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Inside the Law SchoolMessage from the Dean ................................................................................................... 1UM Law Ranked #2 in U.S. for Hispanics ...................................................................... 1Leading Lawyers .............................................................................................................. 2Election ’04 at the Law School ....................................................................................... 5Faculty News & Notes ..................................................................................................... 6The Order of The Coif .................................................................................................. 10Partnership for Professionalism Meets in October ........................................................ 10Clinics and Special Programs Thrive on Campus and in the Community ................... 11Society of Bar & Gavel Sprints to a Success with Race Judicata .................................. 13Office of Admissions and Student Recruting Recognizes Marlynn Jones, JD ’99 ........ 13International and Foreign Graduate Programs & Alumni News .................................. 14Alumni Meet in Oslo, Norway ...................................................................................... 14

Momentum CampaignMOMENTUM Campaign Goes on the Road .............................................................. 152004-2005 Students and Donors Honored ................................................................... 18Law School Celebrates Robert H. Waters Memorial Scholarship Fund ....................... 20Dean’s Holiday Party ..................................................................................................... 21A Gift to Us that Returns the Favor to You ................................................................. 22Hinshaw & Culbertson ................................................................................................. 22OTS/ALA Reception .................................................................................................... 22CABA ........................................................................................................................... 23Join the Dean’s Circle .................................................................................................... 23Dean’s Circle Members .................................................................................................. 23

Alumni NewsMessage from the President ........................................................................................... 24Is Moral Justice a Myth? ................................................................................................ 24Dade County Fall Judicial Reception a Hit .................................................................. 25Minority Mentoring Picnic a Success ........................................................................... 26Homecoming and Class Reunion Weekend 2004 ........................................................ 27Breakfast and Morning Spirits Honoring UM

School of Law Alumni Association Past Presidents ................................................. 31Class Notes .................................................................................................................... 33In Memoriam ................................................................................................................. 41Help Us Find ................................................................................................................. 42Make a Difference at the University of Miami .............................................................. 44CLE Program Schedule 2005-2006 ...................................................... Inside Back CoverCalendar of Upcoming Events ............................................................. Inside Back Cover

Barrister is published by the Office of Law Development and Alumni Relations of theUniversity of Miami School of Law. Address correspondence to Barrister, University ofMiami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, Florida 33124-8087.Telephone: 305-284-3470. E-Mail:alumni@law.miami.edu. Web site:www.law.miami.edu/alumni. Copyright 2004 University of Miami School of Law.All rights reserved.

We acknowledge the following contributors:Jackie Aguilera; Georgie A. Angones; Andee L. Cohen; Carol S. Cope; MarcyCox; Jeannette F. Hausler; Lucinda A. Hofmann; Kathy Johnekins; Lynn B.Kislak; Therese Lambert; Dennis O. Lynch; Cristina Ortega Lopez; Todd S. Payne;Connie Primo; Dominic Sevald; Janet Stearns; Karen Throckmorton; MariaSanchez de Varona; Shanna L Yehlen; William VanderWyden.

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On the Cover: Photo of some of UM Law Association PastPresidents. Seated: (L-R) Rhea P. Grossman, JD ’65; TheHon Dixie Chastain, JD ’30; Elizabeth S. Katzen, JD ’88;The Hon Carroll J. Kelly, JD ’89; Jay A. Martus, JD ‘85Standing: (L-R) Neal R. Sonnett, JD ’67; Donald I. Bierman,JD ’65; The Honorable Ted Klein, JD ’64; John Gale, JD ’58;Joseph H. Lowe, JD ’79; Tod N. Aronovitz, JD ’74; George T.Yoss, JD ’74; Todd S. Payne, JD ’89; Det H. Joks, JD ’72; RichardC. Milstein, JD ’74; Emerson L. Allsworth, JD ’52; Ronald B.Ravikoff, JD ’77; Benedict P. Kuehne, JD ’77;Thomas R. Spencer, Jr., JD ’69; Leland Stansell, JD ’61;J. B. Spence, JD ’51; Lewis B. Freeman, JD ‘74.

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Message from the Dean

I hope you were able to join us forthe Law School’s annual HomecomingBreakfast and Morning Spirits on Sat-urday, November 6, in the Courtyard.This year’s honorees were members ofthe judiciary, elected officials andformer presidents of the Law AlumniAssociation. We were proud to honorthem for all they have done for theSchool and to feature them on thecover of this Barrister. We were espe-cially pleased to welcome theHonorable Dixie H. Chastain, JD ’30,Retired Senior Miami-Dade CircuitJudge, who was president of the LAAin 1944.

The class reunions were equally suc-cessful with former classmates catchingup on each other’s lives and exchang-ing stories about their days in lawschool. Each year the reunions aredrawing a larger number of our gradu-ates back to the School for theweekend. I hope each of you will con-sider attending when your class isscheduled for its next reunion. I wantto thank our terrific Alumni Office andthe alumni volunteers who did so muchto make each reunion a joyous event.

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UM LawRanked #2in U.S. forHispanics

The School of Law was ranked #2 forHispanics by Hispanic Business Magazinein its annual ranking of the Top Ten U.S.Law Schools published in September2004. Dean Dennis O. Lynch com-mented, “Our outstanding faculty andinternational course offerings, some inSpanish, help make our Law School agreat choice for students interested intoday’s international legal practice. Wehave great visiting professors from aroundthe world, who frequently note the cos-mopolitan atmosphere of our students andour community in describing why theychose to spend time with us.”

Thanks to the efforts of our CampaignCommittee volunteers, the MOMEN-TUM Campaign is going to make a majordifference to our Law School community.In the pages that follow you can read moreabout the success of the Campaign andhow it will enhance our educational mis-sion. I primarily want to emphasize thatevery gift counts in the Campaign no mat-ter the size of the donation. Pleaseconsider participating in the Campaignand encouraging at least two other alumnito do the same. By working together wecan increase scholarship funds and makea positive difference in the lives of manystudents.

We are proud about the achievementof the class of 2004. They had the high-est pass rate in the state on the Julyadministration of the Florida Bar Exami-nation. I have written you previouslyabout the talented class of 2007. As thesemester draws to a close, I can tell youthat the faculty has thoroughly enjoyedteaching them. In the words of ProfessorOxman, “They are bright, lively, and afine addition to our School.”

Each year we enrich the education ofour students by inviting outstanding le-gal scholars with varied backgrounds andlegal experience to join us as visiting fac-ulty. I hope you will enjoy reading aboutwhy they have chosen to be involved withour Law School and why they are so im-pressed with our students and faculty.

To achieve fully the goals of oureducational mission the Law School com-munity needs your support. We aregrateful for your generosity and for thedifference you make.

Dennis O. LynchDean

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Leading LawyersThis is the first in a series of articles profiling the leaders of the University of Miami Law Alumni Association.

by Lynn B. Kislak

The year 1929 saw the stock marketcrash in New York. In Miami, Dean Rich-mond A. Rasco had the honor ofconferring diplomas on the 14 studentsin the first graduating class of the Uni-versity of Miami School of Law. TheUniversity President was Dr. BowmanFoster Ashe. Eight faculty members, mostof them attorneys practicing in Miami,taught at the Law School.

By 1941, the University of Miami LawAlumni Association (“LAA”) was char-tered. A Certificate of Incorporation wasapproved by Circuit Judge George E.Holt. There were initially 20 membersof the LAA, presided over by James E.Abras, its first president. Today, there areapproximately 16,000 law alumni. Analumni presence can be found in everystate except North Dakota and SouthDakota. Alumni clubs extend into SouthAmerica and throughout Europe, Asia,and Africa. Argentina and Brazil havethe largest concentration of alumni inSouth America. Germany has the larg-est constituency in Europe, followed byEngland and France.

The LAA is an integral componentof the success of our Law School. Itsmembers provide camaraderie, help pro-mote the School of Law, and assist withfundraising, student recruitment andplacement of students. Alumni partici-pate in community and university events. The earliest UM LAA was instrumentalin establishing a law school scholarshipfund, obtaining air conditioning in thecourthouse courtrooms, and passing alegal aid bill. It also published the firstUM Law Alumni Directory.

Sixty presidents have served the UMLAA. This stellar group of graduates, witha wide range of leadership skills, has con-tributed significantly to establishing andmaintaining the national and interna-tional prominence of the School of Law.

Dixie Herlong Chastain (LL.B ’30) wasthe first woman to graduate from UMSchool of Law. Even though she venturedto Stetson for undergraduate work, herMiami roots were deep, and she returnedhome for her law school studies, graduat-ing magna cum laude in 1930. Her classwas so small that everyone was “prettygood friends,” she recalls.

Fourteen years after receiving herLL.B., Dixie assumed the mantle of lead-ership to become the third president ofthe LAA, following the esteemed SamSilver. Russell A. Rasco, son of Rich-mond Rasco, was Dean of the School ofLaw.

Dixie was in private law practice for26 years before “retiring” in 1956. Dur-ing her “retirement,” she worked as aninvestigating attorney with the Juvenileand Domestic Relations Court in DadeCounty and mediated delinquencydependency cases. Upon her appoint-ment to the Juvenile and DomesticRelations Court of Dade County in 1965,she became the third female judge inMiami-Dade County. At this time,

women accounted for two percent of themembership of The Florida Bar.

Growing up in Miami, Leland (Lee)Stansell, Jr. (JD ’61) “read too manyPerry Mason novels” and knew at ayoung age he wanted to be a triallawyer. Although he was accepted at theUniversity of Florida School of Law aftergraduating from Florida Southern Col-lege, he returned to Miami to attendUM. Upon graduating, he litigated forover 30 years in state and federal courts,becoming a Diplomat of the AmericanBoard of Trial Advocates with over 100jury trials to his credit. Lee also served aspresident of the Miami-Dade County BarAssociation.

Numerous alumni urged Lee to run forpresident of the LAA in 1968. Back then,the association met for lunch downtown. Seventy-five to 100 people would con-vene on a regular basis at the ColumbusHotel to discuss boating, legal cases, and,of course, their alma mater.

Prior to this time, the LAA was finan-cially independent of the University.

Dixie Herlong Chastain (LLB ’30) and members of her class.

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Members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, alumni and friends traveled to Puerto Rico fora “pasadia campestre” in 1979 at the ranch of Blas Herrero Marrero, JD ’63.

During Lee’s presidency, control of mon-ies raised was turned over to the lawschool to serve its greatest needs. Thusbegan the Law Annual Fund drive, a cen-tral focus for the LAA, during whichalumni return to campus and telephonetheir classmates to raise money for lawschool loans and scholarships.

After attending college in Louisville,John Gale (JD ’58), worked in televisiondoing the play-by-play announcementsfor the Red Sox AAA farm team. Whensinger friend Al Martino performed inMiami, John accompanied him. Experi-encing the Miami sunshine, John decidedto retire from TV and begin a new career,so he entered the UM School of Law.

Fifteen years after receiving his J.D.,John was elected president of the LAA.A former associate dean at the School ofLaw, Thomas A. Thomas, was named in-terim dean. The law school grew with amix of young and older students who hadreturned from the Vietnam War andwanted a legal education. During John’stenure, the LAA injected new energy intothe law school and helped establish itsprominence nationally. Graduates were becoming professional leaders in theircommunities. The law school had a newfour-story 23,000 square foot additionwith four classrooms, several seminarrooms, research centers, student offices, astudent lounge, and administrative offices.

Neal R. Sonnett (JD ’67) liked Miami,wanted to practice law and Moot Courtwith his friend Barry Richard, so he en-

rolled at UM School ofLaw. He was active instudent government,remained an activealumus, and worked hisway up to the presi-dency of the LAA in1979, wanting to in-crease overall alumni

activity and communications with thealumni in order to maintain their inter-est in the law school. Soia Mentschikoff,renowned legal scholar and formerprofessor of law at the University of Chi-cago, was the dean of UM School ofLaw. Neal has a criminal law practice andis past president of the National Associa-

tion of Criminal Defense Lawyers and theMiami-Dade County Bar Association.He is an American Bar Associationdelegate.

The University of Miami School of Lawwas a natural progression for the Honor-able Theodore (Ted) Klein (JD ’64).Having completed his undergraduatestudies at UM, it was not economicallyfeasible to go away to law school, so UMwas the logical choice. Ted was frequentlybored during law school classes and wouldwrite songs about students and professors.It was suggested he use this talent pro-ductively as the basis of a theatrical show.In 1963, Ted originated Equity Play-house, writing all of the songs for the firstproduction. The Equity Playhouse con-tinues at the School of Law as an annualevent.

Always active in the LAA, Ted workedhis way up the Board. As president in1981, Ted helped bring alumni back tothe law school by initiating CLE seminarson campus. Law School faculty instructedthe classes, reconnecting professors andalumni of the school.

Ted was an Assistant United States At-torney in Miami, who then worked in

Alloway and Hausler

Lyrics byThe Honorable Ted Kline

to the music of

“Bicycle Built for Two”

Richard, Richard, give me your answertrue.

I teach with Smitty but I’d rather teachwith you.

You know we’re birds of a feather

We’d have so much fun together

And we’d look grand

Up on the stand

On a podium built for two

Clifford, Clifford, this is my answer true.

I teach with Rasco, and I prefer him toyou.

We really are birds of a feather

And I’m sure we’d have fun together.

But I’ll be damned

If my style will be cramped

On a podium where I’m stuck with you.

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George T. Yoss, JD ’79, with Mitchell R. Bloomberg, JD ’75 and Hon. Jose E. Martinez,JD ‘65.

private practice before becoming a UnitedStates Magistrate Judge.

Rhea P. Grossman (JD ’65) became astate judge just five years after graduatingfrom the School of Law. Her leadershipon the bench was matched by love for heralma mater. In 1982, she followed TedKlein as LAA president.

Presiding over the LAA during the ar-rival of a new dean, Claude R. Sowle, aformer president of Ohio University anda former professor of its law school, Rheafacilitated Dean Sowle’s transition andcoordinated the burgeoning LAA net-work of alumni clubs throughout thecountry and world. On a memorableLAA trip to Puerto Rico, Rhea suddenlyfound herself traveling the countrysideon the donkey of Blass Herrero-Marrera(BA ’60, JD ’63).

When Tod Aronovitz (JD ’74) becamepresident of the LAA in 1990, MaryDoyle, associate dean for academic affairsat the University of Arizona College ofLaw, was dean of the law school. A $10million capital campaign had beenlaunched two years earlier. As had thepresidents before him, Tod worked tostimulate interest and enthusiasm for theSchool of Law, communicating withalumni in Miami and throughout thecountry.

During Tod’s presidency, the LAA, see-ing the growth of the South Florida legal

community, began annual events and re-ceptions in Broward and Palm Beachcounties. School spirit brought lawyersback to school events to see favorite pro-fessors and other alumni. They wanted tohear of new programs and how the lawschool had advanced. “When you’represident of the Law Alumni Association,you see a lot of attorneys who rememberlaw school fondly,” Tod commented.Opportunities to reunite with formerclassmates and professors help fund-raising. Alumni are thankful for the lawdegrees they earned and the lifelongfriends they have made.

Tod entered private practice followinglaw school and served as president of TheFlorida Bar.

Benedict P. (Ben) Kuehne (JD ‘77),a student of Dean Soia Mentschikoff’s firstclass, learned that “loyalty to our lawschool was one of Soia’s commandingprinciples.” Immediately upon graduationfrom law school, he took an interest inthe LAA and started an informal groupof colleagues in Palm Beach County. Be-coming LAA president was a goal.

Ben followed in Tod’s footsteps as LAApresident in 1991. His term began at theannual Homecoming Breakfast when CarlBarger, a lawyer and president of thenewly formed Florida Marlins, was the fea-tured speaker who gave everyone presentan autographed inaugural season baseball.

The LAA encouraged graduates to re-turn to the law school to help students inMoot Court activities and serve as men-tors and advisors. Alumni provideddirection to student organizations and en-couraged networking through periodicalumni activities. During his professionaltravels, Ben regularly met with graduateswho had long since left the University,encouraging them to remember and re-turn to their alma mater.

After graduating, Ben worked as a pros-ecutor before entering private practice. He was president of the Miami-DadeCounty Bar Association and now serveson the Board of Governors of The FloridaBar.

George T. Yoss (JD ’79) grew up in NewYork. His grandparents lived in Miami,so he chose to travel south for law school. His extended family financially contrib-uted to his legal education. Aftergraduating, he served in the StateAttorney’s Office in Miami for 14 years. In 1987, he joined a private law firm, nowAdorno & Yoss.

As president of the LAA in 1992, heoversaw a successful fundraising cam-paign. Fundraising was “very enjoyablebecause we treated it as a social effort,”according to George. Dedicated phonedrives utilizing law alumni, faculty andstaff of the School, were held during thefall. Phone calls were preceded by an in-formal meal and refreshments from 6 p.m.to 9:30 p.m., at which time everyonewould begin making west coast calls. Inthose days, the LAA would obtain over$150,000 for student scholarships aftereight days of calls.

From an initial class of 14 students tothe present day class of approximately400 students, the nationally and inter-nationally recognized University ofMiami School of Law continues to growand thrive. The efforts of the LAA andthe leadership provided by its presidentshave helped the law school become anoutstanding institution of higher learn-ing. Assisted by the LAA, the Universityof Miami prepares its graduates for thelegal profession, with the highest stan-dards of competence and ethics.

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Election ’04 at the Law SchoolThe election year proved to be an ex-

citing one at the University of Miami. The nationally-televised first presidentialdebate between President Bush and Sena-tor John F. Kerry took place on campus atthe Convocation Center on September30. UM law students served as volunteerelection monitors at the polls on Novem-ber 2. And throughout 2004 and into2005, the law school and law student or-ganizations are host to a series ofelection-related events:

In March 2004, a seminar entitled“What the Presidential Candidates Needto Know About 21st Century NativeAmericans” was sponsored on campusthrough a generous grant from theMiccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.Rennard Strickland, the Phillip H.Knight Professor of Law at the Univer-sity of Oregon School of Law, spoke aboutelection issues from the perspective ofNative Americans. Professor Stricklandis a legal historian of Osage and Chero-kee heritage and one of the nation’sleading experts on American Indian law.

In fall 2004, the law school offeredtwo courses specifically addressingelections issues:

■ Election Law Seminar taught byProfessor Frances Hill. An expert in cam-paign finance, Professor Hill is a memberof the Advisory Board (and Tax Directorof) the Campaign Legal Center, serves asa member of the Campaign FinanceInstitute’s Disclosure Task Force, and fre-quently works with Congressional staffmembers on campaign-related bills. Pro-fessor Hill’s seminar explored statutoryand constitutional issues related toUnited States elections, including defin-ing Congressional districts, the HelpAmerica Vote Act and the Election As-sistance Commission, new technology forvoting and registration, and the FederalElection Campaign Act.

■ Election Reform and Voting Seminartaught by Professor Martha Mahoney.Professor Mahoney has been active withthe Miami-Dade Election Reform Coali-tion, playing an important role in

questions relating to access to the ballotand the institution of electronic voting. Among other things, she has testifiedbefore the Florida Senate’s Ethics & Elec-tions Committee concerning proposedlegislation on manual recounts and hasappeared before the Miami-Dade CountyCommission on voting issues. Her semi-nar covered ballot issues, the right to vote,and related matters.

In spring 2005, the law school willoffer:

■ Election Law Course taught by Pro-fessor Murray Greenberg and ProfessorJeffrey Erlich, two members of our adjunctfaculty who practice with the Miami-Dade County Attorney’s Office. Theircourse in Election Law is designed to givestudents a basic understanding of the le-gal regulation of elections and politics.Professors Greenberg and Erlich will againbring to the classroom the benefit of theirexperience and perspective as municipalgovernment lawyers who played an activerole in the litigation over the disputed2000 presidential election. The coursecovers such topics as the 2000 electioncontroversy, reapportionment, the VotingRights Act, ballot access, and judicial in-tervention into the electoral process.

Other speeches and addresses on cam-pus were:

■ The Role Lawyers Play in Presiden-tial Campaigns and the DebateNegotiation Process. A talk by MarkWallace, JD ’92. Recently Counsel for theBush-Cheney ’04 campaign, Mr. Wallacewas actively involved in the Bush-Cheney2000 Presidential campaign, serving as aFlorida State Advisory Board Co-Chair-man for Lawyers for Bush and on theFlorida Lawyers for Bush Executive Com-mittee. He previously served as PrincipalLegal Advisor to the Bureau of Immigra-tion and Customs Enforcement and to theBureau of Immigration and CitizenshipServices of the U.S. Department ofHomeland Security. Prior to that heserved as General Counsel of FEMA andoversaw the recovery effort in the after-math of September 11, 2001.

■ Kerry or Bush? How do Foreign PolicyExperts Rate Your Candidate? Panel-ists included Samuel Lewis, formerAmbassador to Israel; Dennis Jett, formerAmbassador to Peru, Mozambique; MaryAnn Wright, former Chief of Mission toAfghanistan; and Kempton B. Jenkins,Assistant Director of USIA for Soviet andEuropean Affairs.

■ What Effect Will the Election Haveon the U.S. Supreme Court? A talk byKate Michelman, former Executive Direc-tor NARAL Pro-Choice and currentlychair of the DNC’s “Save the CourtsCampaign.”

■ 527 Organizations and the PresidentialElection: Law and Controversies. A dis-cussion with Professor Frances Hill.

■ What’s Wrong with the Federal Elec-tion Commission and Can It Be Fixed?A talk by Lawrence Noble, former Gen-eral Counsel of the Federal ElectionCommission and currently Executive Di-rector of the Center for ResponsivePolitics in Washington, D.C.

■ Election Law, Voting Rights, and the2004 Election. A panel of leading na-tional experts discussing legal and policyissues in the 2004 election. Panelists in-cluded Professor Martha Mahoney;Deborah Goldberg, director, BrennanCenter for Democracy, NYU Law School;Professor Daniel Tokaji, Ohio State Uni-versity Law School; Doug Chapin,director, electionline.org; Lida Rodriguez-Taseff, director, Miami-Dade ElectionReform Coalition; Mitchell Berger,Florida counsel to the Gore-Liebermancampaign in 2000; Eric Buermann,Florida counsel to the Bush-Cheney cam-paign; Janai Nelson, NAACP LegalDefense and Educational Fund; TovaWang, The Century Foundation; andCourtenay Strickland, director, ACLU ofFlorida Voting Rights Project. This eventwas sponsored by the law school and theAmerican Constitution Society for Lawand Policy.

The University of Miami Law Reviewplans its Symposium on Election Law forFebruary 18-19, 2005.

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Faculty News & Notes

Our law faculty continue their rich, di-verse and productive scholarly activities,both on campus and around the world.

Professor Bernard OxmanVisits Asia

Professor Bernard Oxman was theguest of the KoreanOcean Research &Development Insti-tute in Seoul onOctober 18, 2004,where he delivered alecture on recent de-velopments in theinternational law ofthe sea to a distinguished group ofKorean scholars and officials. Noting thepresence of the Korean member of the in-ternational Commission on the Limits ofthe Continental Shelf, Professor Oxmanreviewed the recent decision of the Com-mission to decline to consider technicalinformation supplied by the United Stateswith respect to Brazil’s submission of itsproposed claims to the continental shelfoff its coast on the grounds that theUnited States did not border the area, andexplained why he thought it importantthat the Commission reverse that deci-sion because the outer limit of thecontinental shelf of a coastal state alsoconstitutes the limit of the internationalseabed area, the common heritage of man-kind in which all states have rights. Whilein Seoul, Professor Oxman was the guestof the Korean Minister of Ocean Affairsand of Judge Choon-Ho Park of the In-ternational Tribunal for the Law of theSea. Professor Oxman traveled on toBeijing on October 19, 2004, where hewas the guest for the remainder of theweek of the Chinese Institute of MarineAffairs. In the ensuing days, ProfessorOxman delivered a lecture on approachesto modernization of international law tofaculty and students at Renmin Univer-sity School of Law (which was recentlyrated the top law school in China); met

for several hours in a private round-tablediscussion with Chinese officials and aca-demics regarding important issues thatwere raised by his Chinese colleagues re-garding the law of the sea andinternational law; and delivered a lectureon new developments in these fields to abroader group of officials and academicsinvited to Beijing from throughoutChina, after which he answered an elabo-rate series of questions. In the course ofhis remarks, Professor Oxman noted theneed for scholars and officials to take intoaccount the extraordinary economic andother changes in China that had takenplace and would take place in the futurein considering the way in which China’sinterests were affected by a variety of ques-tions of international law and the law ofthe sea. For example, depending on themode of calculation, China is now thefirst or second largest user of the Straitsof Malacca connecting the Indian and Pa-cific Oceans. While in Beijing, ProfessorOxman was the guest of the Legal Ad-viser of the Chinese Ministry of ForeignAffairs at a private dinner in his honorattended by Judge Guangjian Xu of theInternational Tribunal for the Law of theSea.

Professor Susan HaackNamed One of World’s100 Greatest Thinkers

UM Law Professor Susan Haack hasbeen identified as one of 100 of the world’sgreatest thinkers in a new publication,One Hundred Philosophers: The Life andWork of the World’s Greatest Thinkers, byPeter J. King (Barron’s Educational Se-ries, Inc., 2004). Professor Haack, whoholds a dual professorship in law and phi-losophy at the University of Miami andis Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sci-ences, joins a short list of distinguishedphilosophers and thinkers beginning withthe Greek scientist Thales of Miletos inthe sixth century B.C. The text describesthe influence of Professor Haack’s work

in part as follows: “Though she made hername with her first two books, both onlogic—Deviant Logic (1974) and Philoso-phy of Logics (1978)—her contributionsto philosophy have perhaps been most im-portant in the field of epistemology,starting with the work she presented inEvidence and Inquiry (1993).”

Professor Haack is a prolific author andfrequent lecturer throughout the world.Some of her recent lectures are describedon her law faculty Web page (www.law.miami.edu/fac/haack) and her Web pagein the School of Arts and Sciences(www.miami.edu/phi/haack). At the lawschool, she teaches courses involving evi-dence, especially scientific evidence, andthe tension between science and law.

Professor Haack commented that shedid not know she would be listed in thispublication, although she had providedautobiographical information at thepublisher’s request. The book lists her in-fluences as Francis Bacon, CharlesSanders Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Sir Pe-ter Strawson, Willard Van Orman Quineand J.L. Austin. Although the honor wasunexpected, Professor Haack is naturallydelighted to be in the company of theseand other intellectual giants.

Professor MichaelFroomkin ContinuesWork on Internet

Professor Michael Froomkin, inter-nationally known expert on internetlegal issues, continues to serve onFlorida’s statewideCommittee on Privacyand Court Records, towhich he was ap-pointed by the FloridaSupreme Court. TheHonorable JudithKreeger, JD ’66, of the11th Judicial Circuitalso serves on the com-mittee, which is investigating on-line

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“ There is a strongintellectual atmo-sphere here and verycollegiate as well.”

Walter J. Walsh

University of Washington School ofLaw in Seattle

privacy issues which, according to Profes-sor Froomkin, may arise when courtrecords containing personal informationabout litigants (e.g., financial records) areput on-line. This makes such recordsmuch more accessible than storing themin relatively inaccessible paper files in thethe courthouses. “Florida is in the fore-front of putting court records on-line andworrying about the consequences,” Pro-fessor Froomkin stated. The committee’swork is in the fact-finding stage.

Among his many recent scholarly ac-tivities, Professor Froomkin participatedin the University of Amsterdam Institutefor Information Law (IViR) & TilbergUniversity Roundtable on Code and Pub-lic Domain in Amsterdam on July 1-2,2004. He also participated in theCyberprofs’ Retreat, hosted by HarvardLaw School’s Berkman Center forInternet & Society, held in Newport, RI,on August 1-6, 2004, which ProfessorFroomkin refers to as “summer camp forinternet law professors.” In June, 2004, heparticipated in the Houston Law CenterInstitute for Intellectual Property andInformation Law (IPIL) and his article“When We Say US, We Mean It!” waspublished in the Symposium 2004 issueof the Houston Law Review. More aboutProfessor Froomkin’s scholarship, publi-cations, and views is available on hispersonal blog (www.discourse.net) and hispersonal Web page (www.law.tm).

Professor David AbrahamDelivers Keynote Address

Professor David Abraham was one ofthree keynote speakers on the topic “Citi-zenship and Migration in Germany andEurope: Histories and Futures,” at a week-end program held September 22-24, 2004,at the University of Minnesota MidwestCenter for German and European Stud-ies. The Center is one of three in the U.S.funded by the German government. Theacademic event was open to the publicand attended by invited speakers fromaround the world, University of Minne-sota faculty and graduate students, as wellas people from the business and profes-sional communities in the Twin Cities.

Professor Bruce WinickContinues TherapeuticJurisprudence Work

Professor Bruce Winick, one of theoriginators of the Therapeutic Jurispru-dence movement, spoke on July 29, 2004,at the Center for Court Innovation inNew York City on Therapeutic Jurispru-dence and Problem Solving Courts. Hewas a member of an expert panel discuss-ing the juvenile death penalty at aprogram held by the law school’s Centerfor Ethics and Public Service on October18. He also spoke at the Annual CapitalCases Death Penalty Seminar held inOrlando by the Commission on CapitalCases of the Florida Legislature on Octo-ber 22. Professor Winick co-edited aSymposium on Therapeutic Jurisprudencein volume 7 of the “Contemporary Issuesin Law,” a United Kingdom Journal, andalso co-authored an introduction to theissue. In December, 2004 ProfessorWinick’s new book, Civil Commitment: ATherapeutic Jurisprudence Model, will bepublished by Carolina Academic Press.

Visiting Faculty EnhanceUM Law EducationalExperience

Our School of Law faculty is joined forthe 2004-2005 academic year by 11 visit-ing professors from across the UnitedStates, Europe and Latin America. On ourcampus, these visitors teach a variety ofclasses and seminars ranging from Euro-pean Union and United States regulationof e-commerce to religion and identitypolitics. Their legal backgrounds, train-ing, and experience vary widely, enrichingthe educational experience of our studentsand stimulating scholarly and intellectualinteraction with our faculty.

Attracted by our school’s own excellentlaw faculty, talented student body, andcosmopolitan atmosphere, these visitingprofessors are enjoying their experiencesboth in and outside the classroom. “It’sbeen really wonderful. I’m very impressedby the school – both the faculty and stu-dents,” said Walter J. Walsh, one of thevisiting professors from the University of

Washington School of Law in Seattle,who recently had his students reenact thefamous torts case, Palsgraf v. Long IslandRailroad Co., using actual transcriptsfrom the case. “The students are lively,engaged, well prepared and great in theclassroom. . . . I’m similarly impressed withthe faculty. There is a strong intellectualatmosphere here and very collegiate aswell.”

“The faculty here is intellectually curi-ous,” added Anita Ramasastry, anothervisiting professor from the University ofWashington School of Law in Seattle.“We’ve gone from tip to tip—Seattle toMiami. It’s the complete opposite interms of cities. The student body here rep-resents the population in the East Coastand the population in Latin America. It’smore cosmopolitan.”

For Monika Boehm, a visiting profes-sor from Germany, it has been excitingto exchange ideas with the law school’sfaculty and students, especially during thetime leading up to the presidential debateheld at the University. “I like being herevery much. It’s very interesting to teachhere and the students are quite open todiscuss different topics,” Professor Boehmsaid. “The faculty and students are quitean international community.”

Following are brief profilesof the visiting professors:

Monika Boehm, professor of Stateand Administrative Law at Philipps-Universitat Marburg in Germany, isfascinated by the differences between the

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“We don’t have a caselaw system. As I amGerman, I teach in oursystematic way . . . It’sa new point-of-viewhere.”

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systems of law in the United States andGermany. “We don’t have a case law sys-tem. As I am German, I teach in oursystematic way and with a theoreticalapproach. It’s a new point-of-view here,”Professor Boehm said. An expert on en-vironmental and administrative law,Professor Boehm has served as a memberof several commissions for the Germanfederal government, state governments,and private institutions. She has been amember of the German Risk Commissionand the Future of the Public Service Com-mission in Northrhine-Westfalia, and iscurrently a member of a research projecton the Federal Soil Conservation Act forthe German Environmental ProtectionAgency. “Being on these commissionsis a way to bring real life to my classes,”Professor Boehm said. She is also spokes-person of the Research Center forEuropean and German Telecommunica-tions Law at Marburg. Professor Boehmhas written extensively on environmen-tal protection, administrative andconstitutional law and European Unionlaw. She is especially well-known, how-ever, for her publications on wastewater.Professor Boehm is teaching a seminar onprotecting health, safety and the environ-ment in the European Union this fall.

Jacob Dolinger, professor of Private In-ternational Law at the Universidade doEstado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), was theDean of the Center of Social Sciences atthe UERJ from 1979 to 1983. He receivedboth his LL.B. and his Dr. Iur. from therein 1958 and 1968, respectively. ProfessorDolinger has written extensively on pri-vate international law and he co-edited“A Panorama of Brazilian Law” withKeith Rosenn in 1991. Professor Dolingerwill teach Latin American and Compara-tive Law in the spring.

Anita Ramasastry, director of theShidler Center for Law, Commerce andTechnology and associate professor of lawat the University of Washington Schoolof Law, graduated from Harvard LawSchool in 1992. Professor Ramasastryclerked for Justice Alan B. Handler of theNew Jersey Supreme Court and practiced

with the Federal Reserve Bank of NewYork and White & Case LLP (Budapest,Hungary office). Additionally, she hastaught at the Central European Univer-sity in Budapest and at the Centre forCommercial Law Studies, Queen Mary &Westfield College, University of London.She also has served as a special attorneyand advisor to a tribunal in Zurich deter-mining Holocaust claims. Her researchinterests include commercial law andbanking, private international law, andcomparative law. She said that so far herexperience at the law school has been“tremendous” and that she hopes her stu-dents are enjoying her classes. “I bring alot of enthusiasm when it comes to teach-ing. I’m a law professor because I feelteaching is my calling,” she said. Profes-sor Ramasastry is teaching CommercialLaw I and a seminar in European Unionand United States regulation of e-com-merce this fall.

Walter J. Walsh, associate professor oflaw at the University of WashingtonSchool of Law, graduated from Univer-sity College Dublin and received an LL.M.from Yale Law School and an S.J.D. fromHarvard Law School. He also studied atthe International Institute of HumanRights in Strasbourg, France. ProfessorWalsh, who is a solicitor in Ireland,clerked for Judge Julia Cooper Mack ofthe District of Columbia Court of Appealsand practiced law with Debevoise &Plimpton LLP in New York City. Addi-tionally, he has taught at the Central

European University in Budapest, SetonHall University School of Law, and theUniversity of Chicago School of Law, andhas been Samuel I. Golieb Fellow in Le-gal History at the New York UniversitySchool of Law. His research and teachingareas include legal history, constitutionaltheory, torts, European Union law, andlaw and religion. He taught torts and aseminar on religion and identity politicsin fall 2004.

Michael Masinter, professor of law atthe Shepard Broad Law Center, NovaSoutheastern University, received his J.D.from Georgetown University Law Cen-ter in 1973. After graduation, he workedwith Florida Rural Legal Services inImmokalee and Homestead and ulti-mately became its director of litigationbefore joining the faculty at Nova in 1978.He has remained involved with LegalServices and is Legal Panel Chair of theACLU of Florida’s State Board of Direc-tors, which determines which cases theACLU will bring. He taught Civil Pro-cedure I and Commercial Law II in fall2004. Professor Masinter said: “I’m im-pressed with the students and I’mimpressed with the faculty. I look forwardto my classes. They are the best part ofeach day.”

David F. Powell, associate professor oflaw at Florida State University Collegeof Law, was attracted to the law schoolbecause of its “great reputation in the es-tate planning area.” A graduate of theUniversity of Texas School of Law, wherehe received his J.D. in 1972, and the NewYork University School of Law, where hereceived his LL.M. in taxation in 1973,Professor Powell is a frequent lecturer onestate planning, co-author of “Bridgingthe Gap: Drafting for Tax and Adminis-tration Issues,” and an Academic Fellowat the American College of Trust and Es-tate Counsel. His areas of research andteaching include property, estate and gifttax, gratuitous transfers and estate plan-ning. He will teach trusts and estates anda workshop in advanced trusts and estatesin the spring. He is looking forward tocoming to the law school and said he

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hopes “the students enjoy their experi-ence in the classroom and find it fun totake my classes.”

Nicolò Trocker, professor of Compara-tive Law, Civil Procedure and Conflict ofLaws at the University of Florence in Italy,received his legal education at the Uni-versity of Munich in Germany; theUniversity of Florence where he earnedhis law degree summa cum laude; and atthe European University Institute in Flo-rence where he received a Jean MonnetFellowship. Professor Trocker has pub-lished various books and articlesconcentrating on the subjects that heteaches at the University of Florence. Atthe law school, he teaches transnationallitigation.

William Twining, a leading figure inBritish legal education, is a Research Pro-fessor at University College London. Hehas been Lecturer in Private Law at theUniversity of Khartoum; Senior Lecturerin Law at University College Dar esSalaam; Professor of Jurisprudence at theQueen’s University, Belfast; Professor ofLaw at the University of Warwick; andQuain Professor of Jurisprudence atUniversity College London. ProfessorTwining is Karl Llewellyn’s biographerand the author of many books and articleson the law of evidence and on globaliza-tion and the law, and was elected Fellowof the British Academy in 1997. He is alsoinvolved in projects concerning humanrights, criminal justice and preservationof legal records, and has been a consult-ant in Hong Kong, India, Tanzania andUganda. Professor Twining has taught atthe Law School for over 20 years in theareas of legal process, analysis of evidence,globalization, and legal theory.

Hugo Caminos, Professor Emeritus atthe University of Buenos Aires School ofLaw and Social Sciences, is a judge at theInternational Tribunal for the Law of theSea, headquartered in Germany, and amember of the Institut de Droit Interna-tional. He was under-secretary for legalaffairs and legal counsel for the Organi-zation of American States; Argentina’s

ambassador to Brazil; deputy director ofthe Third United Nations Conference onthe Law of the Sea; United Nations ob-server at various international groups; amember of the group of experts appointedby the OAS to make recommendationsto solve a border incident betweenTrinidad and Tobago and Venezuela; arepresentative of Argentina to the UnitedNations; and a member of the ArgentineNational Group of the Hague PermanentCourt of Arbitration. Additionally, hewas professor of international law atArgentina’s Institute of Foreign Service,and has lectured and written extensivelyon international law and law of the seain Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America,the Caribbean and the United States. Hereceived a law degree in 1942 and a J.D.in 1964 from the University of BuenosAires. At the law school, he teachescourses and seminars on the law of thesea, international law, and law of the in-ter-American system.

Penelope Bryan, professor of law at theUniversity of Denver College of Law, re-ceived her J.D. from the University ofFlorida College of Law in 1981. Beforejoining the faculty at Denver in 1989, shepracticed law in Florida. Her main areaof scholarship is alternative dispute reso-lution, primarily focusing on divorcemediations from a feminist standpoint,and she has recently completed a book,which is tentatively titled, “The Legal andPsychological Contributions of ProceduralJustice to Divorce: A Blueprint for Reform.”Professor Bryan taught civil procedure Iand II in fall 2004 and will teach familylaw in the spring. After teaching at thelaw school three years ago, she decided itwas time to teach here again. “I really en-joyed my students here and it’s nice tohave a change. One of the wonderfulthings about visiting is that you don’thave to go to any committee meetings. Ican focus more on my students and get toknow them better,” she said.

Charles M. Haar, Brandeis Professor ofLaw Emeritus at Harvard Law School,earned an A.B. from New York Univer-sity in 1940, an M.A. from the University

of Wisconsin in 1941, and an LL.B. fromHarvard Law School in 1948. A frequentvisitor at the law school, he is an author-ity on real property development and wasa leading participant in the formulationof Great Society Programs. He served asAssistant Secretary in the U.S. Depart-ment of Housing and Urban Developmentand chaired several presidential task forceson the environment and on model cities.He visits the law school regularly in thespring, and teaches and conducts researchin the areas of property law, land-use plan-ning, real estate transactions, housingpolicies, land reform in developing coun-tries, corporation law, mergers andacquisitions, and environmental law.

Yale Symposium HonorsProfessor John Hart Ely

The Yale Law Journal held a major aca-demic conference on the work of JohnHart Ely, who held the Richard A. HauslerChair at the School of Law until his deathin October 2003.Professor Ely wasone of the mostimportant consti-tutional scholarsof his generation.According to astudy published inthe January 2000issue of the Uni-versity of Chicago’s Journal of LegalStudies, he was the fourth most frequentlycited American legal scholar of all time.

The symposium, entitled “On Demo-cratic Ground: New Perspectives on JohnHart Ely,” was held at the Yale Law Schoolon November 12-13. Former AttorneyGeneral Janet Reno, who was recently aSenior Fellow at the law school’s Centerfor Ethics and Public Service, deliveredthe keynote address. Among other speak-ers was UM Law Professor AnthonyAlfieri. Scholarship from the conferencewill be published in a companion Sym-posium issue of The Yale Law Journal.Further information on Professor Ely’slife and scholarship can be found atwww.law.miami.edu/news/328.html.

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The University of Miami Chapter ofThe Order of the Coif was establishedMarch 9, 1987. Membership in TheOrder may be awarded to any graduat-ing senior who has completed at least75 percent of his or her law studies ingraded courses and whose grade recordranks in the top 10 percent of all the

graduating seniors of the school. Pro-fessor John T. Gaubatz, as President ofthe University of Miami Chapter, andhis wife, Kathy, hosted a reception attheir lovely home in the Gables to rec-ognize the members inducted into TheOrder of The Coif .

The Order of The Coif

Josiane Deschamps Abel Sabina BabelJake BaccariJanelle BernsteinDavid BirkeWendy BlasiusAndrew BoeseChristopher D. CastroAnne ChapmanMarco CioccaCasey H.CusickJason DomarkDaniel FaustKimberly FeldmanMaura FitzgeraldJessica Gabel

Melanie GregorySamuel A. GrundwergThomas HorenkampAndrew HoustonDavid JoyceLiani KotcherRobert C. LeitnerLaurinda H. MartinsMichael O’ConnellSean O’NeilEric OstroffJohn PageRebecca PlasenciaJorge SchmidtElaine D. WalterShana Zipkin

Congratulations to the following inductees:

Dean Jeannette F. Hausler ( JD ’53),Kathy Gaubatz, Dean Dennis O. Lynchand Professor William Blat.

Order of The Coif members Class of 2004 at the November 17, 2004 reception.

Dean Dennis O. Lynch, Maura Fitzgeraldand Professor John T. Gaubatz.

Partnership forProfessionalismMeets inOctober

Now in its fifteenth consecutive year,Partnership for Professionalism is sched-uled twice during the academic year, inOctober and in March. The October 13,2004 event was held at the new Hurricane100 Club at the University of Miami Con-vocation Center, drawing nearly 90 judges,attorneys and law students.

Informal roundtable discussions wereheld during a buffet dinner. At each ofeleven tables was seated a judge, two orthree attorneys, and five or six students.Prepared scenarios raising issues of civil-ity, ethics and professionalism werediscussed at each table, followed by sum-mations by the students coordinated byMichael R. Josephs, JD ’69, from theMiami law firm of Josephs Jack &Miranda, P.A.

Members of the bench who participatedincluded judges Philip Bloom, PedroEcharte, Michael Genden, Carroll Kelly,Myriam Lehr, Victoria Platzer, JeffreyRosinek, Linda Singer Stein, and RichardSuarez. Additionally, 30 attorneys volun-teered their time and talent for the tableand floor discussions.

UM Law alumni from the bench and barare invited to participate in the dinners.The evenings are interesting and reward-ing, not only for the student participants,but also for the many judges and attorneyswho assist in the development of civility,ethics, and professionalism in our SouthFlorida legal community.

The coordinator of Partnership for Pro-fessionalism is Associate Dean of StudentsWilliam P. VanderWyden. Alumni areencouraged to contact him with sugges-tions for programs and offers toparticipate in future meetings. Informa-tion and photographs of judges,attorneys and students from recent Part-nership for Professionalism dinners areposted on the UM Law Web site:www.law.miami.edu.

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Clinics and Special Programs Thrive on Campusand in the Community

“It has been my pleasure to partici-pate in the Litigation Skills Program thissemester and I am confident that theskills I have learned will help me furthermy legal career.”

Suhr Dumbar

In addition to the J.D. and LL.M. pro-grams, the law school offers students theopportunity to participate in award-win-ning clinics and special programs. Theschool is committed not only to trainingstudents in the theoretical underpinningsof the law, but also providing practicalskills, instruction and supporting publicinterest work.

Litigation Skills ProgramAnnounces Awards

The Litigation Skills Program recentlyannounced scholarship awards to out-standing third-year students: NicoleSieb: Evans Scholarship; Chris Stafford:Evans Scholarship; Suhr Dumbar: KozyakTropin & Throckmorton Scholarship;Nory Acosta: Vazquez Scholarship;Alexandra Parra: Vazquez Scholarship.

Center for Ethics & PublicService Hosts Fall Events

On October 4, the Center held its FallReception to present the Friends of theCenter Award to Samina Quraeshi, Luce

Professor in Family & Community at theUniversity of Miami School of Architec-ture. The award honors ProfessorQuraeshi’s commitment and innovativework in helping the Center establish theCommunity Economic Development andDesign Project (CEDAD) to revitalizeblighted low-income neighborhoods inMiami-Dade County through commu-nity-based economic development,housing rehabilitation, and public safety.CEDAD is a joint venture with theSchool of Architecture’s Center for Ur-ban and Community Design. The jointventure, which includes field work andacademic seminars on housing and com-munity development, received supportfrom Greenberg Traurig, LLP and theJohn B. Alfieri Fund. The Fall Recep-tion was sponsored by Elinor Catsman,the David P. Catsman Fellowship Fund,and the Jefferson Lee Ford III Foundation.

The Center continued its Lawyers inLeadership series with a breakfast onOctober 14 honoring Hodding Carter III,award-winning journalist, media critic,and public affairs commentator. Carteris president and CEO of the John S. andJames L. Knight Foundation, one of thecountry’s largest private foundations,which awards grants in journalism, artsand culture, and education programs. Hebegan his journalism career with the DeltaDemocrat-Times in Greenville, Missis-sippi as the editor and associate publisher.

Carter later became a Washington-basedopinion columnist for the Wall StreetJournal and president of MainStreet, atelevision production company specializ-ing in documentaries and public-affairstelevision. He has been host, anchor, pan-elist and correspondent for numerouspublic affairs television programs. Carterworked with two successful presidentialcampaigns—Lyndon Johnson in 1964 andJimmy Carter in 1976—before becomingspokesman for the Department of Stateand Assistant Secretary of State forPublic Affairs from 1977 to 1980.

Friends of the Center Award to SaminaQuraeshi.

On October 18, the Center hosted apanel presentation entitled “Blind Justice:Juveniles and the Death Penalty.” Speak-ers were Stephen Harper, PublicDefender, Miami-Dade County; BernardPerlmutter, Director of the Law School’sChildren & Youth Law Clinic; JanetReno, former Attorney General and Vis-iting Senior Fellow at the Center; andBruce Winick, Law Professor at theSchool.

Panel presentation entitled “Blind Justice:Juveniles and the Death Penalty.”

Professor Rose and Suhr Dumbar

(L - R) Professor John B. Alfieri, The HonJacqueline Hogan Sola, Dean Dennis O.Lyncy and Andres Rubinoff.

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“Our law students notonly learn the law, they helpmake the law.”

–Bernard Perlmutter, CYLC Director “Miami needs a lot ofhelp. Hands on MiamiDay allows busy peopleto get involved, get theirhands a little dirty and helpmake a difference, if onlyfor a few hours once ayear.”

Clayton HackneyH.O.P.E. Student Volunteer

Children & Youth LawClinic Succeeds forChildren

The law school’s Children & Youth LawClinic continued its eight-year traditionof serving the legal needs of poor children.Students and faculty engage in cutting-edge advocacy to expanding the rights ofFlorida’s foster children.

In an important victory for children’sadvocates, Florida’s Second District Courtof Appeal ruled in October that theFlorida Department of Children & Fami-lies (“DCF”) must turn over certainrecords of those under its care to theStatewide Advocacy Council, a citizenwatchdog group appointed by the gover-nor. The Council had sought the recordsin order to investigate complaints againstthe DCF. The DCF refused to producethe records, sparking a year-long legalbattle with the Council. In the SecondDistrict Court of Appeal, the Clinic sub-mitted a brief on behalf of the Counciland the Court ruled in the Council’s fa-vor. Perlmutter said the ruling will allowthe Council and affiliated local councilsto carry out their jobs protecting childrenand the disabled. “This case now says thegroup has a clear right to obtain records,”he commented. “Everybody saw what was[the DCF’s] hidden agenda, which was tokeep the public from seeing how DCFcares for the vulnerable citizens in its cus-tody, such as foster children.”

This fall, the Clinic helped to launch“It’s Your Life,” a new South Florida ini-tiative to brighten the prospects of fosterchildren who “age out” of the foster caresystem without essential life-skills train-ing. The project, a joint effort of the

Clinic, the Dade County Bar Association,the Guardian Ad Litem Program, theFlorida Association of Criminal DefenseLawyers in Miami, and various other le-gal and child advocacy groups, wasspearheaded by the Honorable BethBloom (JD ’88), County Court Judge.The first “It’s Your Life” training programwas held on October 9 on the law schoolcampus. The program included a curricu-lum of classes and workshops for fosterchildren, ages 13 to 18, from CHARLEEand the Children’s Home Society. Theylearned a variety of essential survivalskills, such as money management,

housing, employment, and consumer edu-cation issues. The workshop was the firstof a planned long-term effort to educateand empower children aging out of thefoster care system.

H.O.P.E. (Helping OthersThrough Pro Bono Efforts)Enriches EducationalExperience, Serves theCommunity

This year, H.O.P.E. continues its par-ticipation in VITA (Volunteer IncomeTax Assistance), a nationwide programthat provides free tax assistance to low-income individuals for basic income taxpreparation. In partnership with the ABAand Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.,H.O.P.E.’s student volunteers provide ser-vices and support to needy clients inSpanish, English and Creole. H.O.P.E.’sBooks and Buddies project is a semi-annual program which pairs law studentswith public school students to encourageacademic achievement through activities,including reading books together, a penpal program, and creative writing. Thisyear the program expanded to include abilingual component, pairing Spanish-speaking elementary students withSpanish- speaking law students. Studentvolunteer, Sarah McGowen, commented,“I like this project because it allows a fifthgrader to get to know an older student inthe community. My buddy wrote me aletter this week saying I make her feel spe-cial and important, and she hopes to belike me someday.”

H.O.P.E hosts several events during theacademic year to raise money to help fundthe Fellows Program. This year, a newfundraiser, Hoops for H.O.P.E., is scheduledfor February 19 and 20 at the University’sWellness Center.

Each semester, H.O.P.E. hosts the‘Canes Carnival on campus for childrenfrom homeless shelters and school pro-grams for children with special needs.Law student organizations and volunteerstransform the law school’s courtyard withmusic, food, prizes, and games like ringtoss, duck snatches, bowling, and jumprope competitions.

‘Canes Angels has become one ofH.O.P.E.’s holiday traditions, providingpresents for underprivileged childrenthroughout South Florida.

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On Saturday, October 23, the Soci-ety of Bar & Gavel hosted their 5thAnnual Race Judicata, a 5K Run/Walkthrough the University campus andsurrounding streets. With over 100participants from the University and

Society of Bar & Gavel SprintsTo a Success with Race Judicata

Professor Mario Barnes with his goldmedal.

Once a month, H.O.P.E. gathers a teamof law student volunteers for a trip to theCommunity Partnership for the Home-less in Homestead for an afternoon of artsand crafts, sporting events, or themedparties for all ages. In November, H.O.P.E.volunteers participated with over 3,000community outreach volunteers in Handson Miami Day, a day-long effort to makethe community a better place to live andwork. They assisted the homeless, pro-vided companionship to the elderly,renovated low-income housing, tutoredand mentored at-risk children and youth.Last year’s H.O.P.E. project leader, lawstudent Clayton Hackney, commented,“Miami needs a lot of help. Hands onMiami Day allows busy people to get in-volved, get their hands a little dirty andhelp make a difference, if only for a fewhours once a year.”

Office of Admissions and Student RecruitingRecognizes Marlynn Jones, JD ’99

Therese Lambert, Director of StudentRecruiting, has announced that MarlynnR. Jones, JD ’99, is the recipient of theLaw School’s Second Annual Student Re-cruiting Alumni Recognition Award.This award honors Jones for her excep-tional service in assisting the law schoolin recruiting excellent candidates for ad-mission.

While studying law, Jones worked forthe Orange Bowl Committee and com-pleted a judicial internship with theHonorable Robert Mark, Chief UnitedStates Bankruptcy Judge for the South-ern District of Florida. She received the

1999 Roger Serino Award presented bythe Society of Bar and Gavel for outstand-ing service and inducted in the IronArrow Honor Society. Named the 1999National Outstanding Law Student of theYear, Jones served as president of the En-tertainment and Sports Law Society; chairof the Orientation Committee (1998);ABA Student Liaison to the ForumCommittee on Entertainment and SportsIndustries for two years; editor-in-chiefof the Amicus Curiae; and student mem-ber of the faculty Admissions,Scholarship and Financial Aid Commit-tee. In addition to all her activities and

responsibilities, she managed to supportthe Admissions and Recruiting office byspeaking with prospective law students,representing the School on student panels,and giving tours. “She was a whirlwind,”Lambert commented.

Jones, who was most recently the As-sistant Commissioner for Complianceand External Affairs for the Mid-EasternAthletics Conference (MEAC), is in herthird year as Assistant Athletics Directorof NCAA Compliance at the Universityof South Carolina.

community, Bar & Gavel raised over$2000.

Four classes of medals were given tothe participants during a barbecue af-ter the race also hosted by the Societyof Bar & Gavel. Sponsors of the eventinclude the University Center CreditUnion; Powers, McNalis & Torres;Gold Pure Foods Product, Inc.; andthe Law Activity Fee AllocationCommittee.

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The Office of International and ForeignGraduate Programs welcomed its most di-verse class of LL.M. students in August,2004. Fifty students from 25 differentcountries enrolled in the ComparativeLaw, Inter-American Law, InternationalLaw, and Ocean & Coastal Law programsat the Law School. Included in this year’sclass were four Fulbright Scholars fromGermany, Vietnam and Mexico. TheSchool of Law also welcomed a CobbScholar from Iceland. The Cobb Schol-arship is funded by UM Trustee CharlesCobb, former U.S. Ambassador to Ice-land.

The Rafael C. Benitez ScholarshipFund for Graduates of Foreign LawSchools was established by family andfriends of the late UM Law ProfessorRafael C. Benitez to commemorate hisvision for global education and his deepcommitment to the education of foreignlaw students. At the law school, the lateprofessor founded the Comparative LawLL.M. program, the Inter-American LawLL.M. program, and the Lawyer of theAmericas (now known as the Inter-American Law Review). The ScholarshipFund is designated for a graduate of a for-eign law school who is enrolled in one ofthe law school’s International and ForeignLL.M. programs.

Recently, the Scholarship Fund wasaided by a challenge gift from DonaldSinex, JD ’76, and successfully reached itstarget level this summer. Nancy Benitez,widow of the late Professor Benitez, gavea substantial gift towards the challenge,as did other alumni from around the worldwho responded to an appeal from Assis-tant Dean for International and ForeignGraduate Programs Janet Stearns. As aresult, the first Benitez Scholarship wasawarded to an incoming student inAugust, 2004—Fernando Herrera. Mr.Herrera received his law degree from theUniversidad Catolica Andres Bello inVenezuela and holds an M.B.A. from Bos-ton University. When he applied to theUniversity of Miami, he was working forSiemens Transportation in Puerto Rico.He is currently studying while working as

The connection between the GraduateProgram for Foreign Lawyers and Oslo,Norway, begins at the International Courtof Justice in the summerof 1967. It was then thatJon Bonnevie Hoyer, nowa District Court Judge inthe Norwegian capital,and Cami Green, formerAssociate Director of theUM program, met as stu-dents at the HagueAcademy of InternationalLaw.The friendship forged that summerspans 35 years and an ocean, and it in-cludes the first foreign-born Judge inNorway: Ruth Anker Hoyer, of Denmark.

Ruth and Jon married and had threechildren. Each year, letters and picturesof the growing families were exchangedbetween them and Cami Green, who hadsince graduated from the UM School ofLaw (MCL, 1971). In 1979, Prof. RafaelBenitez recruited the Hoyers to the Uni-

Alumni Meet in Oslo, Norway

Cami Green

versity of Miami. and they were grantedscholarships by the government of Nor-way. For their studies.

In June, 2002, the Hoyers and CamiGreen again met in Oslo, but this timeinvitations also went out to all Norwe-gian graduates of the Law School: OyvindHovland (1990), Per Matthisen (1985),and Henning Naas (1983). Sadly, it waslearned that Mr. Matthisen had passedaway, and Mr. Hovland, a tax attorney,was out of the country. Both the Hoyersand Mr. Naas waxed eloquent on theiryear in Miami. The two Hoyers are stillon the bench, setting their own distinc-tive marks on judicial development inNorway, particularly through the promo-tion of mediation. Mr. Naas is now apartner in the Oslo office of Thomassen,Krafting, Greve & Lund. Specializing intax law, he travels widely, and frequentlyreminisces with younger associates on hisyear in Miami.

International and Foreign Graduate Programs &Alumni News a Compliance Analyst for the Latin

American and Caribbean Headquarters ofAmerican Express. The ScholarshipCommittee at UM Law recognized hisstrong academic background and were im-pressed by one of his reference letterswhich noted that his “fire and enthusi-asm for academics is matched by a similarzest for life.” At a luncheon at theSchool of Law, Peggy Benitez Evans,the late professor’s youngest daughter,met Fernando and presented him with acopy of her father’s famous book, Anchors.

The University of Miami School ofLaw, together with Morgan Lewis &Bockius and LLP. The South FloridaGroup of Regional Counsel, co-sponsoreda conference on October 7 entitled “Chal-lenges and Opportunities in theAmericas: A Corporate Counsel Perspec-tive”. The day-long conference focused onthe legal issues facing in-house counselto multinational corporations, particu-larly those working in Latin America andthe Caribbean. Professor Keith Rosennprovided remarks during the luncheon,

wherein he noted the growing synergybetween the multinational corporationsworking in South Florida and UM’s In-ternational and Foreign GraduatePrograms. Alumni speaking at the con-ference included: Juan Carlos Mencio,Arnaldo Perez, and Silvia Garrigo (JD’87). Assistant Dean Janet Stearns servedon the planning committee for the con-ference as did alumna Virginia Quijada(JD ’98). Stearns was recently elected FirstVice President of the Miami Council ofInternational Visitors and received anaward as “Volunteer of the Year.” At theceremony, the law school was recognizedas well for its support of the Council andits contributions to the community.

Professor Richard Williamson and hiswife Pam traveled to Germany in October.During his trip, Williamson participated inscreening interviews with the FulbrightCommission in Germany to select Ger-man candidates to come to the UnitedStates in the 2005-06 academic year. Healso joined alumni for dinner in Hamburgand Berlin.

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MOMENTUM Campaign Goes on the Road . . .

DC LAW MOMENTUM CAMPAIGN Committee meeting at the offices of Mark E. Brodsky(JD ’68).

We are delighted to report that as ofOctober 31, 2004, the School of Law’sMomentum Campaign has obtained closeto $10 million in gifts and pledges. Aswe have indicated in earlier articles, thefunds raised by the School of Law will beused to help attract and support outstand-ing students and faculty and to enhanceour academic programs as well as contrib-uting to the construction of a new hightech Skills Training Center. This four-story building will house our award win-ning clinics and programs: The Centerfor Ethics and Public Service; The Liti-gations Skills Program; The Children andYouth Law Clinic and H.O.P.E. (HelpingOthers Through Pro Bono Efforts). Weare grateful to our alumni and friends andthe campaign leadership for their ongo-ing support of this effort.

Dean Dennis O. Lynch, Todd S. Payne,President of the Law Alumni Association,Associate Dean and Dean of Students,Jeannette F. Hausler, and Assistant Deanfor Alumni and Development Georgie A.Angones traveled to Chicago and Wash-ington, D.C. this fall to recruit volunteersfor our campaign committees and to hostalumni events. We extend our gratitudeto those of you in these cities that madethe time to join us and have signed on tohelp your alma mater with this importantfundraising effort.

(L - R) Monica A. Aquino (JD ’99); Robbie Boone (JD ’00); Todd S. Payne (JD ’89), LAAPresident; and Dean Dennis O. Lynch.

(L - R): Monica A.Aquino (JD ’99), Mayer,Brown, Rowe & MawLLP; Robbie Boone,(JD ’00); LegislativeAssistant to Congress-man Howard Coble ofNorth Carolina; Mark E.Brodsky (JD ’68); SamRothman (JD ’64), U.S.Dept. of Housing andUrban Development;Todd S. Payne (JD ’89).

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cago, Francis A. Citera, JD ’83, hosted awine and cheese reception at his law firm,Greenberg Traurig, LLP on Wednesday,October 6, 2004. The following morning,Kathleen Swan, JD ’85, hosted an alumnibreakfast meeting at her law firm, DykemaGossett PLLC. That afternoon, alumnusJack Ring, JD’57, hosted a spectacularlunch for a select group of Chicagoalumni and Bar leaders at the StandardClub of Chicago. (L - R): Marshall S. Shapo (AB ’58, JD ’84); Northwestern University Law Professor;Leonard Rubin (AB ’56, JD ’59); Hazel Gitlitz; Jack S. Ring (BBA ’54, JD ’57); Dean

Jeannette F. Hausler (JD ’53); and Dean Dennis O. Lynch.

(L - R): Dean Dennis O. Lynch, Jack S. Ring (BBA ’54, JD ’57),and The Hon. Timothy Evans, The Chief Judge of the Circuit Court,Cook County, Illinois.

(L - R): Jack S. Ring (BBA ’54, JD ’57); The Hon. JoanHumphrey Lefkow, U.S. Federal District Court; and Hazel Gitlitz.

Below (L - R): Marshall S. Shapo (AB ’58, JD ’84); Leonard Rubin(AB ’56, JD ’59); Hazel Gitlitz, Jack S. Ring (BBA ’54, JD ’57); DeanJeannette F. Hausler (JD ’53); and Dean Dennis O. Lynch; JoshuaRing, son of Jack Ring; and Kathleen Swan (JD ’85).

(L - R): Dean Jeannette F. Hausler (JD ’53);Georgie A. Angones, and Nancy Benitez,widow of Professor Rafael Benitez.

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Washington, D.C.Beautiful weather and great friends wel-

comed Dean Dennis O. Lynch, GeorgieAngones and President Todd S. Payne toD.C. Our D.C. Campaign Co-Chairs,Carolyn Lamm, JD ’73 and husband, Pe-ter Halle, JD ’73, hosted a wine and cheesereception in Carolyn’s law firm, Whiteand Case. The following morning, alum-nus Mark E. Brodsky, JD ’68, hosted ourfirst Washington D.C. Momentum Cam-paign committee meeting in histownhouse office. Following the break-fast meeting and a few stops to see someof our D.C. friends, the group attended aluncheon hosted by the President’s Circle(same as Dean’s Circle) at “Le ParadouRestaurant,” a fabulous restaurant ownedby law alumnus Michael Klein, JD ’66. Dean Lynch was the guest speaker at theluncheon and used this opportunity to ad-dress those present and stress theimportance of our Momentum Campaign.

(L - R) Claudinea A. Chen-Young (JD ’03), Sidley, Austin, Brown& Wood LLP; Monica A. Aquino (JD ’99), Mayer, Brown, Rowe &Maw LLP; Dean Dennis O. Lynch.

(L - R) Ronda Robinson (JD ’89); Dean Dennis O. Lynch; and MarkE. Brodsky (JD ’68).

Dean Dennis O. Lynch with Carolyn Lamm (JD ’73) and Peter Halle (JD ’73) during wine& cheese reception.

(L - R) Dean Dennis O. Lynch; Tracy Krulick, wife of Thomas J. Dillickrath(JD ’02), Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White LL; and LAA President, Todd S.Payne (JD ’89).

(L - R) Nancy and her husband, Honorary LawAlumnus, Bing Seybold (AB ’57), during President’sCircle Luncheon at Le Paradou Restaurant in D.C.

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Pamela Perry (JD ’84) representing Kenny Nachwalter, P.A.Scholarship; Charles Kline (BBA ’68, JD ’71) representing theWhite & Case Scholarship.

2004-2005 Students and Donors Honored

Dean’s Merit Reception, September 29, 2004

Top Left Photo - (L - R): Todd Payne (’89),President of the LAA, Dean Dennis O. Lynch, andrecipients of the Dean’s Honors Scholarship.

Top Right Photo - (L - R): Top Row: TerrenceBiddulph, Senior Vice President of Mellon Bank,Dean Dennis O. Lynch, Leif Bottcher, assistantDean Janet Stearns, Jens Bopp, Philip WendelBottom Row: Nancy Galindo Esquivel, MichelleThai, Bjorg Eikeland, and Kalpana Panuganti.

Bottom Photo - Dean Dennis O. Lynch andrecipients of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship.

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This fall the Law School hosted a luncheon to recognize the student recipients of our named scholarships and to honor thosewhose generosity makes our scholarships possible. We are grateful to all our generous donors.

The University of Miami School of Law recognized all of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship recipients at a cocktail reception spon-sored by Mellon Bank, on September 29, 2004. On October 1st a Donor Luncheon was held to recognize and thank our scholarshipdonors for their generosity. The events were held at The Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge on campus.

Donor Luncheon, October 1, 2004

Betty Murray, representing the Daniel E. Murray ScholarshipFund, with scholarship recipients.

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Dean Dennis O. Lynch with John Sumberg and Stanley Pricerepresenting Bilzin, Sumberg, Baena, Price & Axelrod LLPScholarship; Paul Chaplin (BS ’75) representing the SWS-Chaplin Family Scholarship.

Frank Angones (JD ’76), Ana Alejandre Cierszko, MaggieAlejandre Khuly, and Malene Alejandre-Triana representing theArmando Alejandre Memorial Scholarship; Ron Ravikoff (JD ’77)representing the John F. Evans Scholarship and the ZuckermanSpaeder LLP Criminal Justice Fellowship.

Walter Vazquez, Mirta Vazquez and Jorge Vazquez representingthe Marco Vazquez Memorial Scholarship; The Honorable A. JayCristol (AB ’58, JD ’59, PH.D. ’97) representing the Louis PhillipsScholarship Fund.

Dean Jeannette F. Hausler (JD ’53) representing the Richard A.Hausler Scholarship; John Kozyak representing the Kozyak,Tropin & Throckmorton Minority Scholarship.

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Donor Luncheon, October 1, 2004

Dean Colson (JD ’77), Chairman of the UM Board of Trustees,representing the Bill Colson Scholarship Fund; Eric Isicoff (AB’80, JD ’83) and Teresa Ragatz representing the Joseph Isicoff-Isicoff, Ragatz & Koenigsbert Scholarship Fund.

Miguel Farra (AB ‘75, JD ’79) and Nelly Farra (BBA ’76),representing the Miguel G. & Nelly Y. Farra Scholarship; GeorgeR. Harper (JD ’70) representing the with Paul, Landy, Beiley &Harper Scholarship Fund; Associate Dean Stephen Schnablyand Scholarship Recipients Philomena Hausler and Chauncey T.Kelly.

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Law School Celebrates Robert H. Waters MemorialScholarship Fund

On Thursday, November 4, 2004, theLaw Alumni Association and the BlackLaw Students Association held a celebra-tion at the Alma Jennings FoundationStudent Lounge on the Law School cam-pus to announce the receipt of $104,000 asof November 4 for the establishment of theRobert H. Waters Memorial ScholarshipFund. A leadership challenge gift fromDonald F. Sinex, JD ’76, assisted in fund-ing the scholarship to honor the lateprofessor Robert H. Waters, a faculty mem-ber for over 30 years and mentor to countlessstudents. Professor Waters founded TheJames Weldon Johnson Summer Institute,an enrichment program for minority stu-dents entering the Law School. In hishonor, the Institute has been renamedThe James Weldon Johnson/Robert H.Waters Summer Institute.

(L - R): Professor Mario Barnes, David S. Hope, JD ’96, Professor Minnette Masey, JD ’51,Leonardo Starke, JD ’91, Collette Hanna, Erica N. Wright, JD ’97, Detra P. Shaw, JD ’94,Dean Jeannette F. Hausler, JD ’53 listen to H.T. Smith Jr, JD’73 reflect on the importanceof the Robert H. Waters Memorial Scholarship.

(L - R): Erica N. Wright, JD ’97, H.T. Smith Jr, JD’73, andDetra P. Shaw, JD ’94.

(L - R): Henry Latimer, JD ’73, Professor Minnette Massey,JD ’51 and H.T. Smith Jr, JD ’73.

Legend for Holiday Photos on page 21:Photo 1: Lynn B. Kislak, Luisa and Elisa Murai.Photo 2: Meagan Beebe and Dean Jeannette F. Hausler, JD ’53Photo 3: John F. Mariani, JD ‘78, and Greg Lopez.Photo 4: Joanne & Joseph Matthews with Dean Jeannette F.Hausler, JD ‘53.Photo 5: Trustee and Chair of the Law School Momentum.Campaign Hilarie Bass, JD ‘81, Dean Dennis O. Lynch and TrusteeBetty Amos.Photo 6: Honorary Alumnus John W. Kozyak and his wife BarbaraSilverman, JD ‘76.Photo 7: Trustee Laurie Silvers, JD ‘77, Dean Dennis O. Lynch andLaurie’s husband, Mitchell Rubenstein.Photo 8: Irving Waltman, JD ‘52, Maria Sanchez de Varona,Director, Annual fund, Dean Jeannette F. Hausler, JD ’53, and KayWaltman.Photo 9: The guest enjoyed a beautiful evening as they enjoyedlistening to the music of Brian Richardson.Photo 10: Pat Sonnett, BA and Neal Sonnett, JD ‘67, with SookieWilliams of the Miami Business Review.Photo 11: Carlos M. de la Cruz, Sr., JD’79, with Dean Dennis O.Lynch.Photo 12: Chair of the University of Miami Board of Trustees andMomentum Campaign Chair Dean Colson, JD ’77, and wife LindyColson.Photo 13: Bob and Lyn Parks, Ex-Trustee, Audrey R. Finkelstein,BA ’38, Georgie Angones, Assistant Dean Law Development &Alumni Relations and Burton Young, JD ‘50, Momentum CampaignCommittee Member.

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A Gift to Us that Returns the Favor to YouIf you’re looking for both a competitive rate of return and an income tax deduction,check into a charitable gift annuity.

You’ve heard the old adage that it’s bet-ter to give than to receive. But with acharitable gift annuity, you help yourselfat the same time you are helping the Uni-versity of Miami.

Add Up the NumbersMost organizations use annuity rates

recommended by the American Councilon Gift Annuities. These rates are thesame for men and women and are slightlylower for two annuitants of the same age.Here are examples of one-life rates:

Your AnnuityAge Rate

65 6.0%

75 7.1%

85 9.5%

90+ 11.3%

Let’s look at what these rates mean fora donor aged 75. Jane has long wanted tomake a significant gift to the University,but she likes the security of receiving in-come payments from her assets, and shedoesn’t want to give that up.

After hearing about the benefits ofcharitable gift annuities though, Janefinds that she can make a charitable giftand receive a steady stream of payments.With a gift of $10,000 to the Universityof Miami, she sets up an annuity that paysher $710 annually in quarterly install-ments (7.1 percent of her $10,000 gift).

As a result of her generosity, Jane willalso be able to claim a charitable deduc-tion of $4,297 on her income tax returnin the year she makes the gift.* At her 28percent annual income tax rate, this savesher $1,203—making her out-of-pocketcost for the gift only $8,797. Taking intoaccount her tax savings, with each annualannuity payment of $710, she is actuallyreceiving 8.1 percent of her out-of-pocketcost.

Assuming she lives to age 87, her lifeexpectancy, more than half of each an-nuity installment she receives will benontaxable. Compare this to 100 percenttaxable income which has to pay 10.1percent instead of 8.1 percent to give herthe same benefits. We will be glad to dis-cuss your specific need and annuity rate.

Please call the Office of Estate and GiftPlanning at 305-284-2914 for more in-formation.

* This figure is calculated using a 4.6percent midterm federal rate, a figure usedby the IRS in determining the value ofher deduction.

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(L - R): Alejandro Diaz(3L), Lorraine Wong (3L),Dean Jeannette F.Hausler (JD ’53), JessicaWeinberg (3L), Carole M.Sheets of South FloridaChapter Association ofLegal Administrators, andJeff Kahn, President ofOffice TechnologySupplies

OTS/ALA Reception

The Law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP has awarded two scholarships for thespring semester at the University of Miami School of Law. The recipients havebeen selected based on merit and financial need, with preference give to minoritystudents. This year’s recipients are: Monique Artiles, a 3L student who is a Dean’sMerit Scholar and a member of the International Moot Court, and Robert J.Kashangaki, a 3L student who was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. Robert is amember of the International Law Society.

(L - R): Dean Jeannette F. Hausler (JD ’53), Ofelia Damas Rodriguez, Esq., BarbaraFernandez ( JD ’01), Hinshaw & Culbertson Scholarship Recipient, RobertKashangaki (3L), Dean Dennis O. Lynch, Hinshaw & Culbertson ScholarshipRecipient, Monique Artiles (3L), Mirene Durant Charles (JD ’99), Ronald Peña, Esq.,Robert Silverang, Hinshaw & Culbertson.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

Office Technology Supplies and the South Florida Chapter Association of LegalAdministrators awarded the 2004-2005 scholarships to third year students fromBroward, Dade and Palm Beach at a luncheon hosted by Dean Jeannette F. Hausler.

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AgriProcessors, Inc.Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A.E. Richard Alhadeff, JD ’74The Armando Alejandre, Jr.

Memorial FoundationAmerican Academy of Matrimonial LawyersAttorneys’ Title Insurance FundBacardi U.S.A., Inc.Hilarie Bass, JD ’81Thomas Baur, JD ’84Baur, Klein & Matos, P.A.John R. BenitezRichard A. Berkowitz, JD ’81Beth Francine Bloom, JD ’88Amy Brigham Boulris, JD ’88Johnny Brown, JD ’77Wayne E. Chaplin, JD ’82Charles E. and Sue M. Cobb, JD ’78 Cobb Family Foundation, Inc.Albert N. Cohen, JD ’53 The Manny & Ruthy Cohen

Foundation, Inc.Paul T. Dee, JD ’77David Lee Deehl, JD ’82Jeanne M. and Martin R. Dishowitz, JD ’75Mary E. DoyleDonna Marie DumasJoseph Robert Furst, JD ’04Jose A. Garrido, Jr.Gibraltar BankLawrence E. Glick, JD ’54Jonathan Goodman, JD ’83Maurice R. Greenberg, JD ’48Harry and Bessye RosenbergKenneth R. Hartmann, JD ’86Lourdes M. Hilliard, JD ’04Hinshaw & Culbertson LLPHolland & Knight Charitable FoundationInternational Society of BarristersRajiv Khanna, JD ’84Marilyn G. Kohn, JD ’99Kozyak, Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A.Burton A. Landy, JD ’52Lewis B Freeman & Partners, Inc.Larry Leiby, JD ’73Howard B. LenardEdward M. Livingston, JD ’78

Dean’s Circle Members(as of November 15, 2004)

Barbara Ehrich Locke, JD ’87John Edward Long, Jr., JD ’63Jerry Maurice Markowitz, JD ’74M. Minnette Massey, JD ’51John W. McLuskey, JD ’81Mellon United National BankGlenn H. Mitchell, JD ’77Molly Siegel & Burton Young, P.A.Melvin C. MorgensternOffice Technology Supplies -

South Florida Chapter, Association ofLegal Administrators

Needle Gallagher & EllenbergGregory M. Nichols, JD ’89David Noble, JD ’01Robert E. Panoff, JD ’76Charles E. Paoli, Jr., JD ’60Todd S. Payne, JD ’89Parenti, Falk, Waas, Hernandez &

Cortina, P.A.Patricia Ann Redmond, JD ’79Luis Reiter, JD ’80Jack S. Ring, JD ’57Joseph H. & Florence A. Roblee FoundationDonald Spencer Rose, JD ’57Michael J. Rosen, JD ’73Bertley Sager, JD ’49Herbert E. Saks, JD ’56Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc.Daniel Joel Spiegel, JD ’72Yolanda M. Suarez, JD ’83Joel L. Tabas, JD ’85Robert H. Traurig, JD ’50Harley S. Tropin, JD ’77Sheryl M. Tropin, JD ’78Union Planters BankCynthia W. Van Buren, JD ’97John C. WallaceIrving Waltman, JD ’52Waltman & CohenKenneth E. Walton II, JD ’98Walton & Post, Inc.Andrew H. and Susan B. WeinsteinJeffrey D. Weinstock, JD ’76Douglas J. Weiser, JD ’82George Terry Yoss, JD ’74Burton Young, JD ’50

CABAThe Cuban American Bar Association

presented its annual awards on August 24,2004 at a cocktail reception held at“Chispas” Restaurant in the Gables. Wecongratulate the UM recipient Carolinade Posada.

Join theDean’s Circle!An annual gift of $1,000 or more en-

titles you to membership in the Dean’sCircle and recognition as a member ofthe University of Miami President’sCircle at the following levels:

Platinum ($10,000+ annually)

Gold ($5,000 to $9,999)

Silver ($2,500 to $4,999)

Bronze ($1,000 to $2,499)

Protégé ($500 to $999)*

* for alumni who graduated w