Student Spotlights 2005
Bjorg Eikeland: International Student at the School of Law Bjorg Eikeland, who is currently working on her Juris Doctor degree, began her legal studies at the University of Miami School of Law in the Comparative Law LL.M. program, an intensive one-year study of the U.S. More...
Cristina Lumpkin: Satisfied with Decision to Change Career Path Before coming to the University of Miami to pursue a law degree, Cristina Lumpkin was a management consultant, working for clients such as MGT of America in Tallahassee, Florida and WASTE in Gouda, Netherlands. More...
Vicki Rivas-Vazquez: Part-Time Law Student While the part-time option at the School of Law does not mesh with the traditional 9:00 to 5:00 work schedule, it has worked out great for one student. Vicki Rivas-Vazquez works part-time at the University of Miami Libraries’ Cuban Heritage Collection at the Otto G. Richter Library, right next door to the law school complex. More...
Vanessa Rousso: Law Student/Professional Poker Player After finishing her first year of law school ranked in the top ten percent of her class, Vanessa Rousso spent the summer traveling around the country competing in professional poker tournaments. She finished first in the Palms Summer Series 200$ Buy-In and 7th (out of 833) at the World Series of Poker in New Orleans. Vanessa started playing poker when she was five and her favorite game is Texas Hold-Em. More...
William Willingham: Clerking for an Entertainment Law Firm in Downtown Miami As a summer clerk for a local entertainment attorney, second-year law student William Willingham is spending his summer preparing for a copyright infringement trial concerning a local rap group and some New York rappers. More...
Eric Ray: Summer with Holland & Knight Second-year law student Eric Ray has gotten the most out of his two summers in law school. After completing his first year, Eric interned with the Third District Court of Appeal and this summer More...
Dani Audette: Summer Associate at White & Case In the summer of 2003, Dani Audette drove the length of Interstate 95 from her hometown of Houlton, Maine, located on the Canadian border, to Miami, Florida to start law school at UM. More...
Chauncey Kelly: From Ph.D. Program to Law School Chauncey Kelly was working as an aquaculture specialist in the Florida Keys and in the dissertation stage of his doctorate in marine biology at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science when he decided to do a complete 180 degree turn around and pursue a law degree. Now in his final semester of law school, Chauncey has accepted a position with White & Case in Miami. More...
Alexandra Parra: Accepts Offer from Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York Following her summer associate position, Alex Parra was offered an associate attorney position with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York. The large multinational law firm has also agreed to postpone her start date until 2007 to allow Alex two years for a judicial clerkship with U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth A. Marra in Fort Lauderdale, the same judge she interned for during her first summer of law school. More...
Michael Nadler: Chicago Bound After graduating from the School of Law in May, Michael Nadler moves to Chicago where he will begin work with Sidley, Austin, Brown, & Wood, where he was a summer associate last year. More...
Kevin Franz: Returning to Maryland after Graduating in May - For law student Kevin Franz, his time in Miami will come to an end when he receives his law degree in May. Kevin has accepted a judicial clerkship with Circuit Court Judge E. Allen Shepherd in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. More...
Josh Klein: Summer Internship in Paris Shortly after completing his first semester of law school, Josh Klein received word that he was selected for the State Department's summer internship program. More...
Erik Kardatzke: Headed Toward Practice in Family Law - A summer spent interning with the Family Court Division of the Miami-Dade County Clerk's Office convinced third-year law student, Erik Kardazke, that family law is the field for him. Erik worked at the Self Help Desk for the Family Court where he answered questions on domestic relation matters More...
Cecilia Wright: Graduates Early, Moves to New York - Cecilia Wright spent her holiday season moving to New York where she has accepted a position with the New York City Law Department. She will spend January and February studying for the New York bar as she awaits her district assignment from work. More...
Nathan Alexander: Pursuing the Joint JD/MBA One of the reasons that Nathan Alexander chose the University of Miami for law school was because he was looking for universities that offered a joint JD/MBA. Nathan waited until the end of his second year of law school to apply to the MBA program, allowing him to use his second year to take mostly business-related classes in the upper-level law curriculum in order to decide if the joint degree was the right decision. More...
Will Gilmore: President of the Moot Court Board Whether it's in the courtroom or in memorandum, civil or criminal law, third-year law student Will Gilmore loves constructing and presenting arguments and his ability to do so has served him well in law school. More...
Scott Janowitz: Summer Mediterranean Experience This past summer, the School of Law added a third option to its summer study abroad programs. The Mediterranean Experience is a 7 ½ week program that travels through Greece, Italy, and Spain. More ...
