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 Alumna Chosen as Dean of University Of Maryland's School of Law
Phoebe A. Haddon (L'77) was recently selected as the ninth Dean of the University of Maryland's School of Law. While a law student at Duquesne, Haddon served as Editor-in-Chief of the Duquesne Law Review.
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Interim Advisory Group
Pictured L-R: (seated) PA Superior Court President Judge Kate Ford Elliott L'78, PA Superior Court Judge Maureen Lally-Green L'74, Honorable Robert J. Cindrich, Chief Western District Court Judge Donetta Ambrose L'70, Honorable Ralph J. Cappy; (standing) Kenneth J. Horoho L'80, Interim Dean Ken Gormley, PA Senator Jay Costa L' 89, PA Supreme Court Justice Max Baer L'75, Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge D. Brooks Smith.
Not Pictured: Co-chairs Dr. John E. Murray, Jr. and Honorable Cynthia A. Baldwin L'80, Western District Court Judge Joy Flowers Conti L'73, Honorable Timothy K. Lewis L'80, PA Senator Jane Clare Orie L'87, Stephen Frobouck L'68, John R. McGinley, Jr. L'68.
More about the Interim Advisory Group...
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Bar Examination
July 2008 Results
Congratulations to the successful July 2008 first time bar examination participants for their 97.04% passage rate.
Official Statistics (PDF)»
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Trial Moot Court Team is #1 in U.S.
On Saturday, November 1, the Duquesne Law Trial Moot Court team was awarded the trophy as the winner of the
National Institute for Trial Advocacy's
National Tournament of Champions!
Congratulations to our team: Lisa Barnett, Megan Lehman, Brock McCandless, and Linda Obioha, who was named best advocate; and to the coaches: Professor Streib, Professor Joiner, Michael Gianantonio, Pete Giglione, and Michelle Mantine. |
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Trial Advocacy Team Finishes #1 at Buffalo/Niagara Competition
 Duquesne University School of Law is pleased to announce continued success in trial advocacy as our team finished first at the Buffalo/Niagara Mock trial competition. Duquesne defeated Akron, a formidable team, in the final round. Thirty-two schools competed in this event.
Congratulations to the team members: Kelly Kaufold, James McGraw, Alicia Nocera, and Adrienne Sadosky who also won Best Cross Examination in the preliminary round and Best Advocate in the final round.
Congratulations also to the coaching team of Professor Michael Streib, Professor Amelia Michele Joiner, Michael Giantanonio L’02, and Peter Giglione L’02; and to the assistant coaching team of Professor Bruce Antkowiak, J. Richard Narvin L’74, and Michael Waltman L’07.
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Team Wins Regional ABA National Labor and Employment Law Championship
 The Law School's mock trial teams success continued at the ABA National Labor and Employment Law Regional Championships in Chicago. The team of Megan Arrington, Emily Fullerton, Tara Fertelmes, and Michael Watson competed against fourteen teams in this prestigious event. The event was held at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago and presided over by some of the finest judges and litigators in the field of labor and employment law nationally.
The Duquesne Team defeated the University of Illinois in the final round of the competition to advance to the National Championship which will be held January 24-25, 2009 in Chicago where they will face teams from seven other regions.
The team was coached by Professors Bruce Antkowiak, Marla Presley and Ann Schiavone and attorney Peter McClenahan.
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