By Christy M. Caves, Assistant Dean and Director of Experiential Learning, Public Service Coordinator

This Thursday, January 17, 2013, marks the fourth anniversary of the TU Law-sponsored Murdock Villa birthday parties! Murdock Villa, one of TU’s True Blue Neighbors, is the Tulsa Housing Authority’s residence for disabled adults. 

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Christy Caves discusses her upcoming transition from Associate Director of Professional Development to Assistant Dean of Experiential Learning.

The past two and a half years as the Associate Director of Professional Development here at TU Law have been absolutely amazing.  I truly love working with our wonderful students to help them develop professionally and obtain employment both during law school and after graduation.

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3L Caitlyn Twyman talks about her experiences that led to an interest in immigration law and her recent acceptance to the Department of Justice Attorney General’s Honors Program as a judicial law clerk for the Dallas Immigration Court.

My journey to law school was not one that started when I was eight years old. I was never the girl who stood up on Career Day as a kid and proudly proclaimed that one day I would be an attorney.

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Law student Angela Jennings shares her experiences as an intern and extern at the Tulsa County Public Defender’s Office.

In September of 2010, I started working for marginalized and indigent criminal defendants as a student Intern for the Tulsa County Public Defender’s Office.  In June of 2012, I had the opportunity to escalate my involvement in the office as an Extern.  I am not only gaining valuable experience, but actively assisting in life-changing and policy-changing litigation as well.

I have interviewed over one thousand clients charged with felony crimes under Oklahoma law and participated in numerous preliminary hearings as an Intern.

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