Alumnus Awarded LAMP Distinguished Service Award

Joerg Moddelmog, LLM '93, was recently presented with The American Bar Association’s Legal Assistance for Military Personnel (LAMP) Distinguished Service Award for his work in 2012. Mr. Moddelmog, a German citizen, is the first non-American to receive the honor for his work as an Attorney-Advisor with U.S. Army Europe, a position that draws regularly on his linguistic skills and first-hand experience of American culture to simplify German legal concepts for American soldiers. Describing his work, Mr. Moddelmog says, "When soldiers come to a foreign country, they don't understand the law, there's a language barrier, and they just want to know how things work. I try to do my job as best as I can by working at different levels with different approaches. I like helping soldiers."