SPANNING the GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship
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MAGAZINE FALL 2002 FALL Volume 20 Number 2 Volume SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class plus Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, Capital Markets Center, the Center on Law, some of the most cutting-edge global issues It is not possible, these days, for a top law Ethics and National Security, the Duke- of our time. school to be anything other than an interna- Cambridge Program in Public Law, the A meaningful legal education in these tional one. At Duke Law, we no longer think Center for Environmental Solutions, and times must involve extensive exposure to of “international” as a separate category. partnerships with a number of foreign law other legal systems, transnational practice, Virtually everything we do has some interna- schools, including Tsinghua University in and public international law issues. The pro- tional dimension, whether it concerns inter- Beijing, the University of Cambridge, file of Duke Law School and the legal edu- national treaties and protocols, commercial Waseda University in Tokyo, University of cation it provides has been deeply enhanced transactions across national borders, interna- Geneva Law Faculty, and Hong Kong as a result of its creative and aggressive ini- tional child custody disputes, criminal behav- University Law Faculty. It describes teaching tiatives in those areas. ior that violates international human rights and research innovations reaching across I welcome all alumni to come back and law, international sports competitions, glob- continents, such as the joint Duke- visit Duke. If you haven’t been back in the al environmental regulation, international Cambridge course on comparative public past five years, I expect that you would be terrorism, or any number of other topics. law, the import of our Introduction to pleasantly surprised by our new international And, of course, there is little that we do at American law course at Tsinghua University law faculty, the contributions of our foreign Duke that does not involve scholars and stu- in Beijing, and the international death law students to the life of the Law School, dents from other countries, who are entirely penalty conference in Geneva. It also the visibility of our faculty on issues of inter- integrated with U.S. scholars and students. covers some of the activities of foreign national law, national security and terrorism, Students enrolled in our joint JD/LLM pro- law graduates who have retained connec- and the success with which we have inte- gram in international and comparative law tions to Duke Law, as well as special events grated international and comparative law receive an in-depth education in both the this past year which enrich the international subjects throughout our curriculum. public and private aspects of international experiences of our students, including Whether it is your reunion year or not, I and comparative law, enriched by the ubiq- the international food festival and panel hope you have the opportunity to stop by. uitous presence of foreign students; like- discussions involving students and guests In any case, please stay in touch with us wise, the foreign lawyers who enroll in our from other countries. It details new faculty through www.law.duke.edu/alumni/e- one-year LLM program in American law appointments in international trade law news.html. enroll in the same courses, attend the same and comparative law, and the scholarship conferences, and engage in the same intel- of faculty members relating to issues of lectual and social life as American students. terrorism, global security, and international This issue of Duke Law Magazine stability. On all of these fronts, Duke Law provides a flavor of the international dimen- School both situates the legal education it sions of the Law School. It touches on some offers its students within the full internation- of our ongoing international programs, al panoply of issues and controversies, and Katharine T. Bartlett including the Institutes in Transnational Law participates through its students, faculty and Dean and at Geneva and Hong Kong, the Global alumni in the definition and resolution of A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law 2 10 26 32 contents Dean Katharine T. Bartlett From the Dean Associate Dean for External Relations Linda G. Steckley 1L Class Smaller, Exceptionally Well Qualified ................................................................2 Director of Communications News Briefs..........................................................................................................................4 Diana L. Nelson Editor Jonathan Goldstein Features Associate Editor Spanning the Globe, Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching Janse C. Haywood Contributing Editors and Scholarship........................................................................................................10 Melanie Dunshee September 11 Remembered, the Following Year Considered ....................................26 Jean Brooks Design DUHS Office of Alumni and Student Essays and Profiles Creative Services Alumnus Promotes Duke in Argentina and Beyond: and Publications Photography Javier Firpo LLM ’91 ..............................................................................................32 Todd Shoemaker, Student Takes to Leadership at Duke Law: Sebastian Kielmanovich ’04 ..................33 Kate Melcher, Venezuela: No Coup D’état, by Arturo H. Banegas Masia LLM ’00............................34 Jonathan Goldstein, Ian Bradshaw, Switzerland to Join the United Nations, by Manuel Sager LLM ’85 ........................35 Duke University Photography: Around the Law School Chris Hildreth, Les Todd, Jim Wallace, Jon Gardiner Judgment Without Democracy, by Professor Madeline Morris ..................................36 U.S. Senator Consults Duke Law Professor William Van Alstyne on War Powers ....38 Duke Law Magazine is published under Dean Katharine T. Bartlett Completes Reportership with ALI ..................................40 the auspices of the Book Review: Professor Jeff Powell’s Office of the Dean, The President’s Authority Over Foreign Affairs ..................................................42 Duke University School of Law, Durham, Visiting Faculty 2002-2003 ..............................................................................................44 North Carolina 27708. Faculty Notes ....................................................................................................................46 © 2002 Produced by the Office of Creative Services and Alumni News Publications, Duke Reunion 2002 ....................................................................................................................54 University Health Class Notes ........................................................................................................................56 System. Design only is Copyrighted © DUHS, Commencement Weekend 2002 ....................................................................................66 2002. mcoc-3146 In Memoriam ....................................................................................................................67 Campaign Newsletter (special edition) ....................................................................insert Fall Events ..................................................................................................inside back cover Letters to the Editor Letters If you want to respond to an article in Duke Law Magazine, you can email the editor at [email protected] or write: Jonathan Goldstein, Duke Law Magazine, Duke University School of Law, Box 90389, Durham, NC 27708-0389. orientation 2002 1L Class Smaller, Exceptionally Well Qualified The Fall 2002 entering 1L class is “smaller graduate studies. The student body includes them to understand the importance of com- and exceptionally well qualified,” says student government leaders, Eagle Scouts munity and leadership to a Duke Law educa- Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial and several captains of intercollegiate tion. An excellent group of upper-class stu- Aid Dennis Shields. The class numbers 201, athletic teams, military officers and college dents served as discussion leaders and men- in comparison with 227 a year ago. Its dorm residential advisors. Thirty-six already tors through structured group exercises median LSAT score is 168, which is in the have worked for law firms and 15 others requiring teamwork and collaboration, said 97th percentile of those taking the test last have experience working in government Jill Miller, assistant dean for student affairs. year. This represents a gain of two points jobs. The class includes graduates from 100 “Not only were we excited to meet our over last year’s 166 median. The undergrad- different undergraduate institutions, new students, but we were equally excited uate GPA median is 3.61, up slightly from 44 states and five foreign countries. The to see our orientation leaders in action,” last year’s 3.59. students speak 26 foreign languages, from Dean Miller said. “The pride they demon- “The numbers don’t tell the entire story, Arabic to Ukrainian. strated in introducing our new students to though,” says Dean Shields. “This class is a Classes began this summer for 43 of Duke Law was contagious. I'm really looking fabulous group of individuals that collectively these students who are enrolled