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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,
Copyright, Antitrust & Trade
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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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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dylan L. Handley nicole R. Hanson Mark R. Hatuzinger
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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eric a. Jones Laura Karthauser Chrisopher B. Kelly
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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Gregory d. Kratz
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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Laura e. Pederson
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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annette M. Ruffcorn
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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Michelle L. sitorius
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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Brian a. Tubbs
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
Sponsored Programs, Lincoln,
Neb.
Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.
expected Graduation date:
May 2009
education: University of
Nebraska–Lincoln – News-
Editorial/Sociology: Phi Beta
Kappa; Chancellor’s Scholar;
Regents’ Scholar; Alpha Phi (vice
president of program
development); College of
Journalism Student Advisory
Board (president); Cather Circle;
ASUN Electoral Commission;
Honors Program; Hearst
Journalism Awards Program;
Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism
Honorary; National Merit
Scholar; Peter Kiewit Foundation
Scholarship.
College of Law activities:
Business Transactions Program of
Concentrated Study; Big Brother/
Big Sister Program; CLEP; First-
Year Orientation Leader; Legal
Research & Writing Problem
Writer; Nebraska Moot Court
Board; Women’s Law Caucus.
awards & academic
scholarships: Dean H. & Floreen
G. Eastman Scholar.
Work experience: Law Clerk –
Otten Johnson Robinson Neff &
Ragonetti, Denver, Colo.; Law
Clerk – Rembolt Ludtke, Lincoln,
Neb.
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Jennifer M.
Merringer-Veal
Hometown: Gig Harbor, Wash.
expected Graduation date:
May 2009
education: University of Puget
Sound, Tacoma, Wash. – English
(emphasis in Writing, Rhetoric &
Culture) (magna cum laude).
College of Law activities: Big
Brother/Big Sister Program; First-
Year Orientation Leader;
Nebraksa Law Review; SBA;
American Constitution Society;
Client Counseling Competition
(finalist) (went to regionals);
First-Year Client Counseling
Competition.
awards & academic
scholarships: Winthrop &
Frances Lane Scholar.
Work experience: Summer
Associate – Williams Kastner,
Seattle, Wash.; Law Clerk –
Center for Children, Families &
the Law, Lincoln, Neb.
Greg Walklin
Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.
expected Graduation date:
May 2009
education: University of
Nebraska–Lincoln – Journalism
(with highest distinction).
College of Law activities:
Student Court (chief justice);
Student/Faculty Curriculum
Committee.
awards & academic
scholarships: Thomas C. Woods
Scholar.
Work experience: Consumer
Protection Law Clerk – Nebraska
Attorney General’s Office,
Lincoln, Neb.
James B. Webster, Jr.
Hometown: Kaysville, Utah
expected Graduation date:
May 2009
education: University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, Utah – Electrical
Engineering.
College of Law activities: J.
Reuben Clark Law Society.
awards & academic
scholarships: CALI Excellence
for the Future Award in Mediation.
Work experience: Law Clerk –
Madson & Austin, Salt Lake City,
Utah.
Jennifer Wellan
Hometown: Champlin, Minn.
expected Graduation date:
May 2009
education: University of
Minnesota-Morris, Morris, Minn.
– English/Political Science:
Chancellor’s Scholarship;
Presidential Scholarship.
College of Law activities:
Litigation Skills Program of
Concentrated Study; AJA/NATA;
Big Brother/Big Sister Program;
Christian Legal Society; CLEP;
Delta Theta Phi; SBA; Women’s
Law Caucus (auction chair).
Work experience: Law Clerk –
Nebraska Attorney General,
Criminal Appellate Division,
Lincoln, Neb.; Clerk – Kirk
Brown, Solicitor General, Lincoln,
Neb.; Judicial Clerk – Hennepin
County District Court,
Minneapolis, Minn.; Law Clerk –
Moore Family Law, Champlin,
Minn.
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Todd a. West
Wendy J. Wetovick
sean d. White
Kiva n. Williams
Hometown: Bellevue, Neb.
expected Graduation date:
May 2009
education: University of
Nebraska–Lincoln – Political
Science: Innocents Society;
American Forensics Association
All-American Team; Homecoming
Court; Honors Program.
College of Law activities:
Litigation Skills Program of
Concentrated Study; 1L, 2L and
3L Class President; Big Brother/
Big Sister Program; First-Year
Orientation Leader (coordinator);
Project Wishlist (coordinator);
SBA; National Trial Team
(regional competition).
awards & academic
scholarships: John M. Gradwohl-
Nebraska Council of School
Attorneys Scholar; William O.
Hambel Memorial Scholar; Yale
C. Holland Memorial Scholar;
Merle & Frances Jones Scholar; J.
Reginald Miller Scholar; Weber
Law School Scholar; Donald R.
Wilson Scholar; John S. Wishart
Scholar.
Work experience: Summer
Associate – Baird Holm, Omaha,
Neb.
Hometown: Fullerton, Neb.
expected Graduation date:
May 2009
education: University of
Nebraska–Lincoln – Psychology/
Political Science.
College of Law activities:
Agricultural and Environmental
Law Society; Republican Law
Students Assn.; St. Thomas
More Society (treasurer); SBA.
Work experience: Law Clerk
– Nebraska Attorney General’s
Office: Criminal Prosecution
Bureau, Lincoln, Neb.; Law Clerk
– Seward County Attorney’s
Office, Seward, Neb.
Hometown: Walton, Neb.
expected Graduation date:
May 2009
education: University of
Nebraska–Lincoln – History (with
high distinction): Phi Beta Kappa;
Chancellor’s Scholar; Regents’
Scholar.
College of Law activities:
Business Transactions Program of
Concentrated Study; Big Brother/
Big Sister Program; Delta Theta
Phi; Nebraksa Law Review
(executive editor); Project
Wishlist; SBA.
awards & academic
scholarships: CALI Excellence
for the Future Award in Property;
Dean H. & Floreen G. Eastman
Scholar.
Work experience: Summer
Associate – Cline, Williams,
Wright, Johnson & Oldfather,
Lincoln, Neb.
Hometown: St. Paul, Minn.
expected Graduation date:
May 2009
education: University of
Wisconsin-Madison – Political
Science: Students for Equal Access
to Law Schools; Kappa Alpha
Theta Sorority; Pre-Law Society;
UNL Pre-Law Institute
participant; All Sorority Honor Roll.
College of Law activities:
Student/Faculty Appointments
Committee; Big Brother/Big Sister
Program; Black Law Students
Assn.; International Law Student
Assn. (1L representative); Multi-
Cultural Legal Society (secretary);
Nebraska Entertainment & Sports
Law Assn. (secretary).
awards & academic
scholarships: Harold & Helen
Felton Scholar; Merle & Frances
Jones Scholar; Korba Family
Scholar.
Work experience: Summer Intern
– State Farm Insurance, Lincoln,
Neb.; Law Clerk – Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America
Board of Pensions, Minneapolis,
Minn.
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Jordan Boler, Yohance Christie, Carrie Doll, Amanda
Engen, Jon Frazer, Kristina Guerrero-Sisneroz, Pete
Haugen, Keith Hoogheem, David Houghton, David
Johnson, Tierra Johnson, Mandy King, Darin Knepper,
Stephanie Mahlin, Greg McLawsen, Mark Mills, Tyler
Paige, Jenna Perkins, Heather Quitmeyer, Amanda Rockers,
Jessica Snowden, Brent Stephenson, Anne Swanda, Jesus
Tena, Luke Vavricek, Melanie Wake, Kristin Walz,
Chris Wickman and Mark Willis.
Tyler J. Wolkenhauer
Hometown: Pocahontas, Iowa
expected Graduation date:
May 2009
education: University of
Nebraska–Lincoln – Criminal
Justice (magna cum laude).
College of Law activities:
Litigation Skills Program of
Concentrated Study; College of
Law Ambassador; Big Brother/Big
Sister Program; Delta Theta Phi
(bailiff); Federalist Society; SBA
(executive vice president, 1L class
representative); Student/Faculty
Building Committee.
awards & academic
scholarships: Dean H. & Floreen
G. Eastman Scholar.
Work experience:; Law Clerk –
Berry & Kelley, Lincoln, Neb.;
Insurance Agent – Doug Hailey’s
State Farm Insurance, Papillion,
Neb.
anthony Ybarra
Hometown: Gering, Neb.
expected Graduation date:
December 2008
education: Chadron State
College, Chadron, Neb. –
Criminal Justice (with emphasis
in law) (magna cum laude): Justice
Studies Scholarship; Hispanic
Scholarship Fund Recipient;
Justice Studies Honors Program;
Blue Key National Honor Society;
Legal Studies Club (vicepresident);
Criminal Justice Club;
Political Science Club; Admission
Ambassador; Diversity
Committee; Wrestling Team.
College of Law activities:
Litigation Skills Program of
Concentrated Study; AJA/NATA;
Big Brother/Big Sister Program;
Black Law Students Assn.; CLEP;
First-Year Orientation Leader;
Law School Democrats; Multi-
Cultural Legal Society; Nebraska
Entertainment & Sports Law Assn.
awards & academic
scholarships: Dean H. & Floreen
G. Eastman Scholar; Harold &
Helen Felton Scholar; Dean Henry
H. Foster Memorial Scholar;
William M. Holt Scholar.
Work experience: Law Clerk –
Friedman Law, Lincoln, Neb.;
Liability Claims Representative –
State Farm, Lincoln, Neb.; Law
Clerk – Douglas, Kelly, Ostdiek,
Bartels & Neilan, Scottsbluff, Neb.
THE GRADUATEs
The purpose of The Senior Transcript is to provide
abbreviated resumes of this year’s graduates.
The general policies of The Senior Transcript are as
follows:
• No dates are included, except for expected
graduation date.
• Undergraduate Dean’s List information is not
included.
• All resumes are in standard format consisting of
hometown, expected graduation date, education, Law
College activities, awards and academic scholarships
and work experience.
• Information was current as of September 1,
2009.
• Abbreviations include:
ATLA – American Trial Lawyers’ Association
CLEP – Community Legal Education Project
LSD/ABA – Law Student Division/ American
Bar Association
SBA – Student Bar Association
VITA – Voluntary Income Tax Assistance
CALI – Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
ASUN – Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln does not
discriminate in any of its employment practices or
programs involving student participation
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