february 2009
‘ETHOS’ event supports law students seeking to serve the public ethos: Extending The Hands Of Service
Dean Daisy Hurst Floyd poses with Mercer Law’s 2009 ETHOS Award recipients Amy Bell ’04 (left photo) and James “Phil” Bond ’83.
Mercer Law School, in conjunction with the Mercer University Law & Public Service Program, hosted its second annual fund-raising event to support Mercer law students seeking unpaid summer internships in critical areas of public service. The Second Annual Celebration of ETHOS, an acronym that stands for “Extending The Hands Of Service,” was held Feb. 19 at The Armory Ballroom in Macon. The event helped raise about $8,000, which supported two student internships this summer. Law school alumni and Macon attorneys James ‘Phil’ Bond ’83 and Amy Bell ’04 were awarded the 2009 ETHOS awards for public service. Bond is the managing attorney in the Macon office
february 2009
Mercer Law School names 2009-10 Law Review Editorial Board The 2009-10 Mercer Law Review Editorial Board members are: Ryan Ingram, editor in chief; Nick Pavlov, senior managing editor; Tiffany Gardner, managing editor; Joe Stephens, managing editor; Sarah Smith, student writing editor; Michael Coots, Georgia survey editor; Brittany Flowe, lead articles editor; Val Leppert, articles editor; Jaime Richards, 11th Circuit survey editor; and Erica Hickey, administrative editor.
of the Georgia Legal Services Program, and Bell is an assistant public defender and head of the Property Division in the Office of the Macon Judicial Circuit Public Defender. Last year, proceeds from the fund-raiser supported three outstanding Mercer law students who were each awarded $4,000 stipends. PreLaw magazine recently ranked Mercer Law School No. 6 nationally in public interest law. The rating is based on student involvement in public service and pro bono activities, the strength of public service curriculum offerings, and financial factors such as public service scholarships and summer stipends for public service work. (See page 6)
Former presidential candidate upholds civil liberties Bob Barr, former U.S. Congressman, federal attorney and 2008 Libertarian Party nominee for president of the United States, told a group of Mercer Law School students that they should “look at what government is doing, not just on the surface.” At the invitation of the law school’s Federalist Society, Barr spoke on Feb. 24 on the topic “Is Big Brother Watching?” Barr’s address focused on his views on what he called the “diminution” of civil liberties in the United States.
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