Typical classroom discussions took an unexpected and welcomed detour Monday, September 9 as Nashville School of Law students had a surprise guest speaker – Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr.
Republished with permission from Tennessee Bar Journal
When Leticia Mason’s husband was transferred by his employer Caterpillar Financial from Mexico City to Nashville, Leticia wasn’t worried. They didn’t have children then and as a lawyer she knew she could get a job; they saw it as an adventure. “I didn’t give it a big thought,” she says. “When a lawyer moves from the U.S. to Mexico he may not be able to go to the courts but would be able to get a good job, making money as an attorney.”
Nashville School of Law 2L Student Julie Downs was awarded the Judges Choice honors in the Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Law Student Video Contest.
Leslie Barrett Kinkead, the longtime coordinator of the Tennessee Court Improvement Program at the Administrative Office of the Courts, and an alumna of the School, was recognized for her decades of service recently at a statewide conference for juvenile court professionals.