Tag Archives: pre-law

UM-Flint's Moot Court program prepares future legal scholars

Alyssia Washington's time in Moot Court has helped prepare her for a career in legal policy.

There's no question that learning the legal discipline is an enormous challenge, but it's one that the University of Michigan-Flint's Moot Court program is ready to help its members meet. Participants are given mock trial problems and showcase their written and oral advocacy skills to a panel of judges by defending both sides of two[…]

Justice Richard Bernstein to speak at UM-Flint, April 2

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein will visit the UM-Flint campus, 6 p.m., April 2, to speak about his journey in the legal profession and issues regarding access to justice.

A chance meeting between a University of Michigan-Flint student and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein has led to the university hosting one of the state's preeminent legal voices. Joe Bujak, a senior history and political science and major from Fenton, met Bernstein and invited him to speak on campus. The justice said yes, and[…]