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Law Students Land Space Law Internships Two second-year law students are spending the summer in internships that allow them to combine their legal knowledge with their backgrounds in science and international relations.
“Laurie chose The University of Mississippi School of Law specifically because of its space law curriculum,” said professor Joanne Gabrynowicz, director of the National Remote Sensing and Space Law Center at UM. Robert Kelley of Chicago, Ill., is interning in Washington, D.C., with the U.S. State Department in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. He works in the office of Space and Advanced Technology on legal issues arising from registering launches of objects into outer space under the Registration Convention, an international treaty. Kelley’s undergraduate work was in international relations with an emphasis on Russia and Eastern Europe. “This is really an opportunity of a lifetime for me,” Kelley said. “It allows me to specialize in a field of law that is so broad and amorphous that it encompasses everything from navigation on the high seas to genocide and war crimes to environmental pollution.” Laurie Moorman (left) is stationed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Services office. Robert Kelley is interning with the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs in the office of Space and Advanced Technology. More STUDENT NEWS • UMLawyer Summer Home
Working it out
They advanced to the national competition and the sixth annual conference of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution in New York, where the UM team ranked fifth out of 10 law schools from across the country. “Chris and I used the negotiation strategies that our coach, professor Larry Pittman, taught us,” Burke said. “Mediation is growing in popularity as an alternative to litigation, and I am hopeful that I will be allowed to use the skills that I have learned in the future, because I feel that mediation is a process that allows parties to have more control over the outcome of their case than litigation.” Pittman, the Law School’s Jessie D. Puckett Jr. Lecturer and associate professor of law, teaches alternative dispute resolution. “Carol and Chris did an excellent job during their representation of this law school,” Pittman said. “They worked very, very hard to master the facts, law, and negotiation strategies relating to the mock mediation disputes at the competitions.” Because of the team’s regional win, the UM Law School will host the 2005 South region competition next March. Carol Burke and Christopher Sykes, winners of the ABA South region Representation in Mediation Competition More STUDENT NEWS • UMLawyer Summer Home
UM Student Wins Coveted Browning Fellowship
Thomas Kelvin Hudson (2L) of Jackson is among 28 law students chosen for a 2004 fellowship at the National Labor Relations Board in Cleveland, Ohio. David Splaingard (2L) of Chicago was a finalist and has accepted a paid summer clerkship at the United Mineworkers in Washington, D.C. More than half of the applicants were students at the top 50 law schools in the country as rated in U.S.News and World Report, said Mary Ann Moffa, the fund’s executive director. “Because the caliber of our students has been so high over the years, a Peggy Browning Fund Fellowship has become a coveted credential,” Moffa says. “We congratulate both Thomas Hudson and The University of Mississippi for achieving this honor in the face of some of the most highly talented students from throughout the nation.” The UM students’ success came as no surprise to Paul Secunda, assistant professor of law and UM’s coordinator of the Browning application process. “I believe Kelvin was successful in his application for the fellowship because of both his background in working in public interest situations prior to law school and his single-minded determination to obtain the best labor law experience possible,” Secunda says. “David’s enthusiasm and intellectual achievements must have been so impressive that they offered him the summer clerkship.” A graduate of Provine High School in Jackson, Hudson holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Jackson State University. Before enrolling in law school, he spent two years on former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove’s staff, then worked for the state’s Division of Medicaid for a year. “I feel very honored to have received this award in a field that I want to stay in for my career,” Hudson says. “I think there’s a lot of potential there for a successful career and a lot of good I can do to help others.” Splaingard looks forward to a similar career. “I think this summer clerkship will give me input as to whether the labor movement is alive and let me know if this is the direction I need to take to promote workers’ rights.” A graduate of Heritage Christian School in Milwaukee, Splaingard holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from The University of Mississippi. The Peggy Browning Fund is a not-for-profit corporation established in memory of Margaret A. Browning, a prominent labor attorney and member of the National Labor Relations Board. Formed to continue Browning’s commitment to the rights of workers and worker support organizations, the fund’s mission is to provide law students with diverse, challenging work and educational experiences in the area of workers’ rights. More STUDENT NEWS • UMLawyer Summer Home
UM Wins First ‘Mississippi Only’ UM law students Carol Burke and Christopher Sykes won the first-ever moot court competition between the state’s two law schools. Held in April at the Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, the event pitted six two-member teams from UM against the same configuration of students from MC.
Members of the winning team were UM’s second-year students Jamie Jacks of Cleveland and Lee Turner of Leakesville. Jacks also won Best Oral Award for having the highest individual score. The event originated when MC’s Moot Court chair Kevin Buffington approached his UM counterpart Emily Cox about the possibility of a competition between the schools. “We knew it would be a lot of work, but it was worth it,” Cox said. “We enjoyed getting to know the Mississippi College law students, and overall it was a rewarding learning experience.” Judges for the rounds were Judge Jerry Davis of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Mississippi; Judge Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit; Judge Tom Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; Jackson attorney Roe Frazer; and former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Fred Banks. More STUDENT NEWS • UMLawyer Summer Home
1. Tami J. Barger receives the Joan K. Murphey Outstanding Law School Staff Member Memorial Award from David O. McCormick, president of the Law Alumni Chapter. The award, funded by the LAC, includes a $700 prize and an engraved plaque provided by the Law School Student Body. Barger has served as circulation manager in the law library for the past two years. The award honors Joan Murphey, who served as registrar of the Law School at the time of her retirement in 1986. 2. Professor Thomas R. Mason (second from left) receives the Outstanding Law Professor Award from Robert C. Galloway (left), chair of the Lamar Order, and Chadwick G. Robison, president of the Law School Student Body. Mason’s wife, Darlene (right), looks on. The award recognizes Mason’s outstanding contributions to legal education during his 32 years at the Law School. Mason, who died April 16, received the same honor in 1975 and 1979. The award includes a $2,000 cash prize from the Lamar Order and an engraved plaque from the LSSB.
3. Timothy W. Lindsey (’84; center), partner at McGlinchey Stafford, presented the McGlinchey Stafford Oral Advocacy Competition Award to winner James B. Smith (left) of Ocean Springs and runner-up Brian O. Lucas of Petal. They received $400 and $300 respectively. This was the second year for the firm to host the competition. Both Smith and Lucas are spring 2004 graduates. 4. Margaret C. Povall, a spring 2004 graduate from Cleveland, receives the Mississippi Law Journal Award from professor Matthew Hall. The award is presented annually to the graduating Mississippi Law Journal member who has most contributed to the betterment of the journal through hard work and self-sacrifice. The recipient is dedicated to improving the quality of the journal’s publications and the reputation of the journal in the law school community and the legal community outside the University. The $500 cash award is funded by the Robert C. Khayat Scholarship Endowment. Povall served as executive editor of the Mississippi Law Journal.
5. Edricke L. “Edd” Peyton (left) of Yazoo City receives the $1,500 Jeffrey P. Reynolds, PA, and Worth Thomas Diversity Essay Competition Scholarship from Benjamin Z. Wise, an associate in the sponsoring Jackson firm Jeffery P. Reynolds, PA. The award, established in 1999, is presented to the minority student writing the best paper on a topic selected by Jeffery P. Reynolds (’85). Peyton is a rising second-year student. 6. Timothy L. Walsh (right), associate director of alumni affairs, is shown with winners of the Herbert E. Dewees Jr. and Timothy L. Walsh National Moot Court Competition Team Award. They are (from left) Brian O. Lucas of Petal, Sarah N. Tinkler of Brighton, Tenn., and Clayton A. Dabbs of Clarksdale. All three students are spring 2004 graduates. The award honoring Walsh and alumni executive director emeritus Herb Dewees (not pictured), is funded by Jackson attorney Bill Dalehite (’72) and pays expenses for the winning team to travel to the national competition.
7. F. Keith Ball (’90; second from left), partner in the Jackson firm Currie, Johnson, Griffin, Gaines and Myers, presented $250 cash awards and engraved gavels to members of the Currie, Griffin, Gaines and Myers Regional Appellate Competition Team. They are (from left) Daniel Mark Richardson of Dallas, Casey Langston Lott of Booneville, and C. Meade Hartfield of Clinton. All three are rising third-year students. Professor Farish Percy (not pictured) was the team’s coach. 8. Jennifer Lindsey (left), receives the Law Association for Women Leadership Award from LAW vice president Susan D. Denley, a rising third-year student. The award recognizes outstanding service to women at the Law School. Lindsey, a spring 2004 graduate from Clinton, is the past president of the LAW. More STUDENT NEWS • UMLawyer Summer Home
William Waller Criminal Law Award William W. Gates Memorial Scholarship in Law Mississippi Bar Foundation Scholarship Mississippi Bar Business Law Section Award Mississippi Bar Litigation/ General Practice
Section Award Mississippi Bar Family Law Section Award American Board of Trial Advocate Foundation Professional Leadership Award William M. Pace Memorial Scholarship in Law Judge Neal B. Biggers Jr. Constitutional Law Award Dean’s Distinguished Service Award Harry L. Case Jr. Memorial Award W. Kerby Bowling Sr. Memorial Labor Law Award Wright Law Firm Family Law Award Francis S. Bowling Scholarship in Law Campbell Delong, LLP, Scholarship in Law The Order of Barristers Presented annually to the winners of the Steen Reynolds and Dalehite Trial Competition: Brian O. Lucas Robert D. Schultze ABA/BNA Award of Excellence in the Study of Health Law MDLA/Reginald Gray Scholarship AMSouth Bank Trust Award Trustmark National Bank Award Dean Robert J. Farley Award Frederick P. Hamel Memorial Award Phi Delta Phi Award Patrick Michael Magann Public Interest Award Pat D. Holcomb Memorial Award for Excellence Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association’s Francis S. Bowling Scholarship in Law Robert C. Khayat Scholarship Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Mississippi Law Journal Awards Heilman Kennedy Graham, PA, Mississippi Law Journal Award William M. Champion Civil Procedure Award Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Inc. Scholarship Martha Wilson Gerald MWLA Scholarship The University of Mississippi Moot Court Board Members of the Year The University of Mississippi Moot Court Board Members of the Year Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition Team Award Frederick B. Douglass Moot Court Competition Award Frederick B. Douglass Moot Court Competition Award Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Team Award
Note: This list includes scolarships and awards presented that are not covered elsewhere in this publication. Scholarships and awards presented in the spring semester are highlighted in this issue of UM Lawyer. Those given in the fall semester will be featured in the fall magazine.
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Laurie Moorman of Tucson, Ariz., is interning with the U.S. Department of Commerce. She is stationed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service office in Silver Springs, Md. Moorman, whose bachelor’s degree is in physics, works with attorneys who issue federal licenses for commercial remote sensing systems. 
Carol Burke and Christopher Sykes won the South region round of the 2004 American Bar Association Representation in Mediation Competition at Loyola Law School in New Orleans. The UM team won the final round of the March competition over a team from the University of Tennessee School of Law. 
The UM Law School produced a winner and runner-up in a competition among law students from some of the best law schools in the country for the prestigious Peggy Browning Fund Fellowships.
“We have begun what will prove to be a great tradition between our two law schools,” said UM law Dean Samuel M. Davis. “I congratulate our students for winning the inaugural competition, and I congratulate the MC finalists as well. Having served as a judge on many moot court competitions, I know that the differences between all finalists is paper thin, and students from both schools truly distinguished themselves.” 
