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20 18 A DIFFERENT KIND of LAWYER PHOTOGRAPHY
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Kevin Allen Notre Dame Lawyer 1337 Biolchini Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-5962 [email protected] Inside
2 Dean Newton
4 Briefs & News
10 Profiles: A Different Kind of Lawyer
16 London Law at 50
20 Intellectual Property
26 Father Mike
30 Faculty News
36 Alumni Notes
44 In Memoriam
46 The Couples of ’81
48 Interrogatory Briefs Dean Newton Steps Down
Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law Nell Jessup Newton will conclude her tenure as dean of Notre Dame Law School on June 30, 2019, after 10 years of service.
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His great You make it a point to taught the 1L course in job prospects for law grades and activities at St. walk at least 10,000 steps contract law twice and school graduates across Louis U. High resulted in each day. Aside from the more recently supervised the country and a him being admitted, and health benefits, why do you and taught in the D.C. the Navy made the dream always make time to take semester externship program. What do you love concomitant serious come true. I still remember daily walks? about teaching? downturn in applications the long, detailed letter my I am a reformed mara- to law schools. Despite brother sent me about his \PWVZ]VVMZ[W_ITSQVOQ[ As any 1L professor will tell you, it is a special joy watch- these challenges, Notre ÅZ[\NWW\JITT_MMSMVL¸\PM important for my mental as ZITTQM[JWVÅZM[[PMVIVQ- ing students develop in abil- Dame Law School is well as physical health. 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JaUaW saved enough money to QVIT[WTMIL[UM\W_ITS\W to their law school experi- KM[\WILLZM[[ MVKM 2 2018 A decade Dean Nell Jessup Newton of highlights chats with Notre Dame Law students and alumni During Nell Jessup Newton’s at the Black Law Students 10 years as dean, Notre Dame Association annual Law School: banquet in April 2018. Grew its Loan Repayment Assistance Program by 500 percent. Hired 20 of the current full-time Notre Dame Law faculty. One of your areas of focus technology to enable students :Q\M Created five new research programs]ٺas dean has been on innovation [\]LaQVOQVWVMWN W]ZW Church, State, and Society; Constitutional and adopting new technology. programs in Chicago, D.C., or Structure; Law and Economics; Law and How has technology changed London to participate actively Market Behavior; and Private Law. legal education and the prac- in South Bend-based courses, tice of law? Improved student services by expanding and vice versa. the Career Development Office and adding I strongly believe that law a wellness counselor. graduates should have an Saw 90 percent of its 2017 grads accept understanding of the ways in What are you looking for- full-time, long-term positions. ward to next? which technology is used in law Created eight programs of study to guide practice and how it is lessening 6M`\NITT1XTIV\W\ISM\PMÅZ[\ course selection for students. or even eliminating the need for of two fall semester sabbaticals. Created two public-interest fellowships: I\\WZVMa[\W]VLMZ\ISMKMZ\IQV I plan to spend the sabbatical Thomas L. Shaffer Public Interest in London at our London Fellowship and Bank of America Foundation .MZMLIV Community Sustainability FellowshipٺZMXM\Q\Q^M\I[S[?MW innovative course, Law 2.0, Program, and though I won’t be Grew its international profile by establishing designed to teach just that. We teaching, I will be developing a exchange programs with universities in also created a program of study robust externship program for China, Chile, Italy, Ireland, and Switzerland in intellectual property and our London students. I would and enrolling LL.M. students in London. technology law and generally be lying if I did not admit I also Created three new clinics: Intellectual expanded the curriculum and plan to go to the theater and Property and Entrepreneurship, Community faculty in IP. I am particularly \ISMIL^IV\IOMWN ITT\PI\4WV- Development, and Tax. MZ1V\PM[XZQVO Grew externship programs from two toٺproud of our IP and Entrepre- LWVPI[\WW KQITTaZM\]ZV 12, including programs in Chicago andٻneurship Clinic. It has done [MUM[\MZ1_QTTW Washington, D.C. OZMI\_WZS[MK]ZQVOXI\MV\[NWZ \W_WZSIVL_QTTJM\MIKPQVOW]Z $85 million innovators at Notre Dame and D.C. externship seminar, visit- Raised more than and expects the total to be close to $100 million by the _WZSQVOKTW[MTa_Q\P[\]LMV\ ing placements and placement end of Newton’s deanship in June 2019. entrepreneurs, including the supervisors, and trouble-shoot- award-winning Law School ing with the students. I plan also team that created Impowerus, to begin retooling the courses which is an online platform that that I will be teaching when I connects juvenile immigrants return to South Bend. with pro bono attorneys. In the classroom, we introduced Zoom Dean Nell Jessup Newton speaks at Notre Dame Law School’s 2018 Hooding and Diploma Ceremony at the Joyce Center. NOTRE DAME Lawyer 3 Briefs Off the 1 2 Bench Prominent judges visit 3 ND Law School Several prominent federal judges visited Notre Dame Law School L]ZQVO\PM · IKILMUQKaMIZ\W[XMIS\W[\]LMV\[1VNIK\ Å^MWN \PW[MR]LOM[_MZMWV8ZM[QLMV\,WVITL In November 2017, JUDGE THOMAS HARDIMAN (1) of the U.S. 4 5 +W]Z\WN )XXMIT[NWZ\PM 4 2018 Galilee sees record participation More than 175 Notre Dame Law students traveled to 12 cities across the country to participate in the Galilee program during _QV\MZJZMISWN \PM · IKILMUQKaMIZ Galilee, an acronym that stands for Group Alternative Live-In Legal Educa- tion, is designed to help students explore their career paths by exposing them to the social issues and legal problems of Ameri- ca’s marginalized residents and by introduc- ing them to lawyers who are confronting ‘You are the hope’ those problems. Students spent time with judges, prose- ND Law hosts one of Church’s cutors, and city attorneys. They observed leading voices on race _WZSI\TMOITIQLKTQVQK[R]^MVQTMR][\QKM centers, and immigration facilities. They ^Q[Q\MLXZQ[WV[QVKT]LQVO+WWS+W]V\a2IQT BISHOP EDWARD K. BRAXTON of the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, in Chicago and San Quentin Prison near M`IUQVMLSMaMTMUMV\[WN \PMZIKQITLQ^QLMQV\PM=VQ\ML;\I\M[ San Francisco. They also visited big law IVL\PMMUMZOMVKMWN \PM*TIKS4Q^M[5I\\MZUW^MUMV\NZWU\PM ÅZU[\W[MMPW_TI_aMZ[QVKWZXWZI\MXZW XMZ[XMK\Q^MWN \PM+I\PWTQK+P]ZKP_PMVPM[XWSMQV5IZKPI\\PM JWVW_WZSQV\W\PMQZKIZMMZ[1VILLQ\QWV Law School. \PMa^WT]V\MMZMLQV[W]XSQ\KPMV[PWUMTM[[ His lecture, “The Catholic Church and the Racial Divide in the KMV\MZ[IVLW\PMZVWVXZWÅ\WZOIVQbI\QWV[ United States,” was the Dean’s Lecture on Race, Law, and Society for the spring semester. Program on Church, State & Bishop Braxton noted that only 2.9 million of the nearly 70 million Society growing Catholics in the United States are African-Americans, and only 250 of the 40,000 priests in this country are African-Americans. He is The Law School’s Program on Church, one of just eight African-American bishops out of more than 260 State & Society expanded over the summer bishops in the U.S. with the addition of JONATHAN HANNAH as program director. Hannah previously spent He said that, although Catholic institutions have made aggressive Å^MaMIZ[I[\PM=VQ^MZ[Q\a¼[LQZMK\WZWN .WZ\[\WW^MZKWUMXI[\ZIKQITJQI[M[IVLQVKZMI[MLQ^MZ[Q\aQVZMKMV\ foundation relationsٺM years, much more can and should be done. RICHARD GARNETT, the Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation ¹8ZMXIZMaW]Z[MTN NWZ\PMOZMI\_WZS\W_PQKPaW]PI^MJMMV Professor at the Law School, founded the Program on Church, called,” the bishop told students. “You are the hope of the Church. State & Society in 2010 and remains the program’s faculty director. You are the hope of the country. You are the hope of the world. The program focuses on the role of religion in society and how law The shape of the Church, of the country, and of the world to come structures those relationships. is in your hands.” “This is an exciting development for the University and for the Law MARTHA JONESIPQ[\WZaXZWNM[[WZI\2WPV[0WXSQV[=VQ^MZ[Q\a School,” Garnett said. “Jonathan brings to the Program on Church, delivered the Dean’s Lecture on Race, Law, and Society for the State & Society the enthusiasm, expertise, and commitment neces- fall semester. A scholar on American legal history, Jones tied more sary to help us grow, to provide students with more opportunities for than two centuries of debate over the 14th Amendment and citizen experiential learning and employment, and to support rigorous and rights for former slaves to today’s political debate surrounding timely academic research.” ]VLWK]UMV\MLQUUQOZIV\[IVLI[aT]U[MMSMZ[ Learn more at churchstate.nd.edu. NOTRE DAME Lawyer 5 Briefs ND alumni talk about Guantanamo detention facility The Law School hosted a panel discussion in October 2017 to explore issues surrounding the military detention center at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President George W. Bush’s administration established the LM\MV\QWVKMV\MZQV\PM_ISMWN \PM;MX\MUJMZ\MZZWZ- Q[\I\\IKS[*IZIKS7JIUIXTMLOMLL]ZQVOPQ[ XZM[QLMV\QIT campaign to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, but his administration was unable to do so amid opposition from both sides of the political aisle. The discussion at the Law School featured three Notre Dame Members of Better Homes of South Bend and the Contract Buyers League alumni with experience at the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. of Chicago talk about how two African-American communities organized Department of Justice during the Bush and Obama administrations. to overcome discriminatory housing practices in the 1950s and ’60s. DANIEL J. DELL’ORTO, who earned his B.S. in aerospace engineering from the University in 1971, was principal deputy general counsel for the Department of Defense from June 2000 to March 2009. ‘Fighting for 0M\ITSMLIJW]\\PMR][\QÅKI\QWVNWZKZMI\QVO\PMLM\MV\QWVKMV\MZ at Guantanamo Bay and the use of military tribunals to prosecute suspected terrorists. Fair Housing’ BRIAN P. NICHOLSON ’06 J.D. discussed his experience as an Army Law School hosts conference judge advocate general and his case as military defense counsel for 3PITQL;PMQSP5WPIUUML¸\PMITTMOMLUI[\MZUQVLWN \PM;MX- on Fair Housing Act of 1968 \MUJMZI\\IKS[ In April, the Law School hosted a conference called “Fighting for PAUL M. LEWIS ’80, ’83 J.D. was the Department of Defense Special .IQZ0W][QVOº\WUIZS\PM \PIVVQ^MZ[IZaWN 8ZM[QLMV\4aVLWV Envoy for Guantanamo Detention Closure under the Obama admin- Johnson signing the Fair Housing Act into law, prohibiting dis- Q[\ZI\QWV0M\ITSMLIJW]\\PMTWOQ[\QKITTMOITIVLXWTQ\QKITKPITTMVOM[ crimination against buyers and renters on the basis of race, color, implicated by the closure of the Guantanamo detention center. national origin, sex, disability, and familial status. ¹1\Q[IÅ\\QVO\QUM\WTWWSJIKSI\\PMTI_\WZMUMUJMZ_PaQ\_I[ needed, what it has accomplished, and challenges that remain in \PMÅOP\NWZMY]ITIKKM[[\WWXXWZ\]VQ\aQV)UMZQKIº[IQL8ZWNM[[WZ JUDITH FOX ’93 J.D., who runs the Law School’s Economic Justice Religious freedom moot Clinic and organized the conference. The two-day conference opened with a reception at the Indiana court team wins in Italy University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center. Members of Better Homes of South Bend and the Contract Buyers League of A team of four Notre Dame Law students won an international reli- .[\PI\ gious freedom moot court competition in March in Bologna, Italy [IVL¼ WZ\[QV\PM!ٺPQKIOW[XWSMIJW]\KWUU]VQ\aM+ enabled African-Americans to own homes despite the discrimina- LAWRENCE WESCO, MEGAN BALL, CRISTINA SANCHEZ, and JACK- tory real estate practices of that era. SON BLAIS¸ITTUMUJMZ[WN \PM+TI[[WN !¸_WV\PMKWUXM- 6 2018 Music lesson The Slants rock McCartan Courtroom NOTRE DAME Lawyer 7 Briefs Commencement 2018 In May, the Law School held its 148th Hooding and Diploma Cer- emony at the Joyce Center. The Law School conferred 204 J.D. and 41 LL.M. degrees to the Class of 2018. The class selected the Honorable AMY CONEY BARRETT ’97 J.D. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit as the Distin- O]Q[PML8ZWNM[[WZWN \PMAMIZ MARY KATHERINE HICKEY of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, received the Dean Joseph O’Meara Award. The honor is presented annually to a member of the graduating class for outstanding aca- demic achievement. From left, Mathew MATHEW HOFFMANN of Calgary, Alberta, received the Farabaugh Hoffman, Brent Prize for high scholarship in law. The award was established by Murphy, and Mary Gallitzin A. Farabaugh, a South Bend attorney. Katherine Hickey. 8 2018 From left, Professor Jimmy Gurulé speaks with Notre Dame Exoneration Project members Alyssa Slaimen ’19 J.D. and Molly Campbell ’19 J.D. outside the Elkhart County Prosecutor’s Office in Elkhart, Indiana. Slaimen and Campbell are working on a case involving Andy Royer, a mentally impaired man who says police coerced him into falsely confessing to a 2002 murder. Erika Gustin ’19 J.D. Tia Paulette ’18 J.D. )VL\PM[\]LMV\[LQLITTWN \PI\_WZSI[^WT]V\MMZ[VW\NWZIKI- Exoneration Project demic credit. *a\PMMVLWN \PM · [KPWWTaMIZ\PM[\]LMV\[¼ZMUIZSIJTM inspires law students dedication persuaded faculty members to approve the Law School’s newest externship, the Wrongful Conviction Externship, supervised -WZ\TMIL[\WVM_?ZWVON]T by Gurulé and Slosar. The externship started in the fall 2018 semesٺ- Conviction Externship ter with 12 students enrolled. “I’m very excited for people to be able to experience the extern- In April 2017, KEITH COOPER inspired Notre Dame Law students [PQXº8I]TM\\M[IQL¹?M_IV\ML\PMKI[M_WZS\WJM[WUM\PQVO with his story of determination to clear his name and reclaim more formal, where people could earn academic credit, to ensure his life. Cooper was wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in longevity for this cause. This was important, because we had the -TSPIZ\1VLQIVIIVL[MZ^MLaMIZ[QVXZQ[WVNWZIKZQUM\PI\ ^MPQKTMIVL_IV\ML\WSMMXQ\Z]VVQVOº he did not commit. That momentum has carried into this academic year. His attorney, ELLIOT SLOSAR of the Exoneration Project in Chi- ¹?M¼^MKWUMITWVO_IaJ]\W]Z_WZSQ[V¼\LWVMº[IQLERIKA GUS- KIOWXWQV\MLW]\\W\PMI]LQMVKMQV-KS0ITTWN 4I_\PI\PM_I[ TIN ’19 J.D., one of the Exoneration Project’s founding members and [\QTTITI_[\]LMV\_PMVPM[\IZ\ML_WZSQVOWV+WWXMZ¼[KI[M president for the 2018–19 school year. ¹ ¹1\\WWS\PM[KPWWTJa[\WZUº[IQLTIA PAULETTE ’18 J.D., who Gurulé said the goal is to establish a Wrongful Conviction Legal served as the Exoneration Project’s founding president. “Our list- +TQVQK\WKWV\QV]M\PQ[_WZSWVIXMZUIVMV\JI[Q[ serv grew to about 150 students.” In addition to the valuable experience that the Exoneration Project With Professor JIMMY GURULÉ serving as faculty advisor, the Notre and the new Wrongful Conviction Externship provide for students, ,IUM-`WVMZI\QWV8ZWRMK\JMOIV_WZSQVOWVNW]ZKI[M[¸\PZMM 8I]TM\\M[IQL\PMWZOIVQbI\QWV¼[_WZSQ[IT[WIPMIT\PaZMUQVLMZNWZ homicides and one case of rape and attempted murder. More than law students that they are entering a profession where their actions ILWbMV[\]LMV\[_WZSMLZMO]TIZTaWV\PMKI[M[L]ZQVO\PM · will have profound consequences. school year. They performed research, they visited prisons to inter- “As lawyers, we’re very powerful human beings,” she said. “I ^QM_KTQMV\[IVL\PMaM^MV\ZI^MTMLW]\WN [\I\MWVWKKI[QWV\W\ITS PWXMXMWXTM_QTT][M\PMQZTMOIT\ZIQVQVOIVL[SQTT[QVX]Z[]Q\WN with witnesses. social justice.” NOTRE DAME Lawyer 9 8ZWÅTM[" A Different Kind of Lawyer JAMES CHENEY, a member Fortunately, the person on the of Notre Dame Law School’s other end of the line, a member A Bridge of Broadway Christian Parish, a +TI[[WN _I[I\_WZSI\ the Notre Dame Clinical Law local church with a long history to Home Center when the phone rang. of homeless outreach, had good It was late October 2017, news: They’d found Gillam, liv- James Cheney ’18 J.D. and Cheney, a third-year law ing in a homeless encampment [\]LMV\_I[_WZSQVO]VLMZ beneath an old railroad viaduct wins housing case in downtown South Bend. Professor JUDITH FOX ’93 J.D. in for local woman \PM-KWVWUQK2][\QKM+TQVQK¸ Cheney jumped in his 1996 WVMWN Å^MNIK]T\aZ]VKTQVQK[ 2MMX/ZIVL+PMZWSMMIVLLZW^M By Erin Blasko that provide free legal services south to the viaduct. to individuals, small businesses, 0MXIZSMLQVIKZ]UJTQVO IVLVWVXZWÅ\[QV\PM;W]\P XIZSQVOTW\VM`\\W\PM^QIL]K\ Bend area. Cheney had been IVLY]QKSTaTWKI\ML/QTTIU trying to contact Emma Gillam, IUWVO\PMUM[[WN JTIVSM\[IVL a prospective client, for several cardboard mats. months about the disputed sale of her home to a local real “I was embarrassed,” Gillam estate investor. said. Her clothes were dirty. She hadn’t bathed. The encampment Earlier in the day, Cheney had itself smelled of urine and other sent a letter to Gillam, pleading foul odors. “I started crying.” with her to contact him directly “or else there’s nothing we can Experience had taught her to do for you.” Y]M[\QWV\PMSQVLVM[[WN [\ZIVO- 10 2018 ers—even genuine-seeming ones through a combination of iden- before Gillam and Woods would like Cheney, a tall, easygoing Cal- tity theft and title fraud or by be allowed back into the house. ifornia “kid” with gentle, probing other fraudulent means. The judge issued an order in eyes, neat blond hair, and an easy The trouble began in December January 2018 granting the smile—so she hesitated. 2016, when Gillam retreated to couple immediate possession of Still, she agreed to follow her daughter’s house in Elkhart the property. But even then, the Cheney to his car, where the IN\MZIÅOP\_Q\PPMZP][JIVL investor refused to comply with two talked for an hour about her While Gillam was away, her the order. He would later be situation—the last in a series of husband, Steven Woods, an held in contempt of court. actions on Cheney’s part that admitted alcoholic, got “very ?PMV\PMKW]XTMÅVITTa_MZM day that Fox described as “above drunk,” according to the lawsuit, allowed back into the house, in and beyond the call of duty.” and agreed to sell the couple’s mid-January, they were shocked Afterward, Cheney said, Gillam two-bedroom home to a local at the condition of the place. exclaimed, “I got me a lawyer!” real estate investor. According to the lawsuit, not For Cheney, whose real-world “I was fully intoxicated,” only had the investor stopped legal experience to that point Woods recalled, explaining he paying the utilities and prop- had consisted of interviews and was upset about Gillam leaving erty taxes, meaning there was plea deals on behalf of licensed and about the overall state of no heat or water, but he had attorneys, it marked the start of their marriage. removed most of their belong- IZMITTQNMKW]Z\JI\\TM¸PQ[ÅZ[\ No money changed hands, and ings from the house, including as a law student. no written record of the sale their furniture. For Gillam, it was the beginning exists, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit sought about of an emotional journey home But the investor changed the $35,000 in damages, including after 10 long months on the locks and paid to have Woods more than $11,000 in lost per- street—exposed, broke, and often removed from the property the sonal property. alone—after her husband, drunk very next day, according to the But the money is secondary, IVL]X[M\IN\MZIÅOP\¹[WTLº lawsuit. He later rented it to a Cheney said. The real problem their home to a local investor. tenant, pocketing $6,150 in rent. was that Woods and Gillam “I’ve known since middle school When Gillam returned several were kicked out of their house, that I wanted to be a lawyer,” days later, she could no longer and they were able to return. Cheney said. “I really view access the property, according “I’m glad I had help,” Gillam lawyers as champions. I like the to the lawsuit, and “it was pretty said, referring to Cheney and QLMIWN ÅOP\QVONWZXMWXTMIVL1 soon after that that she was Fox. She began to cry. “I knew think the courts, the justice sys- homeless,” Cheney said. the Lord was always going to tem, they’re like a battleground.” When Cheney did locate Gil- straighten things out.” +PMVMaÅTMLITI_[]Q\WV/QT- lam, he went straight to work. lam’s behalf on November 6, “I went immediately back to the 2017, just a week or so after that clinic, and I looked up the prop- ÅZ[\KI]\QW][MVKW]V\MZ]VLMZ erty, and I saw on there Emma “I knew the Lord was always the viaduct. Gillam and Steven Woods,” going to straighten things out.” Though unique in its particu- Cheney said. “They owned the lars, Gillam’s case is depressingly property. And I was like, ‘What common, Fox said. It falls into the heck? I can’t believe this is the category of house theft, in happening.’” which someone takes possession Even with clear title to the of another person’s property property, it would be months NOTRE DAME Lawyer 11 8ZWÅTM[" A Different Kind of Lawyer Kym Worthy ’84 J.D., the prosecutor for Wayne County, Michigan, was determined to test more than 11,000 rape kits that were discovered in a Detroit Police Department warehouse in 2009. In April, she was featured in an HBO documentary called I Am Evidence. Photo credit: Associated Press KYM WORTHY ’84 J.D. has a rep- police warehouse. Since then, utation—that she doesn’t back she has been on a mission to test ‘I just down from a challenge and that every single kit. she uses the law to elevate her Worthy—described by Essence wanted community and change lives. magazine as “the toughest Worthy is the prosecutor for woman in Detroit”—said she Wayne County, Michigan, couldn’t just look the other way to bring where Detroit is the county seat. after the kits were found. , “More than being in shock WNٺPMXZM[QLM[W^MZI[\I; them attorneys and prosecutes more I was mad,” she said. “I was than half of the felony cases angry that here was something in Michigan. She’s the public else negatively impacting the justice’ face that took down Detroit’s city and what we’re trying to do KM1_I[IVOZaNWZ\PMٻcorrupt former mayor, Kwame QV\PQ[W Kym Worthy ’84 J.D. Kilpatrick. thousands of victims who were wants to end the 0MZTI\M[\PQOPXZWÅTM^QK\WZa attached to these rape kits, and I backlog of untested has been the success of a years- wanted to bring them justice.” long project to end Wayne She assembled a task force rape kits County’s backlog of untested to investigate and prosecute MVLMZ[QLMV\QÅML_Q\P\PMٺrape kits. W KMLQ[KW^- test results from the kits. TheٻBy Lauren Love 1V!?WZ\Pa¼[W ered that 11,341 untested rape initiative has been able to raise kits were collecting dust in a money through government 12 2018 Kym Worthy ’84 J.D., the prosecutor for Wayne County, Michigan, visits a Detroit Police Department warehouse with actress Mariska Hargitay in the HBO documentary I Am Evidence. Photo credit: HBO funding and grants from non- turn around if enough people “Every time you let the facts Learn more about I Am Evidence at XZWÅ\WZOIVQbI\QWV[ remain focused on doing what’s and the evidence guide you, you iamevidencethemovie.com. As of early 2018, the initiative right instead of what’s easy. really can’t go wrong. I can’t had tested more than 10,000 As the Wayne County prosecu- worry about the other noise kits. The test results led to the tor, Worthy faces tough decisions around me,” Worthy said. “The QLMV\QÅKI\QWVWN UWZM\PIV on a daily basis, and she makes minute that a district attorney potential serial rapists and 144 those decisions on a very public or a prosecutor, especially an convictions. DNA from the kits stage. But she doesn’t let public elected one, worries about how MK\\PMUٺhas been linked to crimes in 40 opinion bother her. She remains IKI[MQ[OWQVO\WI states and Washington, D.C. focused on doing the right things that’s when we’re not going to MK\Q^MI\_PI\_MLWºٺJMM In April, HBO released I Am Evi- for the right reasons. dence, a documentary about the alarming number of untested rape kits in the United States. NOTRE DAME Lawyer 13 8ZWÅTM[" A Different Kind of Lawyer Before he started law school at And he has remained commit- Notre Dame, MATT FEENEY ’79, ted to those values that attracted The ’83 J.D. spent a year teaching in him to the Holy Cross Associates a Catholic elementary school nearly four decades ago. law as a in Phoenix as part of the Holy When Feeney looks back, he can Cross Associates, a post-grad- see that his experience as a Holy uate service program adminis- Cross Associate laid the foun- vocation tered by the Congregation of dation for a lifetime of social Holy Cross. responsibility, both personally How ND inspired The program’s pillars—a com- and professionally. He says Matt Feeney ’79, ’83 J.D. mitment to service, community, that many of his life’s threads, to serve his community a simple lifestyle, and spiritual- including a passion for serving ity—resonated with him. the poor and an ongoing collab- Feeney has gone on to enjoy oration with the Congregation By Denise Wager great success in his legal career. of Holy Cross, lead back to his He is the chair of Snell & year as a Holy Cross Associate. Wilmer, a Phoenix-based law “Father Hesburgh once said ÅZU_Q\PUWZM\PIV I\\WZ- aW]_QTTVM^MZÅVLIOZMI\MZ neys in 11 locations. collection of good people than at Notre Dame, and I found that 14 2018 to be true,” Feeney said, adding with the legal paperwork. The hour” credit if they performed that many of those good people result was André House, which legal service to the poor. The he encountered as an undergrad- opened in 1984 and continues to ÅZUILWX\ML\PMXWTQKa¸WVMWN uate were Holy Cross priests. meet the basic needs of the poor \PMÅZ[\WN Q\[SQVLQV\PMVI\QWV “They caused me to look beyond and homeless who walk through at that time. my narrow view of the world and its doors each day. ¹1IUÅZUJMTQM^MZ\PI\XMWXTM opened my eyes to something A few years later, the priests want to be part of institutions broader,” he said. “They helped approached Feeney about form- that stand for something mean- plant the seed of how I can con- ing a job service for the home- ingful. We look for people who tribute in some way—they drew less in Phoenix. He jumped are both excellent lawyers and me into becoming interested in right in and became one of the good people,” he said. “I can the Holy Cross Associates and founding members of St. Joseph trace that back to Notre Dame WZ\[\PI\1IU the Worker—an organization and wanting to be part of anٺW\PMZKI][M[IVLM involved with today.” that has been helping homeless institution that does good.” people secure quality employ- After his year of service, Feeney Feeney and his wife, MICHELE ment for more than 30 years. enrolled at Notre Dame Law WENDLING ’83 J.D., met while at School. During his years as Feeney is passionate about the Notre Dame Law School. He a law student, he served as a cause. Every year, his acoustic [Ia[\PMaPI^MZIQ[MLÅ^MTW^QVO [\]LMV\ÅZMÅOP\MZIVL_WZSML musical group, feeney/winthrop, and compassionate children. “If “We on the administrative side of the performs a concert as St. Joseph I do nothing else in my life,” he the Worker’s main fundraiser. Holy Cross Associates with REV. said, “that alone will be enough The group has raised more than look for JOHN FITZGERALD, C.S.C., who for me.” ran the program. $400,000 through these concerts over the past 11 years. And he says Professor Blakey people During his third year as a law was right. “I believe even a student, Feeney was weighing Feeney has been with Snell & KWZXWZI\MTI_aMZQVIJQOÅZU MZMVKMNWZٺwhat to do after graduation. He ?QTUMZ[QVKMPQ[ÅZ[\aMIZW]\ KIVUISMIZMITLQ who are of law school. His practice focus went to Professor G. ROBERT the poor and disadvantaged if is on mergers and acquisi- both BLAKEY ’57, ’60 J.D. for advice. he or she is open to doing so,” .MZQVO[;-+ Feeney saidٺHe told Blakey that he was \QWV[[MK]ZQ\QM[W MZNZWUITI_ reporting and compliance, andٺKWV[QLMZQVOIVW excellent corporate governance matters, .ZWU\PM_QVLW_QVPQ[ÅZ[\ KMI\;VMTT?QTUMZPMٻÅZU\PI\NMT\TQSMIOWWLÅ\ W but he thought that maybe he including advising corporate lawyers boards and board committees. could see the elementary school should be doing something more where he served with Holy Cross service-focused instead. 0MQ[XZW]LWN \PMÅZU¼[[\ZWVO Associates. He said, “It was as if and good “Professor Blakey told me that commitment to corporate social God were reminding me to not PMÅZUTaJMTQM^MLITI_aMZWN responsibility, which he says forget to keep my heart open to MZMVKMٺpeople.” conscience could make a mean- includes maintaining high stan- VM__Ia[\WUISMILQ MZMVKMIVa_PMZMº dards of integrity for their cli- My career at Snell & Wilmer hasٺQVON]TLQ Feeney recounted. “He said, ents, fostering an enjoyable and provided me with opportunities ‘Trust me, if you become a good respectful working environment to do so.” lawyer, you will have plenty of for employees, and a tradition opportunities to do so.’” of service and leadership to the community. Feeney has done just that. In the late 1980s, Feeney 0Q[ÅZ[\WXXWZ\]VQ\aKIUM_PMV KWKPIQZML\PMÅZU¼[XZWJWVW Father Fitzgerald and another committee with Larry Winthrop, Holy Cross priest approached who is a member of feeney/ him with their plan to establish winthrop. They presented a a Catholic Worker house in pro bono policy that provided Phoenix. Feeney helped them attorneys with full “billable NOTRE DAME Lawyer 15 BriefsLondon Law at 50 CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF NOTRE DAME LAW IN LONDON otre Dame Law School Dame Lawyers have gone to England to embarked on a unique experi- deepen their understanding of the roots ment in legal education in the of American law, to explore international fall of 1968. career opportunities, and to forge lasting N bonds with classmates. Instead of spending the 1968–69 academic year at the South Bend campus, 20 mem- Students who participate in the London bers of the Law School’s second-year class Law Program will frequently describe it as would study in London. a life-changing experience, both personally The launch of the London Law Program and professionally. made Notre Dame the only law school “The London Program is the reason I where students could earn credit toward applied to Notre Dame Law School. I had an American law degree while studying in not spent any time abroad as an under- England, and it is the only full-year London OZIL]I\MIVLNMT\1VMMLML\WÅTTIUQ[[QVO program approved by the American Bar gap in my undergraduate education,” NOEL Association. AUGUSTYN ’74 J.D. recalled recently. “It was In the half-century since the program was a very wise decision. The year in London born, more than 1,500 budding Notre was one of the richest of my life.” 16 2018 For other Notre Dame Law graduates, the “The Notre Dame London Law Program London Law Program set their career paths was literally life changing,” McLemore said. on an international course. “Without it, I would not have discovered RAYMOND DUNN ’82 J.D. said his experience London or realized that working in London in the program helped prepare him for a was an option,” she said. “It certainly is not career in international investment banking the easiest or most straightforward legal IVLÅVIVKM)N\MZTI_[KPWWTPM_MV\WV\W career path, but I am forever grateful for my earn an MBA at Columbia University. Notre Dame London experience because “I worked as a research consultant at the it has led me to where I am—working and OECD in Paris, an investment banker at living in the greatest city in the world.” UBS in London and Hong Kong, and then 7VMWN \PMZMI[WV[TI_[\]LMV\[JMVMÅ\ in our own company, which we started 19 from studying in London is that English law Notre Dame Law years ago to arrange transactions for clients is the basis for American law. The English School and Notre Dame International celebrated WZ_Q\PÅVIVKQITXIZ\VMZ[QV\PM=;4I\QV system is also the mother of legal systems the 50th anniversary of America, Asia, and Europe,” Dunn said. used in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the London Law Program “The London Law Program helped open India, and other nations in the former Brit- throughout 2018. The the door to pursue my career dreams.” ish Commonwealth. culminating celebration was held in October in London. JAIME MCLEMORE ’07 J.D. lives and works “What better way to understand American in London today as a result of her partici- law than to go to its roots? And its roots are Visit law.nd.edu/london50 to see stories, videos, and pation in the program. She advises on U.S. in London,” said MICHAEL K. ADDO, director photos that look back at the and international tax and estate planning as of the London Law Program. “When trying program’s history and recap a partner at Withers LLP, an international to understand the origins and trajectory of the anniversary events. TI_ÅZUPMILY]IZ\MZMLQV4WVLWV American law, knowledge of the common TI_WN -VOTIVLQ[IT_Ia[PMTXN]Tϰ “THE LONDON PROGRAM IS THE REASON I APPLIED TO NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL. I HAD NOT SPENT ANY TIME ABROAD AS AN UNDERGRADUATE AND FELT I NEEDED TO .144)51;;16//)8165A=6,-:/:),=)<--,=+)<176ϰ NOTRE DAME Lawyer 17 BriefsLondon Law at 50 London Law In 1968, the Notre Dame London Law Program is born with 20 $4M Gift students from Notre Dame Law In 1981, Notre Dame receives School enrolling in the Faculty of a $4 million gift from the estate Law, University College, University of DAGMAR CONCANNON, of London, for the 1968–1969 the widow of prominent academic year. The curriculum Chicago lawyer MATTHIAS consists of a combination of courses CONCANNON. The gift enables traditionally taught at Notre Dame the Law School to enter into and elective courses in comparative a long-term lease and pay for and international law. renovations at 7 Albemarle Street Dean WILLIAM B. LAWLESS ’44 in London’s Mayfair neighborhood. J.D., who led the Law School from London Summer Program London MBA Powerful Words In 1970, Notre Dame Law School In 1977, Notre Dame’s College of On July 29, 1983, CHIEF launches its London summer program in Business Administration creates a JUSTICE WARREN E. American law at the University of London. semester-long program for MBA BURGER of the U.S. More than 90 students from numerous law students to study in London. Supreme Court speaks at the schools enroll in the seven-week program. Notre Dame London Law Centre’s dedication. “In more than the quarter of a century that I have been on the bench, my visits to courts wherever I traveled have given me a better understanding of how those systems work,” Burger says. “Observation of other systems is essential to improving any system of justice.” University President REV. THEODORE M. HESBURGH, C.S.C., adds, “It’s a marvelous thing for young lawyers to be citizens of the world and to know how law is a force for peace, because it’s for justice … .” 18 2018 LONDON LAW Fischer Hall In 1998, the University relocates its Flagship London programs to accommodate While blessing Conway Hall in 2012, University the increasing number of students President REV. JOHN I. JENKINS, C.S.C., recognizes studying in London. Through a bequest the Law School’s role in setting the stage for a much from CHARLES K. FISCHER ’49, larger Notre Dame presence in London. the University is able to renovate the First LL.M. graduate former United University Club at 1-4 He notes, “Notre Dame has had a presence in London _PMVW]ZÅZ[\[\]LMV\[KIUMPMZM\W[\]La WTS;\ZMM\VMIZ 1987 1998 2012 2018 1997 2011 Undergraduate Programs Conway Hall The Future In 1997, the University starts a In 2011, the University opens MICHAEL ADDO, who comprehensive London program Conway Hall as a residence hall became the London Law for all undergraduates in the for Notre Dame students studying Program’s director in 2017, Colleges of Arts and Letters, QV4WVLWV.WZ\PMÅZ[\\QUM6W\ZM is looking toward the future. Business Administration, Dame has a student residence of He is leading initiatives to Engineering, and Science. its own beyond campus. connect with alumni and boost the London externship The building—the former Royal program. Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women—undergoes a “It’s only when you dream complete renovation and is named that you wake up to an in honor of Robert and Ricki ambition,” Addo said. “Fifty Conway. BOB CONWAY ’66 is a years with more vibrance, 50 longtime London resident whose years with more expansion, gift made it possible for Notre 50 years with more impact. Dame to establish the residence In other words, to be seen hall for students. and to be known a little bit more. That would be my Also in 2011, Dean NELL JESSUP dream for the next 50 years.” NEWTON announces the Law School will begin allowing law students to spend a single semester, instead of the full year, in the London Law Program. Also, the Law School will allow third-year students to spend a semester or a full year in London. NOTRE DAME Lawyer 19 Feature 20 2018 ntellectual property is one of the CAITLIN CANAHAI, a fastest-growing areas of the law, both UMUJMZWN \PM+TI[[WN Iin the United States and globally. 2019 and president of the It’s a sign of a world where technological 4I_;KPWWT¼[1V\MTTMK\]IT change is quick and constant. 8ZWXMZ\a4I_;WKQM\aNWZ Big 2018–19, said she fell in Professor JODI CLIFFORD, the founding LQZMK\WZWN \PM4I_;KPWWT¼[1V\MTTMK\]IT 8ZWXMZ\aIVL-V\ZMXZMVM]Z[PQX+TQVQK was a patent attorney for 10 years before KWUQVO\W6W\ZM,IUMQV8ZWNM[[WZ STEPHEN YELDERMAN was an attorney for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Depart- UMV\WN 2][\QKMXZQWZ\WRWQVQVO\PM4I_ School’s faculty in 2013. NOTRE DAME Lawyer 21 Feature AMTLMZUIV[IQLWVMWN \PMZMI[WV[PM Learning outside the classroom ,+XZWOZIU0MPILIR]LQKQITQV\MZV- KIUM\W6W\ZM,IUM4I_;KPWWTQ[\PI\Q\ ship with JUDGE JIMMIE V. REYNA of the provided an opportunity to help build and 22 2018 ZM[MIZKPMZ[_PW_WZSML_Q\PPQU NOTRE DAME Lawyer 23 Feature 1 in 3 One-third of Notre Dame Law School’s third-year students have taken at least two IP courses. 17 The Law School offered 17 courses in Strength in IP law during the 2017–18 academic numbers year, up from six courses in 2007–08. 6W\ZM,IUM4I_;KPWWTPI[ QV^M[\MLQVILZIUI\QKM`XIV[QWV 10% of its intellectual property curric- One out of 10 students at the Law ]T]UQVZMKMV\aMIZ[\WXZMXIZM School have undergraduate degrees in students for a wide variety of science, technology, engineering, KIZMMZ[QVIÅMTL\PI\VMML[UWZM and math (STEM) subjects. good attorneys. 24 2018 Student entrepreneurs The IDEA Center—which stands for Innovation, De-Risking and Enterprise Acceleration—provides space, services, and expertise for commercialization and entrepreneurial activities at the University of Notre Dame. The IDEA Center helped launch 27 startup companies from July 2017 to June 2018, and three of those companies were founded by Notre Dame Law students. Here are their stories. Members of the Impowerus team, clockwise from top left: Veronica Canton ’18 J.D., Manon Burns ’18 J.D., Carol Li ’20 J.D., Katelyn Ringrose ’19 J.D., Alex Ingoglia ’20 J.D., and Erika Gustin ’19 J.D. Impowerus other resources around campus that assist detecting cancer in Stage I, when patients entrepreneurs. PI^MI!XMZKMV\Å^MaMIZ[]Z^Q^ITZI\M The idea came to KATELYN RINGROSE a few years ago while she was working for Impowerus won the Fellow Irish Social Origin is focused particularly on ovarian a public school in Washington state. She Hub, or FISH, award for best social cancer, which is asymptomatic and has no saw young immigrants who had escaped venture at the Mendoza College of Busi- reliable diagnostic test. Patients overwhelm- dangerous situations in their birth coun- ness’s McCloskey Business Plan Compe- ingly progress for years prior to diagnosis. tries and were living in the United States tition in 2017. At the 2018 competition, Through its patented test, Origin seeks to without their parents. Impowerus won $40,000 in awards. shine a light on this “silent killer.” The experience inspired Ringrose to go to “This campus is really supportive of The second company, PARETO LIFE law school, and it also inspired her to start student ideas,” Ringrose said. “We’ve had SCIENCES, is looking to connect people IMPOWERUS—an online platform that con- a lot of doors opened for us. People have with blood-related diseases and cancers nects juvenile immigrants with pro bono been very willing to reach out and ask with willing bone marrow donors. At least MZQVOQUUQOZI\QWV[MZ^QKM[ what they can do.” 3,000 people die each year in the UnitedٺI\\WZVMa[W Learn more at impowerus.com. ;\I\M[JMKI][M\PMaKIVVW\ÅVLIUI\KP- Impowerus removes a barrier to legal repre- ing bone marrow donor. sentation by enabling attorneys and clients to communicate over the Internet through Curtis formed the company in January a secure video chat with the integration of Origin Oncology and 2018 with CHAS PULIDO, an undergradu- .MZ[ ate in the Mendoza College of BusinessٺI][MN]TLI[PJWIZL NOTRE DAME Lawyer 25 FATHER BriefsMike Father Mike’s 4I_;KPWWTTMOIKa By Amanda Gray ’12 26 2018 VI<]M[LIaM^MVQVOQVTI\M5IZKP\PMKT]JI\4MOMVL[ WN 6W\ZM,IUM_I[XIKSML_Q\PTI_[\]LMV\[NIK]T\a 7IVLILUQVQ[\ZI\WZ[1V\PMUQLLTMWN ITWVO[MUM[\MZ\PMa ignored their studies and other regular responsibilities to stay out late on a school night, to laugh and to cheer. 1\_I[\QUMWVKMIOIQVNWZ\PM.I\PMZ5QSM;PW_¸\PMIVV]IT UMVIOMZQM\PI\JZQVO[W]\\PM4I_;KPWWT¼[PQLLMV\ITMV\IVLZIQ[M[ UWVMaNWZ[KPWTIZ[PQX[IVL[\]LMV\IK\Q^Q\QM[ 0MZM¼[I[IUXTQVOWN \PMTQVM]X"8ZWNM[[WZBRUCE HUBER rapped ¹)VVM0IUQT\WV" ¹0M_I[IVQVKZMLQJTaKPIZQ[UI\QKXMZ[WVº[IQL8ZWNM[[WZPATRICIA O’HARA ’74 J.D.INWZUMZ4I_;KPWWTLMIVIVLIUMUJMZWN \PM 4I_;KPWWT¼[NIK]T\a[QVKM! ¹1IT_Ia[\PQVSWN I_PMMTIVL\PM kind of person who is the hub of the wheel. Father Mike was very U]KP\PI\SQVLWN XMZ[WV5IVaXMWXTM_MZMI\\ZIK\ML\WPQUIVL PMJMKIUM\PMP]J\PI\KWVVMK\ML\PMUº KMI\\PMٻMZ\aZMTQ[PML\PI\ZWTM0MIT_Ia[KPW[MIVWٺ5K+I KXI\\MZV[IVLPMSMX\I?I\MZNWZLٻKMV\MZWN \PM4I_;KPWWT¼[\ZI KZa[\ITJQ[K]Q\RIZÅTTML_Q\P55[I[N]Z\PMZUW\Q^I\QWVNWZXMWXTM \W^Q[Q\PQU First and foremost, a priest ! !MZ\aMIZVML\PZMM6W\ZM,IUMLMOZMM[¸I*)QVٺ5K+I I2,NZWU\PM4I_;KPWWTQV! IVLIV5)QV\PMWTWOaQV ! 0MXZIK\QKMLTI_QV+PQKIOWIVL?I[PQVO\WV,+IVL PMMIZVMLIV445NZWU0IZ^IZL4I_;KPWWTJMNWZMRWQVQVO\PM 6W\ZM,IUM4I_NIK]T\aQV! NOTRE DAME Lawyer 27 FATHER BriefsMike He was a lawyer, a scholar, a teacher, a storyteller, a friend. He was RW^QITIVLIXXZMKQI\MLÅVM\PQVO[TQSM;KW\KP_PQ[SaIVL4IKW[\M golf shirts. 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Four new professors join the Law School Notre Dame Law School welcomed four new faculty members at the beginning of the 2018–19 academic year. Samuel Bray is a lateral hire from Sadie Blanchard was a UCLA School of Law. He is one Fellow in Private Law at Yale of the nation’s leading scholars of Law School before joining Notre remedies, and his recent work on Dame. Her research examines national injunctions was published how legal institutions interact in the Harvard Law Review. with social forces to shape behavior, especially in markets. Emily Bremer came to Notre Dame from the University of Christian Burset is a legal Wyoming College of Law. Her historian with a J.D. and Ph.D. in scholarship focuses on adminis- history from Yale. His research trative law and procedure, and involves the development of English examines how private ordering and American legal institutions. and public law intersect. 30 2018 The Honorable Laurence H. Silberman, right, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, administers the ND Law hosts oath of office for Judge Amy Coney Barrett ’97 J.D. Her husband, Jesse Barrett ’96, ’99 J.D., is holding the Bible. Judge Amy Barrett’s investiture Notre Dame celebrated a beloved alumna and *IZZM\\¼[P][JIVLJESSE BARRETT ’96, ’99 J.D., professor in February when the Law School an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District hosted the investiture of AMY CONEY BARRETT ’97 of Indiana, earned a standing ovation after he J.D. as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for delivered a touching speech about his wife’s gift the Seventh Circuit. for empathy and personal relationships. An audience of colleagues, friends, and family The couple met at Notre Dame Law School, and UMUJMZ[ÅTTML\PM8I\ZQKS.5K+IZ\IV+W]Z\- PM\ITSMLIJW]\\PMUIVaKPIVOM[\PMaPI^MM`XM- \MZMVٺroom for the ceremony, which included a touch- ZQMVKML\WOM\PMZI[\PMaPI^MTQ^MLQVLQ ing combination of praise and anecdotes from cities, houses, and apartments, and brought seven XMWXTM_PWPI^MSVW_V2]LOM*IZZM\\XMZ[WVITTa KPQTLZMVQV\W\PMQZTQ^M[¹*]\\PMZMQ[WVM\PQVO and professionally throughout her life. that hasn’t changed—it is humbling to be married White House Counsel Donald Several other judges from the Seventh Circuit \W)Ua*IZZM\\ºPM[IQL¹AW]KIV¼\W]\_WZS McGahn, a 1991 graduate of I\\MVLML\PMQV^M[\Q\]ZMIVL+PQMN 2]LOM,QIVM )Ua1¼^MIT[WTMIZVMLaW]KIV¼\W]\NZQMVL)Uaº the University of Notre Dame, Wood presided over the ceremony. The investiture closed with the Notre Dame presents Barrett with the The Honorable Laurence H. Silberman, senior /TMM+T]J[QVOQVO¹ NOTRE DAME Lawyer 31 FACULTY News Mark McKenna named John P. Murphy Foundation Professor 6W\ZM,IUM4I_8ZWNM[[WZMARK MCKENNA _I[IXXWQV\MLI[I2WPV85]ZXPa.W]VLI\QWV 8ZWNM[[WZ\PQ[XI[\[XZQVO 8ZWNM[[WZPAUL B. MILLER has been named associ- ate dean for international and graduate programs ND Law School celebrates at Notre Dame Law School. He joined the Law School at the beginning of the 2017–18 academic Randy Kozel’s new book year after teaching at two Canadian universi- The Notre Dame Law School community cel- \QM[¸5K/QTT=VQ^MZ[Q\aQV5WV\ZMITIVL9]MMV¼[ MJZI\ML8ZWNM[[WZRANDY KOZEL’SJWWSSettled =VQ^MZ[Q\aQV3QVO[\WV7V\IZQW Versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, in February with 5QTTMZQ[IXZQ^I\MTI_\PMWZQ[\_PW[M_WZSNWK][M[ IKMZMUWVaIVLZMKMX\QWVQV-KS+WUUWV[ WVXPQTW[WXPQKITY]M[\QWV[QVMY]Q\aÅL]KQIZa 32 2018 3WbMT_PWIT[W[MZ^M[I[6W\ZM,IUM4I_ some of the most egregious corporate scandals School’s associate dean for faculty development of our time for the purpose of producing tangi- IVLLQZMK\[\PM8ZWOZIUWV+WV[\Q\]\QWVIT JTM[\MX[\PI\WZOIVQbI\QWV[KIV\ISM\WXZM^MV\ Structure, presents a theory of precedent in the future misconduct. JWWS\PI\Q[LM[QOVML\WMVPIVKM\PM[\IJQTQ\aIVL impersonality of constitutional law. He argues that deference to precedent promotes the rule of law. +IUJZQLOM=VQ^MZ[Q\a8ZM[[X]JTQ[PMLSettled Versus RightQV2]VM 3WbMTIT[W^Q[Q\ML\PM=VQ^MZ[Q\aWN :QKPUWVL School of Law in April to deliver a lecture and participate in several roundtable discussions sur- ZW]VLQVOPQ[JWWS Carter Snead elected Avishalom Tor named Hastings Center Fellow Distinguished Fellow of ND 6W\ZM,IUM4I_8ZWNM[[WZO. CARTER SNEAD, Institute for Advanced Study \PM?QTTQIU8IVL0IbMT*?PQ\M,QZMK\WZWN 6W\ZM,IUM4I_8ZWNM[[WZAVISHALOM TOR won the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, the competitive position of a Distinguished Fellow was elected in the spring to serve as a Fellow of of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study \PM0I[\QVO[+MV\MZ\PM_WZTL¼[ÅZ[\IVLUW[\ NWZ\PM[XZQVO![MUM[\MZ,]ZQVOPQ[NMTTW_- prestigious bioethics research institute. ship, he will pursue interdisciplinary research on ¹1\Q[IOZMI\PWVWZ\WRWQV\PMLQ[\QVO]Q[PMLZIVS[ “Towards a Fuller Understanding of Inequality: WN \PM0I[\QVO[+MV\MZ.MTTW_[º;VMIL[IQL¹.WZ .ZWU8[aKPWTWOa\WI*MPI^QWZITTa1VNWZUML decades, the Hastings Center has stood as an 4MOIT8WTQKaº M[[MV\QITQV[\Q\]\QWV[MMSQVO\WOZIXXTM_Q\P\PM 8ZWNM[[WZVERONICA ROOT, an associate professor of law, was among 20 University of Notre Dame faculty members who received grants in Febru- IZa\PZW]OP\PM6W\ZM,IUM:M[MIZKP1V\MZVIT /ZIV\8ZWOZIU;PM_I[I_IZLMLIOZIV\NWZPMZ XZWRMK\\Q\TML¹:MKTIQUQVO\PM,QOVQ\aWN ?WZS \PZW]OP>IZQML5M\PWL[WN)[[M[[UMV\º NOTRE DAME Lawyer 33 FACULTY News Notre Dame Law Professor A.J. Bellia, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, and Notre Dame Law Professor Roger Alford are pictured in November at Georgetown University Law Center. (Photo courtesy of George Washington University Law School) BRADFORD R. CLARK, the William Cranch :M[MIZKP8ZWNM[[WZWN 4I_I\/MWZOM?I[P- QVO\WV=VQ^MZ[Q\a4I_;KPWWTI[INZIUM_WZS NWZ\PMLQ[K][[QWV Leading scholars gather to discuss Harvard Law Dean JOHN MANNING moderated Professor A.J. Bellia’s book \PMR]LOM[¼LQ[K][[QWVWN \PMJWWS1VILLQ\QWV\W)TQ\WIVL3I^I- VI]OP\PMW\PMZR]LOM[XIZ\QKQXI\QVO_MZM2]LOMDAVID BARRON Leading constitutional and international law scholars as well as WN \PM=;+W]Z\WN )XXMIT[NWZ\PM.QZ[\+QZK]Q\2]LOMDEBRA several prominent federal judges—including U.S. Supreme Court LIVINGSTON of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2][\QKMSAMUEL ALITOIVL2]LOMBRETT KAVANAUGH of the U.S. IVL2]LOMSRI SRINIVASAN of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit—participated in a sympo- D.C. Circuit. sium in November 2017 at Georgetown University Law Center The question of when U.S. courts should apply customary interna- \PI\M`XTWZML\PMZWTMWN QV\MZVI\QWVITTI_QV\PM=;TMOIT[a[\MU tional law in deciding cases has long puzzled judges and academ- Supreme Court takes note of Notre Dame Law scholars ;M^MZITUMUJMZ[WN \PM6W\ZM,IUM4I_NIK]T\aÅTMLIUQK][ by people from several nations. Thomas argued against national briefs in U.S. Supreme Court cases and received citations in court injunctions that “prohibit the government from enforcing a policy proceedings during the 2017–18 academic year. _Q\PZM[XMK\\WIVaWVMQVKT]LQVOVWVXIZ\QM[º 2][\QKMNEIL GORSUCHKQ\ML_WZSJa8ZWNM[[WZA.J. BELLIA in two 8ZWNM[[WZJIMMY GURULÉXTIaMLITMILQVOZWTMQVÅTQVO\_WIUQK][ KI[M[QV)XZQT/WZ[]KPKQ\ML*MTTQIQVPQ[WXQVQWVQVSessions v. briefs on behalf of the victims of terrorism in two cases—Jesner DimayaIKI[MQV^WT^QVO\PMLMÅVQ\QWVWN ¹KZQUMWN ^QWTMVKMºQV v. Arab Bank and Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran—that were argued KMZ\IQVLMXWZ\I\QWVKI[M[/WZ[]KPKQ\ML*MTTQI¼[_WZS_Q\PBRAD- during the Supreme Court’s 2017 term. The amicus briefs were FORD R. CLARK of George Washington University Law School in submitted on behalf of former U.S. counterterrorism and national ]KQITٻhis concurring opinion in Jesner v. Arab Bank, a case involving the [MK]ZQ\aW )TQMV 34 2018 Remembering little things that matter A tribute to Justice Anthony Kennedy NOTRE DAME Lawyer 35 ALUMNI Notes ALUMNI Share your good news with friends and classmates. Send Alumni Notes to Notes [email protected]. 1950s John A. Vuono ’54, ’55 service as a member of J.D., a senior member of \PM)TTMOPMVa+W]V\a*IZ ‘The Black Hills are Vuono & Gray LLC in Association. Vuono is a not for sale’ 8Q\\[J]ZOP_I[PWVWZML longtime member of the in November 2017 for his Notre Dame Law School .WZP]VLZML[WN aMIZ[\PM*TIKS0QTT[¸ aMIZ[WN LQ[\QVO]Q[PML Advisory Council. an isolated mountain range that rises amid \PMXZIQZQM[WN ;W]\P,ISW\I¸PI^MJMMV \PM[XQZQ\]ITPWUMWN \PM4ISW\I;QW]`)VL 1960s Paul H. Titus ’60 J.D., *IZ)[[WKQI\QWVPMTXML [QVKM\PM [\PM\ZQJM¼[UMUJMZ[PI^MJMMV of counsel at Schnader NW]VL\PMTQ\QOI\QWVÅZU ÅOP\QVO\PM=;OW^MZVUMV\W^MZKWV\ZWT Harrison Segal & Lewis /ZIPIU+]Z\QVQV! of the land. 448QV8Q\\[J]ZOP Curtin is also a past Norm Matteoni ’63 J.D., a property law ZMKMQ^ML\PM,Z]U5IRWZ president of the Notre [XMKQITQ[\_PWXZIK\QKM[QV;IV2W[M+ITQNWZVQI NWZ2][\QKM)_IZLQV Dame Law Association. visited Notre Dame Law School during the fall 2IV]IZa I\\PMIVV]IT Robert M. Greene ’69 2017 semester to deliver a presentation titled :M^,Z5IZ\QV4]\PMZ J.D., a retired partner ¹ 2018 1970s John T. Lynch ’75 J.D., The Catholic Lawyers [PIZMPWTLMZI\,I^Q[5ITU Guild of Chicago honored ,¼)OW[\QVM8+QV Patrick A. Salvi ’78 J.D. *W[\WV_I[VIUML\W\PM QV7K\WJMZ _Q\PQ\[ TQ[\WN 5I[[IKP][M\\[ Lifetime Achievement Super Lawyers. Lynch Award. The award is practices in the business, presented annually to trust, and estate areas. an individual who has demonstrated a lifelong Nancy Morrison O’Connor commitment to the ’76 J.D. was appointed general counsel for the Church and the bar. Judge Williams Catholic University of Salvi was honored at the joins Jones Day America in Washington, IVV]IT:ML5I[[I\0WTa D.C. She brings more than Name Cathedral, where 1V2IV]IZa Ann Claire Williams ’75 J.D. aMIZ[WN M`XMZQMVKM +IZLQVIT*TI[M2+]XQKP retired after 18 years as a judge on the U.S. in the areas of labor and the archbishop of Chicago, Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and employment, litigation, KMTMJZI\ML5I[[ MUJIZSMLWVIVM_KPIX\MZQVPMZ\ZIQTJTIbQVO and research integrity to Rosemary Kenyon ’79 KIZMMZ0MZVM_RWJQ[_Q\P2WVM[,Ia_PMZM WZ\[\WIL^IVKM\PMٺthe position, which she J.D. was named to the list [PMQ[TMILQVO\PMÅZU¼[M [\IZ\MLQV2IV]IZa+I\PWTQK of 2018 North Carolina rule of law in Africa. =VQ^MZ[Q\a8ZM[QLMV\2WPV ;]XMZ4I_aMZ[3MVaWVI “As the foundation of any society, the rule of Garvey, a former Notre partner at Smith Anderson TI_Q[SMa\W\PMWXMZI\QWVWN NZMMUIZSM\[ Dame Law professor who QV:ITMQOPXZIK\QKM[QV\PM IVLKWUUMZKQIT\ZIV[IK\QWV[º[IQL2WVM[,Ia MIZVMLPQ[*)I\6W\ZM area of employment and 5IVIOQVO8IZ\VMZStephen J. Brogan ’77 J.D. ,IUMQV! UILM\PM labor law counseling and “If globalization is to be a force for human appointment. litigation. She also serves development, the rule of law must be at its I[KPIQZWN \PMÅZU¼[XZW KMV\MZ2WVM[,IaPI[TWVOJMMVLM^W\ML\W bono committee. advancing the rule of law around the world. NOTRE DAME Lawyer 37 ALUMNI Notes Ralph P. Higgins Jr. ’77, 1980s also serves as pro bono headquarters. Verus ’80 J.D., a partner at general counsel for the provides litigation support Frantz Ward in Cleveland, /MWZOQI8TIVVML/Q^QVO and compliance services was selected as Estate Council. \WTI_ÅZU[IVLKWZXWZI\M 8TIVVQVO4I_aMZWN \PM legal departments. Terrence R. Brady ’85 J.D. AMIZQV7PQWQV\PM was elected president of Jeffrey D. Linton ’88 International Advisory Underwriters Laboratories J.D. was appointed -`XMZ\[)_IZL[ 1VK\PMVWVXZWÅ\ M`MK]\Q^M^QKMXZM[QLMV\ Lorelie S. 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Messaglia ’90, ’93 J.D., a 4I_aMZ[NWZ*][QVM[[ KWZXWZI\MJIVSQVOI\\WZVMaI\3ZQMO,M>I]T\ Michael D. Rechtin Jr. QV1VLQIVIXWTQ[_I[MTMK\MLQV2IV]IZa Jared des Rosiers ’89, ’92 J.D. joined Seyfarth \WJM\PMÅZU¼[UIVIOQVOXIZ\VMZ ’92 J.D., a partner at ;PI_448I[IXIZ\VMZ 8QMZKM)\_WWLQV\PM QV\PMÅZU¼[:MIT-[\I\M 5M[[IOTQIJMOIVPQ[KIZMMZ_Q\P3ZQMO -VMZOa8ZIK\QKM/ZW]X Department in Chicago. ,M>I]T\I[IVI[[WKQI\MQV!!IVLPMPI[ QV8WZ\TIVL5IQVM :MKP\QV¼[XZIK\QKMNWK][M[ held several leadership roles over the years. was recognized with on data center transactions 5W[\VW\IJTaPM_I[\PMTWVO\QUMPMILWN the Scribner Firm and leasing. \PMÅZU¼[.QVIVKQIT1V[\Q\]\QWV[8ZIK\QKM Impact Award. The Wendell G. Davis ’93 J.D. He said it was humbling to be elected award recognized was appointed regional managing partner. “I welcome both the that his leadership of administrator for the challenge and privilege of leading our 8QMZKM)\_WWL¼[8ZW =;;UITT*][QVM[[ esteemed law *WVWIVL+WUU]VQ\a )LUQVQ[\ZI\QWV¼[:MOQWV1 ÅZUIVL\W ;MZ^QKM8ZWOZIUNZWU which covers Connecticut, use the same 2013 to 2017 resulted 5IQVM5I[[IKP][M\\[ founding QVIÆW]ZQ[PQVOTM^MTWN principles that engagement with pro 6M_0IUX[PQZM:PWLM Island, and Vermont. have been our bono and community foundation for [MZ^QKMIKZW[[\PMÅZU0M Elaine Zacharakis ’94 more than 140 also served as president J.D.RWQVML/IZN]VSMT aMIZ[ºPM[IQL of the Notre Dame Law ?QTL8+QV6M_AWZS Association from 2013 to I[IXIZ\VMZQV\PMÅZU¼[ 2015. Health Care Information and Technology Deborah Kunselman ’92 /ZW]XBIKPIZISQ[Q[ J.D. was elected in 2017 also the current chair 38 2018 WN \PM)UMZQKIV*IZ Jill Vorobiev ’96 J.D. joined Association’s Health :MML;UQ\P448I[I Law Section’s eHealth, XIZ\VMZQV\PMÅZU¼[4IJWZ 8ZQ^IKa;MK]ZQ\a1V\MZM[\ IVL-UXTWaUMV\8ZIK\QKM Group and a member of Group in Chicago. \PMTMOIT\I[SNWZKMI\\PM David J. Butler ’94, ’97 J.D. Healthcare Information was named to the 2018 IVL5IVIOMUMV\;a[\MU[ -`MK]\Q^M+WUUQ\\MMI\ Society. Taft Stettinius & Hollister Patrick G. Cooke ’89, 448*]\TMZIXIZ\VMZ ’95 J.D. joined Swanson, QV\PMÅZU¼[+WT]UJ][ ]]KMQ[IJ][QVMٻ5IZ\QV*MTT448I[ 7PQWW IXIZ\VMZQV\PMÅZU¼[ \ZQITTI_aMZ_Q\PM`\MV[Q^M KM+WWSM M`XMZQMVKMQVKWUXTM`KQ^QTٻPQKIOWW+ focuses his practice on litigation, mass tort class commercial and business actions, and multidistrict litigation as well as appeals litigations. in federal and state courts. Four ND Lawyers Stephen Boettinger ’90, appointed as U.S. attorneys Dan Saxon ’95 LL.M. ’99 J.D. was named general is a member of the KW]V[MTI\:M^/ZW]X In November 2017, Mark Klaassen ’98 J.D. KM\WJMKWUM=;I\\WZVMaٻInternational Advisory 1VKQV5QT_I]SMM NOTRE DAME Lawyer ! ALUMNI Notes Christy Brown Dunn ’00 Ceremony in Washington, The U.S. Senate voted 2000s J.D. was named chief of D.C. Attorney General in December 2017 to M[[QWV[IVL.*1 KWVÅZUKate O’Scannlain;ٺthe criminal division of 2M the Attorney General’s Director Christopher Wray ’99, ’05 J.D. as solicitor of KMQV\PM=; 40 2018 \KM¼[8I\MVٻSullivan & Worcester NOTRE DAME Lawyer 41 ALUMNI Notes Stacy D. Fredrich ’07, investigating, determining 2010s ’10 J.D._I[XZWUW\ML guilt, and imposing to partner at Eversheds punishment in cases ;]\PMZTIVL=;448 of major human rights Fredrich is based in the IVLP]UIVQ\IZQIVTI_ KM_PMZM violations committed inٻÅZU¼[)\TIV\IW she counsels clients on a KWVVMK\QWV_Q\P\PMIZUML _QLM^IZQM\aWN QV\MTTMK\]IT KWVÆQK\QV+WTWUJQI XZWXMZ\aQ[[]M[ Zachary T. Gordon ’13 J.D. Robert W. Savoie ’10 RWQVML0W_IZL0W_IZL J.D._I[VIUMLUMUJMZ QV4I[>MOI[/WZLWV WZL focuses his practice onٺI\5K/TQVKPMa;\I 844+QV6M_7ZTMIV[ XZW\MK\QVOKTQMV\[¼JZIVL[ Savoie focuses his \PZW]OP\ZILMUIZS practice on representing clearance, prosecution, and ÅVIVKQITQV[\Q\]\QWV[_Q\P enforcement. ZM[XMK\\WJIVSQVOIVL KWV[]UMZÅVIVKQIT[MZ^QKM[ ZMO]TI\WZaKWUXTQIVKM0M _I[IT[WZMKWOVQbMLQV\PM MLQ\QWVWN 4W]Q[QIVI ;]XMZ4I_aMZ[I[I Young alumni rising in the academy :Q[QVO;\IZQV\PMJIVSQVO practice area. .W]ZaW]VOIT]UVQWN 6W\ZM,IUM TIJWZTI_KWV\ZIK\[MUXTWaUMV\ 4I_;KPWWTIZMQV\PMMIZTa[\IOM[ LQ[KZQUQVI\QWVILUQVQ[\ZI\Q^MTI_ Rebecca R. A. Smith ’10 WN LM^MTWXQVO\PMQZKIZMMZ[I[TI_ IVLKWV[\Q\]\QWVITTI_;PMZMKMV\Ta J.D._I[XZWUW\ML\W XZWNM[[WZ[IVLZMKMV\TaUILMUW^M[ had an article published in the .MZMV\TI_[KPWWT[ Northwestern Law ReviewٺKW]V[MTI\,W_VMa*ZIVL \WLQ QV\PMÅZU¼[;IKZIUMV\W KM;UQ\P Brian Murray ’11 J.D.RWQVML 8MXXMZLQVM=VQ^MZ[Q\a;KPWWTWNٻITQNWZVQIW+ helps clients navigate ;M\WV0ITT4I_;KPWWTI[IV 4I_PQZMLMark Kubisch ’15 J.D. +ITQNWZVQI_I\MZTI_ I[[WKQI\MXZWNM[[WZWN TI_XZQUIZQTa \W\MIKPTMOITZM[MIZKPIVL_ZQ\QVO \MIKPQVOQV\PMIZMIWN KZQUQVITTI_ and to run its moot court program. Duy Duc “Dewey” His scholarship has been published 0M_I[\PM+TI[[WN ¼[ZMKQXQMV\ Nguyen ’11 J.D. joined in the University of Richmond Law WN \PM+WTWVMT?QTTQIU20WaVM[ .W`:W\P[KPQTL448I[ Review, Stanford Journal of Civil Rights )_IZL IVI[[WKQI\MQV\PM:MIT and Civil Liberties, Harvard Law and -[\I\M,MXIZ\UMV\I\ Christina M. Jones ’16 J.D. Q[ Policy Review, Southern Methodist a visiting professor of practice \PMÅZU¼[PMILY]IZ\MZ[ University Law Review Fordham , and IVLLQZMK\WZWN ?QTTQIU5IZa QV8PQTILMTXPQI6O]aMV Law Review0M_I[XZM^QW][TaI focuses his practice on 4I_;KPWWT¼[;XMKQIT-L]KI\QWV ZM[MIZKPNMTTW_I\\PM9]I\\ZWVM IOMVKaTMVLQVO )L^WKIKa+TQVQK 42 2018 Shaun Michael Kelly ’13 Kathleen Freeman ’15 J.D. 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NEWITT ¼ 2,dApril 18, 2018 CORNELIUS COLLINS ¼ 2,dDecember 19, 2017 HAROLD F. TEHAN ¼ 2,dMarch 27, 2018 PHILIP K. HANSEN ¼ ¼ 2,dMarch 7, 2018 DANIEL W. LONG ¼ 445¼ 2,dFebruary 14, 2018 ANTHONY M. CALDERONE ¼ 2,dMarch 21, 2018 RUSSEL J. LESPERANCE ¼ ¼ 2,dNovember 12, 2017 JAMES A. EICHELBERGER ¼ 2,dDecember 30, 2017 JOHN F. LAUGHLIN ¼ 2,dJanuary 4, 2018 MICHAEL B. ROCHE ¼ ¼ 2,dFebruary 25, 2018 DONALD F. SMITH ¼ !¼ 2,dJanuary 26, 2018 LOUIS W. BRENNER SR. ¼ ¼ 2,dMarch 1, 2018 RICHARD L. HODGES ¼ 2,dMarch 13, 2018 JAMES M. CONNELL ¼ !2,dFebruary 15, 2018 RICHARD R. MURPHY ¼ 2,dDecember 3, 2017 JOHN GRANT ZAJAS ¼ 2,dJanuary 30, 2018 JOSEPH F. GARGAN ¼ ¼ 2,dDecember 12, 2017 LARRY L. AMBLER¼ 2,dFebruary 14, 2018 JAMES C. HIGGINS ¼ ¼ 2,dNovember 30, 2017 JAMES J. BERTUCCI ¼ 2,dDecember 26, 2017 BERRY L. REESE JR. ¼ ¼ 2,dNovember 9, 2017 ROLAND C. AMUNDSON ¼ 2,dNovember 16, 2017 TOM T. SHORT ¼ ¼ 2,dMay 10, 2018 JOHN K. VINCENT ¼ ¼ !2,dMarch 30, 2018 PAUL M. KRAUS ¼ ¼ 2,dJune 24, 2018 BARRY W. ANDREWS ¼! 2,dFebruary 15, 2018 WALTER T. WOLF ¼ ¼ 2,dDecember 14, 2017 TAMMY L. GREENWALD ¼2,dNovember 7, 2017 R. MICHAEL BRADY ¼ !¼ 2,dJanuary 13, 2018 44 2018 ROBERT F. BIOLCHINI ’62 ROBERT W. COX ’59, ’62 J.D. ANTHONY J. PALUMBO ’73 J.D. Bob Biolchini, a generous benefactor of *WJ+W`IXQWVMMZQVTI_ÅZUUIV NOTRE DAME Lawyer Briefs LAWYERS IN LOVE The Class of 1981 formed 5IZS_I[[Q\\QVOW]\[QLM\PM4I_;KPWWT +PZQ[3WMVQO[ÅZ[\[XW\\ML2MIVVM+WTTWXa a dozen married couples _Q\PINZQMVLMVRWaQVO\PMVQKM_MI\PMZ I\\PM4I_;KPWWT¼[WXMVQVOLIaXIZ\a He had just received his undergraduate NWZÅZ[\aMIZ[\]LMV\[+PZQ[KTIQU[Q\_I[ *a,MVQ[M?IOMZ LMOZMMNZWU6W\ZM,IUMINM_UWV\P[ TW^MI\ÅZ[\[QOP\¸I\TMI[\NWZPQU1\\WWS MIZTQMZ[WPM_I[ITZMILaNIUQTQIZ_Q\P Jeanne a little bit longer. There was something special about 1981. 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