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UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPISCHOOL OF LAWLAW SCHOOL NEWSA | U.S. District Court Judge CarltonReeves visited UM School of Law in February. He spoke to students about hiscareer and answered questions.B | UM School of Law second-year students Russ Barnett and Joshua Cookwere named finalists in the 2025 JohnL. Costello National Criminal Law TrialAdvocacy Competition at George MasonUniversity Law School in Washington,D.C. held Feb. 14-16. Barnett was alsonamed Best Advocate for the prosecution. The competition had law schoolsfrom across the country as participants.C | UM School of Law officials have spenttime this spring visiting with alumniand prospective students through theOle Miss Law on the Road Program.Dean Frederick G. Slabach has visitedStarkville; Nashville, Tennessee; Gulfport; and Atlanta, Georgia. He will alsotravel to Washington, D.C.; Dallas, Texas;and Houston, Texas.D | The UM School of Law hosted amemorial service celebrating the life ofProfessor I. Richard Gershon, who diedin December at the age of 67. Gershonserved as Dean of UM Law from 2010-2015. He then joined the faculty andtaught Wills and Estates, Tax Policy, andFamily Law, among other courses.E | La Alianza, a Latin Law Student Association, hosted its annual career paneland reception, in partnership with theHispanic National Bar Association. Thisyear%u2019s theme was %u201cDiscussing HispanicHeritage and the Path to Success in YourLegal Career.%u201d The event's panelistswere from a variety of legal careers: TreyMartinez, Civil Litigation and CriminalDefense, MBMT Law Firm in Brownsville,Texas; Tyler Quillin, Principal CorporateCounsel, Microsoft Corporation, Seattle,Washington; Neyda Martinez-Covarrubias, Federal Judicial Law Clerk for theNorthern District of Mississippi, Oxford;Ana Maria Echiburu Tyrrell, Senior Associate %u2013 Immigration at Fragomen, Del Ray,Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, Chicago, Illinois;and Ramiro Roballos, co-founder andCEO at Tukk.ai, Miami, Florida.A BCEDSPRING 2025 59