GEORGETOWN LAW GEORGETOWN Centers Centers and Institutes

Washington, D.C. 20001-2075 D.C. Washington, N.W. 600 New Jersey Avenue, UniversityGeorgetown Law Center GEORGETOWN LAW Res Ipsa Loquitur Spring/Summer 2014 ENGAGING NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE STUDENTS PAID PPCO GENERATING IDEAS CENTERSCENTERS AND INSTITUTES: THETHE WORLDS WITHIN US BUILDING BRIDGES Spotlight: Oliver Johnson (L’87) Letter from the Dean liver Johnson never stint with Crowell & Moring, a Medstar partner firm, during ne of the pleasures of my job is introducing speakers intended to be a which time he’ll function as a Crowell associate. and panels that represent the extraordinary intellectual O O health care lawyer. When he Johnson sees the fellowship as the beginning of a career life of this Law Center. It might be a gathering of national graduated from Georgetown relationship. “We’d love to stay connected with our fellows and security experts discussing the Foreign Intelligence Surveil- Law in 1987, trial lawyering possibly see them return once they’ve established the necessary lance Act or a lecture on the Constitution by a Supreme was his goal. So he took a foundation,” he says, adding his belief that going in-house right Court Justice. Many of these events flow from the 14 centers job with a Philadelphia firm away is not necessarily the best career move. “I’ve seen bright and institutes that are an integral part of Georgetown Law. well known for its litigation people struggle in in-house environments when they did not The centers and institutes (profiled in this issue on page practice, Dilworth, Paxson, first get a good grounding in a quality law firm or clerkship and 28) have phenomenal range and almost unlimited capacity. Kalish & Kauffman. “Back then bring those skills into the in-house setting.” The O’Neill Institute for Global Health Law — with its projects on health reform, GEORGETOWN LAW then you could be a cor- Johnson spent five years with Dilworth before a chance tobacco control and much more — has quickly gained a reputation as one of the Spring/Summer 2014 porate lawyer, a real estate encounter put him in touch with a senior lawyer at Merck, who leading health law organizations in the world. The Supreme Court Institute and ANNE CASSIDY lawyer, a trusts and estates encouraged him to come aboard. “I didn’t think I would stay Editor its Moot Court Program, which last year mooted every case before the Court, lawyer or a litigator, and that was about the degree of special- long at Merck … [but] 18 years later I was still there.” Johnson ANN W. PARKS provides a valued service to bench, bar — and to the students here, since every Senior Writer ization,” says Johnson, who’s now executive vice president was initially uncertain about the Medstar position, too, telling 1L has an opportunity to attend a moot court session. The Georgetown Climate and general counsel of Medstar Health, which operates 10 the recruiter who contacted him five years ago that “it sounded BRENT FUTRELL Center encourages state-federal collaboration on everything from carbon pollution Director of Design hospitals and numerous other healthcare businesses in the very interesting but I wasn’t a health systems lawyer.” controls to adapting shorelines to rising seas. And then there’s the Human Rights INES HILDE Mid-Atlantic region. This may have been technically true, but it turns out that Designer Institute, the Center on National Security and the Law and many more. Centers Johnson has been recalling his career decisions because he’s Johnson was just what Medstar was looking for. “My boss, ELISSA FREE provide remarkable benefits to the state, local, national and international communi- Executive Director of Communications been thinking a lot about the legal profession and the opportuni- [Medstar’s President and Chief Executive Officer] Ken Samet, ties and provide students with unparalleled access to experts and opportunities. ties open to current law school graduates. Not just thinking, as wanted a lawyer who understood business, who could read MARISA KASHINO What excites me most about the centers and institutes is how multi-faceted Director of Media Relations a matter of fact, but actually doing something about it. A little financial statements and understand what they mean. … He they are, how they invigorate the Law Center by generating research, offering EMILY ELLER over a year ago, Johnson participated in the Law Center’s stra- wanted a lawyer who knew his way around a board room and Publications Coordinator real-world work opportunities for students and building bridges to the rest of the tegic planning council, which tackled the challenges facing law had board experience.” RICHARD SIMON world. Part of the connection they provide is to link current students with alumni Web Editor/Producer schools today — the fact that companies are less willing to pay Johnson had all these bases covered (he’s the former vice in the field. firms for work done by first-year associates still learning how to chair of the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine and had SAM KARP And speaking of alumni, we are always eager to hear — and share — your sto- Video Producer practice law, the dearth of first-year associate positions that have recently been elected chair of the board of Abington Health ries. In this issue, four litigators describe their “case of a lifetime.” (See page 44.) NORA KANTWILL resulted, and the challenges that law schools face from what he near Philadelphia, among other positions), so although he Executive Director of Development Georgetown Law recently lost two of its treasured long-time faculty members. calls “this cascade of effects.” began the process as “a very improbable candidate — had MATTHEW F. CALISE Professor Barry Carter, who arrived here in 1979, specialized in international law Director of Alumni Affairs So during a strategic planning breakout session, Johnson never spent one minute representing a hospital,” he became and helped to establish and maintain the path-breaking Center for Transnational had an idea. He knew that the Medstar legal department wasn’t Medstar’s general counsel. KEVIN T. CONRY (L’86) Legal Studies in London. He died on January 15 at the age of 71. Professor Emeri- Vice President for Strategic Development equipped to hire lawyers right out of law school — “our standard It’s a challenging but exciting time to be in the business, and External Affairs tus Roy Schotland, an expert in administrative law, came to the Law Center as as- is that you have to have five years of experience before you come Johnson says, because “everything known today about what WILLIAM M. TREANOR sociate dean in 1970 and was instrumental in creating diversity in both the student Dean of the Law Center here” — but what about creating a fellowship? health care is will be different in five years.” As Johnson ex- Executive Vice President, Law Center Affairs body and the faculty. He died on January 26 at the age of 80. We mourn them both. “I could ask my teams to work closely with a lawyer right plains, “Since the advent of Medicare, American health care Cover design: Ines Hilde As we prepare to launch yet another class of Georgetown lawyers into the world, out of law school for a year and help that lawyer begin to get the has focused primarily on episodic acute care and fee-for-service we pause to contemplate all that has brought them to this moment — their own We welcome your responses to this publication. foundation on which he or she would build the rest of a legal payments. The emphasis has been on treating sickness rather Write to: hard work, of course, as well as the dedication of faculty members, the array of career,” Johnson says. He worked out the details with Assistant than on facilitating wellness.” But as technology, regulations and Editor, Georgetown Law opportunities this institution has given them — and the alumni support that has Georgetown University Law Center Dean of Career Services Marcia Shannon — and last fall Dan economic imperatives evolve, providers are focusing on man- 600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. made it possible. As always, thanks for all you do to make the Law Center the rich, Washington, D.C. 20001 Honberg (L’13) became Georgetown Law’s inaugural Medstar/ aging the health of populations. The key challenge is to align vibrant place that it is. Or send e-mail to: Georgetown fellow. economic incentives with this new approach. [email protected] Johnson took fellowship models from the kind of training Johnson is ready for the challenge: “How many times in a Sincerely, Address changes/additions/deletions: 202-687-1994 or career do you get the chance to take part in transforming some- e-mail [email protected] doctors receive in residencies and that administrative resi- dents receive following masters of public health programs. So thing so fundamental and impactful to a community Georgetown Law Magazine is on the Law Center’s website at www.law.georgetown.edu Honberg has worked in MedStar’s legal, governance, compli- as health care?” he asks. And he will always appreciate the Copyright © 2014, Georgetown University Law Center. All rights reserved. ance, risk management, human resources and graduate medical preparation he received at Georgetown Law. “It was rigorous, it education areas. He has also undertaken a capstone project on was challenging, it was interesting,” Johnson says. It’s the kind William M. Treanor MedStar’s delivery of radiology services. “Dan has been to board of “key experience” that has served him well and for which he is Dean of the Law Center meetings with me and to executive meetings,” Johnson says. most grateful, he says.

Load more