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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RECORD College of Law Alumni Association • Spring 1998 John Garland 74: R e vivin g Central Staté j Privacy shomlawn: jI the U.S. and Europe dash j s . ., Sjudeuts gain ■ È . probono ^^^^xperience Contents 1 From the Dean A good reputation is more valuable than money. 2 Creating a Wind of Change Law grad is a breath of fresh air at Central State. 4 Privacy Showdown: The Coming Battle Over the European Union’s Data Protection Directive U.S. privacy policies clash with European regulation. 7 Faculty News Our faculty excell in their professional and personal lives. 11 Law Firm Returns Favor With Campaign Gift Affirm thy Friendship Campaign exceeds $11 million. Law grad leads revival, see page 2. 12 Student Research Aids Legal Services Aspiring lawyers hone their skills while helping others. College of Law Administration Gregory H. Williams 13 Student News Dean Journal on Dispute Resolution earns award. College of Law Alumni Association Officers Carl D. Smallwood ’80 14 Alumni News President What’s new with classmates, far and wide. Elizabeth J. Watters ’90 President-Elect 20 College of Law 1998 Alumni Awards Call for Nominations National Council Officers Recognize a fellow graduate for outstanding service. Benjamin Zox ’62 Chair 21 In Memoriam Joylynn Berry Butler ’76 Vice-Chair Our sympathy goes to family and friends. Pamela H. Lombardi Secretary 23 How Much Do You Know About the College of Law? Send address changes and alumni news to: Test yourself with Professor Whaley’s annual trivia contest. The Law Record OSU College of Law John Deaver Drinko Hall 55 West 12th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210-1391 Phone: (614) 292-2631 FAX: (614) 292-1383 e-mail: [email protected] The Law Record is published for the alumni and friends of The Ohio State University College of Law Editor: Liz Cutler Gates Design: Jane Hoffelt/Pageworks ©1998, College of Law, The Ohio State University Cover Photo: William P Cannon The faculty family expands, see page 8. From the Dean. Dear Friends, Anita DiPasquale (see pages 9 The U.S. News and World Report annual rankings of law schools and 10), to work in that area. were released in February. It is a listing that has bittersweet • stepped up placement ramifications — we, the administration and faculty of the efforts for third-year College, know the high quality of our programs are not always students (and alumni) reflected in the numbers, yet the rankings impact the school in through the hiring of Amee many areas, from admissions to fund raising to placement. We McKim ’94 as Placement hate to admit it, but our position in lists like U.S. News, the Director and the creation of Princeton Review, and the Bremen Report are worth notice. a new position for a part- “Why?” you ask. “Aren’t all such rankings arbitrary? Isn’t it a time assistant director. Dean Gregory H. Williams talks with • been a finalist for the matter of the opinion of a few select people? Don’t rankings change students in the lounge. dramatically depending upon the criteria and methods used?” Teaching Excellence Award, You’re right. This year, we ranked 42nd in the U.S. News tally which is presented annually by The Ohio State University to of the nearly 200 law schools in the U.S., up from 48th the two academic units (out of 99) who exhibit outstanding previous year. The Bremen Report has placed us 8th among the instruction in the classroom. nation’s law schools, while the Princeton Review consistently lists • increased our commitment to research through sponsoring a Ohio State as one of the finest public law schools in the country. symposium on “The Future of Bakke: Socio-Legal Perspectives We recognize that you, as a graduate, have concerns about on Affirmative Action in Education” (see page 24). where your alma mater is ranked. The perception of the school There is still much to be done. The lack of funding continues that granted you a degree may directly impact how you and your to draw us down. From 1995 to 1996, the faculty resources work are viewed. In the words of the ancient writer, Publius ranking dropped from 67th to 116th. In 1997, it was at 117. Syrus, “A good reputation is more valuable than money.” It is ranked at 78 this year, reversed in part as a result of the We pay attention to reputation. In the past months, we have Affirm Thy Friendship fundraising campaign. I continue to worked hard to protect our good name, thus preserving yours. We lobby central administration and the Ohio Board of Regents to examined the raw data. We have worked to strengthen the College. secure adequate funding. Along with Dr. Richard Sisson, Ohio State senior vice We consistently promote scholarly research through regular president for academic affairs and provost, we invited a team faculty workshops. Two endowed lecture series bring renowned of independent legal education professionals to visit Drinko Hall scholars to campus each year to increase the flow of intellectual last spring. They sat in our classes, talked with our students and ideas and stimulate debate (see pages 7 and 22). staff members, and roamed the recesses of the law library. This While it is good news that we improved our position in the visit was in addition to a profitable year-long self study required rankings, I remain opposed to attempts to quantify the by the American Bar Association for re-accreditation. Both opportunities offered by law schools. In late February, the allowed us to see the truth behind the ratings. Association of American Law Schools held a press conference The findings were not surprising. In their final report to calling upon U.S. News and World Report to stop publishing its Dr. Sisson, the legal educators praised OSU as a leading public annual rankings. The Law School Admission Council has law school with a faculty who have a firm commitment to distributed a letter to 93,000 law school applicants called “Law teaching. They noted a fine physical facility with a strong library School Rankings May be Hazardous to Your Health.” This letter that supports faculty and student needs quite well. But they also has been endorsed by the deans of 164 of the 180 law schools madp recommendations to further improve an already-healthy approved by the American Bar Association. school, suggestions we have already begun to implement. In the I am proud to have been involved in both of these efforts, and I urge you to recognize that no rankings system can past months, we have: • reinforced our commitment to teaching through the hiring accurately evaluate the unique characteristics of law schools. of Professor Ruth Colker to fill the newly-created Grace Heck When it’s all said and done, how we rank in U.S. News, the Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law. A nationally- Princeton Review, or any other list is a moot point. What is known scholar, Professor Colker was highly sought after by important is how you and the other 7,500 graduates of the numerous law schools in the nation. College take the tools you’ve gained here and utilize them to • strengthened the faculty in the area of alternative dispute make the world a better place. resolution through the hiring of two new faculty members who will arrive on campus in the fall of 1998. Professors Josh Stulberg and Sara Rudolph Cole could position the College to become one of two top ADR programs in the country. Our program is already ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. News. Gregory H. Williams • initiated and staffed a children’s legal clinic. We have welcomed Dean a new director, Professor Kate Federle, and a new staff attorney, 1 OF CHANGE Q M u d College of Law graduate brings fresh air to Central State University. BY LIZ CUTLER GATES t is a blustery afternoon at I not be easy, but it is a challenge Central State University in that he is meeting head on. Wilberforce, Ohio. University “The defining moment president John Garland strolls in most people’s lives has been across campus. He has been the joining of a community called upon to right a sinking ship, of scholars and learning,” and it’s as if the strong breezes Garland says. “The historically are winds of change, sweeping black colleges and universities out years of financial and have been that defining moment administrative mismanagement for tens of thousands of African- that have nearly destroyed the Americans in this country. southwestern Ohio school. When I saw an institution like Garland, a 1971 graduate Central State on the verge of not of Central State with a J.D. degree being able to continue with its from The Ohio State University 110-year mission of turning out College of Law (1974), is indeed leaders, not being able to grant a breath of fresh air to a that defining moment, I felt if problem-plagued institution. I could do something, then I Last summer, Central State was would do it.” on the verge of closing until the Media reports had painted ' Ohio legislature stepped in with a bleak situation on the Greene additional funding. Now it is County campus. When Garland operating on a stripped-down visited during Homecoming budget of $24 million, a reduced in 1996, he expected “a dusty faculty, buildings undergoing mudhole with buildings leaning long-delayed maintenance, and on one another.” Instead, he 23 state-imposed conditions for found the beautiful campus staying open. he remembered from his (Ed.