From Malibu to Elk Ridge, Negotiation Competition Prepares Students for Service
Student takes lessons learned in law classes and is able to immediately help a small city find resolutions to problems while still attending school.
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February 2019
Law student Brianna Rosier interned this summer with the general counsel’s office of the NAACP, assisting in nonprofit advocacy for underrepresented communities.
“One of my cases was against the Census Bureau regarding potential undercounting in the 2020 census,” says Rosier. “Past lawsuits have been dismissed because they were filed after the census, so this was a novel case in which the suit was filed ahead of time.” Rosier says the lawsuit was about giving people a voice and access to resources, and participating on the case helped her increase her understanding of the U.S. Constitution and civil procedure.
That new understanding, as well as her experiences working with attorneys on other cases, influenced Rosier’s plans, which now include environmental law. “Some of the cases I researched showed me just how important issues like access to clean water are, even in a developed country like ours,” she says.
Rosier arrived at BYU dedicated to a future in public interest; she now enters her final year at law school with an idea of what her future holds.
Student takes lessons learned in law classes and is able to immediately help a small city find resolutions to problems while still attending school.
Union, justice, tranquility, defence [sic], welfare, and liberty are words in the preamble of the Constitution of the United States. Their meanings may seem clear to you today, but do you know how they were used in 1787 when the document was written? And does a change in meaning really matter?
Three years ago, Christopher Melling had never written a legal brief or attended a religious service of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Trained as a fighter pilot by the United States Marine Corps, Major Melling was ready to take the next step in his life.