Joseph Awarded Koley Jessen Entrepreneurship Award

20 May 2015    

Katie Joseph
The Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Board of Advisors named Katie Joseph the 2015 recipient of the Koley Jessen Entrepreneurship Award. 

Joseph graduated in May with the Class of 2015. During her time at Nebraska Law, Joseph served on the Faculty Grade Committee and Faculty Lectureship Committe; was the managing editor of the Nebraska Law Review; president of both the Women's Law Caucus, and The Defense Research Institute; participated in the Client Counseling Competition winning the national championship and placing second in the international competition; and spent a semester as a student attorney in the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic.

The Koley Jessen Entrepreneurship Award was established to recognize Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic students who have demonstrated exceptional legal skills, provided outstanding service to clients and furthered the mission of the Clinic. The firm was founded in 1988 with a vision of creating an environment that would foster trust and teamwork. Through the years, their guiding principles of integrity, client focus, and integrity have created the environment they envisioned years ago. Don Swanson, a partner in that firm, was instrumental in creating the endowed fund for this award.