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SPRING 2014 Meet the New Dean Eager, ambitious, and grateful, Sujit Choudhry says leading Boalt Hall represents “the opportunity of a lifetime.” PAGE 20

PLUS: Military Support The Comeback Kid Boomerang Gang Boalt students step up Sports super-agent Leigh Six Boalt graduates circle to help veterans navigate Steinberg ’73 stages his back and find fulfillment myriad legal issues. 11 own late-game rally. 26 as staff members. 34 transcript

EDITOR & DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS Michael Bazeley

MANAGING EDITOR & SENIOR WRITER, COMMUNICATIONS Andrew Cohen

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR & PROJECT MANAGER Bob Rucker, Peterson Skolnick & Dodge

DESIGN & CREATIVE DIRECTION Arno Ghelfi, l’atelier starno

CONTRIBUTORS Bill Benemann Betsy Brown Jon Jefferson Spencer Pahlke ’07 Ben Peterson Linda Peterson

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS Jim Block Terry Colon Katy Lemay James Yang

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Meet the New Dean ...... 20 Sujit Choudhry describes his vision for helping Boalt Hall navigate the shifting tides of legal education . By Andrew Cohen

alumni

The Comeback Kid...... 26 Sports super-agent Leigh Steinberg ’73 recovers from a highly public downfall to stage an impressive fourth-quarter rally . By Jon Jefferson

STAFF

Boomerang Gang ...... 34 Meet six graduates who have returned to Boalt as staffers—and as mentors for students and alumni seeking meaningful careers . By Jon Jefferson

SPECIAL: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Edley, Donors Hailed in Memorable Celebration...... 54 Members of the law school community toast the completion of the record-smashing Campaign for Boalt Hall . By Andrew Cohen Columns SECTIONS

From the In Brief ...... 3 Forefront ...... 11 Creative Works . . . . 40 n Supreme Access: Boalt n Boalt Students Step Up Notable Contributions from Interim Dean ...... 2 Students Meet with Justices for Veterans the Boalt Community n Helping Boalt Take Care n Protecting Human Rights of Business for 15 Years i nberg) (Ste Insight ...... 58 Fast Forward ...... 42 n A Front-row View of History n A Sensible State of F i n k Volunteering Time, n 1L Class: Tinkers, Tailors, Collaboration Boalt Student Action Figures Knowledge, Connection Soldiers, Spies . . Literally n New Leaders Take Center By Spencer Pahlke ’07 n It’s a Hit: America’s Next Stage Advancement ...... 45 Top Policy Model n Samuelson Clinic Students News and Notes from the n A Story within a Story Take Aim at NSA Alumni Center within a Story n Your Private Information: n Paying it Forward . . with It’s No Secret Past Present ...... 56 Interest n Boalt Launches Korea Law n Joint Venture Challenge Center The Variety Show Returns Says ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ n A Tale of Two Countries

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Cover Photography by JIM BLOCK spring 2014 | Transcript | 1 FROM THE Interim Dean

ajor transitions often indicate turmoil. A floundering company brings in a new CEO to boost profits and mollify stockholders; a struggling football team sacks its coach and hires another. Thankfully, Boalt Hall bucks the trend: Its transition comes at a time when the school is firing M on all cylinders. It’s been exhilarating to see firsthand how Christopher Edley, Jr., who stepped down at the end of 2013 after nearly 10 years as dean, revitalized Boalt. And I’m truly excited that Sujit Choudhry will become the law school’s next dean on July 1 (see page 20). Chris and Sujit have a lot in common, not the least of which are razor-sharp “I know this minds, forward thinking, and a drive to make Boalt a pre-eminent public law school strengthened by global collaborations and interdisciplinary partnerships. remarkable Serving as Boalt’s interim dean this past year has been a privilege beyond words. I owe Chris a great deal of thanks for having confidence in me and setting a standard school ... to emulate. While I look forward to becoming dean of Columbia Law School in 2015, Boalt will always be a part of me. The school has enriched me tremendously as a will be in scholar and teacher, and I’ve learned so much from the faculty, the staff, and you— good hands.” our wonderful community of alumni and friends. In meeting with many alumni over these past several months, it’s been easy to see –Gillian Lester why Chris has such faith in you. There was no shortage of skepticism when he launched the $125 million Campaign for Boalt Hall soon after his arrival in 2004. But Chris knew he had inherited a special law school—and that those who called it home understood its importance. When the campaign surpassed its record-smashing goal last year, I marveled at all it has accomplished: major financial aid expansion, significant faculty growth, enormous research center proliferation, dazzling building transformations—the list goes on and on. Boalt’s values have touched and inspired me deeply. And knowing that Sujit will champion those values ably and enthusiastically is a great comfort as I prepare for the next chapter of my professional life. Sujit’s work meshes seamlessly with Boalt’s global outreach and scholarship. Yes, he’s a renowned expert in comparative constitutional law. But it’s how he has used that expertise—to support constitutional transitions in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia—that shows his ability to turn knowledge into good. What’s more, he is passionate about Boalt’s core values of opportunity, access, and public service. Boalt Hall is known for engaging with the world beyond our walls: identifying challenges, creating alliances, solving problems, and sparking change—here in Berkeley and around the world. I’ve been blessed to work here, and I know this remarkable school and its vital public mission will be in good hands.

Gillian Lester,

Interim Dean BLOCK JIM

2 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 NEWS FROM THE BOALT COMMUNITY IN BRIEF

INCISIVE Supreme Access: Boalt INSIGHT “Take a deep breath and Students Meet with Justices consider yourself a oalt students are getting more and school, you have a talent and skill that is pre- kindergarten teacher for the more face time with U.S. Supreme cious,” Ginsburg said. “But if you use it for only uneducated Court Justices. personal gain you won’t get long-term offender.” In September, Ruth Bader Ginsburg satisfaction.” B visited Berkeley and charmed an audience of In October, Anthony Kennedy met with 11 —Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who received no law-firm 600 with her thoughts on same-sex marriage, Boalt students in the UCDC Law Program, a job offers despite affirmative action, voting rights, and employ- semester-long externship in Washington, D.C. graduating first in her ment discrimination. She also visited Civil Wall Street Journal Supreme Court reporter law-school class, on how to respond to gender Procedure classes taught by professors Jess Bravin ’97 arranged the 40-minute discrimination Amanda Tyler and Anne Joseph O’Connell— session. both her former clerks. “He was down-to-earth, unintimidating, and Clearly frustrated over certain rulings by endearing—adjectives I never thought would the conservative-leaning Court, Ginsburg said describe a Supreme Court Justice,” says Kimya the decision to invalidate part of the 1965 Saied ’14. Since 2012, UCDC students Voting Rights Act was “profoundly have also met with Justices Stephen misguided. What has become of the Breyer and Antonin Scalia. Court’s usual restraint?” Kennedy endorsed the three-year Earlier in her career, Ginsburg law school curriculum, bemoaned was the first director of the ACLU the lack of helpful law review arti- Women’s Rights Project and broke cles, and lamented the politiciza- several legal barri- tion of judicial nominations. ers for women with what Tyler called “masterful” arguments before the Court. “If you survive three years of law

ADVICE AND COUNSEL: Ginsburg shared her experience with an audience of 600 in Berkeley, and with Boalt

Jim Block Block Jim Civil Procedure students.

photography by Josh Edelson IN BRIEF He said he often reads law professors’ blogs family members call him a “cultural dinosaur.” when assessing issues, adding that the avail- Last year, he overheard someone say, ‘What ability of information online is transforming was Lady Gaga talking about?’ Kennedy how Justices approach case research. remarked, “That’s not a nice thing to call that Another revelation: Kennedy confessed that woman.” —Susan Gluss and Andrew Cohen

Savvy NEWCOMERS: Steven M. Davidoff, left, and Kenneth Ayotte will join the Boalt faculty on July 1. Both have extensive business law and teaching experience.

York and London before entering academia, he represented clients in acquiring and selling companies, joint ventures, and private equity and venture capital investments. “Corporate law isn’t case-driven,” says Davidoff, whose research centers on mergers and acquisitions, deal theory, and jurisdictional competition. “It’s teaching students how to practice and how transactions work. That was Helping Boalt Take my everyday life for many years.” Before joining Northwestern Law in 2007, Ayotte taught for five years at Columbia Care of Business Business School and won its Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. His academic interests oalt’s business law boon will get focus on bankruptcy, corporate finance, and another momentum jolt July 1 when law and economics. Steven M. Davidoff and Kenneth Ayotte is currently leading a study on the Ayotte join the faculty. Both migrate effect of an important change in the Bankruptcy fromB Midwestern law schools—Davidoff from Code regarding commercial leases. He hopes “It’s a great Ohio State and Ayotte from Northwestern. the study will illuminate how the change could opportunity “It’s a great opportunity to work with fan- affect outcomes in large Chapter 11 cases. to work with tastic scholars and extraordinary students,” “I was incredibly impressed by the Boalt fantastic Davidoff says. “There’s a deep well of knowledge faculty’s collegiality and willingness to pursue and experience at Boalt.” cross-disciplinary research,” Ayotte says of his scholars and Davidoff’s profile has risen sharply in recent recruiting visit. “Of course, I was also impressed extraordinary years thanks to “The Deal Professor,” his weekly by the raw talent of the faculty and students.” students.” New York Times column. As a lawyer in New —Andrew Cohen —Steven M. Davidoff Steven M. Davidoff, professor of law Kenneth Ayotte, professor of law n Specialization: Business law, corporate gov- n Specialization: Bankruptcy, corporate ernance, securities law finance, law and economics n Education: B.A., University of Pennsylvania n Education: B.A., University of Virginia (1992); J.D., Columbia University (1995); (1997); Ph.D., Economics, Princeton M.S., London Business School (2005) University (2002) n Did you know: Named to the National n Did you know: Serves as associate editor of Association of Corporate Directors’ list of the International Review of Law and America’s 100 most influential governance Economics professionals in 2013

4 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 WILLING WITNESSES: Guy Saperstein ’69 (center) and his wife, Jeanine, attended a White House ceremony in February, as President Obama ordered an increase in the minimum wage paid by federal contractors.

their donations. More than 50 people signed on within a day and the group—now more than 225 strong—quickly drew intense media coverage while lobbying for tax reform. In 2012, support from Patriotic Millionaires helped pass the American Taxpayer Relief Act. Two years later, Saperstein and his wife, Jeanine, were invited to the White House, where Obama signed an order requiring businesses with A Front-row new or renewed federal contracts to pay minimum-wage workers $10.10 an hour—a sharp increase from the long-standing View of History $7.25 rate. “I wanted to go because I’ve hile dining at Dean Christopher been a critic of a lot Obama has done,” Edley, Jr.’s house in 2009, Guy Saperstein says. “But Saperstein ’69 shared his dis- when he does some- taste for President Obama’s thing well, I want to economicW policies. “Many of us progressives support that.” were angry,” Saperstein recalls. “I went home, His group is now contacted a friend who felt the same way, and pushing for national we sent an idea by email blast to every rich minimum wage legis- Democratic donor we knew.” lation. It also seeks to Their idea had a catchy name—Patriotic eliminate hedge fund Millionaires—and a clear message: raise taxes managers’ carried- on wealthy Americans like them or risk losing interest loophole, limit the amount wealthy individuals LEADING THE PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES: can accumulate in GUY SAPERSTEIN ’69 tax-protected IRAs Included in the National Law His book The Getaway Guide to and other retirement Journal’s list of “The 100 Most the John Muir Trail won the funds, and end tax deductions for mortgage Influential Lawyers in America” Society of American Travel interest on second homes. from 1994 to 2000 Writers’ Gold Award for Best More than four decades after founding what President of The Sierra Club Guidebook in 2006 became the largest plaintiffs’ civil rights law Foundation from 2004 to 2006 firm in the nation, Saperstein’s fire for justice Kayaked the Grand Canyon still burns. “We care about this country,” he Part owner of Major League and backpacked the 200-mile says, “and we know most Americans need tax Baseball’s Oakland Athletics Tahoe-to-Yosemite trail relief a lot more than we do.” —Andrew Cohen

spring 2014 | Transcript | 5 IN BRIEF 1L Class: Tinkers, Tailors, Soldiers, Spies ... Literally

hat do a cookbook editor, a musician who has performed at Antarctica’s clown mime, and a bar bouncer only coffee shop have in common? They’re all n A space plasma physicist, a stem-cell engineer, part of the extraordinary and and a patent examiner eclecticW group of students who just finished n A professional baseball player, a go-kart race their first year at Boalt Hall. driver, and a thoroughbred horse breeder

Their fellow Boalt newbies include: More about the newly minted 1L class: n Intelligence analysts, one each from the FBI, n 284 students from 118 undergraduate schools CIA, and U.S. Air Force and 11 countries of origin n A sushi chef, a professional epicurean chef, n 9 students who earned doctorates, 8 who and a Sonic Drive-In cook returned from military deployments, and 3 n A Hindustani classical vocalist, a bagpiper in who were college student body presidents a pipe–and–drum band, and an adventurer/ n 55 percent women, 40 percent people of color, and 6 percent age 30 or older n Median undergrad GPA: 3.78 n Median LSAT score: 167 (95th percentile)

On the first day of orientation last fall, Dean of Admissions Edward Tom urged the new students to be collegial and cooperative. Recounting a TV show in which an Italian cab driver described his secrets of success as “Go fast, be first, use your horn, and scare people,” Tom advised the opposite: “Slow down, help each other, don’t toot your horn, and don’t worry colon t e rry y about being first. It will help you enjoy life and

live longer.” —Andrew Cohen b I llustration

It’s a Hit: America’s Next Top Policy Model

ormer Michigan Governor prominent judges: California ture. “Given the prevalent political Jennifer Granholm con- Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, gridlock and tight government bud- ceived it, but her students Boalt Interim Dean Gillian Lester, gets, it’s important to consider what turned “America’s Next Top and Goldman School of Public Policy can be done efficiently.” PolicyF Model” into a smash hit. Dean Henry Brady. After a student from each team In November, eight teams of law “It was a great opportunity to think made a multimedia pitch, the judges and public policy students in creatively,” says Shyaam Subramanian critiqued it and asked questions. Granholm’s Governing During Tough ’14, who presented his team’s proposal Subramanian’s presentation drew Times course pitched spirited pro- for incentivizing public-private part- Newsom’s highest praise and placed posals to a rapt audience and three nerships to improve U.S. infrastruc- second in the final audience vote.

6 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 A Story within a Story within a Story A NOVEL EFFORT Doug Dorst ’95 ost novelists wave their fiction Workroom B19,” reads Eric’s penciled title-page and co-author J.J. Abrams combined wand only after pages of factual request, followed by Jen’s “Hey—I found your their experience in foreplay: title page, copyright, stuff while I was shelving ...” And so it begins: many genres to craft dedication. In S., though, Doug skittish friendship, tag-team scholarship, cloak- their collaborative DorstM ’95—collaborating with star filmmaker and-dagger menace, blossoming romance. novel, S. J.J. Abrams (Lost; Star Trek)—casts his spell the Abrams got the idea for S. when he found a Dorst: Three-time instant you slit the shrink-wrap. worn paperback with a note inside, urging the “Jeopardy” champion Oddly, the book seems to be a battered book’s finder to “take it, read it, and leave it for and author of Alive in library copy of Ship of Theseus, copyright 1949, someone else.” Impressed by Dorst’s 2008 novel Necropolis (novel), written by “V.M. Straka” (one of the book’s Alive in Necropolis (Dorst gave up law to write, The Surf Guru (short story collection), and two S.’s), translated by a footnote-happy “F.X. and to teach writing at Texas State University), Monster in the Dark Caldeira.” Ship of Theseus comes with scuffed Abrams challenged him to flesh out an idea: a (play). covers, a Dewey Decimal number, stamped story unfolding in a book’s margins. due dates, and a library admonition: KEEP Dorst took it and ran. As he added layer upon Abrams: Director, producer, writer, or THIS BOOK CLEAN. It also comes with layer, the question, he says, became “not just actor for more than inserts—letters, a paper-napkin map, a decoder how to stop, but how to land the dismount, how three dozen movies wheel—and marginalia galore, left by two read- to end the story well?” or television shows, ers who have not kept the book clean. More than a novel within a novel, S. is like a including Mission The readers—grad-student Eric, undergrad universe in a slipcase. It’s also a national best- Impossible III, Star Trek, The Office, and Jen—transform Ship of Theseus into a special- seller, a tour-de-force, and one heck of a magic Family Guy. delivery mail vessel. “If found, please return to spell. —Jon Jefferson

“I wouldn’t want to run against you bilization “an effective, counterintui- for lieutenant governor,” Newsom tive way to come at the problem.” told him. “Your ability to globalize Yood urged cities to create modest and localize the problem was college funds for newborns—and then exceptional.” incentivize families to add to them Sophia Goren ’15 and Jamie Yood over time. “Kids with college savings ’14 each finished a close second in accounts are seven times more likely their semifinal heats. Goren’s pro- to attend college,” he noted. posal—“Taking California Higher”— Lester hailed the event as an noted the revenue, savings, and job instructive example of campus col- creation benefits of legalizing mari- laboration. “Our law school and our juana. “Money doesn’t grow on trees, public policy school created this but it does grow on plants,” she said together,” she said. “It led to some- POLICY MAKERS, SHAKERS: California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom congratulates to raucous laughter. Lester called thing better than each of us could America’s Next Top Policy Model participants. Goren’s centrist theme of fiscal sta- do individually.” —Andrew Cohen

spring 2014 | Transcript | 7 The Public Public “The IN BRIEF 8 —Terry Galligan win-win-win.” are a Fellowships Interest

Gerardo ’13,and Vicuña WINNER’S CIRCLE: win thefirst Joint Venture Challenge. School of Business studentsBen Bradbury andKimMcGinnis to right) andArkadiuszMalinowski’14 (right) teamed with Haas | Paying it Forward Paying itForward

Transcri pt DO-GOOD FELLOWS: Marisa Lopez ’13, ... with Interest Interest ... with Diana Rashid ’13

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SPRING 2014 Career Development Office(CDO)will invite tailored to organizations of their choice. Boalt grads as they pursue projects they’ve based fellowships—20 atpresent—fundrecent Now inapilot period,theyearlong,project- public needs lay an opportunity. employment andhealth-carequestions. foreclosures andbankruptcy, orwithcomplex newly laid-offworkers liningupforhelpwith dwindled, they found troubled homeowners or T As the program gathers donor support, the Enter BoaltHall’s PublicInterest Fellowships. In theirshrinkingbudgetsandballooning access tojustice. Just astheirfunding organizations dedicatedtoimproving double-whammy for public interest he GreatRecessionhasbeenatough lead to new funding for their employers—and grads as they apprentice on projects that may of career development. “We can support Boalt win-win,” says Terry Galligan,assistant dean them get a running start on their careers. assert how theyear’s experiencemighthelp tionships. Intheirproposals, applicantswill ones withwhichtheyhave established rela- with publicinterest organizations—usually each year’s 3L students to propose projects T —Bob Rucker more about applying for a fellowship. Interested 3Ls can contact the CDO to learn their professional acumen and job-search skills. ing classroomworktohelpthegradsfine-tune school on their apprentices’ progress. employer-mentors reportregularlytothe mentors during their fellowships, while students enjoy supervision and feedback from are provided withreallegalassistance.” The cess, people who might not otherwise get help possibly permanentjobsforthem.Inthepro- structuring, anddraftingdeals. real-world businesstransactions by financing, Joint Venture Make aDeal’ “The PublicInterest Fellowships arewin- - Plans aretoaugmenttheprogramwithongo Challenge Challenge Says ‘Let’s Business, helpedstudents simulate tion withtheHaasSchool of Boalt’sChallenge, latest collabora- he inauguralJoint Venture

Jim Block (BCLBE, Lopez, Vicuña) Held during the first two “We’re grateful to with business students,” Taymor months of spring semester, the Pircher, Nichols says. “They need to understand Challenge grew from an effort by the objectives, thinking, and Stevens Carey ’78 and Ken & Meeks for its skill sets of people they’ll be Taymor, executive director of the help and vision in providing services to through- Berkeley Center for Law, Business making the Joint out their careers.” and the Economy. Carey had Venture Challege a Leo Pircher ’57 helped struc- observed similar events at USC ture the mock deals with Carey and UCLA spearheaded by Phil reality. This is an and Nichols, who served as Nichols, his fellow partner at important comple- judges with Josh Myerberg, Pircher, Nichols & Meeks. “This ment to our educa- executive director of Morgan idea was very well received,” Stanley’s San Francisco office. Carey says. “It’s something I wish tional program.” At the March 19 awards cere- I could have done in law school.” —Ken Taymor mony, the top two teams—who In January, teams of three and received $2,000 and $1,000— four—each with at least one law were honored with framed and one business student— certificates. received hypothetical joint venture cases. “As a law student, I really enjoyed the oppor- Acting as advisors to a private equity fund con- tunity to work with students from the business sidering investments in two deals, the teams school,” says winning team member Mary Loum prepared detailed memos addressing the stra- ’14. “It was also great to get problems that tegic consequences of each. seemed to reflect what a real-world real estate “It’s essential for our law students to interact transaction could involve.” —Andrew Cohen

Curriculum Keeps Pace with Change in 2014

Bureaucratic Justice, taught Forensic Evidence, taught by Boalt’s by assistant professor Karen Tani assistant professor Andrea Roth, and former East Bay Community explored the legal principles gov- expansive Law Center attorney Edward erning its use at trial and sen- curriculum Barnes, provided strategies for tencing. The course also spreads its lawyering within government agencies. “Much addressed juror competence in assessing foren- of the law people encounter in their daily lives sic evidence and the science (or lack thereof) wings even is less about appearing in court and more about underlying disciplines such as arson investiga- wider with dealing with bureaucracies and their regulation, fingerprinting, DNA typing, and the use seven new tions,” Tani says. of facial-recognition technology. courses. E-Discovery, taught by profes- Lawyering as Problem Solving, sors Anne Joseph O’Connell and taught by Academic Support Kevin Quinn, tackled the evolv- Program Director Kristen ing relationship between discov- Holmquist, confronted legal prob- ery and electronic information— lems the way practicing lawyers including computer-assisted methods for do. Through case studies and simulations, stu- review. Presentations by lawyers and other dents learned about the types of problems law- y arno gh e lfi arno y professionals helped students glean best prac- yers encounter—and what intellectual constructs

icons b icons tices for electronic discovery. and practical judgments are needed to solve them.

spring 2014 | Transcript | 9 IN BRIEF Oral Advocacy for LL.M. other schools. Students participated in work- Students, taught by professor shops with the authors, whose topics focused and Director of Professional largely on constitutional history and Skills David Oppenheimer, con- interpretation. vened small-group practice sessions with critiques by experienced lawyers Social Enterprise Law, the and judges. Readings, lectures, demonstrations, brainchild of professor Eric and discussions augmented the learning Talley, was taught by attorneys process. Jordan Breslow and Susan Mac Cormac. Students learned about Public Law and Policy the legal, regulatory, and business aspects of Workshop, taught by professors social enterprise entities, the structures that Amanda Tyler and John Yoo, regulate them, and the different types of avail- examined public law papers by able financing models. top scholars from Boalt and —Andrew Cohen FIRST-YEAR SKILLS PROGRAM NUMBERS 3: Office memoranda The Write Formula students complete in fall semester for Practice-ready Graduates 3: Drafts of a brief students complete in spring semester nother year, another triumph. of Boalt’s First-Year Skills Program. Success in writing competitions is Dreschel credits the program with teaching 5-10: Cases stu- nothing new for Boalt students, as her how to write and argue persuasively. “I dents must cite and evidenced by last fall’s national tended to bury my most important points and analyze when writing AdamA A. Milani Disability Law Writing use superfluous language,” she says. “Boiling a legal memo Competition. Margaret Dreschel ’15 and John my arguments down to talking points made 7: Full-time lecturers Chamberlain ’15 placed first and second, my writing punchier and more effective.” respectively—the third time in four years that She also improved her ability to frame cases 60: Years of com- Boalt students have topped the contest. relevant to her argument. “Instead of sum- bined professional experience among The winning formula? “We stress that stu- marizing the case law in a purely academic the full-time faculty dents have to be thorough thinkers and writ- way, I learned to seize on key points that either members ers,” says Lindsay Sturges Saffouri, director bolster my argument or distinguish it altogether.” Chamberlain was initially averse to the regimented structure of written legal arguments. Now he says he can’t do without it. “Not only does it facilitate clarity, the process of conforming my reasoning to that structure is itself a way to work through the legal land- scape of my topic and identify strengths and weaknesses.” Most important for Chamberlain is how the skills program has prepared him for practice. “Though I still have a thousand things to learn A WAY WITH WORDS: Margaret about trying a case, I’m not paralyzed by fear Dreschel ’15 and John at the prospect of briefing one on my own,” Chamberlain ’15 with Lindsay Sturges Saffouri (center), director he says. “In fact, I’m quite looking forward to

of Boalt’s First-Year Skills Program. it.” —Ben Peterson Block Jim

10 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 AT THE LEADING EDGE OF RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOREFRONT

VET TO VET: Adrian Kinsella ’15 (right) of Boalt’s Veterans’ Law Practicum provides assistance at San Boalt Students Francisco’s VA Medical Center. Step Up for Veterans New programs help vets navigate a range of legal issues

eterans may leave the battlefield Prison. Both programs are first-of-their-kind behind, but the wounds of war in California, home to more vets than any other remain. Nationwide, more than state. A new Student-Initiated Legal Services 62,000 military veterans are home- Project also seeks to boost student involvement lessV on any given night, and many grapple with in pro bono work for veterans’ causes. post-traumatic stress disorder and substance As part of a nationwide effort to connect vets abuse. Another 140,000 are in prison. Hundreds in need of legal assistance with law schools, of thousands more suffer from a chronic ben- law firms, and bar associations, the VA reached efits backlog. out to Boalt’s Veterans’ Law Practicum to estab- In the face of those daunting figures, Boalt lish the clinic. Since launching in 2009, the students have launched a free legal clinic at practicum—which helps vets and their families San Francisco’s Veterans Administration (VA) pursue health-care and disability claims and Medical Center and a new program for veteran appeals—has seen student enrollment more

Jim block Jim inmates seeking parole at San Quentin State than double and its active caseload triple.

spring 2014 | Transcript | 11 FOREFRONT As Boalt student and active-duty U.S. Marine VA Medical Center Senior Staff Attorney Adrian Kinsella ’15 puts it, “It takes a vet to Janice Bressler heard rave reviews about the understand a vet.” clinic from vets and medical staff alike. “From Kinsella, who served as a platoon leader in the tremendous response we’ve had, we’ll be Afghanistan, is one of about 20 students at the looking into increasing the clinic’s hours and free clinic who help veterans with medical days in coming semesters,” she says. claims and various benefits. The students also At the San Quentin program, Boalt students assist with military discharge upgrades and prepare briefs and related documents for minor civil law matters while staffing the clinic inmates’ parole hearings. Mark Zambarda ’15, each week. Complex cases may be referred to who earned a Silver Star Medal for combat valor members of the state bar, including Boalt alums in Afghanistan, says students urge the parole willing to work pro bono. board “to look at the totality of the man’s life,” In the clinic’s first two weeks, more than two including wartime incidents it might not have “It takes a vet dozen vets sought counsel on family law, legal considered. The program has so far helped one to understand malpractice, employment law, disability rights, inmate earn parole, after 30 years behind bars. and more. “Because student vets know what it’s like, a vet.” “They were extremely grateful to have some- we’re dedicated to these causes,” Zambarda —Adrian Kinsella ’15 one sit down with them and listen,” says says. “It’s more than just a yellow ribbon or a Gabriella Ahdoot ’15. Allen Huang ’15 recalls sticker on your car. It’s ‘practice what you that “Word got around fast. We were very busy.” preach.’ ” —Susan Gluss

Protecting Human Rights STANDING TOGETHER: The International Human Rights Law Clinic has developed for 15 Years cutting-edge projects and offered valuable counsel since 1999. On campus and around the world, Boalt clinic makes its mark

e were like kids in a candy store,” says Laurel Fletcher, recalling the excitement of launching the“ International W Human Rights Law Clinic (IHRLC) 15 years ago. The school’s first in-house law clinic was the brainchild of law professor Patty Blum and Eric Stover, who was then creating UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center. Stover contacted Blum about partnering with Boalt; he also, crucially, secured funding to hire Fletcher as a full-time clinic faculty member. The clinic’s first big project—a 1998 suit that ultimately forced the Dominican Republic to stop discriminating against children of Haitian ancestry—gave notice that IHRLC would be a formidable force. A recent $8 million judgment against Guatemala for its 1980s death squads

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12 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 Jim block incredibly lucky.” Jefferson —Jon advancing human rightsinrealtime.Ifeel and putourstudents attheforefrontof So we’re able to develop cutting-edge projects a strong trackrecordin ourareasoffocus. “We have deep subject-matter expertise and ics, butBoalt’s is unique,Fletcher believes. the money will follow.” nection tosocialjustice.people, Ifyouengage “It also allows alumni to maintain their con the school’s human-rights work,” shenotes. ing students. “Engaging alumni strengthens alumni—networking, hosting events, mentor gift; she’s alsoexploringother ways toinvolve husband, Ted Janus, made a $10,000 anchor placements for IHRLC students. She and her alum—launched a campaign to fund summer year, Kathleen Kelly Janus ’03—another clinic staff is great, too.” “Laurel is terrific; she gives it her all, and her human-rights problems.”ing urgent He adds, Germany withourlives. Thisclinicisaddress- “My familyandInarrowly escapedNazi roots. “I’m Jewish,” Werner Wolfen explains. Allison Davenport ’04 in 2011. now itsassociatedirector—and ofinstructor Altholz ’99—one of the clinic’s first students, helped fundthehiringin2005ofRoxanna from Werner (’53) and Mimi Wolfen.” They “We’ve supportforyears alsohadgenerous working withusallalong,” says Fletcher. Blum was thereattheinception, andshe’s been from Boalt and its extended family. “Patty at home and abroad.” so we assign students of aissues broad range Fletcher notes. “Human rights are universal, work locally, nationally, and internationally,” ofhuman-rightsissues.advice onarange “We Berkeleymented studentspivotal atUC legal former detainees to society. ommended reintegrationprogramstorestore report,whichrec- sparked abookandpolicy Gitmo casts on their lives. The study also Its Aftermathdocumentedthelongshadow with 62formerdetainees, Guantánamoand Guantánamo detainees. Basedoninterviews examined U.S. inatwo-year policy study of the clinic(withHumanRightsCenter) Other law schools have human-rights clin The clinic enjoys strong, enduring support More alumnisupportisontheway. Last The Wolfens’ supporthasdeeplypersonal A currenton-campusprojectoffersundocu- Combining internationalanddomestic work, - - -

tributing to the spread of disease. California wide areasoftheplanet uninhabitable,andcon- to 6degrees—disrupting agriculture,making current levels, temperaturescouldeven riseup P to battlingclimatechange CLEE’s Californiaconnectionsvital of Collaboration A SensibleState real-estate discussion. developers forapolicy Builders, formedafterCLEEconvened leading Sacramento-based nonprofit CouncilofInfill Schoolat Boalt of Law. and UCLA and business program, with a joint appointment Ethan Elkind,directorofthe climatechange and give consumers more energy options,” says tries to reduce emissions and waste, create jobs, with Californiabusinesscommunitiesandindus- ner forthestate. Environment (CLEE)isproving apowerful part- and BoaltHall’s Centerfor Law, Energy&the leads thenationinfacingdown thechallenge, One suchcollaboration involves the “At CLEE, we’re focused on collaborations emissions. Ifemissionscontinueat drastic actiontotacklegreenhousegas Celsius worldwideby 2100, even with rojections indicateariseof2degrees spring 2014 Ethan Elkind. cost electriccars,says nation indevelopinglow- California could leadthe EMISSION MISSION: |

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13 FOREFRONT The council supports alternative transportation options and aims to revitalize communities by creating close-knit, mixed-use areas that reduce New Leaders distances between housing, workplaces, and shopping—and establishing more pedestrian and bicycle-friendly environments. “We’re look- Take Center ing at innovative ways to alter how residential areas function,” Elkind says. CLEE Executive Director Jayni Foley Hein Stage ’08 outlines other areas where the center is delivering results. “We’re analyzing the current California drought, and proposing policy changes First-year directors infuse that might alleviate its effects. We’re also work- four Boalt research centers ing with federal agencies to assess how they can with abundant energy reduce emissions.” Hein says CLEE also leads projects focused on electric vehicle financing and deployment, hydraulic fracturing, and global onathan Simon ’87 and Kate Jastram climate-change mitigation. ’87 are former Boalt classmates and Last year, renewable-energy developers, longtime faculty members. Dimple finance experts, utility representatives, business Abichandani and Rebecca Golbert leaders, and public officials gathered in Berkeley J only arrived on campus last summer. Their for a CLEE-convened sym- common thread: Each just capped a fruitful Energy experts at a posium that looked a genera- first year directing a Boalt research center. CLEE-convened tion or two into the future. Simon assumed leadership of the Center for The group discussed ways the Study of Law & Society (CSLS), often symposium discussed California can boost its role described as the world’s top center for socio- how California could retain as a global leader on renew- legal studies. An expert on criminal law, he had its role as a global leader able energy, such as increas- worked closely with CSLS while chairing Boalt’s ing the statewide renewable- Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program. in renewable energy. energy benchmark to 51 Propelling the center’s push to challenge percent by 2030. The group conventional legal and policy wisdom, Simon also suggested policies to created the weekly Visiting Scholar Summer help the state reduce greenhouse gas emissions Speaker Series, expanded CSLS’s research net- to levels 80 percent below those in 1990. work, and helped the center guide California Elkind is particularly optimistic about policy as the state grapples with overcrowded California’s enthusiastic reception for electric prisons. cars. “It’s still a new technology, but consumers “Law has traditionally been an autonomous have responded well to it,” he says. “Our state field, and the idea of having a space for inter- has a chance to emerge as a leader in producing disciplinary research and collaboration is still electric cars and batteries, and bringing down unfamiliar in parts of the world,” says Simon. their up-front costs.” “But people are now realizing that approach To Hein’s eye, Boalt is uniquely positioned to to legal education serves modern legal practice champion these big goals. “We’re recognized as well, which makes this an optimal time to maxi- a leader in environmental law and policy, which mize our impact.” increases the reach and impact of our work,” As the Miller Institute for Global Challenges she explains. and the Law’s new faculty director, Jastram Led by top scholars in the field, the center wants Boalt to become ground zero for U.S. also collaborates with leading faculty in engi- students pursuing international law by “creat- neering, business, economics, and other areas. ing more opportunities for them to enter it.” Says Hein, “We attract the best and brightest She helped develop the school’s Certificate students to work with CLEE on research and to of Specialization in International Law in 2009, engage with our unparalleled Bay Area environ- awarded to 28 students at graduation this year. mental and energy community.” Boalt’s international law program recently

—Ben Peterson ranked fifth nationwide.

14 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 jim block barriers toworkplace equality, aswellsym - a dynamic conference on low-wage earners and justice. tice careers, butall who care aboutequity and Boalt students who plan to pursue social jus and community groups. Shenot engages only ners, organizations, advocacy policymakers, partnerships withacademics, legalpractitio- where law was the primary tool for change. inpositions spent 15yearsadvancingitsgoals Social Justice’s executive director, Abichandani globalized setting.” time to prepare students for practicing in a law into question, which makes it a fascinating nizations. “That throws a lot of international level positions with several international orga tant,” says Jastram, whohasworked inhigh- in many areas, bordersarebecominglessimpor organized aroundsovereign nationstates, but student mentors. Law Program, and recruits alumni asUCDC tional law placementswithintheschool’s International Law, workstoincreaseinterna- alums withtheAmericanSociety of The Henderson Center has recently hosted At thecenter, Abichandani quicklyforged Before becomingtheHenderson Centerfor “Much of our international law system is Jastram also connects Boalt students and - - -

Jewish Studies. associate directorofitsGlazerInstitute for from Pepperdine University, whereshewas calls hernewpositiona“dreamjob.” Shearrived Institute forJewish Law andIsraelStudies, yers who know how to work collaboratively.” ronment takes integratedstrategies andlaw Abichandani intoday’s says. envi “Winning - and leadersinthesocialjustice arena,” ing andarmingthenextoflawyers generation and affirmative action. posia onforcedarbitrationintheworkplace fields is very rewarding.” —Andrew Cohen endeavors,” shesays. “Our contribution tothese other on the study of Israel. one onJewish law, thought,andidentity, the Bamberger, Golbert oversees itstwoprograms— Berkeley. WithfacultydirectorKenneth Jewish and Israel studies offerings at UC events. and Palestinian waterways, andmany other Walzer, aninternational conferenceonIsraeli Thought by renowned politicaltheorist Michael Robbins CollectionLectureonJewish Law and “Both programs in trailblazing engage Launched in2011, theinstitute isexpanding In 2013-14, hernewinstitute hosted the Golbert, executive directoroftheBerkeley “I was drawn tothecenter’s missionofinspir spring 2014 - - Rebecca Golbert Abichandani, and Simon ’87,Dimple Jastram ’87,Jonathan LEADING THEWAY: centers. research four Boalt help guide last yearto were named New directors |

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15 FOREFRONT 16 PRIVACY PATROL: Charlie Crain’14 Jesse Koehler’14,and Neldam ’14,EfanWu

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SPRING Take AimatNSA Samuelson ClinicStudents Clinic DirectorJennifer Urban’00andSenior students’ workwas supervisedby Samuelson opponents and other innocent Americans. The abuses, suchasmonitoring law-abiding political risk repeating historical agencies intelligence brief argues that without court oversight, U.S. Charlie Crain’14, andSamiaHossain ’14, the Americans’ phone records is illegal. NSA practiceofcollectingreamsupon ship advocates to Greenpeace—asserts that the coalition of 22 organizations—from gun owner by theElectronicFrontier Foundation (EFF),a (NSA).Represented the NationalSecurityAgency was in the White House.” expanded consistently nomatter whichparty Koehler ’14. “Talk aboutbipartisan support—it’s on sincebeforeWorld War II,” says Jesse ofoverlytency broadsurveillance that’s gone Policy Clinicaddedfueltothefire. S an amicusbriefinafederalcaseagainst and propose potentialsolutions Amicus briefandwhitepaperdescribepastprivacyabuses 2014 Buoyed by exhaustive researchfromKoehler, In November 2013, theclinicsubmitted “Our researchshows theextent andconsis- Samuelson Law, Technology &Public surveillance, students atBoalt’s to publicconcernsaboutgovernment oon afterEdward Snowden set amatch Hoofnagle. Fellow Attorney Chris 1970s Senatecommit - Church Committee—a operations by the of U.S. intelligence comprehensive review deeply involved in a Johnson. Allwere Fenn, and Loch James Bamford,Peter surveillance experts: three renowned U.S. brief isonbehalfof Los Angelesv., the NSA Unitarian Church of First Submitted in First -

Surveillance Act measures designed to control measuresdesignedtocontrol Surveillance Act protections and1978Foreign Intelligence point,” Crain says. andtoolittlesecrecy oversight ledustothis ment surveillance powers. “Decadesoftoomuch court toapplyexisting legallimitsongovern- today’s monitoringprograms, the thebriefurges ing parallels between past abusive practices and tee that reined in overbroad surveillance. —Andrew Cohen straying far from their actual goals.” policy of becoming disconnected from their roots and target terrorist activity, theyalsohave ahistory Neldam says. surveillance programs do “While programs won’t affectme ifI’m not aterrorist,” staffers. which EFF is sending to congressional and revisingdrafts, theyfinishedthepaper— should be.Afterweeksofsolicitingfeedback committee, whileWu tackledwhat itspowers to information, insufficient remedies). ofaccess andunsuccessfulones(lack reporting) membership, mandatory models (bipartisan mittee anddescribessuccessfulcommittee that example and related it to modern times.” community,”the intelligence Wu says. “We took onandhelpedCongressbetterwas going oversee 21st-century version oftheChurchCommittee. reformwithawhitepaperproposing policy courts, EfanWu ’14 andRussNeldam’14 pitched form domestically,” Hossain says. is perhapsitsmost alarmingandrights-invasive since 9/11 in several ways, but digital surveillance come under strain. advances that followed, those protections have monitoring. With 9/11 and the technology The briefcallsforupholdingconstitutional Drawing onthecommittee’s review, andreveal- “We needtobreakthe perception thatNSA Neldam addressedhow best toformsucha The paper calls for a joint congressional com “That committee effectively figured out what While theircolleaguesmadecasetothe “We’ve seenexecutive overreach ofpower -

jim block Illustration by katy lemay business proposition, preferoptions that would Americans, whengiven explicit details ofa shared their survey findings indicating that habits is collected.” that evermore detail about everyone’s lives and consumers’ locations and activities. This means others now capture precise information about use monitoringsystems, Web trackers, andmany “Devices like cellphones, personalapps, energy- of gatheringpersonalinformation,” Urban says. nology develops increasinglyintrusive methods cussion that’s been growing as consumer tech the event with the University of Amsterdam. U.S. and European attitudes. The pair co-hosted focusing on disparities and conflicts between implications of a highly tracked society—again shop that revisitedonlinetrackingandthe try experts, and academics for a two-day work together EuropeanandU.S. policymakers, indus- Clinic DirectorJennifer Urban’00brought differently. Atlantic interpret consumerprivacy research showing how thetwosidesof where U.S. andEuropeanpanelists shared Europe’s conference, primaryannualprivacy Public Policy Clinicplayed leadingroles at both. BCLT andtheSamuelsonLaw, Technology & lighted critical dimensions of this controversy. companies. in theU.S. government andmultinational nity’s resolve toprotect citizensfrompryingeyes released strengthens theinternationalcommu- Technology (BCLT), eachnewbatchofsecrets grams attheBerkeley CenterforLaw & Hoofnagle, pro- whodirectsinformationprivacy T and attitudesinthewakeofspyingrevelations Conferences explore transatlanticpolicies It’s NoSecret Your Private Information: Then in February, Hoofnagle and Samuelson At thefirst conference, Urbanand Hoofnagle “The Edward Snowden revelations fueladis- In January, theclinichosted anevent at Two conferencesinBrusselsthiswinterspot- Agency spying have Agency beenatipping he leaksaboutNational Security privacy rights. toChris privacy According point in U.S.-European discussions of - -

tection. “Europeans’ resolve to tighten privacy U.S. companiesandpromisecitizensbetter pro- could take market share in cloud services from ing country-specific clouds—localization—that Meanwhile, European governments are explor laws toward themorepermissive U.S. model. to revenue generate are fighting European to edge mation gathering,” Hoofnagle says. are on private-sector infor agencies and intelligence dependent law enforcement Snowden releases show how cerns have multipliedasthe surveillance. “These con- more apprehensive about tudes thataretraditionally at home, and European atti- more restrictive thanthose sive protections. Europe’s morecomprehen- Such preferencesmirror could gatherandretain. information companies limit theamountofthat ing time.” — some of these debates, which makes it an excit helping interested actorsunderstand andresolve programs—the SamuelsonClinic andBCLT—are policy.in transnationalprivacy Boalt’s privacy says Urban. “But we’re crossroads at a genuine flow of the data itself. between companies and governments, and the long-standing tradeagreements, relationships Hoofnagle. and adesireforcompetitive edge,” says and they’reanimatedboth by politicalconcerns rules isnot fullyappreciatedintheUnitedStates, encounter privacy lawsencounter privacy expand worldwide, they Facebook and Google As U.S. companieslike Is this a problem without a solution? “No,” That development couldfundamentallychange Companies thatrelyonpersonalinformation Bob Rucker

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17 FOREFRONT of prominent law firms. They’ve served as Supreme Court justices and professors at our top universities. The center’s research will be just as important as our country reforms its legal system.” In the 1960s, Boalt became one of the first U.S. law schools to welcome Korean scholars and students. Today, a steady stream of Korean judges, lawyers, and government officials study on campus each year and about a dozen law students enroll in advanced degree and J.D. programs. The new center will enable students to learn about issues vital to Korea’s emergence as an economic powerhouse and to network with some of its leading judges and lawyers. “Now that the South Korean economy is booming, the country needs more lawyers,” says Boalt professor and center co-director Laurent Mayali. “They’ve revamped their professional legal education system to mirror ours. They’ve Boalt Launches studied our teaching methods and curriculum, and we’ve traveled to Seoul to offer advice on legal reforms.” With Korea’s legal market estimated at Korea Law Center $3 billion per year and growing, U.S. law firms and businesses need to understand the country’s South Korea’s emerging legal and political legal affairs to conduct international transac- reforms will be main points of emphasis tions and stay competitive, Mayali says. Korea’s legal reforms constitute the core of oalt Hall has opened a new research the center’s research, including the adoption of center to study the political and legal jury trials and other features common to the systems of South Korea—one of the American justice system. Related research world’s most powerful economies. The focuses on the role of courts in protecting indi- B Korea Law Center launch in February came on vidual rights, the regulation of health and safety, the heels of a free-trade agreement that opened and the ability of independent agencies to con- the republic’s legal market to U.S. law firms. trol economic growth. The center will also exam- Emblematic of the center’s importance to ine the Dokdo Islands dispute between Korea Korea, former Prime Minister and Supreme and Japan, reunification of North and South Court Justice Kim Hwang-Sik serves as a senior Korea, and competing claims over ocean advisor. Kim traveled to Berkeley to meet with resources. students and the center’s leadership. The center explored these topics on April 18 “Kim’s advisory role indicates that this is not at its first annual conference. Participants “Now that the a U.S.-driven research center,” says professor included academics from Seoul National South Korean John Yoo, the center’s co-director. “We really University and Sogang University Law School, economy is want to be responsive to what Koreans are inter- as well as Korean-American legal practitioners ested in and the issues they grapple with daily.” from top Silicon Valley companies. Supreme booming, the Kim says the center’s work dovetails with Court Justice Yang Chang-Soo was a featured country needs South Korea’s current efforts at legal reform speaker. more and will help the nation navigate difficult issues, The center’s advising faculty includes Korean- from constitutional amendments to regional American professors Sarah Song and Taeku Lee. lawyers.” security. Song’s research involves political philosophy, —Laurent Mayali “We’ve had an invaluable bilateral relation- citizenship, and migration; Lee focuses on civic ship for decades,” he notes. “Many Korean stu- life, political engagement, and race relations of

dents who studied at Boalt became the founders Asians in the United States. —Susan Gluss yang James by I llustration

18 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 A Tale of Two Countries Sho Sato Program compares and contrasts legal education issues in the US and Japan

egal professionals in the United States working in solo practices, many lack the capac- “The confer- and Japan share growing concerns ity to provide great value,” said Takuo Yamaguchi, about employment prospects for new vice chair of the Japan Federation of Bar ence illumi- lawyers, declining law school applica- Associations’ Center for Law Schools. “Also, our nated some of tions,L and how law students should be taught. law schools emphasize subjects that aren’t our fundamen- Boalt confronted these issues when it hosted the attuned to modern-day practice, and there isn’t December 2013 Sho Sato Conference—the latest enough clinic work to develop practical skills.” tal differences event in a longtime collaboration between its Japanese presenters also described a growing in training and Sho Sato Program in Japanese and U.S. Law and disagreement about lawyers’ roles, cultural aver- culture.” Waseda University’s Institute of Clinical Legal sion to litigation, and professions that handle Education in Tokyo. non-litigation tasks lawyers could provide. —Charles Weisselberg With interpreters translating each presenta- At the same time, Boalt clinical experts decried tion, U.S. and Japanese legal education experts a difficult U.S. legal job market that leaves an shared ideas. A common refrain: While many estimated 80 percent of its poor people’s civil U.S. issues can be linked to the Great Recession legal needs unmet. One in five qualifies for free and some may turn around with the economy, legal assistance, but half are turned away because Japan faces more-entrenched obstacles. of insufficient legal aid resources. “If you look at the problems in both countries “Law schools must play a crucial role in bridg- superficially, it seems like we’re dealing with the ing these gaps,” said Boalt clinical professor Jeff same challenges,” says Boalt professor and Sho Selbin. He urged administrators to “increase Sato Program Director Charles Weisselberg. students’ experiential learning opportunities, “But the conference illuminated some of our expand post-graduate public interest opportu- fundamental differences in training and culture, nities, and partner with NGOs, bar associations, and our need to collaborate and devise ways to and government agencies.” deliver legal training and services effectively Kristen Holmquist, director of Boalt’s while honoring our countries’ traditions.” Academic Support Program and associate direc- For example, as part of sweeping legal reforms, tor of its Professional Skills Program, noted that Japan opened 74 graduate law schools in 2004. bar organizations are pushing for more practical A decade later, the nation’s law schools suffer training and supervised pro bono experience. declining applications and only one in four can- “Many U.S. law schools have already added didates passes the bar exam. Meanwhile, rural new clinics, specialization certificates, extern- residents, indigent clients, and small businesses ship opportunities, and adjunct-taught skills lack adequate legal services, though Japan’s courses,” Holmquist said. attorney pool has swelled from 13,800 in 1990 Conference participants pledged to continue to about 32,000 today. working together to help improve each country’s “With that glut and 60 percent of our lawyers legal training and practice. —Andrew Cohen

PROBLEM SOLVERS: Professor and Sho Sato Program Director Charles Weisselberg (second from left) with some of the conference participants A leader emerges Sujit Choudhry, Boalt Hall’s new dean, outlines his vision for propelling the law school to even greater heights Interviewed by Andrew Cohen

ujit Choudhry isn’t prone to hyperbole. As a renowned law global outreach, and alumni engagement. He says he will strive to integrate professor and legal expert who has helped facilitate con- research, experiential education, and stitutional transitions around the world, his work relies policy work to make Boalt “greater than heavily on the careful use of language. So when Boalt Hall’s the sum of its parts.” While Choudhry will move across the S dean-in-waiting calls his new job “the opportunity of a lifetime,” country with his wife and two children, the words ring true. in some ways it’s a homecoming. Most of his large extended family lives in Hailed for his influential scholarship, inspired teaching, and California, and seven relatives are UC innovative leadership at the University of Toronto and New York graduates. Recently, Choudhry discussed his University schools of law, Choudhry will begin a five-year past—and Boalt’s future—with Senior Communications term as Boalt’s next dean on July 1. The appointment cul- Writer and Transcript Managing Editor Andrew Cohen. minates an open, national search. Just 44, Choudhry has already published more than 70 Background articles, book chapters, working papers, and reports. His scholarship has produced groundbreaking work on consti- Andrew Cohen: You’ll soon be the dean of a top U.S. law tutional design as a way for countries to transition from civil school. Did you see your career headed in this direction war to peaceful democracies. In March 2012, he founded when you first became interested in law? NYU Law’s Center for Constitutional Transitions, the world’s Sujit Choudhry: No, but in a way it’s not a complete surprise. first university-based center that generates and mobilizes My dad was a professor, my mom was a professor, my broth- knowledge in support of constitution building. er’s a professor—the chances were high that I’d become an Well-versed in the challenges facing public law schools, academic. As for working in the United States, that just hap- Choudhry is a strong proponent of curricular innovation, pened naturally. I began my teaching career in Canada, and

20 | Transcript | Spring 2014 photograph by JIM BLOCK RARING TO GO: Sujit Choudhry, who will officially become Boalt Hall’s next dean on July 1, says he “can’t wait to get started.”

Spring 2013 | Transcript | 21 thought I’d stay there. But my scholarship led to me to spend especially because public universities are publicly account- more and more time here, and I eventually moved to NYU able. Discussions about what this model will look like have in 2011. And as I took on different administrative roles, I to involve alumni, the state, and the broader public. found them very challenging and rewarding. Opportunity and Diversity You’ve described your new post as “the opportunity of a lifetime.” Can you elaborate on that? Legal education is facing new pressures to evolve—to be There are many good law schools, and Boalt is one of the more affordable, more engaged with the world at large. best. But what’s distinctive about Boalt is its culture. It’s got How will the law school of the near future look different hustle and drive and innovative people willing to experiment than what we see today? and try new things, which seems very much rooted in The job market for our graduates is much more volatile than Berkeley’s identity as a public university. There’s a sense of ever. The new normal is that there is no normal. Our stu- mission—that Boalt and the university are here for a pur- dents will enter careers where they’ll be constantly reinvent- pose. The state created us for a reason and we have to deliver ing themselves. They’ll move within practice environments, on that. That’s a huge part of what attracted me to the school. within or across public and private sectors. They’ll work not It has a unique combination of equality of opportunity and just inside law, but outside law. So how do law schools pre- uncompromising academic excellence at one of the world’s pare students for this new reality? Our curriculum must be great research universities. up to date but not chase after fads. A curriculum strictly driven by the perceived needs of today will have no lasting You seem to have great appreciation for California as well value. There’s a way to equip students for a life of ongoing as UC Berkeley. change in their careers while also emphasizing fundamen- California has this entrepreneurial, striving, innovative qual- tals they can adapt for different practice areas. ity that is very inspiring. It’s the most diverse state in the nation, and there’s no other place like it. California is large, How should that manifest in the classroom and beyond? outward-looking, and sees itself as part of the broader world. I have a colleague at NYU who teaches Information Law. That For someone with my background, that’s an immensely type of course didn’t exist when I was in law school, but she attractive place to work and raise our kids. has 100 students in a class that’s an amalgam of IP, contracts, privacy, and other areas. Boalt has many similar courses. We You’ve said you have a deep understanding of the issues can’t anticipate the future, but to prepare students for that facing public law schools like Boalt. Talk a little about that. reality of constant change we need a cutting-edge curriculum I’ve spent almost my entire life in public universities, and that prepares students for lifelong learning. I’ve been engaged with their special mission and responsi- Law schools must also do more than just excel in the bility for most of my career. My father taught at the University classroom. There’s so much more that goes into being a of Toronto, Canada’s leading and largest public university. I successful lawyer, like networking, and we have a duty to grew up on campus and attended public universities. I spent our students to develop those skills while they’re in our my first 12 years as an academic at the University of Toronto, building. That’s especially vital at Boalt, where many stu- and served in roles that let me be a key participant in discus- dents are the first in their families to have attended college sions about the challenges facing many public law schools. or graduate school. I served on the Academic Board, the equivalent to Berkeley’s Academic Senate. I was an associate dean, and served on How does this connect to Boalt’s public mission? committees that defined the law school’s institutional strat- We won’t succeed in our public mission unless we have egy. Many of the same challenges Boalt has wrestled with diverse classes and admissions fundamentally based on also took center stage during my time at Toronto. merit, and unless those students can come here irrespective of background. I think alumni have to be key partners here. What did you take away from those experiences? I see Boalt as an intergenerational community, and alumni That it takes imagination, generosity, and creativity to pro- are as much a part of that community as students. We have vide education of an incredibly high quality that’s also based to collectively take responsibility for mentoring our students on equality of opportunity. Top public law schools, over the and ensuring their success. And we have to be absolutely last decade in particular, have had to confront a resource uncompromising in the quality of education we provide. issue. In the face of frozen or declining levels of public sup- Employers are highly demanding, and we’ll continue to keep port, clearly an issue in Berkeley recently, the question is a razor-like gaze on quality. how do we remain true to our public mission while developing a different economic model? This is one of most chal- What is Boalt’s biggest challenge?

lenging issues to face higher education in the last 20 years, To ensure that we have sufficient resources to meet our twin

22 | Transcript | FSpringALL-winter 2014 2008 commitments to equality of opportunity and academic excellence. The law school is in extremely good shape, and the resources available to it are significant, but we need to do more. Historically, we’ve always thought that California would provide its public universities with ample funding and people would chip in as taxpayers. That’s not the model anymore. If alumni think about the The Choudhry File opportunities they received as the result of an excellent and affordable education, and how that changed their lives, I NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW (2011-2014) think they’ll be excited about the many ways they can help Professor of law n Founder and faculty director, Center for change the lives of our current and future students. Constitutional Transitions n Faculty director, Global Fellows Program Law school applications are down across the country. What UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW (1999-2011) should Boalt do to assure prospective students that the Associate dean, First-Year Program n Professor of law n school is a worthy investment? Cross-appointed with School of Public Policy & Governance and Boalt has done extremely well in midst of this volatility, and Department of Political Science it still has a terrifically strong applicant pool and admits an ENGAGEMENT EXAMPLES extremely strong entering class. But we’re in hand-to-hand Board of directors, Legal Aid Ontario n Chair or co-chair, combat with other schools for the best students from all 11 conferences n Constitutional consultant and strategist, backgrounds, and we need the resources to ensure that those several organizations n Governing advisory panel, City of Toronto who’ll benefit most from a Boalt education will choose Boalt n Member, United Nations Mediation Roster because it’s the best place for them. I’m a big believer in NOTABLE HONORS need-based financial aid. I think there’s been an arms race Trudeau Fellow (Canadian equivalent of MacArthur Award) n among many schools on the basis of “merit money”—money Rhodes Scholar n Awarded 11 prizes, 5 scholarships, and that chases high GPAs and LSATs. I want those students to 3 fellowships as a student come to Boalt, but as a public institution our priority should EDUCATION be need-based financial aid, especially in the face of declin- LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1998 n LL.B., University of Toronto, ing public support. 1996 n B.A. (Law), University of Oxford, 1994 n B.Sc. (Biology), McGill University, 1992 You’ve discussed the importance of professional networks to career success. What can Boalt do in this area to help students from all backgrounds? strong public mission has to include social engagement, not From the conversations I’ve had with our alumni, it’s clear just social mobility. Our alumni, students, and faculty are at that they really want to help. They’re anxious to engage with the heart of the great debates facing their communities, our students. Many students want to meet alumni and net- California, and the world. It’s important for Boalt to be a work with them. We need a mechanism to achieve this in a visible presence in these debates because that’s part of our structured way at a significant scale. The appetite for this university’s mission: speaking to the issues of the day and type of program from both sides is very high. advancing legal policy discussions.

Talk about the different role of a public law school versus a Academic Excellence and Innovation private law school, if there is one. I think it’s quite significant. At the core of a public law school There’s been a lot written about how law schools must adapt like Boalt is a commitment to social mobility. That translates to a changing legal marketplace. How does Boalt do that? into a priority for certain types of financial aid that will help I think the watchword is evolution, not revolution. What’s us continue to recruit a diverse student body, including those going to change is the role of experiential education, and who are the first in their families to go to a professional opportunities for students to put what they’ve learned into school and those interested in public interest law. I want practice. Clinics have traditionally been the home of that.

Boalt to continue to attract those students. I also think a Boalt has fabulous clinics and great clinical faculty that are

Spring 2014 | Transcript | 23 24 because of our scale and culture—it’s much easier for us to research universities, which gives us enormous advantages to the fullest extent. Boalt is part of one of the world’s best The university is a massive resource that we should exploit well-positioned tomaximizethose synergies? Given itslocationandoutreach withinUCBerkeley, isBoalt effective ways to combine them. rate from each other, and great law schools will find new, venes networks of global experts. Those things aren’t sepa cal program, has an original research component, and con work, theCenterforConstitutional Transitionsrunsa clini- where the magic and the innovation happen. In my own engagement, howpolicy them you is bridge critical. That’s ent activities. Whenyouthinkaboutclinics, research,and growth andsynergies inbridges amongalaw school’s differ seize upon new opportunities will be the leaders. of the curriculum, and that will only widen. Law schools that riential education out of its home in the clinics to other parts second to none. But we’ve already seen the diffusion ofexpe- U Ginsburg says.“Ilearnedthenthatthere’s the problem withaquickseriesofcalls,” some ofhisclinicalstudents’flights. Choudhry gotacallabouttroubles with Choudhry were ridingtoaconference when engaging withtheworldofpractice.” of and heunderstandstheimportance which fitssquarely intoBerkeley’s tradition, perspectives. He’s naturallyinterdisciplinary, beyond staledebatesanddevelopnew constitutional law, pushingthefieldtomove “Suj hasbeenaleaderincomparative Choudhry wasnameddean? around theglobe.Hisreaction when Choudhry onconstitutionaldevelopment Colleagues H Colleagues The other bigtrendwe’llseeinlegaleducationisthe “Suj immediatelysprangintoaction,fixing Earlier thisyearinSpain,Ginsburg and “I thinkit’s agreat fit,”Ginsburg says.

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| Spring 2014 asks himtogivepublictalks.“Althoughhe’s meet privatelywithpolicymakers,italso synergy betweeninstitutions.” thinker” whois“quicktoidentifypotentialfor Al-Ali callsChoudhry“amodernanddynamic sustainable democracy. SenioradvisorZaid tional IDEA,anorganization thatsupports recalls. “Hehasbeenextraordinary.” students,andfunding,”Issacharoff partners, achieved thiswhiledrawingexternal vital debates.“Inverylittletime,Sujit propel thecenterintoaleadingforum for launched in2012,andhasseenChoudhry Constitutional Transitions, whichChoudhry serves ontheboard oftheCenterfor students willbenefitfrom thatcommitment.” ideas: hisstudents.I’msohappyBoalt only onethingmore tohimthan important ail Boal ail When InternationalIDEAasksChoudhryto withInterna- The centeroftenpartners NYU lawprofessor SamuelIssacharoff - - - When Ithought about where I wanted to be dean, it would What role didBoalt’s facultyplayinyourdecision? these two prongs as separate. about this question I think about myself—and I don’t see But Iamalsoaconstitutional scholar. SowhenIthink Some ofmy workisintensely practical.I’ve runaclinic. cases incourtandgive adviceondraftingconstitutions. at both endsofthespectrum.I’m a practitioner;Iargue where innovation and imagination come into play. I work that successfullyintegratetheteaching of both. That’s tant, andthegreatlaw schoolsofthiscentury willbethose ing them. Eachenrichesthe other. They’reequally impor It’s not amatter of balancingthem,it’s amatter of integrat- andmorepractice-oriented? to beless theory-oriented its curriculum.Shouldlawschoolsrebalancetheircurricula Boalt has been weaving more practical skills instruction into doing a lot, and that we can do more. at Boalttocapitalizeonwherewe’re situated?I’m surewe’re do this than other schools. Are we doing everything we can t’s Choi facing publiclawschools.”—Andrew Cohen calls him“well-versedonthechallenges Choudhry’s workasanassociatedean,and task forces. Trebilcock alsoobserved served togetherontwoLegalAidOntario paper onlegalexpenseinsuranceand scores verywellonallofthem.” and anabilitytorallycolleagues.Sujit promoting different academic innovations, energy, highambition,entrepreneurship in cock’s deancriteriaiswell-developed:“High Choudhry—and undersixdeans—Trebil- 42 years.Havingworkedthere with knowledge attheUniversityofToronto for to sharingknowledge.” the region. Ireally admire hiscommitment appreciated bystudentsandacademicsin always accepted,”Al-Alisays.“It’s greatly under noobligationtodoso,Sujithas Trebilcock andChoudhryco-authored a Professor MichaelTrebilcock hasshared c e -

only be somewhere where I’d want to be a colleague. legal team as part of the certification of that country’s con- Ultimately, I went to where I wanted to work. Boalt is a great stitution in 1996, and learned about constitutional law there. law school with great, serious people doing terrific work. Then I got my LL.M. at Harvard, and learned about U.S. Chris Edley has been brilliant recruiting incredible faculty. constitutional law. As I started to compare and write about He’s really done a magnificent job. these different models, and what it means for constitutional law to migrate across jurisdictions, this comparative consti- In seeking to recruit and retain exceptional faculty, how tutional law field exploded. I had the right set of tools at the should Boalt go about competing with private law schools right time. that have larger endowments? Our faculty members are in great demand at other universi- How does California’s diversity link with Boalt’s global agenda, ties, including some of our wealthy peers. To compete for and how is the school positioned in this area? the very best faculty who will provide the very best educa- What’s wonderful about pursuing a global agenda at Boalt tion to our students, we need resources to persuade them is that we are in the most diverse state in the nation, with to come and stay. But resources are only part of the story. the highest percentage of foreign-born residents. The world We have to be smart and strategic in how we frame the choice is in California. That means our global agenda is also a of Boalt over other schools. Picking a school includes dimen- California agenda, and a great way for us to engage our state’s sions of the quality of the overall university and the oppor- communities. We also have huge opportunities for philan- tunities that university provides you. I think it’s possible to thropy that come out of California’s global character. Many create a life for our faculty that’s rooted in the law school people come here to raise families and build careers who but exists across the university for those who want it. That’s aren’t necessarily aligned with any American university. very hard to resist and even harder to leave. They’re global citizens who choose to live here, and there’s an enormous opportunity to engage them. Globalization Engaging Alumni Your work has had an international focus, and you’ve spoken of the importance of worldwide collaborations. What is your vision for the greater Boalt community? Great law schools of the 21st century will be a global cross- We need to imagine ourselves as an intergenerational com- roads for people and ideas from around the world. That’s munity of incoming students, current students, recent grads, important because we’ve discovered that legal issues don’t and older grads. We want our community circle to continue neatly compartmentalize now; they’re not confined to single growing as more students arrive and more graduates achieve jurisdictions. A legal issue may have state, federal, foreign, professional success. We need to establish a bond across international, and transnational dimensions. In that sense generations about a shared sense of identity as to what Boalt law schools should deepen their engagement with global is, and we need people to contribute to that in different ways. issues. You’ve said that “friendraising” comes before fundraising. How can Boalt enhance its global engagement? What does that entail? We should have a conversation about this issue because It’s fundamental to our future that alumni give us the sup- there’s no one path to becoming a global crossroads. We have port we need to provide an accessible and excellent educa- to be very thoughtful and strategic about what model would tion to all qualified candidates. But we don’t want to focus work best for Boalt. I’m adamant that we shouldn’t be afraid just on that. My vision for Boalt is rooted in a broader under- to try things, but we should be provisional—try something, standing of what we are and why we care. We need to create assess it, tweak it, try it again. Run pilot projects and evalu- that sense of mission and shared identity—and this is impor- ate them carefully. As we deepen our global engagement, its tant to do irrespective of fundraising. All alumni matter, and character must be organically linked to what’s already here I urge them to contribute in any way they can. Alumni at Boalt. It can’t be an add-on. We need a global model that engagement is about networking and mentoring and adjunct deepens our existing institutional life. teaching and job placement and program panels. There’s a lot our alumni want to do for us. How did you come to focus your scholarship on comparative constitutional law? What type of relationship do you foresee having with alumni? By accident. I really believe in serendipity and seeing where A very close relationship. In Toronto, my wife and I were life goes. When I was at Oxford, I got a law degree and stud- deeply involved with the legal community. I view alumni ied English constitutional law. I wanted to go back to Canada engagement as a big part of this job, and I’m really looking and pick up a legal credential there, so I studied Canadian forward to that. I want our alumni to come back to Boalt as constitutional law. Then I interned in South Africa with a often as possible and have good reason to. n

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Legendary sports agent Leigh Steinberg ’73 has seen his quarterback clients pull off many dramatic, late-game wins. Now he’s striving for a high-stakes, come-from- behind rally of his own. By Jon Jefferson the ?

come backphotograph by BRIAN FINKE spring 2014 | Transcript | 27 kid eigh Steinberg is working the room— connect in boundary-blurring, cross- pollinating, revenue-generating new put the man in a room, any room, and ways. That first year, about 400 athletes, sportswriters, lawyers, and foot- he’s gotta work it. But even for ball fanatics jammed Steinberg’s house Steinberg, this is a lot to bite off: the and its four outdoor decks. Steinberg made the party an annual entire top floor of 230 Fifth, New York tradition where for a few high-octane L hours, the Beautiful, the Famous, and City’s largest penthouse restaurant and lounge, the Uber-Athletic could see and be seen, schmooze and be schmoozed, jammed with heavy hitters from football, film, even pitch and be pitched. Steinberg, who studies guest rosters and bios as if cage-fighting. They’re here, 3,000 of his closest friends, cramming for a law exam, calls the for his annual Super Bowl Party. Seven blocks up, the party “the most draining four hours of my year.” It highlights his standing Empire State Building glows, turning 230 Fifth’s win- as “the greatest sports agent in history” (Forbes magazine’s words). The dows into billboard-sized postcards. Party, in short, is not to be missed. But Steinberg himself missed it in But the scenery outside pales against the spectacle inside. 2012 and 2013. So did everyone else, because there was no Look, there on the red carpet, it’s legendary 49ers quarter- Party those years. Consequently, the 2014 event isn’t just back Steve Young! Hey, y’all, it’s country-music star The Party; it’s The Comeback Party, showcasing Steinberg’s Wynonna Judd! Ha—check out Steinberg bustin’ a move phoenix-like rise from the ashes—the ashes of a career he with Karina Smirnoff from “Dancing with the Stars”! Wait— himself torched, fueling the flames with 80-proof vodka. is it? Oh my god, it is—Kevin Costner with his wife, model Americans love redemption stories. But redemption Christine Baumgartner! requires a fall, and Steinberg’s was a doozy—a boozy tumble The Party began back in 1985, at Steinberg’s house in the from the loftiest pinnacle of success. Berkeley hills. He’d recently had “an epiphany”: that the Super Bowl had become “a crossroads of Americana,” attract- Sit-ins, Showdowns, and Big Scores ing high-powered people from business, politics, sports, and But before the fall was the ascent. It began four decades entertainment. Steinberg shrewdly sensed that the cross- ago in a Berkeley dorm, the ink on Steinberg’s law degree

roads was valuable real estate where powerful people could barely dry. (1984) PR ESS ED A SS OC I AT Pi zac, Doug

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1952: Steinberg (second 1970: Steinberg’s lead- 1984: Quarterback Steve from left) with his father, ership skills flourished Young (left) and Steinberg Warren; his brother, Jim; and in college, when he celebrate signing Young’s his mother, Betty. served as UC $40 million contract with Berkeley’s student- the USFL’s Los Angeles body president. Express.

28 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 As an undergrad in the late 1960s, as a dorm counselor in Norton Hall. One Steinberg embraced Cal’s heady activism. “At the end undergraduate he “counseled” was Steve A regular at antiwar protests and sit-ins, he Bartkowski, Cal’s star quarterback, who also served as student-body president his of the day, led the nation in passing yards that year. senior year. In that role, in the spring of Steinberg and “Bart” talked girls and 1970, he debated then-Governor Ronald it comes football, especially Bart’s glittering pro Reagan at a Board of Regents meeting. down to a prospects. Reagan was pushing for the ouster of the In January 1975, Bart was the NFL’s university’s chancellor, who’d supported relationship, No. 1 draft pick. The news thrilled him, campus protests against the bombing of but the Atlanta Falcons’ salary offer— Cambodia and the Kent State shootings. a gut feeling $400,000 over four years—disappointed. Steinberg vigorously defended the protests. Negotiations dragged, then stopped. After Reagan got personal, charging, “Aren’t you of trust.” weeks in limbo, Bart fired his agent and, the same Mr. Steinberg who was arrested astonishingly, persuaded Steinberg to in Oakland in 1960 for sitting in front of —Leigh Steinberg ’73 take over. Asked why Bart put his fate in troop trains?” Steinberg explained that in the hands of a greenhorn who’d never 1960 he was a child—more likely to be playing with trains repped a player or practiced a lick of law, Steinberg pauses, than blocking them. seemingly taken aback. “I was his dorm counselor,” he

rg Sport (3x 2014) (3x Sport ein b e rg St f or Steinberg loved Berkeley, and Boalt seemed the natural laughs. “It was very organic!” Then, seriously: next step. His favorite uncle was a lawyer, as were his child- “Understanding another person—his anxieties, his hopes hood heroes. “Perry Mason, ‘Judd for the Defense,’ Atticus and dreams, his core values—is very important. At the end Finch, Clarence Darrow … I grew up wanting to be a of the day, it comes down to a relationship, a gut feeling of criminal-defense lawyer,” he says. trust. That’s what Bart had in me.” Then classes began, and his bubble burst. “To my sur- Steinberg realized that to budge Atlanta, he needed a prise, most courses had nothing to do with criminal defense,” lever. He found it in the World Football League, a new rival es Ge tty Imag (2012), FINKE BR I A N (2004), he deadpans. “But I had great professors. Jesse Choper was to the NFL. He got two WFL teams interested in Bartkowski,

P r ess magnificent on Con Law.” then made Atlanta a counter-offer: $750,000. The Falcons ZUMA / Steinberg never practiced criminal defense, but he would rejected the proposal in swift, certain, and anatomical terms. draw on his Boalt education—soon, and in a big way. A few tense weeks later, though, they upped their original

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2014: Steinberg’s annual Super Bowl Party is reborn in New York City. Guests included Cactus Moser, Karina Smirnoff, and Wynonna Judd (top left), and Kevin Costner (top right). 1996: With Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Tom Cruise, co- 2012: On the stars of the hit movie Jerry comeback trail, Maguire, based partly on Steinberg is pro- Steinberg’s career. 2004: Steinberg joins filed in the April 16 former San Francisco issue of Sports 49ers coach Bill Walsh Illustrated. (right) and offensive lineman Kwame Harris at a California State Senate committee hearing on steroid use. spring 2014 | Transcript | 29 30 and constructionmatters. finance, development,landuse, on transactionsinvolving related businessareas, focusing He practicesinreal estateand The BestLawyersinAmerica. Berliner hasbeenincludedin 49ers. Forthepast25years, interest intheSanFrancisco one ofwhomboughtaminority professional franchises, sports sented variousclientsseeking Authority. Berlinerhasrepre- Alameda CountyColiseum negotiations withtheOakland- Agency, andtheOaklandA’s in San JoseRedevelopment Sharks innegotiationswiththe represented theSanJose Francisco Giants.Healso negotiations withtheSan of SanJoseinstadium Clara CountyandlatertheCity Powers AuthorityforSanta Berliner represented theJoint Before AT&T Parkwasbuilt, Of Counsel Berliner Cohen, Berliner ST produced has Boalt Hall apowerhouse list of sports law heavy hitters. Here just are afew: Charity, loyalty, andintegritybecamecentraltoSteinberg’s ments thathelpedboost fundraisingby millionseachyear. chose theUnitedWay,joining other NFLplayers inendorse- his newclienttoshinestar power onacharity. Bartkowski isyou.” ‘They’ Inthatspirit,Steinbergurged there isno‘they’. you’re lookingforsomeonetosolve problemsintheworld, Warren—a schoolteacher and principal—saying, “Son, when was inhisDNA.Leighrecallsfather,Doing good Doing Good,Well rity, and doing the right thing. had found his calling: a career that combinedsports, celeb- it thrust therookie’s intothelimelight,too. agent Steinberg offer to $600,000. The richest rookie deal in NFL history,

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SPRING 2014 could help.” still tryingtofigure outhowhe plained onemoment”and“was Venus saidhe“nevercom- speak duringhisfinaldays, died in2011,couldhardly AlthoughDavis,who article. said ina2012NewYork Times lawyer; hewasafriend,”Venus Ludacris. “Hewasmore thana Marsalisand musicians Wynton family, andalsorepresented myriad roles fortheWilliams treated Venus. Davishandled surgeonan orthopedic whohad through hiscollegeroommate, sisters He mettheWilliams athlete: fiveyears,$40million. ment contractforafemale was thenthelargest endorse- Reebok signedVenus towhat women’s tennis.In2000, record-setting endorsersin Serena become Williams that helpedsistersVenus and Davis negotiatedseveraldeals Adams &Barer Partner, Garvey, Schubert, Davis Keven ’ 82

) the Canadian Football League. The deal—a million in salary for quarterback Warren Moon, who had played six seasons in growing. ’70s andearly’80s, Steinberg’sclientroster andearningswere sleeping ina1962BuickSpecialstation Butby wagon. thelate scout players andcultivatecoaches;drivingsometimes home; sleepingonBerkeley friends’sofaswhenhecameto Steinberg scrimped,livingandworkinginhisparents’L.A. $18,000), contractsby andtheylagged ayearormore.Offstage, were only3percent(Bartkowski’s $600,000 contractpaidjust claimed himin the “The White Agent Hat.” nascent practice,anda1976 LosAngelesTimesstory pro- and LAGear. nies, includingFILA,Skechers, footwear andapparel compa- of theworld’s largest athletic outside legalcounseltosome treatise. Hehasalsoservedas , thefield’sSports seminal Law ofProfessional &Amateur law andwastheeditorofThe two popularbooksonsports Ronnie Lott.Uberstineauthored O’Neal andNFLHallofFamer NBA HallofFamerShaquille and steered businessdealsfor the collegeathleticshoemarket played aleadrole indeveloping Plus Enterprises,where he general counselatManagement senior vicepresident and creating PSE,Uberstinewas this year’s SuperBowl.Before Smith, mostvaluableplayerof Seahawks’ linebackerMalcolm players—including Seattle agency includes28current NFL The clientlistforUberstine’s (PSE) Entertainment CEO, Premier& Sports Uberstine Gary In 1984,hescoredanother record-setting contract,thisone White hat or no, the early years werelean.Commissions

’ 85 85 . PeopleinSports Powerful annual listofthe100Most News’ included onSporting league. Usseryhastwicebeen tion, thentheNBA’s topminor Continental BasketballAssocia- later commissionerofthe years asgeneralcounseland 1996 andspenttwo-and-a-half Management from 1993to president ofNikeSports Mavericks, Usserywas network. Before joiningthe first all-high-definitiontelevision as CEOofHDNet,thenation’s 2001 to2012,healsoserved lucrative televisiondeals.From pushed theteamtoward more doubled ticketrevenue, and morecorporate partners, than lucrative dealswithnumerous Since then,hehasoverseen designed, financed,andbuilt. in gettingtheteam’s arena 1997, Usserywasinstrumental theNBA’sWith Maverickssince Mavericks President andCEO,Dallas Ussery Terdema ’ 87

plus a $4.5 million signing bonus with the Houston Oilers— years, the party was branded—“The Leigh Steinberg Super made Moon the NFL’s highest-paid player. “Leigh negotiated Bowl Party”—and the guest list skyrocketed to 3,000. great contracts for me,” says Moon. “But he also made me Steinberg put his growing visibility to work. He helped then- realize that football was only a small part of my life, and that Dean Choper raise funds for Boalt and launched a crusade I needed to start thinking about my second career—what I against concussions, an occupational hazard he saw as “a tick- was going to do for 30 years after I retired from playing.” ing time bomb” for football players, especially quarterbacks. Also in 1984, Steinberg landed Steve Young an inventive He was making a difference and making his father proud. $40 million annuity deal with the Los Angeles Express of the upstart U.S. Football League. The team and the league later The Man in the Meme went belly-up, but Young—who is still earning money from By the early ’90s, Steinberg was representing many NFL that contract—went on to a Hall of Fame career and a Super quarterbacks, and in 1996, he set a Super Bowl record of Bowl title with the 49ers. his own. “Pittsburgh played Dallas that year,” he explains, Steinberg’s inaugural Super Bowl party came less than a “and all six quarterbacks—the three on each team—were year after his megadeals for Moon and Young. In subsequent my clients.”

Boalt Hall has produced a powerhouse list of sports law heavy hitters. Here are just a few:

Ed Greg Adam Ryan Goines ’92 Genske ’98 Pliska ’99 Morgan ’00 Assistant Chief Counsel, Executive Director and President, World Poker Tour President and CEO, Morgan Disney Interactive (Playdom) President, The Legacy (WPT) Advisory Group (MAG) Agency (baseball division) For five years, Ed Goines was Pliska has played a major role in Morgan first experienced sports the San Francisco 49ers’ vice Soon after super-agent Jeff WPT’s surging popularity and law at Morrison & Foerster, president of business affairs Moorad’s departure from television presence. Before where he helped represent an and general counsel. He Moorad Sports Management in becoming president in 2009, he investor group that purchased directed team sponsorship and 2004, Genske and partners served as general counsel and the San Jose Sharks hockey broadcast media contracts, Scott Parker ’90 and Brian oversaw the legal process franchise in 2002. He continued counseled senior management, Peters purchased and renamed leading to the initial public to represent the team after that and oversaw legal aspects of the company. Genske has since offering of WPT’s former transaction, then left to found player, coach, and front-office negotiated some of baseball’s company. Pliska also directed MAG—where Morgan represents employment agreements. He most lucrative deals—$142 deal-making in the United Olympic beach volleyball gold also structured commercial million and $126 million for States, Europe, and Asia. medalist Kerri Walsh and a relationships with the team’s outfielders Carl Crawford and Previously, he was vice growing number of athletes in marketing partners, local media, Vernon Wells, for example—and president of legal and business various sports. Morgan was the and other service providers. his biggest yet: C.C. Sabathia’s affairs and later general counsel lead athlete-side attorney in a Before joining the 49ers, Goines $161 million deal with the New for a media company, and a groundbreaking deal with AVP spent more than 10 years in York Yankees, the largest private-practice attorney in Los Pro Beach Volleyball that senior positions at companies contract for a pitcher until last Angeles. A former TV producer, featured progressive revenue- such as Ticketmaster, Mattel year. Named to Sports Business Pliska shares an Emmy Award sharing, profit-sharing, and Toys, and Major League Soccer. Daily’s 40 Under 40 list in 2009, for helping to develop Comedy growth initiatives for the sport. He left the 49ers to start a solo Genske has negotiated more Central’s Win Ben Stein’s Money. He has negotiated hundreds of sports and entertainment law than $2 billion in playing He also clerked for Judge Alex contracts, as well as client practice, then joined Hanson contracts. His agency repre- Kozinski at the U.S. Court of endorsement deals, with Bridgett to offer his clients more sents more than 200 baseball Appeals for the 9th Circuit and companies such as Gatorade, services. Goines now works at players, along with NFL players, worked at the California Office Visa, Nike, and AT&T. Morgan Playdom, a gaming division of college coaches, broadcasters, of Legal Affairs for then- also teaches sports law at Disney Interactive. golfers, and Olympic athletes. Governor Pete Wilson ’62. Santa Clara University.

spring 2014 | Transcript | 31 Fame inductionceremony. 2006 Pro FootballHallof be hispresenter atthe Moon askedSteinberg to MOON LANDING: Tackle socialissuessuchasdomesticviolence,targeted by • Joinhiminadvocatingforsaferhelmetsthatreduce the • Create programs suchasHomesfortheHolidays,runby • Fundhundreds ofhighschoolandcollegescholarshipsacross • Steinberg hasencouragedclientsto: Off thefield thananyotheragent More quarterbacks NFLstarting • SevenplayersinductedintothePro FootballHallofFame • Eightplayerschosenfirstintheentire draft • More than60first-round NFLdraftpicks • Steinberg’s clientlisthasincluded: On thefield models. role life helping them become real- for top players, NFL and becoming the go-to agent priorities: main two Steinberg homed on in Leigh took career flight, super-agent his As Don’t HitWomen” campaign former heavyweightboxingchampionLennoxLewis’“RealMen number andseverityofconcussions making thedownpayment mothers intotheirfirsthomes(outfittedbyHomeDepot) former tailbackWarrick Dunn,whichhashelped131single Warren Moon,andEdgerrinJames the country, withstarssuchasSteveYoung, Troy Aikman, Warren

STAR POWER: quarterback Troyquarterback Aikman. and formerCowboys Cowboys ownerJerryJones, huddles withMoon,Dallas But the foundations were cracking. In September 1996, The GoalpostMove stayed aboard. Canadian investment firmfor$120million,thoughthey Jeff Moorad andDavid Dunn—soldtheirpracticeto a players. In1999, he and histwopartners—attorney-agents the late’90s, hewas representinganastounding 86NFL a meme. So did Steinberg himself, the “real” Maguire. By United States, andtheline“Show methemoney!”became is you. charm, but also his belief that ‘they’ played by Tom Cruise—channelednot just Steinberg’s Crowe’s film, Jerry Maguire—the idealistic title character contracts, Crowe saw, Steinbergalsoshapedtheirlives. In petition, struggling clients. Besidesnegotiatingathletes’ observe theglitzybutalsogritty: contractbattles, com- agents, and Steinberg let Crowe shadow him for a year to writing anddirectingafilmaboutfootball players and tal, atleast by Hollywood’s definition.CameronCrowe was longer Grey Goose,longer but Popov from plastic jugs. face, but he was sinking—drowning in debt and vodka: no party, in Miami. Party photos show him wearing his game grams, but couldn’t stop drinking. of more than $3 million. He entered aseries of rehab pro virtually In 2009, gone. he filed for bankruptcy, citing debts with theNFLPlayers Association,sohislivelihood was The Morton disputehadcost Steinberghiscertification after hitting threeparked cars),andhisincomewas down. collapsed, hisdrinkingwas up(another DUIarrest in2007 $600,000 in interest and penalties. case, in2008, Steinbergagreedtorepay the$300,000 plus an employee, not he,hadsoughttheloan.Whatever the violation of NFL Players Association rules. Steinberg said he’d borrowed $300,000 tofund abusinessventure—in Chad Morton fired and then sued Steinberg, charging that father—his emotional anchor—died of cancer. rehab, hiswife,Lucy, asked foraseparation.In2004,Leigh’s vision problems. In2002,afterSteinbergdidastint in was ruined by toxic mold. His two sons developed serious dream house—amansionon adoublelot—flooded, then both financialandpersonal.Laterthatyear, Steinberg’s left thefirm,takingdozens ofclientsanddealingablow Steinberg was arrested for drunken driving. In 2001, Dunn Jerry Maguire scoredbig,grossing$154millioninthe Already richandfamous, in1996hewouldbecomeimmor In February 2010, Steinberg held his 25th Super Bowl But by had thenhewas founderingfurther:Hismarriage In 2006, Steinberg’spracticeimploded.NFLwidereceiver Steinberg

home. And the best thing I can think I’ve moved backintomy parents’ office. I’ve given upmy apartment. in the present tense: “I’ve closed my in. Recallingthemoment,he speaks Six weekslater, realityfinally sank - -

WorldRedEye.com (bottom); Getty Images (top) to do is keep drinking.” Then, on his late father’s bed, another epiphany. “My father raised me to do two things,” he says. “Treasure core relationships, especially family, and make a difference in the world. I wasn’t doing either.” At that moment, Steinberg resolved to find a way back.

Steps on the Road to Redemption The crucial first step, he realized, was to get clean and stay clean. He spent nine months in a Sober Living facility, then threw himself into 12-step meetings, conventions, sponsor calls, everything. He reached out to his three children, colleagues, and former friends and clients. “He asked for for- BACK AT BOALT: Steinberg giveness,” says Moon, who’d stayed in touch with Steinberg returned to campus on throughout his rehab. “That surprised me, because I didn’t April 11, when he was the keynote speaker at a sports think he needed to—he hadn’t hurt me; he’d hurt himself. and entertainment law But being able to reach out to people that way showed me symposium. he was in the process of healing.” In the 12-step world, the process never ends, and the battle against addiction is fought every day. As of this writing, Steinberg has won the fight since March 21, 2010—four years and counting. tant, I think. Those will add a lot to his legacy.” A second step was re-certification with the NFL Players In his four decades in sports, Steinberg has seen enough Association, in October 2013, so he could work again. Then, comebacks to know that they’re possible—and that people with backing from three Houston investors, he formed a love them. “I have so much hope that he’ll succeed,” Choper new company, Steinberg Sports & Entertainment. says. “He deserves to; he’s such a good guy.” A third step was to tell his story—rise and fall—in a mem- oir. The Agent, co-written with sportswriter Michael Arkush, Goal to Go was released on January 21, 2014—two well-timed weeks If the 2014 Super Bowl Party is any indication, The before the Super Bowl Party—and Steinberg embarked on Comeback is working. Guests are handed iPads and a whirlwind book tour. He’s also kept busy writing weekly encouraged to record video messages of support that will columns for Forbes and The Huffington Post, courting new be relayed to U.S. soldiers overseas. Later, Steinberg, Young, clients, and teaching sports law classes at UC Irvine and the dancer Smirnoff, and a handful of West Point cadets Chapman University. converse by video for a half-hour with members of the His comeback strategy aims far higher than simply rep- Army’s 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan. The distant ping stars. He envisions Steinberg Sports & Entertainment soldiers, projected on a large screen, seem cheered by the as a creative vortex—another crossroads—where athletes, words of encouragement—and by the party’s fundraising entertainers, film and television producers, sports- for military families and wounded soldiers. equipment manufacturers, and others can cross-pollinate, Gradually, the February sun drops low. Steinberg signs cross-market, do good, and make money. One project he’s books and poses for final photos. Outside, the Empire pitching is an impact-dispersing football helmet, to lessen State Building fades in the twilight. Then, suddenly, its brain trauma. Another is a Steinberg-hosted TV show, “So Art Deco spire blazes to life, electric blue and red against You Want To Be a Super-Agent?” the indigo sky. The question—the multimillion-dollar question—is, can Is the timing mere coincidence, or a subtextual message? he do it? At 65, an age when many of his Boalt classmates The landmark structure, after all, has endured its own ups are winding down their careers, can Steinberg resurrect and downs; has sometimes even been written off as past its his? The challenges are formidable. The NFL now caps prime. Yet there it stands, brilliant and bigger than life, team salaries and agent commissions. And today’s college defying cynics and naysayers. Demonstrating that stars have many agents courting them—young, untarnished redemption—maybe even rebirth—is possible; is inspiring. agents. But then again, notes Moon, “Leigh has seen both Reminding us that the power of smarts and heart and sides. He’s seen the top, but he’s also seen rock bottom. chutzpah should never be counted out. n “I don’t know that he’ll ever get the practice back to what it was,” Moon says. “But then again, I don’t think he wants Freelancer Jon Jefferson is a New York Times best–selling it that big anymore. Other things he’s doing—his work on novelist. Collaborating with renowned forensic anthropolo- k concussions; the Sporting Green Alliance, which focuses gist William Bass as “Jefferson Bass,” he’s written eight crime

m bloc J i m on greening-up stadiums—will end up being more impor- novels, as well as two nonfiction books.

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Boome rang Alums come full circle, finding fulfillment and purpose as staffers By Jon Jefferson — Photography by Jim Block Gang spring 2014 | Transcript | 35 “You can’t go In July 2011, Selim organized a career panel with two Boalt classmates. She home again.” provided an overview of the —Thomas Wolfe 2L on-campus interview programs and candidly recounted the challenges Six stories, six names, she’d faced as a first-generation professional and a of counterpoint to Wolfe: woman of color. She shared Samorn Selim ’09. strategies to help others succeed, too. Kim Natividad ’09. The day she presented, a friend emailed her—as a Alex Lee ’04. joke—about an opening at Janelle Hill ’12. the Career Development Office (CDO). But the email Nadia Macias ’11. planted a seed that germi- Trish Keady ’08. nated fast. “The opportunity CAREER COACH: Samorn Selim ’09 to come back seemed too found her dream job: helping others good to pass up,” Selim says. All Boalt alums who find theirs. Four months after her ventured out and looped career-panel gig, she returned to Boalt, to the CDO, to help back to the law school they different-drummer students like herself land jobs at small and mid-size firms. once roamed as students. One of her first meetings was with Jane Levich ’13, then a 2L interested in trademark and copyright law. Levich was Now they’re staff. Yes, you concerned: Many classmates already had Big Law job offers. can go home again. But Selim offered reassurance. Smaller firms generally hire later in the year, she explained, so Levich was right on track. why would you? Affection. Selim also helped Levich create a job-search plan and pol- ish her interview skills and application materials. The Opportunity. Geography. result? “Jane landed her ideal job,” Selim reports, “at a Empathy. Perspective. boutique firm specializing in trademark and copyright.” Levich herself is now a Boalt career-development program Paying it forward. And more. regular, participating in a lunch panel and the annual Speed Meet & Greet for boutique, small, and mid-size firms. Besides helping individual students, Selim supports STORY 1: broader diversity initiatives at Boalt, including career- AN ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY development programs offered by student groups such as TO A DREAM-JOB DESTINATION First-Generation Professionals and the Women of Color Collective. “I have a passion for law and education,” she Samorn Selim has logged lots of miles on the road less notes, “so being able to combine both as a Boalt career traveled. The daughter of Laotian refugees, she’s the first counselor is a dream job. I’m glad to have mine—and I love in her family to earn a four-year college degree. Then came helping others find theirs.” law school. Unlike many of her Boalt classmates who have taken the STORY 2: broad, traditional road to Big Law, Selim chose a smaller, COOLNESS ENCOURAGED; PUFFERY, less common route—accepting a summer-associate offer at NOT SO MUCH a mid-size firm (one later acquired by a larger firm). Although she had a lot of opportunities there—including the chance Kim Natividad picks up her phone for the umpteenth time. to work on a trial unusually early in her career—that wasn’t “Student Services, this is Kim,” she says cheerily, then— enough to keep her. She’d had a revelation: “My desire to hearing the caller’s question—lets go a sigh. “Can I call you give back to public education was too strong,” she says. back? I’ve got a student trying to withdraw right now. …”

36 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 Luckily, that situation doesn’t arise often—“less than 10 STORY 3: per year,” she says later; “about one student in a hundred.” BACK FROM THE Most of Natividad’s energy is focused on lesser crises—or TRENCHES, WITH bigger opportunities. Still, for someone who entered Boalt A REALITY targeting a career in transactional work at media compa- CHECK nies, spending six hours a day with students is quite a shift. As a student herself, Natividad concentrated on intel- Alex Lee sought more than lectual property. I was sort of married to IP,” she jokes. “I a degree when he arrived at worked on the Berkeley Technology Law Journal and served Boalt in 2001. He wanted a as an editor.” Her diligence paid off with a job at Hughes Soros Justice Advocacy Hubbard & Reed. “I really enjoyed the firm,” she says, “but Fellowship, then a two-year after three years in New York City, I needed to leave. Those grant from the Open Society winters are hard!” Foundation, to do criminal- In 2012, she sought a lateral move to the balmier Bay justice reform work. Lee had Area. By coincidence, or fate, a Student Services fellowship several mentors—attorneys opened up. “When I was in law school, Student Services and activists—who obtained seemed like a place where you could directly impact stu- such fellowships. With their dents’ lives—not just helping them find their academic and help, he created a plan for career paths, but also working with the administration on his course work and summer issues affecting the entire student body.” jobs to boost his odds of fol- The timing wasn’t ideal—“I’d imagined a position like lowing in their footsteps. this later in my career,” Natividad says—but she realized The plan worked, and Lee THE REEL THING: Career coun- the opportunity might not knock again. So she came back used his fellowship to launch selor Alex Lee ’04 is also an to Boalt as a Student Services staffer, and in 2013 was named the Transgender, Gender independent filmmaker. director. “As an alum, it’s rewarding to help make the school Variant and Intersex Justice a better place,” she reflects, “and to feel a part of a larger Project (TGIJP), a legal services and policy organization Boalt community.” working to end abuse of transgender prisoners. Why that While Natividad can’t work miracles for students, she particular cause? “They were being treated horribly, and does what she can “for the small chunk of a student’s life no one was paying attention,” he says. that I touch.” Often that means mentoring. “I didn’t have As TGIJP’s director, Lee worked closely with leading legal mentors when I was in law school,” she explains. “Once legal organizations in the LGBT community. He also worked I was in a firm and mentoring junior associates, I saw the with racial and economic justice organizations, legislators, difference I could make, and correctional agencies. While at TGIJP, Lee took great HIGH-IMPACT: Kim Natividad ’09 especially for other young satisfaction in mentoring law students. So when Boalt’s likes making a difference in students’ lives. women of color.” She pauses, CDO posted an opening in 2009 for a public-interest career and then skewers her seri- counselor, he leapt at the chance. “I’d always thought a job ousness. “But really, I think like this would be great,” he says, “especially at Berkeley.” students like me—and look Lee blocks out four hours a day to work with students. to me—because I’m just so “Some have basic questions,” he says: “‘How do I apply for cool,” she jokes. “That’s my a summer fellowship,’ or ‘Can you review my cover letter?’ story, anyhow, and I’m stick- Others have more complicated concerns, like: ‘I’m inter- ing to it!” ested in so many things; how do I narrow it down?’” Natividad thinks Boalt’s With his experience in the public-interest trenches, Lee students are “lovely” and can offer students a reality check. “I stress the importance “unique” compared to their of getting the work-life balance right,” he says, “which was peers at other schools. “By hard to do when I was practicing.” He also emphasizes net- and large, they’re a diverse working, open-mindedness, and flexibility. “I encourage and dynamic group. And students not to be narrow, to be open to new experiences humble; there’s a lack of even if they know what they want to do,” he says. “Having ‘puffery.’ Is that a word?” seen people in life-and-death situations, I urge students She laughs again, and it’s not to take things for granted; to take a more expansive clear: Yes, she is cool. No approach.” wonder they like her—and Lee misses some aspects of practicing public-interest look to her. law, “especially helping clients solve problems and having

spring 2014 | Transcript | 37 an immediate impact on their lives.” He doesn’t miss the ect—and I learned a lot from a mentor.” Still, she felt “gen- “breakneck and exhausting” pace, nor the instability of erally unfulfilled” as a practicing attorney. “My skill set nonprofit law. “I like being part of a large organization with wasn’t translating as well as it could,” she explains. “I missed a lot of resources,” he concedes. “Of course, I also love being students and the school setting.” able to help many students find what they’re passionate So Hill sought advice from her former Boalt career coun- about, and attain their dream jobs straight out of law school.” selor, Melanie Rowen, with whom she’d stayed close. Rowen Coming back to Boalt has also allowed Lee to move his advised her to get involved with pro bono student projects social–justice activism to another level—via independent again—this time as SLPS’s program coordinator. Hill came filmmaking. “When I was making policy proposals to reform back to Boalt in fall 2013 on a one-year academic fellow- our state’s prison systems, people had a hard time buying ship to provide institutional support to the program and them,” he says. “Using mass media has been a great way to mentor student leaders of 22 SLPS projects. It’s a role that push those conversations forward by engaging people’s both fits and fulfills her. imaginations to think outside the box.” Case in point: “Last fall, two students contacted me inde- pendently,” she says. “Both had recognized the need for STORY 4: outreach and education on DACA relief.” DACA—Deferred DREAM WEAVER CREATEs A Action for Childhood Arrivals—grants young undocumented BRIGHTER TAPESTRY immigrants a reprieve in deportation proceedings, provided they can show that they’ve pursued education or military Janelle Hill arrived at law school with a passion for youth service in the United States. But applying for DACA relief law and access to education. The daughter of Filipino immi- isn’t simple. grants, she was the first in her family to graduate from high Over winter break, Hill showed the two how they could school, let alone college. Between graduating from Cal and create a SLPS to help immigrants file DACA petitions and enrolling at Boalt, she worked as a college outreach advisor provide community outreach and educational workshops. to kids in Oakland—where she was born and raised—and “Within three weeks,” she reports, “these students had the greater East Bay. lined up attorney supervision, established partnerships At Boalt, Hill joined the Juvenile Hall Project, a Student- with local high schools, recruited peer student volunteers, Initiated Legal Services Projects (SLPS) rights-education and held their first on-site workshop.” Fast-forward two program for youth at months: The East Bay DREAMer Clinic—the SLPS they Alameda County’s Juvenile created—isn’t just up and running, says Hill; “It’s now one Hall. She later joined of the most popular and fastest-growing projects on another SLPS, the Expulsion campus.” Advocacy Project, where she negotiated a school transfer STORY 5: for a girl threatened with ADMISSIONS OF A (FAMILY) expulsion for fighting. Hill VALUE-DRIVEN STAFFER calls those projects “rewarding and powerful, particu- For two years, starting in September 2011, Nadia Macias larly because I’d previously had what might have seemed her perfect job. The daughter done outreach with the same of an immigrant single mother, she worked as a staff attor- kinds of kids.” ney at Centro Legal de la Raza—the Latino people’s law After passing the bar in center—practicing immigration law in the Oakland neigh- 2012, she juggled two jobs: borhood where she’d grown up. “I had my own caseload,” one as a volunteer attorney she says, “filing visa applications, family-based petitions, at Bay Area Legal Aid, doing and DACA relief applications.” She also educated commu- domestic-violence and fam- nity groups about immigration law, rights, fraud, and other ily law; the other handling issues. rehabilitation cases at a But in October 2013, Macias left to return to Boalt as an criminal-defense firm. “I admissions director. “The Centro Legal work was very hadn’t done much criminal rewarding—a chance to give back to my community—but defense in law school,” Hill it was frustrating, too,” she explains. “Working within the says. “My learning curve was confines of U.S. immigration laws, there were many people STUDENT SHEPHERD: Janelle really steep, though there I simply couldn’t help. Hill ’12 coordinates Boalt Hall’s 22 Student-Initiated was overlap with the “I hadn’t been actively looking to leave,” she adds, “but Legal Services Projects. Juvenile Hall Outreach proj- when I saw the opening in Admissions, it resonated. During law school, I’d really enjoyed She swiftly embraced Boalt’s public-service ethos, vol- mentoring undergraduates unteering at the East Bay Community Law Center and the and talking to prospective Workers’ Rights Clinic, then summering at the San students. So I emailed Francisco Public Defender’s Office. After graduating, she Ed Tom, the dean of spent three years at a San Francisco firm. “It was really Admissions, to let him know interesting,” she says, “but I realized that I didn’t want to I was interested. After going be on the partner track or do litigation.” In fall 2012, Keady through the hiring process, returned to Boalt on the same one-year fellowship Janelle here I am!” Hill is now completing: as SLPS coordinator, working with In Admissions, Macias has faculty advisors David Oppenheimer and Sue Schechter. a profound influence on When an opening in Student Services materialized, Keady Boalt students—even before pounced. they’re students. “Some pro- Two years as a staffer has provided a broader apprecia- spective students just want tion for Boalt. “It’s funny—interesting—to see what all goes to learn about the applica- into running the law school,” she says, “things you don’t tion process,” she explains, really see as a student: the paperwork, disability-access “but others—especially requirements, certification requirements; how much the those struggling to narrow school cares and reaches out to help students succeed.” their choices—want to know Last fall, for instance, Keady learned that a student hadn’t what it’s really like to be a been able to register early, though—as a military veteran— student at Boalt. And I can she was entitled to. Looking into it, Keady found that a cod- tell them. I worked on the ing error in Cal’s main computers had deprived half of the SLPS asylum and workers’ law school’s student veterans of this benefit. “It took a num- INSIDE VIEW: Nadia Macias ’11 rights projects and in the ber of emails just to learn the extent of the problem,” she can convey to applicants “what it’s really like to be a International Human Rights says, “and many more to collect the documents to support student at Boalt.” Law Clinic; I worked on a the changes we requested.” journal; I know professors. Finally, after what she calls It really helps them that I went to law school here.” “considerable patience and Macias got her undergraduate degree from Cal, too, and extensive follow-up,” Cal fixed had the same roommate all seven years: her twin sister, the problem. Claudia—who also attended Boalt with her. “We started at “Law school is rather the same time, we finished at the same time, and we’re still famously difficult,” Keady roommates. She’s working in Oakland as an attorney for a adds. “Each of our students nonprofit, doing eviction-defense work. Claudia jokes, comes to us with a history of ‘I need to go back and work at Boalt, too!’” accomplishments and a Nadia laughs … but she doesn’t rule out the idea. promising future. I’ve been there, so any day I can help STORY 6: smooth the rough edges and MANIFEST DESTINY help students find their way to the life they want, I know Trish Keady still remembers the day Ed Tom called to say I’m in the right job.” she’d been admitted to Boalt. What’s that other thing Keady, who describes herself as a “non-traditional Boalt they say about “home”? student,” had worked for 15 years in Bay Area bookstores Oh, right: It’s where the after earning an undergraduate degree in comparative lit- heart is. n erature at Santa Clara University. But even as she read and recommended and sold books, Keady was contemplating Freelancer Jon Jefferson is a Life and Work and Making a Difference. Those reflections New York Times best-selling led her to Boalt. “I was really taken with the law school and novelist. Collaborating with its role as a public institution,” she recalls. “An inspiring renowned forensic anthro- place with an important public mission.” pologist William Bass as HELPING HAND: Advisor Trish Keady applied, hopes high, confidence middling. Getting “Jefferson Bass,” he’s written Keady ’08 appreciates how the good-news call from Tom himself was a shock—“I didn’t eight crime novels, as well as Boalt “reaches out to help students succeed.” believe it was real”—and a delight. two nonfiction books.

spring 2014 | Transcript | 39 NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS from the boalt community CREATIVE WORKS

Book: Sheldon Siegel ’83 Bet You Can’t Read Just One

ay you’re Sheldon Siegel ’83, partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and best-selling author of legal thrillers S set in San Francisco, translated into seven languages. Your series is widely praised for plot, local authenticity, and characters—espe- A THRILLER FOR MOM: Sheldon Siegel ’83 cially those dueling lawyer-sweet- hearts (divorced but still plenty of romantic juice) Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez. Why mess with success? lucky enough to have good options years, the facts are at hand. In nov- Because if you’ve made a promise when I applied to law school, but els, you have to be concise, advance to your mom, you’ve got to come Boalt was clearly the best. The level the plot, reveal character with every through. of talent under that roof—faculty word, and entertain the reader.” “Chicago’s my hometown, and I’d and students—was unlike anything The Terrorist Next Door is all that promised Mom a story set there. else I’ve ever experienced.” and more, a page-turner that weaves She’s 85, so it was time,” says Siegel. Is legal training helpful in writing the spirit of multicultural Chicago, Setting Mike and Rosie aside just fiction? “Yesand no,” says Siegel, “at the challenges and pleasures of fam- briefly, Siegel created detective the risk of giving a lawyerly answer. ily life and mature romance, and a David Gold—“wound tight, just like Yes, because Boalt has a very good compelling puzzle all in one deli- the South Side of Chicago,” he says. writing program. I’m grateful for cious read. Like Siegel, Gold roots for the White those skills every time I’m on dead- And here’s the most important Sox, not the Cubs. In the new series line. I learned to write quickly and review of all: Siegel’s mom thinks he debut, The Terrorist Next Door, Gold precisely and to say things in ways got Chicago just right. takes on a serial bomber who para- that people understand.” —Linda Peterson lyzes the Windy City. But there’s a big difference A passion for books was in Siegel’s between legal writing and novel writ- The Terrorist Next Door DNA. While at Boalt, he worked the ing. “In law, we put everything in By Sheldon Siegel ’83 JIM BLOCK JIM loan desk at the law library. “I was documents, so if there’s a fight in five Published by Poisoned Pen Press, 2013

40 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 Book: PROFESSOR Ian Haney López Dealing the Race Card in Electoral Politics MELODY MAKER: oalt professor Ian markets, and drastically Paula Boggs ’84 Haney López has reduce social services. CREATIVE WORKS ample ambition “People think that we’re MUSIC: Paula Boggs ’84 for his book about post-racial because we have raceB and politics: “I hope to a black president, but far start a new national conver- from ending, racial appeals Home-brewed: Her sation on a topic central to in politics have shifted form the health of American in the last 50 years,” says Sweet Seattle Sound democracy.” Haney López, who teaches The way Haney López sees it, U.S. Constitutional Law, Race and For Paula Boggs ’84, home is where the politics at present is dominated by American Law, and seminars that sound is. “I really wanted this album to reflect middle-class decline and the include Critical Race Theory. Seattle,” she says of Carnival of Miracles, to Republican Party’s increasing reli- “Dog whistle” refers to coded be released this summer. “My deep apprecia- ance on white voters. His book, Dog terms that trigger racial anxiety—yet tion of Seattle’s music scene is no secret.” Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial can be claimed as nonracial. The Nor is her contribution to it. Two years Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and book asserts that these surreptitious after the 2010 release of her band’s critically Wrecked the Middle Class, traces both appeals allow politicians to send acclaimed first album, Buddha State of Mind, developments to the GOP’s use of messages about racial minorities that Boggs retired from her position as Starbucks’ veiled racial overtures to drum up are inaudible on one level, but clearly general counsel. She has poured time into support for policies that favor the heard on another. Examples include Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, civic- extremely rich. dire warnings about forced bussing, minded volunteer endeavors, speaking Haney López says conservative welfare queens, illegal aliens, and engagements, and music. politicians promise to “crack down food stamps. Carnival of Miracles was recorded in two on crime,” “curb undocumented Haney López notes that the Seattle studios and produced by Seattle’s immigration,” and “protect the heart- Republican Party is now nearly 90 Jonathan Plum. Original Santana drummer land” against Islamic infiltration— percent white, and its elected officials Michael Shrieve and former Tracy Chapman but instead back policies that slash are 98 percent white. He says many bassist Andy Stoller—both Seattle residents— taxes on the rich, grant corporations conservatives use dog-whistle terms collectively played on six of the 10 songs. control over industry and financial to blame minorities for taking over Inspired by the Newtown shooting tragedy, the country, hiding from many the the title track begins starkly—just a guitar, damage actually being done in their then other instruments played sparingly. own lives by policies that favor the Eventually, a drumbeat morphs into a hyp- very rich and fuel surging wealth notic march. The song ends with a local gos- inequality. pel choir—whose members learned of the “Coded racial appeals constitute George Zimmerman verdict two days before the central, defining element of mod- their recording session. Boggs recalls, “They ern electoral politics,” Haney López were totally distraught over the court ruling. says. “This book is for anyone who is That emotion really comes through in the frustrated with the dysfunction in song and takes it to another level.” the U.S. political system and senses Her band will tour later this year in support that we’re a country in crisis.” of the album, playing several major cities with —Leslie A. Gordon and Andrew Cohen a likely stop in the East Bay. “I can’t wait,” Boggs says. —Andrew Cohen PEZ) Ó Dog Whistle Politics AN EAR FOR EUPHEMISMS: By Ian Haney López Carnival of Miracles JIM BLOCK (L JIM BLOCK Ian Haney López Published by Oxford University Press, 2014 www.paulaboggsband.net

spring 2014 | Transcript | 41 Boalt Student Action Figures FAST FORWARD

Fostering Inspiration, Resolve,

FOSTER CARING: and Hope Lily Dorman Colby ’14

ily Dorman Colby ’14 recalls care, education, and juvenile justice for itself 10 times over.” how a visit to her pediatri- reform? In Joan Hollinger’s Sustaining cian years ago nearly “In sixth grade, a friend’s mom Children and Families seminar at required extra treatment. almost died of an overdose right in Boalt, Dorman Colby amassed copi- “MyL jaw almost hit the floor when I front of me,” Dorman Colby says. “I ous information on the barriers to saw his filing cabinet,” she says. “I realized I could try to be like my effective recruitment, preparation, thought, ‘Whoa, you can actually find teachers, who cared about people and and retention of prospective foster information based on names and talked about this thing called college, and adoptive parents. “Lily’s final dates and pull it up just like that?’ For or end up like so many in my neigh- paper included a well-constructed me—growing up in chaos, switching borhood: pregnant, on drugs, or strategy for reducing these barriers,” beds constantly, clothes never folded, incarcerated.” Hollinger says. “It deserves to become nothing kept in place—that level of At Berkeley High School, Dorman a blueprint for legislators and child- organization blew my mind.” Colby was elected to the only student welfare reformers.” Dorman Colby missed 52 days of position on Berkeley’s Board of In her internships, Dorman Colby school in fifth grade. With her parents Education. She learned about govern- drafted language that became part of unable to care for their family, she ment, politics, and advocacy—and a foster-care bill and helped persuade and her three brothers were soon monitored issues affecting low- lawmakers to include former foster ordered into foster care—and sepa- income students. children on citizen-review panels rated. Dorman Colby lived in four With a knack for math, Dorman that make recommendations to child- homes during middle school, and Colby majored in economics at Yale. welfare agencies. joined a system from which only a “When people involved in social jus- Less than a year out of the system small percentage go to college. So tice don’t understand numbers, that herself, she became a foster parent how did she earn a full ride to Yale, hurts their cause,” she says. “If you’re for her autistic younger brother, land high-level internships, and arguing for preschool education, you David. “Because he’s a special-needs

become a fierce advocate for foster should be able to explain how it pays kid, I was told he’d be entering tem- block Jim

42 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 Jim block W Advocacy Program Soar Top GunChampHelpsTrial now Berkeley. a sophomore at UC had to grow up real quick.” David is him a permanent home,” she says. “I two to three days until they could find porary placement and moving every team, with group feedback. “We get a internal scrimmages, team against neys—a big advantage.” Another asset: Tierney says, “all seasoned attor have two or three coaches per team,” Spencer Pahlke 58). ’07 (see“We page teer coaches, recruited and led by cess to the trial program’s 15 volun National Moot Court Competition. was named best oral advocate at the and the year before, Grace Yang ’12 of 2013’s National Trial Competition, but to help each other.” “We’re not in it to beat each other, also creates a culture of camaraderie. become as good so we help as many as possible experience than any other program, anyone twice. We give more people says Tierney, “and we never send “We’re in eight competitions a year,” their odds of winning. Not Boalt. team in every competition, to boost competition programs. which oversees Boalt’s surgingskills the student-led BoardofAdvocates, umph forteamwork—the hallmarkof solo victory. Itwas alsoanother tri- Trial Competition, itwasn’t just a Dorman Colby has since fostered Tierney credits much of that suc- It’s working. Boalt made the finals Some law schools field the same Gun NationalMock School’s 2013 Top won Baylor Law hen CollinTierney’14 as possible.” That - - the legal profession. promotes women in law school and Center and Ms. JD, a nonprofit that received awards from the Youth Law and plans on more. She has already two other children with her fiancé often handed cases on short notice. life practice, where attorneys are Tierney says, but also mirrors real- rounds. That heightens the stress, —hundreds of pages—before opening 24 hours to review the case file Top Gun gives participants only realistic. Unlike most competitions, prize. The pressure was intensely tors to claim Top Gun’s $10,000 first Tierney beat 15 other elite competi- doc with dozens of notes.” of pages of athree-hour trial, there’s aGoogle full jury box,” he says, “and by the end Another authentic Top Gun touch The team-centered training helped

the real world, helping real people.” and I’m excited to use those skills in it sure helped prepare me for it,“but position? “I don’t know,” he shrugs, Top Gun triumph help him land the to work as a public defender. Did the graduating, he heads to Minneapolis Defender’s Office. This year, after the Contra Costa County Public fact pattern. more material is added to the case’s tition, the pressure ramps up as they choose. After each day’s compe that competitors call—or not—as was a roster of realistic witnesses —Andrew Cohen communicate with each other.” help connect groups that struggle to munities,” she says. “It’s rewarding to helps me navigate very different com Tierney worked last summer in “I’m grateful that my background Collin Tierney ’14 HIGH FLYER:

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He’s also excited about the trial says, “but it’s really gratifying to help best programs.” program’s string of successes. “It’s build this legacy, so Boalt continues Score another win—a big one—for great to do well individually,” he to be viewed as one of the nation’s the team. —Jon Jefferson

Of People, Places, and a Passion

ome come to law school by way of a straight path. Not New Mexico native Elena Pacheco ’15. She found her S way to Boalt Hall through a detour. When Pacheco was an urban planning major at Arizona State, her zoning class professor (attorney Darin Sender) provided some eye-opening insights. “I learned from her that as a planner, I’d need approval for ideas from many other levels—community leaders, politicians, lawyers. … ” Pacheco says. “I wanted to be higher on that totem pole.” She may have detoured when veer- ing toward Boalt, but never shifted

her goal: making thoughtful, effec- FINDING HER PLACE: tive contributions toward the design, Elena Pacheco ’15 function, and prosperity of communities and their residents. “My urban planning background, paired with Eager to take on a leadership role businesses. “We advise them on legal the bag of tools I’ll have as a public advocating for residents and promot- hurdles such as zoning, health codes, interest attorney, will make me a ing local business, Pacheco now commercial leases, employment law, stronger advocate for these environ- co-directs two of Boalt’s Student- and taxes,” she says. ments and the people who live Initiated Legal Services Projects. Both projects give her a satisfying there.” At the Tenants’ Rights Workshop, sense of helping to empower disad- Pacheco gained valuable field offered by the East Bay Community vantaged area residents. They also experience last summer at the Law Center, she helps protect the fuel her dreams of building a firm of Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law legal rights of renters in Oakland and experts in law, engineering, finance, and Economic Justice in Honolulu. Berkeley. “We’re interviewing low- and design to holistically renovate There she worked to untangle knotty income people who have landlord community spaces. legal issues within affordable hous- disputes or concerns,” Pacheco For now, Pacheco remains focused ing, land use, and environmental explains. “We educate them about on making the most of her time in conservation. their rights, write letters on their Berkeley. And when she’s not spear- “I discovered that policy is an behalf, and litigate to help them stay heading projects or studying, she’s incredibly location-based endeavor,” in their homes.” sailing on the bay or hiking with she says. “Wherever you are, though, At the Community Food Enterprise friends. One getaway spot stands strong relationships and political Project, Pacheco provides legal advice above the rest: “Tilden Park’s capital are necessary to make any- and services to various low-income Botanic Garden,” she says. “That’s

thing happen.” entrepreneurs starting food-related my place.” —Ben Peterson block Jim

44 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE ALUMNI CENTER ADVANCEMENT Thanks to You

hen Dean Christopher Edley, their real-world experiences and lessons Jr. announced nine years ago learned with Boalt students, and we’re setting that he planned to raise up a similar program, called Titans of $125 million for Boalt, the Transaction, for our business law students. proposalW was called audacious—among other, We’ve held young alumni events around the more dismissive adjectives. Prior to the country, including a recent gathering of 180 Campaign for Boalt Hall, our largest campaign alums in San Francisco. Interim Dean Gillian netted $14 million. But in February, we glee- Lester has met with some of our graduates in fully announced that we had not only met our New York and Sacramento, and Dean Edley “Our Alumni lofty goal, but blown past it: to more than $130 has traveled to personally thank key donors. Center is million (up to $140 million counting revocable Fittingly, Boalt has established a new fund in calling 2014 planned gifts). his name for faculty recruitment and reten- Our campaign drew 10,273 donors—4,922 of tion, thanks largely to a generous seed gift a ‘Year of them first-timers. It established 86 student from Stu Gordon ’65. Thanks and financial aid funds and endowed eight new With about 15 events per month planned Gratitude’ for faculty chairs. It helped increase our full-time throughout 2014, we’re committed to con- faculty ranks by 23 percent and double our necting with alums across all sectors. We our donors.” number of lecturers-in-residence. It also encourage you to attend our events and capi- spurred our long-needed building transfor- talize on the access your diploma provides to mation project, capped by the glittering South the country’s top legal minds. We also urge Addition, and helped keep Boalt among the you to continue supporting your law school nation’s Top 10 law schools. None of this and to engage with Boalt—mentoring stu- would have happened without our loyal dents, serving as a program panelist, or host- donors’ support. ing an event at your workplace, to name just a Our Alumni Center is calling 2014 a “Year few opportunities. of Thanks and Gratitude” for our donors. The road ahead won’t be easy, but it’s clear We’re also reaching out to the 81 percent of we navigate best when riding together. I’ll our graduates who did not participate in the close by thanking you and quoting new UC Campaign, to re-engage them with Boalt. Chancellor Nicholas Dirks: “We started this On April 12, we joined the university in campaign in the worst of times and wound up thanking our supporters, rededicated Boalt’s in the best possible position for our future.” Centennial Society donor wall, and enjoyed a gala celebration inside Memorial Stadium. We Regards, have held three Lions of Litigation dinners, Robert G. Sproul, Assistant Dean for where prominent alumni litigators shared Development and Alumni Relations

SPRING 2014 | Transcript | 45 —Nancy Fineman ’86 —NancyFineman’86 “ for us.” what Boaltdid gratitude for Let’s actwith Saying ‘Yes’ toaCulture ofGiving 46 ADVANCEMENT Secretary Alisa Nave’04 Treasurer Mark Lubin’77 Interim dean Gillian Lester Past president Evan Cox’87 President elect Nancy Fineman’86 President Lynn Pasahow ’72 Executive Committee Bo

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SPRING 2014 Darren Trattner ’94 Art Shartsis’71 Alisa Nave’04 Heather Mewes’99 Yury Kapgan ’01 Lawrence Hobel’76 Tyler Gerking’02 Daniel Floyd’85 Robert Evans’71 Evan Cox’87 David A.Carrillo’95 Charles Breyer’66 Mario Barnes’95 expiring in2014 Terms Directors W ments, Fineman sees how giving to Boalt can

multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. while representing victims of his infamous yers to interview Bernard Madoff in prison partner Joseph Cotchett were the first law Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, she and fellow chair of several legal organizations. And at responsibilities, having been president or culture of giving back to Boalt.” ways,” she says. “It’s vital for us to create a promote the school’s public mission in many support, alumni can help our students and herself.presidency that commitment by taking on the BHAA Fujie ’78. board when asked by Past-president Holly the Boalt Hall Alumni Association (BHAA) class reunion committee. Exhibit C: Joining trajectory. Exhibit B: Serving on her 20th ating and increasing in line with her career school, starting with small sums after gradu In looking for more secure, ethical invest Fineman is no stranger to high-stakes “Be it with their time, talent, or financial On July 1, Fineman will raise the ante on Exhibit A: Regular donations to the law

‘no.’ ” she has“ahardtimesaying Fineman’86admits Nancy hen itcomestoBoaltHall, Mitch Zuklie’96 Charles Stevens’82 Jay Shafran’63 Sean SeLegue’91 Noah Rosenthal’05 Jim McManis’67 Mark Lubin’77 John Kuo’88 Timothy Hughes’10 expiring in2015 Terms

Bo ard Sarah Weiss ’10 Lenard Weiss ’62 Steven Walther ’68 JoShartsis ’72 Mary Jay Purcell’11 Lynn Pasahow ’72 Michael Martinez’78 Kevin Kennedy ’91 Kathleen Kelly Janus’03 Nancy Fineman’86 Drew Davis’99 Benson Cohen’04 Karen Boyd’96 Carly O’HalloranAlameda’06 expiring in2016 Terms

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- - —Andrew Cohen for how our support can lift up the school.” what Boalt did for us, and with excitement own graduation. Let’s act with gratitude for ary equivalent of a $150,000 debt at their would be different if they faced the inflation impactful it is for our students,” she says. satisfying that can be for them and how alumni participation and showing alums how focus on various strategic areas. six new BHAA sub-committees that will across the country, and by the formation of alumni events, both in the Bay Area and much as $150,000 in debt.” students, many of whom will graduate as school vibrant and accessible for all qualified now it’s critical that we help keep the law top-rate education,” Fineman notes. “But where we are today without that low-cost, tually nothing, and we wouldn’t be close to with graduates across all sectors, she says. build on his success and continue to engage BHAA President Lynn Pasahow ’72, she will strengthen the school’s community. help offset drastic cuts in state funding and “I ask alums to consider how their lives “This board is committed to increasing Fineman is heartened by the spike in “Many of us went to Boalt when it cost vir When Fineman takes the keys from outgoing ors FISCAL (Vicepresident) James McManis’67 (Ex-officio) Noel Nellis’66 Foundation UC Berkeley Boardliaison Rachel Barley, Robert Sproul Staff Eleanor Swift Jesse Choper Faculty Sarah Chai’15 Paul Meyer’14 Student Representatives

YEAR Steve Zieff’78 The Hon.HollyFujie’78 Sam Cole’63 Co-chairs 2013 Reunion Noel Nellis’66 Art Shartsis’71 Co-chairs Centennial Committee 2014

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The Circle of Life Means a More Secure Future for Boalt Planned gifts carry Campaign across the finish line

erhaps The Lion King’s songwriters got it just right. As Elton John and Tim Rice suggest, the Circle of Life enables us to find our place on “the Ppath unwinding.” The Campaign for Boalt Hall surged past its $125 million goal before the end of last year with room to spare, thanks in large measure to planned gifts of more than $5 million. Estate gifts from three generous, visionary couples—Willis ’41 and Marion Slusser, George ’40 and Patricia Johnson, Max ’49 and Erica Weingarten—are helping to ensure that Boalt’s circle of excellence in legal education stays unbroken. Leonard Weingarten, son of Max and Erica, believes his parents were extremely grateful for support they’d received for their our endowment to create a more secure own education, and wanted to sustain that future. That’s why we were all so inspired ESTATE-LY GIVERS: Max cycle of generosity. when these significant gifts from three fami- ’49 and Erica Weingarten “Mom was born in Berlin, dad was born in lies enabled us to surpass our campaign expressed gratitude for their UC education Poland and grew up in Vienna, and both goal.” through an estate gift. immigrated to the United States,” Leonard Although his parents are gone, Leonard’s says. “They met at a party in Los Angeles Berkeley connections remain strong. “My when dad was in the Army. My mom remem- dad didn’t really care about sports. He and bered the kindness of those who helped her my mother were classical music enthusiasts, go to school when she came to America and and I can still picture my dad in an easy marveled that people she had never met did chair, in his slippers, listening to KKHI,” he so much to help her pursue an education. says. “But I loved sports. My first job as a Both of my parents wanted to help others teenager was as a vendor at Memorial continue their educational endeavors.” Stadium.” That early interest translated into Education was of paramount importance Leonard’s own lifelong membership in the to the Weingartens. Max graduated from Cal family. He designed a sports-marketing Boalt, while Erica earned a Ph.D. in psychol- and event-management course, and for five ogy at Berkeley. Leonard and his sister, Toni, years taught an international audience remember their parents inviting foreign stu- through UC Berkeley Extension. “Berkeley is dents for dinner. an important part of my parents’ life stories, “My dad was a tax attorney and I know he and mine as well.” encouraged his clients to make philanthropy The Weingartens’ history of generosity, part of their lives,” says Leonard. along with the histories of the Slussers and Luisa Siravo, Boalt’s senior development Johnsons, will help carry Boalt onto the director, says, “Estate gifts are critical to the future’s ever-unwinding path. law school’s sustainability. They help build —Linda Peterson

SPRING 2014 | Transcript | 47 ADVANCEMENT Quite an Eventful Year Boalt Hall continued to ramp up its alumni event offerings during the past year, with even more in the works for the year ahead. At class reunion dinners, program panels, tailgate parties, and a growing number of get-togethers across the country—just to name a few examples—more and more Boalt grads reconnected with their school. Here are a few snapshots from festive gatherings over the past several months. We hope to see you at an event soon!

A: (Back row) Carrie Williamson ’03, Ryan Casamiquela ’03, Kyla Casamiquela, Heather Bennett, and Scott Bennett ’03; (front row) Marvin Peña and Tobias Halvarson ’03

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B: John Kuo ’88 at an Alumni Weekend panel event

C: Paul Hall ’75, Lyn Agre, Susan Albert, and Bruce Maximov ’75 at a celebration of the Campaign for Boalt Hall

D: ”Hot Topics in Law and E F Technology” panelists Janet Cullum ’82, Gabe Ramsey ’00, Dan Lang ’93, Charlene Morrow ’88, and Evan Cox ’87

E: Professor Melissa Murray, winner of Boalt’s 2014 Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction, with her husband, Joshua Hill

F: Puneet Kakkar ’08 and his wife, Vidhya Ragunathan

48 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 Photography by JIM BLOCK Ryan Perry ’06, legal counsel for the America’s Cup Event Authority, addresses the crowd.

G: Federal judge Charles Breyer ’66, the winner of Boalt’s annual D. Lowell and Barbara Jensen Public Service Award, at the award luncheon

H: John Burris ’73 and his wife, Cheryl Amana-Burris, before his class reunion dinner

Italy’s boat surges to victory (below left); Mary Jo Shartsis ’72 gets a great view of the race.

Boalt alumni and friends return to shore aboard the aptly named California Spirit. Boat Full of Boalties

In August, some of Boalt Hall’s most loyal supporters were treated to a spec- tacular day on San Francisco Bay and a close-up view of Louis Vuitton Cup sailing action. Guests enjoyed food, drink, and ideal weather as Italy H defeated Sweden in the semifinal race.

SPRING 2014 | Transcript | 49 MAKING A POINT: Peter Benvenutti ’74 and his wife, Lise Pearlman ’74, find their names on the Centennial Society donor wall.

fessor Pamela Samuelson, helped lead efforts to attract new donors to the Centennial Society. Created to honor Boalt’s 100th anniversary and bolster the Campaign, the Centennial Society recognizes donors whose cumulative gifts have totaled $100,000 or more. On April 12, Boalt honored nearly 50 new Centennial Society members at a festive rededication. Those recognized included both supporters who crossed the $100,000 gift threshold (40 new members) and those who moved to Generosity: Set a higher level of support (nine existing members). Donors are publicly, permanently honored in Stone on the Centennial Society wall, and names on the outdoor wall New Centennial Society members cast their votes are literally carved in stone by of confidence in Boalt’s future master carver Chris Stinehour. For Cabraser, the impor- t’s amazing to me that a three-year tance of generosity is tied directly to Boalt’s experience in law school can reso- character. “Boalt is still unique,” she says. nate in your life forever,” says “It’s not just a top law school, it’s also dis- Elizabeth Cabraser ’78. “The longer tinctive for its spirit of service and its use of I practice,“ I the more I realize that things I the law as a vehicle for positive change. didn’t even know I was learning are now inte- That’s in the fabric of the school.” gral to how I feel about the law and how I For alumni who have benefitted from their approach my practice. I want to make sure experience at Boalt, Cabraser says financial those opportunities are here for students support represents “a tremendous vote of today and in the future.” confidence in the law school and its future. Cabraser, together with Campaign for It’s also a vote of confidence in public educa- Boalt Hall co-chairs Leo Pircher ’57 and pro- tion. Despite all the financial challenges, the University of California system is the greatest public university system in the world. Centennial Society At a Glance Speaking personally, I want to do whatever I can to repay the debt I owe Boalt Hall.” Current number of Centennial Society members ...... 364 Former Dean Christopher Edley, Jr. LEVELS OF RECOGNITION: observes, “When I stop at the Centennial $100,000 to $249,999 ...... Partners Society wall, I am humbled by the support of $250,000 to $499,999 ...... Patrons our alumni and friends, and reminded that $500,000 to $999,999 ...... Benefactors the opportunities we create for generations $1,000,000 and up ...... Builders of Boalt to come happen because all of us translate

To join the Centennial Society or to reach a different level, our affection for Boalt into generosity.”

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50 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 JIM BLOCK B dom, extolling the virtues of gaming while ing leader EA—challenged conventional wis ity in accessing broadband by 2020. and launching aplan to achieve equal gender improving relevant and local online content, cies, boosting ICT affordability and usability, anding national gender ICT/broadband poli

phones, and the Internet. medium, including e-commerce, smart often than women in virtually every tech and communication technology (ICT) more sobering data about how men use information inclusion of women and girls. He presented gap, whurley discussed ways to enhance the hot-button issues. passed the online spectrum—and plenty of of participants,range the discussions encom and audience questions. Befitting the wide minutes, followed by a panel discussion event had each presenter speak for 10 to 15 Chaotic Moon Studios. whurley, neé William Hurley, co-founder of mation programs privacy at Boalt Hall; and Facebook; Chris Hoofnagle, director of infor Leffler, strategicat partner manager former CEO of Electronic Arts (EA); Libby Science; John Riccitiello, private investor and Jeremy Howard, founder of Strategic Data man of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Panelists included Larry Sonsini ’66, chair ness, entertainment, and society at large. views on how the Internet has impacted busi- City Hall, six tech titans presented diverse personal freedoms. and itspotential toharmcivillibertiesand the Internet’s SharpEdges Riccitiello—the former CEO of digital gam During his talk, whurley called for integrat Tackling the information society’s gender Titled “The Net: Utopia vs. Dystopia,” the Before a spirited crowd at San Francisco Tech titansraiseissuesandeyebrows atAlumniWeekend spread knowledgeanddemocracy, sword—its double-edged abilityto with apiercinglookattheInternet’s oalt’s 2013 AlumniWeekend began Pointed Analysis of Pointed Analysisof kickoff eventinSanFrancisco kickoff -

------—Andrew Cohen restrain private sector collection of data.” we wish to avoid a ‘net dystopia,’ we have to is not“Privacy impacted until data are used. information they want,” Hoofnagle said. be able to collect any kind, any amount of rights while using unencrypted WiFi. advertising, and that users had no privacy tent for the business purpose of targeting cases, Google claimed it could scan email con- ethos. He noted how in two recent court decried the perils of a “might makes right” lance machine for the United States” and modeling competitions in2010and2011. “gaming may be the future of education.” and that “your should surgeon be a gamer” Riccitiello’s presentation also suggested that simply a barren string of words on the page.” vivid, three-dimensional world, books are game-playing, which the child engages in a cally under-stimulates the senses. Unlike his slides noted that “reading books chroni questioning the value of books. One of STATING HISCASE: “Google and the NSA agree that they should Hoofnagle called the Internet “a surveil Scientist Jeremy Howard wasrankedNo.1globallyin predictive

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51 ADVANCEMENT Boalt Honors Talented Trio Theodore Olson ’65, Pamela Samuelson, Roxanna Altholz ’99 feted at this year’s Citation Award dinner

hile their backgrounds and measure was declared unconstitutional—a legal interests vary greatly, ruling later upheld by the U.S. Court of common bonds were evident Appeals for the 9th Circuit. In 2010, Time among the trio honored at magazine named Olson one of the world’s 100 Boalt’s W festive Citation Award dinner in San most influential people. National Public Francisco on March 13. Radio once described the longtime conserva- “Each recipient embodies ideals that help tive as “gay marriage’s unlikely warrior.” distinguish our law school community,” Olson called the right to marry “a matter of Interim Dean Gillian Lester said of litigator human rights.” He tried the case with David Theodore Olson ’65, Professor Pamela Boies—his opposing counsel in Bush v. Gore, Samuelson, and Assistant Clinical Professor the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that resolved Roxanna Altholz ’99. “Exceptional legal acu- the 2000 presidential election in favor of men, vigilant attention to detail, and a deep George W. Bush, Olson’s client. commitment to protecting fundamental A partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in rights.” Washington, D.C., Olson has argued 60 cases Olson won the Citation Award, the law before the Supreme Court. As U.S. solicitor EMINENT COUNSEL: Citation Award dinner school’s highest honor. Samuelson won the general under Bush from 2001 to 2004, he honorees with Interim Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award, and won 20 of the 23 cases he argued before the Dean Gillian Lester (third from left): Roxanna Altholz the Young Alumni Award. Court. The late New York Times columnist Altholz ’99, Theodore One of the nation’s most accomplished trial William Safire described Olson as his genera- Olson ’65, and Pamela lawyers, Olson led landmark litigation against tion’s “most persuasive advocate before the Samuelson Proposition 8, California’s 2008 ballot initia- Supreme Court” and its “most effective solic- tive that banned same-sex marriage. The itor general.” Olson thanked Boalt professor and former Dean Jesse Choper for a glowing introduction, noting that his 93-year-old mother “will like hearing that very much, though she’ll probably have a rebuttal.” Olson hailed Boalt’s “fantastic intellectual energy” and said it offers “the finest people in the world in their fields.” A pioneer in digital copyright law, intellectual property, cyberlaw, and information policy, Samuelson has taught at Boalt since 1996. She is a director of the school’s Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, and founded its Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic—the first clinic of its kind. She was inducted into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences last year. Samuelson also leads the Copyright Principles Project, assembling top experts for a multiyear effort aimed at advancing copy- b l o ck

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52 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 jim block (4x) that Altholz was herself a rebellious type— lier, clinic Director Laurel Fletcher noted In her introduction of Altholz moments ear and even celebrating rebellious law students.” praised Boalt’s “strong tradition of nurturing International Human Rights Law Clinic, try to stop it.” coming, I should actually do something to “after realizing that if I see a train wreck articles to proactive amicus briefs years ago, described shifting her focus from law review to better serve the public interest. She working to revamp intellectual property laws 20 pages.” long,300 pages and we’re writing one that’s she said. “The current U.S. copyright law is unless you actually understand what it is,” “You can’t effectively regulate something Altholz, associate director of the Samuelson has a long track record of - league and mentor.” —Andrew Cohen student. I’m so blessed to have her as a col teach me as much today as when I was her also thanked Fletcher. “She continues to in global human rights movements,” Altholz the Dominican Republic. in Ecuador, and discriminatory practices in Guatemala, torture and arbitrary detention Colombia, state-sanctioned murders in accountable for paramilitary activity in Those rulings have held governments the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. obtaining groundbreaking judgments from has helped disenfranchised populations by measure. Proposition 209, an anti-affirmative action students in 1996, when California passed having occupied the dean’s office with fellow Grateful that Boalt “participates so actively One of the clinic’s first students, Altholz MUSIC MEN: dinner ceremonies. during theCitationAward Chorus beltsoutatune Francisco GayMen’s The San - ah recipient “Each Lester —InterimDeanGillian community.” our lawschool distinguish ideals thathelp embodies Boalt Hall. gratitude fortheirtiesto each conveyeddeep Samuelson, andAltholz GIVING THANKS: Olson,

CAMPAIGN CATALYSTS: Elizabeth Cabraser ’78 and Leo Pircher ’57 steered the successful Campaign for Boalt Hall with fellow co-chair Pamela Samuelson. CAMPAIGN UPDATE: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Dean Edley, Donors Hailed in Memorable Celebration

t an elegant and spirited affair, and Chris Edley certainly promoted the con- Boalt Hall’s dedicated donors cept of infinite possibilities,” Cabraser said. gathered to celebrate the success- “For all of these fantastic results, we have ful close of an ambitious financial him to thank.” A campaign. The jubilant dinner and dancing event The campaign’s champion, former Dean inside Memorial Stadium’s University Club— Christopher Edley, Jr., stepped down at the overlooking Strawberry Canyon on one side end of 2013 after serving nearly 10 years as and the glittering bay on the other—trum- leader during a remarkable transformation peted themes of gratitude, community, and of the law school. He could not attend the celebration. Earlier, Boalt rededicated its April 12 celebration for the Campaign for Centennial Society donor wall with the addi- Boalt Hall, but was ubiquitous throughout tion of 49 new names. the festivities as the campaign co-chairs— “Normally I’m not that intrigued by walls, Elizabeth Cabraser ’78, professor Pamela but I could stare at this one all night,” said Samuelson, and Leo Pircher ’57—described Interim Dean Gillian Lester. “This monu- how his vision drove the campaign past its ment ushers in Boalt’s next 100 years of phil- $125 million goal. anthropic culture.” The campaign had raised more than $130 Pircher described meeting with Edley just ) million by the end of 2013, dwarfing all prior three days into his deanship in 2004. “He X (4 fundraising drives. “Boalt is a place that said he would raise $125 million, and I said Bl o ck

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n n n n campaign objectives. In brief, Boalt: gral role in helping to achieve each of those Boalt’s most donors—for generous their inte research centers.” financial aid offerings, and grow the school’s size befitting a top law school, expand the infrastructure, expand the faculty ranks to a had improve four goals: the school’s tired students that make Boalt such a special “essential in helping to bring in the kind of Jessica Diaz ’14 thanked donors for being

The co-chairs thanked the guests—some of Representing scholarship recipients, centers during Edley’s tenure. established nine of the school’s 15 research graduate; and and freedom of career choice after they backgrounds have access to the law school, exceptional applicants from all economic tures on financial aid—ensuring that dramatically increased its annual expendi overall next school year; cate, and will offer more than 270 courses ness law courses and a business law certifi- law faculty. The school now has 20 busi idence, and greatly expanded its business doubled the number of its lecturers in res grew its full-time faculty by 23 percent, that transformed its antiquated space; the 55,000-square-foot South Addition, tion and renovation project, anchored by finished a remarkable three-year construc - - - - - Choper praisesDeanEdleyforhisvisionaryleadership. on behalfofthestudent-ledBoard ofAdvocates;professor Jesse ACTIVE APPRECIATION: globe.” impact locally, nationally, and around the tion, be inclusive, and strive to make an enabling the school toconven “challenge what a philanthropic culture means to Boalt, sustain our excellence.” She also framed “we can’t rest on our laurels if we want to university.” sity; it’s a moderately publicly assisted around 10 percent. This isn’t apublic univer had 60 percent state funding—now it’s wouldn’t have been attainable without him.” been extraordinary,” Choper said. “This transformative leadership. “Chris has simply Alumni Association, which heralded his tion on Edley’s behalf from the Boalt Hall professor Jesse Choper accepted a proclama present.” confidence you have in our future and in our and said their “shows generosity the kind of thanked contributors on behalf of the faculty skills competitions. which oversees Boalt’s internal and external suit for the student-led Board of Advocates, journals, and Elliot Shackelford ’14 followed tude on behalf of student organizations and place.” Christina Farmer ’14 conveyed grati- Lester echoed that theme, cautioning that Choper noted that when he was dean, “We After dinner, former Dean and longtime At the donor wall rededication, Samuelson —Andrew Cohen SPRING 2014 Elliot Shackelford ’14(left)thanksBoaltdonors |

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55 - - MAKING HISTORY, INFORMING THE FUTURE PAST PRESENT Boalt’s Got Talent Students present variety show for the first time in more than a decade

uite inadvertently, Boalt’s was no forum for people to show- what this show needed.” newest students revived case those talents if they wanted to. Organizers received administra- one of the school’s most From there, the idea was born.” tion support from Associate Dean amusing traditions: the Or reborn. On March 13, Boalt Kathleen Vanden Heuvel ’86 and Q variety show. delivered its first variety show in Archivist Bill Benemann—both Each fall, the Admissions Office more than a decade, before a full of whom were “especially enthusi- issues a report about the new first- house of about 300 people at Booth astic and lent their advice based year class that highlights the stu- Auditorium. The show featured 20 on talent shows of yore,” says dents’ varied backgrounds (see acts ranging from music and dance Wimsett. Students handled stage page 6). When Travis Wimsett ’14 to short film and comedy. management, program design, and some friends read it, a light “It took many different people event marketing, and—the toughest bulb went on. stepping into many different roles part—recruiting. “We were marveling at all the tal- for this to work,” Wimsett says. “I “We were careful to brand it a ent within the class and how many don’t have a theater background. I variety show and not a talent show people had done incredible things can’t sing or act or anything of that because we didn’t want people to before coming to law school,” he nature. My friends say my best tal- think some amazing degree of talent says. “It seemed a shame that there ent is instigating, and luckily that’s was required,” Wimsett says. “Our

2014: Shadows in the night Masha Gershenovich ’14 and her dance partner Arthur Sheyn 2014: Bagpipe wiz Sylvia DeTar ’14 wows strike a striking pose. the capacity crowd.

56 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 Fred Mertz (2014 photography) 2014: —Andrew Cohen with and excited to do it.” the show was extremely easy to work away. Not only that, but everyone in ble,” Wimsett says. “I was just blown North Carolina String Band. pleasing groups Bearly Legal and the Chicago, Block Tango” from the musical six women 3Ls performing “Cell Patrick Metz ’14. Highlights included co-hosted the show with classmate seemed to achieve that.” and entertainment. Thankfully, we vision was a night of fun, revelry, 1988: Out with Him?”—to anoverzealous classmate. dedicate “Is SheReallyGonna Raise HerHand?”—sung to thetune of “IsSheReally Going Tango” from the hit musicalChicago. “The level of talent was incredi- After two dress rehearsals, Wimsett A“pumped up” takeonthe famous Saturday Night Liveskit (left). Right: Students Third-year “CellBlock students perform and live music from crowd- it three of youwillnotmake William ProsserWilliam advises a class of 1Ls: “Oneoutof 1958: through this law school.” Adrawing of Dean 2002: 1996: try toimprove admissions Stephanie Lacambra ’04 perform adouble-threatStephanie Lacambra ’04perform duet. Professors Jesse Choper, David Caron, John McNulty, JohnKoons, and HermaHillKay Now-Director ofOperations Gar Russelloncongas (left). Right: Melanie Henry’04 and by advertising with jingles, 2002: hammer blow from JamaarBoyd ’03. including MurrayBeatts ’02 absorbsasledge- spring a pitchfor “Boaltsi-Cola.” 2014 |

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57 Insight: Volunteering Time, Knowledge, and Connection

BY Spencer PAHLKE ’07 dents with advocacy skills that will serve them in a challenging legal market. Boalt is t’s almost 11 p.m. I walk out Boalt Hall’s in the midst of a great expansion of its front door into a cool Berkeley night. Professional Skills Program that is designed Four hours earlier, I was exhausted to help students become practice-ready for from a hectic day at the office. But now, pre-trial litigation, trial advocacy, appellate I feel a well of excitement on the verge of practice, alternative dispute resolution, and spilling over. I’ve spent the last few hours more. In each discipline, the school offers teaching and coaching trial advocacy with a opportunities to improve students’ skills— group of people who never cease to amaze me and invites alums to enjoy the satisfaction of “The joy I with their intelligence, drive, and dedication: enhancing them. Boalt law students. In today’s legal market, it’s clear that we get from It’s been seven years now that I’ve had the best prepare our students for professional privilege of helping build the trial wing of success by developing skills they can use in contributing Boalt’s skills competition program. I started practice, right away. I’m happy that I can to a student’s the year that I graduated—2007—joining just play a role, if only a small one, in that effort. one other coach and six to eight students. But more alumni volunteers are always bet- personal Thanks to exploding student interest and ter, and opportunities exist across the improvement considerable support from our faculty and board—as program panelists, student clinic alumni, the trial teams have grown to 30 stu- supervisors, or course lecturers, just to name and success dents and 15 coaches. a few. Our students gain mentors and teach- will never During the past seven years, we’ve ers, and our alumni gain a powerful sense of enjoyed national championships, several gratification from helping Boalt’s new grow old.” appearances in national final and semifinal generation. rounds, and appearances at prestigious, The time I spend working on the trial pro- invitation-only tournaments (see page 43). gram is one of the best time investments I But those accomplishments do not reflect can make. My returns are seeing students what makes me the most proud, nor the grow as advocates, succeed in competition, purpose of our program. and—more important—turn into accom- I’m most proud when I see a student trans- plished young lawyers. form potential into execution: delivering a For that, I’m willing to invest as many late- well-honed cross-examination that was a night practices as it takes. struggle for weeks; making a closing argument that required fine-tuning through multiple practice sessions. No matter how busy my life becomes as a lawyer, the joy I get from con- Spencer Pahlke ’07 is an associate at Walkup, tributing to a student’s personal improvement Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger in San and success will never grow old. Francisco, handling catastrophic personal While winning in competition is certainly injury and wrongful death claims on behalf of exciting, we view victory as a byproduct of plaintiffs. At Boalt, he is a lecturer and directs our program’s main purpose: equipping stu- the External Trial Competition Program.

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1941 I’ll only referee games for of the first lawyers in Lawrence Mana and his kids under 12.” California to be certified as late wife, Mary Ann a specialist in franchise (Fissori) Mana, provided a and distribution law by the generous bequest of 1962 State Bar of California $25,000 to the Boalt Hall Richard Hicks published Board of Legal Fund. A San Francisco his seventh novel, The Specialization. I recently Superior Court judge for Devil’s Breath, a murder authored a chapter in 15 years, Lawrence passed mystery set in San Diego. Managing Legal Issues in away at age 90 on This is the third in his Franchising, a book in the September 2, 2007. In Eddie DeSilva mystery Aspatore ‘Inside the their will, Lawrence spoke series, and a sequel to Minds’ series published by of his fondness for Boalt. Crossing Borders, which Thomson Reuters. And, After serving in the U.S. won first place in the most importantly at this Army during World War II, Writer’s Digest 2011 self- point, I am still alive.” he joined the city attor- published writing compe- ney’s office of San tition in the category of Francisco until 1956, when genre fiction. Learn more he was named chief deputy about Richard’s books at Your attorney of the City and www.richardhicksauthor. Classmates County of San Francisco. com. Want to Lawrence was appointed Hear from to the Municipal Court of You! San Francisco in 1962 and 1965 joined the Superior Court Darryl Hart writes, “For bench in 1969. the past 15 years I have CONTACT US been of counsel at class- ONLINE: mate John Bartko’s law www.law.berkeley.edu/alumnetwork 1953 firm, Bartko, Zankel, BY EMAIL: Marvin Kleinberg writes, Bunzel & Miller, in San Michael Halloran received [email protected] “I’m still actively practic- Francisco. I specialize in the State Bar of California BY MAIL: ing after celebrating my franchise transactions, fol- Business Law Section’s Boalt Hall Alumni Center 86th birthday and 51st lowing many years in solo Lifetime Achievement University of California, Berkeley School of Law wedding anniversary. And practice with the same Award, given to a lawyer 2850 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 500 I’ve signed up to continue specialty and 8½ years as who has made notable Berkeley, CA 94705-7220 to be the oldest active ref- an executive and general contributions to business eree in the American Youth counsel at Swensen’s Ice law. A partner in Soccer Organization. But Cream Company. I was one Pillsbury’s Corporate &

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Norman Oberstein ’65 A Star-studded Career That Has Been ‘All Good’ Norman Oberstein has built a colorful career and a satisfying life around serendipity. After graduating from the University of Iowa, he had an enviable choice between Boalt Hall or Stanford Law. The financial challenge of Stanford edged Oberstein to Boalt, where he eventually pursued a post-graduate fellowship in Geneva. On his passage to Europe, he met a young Swiss woman named Margrit—now his wife of 47 years. Oberstein was a senior partner and managing member at Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Berkowitz & Selvin in Beverly Hills, and in 1982 formed his own firm. Specializing in business, entertainment, and family law, he enjoyed litigating tough, high-profile cases. But they didn’t always unfold as expected. Consider his two cases involving Johnny Carson: Oberstein represented NBC against Carson when he sought to break his Tonight Show contract. Carson won that case—then mindfulness programs to universities, prisons, and other communities. tapped Oberstein to represent him in his third and last divorce, which Although overseeing the foundation wasn’t how Oberstein envi- Carson won as well. sioned retirement, it has proven fulfilling—largely by bringing him back Oberstein also represented actress Sondra Locke in a daunting pali- to Boalt. With adjunct professor Charles Halpern, Oberstein is involved mony suit against Clint Eastwood. Circumstances shifted when East- in the school’s growing Berkeley Initiative for Mindfulness in Law. “If wood was found to be secretly recording Locke’s conversations with you’d mentioned mindfulness when I was at Boalt, everyone would Oberstein—providing a more valuable cause of action than the initial suit. have laughed,” says Oberstein. “Today, it’s a powerful coping tool in a Other high-profile clients included Puma (when basketball star stressful profession.” Vince Carter breached an endorsement contract), Mohamed Al In 2006, Oberstein merged his practice with Gipson Hoffman & Fayed (thwarting con artists trying to demonstrate a conspiracy to Pancione, where he remains of counsel. When he isn’t in his Los Ange- assassinate his son and Princess Diana), and Caesars Palace les office, Oberstein can be found biking, hiking, or tackling black dia- (against singer Eddie Fisher, whose drug use interfered with his per- mond ski runs in Utah and Switzerland. Although mindfulness training formance commitments). teaches not to become attached to anything in life—good or bad—he Contact with Carson’s accountant led to another client, Frederick happily reports that these days “it’s all good.” Lenz. Lenz later instructed that, upon his death, Oberstein help form the And as experience has shown him, good often comes from unex- Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism, which brings pected sources. —Betsy Brown

Securities practice, he executive vice president 1966 ing policies and practices founded the firm’s and general counsel for Charles Breyer, appointed for federal courts. The Washington, D.C., office in Bank of America, where to the U.S. Sentencing commission consists of 1979. From 2006 to 2008, he negotiated, closed, Commission, was unani- seven voting members, at he was the Securities and and implemented more mously confirmed by the least three of whom must Exchange Commission’s than 30 acquisitions— U.S. Senate. A federal judge be federal judges. Charles counselor to the chairman including some of the larg- in California since 1998, was a private-practice law- and deputy chief of staff. est and most complex in Charles will help the com- yer from 1974 to 1997, save He also served as group the industry. mission establish sentenc- for a brief stint as San

60 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 Francisco’s chief assistant district attorney in 1979. Doug Young ’76 He also worked as a San Francisco assistant district attorney from 1967 to 1973 and as an assistant special Committed to prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. What Matters Most

Doug Young’s résumé reads like something out of an optimistic law school applicant’s dream: national recognition as a trial and appellate lawyer, teaching appointments, invitation-only fellowships, and leadership roles in local and national professional associations. A lawyer’s ability to contribute to the social good has also had a strong pull. “My interest in social justice and public-interest work grew out of the 1960s,” says Young, who entered Boalt after serving as a U.S. Marine and graduating from Yale. “That was an era when the fight for civil rights came into its own. For many of us, our heroes and mentors were people in public service.” Now a partner at Farella Braun + Martel in San Francisco, Young recalls that many classmates and friends were also older-than-average students—including veterans and Peace Corps volunteers. “We had significant life experiences and our own perspectives about what matters most, including a commitment to others,” he says. As an example of these shared values, Young cites the Berkeley Law Foundation, the nation’s first lawschool organization dedicated to providing legal services to historically underserved communities. He co- founded the organization, along with others in his class. Today, Young’s legal practice focuses on white-collar defense, intellectual property, securities, and unfair competition. He has served as a federal court Special Master and on the Federal Criminal Justice 1967 Act trial panel for the Northern District of California. He was also president of the Bar Association of San James McManis of Francisco, the Northern California Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, the California McManis Faulkner in San Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco. Jose was recognized In 2012, the Anti-Defamation League presented Young with its Distinguished Jurisprudence Award for among The Best Lawyers in his stellar civil rights work. Among his other honors are the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Criminal America 2014. In addition, Justice Section’s D. Lowell Jensen Award for Public Service, the American Bar Association’s Pro Bono James was named the Best Publico Award, and the State Bar of California Appellate Project Award of Appreciation for work as Lawyers 2014 San Jose appointed counsel in death-penalty cases. Litigation–Intellectual “Social justice was always important in my family,” Young says. “Both of my parents were public school Property “Lawyer of the teachers in Southern California, so I was very conscious of the special mission of public institutions in Year.” His inclusion in the education.” 2014 list marks his 16th During the Campaign for Boalt Hall, consecutive year of recog- Young and his wife, Terry, were con- nition, placing him in tacted by campaign co-chair Elizabeth select company. He was Cabraser ’78 about scholarship sup- named in the categories of port. “We’ve always felt very lucky to Bet-the-Company have attended Boalt at a time when Litigation, Commercial tuition was so low that, when combined Litigation, Criminal with the G.I. Bill, it was affordable even Defense, White Collar, for a young couple,” Young says. “We’re Litigation–First happy we can help fund scholarships to Amendment, Litigation– make that possible for the generations Intellectual Property, and to come.”—Bob Rucker Litigation–Municipal. James prepares and presents cases for adjudication CLASS NOTES in both the commercial fellow at the Jindal Global who is working to improve donors, issues more inter- and intellectual property Law School in India and a the legal responses to national grants than any arenas, and also represents visiting scholar at the domestic violence, sexual other U.S. community individuals in matters Salzburg Seminar assault, and stalking. foundation. White is CEO including civil rights Academy on Media and Nancy, a Boalt lecturer and of Progress Investment, an actions, employment dis- Global Change. His fifth the director of its independent, employee- putes, family law, and appointment was at Domestic Violence owned investment advisor criminal defense. He was Harvard Law School, Practicum, has been teach- with $7 billion in assets recently inducted as an where he continues to ing a seminar on the under management. Prior honorary bencher of the teach Entertainment and topic—the first of its kind to becoming CEO in 2004, Honorable Society of Media Law to J.D., LL.M., at any law school—since he served as the firm’s King’s Inns, the oldest and S.J.D. students. 1988. She also authored managing director, COO, institution of legal educa- the first textbook on and president. tion in Ireland. Robert Listenbee, Jr. was domestic violence law, named administrator of which is used nationally the U.S. Office of Juvenile and internationally. In 1981 1972 Justice and Delinquency 2012, Nancy helped co- Therese Stewart was one Brian Walsh was elected Prevention by President found the Family Violence of six honorees to receive presiding judge of the Obama. Chief of the Appellate Project, the ABA Margaret Brent Santa Clara County Defender Association of California’s first nonprofit Lawyers of Achievement Superior Court for the Philadelphia’s Juvenile organization focused on Award for 2013. Presented 2013-15 term. First Unit for 15 years and an providing appellate repre- annually by the ABA’s appointed to the Superior attorney there since 1986, sentation to survivors of Commission on Women in Court in 2000, Brian Robert co-chaired U.S. domestic violence, and is the Profession, the award worked in private practice Attorney General Eric now its legal director. honors U.S. attorneys for and was managing partner Holder’s National Task their trailblazing legal at McTernan, Stender, Force on Children achievements. The first Walsh, Weingus & Exposed to Violence. He openly LGBT president of Tondreau. He also co- has also served on the pol- the Bar Association of San directed the Legal Aid icy committees of the Francisco, Therese co- Society of Monterey National Legal Aid & founded its School-to- County from 1972 to 1974. Defender Association and College Program, which the National Center for provides mentoring and Juvenile Justice. In 2011, guidance to prepare inner- 1978 Robert won a MacArthur city high school students Stuart Brotman held five Foundation Champion for for college. She joined the different academic Change award for his lead- San Francisco city attor- appointments around the ership in reforming ney’s office in 2002 and world during the 2012-13 Pennsylvania’s juvenile serves as chief deputy city academic year. At justice system. attorney. Northwestern University Thurman V. White, Jr. was in Qatar, he was the inau- appointed one of three gural Professor of 1980 new directors of the 1982 Communication in Nancy Lemon was awarded Silicon Valley Community John Gioia has been Residence; at the the Sharon L. Corbitt Foundation, a leading appointed by Governor University of Helsinki, he Award from the American global philanthropic group Jerry Brown to the served as the Fulbright- Bar Association (ABA) with more than $2.3 bil- California Air Resources Nokia Distinguished Chair Commission on Domestic lion in assets. The founda- Board. John, who repre- in Information and and Sexual Violence. The tion is the largest funder of sents the Bay Area Air Communications annual award recognizes Bay Area causes and, in Quality Management Technologies. Stuart was the exceptional service and partnership with its indi- District, has been on the also an honorary visiting leadership of an attorney vidual and corporate Contra Costa County

62 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 Board of Supervisors since 1999, serving as chair three times. He has also chaired the Bay Area Joint Policy Committee and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board of Directors, and is first vice president of the California State Association of Counties. An East Bay Municipal Utility District board member from 1989 to 1998, John also ran his own law office from 1986 to 1998. Daniel Floyd ’85

Passionate Preparation

When Daniel Floyd thinks back on the Boalt Hall of his day, he recalls an eclectic, diverse, inspiring place to be a student and the all-consuming endeavor of learning law. “I spent most of my time outside class in the library,” he says. “But I didn’t mind. I was passionate about my work.” Not that there weren’t any much-needed distractions: video games, contemporary fiction, intramural basketball, Elvis Costello, learning to cook, and, in Floyd’s words, “trying to grow up.” But while books, sports, music, and food enhanced Floyd’s Boalt experience, the classmates with whom he shared that experience made it truly memorable. “I made great friends at Boalt—hilarious, talented, and supportive,” he says. “The joke was that I made my roommate go to class, and he made me come home.” After clerking for a year post-law school, Floyd went straight to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles. He’s been there ever since. “That probably doesn’t surprise my friends,” he says, considering how dedi- 1983 cated Floyd was to his law school studies. He has co-chaired the office’s litigation practice since 2001. A. Marina Gracias joined Ever busy, Floyd tackles complex antitrust, corporate securities, mergers and acquisition, trade Accenture, a global man- secret, and professional negligence cases. His track record includes litigating private and government agement consulting, tech- antitrust cases, leading major securities class actions and shareholder derivative actions, representing nology services, and out- clients in proceedings before the U.S. Federal Trade and Securities and Exchange Commissions, and sourcing company, as a handling federal and state court trials and appeals. managing director in its “I enjoy developing and implementing strategy to solve complicated problems, and I enjoy working financial services practice. with witnesses,” he says. “Testifying in court or in a deposition is a very challenging and stressful job, and She is based in San it’s particularly satisfying to me to help people get prepared and to protect them through the process.” Francisco. Marina writes, Floyd’s intensive preparations resemble his dedicated approach to the study of law. Trial days start at “I am looking forward to 6 a.m., and include quiet reflection, razor-sharp focus, and intensive rehearsals with witnesses and colleagues my new role, especially as to ensure that his presentation unfolds naturally—and that he can respond quickly to courtroom events. we grow our presence in Beyond the law office and the courtroom, Floyd’s greatest adventure has brought him his most cher- California. I am responsi- ished rewards. “In 1996 and 2000, I traveled to China to adopt my daughters, Rachel and Jacquelyn,” he ble for leading/directing says. “I’m impatient and no diplomat, but I managed to avoid creating any international incidents”—a fact efforts that enable the that may surprise his Boalt Hall contemporaries. —Betsy Brown origination and closure of sales, improving sales performance, and sales

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growth.” Prior to joining also lead multidimensional 1987 Meeting Program Accenture, Marina was the diversity strategies work- Daniel Engel is CEO of Committee member and chief procurement officer ing with talent, national Pitch it Forward in Del AALL San Diego Area Law for Visa. advocacy groups, vendors, Mar, California. Recently Libraries chapter presi- professional service sup- inspired to start another dent and vice president. Steven Smith, a partner in pliers, and company execu- nonprofit, he launched a “Being elected to the AALL the San Francisco office of tives, among others. In pilot program in San Diego board was a very happy Jones Day, received Boalt addition, she will continue in the fall. Pitch it surprise for me,” John Hall’s 2014 Riesenfeld to be the executive spon- Forward’s mission is to says. “My reason for being Memorial Award, given sor of CBS’ affinity and challenge young athletes a candidate was to estab- annually to a scholar or employee networking to lead by inspiring others lish real dialogue about practitioner who has made groups. Josie will also to create better schools for our profession’s future.” outstanding contributions spearhead the CBS all students. Daniel writes, AALL promotes law librar- to international law. The Diversity Council of “By combining the respon- ies’ value to the legal and award honors the memory Employees, which serves sibility to lead, to learn, to public communities, fos- of former Boalt professor to strengthen diversity and perform random acts of ters the law librarianship and international law inclusion dialogue across kindness, and to express profession, and provides authority Stefan A. the corporation. gratitude to those that leadership in the legal Riesenfeld. One of the have helped, we believe information field. nation’s leading interna- that we can help young tional arbitration attor- 1985 leaders while enriching the C. Gregg Ankenman has neys, Steven founded and Marc Zeppetello was communities in which been re-elected to the served as editor-in-chief of elected vice chair of the they live.” National Retail Tenants International Tax and Bar Association of San Association (NRTA) board Business Lawyer, the pre- Francisco’s (BASF) of governors. A partner at cursor to the current Environmental Law Wendel, Rosen, Black & Berkeley Journal of Section for 2014. A part- Dean, Gregg serves as gen- International Law. ner at Barg Coffin Lewis & eral counsel to the organi- Trapp, Marc had served as zation and will complete section secretary. He has his second term on the extensive experience with board in 2016. The NRTA counseling and litigation provides lease administra- related to federal and tion education for com- state environmental laws, mercial office and retail with emphasis on the real-estate lease profes- Clean Water Act, the sionals, attorneys, lease Clean Air Act, cleanup of accounting, and other contaminated property commercial property man- and cost recovery, agement specialists and hazardous waste 1988 responsible for retail real- management. BASF’s John Adkins, director of estate lease administration Environmental Law libraries at the San Diego and operating costs. Gregg Section seeks to serve and Law Library, has been has handled hundreds of Josie Thomas was pro- educate attorneys and the elected to the executive commercial lease transac- moted to executive vice public about environmen- board of the American tions for retail, office, president and chief diver- tal law. Throughout the Association of Law industrial, agricultural, sity officer at CBS Corp., year, the section presents Libraries (AALL). An and telecommunications where she will continue to substantive educational AALL member since 1992, sites. He also advises oversee the company’s programs, in person and John’s three-year term developers, landlords, and diversity efforts across all via webcast, that are eligi- begins in July 2014. He has property owners on mat- of its businesses. Josie will ble for MCLE credit. served as an Annual ters such as sales, acquisi-

64 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 tions, development, prop- domestic violence, among 1991 court—it is the most diffi- erty management, and other accomplishments. Jonathan Poisner writes, “I cult and the most interest- financing. Jeff earned numerous recently published my first ing part of a case.” Cogent awards for his efforts, book via Legal was voted Best David Zapolsky was including the highest Smashwords. Courtroom Presentation recently promoted to vice civilian honors awarded com. Why Provider in The Recorder’s president, general counsel, by the United States Organizations 2013 survey of legal service and secretary at Amazon Pacific Command and Thrive: Lessons providers. after nearly 13 years lead- the Director of National from the Front ing its litigation and regu- Intelligence. In 2013, he Lines for latory group. received the U.S. State Nonprofit Executive 1993 Department’s highest Directors is the book I wish Dirk Mueller has been added award for a non-career I’d been able to read when I as a partner to the San ambassador, the Sue M. first became a nonprofit Francisco office of Farella Cobb Prize for Exemplary executive director. It’s avail- Braun + Martel. An energy Diplomatic Service. able via my website http:// and real-estate finance Former Australian Prime poisner.com/articles/ attorney for 20 years, Dirk Minister Paul Keating why-organizations-thrive. works in Farella’s called Jeff, “the best U.S. Renewable Energy & Clean ambassador ever sent to Technologies Practice Australia.” Group and Real Estate & Land Use Department. He advises energy industry cli- 1990 ents on project develop- Joanna (Delk) Mendoza ment, acquisition, disposi- was elected to the State tion, financing, contract, Bar of California Board of and real estate matters. Trustees for the 3rd Dirk has represented cli- District, representing 23 ents in connection with the counties in the northeast- development, acquisition, ern part of California. Her sale, and financing of many three-year term began of the largest solar-energy after the Bar’s annual projects constructed to date meeting in October 2013. 1992 in the United States, includ- “I am very excited to serve Michael Kelleher was pro- ing the first large-scale in this important role,” she moted to partner and liti- solar project approved to be writes. gation consultant at built on tribal land in North Cogent Legal, a litigation America. In his commercial graphics trial-consulting real estate practice, he rep- firm based in Oakland’s resents investors, develop- 1989 Jack London Square, and is ers, and lenders in office, Jeff Bleich recently com- now a co-owner. “At retail, hospitality, indus- pleted his term as U.S. Cogent, we create anima- trial, and residential indus- ambassador to Australia. tions, timelines, charts, tries in all aspects of project He oversaw record growth maps, illustrations, and financing, development, in trade between the U.S. slide-based presentations and leasing. and Australia, helped bring for attorneys handling the Defense Trade cases from a wide spectrum Elizabeth Pendo writes, “I Cooperation Treaty into of practice areas,” Michael am a professor of law at St. force, and promoted writes. “I enjoy helping liti- Louis University School of regional efforts to reduce gators tell their stories in Law, and in my fourth year

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Karen Boyd ’96 Going Small Leads to Huge Career Satisfaction

For Karen Boyd, going small has yielded big rewards. “The wonder- Turner Boyd now has 10 attorneys, a growth she describes as ful thing about a 10-lawyer firm is that you don’t have to conquer the “slow, steady, and driven opportunistically.” While Boyd anticipated world,” she says. “You just have to conquer your client’s concerns, taking referrals from large firms where she and Turner have contacts, which I find easier to do in our setting.” the economy’s downturn—timed almost exactly with their firm’s forma- That setting is Turner Boyd, the Redwood City boutique intellectual tion—changed that and other preconceptions. property firm she helped launch in 2008. After spending 10 years at “When the economy fell, big firms tried to hold on to everything they Fish & Richardson, Boyd left legal practice for a year—until a conver- could,” she says. “So we developed our business through other solo sation with fellow Boaltie Julie Turner ’97 put her on an unexpected and small firms that worked on corporate law and patent prosecution. return path. It was a dynamic network. A lot of work came through word of mouth.” “I went over to Julie’s house, we had some wine, and the more we Boyd’s contribution to her firm’s success has been enormous while talked the more I realized I missed practicing law,” Boyd says. “The representing clients in patent, trade secret, copyright, and trademark next thing you know, we’re starting our own practice.” disputes. She now concentrates on patent litigation and helping Clues about her hunger to return to legal work emerged as soon as smaller companies design their IP strategies. she left Fish & Richardson and did some management consulting. A trained mediator in intellectual property disputes both domesti- “While talking with these companies, I’d get completely engaged in cally and internationally, Boyd has been named a Northern California hearing about their legal problems rather than staying focused on busi- Super Lawyer each year since 2007. She came to Boalt with a strong ness development,” she says. science background, having earned her master’s degree in molecular Within a year of launching, Turner Boyd reeled in big cases and biology from UCLA, and has returned to Boalt to teach Biotechnology another partner, Joshua Masur. Boyd relished “being able to run the and Chemical Patent Law. firm with our own shared priorities instead of working within a big firm’s “I feel very lucky to enjoy what I do,” Boyd says, “and that I can do it value system.” within a structure that suits me best.” —Andrew Cohen

as associate dean for aca- medical equipment as a in Miami. In the last few I also celebrated my first demic affairs. I am a mem- barrier to basic preventa- years, I was elected to the wedding anniversary in ber of the Center for Health tive care for people with American Law Institute, September.” Law Studies and the disabilities, and civil rights received the Women’s William C. Wefel Center for and health-care reform as Justice Legal Scholar Employment Law, where I complementary strategies Award, and was the first 1995 teach and write in disability for reducing disparities. I recipient of the University Eric Tate is serving a one- law, health law and policy, feel lucky to have landed in Student Government year term as vice-chair of bioethics, and civil proce- St. Louis after clerking and Association Faculty the ABA’s 2014 Labor and dure. My recent work practicing in New York, and Excellence Award for Employment Section focuses on inaccessible starting my teaching career Diversity and Social Justice. Annual CLE Conference,

66 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 William T. Chidlaw ’54 Robert E. Sullivan ’61 James R. Moren ’68 Michael A. Levy ’88 In Memoriam Fred H. Drucker ’54 John E. Fitch ’62 Peter D. Hughes ’70 Tanya H. Russell ’88 Joseph W. Aidlin ’33 Donald L. Edgar ’55 Jack L. Slobodin ’62 Thornton E. Robison ’70 Scott A. Brunson ’89 John G. Gabbert ’34 Farris N. Salamy ’55 Richard E. Jay ’63 Katherine L. Vaughns ’70 Janet R. Shestakov ’89 Bernard Shapiro ’42 Arnold M. Greenberg ’56 Paul C. Jess ’63 David R. Andrews ’71 Silvia L. Garcia ’93 Penelope M. Griffin ’44 Arthur L. Robson ’56 John G. Moore ’63 Richard L. Parrish ’71 Ceide Zapparoni ’98 Aldo P. Guidotti ’44 William R. Berman ’57 Henry Ramsey, Jr. ’63 Peter M. Shannon, Jr. ’71 Zurab Gurgenadze ’13 Bernard Etcheverry, Jr. ’49 John M. Kappos ’57 Howard C. Anawalt ’64 William E. Glass ’72 Lisa M. Houlihan ’14 Karen R. Smith ’72 Charles M. Root ’49 Jaromir J. Jansky ’58 David M. Blicker ’64 Patricia A. Buffler Francis F. Chin ’73 Henry Teichert ’49 Stanley E. Gutman ’59 Welcome S. Fawcett ’64 Arthur Carlson Paul E. Hoelschen ’73 James E. Wallace ’49 John F. Ingro ’59 Robert G. White ’64 Theodore Eisenberg Francis A. Gabor ’74 Roderic B. Park Joseph A. Woods, Jr. ’49 Joseph Kase, Jr. ’59 Lawrence A. Augusta ’65 Michael V. Mahoney ’74 Werner L. Ahrbeck ’50 Lee R. Petillon ’59 Laverne L. Dotson ’65 Jane E. Rasmussen ’76 Eleanor Fisher Pence William M. Lassleben, Jr. ’50 Alan E. Smith ’59 Jerry F. Kinzy ’65 Richard M. Finkelstein ’78 Elaine G. Rosenthal William H. McInerney, Sr. ’50 F. Alan Weismantel ’59 William E. Trautman ’65 Laurie K. Anger ’80 Marion B. Slusser Douglas R. Page ’51 J. Harold Williams ’59 Ralph C. Walker ’65 Victoria E. Armstrong ’80 Joseph L. Sax R. B. Hoffe ’53 Edward D. Giacomini ’60 William J. Beiswanger ’66 Barbara A. Brenner ’81 William J. Schumacher Modeste O. Sabraw ’53 Arnold Laub ’60 Warren H. Widener ’67 Byron L. Patterson ’86 Suzanne Scotchmer the nation’s largest gather- “Top 20 Under 40.” He has 18-month process in which identify risks and ferret ing of employer, employee, also been included in Legal Orrick’s nominating com- out misconduct.” He union, and government 500 US and Best Lawyers mittee obtained direct worked for eight years in employment lawyers. in America. input from its 370 part- the enforcement division Co-chair of Morrison & ners. Mitchell leads before leaving in 2011 to Foerster’s Employment & Orrick’s Corporate direct the Commodity Labor Practice Group and 1996 Business Unit and is one of Futures Trading the firm’s Diversity Tracie Brown was the country’s leading Commission’s whistle- Strategy Committee, Eric appointed by California advisers to entrepreneurs, blower office. has held many ABA leader- Governor Jerry Brown to a technology companies, and ship positions. They Superior Court judgeship the venture-capital com- include stints as co-chair in San Francisco County. munity. He won Boalt 1999 of the ABA Annual An assistant U.S. attorney Hall’s annual Young Niloofar (Nejat-Bina) Meeting Committee and of since 2002, Tracie co- Alumni Award in 2011, Shepherd recently the Alternative Dispute taught Civil Trial Practice and as a student served as accepted a senior counsel Resolution, At-Will and at Boalt during the 2013 editor-in-chief of the position at Mattel, Inc., in Collateral Torts, and spring semester. Before California Law Review. El Segundo, California. She Worker Dislocation sub- joining the U.S. attorney’s previously was employed committees. At Morrison office, she was an associate at Deluxe Entertainment & Foerster, he represents at Cooley Godward 1997 Group as vice president/ companies in trade secrets, Kronish, a law clerk for Vincente Martinez was associate general counsel. employee raiding and Judge Margaret McKeown named by the U.S. Niloofar and her husband, mobility, unfair competi- of the U.S. Circuit Court of Securities & Exchange Richard Shepherd, are also tion, wage and hour, and Appeals for the 9th Commission (SEC) as chief proud to announce the employment discrimina- Circuit, and a law clerk of its Enforcement birth of a baby boy, Wesley tion and whistleblower lit- and associate at Morrison Division Office of Market Samson. He was born on igation. He is also a media- & Foerster. Tracie, who Intelligence. Created in December 15, 2012, in tor for the Northern earned her undergraduate 2010, the office gathers and Santa Monica, California. District of California’s degree from Harvard, fills evaluates thousands of alternative dispute resolu- the vacancy created by the tips, complaints, and refer- tion program. Eric has retirement of Judge Kevin rals that come into the 2001 been honored by San Jose McCarthy. SEC each year. Vincente Pratik Shah became a part- Magazine as one of Silicon says he looks forward to ner at Akin Gump in Valley’s Top 300 lawyers, Mitchell Zuklie became the advancing the office’s Washington, D.C., and co- as a Super Lawyer by global chairman and CEO “meaningful contributions chair of the firm’s Supreme Northern California Super of Orrick, Herrington & to the protection of inves- Court practice. He has Lawyers magazine, and as Sutcliffe in January 2014. tors by further developing argued 13 cases before the one of the Daily Journal’s His selection capped an our ability to proactively U.S. Supreme Court,

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Colleen Chien ’02 briefed more than 25 Supreme Court cases, and briefed approximately 150 cases at the certiorari On Patrol stage. From 2008 to 2013, Pratik served as an assistant to the U.S. solicitor for Patent Trolls general at the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2013, the Silicon Valley Business Journal named patent-law He received several honors expert Colleen Chien a “Woman of Influence,” That’s putting it for his advocacy before mildly. Chien—who teaches intellectual property law at Santa the Supreme Court during Clara University—is currently 2,400 miles from Silicon Valley: that time, including the she’s in Washington, D.C., serving as senior advisor on intel- IRS National Chief lectual property and innovation to the White House Office of Counsel Award and the Science and Technology Policy’s chief technology officer. Justice Department’s Chien is one of the nation’s leading authorities on patent Environment and Natural law, especially “patent trolls”—firms or individuals that seek Resources Division Award. licensing fees or patent-infringement damages, often by Pratik also won the asserting patents acquired by buying bankrupt companies. Attorney General’s 2013 In a 2010 Hastings Law Journal article, Chien called them Distinguished Service “patent-assertion entities,” because their business model is Award for his role in the asserting claims to patents. Defense of Marriage Act By either name, they’re trouble: In 2012, these entities filed litigation, in which he was more than 2,900 patent-infringement lawsuits, a six-fold the lead drafter of the suc- increase since 2006. President Barack Obama has sharply cessful Supreme Court criticized trolls, saying, “They don’t actually produce anything briefs in United States v. themselves, they’re just trying to essentially leverage and Windsor. hijack somebody else’s idea and see if they can extort some money out of them.” (The litigation onslaught has “slowed the development of new products, increased costs for businesses and consumers, and clogged our judicial system,” Chien wrote in a New York Times editorial she co-authored before joining the White House.) Last June, Obama directed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and others in his administration to take five steps to curb patent-troll lawsuits, and urged Congress to prioritize complementary legislative reform—issuing a paper that drew on Chien’s research. Three months later, Chien joined the White House Office of Science and Technology, offering her expertise to help support administration efforts to strengthen the U.S. patent system and implement additional patent policy reforms. The stakes are high: The estimated cost to the economy is in the tens of billions per year. A bill passed the House with a strong bipartisan majority last fall, and the Senate is considering matching legislation. Although her legal expertise is specialized, Chien herself is a 21st-century Renaissance woman. Before joining the faculty at Santa Clara, she did stints as an IP attorney at a San Francisco firm; as an investigative journalist and Fulbright Fellow in the Philippines; and, while at Stanford, as a spacecraft engineer at NASA’s 2002 Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Robert Stephan was Chien’s high-flying trajectory caught the attention of Managing Intellectual Property magazine, which ordained as a Jesuit priest counts her as one of “50 people shaping the future of IP.” For her part, Chien counts herself as “humbled to at Blessed Sacrament be among some of the smartest and most dedicated people around, working to harness science and tech- Church in Hollywood, nology to make the world a better place.” —Jon Jefferson California. Stephan earned a master’s degree in history from UCLA and his

68 | Transcript | SPRING 2014 J.D. from Boalt before focuses on regulatory and 2006 Law’. These two talks will entering the priesthood. internal investigations, Karen Stambaugh, who be translated into Japanese Part of his formation expe- enforcement proceedings, co-founded mod4 LLP and published in 2014 by rience included teaching and white collar defense. with classmates Joseph Professor Abe and me.” positions at Loyola She has defended issuers, Morris and Philip Marymount University officers, and directors in Milestone in 2010, has and Verbum Dei High shareholder disputes, been practicing business 2008 School in Los Angeles. including securities class law for Bay Area clients Jennifer Gómez was actions and derivative liti- from her new home base of recently named New gation, and has conducted Bozeman, Montana, since York’s new assistant secre- 2004 investigations on account- July 2012. She was tary for Human Services Chandra Eidt, a patent ing issues as well as recently admitted to the and Information lawyer in Miller Nash’s insider trading and option Montana State Bar, and is Technology. She will help Seattle office, was part of granting practices. In excited to begin serving oversee several agencies the firm’s seven-member, addition, Jennifer has startups and existing busi- that deliver key services, all-female 2014 partner represented companies nesses in Bozeman and such as the Office of class. She counsels clients and individuals in regula- throughout Montana. Children and Family in all aspects of patent law tory matters with both the Services and the Office of and has broad experience Securities and Exchange Temporary and Disability that ranges from patent Commission and U.S. Assistance. Jennifer was procurement and strategic Justice Department. part of the inaugural class business counseling to of the prestigious Empire patent litigation. In con- State Fellows program, nection with business which trains talented transactions, Chandra young professionals to assesses patent portfolio become New York policy- strength and market com- makers. She has been a petition related to clients’ lawyer at Simpson, technology and business Thacher and Bartlett, a fel- objectives. She also works low at the New York with clients across many University School of Law’s technological areas, Institute for Policy including the medical Yuichiro Tsuji has accepted Integrity, and a legislative device, mechanical, bio- an associate professor counsel for the New York technology, and pharma- position at the University City Council’s General ceutical industries. of Tsukuba in Tsukuba, Welfare Committee. Additionally, she advises Japan. He recently teamed clients on intellectual 2005 with former Boalt visiting Hector Huezo received the property protection for Tiffany Thomas was pro- scholars and Mitsuru Abe U.S. Department of products regulated by the moted by Reed Smith to and Kumiko Nobusawa Transportation (DOT) Food and Drug partner in its San (now professors) to invite General Counsel’s Award Administration (FDA) and Francisco office. A member Boalt professor Daniel for Exceptional FDA citizen petitions. of the firm’s commercial Farber to Meiji Gakuin Performance, the highest litigation group, Tiffany University in Tokyo. award in that office. Over Jennifer Bretan has been specializes in the defense Yuichiro writes, “Professor the years, he has tackled elected partner at and counsel of employers Farber gave two wonderful many complex and sensi- Fenwick & West and in all aspects of employ- talks, ‘The Legal tive legal issues involving became an equity partner ment law. She is also presi- Dimensions of Climate several DOT operating on January 1, 2014. Part of dent of the Black Women Change Adaptation’ and administrations on issues the firm’s securities litiga- Lawyers Association of ‘Climate Change and ranging from discretionary tion group, Jennifer Northern California. American Constitutional grant awards to program

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Darius Graham ’09 Innovative Incentives for Low-income Communities

Darius Graham was all set: sparkling Boalt Hall résumé, coveted gig at and have lived in D.C. for at least a top firm in Washington, D.C., gold-plated road ahead in corporate 15 years,” Graham says. “We want bankruptcy work. So what happened? to be a small catalyst that helps “I guess I’m part of that weird generation that wants to like what we some of the initiatives establish a do,” Graham says. “I enjoyed my law-firm experience, but I just felt some- foothold in the community.” thing else calling me.” One DCSIP success story is What called were voices rarely heard. Voices from struggling neigh- Food for Life, a culinary-training borhoods widely ignored in glowing media reports on D.C.’s low unem- and work-readiness program for ployment rate relative to other urban centers during the recession. low-income young adults. Another “I worked in a part of town that had everything you could want, but is Suited for Change, which pro- less than a mile away were low-income, minority neighborhoods with vides professional clothing, career 25 percent unemployment,” Graham recalls. “No one was paying atten- advice, and life-skills education to tion to that.” low-income women actively seek- The problem gnawed at Graham, who brainstormed with a co-worker ing employment. DCSIP’s track about how to help revive those downtrodden areas. They devoted six record has prompted conversa- months to launching a program where community-improving proposals tions about launching similar initia- would be submitted, evaluated, and potentially funded. More than three tives in Baltimore and Charlotte— years later, the D.C. Social Innovation Project (DCSIP) shows no signs of cities with parallel challenges and slowing down. opportunities. DCSIP supports the launch and development of promising programs While a student at Boalt Hall, that center on youth and education, economic opportunity, and health. Graham published the award-winning book Being the Difference: True Applications are evaluated on factors that include potential social Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the impact; financial feasibility and sustainability; and collaboration with local World. He has taken on many leadership roles with civic organizations, government agencies, nonprofits, or businesses. and embraces the often thankless tasks his DCSIP work involves. Winning applicants receive up to $3,000 in funding and a full year of “It’s not very glamorous and it’s often overwhelming,” Graham says. services. That includes three months of management consulting fol- “But all of that time and energy we put in helps people better their com- lowed by related training and workshops from volunteer companies and munity. When I was at Boalt, Dean Edley used the phrase, ‘Ambition with individuals—bringing each grant’s total value to about $25,000. a purpose, excellence for a reason.’ That’s what drives me and a lot of “Most of our applicants have 10 or more years of work experience people I know.” —Andrew Cohen

audits to Buy America, the Office of the Legal 2012 versities and research DOT loan programs, ethics Adviser at the U.S. State Andrea Quinn is Boalt’s institutions around the matters, political activity, Department. Previously, he new assistant director of world. Andrea, who and project labor agree- clerked for Judge Gerard E. the Robbins Collection, an earned a Ph.D. in political ments—to name a few. Lynch at the U.S. Court of international center for science from UCLA before Appeals for the 2nd Circuit comparative legal and his- obtaining her law degree, in New York City and was a torical studies that has experience as a 2010 summer associate at attracts students and scholar, teacher, and Jonas Lerman has joined Crowell & Moring. leading scholars from uni- administrator.

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