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Spotlight
College Holds Commencement Exercises
Nebraska Law held its commencement exercises on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Juris doctor (J.D.) degrees were conferred upon 111 students, and two students earned Masters of Law (LL.M.) degrees. The Class of 2012 was addressed by its class president, Christopher DiLorenzo, along with Justice Kenneth Stephan of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Warren Witted, Jr., president of the Nebraska State Bar Association. Jeffrey Toobin, a staff writer for The New Yorker and senior analyst for CNN, then delivered the keynote address.
Student Happenings
Morfeld Recipient of Alan L. Plessman Award
Adam Morfeld, ’12, was this year’s recipient of the Alan L. Plessman Award, which is given annually to the outstanding student member of the Robert Van Pelt Inns of Court. Morfeld was nominated by the Honorable Jodi Nelson who in her nomination wrote of his technological contributions to the Inn, “He is truly a go-getter that volunteers and then gets things done with seemingly little stress when it would take any of the rest of us mere mortals hours of effort and frustration to accomplish the same technological wonders, if we could do it at all." The nomination concluded by stating, “Overall, Adam is simply a fine and gifted young man with enormous potential. He has been a joy to have in our Inn.” Congratulations, Adam!
Alumni Achievement
Glissman Receives Early Achiever Award
Garth Glissman, ’09, received the Nebraska Alumni Association’s Early Achiever Award at the organization’s annual Alumni Awards Banquet held May 3 at the Nebraska Champion’s Club. Glissman, an associate attorney for Kutak Rock in Omaha, works primarily with the firm’s commercial trial practice group, focusing on complex business disputes. He also works with the agribusiness and international practice. Garth graduated from the College with highest distinction after being named a Ted Sorensen Fellow and serving on the Nebraska Law Review. He also holds a bachelor of science in history and political science, with highest distinction, from UNL, and in the fall of 2005, was named a finalist in the Midwestern Region for the Rhodes Scholarship. In college, Garth lettered as a back-up quarterback on the football team, and athletics remain his biggest hobby. For the last four years, he volunteered as head varsity boys’ basketball coach at College View Academy, a small parochial high school in Lincoln.
Faculty News
Moberly Discusses McQueary Whistleblower Claim
Associate dean and professor Richard Moberly was quoted in a CBSNews article discussing the possible outcomes of Mike McQueary’s whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State University.
Schmidt Leads Trial Advocacy Session at UNAM
Professor Steve Schmidt finished another trial advocacy training session at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as part of the project that the College of Law has with the UNAM Facultad de Derecho. The UNL-UNAM partnership is designed to assist Mexico as they change their criminal justice system from a mixed inquisitorial model to an oral adversarial model. The current 3-day course is the capstone exercise in an Oral Trials in Mexico “diplomado” (similar to a continuing legal education program) that has been going on since January. The 80+ participants are practicing attorneys from Mexico City and beyond. Past courses conducted as part of the partnership have included Introduction to Oral Trials and Teaching Trial Skills courses.
