Otherwise, these patients would run the serious risk of running out of medication and developing drug-resistant strains of the virus that could potentially be untreatable. Members of some of these groups enjoy absolutely no federal protection under the law at this time. Christianson is especially concerned with estate planning for AIDS victims, who can die relatively young without initiating a partnership agreement with their partner or spouse. Additionally, she presented a paper at the Evidence Symposium held in March, is a Justice on the Student Bar Association Supreme Court, and is a Dean's Fellow for Contracts. In the summer of 2000, she interned with the Honorable William Turnoff, US Magistrate Judge, and took an Evidence course at the Law School, a prerequisite to take Litigation Skills in her 2nd year.
Professors here are very accessible to students and interested in giving students opportunities.
From the beginning, Christianson wanted to pursue a judicial clerkship after graduation, and she will fulfill that wish as a law clerk with Judge Stanley Marcus of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Christianson says that she intends to focus on appellate work and litigation in her legal career. She is grateful to Liz Stack in the Career Planning Center for helping her secure her clerkship position. 1311 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, Florida 33124-0221 Tel.