Wayne State University Law School

Ardiola Sinaj

Tue, 28 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

is the incoming editor-in-chief for The Journal of Law in Society. Other students selected are Sarah Douglas-Siegel, managing editor; Meera Patel, reviewing editor; Eric Shovein, symposium director; Ariella Morrison, public relations/business editor, Erica Lemanski, senior note editor; Klaudia Nikolli, note editor; Kate Beson, executive article editor; and Brittany Bradshaw, executive article editor.

Rachael Kohl

Sun, 26 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

has been chosen as chancellor of the 2013-2014 Executive Board for Moot Court. Other officers are Vice Chancellor Bonsitu Kitaba, Junior Member Advisor Allison Bars, Senior Member Advisor Klaudia Nikolli, Director of Outside Competitions Stephanie Eisenburg, Co-Editors in Chief Jordan Barke and Christina Bertrand.

Mary Hennessey and Jordan Summers

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

were awarded Excellence in Tax Awards by the Council of the Tax Section of the State Bar of Michigan on May 23. The honorees were selected by the tax faculty of Wayne Law -- Professors Linda Beale, Michael McIntyre and Alan Schenk. Shown here are alumnus Mary Hennessey with her husband alumnus Paul Mardirsosian (left), Professor Linda Beale, Jordan Summers, his father Michael Summers, and Professor Alan Schenk.

Joseph Nunez

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

was selected as one of two 2013 recipients of the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for law students given by Banner & Witcoff Ltd., a national intellectual property law firm. The scholarship program will provide Núñez, a rising second-year Wayne Law student who earned a bachelor of science degree in biological sciences from the University of California-Irvine and a doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with $5,000 for the upcoming fall semester of law school. The scholarship is open to all law students who are members of a minority group (including any group traditionally underrepresented in the field of intellectual property law) and who meet the following criteria: current enrollment in an American Bar Association-accredited law school in the U.S., commitment to the pursuit of a career in intellectual property law, strong communication and writing skills and demonstrated leadership qualities and community involvement. For more information, visit the Banner & Witcoff Ltd. website.

Brittany Bradshaw and Bonsitu Kitaba

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

were featured in a Legal News article about law students who have served externships with federal judges. Kitaba (right) spent last summer's clerkship with Judge Nancy Edmunds at U.S. District Court in Detroit. Bradshaw did her externship in the office of Judge Arthur Tarnow.

Klaudia Nikolli

Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

was awarded a 2013 Outstanding Woman Law Student scholarship by the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation.

Shivangee Pandya

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:00:00 -0500

made a presentation on business entity selection during a special event for Quarterly Business Owners that was held at the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights and hosted by the Business and Community Law Clinic with Midtown Detroit Inc.

Robert Thomas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:00:00 -0500

has been appointed by the Detroit City Council to the city's Board of Zoning Appeals. Thomas is active in the Program for Entrepreneurial and Business Law at Wayne Law.

Kevin Kresch

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 -0500

has been elected as president of the Student Board of Governors for 2013-14. SBG officers for the coming year are Ana Campos, Zach Rowley, Blake Edwards, Justin Hanna, Deborah Johnson, Marcia West, Adam Kessler, Nora Youkhana, Chris Chesney, Henry Ibe and Melissa Brown. Student governors at large are Katie LaForest, Stephen Johnston, Mike Szparaga, Emily Mayer, Chelsey Marsh, Katie Vanderveen, Luke Wolfe, Wade Fink, Angela Strobbel, Nick Jones, Zainab Sabbagh, Lauren Samona, Nishal Patel, Karrine Marcolini, Nadine Yousif and Sumeet Aggarwal.

Robert Johns, Jessica Wayne and Kenneth Cox

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0500

are the members of Wayne Law's environmental moot court team who competed recently at Pace Law School in New York and won the award for Best Brief-Intervenor Appellant. The team also advanced through oral arguments to the quarterfinals of the National Environmental Moot Court Competition. Johns is team captain. Professor Nicholas Schroeck works with team and called the best brief award "a huge honor."