Advocacy as a Performing Art Professor Mary Job Retires

Mary Job has been an integral part of MSU Law’s Trial Practice Institute since its inception. This May, she will retire after nearly two decades of teaching law students how to combine theatrical skills with zealous advocacy. Job was uniquely qualified to teach this course - she served as a staff attorney with the Michigan Education Association from 1978 to 2000 before she retired from the practice of law so she could focus her efforts on teaching theatre at Lansing Community College and Michigan State University as well as MSU College of Law.

“Mary is amazing,” said Veronica McNally, Director of the Trial Practice Institute. “Every year, she wrote the character backstories for witnesses, recruited local actors to participate in our students’ final assignments, and she taught our students theater skills to give them an extra edge in the courtroom. She helped shape TPI into the immersive and comprehensive program it is today, and she will be greatly missed.”