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| Established in 1975, the Gumpert Award is given annually to
a law school that is deemed by ACTL to have outstanding programs in trial advocacy. |
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Law school wins
prestigious award
Excellence in teaching trial advocacy has earned the UM School of Law a prestigious award
from the American College of Trial Lawyers. The 1999 Emil Gumpert Award and an
accompanying $50,000 check were presented to law Dean E. Edwin Eck during the Montana Bar
Association annual meeting in Bozeman Sept. 17.
Established in 1975, the Gumpert Award is given annually to a law school that is deemed
by ACTL to have outstanding programs in trial advocacy. Past recipients include Harvard,
Yale, Northwestern and New York universities and UCLA.
The schools' programs are reviewed, and site visits by ACTL evaluation teams are made
to inspect facilities, meet faculty members and observe class sessions and actual trial
practice work. The ACTL assessment team visited the UM law school last spring.
The American College of Trial Lawyers is a national honorary organization whose
membership is by invitation and is limited to outstanding trial lawyers in the United
States and Canada with more than 15 years of trial experience.
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