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BY NELIA VAN GOOR
Despite popular belief among MSU-DCL students that trying to organize a co-ed hockey team wouldn’t work, team manager Jimmy Latoff did just that.
Knowing well that students would appreciate the activity for a number of reasons, he organized a team in the spring of 2001, and since then the team has been steadily growing. Students responded so well, in fact, that two MSU-DCL teams were established this year to provide everyone with playing opportunities.
“We wanted to be sure that everyone got a chance to get on the ice. Two teams seemed like the best way to do it,” Latoff says. Although the sign-up fee to play hockey is a hefty $180, the benefits that come with a membership are well worth the money. “Besides the fact that you get to lose weight,” he says chuckling, “it provides a great social setting where you can meet law students from all three years. It also provides good networking opportunities.”
Not only does it provide a stress outlet for MSU-DCL students, but it’s also a great conversation starter between law students and employers. “Club hockey is actually really great for your resume,” reports Latoff. “Surprisingly, one thing employers always want to ask me about is MSU-DCL hockey.”
Recently club hockey had a huge boost when it became an official MSU-DCL student organization. The college’s Student Bar Association (SBA), which sponsors and funds club hockey, helped the team establish its own bylaws and constitution, required for all student-run organizations at the college. The SBA’s support has allowed the team to play seven games each season without putting excessive financial strain on individual team members.
“We’re just out there to have fun,” says Latoff philosophically. “It’s really important to remember that we’re all people and that interaction can exist outside law school. There’s a lot we can learn from each other.”
Ernie Harwell
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Voice of the Tigers
Visits MSU-DCL
Sports legend and baseball hall-of-famer Ernie Harwell visited the college in April to sign his book, Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball. About 200 students, faculty and staff attended the hour-long signing by the Detroit Tigers announcer. The event was sponsored by the MSU-DCL Sports & Entertainment Law Society with assistance from instructor Gary Spicer.
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Journal of International Law Looks at Terrorism and Other Pressing World Issues
Early this year, MSU-DCL’s Journal of International Law sponsored two symposia focusing on issues of worldwide concern.
In January, a symposium titled “The War on Terrorism: Legality of the American Response at Home and Abroad” examined the U.S. response to terrorism. The program featured experts from Wayne State University, the FBI, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Muslim Council, the University of Michigan Law School, the University of Denver Law School and the Detroit Council for World Affairs.
Free trade, workers’ interests and international labor standards were highlights of a two-day symposium in February. Panelists, moderated by MSU President Peter McPherson, included Bill Fletcher, labor expert; William Clatanoff, trade representative from the Office of the President; Dennis Devaney, former commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission; and Richard Block, MSU Labor and Industrial Relations professor. Topics ranging from labor law in various countries to regulation of multinational corporations were explored. The symposium ended with a child labor case study.
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