article introduction online at
http://www.cumberland.samford.edu/news/denning%E2%80%99s-recent-article-appear-hastings-constitutional-law-quartery
The Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly is published by the University of California Hastings College of the
Law. According to their website, “the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly is the country’s oldest law journal
devoted exclusively to constitutional law. Our primary goal is to produce an innovative and scholarly review of
current constitutional issues.”
Professor Rusty Johnson
Professor Rusty Johnson’s recent article entitled “Disambiguating the Disparate Impact Claim,” will be published
in the fall 2012 issue of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review. You can read Professor Johnson’s article
abstract online at http://www.cumberland.samford.edu/news/johnson%E2%80%99s-article-appear-temple-political-civil-rights-law-review
The Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review (TP&CRLR) is published by Temple University’s Beasley School
of Law. According to their website, “TP&CRLR is a student-edited scholarly journal which provides a forum for
the discussion of contemporary political and civil rights issues. Established in 1991, the TP&CRLR is now recognized
as one of the top issue specific law reviews in the nation. Articles reflect a spectrum of concerns ranging
from immediate questions of law and policy to basic assumptions about the nature of individuals, groups, and
institutions. The purpose of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review is to publish a timely, first-rate law
review devoted entirely to issues in the field of political and civil rights law which helps meet the need for serious
scholarship in this area.”
Professor Wendy Greene
Professor D. Wendy Greene will be presenting he paper entitled “Categorical Discrimination” on Friday, September
14th at Loyola University-Chicago School of Law during the Seventh Annual Labor and Employment Law
Colloquium.
Professor Woodrow Hartzog
Professor Woodrow Hartzog was quoted on August 29th by Cyrus Farivar in an Ars Technica story entitled “Republicans
call for reduced regulation online, more data protection,” which covered the GOP plank in their party
platform for Internet freedom and data protection. This story can be read online at this link,
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/republicans-call-for-reduced-regulation-online-more-data-protection/

On September 6, 2012, The Investiture Program for William G. Ross whom was invested
as the Lucille Stewart Beeson Professor of Law and Howard P. Walthall whom was
invested as the Leslie S. Wright Professor of Law was held at the law school.
A story can be found online at: http://www.cumberland.samford.edu/news/cum-
berlands-ross-walthall-invested-academic-chair-holders.
Information about these professor and each academic chair follows.

William G. Ross, Lucille Stewart Beeson Professor of Law
About Lucille Stewart Beeson
Lucille Stewart Beeson grew up near South Pittsburgh,
Tennessee, in a close-knit family that saved
and gave, and made the most of all available resources.
Her spunky, independent spirit was her trademark and
eventually inspired her to enroll in law school in the
1920s. She was one of the first women to earn a law
degree from the Atlanta Law School.
After law school, Mrs. Beeson went to work for Liberty
National Life Insurance Company (now NYSE-listed
Torchmark Corporation) where she met her future husband,
Dwight Moody Beeson. Together with Dwight’s
brother and sister-in-law, the Beesons were known for
their keen sense of responsibility and stewardship of
possessions. They were the close friends, admirers and
co-workers of Frank Park Samford, Sr. and as a result,
Samford University was one of the primary beneficiaries
of their generosity. They donated money to build
the Dwight and Lucille Beeson Center for the Healing
Arts, provided funds toward the Dwight M. Beeson
School of Business Building, gave millions for the magnificent
Lucille Stewart Beeson Law Library at Cumberland
School of Law and provided for the first fully
endowed professorship at Cumberland School of Law
in 1990. At the end of Mrs. Beeson’s life in 2001, she
and her family had bestowed gifts upon Samford University
that exceeded $100 million. At the dedication for
the Law Library in 1996, Mrs. Beeson was recognized
for her “trailblazing efforts as a lawyer, as well as her benevolent
sprit” by former Samford University President
Thomas Corts. “This family has been transformational
in Samford’s history. Their interest and generosity have
made it better than most people ever thought it could
be,” Corts said.
Mrs. Beeson was a member of the Royal Society of
Arts, London, The Advisory Board of the Ida V. Moffett
School of Nursing, the Boards of The Birmingham
Museum of Art and the Wegewood International
Seminar, Canturbury Methodist Church and Mountain
Brook Garden Club.
About William G. Ross
William G. Ross is Professor of Law at Samford
University’s Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham,
Alabama, where he has taught since 1988.
His courses include professional responsibilities, civil
procedure, constitutional law, and American legal history.
A graduate of Stanford and the Harvard Law
School, Professor Ross was a litigator in law firms in
New York City from 1979 until 1988. He has served as
a Visiting Professor of Law at Notre Dame (2001 –02);
Florida State (summer 2002); and Georgia State (spring
2000). Professor Ross has written extensively on legal
ethics, American legal history, and the federal judicial
appointments process.
A nationally-recognized expert on the ethics of legal
fees and judicial ethics, Professor Ross is the author of
two books on attorney billing issues, The Honest Hour:
The Ethics of Time-Based Billing by Attorneys (Carolina Academic
Press, 1996) and Legal Fees: Law and Practice (with
John W. Toothman, Carolina Academic Press, 2003), as
well as numerous articles about legal fees and judicial
ethics. His Honest Hour book was cited several times by
the U. S. Supreme Court in Gisbrecht v. Barnhart (2002).
Professor Ross is also a specialist on American constitutional
history. He is the author of A Muted Fury:
Populists, Progressives and Labor Unions Confront the Courts,
1890–1937 (Princeton University Press, 1994), and Forging
New Freedoms: Nativism, Education, and the Constitution,
1917–1927 (University of Nebraska Press, 1994). A
third book, The Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes
1930–1941, was published in 2007 by the University of
South Carolina Press. Professor Ross also has published
many articles and book reviews about American legal
history.
Also an authority on federal separation of powers issues,
Professor Ross has published many works on the
appointment of U.S. Supreme Court justices and other
federal judges. His Muted Fury and Hughes books and
several of his articles explore the relationship between
Congress and the Supreme Court, particularly the dynamics
of movements to curtail the powers of the federal
courts.
Professor Ross has been quoted as an expert on ethical
and constitutional issues in various publications, including
The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington
Post, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and
The ABA Journal. He also has been interviewed on CNN
and C-SPAN. His publications have been cited in approximately
one thousand scholarly articles and books.
Professor Ross loves to teach. In 2005, he became
the first recipient of Cumberland’s Harvey S. Jackson
Award for Excellence in Teaching for his instruction
in upper-level courses, and he was co-recipient of this
award in 2012.

Howard P. Walthall, Leslie S. Wright Professor of Law
About Leslie S. Wright
Dr. Leslie Stephen Wright was born in Birmingham,
Alabama, on January 23, 1913. He held an A.B.
and an M.A. degree from the University of Louisville
and did doctoral work at the University of Kentucky.
He held honorary doctoral degrees from the University
of Alabama, Auburn University, Troy State University,
University of Louisville and Samford University.
Following the Second World War, in which he served in
the United States Navy, Dr. Wright served as director
of the Civilian Production Administration in Alabama.
In 1950, he went to Washington, D.C., as executive secretary
to Senator Lister Hill and, in 1954, resigned that
position to become executive secretary of the Baptist
Foundation in Alabama. In 1958, during his time with
the Baptist Foundation, he became the 16th president
of Howard College, which would later become Samford
University under his leadership. In 1961 he led the
historic acquiring of Cumberland School of Law and
moved its library, archives, faculty and students from
Lebanon, Tennessee, to the Howard Campus in Birmingham,
Alabama.
In addition to his work and dedication to Samford University,
Dr. Wright was a great public servant. Many
community service charities and cultural ventures depended
on his leadership and he received many awards
and high honors in his lifetime for community and public
service.
Thomas Corts, former president of Samford University
said of Dr. Wright, “He led Samford University during
a time of unprecedented change as it adapted to a
new campus, changed to University status, added the
law school and nursing school, and after 124 years, took
on a new name. He was a stable presence in turbulent
times and the University is eternally indebted to him for
his leadership.”
About Howard P. Walthall
Howard P. Walthall is a professor at Samford University’s
Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham,
Alabama, where he has taught since 1975. His teaching
and research interests include commercial law, business
organizations, state constitutional law, bankruptcy, and
state and local taxation. A graduate of Harvard College
and Harvard University Law School, Professor Walthall
was from 1967 –75 an associate and partner at the Birmingham
law firm then known as Berkowitz, Lefkovitz,
Vann & Patrick (now Baker, Donelson, Bearman,
Caldwell, and Berkowitz).
As an expert on the history of Cumberland School of
Law, Professor Walthall has co-authored a book with
David J. Langum titled From Maverick to Mainstream: Cumberland
School of Law, 1847–1997 (University of Georgia
Press, 1997).
Professor Walthall has also served as director of the
Cumberland State Constitutional Law Project and currently
serves as a staff person for the Alabama State
Constitutional Revision Commission, established by the
Alabama Legislature. As such, Professor Walthall assisted
in the drafting the following sections of the Alabama
Constitution, Proposed Revisions to Article XII–Private
Corporations and Proposed Revisions to Articles
XIII–Banks and Banking. Those revised Articles will
be voted on by Alabama voters at the November 2012
election. He is currently involved in drafting proposed
revisions of additional articles of the Alabama Constitution.
Professor Walthall is also a Fellow at the Alabama Law
Institute and has served as reporter for its Business Entities
Committee. As such, he was the principal draftsman
for the Alabama Business Entities Code, recently
enacted into law. Earlier, Professor Walthall served as
reporter to Alabama Law Institute Committees that
drafted revisions of the Alabama Limited Partnership
Act and the Alabama Limited Liability Company Act
and prepared Commentary for the Alabama Revised
General Partnership Act. Professor Walthall also served
as reporter to a Joint Committee of the National Conference
of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and
the American Bar Association in the drafting portions
of their Business Organization Act.
Professor Walthall is an elected member of the American
Law Institute.

Fall Student Bar Association Elections
Elections 2012
to be held
Tuesday, September 18th
On Tuesday, September 18th, students will vote on the following officers:
One (1) 3L Class Secretary
Four (4) 1L SBA Representatives
Six (6) 1L Honor Court Justices
*Campaigning will be held from Monday, September 10th through Monday, September 17th:
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Paul Simon at pssimon@samford.edu.
Fall Student Bar Association Elections

Registration Deadline is September 13th!
Attention 2L’s/3L’s:
Looking for job opportunities?
Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair
Friday, October 26 & Saturday, October 27, 2012
Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
Visit http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/law-school/conference-and-careerfair/students
What is public interest law?
Public interest law encompasses work done to protect individual rights, advance justice, or enhance the public good.
Where do public interest lawyers work?
• Government Agencies
• Nonprofits
• Prosecutor and public defender offices
• International organizations
Questions?
Contact Ashley Rhea
VP of Public Interest for the Cumberland Community
Service & Public Interest Organization
arhea1@samford.edu

Thursday, September 20

For more information about Pantry Strock 2012 please contact
Lindsay Nadeau at lnadeau@samford.edu.

Upcoming Events
• Public lecture in Brock Forum in observance of Constitution Day
Monday, September 17, at 3:00 p.m.
John L. Carroll, Dean of the Cumberland School of Law, and William Collins, Professor of Politi-
cal Science in Howard College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss the topic, “Judicial Review and the
Origins of the Constitution”. (Brock Forum is located in the Business School)
• The Annual Government Career Fair
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Career Development Office will host representatives from various state and federal offices in the
Great Room from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This is an “open house” style event where you can collect
information from each agency about hiring procedures and summer career opportunities.
• Please make sure you take advantage of this opportunity and visit the Great Room as your
schedule allows.
• The Office of Career Development would like to make certain that the law school gives these
government employees a warm welcome.
• Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Alabama Supreme Court and Alabama Court of Civil Appeals will hold oral arguments at the
Wright Center on the campus of Samford University Wednesday, October 10, 2012, from 8:30 a.m to
noon. This event provides an opportunity for students to obtain a better understanding of the state’s
Judicial Branch.
Announcements
• Cumberland Law Review’s Symposium 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012.
This year the Cumberland Law Review will co-host the annual symposium with the Birmingham Bar
Association Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section. It will be held at the law school on Friday, Oc-
tober 19th. This year the symposium’s topic will be current issues in bankruptcy law. Please contact
Sam Stephens, symposium editor, at sstephe1@samford.edu if you have any questions.

General Announcements
• Join the American Bar Association Law Student Division
Reasons to join:
1. If you want to be on a skills competition team, and your team goes to an ABA sponsored competition,
you must be a member
2. There are many “sections” within the ABA based on area of practice (criminal law, labor and
employment, etc.). It costs money for lawyers to join these sections, but most sections will let
law students join for free. It is important to be part of one or more of these sections because
they will keep you up-to-date on current happenings in that area of the law. Also, many of these
sections will have writing competitions with prize money.
3. You will get many discounts including Brooks Brothers, rental cars, etc.
4. If you want to obtain student health insurance, the ABA is partners with a company that can
provide health insurance at a discounted rate.
Here is the link to join: https://apps.americanbar.org/join/lsd_enroll/pm/enrollment.shtml.
If anyone has any questions about ABA membership, please feel free to contact Brittany Tedford at
bdtedfor@samford.edu.
Reoccurring Announcements
• Alabama Lawyers Assistance Program (Monthly)
Each month, a representative from the Alabama Lawyers Assistance Program is available in Student
Services, room 124, to converse with students regarding concerns they might have related to character
and fitness for the Alabama State Bar. For more information please contact Pam Nelson, director of
Student Services & ADA Compliance, at pjnelson@samford.edu.
• Christian Legal Society Weekly Meeting (Weekly)
The Cumberland School of Law chapter of the Christian Legal Society will hold its weekly Wednesday
meeting in room 115 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Any law student is welcome. Please contact Rory McKean
at rmckean@samford.edu, if you have any questions. You can learn more abut the Christian Legal
Society at their website http://www.clsnet.org/.
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