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International Alumni Newsletter June 2008 Edition Volume No. 12 LAW SCHOOL NEWS RELOCATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OFFICE SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENT Once the new building project is completed, the entire It’s not too late to register to join us in Munich for our International Studies staff will move back to the international conference, board of visitors and alumni “International Studies Wing” on the fourth floor of the reunion event, June 19-22, 2008! CLE credit for building next to the library. We look forward to once again presentations by panels led by Professors Jim Cox, Jim having our offices together serving as the center for Coleman and Jerome Reichman will be available - perhaps international students at Duke Law School. The your firm or company will sponsor your trip! Reservations International Studies Wing will have very decorative are coming in from around the world from alumni eager to get posters from many countries. If you want to add a poster together with other Duke graduates, meet Dean Levi and from your country, just let the staff know. We promise Duke University President Richard Brodhead, and guided tours of the whole building when you come back to celebrate in some of the most interesting venues of one of Duke. Europe’s most festive cities. Discounted fees are available for young alumni and students. For more information, see http://www.law.duke.edu/alumni/reunion/2008/international INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS We hope to see you there! Judy & Jennifer LLM PROGRAM The LLM Program for the 2007-2008 academic year matriculated students from 39 countries, with 81 LLM students, 18 exchange students, and 5 new SJD students. For the first time LLM students from Kenya and Nigeria joined the LLM program. Vera Okelo from Kenya graduated from the University of Nairobi, has a diploma from the Alliance Francaise, taught French for 2 years, worked for the Kisumu City Judge, and a law firm before BUILDING PROJECT coming to Duke. Munachiso Madubuike, our Nigerian In November 2008, we will celebrate the dedication of the student, studied at the University of Lagos, ran a business “Star Commons,” a dramatic, glass-enclosed 3-story while a student, served as an associate with a law firm, and addition to the Law School. Projecting toward the corner worked as the Legal Officer at the Headquarters of the of Towerview Rd. and Science Dr., the new space will be Economic Community of West African States. Many a bright, attractive area for student activities, and will also LLMs had very significant professional experience before be able to host large lectures for over 350 attendees. coming to Duke. Two LLMs worked for the Capital Along with the addition of the Star Commons, the current Markets Board of Turkey for several years. An LLM from construction includes a complete renovation of the law Finland came from a firm concentrating on environmental library, creation of two outdoor gardens and refurbishing law issues after having spent almost two years at the West classrooms 4047 and 4048 into one new classroom. Finland Regional Environmental Center. As in the past several years, the countries with the largest representation Construction photographs and additional information of students were Japan, Korea, China, and Germany. can be found on the Duke Law Web site Forty-four percent of this year's LLM class was women, a http://www.law.duke.edu/about/building/index. Please significant increase over past classes. The majority of the check the Law School website later in the year for more students had worked for two or more years with large law information about the dedication ceremony – perhaps firms, but there were also judges, prosecutors, academics, you can join the celebration. in-house lawyers, and public service staff members. Almost one-third of the LLMs attended a Duke summer program in Geneva or Hong Kong or at the new pre-LLM program at the Law School. Page 1 came back to Duke during the Sixth Annual International Week of October 2007 and participated in a lively panel discussion with the LLM class of 2007 on career opportunities in the U.S. legal market. The panelists offered perspectives from different service sectors including international organizations and private practice and gave advice to the LLMs on job search endeavors. The panelists were Patrick Voigt (LLM 00) from UNICEF New York headquarters, Tomer Schwartz (LLM 06) from Weil Gotshal & Manges New York office and Jean-Gabriel Peuchaud (LLM 07) from RedHat Inc. Raleigh headquarters. The panelists also participated in the International Food Fiesta, where Patrick and Tomer SJD PROGRAM served as judges. The SJD program this year had 5 new candidates. Two are from China. The other 3 are from Israel, South Korea, and The Career Center and the Office of International Studies Taiwan and were members of the LLM class of 2007-- believe that LLMs learn a great deal from listening to the Shimrit Itay, Sae Youn Kim, and Richard Chang. The new insight and experience of their LLM alumni. In February SJD students’ research interests are mainly in the areas of 2008, the two offices initiated a new LLM alumni panel biotechnology law, international commercial arbitration, where three more LLM alumni came back to speak on property law and IP theory, terrorism, and issues of different aspects of practicing US laws, including antitrust, globalization. Their primary Law School supervisors are corporate finance, and leveraged finance. The panelists Professors Michaels, Rai, Underkuffler and Chemerinsky. were Lin Chua (LLM 00), General Counsel of GE Several other SJD candidates are conducting their research and Commercial Finance Working Capital Solutions, Paul working on dissertations away from Duke. We are very proud Hespel (LLM 95), Partner of Goodwin Procter LLP New to announce that Jaratrus Chamratrithirong from Thailand York office, and Hugh Hollman (LLM 00), associate of was awarded the SJD degree on May 11, 2008. She is already Jones Day Washington DC office. working work as Diplomat for the Department of International Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in John Curry (LLM 05), Tomer Schwartz (LLM 06), Thailand. She was also honored by H.M. the King of Thailand Colm McInerney (LLM 07) and Jonathan Shallow with a Royal Decoration: Member (Fifth Class) of the Most (LLM 07) also came to Duke Law School in January to Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand. provide practice interviews and networking advice to the LLM class. JD PROGRAM The 2007-08 JD Program had 27 non-U.S. students from 15 New York reception countries. Before the JD program, the majority of the On January 24, 2008, Duke Law School hosted its fifth students previously studied as undergraduates at U.S. annual New York reception with the sponsorship of universities. A few came directly from their home countries. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, in honor of the The largest number of JD international students comes from International Student Interview Program (a.k.a. LLM Job China and Canada. Fair). It was once again a very lovely and successful reception. In addition to more than 40 LLM students, CAREER DEVELOPMENT NEWS approximately 50 legal professionals from 27 law offices from many countries attended the reception. LLM employment Approximately 30 alumni were also present, including Despite a tougher legal market and the subprime loan crisis in Masaki Kanehyo (LLM 99) from Japan, Ralf Weisser the U.S., LLM students continue to succeed in identifying (LLM 91) and Markus Nauheim (LLM 96) from good positions, mostly with large law firms. As of mid-May, Germany, Jean-Francois Ducrest (LLM 90) and Nicolas 49 LLM had secured offers in major cities around the world Killen (LLM 90) from Switzerland. The reception is directly after graduation, including a positions at the World always a great opportunity for the LLM students to meet Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and with the participating employers attending the Job Fair Development. Seventeen have secured positions in the U.S. before the actual interviews take place. It is also a chance Five LLM graduates will pursue further legal education, and to connect with alumni in the New York area. two of them will continue their studies in the SJD program at Duke Law School. Beginning in 2008, the annual LLM Job Fair has become a two-day event in order to accommodate the Alumni panels and mock interview increasing number of interviews that participating LLM alumni continue to support the career and professional employers have requested. Great news for LLM development of Duke LLM students. Three LLM alumni students! Page 2 Alumni video-conference were presented in the second panel, where practitioners Jason Ullner (JD/LLM 99) described his work as Staff Aide from law firms and asset management companies to the U.S. Ambassador at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, discussed mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and Israel, to Duke law students via video-conference on October hedge fund investment in Latin America. The last panel 24, 2007 as part of the International Week activities. He discussed financing opportunities and challenges in Latin shared his experience and insight with students interested in America. pursuing an alternative career path. The symposium was chaired by Duke Latin American Business Law Association and co-sponsored by Cleary LLM NEWS Gottlieb, Forum Asset Management LLC, Jones Day, Smith Moore, Marvel LLM participation in Annual Southern Justice Spring O’Farrell & Mairal, Break Trip Simposon Thacher & Two LLM students joined the JD Students for the annual Bartlett, Skadden Arps, Southern Justice Spring Break Trip to help Katrina victims. along with the Law Frances Eberhard, an LLM from South Africa, and School's Office of Tatiana Golubko, an LLM from Russia, volunteered at the International Studies, Mississippi Center for Justice.