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Jaime Williams
June 2008
The VLP is proud to
announce that
the Outstanding Law
Student Volunteer
for June 2008 is Jamie
Williams.
Jamie will be a second
year student
at the U of A College of
Law, and was
an exceptional volunteer
in the Intake
Clinic during the spring
semester.
Jamie was a highly
effective interviewer--
she was able to obtain
all pertinent
information quickly
without making
the client feel rushed.
Jamie’s skill,
competence, and
compassion make
her a real asset to the
VLP.
Jamie is
originally from Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated cum laude
from the
University of
California, Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, Law and
Society, and
Political Science. In addition to volunteering with the VLP during
her first year of
law school, Jamie has volunteered with the Juvenile Project, the
Justice Project,
and the National Lawyers Guild. She is also a member of the
U of A’s Journal
of International and Comparative Law. Fortunately, Jamie feels
that she has
learned to deal with the stress of law school and participating in
so many activities
with a little help from her favorite professor, Professor
Kenny Hegland.
She says he has taught her to “relax
and to enjoy law
school. Stressing over grades isn’t worth it.”
In her free time,
Jamie enjoys watching Law & Order SVU, skiing, scuba diving,
working out, and
reading books that have nothing to do with law school. Her
favorite Tucson
restaurant is the Lerua’s on Broadway. A favorite vacation
destination of
hers is Newport Beach in California. When looking to the
future, Jamie
hopes to one day be in her dream job by founding an elder
law firm.
Jamie became
involved with the VLP because she “wanted
to be involved in
an
organization that helped others. I also wanted the opportunity to
apply
concepts
learned in the classroom to the real world.” She
says that the
most
important thing she has learned from volunteering with the VLP is
“how
to
interview clients effectively, and more importantly, how to listen
to
a client’s
response.”
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