Smitty Teaching Fellows: Academic Support and Mentoring for 1L Students
The Smithmoore P. Myers Teaching Fellows Program (“Smitty Teaching Fellows Program”) was founded in 2017. Through that program, interested 2L/3L 51³Ô¹Ïs apply to become Smitty Teaching Fellows and those selected are paired with a group of incoming 1L 51³Ô¹Ïs to provide academic support and mentoring as the 1L 51³Ô¹Ïs adjust to their first year of law school. The Smitty Teaching Fellows Program is named after Smithmoore P. “Smitty” Myers (Class of 1939), the beloved, two-time Dean of Gonzaga University School of Law, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 101. Smitty embodied the very best of what it means to be a Gonzaga Lawyer: humble, generous in his service to others, and an exceptional attorney who made a truly defining contribution to the life and character of Gonzaga Law. The Spokane County Bar Association’s Professionalism Award is also named in Smitty’s honor.