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Law Students From Around Nation Are Summer Interns In Wisconsin
Courthouses
Madison, Wis. (June 9) -- Thirty-eight law students are volunteering their time
this summer in 22 Wisconsin courthouses as part of the court system's
Volunteer Summer Law Student Internship Program, now in its third
year.
The students represent 25 law schools from around the nation and will
work with 43 Wisconsin judges performing a variety of tasks according to
each court's individual needs. The law clerks are generally first- or
second-year law students looking for hands-on experience in the justice
system. A previous year's intern commented on the experience: "They
don't teach you in law school that these are real people facing real
legal issues."
The initiative is spearheaded by Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson,
who launched the program in 1997 by writing personal letters to law
schools nationwide inviting students to submit applications. Now
coordinated by the Office of Court Operations, the program strives to
assist judges and train future lawyers.
Participants in the 1999 Volunteer
Summer Law Student Internship Program
Court of Appeals, District I
- Megan Berger, University of Texas, with Judge Patricia S. Curley;
Natasha Torry- Abate, University of Wisconsin Law School, with Judge
Charles B. Schudson; Benjamin Grawe, Vermont Law School, with Judge Ted
E. Wedemeyer, Jr.
Court of Appeals, District II
- Joseph Kosky, Tulane University, with Judge Michael W. Hoover;
Douglas Ross, Hamline University, with Judge Thomas Cane
Brown County Circuit Court
- Ryan Wolter, University of Miami, with Judge J.D. McKay
Calumet County Circuit Court
- Natalie Grosso, Southern Illinois University, with Judge Donald A.
Poppy
Dane County Circuit Court
- David Drescher, University of Wisconsin Law School, with Judge
Richard J. Callaway; Bernard Smyth, University of Michigan, with Judge
Mark A. Frankel; Paul Fassbender, Southern Illinois University, with
Judge C. William Foust; Katie Brennan, University of Wisconsin Law
School, with Judge Paul B. Higginbotham; Byeong Lee, University of
Wisconsin Law School, with Judge Sarah B. O'Brien
Door County Circuit
Court
- Sarah Brown, Suffolk University, with Judges Peter C. Diltz and John
D. Koehn (will also work with Kewaunee County Circuit Court Judge Dennis
J. Mleziva)
Dunn County Circuit Court
- Matt Mahaney, University of Iowa, with Judge William C. Stewart,
Jr.
Fond du Lac County Circuit Court: Elana Sabovic, Marquette University
Law School, with Judges Steven W. Weinke and Peter L. Grimm
Iowa County Circuit Court
- Matthew DeVos, University of Wisconsin Law School, with Judge
William D. Dyke
Jefferson County Circuit Court
- Catherine Faught, University of WIsconsin Law School, with Judge
William F. Hue
Kenosha County Circuit Court
- Chris Geary, University of Minnesota, with Judge Michael S. Fisher;
Eugene Turin, George Washington University, with Judge Wilbur W.
Warren
Kewaunee County Circuit Court
La Crosse County Circuit Court
- Babak Djourabchi, University of Virginia, with Judge Ramona A.
Gonzalez
Marinette County Circuit Court
- Bruce Poulette, Hamline University, with Judge Tim A. Duket
Milwaukee County Circuit Court
- Stephen Scali, Harvard University, with Judge Robert Crawford; Bryce
Maynard, Washington & Lee University, with Judge Jean W. DiMotto;
Michael Sessa, Marquette University Law School, with Judge Jeffrey A.
Kremers; Young-Jun Choi, University of Pennsylvania, with Judge Victor
Manian; Douglas Pessefall, John Marshall Law School, with Judge Patricia
D. McMahon; Robert Stephenson, Ohio State University, with Judge Dennis
P. Moroney; Andrew Maier, Marquette University Law School, with Judge
Jeffrey A. Wagner
Oconto County Circuit Court
- Vicki Belleau, Howard University, with Judge Larry L. Jeske
Outagamie County Circuit Court
- Eric Jacobson, Boston University, with Judge John A. Des
Jardins
Polk County Circuit Court
- Kenneth Blumenthal, Washington University, with Judges James R.
Erickson and Robert H. Rasmussen
Racine County Circuit Court
- Alexis La Joie, St. Louis University, with Judge Dennis J. Flynn;
Sarah DeKraay, University of Wisconsin Law School, with Judge Dennis J.
Barry; Andrew Smith, Brooklyn Law School, with Judge Richard J.
Kreul
Rock County Circuit Court
- Jennifer Shervon, Boston University, with Judge James P. Daley
Walworth County Circuit Court
- Paula Davis, University of Dayton, with Judges James L. Carlson and
Michael S. Gibbs
Washington County Circuit Court
- Julie Haut, University of Dayton, with Judge Leo F. Schlaefer
Waukesha County Circuit Court
- Chad Christy, John Marshall Law School, with Judge Kathryn W.
Foster
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