Chapter Exchange
Mississippi Chapter: (Left to right) Ellen Robb (Career Services), Norman Comeaux (FBI), Bert Carraway (U.S. Attorney’s Office), Princess Abby (Federal Public Defender Office), Scott Gilbert (Watkins & Eager), Gabrielle Wells (BLSA President), McKenna Cloud (Federal Bar President), and Dean Emeritus Jim Rosenblatt (MC Law Faculty Advisor).
FIRST CIRCUIT
TENTH CIRCUIT
Northern/Eastern Oklahoma Chapter
Former National FBA President (20132014) Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi was sworn into the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Oct. 20, 2021, in Boston. Prior to his elevation to the First Circuit, Judge Gelpi served as chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Congratulations Judge Gelpi!
FIFTH CIRCUIT Mississippi Chapter The student chapter of the FBA at Mississippi College School of Law (MC Law) hosted a panel discussion of Federal Criminal Practice in cooperation with the Black Law Student Association (BLSA), MC Law Career Services, and the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Center of MC Law. Representatives of the U.S. Attorney, Federal Public Defender, FBI, and private bar spoke about their role in the federal criminal process.
Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi was sworn into the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Oct. 20, 2021.
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The Northern/Eastern Oklahoma Chapter recently hosted two educational outreach programs for law students and high school students in our area. On Nov. 12, 2021, students from the University of Tulsa College of Law visited the Page Belcher Federal Building in Tulsa, Okla., for an event led by chapter president and Northern District Magistrate Judge Susan Huntsman and chapter president-elect Hope Forsyth, a judicial law clerk for both the Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma. Tour attendees included students in all three years of law school, many of whom started their legal education remotely during the pandemic without opportunity for court observation. Students participated in sessions with district judge and chair of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States Claire V. Eagan and her career law clerk; clerk of court Mark C. McCartt; and the U.S. Marshals Service. Students also met with
