E-Mail News Release

Paper instructions:
Objective: Create a straightforward, objective new story to be released via email.
See E-Mail News Release Assignment Information found on Bb under Unit Three  Assignments (and at the end of the course pack). Use as much of the info as you need to write a short news release announcing news from the Palmquist University School of Law. You may have to do a little extra research. Watch for inappropriate information and mistakes in the information provided. You can make up any information you need as long as it doesn’t contradict the information provided. Make yourself the contact person—your title is media relations specialist. Be sure to create contact information for yourself.

E-Mail News Release Assignment Information

Who:    Michael J. Henry. He’s a law professor at the School of Law, Palmquist University. He’s widely known as the best professor on the law faculty.

He joined the faculty in 1992. He served as university general counsel from 1994 to 1999. He served as dean of the School of Law from 2002 to 2006.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Indiana University and his law degree from the University of Michigan.

What:    Henry has just been named chair of a prestigious committee — the Accreditation Committee of the American Bar Association. The ABA announced this today.

His term lasts one year. He will preside over committee meetings during ABA’s annual meeting in New York. The meeting will be in July.

The committee oversees accreditation of U.S.-based law schools that request ABA accreditation. It is ABA’s most-important committee.

The committee consists of 19 other members. Those members are legal educators.

Why:    Henry has been on the committee for the past six years. Last year, he was vice chair. He did an outstanding job.

More than 40 states, including Wisconsin, require graduation from an accredited law school as a condition for practicing law in the state.

Where:    The Palmquist University and its School of Law are in Hosea, Wis.

When:    Effective today.

More:    Palmquist University was rated one of “The Top Five Most Friendly Campuses in the USA” by “College USA,” a study conducted by Yale University last spring.

“I’m deeply honored and will serve to the best of my ability.” — Henry.

“No rationale individual could possibly deny that Professor Henry indubitably has earned this meritorious distinction among other human beings. The ABA clearly has chosen the best person for the job.”
– Edward Mieler, dean of the School of Law