Introduction from Dean Moberly

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One of the best ways to know more about who we are is by hearing about our mission and our values, which are concepts that drive our students, faculty, administrators, and staff. We created these principles together and we live by them. Hear from Dean Richard Moberly about what Nebraska Law’s mission and values mean to our community and commitment to you.

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[00:00:07.870]Hello, I'm Richard Moberly, and I'm the Dean
[00:00:10.180]of the University of Nebraska College of Law.
[00:00:13.080]I'm excited that you wanna take some time
[00:00:14.870]to learn more about the law school,
[00:00:16.540]and I thought I'd spend just a couple of minutes
[00:00:18.590]introducing Nebraska Law to you.
[00:00:21.040]I'd like to do it by using our mission statement.
[00:00:23.610]We spent a lot of time crafting this statement,
[00:00:25.650]and I think it tells you a little bit about
[00:00:27.810]the type of place that we are.
[00:00:30.430]Our mission is that,
[00:00:32.077]"We develop inclusive leaders
[00:00:34.187]"who advance justice, solve problems,
[00:00:36.937]"and serve with integrity."
[00:00:39.070]And I'm gonna break that down into each of those phrases,
[00:00:41.790]to talk a little bit more specifically about the law school.
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[00:00:45.807]So the first phrase, we develop inclusive leaders.
[00:00:49.330]We know that lawyers lead clients
[00:00:51.390]through some of the most difficult times in their lives.
[00:00:54.360]But we also know that people with law degrees,
[00:00:56.890]lead corporations, they lead organizations,
[00:00:59.930]they lead Governments, they lead universities.
[00:01:03.500]So, we're more than just a place
[00:01:05.730]that's gonna produce lawyers.
[00:01:07.310]We produce a lot of lawyers and our lawyers are fantastic.
[00:01:10.660]But they're also people who lead
[00:01:12.230]on the boards of nonprofits in their communities.
[00:01:15.280]They're people who lead through their everyday actions,
[00:01:19.010]through their religious organizations,
[00:01:21.380]and when you come to Nebraska law,
[00:01:23.000]that's gonna be a point of emphasis for us in our education
[00:01:25.800]for you, you'll learn more than just the law.
[00:01:28.960]You'll learn how to lead people in organizations,
[00:01:32.020]because that's your special role
[00:01:33.440]as someone with a law degree in the society.
[00:01:36.560]And when we talk about being a leader,
[00:01:38.470]we talk actually very specific type of leader.
[00:01:41.370]It's an inclusive leader,
[00:01:42.870]someone who brings a lot of different people
[00:01:45.440]to the table so that they can incorporate
[00:01:47.360]many different perspectives.
[00:01:49.210]That's an incredibly important part of leadership,
[00:01:52.320]that that we focus on
[00:01:53.590]at the University of Nebraska College of Law,
[00:01:56.406]I have many people at the table
[00:01:57.970]so that you can hear about different backgrounds and ideas,
[00:02:01.490]and incorporate all of those into moving
[00:02:03.750]an organization or a problem forward.
[00:02:06.974](upbeat instrumental music)
[00:02:08.650]The second phrase is that we develop
[00:02:10.940]leaders who advanced justice.
[00:02:13.370]And that's an important thing to focus on
[00:02:15.530]with, with people with law degrees.
[00:02:17.210]We do that in a lot of different ways.
[00:02:19.370]I'm gonna give you two specific examples.
[00:02:22.010]First, one of our professors Jessica Shoemaker,
[00:02:25.360]just spent last year in Canada as a Fulbright Scholar.
[00:02:29.040]It's one of the most prestigious fellowships
[00:02:31.190]that a professor can receive.
[00:02:32.800]And while she was in Canada, she studied indigenous rights.
[00:02:35.930]And she's gonna bring that work back to Nebraska,
[00:02:39.500]and to the United States, and work on problems
[00:02:42.090]of poverty on Native American reservations.
[00:02:45.080]The second example, is a program
[00:02:46.620]that you can participate in as a student here.
[00:02:49.380]It's called the Children's Justice Clinic.
[00:02:51.270]It's for third year students, who represent children
[00:02:54.390]who are removed from homes
[00:02:56.170]because of allegations of abuse or neglect.
[00:02:59.080]They're trained to become Guardians Ad Litem,
[00:03:01.380]and to represent the most vulnerable people in our society.
[00:03:05.170]It's had an enormous impact on the way children
[00:03:07.660]are represented in Lancaster County,
[00:03:09.680]and we're hoping that this model
[00:03:10.970]will be used across the country.
[00:03:13.120]And as a student at Nebraska, you can participate
[00:03:15.540]in that clinic and learn those skills.
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[00:03:19.360]The third phrase, that we're training
[00:03:22.130]inclusive leaders who solve problems.
[00:03:25.030]And you already heard about some problems
[00:03:26.470]that were being solved, lemme tell you about two more.
[00:03:29.630]Started a center for governance and technology.
[00:03:32.658]That center's led by Professor Gus Hurwitz,
[00:03:35.630]and its a partnership with the College of Business
[00:03:38.240]and the College of Engineering, to look at issues
[00:03:40.940]of how new technologies can be regulated.
[00:03:44.200]The unique thing about this center,
[00:03:46.210]is that it's a partnership with Business and Engineering
[00:03:49.030]so that the people who make new technologies,
[00:03:51.230]who don't know anything necessarily about regulation,
[00:03:53.950]and the business people who work with those technologies
[00:03:56.280]to bring them to the public, and the lawyers who develop
[00:04:00.010]regulation but may not be as knowledgeable about technology,
[00:04:03.660]we'll all work together and learn
[00:04:05.020]together in an interdisciplinary way,
[00:04:07.290]so that when technologies are created,
[00:04:09.090]they can take into account some societal norms
[00:04:11.630]that we think are important.
[00:04:13.190]And that when people developing
[00:04:14.390]those norms can take into account
[00:04:16.300]their understanding of that technology.
[00:04:19.430]Another example, we're one of four universities in the world
[00:04:23.530]who are working on the Woomera Manual,
[00:04:26.830]which is, literally writing the rules
[00:04:29.910]for how armed conflict will occur in space.
[00:04:33.890]And if you don't think that's important,
[00:04:35.090]you should look in your pocket and see that cell phone
[00:04:37.730]that operates because of satellites,
[00:04:40.180]and the rules of governance of how those satellites operate,
[00:04:44.490]and how in times of armed conflict, countries will interact
[00:04:47.930]in space, will become very important in your lifetime.
[00:04:51.360]And we're on the cutting edge
[00:04:52.410]of trying to solve those problems.
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[00:04:55.670]Finally, the last part of that mission
[00:04:58.330]is to serve with integrity.
[00:05:00.580]And this is crucially important
[00:05:02.260]for everyone with a law degree.
[00:05:04.656]At the University of Nebraska, you'll have an incredible
[00:05:07.890]amount of opportunity to engage in pro bono work.
[00:05:11.200]And that means work, legal work, that we offer
[00:05:13.330]for free for people in need,
[00:05:15.470]who can't afford regular legal representation.
[00:05:18.160]We do that through our civil clinic.
[00:05:20.350]And we also do it through volunteering.
[00:05:22.700]The University of Nebraska College of Law
[00:05:24.330]was the only law school in each of the last two years
[00:05:27.500]to earn recognition from the American Bar Association,
[00:05:30.540]for its time, for time put into a pro bono project.
[00:05:34.740]Every year our students engage
[00:05:36.640]in thousands of hours of pro bono work.
[00:05:39.290]And we're incredibly proud of those efforts.
[00:05:41.430]It's important part of being a lawyer
[00:05:43.320]is to give back to the community in this way.
[00:05:46.000]And it's important part of who we are, as a law school.
[00:05:50.190]It's a real brief introduction, using our mission
[00:05:52.930]to kinda tell you a little bit about ourselves.
[00:05:54.860]There's lots of information
[00:05:56.240]out there that I hope you find important.
[00:05:57.793]Lemme give you just three quick facts,
[00:05:59.924]that I think should influence
[00:06:01.692]where anyone decides to go to law school.
[00:06:04.830]The first is, are you able to pass
[00:06:07.600]the bar when you graduate?
[00:06:09.800]It's an important thing, in order to be a lawyer,
[00:06:11.660]you have to pass the bar exam.
[00:06:14.052]The University of Nebraska College of Law
[00:06:16.550]has the 11th highest bar passage rate
[00:06:18.650]over the last two years in the country.
[00:06:21.940]Can you get a job when you graduate?
[00:06:23.800]You're gonna put in a lot of time and effort in law school,
[00:06:26.600]and you wanna make sure that,
[00:06:27.600]that will be worth it at the end of it,
[00:06:29.480]at the end of your time here.
[00:06:31.730]Last year, the University of Nebraska had the sixth highest
[00:06:34.540]employment rate in the country for our graduates.
[00:06:38.260]The final thing is, how much debt
[00:06:40.430]will you be in when you graduate from law school?
[00:06:43.100]You have all sorts of hopes and dreams.
[00:06:45.550]The lower the amount of debt that you have
[00:06:47.220]when you graduate from law school,
[00:06:48.730]the more you will be able to live those hopes and dreams.
[00:06:52.493]Last year, the University of Nebraska
[00:06:54.310]had the fourth lowest debt in the country.
[00:06:57.190]If you combine those things that our students
[00:06:59.480]don't go into a lot of debt when they graduate,
[00:07:02.540]and they pass the bar, and they get a job.
[00:07:05.330]That's why we're consistently ranked
[00:07:07.220]in the top five in the country for best value.
[00:07:10.430]Come to Nebraska.
[00:07:11.800]I hope you have a chance to see Lincoln
[00:07:14.060]and to see us in person.
[00:07:16.130]We'd love to meet you, and we're looking forward
[00:07:18.560]to learning more about you.
[00:07:20.060]Thanks so much.
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