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&e Law Alumni NewsletterA Publication of the North Carolina CentratSchootofLaw Afumni Association

19,95

Per~east- 2&eac4eWe the alamni of 9orth Caroina CentralUniversity Schoolof Law have much to beproud about. The recent successes continueour tradition of e~celfence.

During the 1994 -1995schoolterm, the TrialAdvocacy Board participated in three (3)national trial advocacy competitions. Thetrial teams were successful over thejol[owing [aw school:

Brinrgham Young UniversityUniversity ofSouth Caroina

Campbetl UniversityMemphis State UniversityUniversity of Richmond

Howard UniversityUniversity of Maryland

University of Missouri at St. LouisUniversity of AlabamaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Teas

The Princeton Review has ran&ed NorthCarolina CentrafUniversity in the top ten ofthe most desirab(e law schoos to attendforthe past two (2) years. This ranfgig is duein part to the hard worfof ourfacuty andstaff as well as our new Director ofRecruitment, Tracy Mics 'Barey, '93.

The ubiquitous participation of ourmembership in [eadership roles is alsonoteworthy. We are in teadership roes ineducation, politics, trial and appellateadvocacy andthejudiciary.

I am trubj proud of "our" school and hopeyou share that pride. Further, as presidentof 'your" Ahunni association, I hope thatpride translates into increasedparticipation in the AumniAssociation, andsupport of your [aw schoof only 151

members of our alumni association paidduesin 1994 for total revenue of$4.995.00. Only77 members of the alumni associationcontribution to the Annual Fund for totalrevenue of $9,700.00. It is not fair that sofew carry the burden for so many. The factthat you can practice your chosen professionhas an attendant obl~ation to give to the LawSchoo(

I woufife to thank the Alumni Associationandthe Boardof'Directors foryour hardworkfover the past year. A very special thans forcontributing funds to assist in my attendanceat the LAfational Bar Association AnnualConvention, held in Baltimore, vdl, August1 - 5, 1995. The Schoot of Law was wetrepresentedat the convention. The fofowingmembers were in attendance:

Franf(Turner, Regina BuddgeraldRoper, george W Harris, fr.,

Tonja Roberts, .fen G. Robberts,Gwendon S. Maiey, Monte Watkins

Carteen Mc'Efroy Thompson,Maurice B. Mosfty, Yvonne Pugh,

Wilie 'E. Gary, 9(athryny. Washington,Water Dukes, Yames Rogers,Captain Stephen T Rednon,

LindwoodFoust, 'VirgitWaf(ker,

Attorney Wiie 'E. Gary hosted an Alumnibreakfast during the convention whichwas attended by .9Kaye Webb, University

Counsel and Dean and Mrs. Percy Luney.During the breakfast, Attorney Garycommitted to annualy providng a fidl hawschool schotarship to a Shaw Universitygraduate. 2 implore you to foffow his leadand provide additional scholarship aidindividualty or through the AtumniAssociation.

Congratulations to the new members of theAlunniAssociation, the graduating class of1995. A number of the graduating cass

members continue to pursue empoyment

opportunities. Please provide any

emptoyment leads to the Alumni

Association or 5s. Lisa [o rgan CrutchfieldSchoolofLaw Placement Director.

9ever forget from whence is the source ofyour strength. 9'our haw schoots greatness

is not a question of "can", but a question of

I remain,

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Send Us Your News

Please keep the AlumniAssociation informed of youraddress and/or any careerchanges. Send changes and otheritems of interest to:

Nichelle Jones PerryAlumni Newsletter

1512 S. Alston AvenueDurham, NC 27707

ALUMNI NEWSIN MEMORIUM

Christa Tidwell Bell '93 is anAssistant Public Defender in RichlandCounty, South Carolina.

Lawrence Campbell '84, formerly ofRoberti, Wittenburg '84, Holtkamp'89 & Lauffer has opened a law officein Durham, North Carolina.

Gregory Davis '89 is an AssistantPublic Defender in Chicago, Illinois.

Lydia Lavelle '93, former researchassistant for the Honorable CliftonE. Johnson '67 of the North CarolinaCourt of Appeals, has opened a lawoffice in Durham, North Carolina

Janne' McKamey Lopes '93 and herhusband Thurston Lopes haveopened a law office at the Gilliam LawCenter in Atlanta, Georgia.

Robert C.'BO' Howes '93 has joinedAlexander Mendaloff, III '93 as apartner in forming Medaloff& Howes, L.L.P. in Statesville,North Carolina.

Congratulations to Alison Newman'93 on her marriage to Eric Harrison,Esq. in April, 1995. Newman is nowan associate at King, Kitrick, Jackson& Troncon and a public defender fortwo municipalities in Brick,New Jersey.

John Ashley Pierce '94 is anassociate with the firm of Browne,Flebotte, Wilson & Horn '91 inDurham, North Carolina.

Michelle Rippon '81, has beennamed to the Board of Governors ofthe North Carolina Bar Association.

Anita Earp Robinson '86Congratulations to her and husband,Jay Robinson, on the birth of theirdaughter, Elizabeth Grey Robinson.Robinson is now an AdministrativeLaw Judge for the Office ofAdministrative Hearings with the Stateof Maryland.

Barbara Silver-Smith '90 wasappointed General Counsel of theUnited Pentecostal Churches ofChrist, Inc.

John C. Stiles '94 has opened a lawoffice in Cary, North Carolina.

Mitchell A. Wolf '78, formerAdministrative Law Judge with theNorth Carolina Employment SecurityCommission, opened a law office forthe general practice of law(specializing in personal injury) inJanuary, 1994 in Raleigh, North Caro-lina.

Kathleen D. Yaninek '94 has passedboth the Pennsylvania and New Jer-sey bar exams and is working asa litigation associate at the firm ofMette, Evans & Woodside inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania.

In May, several of our Alumni, TracyHicks Barley '93, John Eluwa '89,Irene Finney '94, Willie Gilbert' 90,Woodrena Baker-Harrell '94,Monique Morris '94, ShavaughnNeal '93, Alexander Perry '93 andSelana Searies '94 participated in theSoutheastern Regional NationalInstitute of Trial Advocacy held inChapel Hill, North Carolina to improvetheir trial advocacy skills.

Peter Mack, Jr. '93, W. Mack Rice'93 and Jane F. Burke '92 haveformed the firm of Rice, Burke & Mack,P.A. with offices in Havelock, NorthCarolina and Turner North Carolina.

LAW SCHOOL NEWS

Paul L. Jones '74, Director andsupervising Attorney for the LawSchool's Civil rights Clinic, wasselected as the Mary Duke BiddleFoundation Fellow for the Spring 1995Class of the North Carolina Instituteof Political Leadership.

Professor James Beckwith, Jr. whoteaches Contracts, Sales andSecured Transactions andCommercial Law received the 1995NCCU Faculty Award for Teaching Ex-cellence in May, 1995.

Professor Cheryl Amana, whoteaches Health Law and Family Law,received the "Torchbearers andTrailblazers Award" from the N.C.Equity's Women of Color Program forher work in the area of reproductivehealth.

EMPLOYMENTHire a Central Student

Bright and qualified Central students areeager to interview with your office.Interviews and resume forwarding canbe arranged by the school's placementoffice based on your hiring criteria.

If you need to hire a law clerk or anassociate, please let the Law Schoolknow by writing to:

Lisa Morgan CrutchfieldPlacement OfficeNCCU School of Law1512 S. Alston AvenueDurham, NC 27707

COMMITTEES

If you are hoping to gain admissionto one of these twenty law schools,prepare to fight tooth and nail. In aneffort to convey the popularity ofcertain law schools with applicants,we have calculated the "DemandIndex" of the twenty most in-demandlaw schools in the country. Thisvalue is an indicator of more thansimply the number of applicants toeach school. It also takes intoaccount the rate at which admittedapplicants accept offers of admissionto a given law school. (Fellow geeks,follow along: We have taken thenumber of applicants to each schooland divided that number by theactual number of slots available ineach school's first-year class. Bydividing the number of applicantsadmitted to each school by thenumber of slots available at eachschool, we have some indication ofjust how popular a given school iswith those it admits. By dividing thefirst value - relative applicant volume- by this second value, we arrive atour demand index.) Atop the list -no surprise here - is the YaleUniversity Law School. Yalereceives almost 5.000 applicationsfor fewer than 200 spots in its first-year class. More than 50percent of admitted applicants choseto attend Yale - a remarkable highproportion. Some very surprisingappearances are made on the list bysuch young law schools as GeorgiaState and CUNY, Queens, twoschools that are relatively unknownon a national basis but areenormously popular with residents ofGeorgia and New York. The trait that

these schools tellingly share withtwelve of the other top twenty is thatthey are inexpensive publicinstitutions. Like bargain huntersfighting to get their hands on a greatdeal, law-school applicants flood thenation's top public schools withapplications, and a very highproportion of those who gainadmission choose to enroll.

1. Yale2. Stanford3. Harvard4. North Carolina Central5. New York University6. Columbia7. U. Of California, Berkley8. Campbell9. University of New Mexico10. Arizona State11. University of Arizona12. Cornell13. Georgia State14. William and Mary15. University of Chicago16. CUNY, Queens17. University of Hawaii18. Northwestern19. University of Florida20. Boston College

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ANNUAL FUNDCONTRIBUTORS

Many thanks to the followingpersons who have contributedto the 1994-95 Annual Fundsince the last edition of theNewsletter.

Patron's ClubE. Yvonne Pugh '73Ralph K. Fraiser '65

Friend's ClubLowell E. Spencer '75

Graduate's ClubWillie R. Brooks, Jr. '80

Mildred T. Hardy '95

Other ContributorsRhonda Davis '89

Anyone interested in serving onany of the following AlumniAssociation committees, pleasecontact Grady Jessup, AlumniAssociation President, at:

(919) 560-6333

Alumni NewsletterNichelle Jones Perry, Chair

Ways and MeansFund Raising

James Green, Chair

By - lawsGrady Jessup, Chair

Outreach & Public RelationsTracy Hicks Barley, Co-Chair

The Honorable L. Todd Burke,Co-Chair

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Susan J. HallKarrean M. Holmes

The Alumni Association wishes torecognize the following persons whohave, since the last newsletter, paid theAlumni dues of $25.00 for the 1994-95year. Dues are used for a number ofworthy projects, including thepublication and distribution of the AlumniNewsletter.

Wanda E. AllenMichelle C. AustinVershenia M. BallanceAnton A. BellCarl D. BerryBrian 0. BeverlyPatricia M. BooneJan BromellDavid H. Bryson Jr.Charles C. CaisonSonya CallowayStephen N. CamakDebra J. ClarkRenee A. CobbRuth Anne CresenzoMary C. CrowellDanita H. CurryMichael J. DaytonAnn-Margaret DeceuninckZabrina W. DempsonAnthony L. DilelloHenry M. DoyleLisa M. DukelowCynthia D. DunlapMoranda C.R. EdwardsKathleen T. EganValerie E. ElderCarmilla FarringtonEricka D. FitchKimberly M. FletcherAndrea N. GaskinsBrenda D. GibsonDana L. GoldenAmanda J. GreenRobert J. HarrisSusan L. Haire

Emily HowardNathaniel J. JacksonMarsha M. JacksonKathy S. JacobsAngela JeffersRichard E. JesterDwayn Jones-BennettAudrey A. JordanCarolyn A. KarpinosGretchen KnightFreddie Lane Jr.John M. LogsdonSherri D. LyonsGeorge C. MahaAngela H. MillerSherry E. MillerDennis W. NachtriebBrian PaxtonGary PondsLarry T. PowellRonald D. PressleyKaren L. PrusValerie M. QuiettCharlene B. RaifordScott W. ReidAriel T. RosamondJason E. RossMeleisa Rush-LaneEric B. ScottHugh G. Shearin Jr.Patricia A. SiewertGregory W. StaffordStacey M. StoneF. Catherine SurlesRobert T. ThompsonTodd S. TuckerSharon P. TurnerRandall D. Williams H-

Congratulations!

NCCU SCHOOL OF LAWALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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Deborah G. BrintonWillie Brooks, Jr.Theaoseus T. ClaytonJay. H. FergusonCharles R. GurleyBernard B. Hollowell, Jr.Donald R. HuskeyBradford F. JohnsonJohn T. KilbyDennis G. MartinMark L. McGuireLawrence NestlerAlison L. NewmanHarold G. PopeE. Yvonne PughCynthia A. SingletaryEroll SkyersSharon SkyersJacquelyn A. SmithSpencer A. SmithConnie J. StoneLamont WigginsSherri S. WilderMitchell A. Wolf

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