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Meagan Hanna
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on Friday, 21 October 2011 in Student Blogs

July 8th, 2010
Hello all, I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. Mine was pretty uneventful…barbeque with friends, trip to the lake, and babysitting. Not bad.

Last week was a pretty cool week at my externship. On Thursday, I went to Hamtramck to observe a hearing for the public integrity case I was working on. It was the first time I got to do the leg work on a case and then see how it played out in court, so it felt very exciting. After the hearing (which went really well), the attorney I was working with introduced me to the judge and told him about all of the work I had done on the case. I think that was my high point of my externship experience so far; it felt so rewarding!

This week has been pretty interesting so far; today I got to start looking at a new case that promises to be a fair amount of work, and it looks as though I’m going to be getting some big kid type assignments related to it. It’s always a treat when I get to see my first year of law school pay off...

At the moment, I’m wasting time at school. I was done with my work at the prosecutor’s office at 3:30, and then I have a “getting to know you” event downtown for Moot Court at 8; although it’s tempting to go home, it’s really not worth the extra hour of driving it would cost me. It’s not like I don’t have a laundry list of stuff that I can accomplish while I’m here…my big complaint is that it is raining so much that even my umbrella can’t protect me! I wanted to get some dinner, but that is just going to have to wait until such time that I can walk outside without getting struck by lightning…

Tomorrow, I will be volunteering at the new student “Welcome Day” event. Hopefully I will get to meet some of you there!

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Meagan Hanna

Meagan is a May 2012 graduate of UDM Law. She was admitted to the Michigan Bar in November, and she recently joined the Grand Traverse County Prosecutor’s Office as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney.

During law school, Meagan was active around the School of Law as the Law Review's Executive Editor of Outside Articles and the Vice-President of the St. Thomas More Society. She participated in the Criminal Trial Clinic, and took advantage of two internships with the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office and a summer internship with Judge Stephen Murphy of the Eastern District of Michigan.

In her free time, Meagan also serves as a member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, enjoys tap dancing, and can't resist reading a good book.

Meagan genuinely enjoyed her time at UDM Law and she is passionate about talking to prospective students about her experience. Please contact the admissions office to obtain her contact information.