Graduating Senior Sarah Warner is named this year’s Outstanding Student in Justice Systems. The award is based on high scholastic achievment in the major. Here she is pictured receiving the award from Marty Jayne, Chair of Justice Systems. Congratulations Sarah!

Lambda Alpha Epsilon, Criminal Justice Fraternity, and Alpha Phi
Sigma, National Criminal Justice Honor Society, members planted flowers at the Victims Garden located in front of  the local Probation and Parole office in honor of Victims Week in April.  The Victims Garden is in honor of the victims of crimes and is rededicated each year in their honor.  Pictured left to right are Daniel Massey, Keith Scruggs, Jessica Sheets, Samantha Richardson, Amanda Brown and the staff from the Kirksville Probation and Parole Office.

Two squads from Truman’s Mock Trial Team competed at the 2012 Kansas City Regional Tournament as hosted by the UMKC as part of the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) on February 11^th-12^th.   Peter Bruntrager, Senior Mathematics Major, won the individual award for Outstanding Attorney and Nasra Aaden, Sophomore Justice Systems Major; Samantha Simms, Junior Administration Major; and, Ann Frydrych, Junior Justice Systems Major, won individual awards for Outstanding Witness. One squad placed 6^th out of 24 teams and is invited to compete at the Opening Round of  National Championships in St. louis this March.

A new on-campus internship is being offered involving  the processing and indexing of 19th century records from county courthouses. For more information contact Dr. Jeff Gall, Department of History, 785-7747 or gall@truman.edu

The Pre-Law Club is open to everyone.  All it takes to be a member is dues ($15) by October 11th.  Anyone can come to the meetings, but to go on trips and to be on the roster, you need to be a member.  To get on the mailing list, you just have to send an email to trumanprelaw@gmail.com or Dylan Gelbach (Pre-Law Club President) asking such.

Sign up for the FREE Kaplan practice LSAT at http://www.kaptest.com/practice. The test is on October 1st.

Find a practice test near you or live and online in our
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The test center is located on the first floor of Violette Hall.

The Johnson County Department of Corrections is hosting an Open House on April 8^th, 2011, and we would like to invite the students who are interested in Criminal Justice, Psychology, and Sociology to our Open House. The Open House is for potential interns or potential new employees.  If you have any questions please contact: brandy.hodge@jocogov.or or 913-715-7215.

On Thursday, February 17, 2011 the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, will make its annual visit to Kirksville to convene court.  A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments in four cases in the circuit courtroom of the Adair County Courthouse beginning at 9:00am to roughly 11:00am.  Students may come and go quietly at anytime.  The cases are appeals from previously held trials in area circuit courts.  The judges will hear attorneys argue whether the trials had errors which should cause them to be retried.  The judges will read written arguments before the court session, and may interrupt the attorneys’ arguments with questions.  The three judges will take a break in between cases and remain after the court session to discuss the court system and generally explain proceedings.  This will be the eighteenth time that the court has convened in Kirksville.  It convenes regularly in Kansas City. Its jurisdiction is appeals from trial courts in 45 counties which include all of northwest Missouri and most of central Missouri.

You can also see the full schedule here!

The Missouri Government Internship Program offers a unique opportunity for students to intern at the Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., with a public official, legislator or state agency during the Spring 2011 semester. Interns receive a stipend of $2,500 and up to 15 hours of credit which may be substituted for a minor or required support.  Applications are available online at http://career.truman.edu/Internships/mogovBrochure.asp. Interviews are currently being conducted, but it is not too late to apply.