SCHOOL OF LAW
RUBEN CRUZ Concentration: Health Law and Science Hometown: Miami, Fla. Education: M.B.A., University of Dayton; B.A., Universidad Metropolitana, Puerto Rico Contracts and grants officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Pittsburgh; intern for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Pennsylvania “Duquesne’s health law concentration offers courses that are directly relevant to the industry as well as highly qualified professors and adjuncts teaching the curriculum. With health law and compliance growing rapidly in the nation, Duquesne is putting a focus on this burgeoning field of law.”
AMANDA S. BARR Concentration: Criminal Law Hometown: Latrobe, Pa. Education: B.A., University of Pittsburgh Law clerk; president of the Duquesne Criminal Law Association; evening program president of the Family Law Society “When researching law schools, I was impressed with Duquesne Law’s graduation success rate and the percentage of graduates passing the bar. The evening program presented me with an excellent opportunity to attend law school while still maintaining an income. Now, as a student, the criminal law concentration is allowing me to pursue my professional passions.”
LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING First-year students gain fundamental hands-on training through Duquesne Law’s Legal Research and Writing Program. Beginning with orientation and progressing through the fall semester in small class sections, you will learn essential techniques for legal analysis, research, and objective writing. You will then devote the spring coursework to additional research skills as well as persuasive writing and oral advocacy techniques. An appellate advocacy assignment and oral arguments before a panel of alumni judges will be a highlight of your first year of study. Learn more at duq.edu/law/legalwriting.
U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Schools 2015 Specialty Ranking: Legal Writing places Duquesne’s program at No. 12 in the nation. The program director, Professor Jan Levine, received two of the nation’s top legal writing awards in 2014.
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