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1 12 6 Attorneys General Forum New Professors & Directors Reunions '92 Draw 420 Alumni. faculty, students. and friends gathered Three new professors and two new academic Some 420 members of the Hastings family from on campus for Hastings' historic, first program directors have joined Hastin gs. Mark N. across the nation - and spanning classes from 1935 Attorneys General Forum. Members of the Aaronson and aomi Roht-Arriaza are joined on the to 1987 - gathered in September for the annual Hastings 1066 Foundation met the six Attorneys faculty by a new Sixty-Five Club Professor, Hastings Alumni Association Reunion Weekend. General during a special reception. Dan Fenno Henderson. Sue Lunbeck is directing the Legal Education Opportunity Program. Antoinette Young (,76) is heading up Legal Writing and Research and Moot Court.

2 17 AGs' Candid Conversation New Alumni, Foundation The audience of several hundred alumni, faculty, Directors students, and guests "sat riveted" as the former heads 13 Two new directors have joined Hastings' College of the Justice Department candidly sparred over a Professor Sheldon Tefft Dies Relations staff. Judy Lane is Director of Alumni range of issues. Supreme Court appointments and the Sheldon Tefft, a former Sixty-Five Club professor Relations. Suzanne E. Needles is Director of the role of indepeJ:1dent prosecutors dominated. and expert in property law, died Nov. 17 , 1992, in Hastings 1066 Foundation. West Lebanon, N.H. He was 92. He taught at Hastings from 1968 to 1978, when he 10 retired from the Sixty-Five Club faculty. 18 Profile: Hastings' Curator Alumni Volunteers Honored Tucked away behind door 366 at 200 McAllister 14 Outgoing A lumni Association President John S. Street is a rarity in law schools: an art curator. Faculty Notes Wamlof ('67) and outgoing Hastings 1066 Foundation This happy acquisition came about through a President John E. Nordin II ('69) were honored for their service. serendipitous series of events. 15 The art collection has grown to 400 works through Honoring Thurgood Marshall Ruth Schlesinger's work. 19 A special issue of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly will be published this summer, Class Notes and Chapter Events dedicated to the late U.S . Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

16 Mikva Gives Tobriner Lecture Abner J. Mikva, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, delivered the 10th anniversary Mathew O. Tobriner Lecture.

~J'-THW-1 On the Cover: 4. rJ' ~ 4 ) 5 J ~ G( he former Attorneys General and moderator " 0 ~ 2 r 8 who gathered at Hastings for the historic, first ~ "t. T Attorneys General Forum at Hastings College tTl .-- ..... of the Law sat for a fonnal portrait San Francisco's ) 1 L \ 3 Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental Hotel. They are (I) * o ~ ~ icholas Katzenbach, (2) Edward Levi, (3) Elliot ~~ Richardson, (4) Edwin Meese Ill , (5) Benjamin ]...-; Civiletti, (6) Richard Thornburgh, and (7) Harvard )r Law Professor Arthur R. Miller. ) * * Photo Court Mast, San FranCISco I HASTINGS' 115th , j ! HASTINGS

Hastings' First Attorneys General Forum

everal hundred al umni , facu lty, late November, the public affairs network students, and friends gathered C-SPAN, which had taped the program, SSeptember 19 for Hastings' first aired the Forum multiple times nationwide Attorneys General Forum. They as part of the "America and the Courts" heard a candid discussion among U.S. At­ series. Then, in January, the Court TV cable torneys General who talked about the Presi­ network aired the Forum twice as part of its dents under whom they served, from Lyndon continuing legal education programming. It Johnson through George Bush. featured a special introduction about Harvard Law Professor Arthur R. Mi ller, Hastings by network anchor and Hastings legal editor of ABC's "Good Morning alumnus Greg Jarrett ('80). America," moderated the lively di scussion Immediately following the Forum, many among Benjamin Civiletti (Carter Adminis­ members of the Hastings 1066 Foundation tration), Nicholas Katzenbach (Johnson Ad­ met the six Attorneys General during a ministration), Edward Levi (Ford Admini s­ reception hosted by the Foundation in the tration), Edwin Meese III (Reagan Admin­ Alumni Reception Center. istration), Ell iot Richardson (Nixon Ad­ The following pages carry a report on the ministration), and Richard Thornburgh Forum, photo coverage of the reception, (Bush Administration). and a report about plans for future Attorneys The two-hour Forum attracted immediate General Forums. The next Forum is sched­ national newspaper and radio coverage. In uled for October 23, 1993.

Hastings Directors Charlene Mitchell (77), at left, and the Hon. William R. Channel ('49) visit with former Attorney General Elliot Richardson.

Harvard Law Professor Arthur R. Miller, left, who moderated the Attorneys General Forum, visits with former Nevada Gov. Robert F. List ('62) and Mrs. List.

Former Attorney General Elliot Richardson, left, with Peter W. Davis ('69), center, Chair of the Hastings Annual Campaign for 1992- 93, and Harvard Law Professor Arthur R. Miller. HASTI NGS

First AG's Forum Televised Nationally Former Attorneys General Talk Candidly About High Court Nominations, Special Prosecutor Law By David Ross Berson

ix fonner United States Attorneys on C-SPAN's "America and the Courts" ceive." Katzenbach then used rhetorical General brought the Hastings com­ and on Court TV. Alumnus Greg Jarrett questions to frame the issue: "To what Smunity a unique insiders' look at ('80), one of Court TV's anchors, gave a extent is the Attorney General the chief the nation 's top legal office in special introduction about Hastings. - lawyer? And to what extent is he a political the first-ever Attorneys General Forum. In The candid nature of the discussion - a appointee? To what extent do the politics of their two-hour di scussion, Benjamin particular val ue to a law school audience­ the job interfere with the administration of Civiletti, Nicholas Katzenbach, Edward was commented on afterward by Hastings the job?" No one offered simple answers. Levi, Edwin Meese III, Elliot Richardson, Professor Calvin Massey, a specialist in With that backdrop, the sharpest differ­ and Richard Thornburgh reflected on their constitutional law. "The discussion wasn't ences during the cordial afternoon soon tenures under presidents from Lyndon John­ overtly colored by politics," he noted. surfaced. Not unexpectedly , the topic that son through George Bush. "While they clearly had their political view­ triggered them was appointments to the An audience of several hundred alumni, points, they were quite frank about the ad­ U.S. Supreme Court. Along with the Reagan faculty, students, and guests "sat riveted", ministrations in which they served." Administration's Meese, Thornburgh, who according to the Associated Press, as the served under Bush, argued there was no fonner heads of the Justice Department "litmus test" for Supreme Court nominees. sparred over a range of issues. U.S. Su­ "If there's anything that is inconsistent with preme Court appointments and the role of "Don't you find it disturbing, a person's suitability to serve on the Su­ independent prosecutors dominated. Nick, if a presidential preme Court," contended Thornburgh, "it is Harvard Law Professor and ABC televi­ a fixed detennination to deal with a particu­ sion commentator Arthur R. Miller moder­ candidate says: '/ will want to lar issue or case in a particular way .... " ated the September 19 dialogue, which drew know.. . howa nominee will Meese added that a meticulous review of a . national media coverage. It candidate's record and views formed the decide a particular case?' was reported on by the basis for the choices he recommended to Los Angeles Times and / think that's offensive. " President Reagan. Reagan, he said, funda­ Sacramento Bee, in mentally opposed a litmus test. "If you addition to The As­ - Richard Thornburgh believe, as President Reagan did and I be­ sociated Press and lieve President Bush did, that the Court is United Press Inter­ the interpreter of the law, then you are not national Radio. It trying to use the judges to attain your politi­ was telecast mul- Discussion began with reflections on the cal agenda. You want them to enforce, tiple nature of the position of Attorney General. interpret, and apply [laws] as you're able to Meese opened by q uot- ing his predecessor, William French Smith, who once described the job as like "being cap- tain of the Olympic javelin team that elected to re-

Attorneys General Forum is videotaped for national telecast.

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tion he got. In the case of Thomas, who was appointee was Justice John Paul Stevens. in a sense plucked out of a very long li st, the Turning to the issue of special prosecu­ explanation of how he got plucked out of that tors, the former Attorneys General were li st was hard to find, other than in political unanimous in their opposition to the inde­ terms. And when Bush sought to di sgui se pendent counsel provisions of the Ethics in this by representing him as the most highly Government Act of 1978, the legal basis for Edward Levi, left, and Richard Thornburgh in qualified person in the United States, the the appointment of independent prosecu­ conference in advance of Forum. transparency of it became all too obvious. tors. How was he to have expected the Senate Benjamin Civiletti, who served in the Judiciary Committee to react in those cir­ Carter Administration when Congress en­ get those statutes through the Congress." cumstances?" acted the so-called Special Prosecutor Law, Countered the Johnson Administration's The exchange prompted Thornburgh to said he and hi s then-superior, Griffin Bell, Katzenbach in the lively exchange: "What suggest a possible way to dilute the impactof opposed it. "But President Carter's disin­ has happened is a little different from what terest in lawyers and the law was such that we've been talking about." He cited abor­ the act passed anyway," Civiletti said. "Our tion as a litmus test: "What has happened basic objection to it was that you have an rarely, but recently, is simply that an issue "1 think that is. But... unlimited authority without requisite expe­ has come to dominate the appointment of a I'm willing to bet what's in my rience or criteria for doing the job ....The Court justice." In contrast, he said, Presi­ court appoints somebody ... and you have a dents Kennedy and Johnson did not focus wallet at the moment and loose cannon on the decks at any given on a single issue. They sought experience more that that's exactly what time." Civiletti called for a more specific and intellectual ability. "Of course," he statute, spelling out the powers and limita­ added, "they would have been very con­ they've been doing. " tions of the special cerned if they had appointed somebody prosecutor. - Nicholas Katzenbach who tried to reverse Brown v. Board of Meese added Education, but that wasn't likely to hap­ that appoint­ pen." ment of an Insisting his own recommendations re­ independent flected nominees' records, not political fac­ politics on nominations. "It seems to me that tors, Thornburgh asked, "Don't you find it establishment of a permanent counsel's of­ continued on p.5 disturbing, Nick, if a presidential candidate fice to deal with nominations ... (could says: 'I will want to know ... how he will help) .. .in restoring some order in what really decide a particular case?' I think that's has become a kind of mad dash for the exits offensive. And I think that's a far cry from or 30-second sound bites on the evening the examination of the type that's been news." described here." Edward Levi, meanwhile, said President "I think that is," responded Katzenbach. Ford told him he'd never interfere with his "But I'll tell you that I'm willing to bet work as Attorney General. "I didn't believe what's in my wallet at the moment and more him," he said, "but he never did interfere." that that's exactly what they've been do­ Levi said that when Ford told him to prepare ing." a list of possible successors to Justice Wil­ Richardson moved directly to the nomi­ liam O. Douglas, he told the President he nation that has raised the most controversy, would prepare it based only on the capa­ that of Justice Clarence Thomas. "Bush, bilities of possible nominees. Levi said with all due respect, stuck it to the Senate," he specifically wanted to keep politics he said. "He invited the very kind of reac- and gender out of the process. Ford's

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Hastings 1066 Foundation Reception

Pictured, from left, are Marvin Sussman ('50), a Trustee of the Hastings 1066 Foundation; Peter W. Davis ('69), also a Foundation Trustee and Chair of the Hastings Annual Campaign for 1992- 93; and former Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach.

Hastings Professor Stephen Lind, left, visits with former Attorney General Edwin Meese III. Former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, at left, is shown with former Hastings 1066 Foundation President John E. Nordin /I ('69).

Shown, from left, are John K. "Jack" Smith ('54) a former President and current Trustee of the 1066 Foundation; AI Wong ('64), both a Trustee of the Foundation and a member of the Hastings Alumni Association Board of Governors; former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh; and Wong's son, Peter, a third-year student at Hastings.

Former A ttorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, at left, with Barry A. Schulman ('64), a member of the Hastings 1066 Foundation Board, and his wife, Cec.

Former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, at left, with Stephen Newton ('67), a former President and current Trustee of the Hastings 1066 Foundation.

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AG's Forum cO lllilllledji'olll p .]

prosecutor gives someone executi ve pow­ Benjamin Cilviletti, left, speaks as ers who then need no t answer to th e Arthur Miller president. That, he said, "short-circ ui ts the listens at the system of separation of powers and ac­ A ttorney General Forum at Hastings countability." He call ed the statute a "cul ­ min ati on of warfare between two branche of government" th at is "often used mi schi e­ vously fo r th at purpose." oting that he served before Congress enacted the law, Katzenbach call ed it "a cop-out" for any administrati on. He said the president must be re ponsible fo r hav­ ing an administration th at is not in volved in criminal or even questionabl e activity. "1 think also that the Congress has all kinds of powers of in vesti gati on, and if they want to in vestigate they can in vesti gate," he contin ­ ued. "And I think it just simply destroys the credibility of the independence of the At­ torney General to have a procedure whereby he has, in essence, to appoint an indepen­ Planning Begins for Second Forum dent prosector. I also think that half of the 'crimes' that are charged are things for he enthusiastic response to the In addition to the two-hour discussion, which people can be di scharged from of­ TAttorneys General Forum has the College also sponsored a luncheon fice, and you shouldn 't try to handle them spurred Hastings to make it an with the faculty before the Forum. It with a criminal law. " annual event - with a second Forum gave professors a chance to speak with The most surprising revelation of the day being planned for October 23, 1993. the former heads of the Justice Depart­ came from Elliot Ri chardson as he recall ed "The Forum was a close look at history ment. Each Attorney General sat at a the aftermath of Ri chard Ni xon's resigna­ from the viewpoints of lawyers who different faculty table during the meal. ti on. He said he had pl anned to urge Ford have made history," said Academic Dean Following the Forum, members of the to have Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski Mary Kay Kane. "A law school should be 1066 Foundation joined the Attorneys prepare a report spelling out what charges a catalyst for discussion and debate on General - Benjamin Civiletti, Nicholas mi ght have been brought against Nixon. major issues of the day. That is what Katzenbach, Edward Levi, Edwin Meese, Ford mi ght then have accepted Richardson's Hastings is doing with this event." Elliot Richardson, and RichardThornburgh judgment th at the Department of Justi ce She noted that several Attorneys Gen­ - for a reception in the Alumni Recep­ would not prosecute. "I think that if I had eral who could not be present declined tion Center. got th at suggestion to Ford in time," he invitations with regret but expressed en­ Funding for the nationally televised di sclosed, "he might have refrained from th usiasm for pa rtici pati ng in futu re Forum came from several alumni and the pardon .... And, of course, as it turned events. friends of the College who were invited out 1 think it was a signi ficant factor in hi s " Herbert Brownell of the Eisenhower to attend a special dinner with the Attor­ defeat. I've been ki cking myselfever since." Administration told us that only a prior neys General following the reception. That the fOlm er Attorneys General cov­ commitment kept him from coming," "The Attorneys General Forum brought ered so much ground in their discussion was Kane explained. " William Rogers, who the Hastings community together, every­ a tribute to Arthur Miller's gentle s t ~e rin g was ill, called after the event to say he one from the first-year student to the of the discussion toward emphasis on onl y was feeling fine and would love to ap­ alumnus who has been practicing law for a few to pics, noted Professor Massey. "They pear at a future Forum. And Griffin Bell, 40 years," Dean Kane noted. "We feel covered the topi cs with great depth," he although he has to be careful abouttravel that having more events of this kind is a said. "Everybody got a chance to speak. and could not attend, expressed his sup­ wonderful way of keeping our commu­ We learned a lot about everybody's admin­ port for the Forum. It is very possible for nityvibrant. I think students, faculty, and is tration. Taking on more topics would us to do another event with a somewhat alumni are very proud this event was have made for shorter and more superficial different cast." presented by Hastings." responses from each parti cipant." - David Ross Berson

5 ome 420 members of the Reunions '92 - SHastings family from across the nation gathered in September Classes from 1935 to 1987 for the annual Hastings Alumni Associa­ ...... ~ tion Reunion Weekend. 2 ~ c Those attending spanned more than a -'l ~. g half century - with Richard Bishop ('42) '3 ~ representing the 50th Anniversary class, t ~ joined by Romola Ariani ('37), Robert Davis

('37), and Henry Todd (,37) celebrating

55 years, and Warren Palmer ('35) and

Wayne Veatch ('35) on hand for their

57th year reunion.

Celebrating their 25th year reunion

were 33 members of the Class of 1967.

Other classes holding their reunions were

those of 1952, 1957, 1962, 1972, 1977, 1982, and 1987. 1.9.1$, 1.9.17(f 1.

Many of those attending began by

returning to campus for a reception and

tour. The main festitivies were the reunion reception and class dinners at the Westin st. Francis Hotel on Un ion Square in San Francisco. HASTINGS COLLEGE OFTHELAW

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Profile: Hastings Art Curator Ruth Schlesinger's Treasures on the Wall by Michel Lipman '38

ucked away behind door 366 at Con",t Smllh Siegel Canyo n in the Rai n 200 McAllister Street is a rarity Acrylfc on canvas 0" extended loall from fht ar/I$( T in law chools: an art curator. And this happy acquisition came about through a serendipitous series of events. Several decades ago, Ruth Hirschland graduated from Wheaton College in Massa­ chusetts with an honors degree in history of art. She worked at the Metropolitan Mu­ seum in New York City. While visiting her sister in Los Angeles, she met a young man who was studying law at Columbia Univer­ sity. He was Rudolf B. Schlesinger, and it wasn't long before Ruth became Mrs. Schlesinger. A few years later, Schlesinger's career took them to Cornell University. While there, Mrs. Schlesinger, after rai sing three children, became a curator at the University's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. After 27 years at Cornell, the Schlesingers came west, where he became a member of Hastings' famed Sixty-Five Club. Then, Dean Marvin Anderson, a man with an eye for special talents, learned of her background as a museum curator. He asked her to develop a Hastings art program. As a matter of professional philosophy she had always striven to bring art into the lives of Art Curator Ruth Schlesinger with "Canyon in the Rain. " people and readily agreed. "However," Anderson said, "There is no acquisitions. Does that bother Cheung Yee money for Untilled wall sculpture you?" Wood Gift o/Haslings Volunteer Association "I will give it a try," our heroine replied. Thus, in 1978, Hastings became the first law school west of the Mississippi to have an art curator - for a collection that 14 years later contains close to 400 works. She has only two coun­ terparts in the na­ tion: atHarvard Law School

Seigo Kondo Three·legged Brazier Iron GIft of the Artist

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and the University of Texas Law are credited with Jim Marrill Untilled sculpture School. encouraging do­ Mahogany Gift of f/astmgs Volunteer A SSOC lOtiOfl "All we had at the time," she nors and lenders, in­ says, "were some oil portraits cluding alumni, fac­ and some photographs. And ulty members, and art­ nothing was catalogued. But ists, to give or loan art for the Hastings Volunteer As­ the permanent collection. sociation came to the res­ The col-Iection 's cue with funding so that I nearly 400 works in­ could rent paintings from clude paintings, the San Francisco Mu­ graphics, sculptures, seum of Modem Art and watercolors, the Oakland Museum photographs and Rental Galleries. Later, ceramics. again with the help of the One unique se- Hastings Volunteer Associa- ries consists of photographs of tion, we were able to buy sixteen buildings that have housed some of them, and Hastings since the College's found­ they have become part of ing in 1878. Another includes por­ our permanent collection." traits of each dean, beginning with

Then one day Dean Founde r Serranus C linton Seigo Kondo Anderson approached with Hastings, and photographs Pot with hem design Ceramic. violet gla ze another idea. "I was thinking, of all past and GIft of the artist Ruth," he said, "that you might like present mem- to de-sign an art gallery for the Col­ bers of the Sixty­ lege, where we could display a series of Five Club. exhibitions." Among out­ She did just that, resulting in the gallery standing recent ac­ that also serves as an entrance to the quisi tions is a fine Alumni Reception Center on the sec­ portrai t of Mrs. ond floor of the Coll~ge building at Serranus Clinton 200 McAllister Street She was able to Hastings by Horace get loans of important works from Duesbury, bequeathed leading museums and art galleries in by the Hastings family. the San Francisco Bay Area - all with­ Another Hastings family bequest out charge. The exhibitions she organized is an exquisite landscape by the well­ in the Hastings Gallery of Art covered the known 17th-century Dutch painter, Adam widest possible range of trends, styles and Pynacker, whose works are represented in media in 19th and 20th century art. The many of Europe's leading museums. inaugural exhibition featured William Keith, The ceramics collection includes pottery the famous California landscapist whose by internationally known artist Seigo Kondo wife, Mary McHenry Keith, was a leading of Japan, who donated more than 40 works suffragette of her time in California and the to the collection. first woman graduate of Hastings. continued on p. J3 These exhibitions proved popular with students, faculty , alumni, and the public. They put Hastings on the map as far as the local art world was concerned. They also Horace Duesbury (1851·1904) Azalea B. Has l;ngs (dela;l) Oll 0 11 can vas From the Estate of Harry & Lillian Hastings

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Three Professors, Two Program Directors Join Hastings Faculty

hree new profes ors and two new Writing and Research, and Moot Court, academic program directors have succeeding Melis a Johnson. T joined the faculty at Hastings Aaronsonjoined the faculty to establi h a during the 1992-93 academic new in-house civil clinic program that year. opened its doors in the spring semester with Mark . Aaronson and aomi Roht- 15 mostly third-year students, who work on Arriaza are joined on the faculty by a new cases representing indigent clients in the Sixty-Five Club professor, Dan Fenno San Francisco Bay Area. Ass isting Henderson. Aaronson are two new staff attorneys, Miye Sue Lunbeck is the new Director for the Goishi and Ascanio Piomell i, both of whom Legal Education Opportunity Program bring experience from legal aid work in the Sue Lunbeck (LEOP) , succeeding Hi lda Taylor. Bay Area. Aaronson, who earned his law Antoinette Young ('76) came on board De­ degree from the University of Chicago and cember 1 as the new Director of Legal a Ph.D. in political science at U.c. Berke­ ley, was Executive Director for 13 years of the San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Urban Affairs, a civil rights and legal ser­ vices organization serving a diverse poor and minority clientele. Henderson, who retired from the law fac­ ulty of the University of Washington where he taught for almost three decades, founded and built the Asian Law Program at Wash­ Antoinette Young ington. Among hi s degrees, Henderson earned hi s J.D. from Harvard and a Ph.D. in political science from U.c. Berkeley. Fol­ lowing Army service during World War II, D irector of LEOP from New College of Mark Aaronson he taught political science at Berkeley from California School of Law in San Francisco, 1949 to 1955. In 1955 , he joined the law where she was Associate Dean of Academic firm of Graham & James in San Francisco, Affairs and prior to that, Director of its practi cing law until joining the University Legal Skills Resource Center. Among other of Washingto n law facu lty in 1962. work, she directed the legal writing pro­ Henderson has written or edited more than gram. Her experience includes teaching at a dozen books. Hastings, both in the legal writing program Roht-Arriaza joined the faculty in 1991- and the LEOP program. Lunbeck earned 92, but began teaching thi s current aca­ her J.D. from Golden Gate University in demic year. Herfirst year was spent at Boalt 1980. She holds a degree in sociology from Hall as the first Riesenfeld Fellow in Inter­ Colorado State University. national Law and Organizations, a fell ow­ Young came to direct the Legal Writing Naomi Roht-Arriaza ship named for Stefan A. Riesenfeld, Emeri­ and Research and Moot Court programs tus Professor who still teaches at Boalt Hall with experience as a teacher in both of them. and at Hastings as a Sixty-Five Club mem­ She was Valedictorian of her Hastings Class ber. Roht-Arriaza earned her J.D. from of 1976. After receiving her J.D., Young Boalt and a Master Degree in Public Policy went into practice in a large firm, but then from U.c. Berkeley's Graduate School in opened a solo practice starting in 1983. The Public Policy. She i currently completing teaching experience she has in both pro­ a book exploring issues related to investiga­ grams - three years as a Legal Writing tion and prosecution of past human ri ghts Instructor and two years as a Moot Court vio lati ons. Instructor - gives her an especially strong Sue Lunbeck comes to her new role as background for overseeing them.

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Art Curator conrilllledfrom p. II Sheldon Tefft 1900-1992 Other recent gifts to the Coll ege include two large paintings by an outstanding Bay heldon Tefft, a former Sixty-Five classroom, " Area arti t, the late Sylvia Lark, and a fi ne SClub professor at Hastings and expert sa id Walter pai nting by a contemporary Itali an artist, in property law, died November 17, Blum, t he Ed ­ Gian Luigi Bellorini. 1992, in West Lebanon, N.H. He was 92 . ward H. Levi The popular loan exhibitions, though en­ Tefft was the Un iversity of Chicago Law D i st i n ­ couraged by Deans Prunty and Read, have School 's James Parker Hall Professor Emeri­ guished Ser­ tus. had to be curtailed for the time being be­ vice Professor Born in Weeping Water, Nebraska, in in the law cause of current budgetary restricti ons. 1900, Tefft earned his A .B. in 1922 and LL.B. school at Ch i­ However, many of the fine works of art in 1924 from the University of Nebraska. He cago. " He from the permanent collection are on dis­ then earned a B.A. in 1926, B.C.L. in 1927, had a marvel­ play throughout the campus, where they can and M .A. in 1932 from Oxford University in ous sense of be seen and appreciated. And the gallery is England. In 1927, he becamethefirstAmeri­ humor and an uncanny abilityto remember generall y open at a ll major alumni gather­ can to receive the Viverian Prize at Oxford, every student he ever had." ings. a combined professorship and scholarship Among Tefft's numerous articles and case whose first recipient was the famous jurist, books in the f ields of property, mortgages, Sir William Blackstone. and trusts were two books he co-authored, Tefft was an assistant professor at the Cases and Materials on the Law of Property University of Nebraska from 1927 to 1929, (West Publishing Co., 1951) and Cases on Margare t Herscher Shell Form #2 before going to the University of Chicago. Property (West Publ ishing Co ., 1960). His Bronze An expert in real estate law, mortgages and co-authors were Ralph W . Aigler and Allan / 11 Memory of Prof. Miguel de Capriles equity, he joined the law school faculty as a F. Smith. visiting professor in 1929. He was named At Hastings, Tefft taught property, mort­ assistant professor in 1931, and professor in gages, equity, and remedies . However, his 1940. Tefft served as acting Dean from 1943 interests also included land use, future in­ to 1945. He was named the James Parker terests, and - a special interest obvious to Hall Professor in Law in 1961 , and retired all who knew him - legal history. from the University of Chicago Law School Tefft's penchant for history played a part in 1968. in his personal life as well as his teaching. A While at Chicago, Tefft helped develop long time member of the Hastings Commit­ the school 's Commonwealth Fellowship Pro­ tee on History and Arts, he was instrumen­ gram, under which each year several gradu­ tal in tracking down pictures of early fac­ ates in law from British Commonwealth ulty members, including a famous portrait countries studied forthe J.D. degree. Know­ of the first Hastings professor, John Norton ing what it was like to study thousands of Pomeroy. He was a member of the commit­ miles from home, heand hiswife, El izabeth, tee that commissioned U.c. Berkeley his­ w ould host foreign students for Thanksgiv­ tory and law professor Thomas Garden ing dinner in their home. Barnes to write the book, Hastings College It was in 1968 that he came to teach in of the Law - The First Century. There is still ample Hastings' Si xty-Five Club. He retired from Tefft is survived by his wife, Elizabeth the Si xty-Five Clubfaculty in 1978 and settled (Shepherd), and twin sons, Samuel, of Phila­ in New Hampshire. delphia, and Fred, of Hanover, N.H. space on College walls for "He was a strikingly good teacher in the No memorial service was held.

additional treasures. Lyman Henry 1903-1992 The dynamic petite art curator wi ll never consider the collecti on complete. "There is yman Henry, a prominent San coming a member of the Law Review and still ample space on Coll ege wall s for addi­ L Francisco maritime lawyer w ho the Order of the Coif before graduating in tional treasures," she points out. "If the taught admiralty law at Hastings 1928. He served as President of the Boalt genero ity of the Hastings communi ty con­ from 1940 t o 1944, died September 27, Hall Alumni Associ ation from 1944 to 1946. tinues as in the recent past, there is good 1992, in San Francisco . He w as 89. Henry began w orki ng as an admiralty Henry handled some of the largest ship reason to think th at this noteworthy coll ec­ attorney upon graduation from Boalt. He collision cases on t he West Coast during his w as a recognized specialist in the area. He tion will be even further expanded." career. He did his undergraduate studies at reti red in 1986. the Un ivers it y of Cal ifornia at Berkeley, and A privat e memorial service was held. then entered Boalt Hall Sch ool of Law, be-

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Faculty News

Professor Naomi Roht-Arriaza i research­ Danbert v. Merrell Dow, in which the Court is published a book review of Jonathan Groner' ing the intersection between international trade expected to determine the threshold standard Hilary's Trial: The EIi:aberh Morgan Case, and environmental protection, a hot topic in of admissibility for scientific evidence. The a book about the most publicized child cus­ the wake of a General Agreement on Tariffs amicus was submitted on behalf of an ad hoc tody case of the 1980s. The Winter 1992 issue and Trade (GAIT) decision finding U.S . dol­ group of law professors, supporting neither of the Brooklyn Law Review carries an article phin protection laws to be trade barriers. She party. of his entitled, "The Modification of Equitable pre ented her thoughts for "greening" trade Decrees in Institutional Reform Litigation: A law at the annual meeting of the American Commentary on the Supreme Court's Adop­ Society for International Law. She also pub­ tion of the Second Circuit's Flexible Test." lished an article, " Precaution, Participation Professor David Jung was a visiting profes­ and the 'Greening' of International Trade Law" sor, teaching courses in Environmental Tort in a special Symposium issue of the Journal of Litigation and Introduction to American Law, Environmental Law and Litigation (Winter at the University of Hamburg in the fall. This Professor Richard Marcus published the 1992). The article surveys features of GA IT spring, he is visiting professor of law at the second edition of his ca ebook, Complex Liti­ that conflict with principles of precautionary University of Iowa, teaching constitutional gation (co-authored with Prof. Edward action and public participation that dominate law. Sherman of the University of Texas), in July the emerging field of international environ­ 1992. In August, he presented a paper en­ mental law. She proposes modifications to titled, "Ethical Issues in Protective Order Prac­ either the language or practices of GAIT, tice: Some Preliminary Reflections to the which would bring the Agreement into line Sixty-Five Club Professor Ray Forrester Torts and Insurance Practice Section of the with environmental principles. spoke at the Hastings Alumni Association's American Bar Association," at the ABA 's annual luncheon during the State Bar of annual meeting. The paper also was published California's 1992 annual meeting, which was as part of the Section's materials for the meet­ held in San Francisco. Hi s topic, apropos of a ing. Since June, Prof. Marcus has served as a Professor Richard A. Boswell attended a presidential election season, was, "Why Pub­ consultant to the National Commission on meeting of the Skills Training Committee of lic Financing of Elections Won't Work." Judicial Discipline and Removal. This Com­ the Section on Legal Education of the Ameri­ mission was establ ished by Congress to exam­ can Bar Association in Chicago in October. ine issues re lating to misconduct by federal He was guest speaker at the 1992 Annual judges. Professor Marcus is studying disci­ Dinner of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of Professor Evan Lee participated in a San pline pursuant to the Judicial Councils Re­ the American Immigration Lawyers Associa­ Diego conference at which Professor Richard form Act of 1980. The Commission is ex­ tion on the topic, "Ethics, Immigration Law Epstein's controversial new book, Forbidden pected to complete its report by mid-1993. In and Practice in the Next Century." He spoke Grounds, was critiqued. The book, published December, Professor Marcus was also ap­ at a eminar sponsored by the Lawyers' Com­ earlier this year by Harvard University Press, pointed by Chief Judge Thelton Henderson to mittee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco argues that the federal anti-discrimination law serve as Reporter of the Civil Justice Reform Bay Area on "Discretionary Relief from De­ (Title VII) should be repealed. Professor Act Advisory Group of the Northern District portation", in November. Professor Boswell Epstein argues that society as a whole will be of California. Because this di strict has taken also recently submitted an amicus brief to the better off if government does not interfere a prominent role in implementing the Act, it is U.S. Supreme Court in McNary 1'. Haitian with the individual freedom to contract. likely the Advisory Group will be involved Centers Council, on behalf of Human Rights with innovation at the court for several years. Watch. The brief and case challenge recent U.S. policy of interdicting and forcibly return­ ing Haitian asylum seekers to their native Professor David Levine will be Hastings' country without first considering their asylum exchange vi itor at Leiden University from Professor D. Kelly Weisberg's book Femi­ claims. April to June. Earlier this year, he moderated nist Legal Theory: Foundations has been the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly's scheduled for publication by Temple Univer­ symposium on the 40th anniversary of Brown sity Press in Spring, 1993. She is currently v. Board of Education. As part of its special continuing work on a second book on feminist Professor David Faigman, who became the issue devoted to the topic, he has contributed legal theory (forthcoming from Temple Uni­ newest tenured member of the faculty upon an article entitled, "The Latter Stages of En­ versity Press) and a casebook on family law vote of the faculty and Board of Directors in forcement of Equitable Decrees in School (forthcoming from Little, Brown & Co.). Pro­ the fall, has ubmined an amicus curiae brief De egregation Cases After Dowell, Rufo and fessor Weisberg was recently elected to mem­ to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Freeman." In the December 1992/January bership in the American Law Institute. 1993 is ue of Judicature, Professor Levine

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Con Law Quarterly Dedicating Special Issue to Thurgood Marshall

special issue of the Hastings Alumni interested in ordering a copy of Constitutional Law Quarterly the special issue of the Constitutional Law A scheduled for publication this Quarterly (Volume 20, No.3) should con­ summer will be dedicated to tact Albert Kaba, coordinator of Scholarly the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Publications, by telephone at (4 15) 565- Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice 4738 or via facsimile at (415) 565-4814. on the Supreme Court. The edition - "Race, Education, and the Constitution: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education" - was in preparation when Marshall died Janu­ Fall Campus Visitors ary 24 at age 84. Brown v. Board of A number of alumni Education was, of and other practitioners visit course, Marshall 's Hastings' campus each greatest legal vic­ semester. tory when, in 1954, mong those visiting the Supreme Court A during the fall term were declared an end to Terry L. White, the Los Angeles the "separate but David Levine County deputy district equal" system of attorney who served as chief racial segregation then in effect in 21 states. prosecutor of the police The special issue of the Constitutional officers in the beating of Law Quarterly was first planned to mark the Rodney King. He was one of 40th anniversary of Brown v. Board ofEdu­ 10 speakers for a program on cation. According to Editor-in-Chief Ted police brutality and race, and Franklin, it will look at whether Brown, possible civil, criminal, and after 40 years, has outlived its day, what legislative solutions. It was new paradigm might take its place, what the sponsored by the Hastings proper roles of the Supreme Court and Con­ Black Law Students Associa­ gress are in addressing racial inequality, and ative American Lester 1. tion, the Hastings Law Journal, how the Constitution functions as both in­ N Marston ('77) of and the Academic Dean's spiration and barrier to social change. Rapport, Marston & Office. Hastings Professor David Levine will be Quesenberry in Mendocino, among the authors, with an article entitled California, visited campus on "A Remedies Perspective on Brown: The Columbus Day. Shown here Later Stages of Enforcement of Equitable on the "Beach," he spoke Decrees in School Desegregation Cases." about Native American As a prelude to the special issue, the issues as part of a program Constitutional Law Quarterly presented a sponsored by the Native panel di scussion on campus, January 9, on American Law Students the topic. Association to look at Native Professor Levine moderated, and was American concerns in joined by three other authors of articles in relation to the celebration of the upcoming special issue. They were Columbus Day. Professors Kevin Brown of the University of Indiana-Bloomington School of Law, Wendy Brown of Tulane Law School , and Bernard James of Pepperdine University School of Law.

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Abner Mikva Chief Justice Addresses Delivers 1992 Trial lawyers

lose to 250 attorneys Tobriner Lecture Cattended the day-long "Ultimate Anatomy of a Trial" program offered by bner J. Mikva, Chief Judge of Hastings' Office of Continuing Legal Education the United States Court of Ap­ on October 1 at the Hotel A peals for the District of Nikko in San Francisco. Columbia, delivered the 10th California Supreme Court Chief Justice Malcolm M. anniversary Mathew O. Tobriner Lecture Lucas, shown here, delivered on campus, October 19. Judge Peckham the keynote luncheon passed away in February. address. He was joined by 20 of California's top trial Mikva, whose talk was reported by the lawyers and jurists who Associated Press, addressed an audience of were the faculty for the faculty, students, alumni, and attorneys from program through which registrants could earn seven the San Francisco legal community. He MCLE credits. advocated reform of the current federal sen-

Hastings Needs You During Abner Mikva, at right, is welcomed to the podium by the late u.s. District Court Judge Its 115th Robert F. Peckham, who was chair of the Tobriner Lecture Committee. Judge Peckham passed away in February. Anniversary Help make our annual Spring Phonathon a success! tencing system - calling it "the most inef­ Consider the value of your fective and expensive punishment system education and ask yourself, in our hi tory." "Wasn't it worth at least one During a three-day visit to Ha tings as the billable hour?" Mathew O. Tobriner Lecturer, Mikva also took part in a panel di scussion on the topic, hat's all we're as king. Jo in your classmat es as a participant in the Annual ~un~ "Legislative Hi story: The Current Debate TCampa ign and help ensure that Hastings continues to rank among the nation s top law schools for future generations of lawyers. Over Statutory Interpretation." He was If you haven't already made a donation, an " Alumnus-In-Residence " - Classes of joined by Hastings Professor Eileen Scall en '93, '94, and '95 - will be call ing upon you in late March and early Apri l. He lp your and Boalt Hall School of Law Professor cl as s lead t he pack by pledging a special 115th Anniversary g ift to the student who Daniel Rodriguez. Hastings Professor and rea ches you. former Associate Justi ce of the California W it h an nual State fund ing f or Hastings dropping nearly $2 million since 1991 , Supreme Court Joseph Grodin moderated. every gift co unt s! . If you prefer, please ret urn the envelope in t he center of t his issu e of Communtty and make your donation to the Annual Fund Ca mpa ign today. Thank you!

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New Alumni and Foundation Directors Join College

wo new directors have joined pretty impress ive shoes to fill. But I'm In addition to current fundrai sing cam­ Hastings' College Relations staff. excited about thi s new challenge." paigns, she will be working with the Foun­ T Judy Lane is the new Director of As Director of the Foundation, Needles dation Board and the College to establish a Alumni Relations. Suzanne E. said, "Hastings is fortunate indeed that a major gifts program and to identify addi­ Needles is the new Director of the Hastings tional fundraising programs that might best 1066 Foundation. serve the future needs of Hastings. One Lane comes to Hastings from the Irvine project on the drawing boards is a bequest campus of the University of California, program, details of which will be reported where she was Executive Director of the in the next iss ue of Ha stings Community. Associated Alumni of the UCI-California "The road ahead," Needles said, "will College of Medicine. Before that, she was include working with the Hastings 1066 Public Information Officer and Executive Foundation Board of Trustees, our Annual Director of Alumni Affairs at California Campaign National Chair, Peter Davis, and State University, Los Angeles. the Class Agents, to make our 115th Anni­ Needles most recently was Director of the versary the best year ever." Annual Fund at U.c. Berkeley's Haas School She noted that giving a gift now will help of Business. In addition, she worked with your class reach the top in the battles for the leadership of the Bay Area legal com­ "Class with the Highest Percentage Partici- munity during four years as Director of Judy Lane Development for the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco and previously served as forward-thinking group of alumni volun­ Associate Director of S.F. Opera's Merola teers founded the Hastings 1066 Founda­ Opera Program. tion over 20 years ago to spearhead the first Lane succeeds Carol Bergmann, who re­ fundraising campaign. Recent growth in turned to her alma mater as Director of private support at Hastings is most impres­ Alumni Relations at Marquette University si~e , but significant challenges lie ahead for in Milwaukee. Joyce Rosenberg, former the al umni volunteers who are critical to Director of the Foundation at Hastings, re­ raising the private funds that are necessary tired. to keep Hastings in the forefront of quality During her first months as Alumni Direc­ legal education." tor, Lane worked to continue with planned Needles noted that during this, the alumni programs, while listening closely to College's 1 15th Anniversary year, Hastings alumni needs and interests for purposes of enjoys a State Bar first-time passage rate Suzanne Needles shaping long-term programming. above not only Boalt and Stanford, but also "Every alumni association has its own Harvard. "Currently, only 12 percent of our pation" and "Class with the Highest Total unique needs," she said. "I feel it 's impor­ graduates are annual supporters and only Gifts." Results will be published along with tant to get to know our alumni and the about 1 percent make leadership gifts each Classes' donor honor roll in the 115th institution well before jumping into new through the Foundation. Increasing the Anniversary annual report which will ap­ programs or projects just because that's participation rate of graduates is vital if we pear in the fall issue of Hastings Commu­ what is done someplace else. are to attain a level of private support which nity. "If I've learned anything from working is truly commensurate with the national She concluded, "When you receive a let­ with 100,000 alumni at Cal State L.A. and, stature of Hastings. This is our challenge. ter or a call from a fellow graduate, please more recently, with 4,000 at UCI's College "While private giving now exceeds $1 consider this your personal invitation to join of Medicine, it's that you 're better off doing million a year, annual State revenues to the with others in making an investment which just a few quality programs and events, College have been reduced by nearly $2 returns to our current students-our alumni­ rather than a lot of fluff projects just to look million during the last two years alone. in-residence-the same quality of educa­ busy. Success is measured by the satisfac­ Private giving from individuals has, under­ tion enjoyed by the nearly 16,000 graduates tion of your alumni. standably, not kept pace with losses of this who have gone before. "I'm delighted to be at Hastings," Lane magnitude. While it is unlikely that we can "Ask yourself this question: How much concluded. "From all I've heard about my triple our 20-year base of support in the of what I now enjoy came from the opportu­ predecessor and my own conversations with immediate future, it is necessary that we nity to attend Hastings? What can I give Carol Bergmann, I realize I have some redouble our efforts. Every gift counts." back?"

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illiam C. Carr ('62), left, who came out of his first year of PICAP prov ides loan repayment assistance to retirement to serve as National President of the Hastings Alumni qualifyi ng graduates who are currently work­ W ing in public interest law. The program cur­ Association for 1992-93, extends the Association's appreciation for outstanding service to John S. Warnlof (72) for his leadership as the rently has limited funding and is restricted to Association's 1991-92 President. Warnlof practices in San Ramon, graduate working in government earning less California. Carr retired in 1991 from Hanna, Brophy, MacClean, McAleer & than $35,000 per year. For more informati on, Jensen in San Francisco. contact the Office of Financial Aid at 4 15-565- 4624.

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WorldCare Travel Assistance Association When travelling abroad, Wori dCare offer College Thanks Foundation Leader Americans a 15 percent discount on its 24- hour, 365-day assistance network coverin g health and legal concerns. Contact the Coll ege ohn E. Nordin /I ('69), President of Hastings J1066 Foundation from 1990 to 1992, receives Relations Office for further in fo rmation. thanks from Dean Tom Read for his leadership. The Foundation is a cornerstone of the support For complete details, contact: Hastings and its students receive from alumni gifts. Office of College Relations Nordin is Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles. Hastings College of the Law Succeeding him as President of the Foundation is 200 McAllister St., Rm. 209 Philip M. Knox Jr. ('49) of Knox, Lemmon, Brady, San Francisco, CA 94102-4978 Anapolsky & Sheridan in Sacramento, California. 415-565-4615

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This Spring 1993 listing of Class Notes is based on items submitted prior to December 31,1992. Items submitted Class Notes after that date will appear in the Summer 1993 Issue of your Hastings Community.

19405 division of the Ameri can Board of Trial Advo- 1958 .J?e(()/{~}/ r1/eaJ' cates' annual Trial Lawyer of th e Year award. Willie L. Brown Jr., the Speaker of the Califor­ Abramson, President of the organization 's 230- 1943 PJ(e£(moll(j!/ertJl nia Assembly, delivered the fo urth annual member San Francisco chapter, accepted th e William M. Bennett, a member of the Califor­ Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. Lecture at the honor during the State Bar convention, October nia State Board of Equali zati on fo r nearl y 22 Howard Un iversity School of Law in October. 5. Abramson has been a plaintiffs' personal years, retired at the end of 1992. He underwent Brown's lecture was entitled "Race Relations in injury, and av iati on attorney for more th an 30 heart surgery last summer and cited that as a the United States Circa 1992." years. factor leading to his retirement. The Hon. Edward Kim reti red from the Tulare County Superior Court bench in December, after 19605 19505 a l4-year tenure. Kim spent three years in the Tulare County Di strict Attorney's Office before 1962 1952 entering private practice. He later became the Robert F. List, former governor of Nevada, was Justice Robert W. Merrill of the Cali fo rnia County's first Public Defender, serving for 11 elected to the American Judicature Society's Court of Appeal and President of the Common­ years. He served as a part-time Juvenile Court Board of Directors at its annual meeting in Octo­ wealth Club of California served as moderator of judge. He was appointed by the Tulare County ber. The American Judicature Society is a na­ a debate between former San Francisco Mayor Board of Supervisors to the DinubaJusti ce Court ti onal organi zation of lawyers, j udges, and non­ Dianne Feinstein and Sen. John Seymour, whom in 1975. In 1978, then Gov. Edmund G. Brown, lawyers whi ch seeks to improve the nation's she defeated in the November electi on. The Jr., appointed him to the Superior Court. judicial system. debate was sponsored by the Commonwealth Club and the San Francisco Chronicle newspa­ 1957 1967 per. Samuel M. Salmon, former President of the Richard C. Ackerman retired from the City Long Beach Bar Associati on in Southern Cali­ Council of Fullerton, California, on which he 1954 fornia, was appointed in the fa ll to the Board of had served for 12 years. For hi s farewell meet­ Albert R. Abramson of the San Francisco firm Directors of the California Organization of Small ing, Mayor Pro Tem A. B. (Buck) Catlin put of Abramson & Smith received the California Bar Associations. together a humorous slide show called "Dick Ackerman - the Golden Bear from Long Beach." Ackerman graduated from U.c. Berkeley. William Quinby, alternative dispute resolution partner with Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Tumor Institute. The Institute coordinates efforts in the di agnosis and treatment of cancer in major hospitals in San Francisco's East Bay region.

1968 f!lieUJlWn 8j/eCf/J' Ralph Abascal, a member of Hasti ngs ' Board of Directors, was named a Morris Wasserstein Pub­ lic Interest Fellow at Harvard Law School. He is General Counsel for Cal ifornia Rural Legal As­ sistance. Jeffrey J. Wong, a partner at Cooper, White & Cooper in San Francisco, has been elected to a three-year term on the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce's Business/Arts Council. Wong, a specialist in corporate finance, equipment leas­ ing, and secured lending, also was appointed recently to the Board of Directors of the Equip­ ment Leasing Association of America.

Sacramento Chapter Honors Two 1969 Peter W. Davis, an appellate law specialist at he Hon. Rudolf H. Michaels ('48), left, a retired Administrative Law Judge, and Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May in Oakland since T Andrew R. Schottky Jr. ('52) of Dennis, Schottky, Swanberg & Braunstein in 1969, was appoi nted Chairman of the Ninth Sacramento, were honored by the Alumni Association's Sacramento Chapter as Circuit Advisory Committee on Rules of Prac- the 1992 Alumni of the Year at a luncheon in October. Shown w ith them is Chapter President Kenneth M. Malovos ('69) of the Sacramento firm of Weintra ub, Genshlea & Sproul.

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tice and Procedure. The advisory committee was 1974 created in 1984 to provide increased input by Stephen Camber and two fellow solo practitio­ lawyers and judges in drafting and revising local ners, Sarah Davis ('84) and Robert Cameron, court rules. Davis is a partner at the 2 1O-lawyer have formed The Mediation Group. The San Cro by, Heafey firm and heads its 14-lawyer Francisco-based group handles team mediation appell ate practice. of domesti c disputes. Ted C. Krumla nd has rejoined the firm of The Hon. Mark C. Gardner, a state Di strict Han on, Bridgett, Vlahos & Rudy in San Fran­ Court Judge in Oregon's Washington County, cisco. He is a speciali st in tax and corporate law was elevated last fa ll to the Circuit Court bench as well as general business law. A partner at the by Gov. Barbara Roberts. He served two years firm until 1989, he took a leave of absence to on the City Council of Hillsboro, Oregon, and assume management of family real e tate and a then two years in the State Legislature. He was hotel business in New York and Wa hington, appointed and then elected to the District Court D.C. in 1980. He was twice re-elected. Richa rd H. J ordan has been elected President 1970s of the California Compensation Defense Attor­ neys Association. Jord an, a Novato solo practi­ 1970 ti oner for the last 12 years, was chosen by the Susanne Martinez, a Capitol Hill veteran who 200-member association 's Board of Directors. Orange County Fetes served as legislative counsel on retiring Califor­ M ichael Meadows of Tay lor & Meadows in Robert Jameson ('66) nia Sen. Alan Cranston's staff, has taken a simi­ Walnut Creek, California, and Stan Casper and lar position on the staff of incoming Wi sconsin Andrew Schwartz of Casper & Schwartz in neigh­ he Hon. Robert C. Jameson ('66) Democrat Sen. Ru ss Feingold. boring Concord, will merge to form Casper, T of the Orange County Superior Meadows & Schwartz. The new five-lawyer Court, left, was honored as the The Hon. J a mes H. Poole, a Municipal Court 1992 Alumnus of the Year by the Orange plaintiffs' firm will be based in Concord. judge with a background in government service County Chapter of the Alumni and civil law, was elevated to the Orange County Association. Pictured with him is Franklin Superior Court by Gov. Pete Wilson. Appointed 1975 T. Watson ('89), the then Chapter to the Municipal bench in 1989 by then-Gov. Hon. Natha n Miha ra was elevated from the President. Watson has since moved to Marron, Reid & Sheehy in Sacramento. George Deukmejian, he had been elected presid­ Santa Clara County Superior Court bench to the ing judge for 1993 shortly before hi s appoint­ Jameson was honored at the Chapter's Sixth Di strict Court of Appeal by Gov. Pete annual "Judges Night", with Hastings ment to the Superior Court. Wilson. Mihara was appointed to the Municipal alumni on the Orange County bench as Court in 1985 by th en-Gov. George Deukmejian. special guests. 1971 He was elevated to the Superior Court in 1988. J ohn J. McGregor has been elected to member­ Mihara serv ed as a Deputy Attorney General ship in the Ameri can Law Institute. Hi s firm, from 1976 to 1985, handling mostly criminal writs and appeals. McGregor, Dahl, Bickel & King, is in Fre no, general liability and insurance matters. He is California. affiliated with the Association of Defense Coun­ 1976 sel and lectures weekly at th e American Arbitra­ 1972 Kay del Carmen Holl ey, who chaired the Con­ ti on Association Center for Mediation. Candace Heisler, Assistant Di stri ct Attorney in ference of Delegates at the 1992 annual conven­ W illia m W. Hodgma n, the Los Angeles County San Francisco, has been honored by the San tion of the State Bar of California, thi s fall be­ Deputy Di stri ct Attorney who won th e 17-count Francisco Commission on the Status of Women came President of The Lawyers' Club of San criminal conviction of Charles H. Keating, J r. , in wi th an award for her effort s to combat domestic Francisco. the Lincoln Savings and Loan case, was named violence. Heisler currentl y heads both the Spe­ The Hon. Donna Petre has been named the first the 1992 Prosecutor of the Year by the Associa­ ciali zed Domesti c Violence and the Felony Mis­ presiding judge of a unified court system in Yolo tion of Deputy Di stri ct Attorneys. He also has demeanor Charging Unit s for the Di strict County, Californi a. Under a cost- saving plan been named Director of the Bureau of Central Attorney's Office. She was also sworn in ov. adopted by the Board of Supervisors, judges Operati on in the Los Angeles District Attorney's 18 a one of 13 members of a newly formed task from both the Municipal and Superior Court Office. fo rce on reporting elder abuse, whi ch wi ll create benches will be able to hear all types of cases. Jennifer L. Keller was elected Secretary of th e protocols to identify and handle cases of elder Judge Petre has been a Superior Court judge for Orange County Bar Association for 1993. She is three years, sitting on the Municipal Court bench abuse. also Vice Chair of th e State Bar Board of Legal fo r four years before that. Specialization Criminal Law Advisory Com­ 1973 ?lfe((JI( cJI rij/eaJ' mission. In April 1992, she left the Orange Steven M. Cron, a solo practitioner in Santa 1978 21"((J/{ oJ/ &ear County Public Defender's Office and joined Monica, was elected President of the SOO-mem­ Nelson Barry III, previously with Bishop, Barry, criminal defense attorney Jack Earley in forming ber Santa Monica Bar Association for 1993. Howe, Haney & Ryder, has opened a private the Irvine firm of Earley & Kell er. practice in San Francisco. Barry is acivilliti gator Jeffrey C. Smith, assistant general coun sel and with an empha i on mediation, specializing in assistant secretary wi th the Times Mirror Corpo-

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1982 Dan Bolton has joined San Francisco's Wilson & Szumowski as a shareholder. The firm is now known as Wilson, Szumowski & Bolton. Bolton concentrates on representing plaintiffs in breast implant and other product liability litigation. In 1992, he was appointed by Alabama U.S . Dis­ tri ct Judge Sam Porter to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for the Federal Court Multi-District Silicone Gel Breast Implants Product Liability Litigati on. Melinda Griffith has been appointed Director of Legal Affairs and Human Resources of Arris Pharmaceutical. She is overseeing the company's internal compliance and procedures as well as coordinating outside counsel. J ennifer Kuenster , an employment law and toxic tort li tigator, has been named a partner at Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges in San Fran­ cisco. Mary Reiko Osaka was selected in the fa ll as District Counsel of the Immigration and Natu­ rali zati on Service's Honolulu District, which covers Hawaii and Guam. She is currently the only Asian-American serving as a di strict coun­ sel. She is believed to be the first Asian woman named to a district counsel post. Alumni Offer Career Choices

1983 .Jf?(" I)If(' )/ r1jf'{lJ' he Hastings Alumni Association hosted an alternative careers panel discussion Tfor current students in the fall, with alumni who have chosen pursuits outside of Da niel Cardozo is one of three associates el­ legal practice. Moderating was Professor Leo Martinez (78), left, shown with evated in the fa ll to partner at Adams & Broadwell San Francisco novelist Donna Levin (79) and Keith Belling ('82), a San Francisco Bay Area in San Mateo, Cali fornia. He specializes in restauranteur. Two other panelists not shown were Jonathan Novak (79), an art dealer environmental and land use law. He clerked for in Los Angeles, and John P. Willis (77), a real estate broker in San Francisco. California S upreme Court J usti ce Al len Broussard prior to join ing the firm in 1986 and was Director of Legislative Affairs for the Governor's Office of Plann ing and Research under former Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. ration, has been named to the Times Mirror's 1980s newly formed Broadcast Management Commit­ Suzanne E. Hennessy has been named a partner tee, which deals with issues affecting the 1981 at Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plan & Hannegan in company's four network -affi Iiated television sta­ Sacramento, where she practices real estate, lend­ Mary Ann Aguirre has joined the firm of tions in Dallas, Reno, St. Louis, and Austin. ing, and health care law. Normoyle & Newman in Modesto, California. She is handling environmental issues, such as Nancy Patricia Lee has been elected President 1979 compliance, development, and land use. Aguirre of the Asian Pacific Bar of California. She is a Betty C. Bullock is serving as the 1993 Chair­ previously was with Graham & James in San partner at McDonough, Ho ll and & Allen in Sac­ person of The Lawyers' Club of San Francisco Francisco. ramento. The Asian Pacific Bar of California Conference of Delegates. comprises 12 regional bar associations and rep­ Wendy Paskin and San Francisco Mayor Frank resents 2,000 attorneys. G lenda Leather man has joined Stenograph Jordan were married in a small , private cer­ Legal Services in San Ramon, Californi a, as emony at his City Hall Office on September 20, Richard P. Maggio was one of 19 new partners marketing manager. She is responsible for as­ 1992. Paskin is a Vice President with Wells named at Pi llsbury, Madison & Sutro in San sisting the company's overall marketing work , Fargo Bank in San Frallcisco. Francisco. He is a transactions and insurance law specialist. including marketing communications, product David A. Stein has formed Stein & Smith in positioning strategy, and strategic alliances. She Oakland, with Harold (Peter) Smith. Stein pre­ Cythina T hornton, formerly a litigation partner was previously editorial director at Attorney's viously was a partner with Birka-White & Stein. at Musick, Peeler & Garrett, and G regg Hovey, Brief Case, mc., in Oakland. He is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration former managing partner at Stephenson & Prai­ Stephen Q. Rowell has joined the firm of Larson Association. rie, founded Hovey, Kirby & Thornton in San & Burnham in San Francisco as an associate. Diego in April 1992. They speciali ze in business

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and real estate litigati on, creditors' ri ghts in Canady, Robertson & Falk of San Francisco. He bankruptcy, and land use. Hovey's wife, Leslie speciali zes in bankruptcy, with an emphas is on Hovey (,85), founded the Law Offices of M. Chapter I I reorgani zati ons. Leslie Hovey and is of counsel to Palmer & Teal. Kent W. Lindsay has been named a partner at Thornton's husband , Dana Dunwoody (Boalt Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges. He is a '85), founded Mazzarell a, Dunwoody, Wilson & commercial and construction litigator in the firm 's Petty in 199 1. San Francisco offi ce. Jon P. Tonsing has joined Archer, McComas Jeffrey T. Makoff and hi s wife, Charlotte N. & Lageson in Walnut Creek, California, as an Makoff('87), have joined with RichardJ. Nelson associate in its business and real estate law prac­ to form the firm Nelson & Makoff in San Fran­ ti ce. Tonsing joins the 3D-lawyer Archer firm cisco. foll owing the di ssolution of his prior partner­ ship, Tonsing & Tonsing, because of his partner's Jeffrey S. Martin has been named a partner at retirement. the firm of Gordon & Rees. He and two class­ mates, Marjie Barrows and Douglas Wood, were 1984 among six elevated to partner. Terry B. Bates was one of eight partners named Kenneth M. Siegel is one of six associates in December at Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May. named partners at Palo Alto's Wilson, Sonsini, He is in the Los Angeles offi ce and practices Goodrich & Rosati firm in November, bringing contract, insurance, and general business litiga­ the total number of partners at the 225-lawyer ti on. firm to 70. Sarah Davis and two feIJow solo practitioners, Douglas K. Wood has been named a partner at Stephen Camber ('74) and Robert Cameron, the firm of Gordon & Rees. He and two class­ Candace Heister have formed The Mediation Group. The San mates, Marjie Barrows and Jeffrey Martin, were ('72) Francisco-based group handles team mediation among six elevated to partner. of domestic di sputes. Framroze M. Virjee has been named a partner Davis Eiseman IV was one of eight lawyers at atO'Melveny & Myers. He is in the Los Angeles Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon in San Fran­ offi ce. Virjee is a labor attorney. cisco elevated to equity partner in December. Eiseman is a commercial litigator. 1986 Grant L. Kim was one of 13 associates elevated Hector Chinchilla was one of eight partners in the fall to partner at Morrison & Foerster. Kim named in December at Crosby, Heafey, Roach & is in the litigati on department of their San Fran­ May in Oakland . He also is serving a one-year cisco office. term as President-Elect of the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Associati on before succeeding Linda Margolies Salem was one of eight part ­ cl assmate Enrique Ramirez in 1994. As Presi­ ners named in December at Crosby, Heafey, dent-Elect, Chinchilla will concentrate on devel­ Roach & May. She is in the Los Angeles office. oping relati ons with Bay Area Latino bars, and in She is a speciali st in business and insurance assisting them with membership development. litigati on. He will also be editor of the organi zation's bi­ D. Matthew Richardson has fo rmed a new monthly newsletter. Jennifer L. Heller ('78) firm, Appel & Richardson, of counsel to Hill, Enrique Ramirez has been elected President Wynne, Troop & Meisinger in Los Angeles. of the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Associa­ ti on. Ramirez, a solo practitioner, served as 1985 interim president fo ll owing the organizati on's Marjie Barrows has been named a partner at the incorporati on last spring and will begin a one­ firnl of Gordon & Rees. She and two classmates, year term in January. His plans incl ude promot­ Douglas Wood and Jeffrey Martin , were among ing the 1993 Hi spanic Nati onal Bar Association's six elevated to partner. annual convention to be held in San Francisco and forwarding names of local Latino attorneys Leslie Hovey has fo unded the Law Offi ces of M. for judicial vacancies. He also intends to expand Les li e Hovey in San Diego and is of counsel to the organi zati on'S community and law school Palmer & Tea l. outreach programs. W. Douglas Kari, a litigator in th e Los Angeles office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe , was 1987 named a partner in the firm in November. Rick G. Barsky has joined the legal staff of William J. Lafferty has been named one of fo ur Ameri can First Run Studios in Holl ywood. new partners at Howard , Ri ce, Nemerovski , Suzanne E. Hennessy ('83)

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Charlotte N. Makoff and her hu sband, Jeffrey County, Oregon, in the fall. He was previously T. Makoff ('85), have joined with Ri chard J. a prosecutor for the housing attorney with the elson to form the firm of elson & Makoff in Ci ty of Berkeley in Californi a. San Francisco. Victor K. Williams is an A si tant Professor of Law at John Jay Coll ege of the City Uni versity of 1988 .4f(,((i//Oi/ ("'0((1' New York, teaching Constitutional Law. He Steven Gee has joined the firm of Sideman & accepted the post after completing a two-year Bancroft in San Francisco as an associate. He federal clerkship. moves from the San Francisco office of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges. He continues to 1992 counsel on tax planning and ta x litigati on. Paula Brantner has joined the Legal Aid Society'S Employment Law Center in San Fran­ 1989 cisco as the Center's Felix Velarde Munoz in­ tern. Brantner, a former clerk for San Francisco Ted Krumland Joyce L. Boudreaux, formerly with McCutchen, ('69) Doyle, Brown & Enersen, has joined the San Superior Court Judge Donna Hitchens, is focus­ Francisco firm of Fabris, Burgess & Ring in San ing on employment issues involving gays and Francisco. lesbians. The internship is named after a former staff att orn ey who died of AIDS. Deborah Daniloff, formerly with Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, has joined the San Francisco firm of Pamela Bertman Ellman is an associate at the Fabris, Burgess & Ring in San Francisco. Oakland firm of Larson & Burnham. Previ­ ously, she was a Judicial Extern for United States Martha Rosett has been appointed Assistant Magistrate Claudia Wilken in San Francisco. Western States Counsel of the Central Pacific Region office of the Anti-Defamation League of Shuan M. Murphy has joined the firm ofWamer, B 'nai B'rith . She wi ll monitor cases and legisla­ Norcross & Judd as an associate. The 117- ti on relating to hate crimes, church and state member fi rm is headquartered in Grand Rapids, issues, and other forms of discrimination for th e Michigan, with offices in Muskegon and HoI­ League's central region, whi ch compromises land, Michi gan. Nevada, Utah, Hawaii , and Northern California. Thomas W. Tierney has joined th e San Diego Gregory Nerland and P. Randall Noah have law firm of Klinedinst, Fliehman & McKillop as formed oah & Nerland in Walnut Creek, Cali­ an associate. He will concentrate hi s practice in fo rni a. The two-lawyer firm speciali zes in civil civil and business litigation. Shaun M . Murphy ('92) litigation, with an emphasis on personal injury, real estate, and business litigati on. Nerland practiced civil litigati on with a concentration on real estate, insurance defense, and personal in­ jury matters at II -lawyer Wilson, Sher, Marshall , In Memoriam Akawie & Blumenfeld in Oakland.

1990s Hon. John E. Longinotti '38 Hon. George A. Lazar '35 1990 William J. Connolly Sr. 41 Susan Mosk, an associate practi cin g family law Doris Schnacke Stapleton '44 and business litigation at 10-lawyer Payne, Thompson, Walker & Taaffe in San Francisco, Frank S. Pedersen '46 was named to the Board of Governors of 3,000- Lawrence W. Clawson '48 member California Women Lawyers. She also is the State Bar of California's representative to the Hon. Richard D. Love '51 bankruptcy merit screening committee of the Robert J. Costello '52 Jeffrey J. Wong Northern District of California, whi ch recom­ George Lawrence Moore '52 (,68) mends candidates for j udicial appointments to bankruptcy courts. Charles R. Perry '52 C harles A. Steak joined the District Attorney's Pamela K. Sallander '71 staff as Assistant District Attorney in Curry

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April 15 Los Angeles Chapter Outstanding Alumnus Awards Dinner Honoring Charles Mazursky ('69)

April 21 Scholarship Tea and Hastings 1066 Foundation Awards

April 23 Alumni Association Reception for Third-Year Students

April 29 San Diego Outstanding Alumnus Awards Dinner Honoring the Hon. J. Morgan Lester ('66)

May 1 Alumni Association Board Meeting & Chapter Event in San Diego

May 5 Fresno Chapter Alumnus/a of the Year Luncheon Upcoming Events May 11 American Law Institute Reception in Washington, D.C. for Alumni May 22 1993 Commencement July/August Incoming Student Receptions/Barbecues

September 18 Reun ions for the Classes of '33, '38, '43, '48, '53, '58, '63, '68, '73, '78, '83, & '88 in San Francisco.

October 23 Attorneys General Forum & Hastings 1066 Foundation Attorneys General Reception

For information on any of these events, phone the College Relations Office at (415) 565-4615.

The 1992 Annual Fund Spring Phonathon will take place March 15 - April 2.

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