Jonathan Brown, third year law student and Managing Editor of the UMKC Law Review, has won the Warren E. Burger Prize for Writing. The national writing competition was open to judges, lawyers, professors, students, scholars and other authors. He is only the second law student to ever be awarded this prize.
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We congratulate all of our alumni on new positions and opportunities and offer our condolences to the families and friends of those who have passed.
UMKC School of Law students Joseph Salazar (J.D. ’20) and Nick Aubrey (J.D. ’19), had the rare opportunity to intern in Ireland this past summer. Along with 21 other American and Irish law students, Salazar and Aubrey worked in the High Court and the Supreme Court, where they received hands-on training and worked alongside members of the judiciary.
Registration is open for the annual Pat Kelly Scholarship Poker Tournament on Friday, Sept. 7, at the UMKC Student Union. The event is co-sponsored by the UMKC Law Foundation, Law Alumni Association and SBA. The format is a Texas Hold‘em tournament with re-buys and add-ons, and prizes for the final table. Admission price includes entry to the tournament, appetizers and refreshments. Sponsorship opportunities are available.
