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TheNational JuristrankedUWLawSchoolat

number20initsJanuary2011articleonthebestpublicinter-estlawschoolsinthecountry,earningtheschoolan“A.” LawschoolsmaketheBestPublicInterestLawSchoolrankingiftheymeetmaincriteria:haveoneormorepublicinterestclinics;haveoneormorefacultycommittees/administratorsthatoverseepublicinterest;andhavealoanrepaymentassistanceprogram. Withalongstandingcommitmenttopublicserviceandcommunityinvolvement,theUWLawSchooloffersanarrayofpublicinterest-orientedcourses,clinicalopportuni-ties,andstudentorganizations.TheOfficeofCareerServicessupportsstudentsinterestedinpublicinterestcareersthroughcounseling,paneldiscussions,jobpostings,andmore. Thiscommitmenttopublicinterestisattheheartofour“lawinaction”approachtoteaching,inwhichstudentslearnnotjustlegalrules,butalsowhythoserulesevolvedtoaddresssocialconcerns,andhowthoserulesoperateintherealworld. WhileWisconsinisn’ttheonlyschoolthatofferscoursesfeaturingabroader,moresociallyawareviewoflaw,itistheonlyschoolwhosehallmarkisthelaw-in-actionapproachtoteaching.

UW Law School Earns “A” in National Jurist List of Top Public Interest Law Schools

Theforty-secondannualLEObanquetbroughtapproximately400peopletotheConcourseHotelinMadisononMarch26,2011. Thisyear’sbanquetwasheldinconjunctionwiththeComingTogeth-erofthePeoplesConference,bothofwhichwerehostedbytheIndigenousLawStudentAssociation(ILSA).Thisyearmarkedthe25thAnniversaryoftheComingTogetherofthePeoplesConference,theoldeststudent-runconferenceonIndianlaw. ThekeynotespeakerfortheLEOBanquetwasDeputyAssistantSecretaryofIndianAffairsfortheU.S.DepartmentoftheInterior,Donald“Del”Laverdure.Laverdureisa1990alumoftheUWLawSchoolandenrolledmemberoftheCrowTribeofMontana. Laverdure’skeynotereferencedhisownexperiencesandpersonaljourneytoexplainwhykeepingintouchwithone’sculturalrootsissoimportantasanattorney.Heusedphotostonarratehisspeech,tellingtheaudience,“Wemustalwaysrememberwherewecomefrom.” Thisyear’sbanquetdifferedfrompasteventswiththeadditionoftwospecialrecognitions.ThefirstwasforKateFrigo,athird-year

student,whowashonoredbyfellowclassmateandLEOmemberJimmyAndersonforherdedicationandassistancetoAndersonandhisfam-ilyafterhesufferedseriousinjuriesfromacaraccidentthatoccurredlastyear.ThesecondrecognitionwasgiventoDeanDavisbyseveralfromtheLawSchoolcommunity,includingLEOCommitteeChairPeterCarstenson,FriendsoftheLEOCommittee,andLaverdure.TherecognitionculminatedinthepresentationofaquiltfromILSAtoDeanDavisforhisserviceandsupportoftheLEOProgramandcommunity. Inhisremarks,Daviscom-mentedontheimportanceoftheProgram.“TheLEOprogramanditsmembersaretodayseenasintegralandessentialtotheday-to-daylifeandfabricofourLawSchool,”hesaid,addressingtheaudience.“[Youare]stewardsofatraditionthatthroughtheenergy,leadershipandcommitmentofyouandthosewhowentbeforeyoucanfairlyclaimalargeshareofcreditforwhatmakesthisSchool—andinparticularitssenseofcommunity—sospecial.Youare,inotherwords,oneofourbraggingpoints.Neverforgetit.”

LEO Banquet Features Alum Donald “Del” Laverdure JD ’90; Honors Dean and Students

Anthony Vera and Richard Greenlee of LEO join keynote speaker Del Laverdure in presenting Dean Davis with a Pendleton blanket for his years of dedication to the LEO organization.

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UWLawSchoolClinicalProfessorGretchenVineyisthe2011recipi-entoftheMarygoldMelliAchieve-mentAwardconferredbytheLegalAssociationofWomen(LAW)torecognizesignificantcontributionstowomeninthelaw.

Viney,a1978graduateofUWLawSchool,servesastheAssoci-ateDirectoroftheLawSchool’sLawyeringSkillsProgram.VineyalsoteachesClientInterviewing&Counseling,RealEstateTransac-tions,andGuardianadLitemPrac-tice.Shealsomaintainsapart-timeprivatepractice. Vineyisrecognizedstatewideforherworkandexpertiseasaguardianadlitemforchildren,el-ders,andthedisabled.Herpracticeincludesguardianadlitemwork,mediation,terminationsofparentalrights,andadoptions.VineyhasbeenanactivememberoftheStateBarofWisconsinformorethanthirtyyears,havingservedasthesecretaryandonnumerousboards,committees,anddivisions.SheisalsothepastpresidentoftheSaukCountyBarAssociation. TheMelliAwardisnamedinhonorofProfessorEmeritaMarygold

(Margo)ShireMelli,whojoinedtheUWLawSchoolfacultyin1959astheschool’sfirstwomantenure-trackprofessorandwentontobecomeapioneerinthefieldoffamilylaw. InannouncingtheawardtoViney,LAWPresidentNelleRohlichstated,“WearehonoredtonameMs.Vineyasrecipientofthisaward.Throughouthercareer,Ms.Vineyhastirelesslypromotedequalityandsocialjustice,advancingtheinterestofwomeninsociety,thelegalpro-fession,andthecommunity.” Uponhearingthenewsoftheaward,Vineycommented,“Iwasnominatedbyaformerstudentwhoseesmeasarolemodelforherandforotherlawstudentsandlawyers.Ineversetouttobearolemodel,soIamsomewhatsurprised—althoughadmittedlyveryhonored—tobeinthisposition.TohavemynameassociatedwithMargoMelliisbothupliftingandhumbling.”

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Threeindividualshavebeennamed2010TeachersoftheYearbytheWisconsinLawAlumniAssociation(WLAA).

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Professor William Lawrence (Larry) ChurchhasbeennamedtheLawSchool’s2010ClassroomTeacheroftheYear.ChurchistheSherwoodR.Volkmann-BascomTeachingProfessor.Inrecentyears,histeachinghasfocusedonconstitutionallawandproperty.Healsoco-teachesaSupremeCourtseminarwithhiswife,FrederickaPaff,andhasservedasalongtimeadvisortotheWisconsin Law Review.HeholdsaB.A.fromAmherstCollegeandhislawdegreefromUWLawSchool,wherehegraduatedSummaCumLaudeand

wasOrderoftheCoif.ThisisthefifthtimeChurchhasbeenelectedClass-roomTeacheroftheYear,themostofanylawprofessor.ProfessorChuckIrishhassummeduphisfriendandcolleague’scareerbest:“Larryisuni-formlywellregarded.Hiscontinuedsuccessmakesitclearthatit’swhatpassesfromhimtothestudentsthat’skey.Thestudentsfeelthattheyaregettingsomethingveryvaluable.”

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Lester A. Pineshasbeennamedthe2010recipientoftheWarrenH.StolperAward,anhonorthatrecognizesexcellenceinteachingandacommitmenttotheUWLawSchoolonthepartofanadjunctprofessor.Pinesisarespectedcivilandcriminallitigatorwho

hasappearedincourtsthroughoutWisconsinandhaslitigatedfederalmattersinWisconsin,Illinois,Iowa,Michigan,Ohio,andNewYork.HeisaseniorpartnerwithCullenWestonPines&BachLLP,whereheleadsthefirm’slitigationandappellatepractices.Hiscivilpracticeencompassesawiderangeofareas,includingcommercial,employment,civilrights,andenvironmentallaw. PinesdevelopedtheverypopularPre-trialAdvocacycoursewithformerclinicalprofessorSteveMeiliandothermembersoftheUWLawSchooladjunctfaculty,andhastaughtorco-taughtthecoursesinceitscreation.

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Lastfall,theLawSchoolwelcomedthreenewclinicalfacultymembersandanewclinicalofferingtoitsexpansivecatalogofreal-lifelegalexperiencesforstudents. TheLegislativeandGovern-mentClinic(GLLC)waslaunchedwithitsfirstgroupofstudentsthisspring.TheGLLCprovidesstudentswiththeuniqueopportunitytoobserveandparticipateinthemanyfacetsofgovernmentallaw,policy,andthelegislativeprocess.Workingunderthedirectsupervisionofclini-calfacultyandclientsinlegislative,administrative,andjudicialsettings,studentsgainfirst-handexperiencecollaboratingwithgovernmentclientsonlegalissueswithpolicysignificance. LaunchingthisnewclinicalopportunityisProfessorKathleen Noonan,whojoinsUWasaClini-calAssociateProfessor.Noonanhasworkedextensivelyattheinter-sectionofhealthandwelfarelawandpolicy,especiallyasitrelatestochildren.Shehasservedasacourt-appointedmediatorincasesconcerningMedicaid,childwel-fare,andmentalhealthpolicies.Herwrittenworkshavereceived

nationalattention.NoonanearnedherB.S.inpsychologyfromBarnardCollege,ColumbiaUniversity,andherJ.D.fromNortheasternUniver-sitySchoolofLaw.ShepreviouslytaughtatNortheasternUniversitySchoolofLawandattheUniversityofPennsylvaniaSchoolofMedicine,andintheRobertWoodJohnsonClinicalScholarsprogram.ShewillteachHealthLawandAdministra-tionattheLawSchoolinadditiontodirectingtheclinic. ProfessorKimberly AldermanjoinedtheRemingtonCenterinAugust2010asaClinicalAssistantProfessortoworkwiththeCriminalAppealsProjectandtheLegalAs-sistanceforInstitutionalizedPersonsProject.AldermanearnedherJ.D.cumlaudefromHowardUniversity,andthencompletedajudicialclerk-shipattheSuperiorCourtoftheVirginIslandsontheIslandofSt.Croix.ShethenworkedforasmallfirminNewMexico,representingplaintiffsincivilrightscasesanddefendantsincriminalcases.ShehasalsocompletedanM.A.inInter-nationalArtCrimeStudiesfromtheAssociationofResearchintoCrimesAgainstArtinAmelia,Italy.

Aldermanhasascholarlyinterestinculturalpropertylaw,inparticularhowtheillicitantiquitiestradeaffectsmarginalizedcreatorculturesinsourcenations. ProfessorAdam StevensonreturnstotheRemingtonCenterasaClinicalAssistantProfessor,andwillworkwiththeOxfordFederalProjectandLegalAssistancetoInstitution-alizedPersons(LAIP).StevensonreceivedhisB.S.ineconomicsandpoliticalsciencefromUW-Madison,andearnedhisJ.D.cumlaudefromtheUWLawSchoolin2010.Dur-inghistimeinlawschool,StevensonwasastudentinternwiththeOxfordFederalProjectandaprojectassistantwithLAIP,andalsoworkedasajudicialinternfortheHonorableJulieGenoveseoftheDaneCountyCircuitCourt.Stevensonalsoworkedonbothcivilandcriminallitigationasalawclerkinprivatelawpractices.Stevenson’sresearchfocusesontheuseofpriorconvictionstoenhanceanindividual’ssentence.Hehasalsostudiedmethodsofearlyrelease,includingtheearnedreleasemecha-nismscreatedin2009WisconsinAct28,the2009-11biannualWis-consinbudget.

UW Law Welcomes New Clinic and Clinical Faculty

Ursula Weigold

Kimberly Alderman

Adam Stevenson

Kathleen Noonan

Moji Olaniyan

Thispastyear,theLawSchoolwelcomedtwonewadministratorstohelpensurethatstudentsgradu-atewithacoresetoflegalskillsthatbetterpreparethemtoenterintothelegalfield. Ursula Weigoldjoinedthefacultyin2010astheDirectorofLegalResearch&Writing.Weigoldhasovertwelveyearsofexperiencedirectinglegalwritingprogramsandfifteenyearsofteachingexperienceinlegalresearchandwriting,mostrecentlyatCornellLawSchool.Shehasbeenworkingcloselywiththe

administrationandthefacultytore-organizetheLegalResearch&Writ-ingprogramatUWLawSchool.Weigoldwillsupervisethenewpro-gramforfirst-yearlawstudentsinwhichsmall-groupprofessors,withtheassistanceoftheadministrationandlegalwritingstaff,featuredalegalwritingcomponentintheircourse. Moji OlaniyanservesasAssis-tantDeanforthenewAcademicEn-hancementProgram(AEP),whichprovidesprogramsandactivitiestofosterthepursuitofacademicexcel-

lenceforallstudents.Olaniyanhasalonghistoryofworkinginhighereducation.PriortojoiningtheLawSchool,sheworkedintheProvost’sOfficeatCornellUniversity,whereshedirectedtheOfficeofMinorityEducationalAffairs.Shealsoprevi-ouslyservedastheDeputyAssociateDeanattheCollegeofLettersandScienceatUW-Madison,forwhichshesupervisedagroupofacademicdeans.Additionally,OlaniyanservedastheChiefCampusJudicialOfficerattheCaliforniaStateUniversityatSacramento.

Introducing Two New Faces to Key Academic Departments

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UW Law Welcomes New Faculty

Susannah CamicreceivedherB.A.magnacumlaudeineconomics&ethicsandpolitics&economicsfromYaleUniversity,whereshealsoreceivedanM.A.inpoliticalscienceasaSterlingPrizeFellow.SheearnedherJ.D.atYaleUniversity,whereshewastheexecutiveeditoroftheYale Journal on RegulationandastudentdirectoroftheLandlord-TenantClinic.WhileatYale,CamicwastherecipientoftheCliffordL.PorterPrizeforthebestpaperontaxationbyastudentatYaleLawSchool.BeforejoiningtheUWLawSchoolFaculty,CamicpracticedinthetaxlawgroupintheWashing-ton,D.C.officeofSkadden,Arps,SlateMeagher&FlomLLP.CamichaspublishedinthePittsburgh Tax Review andtheJournal of Law, Medicine & Ethics.Camic’steachingfocusesontaxlawandpolicy.

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Cecelia KlingelereturnedtotheUWLawSchool,heralmamater,asaVisitingAssistantProfessorin2009.Thispastfall,KlingelebecameAssistantProfessor.AfterreceivingherJ.D.in2005,KlingeleservedasalawclerktoformerChiefJudgeBarbaraB.CrabboftheU.S.Dis-trictCourtfortheWesternDistrictofWisconsin.ShethenservedasaclerkforJudgeSusanH.BlackoftheU.S.CourtofAppealsforthe11thCircuitandlaterclerkedforAssociateJudgeJohnPaulStevens

oftheUnitedStatesSupremeCourt.ProfessorKlingele’sacademicresearchfocusesoncriminaljusticeadministration,withanemphasisonsentencingandcorrectionalsupervi-sionpracticesthataimtopreventcrimeandreducerelianceonincar-cerationastheprimaryresponsetocriminaloffending.Klingeleteachescoursesincriminallaw,criminalprocedure,andsentencingandcor-rections.

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Jonathan LipsonreturnedtohisalmamaterastheFoley&LardnerProfessorofLaw.LipsonjoinsUWLawfromTempleUniversity’sBeas-leySchoolofLaw,wherehewasthePeterJ.LiacourasProfessorofLaw.HepreviouslytaughtattheUniver-sityofBaltimoreSchoolofLaw,andwasavisitingprofessorattheUni-versityofPennsylvaniaLawSchool.Beforebecomingaprofessor,LipsonpracticedcorporateandcommerciallawwithMilbank,TweedHadley&McCloy,Kirkland&Ellis,andHill&Barlow.HehasheldanumberofleadershippositionswiththeAmericanBarAssociation,andwasrecentlyappointedtotheCoun-ciloftheBusinessLawSection.Lipson’sresearchfocusesontherolethatinformationalandgovernancefailuresplayinbusinessdistressandreorganization.Lipsonteaches,amongothercourses,Bankruptcy,Contracts,CommercialLaw,anda

deal-basedtransactionalsimulation.HealsoleadstheLawSchool’snewBusinessLawInitiative,aprojectin-tendedtoorganizeandadvancetheLawSchool’sbusinesslawactivities.

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Mark SideljoinstheUWLawSchoolasDoyle-BascomProfes-sorofLawfromtheUniversityofIowa,whereheservedasProfessorofLaw,LauridsenFamilyFellow,andFacultyScholar.ProfessorSidel’sworkfocusesoncomparativelawinAsia,comparativeconstitutionallaw,andthenonprofitsectorandphi-lanthropyintheUnitedStatesandoverseas.HisbooksincludeRegula-tion of the Voluntary Sector: Freedomand Security in an Era of Uncertainty (Routledge,2009),andLaw and Society in Vietnam (CambridgeUni-versityPress,2008).SidelhasservedasvisitingprofessoroflawatHar-vardLawSchool,MelbourneLawSchool,Institutd’EtudesPolitiquesdeParis,andotherinstitutions.HeservedearlierwiththeFordFounda-tioninBeijing,Hanoi,Bangkok,andNewDelhi,andhasconsultedwiththeUnitedNationsDevelop-mentProgramme(UNDP)andotherorganizations.HerecentlycompletedserviceasPresidentoftheInternationalSocietyforThirdSec-torResearch(ISTR),whichworkstostrengthenresearchoncivilsocietyandthenonprofitsector.

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John Pray hasbeennamedthe2010ClinicalTeacheroftheYear.Prayistheco-founderoftheWisconsinIn-nocenceProject.Sinceitsinception,theWisconsinInnocenceProjecthasbeenresponsibleforthereleaseoftwentyprisoners,eachofwhomhad

beenwronglyconvictedofseriouscrimes.Prayalsoco-directstheLawSchool’sCriminalAppealsProject,aclinicalprogramthatcombinesclassworkonappellateprocedure,client-centeredpresentationonappeal,issuespotting,andpersuasivewritingwithworkonanactualcriminalappealas-signedbytheWisconsinStatePublic

Defender’sOffice.Prayisa1986graduateoftheUWLawSchool.Aftergraduation,hejoinedtheLawSchoolasaclinicalprofessorattheFrankJ.RemingtonCenter.

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Successful Pairing

The Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic worked closely with Claus Moberg,

whose company SnowShoe enables grocery store shoppers to access

food sustainability information using a smartphone device. Pictured above

are Claus Moberg (left) with student Richard Hankison.