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  <title><![CDATA[Mock Trial Coach Named Interim Co-Director of Law, Science, and Technology]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>School of Public Policy alumnus and lecturer Andy McNeil, PubPol 2001, has been named interim co-director of the Law, Science, and Technology program.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>He will work with Chad Slieper, who has been selected to co-lead Georgia Tech’s next Quality Enhancement Plan and will continue on at LST as co-director.&nbsp;</p>

<p>McNeil’s responsibilities will include pre-law advising and coordinating student-centered events. He also will serve as the primary instructor for the Pre-Law Seminar class (PUBP3610). Slieper will focus on recruiting and overseeing the program’s part-time attorney faculty and coordinating course schedules.&nbsp;</p>

<p>After graduating from Georgia Tech in 2001, McNeil attended Syracuse University College of Law. He graduated in 2005 and later joined the Atlanta home office of King &amp; Spalding, focusing on intellectual property matters. His career also has included roles at Morris, Manning &amp; Martin and co-founding a wholesale apparel company. McNeil serves as the primary legal advisor on a non-profit board focusing on children and veterans with physical disabilities.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In 2007, he became co-coach of the Georgia Tech Mock Trial team, which routinely ranks among the nation’s most competitive squads.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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