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THE FIRST 100 YEARST H E C E N T E N N I A L I S S U E

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Stephen A. Privett, S.J.University President

Jennifer E. TurpinUniversity Provost

Jeffrey S. BrandDean

Ronald MiconAssociate Dean for Academic Affairs

Joshua DavisAssociate Dean for Faculty Scholarship

Elizabeth BenhardtAssistant Dean for Academic Services

Erin DollyAssistant Dean for Student Affairs

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Dear Alums and Friends, As you may have recently learned, I have announced my intention to step down as dean in summer 2013. I believe passionately in the good that I know USF-trained lawyers do in the world and I thrive on working to help provide that gift to our graduates. Nonetheless, I have felt for some time that the transi-tion to a new dean makes sense for the law school, the university, and for me. For more than 13 years—a length of service I did not expect—I’ve had the privilege of being dean of this remarkable law school that for a century has trained skilled, ethical professionals concerned for others. My tenure as dean has built on the work of those who preceded me, and, over the past 15 years we have continued to experience dramatic changes: new facilities, faculty expansion and transition, growing global engagement, and curricular innovation to better situate our students in an increasingly competitive job market, to name just a few. Despite the pace of change, the law school’s anchor values—academic rigor and excellence woven in a fabric of local, national, and global service that underpins our inspiring Jesuit tradition—remain the same and are more critical than ever as the law school begins its second century. Indeed, the more things change, the more they stay the same. A commitment to providing the best possible education for our students endures as we fulfill our compelling mission that inspires us all—Educating for Justice to Change the World from Here. It is no secret that there are enormous challenges facing higher education and law schools in par-ticular, including escalating student debt and a still struggling job market. I am convinced that the law school is well situated to meet these challenges and that a new generation of leadership is ready and able to take up the charge. My decision to step down has been a difficult one, made even more so because of the close rela-tionship I’ve forged with our alumni community and friends of the law school. I always say that spending time with alums is energizing and inspiring. Your successes and good work are vivid reminders of what the law school is all about. You’ve counseled me, congratulated the law school when things have gone right, and candidly and constructively criticized us when necessary. Working with all of you has been one of the things that I treasure most about my work. The process to select a new dean is underway, with a committee in place to engage in a national search. Of course, my priority is the well-being of the law school, particularly in our centennial year. I will not leave the deanship until the search has been completed satisfactorily and a new dean is in place. But I’m not going anywhere just yet. There remains much to be done throughout this academic year as we mark 100 years of distinguished legal education. So rather than a goodbye, please accept this note as a thank you for all you’ve done for the law school and for our students who count on and need your support more than ever. You’ve enriched the law school and my life as well.

Jeffrey S. BrandDean and Professor of Law

Message from the Dean

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ContentsFALL • 2012

The First 100 YearsA look back over a century of USF legal education reveals remarkable transformation since its founding in 1912 when it opened its doors in a small building on Market Street.

In Brief• Centennial convocation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.• Study: USF top producer of big firm partners• Trademark law industry gathers for McCarthy

Institute symposium• Press clippings

Faculty Focus • Shalanda Baker joins the faculty• National legal scholars present at USF• New faculty books

Giving Back• Q&A with Judge Judith Epstein• Centennial sponsorship opportunities

Alumni News• R. Manuel Fortes BA ’82, JD ’85,

named Meehan Alumni Fellow• Class of 2012 joins alumni ranks at

Alumni Graduates Dinner• Classnotes

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Looking ForwardFormer deans and current faculty spanning five

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The University of San Francisco School of Law began a yearlong celebration of its 100th anniversary with a centennial convocation featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“Since the beginning of our nation’s history it has been at-torneys that have been on the frontline of defining democracy and protecting our democratic institutions and the American people,” Kennedy said during his keynote address in St. Ignatius Church Sept. 19. “And this school in particular I think encour-ages its students to devote themselves, devote their lives, devote their careers and their education to something that is greater than themselves—that transcends their narrow self-interests.” Kennedy, an environmental activist and professor of envi-ronmental law at Pace University, said that good environmen-tal policy is good economic policy, pointing out the hidden environmental costs of illegal pollutants caused by companies focused on short-term profits over the well-being of society. He said that democracy is threatened by excessive corporate power. He expanded on his environmental law work during a morning question and answer session with law students in Kendrick Hall. The USF School of Law opened its doors on the corner of Market and Seventh Streets in downtown San Francisco to 49 students on Sept. 18, 1912. Today, about 700 students attend classes taught by more than 30 full-time professors at the Koret Law Center. Social justice and diversity remain important aspects of the law school’s mission: students provided 22,000 hours of pro bono legal work through clinics that assist

underserved communities in 2011–2012, and USF is ranked as the 10th most diverse law school in the nation. “The centennial provides a unique opportunity for all of us to recommit ourselves to a struggle for justice that has been a signature statement of the law school since its founding—the struggle to bring about a fair and equitable society that is marked by respect for diversity of thought and culture, and fought by hardworking, compassionate lawyers in service to others,” said Dean Jeffrey S. Brand, who noted that the law school’s 1962 semi-centennial celebration included a telephone address by then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy was unable to attend in person because he was mobilizing troops to enforce Brown v. Board of Education in Mississippi. USF President Stephen A. Privett, S.J. also spoke at the convocation on the law school’s role in promoting justice. “It is no accident that a law school established to ensure opportunity is today numbered among the most diverse law schools in the nation,” he said. “It is no accident that a law school founded on the principle of law as an instrument of justice has students and faculty combating human trafficking and child labor in Cambodia and India; developing policies for homeless persons in Argentina; promoting legal education, human rights, and rule of law projects in Indonesia, East Timor, Cambodia, and Vietnam; and advocating against the death penalty in Mississippi.” [USF]

“This school in particular I think encourages its students to devote

themselves, devote their lives, devote their careers and their education to something

that is greater than themselves—that transcends their narrow self-interests.”

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To mark its centennial, the University of San Francisco School of Law has published a book documenting the law school’s humble beginnings on Market Street to the

modern facilities at Koret Law Center where nearly 700 men and women attend classes today. The University of San Francisco School of Law Century: 100 Years of Educating for Justice is authored by USF Associate Vice Provost and Historian Alan Ziajka and edited by USF School of Law Director of Communications Angie Davis. “In these pages, we celebrate our first 100 years as prologue to our second century, noting with pride the law school’s hardy in-stitutional DNA and our commitment to training great lawyers, inclusion, and service to others,” Dean Jeffrey Brand said. The 192-page hardcover, large format book uses historical photos and personal narratives to tell the story of the law school. The USF School of Law has undergone significant changes since its inception in 1912, when 49 young men, mostly first- and second-generation European immigrants, began evening classes in downtown San Francisco. The first Asian American to be admitted to the California bar graduated from the law school in 1918, and women were first admitted to the law school in 1927. Today, USF is one of the most diverse law schools in the nation. The 2012 entering JD class of 186 full-time and 34 part-time students includes 53 percent women and 46 percent students of color (entering class statistics current as of Oct. 10, 2012).

Despite the changes that have occurred, the law school has remained committed to the Jesuit ethical principals that underlie the institution, prac-tical training opportunities including clinics and extern-ships that span the globe, and public service as evi-denced by the nearly 300 alumni who have become judges, and numerous graduates who have practiced public interest law or engaged in pro bono work, Ziajka said. “The USF School of Law has changed dramatically during the past 100 years, yet many of its core values have remained constant,” Ziajka wrote. [USF]

Nearly 300 trademark attorneys, brand owners, policy makers and law professors gathered in New York City for the third annual symposium on trademark law sponsored by the USF School of Law McCarthy Institute for Intellectual Property and Technology Law and Microsoft Corp. “This event brings together the various sectors of decision- makers in this field of law,” said Professor David Franklyn, direc-tor of the McCarthy Institute. “We have here corporations like Time Warner and Microsoft, people from the government, people from law firms, people from academia. The idea is to look at critical is-sues in trademark law in a creative and challenging way.” Hosted this year by Time Warner Inc. at Time Warner Center, the event included a keynote by USF Senior Professor J. Thomas

McCarthy, author of the definitive treatise in trademark law, McCar-thy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition. The day began with an address by Time Warner Inc. Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes who described Time Warner as both a content creation and technical innovation company. Panel discussions focused on what challenges social network-ing presents to brand owners, iCANN’s generic top level domain (gTLD) program, the responsibilities of intermediaries and rights holders, and government efforts to protect intellectual property. The closing keynote speaker was Diane Nelson, president of DC Entertainment, who presented “Building and Maintaining a Brand Franchise: The Magic Behind Harry Potter.” Dean Jeffrey Brand said the symposium in many ways exempli-fies the character of the law school. “There is nothing that better reflects the mission of the USF School of Law than bringing together all of you to discuss the is-sues that are literally changing the face of humanity—bringing with it great promise and also problems that threaten our global gover-nance and world economy,” he said. [USF]

Trademark Law Leaders Meet in New York for USF Symposium

Commemorative Book Chronicles Law School History

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Multiple USF School of Law students and recent graduates were selected for highly competitive public service and diversity fellowships.

“It is fantastic that so many of our talented USF students have been selected for these competitive fellowships,” Director of Career Development Bryan Hinkle said. “The number and variety of place-ments speaks to the breadth of USF’s curriculum, and the mission of the School of Law to provide students with the practical skills they need to become effective and ethical lawyers.”

Twelve USF law school students were selected to participate in the Equal Justice Works Summer Corps. The program matches students with legal projects at nonprofit public interest organizations and public defender offices.

After graduation, David Rubin ’12 joined the 15th Judicial District Public Defenders’ Office in Acadia, La., as a 2012 Public Defender Corps Fellow. The three-year Equal Justice Works and Southern Public Defender Training Center (SPDTC) program is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance.

“These new lawyers come out of law school ready to change the world and through the Public Defender Corps they have an avenue to do it,” said Jonathan Rapping, founder and president of SPDTC.

Daniela Conde 3L worked at the New Orleans Workers’ Center

for Racial Justice as a Peggy Browning Fellow. Selby Abraham 3L, another recipient of the Peggy Browning Fellowship, worked at the D.C. Employment Justice Center in Washington, D.C. This year, the Peggy Browning Fund selected 70 people who have demonstrated a commitment to workers’ rights for 10-week public interest labor law fellowships across the nation. Martha Menendez ’12 is a legal refugee advocate in a post- graduate, one-year fellowship sponsored by the law school and Asylum Access. Susan Gilbert-Miller ’11 is participating in the two-year Presiden-tial Management Fellows Program of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The fellowship is intended for potential leaders of the federal government who can contribute to policies, activities, and programs that impact Americans. She serves as a sustainability and fleet manager of the U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management in Washington, D.C. “I have wide scope to assist the Department of Labor in achiev-ing its environmental sustainability goals,” Gilbert-Miller said. “In my short time at the department, I have conducted legal research, drafted policy, written executive reports, participated in interagency workgroups, and advised senior management on environmental issues.” [USF]

Class of 2012 GraduatesHundreds gathered in St. Ignatius Church May 19 to watch the USF School of Law Class of 2012 graduate.

Approximately 220 graduates received Juris Doctor degrees, six received JD/MBA degrees, 14 received

LLM in International Transactions and Comparative Law degrees, and four received LLM in Intellectual

Property and Technology Law degrees.

USF Law Students and Alum Selected for Fellowship Programs

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The law school’s Center for Law and Global Justice (CLGJ) has co-published a report docu-

menting trends of hostility and violence against journalists that create an atmo-sphere of fear and restrict freedom of expression in Haiti. “Freedom of the Press in Haiti: The Chilling Effect on Journalists Critical of the Government” is co-authored by CLGJ Assistant Director for Haiti Pro-grams Nicole Phillips and several USF law students. “If the Haitian government is serious about strengthening its democracy, it will take affirmative steps to address its ongoing violations of freedom of expres-sion and protect the media,” Phillips said in a press release on the report.

Students participating in the Haiti and the Rule of Law course conducted inter-views with nine international and local journalists working in or near Port-au-Prince. To obtain a spectrum of view-points, the students—Kathryn Finch 2L, Britney Mark 2L, Katherine O’Laughlin 3L, Lynn Nguyen 3L, Samantha Silvia 3L, and Laura Tran 3L—interviewed conservative, centrist, and left-wing journalists. “I did not realize the violations were so egregious and what a risk it is to be a journalist in Haiti. It was eye-opening,” said Nguyen, who also helped author the

report with O’Laughlin and Tran. “People risk their careers and reputa-tions, safety for themselves and their families, and sometimes their lives to report what is happening in Haiti in the hopes that the government will be held accountable for its actions.” Following the publication of the report, the Haitian Ministry of Com-munication issued a press release stating that the Haitian government has not threatened or intimidated journalists and denouncing the report. The report states that President Mar-telly and his administration are using intimidation, threats, destruction of media equipment, and retaliation against progressive journalists, especially those critical of the government. For example,

a leftist journalist has received multiple threatening phone calls, three journalists were arrested in September for failing to give up their video and photography equipment to police, and two journalists have been murdered in 2012. “Working as a journalist in Haiti is particularly risky for those who are openly critical of the government’s lack of transparency and accountability. They work in the face of threats to their life and safety,” Phillips and co-authors wrote. “These hardships impact their lives, their work, and their ability to move freely.” [USF]

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In a study examining where partners at the largest U.S. law firms went to school, the USF School of Law is ranked fourth for the San Francisco region. The comprehensive national survey conducted by a Loyola Los Angeles law professor, ranks partner-producing law schools for the largest law firms in 11 geographic regions. For the San Francisco legal market, USF came in fourth on the list following UC Hast-ings, UC Berkeley School of Law, and Harvard Law School and preceding Santa Clara Law, Stanford Law School, and UC Los Angeles School of Law. “The single most important finding is the hiring is local—intensely local,” Professor Ted Seto, author of the study, told The National Jurist. USF School of Law Dean Jeffrey Brand said USF students have the advantage of the school’s deep connection to the city and supportive alumni community. “USF’s high ranking as a partner-producing law school comes as no surprise. It’s consistent with our 100-year tradition of educating skilled legal professionals in San Francisco,” Brand said. “Our students benefit from a vast and close-knit network of alumni, including partners in most of the major law firms in the region, as well as judges, general counsel, business leaders, and public officials. USF students have many opportunities for practical experience to help them successfully engage the job market, including externships in law firms and with judges or representing local cli-ents through our many clinics.” [USF]

Study: USF Top Producer of Big Firm Partners

USF Report Finds Haitian Journalists Face Intimidation, Retaliation

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Substantial construction at the library this summer created additional study rooms and offices for faculty, programs, and clinics. A second phase of the new construction will begin next summer. “The construction in the Dorraine Zief Law Library is an exciting and important moment for the law school,” Dean Jeffrey Brand said. “In a dramatically changed legal educa-tional environment, students need more than ever the best in skills training and practical experience to ensure that they can effectively engage a difficult job market.”

“The construction in the Dorraine Zief Law Library is an exciting and important

moment for the law school.”Dean Jeffrey Brand

The Academic Support Program (ASP) has moved from Kendrick Hall to a larger space in the lower level of the library that includes an ASP study room. The lower level also features new offices for the legal writing faculty and nine study rooms that are outfitted with advanced technology. “We hope that these changes make better use of the space in the library for our stu-dents,” said Senior Director of Budget and Administration Blake Grenier, who oversaw the project. A large space conducive to collaborative work has been designated in the northeast section of the lower level of the library for the Moot Court Program. In addition, a seminar room previously located in the lower level of the library has been moved and enlarged to provide a more comfortable classroom, and a smaller seminar room outfitted with collabora-tive technology has been created. On the first floor of the library expanded seating options have been provided to create a study commons space for students. The new space will add nearly 50 seats on the main level of the library once complete. Also on the main floor, two additional research li-brarian offices have been built adjacent to the research desk to make all research librarians visible and accessible to students. [USF]

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The University of San Francisco School of Law is one of nine law schools nationwide recently selected to participate in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program. The program allows law students to practice trademark law before the USPTO under the guidance of a faculty member. Students enrolled in the Internet and Intel-lectual Property Justice Clinic will consult with clients; draft and file trademark applica-tions before the USPTO; and then communi-cate with trademark examining attorneys re-garding the applications, said Professor and Clinic Director Robert Talbot, who submitted the application for the USPTO program. “This new program provides an invaluable opportunity for USF law students to gain hands-on, practical experience in trademark law while providing much-needed legal as-sistance to the community free of charge,” Talbot said. “Being chosen to participate in

this program is confirmation of the strength of USF’s program in IP law.” The USPTO is an agency of the U.S. De-partment of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification. USF is the only Bay Area law school now certified to practice before the USPTO. “Our trademark law school program con-tinues to expand for the very simple reason that we see tangible benefits not only for students, schools, and the USPTO, but for local entrepreneurs and inventors as well,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intel-lectual Property and Director of the USPTO David J. Kappos. “By expanding educa-tion about trademarks and the trademark process, we help ensure that American businesses and entrepreneurs have the re-sources they need to grow, create jobs, and compete globally.” [USF]

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Richard E. Burchett Jr.Richard E. Burchett Jr. is the president of both Pride Law and the St. Thomas More Society,and also serves as co-chair of the Student Bar Association’s Diversity Committee. He hasvolunteered with Equality California and the “No on 8” campaign. Burchett plans to be acriminal prosecutor, and has worked at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office on thehomicide and preliminary hearing teams and at the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office.

What activities have you participated in as a USF law student? I am having a blast with my Pride Law, St. Thomas More Society, and SBA commitments. Especially in this centennial year for the school, my goal is to redefine what it means to be a law student organization in terms of visibility, advocacy, inclusiveness, and outreach.

Why did you decide to go to law school? Civil rights—and specifically gay rights—were what influenced me to go to law school. I remember in my Prayer and Ministry class in high school we were discussing voter initiatives the year that Prop. 22, which statutorily outlawed marriage equality, was on the ballot. The period leading up to law school was very interesting in terms of gay rights—from watching the California Supreme Court grant marriage equality to seeing those rights stripped with the passage of Prop. 8.

Did you dream of being a lawyer as a kid? I wanted to be a politician from an early age. I have not ruled out making a run for politics down the road—but not before a good, long career in the law.

What activities did you participate in this summer? I returned to my hometown to be a law clerk in the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office. The work gave me the chance to see what being a criminal prosecutor is like: I was in court almost every day, writing and arguing motions, and I had the opportunity to try four cases— they each plead out at the last minute but the experience prepping for trial was priceless. I learned a lot working with the dedicated, talented attorneys in that office.

Where is your favorite place in SF? I am about to have a street named after me in Castro I am there so often.

What is the most amount of time that you’ve gone without sleep? This summer I went on a ride-along with two CHP officers in Fresno who had been witnesses in a suppression hearing I had just argued. The shift was on Friday, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., after a full day of being in court. Maybe this does not say much for my social life or sense of fun, but it was the most exciting Friday night I’d had in a while.

What is a law school pet peeve? The parking!

What advice would you give new USF law students? My advice is not to stress too much, as trite or futile as that sounds. I recommend reading as much as you can so that you have a good foundation. Make time for your friends and things that matter to you. You will more than regain the study time you “lose” doing what you enjoy because you will be more centered, focused, and efficient when you are studying. Everything will be fine—just work hard, remember to take time for yourself, and have faith!

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“ A lot of the information that is being collected by the government is not public information but it’s our location information, it’s our stored emails, it’s a whole bunch of other stuff.”

Professor Susan Freiwald in Marketplace Tech Report broadcast

“Twitter and Your Privacy”

“ It was exactly what we expected. She was entirely consistent with what’s been done in other cases. The only wild card was whether she’d opt to set an example with this case, and she didn’t.”

Professor Robert Talbot comments in the New York Times

on U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston’s sentencing of Barry Bonds

“ Just 30 days in total isolation is terrible, just imagine what years of solitary confinement does to a person.”

Professor Peter Jan Honigsberg in an interview with Radio Netherlands marking the 10-year anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo

“ One thing that we found from the awful incidents of September 11 was that in fact the most informa-tion that became available about those that visited the harm on the country actually came from driver’s license information. It’s actually better to get people to register for driver’s licenses because you can get access to their information more quickly because of the fingerprinting requirement.”

Professor Bill Ong Hing on KQED News broadcast “Hitting the

Road: Legal Status Can Bring Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants”

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“ What the court said is you have to have a really good reason if you are going to give a right and then take it away only from a particular group of people, and they didn’t have one.”

Herbst Foundation Professor of Law Julie Nice on CBS discussing the federal appeals ruling that struck down California’s ban on same-sex marriage

“ Parents understandably want to know if their daughter is pregnant. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world. Not every teenager has an ideal family. Not every teenager can safely talk about this with a parent or even has a parent in their lives to talk to.”

Professor Maya Manian in a CBS broadcast on an unsuccessful ballot initiative to require parental notification for minors seeking abortions

“ I think it’s growing and I think it’s probably going to grow in leaps and bounds.

Professor Tim Iglesias comments on ABC World News with

Diane Sawyer on the increase in tent cities across the nation

“ Companies like Amazon have been structured for a long time not to have any physical pres-ence in the state because they are designed to avoid having to

collect sales tax from buyers.” E.L. Weigand Distinguished Professor in Tax Daniel

Lathrope in the San Francisco Business Times

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Selected Readings

Excerpts from Framed By Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World by Cecilia Ridgeway (Oxford University Press, 2011) The California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, Assembly Bill 889 Excerpts from Masculinities and the Law: A Multidi-mensional Approach edited by Frank Rudy Cooper and Ann C. McGinley (NYU Press, 2012) Excerpts from Getting in the Game: Title IX and the Women’s Sports Revolution by Deborah Brake (NYU Press, 2010) “Discounting Discrimination” by Richard Thompson Ford (Harvard Law and Policy Review, 2011)

“ This course could not be more relevant in today’s world. Women and men who are able to see the relevance of gender in work and the role of law in shaping workplace norms and structures are poised to lead change in any market, including a redeveloping legal one.” Tristin Green

syllabusCourse Work, Gender, and the Law

Professor Tristin Green

Description Professor Tristin Green’s course requires students to think critically about the ways in which work, gender, and the law intersect, and how gender is constructed in work settings. “It is my hope that my students will both reflect on how their own and others’ gender is constructed, constrained, and performed in work and also to continue to examine carefully the effects of gender and related law on equality in work success,” she said. Green thinks the course is important as it provides a theoretical and empirical foundation from which students can build and advocate for meaningful change.

The University of San Francisco Law Review symposium “Big Brother in the 21st Century? Reforming the Electronic Communica-tions Privacy Act” brought together members of the bench, practitio-ners, government officials, activists, and others to discuss electronic communications privacy and legal reforms. “This important symposium puts in sharp relief the wonders of the technological revolution and the challenges and threats it poses to our fundamental rights,” Dean Jeffrey Brand said in a written state-ment prepared for the Feb. 24 event. The symposium began with a primer on electronic communica-tions privacy law by USF School of Law Professor Susan Freiwald, faculty advisor of the symposium, and University of Colorado Law School Professor Paul Ohm. Some symposium speakers noted the limitations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) in the rapidly evolving world of electronic communications that has seen significant transformations since the bill passed in 1986. “It’s not just how do you comply with the law but how do you strike the correct balance with the civil liberties and freedoms of the people who want to use the internet and the very desperate need for law enforcement to make sure they can find and bring to justice people who commit crimes,” Ohm said.

Speakers included Google, Inc. Senior Counsel for Law Enforce-ment and Information Security Richard Salgado, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Texas Stephen Smith, Federal Bureau of Investigation General Counsel Andrew Weissman, and Stephanie Pell, an author consultant, and former federal prosecutor. During a panel on the use and misuse of cell site location data, Freiwald said that the detail of information stored by cell phone providers is unclear. “The question is how much information is collected by the service provider and what does that information reveal about where you are in physical space and the answer is that we don’t know,” Freiwald said. “If you make a call and information is generated just at the beginning of the call then that is one data point for the entire call but if information is generated every few seconds that you are on the call then that is going to give much more of a rich picture of where you are throughout the whole time you are on the call.” The keynote address was delivered by Jim Dempsey, vice presi-dent for public policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology. He coordinates the Digital Due Process Coalition, which involves companies, advocacy groups, and think tanks in an effort to update the ECPA. [USF]

Electronic Communications Privacy Explored in Law Review Symposium

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Professor Connie de la Vega, academic director of international programs, and Professor Emeritus Eldon Reiley, the found-ing director of the law school’s LLM program, have published The American Legal System for Foreign Lawyers (Wolters Kluwer/Aspen, 2011). The book explores the structure of the fed-eral government and America’s dual judicial system, and includes historical background, biographical information on significant Ameri-can judges, comparative law discussions, and legal terminology.

“An increasing number of foreign law grad-uates have been coming to the United States to learn about America and its legal system,” de la Vega and Reiley wrote. “Some come to participate in one-year LLM programs or full length JD programs. These young people bring a level of sophistication, a comparative perspective, and in inquiring energy that sets them apart from American students.” De la Vega currently teaches American Legal Systems to international LLM students, and Reiley previously taught the course. [USF]

Shalanda H. Baker has joined the USF School of Law as an associate professor. She teaches courses on corporate, international

development, and international economic law. Her research explores the intersection of large energy and infrastructure project development, indigenous rights, and the environ-ment. “Shalanda is an energetic, talented teacher who is sure to inspire students, an expert in business and corporate matters critical to the curriculum, and already a scholar making im-portant contributions in her field,” Dean Jeffrey Brand said. Prior to joining USF, Baker served as a William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, where she received a Master of Law degree. She also spent several years as a project finance attorney at Bingham McCutchen LLP. Baker is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law, and has clerked for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. She served as an Air Force officer before her honor-able discharge under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, and became a vocal advocate for repeal of the policy. “USF has a well-established commitment to social justice and diversity, which are values that I find incredibly compel-ling,” Baker said. “The moment I set foot on the campus, I knew I was home. The students, faculty, and the engage-ment of the overall community make this a wonderful place to work.” [USF]

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Baker Joins USF as Associate Professor

The American Legal System for Foreign Lawyers conveys a sharp and panoramic view of the

American legal landscape. The authors’ unique approach draws clear differences between

common law and civil law—as reflected by their thorough discussion of judicial precedent

and stare decisis. Each chapter includes visual aids and a glossary of legal terms to make the

layers and language of the American legal system easier to see and understand. Practical guidance with exceptional clarity, The American Legal System for Foreign Lawyers features:• Complete and manageable coverage, logically organized in four parts:

Part I. Common Law History, Courts, Cases, Citations, Legal Education and Law Practice

Part II. The Constitution: Structure and InterpretationPart III. Individual Rights: Current IssuesPart IV. Development of Common Law of Contract from English Roots to the Restatement,

UCC and CISG• An informative look at the unique combination of functions of American judges that

distinguishes them from judges in other judicial systems:1. Reviewing legislation under constitutional challenge2. Interpreting statutes3. Developing common law in the basic areas of state law including torts, contract, and

property• Thoughtful discussions of historical background, written for foreign readers • Chapters peppered with examples and questions, based on current issues including state

immigration laws, the federal health care mandate, federalism concerns raised by the

Defense of Marriage Act, and citation of international authority in U.S. constitutional

decisions• An accessible treatment of American case law, including tips on reading and analyzing

cases• A wealth of visual aids, tables, charts, and illustrations• Guidance to American legal terms and usage, including a glossary linked to each

chapter

Also AvailableLegal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students,

Second EditionNadia E. Nedzel, Southern University2008 • 420 pages • Paperback • ISBN: 978-0-7355-6953-9The International Lawyer’s Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in

the United States Deborah B. McGregor and Cynthia M. Adams, both of Indiana University at Indianapolis

2008 • 464 pages • Paperback • ISBN: 978-0-7355-6477-0

www.wolterskluwerlb.com

The AmericAn LegAL SyStem for foreign Lawyers

The AmericAn LegAL SyStem for foreign Lawyers

Eldon H. Reiley • Connie de la Vega

Reileyde la Vega

The AmericAn LegAL SyStem for foreign LawyersEldon H. Reiley, Professor of Law, Emeritus, University of San FranciscoConnie de la Vega, Professor of Law, University of San Francisco

“The moment I set foot on the campus, I knew

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Professor Shalanda Baker authored “Un-masking Project Finance: Risk Mitigation, Risk Inducement, and an Invitation to Development Disaster?” in the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law.

Professor Emeritus William Bassett updated Religious Organizations and the Law, co-authored with W. Cole Durham and Robert T. Smith, and his treatise Bassett on California Community Property Law. He also authored “Religious Organizations and the State: Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity and the Civil Courts,” published in Conscience and Liberty.

Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship Joshua Davis co-authored “Comparative Deter-rence from Private Enforcement and Criminal Enforcement of the U.S. Antitrust Laws” in the BYU Law Review. He also co-authored an amicus brief filed before the California Supreme Court examining the legality of reverse payments under antitrust laws.

Professor Connie de la Vega authored “The Responsibility of States to Ensure that Compa-nies Comply with Human Rights Mandates” in International Human Rights Forum Lucerne Series: Human Rights and Migration. She co-authored “Peer Review in the Mix: How the UPR Transforms Human Rights Discourse” in New Challenges for the Human Rights Machinery; “Cruel and Unusual: U.S. Sentencing Practices in a Global Context,” published by the USF School of Law Center for Law and Global Justice; and amicus briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, and U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. De la Vega presented at the Human Rights Council Annual Full-Day Meeting on the Rights of the Child.

Professor Reza Dibadj authored “Dodd Frank: Toward First Principles?” published in the Chapman Law Review and “Expressive Rights for Shareholders After Citizens United?” in the symposium issue of the University of San Francisco Law Review.

Professor Dolores Donovan authored “Cam-bodia’s Overdue Land Reforms” and “The New Cambodian Civil Code” on the East Asia Forum. She presented at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco and at the East China University of Law and Politics. Donovan was appointed a member of the executive committee of the As-sociation of American Law Schools’ Section on Post-Graduate Legal Education in January.

Assistant Professors of Legal Writing Amy Flynn and Grace Hum co-presented “Employ-ers’ Changing Expectations: What Do They Want and How Do We Give it to Them?” at the 15th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute.

Professor Emeritus Jay Folberg presented at the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution 14th Annual Spring Conference, the Moscow Mediation Fourth International Confer-ence, and other events.

Professor David Franklyn gave an address and served as a panelist at the McCarthy Institute and Microsoft Corp. symposium “Trademark Law and Its Challenges,” which he helped organize.

Associate Professor Deborah Hussey Free-land authored “What is a Lawyer? A Reconstruc-tion of the Lawyer As an Officer of the Court,” in the Saint Louis University Public Law Review. She presented at the 2012 International Conference on Law and Society, the University of Calgary International Legal Ethics Conference V, and the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law.

Professor Susan Freiwald received the first place award for her proposal “The Four Factor Test” at the Fifth Annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference’s Constitutional Test for Government Surveillance Competition. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas concurred with

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In their new book, Confessions of Guilt: From Torture to Miranda and Beyond (Oxford University Press, 2012), Profes-sor Richard A. Leo and co-author George Thomas III examine how interrogation prac-tices have shifted throughout history—at periods utilizing and at other times avoiding extreme force. “The acceptance of harsh interrogation tactics is always rooted at least in part in the changing perceptions of external and internal threats,” Leo and Thomas wrote. “Rather than a progression from more to less violence in obtaining confessions, the history of Anglo-American interroga-tion reveals that it has gravitated from one extreme to another.” Stanford Law School’s Marion Rick Kirkwood Professor of Law Lawrence M. Friedman called it a “comprehensive and deeply researched book, which examines with insight and passion a particularly dark and murky corner of the world of legal doctrine.” Leo, who was granted tenure this year, is an award-winning author and special-ist in police interrogation practices, false confessions and wrongful convictions. He has published more than 80 articles in leading scientific and legal journals as well as several other books. He is the recipient of multiple career and research awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship shared with Tom Wells; the Edwin H. Sutherland Outstanding Scholarship Award, the Law and Society Association Herbert Jacob Book Prize, and the Academy of Crimi-nal Justice Sciences Outstanding Book Award for his book Police Interrogation and American Justice (Harvard University Press, 2008); and the Saleem Shah Career Achievement Award from the American Psychology-Law Society. “The grant of tenure to Professor Leo is a testament to who we are as a law school—focused on terrific teaching and demanding of constructive, engaged scholarship,” Dean Jeffrey Brand said. [USF]

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Freiwald’s amicus brief and declared that a law authorizing the government to obtain cellular re-cords without a search warrant is unconstitutional. Freiwald presented at the Yale Information Society Project Speaker Series, the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology Ninth Annual Stanford E-Commerce Best Practices Conference, and other events. Freiwald served as the faculty advisor to “Big Brother in the 21st Century? Reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.”

Professor Tristin Green published “The Future of Systemic Disparate Treatment Law” in the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law. She co-authored Sex-Based Discrimination: Text, Cases, and Materials (West, Seventh Edition 2011). Green participated in numerous panels, and served as a co-organizer of the USF School of Law Annual Jack Pemberton Lecture on Work-place Justice with Professors Maria Ontiveros and Michelle Travis.

Professor Bill Ong Hing received the Public Service Award from the University of San Fran-cisco Asian Studies Department and the Keith Aoki Pacific American Jurisprudence Award from the Conference of Asian Pacific American Faculty. He authored the UC Irvine Law Review article “Im-migration Sanctuary Policies: Constitutional and Representative of Good Policing and Good Public Policy,” and co-authored a brief before the Califor-nia Supreme Court on whether an undocumented law graduate who passed the bar exam should be admitted to practice law. Hing spoke at the Silicon Valley Asia Society Conference, the Southeast Asian Action Resource Center, and elsewhere. Hing is a member of the San Francisco Immigra-tion Rights Commission.

Professor Peter Jan Honigsberg filmed inter-views of former detainees and others who worked at or were involved with Guantanamo for the Wit-ness to Guantanamo project. The project recently received grants from the Roddick Foundation and the Sigrid Rausing Trust.

Assistant Professor of Legal Writing Grace Hum received a teaching grant from the Associa-tion of Legal Writing Directors. She co-published “Legal Writing Professors Morphing into Contract Drafting Professors” in Transactions: The Tennes-see Journal of Business Law.

Professor Tim Iglesias authored “Beyond Two-Persons-Per-Bedroom: Revitalizing Application of the Federal Fair Housing Act to Private Residential Occupancy Standards” in the Georgia State Law Review. He also published “Exclusionary Zoning Enforcement: Passé or Alive and Kicking” in State and Local Law News. Iglesias is co-chair of the Fair Housing Committee of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development, and has presented at several recent housing conferences.

Professor Alice Kaswan authored “Climate Change, the Clean Air Act, and Industrial Pollu-tion,” in the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, and “Climate Change and the Puget Sound: Building the Legal Framework for Adapta-tion,” in Climate Law. She presented at numerous events, such as the University of Oregon School of Law’s 30th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference. Kaswan’s recent CPRBlog posts include “Applying the Clean Air Act to Greenhouse Gases: What Does It Mean for Traditional Pollut-ants?” and “Environmental Justice and GHG Cap-and-Trade: It’s More than a Complaint.”

E.L. Wiegand Distinguished Professor in Tax Daniel Lathrope published updated editions of Fundamentals of Partnership Taxation, Se-lected Federal Taxation Statutes and Regulations, Selected Sections on United States International Taxation, Federal Income Taxation of Individuals in a Nutshell, and Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation.

Professor Richard Leo is co-author of the book Confessions of Guilt: From Torture to Miranda and Beyond (Oxford University Press, 2012). He also co-authored “Interrogation Through Pragmatic

Implication: Sticking to the Letter of the Law While Violating its Intent,” in Oxford Handbook on Language and Law; “Interrogation-Regulatory Decline: Ego Depletion, Failures of Self-Regulation and the Decision to Confess” (Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2012); and “To Walk in Their Shoes: The Problem of Missing, Misunderstood, and Misrepresented Context in Judging Criminal Confessions” (New England Law Review, 2012). Leo presented at the American Criminal Society Annual Meeting, the American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, and other events.

Professor Rhonda Magee is serving as the in-terim co-director of the University of San Francisco Center for Teaching Excellence. She chaired the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society’s Annual Meeting of the Executive Board, and consulted with Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) on the contemplative/mindfulness and law movement. Magee presented at the Mind & Life Institute Inter-national Symposia for Contemplative Studies, the International Conference on Law and Society, and the State Bar of Arizona’s Annual Convention.

Professor Maya Manian authored “Functional Parenting and Dysfunctional Abortion Policy: Reforming Parental Involvement Legislation,” published in the Family Court Review. Her article “The Irrational Woman: Informed Consent and Abortion Decision-Making” (Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, 2009) was reprinted in Women and the Law (West, 2011). She presented at the Emerging Family Law Scholars and Teachers Fifth Annual Conference and UC San Francisco Bixby Center for Global Reproduc-tive Health Abortion Seminar.

Marshall P. Madison Professor of Law Jesse Markham Jr. authored “Does Criminalization of

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Cartels Work”(New Journal of European Crimi-nal Law, 2012) and “Sailing a Sea of Doubt: A Critique of the Rule of Reason in U.S. Antitrust Law” (Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law, 2012). He served on panels at the Univer-sity of Luxembourg New Journal of Criminal Law Conference and UC Davis Business Law Journal Symposium.

Reference Librarian Suzanne Mawhinney authored “Therapy Dogs Provide Stress (and Comic) Relief,” published in the AALL Spectrum.

Senior Professor J. Thomas McCarthy was inducted in the Intellectual Asset Management magazine’s Intellectual Property Hall of Fame. He has published updated editions of his books Mc-Carthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition and The Rights of Publicity and Privacy.

Herbst Foundation Professor of Law Julie Nice published “The Descent of the Responsible Procreation: A Genealogy of an Ideology” in the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. She authored “The Price of Minimalism: Same-Sex Marriage and Judicial Confusion,” and other JURIST blog posts. In conjunction with the UC Los Angeles’ Williams Institute, she taught Comparative LGBT Rights at the University of Barcelona. Nice presented at the Drake Law School 2012 Constitutional Law Center Symposium and other conferences.

Professor Maria Ontiveros published “Building a Movement with Immigrant Workers: The 1972-74 Strike and Boycott at Farah Manufacturing” in the Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal. She participated in a panel on the 13th Amend-ment at the University of Wisconsin Law School symposium “The Constitutionalization of Labor and Employment Law.”

Professor Bruce Price authored the Southern University Law Review article “Halting, Altering, and Agreeing,” in which he argues that the Chap-ter 11 bankruptcy process represents a dispute transformation mechanism. He also authored “‘No

Look’ Attorneys’ Fees and the Attorneys Who are Looking: An Empirical Analysis of Presumptively Approved Attorneys’ Fees in Chap. 13 Bank-ruptcies and a Proposal for Reform” (American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, 2012).

Professor Joshua Rosenberg co-authored Practical Guide to Corporate Taxation (CCH/Wolt-ers Kluwer, 2012) with Adjunct Professor Dominic Daher and Steve Johnson.

Senior Reference Librarian Lee Ryan presented “Finding Free Legal Research Sites and Free Case Law” at a National Business Institute Seminar.

Philip and Muriel Barnett Professor of Trial Advocacy Steven Shatz co-authored “Chivalry is Not Dead: Murder, Gender, and the Death Penalty” (Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law, and Justice, 2012).

Professor Michelle Travis authored “Impair-ment as Protected Status: A New Universality for Disability Rights” in the Georgia Law Review, and “Toward Positive Equality: Taking the Disparate Impact Out of Disparate Impact Theory” in the Lewis & Clark Law Review. Travis, a founding member of the Work and Family Researchers Network, participated in a Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee Meeting in Washington, D.C., that discussed job creation and economic empowerment for women.

Director of the Dorraine Zief Law Library Ronald Wheeler was elected to the executive committee of the Society of Academic Law Library Directors, and participated in the panels “Hiring the Law Librarian of the Future” and “Coordinating Legal Research Instruction: From First-Year Law Student to First-Year Associate.”

Centennial Faculty

Scholarship and Teaching

Workshop Series

The USF School of Law is celebrating 100 years of dynamic legal education with a special series of scholarship and teaching workshops in the 2012–2013 academic year. Distinguished scholars from across the nation and USF’s own faculty will present research exploring critical race theory, digital contracts, jurisprudence, and other pressing legal issues. The series will include presentations by:

Margaret Jane Radin Henry King Ransom Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Deborah Rhode Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford Law School

Vicki Schultz Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences, Yale Law School

Scott Shapiro Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

Gerald Torres Bryant Smith Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law

Patricia Williams James L. Dohr Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

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The University of San Francisco School of Law has come a long way from its humble beginnings in 1912 when it opened its doors in a small building on Market Street with just a few faculty teaching 49

students. One hundred years and several locations later, the law school takes pride in a century of graduates who have made a difference in the world. Our centennial provides an opportunity to look ahead while looking back; moments to reflect on the past, the present, and the future in which we imagine a fair and equitable society, marked by respect for diversity of thought and culture and our engagement as hardworking, considerate law-yers creating positive change in the world. In these pages, we celebrate our

SEPT. 18, 1912The law school opens its doors as University of St. Ignatius College of Law. The inaugural class consists of 49 men. The school is housed on the sixth floor of the Grant Building on the corner of Market and Seventh Streets in downtown San Francisco, where San Francisco’s City Hall and Superior Courts also are located.

1917The law school moves from the Grant Building to a temporary

structure known as the ‘shirt factory.’ It is located on the corner of Hayes and Shrader Streets, where St. Ignatius College had

temporarily relocated after the 1906 earthquake and fire.

1914 World War I begins on Aug. 3.

1916Albert Einstein proposes Theory of Relativity.

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The 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote.

first 100 years as prologue to our second century, noting with pride the law school’s hardy institutional DNA and our commitment to training great law-yers, inclusion, and service to others.

As we celebrate the change the law school has seen and wrought in its storied first century, there is one constant. Our core values remain identical to what they were in 1912: The simple belief that USF School of Law graduates will be skilled, ethical professionals in pursuit of justice in every conceivable area of practice at home and around the world.

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1918Alumnus Chan Chung Wing, a member of the law school’s first graduating class, be-comes the first Asian American admitted to the California Bar. Wing goes on to found a successful law practice specializ-ing in immigration law, become a banker, and establish an insurance company.

1919The university and the law school face a dire financial crisis due to the drop in en-rollment during World War I. The destruc-tion of St. Ignatius Church and College in the 1906 earthquake and fires adds to the financial troubles. A successful, multiyear fundraising drive pulls the institution back into financial stability.

Dean Jeffrey S. Brand, excerpted from the foreword to The University of San Francisco School of Law Century: 100 Years of Educating for Justice

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1937The USF College of Law

becomes one of only five law colleges in California and the

only one in San Francisco, to be accredited by all three accredit-ing agencies: the American Bar Association, the Association of

American Law Schools, and the California State Bar.

1945Enrollment jumps 200 percent to 324, after sharp drops during the height of World War II.

1927The law school moves to the newly con-structed Liberal Arts Building. The build-ing, later known as Campion Hall and now named Kalmanovitz Hall, cost $300,000 to construct. The College of Law, by then enrolling 251 students in its exclusively evening program, occupies the third floor.

1935The American Bar Association offers provisional accredita-tion to the USF College of Law. USF is one of a select group of California law colleges to receive that accreditation.

1948NATO formed, Cold War begins.

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1930Worldwide Depression begins.

1927Women for the first time are admitted to the College of Law.

1930St. Ignatius College changes its name

to the University of San Francisco. Despite the onset of the Depression, fall enrollment at the College of Law

holds steady at 265 students.

1935Social Security Act provides retire-ment insurance.

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“ All knew why they were coming to law school….They had learned from history the part that lawyers had played in establishing their country, with 25 out of 56 signers of the Declaration of Indepen-dence and 59 percent of the signers of the Constitution drawn from the ranks of lawyers.” USF Don, 1939

1939World War II begins.

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Lewis Cassidy is hired asthe first full-time dean of

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200%1962On Sept. 29, the law school marks the 50th anniversary of its found-ing and dedicates Kendrick Hall. The celebration features a keynote address by Robert F. Kennedy. Racial tensions in Mississippi keep him in Washington the weekend of the celebration, so he delivers his speech via telephone and public address system hook-up to the audience gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

1963 President John

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1969Neil Armstrong

walks on the moon.

1965The Voting Rights Act is passed.

1971C. Delos Putz, a 33-year-old assistant dean at New York University School of

Law, is appointed dean. Challenges he faces include an enrollment increase

beyond Kendrick Hall’s capacity, a short-age of need-based scholarships, and

student demand for greater input on law school governance.

1970Law students establish The Forum, a student newspaper.

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1974President Richard Nixon resigns.

1975Paul McKaskle, a professor at the USF School of Law since 1971, is named dean.

1982A new, three-story wing to Kendrick Hall is completed. The construction was financed by a $1 million fund-raising campaign that began under the leadership of Dean McKaskle.

1975Student diversity increases. Minor-ity enrollment is up from 4 percent in 1960 to 15 percent in 1975, and female enrollment up from 8 percent to 25 percent during the same period.

1982David Ratner, a visiting professor at the USF School of Law and former Cornell Law School professor, is appointed dean.

1981Dean McKaskle resigns as dean to return to the classroom and Joseph Henke, a USF School of Law professor since 1970 is appointed acting dean.

1972The Criminal Law Clinic is estab-lished as the school’s first clinic. The clinic works together with the Marin County Public Defender’s Office, San Quentin Prison, and the San Francisco Barrister’s Club and is supervised by Professors Ron Micon and Steven Shatz.

1973Law faculty announce they will form a union. The move comes in response to the university’s proposed budget cuts, faculty salary freezes, and high student to faculty ratio. Professor J. Thomas McCarthy is appointed chair of the USF Association of Law Professors.

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1981Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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20019/11 terrorist attack in the United States.

1994Apartheid falls in South Africa and Nelson Mandela elected president.

2001The Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project is founded by Professor Steven Shatz. The program sends students to work with capital defense attorneys in the American South each summer.

1990The USF Law Clinic, originally founded in 1972 by Profes-sors Micon and Shatz, grows into a teaching law firm with 24 students per semester.

1992The Judicial Extern-ship Program has become increasingly popular since its in-ception in 1972, with 20 to 30 students now participating in the program each semester.

1999Ground is broken for a new

law library, made possible by a $3.2 million gift from Arthur

Zief, Class of 1946.

1999Jeffrey Brand, a professor at the USF School of Law since 1984 and founder of the Center for Law and Global Justice, is ap-pointed 17th dean of the law school.

2004A comprehensive renovation of Kendrick Hall is completed. In recognition of the $3.25 million gift from the Koret Foundation to underpin the project, the buildings that comprise the law school are named the Koret Law Center.

2010Professor Joshua Davis

is named associate dean for faculty scholar-

ship, a new position reflecting the faculty’s

enhanced scholarly pro-duction and reputation.

2000The Dorraine Zief Law Library opens.

1990World Wide Web invented.

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2012The USF School

of Law Centennial Celebration begins.

1989Jay Folberg, a professor at Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, is appointed dean.

For the first time, enrollment includes more women (348) than men (335). Ethnic diversity also grows, with 58 Asian students, 33 African Americans, and 39 Hispanics.

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Brand What do you think the goal of a law professor should be?

McCarthy My goal is to prepare students to be lawyers. So, I would often talk about

the client. “How are you going to explain this to the client? How are you going to write an

opinion letter?” I found this made the students really nervous. They didn’t like to think about themselves as a professional, giving advice and getting paid to do that. I found myself saying, “Listen, you’re going to be a professional charging people to tell them what the law is. Pay attention.”

Shatz The challenge for us is to take students, who see themselves as students, and in the space of a few years change their identity to professionals who will represent and advise people. In the process we’ve got to teach them about the law. We’ve got to teach them how

In celebration of the law school’s centennial, Dean Jeffrey S. Brand moderated two roundtables featuring former deans

and current faculty members who joined USF between the 1960s and 2000s. In the following pages, excerpts of these

discussions explore critical issues in legal education. As the law school enters its second century, recent graduates

are confronted with increasing levels of debt and a changed legal employment market in an improving but struggling

economy. In the face of these challenges, the law school has deepened its focus on practical training and rededicated

itself to its mission of educating skilled, ethical lawyers.

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Looking Forward

TeachingGoals

Jeffrey Brand

J. Thomas McCarthy HIReD In 1966 Steven Shatz HIReD In 1972

John Adler HIReD In 1983

Sharon Meadows HIReD In 1990

Michelle Travis HIReD In 2003

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to think clearly and logically and deeply. We’ve got to teach them how to focus on the problem they are trying to solve. We have to teach them many things, but most of all we have to teach them to think of themselves as professionals.

Adler In a first-year class I am teaching about synthesiz-ing cases, and doing analogies and distinctions, and making arguments. By the time they are in their second year, I want to make sure that students have the vocabulary and ability to articulate arguments. The other thing I am really interested in is getting them engaged and thinking about the bigger issues that go along with their courses.

Brand As I am listening to this conversation, I am thinking that maybe we do a disservice when we create this dichotomy between skills versus the other. Listening to you all talk about the transformation of students to attorneys—that transforma-tion takes place through understanding doctrine and teaching them how to practice.

Meadows I set out my goals early in the semester with my clinic students. They need to have knowledge of criminal procedure and evidence. Every time we talk about a particular skillset—cross-examination, motion practice—we talk about ethical concerns. We discuss their duty to the court and their duty to the client. That’s really important in terms of profes-sionalism. Even though our clients are indigent, it’s what you owe to your client and what you can and cannot say and represent to the court. I teach them not only how to use the skills they are learning in the classroom but how to present themselves in court and to their clients.

Travis In all of my interactions with students, both inside and outside of the classroom, my ultimate goal is to make it an empowering interaction. One that leaves them feeling more skilled, competent, and confident of their ability to be an attorney.

Brand We’ve talked about goals, we’ve talked about techniques—how do we know we’ve succeeded?

Meadows At the end of the semester virtually all of my students are very con-

fident. They start out wanting a script—“What do I do if the judge asks me this? What

do I say to the DA?”—and then there is an ease that occurs after the half way point in the semester. There is a confidence and skill that they have in the courtroom with the opposing counsel and with the judge.

Brand Of course measuring success in a clinic when you are teaching a particular skill to eight to 10 students, while mea-suring success in a large classroom is another.

Shatz I’m conscious of the fact that no teaching style works with everyone, and this is the reason that it’s great that there are so many teaching styles on the faculty. I learned early on no matter what your teaching style and no matter how right it might be for 85 or 90 percent of the class, it’s wrong for some people. That’s OK so long as there are other professors who are right for those people.

McCarthy I’ve had the same experience and I’ve learned you cannot please 100 percent of the class. I had my own criteria for whether I did a good job or not, which I think is different from what the students criteria was and how they rated me. Did I engage with the students? When I read the final exams, did they understand how to apply the law to a particular set of facts? That’s my feedback.

Shatz I can walk out of a class and think I’ve done a good job and even get feedback that I’ve done a good job but that doesn’t matter to me as much as the individual students who I’ve impacted. I think of one former student who said it was a conversation with me at the end of his first year that kept him in law school, and then he became a federal judge and now a Court of Appeals justice. For me, it is the one-on-one connec-tion with the student that is the most critical.

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McCarthy I’ve had students tell me that statements I’ve made have come up in their practice every week. It’s very sobering to think you are saying these things to young people and it’s hav-ing a tremendous impact on the later course of their life.

Brand So, whether we are succeeding or not, we are certainly having an impact.

Travis I have started judging success by student interactions that occur on a day-to-day, moment-by-moment basis. What drives me to engage in the difficult endeavor of teaching are the kinds of interactions that everyone else has described. As an example, last year I think we all may have had a student who was an amazing individual who overcame enormous odds to graduate among the top of his class. Before he began working he made a special trip back to USF. He knocked on our doors and thanked individuals who he thought enabled him to reach this level of potential. We may not reach every student but that’s our goal. I try to reach person by person and it’s a different approach with each individual.

Brand The mentoring we do as faculty is something that is as important in our measurement of success as our work in the classroom.

Brand We talk a lot at the University of San Francisco about changing the world from here, educating minds and hearts to change the world, educating for jus-tice. What is our relationship as teachers

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Shatz I’m only comfortable when I am connected to the profession, and pursuing social justice within it, and that is the origin of the Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Law Project. I had been writing about the death penalty and I just got tired of writing about stuff—I wanted to be doing something. Out of that came the project involving students to reform and ultimately abolish the death penalty.

Adler It’s always a balancing act. I find myself pulling out of class to get some of this done—informal conversations where people are sitting around talking about their own experiences and how they think race has played a part in their lives. This is not something that is easy to or maybe even appropriate to talk about in a large class. Another example is a recent trip when I took five of our La Raza students to the Canal Alliance where I’ve been working for several years and had them do a panel with high school kids about what it takes to get from being in high school—struggling with English, without the family back-ground to help you along the way, no financial resources, etc.—

to get into college. It can be done. There was a young man who we were very interested in having apply to a summer leadership program in Sacramento. He decided that it was too much work but after our students talked that day he changed his mind and was going to apply. These little things are ways in which you can have an impact that don’t come out of standard teaching.

Meadows I think it’s very different in the clinic where we deal so much with the outside world. The judges really respect our program and its service to the court. The relationship that the students have with the people who are indigent is also impor-tant. One of the things we try to do in the clinic is not only teach them how to be professionals and how to analyze their clients legal problems properly but to understand that they are providing a legal service to a community that is underserved.

Travis The most important thing all of us do is to get students to understand that with the privilege and the power they yield simply from having a law degree they have a responsibility. That responsibility can be used in many different ways—people may have different political views, ideological commitments, and priorities—but they have a responsibility to make thoughtful, ethical decisions.

Brand I listen to Steve talk about death row inmates in the South, to Sharon talk about youth guidance, and to John talk about serving migrants—but it’s not just these populations that we work with in our pursuit of social justice. For example, in February, at the top of the Time Warner complex overlooking Manhattan, hundreds of IP lawyers and decision makers gath-ered to discuss policy at the McCarthy Institute for Intellectual Property and Technology Law and Microsoft Corp. symposium. Tom, you do justice all the time in your context as well.

McCarthy Even commercial and business lawyers can do a lot of justice—that’s my theory. Legal expenses are outrageous and are obstructing the job market and business in general, and I think young lawyers should be trained to keep that I mind. That’s their ethical obligation, not just to keep things legal but to un-derstand the problems of the business world and what leads to job growth. Yes, we brought together people from Washington, D.C., and New York who are making decisions about govern-ment and legal policy on intellectual property and the internet. I think it did a lot of good to have those people talk to each other.

Brand I would make one friendly edit to your statement—you said, “even business and commercial lawyers do justice.” I would strike the word “even.” I think we are talking about ethical, skilled lawyering in the boardroom and all kinds of business set-tings, just as much as we do if we are working in St. Anthony’s kitchen or at the youth guidance center.

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Putz I’m glad I am not a dean today; this is a very hard time. In terms of legal

education, I have faith in the importance of teaching basics, thoroughly and well. The last thing I would mention is that I don’t believe the current economic model of education—with the tuition increases that have occurred routinely for 20 years—is sustainable.

McKaskle Some students won’t have the opportunity to work at large law firms and earn large amounts of money. How do they manage to pay off enormous amounts of debt? I think it is going to be very difficult for a lot of very talented people.

Henke I’m still teaching at Seattle University, a sister Jesuit uni-versity. Most students I am confident are going to obtain the benefits of their education and it will be rewarding, despite all the hard times in the world today. But I share all the concerns about the expense of it and the difficulty in entering the profession today.

Ratner I remember when I first started as dean I met Jeff Brown, the public defender in San Francisco and cousin of

Jerry Brown, and he said he really liked working with USF students because they focused on the facts of the case (and were trained in practical skills). I think that’s the strength of the law school.

Folberg I have the opportunity to do some guest teaching so I get into the classroom at various Bay Area schools, and I’m encouraged by what I see. I see no significant difference in stu-dents—in terms of their intellectual capacity, their drive, their concern about public policy and public good—between my years as a dean and now. I’m distressed though by the debt lev-els. I think public interest work is becoming harder and harder to do, not that the students don’t care or that they’ve lost their values, they just can’t afford to do it.

Brand I think the managing of resources and student debt are the biggest challenges of the law school in the next 10–20 years. I share Joe’s optimism about students being able to use what they are learning here at the law school to their benefit. I would be remiss as dean if I did not say a challenge into the next several decades is being able to communicate the value that we give to our students, and convince alumni, friends, and foundations of the importance of supporting law schools to benefit the common good and the rule of law and justice. We look forward to our second century despite the challenges and could not be more proud of what we have accomplished in the first 100 years. [USF]

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As the law school focuses on its second century, it looks to alumni and friends for support in the goal of educating students to be ethical lawyers prepared to change the world. There are a variety of sponsor-ship opportunities in celebration of the centennial year and Centennial Gala with proceeds aiding law student scholarships. Sponsors receive preferred seat-ing at the Centennial Gala, recognition in The Re-corder and the Daily Journal, and access to the Koret Health & Recreation Center, among other benefits. For information contact Director of Development and Alumni Relations Robin Keating at rrkeating@usfca.edu or (415) 422-2551.

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Why did you choose to attend the USF School of law?USF, in my view, had the most supportive administration and student body for a youngmother. I was looking for an environment that I felt would be helpful since I had young children and competing demands on my time.

What do you think makes legal education at USF unique?I think it has a very strong commitment to ethical concerns for future practicing lawyers, and I think the level of involvement of the faculty with the students is unique to USF.

Why have you remained involved with the law school over the years? I have treasured friendships with this dean and the previous dean. In addition, my son attended the USF School of Law and met

his wife there. I also find that my continuing involvement informs and enriches my profes-sional life by keeping me in touch with the strong values of the law school.

What role do you think alumni should play in shaping the USF School of law?I hope that alumni recognize their legal education at USF has been instrumental insetting the course of their professional life. And whatever value their professional life has brought to them I would hope that there would be a correlation to them giving something back to the university—whether financial support or supporting the university community in other ways.

What goals do you think are pertinent to the law school as it enters its second century?One goal is to provide ethical guidance for law students as they enter into the

profession. The other goal would be to provide relevant training for the current legal market so students are able to practice law in a meaningful way. That requires the school to be flexible so that it may identify important structural changes in the legal market and respond to them.

Judge epstein reflects on law Schoolhon. Judith A. epstein MA ’75, JD ’77, has served as a judge on the State Bar Court of California for more than 10 years. the court oversees attorney discipline cases to ensure public protection, the integrity of the legal profession, and the fair administration of justice. She says that the oppor-tunity to serve as a judge is one of the highest callings for someone who practices law. “it allows one to take the sum of their legal knowledge and real world experience and meld those together to hopefully have a beneficial impact on the community.” Judge epstein, the 2005 Alumna of the Year, is a donor and member of the USF School of law Board of Counselors. She previously served on the university’s board of trustees.

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Alumni Graduates Dinner Celebrates Class of ’12

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Hundreds gathered for the 2012 Alumni Graduates Dinner at the InterContinental Hotel on May 16. David Greene received the Honor-able Ira A. Brown Jr. Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award and Herbst Foundation Professor of Law Julie Nice received the Distinguished Professor Award. The Alumni Gradu-ates Dinner was supported by event benefactor Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery; event patrons Hanson Bridgett LLP, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, and Miller, Sabino & Lee, Inc., Legal Placement Ser-vices; and event sponsors Lindbergh Porter Jr. ’81, Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney, Sedgwick LLP, and Trombadore Gonden Law Group LLP.

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R Manuel Fortes BA ’82, JD ’85, was awarded the 2011–2012 John J. Meehan Alumni Fellowship in May. Fortes, a trial attorney at the

City and County of San Francisco Office of Citizen Complaints, has men-tored advised, and tutored USF law students for more than 25 years. “Anytime I see a law student, from USF in particular, it just gives me so much life. I’m so thrilled that we are training the best and brightest to go out there and practice law. It’s really important to me,” Fortes said. As part of his broad service to the law school, Fortes is a member of the Board of Governors, has volunteered as a Moot Court judge and at the Advocate of the Year competition for many years, and regularly attends alumni, admissions, and career planning events. He also helps students and recent graduates with their job searches, and mentors new and practicing attorneys by providing client-relations, case strategy, career change, and life-balance advice. “Not only are you everything that our students should strive to be but you are everything our alumni and particularly our recent graduates could hope for,” Dean Jeffrey Brand said. [USF]

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1950 Carl Shapiro ’50, who is still prac-ticing law at 96, was profiled in the Marin Independent Journal. He has represented low-income clients, including more than 20 death-row inmates, civil rights protesters, and Vietnam draftees throughout his career.

1951 Cavan Hardy ’51 was featured in the Monterey County Herald article “Bombs Fell, Life Changed for Carmel’s Hardy.”Francis J. Kelly BA ’48, JD ’51, celebrated 60 years of law practice in California at a surprise luncheon with family and friends in July. Kelly’s practice specializes in estate law.

1960 Hon. Robert L. Dossee ’60 (Ret.) was featured in the Daily Journal article “A Place at the Table.” Dossee retired from the bench in 1998 and has been a neutral at JAMS for 12 years.

1968Michael Cooper ’68 is a member of the bankruptcy practice at Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP. The firm received a first-tier ranking and recognition of its bankruptcy practice in the second annual “Best Law Firms” list, published by U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers. Cooper is also included in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.Hon. Runston G. Maino ’68, who serves as a judge for the San Diego County Superior Court, was featured in the Daily Journal. Some of his recent cases include People v. Edley, People v. Bailon, and People v. Gorman.

1969Janice Ramsay ’69, co-chair of the 2012 Dean’s Reception in Orange County, has self-published two books of poetry.

1971Phil Ward ’71 will serve as chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Lawyer Referral and In-formation Service Oversight Com-mittee for another year. Ward, who recently completed a three-year term as the oversight committee chair, was featured in the Decem-ber issue of the BASF Bulletin.

1972Thomas J. Brandi ’72, principal of The Brandi Law Firm, was pro-filed in Plaintiff magazine. Brandi has tried cases in more than 30 California counties, achieved 17 verdicts of at least $1 million, and completed more than 100 settle-ments in excess of $1 million.

1973John Barnett ’73 was featured in The Orange County Register story “Facts About Defense Attorney John Barnett.” He runs a criminal defense firm with offices in Orange and Laguna Beach. Michael Hennessey ’73 was featured in the San Francisco Ex-aminer article “Outgoing SF Sheriff Hennessey Reflects on Time and Punishment,” and in a KCBS broadcast on his retirement. Hen-nessey, who served as sheriff in San Francisco for three decades, retired in January.Hon. Ronald Toff ’73 was profiled in The Recorder. Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Toff to the Santa Clara County Superior Court in 2009.

1974Hon. John A. McCarthy ’74, superior court judge in Pierce County, Wash., was featured in a Seattle University article about his participation in the 14th Va’a World Sprint Championships with a team of five other paddlers. The team placed sixth in the V-6 Golden Master division 500-meter race. Hon. Maria P. Rivera ’74 received the 2011 Benjamin Aranda III Ac-cess to Justice Award by the State

Bar of California and the 2012 Tara L. Riedley Barristers Choice Award by the Bar Association of San Francisco Barristers Club. Hon. Mary Jane Theis ’74 won the Nov. 6 election for a 10-year term representing Cook County on the Illinois Supreme Court. Theis has been serving on the court since 2010 when she was ap-pointed to complete the remainder of retiring Justice Thomas Fitzger-ald’s term.

1975Hon. Frank J. Drago ’75, former San Francisco Superior Court commissioner, has been appointed a traffic referee over the traffic and infraction calendars of the Marin County Superior Court. He will handle contested infraction trials, trials by written declaration, and other matters. Kenneth A. Feingold ’75 has been appointed to the University of California Board of Regents. He previously served as a trustee and president of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation. Paul A. Gordon ’75 was profiled in a National Real Estate Investor article on the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA). Gordon, a partner and chair of the senior housing and care practice group at Hanson Bridgett LLP, has served as ASHA’s legal counsel since 1999. He has more than 25 years experience representing seniors’ housing and long-term care facilities.Alan Higbie ’75, partner at Melat, Pressman & Higbie, LLP in Colo-rado Springs, has been elected to the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors for a two-year term. Higbie focuses his practice on personal injury, wrong-ful death, insurance bad faith, and products liability cases. Gregory Lane Hunter ’75 com-pleted his 100th marathon at the 2012 Napa Valley Marathon and competed in his 18th consecutive Boston Marathon in April. Mark K. Neville Jr. ’75 authored “Customs and Border Protection:

The Other Patent and Trademark Office,” published in the March 2012 Journal of International Taxation. Marjorie M. Scardino ’75 was elected to chair the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Founda-tion Board of Directors. Scardino has served on the board since December 2005 and also serves as vice chair of the Nokia Corpora-tion Board of Directors and on the Carter Center Board of Trustees.William Staples ’75, a partner at Archer Norris PLC, has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer. He chairs the firm’s litigation group, and represents businesses, employers, manufac-turers, and their insurance carriers in his practice.

1976Martin E. Karlinsky ’76 opened his new firm, Karlinsky LLC, in July.

1977Douglas Aikins ’77 has joined Hopkins & Carley as of coun-sel in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Previously with Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Aikins focuses on land use, environmental, and real estate development law.Dale Brodsky ’77 was appointed to the Fair Employment and Hous-ing Commission by Gov. Jerry Brown. Brodsky, who previously served as associate editor for the California Public Employee Rela-tions Journal and staff attorney for the Department of Fair Employ-ment and Housing, has been a partner at the employment law firm Beeson, Tayer & Bodine since 2002.Joseph M. Moran ’77 joined the Anchorage office of Landye Ben-nett Blumstein LLP. He is admitted to practice in Alaska’s state and federal courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.Hon. Nancy Case Shaffer ’77, a superior court judge in Sonoma County, was featured in a Daily Journal article about leaving her private practice for public service.

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1978Hon. Leeland J. Cole-Chu ’78, previously an attorney at Cole-Chu, Cipparone & Zaccaro, P.C., was appointed a superior court judge in Connecticut. He has helped the public throughout his career by assisting civic and community orga-nizations, providing pro bono legal service, and acting as chair of the Salem Democratic Town Committee for 20 years.Vivian L. Holley ’78 earned the 2011 Hall of Fame Award by the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. Holley, who was licensed as a marriage, family, and child therapist in 1975, has been ed-ucating the legal community about mediation and other alternatives to custody and divorce litigation since 1977. She has resolved more than 1,500 disputes involving couples, families, community groups, and businesses. Hon. Maria-Elena James ’78 was featured in The Recorder. She serves as chief magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the North-ern District of California. Hon. Margaret S. Johnson ’78 was profiled in the Daily Journal article “Knowing the Ropes: Santa Clara County Judge Margaret S. Johnson Says She Puts a Huge Personal Investment into Her Job.”

1979Hon. Lynn Duryee ’79, Marin County Superior Court judge, co-published Mastering Mediation: 50 Essential Tools for the Advanced Practitioner. The book offers practi-cal tools to become a more effective mediator or settlement conference judge. Ross Madden ’79 led a 40-hour advanced mediation training for mediators and trainers in Nepal that was organized by Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBB) and the Nepal Mediators’ Society. Madden is a co-leader of MBB’s Nepal Project, which is developing long-term relationships with peace-building organizations in Nepal.

Deborah Ratner Salzberg ’79, who serves on the board of direc-tors for Forest City Enterprises and is president of Forest City Washing-ton, Inc., is co-chair of a task force created to develop a comprehen-sive housing strategy for the District of Columbia.Sarah Lea Tobocman ’79, chair of the immigration practice at the Miami office of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., was named a leader in the immigration field by Chambers USA and a Florida Super Lawyer in the immigration practice area by Super Lawyers magazine. Toboc-man also practices corporate, healthcare, and international law. Lawrence Townsend ’79 reviewed Mastering Mediation: 50 Essential Tools for the Advanced Practitioner in the June issue of The Marin Lawyer.

1981Frank Pitre BS ’77, JD ’81, an at-torney at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP, was inducted as a fellow of the International Society of Barristers. Bruce Ring ’81, Christopher Hunter ’93, and Kristin Schenone ’96 opened the Lafayette-based real estate, litigation, and land use firm of Ring Hunter Holland & Schenone, LLP with Steve Holland.

1982John C. Callan Jr. ’82 was featured in the Daily Journal article “Tech Companies Drive Boom in Neighborhood.” Callan represented the University of San Francisco in its purchase of a 106-year-old building in San Francisco’s SoMa district.Patricia A. Shiu ’82 is director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compli-ance Programs, which reached a $3 million settlement with the ground delivery unit of FedEx in March. The settlement resolved allegations that FedEx discriminated against job seekers at company facilities in 15 states.

1983Bobbie Stein ’83 was one of two honorees at the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter National Lawyers Guild Testimonial Dinner in March. Stein was recognized as a Cham-pion of Justice.

1984Elizabeth Berke-Dreyfuss ’84, a partner at Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP, has been named co-chair of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California Bench-Bar Liaison Committee. The committee provides a forum for bankruptcy professionals and court judges to collaborate and make improvements to court practice.Lawrence M. Cirelli ’84, a mem-ber of the USF School of Law Board of Counselors and partner at Han-son Bridgett LLP, has been inducted as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Russell Leu ’84 has joined Shep-pard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP’s China practice in Beijing as special counsel. Leu, who previ-ously practiced in China with the firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, has broad experience handling litigation and advising clients on foreign direct investment, intel-lectual property, and other matters. He is co-chair of the American Bar Association’s International Section China Committee. Hon. Kevin Murphy ’84, Alameda County Superior Court judge, was profiled in The Recorder.

1985Arthur A. Hartinger ’85, a principal at Meyers Nave, was recognized by the Daily Journal as one of its “Top 25 Municipal Lawyers” in 2011. The list honors California lawyers who have excelled in the practice of municipal and public law.Sheila Doyle Kelley ’85 and Craig Hodgson ’01, formerly with Becherer Kannett & Schweitzer, joined Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP as partners. They are members of the litigation services department.

Peter J. Toren ’85, an intellectual property litigator at Weisbrod Mat-teis & Copley PLLC, published “Chi-nese Espionage: The Risks Within U.S. Companies” and “The Serious Risks From Counterfeit Electronic Parts” in Forbes. He also authored the VentureBeat article “Apple-Samsung Jury May Just Eyeball the Devices to Reach a Verdict.”Alan J. Wilhelmy ’85 co-authored the chapter “The Decision to Arbitrate” in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Guide. Wilhelmy focuses his practice on construc-tion and real property law and is a shareholder with Rogers Joseph O’Donnell in San Francisco.

1986Dominica Anderson ’86, manag-ing partner of Duane Morris LLP’s Las Vegas office, was honored by the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) with its Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member Award at the NAWL Annual Awards Luncheon in New York City. Gladys H. Monroy ’86, senior part-ner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, was recognized as the Intellectual Prop-erty Lawyer of the Year by Chambers USA at the Women in Law Awards ceremony held in New York City.

1987Leopoldo J. Chanco ’87 has joined Sinunu Bruni LLP as an associate. Chanco, who previously worked at Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP, specializes in maritime law and civil litigation in-volving toxic torts, products liability, and asbestos. Mark Massara ’87, general counsel for O’Neill Wetsuits, talked about surfing, working, and living in San Francisco in a San Francisco Chroni-cle article in May.Ann Sparkman ’87, deputy cam-pus counsel for health affairs at UC San Francisco, has been appointed to the Marin Healthcare District board.Gregory Wood ’87 was appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of EnergySolutions

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in June. Wood previously worked at Actian Corporation, a database and data analytics software provider, where he had served as executive vice president and CFO. He also is on the board of directors of Stein-way Musical Instruments.

1988Meri Glade ’88 has been named general counsel and chief com-pliance officer of Ford Direct, a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and its franchise dealers. She oversees legal affairs of the organization and provides counsel to the executive management team and board of directors.Frank O’Barski ’88 was elected to Illinois’ DeKalb County Board District 10. O’Barski, a Demo-crat, has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, and for banking institutions, law firms, and nonprofit organizations.

1989Sheryl L. Bratton ’89, assistant county counsel in Sonoma, was appointed chair of the State Bar of California Public Law Section Executive Committee in 2011 after five years of service on the commit-tee. The committee provides topical educational programs and materi-als, recognizes public law practitio-ners, and publishes the quarterly Public Law Journal.James Kowalski ’89 won one of the Florida Bar’s 2012 Pro Bono Service Awards for his work on be-half of those affected by the home mortgage foreclosure crisis. He was featured in the Florida Times-Union story “First Coast Lawyer Honored for Pioneer Mortgage Fraud Cases.”

1990Darrick T. Chase ’90 and Vanessa Hierbaum ’96 of Kaye · Moser · Hierbaum LLP were selected as Northern California Super Lawyers. Joshua A. Bloom ’90, a partner at Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP, has been elected vice-chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Environmental Law Section for 2012.

He previously served as section treasurer.Barbara Moser ’90 was honored as one of the Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers and Top 50 Women Lawyers by Super Lawyers magazine. J., the Jewish news weekly of California, also rec-ognized her as the 2012 Reader’s Choice top San Francisco lawyer for the third year in a row. Mary Scarpetti ’90 is a photog-rapher who was featured in the group exhibit “From Mind to Lens,” at Avenue 25 Gallery in San Mateo earlier this year.

1991Robert G. Engel ’91 joined the San Francisco office of Wilson Elser as of counsel. He has defended product liability claims involving asbestos for more than 16 years, representing manufacturers, sup-pliers, general contractors, mining companies, and others. Nora Gibson ’91, who previously worked at Jones Day, has joined Covington & Burling LLP as a part-ner. She is a member of the firm’s corporate practice.

1992Stephen Akerley ’92 joined Dechert LLP’s Silicon Valley office as a partner specializing in IP litigation, patent litigation, trade secrets, and unfair competition.Harvey Anderson ’92 was profiled in The Recorder article “Seeking Privacy in an Open Source World.” Anderson serves as vice president for business affairs, general coun-sel, and corporate secretary for Mozilla Corp. Hon. Steven Counelis BA ’88, JD ’92, Riverside County Superior Court judge, was featured in the Daily Journal judicial profile “Empowering Parents.”Daniel Dean ’92 spoke at the Commonwealth Club event “Best Practices: How to Build a Success-ful Smaller Law Firm.” Dean serves as senior counsel at Fotouhi Epps Hillger Gilroy Mau, P.C. Kerrie A. Walsh ’92 has been named a partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP’s London office. Walsh specializes in U.S. and U.K. finan-cial services law and regulations affecting investment funds.

1993David O. Livingston ’93, sheriff of Contra Costa County since 2011, has been appointed to the California Boating and Waterways Commission.

1994Terry Lynn Bowman ’94 is serving as the Santa Clara County district attorney. She previously worked at Rains Lucia Stern, PC, where she represented peace officers in administrative, employment, and criminal matters, and served as defense counsel in other criminal cases. Christopher E. Krueger ’94, who was first appointed to the Sacra-mento County Superior Court by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in December 2010, was elected to the court in June. Robert L. Rosenthal ’94, a partner in the Las Vegas office of Howard & Howard, was included in 2012 edi-tion of The Best Lawyers in America for his labor and employment litiga-tion practice.

Board of Governors From left to right, top row: Jeffrey Belote ’82, Carolyn Collins ’78, David McDonald ’89, Stacy Miller Azcarate ’96, Faisal Shah ’86, Dean Jeffrey Brand, Michael Laurenson ’97, Henry Brown ’89, Elinor Leary ’03. Seated, left to right: Christopher Viadro ’92, Denise Trani-Morris ’86, Board President J. “Tom” Trombadore ’88, Kimberlei Evans ’99, Mer-ton Howard ’92. Not pictured: Aileen Casanave ’84, Daniel Dean ’92, Adrian Driscoll ’80, Roberto “Manny” Fortes ’85, Barbara Moser ’90, Diane Webb ’98.

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1995Thomas Brown ’95, who joined Foley & Lardner LLP earlier this year as of counsel, is a member of the firm’s government enforcement, compliance, and white-collar de-fense practice group. He previously served as a deputy district attorney in Marin County.Lupe Garcia ’95 was appointed to the California State University Board of Trustees by Gov. Jerry Brown.Garcia is associate general counsel for global integrity and compliance at Gap, Inc. Tanya Tudor ’95 serves as counsel for Nixon Peabody LLP’s global tax practice.

1996Carole Bellis ’96 joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as a part-ner in the firm’s Menlo Park office. She represents public and private companies in venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate financings. Garth Osterman ’96 is a partner at Reed Smith LLP. His practice fo-cuses on mergers and acquisitions, divestiture transactions, buyouts, and private equity.

1997Kevin K. Frank ’97 has been named a partner at Wood & Lamp-ing LLP. His practice focuses on a variety of complex issues, including eminent domain, real estate, em-ployment, business disputes, and construction defects. Lisa Kobialka ’97 joined Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP’s Silicon Valley office as a partner in 2011. Kobialka specializes in intellectual property litigation with an emphasis on computer science, electrical arts, and life sciences. She has also worked on litigation involving trade secret misappro-priation, breach of contract and fiduciary duty, false advertising, and unfair competition. Hon. Kandis A. Westmore ’97 was sworn in as a U.S. magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California at an investiture ceremony in June.

She previously served as the deputy city attorney in Oakland.

1998Doris Cheng ’98, an attorney at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoen-berger, has been included in The National Law Journal report “Minority 40 Under 40.” She was noted for her role in helping prevent California court closures threatened by budget cuts. Garrett R. Wynne ’98 has been promoted to shareholder at Keesal, Young & Logan. Wynne works in the firm’s San Francisco office and fo-cuses on general civil litigation with an emphasis on securities litigation.

1999Nicole Phillips ’99 co-authored “Enforcing Remedies from the Inter-American Commission on Hu-man Rights: Forced Evictions and Post-Earthquake Haiti,” published in Human Rights Brief. Robert G. Pimm ’99, chief learning officer and director of legal services at California Lawyers for the Arts, spoke on digital licensing and intellectual property rights at the Crocker Art Museum and California Lawyers for the Arts event “Licens-ing in the Digital Age.”Eric C. Strain ’99 was promoted to partner at Nixon Peabody LLP. Strain represents aircraft manufac-turers and distributors in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He also represents clients in National Transportation Safety Board accident investigations and provides risk avoidance advice. Mary Catherine Wiederhold ’99 is serving on the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors. She continues her San Francisco-based real estate litiga-tion practice.

2000Katherine Carrara ’00, who runs the mobile cupcake business Buttercream in Philadelphia, was featured in the Pennsylvania Times-Tribune. Miles B. Cooper ’00 joined the American Board of Trial Advocates.

The joint plaintiff and defense civil trial lawyer organization bases its selection on civility, ethics, and trial experience. He is one of the organi-zation’s youngest inductees. Steven G. Jackson ’00, formerly a prosecutor in the Mendocino County District Attorney Office, has joined the Yakima County Prosecut-ing Attorney’s Office in Washington. He is serving as a deputy prosecut-ing attorney in the Superior Court special assault unit.

2001Ryan Dunn ’01 and Constantine “Gus” Panagotacos JD/MBA ’05 expanded their practice, Dunn & Panagotacos LLP, by hiring a transactional partner from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.Naomi M. Kelly ’01 was sworn in by San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee to serve as the city administrator for a five-year term. She oversees the city’s General Services Agency consisting of 20 departments, divi-sions, and programs including the Department of Public Works, Depart-ment of Technology, Administrative Services, and Office of Contract Administration/Purchasing.

2002John Gherini ’02 was promoted to partner at the San Francisco office of Sedgwick LLP in January. He focuses his practice on product liability and toxic tort litigation.Erik Morrison ’02 is a partner at Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP in San Francisco. He specializes is defending foreign and domestic companies in products liability law-suits and consumer class actions.

2003Matthew Hawk ’03 was promoted to partner at Gordon & Rees LLP. He specializes in construction law. Gabriel Levine ’03 joined Levine & Baker LLP as of counsel. Levine, who previously worked with Scherer Smith & Kenny LLP, represents new media companies in commercial transactions and disputes, including business and employment litigation. He has been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine.

Gay L. Meixel ’03 is a staff at-torney in the legal department of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). AHF, a global nonprofit organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability to pay, is the nation's largest pro-vider of HIV/AIDS medical care.

2004Nicholas Boos ’04 was promoted to partner at Sedgwick LLP in San Francisco. He is a member of the insurance practices group and represents insurers in first- and third-party coverage and bad faith litigation.Jennifer J. Brady ’04 has been promoted to partner at Reed Smith LLP. She is a member of the financial industry group in San Francisco. Matthew J. Quinlan ’04, a person-al injury attorney with his own firm in San Francisco, was a contestant on Survivor: One World.

2005Courtney D. Cruz ’05, an associ-ate at Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP, co-authored the chapter “Medical Malpractice” in the Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Practice Jury Instructions published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. Cruz specializes in medical malpractice defense, busi-ness litigation, and retirement and benefits cases. Chris Honigsberg ’05 has been appointed to the State Bar Criminal Law Section Executive Committee. Suzy Loftus ’05, former prosecutor for the San Francisco District At-torney’s Office and special assistant attorney general to California Attorney General Kamala Harris, was appointed by San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee to the city’s police commission.Jenelle Mohan ’05 joined Ander-son Zeigler Disharoon Gallagher & Gray in Santa Rosa as an associate. She focuses her practice on busi-ness law and estate planning. Lee “Hoddy” Potter ’05 opened The Bar Method, a franchise exer-cise facility that combines dance, yoga, Pilates, and orthopedic

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stretching, in Leawood, Kan. She began teaching Bar Method classes in 2007 while working full-time as an attorney. Adam B. Sugarman ’05 is a partner at Gordon & Rees LLP. Sug-arman specializes in employment law, including legal issues relating to disability accommodations, terminations, and equal opportu-nity concerns. He also represents professional athletes, coaches, and organizations in his sports law practice. Roderick Vera LLM ’05 suc-cessfully defended an internet domain names dispute case under the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ rules before the World Intellectual Property Organization.

2006Marianne Dickson ’06, who previ-ously worked with the McNutt Law Group, LLP, joined Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP’s bankruptcy practice last year. Christopher A. Karachale ’06 joined Hanson Bridget LLP as senior counsel in the firm’s corporate section. He advises individuals and businesses on tax planning and controversy matters. Matt A. Sullivan ’06 opened his own office in San Francisco after two years at Bay Area Criminal Lawyers, PC, a criminal defense firm. He specializes in the defense of persons charged with state and federal crimes in courts throughout Northern California.

2007 John H. Corcoran ’07 launched the San Rafael-based Corcoran Law Firm. The practice focuses on general civil litigation, real estate and land use, and small business advising. Corcoran also serves as chair of the Town of Tiburon’s Plan-ning Commission.

2008Laura Cronin Ford ’08 was select-ed as a Northern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine.

2009Tania Chozet ’09 was appointed to the El Paso County Commissioners Court representing precinct 3 for the remainder of the court term. Her appointment was featured in an El Paso Times story. Aldo DeAmicis LLM ’09 has been hired as vice president of manufac-turing at Bishop-Wisecarver Corpo-ration. He previously worked at Tyco Electronics as a plant manager and operations director and has more than 20 years of manufacturing and leadership experience.Felicia Espinosa ’09, an attorney with California Rural Legal Assis-tance, Inc., served as co-counsel for 82 migrant farm workers in a settlement of nearly $1 million. The settlement, to be paid by H&R Gunlund Ranches Inc., is for unfair labor practices that included unpaid wages and violations of state rest and meal period requirements.Athena Johns ’09 joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as an associate in 2011. She will serve on the electronics and software team in the firm’s intellectual property department. Johns is a registered patent attorney who specializes in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications. Jennifer Baker Loeb ’09 joined the Washington, D.C., office of Kat-ten Muchin Rosenman LLP as an associate.

2010Lindsey Furtado ’10 authored “Protecting Your Secrets from the Media: A Case for California’s

Content-Neutral Approach to Trade Secret Injunctions,” published in the Intellectual Property Law Bulletin. Nicholas Kam ’10, an associate at Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe, was featured in Maxim. The magazine referenced his article “Half Guilty,” which explores if a conjoined twin commits a homicide whether the other half would also be convicted of the crime.Peter D. Volz ’10, an associate at Carroll Burdick & McDonough LLP, has been appointed co-chair of the fidelity subcommittee of the American Bar Association Section of Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee.

2011Eric S. Almon ’11 joined the business section of Holland & Knight LLP in Tampa, Fla., as an associate. He previously worked in the strategic outsourcing group at Genentech, Inc. Giuliana Garcia ’11 published “He Shoots, He Scores…and Receives Copyright Protection? How the Current State of Intellectual Property Law Fumbles with Sports” in the Denver University Sports and Enter-tainment Law Journal. Dana Marie Isaac ’11 authored “For Kids in Courtrooms, the United States is Still Cruel and Unusual,” published by Juvenile Justice Infor-mation Exchange. Sarah Kern ’11 has joined Kaye · Moser · Hierbaum LLP as an as-sociate, practicing estate planning and family law.

Benjamin Lewis ’11, a former USF law fellow in Tanzania, authored the Law & Global Justice Forum blog posting “A Rights-Based Approach to Refugee Advocacy.” He also was featured in the Bar of California eJournal article “Asylum Access Sends Law Students and Lawyers Throughout the World to Advocate for Refugee Rights.”Loran Simon ’11 was quoted in the San Francisco Examiner article “Charter for San Francisco’s Lead-ership High Renewed.”

In MemoriamWe announce with sadness the passing of:

Lucy Cannarozzi ’48, September 2011John J. Hurley ’49, August 2012Richard J. Gibson Sr. ’51, July 2012Edward K. Purcell ’51, July 2011Henry J. Rodriguez ’51, March 2012Leonard W.D. Campbell ’58, May 2012John Roddy BS ’56, JD ’64, May 2012Hon. Robert Schouweiler ’65, October 2011Hon. William McGivern Jr. ’70, February 2012Julio DeSanctis III ’71, September 2011Alan Rothstein ’71, May 2012David W. Hettig ’77, June 2012Stewart Reuter ’80, July 2012Keith Walner ’90, May 2012

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I am a lifelong opponent of the death penalty, but did not work in this area until 2005. That’s when Sidley Austin LLP, the firm where I was practicing, partnered with the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Ala., to become

counsel of record in a dozen death penalty cases. I volunteered for this pro bono program and was assigned to a team representing an inmate convicted of murdering a couple during a card game in Birmingham. Like many individuals on death row, my client (I will call him “JA”) is African-American, and the victims were white. Since all direct appeals had been exhausted, we began the process of seeking habeas relief from the state courts on the ground that JA’s trial counsel, who lacked capital experience, failed to meet consti-tutional requirements. We almost immediately discovered mitigating facts about JA’s background that trial counsel did not present because he failed to investigate the defendant’s background. Indeed, trial counsel met JA for the first time at the preliminary hearing and didn’t meet with him again until three days before the trial started. Had trial counsel even engaged in a cursory investigation, he would have learned, among other facts, the following: when JA was 3 years old, he witnessed his mother kill his father with a shotgun; as a young teen, JA was raped repeatedly by his stepfather and was forced to engage in sexual relations with his siblings while his stepfather watched; JA witnessed his stepfather subject his mother to frequent and extreme physical abuse; JA’s IQ-test scores are consistent with borderline mental retardation; and he dropped out of school in 10th grade and was forced to deal drugs by his older sister. After a three-day trial, the jury convicted JA of capital murder at 2:10 p.m. on a Friday afternoon. Judge Tommy Nail (no, I’m not making this up) attempted to immediately convene the penalty phase of the trial. Trial counsel requested an adjournment until the following Monday, stating in open court that he needed time to prepare. Judge Nail granted a 30-minute adjournment. During the penalty phase, trial counsel proffered a single witness, JA’s mother, who testified as to a very limited number

of events during her son’s childhood. Because trial counsel had failed to conduct any investigation, he did not ask JA’s mother any questions that would have led to the jury hearing about JA’s horrific childhood. The jury recommended a death sentence with a vote of 10 to 2, the minimum number of votes required by Alabama for a death recommendation. Judge Nail accepted the recommendation. Notably, the father of one of the victims asked the court to spare JA’s life, saying there had already been too many deaths. Subsequently, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. Despite the overwhelming evidence that trial counsel failed to meet constitutional standards, state courts in Alabama denied our petitions for post-conviction relief. We are awaiting a response to our application for a writ of habeas corpus filed with the U.S. District Court in Birmingham. I am passionate about this case because life is at stake and we are providing legal assistance to a person who, because of his poverty and race, was never given an opportunity. Society failed him at every stage. Equal Justice Initiative Director Bryan Stevenson recently gave a speech explaining what drives his work: “The oppo-site of poverty is not wealth. We are not working for wealth; we’re not working for riches. In this country—in Alabama, in Georgia, in Atlanta—I recognize that the opposite of poverty is justice. We cannot have an end to poverty without having more justice.” This case is so important to me because it is my only case where I am not working for riches, but, in one very small way, I am working for justice. [USF]

The author is a partner with Weisbrod Matteis & Copley PLLC in Washington, D.C. He specializes in patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation and is the author of Intellectual Property and Computer Crimes (Law Journal Press). His writing has appeared in numerous publica-tions including Fortune, Forbes, BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, and the Guardian. He blogs on IP issues at www.PeterToren.com.

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