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Wednesday, 5 February 2020 The Newspaper of the School of Law Since 1948 Volume 72, Number 15 VJSPL around north grounds Sympos- 2Ls Meet in Congratulations ium: Civil to the “Great State of Kansas” for Rights winning a Super Bowl! Despite not having and Public the Middle for an NFL team, ANG always knew you would do it one Health of these days! Michael Schmid ’21 Thumbs down Production Editor Midway Toast to the weather. While ANG ap- The Virginia Journal of preciates the Social Policy & the Law 60+ degrees early this hosted its biannual sym- week (thanks Mr. Ground- posium on January 30 and hog for not seeing your 31, titled “Healing Hate: shadow), ANG would like A Public Health Perspec- to remind everyone that tive on Civil Rights in it still rained the last two America.”1 The two-day Fridays. Stop the mad- event, split between the ness, Stephen T. Parr, Law School and the Medi- make Charlottesville’s cal School, focused on the Friday rain curse end! link between civil rights and public health. In the Thumbs up to spirit of the interdisci- the Shakira JLo plinary nature of the jour- concert this Sun- nal itself, the symposium day. ANG’s only brought together scholars complaint is all the guys and experts from a variety chasing after a ball be- of backgrounds, includ- 2Ls raise a glass half-full in Caplin Pavilion on Wednesday for the Midway Toast led by Dean Risa Goluboff. Photo courtesy twitter.com/RisaGoluboff. fore and after the event, ing law, medicine, public classically trying to steal Jacob Jones ’21 health, and social science. to different cities. During 2L, What changes have I made the show #GirlsRule- Events Editor Panelists addressed a we all start to branch out on our since I started on this law school TheWorld range of issues, including Last Wednesday, members different paths, with some of us journey? Is half of a law degree adverse environmental ef- of the class of 2021 gathered doing clinics, others focusing on worth anything? A statisti- Thumbs down fects on minority neigh- in Caplin Pavilion to celebrate doctrinal classes, some others cal analysis of future earnings to the coronavi- borhoods, the traumatic making it halfway through law doing an intense study of why would probably say no, if you rus. ANG really effects of racialized polic- school. Really this is quite the it’s ok for big fish to eat smaller only ever had half of a law de- wanted to try ing, and the effects of gun accomplishment. We’ve made it fish,2 and, lastly, some people gree. But there’s more to having some wildlife market food violence on mental health. through a pass-fail LRW course, going full Hogwarts and study- half of a law degree than just the to sprinkle on free pizza The symposium began taken all of the 1L classes that ing the mystical art of tax law. money. When you watch Cops ANG steals from the hall- with a welcome from Dean would make us capable small- Because we don’t see each other and your relative asks if the po- way table. Risa Goluboff and was town lawyers in the 1890s, and as much, the Dean pointed out lice can do that, you get to intel- followed by an introduc- worked at a summer internship how each occasion we have to ligently respond “it depends.” Thumbs side- tion by Professor Dayna that was at least tangential to ac- come back together at the same Or when your friend thinks ways to SBA for Matthew ’87. Professor tual legal problems in the world. place and time is special. She their contractor is ripping them scheduling Bar- Matthew, whose work fo- For my classmates who are go- emphasized that we probably off and asks if they can get out of rister’s the same weekend cuses on racial disparities ing into Big Law, law school was won’t be back together in this their contract, you get to be all as the Annual Mid-Atlan- in health care, remarked 95% over when they finished way until graduation. professional and say “I’m not al- tic Black Law Student As- that she hoped to bring OGI and accepted their offers.1 Dean Goluboff also stressed lowed to give legal advice.”4 Half sociation Regional Con- back the energy of the civil For public service folks, some of how the latter half of law school of a law school degree makes vention and for limiting rights era. In particular, the stress of 1L continues, but is still important, despite much you inquisitive. You get to see a attendance to 600 stu- she wished to revive the in a more chill atmosphere. The of the emphasis on the first fender bender and, after think- dents. While ANG prefers movement’s interdisciplin- halfway mark was a bit of an year or so. She said that dur- ing hard and figuring out that it events that are diverse ary approach to tackling approximation, but it was close ing the recession, there was talk was probably a tort, you realize and inclusive, at least the social justice issues of enough. A few celebrity faculty of shortening the ABA three- any dispute will just be hashed ANG won’t have to wait in the time. Building on that members who rarely come to year requirement into only out by insurance companies. such long drink lines. Oh theme of continuity with these events, like the members two years. Dean Goluboff was Mostly, finishing half of law wait, tickets are already our past, Professor Mat- of the Office of Private Practice sincerely opposed to shorten- school lets us look back and say sold out? Never mind. thew posited that what and the Registrar’s Office, made ing law school because the ex- “that was easy.” This is a lie we Thumbs down. happened in Charlottes- it out to share in the merriment tra year gives us the chance to tell ourselves so that we can jus- ville in 2017 with the Unite and free catered food. broaden our horizons, become tify going forward into the actu- Thumbs up to the Right rally was not Dean Goluboff spoke to com- more informed lawyers, and al practice of law, which is just Diversity Week. new. Rather, the events memorate the event. She talk- gain a more holistic education.3 as stressful but with more hours ANG loves diver- of that weekend indicated ed about how as we start law Dean Golubuff then encouraged and money. But also we actually sity when it comes that the hate, which was school, we are immersed in an us to look back and reflect on did come this far, which means with free breakfast and a sometimes thought to be environment where we are al- the changes we’ve made since we’ve accomplished something, free shirt. ANG’s stomach a relic of the past, is being ways around our classmates. we started law school. I encour- which probably means we can wishes every week were carried forward. We all do orientation together, age the reader to take a moment accomplish other things too, diverse. The keynote speaker for we have all of our classes togeth- to look back and reflect. Take like having a successful legal the symposium was Angela er, we perform at Dandelion to- your time. career. But the real successful Thumbs down Harris, a law professor at gether, and we cluster at firm legal career is the friends we’ve to the corrupt the University of Califor- events avoiding networking 2 Also known as “mergers made along the way. and inefficient nia Davis School of Law interactions together. Then, we and acquisitions” and “anti- system that al- and prominent speaker go to different cities and states trust.” --- lows grades to get back to for our summer experiences, [email protected] students after the 4-week 1 Thank you to Ronald and most of us come back for 3 The author of this piece deadline. Please tell ANG Pantalena ’20 and Megan OGI where we interview to go takes no official stance on how much you want to get McKinley ’21 for their con- whether law school should be paid to release grades like, tributions to this article. 1 Those seeking clerkships three years or two years. How- 4 And even if I could, I still 2.5 weeks sooner. had to try for an extra semes- ever, his wallet is strongly in would have no idea. Was there SYMPOSIUM page 4 ter. Woe to them. favor of a two-year program. bargained for consideration? 2 Columns VIRGINIA LAW WEEKLY Wednesday, 5 February 2020 Judge Nalbandian ’94 Discusses Emerging Trends in the Law The Federalist Society wel- prong centers on the techno- public meaning, as District of ing to textualism. Nevertheless, more, Judge Nalbandian says comed Judge John Nalbandian logical innovations now avail- Columbia v. Heller demon- lawyers should employ other that it is at least a way of “woo- ’94 of the Sixth Circuit back able to litigators. strates. Rather than relying methods when able. “If you ing” your client because of its There has been a notewor- on how we may interpret the have a killer piece of legislative innovative features. Chloe Knox ‘22 thy transformation in the legal meaning of the text today, judg- history, use it,” Judge Nalban- The combined effects of a Guest Writer landscape over the past three es more frequently decide cases dian advised. There are levels to transformation in the nation’s to Grounds last years driven by the pace of ju- based upon how its language legislative history, some more judicial landscape and the new Wednesday to dicial appointments. As of late would have been understood at persuasive than others. It is technological resources avail- speak with stu- January, the Senate has con- the time of its enactment. The crucial to determine how much able to litigators has led to a dents and fac- firmed 187 federal judges nom- growing number of citations to certain methods will further new era of litigation. The influx ulty about cur- inated by President Trump. In Antonin Scalia and Bryan Gar- your case and how legitimate of new federal judges will likely rent developments in the legal the Courts of Appeals, 50 of the ner’s book The Interpretation those interpretations will be to continue the shift in judicial in- landscape. He admitted that 180 active seats are now oc- of Legal Texts is an indication the court. Nevertheless, sim- terpretation with a heavier fo- he had not visited the school in cupied by Trump appointees. that the federal courts’ opinions ply because judges may weigh cus on textualism—a consider- over a decade before returning With this influx of newly ap- are resting more on originalist one method more than another ation lawyers will need to take last spring to celebrate his 25- pointed judges, there has been and textualist interpretations. does not mean litigators should into account for statutory anal- year reunion. After realizing a distinguishable shift in meth- Judge Nalbandian then limit their arguments. ysis purposes. The availabil- how much he had missed the ods of interpretation. turned to consider method- The second prong of Judge ity of new technology like cor- Charlottesville community, he Judge Nalbandian offered ological stare decisis—whether Nalbandian’s argument as to pus linguistics provides a new was grateful for an opportu- a few examples of these shifts. courts feel bound by their pre- why we are in a new era of liti- source of evidentiary support, nity to visit with professors and The Supreme Court’s opinions vious interpretive methods. He gation is the new technology as well as a way to strengthen friends on the faculty, connect in United Steel Workers v. We- believes that not only do courts available to aid lawyers in craft- client outreach. with current students, and, of ber and Public Citizen v. DOJ not treat methodological deci- ing their approach. He offered After concluding his recom- course, make a trip to Bodo’s largely rested on what the jus- sions as binding, but they also the example of corpus linguis- mendations to students for Bagels. tices viewed as the legislative would be greatly skeptical of tics, a method by which lawyers adapting to these changes in Judge Nalbandian conced- intent for the statutes at hand— any congressional attempt to can employ large collections their future careers, Judge Nal- ed that the title of his speech, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act tell the courts what methods to of machine-readable writings bandian said he planned to visit “Litigation Strategies for a New of 1964 and the Federal Adviso- use. from the time of a text’s enact- with friends on faculty before Era,” may have been ambitious. ry Committee Act respectively. What strategies should law- ment to discover the original heading back to Kentucky. One Are we actually in a new era Judge Nalbandian claimed that yers consider in the midst of this public meaning of its words. In more personal tip he offered that requires an innovative ap- there is now less of a reliance on shift? How are they to litigate addition to its occasional evi- students was to go to class re- proach? He provided a two-fold legislative history for the pur- if the courts do not feel bound dentiary use, it can be used as a unions. Not only will you re- reason—the first, general and poses of statutory analysis. He by methodological precedent? marketing tool for gaining and connect with former classmates philosophical and, the second, explained that judges are wary Judge Nalbandian recom- keeping clients. An increasing and professors—you’ll also get identifiable and practical—of of citing to a statute’s history mended starting with the text number of firms, particularly the chance to pick up some Bo- why he would answer in the af- out of respect for bicameralism, itself. Beginning with a focus small and mid-sized ones, are do’s on the way. firmative. The first prong cen- since only the text itself dem- on the plain meaning of the text focusing more on business de- ters on the transformation of onstrates what both Houses of of the statute, constitution, or velopment and client relations --- the judicial landscape over the Congress agreed upon. Similar- contract at issue will help frame than in years past. Litigation [email protected] past few years and the change ly, there also has been a distinct the rest of the argument, and analytics is a real, tangible way in methodological approach- shift from reliance on original it will appeal to judges whose to demonstrate to a client their es that followed. The second intent to reliance on original interpretive methods are shift- chances of success. If nothing Diversity Week: Origins and Reflections UVA Law’s Diversity Week is The Lambda Law Alliance and life, that is an intensely uncom- I’ll skip ahead a little bit: At to Judaism. I was an oddball at coming up on its thirteenth year. signed by twenty-one professors fortable experience. For events some point during college, I home. Why couldn’t I figure this Each year, the Law School comes and 122 students. The Letter like Barrister’s, dressing in a learned that “diversity” was a “diversity” thing out? Little did I Christina Luk ‘21 reported that the student who way that makes me feel comfort- good thing. But at the same time, know, part of the problem was Executive Editor slurred and attacked the couple able with my gender is mutually while I knew it had benefits for that I thought the effects of di- at Foxfield had apologized and exclusive to being able to blend other people, I felt like I never versity would always be obvious. together to affirm applauded the “overwhelming in. Despite how much I’d like to, saw its effects or that it never re- Taking Dean Goluboff’s Con our shared com- and immediate support” the because the FOMO is truly ter- ally affected me. I assumed that Law class last spring (rather, be- mitment to diver- student body showed.2 The Let- rible, the thought of being that whatever the benefits were, they ing automatically enrolled in it as sity and inclusion ter went on, though, to make a visible and that different is scary were just beyond my compre- a member of Section A) changed and to pledge powerful insight that “neither and stressful enough that I’m hension. my understanding of the value of that prejudice has no place in the gay community here at the not even going to Barrister’s this That was my mindset diversity.5 I had never had a Jew- our community. Diversity Week Law School, nor the larger com- year. throughout college, and it con- ish, female, similar-career-field- celebrates diversity with a week munity of minority students, can tinued after I graduated. What as-me teacher or role model.6 I of fun events including the Di- take this comfort for granted. In- Leah Deskins ‘21 was wrong with me? I knew distinctly remember that there versity Kick-Off on Monday, an deed, we must be ever-vigilant to Staff Editor diversity could be really valu- was something special about interactive photobooth, a movie assure that those who follow in able, but I felt fake supporting when she asked the class to ver- screening (Honeyland), a cul- our footsteps will benefit from I think I was it without really understanding bally list the Commerce Clause tural game night, and a panel to the same levels of openness and first exposed to how it worked. And I felt extra cases we had discussed and then discuss Diversity in Big Law with tolerance we enjoy.”3 the idea of “di- guilty because I thought that, be- remarked that it reminded her of attorneys from top firms. It is to that end that Diver- versity” being a cause of my own background, I the recitation of the ten plagues The origins of Diversity Week sity Week came about and it is to good thing sometime in college. should have been able to appre- at a Passover Seder. It made my start with a “diversity sensitivity that end now that we would like I had grown up in a keeping-up- ciate how bringing something classroom experience feel a little campaign” organized by Lamb- to share the following student with-the-Joneses, fairly cookie slightly different to the table less sterile. I had the opportunity da’s vice-president, Robin Cook comments on diversity at the cutter, middle-class, very white could yield positive benefits. Yes, to learn from someone like me. ’07, in response to an incident Law School: suburban area in Southeastern I had come from a very white, For maybe the first time, I ex- of intolerance. On September Virginia. “Diversity” was decid- cookie-cutter, definitely-not-di- perienced for myself how being 24, 2006, two second-year law Jess Feinberg ‘21 edly not a thing there. But when verse area, so maybe I was a little able to relate to someone else students were attacked at Fox- Guest Writer I started college, I found my- stunted in my ability to really un- because you share something field by a fellow law student for self surrounded by people from derstand the value of diversity, that makes you, perhaps, a little being gay. The attacker asked I walk around across the state and country, but I had also grown up as part different can have beneficial ef- them if they were gay, if they the Law School from all kinds of different back- of a very small Jewish commu- would prove it by kissing, and, with a quiet hum grounds, and whose approaches nity among a sea of Methodists, 5 No, I’m not talking about when one kissed the other on of awareness in to life were so different from Catholics, and Baptists, among Grutter v. Bollinger or Gratz the cheek, the attacker threw his the back of my mine. It was a fascinating, whole other Christian denominations. v. Bollinger. drink at one student and called mind that the masculine way new world.4 I was often the only connection both of them “fags.”1 I dress marks me as different. my friends and classmates had 6 I am DEFINITELY no Within the week, a Letter to Usually, it’s nothing more than 4 I remember being shocked Dean Goluboff and could not the Editor had been published that hum, but there are times that so many people had the thing in the Potomac River? aspire to come even remotely in the Law Weekly, penned when I become very conscious guts to wear “Obama” apparel Maybe eating at that Russian/ close to achieving her level of by the executive members of that I am being looked at, and (it was the fall of 2012, right Uzbek, Rus Uz, restaurant on academic or personal “cool- as someone who has dealt with before his reelection) around the corner of Fairfax Avenue ness,” but she is an accom- 1 “Letter to the Editor: body image issues for my whole campus. Little did I know, and North Randolph Street plished, smart, and spunky Community Must Be Support- there is a mysterious realm out in Arlington makes people a person, and there is a lot to ive of All Students,” Virginia 2 Id. there known as “Northern Vir- little more inclined to vote for admire about that. Law Weekly, Vol. 59. Number ginia” that breeds Democrats. left-leaning politicians? I don’t 5, September 29, 2006. 3 Id. Maybe it comes from some- know. DIVERSITY page 5 Wednesday, 5 February 2020 VIRGINIA LAW WEEKLY Features 3

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LAWHOOWA!Questions? Contact Lindsey Peters at [email protected] 4 Colophon VIRGINIA LAW WEEKLY Wednesday, 5 February 2020 SYMPOSIUM the second focused on educa- continued from page 1 tion, immigration, LGBTQ+, Law School Hosts and religious group identi- ties. In the first panel, Ver- and author on legal issues in- nice Miller-Travis, Executive Inaugural Arbitration Day volving issues of power and Vice-President of the Metro- identities. Harris, who talked politan Group, recounted her For the first time in UVA’s engage in arbitration agree- impacted the price of water, about a “new paradigm of work in the 1980s research- history, some of the top attor- ments as a method of resolv- which was fixed according medical civil rights,” stated ing the relationship between neys in the field of interna- ing disputes between two to the arbitration agreement that all forms of subordina- the racial composition of parties. But complications with the investor. This creat- Donna Faye tion, including health dis- neighborhoods and the loca- with these mechanisms arise ed a human rights challenge Imadi ‘22 parities, must be uprooted. tion of hazardous waste sites. when there’s a conflict of ob- for Argentina, leaving them Staff Editor When thinking about racism, Miller-Travis explained that ligations between the state with the options of breaching Harris said, many people—in- her research and that of oth- tional arbitra- to the investor and the state the contract terms or allow- cluding the Supreme Court— ers have documented that tion filled the to its population. Should in- ing a human rights tragedy to tend to think only of con- adverse environmental ef- Purcell Reading vestors have an obligation to occur wherein the most vul- scious bias; however, racism fects are clustered in neigh- uphold community standards nerable in their populations often includes unconscious borhoods in which large Marlyse Vieira ‘22 and human rights in their de- could not access clean water. bias. Addressing the social numbers of racial minorities Staff Editor velopmental investments? Challenges such as the one determinants of health, Har- live. “If you’re trying to find Should states be compelled Argentina faced might be ris outlined areas of racial the dump,” Miller-Travis re- room on Janu- to uphold the legal obliga- framed in the broader con- disparity in healthcare, both marked, “find out where the ary 31. A former tions to the investor rather text as dilemma of states in in access to services as well black people live.” Miller- LLM student, than human rights of their balancing their duty to pre- as quality of health services. Travis ended her segment by Matheus Bas- population if their obliga- serve the public welfare of She remarked, “your ZIP code urging those in attendance to tos, found that he could make tions are in conflict? their country and the obliga- determines your health more recognize the effects of local a difference in the UVA Law These topics were illumi- tions to international actors. than your genetic code.” land use and zoning laws that community by illuminating nated in the panel moderated As development, and global Following Professor Har- allow for the dismantling of the field of international ar- by Professor Camilo Sanchez, governance of corporate enti- ris’s keynote speech was a communities of color. In ad- bitration through hosting the on investor-state arbitration ties become magnified these keynote response. This pan- dition to the “erasure” of the first Arbitration Day at UVA and human rights. The de- are issues that will inspire el, titled “The Health Justice Vinegar Hill neighborhood Law in collaboration with bate was set between two at- our generation to formulate Movement,” featured Profes- here in Charlottesville, Mill- LALO. torneys, one representing the new systems to address how sor Kim Forde-Mazrui, Sarah er-Travis also noted how the The symposium included view of the “government” of a these social, economic, and De Guia, CEO of ChangeLab- construction of I-95 through discussion of internation- state and the other attorney political conflicts may be ad- Solutions, Alexander Tsesis, Richmond divided and dis- al commercial arbitration, representing the view of the dressed peaceably and justly. professor at Loyola Universi- rupted black communities.2 young practitioners perspec- private entity (the investor). In the second panel of the ty School of Law, and Sidney Marianne Engelman-Lado, tives of breaking into the Throughout the panel, at- day, young associates from Watson and Ruqaiijah Year- a professor at Yale and Ver- field, investment arbitra- tention was granted to Ar- Freshfields Bruckhaus De- by, both professors at Saint mont Law Schools, spoke tion and human rights, state gentina, Ecuador, Brazil and ringer and Debevoise & Louis University School of about her work with com- and investor interests, and a many countries which have Plimpton discussed how they Law. De Guia addressed the munity-focused environmen- closing keynote speech from faced a “Conflict of Obliga- began their legal careers in use of legal tools to advance tal justice. Engelman-Lado Nigel Blackaby, a Partner at tions” in which compliance international dispute reso- public health and noted that Freshfields and renowned with an investment obliga- lution and offered advice to she has begun to recognize 2 I grew up near Syracuse, international arbitration spe- tion may conflict with human law students hoping to do the crucial role of subordina- New York where a similar is- cialist. rights obligations for states. the same. These panelists ex- tion in public health issues. sue is dominating public de- The most robust and grow- One illuminating example plained the exciting nature of Tsesis talked about the de- bate. Interstate-81 was con- ing field of international of this was in Argentina. their work and emphasized humanizing aspect of hatred structed through the heart commercial arbitration is There, an investor had creat- the importance of gaining ex- and posited that even un- of downtown Syracuse, frac- where two private parties’ ed an agreement with the gov- perience outside the U.S. to conscious bias could be con- turing black communities consent to dispute resolu- ernment regarding an invest- achieve greater expertise. sidered conscious given that by bifurcating the city with a tion mechanisms arising ment in water development For current students hop- most adults should be aware massive interstate. Now that from cross-border commer- where the price was fixed to ing to enter the field, Pan- of the role and effects of bias I-81 needs significant repairs, cial transactions, allowing the US Dollar in the purchase elists Brianna Gorence and in society. Continuing the many local activists are push- parties to avoid litigation in of water. When an unantici- Rhianna Hoover ’16 recom- discussion on humanization, ing for I-81 to be lowered and national courts. However, it pated economic recession hit mended joining a law journal Yearby, advocating “human- integrated into the community was the issues in investor- Argentina, it caused the value and gaining exposure to ac- izing equity,” emphasized (known locally as the “com- state arbitration that really of the peso to plummet. This ARBITRATION page 6 bringing the human element munity grid” option). These took the limelight through- into these discussions to advocates for the commu- out the event. make them less abstract. nity grid have highlighted the At a time when internation- Faculty Quotes Yearby spoke about the dis- harm done to these communi- al development, environmen- tinction between “equality” ties of color by the construc- tal degradation, industrial T. Nachbar: “You guys tests have diminishing mar- and “equity,” stating “equal- tion of the highway. For those development, and shifts from are like my kids. You’re afraid ginal return.” ity is about sameness. Equity interested in further reading: industrial to technological to ask questions because you is about fairness.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ development are occurring, know the lecture is coming.” R. Mason: “This isn’t con- Two panels on Thursday business/archive/2015/11/ developing countries are stitutional law, the answers addressed the social deter- syracuse-slums/416892/. seeking to attract investors to M. Schwartzman: “I’m are not totally unexpected.” minants of health. The first sustain their economy. One trying. I’m not even a Boom- looked at housing, neighbor- mechanism to attract inves- er.” B. Sachs: “I haven’t been hoods, and the environment; SYMPOSIUM page 6 tors is for states to offer to to prison, but I watch televi- A. Coughlin: “Guns! sion.” Guns, guns, guns! 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technical background. Dang. I gotta play this song for person who does not think in a you. [The Story of OJ] DIVERSITY biased way, but rather someone HOT Let’s do a lightning continued from page 2 thinks diversely and asks ques- round! If you could pick one tions critically. I want to debate BENCH Favorite food? song to play in the back- fects. It wasn’t a huge effect for and discuss various controver- My mom’s Indian cooking, ground of your life, what me, admittedly—I still don’t re- sial topics, especially with people it’s unparalleled. I also like would it be? ally understand or love consti- who do not share my opinion. As Christina Luk’s kimchi fried Started from the Bottom tutional law (I’m more of a rules a woman, I want to be judged in- rice. by Drake. Where’s that seven girl). But, it mattered, and I felt dependently of my gender, only wonders question, I want to do slightly more engaged in the by my own performance. I want Anti-Stress Hobby? that one. I tell you, I read these class knowing that I could relate to have the same educational Cooking! Eating out, watch- Hot Benches every week. to a professor in a way I couldn’t and promotional opportunities ing basketball. Actually, that relate to many other professors as people of other genders. As gives me stress. Because I root What’s your spirit ani- or role models.7 an LLM student, I wish to learn for my team, and then they lose mal? The benefits of diversity don’t more about the different cul- Arjun Ogale ’21 and that makes me really sad. Charles Barzun. have to be so obvious that they tures and ethnic backgrounds of Hi Arjun! Let’s get the slap you in the face. And society my fellow students. I would like party going with some How’s Texas Tech doing If you could make one shouldn’t portray them as such. to take the opportunity in this in- easy questions. Where are this year? rule that everyone had to They can be subtle, and that’s ternational environment to learn you from? We’re ranked, which I can’t follow, what would it be? okay. Nor do you need a gran- how lawyers from other coun- I’ve moved around a lot, but I say about Virginia. On the top- Hmmmm, so I’d be like king diose experience with the value tries think and work and thereby lived in Texas for several years ic of basketball, so sad about for this one rule? Huh. Man, of diversity to feel its effects. It broaden my own perspective on before coming to Law School. Kobe Bryant, R.I.P Mamba. I’d love to be a king. No one can make a difference even on a law. As a German, it is important should put creamer in cof- smaller scale. to me that we always remember So would you count Favorite word? fee. Black coffee is how coffee that diversity means freedom yourself as Texan? Rainbow. It’s nice and hap- should be drunk. I would ban Melina Sonis ‘20 and that this is one of our most Yeah, with the boots and py. coffee creamers. Guest Writer important values. Last but not barbecue, no ten-gallon hat least, as a human being, I want though. If you could live any- Zombie apocalypse, “What does to be treated independently of where, where would it be? what’s your game plan? diversity mean my origin, my appearance, my Anything else uniquely Paris. It’s just a beautiful, Do all the rules from Zom- to you?” After sex, and my cultural and reli- Texan? charming city. I love the Pari- bieland. Most importantly, considering the gious background, but only on Fracking for oil and riding sian lifestyle. It smells like per- double tap. question, I have found that there the basis of my own individual horses. fume. is no clear answer to this ques- personality. What are the Seven tion. For each individual person, When did you start If you could star in your Wonders of the Law diversity means something dif- --- thinking about law school? own movie, what would it School? ferent in the various situations [email protected] I watched Suits. No, that’s be about? Mandy of life. As a student, I want to [email protected] not what happened. Junior It would be a movie about Kevin Schunk’s softball bat- learn from professors with dif- [email protected] year of college, when I started cops and gangsters. I’m not ting ability, which is just in- ferent backgrounds. I would [email protected] working in the IP Patent office sure which side I would star in. credible. like to be trained to become a at my undergrad and I thought, Dominique Fenton’s Hair wow, I can be an engineer and If you won the lottery, Jason Dugas putting dates in 7 I have since looked a lawyer. what would you do with it? emails. back at my college days and How much money? 500 Free food table wondered why I hadn’t had So what happened to the million? I’d keep five million The Law Librarians this experience sooner, maybe engineering? and go live in Paris. I’d do like The Law Weekly with a female professor. Then, I might still do a little bit. I’m Jay-Z said in that one song. I’d I realized that all but two of really interested in tech/crimi- invest it and 50 years later it --- my college professors had nal law, and I hope to use my would be 1 billion. Wait, more. [email protected] been men. *facepalm* Case in point. 6 The Back Page VIRGINIA LAW WEEKLY Wednesday, 5 February 2020 SYMPOSIUM more to public safety. With ARBITRATION continued from page 4 these New Policing policies, continued from page 4 Fagan says, “We are mort- Cartoon By Raphael echoed the correlation be- gaging the future . . . of these tual arbitration news through tween communities of color kids. We are mortgaging their online resources, as well as and environmentally harmful mental health.” choosing a firm that has an sites such as landfills. The symposium contin- arbitration practice group. Shifting from environmen- ued on Friday at the Medi- Multilingualism is a plus. Fi- tal determinants of health cal School, led by a keynote nally, they endorsed taking to those based on neighbor- address from Vivian Pinn, courses in international ar- hood, the next panelist ex- Director of the Office of Re- bitration and law, advanced amined the traumatic effects search on Women’s Health contracts, and conflict of of racialized policing. Jeffrey at the National Institutes of laws. Fagan, a law professor at Co- Health. Morning panels ad- Esther Kozakevich ’21 says lumbia, was the lead expert in dressed issues such as the she attended the event be- the civil rights trial challeng- mental health effects of gun cause of her “interest in in- ing the New York City stop- violence and disparities in the ternational work, particular- and-frisk policy. Noting the rates of maternal and infant ly in Russia and the Middle racial disparities in who was mortality. Before the sym- East. It was great to get a stopped under the policy, Fa- posium closed with a “call to cursory look into the tension gan stated that, in one year, action” from Professor Mat- between international invest- 80% of young, black males in thew, the symposium struck ment arbitration and human the city were stopped in a sin- a forward-looking note with rights, especially from some- gle year under stop-and-frisk. a workshop that looked into one working at the firm that Fagan criticized then-mayor how to advance civil rights as I’ll be going to this summer.” Michael Bloomberg, currently a health determinant in the Commenting on the impor- a candidate in the Democratic health care system. tance of the event, Maria Lu- presidential primary, for not VJSPL Editor-in-Chief Me- evano ’21 framed it perfectly apologizing for the policy. Fa- gan Mers ’20 extends her in remarking, “This event gan discussed the detrimen- gratitude to everyone who highlighting international ar- Correction tal mental health effects of helped make the event pos- bitration was important for racialized police encounters, sible. “Putting together the law students because while In the article from last week’s edition titled “Schools Tinker including increased rates of symposium was truly an enor- it’s a bit of a niche field, it With Speech,” a quote from former Law Review Editor-in- anxiety, PTSD, and decreased mous team effort. The whole has also expanded rapidly Chief Laura Toulme ’20 was not printed in its entirety. The performance in school. De- event was made possible in the last decade and offers final portion of the quote is reprinted below: spite these adverse effects on through the help of Professor a lot of exciting and inter- those who have been subject- Matthew and all of our orga- esting career opportunities. “Hearing first hand from Mary Beth Tinker was probably ed to police encounters, Fa- nizational co-sponsors.” Mers Anyone interested in travel the highlight for me. Her actions helped forge current First gan said there is no evidence said that she and others on and working on cases involv- Amendment rights, which is incredible. My favorite part of that stop-and-frisk and simi- the journal are “really hope- ing novel and dynamic issues her speech was her discussion of taking off her armband in lar “New Policing” policies ful this event catalyzed im- should consider looking into the principal’s office. You don’t have to be the most courageous

have contributed to commu- portant conversations around arbitration.” person to make a difference—even a little bit of courage can nity safety. Fagan notes that civil rights and health, both Enjoy! GMT. 2020 19:13:43 3 Feb Mon changeon history. It’s also rare tohttp://www.opensky.ca/sudoku haveby heavily Generated female participa- research shows that stops from a legal perspective and a --- tion on conference panels, so it was really exciting to see all based on a more stringent policy perspective.” [email protected] of the brilliant women who participated—especially our two “probable cause” standard, [email protected] student authors, Anna Cecile Pepper and Manal Cheema.” rather than the permissive --- “reasonable suspicion” stan- [email protected] The Law Weekly regrets the error. dard under Terry, contribute

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