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ALSO INSIDE: UCDC STUdenTS LAW IN THE REUNION FACULTY EMERITI: MeeT JUSTICE BLOGOSPHERE PHOTOS WHERE ARE THEY NOW? BREYER MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN or more than 40 years, UC Davis School of Law has been a national and international leader in legal education, as well as a law school committed to cutting-edge research on the most pressing policy issues of our times. Despite the challenges presented by difficult economic times and rising student fees, we continue to build upon this legacy. As this issue goes expand the opportunities available to students. The to press, we are School of Law has new partnerships with law schools in putting the final Asia, Europe, and South America. Our excellent faculty touches on the King hiring continues. Our faculty continue to rank among the Hall Expansion nation’s best, placing at 24 in the U.S. News & World Report and Renovation survey of legal professionals and 23 in the latest ranking project, marking of scholarly influence. We placed at 29 in the most recent the completion of U.S. News & World Report ranking of law schools. a decade-long effort to “remodel” King Hall. With your Our progress and success are particularly remarkable support, we now have a new and improved building with given the turbulent economic times. The King Hall state-of-the-art classrooms, expanded student space, a community is determined to help to ease the financial vastly improved Mabie Law Library, and a technological burden that has been placed upon students. We are infrastructure second to none. firmly committed to raising more private support for The new Paul and Lydia Kalmanovitz Appellate scholarships and aid to our students. Courtroom has enabled us to host special sessions of the The past year saw the King Hall community rally in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the California support of the Law School. Our clinical programs received Supreme Court, and California Court of Appeal, as well an extraordinarily generous planned gift of $2.5 million. as lectures and symposia sponsored by our centers: Overall, the Law School raised $4.3 million in private the California International Law Center, California support, more than double the total of any previous year Environmental Law and Policy Center, and Center for in our history. Science and Innovation Studies. If you have not been to King Hall recently, please visit and see the changes for Thank you for believing in UC Davis yourself. School of Law! The Law School continues to make great strides in countless other ways. The new California Supreme Court Clinic and Intellectual Property Certificate Program Kevin R. Johnson, Dean 2 KING HALL COUNSELOR p. 16 p. 30 p. 14 p. 36 2013 MANAGING EDITOR CONTENTS PAMELA WU WRITER & EDITOR NEWS & NOTES JOE MARTIN 04 DESIGNER A GROWING REPUTATION: KING HALL FACULTY SAM SELLERS 12 EXPANDS AGAIN PHOTOGRAPHY BY KING HALL SUMMER INTERNATIONAL UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW 13 EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED PROGRAM THRIVES 14 LAW IN THE BLOGOSPHERE O FFI C E S O F EXTERNAL RELATIONS 16 ALUMNI PROFILE ALUMNI RELATIONS, - Marlon Cobar ’00 DEVELOPMENT, & MARKETING ASSISTANT DEAN FOR 30 YEARS ON THE CUTTING EDGE: DEVELOPMENT & 18 IMMIGRATION LAW CLINIC ALUMNI RELATIONS JEAN KORINKE 24 KING HALL EXPANSION AND RENOVATION DIRE ctOR OF MARKE T I N G PROJECT REACHES COMPLETION & PUBLIC RELATIONS PAMELA WU 26 ALUMNI PROFILES SENIOR EDITOR, - Alison Clarke Lima ’96 - Luis Alejo ’01 NEWS & PUBLICATIONS JOE MARTIN 28 FACULTY EMERITI: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? S E N I O R G RA P HI C D E S I G N E R - Joel C. Dobris & PHOTOGRAPHER SAM SELLERS Remembering “Fritz” Juenger DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT 30 KAREN CHARNEY GIVING A SSO C IAT E D I R E ctO R O F 31 ANNUAL AND SPECIAL FUNDS - Legacy Lifetime Giving CHRISTIAN ROCKWOOD - Directed Giving EVENTS MANAGER - Donor and Volunteer Profiles GIA HELLWIG PHOTO GALLERY DEVELOPMENT & 36 MARKETING ASSISTANT FAYE VEIRS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT RACHEL WHITCOMBE p. 18 p. 24 400 Mrak Hall Drive Davis, California 95616 t. 530.754.5328 | f. 530.754.5327 [email protected] www.law.ucdavis.edu Cover + contents page reunion photos: Florence Low Contents page building photo: Robert Durell Contents page Cobar photo: courtesy Marlon Cobar NEWS & NOTES photo: KARIN HIGGINS KING HALL HOSTS CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ORAL ARGUMENTS The California Supreme Court held a special session in commencement in 2011 and has come for many years to speak to UC Davis School of Law’s Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom on the first-year class.” October 3. With Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye ’84 presiding, “I am particularly pleased to be here at UC Davis School of the Justices heard oral Law,” said the Chief Justice. “I graduated from this school in arguments in three 1984, and have nothing but fond memories of my professors and cases and participated fellow students, as well as deep appreciation for the school for in a question-and- helping launch my career in the law. The school was noted for its answer session with innovative approach to legal education, and that hasn’t changed. King Hall students and This fall the school began operating the California Supreme Court students from local Clinic, which gives students the invaluable opportunity to work high schools. on actual cases pending before our court.” “It is indeed a The Court heard oral arguments in Ralphs Grocery Co. v. privilege to have the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 8, Nalwa highest Court of this v. Cedar Fair, L.P., and Sargon Enterprises, Inc. v. University of photo great state, its staff, Southern California et al. King Hall students, faculty, and staff counsel, and special packed the Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom, as well as two : KARIN HIGGINS guests here today for classrooms where the proceedings were shown on live video via this historic event,” the California Channel. Many more watched on video screens said Dean Kevin around King Hall. R. Johnson in his Also observing were 60 students from Davis Senior High welcoming remarks. School, Pioneer High School in Woodland, and West Sacramento “We are proud of our Early College Prep Charter School. Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye relationship with the praised Shama Mesiwala ’98, an appellate attorney in the Third Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye ’84 Court, which includes District Court of Appeal, for volunteering her time to help having a former Justice prepare the high school students for the event. “Like me, Shama on the California Supreme Court, Professor Cruz Reynoso, on is a proud graduate of UC Davis School of Law and represents the our faculty, an alumna who is Chief Justice, and a new California public service ethos that pervades this school,” she said. Supreme Court Clinic, which just opened and now offers our The Court sessions drew coverage from media including the students a chance to brief cases before the Court.” Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Dean Johnson thanked Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye for her The Recorder, and the Davis Enterprise. In addition, UC Davis role in bringing the special session to King Hall. “A loyal alum, NewsWatch produced a video on the session that is available on the Chief Justice is always extremely generous with her time and YouTube. knowledge and visits King Hall regularly,” he said. “She spoke at 4 KING HALL COUNSELOR UC DAVIS scHOOL OF LAW COMPLETES KING HALL EXCELS IN RECORD-SETTING FUNDRAISING YEAR NATIONAL SURVEYS Despite a challenging economic environment, the King Hall community rallied in Reaffirming UC Davis School of support of UC Davis School of Law during the 2011-12 fiscal year to achieve the Law Law’s place among the nation’s top School’s most successful fundraising year ever. UC Davis School of Law raised more than law schools, the latest U.S. News & $4.3 million in private support, more than double the total of any previous year. World Report rankings placed King The record-setting total comes as a result of the extraordinary support of a wide range Hall 29th among the almost 200 of King Hall community members. Examples of this dedication include: American Bar Association-approved law schools. Having graduated its • An alumnus, who wishes to be anonymous, made the single largest individual contribution ever to King Hall with a planned gift of $2.5 million. first class in 1969, UC Davis remains the youngest law school ever to have • For the seventh straight year, the Law School received gifts from all members of the been ranked in the top 25. The King Hall faculty, who are believed to be the only UC Davis school or department ranking at 29 represents the first time faculty to have achieved 100 percent participation. Davis has made three consecutive • The King Hall Alumni Board of Directors and Dean’s Leadership Council also achieved appearances in the 20-29 range. 100 percent participation. “Although it is important not to place undue emphasis on rankings, • The Graduating Class Gift program, launched seven years ago, raised more than $20,000, the largest sum in its history. it is gratifying to once again be among the nation’s top schools,” With state funding now accounting for less than 10 percent of its budget, the Law said Dean Kevin R. Johnson. “UC School is seeking to increase private support for student scholarships, clinical programs, Davis School of Law has made great endowed chairs for outstanding faculty, the King Hall building renovation project, and strides, with the expansion and other priorities essential to the School of Law’s ability to train the next generation of legal renovation of Martin Luther King, Jr.