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Judge center the at Dernbach John Professor Harrisburg alumni reaching reaching alumni Harrisburg Raising the Bar the Raising Ground Breaking Class Notes Class FEATURING: Widener Law Delaware WIDENER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Volume 21 Number 2 FALL/WINTER 2014 WIDENER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW OF SCHOOL UNIVERSITY WIDENER Volume 21 Number 2 Number 21 Volume FALL/WINTER 2014 FALL/WINTER Harrisburg Widener Law Law Widener FEATURING: Making Waves—Creating Ripples High Vantage Point Class Notes Faculty’s impact on environmental law Justice Lee Solomon ’78 named Delaware alumni reaching extends from the classroom to the world to New Jersey Supreme Court milestones and making news Widener University School of Law Magazine CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Mary Allen, Megan Cantalupo, Erin Daly, Laurie Grant, Mary Lamb, Mary Marzolla, Where has Gilberte Pierre, Andy Strauss, Constance Sweeney, Suzanne Watts, Katrina Womack Widener Law PHOTOGRAPHERS: “What gives me hope is that I see more awareness Mary Allen, Laurie Grant, Mike Mathis, Nancy Ravert Ward taken you? of environmental issues around the world and EXECUTIVE EDITOR: GRAPHIC DESIGNER / CO-EDITOR: HEAD WRITER / CO-EDITOR: Laurie Grant Leigh Friedman-Prescott Mary Lamb We’d like to feature your story. I see countries taking it seriously enough to put Write to us at rights in their constitutions and to invite people to [email protected]. claim those rights by broadening access to justice.” Interim Dean Erin Daly WIDENER LAW DELAWARE | Volume 21, Number 2 | FALL/WINTER 2014 Board of Overseers National Advisory Council Alumni Association Eugene D. McGurk Jr. ’78, Chair Marc R. Abrams ’78, Emeritus Renae B. Axelrod ’91 Interim Co-Dean Erin Daly, JD, Ex Offi cio Michael J. Aiello ’94 President Interim Co-Dean Robyn Meadows, JD, Ex Offi cio Howard K. Alperin ’90 Charles W. Proctor III ’76 Joseph M. Asher ’93 Vice President Renae B. Axelrod ’91, Ex Offi cio Miriam Benton Barish ’92 Anne M. Madonia ’94 Steven P. Barsamian ’75 Carl W. Battle ’82 Secretary Hon. Raymond A. Batten ’79 Kyle D. Bowser ’91 Steven P. Barsamian ’75 Immediate Past President Scott E. Blissman ’97 Charlene D. Davis ’84 C. Grainger Bowman, Vice Chair Claire M. DeMatteis ’92 Tanya C. Blissman ’97 Theresa V. Brown-Edwards Cary L. Flitter ’81 Hon. Richard M. Cappelli ’81 John T. Carroll III ’81 Christopher R. Fromm ’99 Frank C. DePasquale, Jr. ’86 Vincent L. Champion ’01 Dr. Robert D. Gober, JD ’79 E. Douglas DiSandro ’81 Bonnie E. Copeland ’09 Ronald P. Goldfaden ’76, Emeritus Andrea Sasso Greco ’12 Michael G. DeFino ’75, Honorary Mitchell Gurwicz ’95 Liya Groysman ’14 Making Waves Hon. Susan C. Del Pesco ’75 Brenda Alderman James ’92 contents Salvatore R. Guerriero ’97 President James T. Harris III, DEd, Ex Offi cio Jeffrey B. Killino ’00 Catherine N. Harrington ’88 How Widener Law Delaware is infl uencing Richard K. Herrmann Wayne D. Kimmel ’95 2 Interim Dean’s Message John F. Kennedy ’01 Hon. Randy J. Holland Samuel A. Landy ’85 the direction of environmental law close to F. Kevin Lynch ’79 4 3 Development and Alumni Robert A. Honecker Jr. ’81 Hon. Alan B. Levin ’80, Emeritus Cecilia M. McCormick ’91 home and around the world. Bret D. Keisling ’05 Robert O. Lindefjeld ’93 Engagement’s Message Hon. Maria C. McLaughlin ’92 George W. Kern V ’96 Kenneth J. Lopez ’95 James F. Metka ’80 10 Faculty News Kathleen W. McNicholas, MD, JD ’06, LLM ’10 Harry Dillon Madonna ’97 Joseph W. Montgomery ‘08 Edward B. Micheletti ’97 James J. Maron ’85 Stephen J. Negro ’94 15 Faculty Publications George K. Miller Jr. ’81 Caroline B. Mazza, JD ’11 Arthur S. Novello ’86 High Vantage Point Hon. Paul P. Panepinto ’76 Eugene D. McGurk Jr. ’78 16 Events Noelle Palazzo ’05 Kathryn J. Peifer ’02 Patrick J. Murphy ’99 New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Lee Karen Ulmer Pendergast ’95 Scott W. Reid ’02 John L. Reed ’91 29 Honor Roll of Donors Stephen W. Ries ’07 Solomon ’78 refl ects on his journey from John F. Schmutz Cynthia R. Ryan ’79 12 Zachary M. Rubinich ’99 Bernard W. Smalley Sr. ’80 Joseph J. Santarone ’85 Mitchell J. Shore ’81 Widener Law to the highest court in his state. Hon. Lee A. Solomon ’78 John E. Savoth ’85 George R. Twardy ‘88 Craig A. Styer ’90 Leif R. Sigmond Jr. ’90 Vijaysen Yellareddigari ’13 P. Michael Walker Timothy J. Snyder ’81 John A. Wetzel ’75 Douglas J. Steinhardt ’94 Douglas M. Wolfberg ’96 Alice W. Strine ’92 Class Notes Leslee Silverman Tabas ’79 Delaware alumni reaching milestones Andrea Beth Tinianow ’97 James J. Veneruso ’75 and making news. Richard P. Zaretsky ’75 24 Widener Law Volume 21, Number 2 | Fall / Winter 2014 1 DEAR ALUMNI & FRIENDS, 2014 Graduates The last twelve months have been full of change “This has meant a renewed energy and an at Widener University School of Law with the Get Connected unprecedented sense of purpose as we fulfi ll retirement of Dean Linda Ammons, the request to the ABA for Harrisburg’s separate accreditation, the promise of Widener Law Delaware.” the search for two new deans, and the achievement & Stay Involved of the Law School’s overall goal as part of Taking the Lead ~ The Campaign for Widener. The offi ce of PLEASE KEEP YOUR CONTACT Development & Alumni Engagement has been INFORMATION CURRENT — diligently working to make sure all transitions GET NOTIFIED ABOUT ALUMNI will be seamless for our alumni. Throughout the separation process, BENEFITS, EVENTS & UPDATES A message from your voice is more important than ever, and I welcome and encourage your feedback and suggestions for ways to improve communications. We want to help you better engage with us, with each other, and with Development & Alumni Engagement the interim dean law.widener.edu/alumni our current students. Login to your online community: We are grateful to our alumni, faculty, staff and friends who contributed • Networking and social events to Taking the Lead ~ The Campaign for Widener, the University’s comprehensive • Directory of 14,500 DEAR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS, campaign. Through your support we have been able to create more than Widener Law alumni • Volunteer opportunities The search for a permanent dean of the law school in Professor in Business Bankruptcy Law. Beyond the twenty new scholarships for law students, signifi cantly enhance clinic • Alumni communications Delaware offi cially commenced this fall. It is hoped that the classroom, Bruce is assisting in creating new externship opportunities, and improve and update our academic environments and placement opportunities for students and helping with renovations to both campuses. The campaign helped us to realize eighth dean of Widener Law Delaware will begin that post by Career Development just how fortunate we are to have such an outstanding community of summer of 2015. While I am serving as interim dean and as to position the law school as a premiere center for law.widener.edu/CDO bankruptcy-related research and law reform through leaders. Widener Law leadership can be seen everywhere; it is refl ected we close out the fall 2014 semester, I’m proud to report the Career counseling and coaching, resume following accomplishments: scholarship and continuing legal education programming. in the champions of the campaign, those donors who wholeheartedly and cover letter review, and mock supported our efforts; in our faculty, those dedicated individuals interviews (evening hours and phone To ensure that students are well prepared to pass the bar We continue to be proud of all of our graduates: this educating the future lawyers of the world while defending justice outside appointments available by request). year, we are especially proud that the New Jersey Senate exams, we are making immediate changes to pedagogy the classroom; and most certainly in our alumni, whose achievements Read about job leads, trends and and assessments and adding support programs. confi rmed 1978 alumnus Lee Solomon of Haddonfi eld, and professional accolades inspire future Widener Law graduates and announcements in the CDO Blog: N.J. to a seat on the state’s Supreme Court—the fi rst The Environmental and Natural Resources Law Institute their communities. blogs.law.widener.edu/cdo/ Widener Law graduate to reach the New Jersey Supreme —created as an evolution from the joint Environmental Continuing Legal Education Court bench. Read more about this story on page 12. Law Center—will continue to focus on environmental As we anticipate the end of the calendar year, many of us pause to give law.widener.edu/CLE constitutional law, climate change, scholarly research and thanks for our families and friends. It is a time to look back while we Professors John Culhane, Dana Harrington Conner • Programs offered on campus and prepare to move forward. At Widener Law, we, too, pause to refl ect and and Alicia Kelly collaborated to create the new Family analysis, and policy reform. The Institute will maintain its at locations throughout the region 25-year-old Environmental and Natural Resources Law we are thankful to all of you for your generous support. We are confi dent Health Law & Policy Institute, which showcases our • Discounts for alumni are available health law offerings and brings them in line with Clinic which serves the people of Delaware and the region. that together we can meet all of the challenges and opportunities that for many CLE programs will undoubtedly unfold in the coming year. community needs while helping develop employment You can read more about the global impact of the work of • Free registration for select programs opportunities for students and graduates.