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Monique Miles (’08) was recently selected as a recipient of an Outstanding Service Award from the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference for her work as Chair of the Conference's Women and Minorities in the Profession Commission. She received the award during the Young Lawyers Conference luncheon at the Virginia State Bar’s Annual Meeting in Virginia Beach on June 15, 2012.

Miles is an associate at the firm of Charlson Bredehoft Cohen Brown & Sakata, P.C, in Reston, Va.

Randy Singer, School of Law adjunct professor, was featured in this Virginian-Pilot article on Sunday, June 24, reviewing his new legal novel, "The Last Plea Bargain."

Darius Davenport, director of career and alumni services with the School of Law, was quoted in a recent Virginia Lawyers Weekly article (link unavailable) discussing job placement statistics for 2011 graduates released last week by the American Bar Association.

James Duane, professor in the School of Law, was a guest on CBN News Thursday, June 28, to offer analysis of the health care ruling. (link unavailable)

Brad Jacob, associate professor in the School of Law, discussed the Supreme Court decision on Arizona immigration law on American Family News Radio Tuesday, June 26. On the same subject, Jacob was interviewed in this CBN News story on Monday, June 25.

Jacob was also a guest on the Tony Macrini show (WNIS Norfolk) on Thursday, June 28, to talk about an op-ed in the Washington Post calling for the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia because of his comments on President Obama's Executive Order concerning immigration. Jacob returned to the program Friday, June 29, to discuss the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act.

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