The Advocate (Vol
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 2004 The Advocate (Vol. 2, Issue 2) Repository Citation "The Advocate (Vol. 2, Issue 2)" (2004). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 310. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/310 Copyright c 2004 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers The dvocate VOLU1vlli"-, I SUE TWO WEDNESDAY. SEPTEi'vlBER 15, 2004 WILLL<\M & M.t\RY SCHOOL OF LAW "Tom Jackson Returns" Wins Softball Tourna ment by William Y. Durbin vided an opportunity for revenge by Jennifer Rinker is due, Bauer added that "Our fash for Theo Lu's (3L) team of tbird ion coordinator, Kelly Street, spent The softball field is an odd place years, who fell to Chris Bauer (2L) This year's SBA-organized countless hours coming up with the to find it, but evidence for the im and company on the first day ofthe softball tournament saw record- proper attire for the tournament and portance ofdi versity showed up on tournament. Thanks in part to short breaking participation. Seven it really paid dividends today." It the dusty diamond last weekend. stop Ryan Dolan's (3 L) towering teams, including three 1L and four might have been the unifying nature A team of stalwarts from all home run-his third round-tripper upper-class teams, played a two- ofbeingtheonlyteamwith an actual three classes defeated an all-star ofthe tournament-Lu 's squad put day round-robin tournament on Continued on pg. 4 squad of third-years to win the an up six runs and held the lead through September 3rd and 4th. The SBA 'I-N-S-m-E-----------. nual Marshall-Wythe Law School three-and-a-halfinnings. But in the has again agreed to fund the win- bottom of the fourth, Bauer's team ning team in their vie for the title softball tournament by a score of Meet Professor Warren ... ..... pg. 3 8-6. The Student Bar Association took the lead and, thanks to its vise at the University of Virginia Soft like defense, held the third-years ball Tournament this spring. That hosted the annual tournament on Lawyers Helping Lawyers ... pg. 5 Sept. 3 and 4 at the James City scoreless for the remainder of the team will be Tom Jackson Returns, game to grab the title. comprised mostly of 2Ls. County Community Center. Seven What I Did on My Tom Jackson Returns player teams, each consisting primar Bauer and company's strong Summer Vacation: defense also proved to be the dif and team organizer Chris Bauer ily of members of a single class, PSF Reports ... .. ... .. ............... pg. 6 competed for the right to represent ference in the teams' first meeting (2L) claimed, "We have a unique a day earlier. Lu's team, havingjust combination of skills, height, and William & Mary at the national law lL SBA Reps ......... .. ... .. .. .. .. .p g. 8 school tournament held in April at returned from lunch and already power socks. I think the other teams playing its third game of the day, didn't quite knowhow to handle the the University of Virginia. Sex & the Law............ ........ pg. 10 The championship game pro- Continued on pg. " socks ." Giving credit where credit . ~ , , . News 2 . Wednesday, September 15, 2004 An Interview With Pr~Dfessor Warren by Dave Zerby A: They tend towards the physi Q: Alright. How about a brief to do a training program, the cally active. When I'm not work gloss of your career? Could we Cambodian Defenders' Project. I The most notable feature of ing, I'm mountaineering. Above start with undergrad? trained people-non-1awyers Professor Christie Warren's office seventeen thousand feet is my A: My career is probably as who wanted to become defense is its book collection. That collec favorite place to be. I do ice and atypical as they come. I started by lawyers. The Khmer Rouge had tion, which runs the gamut from Is snow and ropes in the Himalayas. studying Comparative Literature killed Cambodia's judges and lamic law to the "coffered riches of Above the tree line. That's where and Languages at the University lawyers. No one in the country grammar and declensions," reveals I blossom. qf California at Berkeley because had any legal knowledge anymore. not only a rich mental life, but also Q: When did you start doing I was interested in literature and That work combined everything a varied and singular career. that? languages. I was in the honors pro I loved-teaching, adventure, Q: Do you have a favorite art A: Well, I grew up in California-in gram. I studied five languages and law-and better, it was rule of law ist? inner-city Oakland-and the Sier their related literary traditions. work, which turned out to be my A: Art is a really important part ras are an important part of many At that point, law school never biggest passion of all. of my life. I've spent a lot of time people's lives in California. My entered my mind. I was on my way Since then, I've done rule oflaw in art museums, and I like the father gave me a lifetime mem to Columbia to attain my doctor work in twenty-one countries, in diversity of different painters. Of bership to the Sierra Club on my ate in Comparative Literature, and transitional legal systems and post course I like the Impressionists, sixteenth birthday. I started going teach, for the rest of my life, that conflict, developing countries. but everyone does. :. 'The Scream' mountaineering that summer. I've subject, Comparative Literature. I Q: What attracted you to work was my favorite painting during never stopped. It was very prescient had been admitted; I had a fellow ing with capital punishment law school because it matched on my father's part. ship; and th.en I had an epiphany: cases? my mindset then, but. .. in the end, I took my first trip to the Hi Did I really want to teach Greek A: The pressure, and the intel I'd have to say my favorite artist malayas when I was 23; I've been and Latin verbs for the rest of my lectual stimulation. With the is Maya Lin. [Maya Lin designed back ten or twelve times. I-love it. life? diminishing returns of habeas the Vietnain Veterans MemOlial in Nowmy whole family is involved So I sought out my advisor, who corpus nowadays, the pressure is Washington, D.C., while she was a with it. was very encouraging, and very on the trial lawyer. And criminal student at Yale.] Q: Speaking of your family... helpful. And I ended up taking a law becomes less of a challenge Q: The Beatles or The Stones? A: I have a husband and two chil year off and going to Europe, tak after you've done it a while. Capi A: The Stones. That's pretty tell dren. My youngest-my daugh ing 200 dollars and my backpack. tal work is more complex, more ing, isn't it? ter-is just starting college, in I toured around Europe on a Eurail challenging, and I liked the law. I Q: What are your personal hob Massachusetts. My son attends pass, came home, and decided to ap enjoyed the intensity of the work, . bies? college in California. ply to law school. I think it was the and the knowledge that my work adventure oflaw school that made was meaningful. If I lost a trial, me want to go. So I enrolled at UC there was a good chance my client THE ADVOCATE Davis, which was a great school, a would be executed. I knew what I lot like VVilliam & Mary-a small, was doing was worthwhile. "Complete and objective reporting of student news and opinion" supportive community. Q: How about a list of countries I went to law school with ~n eye where you've worked? Editor-in-Chief: Nicole Travers toward becoming an international A: I've worked in 21 countries. Editorial Policy News Editor: Marie Siesseger lawyer, because I liked languages, How about I give you regions in The letters and opinion pages of Assistant News: David Byasse and I liked the international thing. stead? I've worked in the Balkans, Copy Editor: Nicholas Heiderstadt The Advocate are dedicated to all My third year, I worked as an extern Central and SouthAmerica, Central Features Editor: Raj Jolly student opinion regardless of fomi for the United Nations, in London, Europe, Central and Southeast Assistant Features: William Durbin or content. The Advocate reserves at a maritime law agency. There I Asia-I love it there, the Caribbean, Business Manager: Jennifer Rinker the right to edit for spelling and was the only woman outofa couple Russia and the Newly Indepen Assistant Business: Ginna Kelly grammar, but not content. of hundred employees, and I was dent States, East Timor, Africa ... I Layout Editors: Myriem Seabron Letters to the Editor may not not treated well. haven't been to the Middle East yet, Nicole Travers necessarily reflect the opinion ofthe So I did an internship at a public but I am probably going to be work defender's office, and fell in love ing on a project in Afghanistan. Writers: newspaper or its staff. All letters with trial work. I became a criminal Q: Is there a project or country Lori Barstow Jennifer Rinker to the Editor should be submitted David Byasse Marie Siesseger by 5 p.m.on the Thursday prior to defense attorney after graduation, that stands out? Aimee Byrne and did that for 16 years.