Michigan State University College of Law 3L students David Sheaffer (left) and Christian Bucey, won first place in the 23rd Annual Burton D. Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court held Oct. 21-22 at the American University Washington College of Law. This was the second consecutive year that MSU Law has brought home the top award at the competition. Sheaffer is an Articles Editor for the MSU Law Review, Service Chair for the Board of Advocates, and a student member of the MSU Law Academic Hearing Board. He works part time as a law clerk for Williams, Williams, Rattner, & Plunkett, P.C, where he primarily assists with litigation research and motion drafting. Following graduation in May 2017, he will clerk for Justice Richard Bernstein on the Michigan Supreme Court. Bucey has worked as a litigation clerk for the Animal Legal Defense Fund, as a research assistant and student clinician at the MSU Law Housing Clinic and as a summer intern for a firm in Singapore.
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- Posted November 07, 2016
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