GONZAGA LAWYER Table Contents SUMMER 2011 of Interim Dean MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN ...... 3 Message the Dean George Critchlow from GEORGE CRITCHLOW Managing Editor Interim Dean Nancy Fike Features LEAD FEATURE - CURRICULUM OVERHAULED ...... 4
Contributing Writers 100-YEAR STORIES by Gary Randall ...... 8 Stage Set Virginia deLeon Brooke Ellis Stephen Faust Departments Nancy Fike IN THE NEWS ...... 10 Jeff Geldien U.S. Attorney Mike Ormsby Sworn In ...... 10 After two years as interim dean, year. It goes without saying that alumni Washington State Supreme Court Visit ...... 10 ϐ Ǥ Ailey Kato William O. Douglas Lecture ...... 11 Linda McLane Mentoring Program ...... 12 ǡ Owen Mooney December Graduation ...... 12 ǡ tuition and student debt. Gary Randall Indian Law Lecture ...... 13 James E. Rogers College of Law at the ǯ Ǥ Luvera Lecture Series ...... 14 University of Arizona. Dean designate Professor Upendra Acharya Addresses Beirut Conference ...... 14 Ǧ Graphics Editor Professor Amy Kelley Addresses Korean Peace Conference ...... 15 ǡ Ǥ Ǥ Shelly Croswhite ǯ Ǣ LIFE IN THE LIBRARY ...... 16 Ǣ ǡ Ǣ Senior Copy Editor CLINIC NEWS ...... 17 Ǥ ϐ Juli Bergstrom Ǣ Ǣ THOMAS MORE PROGRAM ...... 18 Ǥ Ǥ SUMMATIONS: STUDENT NEWS ...... 19 Copy Editor ϐ Ǣ Ǧ ǡ ǡ 2011 LRAP Recipients...... 19 ǯǤ ϐ ǡ Marny Lombard Student Debt Relief Update ...... 21 Sidebar for LRAP...... 21 Photographers 2011 Moot Court Report ...... 22 Ǥ Ǥ Lukins & Annis Diversity Event ...... 23 Rajah Bose the next several years. Our Alumni Relations and Brooke Ellis SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT ...... 24 be in terms of our own values, traditions, Nancy Fike Lin Sun Wins AAC Scholarship ...... 24 ǡ ǡǡ Barney, Nelson Win IP Scholarships ...... 24 Jeff Geldien Ǥ McKenna Wins AAML Scholarship ...... 25 Ǥ ǡ FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARDS ...... 26 Ǥ ǤǤ Corrections: Please note we incorrectly ǯ spelled a 2006 alumnae’s name in the Class CLASS ACTION ...... 41 Ǣ whose mission is to sell advertising? Action section of the Winter 2011 Lawyer. IN MEMORIAM ...... 45 Correct spelling is Lisa Kallestad Kelley. ALUMNI EVENTS ...... 46 Ǣ ǯ Ǥ The Gonzaga Lawyer is published ǡ ǯ Ǥ biannually for alumni, faculty, staff and friends of Gonzaga University School of Ǣ ʹͲͳʹǦͳ͵ǡ our wonderful, interesting and generous Law. Please contact the Office of Alumni ǯ alumni reunions and regional events Ǥ Relations at (509) 313-3605 or nfike@ ON THE COVER: From their indoctrination into the School of Law, students are exposed ǡͺͳǤͻ ǡǤǤǡ ǡ lawschool.gonzaga.edu if you have com- to the culture and legal complexities outside the classroom. They will obtain the skills Ǣ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ments or suggestions. and professional values they need to practice law. Professor Gerry Hess co-chaired the been your dean. ͳͲ Visit our homepage at Curriculum Reform Committee. www.law.gonzaga.edu
3 ϐ Dz ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡdz ǤDz Ǥ traditions and values. “It was quite easy for students to Ǥ ǡǦ ǯ ǡdz ǡ a graduate of the University of Ǥdz ǤDz ǯ Ǥǥ TAKING THE LEAD ǡ ǡ ǡ traditions and values. ǯ Ǥ Mark Melter, Kathleen Manning, Owen Mooney, Colleen Durkin ϐǤdz ʹͲͲͺǡ and Bil Childress have been immersed in law, both inside ǡ and outside the classroom, ǯϐǦ since they arrived. ǯ Ǧ Ǥ Ǥ ʹͲͲǡ ǡ DzǦ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǣ Curriculum Ǥ Ǥ ǡdz AHEAD OF THE CURVE by Virginia deLeon Ǧ Dz Dz Ǥdz Dz Ȃ ǡdz Ǧ STRIVING FOR INTRODUCTION EXCELLENCE ϐ ǡ Ǥ Ǯǯ Ǥ Graduation is three years away for raise standards for all students as Gonzaga already had a long history ʹͲǡϐ Ǥdz beginning law students, but at Gonzaga ǯ THE CURRICULUM ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǥ IN ACTION attorneys are trained from the get-go Ǥ ǣ Dz ǡ ǯ ǡ ʹͲͲͺǡ ȋǡ Ǥ Ǥ Dzdz Ǥ ȌǤ ǡʹͲͲǡ ǦǦ ǡǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡϐǦ ǡ Ǥ ϐ ǯ Ǥ Dz ϐ ǡ Dz ǡdz ǡ Ǥdz Ǥ ǡ ǯ ǡ Ǧ ǡdz Ǥ Ǧ Ǧ Ǥ already wrestling with these issues Ǥ Ǥ ϐ Gonzaga is doing this at every level, he ϐ Ǥ Ǥ Ǥ ǯ Dzǡ Ǥ ǡǡ Ǥ ǯ Ǥ Ǣ ǯ Ǥ ʹͲͲͺǡ Ǧ the requirements of traditional legal in the fall of 2005 with the revision ǡdz Ǥ Ǧ ǡ Ǧ ǯǤ Dzǯ ǡ Ȃϐ ǦǦ Ǥǥ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ statement was transformed into one ϐǦ Ǥdz ǣ Ǥ students for the real-world of law. innovative move – one that would legal writing and analysis. But future
4 5 Judge Rosanna Peterson works with GU externs. Matt Andersen Professor Gerry Hess is passionate about teaching and learning. Professor VIckie Williams in classroom.
“Overall, I've been extremely Dz dz ϐǡ Dz ǦǤdz of law, he noted. Lawyers must now ϐ ǡ ǤDz ǡdzǡ by the time they graduate, said Ǧǡ ǡǤ done in their areas of law, share ǡǡ ǤǤ Ǥ ǤDz ǡ ǡǤ ǡǦ ǡdzǤ ǯ Dz ϐǡ ϐ Ǥ ǡǤ ǡ Ǧ Ǥdz ǡ Known as “student learning ǡdz ϐ Ǥ and whether or not universities ǡ ǯ day, she said. ǡǡ “I honestly believe that any of these Dz students who will graduate in two ǯ Ǥ ϐǦ Ǥ ǡ Ȃϐ ϐ Ǥ ϐ ǡ Ȃ Dz Dz ̵ what information has to go into a ϐ ǡdzǤ ǯ ǡdzǡ ǯ ǡdzǤ Ǥǡ ǡǤǡ ǯ ǡ ǡ attorney who earned his law degree ϐǦ ϐ THE FUTURE ͳͻͺͲǤ Ǧ ǡdz Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡǤ ȂDzǡdz Ǧǡdzǡ Dz ǦǤ Dz ȋǦ Ǥ ǡ Ȍ ǯ ͳͻ dz ǡ business administration through the ǡ was virtually unheard of, he said. ǯ ǦǤ ǡǯ Dz Ǥ Ǥ ǯ Ǥ Ǥ Dz ǡ ǡ ʹͲǤ Ǥ Dz most students emerge with law ǡ ǥ Ǥdz ʹͲͲͺǡ ǡǡ argued motions before Ǥ ǡdzǤ ǡ MEASURING Dz Dz Ǥ said Andersen, who has tried PROGRESS dzϐ ǡ Ǥdz Ǥ In addition to student evaluations, ǡ ǡdzǤ ͳ “after they have had a full semester ǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡdz ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡdzǤ
6 7 Stories of 100 Years by Gary Randall
Gonzaga Law School has been part of the Gonzaga community since 1912 as a very successful night law school, producing exceptional lawyers. Its The modern Gonzaga Dzdz Ǥ world changed in 1970 with the start of a law school day program, but most ǯϐ things remained the same until the final night school class of 1985. ͳͻͲǡ Dz dz Ǥ Ǧ ͳͻ͵ ǡǡ Ǥ ǡ ǤǤ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Dz dz Ǥ Ǥ Admission in the earlier years was not ͳͻͲǡ ǡ but almost all of the law graduates from ǡ ͻͲʹ Ǥ Ǥ̈́ͲͲǡ ̈́ͳǡʹͲͲǤʹͲͳͲǦͳͳ ̈́͵ʹǡͶͲǤ Ǥ have strengthened throughout the years Gonzaga Law School ͳͻͲǡ ̈́͵ͲͲ Ǥ Ǥ will celebrate its ǡ Ǥ Ǧ 100-year anniversary ǡ Ǥ in the year 2012-2013. more than the adequate, but small, law sometimes miss the good old days. Ǥ Gary Randall will be writing stories about ȋǮʹȌ ͳͻͲȂ Ǥ Gonzaga Law School Ǥ ǡ leading up to our Ǥ ͳͻͷǡ ǡ Ǥ ͳͻǤ centennial celebration.
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Michael C. Ormsby was sworn in recently as Adam Liptak, U.S. Supreme Court its secrets and the press has the right to the United States Attorney for the Eastern correspondent for the New York Times, told publish the information it obtains through District of Washington. Ormsby was nominated a Gonzaga Law School audience that cultural traditional investigative practices.” by President Barrack Obama and confirmed by and technological shifts are undermining old the Senate on Sept. 29, 2010. A formal ceremony assumptions about the First Amendment. Though the government has the right was held at Gonzaga Law School on Jan. 14. and obligation to punish an employee Ormsby has been a partner at K&L Gates, Liptak writes the Times’ “Sidebar” column for disclosing classified information, he LLP since 1988. He advised public entities and was a 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist in the said, citizens - including the press - have and governmental institutions on municipal category of Explanatory Reporting. He spoke the right to make public what they learn finance and other legal matters. He also has at Gonzaga on Feb. 14 as the 2011 William O. through non-coercive methods. served on the Spokane Public School Board Douglas Series lecturer. and the Eastern Washington University Board “Both sides have the responsibility to act of Trustees. He started his legal career as an Two recent Supreme Court cases - the Citizens maturely,” he said. associate attorney at Lukins & Annis P.S., where United and Wikileaks cases - have altered U.S. Attorney Mike Ormsby he worked from 1981 to 1988. He graduated from the First Amendment landscape, Liptak said. About the William O. Douglas Gonzaga University in 1979 and the Gonzaga Moreover, upcoming decisions dealing with Lecture Series School of Law in 1981. cameras in the courtroom and hate speech will The William O. Douglas Lecture Series further refine its contemporary meaning. Committee exists with the purpose of promoting a strong commitment to the “The government has At issue, said Liptak, are several key free freedoms of speech, religion and assembly Court Visit speech concerns: Does the First Amendment by featuring lectures by nationally the right to try to protect both oral and written speech? Does it distinguished figures who share this protect its secrets strong commitment. The nine justices of the Washington State protect non-political speech? Does the press Supreme Court traveled to Gonzaga University enjoy special First Amendment privileges? How and the press has the The lecture series began in 1972 with on Oct. 20 and 21, 2010, to interact with Gonzaga is the press defined in the age of the Internet? right to publish the Justice Douglas as the initial speaker. students and the public at forums as well as to information it obtains hear arguments on three cases. In Citizens United, the court loosened restrictions on corporate and union political William O. Douglas was raised in through traditional Washington State, attended Whitman The state’s highest court interacted with speech, he said, supporting the notion that College in Walla Walla, Wash., and investigative practices.” Gonzaga undergraduate and law students by established media do not enjoy exclusive rights graduated from Columbia Law School. At participating in classes, hosting forums on law to political speech. Washington Supreme Court Justices the age of 40, William O. Douglas was one Adam Liptak as a vocation and during informal lunches. With the advent of new media outlets, of the youngest people appointed to the United States Supreme Court. The State Supreme Court is based in the Temple including cable news and the Internet, the of Justice in Olympia. For more than a decade, “prestige, profitability and power of the Justice Douglas held a strong commitment the court has heard cases “on the road” three press has fragmented,” he said. The recent to the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of times a year in an effort to reach out to citizens uprising in Egypt “shows that people are doing Rights. He was a supporter, in particular, and invite them to see the court in action within what the press does, which is collecting and of those freedoms enunciated in the First the local communities. Three of the court’s disseminating information.” Amendment. He retired from the court in justices are Gonzaga Law School alumnae: Chief 1975 due to poor health after serving on Justice Barbara Madsen (’77), and Justices Mary The Wikileaks case embodies what he calls the court longer than any other justice (36 E. Fairhurst (’79) and Debra L. Stephens (’93). the “game theory” of the First Amendment: Justice Tom Chambers “The government has the right to try to protect years and seven months).
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