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Brooke K. allison

Jamie a. anderson Joel R. andreason Laura e. antonuccio

Hometown: Littleton, Colo.

expected Graduation date:

May 2010

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – J.D./

MBA (expected May 2010):

MBA Scholarship. University

of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. –

Finance/Leadership Studies

Certificate (with distinction):

Boettcher Scholar Award;

Presidents Leadership Class;

Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma

Sigma; Delta Gamma (vice

president); International Honors

Business Society; Leeds School

of Business Senior Leadership

Award Nominee; Golden Key

International Honor Society; The

National Society of Collegiate

Scholars; Phi Sigma Theta

National Honor Society.

College of Law activities:

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

CLEP (secretary/ treasurer,

co-curriculum director); Delta

Theta Phi ; Project Wishlist; SBA;

Women’s Law Caucus (secretary,

vice president).

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Choquette & Simons, Denver,

Colo .; Legal Intern – Noodles

& Co., Corporate Legal

Department; Law Clerk – Denver

District Courthouse, Criminal

Courtroom – Denver, Colo.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Nebraska Wesleyan

University, Lincoln, Neb. –

Sociology/Anthropology:

Multicultural Achievement

Award,; MOSAIC; Student Affairs

Senate; President’s Council for

Cultural Diversity; Sigma Gamma

Rho Sorority Inc. (president).

College of Law activities:

Black Law Students Association

(treasurer, vice president); CLEP;

Equal Justice Society; Multi-

Cultural Legal Society (vice

president).

awards & academic

scholarships: Dean Henry H.

Foster Memorial Scholar.

Work experience: Research

Assistant – UNL College of Law,

Lincoln, Neb.; Office Assistant

– UNL College of Law, Lincoln,

Neb.; Legal Intern – Alliance for

Heath, Education & Development

(AHEAD), Arlington, Va.;

Summer Intern – State Farm

Mutual Insurance Company,

Lincoln, Neb.; Head Student

Representative – Kaplan PMBR,

Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Brigham Young

University, Provo, Utah –

International Politics.

College of Law activities: J.

Reuben Clark Law Society; SBA.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Crosby Guenzel, Lincoln, Neb.;

Law Clerk – District Court for

Lancaster County, Lincoln, Neb.;

Legal Specialist – Nebraska Army

National Guard JAG Section,

Lincoln, Neb.; Intelligence

Analyst/Linguist – Utah Army

National Guard, Draper, Utah.

Hometown: Colorado Springs,

Colo.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Cornell College,

Mt. Vernon, Iowa – Elementary

Education (cum laude): Academic

& Community Enrichment

Scholarship; Mortar Board Senior

Honor Society.

College of Law activities:

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

CLEP (curriculum co-chair);

First-Year Orientation Leader;

Legal Research & Writing

Problem Writer; Nebraska

Entertainment & Sports Law

Assn.; Nebraska Moot Court

Board (Grether Competition

problem writer); Project Wishlist;

SBA (1L representative); Women’s

Law Caucus (president; vice

president; 1L representative).

awards & academic

scholarships: Scholarship for New

Nebraskans; Robert D. Baumfalk

Memorial Scholar.

Work experience: Summer

Associate – Gallagher & Kennedy,

Phoenix, Ariz.; Law Clerk –

Lincoln Law, Lincoln, Neb.

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elizabeth d. Bloss

Lyndsay n. Bonwell Matthew C. Boyle david P. Broderick

Hometown: Pawnee City, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University

of Nebraska–Lincoln –

Agribusiness: ConAgra Scholar;

Winnie Bachenberg Scholar;

Albert Hoesch Scholar; CENEX

Scholar.

College of Law activities:

AJA/NATA; Big Brother/Big

Sister Program; Christian Legal

Society (president); Client

Counseling Competition Board;

Environmental Law Society;

Agricultural Law Society.

Work experience: Stehlik Law,

Pawnee City, Neb.

Hometown: Columbus, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln –Business

Management (high distinction).

College of Law activities:

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

CLEP; Delta Theta Phi (tribune);

Equal Justice Society; Project

Wishlist; St. Thomas More

Society; SBA; Women’s Law

Caucus.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Nebraska State Patrol, Lincoln,

Neb.

Hometown: Crete, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University

of Nebraska–Lincoln –

Mathematics.

College of Law activities: Legal

Research & Writing Problem

Writer; Nebraska Moot Court

Board.

awards & academic

scholarships: Dean H. & Floreen

G. Eastman Scholar; Harold &

Helen Felton Scholar; William

M. Holt Scholar; John Phillip

Morrow Memorial Scholar;

Steven G. Olson & Steven G.

Olson II Scholar; Brian Silverman

Scholar; CALI Excellence for the

Future Award in Criminal Law,

Regulation.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

McHenry, Haszard, Hansen, Roth

& Hupp, Lincoln, Neb.; Law Clerk

– David Riley, Omaha, Neb.; Law

Clerk – Tietjen, Simon & Boyle,

Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: Scottsbluff, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Creighton University,

Omaha, Neb. – Philosophy.

College of Law activities:

Henry M. Grether Moot Court

Competition; Litigation Skills

Program of Concentrated

Study; Environmental Law

Program of Concentrated Study;

Environmental & Ag Law Society

(president); Delta Theta Phi; SBA.

Work experience: Law Clerk

– Nebraska Attorney General’s

Office, Lincoln, Neb.

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Tina M. Brooks

Dyana Brym Courtney R. Bullins Jonathan S. Camp

Hometown: Earlham, Iowa

Expected Graduation Date:

May 2009

Education: University of Northern

Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa – History/

Spanish (summa cum laude).

College of Law Activities:

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

SBA; American Constitutional

Society (secretary).

Work Experience: Research

Assistant – Professor Richard

Leiter, University of Nebraska

College of Law; Circulation Desk

Attendant – Schmid Law Library,

University of Nebraska College of

Law.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

Expected Graduation Date:

May 2009

Education: Saint Olaf College,

Northfield, Minn. – Political

Science.

College of Law Activities:

1L Client Counseling

Competition; Litigation Skills

Program of Concentrated Study;

Client Counseling Competition

Board (chair); First-Year

Orientation Leader; Nebraska

Moot Court Board.

Awards & Academic

Scholarships: CALI Excellence for

the Future Award in Trial

Advocacy, Family Law.

Work Experience: Law Clerk –

Koley Jessen, Omaha, Neb.; Law

Clerk – Atwood, Holsten &

Brown, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

Expected Graduation Date:

May 2009

Education: University of

Nebraska-Omaha – Criminal

Justice/Psychology (cum laude).

College of Law Activities: Client

Counseling Competition; Allen

Moot Court Competition; AJA/

NATA; Big Brother/Big Sister

Program; SBA.

Work Experience: Law Clerk –

Larry V. Albers, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

Expected Graduation Date:

May 2009

Education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Biological

Systems Engineering (emphasis in

Biomedical Engineering):

Regents’ Scholar; College of

Engineering Scholarship;

Biomedical Engineers Society.

College of Law Activities:

National Moot Court Team; Allen

Moot Court Competition; Henry

M. Grether Moot Court

Competition; Gross & Welch

Award (best first-year brief);

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; Intellectual

Property Program of

Concentrated Study.

Work Experience: Law Clerk –

Blackwell Sanders, Omaha, Neb.

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Jefferson s. Cannon

Blake R. Carlile Franceska Cassell Kathryn J. Cheatle

Hometown: Sandy, Utah

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of Utah,

Salt Lake City, Utah – Political

Science (cum laude): Presidential

Ambassador. Snow College,

Ephraim, Utah – General Studies

(AA degree magna cum laude):

Academic Student Counsel; Phi

Theta Kappa.

College of Law activities:

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

Federalist Society; J. Reuben

Clark Law Society; Republican

Law Students Association; SBA.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Bryan W. Cannon & Associates,

Sandy, Utah; Process Server –

Jefferson Cannon Service, Salt

Lake City, Utah.

Hometown: Heber City, Utah

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Utah State University,

Logan, Utah – Accounting (cum

laude): Beta Alpha Psi Honors

Fraternity (reporting secretary);

George S. Eccles Assistantship.

College of Law activities:

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

Delta Theta Phi; Environmental

Law Society; J. Reuben Clark Law

Society; Nebraska Moot Court

Board; SBA.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis,

Minn.; Research Assistant –

Professor Sandra Zellmer,

University of Nebraska College of

Law.

Hometown: Hooper, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Wayne State College,

Wayne, Neb. – Political Science

(summa cum laude): Scholar in

the Major; Pi Gamma Mu; The

Wayne Stater; Wayne Political

Union; Student Judicial Board;

The Advocates.

College of Law activities:

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

Equal Justice Society; Law School

Democrats; LSD/ABA; Nebraska

Fund for Clerkships in the Public

Interest; American Constitution

Society.

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in Capital

Punishment, Jurisprudence.

Work experience: Intern –

Ombudsman’s Office, Lincoln,

Neb.; Law Clerk – ACLU

Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Elkhorn, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Political

Science/English: Honors Program;

semi-finalist for Student

Leadership Award; Gamma

Gamma Award for Service to the

Greek Community.

College of Law activities:

National Trial Competition

(regional competitor); AJA/NATA;

Robert Van Pelt American Inn of

Court.

awards & academic

scholarships Litigation Skills

Program of Concentrated Study;

Robert D. Baumfalk Memorial

Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk for

Assistant to the Closing

Department – Capitol Title,

Lincoln, Neb.; Law Clerk –

Pansing, Hogan, Ernst &

Bachman, Lincoln, Neb.; Law

Clerk – Cassem, Tierney, Adams,

Gotch & Douglas, Omaha, Neb.

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Ryan J. Cooper

Jaclyn F. Cornell John C. ehrich Kelly ekeler

Hometown: Longmont, Colo.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Colorado at Boulder – Marketing/

Biochemistry: Certificate of

Excellence in Entrepreneurial

Studies.

College of Law activities:

Environmental Law Program of

Concentrated Study; Business

Planning & Taxation Program of

Concentrated Study;

Environmental Law Society; SBA.

Work experience: Intern – United

States District Court for the

District of Nebraska; Extern –

Nebraska Department of Natural

Resources; Law Clerk –

McNamara Law Firm, Denver,

Colo.; Corporate Securities

Extern – Jones & Keller, Denver,

Colo.

Hometown: Bellevue, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Studio Art:

Phi Sigma Pi National Honor

Fraternity; National Society of

Collegiate Scholars; Art League;

Residence Hall Association

(senator); Kopp Investment

Advisors Scholarship; Nellie May

Vance Memorial Scholarship;

O.M. LaBounty Memorial Fund.

College of Law activities: Delta

Theta Phi; International Law

Student Association; Nebraska

Entertainment & Sports Law

Assn.; SBA; Women’s Law Caucus.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

ACLU Nebraska, Lincoln Neb.

Hometown: South Sioux City,

Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – History:

National Society of Collegiate

Scholars; National Collegiate

Honor Society; Pre-Law Club.

College of Law activities: Third-

Year Class SBA Representative;

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

CLEP; First-Year Orientation

Leader; Project Wishlist; SBA.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Great West Casualty Company,

South Sioux City, Neb.; Research

Assistant – Prof. Craig Lawson,

University of Nebraska College of

Law; Law Clerk – Nebraska

Attorney General’s Office,

Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Salina, Kan.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Kansas State

University, Manhattan, Kan. –

Philosophy.

College of Law activities:

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; AJA/NATA

(vice president); Big Brother/Big

Sister Program; CLEP; Project

Wishlist.

awards & academic

scholarships: Robert D. Baumfalk

Memorial Scholar; Merle &

Frances Jones Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Harding & Shultz, Lincoln, Neb.;

Research Assistant – Professor

Richard Leiter, University of

Nebraska College of Law.

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elizabeth a. elwell

anthony R. essay Brianna evert andrew L. Finkle

Hometown: Potter, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Mathematics:

Dean H. & Floreen G. Eastman

Scholar; David Distinguished

Scholarship; Phi Mu Fraternity;

Residence Hall Association.

College of Law activities:

Second-Year Class SBA

Representative; College of Law

Ambassador; Big Brother/Big

Sister Program; First-Year

Orientation Leader; LSD/ABA;

Legal Research & Writing

Problem Writer; Nebraska Law

Review; Nebraska Moot Court

Board (summer problem editor,

master bailiff); Project Wishlist;

SBA; Women’s Law Caucus.

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

For The Future Award in

Administrative Law, Trial

Advocacy; Merle & Frances Jones

Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Croker, Huck, Kasher, DeWitt,

Anderson & Gonderinger,

Omaha, Neb.; Law Clerk – Judge

Alan G. Gless, Seward, Neb.

Hometown: Alliance, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Chadron State

College, Chadron, Neb. – Legal

Studies/Business (with honors)

College of Law activities:

Business Planning and Taxation

Program of Concentrated Study;

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

Delta Theta Phi; SBA; VITA.

Work experience: Legal Intern –

First Nebraska Trust Company,

Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Marshall, Minn.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: South Dakota State

University, Brookings, S.D. –

English (magna cum laude).

College of Law activities: AJA/

NATA; Big Brother/Big Sister

Program; Delta Theta Phi; SBA;

Women’s Law Caucus.

awards & academic

scholarships: Scholarship for

New Nebraskans; Jefferson H.

Broady Scholar

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Emory University,

Atlanta, Ga. – Psychology/

Political Science

College of Law activities:

International Law Program of

Concentrated Study; Big Brother/

Big Sister Program; International

Law Student Association

(president); Robert Van Pelt

American Inn of Court.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Brown Immigration Law, Lincoln,

Neb.; Research Consultant –

Library of Parliament, Ottawa,

Ontario; Coordinator of

Government Affairs – American

Society of Travel Agents,

Alexandria, Va.

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nathan K. Fox

nicholas e. Freeman adam R. Fulton Liam Gallagher

Hometown: Oxford, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Nebraska Wesleyan

University, Lincoln, Neb. –

Business Administration.

College of Law activities:

Business Planning, Taxation and

Estate Planning Individualized

Program Of Concentrated Study;

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

Delta Theta Phi; Environmental

Law Society; SBA (executive

treasurer); VITA.

awards & academic

scholarships: Robert R. Veach

Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Perry, Guthery, Haase & Gessford,

Lincoln, Neb.; Law Clerk –

McCarthy, Pederson & Moore,

North Platte, Neb.

Hometown: Cherry Hill, N.J.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: United States Marine

Corps School of Advanced

Warfighting, Quantico, Va.

Webster University, St. Louis, Mo.

– MBA (with distinction). United

States Army Command and

General Staff College, Fort

Leavenworth, Kan. United States

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. –

Physical Science.

College of Law activities:

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; Henry M.

Grether Moot Court Competition;

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

CLEP; First-Year Orientation

Leader; Republican Law Students

Association; SBA.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Lancaster County Attorney,

Lincoln, Neb.; Executive Officer

–NROTC at UNL; Deputy

Director of Character

Development – United States

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.;

Executive Officer – USS Stephen

W. Groves (FFG 29), Pascagoula,

Miss.; Staff Communications

Planning Officer – Allied Forces

Northwestern Europe, High

Wycomb, UK; Executive Officer –

USS Dextrous (MCM13),

Ingleside, Texas.

Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Utah State University,

Logan Utah – Political Science/

Organizational Communications:

Pi Sigma Alpha Honors Society.

College of Law activities:

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; Henry M.

Grether Moot Court Competition;

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

J. Reuben Clark Law Society; SBA.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Woods, Smith, Henning &

Berman, Las Vegas, Nev.; Law

Clerk – Carbon County

Prosecutor’s Office, Price Utah;

Law Clerk – Henderson Law

Offices, Logan, Utah; Student

Representative – Westlaw, Lincoln

Neb.

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Loyola University

Chicago, Ill. – History (with

honors).

College of Law activities: Law

School Democrats.

Work experience: Field Organizer

– MoveOn.org, Des Moines, Iowa;

Extern – Lancaster County Public

Defender, Lincoln, Neb.

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Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Political

Science/History (with highest

distinction).

College of Law activities:

Nebraska Law Review;

Republican Law Students

Association; Street Law Project.

awards & academic

scholarships: McGrath, North,

Mullin & Kratz Excellence in

Legal Writing Award; CALI

Excellence for the Future Award

in Constitutional Law I,

International Trade Law,

Corporations, State & Local

Government Law; Dean H. &

Floreen G. Eastman Scholar;

Regents’ Scholar; Theodore C.

Sorensen Fellowship.

Work experience: Summer

Associate – Kutak Rock, Omaha,

Neb.

Hometown: Washington, D.C.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Union College,

Lincoln, Neb. – Social Work (cum

laude): Social Work Club (co-vice

president).

College of Law activities: Equal

Justice Society (secretary); Legal

Research & Writing Problem

Writer; Nebraska Moot Court

Board; Nebraska Fund for

Clerkships in the Public Interest

(president).

awards & academic

scholarships: Bennett G.

Hornstein Scholar; Robert D.

Baumfalk Memorial Scholar;

Merle & Frances Jones Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Nebraska Appleseed Center for

Law in the Public Interest,

Lincoln, Neb; Law Clerk –

Mexico Appleseed Foundation for

Law in the Public Interest, Mexico

City, Mexico.

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska at Omaha – Economics

(magna cum laude).

College of Law activities: Allen

Moot Court Competition

(finalist); Henry M. Grether Moot

Court Competition (finalist);

Nebraska Moot Court Board

(Allen Moot Court Competition

Coordinator).

awards & academic

scholarships: McGrath, North,

Mullin & Kratz Excellence in

Legal Writing Award; CALI

Excellence for the Future Award

in Evidence.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Lancaster County Attorney’s

Office, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Shickley, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Agricultural

Economics: Nebraska

Agricultural Youth Council;

Alpha Zeta Fraternity; Tau Sigma

Honor Society. Creighton

University School of Law: Dean’s

Honor Roll; Phi Delta Phi Legal

Fraternity; Law School

Ambassadors; Environmental

Law Society; Moot Court Bailiff;

Law School Republicans (1L

representative); Client Counseling

Competition.

College of Law activities: Henry

M. Grether Moot Court

Competition (semi-finalist);

College of Law Ambassador;

Environmental and Agricultural

Law Society (public relations

chair); Republican Law Students

Association; Robert Van Pelt

American Inn of Court; Big

Brother/Big Sister Program.

Work experience: Summer

Associate – Stinson, Morrison,

Hecker, Omaha, Neb.; Law Clerk

– Mattson, Ricketts, Davies,

Stewart, & Calkins, Lincoln, Neb.

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Troy L. Hawk

Hometown: Barada, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Northwest Missouri

State University, Maryville, Mo. –

Masters Degree in Agricultural

Science. Northwest Missouri State

University, Maryville, Mo. –

Agricultural Science.

College of Law activities:

Environmental Law Society (vice

president); Federalist Society;

SBA.

Hometown: Papillion, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of Nebraska–

Lincoln – Master’s Degree in

Professional Accountancy (expected

May 2009)/ Accountancy (with

highest distinction): Peter Kiewit

Scholar; Regents’ Scholar; Chancellor’s

Scholar; Finalist for 2006 Outstanding

College of Business Administration

Student Leader and Outstanding

Student Organization President; Beta

Alpha Psi Accounting Organization

(president); CBA Student Advisory

Board (vice president of awards and

recognition); CBA Student

Ambassador; CBA Academic

Planning Committee; Chi Omega.

College of Law activities: First-

Year Client Counseling Competition;

Allen Moot Court Competition (first

place, best brief); Henry M. Grether

Moot Court Competition (first place);

Delta Theta Phi (vice dean); Nebraska

Law Review (executive editor); SBA.

awards & academic scholarships:

CALI Excellence for the Future Award

in Property, Torts, Criminal Law,

Individual Income Tax, Legal

Profession, Trial Advocacy, Pretrial

Litigation; Henry J. Amen Scholar;

Dean H. & Floreen G. Eastman

Scholar; Fraser Stryker-Ken Sharp

Memorial Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Fraser Stryker, Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Political

Science.

College of Law activities:

Christian Legal Society;

Nebraska Law Review

(executive editor); Street Law

Project.

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in

Constitutional Law II; Dean H. &

Floreen G. Eastman Scholar;

Regents’ Scholar.

Work experience: Research

Assistant – Professor Steve

Bradford, University of Nebraska

College of Law.

Hometown: Norton, Kan.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kan. – Music. Central

Michigan University, Mt.

Pleasant, Mich. – Master of

Science in Administration.

College of Law activities: Henry

M. Grether Moot Court

Competition; Student/Faculty

Grade Appeal Committee; Delta

Theta Phi; SBA.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Lincoln Law, Lincoln Neb.; Law

Clerk – Nebraska Attorney

General’s Office, Lincoln Neb.

Research Assistant – Professor

Richard F. Duncan, University of

Nebraska College of Law; Major –

United States Air Force.

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Joshua C. Howard

Hometown: York, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Psychology.

College of Law activities: Allies

and Advocates for GLBT Equality

(secretary); AJA/NATA; Big

Brother/Big Sister Program; Delta

Theta Phi; LSD/ABA; SBA;

Women’s Law Caucus.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

York County Public Defender,

York, Neb.; Law Clerk – Fillman

Law Office, York, Neb.; Law Clerk

– Legal Aid of Nebraska, Lincoln,

Neb.

Hometown: Fargo, N.D.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Minnesota State

University-Moorhead, Moorhead,

Minn. – Business Administration/

Spanish (cum laude).

College of Law activities: Allen

Moot Court Competition; College

of Law Ambassador; Big Brother/

Big Sister Program; Delta Theta

Phi; Equal Justice Society (vice

president of fundraising, vice

president of events); Republican

Law Students Association; SBA;

National Trial Team.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

General Counsel for the

University of Nebraska, Lincoln,

Neb.; Internship – Congressman

Fortenberry’s Office, Lincoln,

Neb.; Research Assistant –

Professor Craig Lawson,

University of Nebraska College of

Law; Law Clerk – Monzon Law,

Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Grand Island, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

December 2008

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – J.D./M.B.A.

University of Nebraska at Kearney

– Business Administration.

College of Law activities: Legal

Research & Writing Problem

Writer; Nebraska Law Review;

Nebraska Moot Court Board (cocoordinator

of the Allen Moot

Court Competition); St. Thomas

More Society (president); VITA

(co-coordinator).

awards & academic

scholarships: Dean H. & Floreen

G. Eastman Scholar; Merle &

Frances Jones Scholar; Martha W.

Lefferdink Scholar; Alfred J.

Luebs Memorial Scholar; Jean &

Rowland Nelson Scholar; Bryon

W. Pierce Memorial Scholar;

Florence Wilcox Roberts Scholar;

Hymen Rosenberg Memorial

Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Koley Jessen, Omaha, Neb.; Legal

Intern – IRS Office of Chief

Counsel, Omaha, Neb.; Research

Assistant – Professor Michelle M.

Harner, University of Nebraska

College of Law.

Hometown: Scottsbluff, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln –

Mathematics/Mathematics

Education (high distinction):

Regents’ Scholarship; Phi Beta

Kappa; Superior Scholar;

University Honors Program;

UCARE Research Grant; Study

Abroad – Universidad de Castilla-

La Mancha; Mock Trial Team;

Christian Student Fellowship.

College of Law activities:

National Trial Team Regional

Competition; Student/Faculty

Appointments Committee;

Student/Faculty Evaluations

Committee; Big Brother/Big Sister

Program; Christian Legal Society;

Nebraska Law Review

(executive editor); SBA.

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in

Contracts, Torts; Jessie R.

Bergquist Scholar; Dean H. &

Floreen G. Eastman Scholar;

Harvey & Susan Perlman Alumni

Scholar; Emil E. Placek Memorial

Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit &

Witt, Lincoln, Neb.

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Timothy L. Johnson

Hometown: Ralston, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – English.

College of Law activities: Allen

Moot Court Competition; Henry

M. Grether Moot Court

Competition; College of Law

Ambassador; Big Brother/Big

Sister Program; Equal Justice

Society (vice president of events,

vice president of fundraising);

Law School Democrats; LSD/ABA

(lieutenant governor of diversity

for the 8th Circuit); SBA;

Women’s Law Caucus; National

Trial Team.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Keating, O’Gara, Nedved & Peter,

Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Creighton University,

Omaha, Neb. – History/Journalism

and Mass Communications (cum

laude): Honors Program; Creighton

University Academic Scholarship;

John Langley Academic

Scholarship; Phi Alpha Theta

History Honors Society; Omicron

Delta Kappa Honor Society;

National Society of Collegiate

Scholars; Gamma Phi Beta Sorority

(financial vice president, class vice

president); Freshman Leadership

Program (student mentor).

College of Law activities:

Robert Van Pelt American Inn of

Court; First-Year Client

Counseling Competition;

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; AJA/NATA;

Environmental Law Society; Equal

Justice Society; LSD/ABA; SBA;

American Constitution Society.

awards & academic

scholarships: G. Robert

Muchemore Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Lamson, Dugan & Murray,

Omaha, Neb.; Circulation Desk

Worker – Schmidt Law Library,

UNL College of Law; Copy Editor

– The Creightonian, Creighton

University, Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: Eagar, Ariz.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of Phoenix,

Phoenix, Ariz. – Accounting.

College of Law activities:

Outstanding Oral Advocate -

Allen Moot Court Competition;

Allen Moot Court Competition

(finalist); National Moot Court

Team; Federalist Society

(treasurer); J. Reuben Clark Law

Society; Nebraksa Law Review

(executive editor).

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in

Contracts, Creditors’ Rights,

Employee Benefits; Scholarship

for New Nebraskans; Robert K.

Andersen Memorial Scholar;

Robert D. Baumfalk Memorial

Scholar; William M. Holt Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Gallagher & Kennedy, Phoenix,

Ariz.; Law Clerk – Baylor, Evnen,

Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, Lincoln,

Neb.; Client Relations Manager –

Affiliated Computer Services,

Tempe, Ariz.

Hometown: American Fork, Utah

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Brigham Young

University, Provo, Utah –

American Studies/English: Alvina

Soffel Barrett Academic

Scholarship.

College of Law activities:

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; AJA/NATA

(executive board member); Big

Brother/Big Sister Program;

Federalist Society; J. Reuben

Clark Law Society (treasurer);

SBA.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Lancaster County District Court,

Lincoln, Neb.; Law Clerk – Wood,

Smith, Henning & Berman, Los

Angeles, Calif.

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Tara T. King

Hometown: Moreno Valley, Calif.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

California, Los Angeles, Los

Angeles, Calif. – Microbiology,

Immunology and Molecular

Genetics/American Literature.

College of Law activities:

Nebraksa Law Review; Big

Brother/Big Sister Program;

Nebraska Moot Court Board

(Grether competition

coordinator); Project Wishlist.

awards & academic

scholarships: Harold & Helen

Felton Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Sherrets & Boecker, Omaha, Neb.;

Law Clerk – National Indemnity

Company, Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: Elkhorn, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Nebraska Wesleyan

University, Lincoln, Neb –

Business Administration (highest

distinction): Order of Omega

Honor Society (president); Delta

Mu Delta Honor Society (vice

president); Phi Kappa Phi Honor

Society; Cardinal Key Honor

Society; Psi Chi Honor Society;

Outstanding Business Student;

Founder’s Award; Florence Hood

Miner Award; University

Judiciary (president); Senior Class

Vice President; Student

Ambassador (group leader).

College of Law activities: Big

Brother/Big Sister Program ;

CLEP (program coordinator);

First-Year Orientation Leader;

Project Wishlist; SBA; Women’s

Law Caucus; Robert Van Pelt

American Inn of Court.

awards & academic

scholarships: Martin N. Erck

Memorial Scholar.

Work experience:: Law Clerk –

Nebraska Attorney General’s

Office, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: New Mexico State

University, Las Cruces, N.M. –

Marketing.

College of Law activities:

College of Law Ambassador; First-

Year Orientation Leader;

Nebraska Moot Court Board

(chair).

Work experience: Summer

Associate – Husch Blackwell

Sanders, Omaha, Neb.; Law Clerk

– Douglas County Public

Defender’s Office, Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: Overland Park, Kan.

expected Graduation date:

December 2008

education: Regis University,

Denver, Colo. – Master of

Business Administration (with

honors). University of Notre

Dame, South Bend, Ind. –

Finance: Athletic Scholarship.

College of Law activities:

Federalist Society; Nebraska

Entertainment & Sports Law

Assn. (treasurer); Republican Law

Students Association (vice

president); St. Thomas More

Society; SBA.

Work experience: Research

Assistant – Professor Craig

Lawson, University of Nebraska

College of Law; Research

Assistant – Professor Richard

Leiter, University of Nebraska

College of Law; Research

Assistant – Professor William

Lyons, University of Nebraska

College of Law; Investment

Accountant – Westpeak Global

Advisors, Boulder, Colo.

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dawn Kurz

Cameron Lange

Casey K. Larsen

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Economics/

Political Science: Delta Upsilon

Fraternity; College Republicans.

College of Law activities:

Federalist Society; Republican

Law Students Association.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Douglas County Attorney’s

Office, Omaha, Neb.; Law Clerk –

Lamson, Dugan & Murray,

Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: Sidney, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Doane College, Crete,

Neb. – Business Administration/

Organizational Communication

(cum laude): Cardinal Key

National Honor Society; Delta Mu

Delta Honor Society; Lambda Pi

Eta Honor Society.

College of Law activities: Allen

Moot Court Competition (semifinalist);

National Animal

Advocacy Competition; Big

Brother/Big Sister Program; Delta

Theta Phi; Environmental Law

Society (vice president);

Nebraksa Law Review

(executive editor); Project

Wishlist; SBA; Women’s Law

Caucus (treasurer).

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in Civil

Procedure, Evidence, Securities

Regulation, Wills & Trusts; G.

Robert Muchemore Scholar; Dr.

Norman W. Thorson Scholar;

Richard M. Van Steenberg

Memorial Scholar.

Work experience: Summer

Associate – Kutak Rock, Omaha,

Neb.; Law Clerk – Office of the

Attorney General, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Sandy, Utah

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of Utah,

Salt Lake City, Utah –

Argumentation and

Organizational Communication.

College of Law activities:

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; First-Year

Client Counseling Competition;

AJA/NATA (executive board); Big

Brother/Big Sister Program; J.

Reuben Clark Law Society

(president).

Work experience: Judicial Law

Clerk – Lancaster County District

Court, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Blair, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Finance

(highest distinction): Beta

Gamma Sigma Honor Society;

National Society of Collegiate

Scholars.

College of Law activities: Allen

Moot Court Competition (semifinalist);

Big Brother/Big Sister

Program; First-Year Orientation

Leader; Nebraska Entertainment

& Sports Law Assn.; SBA.

awards & academic

scholarships: Yale C. Holland

Memorial Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Rembolt Ludtke, Lincoln, Neb.;

Law Clerk – The Gavilon Group,

Omaha, Neb.

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Blake R.K. Loper

Christin P. Lovegrove

nestor a. Marante

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kan. – Journalism:

Study Abroad – University of

Oxford; University of Kansas

Endowment Scholar; Gamma Phi

Beta Sorority (standards chair);

Kansas City Royals National

Anthem Singer; College World

Series Anthem Top 40 Finalist;

Rock Chalk Revue Performer;

Center for Community Outreach

Volunteer; Student Alumni

Association.

College of Law activities:

College of Law Ambassador; AJA/

NATA; Big Brother/Big Sister

Program; Delta Theta Phi; SBA;

Women’s Law Caucus; Student/

Faculty Building Committee;

Student/Faculty Library

Committee; Student/Faculty

Student Awards & Assistance

Committee.

Work experience: Legal Intern –

First National of Nebraska,

Omaha, Neb.; Circulation Desk

Attendant – Schmid Law Library,

UNL College of Law; Intern – The

Greater Naples Chamber of

Commerce, Naples, Fla.; Law

Clerk – Vernis & Bowling, Fort

Myers, Fla.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Nebraska Wesleyan

University, Lincoln, Neb. –

Psychology.

College of Law activities: Big

Brother/Big Sister Program;

International Law Student

Association; Nebraska

Entertainment & Sports Law Assn.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Wolfe Snowden, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Fairmont, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Finance

(with high distinction): Regents’

Scholar; Peter Kiewit Scholar;

University Honors Program;

College of Business Student

Advisory Board; Mortar Board;

Alpha Omicron Pi.

College of Law activities: Big

Brother/Big Sister Program; Delta

Theta Phi (clerk of the exchequer);

Environmental Law Society; SBA;

Women’s Law Caucus.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Heinisch Law Office, Geneva, Neb.

Hometown: West Palm Beach,

Fla.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of South

Florida, Tampa, Fla. – Political

Science (cum laude).

awards & academic

scholarships: Scholarship for

New Nebraskans; Bernard &

Elaine Gradwohl Scholar; Paul C.

Holmberg Scholar; Richard &

Judy Weill Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Groelle & Salmon, Wellington,

Fla.; Legal Intern – State

Attorney’s Office for the 15th

Judicial District of Florida, West

Palm Beach, Fla.; Legal Assistant

– Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart,

West Palm Beach, Fla.

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Kelsey n. McChane

Todd Molvar

Richard s. Montierth

Hometown: Lexington, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of Nebraska

at Kearney – Political Science (summa

cum laude): Christian Student

Fellowship; Mortar Board Honor

Society; Student Government;

Chancellor’s Ambassadors; Honors

Program; George Norris Scholar;

Outstanding Graduating Senior

in Political Science; William R.

Nester Leadership Award; Dale &

Ellen Schroeder Scholarship;

Centennial Scholarship; Merit

Scholarship; Chancellor’s

Scholarship; Honors Scholarship.

College of Law activities:

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; Nebraksa

Law Review (editor-in-chief);

Christian Legal Society (treasurer).

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in Property,

Evidence, Construction Law,

Individual Income Tax; McGrath,

North, Mullin & Kratz Excellence

in Legal Writing Award; Law Review

Ace of Spades Award; Dean H. &

Floreen G. Eastman Scholar;

Donna Karnes Scholar; William

F. & Jean S. Wenke Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Woods & Aitken, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – English (with

honors): Regents’ Scholar; Sigma

Tau Delta.

College of Law activities: Allen

Moot Court Competition (semifinalist);

First-Year Class Vice

President; Second-Year Class Vice

President; Third-Year Class Vice

President; College of Law

Ambassador; Big Brother/Big

Sister Program; LSD/ABA; Project

Wishlist; SBA; Street Law

Program.

awards & academic

scholarships: Dean Henry H.

Foster Memorial Scholar.

Work experience: Summer

Associate – Fraser Stryker,

Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: Seattle, Wash.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Tulane University,

New Orleans, La. – Masters in

Latin American Studies:

University of Mobile-Latin

American Campus, San Marcos,

Nicaragua – International

Relations (cum laude).

College of Law activities:

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; International

Law Student Association (vice

president); SBA; Student

Hurricane Network.

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in

Immigration Law.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Student Legal Services, Lincoln,

Neb.: Project Volunteer – Pro

Bono Project, New Orleans, La.;

Project Volunteer – Student

Hurricane Network (Katrina-

Gideon Interview Project), New

Orleans, La.; Researcher –

Amnesty International,

Washington, D.C.

Hometown: Troy, Mich.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Brigham Young

University, Provo, Utah – Chinese.

College of Law activities: J.

Reuben Clark Law Society

(secretary).

Work experience: Law Clerk –

First National Bank of Omaha,

Omaha, Neb.

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Holly T. Morris

Sarah Morris

Diane L. Motto

Hometown: Westmoreland, Kan.

Expected Graduation Date:

May 2009

Education: Kansas State

University, Manhattan, Kan. –

Finance/Accounting (summa cum

laude): Foundation Scholar;

College of Business Honors

Program; Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.

College of Law Activities:

College of Law Ambassador;

Christian Legal Society (vice

president); First-Year Orientation

Leader; Nebraksa Law Review

(research editor).

Awards & Academic

Scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in Real

Estate Transactions, Estate

Planning.

Hometown: Dunbar, Neb.

Expected Graduation Date:

December 2008

Education: Creighton University,

Omaha, Neb. – Journalism/

English (summa cum laude):

National Merit Scholar;

Muchemore Writing Scholar;

Alpha Sigma Nu; Omicron Delta

Kappa; National Society of

Collegiate Scholars; Sigma Tau

Delta; Writing Center Tutor;

Alpha Phi Omega (vice president);

The Creightonian (editor-inchief);

Pi Beta Phi.

College of Law Activities: AJA/

NATA; Big Brother/Big Sister

Program; Project Wishlist; SBA;

VITA; Women’s Law Caucus.

Work Experience: Law Clerk –

Fankauser, Nelsen & Werts,

Nebraska City, Neb.

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

Expected Graduation Date:

May 2009

Education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Political

Science/English: Peter Kiewit

Distinguished Scholar; Regents’

Scholar; University of Nebraska

Honors Program; Golden Key

Honor Society.

College of Law Activities:

College of Law Ambassador;

ASUN Representative; First-Year

Orientation Leader; Street Law;

Women’s Law Caucus, Student/

Faculty Grade Appeal Committee.

Work Experience: Law Clerk –

Lamson, Dugan & Murray,

Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: Humboldt, Neb.

Expected Graduation Date:

May 2009

Education: Peru State College,

Peru, Neb. – Sociology/Criminal

Justice (with high distinction):

Intern – Nemaha County Sheriff’s

Department, Auburn, Neb.;

Intern – U.S. Pretrial Services,

Lincoln, Neb.; Criminal Justice

Study Tours in Queensland,

Australia, and Washington, D.C.;

Honors Club (president); Society

for Social Awareness (president);

Student Senate Representative;

Campus Activities Board.

College of Law Activities: AJA/

NATA (secretary); LSD/ABA; SBA.

Work Experience: Law Clerk –

Fankhauser, Nelsen & Werts,

Auburn, Neb.; Student

Representative for Bar/Bri –

University of Nebraska College of

Law; Protection and Safety

Worker – Nebraska Department

of Health and Human Services,

Auburn, Neb.; Legal Secretary –

Kansas Legal Services, Topeka, Kan.

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Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

December 2008

education: University of

Nebraska at Omaha – Criminal

Justice (cum laude): Nebraska

Academic Decathlon Scholarship;

Air Force Type II Scholarship; Pi

Sigma Alpha Political Science

Honorary President.

College of Law activities:

Program of Concentrated Study

in International Law; Delta Theta

Phi; International Law Student

Assn.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Nebraska Attorney General’s

Office, Lincoln, Neb.

Kimberly a.

Mueller-Malone

Hometown: Emerson, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Nebraska Wesleyan

University, Lincoln, Neb. –

Psychology: Teaching Assistant;

Peer Assistant; Admissions

Ambassador; Religious Diversity

Study Abroad Program in

Toronto, Canada.

College of Law activities:

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

First-Year Orientation Leader.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Beckman Law Offices, Lincoln,

Neb.; Compliance Intern –

BryanLGH Health System,

Lincoln, Neb.

natalie a. navis

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Creighton University,

Omaha, Neb. – English (summa

cum laude): Creighton University

Academic Scholarship; Dr.

Frederick De La Vega Scholarship;

H. M. and Ruby Frost Scholarship;

National Society of Collegiate

Scholars; Creighton Dance

Company; INK (editor), Delta

Zeta Sorority (fundraising chair).

College of Law activities: Big

Brother/Big Sister Program;

CLEP (curriculum director,

president); Equal Justice Society;

Legal Research & Writing

Problem Writer; Nebraska Moot

Court Board; Women’s Law

Caucus.

awards & academic

scholarships: Gross & Welch

Award (best first-year brief).

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Koley Jessen, Omaha, Neb.; Intern –

Separate Juvenile Court Judge

Douglas F. Johnson, Omaha, Neb.

Laurie L. nelson

Hometown: Mesa, Ariz.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Arizona State

University, Tempe, Ariz. – Justice

Studies (summa cum laude).

College of Law activities: Big

Brother/Big Sister Program; J.

Reuben Clark Law Society; SBA;

Women’s Law Caucus.

Work experience: Legislative

Intern – Kissel/E&S Associates,

Lincoln, Neb.

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demar G. Osbourne

elizabeth e. Osterman shannon J. Palmer

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Mathematics

and Computer Science (with

honors and distinction).

College of Law activities:

Christian Legal Society; CLEP;

Federalist Society (vice president);

First-Year Orientation Leader.

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in

Contracts, Unfair Competition.

Work experience: Legal Research

Intern – First Amendment Center,

Nashville, Tenn.; Extern – Judge

Todd Hutton, Sarpy County Court;

Research Assistant – Professor Eric

Berger, University of Nebraska

College of Law; Summer Associate

– Baker, Donelson, Bearman,

Caldwell & Berkowitz, Nashville,

Tenn.; Legal Intern – Federal

Communications Commission

Wireline Competition Bureau,

Washington, D.C.; Research

Assistant – Dean Steven L.

Willborn, University of Nebraska

College of Law.

Hometown: Windsor, Conn.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Morehouse College,

Atlanta, Ga. – History (cum

laude).

College of Law activities: Black

Law Students Assn. (treasurer);

Federalist Society.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

The Law Offices of Cynthia

Jennings, Windsor, Conn.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Nebraska Wesleyan

University, Lincoln, Neb. –

Political Science/English.

College of Law activities:

Nebraksa Law Review

(executive editor).

awards & academic

scholarships: McGrath, North,

Mullin & Kratz Excellence in

Legal Writing Award; Yale C.

Holland Memorial Scholar;

Richard Huebner Memorial

Scholar; Merle & Frances Jones

Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

U.S. Attorney, Lincoln, Neb.; Law

Clerk – Rembolt Ludtke, Lincoln,

Neb.; Law Clerk – Nebraska

Appleseed Center for Law in the

Public Interest, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: San Francisco, Calif.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: San Francisco State

University, San Francisco, Calif. –

Art/Painting, Drawing &

Printmaking.

College of Law activities: Big

Brother/Big Sister Program;

CLEP; Multi-Cultural Legal

Society; Native American Law

Students Assn. (president).

Work experience: Research

Assistant – Professor Richard

Leiter, University of Nebraska

College of Law; Classroom

Assistant – Summer 2008 Pre-

Law Institute, University of

Nebraska College of Law.

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Hometown: North Platte, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Psychology

(with high distinction): Canfield

Scholar; Gamma Phi Beta

Sorority (administrative vice

president, executive council); Big

Brothers/Big Sisters of America;

Student Alumni Assn.

College of Law activities: Big

Brother/Big Sister Program;

CLEP; First-Year Orientation

Leader; SBA.

awards & academic

scholarships: McGrath, North,

Mullin & Kratz Excellence in

Legal Writing Award; Robert R.

Veach Scholar; Donald Meier

Scholar.

Work experience: Clerk to the

General Counsel – University of

Nebraska Foundation, Lincoln,

Neb.; Intern – Development

Corporation of North Platte,

North Platte, Neb.

Jessica L.

Vincik-Piskorski

Hometown: Aurora, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska at Omaha – Criminal

Justice (with high distinction):

Commencement Student Speaker;

Dean’s Award for College of

Public Affairs and Community

Service; Outstanding Student

Award for Criminal Justice;

Omicron Delta Kappa (president);

Homecoming Queen; Order of

Omega.

College of Law activities:

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; College of

Law Ambassador (student

coordinator); AAJ/NATA

(president); Big Brother/Big Sister

Program; Delta Theta Phi;

Agricultural and Environmental

Law Society (secretary); First-Year

Orientation Leader; Project

Wishlist; Republican Law Students

Assn.; St. Thomas More Society

(secretary); SBA; First-Year Client

Counseling Competition.

Work experience: Summer

Associate – Cline, Williams,

Wright, Johnson & Oldfather,

Lincoln, Neb.; Law Clerk –

Lancaster County District Court,

Lincoln, Neb.

Kylee M. Pohl

Hometown: Gibbon, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Nebraska Wesleyan

University, Lincoln, Neb. –

Business Administration (with

highest distinction); Delta Mu Delta

Honorary; Lambda Pi Eta

Honorary; Phi Kappa Phi

Honorary; Collegiate Business

Assn.; American Marketing Assn.

(charter member); Pflieger/Olson

Student Athlete Award; Varsity

Cross Country and Varsity

Indoor/Outdoor Track Teams.

College of Law activities:

Business Planning/Taxation

Program of Concentrated Study;

2L SBA Representative; Big

Brother/Big Sister Program

(coordinator); Christian Legal Society;

Delta Theta Phi (master of the

ritual); First-Year Orientation

Leader; Nebraksa Law Review

(executive editor); Project

Wishlist; SBA (executive secretary).

awards & academic

scholarships: McGrath, North,

Mullin & Kratz Excellence in Legal

Writing Award; Dean H. & Floreen

G. Eastman Scholar; Merle &

Frances Jones Scholar; Donna

Karnes Scholar; Anne Fees Lowe

Memorial Scholar; Lumir

Otradovsky Memorial Scholar;

Genevieve Sack Phillips Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Scudder Law Firm, Lincoln, Neb.

sarah e. Preisinger

Hometown: Papillion, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Truman State

University, Kirksville, Mo. –

Justice Systems: Alpha Phi Sigma

Honor Society (president);

National Residence Hall

Honorary; Student Ambassador.

College of Law activities: SBA;

American Constitution Society

(vice president); Client

Counseling Competition (finalist)

(went to Regionals); First-Year

Client Counseling Competition.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Health and Human Services,

Lincoln, Neb.; Skills Assistant –

University of Nebraska College of

Law; Summer Pre-Law Institute

Classroom Assistant, University

of Nebraska College of Law; Legal

Intern – Cass County Court

Appointed Special Advocates.

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Brianne M. Rohner

Hometown: Jackson, Ga.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Dillard University,

New Orleans, La. – English

(summa cum laude): Merit

Scholar; Student-Board of

Trustees Liaison Committee;

Sigma Tau Delta International

English Honor Society (president);

English Club (president).

College of Law activities: Black

Law Students Assn. (vicepresident);

Multi-Cultural Legal

Society (president); Robert Van

Pelt American Inn of Court;

Women’s Law Caucus.

awards & academic

scholarships: Scholarship for

New Nebraskans; Harold & Helen

Felton Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Law Office of Wilson Bush,

Jackson, Ga.; Law Clerk – Carter

& Okolo Law Firm, Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Creighton University,

Omaha, Neb. – Finance, Economics:

Christina M. Hixson Business

Scholarship; Creighton University

Academic Scholarship; Joan A

Kuehl Memorial Scholarship;

Creighton University Student

Managed Investment Fund (comanager);

Financial Management

Association National Honors Society.

College of Law activities: Big

Brother/Big Sister Program; First-

Year Orientation Leader;

Nebraska Entertainment & Sports

Law Assn.; 1L class representative;

Project Wishlist; SBA; Kenneth L.

Noah Memorial Award (best

brief, Allen Moot Court

Competition); Allen Moot Court

Competition (finalist); Henry M.

Grether Moot Court Competition

(first place; Outstanding Oral

Advocate).

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Erickson & Sederstrom, Omaha,

Neb.; Law Clerk – Crosby

Guenzel, Lincoln, Neb.; Summer

Associate – Baird Holm, Omaha,

Neb.

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska at Omaha – Criminal

Justice (summa cum laude):

Golden Key International Honor

Society.

College of Law activities: AJA /

NATA; SBA.

awards & academic

scholarships: McGrath, North,

Mullin & Kratz Excellence in

Legal Writing Award; Silver Quill

Award; Dean Henry H. Foster

Memorial Scholar; Omaha Law

League Scholar; CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in Law and

Medicine.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman,

Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: York, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Nebraska Wesleyan

University, Lincoln, Neb. –

History: Harry Huge Award for

Outstanding Graduating History

Major; Phi Alpha Theta; Delta

Zeta Sorority; Fellowship of

Catholic University Students.

College of Law activities: St.

Thomas More Society (vice

president); Women’s Law Caucus.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Jacobsen, Orr, Nelson, Lindstrom

& Holbrook, Lincoln, Neb.

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Brian M. sabata

danielle L. savington

Jacob W. schaffer

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Tennessee State

University, Nashville, Tenn. –

Criminal Justice (summa cum

laude): Phi Kappa Phi Honor

Society.

College of Law activities:

International Law Program of

Concentrated Study; AJA /NATA;

International Law Student Assn.;

Phi Alpha Delta (vice justice);

Women’s Law Caucus.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Business

Administration (with high

distinction).

College of Law activities:

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; College of

Law Ambassador; AJA/NATA;

SBA; Allen Moot Court

Competition (semi-finalist);

Henry M. Grether Moot Court

Competition.

Work experience: Research

Assistant – Professor John

Gradwohl, University of Nebraska

College of Law, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Papillion, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Bellevue University,

Bellevue, Neb. – Human and

Social Service Administration: Pi

Gamma Mu Honor Society.

College of Law activities: Allies

and Advocates for GLBT

(president); Big Brother/Big Sister

Program; Black Law Students

Association; CLEP; First-Year

Orientation Leader; Law School

Democrats; Multi-Cultural Legal

Society; Nontraditional Law

Students Group; Phi Alpha Delta

International; SBA; Women’s Law

Caucus.

Work experience: Legal Clerk –

United States Attorney’s Office,

District of Nebraska; Extern –

Judge Robert B. O’Neal, Sarpy

County Juvenile Court.

Hometown: North Platte, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Accounting

(highest distinction): 4.0 High

Scholar; A & B Soshnik Memorial

Scholarship; Betty Samson

Scholarship; Nebraska Society of

CPAs Foundation Scholarship; R.

Parker and M. S. Eastwood

Scholarship.

College of Law activities:

Business Transactions Program of

Concentrated Study; AJA / NATA;

Big Brother/Big Sister Program;

Delta Theta Phi; Republican Law

Students Assn.; SBA; Student/

Faculty Library Committee.

awards & academic

scholarships: Dean H. & Floreen

G. Eastman Scholar; John S.

Pierce Memorial Scholar; CALI

Excellence for the Future Award

in Corporate Tax.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Koley Jessen, Omaha, Neb.

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Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska at Omaha – Elementary

Education (magna cum laude):

Omicron Delta Kappa Honor

Society; Golden Key Honor

Society; Student Education Assn.;

National Assn. for Education of

Young Children; Jessie E. Keller

Scholarship; Kate Field Grant.

College of Law activities: Labor

and Employment Program of

Concentrated Study; Allies and

Advocates for GLBT; Client

Counseling Competition Board

(co-chair); SBA; Women’s Law

Caucus; American Constitution

Society (president); First-Year

Client Counseling Competition

(fi n a l i s t).

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in Client

Interviewing & Counseling; John

M. Gradwohl-Nebraska Council

of School Attorneys Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Berens & Tate, Omaha, Neb.;

Research Assistant – Professor

Richard Moberly, University of

Nebraska College of Law; Extern

– Nebraska Equal Opportunity

Commission, Omaha, Neb.

Hometown: Monument, Colo.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Washington and Lee

University, Lexington, Va. –

Philosophy: Polo Team (captain);

Foxhunting Club (president);

Photography Club (president); Pi

Beta Phi; Ring Tum Phi; student

newspaper op/ed writer;

Knowledge Empowering Women

Leaders; Beauty Revue Against

Violent Encounters.

College of Law activities: Henry

M. Grether Moot Court

Competition

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Donald Jackson Ellis, Lexington,

Va.; Law Clerk – Denney &

Chilen, Fairbury, Neb.; Law Clerk

– R. Lane Lastinger, St.

Petersburg, Fla.; Intern –

American Bar Association

Commission on Domestic Violence,

Washington D.C.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Economics,

French, International Relations.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Ballew-Covalt, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Criminal

Justice.

College of Law activities: AJA /

NATA; SBA.

awards & academic

scholarships: Dean H. & Floreen

G. Eastman Scholar; Charles

Thone Scholar.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Morrow, Poppe, Otte &

Watermeier, Lincoln, Neb.

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Jennifer snook

Lyndsay R. snyder

Robert P. stone

Hometown: Gothenburg, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: McGill University,

Montreal, Canada – M.A,

Political Science: Graduate

Teaching Assistantship.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln –

Political Science (with high

distinction): Regents’ Scholar;

Honors Program; Peter Kiewit

Scholar.

College of Law activities: CLEP;

Environmental Law Society;

Nebraksa Law Review (articles

editor); SBA; Student/Faculty

Lectureship Committee.

awards & academic

scholarships: McGrath, North,

Mullin & Kratz Excellence in

Legal Writing Award; Henry J.

Amen Scholar; Dean H. & Floreen

G. Eastman Scholar; Merle &

Frances Jones Scholar; G. Robert

Muchemore Scholar.

Work experience: Summer

Associate – Scudder Law Firm,

Lincoln, Neb.; Law Clerk –

NEBCO, Inc., Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Falls City, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Missouri Western

State University, St. Joseph, Mo. –

Criminal Justice/Legal Studies:

Scholar’s Key Award.

College of Law activities: AJA /

NATA; CLEP; Equal Justice

Society; Women’s Law Caucus;

Student/Faculty Continuing Legal

Education Committee.

Work experience: Legal Intern –

Zurich American Insurance

Company, Schaumburg, Ill.;

Paralegal – Walgreen Co.,

Deerfield, Ill.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Nebraska Wesleyan

University, Lincoln, Neb –

Philosophy (highest distinction):

Psi Chi Honor Society; Phi Kappa

Phi Honor Society; Cardinal Key

Honor Society; Student Senate.

College of Law activities: AJA/

NATA; Big Brother/Big Sister

Program; Delta Theta Phi (clerk

of the rolls, president, dean)

SBA; Women’s Law Caucus (vice

president).

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Bartle & Geier, Lincoln, Neb.; Law

Clerk – Smith, Snyder, Petitt &

Wallein, Scottsbluff, Neb.

Hometown: Keokuk, Iowa

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Iowa State University,

Ames, Iowa – Journalism and

Mass Communications/Public

Relations: Phi Eta Sigma; Alpha

Lambda Delta; Golden Key

National Honor Society; Kappa

Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Phi.

College of Law activities:

Environmental Law Society;

First-Year Orientation Leader;

Republican Law Students Assn.

awards & academic

scholarships: CALI Excellence

for the Future Award in

Agricultural/Environmental Law.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Sierra Club; Law Clerk – Nebraska

Attorney General’s Office,

Lincoln, Neb.

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Richard s. Thomas

Hometown: Minneapolis, Minn.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Iowa State University,

Ames, Iowa – Journalism/English:

Harry Slife Scholarship; ISU

Academic Scholarship; WOI Trust

Scholarship.

College of Law activities:

College of Law Ambassador; Big

Brother/Big Sister Program;

CLEP; First-Year Orientation

Leader; Nebraska Moot Court

Board (vice chair); SBA; First-Year

Client Counseling Competition.

Work experience: Judicial Extern

– California Court of Appeals,

Riverside, Calif.; Law Clerk –

Nebraska Attorney General’s

Office, Lincoln, Neb; Law Clerk –

4th Judicial District, Colorado

Springs, Colo.; Marketing

Operations Coordinator –

American Republic Insurance

Company, Des Moines, Iowa.

Hometown: Hastings, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Hastings College,

Hastings, Neb. – Political Science/

Spanish/International Studies.

College of Law activities: Law

School Democrats (vice president).

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Morningside College,

Sioux City, Iowa – Business

Administration (summa cum

laude): Gamma Phi Beta Sorority;

Morningside Ad Club.

College of Law activities: Big

Brother/Big Sister Program;

CLEP; LSD/ABA; Project Wishlist

SBA.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

DeMars, Gordon, Olson &

Zalewski, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Scottsbluff, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Political

Science/History.

College of Law activities: CLEP;

SBA.

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Christopher M. Turner

Courtney VanderMel

Patricia L. Vannoy

Hometown: Mound City, Mo.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln –

Agribusiness/Agricultural

Economics (with distinction).

College of Law activities:

Christian Legal Society;

Republican Law Students Assn.

(secretary); First-year Client

Counseling Competition (finalist).

awards & academic

scholarships: Robert D.

Baumfalk Memorial Scholar;

William M. Holt Scholar; Thomas

J. Kiesselbach Scholar;

Outstanding Civil Clinic Student;

CALI Excellence for the Future

Award in Farm & Ranch Tax.

Work experience: Law Clerk –

The Law Office of Christine

Vanderford, Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: University of

Nebraska–Lincoln – Criminal

Justice with emphasis in Business

Management.

College of Law activities:

Litigation Skills Program of

Concentrated Study; Nebraska

Moot Court Board; College of

Law Ambassador; AJA /NATA;

LSD/ABA; SBA; Big Brother/Big

Sister Program; Delta Theta Phi;

First-Year Client Counseling

Competition (finalist).

Work experience: Law Clerk –

Lancaster County Attorney’s

Office, Lincoln, Neb.; Law Clerk –

Nebraska Attorneys General

Office (Criminal Appellate

Division), Lincoln, Neb.

Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

expected Graduation date:

May 2009

education: Nebraska Wesleyan

University, Lincoln, Neb. –

Business Administration.

College of Law activities: Equal

Justice Society; Law School

Democrats; Multi-Cultural Legal

Society.

Work experience: UNL Office of

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