NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE SPRING 2017 PAID 421 Mondale Hall TWIN CITIES, MN 229 19th Avenue South PERMIT NO. 90155 Minneapolis, MN 55455 PERSPECTIVES SPRING 2017 The Magazine for the University of Minnesota Law School PERSPECTIVES THE MAGAZINE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL
Hundreds of alumni returned to Mondale Hall from all over COVER STORY the country to reunite with classmates and professors, connect with other alumni, meet Dean Jenkins, and celebrate milestone PROTECTING anniversaries. This year’s activities included an ethics credit CLE (available for viewing at our University of Minnesota Law School YOU AND YouTube channel), all-alumni and milestone class receptions, and an alumni and faculty luncheon. Thank you so much to all who YOURS attended this incredible Law School tradition. We look forward Consumer Law to seeing you at future Spring Alumni Weekends! APRIL 21—22, 2017 Specialists Help Clients Weather PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE WEEKEND ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT the Storm COMMUNITY.LAW.UMN.EDU/SAW.
Robina Foundation $25 Million Gift Funds Binger Center for New Americans
Journal of Law and Inequality Celebrates 25 Years
Theory at Work: JaneAnne Murray
Faculty Profile: Francis Shen law.umn.edu
327699_Cover_B.indd 1 4/27/17 12:15 PM DEAN BOARD OF ADVISORS Perspectives is a general interest magazine published Garry W. Jenkins Jeanette M. Bazis (’92) in the fall and spring of the academic year for the Sitso W. Bediako (’08) University of Minnesota Law School community of alumni, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Amy L. Bergquist (’07) friends, and supporters. Letters to the editor or any other Cynthia Huff Karin J. Birkeland (’87) communication regarding content should be sent to James L. Chosy (’89) Cynthia Huff ([email protected]), Director of Communications, EDITOR AND WRITER Jennifer K. Ciresi (’07) University of Minnesota Law School, 229 19th Avenue South, Jeff Johnson William E. Drake (’66) 421 Mondale Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455. John F. Hartmann (’87) COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST Gary J. Haugen (’74) Luke Johnson Cathy F. Haukedahl (’79) The University of Minnesota shall provide equal access to Rachel C. Hughey (’03) and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Jay L. Kim (’88) (Chair) without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, David Jensen Jeannine L. Lee (’81) gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance Marshall S. Lichty (’02) status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ANNUAL Daniel W. McDonald (’85) or gender expression. GIVING Ambassador Tom McDonald (’79) Abigail Loyd Christine L. Meuers (’83) Michelle A. Miller (’86) ©2017 University of Minnesota Board of Regents CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Cyrus A. Morton (’98) WAYS TO GIVE Dick Dahl Michael T. Nilan (’79) There are many ways to give back Alexis Dutt (’18) David B. Potter (’80) to the University of Minnesota Kathy Graves (Immediate Past Chair) Law School. For more information, Amy Erickson (’17) Roshan N. Rajkumar (’00) visit www.law.umn.edu/giving. Or Cathy Madison Mary S. Ranum (’83) send your gift directly to the Law Todd Melby Lisa A. Rotenberg (’85) School at 229 19th Ave. S., Karin B. Miller Stephen P. Safranski (’97) Minneapolis, MN 55455. Amy C. Seidel (’98) (Chair Elect) COVER ILLUSTRATION Joseph P. Sullivan (’67) PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE Stephen Webster Michael P. Sullivan Jr. (’96) ANNUAL FUND The Honorable John R. Student scholarships, clinics, PHOTOGRAPHERS Tunheim (’80) journals, the Law Library, and Jayme Halbritter Kevin Warren faculty support are just a few Tony Nelson areas that benefit from this Tim Rummelhoff current-use fund. It allows the Law University of Minnesota Archives School to provide core support while also giving us the flexibility DESIGNER to meet our greatest needs. Launch Lab Creative
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ANYANY TRANSFORMATION TRANSFORMATION BEGINS BEGINS WITH WITH AN ANIDEA IDEA
As I concludeAs I conclude my first myyear first as dean,year I’mas dean, particularly I’m particularly impressed impressed by this law by school’sthis law school’sdeep commitment deep commitment to excellence to excellence and innovation.and innovation. There’s a There’s uniqueness a uniqueness to the University to the University of Minnesota of Minnesota Law School. Law ISchool. am delighted I am delighted to be a part to be of aa part of a communitycommunity of such smartof such and smart committed and committed individuals. individuals. We are a We community are a community driven to driven provide to aprovide transformational a transformational educationaleducational experience, experience, to advance to advanceknowledge, knowledge, and to impact and to our impact community. our community. What drivesWhat us? drives What us? propels What uspropels forward? us forward? I think it’sI think the visionary it’s the visionary efforts of efforts our people, of our programs,people, programs, and and philanthropy—allphilanthropy—all of which of are which aimed are at aimed transforming at transforming individuals, individuals, legal education, legal education, and the lawand itselfthe law to betteritself to better serve ouserver citizens. our citizens. Our accomplishedOur accomplished and creative and creativefaculty and faculty students and studentsare making are makingimportant important contributions contributions to law and to lawpolicy, and policy, and theirand exc theirellenc exce isellenc recognizede is recognized by those by outside those ofoutside our community. of our community. For instance, For instance, Professor Professor Daniel Schwarcz’s Daniel Schwarcz’s influentialinfluential scholarship scholarship was recently was recentlyhonored honoredwith the withEarly the Career Early ScholarsCareer ScholarsMedal from Medal the from American the American Law Institut Lawe. Institute. The medalThe is medalawarded is awarded just every just other every year other to one year or to two one outstanding or two outstanding law profe lawssors pr ofewhosessors work whose is relevantwork is relevantto the to the real world,real contributes world, contributes to public to policy, public and policy, has theand potentialhas the potential to influence to influence improvements improvements in the law. in theIn addition,law. In addition, our students—guidedour students—guided by our world-class by our world-class faculty—are faculty—are applying applying what they’re what learning they’re learning to transform to transform themselves themselves for for successfulsuc careers,cessful withcareers, several with winning several winning national nationalwriting awardswriting and awards major and skills major competitions skills competitions (see pages (see 35-38). pages 35-38). These awardsThese and awards accomplishments and accomplishments confirm confirm that we thatare boldwe arethinkers bold thinkersand problem-solvers and problem-solvers ready to readytackle to tackle complexcomplex challenges. challenges. Earlier thisEarlier year, this the year, Law theSchool Law received School received an astounding an astounding charitable charitable gift from gift the from Robina the FoundationRobina Foundation to advanc toe advance our clinicalour programsclinical programs (see page (see 6). pageThe grant6). The has grant already has yieldedalready results.yielded Inresults. addition In addition to the impact to the that impact the thatBinger the Binger Center forCenter New for Americans New Americans has on individual has on individual immigrants’ immigrants’ lives and lives the communityand the community overall, thisoverall, center this offers center a offers a transformativetransformative and unique and opportunityunique opportunity for our students.for our students. Moreover, Moreover, it establishes it establishes this law thisschool law as school the pr asemier the prlegalemier legal immigrationimmigration education education and reform and institution reform institution in the United in the States.United States. As the legalAs the education legal education environment environment changes changesand levels and of levelsstate supportof state forsupport higher for education higher education decline, decline,we rely morewe rely more and moreand on more philanthropy on philanthropy to help fundto help innovative fund innovative initiatives initiatives such as the such Binger as the Center. Binger ItCenter. is my hopeIt is my that hope this thatgift, this gift, in additionin addition to creating to creatinga transformative a transformative center, will center, spark will another spark anotherkind of transformation—onekind of transformation—one in which in more which and more and more alumnimore andalumni friend ands claim friend theirs claim places their as places philanthropists as philanthropists in support in ofsupport the Law of theSchool Law to School sustain to our sustain greatness our greatness and missionand formission gene rations.for gene rations. Your continuedYour continued generosity, generosity, engagement, engagement, and leadership and leadership are critical are to critical our ongoing to our ongoing success. Allsuccess. of us All are of grateful us are grateful for the remarkablefor the remarkable support. support.We should We celebrate should celebrate this landmark this landmark $25 million $25 gift,million but gift,we should but we also should think also of thinkit as of it as an excitingan excitingnew beginning. new beginning.
Garry W.Garry Jenkins W. Jenkins Dean andDean William and WilliamS. Pattee S. Professor Pattee Professor of Law of Law
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18 PROTECTING YOU AND YOURS Consumer Law Specialists Help Clients Weather the Storm
By Cathy Madison Illustration by Stephen Webster
24 THEORY at WORK JANEANNE MURRAY: ADVOCATE ARMED WITH THE POWER OF STORY
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1 DEAN’S PERSPECTIVE Any Transformation Begins with an Idea
4 AT THE LAW SCHOOL 6 Historic and Transformational: Robina Foundation $25 Million Gift Funds James H. Binger Center for New Americans 8 The Human Rights Center at 28 9 War Crime Expert Leads Off Syria Series • New LL.M. Pro Bono Program 10 Recent Clinic Successes • New Opportunities for Experiential Learning at the Law School 12 Law & Inequality’s 35th Anniversary Symposium: Legal Feminism: 10 Looking Back, Looking Forward 13 Partners in Excellence 14 Pictorial History of the Law School Now Available Online 15 New Law Library Faculty 16 Impact of Giving: Proudly Providing Scholarships to Outstate Students 17 Scholarship Stories: Cayla Ebert (’18), Rachel Leitschuck (’18), Sukanya Momsen (’16)
26 FACULTY PERSPECTIVE 26 Faculty Awards, Grants, and News 28 Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity Releases Report on Charter School Segregation and Performance • Faculty Departures 29 Professor Laura Cooper: An Atypical Path to a Rewarding Career 30 Faculty Works in Progress • Spring 2017 Perspectives on Taxation 31 31 Faculty Profile: Francis X. Shen
32 STUDENT PERSPECTIVE 32 Student Profiles 35 Student News and Awards 39 Springtime for TORT! • 2017–18 Student Journal Editors
40 ALUMNI PERSPECTIVE 40 Alumni Profiles 43 Alumni News and Awards 45 Recent Events 46 Class Notes 48 Beijing Winter Reception 49 Top 100 Super Lawyers • We TORT Reunion 35 50 Tributes 51 In Memoriam 52 Why I Give: Sitso Bediako (’08)
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SECOND ANNUAL MLK CONVOCATION ASKS “WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?”
from King’s “Chaos or Community?” to one probing the topic “Law and Leadership in a Fractured Era.” The convocation was sponsored by the Law School Diversity Committee. Jenkins began the discussion by noting that systemic and implicit bias continue to exist in the United States, as do racial inequities in the criminal justice system. He then asked the panelists to address the topic of law and leadership. Davis, a senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Judge Nicole Starr (’03), Dean Garry Jenkins, Judge Michael Davis (’72) Minnesota, urged students to think of themselves as leaders today, and not wait until graduation. “You are FIFTY YEARS AGO, WHEN THE In an MLK Convocation held Jan. leaders,” he said. “You don’t need me Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 18 at the Law School, Dean Garry W. here. I have passed the torch to you.” published his book Where Do We Go Jenkins, Judge Michael Davis (’72), Added Davis, “People will look at From Here, he tackled issues of racial and Judge Nicole Starr (’03), tackled you as a leader because you have a and economic justice. the same topic, but altered the subtitle law degree…. Keep that fire you have
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327699_SecB_4-17_B.indd 1 4/27/17 12:32 PM 4 Winners of the 1 On Feb. 9, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard Dorothy O. Lareau oral arguments at the Law School in State of 3 Catherine Powell of Writing Award, by section: Minnesota v. Berry Alan Willis. Front row: Associate Fordham University and (D) Paul Dimick (’19), Justice Natalie E. Hudson (’82), Chief Justice Lorie 2 On March 30, the Max Waltman of Harvard (B) Graciela Quintana Skjerven Gildea, Associate Justice Margaret H. Law School Democrats University at the Law (’19), (C) Frances Fink Chutich, Associate Justice David R. Stras. Back hosted a Minneapolis and Inequality: A Journal (’19), and (A) Nicole row: Associate Justices G. Barry Anderson (’79), mayoral candidates of Theory and Practice Streifel (’19), with David L. Lillehaug, and Anne K. McKeig. forum at the Law School. symposium in November. Professor Chris Soper
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that got you to law school.” mon?’” she said. Then Starr answered Starr, appointed in 2014 to a judge- her own question, noting, “Our ship in Minnesota’s 2nd Judicial commitment to the core goals of District (Ramsey County), told those the United States and our core in attendance to work with others in constitutional truths has carried us advocating for change. “None of us through… and brought us together are truly excellent, but we can be time and time again.” excellent together,” she said. For his part, Davis noted that Starr pointed to the Oxford chaos isn’t necessarily a pejorative. Dictionaries’ declaration of post-truth “Without chaos, we don’t have as the 2016 “word of the year” as progress,” Davis said. “That’s what evidence of the need for attorneys— brings about change.” and law students—to jump into the Individuals, he added, can play an public fray. important part in altering the course “You are among the most highly of history. He cited the example of educated people in society,” she said. civil rights attorney and former U.S. “You have a civic obligation to bring Supreme Court Justice Thurgood truth and knowledge into every Marshall, calling him the greatest discussion. You are uniquely situated.” lawyer of the 20th century. “He Judge Nicole Starr (’03) Both Starr and Davis addressed the changed the country,” Davis said. n inherent friction between chaos and community, echoing King’s 1967 book. Starr said societal divisiveness "Where Do We Go from Here?" is one of several events sponsored by the prompts people to seek answers. Law School Diversity Committee and others to discuss equity, diversity, “It is the chaos that makes people and inclusion issues. A calendar is available at law.umn.edu/admissions/ think, ‘What do we have in com- equity-diversity.
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HISTORIC AND TRANSFORMATIONAL: ROBINA FOUNDATION $25 MILLION GIFT FUNDS JAMES H. BINGER CENTER FOR NEW AMERICANS Kathleen Blatz (’84), Robina Foundation chair
ON FEB. 6, 2017, THE LAW SCHOOL improving access to legal representa- detainee rights, and/or refugee law held a press conference to announce tion for refugees and immigrants; and policy. a $25 million gift from the Robina educating noncitizens about their Speaking at the press conference, Foundation. The grant—the single legal rights; creating dynamic and University President Eric Kaler largest philanthropic gift in the Law comprehensive immigration clinics said, “We only need to look at the School’s history—will fund the newly for students; and collaborating with headlines to understand the impor- named James H. Binger Center for others on immigration issues. tance of this gift. There are very few New Americans, establish a James H. During its four-year pilot program— issues as pressing today in Minnesota Binger Professorship in Clinical Law, also supported by the Robina and around the nation as the legal and provide scholarship support to Foundation—the Center won a and public policies about—and the Law School students. landmark case at the U.S. Supreme fate of—our immigrant and refugee The gift will provide permanent Court; won political asylum for communities. To our very generous financial support to the Law School clients from around the world; and partner, the Robina Foundation: for the ongoing operations of the won release for detained immigrants Thank you for your sense of justice James H. Binger Center for New in Minnesota. and your remarkable generosity. We’re Americans. The Center brings about The Center has three law firm so honored to be able to translate this transformative change by creating a partners—Dorsey and Whitney, Faegre historic gift into action: educating national model for the provision of Baker Daniels, and Robins Kaplan— and training a committed group of comprehensive and cohesive legal and three nonprofit partners—the young lawyers to ensure the safety services for immigrant communities Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, of—and justice for—Minnesota’s new through a variety of means, including Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, and The Americans, and others like them improving federal immigration law Advocates for Human Rights. around the country and the world. and policy through impact litigation; The Robina Foundation gift This is a great day for our University, protecting detainee rights and will be distributed in this way: for our Law School, and for justice $23.5 million will be directed for for all Americans.” an endowment to support the Center, Commented Dean Garry W. $1 million to establish and fund Jenkins: “This gift represents an The Binger Center offers a the James H. Binger Professorship extraordinary vote of support for the wealth of resources—white papers, in Clinical Law, and $500,000 to University of Minnesota Law School. practice advisories, conference support scholarships for Law School The work of the Binger Center will notes and slide shows, and more— students. impact immigration law and policy to support pro bono attorneys The clinical law professorship and support vulnerable people whose and immigration advocates. Visit shall be awarded to a faculty member lives and livelihoods have been www.law.umn.edu/james-h-binger- teaching within the Binger Center damaged by conflict and persecution. center-new-americans/resources. with a focus on immigration, asylum, Moreover, the Center is unlike any
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JAMES H. BINGER (’49)
The $25 million Robina Foundation gift drew widespread media attention.
James H. Binger, a St. Paul native, earned an economics degree from Yale and graduated University President Eric Kaler, Blatz, Dean Garry W. Jenkins, from the Law School in and Professor Benjamin Casper Sanchez (’97), Binger Center director 1949. He subsequently joined the law firm that would become other clinical program found at other is consistent with the legacy of James Dorsey & Whitney. law schools, because it unites an Binger and his desire to promote He joined Honeywell in entire community of talented transformational philanthropy.” 1943, became president advocates in common cause for the Professor Benjamin Casper in 1961, and chairman in rights of immigrants and refugees, Sanchez (’97), director of the Center, 1965. While at the helm, and it gives law students leading roles said: “To the Robina Foundation— he expanded Honeywell’s in this work. By combining the we are thankful you believed in us original focus on systems passion and intelligence of our and provided us the pilot funding to controls to encompass students with the resources and build the Center together these past defense, aerospace, expertise of our partners, we provide four years. We can’t begin to express computers, and cameras. unparalleled representation to our gratitude now for this truly immigrants—often saving families, historic gift. The call we put out sometimes even saving lives. today is to young people, and to “Thank you to the Robina people of any age, who have been Foundation for your extraordinary inspired by the example of immi- vision, this strategic investment, and grants and refugees overcoming on the Law School’s website in the for the assurance that our students enormous obstacles to become new coming months. will benefit from the highest quality Americans. If you are one of these The Robina Foundation, a of experiential learning for genera- people and you want to make a Minnesota-based private grant- tions to come.” difference by becoming a lawyer, then making foundation, seeks to posi- “Legal education is in the midst of we are talking to you. If you want to tively impact critical social issues significant change,” said Kathleen join our cause and defend the values by encouraging innovation and Blatz (’84), chair of the Robina of human dignity at the core of the financially supporting transformative Foundation and former chief justice United States Constitution, then projects of its four institutional of the Minnesota Supreme Court, please reach out to us. Apply to law partners. These partners, selected “and we are enthusiastic about how school! There’s never been a more by the foundation’s founder, James H. the University of Minnesota Law important time for you to follow Binger (’41), are Abbott Northwestern School remains committed to your values and your idealism. Hospital in Minneapolis, the Council educational excellence and program- With the endowment of the Binger on Foreign Relations in New York, matic innovation. In a short period, Center for New Americans here at the University of Minnesota Law the Center has proven itself to be a the University of Minnesota Law School, and Yale University. This vital part of our community and a School, I promise you there has never newest grant brings the Robina highly influential entity at a time been a better place.” Foundation’s total giving to the when immigration is at the center of A symposium is being planned for University of Minnesota to nearly the national conversation. This project this fall. Information will be available $60 million since 2008. n
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THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER 390 organizations in 90 countries 1 Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (center), (HRC) heads into its 28th year with since the the HRC fellowship with Philip Alston, U.N. special rapporteur expanded resources and opportunities program was founded. With these on extreme poverty, and Nahla Valji of the for students and new partnerships for competitive fellowships, students get U.N. secretary general's office at a panel research and impact. hands-on legal training and experi- discussion on gender and counterterrorism “This is a time of enormous ence while supporting high-impact at New York University School of Law excitement and challenge for the organizations. For example, the first 2 2017 Human Rights Center Fellows Human Rights Center,” says Professor group of fellows selected will work in Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, who, along Costa Rica with the U.N. refugee capital-defense cases, including the with Amanda Lyons (’09), directs agency, Switzerland with the U.N. case of Dylan Roof, the man who the HRC. “There is a growing high commissioner for human rights, shot nine members of a Charleston demand throughout the world for Northern Ireland on post-conflict church during a prayer service. “My our research and the legal assistance justice, Mexico with juveniles in summer experience was invaluable,” our students provide.” detention, Washington, D.C., on she says. “I will carry the lessons Founded in 1988 by Professor LGBT rights, and Minneapolis with I learned with me throughout my David Weissbrodt, one of the fore- women’s rights and refugees and legal career.” most human rights legal experts, the immigrants. The new interdisciplinary Center has earned an international “The fellowships make it possible University of Minnesota Human reputation for its pioneering research, for talented and committed students Rights Lab, which received a Grand commitment to teaching, and support to pursue these pivotal opportunities Challenge Exploratory Research to the local, national, and global and support the work of important Grant, also sends students into the human rights community. organizations,” says Lyons. “Their world to investigate ways to use The Center’s focus is on research- presence throughout the world cutting-edge research more effec- ing real-world challenges, preparing also contributes to Minnesota’s tively with NGOs and policymakers. future lawyers with the commitment national and international reputation “The support alumni and and skills to defend human rights, and as a leader in human rights and University leaders provide is vital for working with partners to impact law, international law.” our work,” says Ní Aoláin. “Our goal policy, and practice. Kristen Ann Hathaway (’17) is to expand our base of supporters This summer the HRC will send can testify to the importance of the and our network of past fellows to a cohort of fellows to local, national, hands-on experience of mentoring help us respond effectively to human and international human rights under skilled and dedicated practicing rights issues worldwide.” n organizations. They follow in the attorneys. She spent last summer at steps of the more than 600 fellows the South Carolina Commission on By Kathy Graves, a writer based in who have worked in more than Indigent Defense working on several Minneapolis
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WAR CRIMES EXPERT LEADS OFF SYRIA SERIES
ON FEB. 21, THE LAW SCHOOL began a yearlong Syria Series with an appearance by Ambassador Stephen J. NEW Rapp. The series will explore the geopolitical dimensions of the PRO BONO conflict in Syria, the pursuit of justice PROGRAM for mass atrocities, the lives and rights of the millions of refugees, and the OFFERS HANDS-ON local, national, and international EXPERIENCE TO responses to their bids for asylum. LL.M. STUDENTS The series is organized by the Binger Center for New Americans, the Human Rights Center, and the LL.M. students at the University University’s Human Rights Program. of Minnesota Law School can From 2009 to 2015, Rapp served as gain practical experience the U.S. ambassador-at-large for war Ambassador Rapp working with actual clients crimes issues in the Office of Global on real legal matters in a new Criminal Justice. He is currently a pro bono program launched fellow at the United States Holocaust this year with LegalCORPS, Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt access to a cache of 55,000 photos a Minnesota nonprofit that Center for the Prevention of that documented torture by the provides free legal assistance Genocide and a distinguished fellow Assad regime. to low-income entrepreneurs at The Hague Institute for Global From 2007 to 2009, Rapp served and innovators and small non- Justice. Rapp has been working as prosecutor of the Special Court profits. Under the supervision tirelessly to collect documents and for Sierra Leone, where he led the of a licensed attorney, LL.M. other evidence in war zones in Iraq prosecution of former Liberian students work on a range of and Syria and lay the foundation for president Charles Taylor. His office legal matters, from intellectual prosecutions. As ambassador, Rapp achieved the first convictions in property (copyright and trade- coordinated U.S. government support history for sexual slavery and forced mark) to the establishment of to international criminal tribunals, marriage as crimes against humanity, a limited liability company and including the International Criminal and for attacks on peacekeepers and a minority shareholder dispute. Court, as well as to hybrid and recruitment and use of child soldiers Students work with an attorney national courts responsible for as violations of international humani- in conducting client interviews, prosecuting persons charged with tarian law. From 2001 to 2007, he carrying out legal research, genocide, war crimes, and crimes served as senior trial attorney and and drafting correspondence against humanity. He gained particu- chief of prosecutions at the and corporate documents, such lar attention for his work to lay the International Criminal Tribunal for as a member control agreement foundation for accountability for Rwanda, where he led the trial team for an LLC. In addition to helping crimes in Syria, most prominently by that achieved the first convictions in business owners who otherwise arranging for the United Nations history of leaders of the mass media would not be able to afford to Commission of Inquiry and other for the crime of direct and public work with an attorney, students prosecutorial authorities to gain incitement to commit genocide. n who plan to sit for the New York bar exam (a goal of many LL.M. students) also can fulfill the requirement that they provide at least 50 hours of pro bono work prior to the exam. At press time, future events in the Syria Series were still in the planning stages. Information will be posted as it becomes available on the Events page of the Law School website. LAW.UMN.EDU/EVENTS
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RECENT CLINIC SUCCESSES
BINGER CENTER FOR venued in Seattle, challenging the The Advocates for Human Rights, NEW AMERICANS travel ban as unconstitutional. CNA AMA Law Group, Apollo Law, the students documented Dahir’s case and Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, TRUMP TRAVEL BAN ACTIONS: the cases of other immigrants and and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll In February, CNA students joined refugees in Minnesota harmed by the (acting as local counsel). One of the with attorneys from Dorsey & travel ban. On Feb. 3, a federal judge plaintiffs, Saido Ahmed Abdille, and Whitney, the Immigrant Law Center in Seattle granted Minnesota and her two daughters were reunited with of Minnesota, and other Center Washington’s motion for a temporary her family at Minneapolis-St. Paul partners to represent Somali injunction, which blocked key International Airport on Feb 5. Minnesota resident Samira Dahir and elements of the travel ban nationwide. her 4-year-old daughter, Mushkaad. This initial victory allowed thousands REUNITING A FAMILY: In December The government had previously of immigrants and refugees who had 2016, a Salvadoran woman who approved the child to enter the previously been granted visas to return was granted asylum in the United United States as a refugee to reunite to the United States on those visas to States with the assistance of the with her mother, but the Trump reunite with family and go forward Immigration and Human Rights Law administration’s initial travel ban with planned studies at universities, Clinic was reunited with her three blocked her from boarding her flight. including the University of Minnesota. children for the first time in over After what CNA director Ben Casper Adding to the growing tide of four years. In December 2015, U.S. Sanchez (’97) told the Washington Post federal cases, the Center for New Citizenship and Immigration Services was “hundreds of hours of work by a Americans also filed a lawsuit approved the Asylee Relative lot of people”—including Law Feb. 3 in the U.S. District Court Petitions filed by the clinic, which School students and U.S. Senators for the District of Columbia on allow a person who has been granted Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar— behalf of two Minnesota families. asylum to petition for his or her Mushkaad was reunited with her In both situations, the husbands are immediate family to travel to the mother in Minnesota. residents of the United States and U.S. and derive asylum status through While CNA students helped their wives had passed all background the petitioner. The Salvadoran woman prepare a federal lawsuit for Dahir, checks, submitted all necessary had suffered frequent beatings, sexual they also coordinated their efforts documents, completed all necessary abuse, and threats by her husband with Minnesota Attorney General interviews, and been approved for over an extended period of time. Lori Swanson’s office, which was immigrant visas, making them Following the client’s grant of asylum, preparing to join the state of eligible for green cards upon entering student attorney Tracey Alexander Washington in a federal lawsuit, the country. Co-counsel included (’16), under the supervision of
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AT THE LAW SCHOOL
Judicial Writing Course The class will also provide students one year, and each corporate Taught by Professor Daniel Schwarcz with practical information about partner in the program crafts a and recent graduate Caitlinrose how to be an effective law clerk, position that will provide important Fisher (’15), this new course focuses drawing heavily on guest talks from professional development opportu- on developing the writing abilities local federal and state judges and nities and legal skill advancement. and practical knowledge of prospec- law clerks. Fellows work directly with in-house tive judicial law clerks. The class is counsel and staff, developing centered around six writing assign- Corporate Fellowship specific legal skills in specific ments, including a bench memo, jury The Career Center has launched the industries. The candidate selection instructions, a trial court order, and Minnesota Law Corporate Fellowship process is competitive, providing several appellate opinions. Readings program, which places recent corporate partners with young include attorneys’ briefings, relevant graduates in full-time, paid, attorneys who are enthusiastic portions of the record, key prece- career-building legal employment about contributing to the corpora- dents, and samples of past materials. positions. Fellowships typically last tion’s legal team.
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Jonathan Mansker (’18), Kathryn Marquis Hirsch (’18), Mary Beall (’18), 3Ls Aaron Minster (left) and Samuel Amanda McAllister (’17), Myounghee (Denise) Choung (’18), and Ketchum with Professor Laura Thomas Professor Jennie Green at the United Nations CEDAW session in Geneva
Professor Emily Good, clinic director Fitzpatrick (’14), Jaclyn Campoli Stormer & Renick; Paul Hoffman; Professor Steve Meili, and former (’14), Ryan Bravo (’15), Andrew and Anthony DiCaprio. clinic teaching fellow Katherine LeTourneau (’15), Olivia Cooper Student attorneys included Chelsea Evans, filed Asylee Relative Petitions (’16), and Dong Lee (’16). Attorney Ahmann (’17), student director of the for each of the client’s three children Britt Bakken (’13) at Wilson Law clinic; Andrew Gasdick (’18); Brian in El Salvador. Group also contributed to the Gerd (’17); Kathryn Hirsch (’18); family-based immigration component Shirin Johnson (’18); and Bailey ROBINS KAPLAN CIVIL of the case. Metgzer (’18). In spring 2016, student PRACTICE CLINIC attorneys also included Kristen HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION Mishler (’17), Nari Oh (’16), and CIVIL ASSAULT VERDICT: In AND INTERNATIONAL Max Zimmerman (’16). January, student attorneys Samuel ADVOCACY CLINIC Ketchum (’17) and Aaron Minster UNITED NATIONS ADVOCACY: (’17)—accompanied by supervising TRAFFICKING VICTIM In March, five clinic students— attorney and clinical professor Laura PROTECTION: In November Amanda McAllister (’17), Mary Thomas and co-counsel David 2016, the U.S. District Court for Beall (’18), Myounghee (Denise) Wilson of Wilson Law Group— the Central District of California Choung (’18), Kathryn Marquis secured a $25,000 civil assault jury rejected defendants’ motion to dismiss Hirsch (’18), and Jonathan Mansker verdict in Houston County District the clinic’s human rights trafficking (’18), along with Professor Jennie Court. The courtroom victory, which case on behalf of Cambodian workers Green—travelled to Geneva to came after many years of litigation on who alleged that they were trafficked observe and participate in the behalf of the client, Daxaben Patel, to Thailand. The civil suit, Ratha v. periodic review of Sri Lanka during and her entire family, was the result Phatthana Seafood, was brought under the 66th session of the United of hundreds of hours of work. the Trafficking Victim Protection Nations Committee on the The case arose out of events that Act and related statutes. Claims Elimination of Discrimination occurred between 2010 and 2012. included that plaintiffs were recruited Against Women (CEDAW). Students In 2010, the defendants executed under false pretenses from their lobbied CEDAW members to affidavits of support as part of a home villages and trafficked to address Sri Lankan women’s concerns family-based immigration sponsor- factories where they produced of impunity, sexual violence, and ship process. A court ruling in March shrimp and seafood for export to the lack of transparent transitional 2015 found that these affidavits the United States. According to the justice mechanisms. Students dis- formed a contract between the complaint, in Thailand the plaintiffs cussed these issues with members defendants and the United States, were subjected to forced labor, their and provided questions for members requiring the defendants to support passports were confiscated, and they to pose to the Sri Lankan govern- Patel and her family members at were subjected to inhumane condi- ment. Through this experience, 125% of the federal poverty guideline. tions. Defendants include U.S.- and students learned the intricate In addition to the current team, Thailand-based firms that sell seafood workings of CEDAW periodic previous student attorneys on the to companies such as Walmart. Since reviews and collaborated with experts case included Chris Schmitter (’13), spring 2016, the clinic has assisted from around the world to produce Laura Populin (’14), Lindee Balgaard plaintiffs’ pro bono counsel, Cohen meaningful change in the lives (’13), Jean Paul Agustin (’14), Adam Millstein Sellers & Toll; Hadsell of Sri Lankan women. n
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LAW & INEQUALITY’S 35TH-ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM: LEGAL FEMINISM: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD
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ON NOV. 18, 2016, LAW & Rape Reform; Changing Ideas 1 Catherine Powell (associate professor, Inequality: A Journal of Theory and about Gender; and Feminism in Fordham University School of Law) and Practice marked its 35th anniversary International Law and Policy. Max Waltman (fellow, Weatherhead Center with a symposium honoring its Katharine Bartlett of Duke University for International Affairs, Harvard University), founder, the eminent feminist scholar, School of Law presented a lunch presenters on the Feminism in International lawyer, and activist Catharine A. keynote address on the intersection Law and Policy panel, moderated by MacKinnon. Currently a law profes- of feminism and poverty, and Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin sor at the University of Michigan, MacKinnon delivered a responsive 2 Catharine A. MacKinnon delivers her MacKinnon began her academic keynote to end the day. Notable responsive keynote address. career at the Law School, where she panelists included Catherine Powell founded Law & Inequality as the of Fordham University School of school’s second legal journal and Law, who presented on empowering families. Scholars participating in the served as its academic advisor. The women as a means of achieving workshop offered commentary on journal’s first editorial board, perceiv- greater peace and security, and the implications of this research on ing insufficiencies in the examination Shannon Gilreath of Wake Forest law and policy. of inequality in legal literature, sought School of Law, who presented a For many symposium participants, under MacKinnon’s direction to feminist agenda for gay men, MacKinnon has been a teacher, create a forum for scholarship that commenting, in part, on how mentor, and inspiration. A quarter- analyzes how the law perpetuates MacKinnon’s work can and should century after its publication, Toward systemic oppression, exploitation, be used to critique the destructive a Feminist Theory of the State continues and discrimination. role of pornography in gay men’s to influence feminist legal theory. This year’s symposium, “Legal lives. Not only did the symposium honor Feminism: Looking Back, Looking The panel on Power, Violence, and MacKinnon and her contributions to Forward,” brought together legal the Family was a continuation of The the law—it was an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to examine Family-Inequality Debate, a work- participants to honor all feminists of the lasting impact of MacKinnon’s shop co-hosted by Law & Inequality the past, present, and future, and to feminism on the law. Specifically, the that took place the day before the ask what can be done to propel symposium focused on her ground- symposium. The workshop examined further change. breaking 1991 work, Toward a the Relationship Dynamics and Law & Inequality’s forthcoming Feminist Theory of the State, exploring Social Life Study at the University edition (volume 35, issue 2) will where the arguments in the book of Michigan, which followed a group feature articles written by the stand today and what elements of its of 1,003 women between the ages of workshop and symposium vision have yet to transpire. 18 and 19 to investigate how young participants. n The symposium consisted of four women form families. The study indi- panels: Power, Violence, and the cates that two-parent involvement By Amy Erickson (’17), editor- Family; Feminism, Consent, and does not always produce healthy in-chief
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PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE LAW SCHOOL NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
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THE LAW LIBRARY IS PROUD TO RELEASE AN ONLINE VERSION 1 Marie McDermott and Flora Matteson-Sheffield, of its 2015 book “Never Whisper Justice”: A Tribute in Photographs to the two of the three women in the class of 1893 University of Minnesota Law School. The book provides narratives and 2 Practice court, 1925 photographs documenting the Law School’s first 125 years, from 1888 to 3 Dean Carl Auerbach, Vice President 2013. Starting with the institution’s humble beginnings, when it was located Walter Mondale (’56), University President in the basement of the campus’s Old Main building, the book chronicles the C. Peter McGrath, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Law School’s transformation over the decades that followed as it grew into Warren Burger at the dedication of the Law a prestigious academic institution. Scores of fascinating photos are included, School's new building, April 4, 1978 depicting students, faculty, alumni, staff, events, and celebrations throughout 4 Commencement, 1993 the years, as well as the various buildings that housed the Law School. The 5 Race for Justice, 2006 narrative summarizes important issues and changes the school faced over 6 Dean William S. Pattee, 1897 a century and a quarter of growth, and profiles the key personalities that nurtured its increasing influence. The book is structured around the tenures of the Law School’s first 10 deans, from William S. Pattee to David Wippman. Professor Donald G. Marshall’s eloquent advice, “Never whisper justice,”
provided a fitting title.The book can be read and viewed in its entirety of Minnesota Archives of the University 2 and 6 courtesy Photos at http://z.umn.edu/lawdc.
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NEW LAW LIBRARY FACULTY
Scott Dewey Chad Schatzle
Scott Dewey joined the Law Library reputation and authority. He is an in November 2016 as the faculty expert on the history of air pollu- research librarian. Dewey specializes tion, and the author of “Don’t 4 in faculty research support and Breathe the Air”: Air Pollution and provides in-depth research assis- U.S. Environmental Politics, 1945- tance to the Law School faculty. He 1970 (Texas A&M University Press, also works closely with the 2000). He also has published Minnesota Law Review and partici- articles in the fields of history, law, pates in the Law Library’s many and information science. other reference service programs. Dewey graduated from the UCLA Chad Schatzle joined the Law School of Law and is a member of School in September 2016 as a Order of the Coif. He also holds a reference librarian. Schatzle’s 5 Master of Library and Information primary responsibilities include Science degree from UCLA. In providing reference service to Law addition, he earned M.A. and Ph.D. School faculty and students, as well degrees in 20th-century United as other library patrons, and States history and environmental producing library research guides. history from Rice University, and a Schatzle earned a J.D., cum laude, B.A., summa cum laude, in history from the University of Miami, an from the University of Houston LL.M. in taxation from the University Honors College. Prior to joining the of Florida, and an M.L.I.S. from the Law Library faculty, Dewey served University of South Florida. Prior to for several years as the assistant joining the Law Library faculty, director of scholarly support and Schatzle served as the reference/ research assistance at the UCLA student services librarian at the School of Law. He also has experi- University of Nevada’s William S. ence as a judicial attorney for the Boyd School of Law. California Courts of Appeal. Dewey’s research interests include environmental law and policy, criminal law and procedure, juvenile dependency, legal history and the history of legal education, the evolution of legal precedent, citation analysis, and the politics and sociology of legal and scholarly Photos 2 and 6 courtesy of the University of Minnesota Archives of the University 2 and 6 courtesy Photos
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WHILE DAVID E. CHRISTENSEN attorneys did everything—there of the University,” he says, “and it’s (’68) wanted a life apart from his wasn’t much specialization.” In time, our obligation to give back so others farm upbringing in Tracy, Minn., he he would serve as Pipestone County have a chance.” Christensen hopes loved the area and returned to raise attorney, a county court judge, and, some scholarship recipients will return his own family. Today, he’s helping until 2008, a state district court judge. to their rural roots, as he did. “It’s a aspiring attorneys in greater “As a judge, I liked listening and good place to practice law,” he says. Minnesota do the same. making decisions,” he says. “I think it “You get a lot more variety than at a After earning his B.A. from the worked out well.” large firm. You have a better chance University in 1962, Christensen Christensen recently established a of becoming a judge. And it’s a little served three years in the Air Force scholarship for Law School students easier to make a name for yourself.” before enrolling at the Law School. from greater Minnesota who have His favorite course was trusts and completed undergraduate degrees at By Karin B. Miller, a freelance writer estates with Robert Stein (’61). “He the University. “I’m a big proponent and editor based in the Twin Cities might have been the best professor I ever had,” he says. Following graduation, Christensen Gifts to the Partners in Excellence Annual Fund make a significant impact joined a firm in Pipestone, Minn. on the University of Minnesota Law School and our students. To give, Back then, he recalls, “practicing rural contact the Office of Advancement at 612-626-8671.
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SCHOLARSHIP STORIES DONOR SUPPORT ALLOWED THE LAW SCHOOL TO AWARD MORE THAN 95% OF OUR DESERVING STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS DURING THE 2016-17 ACADEMIC YEAR.
GRATEFUL GOPHER SUKANYA MOMSEN (’16) DEAN’S DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARSHIP
During her time at the Law School, Sukanya led the South Asian Law Student Association for two years, was a liaison to Minnesota Women Lawyers and the Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and volunteered for the Asylum Law Project in Miami, Fla. She credits her CAYLA EBERT (’18) RACHEL LEITSCHUCK (’18) scholarship for giving her the DEAN’S DISTINGUISHED DEAN’S DISTINGUISHED opportunity to commit herself SCHOLARSHIP; C. BLAINE SCHOLARSHIP; LINDQUIST entirely to the study of law. HARSTAD SCHOLARSHIP & VENNUM SCHOLARSHIP
Cayla was drawn to law school BEST EXPERIENCE: because of the law’s power to help The judicial externship program, others. “The positive academic where Rachel worked with a culture and phenomenal interna- federal magistrate judge, observed tional law faculty are what drew court proceedings, shadowed me to the University of Minnesota settlement conferences, and Law School.” gained insight into the judicial decision-making process. “I MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCE: loved getting to talk over legal Cayla worked closely last year with issues with my judge and her political refugees as a volunteer clerks, and the feedback I’ve legal translator for the Asylum Law gotten on my writing projects Project. The work reminded Cayla has been invaluable.” “Law school is an expensive of what drew her to the law in the investment. Going in, no one knows first place. “There are a lot of CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES: if their academic successes will problems in the world, but there Former secretary and current lead directly into a high-paying job. are also a lot of solutions,” she says. director of events for Law Council. Knowing I had a scholarship helped “I believe the law is the best way— “I’ve loved serving as a line of me decide to follow my dreams and the most just and fair way—to get to communication from the student go to law school.” those solutions and change lives.” body to University administration, advocating on behalf of my class- FAVORITE CLASSES: mates, and organizing programming Civil procedure with Professor for the student body,” she says. In the classrooms of Professors Mitchell Zamoff and international Rachel also serves as an admissions Stephen Befort (’74) and John trade with Professor Oren Gross. ambassador and orientation Leader. Matheson, Sukanya discovered her passion for employment and HOW SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE HOW SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE corporate law. She honed her skills HELPED: HELPED: through externships with a U.S. “By being able to focus on my “Scholarships have given me the District Court judge and the Equal studies, I have been successful in my opportunity to live and work in the Employment Opportunity classes, which has helped me land Twin Cities, participate in my clinic, Commission, as well as clerkships my summer associate position at a be a part of the judicial externship with two major law firms. After firm of my dreams”—Hogan Lovells program, and be more engaged in graduating Order of the Coif, in Washington, D.C. Ebert’s scholar- the Law School community.” Sukanya began a clerkship at the ship has also brought her closer to Minnesota Court of Appeals. This her Law School community and SUMMER PLANS: fall she will be joining the motivated her to give back through Rachel will be working as an Minneapolis law firm of Nilan her work with the admissions office. associate at Fredrikson & Byron. Johnson Lewis. n
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Illustration by Stephen Webster By Cathy Madison
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Trade Commission Act into law to promote competition and protect consumers. Since then, consumers have benefitted from more than a century of executive action and legislation, from the Kennedy-era Consumer Bill of Rights to the Obama-era Dodd-Frank Act, which created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The lawyers who represent consumers, whether tackling predatory lenders, unfair credit reports, or debt collectors, share a single goal: to make a difference in the lives of ordinary people. As they anxiously watch current trends, wary about the reversal of recent progress, they remain committed to a career they embrace. Yet consumer protection was seldom a childhood—or even young adulthood—dream.
“I’ve always wanted to be a shortstop in the major prosecuted numerous nationally recognized cases involving leagues. But at almost 60, my chances aren’t good,” jokes subprime mortgage lending, foreclosure, consumer fraud, Professor Prentiss Cox (’90), co-director of the Law in and related matters. In 2005, he joined the Law School Practice program and director of the Consumer Protection faculty specifically to set up the Consumer Protection Clinic at the Law School. His clinic has inspired many of Clinic, never imagining that two years later, the housing today’s consumer lawyers, but no such an opportunity bubble would burst and interest in consumer law would existed three decades ago. After college, when not fielding explode. baseballs, Cox learned about business and consumers by “This set of laws went from a relative backwater to front holding advocacy jobs, conducting energy audits, and and center as people began to understand the impact that running a food cooperative wholesaler organization. He the lack of consumer protection has on markets. There has was 30 when he opted for the professional stability (and always been a question about the fairness of markets, good health insurance) that law school would provide. consumer rights, and the balance of power, but the financial Seeking consumer protection or financial regulation crisis exposed much larger issues,” Cox says. work, Cox hired on with the Minnesota attorney general’s Had the rules imposed by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act
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Professor Prentiss Cox (’90) John Goolsby (’02)
“I’m extremely fortunate “Even in high school I saw to be able to do the law as a vehicle to champion work of helping people what’s right. I still feel that when they are treated way, and I was fortunate unfairly. It’s wonderful.” enough to find an area of law that helps me do that.”
< CONT have occurred. What followed Dodd-Frank was another explosion, this time of jobs and interest in both industry Solo Advocacy compliance and public enforcement. Cox joined the inaugural advisory board of the Consumer Financial JOHN GOOLSBY (’02), A SOLO PRACTITIONER IN Protection Bureau to offer his expertise. “I’m very ready St. Paul, has been representing Minnesota consumers in to stand in defense of the progress that has been made in Fair Credit Reporting Act cases for more than 14 years. the past seven years. That it has changed the market in favor Like Cox, Goolsby came to consumer law in a roundabout of fairer and more transparent consumer financial practices way—as a bluegrass guitarist teaching music to elementary is extraordinary,” he says. students in rural North Carolina—and initially entertained That the Trump administration may dismantle many lofty aspirations. of the Dodd-Frank protections, despite their broad “My goal was to be a Supreme Court justice. Maybe it popularity, is a real threat, however. “We’re very likely still is,” he says. “Even in high school I saw law as a vehicle to see a substantial attack,” Cox says. “But one of the key to champion what’s right. I still feel that way, and I was elements of our defense is that we can make people aware fortunate enough to find an area of law that helps me of the total dissonance between the rhetoric used by the do that.” parties in power and the reality of who benefits and what Characterizing his practice as “fighting the good fight for the impact of any changes will be. The communication people who don’t necessarily have the resources to make was X, and the reality is the opposite of X. The dissonance that fight,” Goolsby says he is glad that consumer protection could not be more stark.” is getting more attention. He was mostly unaware of While it is easy to attack a federal agency in service of a consumer law opportunities as a law student but found his powerful institution, he adds, specifics about what has gone immigration law clinic experience invaluable. “It deepened wrong are missing. The CFPB, whose director, Richard my commitment to doing something that made a differ- Cordray, will remain in place until 2018, covers a wide ence, to helping people who were up against the wall.” range of consumer protection activities and has stayed on After graduating, Goolsby spent four years with the the leading edge of online banking and other technological Consumer Justice Center, developing a passion for con- innovations. “The great thing about it is that it’s decentral- sumer law. If these clients file suit and win, he points out, ized. If it is shut down at the federal level, a large number of the lawbreaker has to pay legal fees, which is an exception state AGs are willing to pick up the baton and take a more to the usual rule in American courts. His clients range active role. We have a safety valve in our system,” Cox says. widely in age, income, and political bent, and many of them As the memory of the financial crisis fades, so has student do not have the resources to invest in private attorneys. interest in consumer law. But Cox contends that represent- He describes one case in which a couple had successfully ing David against Goliath will always appeal, particularly if represented themselves in defeating a claim and winning a power shifts to the states. “An AG’s office is a great place to counterclaim in a suit brought against them. Although they start a legal career. You get your hands dirty real quick, and were owed money, the credit bureaus reported it backward, you have a lot of power at a young age even though you’re saying the judgement went against them. Even when they not paid a lot. It’s rewarding, interesting, and very intellec- provided the court document showing they were the tually engaging work involving a tremendous amount of creditors—not the debtors—two credit bureaus failed law and policy and massive pieces of litigation,” he says. “I’m to fix their reporting. This time, they hired Goolsby to win extremely fortunate to be able to do the work of helping their case against the credit bureaus. people when they are treated unfairly. It’s wonderful.” “Anyone can have inaccurate information on their credit
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Kari Rudd (’09)
“We were able to [help a client] stay in her home with an affordable mortgage. Since then I’ve handled a lot of foreclosure cases. They’re always the most satisfying.”
report. One study found that 75 percent of reports contain “We were able to file a complaint and negotiate a good some sort of error, and 25 percent of those are serious. Of result for her, so she could stay in her home with an course the industry disputes this, but even by its own count, affordable mortgage. Since then I’ve handled a lot of at least two million people are affected,” says Goolsby, who foreclosure cases. They’re always the most satisfying,” files suit in about half his cases. Often the error is as simple she says. as confusing similar names or social security numbers, but Graduating amidst the financial crisis, Rudd faced a “perhaps surprisingly, just as often the error doesn’t get cruel job market. She received a Robina fellowship from fixed when the information is demonstrably false.” the Law School to work at the Legal Services Advocacy Goolsby is keeping a close eye on Dodd-Frank rules in Project in St. Paul, then became a VISTA attorney with jeopardy, including the future of the CFPB. “Consequences the Housing Preservation Project, where she focused on could be potentially grave for the community I serve. foreclosure relief. After moving to her husband’s Bay Area Eliminating or reducing its power would be horrible hometown, she signed on as Bay Area Legal Aid’s second for consumers. Sometimes it’s the only thing that stands consumer law attorney. between bad business practices and consumer victims,” “Consumer law has only been a priority there since he says. “If that rule is rescinded, it will be like the wild, 2012, and now there are five of us,” she says. The wild West all over again.” organization is large, with about 100 staff members and While he generally avoids talking politics with clients, six offices in a sprawling seven-county area. Foreclosure he tries to educate them about doing what they can do to rates are declining, but Rudd stays busy with debt collec- preserve consumer protections. He also keeps an eye on his tion, fair credit reporting, and unfair business practice bread and butter, the fair credit reporting laws, which thus cases. Those who lost houses have regained assets, making far seem safe. He will not take his shingle down anytime them targets for debt collectors armed with old default soon. “Business can be up and down and I have to buy judgments the homeowners know nothing about. Another my own health insurance, but I have a lot of freedom, the outcome of the recession is a raft of foreclosed mortgages frustrations keep it interesting, and I’m making a differ- or evictions reported incorrectly on credit reports. ence,” he says. “Until I’m nominated for Supreme Court Rudd stays current with housing and advocacy issues justice, I like it pretty well most of the time.” through the National Consumer Law Center and National Association of Consumer Advocates, and watches the news closely. Some rules authorized by Dodd-Frank that have not yet gone into effect are now on hold, she points out. Providing Legal Aid If the CFPB can no longer do as much to help resolve individual cases, her office may have to rely more on “I WAS THINKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, the state AG or county district attorneys. “We’ll have but when I was a 1L, we started hearing more about to wait and see,” she says. But foreclosures and seeing early signs of the mortgage crisis. thanks in part to Cox’s clinic— So I signed up for Professor Cox’s Consumer Protection which she calls “the single Clinic and loved it from the beginning,” says Kari Rudd most valuable thing I did in (’09), now a staff attorney for Bay Area Legal Aid in law school”—Rudd remains San Francisco. “I knew that’s what I wanted to do.” committed to consumer law. Her first clinic client was a woman who had been “I love it. I want to do it as sold a predatory loan and was worried about foreclosure. long as they let me.” CONT >
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Dave Huey (’79)
“If Dodd-Frank is repealed or significantly altered, [the predators] are back in business. Willie Sutton said he robbed banks because that’s where the money is. The same principle applies.”
< CONT state and national awards before he retired in 2015, he was Legal Legacy also one of the lead state negotiators for the unprecedented $26 billion settlement that generated $9 billion in consumer SERENDIPITY CHARACTERIZED THE PATH OF DAVE relief and involved federal financial regulators, AGs from all Huey (’79), whose career began in an unlikely place: the 50 states, the U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee’s office, and leading bowels of a nuclear submarine. Coming of age during the financial services institutions. ’60s antiwar movement and protest years, Huey joined the “It made me much more enthusiastic about consumer Navy. Happening to note that hazardous duty entailed a protection, and more appreciative of the wisdom of $50 pay bump, he volunteered for sub duty—“a lot of fun,” Congress in the early 1900s. The FTC act addressing he recalls. Later, in law school, his direction was no less unfair and deceptive acts and practices applied a wide, happenstance. Though he had majored in economics and broad standard, and we need that. Large businesses have was interested in political science, he had “no clue what I expertise in all these areas, and when they handle thousands was going to do when I got out. It took some stumbling of transactions every day, it’s easy for them to take advantage around,” he says. Eight years of private practice did not of one or two,” he says. “We need responsible enforcement, quite satisfy. A high school friend who had just been elected but what we’ve had, too often, is non-enforcement of U.S. senator from North Dakota steered him to the AG’s consumer protection laws.” office, which had one opening: consumer protection and Dodd-Frank and the CFPB have been extremely antitrust. He took it. beneficial for consumers, but Huey has “real concerns” As the only attorney in the small North Dakota office, about the future. “I shudder to think what will happen Huey handled mostly local consumer protection cases; if the Bureau’s authority is significantly degraded. It will antitrust issues were large multistate affairs handled else- be ‘Katy, bar the door!’ for consumers,” he says. “If where. Some of his cases were high-profile, including one Dodd-Frank is repealed or significantly altered, [the involving an antiabortion activist who ran a consumer predators] are back in business. Willie Sutton said he credit counseling firm as a “ministry.” The convoluted case robbed banks because that’s where the money is. The landed in the state supreme court, thus polishing Huey’s same principle applies.” expertise in legal theory, appellate law, and human nature. In 2000, Huey moved to Washington State’s AG’s office, which “had a very different atmosphere and more than one consumer protection attorney, so I got to specialize.” On Behalf of Many It was a boom time for housing, but predatory lending was beginning to arouse suspicion. “I saw a lot of things that LIKE MOST OF HIS PUBLIC INTEREST-ORIENTED other people weren’t seeing, but it was a learning curve classmates, Kai Richter (’99) pursued a law degree “to for all of us. We knew something was fishy, but first we had fight for justice, as cheesy at that sounds. I’ve been lucky to get an unvarnished story about what was actually to have the opportunity to do that.” Now a partner at happening,” he said. Nichols Kaster in Minneapolis, Richter spent several years As an assistant AG for Washington’s consumer protection representing plaintiffs in private practice as well as managing division, Huey later helped negotiate not the six-figure the complex litigation division for the Minnesota AG’s penalties he had anticipated, but instead a $325 million office. He caught the class action bug while pursuing a national settlement with Ameriquest Mortgage and a wage-and-hour suit against Walmart, an action that took landmark $484 million national settlement with Household seven years, as well as a landmark lawsuit against the Finance Corporation. In a role that garnered him several University of Michigan Law School that the U.S. Supreme
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Kai Richter (’99) Amanda Roberson (’16)
“I can’t imagine doing The Consumer Protection anything else. I really Clinic “was an absolutely enjoy handling big, fantastic experience. complex cases with I saw the parallel between very talented co- and criminal prosecution and opposing counsel. what you’re able to do And I love representing through enforcement everyday people.” actions on the civil side.”
Court decided in 2003. Today he spearheads his firm’s ERISA litigation team, targeting companies that misman- In The Bullseye age their employee retirement plans. “As opposed to contract disputes between businesses, YET ANOTHER PRENTISS COX DISCIPLE IS AMANDA class actions appeal a lot to me. I have an opportunity to Roberson (’16), whose lifelong dream of attending law bring cases on behalf of everyday people, and to make a school revolved around public interest and helping people. difference,” he says. Settlements he has negotiated thus She was initially interested in criminal law, but a summer far have, combined, delivered more than $175 million in internship at a county attorney’s office, where she helped consumer relief. “That is very satisfying. It’s why I do prosecute financial exploitation of vulnerable adults, what I do.” prodded her to sign up for the Consumer Protection Clinic. But that success rate may change. “Unfortunately, “It was an absolutely fantastic experience. I saw the politics has affected the practice. More obstacles and parallel between criminal prosecution and what you’re able potential obstacles are looming,” he says, citing such cases to do through enforcement actions on the civil side,” she as AT&T v. Concepcion, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court says. She was grateful for the chance to represent a con- in 2011, which allows corporations to embed class action sumer in federal court on a debt collection issue with no waivers in contractual fine print. Wronged consumers can Minnesota precedent. “It’s a really cool thing to help an bring claims only in individual arbitrations, which is not individual while you’re also creating new protections that economically feasible. Also, Richter says, the Fairness in will help lots of other people.” Class Action Litigation bill currently wending its way An internship at the CFPB affirmed her interest in through Congress is “nothing about fairness. It’s a threat consumer protection. Today she is one of more than 100 not just to consumer law but to any sort of class action attorneys in CFPB’s enforcement office. During her first cases,” he adds. “The arbitration ruling was a punch in the month on the job, the Bureau fined Wells Fargo $100 gut for consumer lawyers. Now it could be million for secretly opening unauthorized accounts. total decapitation.” Roberson says she can’t imagine a better place to work. Areas where arbitration agreements “It’s a fascinating time to be here,” she says. “Before the are still prohibited, such as mortgage CFPB, there was no federal agency tasked with protecting banking, comprise much of Richter’s consumers in certain markets. But in the five years since the practice. Though the need to defend Bureau was created, its actions have resulted in nearly $12 consumers against corporate greed billion in relief for more than 27 million consumers.” Having and overreaching remains, maintaining worked on student loan issues while in Professor Cox’s a successful class action practice is clinic, she is also excited about the Bureau’s action against almost a matter of “sheer will power. Bridgepoint Education, a for-profit college chain ordered That has been our secret recipe. You to return more than $23.5 million to deceived consumers. do the best you can for people and While the courts or Congress might change the CFPB’s be smart about which cases you structure, Roberson says she remains committed to her take and litigate,” Richter says. “I job. “We’re a law enforcement agency. No matter what can’t imagine doing anything else. happens, we’re focused on enforcing the law and protecting I really enjoy handling big, complex consumers, and I think that’s really important work.” n cases with very talented co- and opposing counsel. And I love Cathy Madison is a Twin Cities writer and the author representing everyday people.” of The War Came Home With Him: A Daughter’s Memoir.
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This article is part of an ongoing series highlighting professors’ community work at state, national, and international levels. For all the differences in the issues they tackle, the citizens profiled in this series have much in common. They trace the roots of their current service to early educational and professional experiences. They thrive on putting expertise and passion to work on causes in which they believe. They bring fresh perspectives back to students in hopes of inspiring them to put their own scholarship into practice.
JaneAnne Murray: Advocate Armed with the Power of Story
JANEANNE MURRAY IS A STORYTELLER AT HEART. just one year. “So many clients don’t get the help they Long before she joined the Law School as practitioner in need,” Murray says. “You have to tell the story.” residence in 2011 and collected fans from afar through her Human rights had long been important to Murray, who work on Clemency Project 2014, she embraced the role of was the international advisor for the U.N. High narrative in the pursuit of social justice. Commission for Human Rights in Kampot, Cambodia, After training for law in her native Ireland and earning from 1999 to 2000 and also served on the ABA task force her LL.M. degree from the University of Cambridge in to reform federal economic fraud sentencing guidelines. 1990, Murray moved to New York, where, after a stint as a The several years she has spent as co-chair of the National litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers sentencing Garrison, she “got hooked” on criminal defense. She committee have prompted her to view defense lawyering eventually opened her own criminal defense practice, throughout the U.S. more broadly. where she handled many high-profile cases. But it was during her eight years as an assistant federal public defender in the Eastern District of New York, “She has an absolutely laser-like focus on getting handling 50 to 70 cases at a time, that she fully realized the justice for these prisoners. She has this overflowing power of story. At that time, the court was bound by well of compassion for people, as well as a genuine, mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines, which meant well-founded, and well-exercised sense of justice.” that plea bargain negotiations were literally about a number, which Murray worked to keep as low as possible. Human factors played little—or no—part unless she could identify “I was troubled by the spotty quality of plea-bargaining extraordinary factors that justified a departure from the and sentencing advocacy, which, because so few cases go to guidelines. trial, is 95 percent of what defense lawyers do. Those skills “One had to mine the client’s past and trajectory into the need support and improvement. We need to be mitigators, offense in order to take the case out of the ordinary,” Murray social workers, and detectives immersed in the social says. But it wasn’t until 2005, after the Supreme Court science literature,” she says. “A presentence report might deemed the federal sentencing guidelines advisory rather contain only two paragraphs about a client’s life circum- than mandatory, that she began writing extensive sentencing stances. It’s almost like they don’t exist as a human being. petitions in every case. “That was when sentencing advocacy How easy it is, then, for a judge to put them away for a came to the forefront—and when defense lawyers got free long time.” reign to persuade judges to see our clients as human beings.” Trial lawyers are well-versed in narrative form, she She recounts the case of a female client convicted of a explains. Prosecutors tell stories to create a baseline for “terrible confidence fraud”: stealing from her fellow jurors, while defense lawyers know they need a good immigrants. Her boyfriend was convicted of a much lesser counternarrative in order to win. Murray contends that crime and had already been sentenced to two years; she was stories are crucial in sentencing, too. “Judges come in with facing several more. But a closer look at the woman’s sentence expectations and predispositions about clients. situation revealed her severe gambling addiction and the We have to think about how we will distinguish, humanize, cultural shame, secrecy, and downward spiral it evoked. and individualize them, so they become someone the judge Moved by her circumstances, the judge sentenced her to might care about despite their antisocial behavior.”
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Now professor of practice and 2014-15 Stanley V. Kinyon Adjunct Teacher of the Year, Murray still defends federal clients in her solo practice. But when Clemency Project 2014, a joint initiative of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, ABA, ACLU, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, and National Association of Federal Defenders, asked her to join their steering committee, she jumped in with both feet. Their goal was to screen clemency candidates, those nonviolent, low-level offenders who would receive less harsh sentences under current law. “It’s obviously better to set the right sentences at the beginning, or at least to fix unjust sentences more systematically, but we had reached the point where the train was leaving the station. We knew Professor JaneAnne Murray (second from left) at the White House on this president [Obama] might be our last chance, so we Jan. 10, 2017, with White House Counsel Neil Eggleston and fellow Clemency were getting everyone we could on that train,” Murray says. Project Steering Committee members Norman Reimer, executive director of “She hit the ground running. She has boundless energy, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Marjorie Peerce, and there is nothing you can ask her to do that she would partner at Ballard Spahr. not say yes to. We used to joke that someone needs to buy her a sign that says NO,” says fellow Clemency Project to work at the legal level. Clemency work is not so dry and steering committee member James Felman, of Kynes legalistic,” she says. Markman & Felman in Tampa, a former ABA liaison to the Most students were able to visit their clients in prison. U.S. Sentencing Commission. “And she always has a smile “Some of those clients had not been visited for years by on her face. I’ve never heard her complain about anything.” anybody. It’s dreadful,” Murray says. “To have that person In what may have been the largest pro bono initiative in look them in the eye and say thank you—students were so U.S. legal history, according to Felman, surveys went out to moved by that. It makes a big difference.” about 36,000 federal prisoners. Volunteers around the Lindsey Lancette, a 3L with prosecutorial ambitions, who country went to work screening candidates, creating a found Murray’s class “very engaging,” signed on to repre- customized database, obtaining relevant documents, and sent a meth addict housed in Waseca, Minn. Though serving ultimately filing about 2,500 petitions. Every Wednesday for a 20-year sentence for drug dealing, the client had only two years, 10 steering committee members spent two hours allowed others to conduct transactions in her home. Her on the phone discussing cases. sentence was cut in half. Lancette got to place the call Felman points out that often during such highly visible informing the woman of her 2017 release. projects, initial volunteers are talkers who want the credit “I was definitely surprised and really excited,” Lancette but are nowhere to be found when the real work beckons. says. “Even as a prosecutor, I will be able to incorporate this Murray is not among them. “She’s not just a talker. She’s a experience into my plea offers and sentencing.” doer,” he says. The variable quality of sentencing advocacy across the “She has an absolutely laser-like focus on getting justice country continues to motivate Murray, despite the dim for these prisoners,” adds Mary Price, Families Against prospects of clemency initiatives in the current administra- Mandatory Minimums general counsel, whose admiration tion. She longs for a “clearinghouse” website where and fondness for Murray grew throughout the project. “She advocates can review relevant social science pertaining has this overflowing well of compassion for people, as well to age, addiction, recidivism, and other factors, as well as as a genuine, well-founded, and well-exercised sense of sample sentencing petitions and cutting-edge decisions. justice. She also pays attention to detail.” She has proposed a Law School class that incorporates Price likened their challenging steering committee work sentencing theory and process, prison visits, and the art to “trying to fly the plane while building it.” Because of persuasion through narrative. She has conducted empiri- Murray had filled all the roles and had a working under- cal research on public attitudes that shows that more than standing of the project from the ground up, the two often half the U.S. population opposes mandatory minimum collaborated during late-night and weekend phone calls. sentences. “She was part of the glue,” says Price. “I was never afraid to “Clemency isn’t the answer. It’s a Band-Aid solution,” reach out to her, and she was always there. She has a says Murray. The beauty of former President Obama’s generosity of spirit as well as smarts. It was a shared mission, clemency initiative, however, was the spotlight it placed on on the right side of history.” low-level offenders who were serving long sentences and Murray shared her passion for the project with 15 Law deserved a second chance. “It’s simply immoral that we School students who earned credit for their work on 35 continue to lock these people away. My approach is to cases, 14 of which resulted in clemency grants. Having humanize them, one at a time,” Murray says. “Lives matter.” grown up in our sophisticated and story-based visual culture, today’s students tend to write vividly and are By Cathy Madison, a freelance writer and editor based in perhaps “hungry for the opportunity to put that knowledge the Twin Cities
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FACULTY AWARDS, GRANTS, AND NEWS
Susanna Richardson School of Law. The Thomas Blumenthal’s annual lecture was established to Cotter’s book book Law and the honor David L. Callies, Benjamin A. Comparative Patent Modern Mind Kudo Professor of Law, and Jerry M. Remedies: A Legal (Harvard Hiatt, prominent Hawaii attorney, for and Economic University Press, their superior work in the field of Analysis (Oxford 2016) was real property. University Press, reviewed by Berkeley Law School 2013) was cited by Canada’s Federal Professor Meir Dan-Cohen in the Los June Carbone Court of Appeals in its Feb. 2, 2017 Angeles Review of Books and by participated in opinion Apotex Inc. v. ADIR for the Stanford Law School Professor Rabia “Family proposition that, in awarding Belt in Jotwell—The Journal of Inequality: damages for patent infringement, Things We Like (Lots). Causes and courts should consider whether the Consequences in defendant could have avoided Ann Burkhart Europe & the infringement by using a noninfring- will deliver Americas,” a Social Trends Institute ing alternative, in order to avoid the 2017 Experts Meeting held Feb. 17-18 in rendering the patent owner better Distinguished Rome. The meeting brought together off than it would have been absent Gifford Lecture social scientists and law professors to the infringement. Cotter’s articles in Real Property engage in a comparative examination in opinion on patent damages were at the University of the emergence of the family as a also cited by the Federal Court of Hawaii at Manoa’s William S. sign of growing inequality. of Canada.
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Kristin as it pertains to investment decisions second consecutive year by The Hickman’s to be made or overseen by trustees National Jurist, which is read by work on Internal of employee benefit plans. more than 100,000 law students and Revenue Service educators. Its “most influential” list is regulatory Joan Howland based on ratings by law school deans practices was was awarded the and professors nationwide. cited in a 2017 AALS Law concurring opinion written by Judge Library Section Neha Jain was Mark Holmes of the United States Award by the an expert panelist Tax Court in the case of 15 West 17th Association of at a meeting on Street v. Commissioner (Dec. 22, 2016). American Law “General Hickman’s research was also debated Schools. Howland has been an Principles of by a panel of the U.S. Court of appointed member of the American Law” organized Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Library Association Committee on by the Permanent majority and dissenting opinions in Accreditation since 2012 and is the Mission of the Republic of Poland to Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout current chair of the committee. She the United Nations at the U.N. Unlimited v. EPA (Jan. 18, 2017). has also chaired many American Headquarters in New York. Jain was Association of Law Libraries invited to speak on the nature of the Claire Hill committees, including the Diversity, general principles as an autonomous was a featured Education, National Resources, source of international law and their speaker at the Recruitment, and Scholarship relationship to other international Investments Committees. The AALS presented its legal sources. Jain has previously Institute of the 2017 section awards at its 111th written on the general principles of International annual meeting, held Jan. 3-7 in law in two leading international Foundation of San Francisco. Howland was also journals, the American Journal of Employee Benefit Plans. Hill deliv- named one of “Most Influential International Law and the Harvard ered a lecture on behavioral finance People in Legal Education” for the International Law Journal. CONT >
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< CONT Garry W. law professors whose work has the is charged with the responsibility to Jenkins was potential to influence improvements deliberate on initiatives for new listed in Twin in the law. studies in the area of science and Cities Business technology policy, taking especially magazine’s Susan Wolf into account the concerns and “Top 100 to was appointed requests of the president’s science Know in 2017,” to the National Advisor, the director of the National which featured “key individuals Academies Science Foundation, the chair of expected to make an impact on Committee the National Science Board, and Minnesota business, the regional on Science, the chairs of key science and economy, and quality of life in 2017.” Engineering, technology-related committees Medicine, and Public Policy. This is of the Congress. n JaneAnne the only committee that crosses all Murray’s three National Academies—Science, Clemency Engineering, and Medicine–and the To see a list of recent faculty Project secured committee includes the presidents of publications go to: law.umn.edu/ 14 commutations the three academies. The committee our-faculty/recent-publications over the past several months.
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was INSTITUTE ON METROPOLITAN OPPORTUNITY RELEASES elected to the REPORT ON CHARTER SCHOOL SEGREGATION AND American Law PERFORMANCE Institute—the leading indepen- A recent report from the Law installment in IMO’s Minnesota dent organization School’s Institute on Metropolitan School Choice Project, which will in the United States producing Opportunity, led by Professor provide an expansive look at charter scholarly work to clarify, modernize, Myron Orfield, describes how education in the Twin Cities. and improve the law. charter schools are worsening Previous IMO research has shown segregation and failing to achieve that area charter schools suffer from Daniel consistent academic improvement. a high degree of racial and eco- Schwarcz The new IMO research suggests that nomic segregation, while producing was awarded a moderate or even nominal attempts mediocre academic performance. Young Scholars to reduce school segregation would Both trends continue unabated: of Medal by the produce academic gains compara- the region’s 50 most segregated American Law ble to—or greater than—those schools, 45 are charters. The new Institute. The observed in the most highly lauded report shows that integration award is presented every other year class of charter schools. remains indispensable to anyone at the Institute’s Annual Meeting to The report, titled “Segregation wishing to close achievement gaps one or two outstanding early-career and Performance,” is the first or reduce inequality in education. n
FACULTY DEPARTURES
Professor May 2012, and is a professor of Professor Ruth David Fisher, law and teaching specialist with Okediji will be executive director the Law School. He is of counsel leaving the Law of the Corporate with Larkin Hoffman Daly & School on July 1 Institute, will be Lindgren, where he has specialized for Harvard Law retired beginning in business law, business organization, School, where July 1. He joined and corporate and board governance she will hold the the Law School as executive director and has served clients as general Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professorship. She of the Corporate Institute in counsel. teaches contracts, international
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PROFESSOR LAURA COOPER: AN ATYPICAL PATH TO A REWARDING CAREER
THE NUMBERS BEST TELL LAURA Over the years, she founded the Cooper’s story: Graduate of the Welfare Law Clinic, became faculty University of Southern California co-editor of the ABA Journal of Labor at age 19. One of just 20 women in & Employment Law, and chaired the her law school class of 200. The first Labor Law Group, a nonprofit trust female to clerk for Judge John S. that develops materials for law Hastings of the U.S. Court of Appeals students. She also chaired federal and for the 7th Circuit. One of the first state subcommittees investigating women to join the faculty at the women’s treatment in courts on Law School, and the first woman gender fairness task forces. In recent granted tenure. years, she created an innovative Now, after 42 years of teaching, capstone course in which students nine books, numerous appointments, play the role of lawyers in a semester- and multiple awards, including the long complex simulation, learning to Stanley V. Kinyon Tenured Teacher integrate diverse areas of law with of the Year, Cooper is retiring from practice skills and ethics. the Law School in June. Law has been part of Cooper’s life “I am enormously grateful to the since she was a child growing up in two clerkships with The Advocates University for allowing me to create California. During school breaks, her for Human Rights through the my own path, to do what interested mother often took her to watch trials Human Rights Center. They also me, including practicing as an at the Los Angeles courthouse. are engaged with Hennepin County arbitrator and working on issues like “Murder, civil rights, we watched it Library, College Possible, and—a gender fairness,” Cooper says. all,” Cooper says. “It never occurred current passion—an environmental A distinguished scholar in the fields to me that’s not how other kids spent project with the Nature Conservancy of labor law and workplace dispute their breaks.” to improve water quality by reintro- resolution, Cooper had not necessar- Cooper is spending her final ducing mussels. ily planned a career in labor and semester teaching at Uppsala Reflecting on her 42 years at the employment. “There was a gap at the University in Sweden. She will Law School, Cooper says there have time on the faculty, so I decided to continue to serve as a labor arbitrator been far too many highlights to name educate myself,” she says. She spent a and an editor on the ABA Journal of just one. “I’m thankful that I did not summer as an attorney for the Labor & Employment Law through follow a typical path,” she says. “My National Labor Relations Board and June 2018. She also plans to devote career kind of looks like the whole a year on sabbatical observing federal more time to philanthropic work. law school curriculum.” n and state mediators, arbitrators, and She and her husband fund two labor attorneys, as well as agency and summer positions for law students By Kathy Graves, a writer based court proceedings. at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid and in Minneapolis
intellectual property, copyright, Professor Hari the Law School faculty in 2010. trademarks, and IP and development Osofsky will be She was a founding director of law. Okediji is a foremost expert on leaving the Law the Energy Transition Lab and has international IP law and international School at the end served as director of the Joint economic regulation. She joined the of this academic Degree Program in Law, Science Law School in 2003. Among her year to become & Technology since 2013. In July many other honors, in 2016 she was the dean of 2016, she received the Distinguished awarded the McKnight Presidential Penn State Law School and School of Service Award from the Association Professorship. International Affairs. Osofsky joined for Law, Property, and Society.
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SPRING 2017 FACULTY WORKS IN PROGRESS
Faculty Works in Progress (FWIP) lectures 16 Joachim Savelsberg are held in the Lindquist and Vennum University of Minnesota College of APRIL Conference Room, Room 385, from Liberal Arts 6 Robert Yablon 12:15 -1:15 p.m. on each Thursday listed On the Impact of Human Rights Trials: University of Wisconsin Law below. For more information, contact The Potential of Cultural Explanations School Christa Daszkiewicz at [email protected]. 23 Ingrid Wuerth Campaign Finance Reform Vanderbilt Law School Without Law International Law in the Post-Human 13 Glen Cohen
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JANUARY Policy and Harvard Law School 19 Prentiss Cox (’90) MARCH Evaluating NFL Player Health and Law School 2 Joe McGrath Performance: Legal and Ethical Street Cops & Heavies: An Empirical University of Dublin School of Law Issues Analysis of Public UDAP Enforcement From Instrumental to Expressive 20 Ciaran Walker 26 Martin Berglund Governance in White Collar Crime: A Eversheds Consulting Uppsala University Case Study of Ireland The Role of the Regulator in Taxation of Foundations, Trusts, and 9 Joshua Page Improving Banks’ Governance Similar Fiduciary Relationships University of Minnesota Sociology and Risk Culture: A European
and Robina Institute of Criminal Law Perspective FEBRUARY and Criminal Justice 27 Bertrall Ross 2 Bert Kritzer A Constructed Reality: Desperation Berkeley Law School Law School and Service in the Bail Industry Unbiasing the Electorate: Polarization in American Politics: 23 Taisu Zhang Mobilizing the Poor to Address Does it Extend to the Federal District Yale Law School Inequality
Court? Cultural Paradigms in Property 9 Robin Phinney Institutions MAY University of Minnesota Political 30 John Goldberg 4 Mari Sako Science Harvard Law School Oxford University Collaboration and the Mobilization of Sleight of Hand: Negligence, Ordinary How Do Plural-Sourcing Firms Diverse Resources Care, and Cost-Benefit Analysis Make and Buy? The Impact of Supplier Portfolio Design
SPRING 2017 PERSPECTIVES ON TAXATION
Perspectives on Taxation is offered periodically through the semester. FEBRUARY APRIL Lectures are held in the Lindquist and 6 Pam Olson (’80) 10 Steve R. Johnson Vennum Conference Room, Room 385, PricewaterhouseCoopers Florida State University from 12:15-1:15 p.m. For more information, Tax Policy in the New College of Law contact Professor Kristin Hickman at Administration Who Wins if There’s a Tie: The [email protected] or 612-624-2915. Taxpayer or the Revenue Authority One CLE credit is typically offered.
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FACULTY PROFILE: FRANCIS X. SHEN Associate Professor of Law McKnight Land-Grant Professor
Professor Shen joined the faculty Shen’s primary academic interest Brazilian literature. “And—miracle of in 2012. He co-authored the first lies in how advances in neuroscience miracles—we landed here at casebook on law and neuroscience might change the law. It’s a narrow Minnesota, where there is world- (Aspen, 2014). He also serves as specialty, and one he never intended leading neuroscience, a great law executive director of education when he set out to get a J.D. After school, and one of the nation’s best and outreach for the MacArthur earning a B.A. in English and Portuguese departments,” Shen says. Foundation Research Network on economics at the University of Shen teaches a course in neurolaw Law and Neuroscience. Chicago in 2000, he was accepted (as well as courses in criminal law, into an intensive dual J.D./Ph.D evidence, education law, and an At a time when sports-related program at Harvard, where he would Introduction to American Law course concussions are attracting increasing remain until 2008. His primary for undergraduates), and he launched attention, Professor Francis Shen has interest at the time was urban the Neurolaw Lab to conduct emerged as an influential figure in education policy. “If you had asked research with the aid of a team of fashioning public policy to reduce me in 2005 what I’d be doing today,” research assistants. The goal of the lab, risks of brain injury among Minnesota he says, “I would have told you I’d be Shen says, is “to translate advances in youths. Shen, who directs the Shen a political science professor, probably brain science into better law and Neurolaw Lab at the Law School, studying education policy.” policy.” The examples of real and recently received a Grand Challenges Over the course of his eight years potential applications of neuroscience Grant from the University for a at Harvard, however, he had become to law, he says, are numerous. In project that is assessing how the state’s intrigued by the mysteries of the addition to concussions, Shen’s 6-year-old sports concussion law is human brain. In writing a dissertation projects include exploring the legal working. The law established require- on legal and policy responses to implications of advances in dementia ments for coaches’ training, student sexual assault, he began to see that research, testing the veracity of and parent education, and protocols mental wounds were oftentimes criminal suspects with new brain- for return-to-play procedures if a invisible. Advances in neuroscience based tools, and enhancing cognition concussion is suspected. The grant has had begun to shed light on the nature with electrical stimulation. Shen is allowed Shen to pursue the next of these invisible injuries, and he also engaged in emerging criminal step—evaluation—and he is building shifted his academic focus. Shen saw justice conversations concerning a statewide working group of athletic that the acceptance of neuroscience neuroscience. trainers and medical, neuroscience, into the law was at best a nascent “Our field is at a point where we’re and public health professionals to concept—and one that he wanted to trying to separate wheat from chaff help guide the effort. Parents, focus on. and better understand where neuro- teachers, principals, and youth athletes Just as Shen was completing his science can add value to law, while at themselves will also provide input. graduate studies, he learned that a the same time being wary of inappro- “The idea is to develop a new program at the University of priate or premature uses,” Shen says. ‘Minnesota model’ and become a California, Santa Barbara, called the “So many legal questions involve national leader in preventing, recog- Law and Neuroscience Project, was brain questions. Frustratingly, brain nizing, and responding to youth looking for postdoctoral fellows. Shen science doesn’t give us enough sports concussions,” Shen says. “To applied, was accepted, and pulled answers—yet. But I think it’s a safe accomplish this, we will need insights himself off the job market for a bet that neurolaw will grow signifi- from many disciplines and stakehold- political science professorship. Two cantly in the years to come. I’m very ers. The Grand Challenges grant has years later, his postdoc work com- fortunate to be at the University of launched the effort, and we are plete, Shen was ready to go onto the Minnesota, where they’re willing to confident we will continue to gain job market, as was his wife, Sophia take a chance on something so more statewide support.” Beal, a professor of Portuguese and cutting-edge.” n
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society, and moot court. travel bug. As a teenager living in his So Üzüm started all three. hometown of Kahramanmaras, in the In 2011, he co-founded Tanik Law southeastern part of the country, he Magazine and served as its editor for took bus trips with friends to Ankara, three years. That same year, he started Adana, and other Turkish cities. Turkey’s National Moot Court After graduating from Faith Competition, recruiting professors University in 2014—he had a to serve as jury members so students near-perfect GPA—Üzüm wanted could gain courtroom-like experi- to improve his language skills while ence. A year later, he co-created simultaneously seeing another part Tanik Legal Society, a student of the world. He succeeded. Since networking group. arriving in the U.S. to study English MUHAMMED ÜZÜM “I wanted to help students prepare at Georgia Tech University, Üzüm has LL.M. CLASS OF 2017 for a legal career,” he says. visited 11 states and the District of As if all of that weren’t enough, Columbia. “I like to see different AS A STUDENT AT FAITH Üzüm also co-founded Faith places, especially natural scenery such University in Istanbul, Turkey, University Legal Clinic, an elective as Niagara Falls,” he says. Muhammed Üzüm was part of that focused on consumer law. This, he As an LL.M. student, Üzüm has institution’s first class of law students. says, was a “fabulous experience” enrolled in courses exploring human When he began studying there, in because as a student attorney he was interaction with technology. One 2009, he focused on classes but soon able to help poor people sort out of his favorite classes was data saw a need in the Turkish legal hassles with big companies. privacy, taught by Professor William community for a law journal, legal Before college, Üzüm caught the McGeveran. That class inspired him
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to eschew Google and Bing for And she succeeded, big-time. internet searches. Instead, he uses the As a chemical engineering major, little-known DuckDuckGo because Hultgren won departmental honors, it doesn’t track user search histories. made the dean’s list, and was admitted “We should all be more sensitive into the national engineering honor to privacy,” Üzüm says. society Tau Beta Pi. Last year, before Despite the challenges of living graduating, she learned about the in a new city and studying in a Master of Science in Patent Law second language, Üzüm has found program at the Law School and time to start something new again. signed up. In February, he organized a Law “I really like it,” she says. “I get to School chess tournament. After work with different technologies, graduation, he plans to take the how geological formations shaped even some outside my area of New York bar exam. the gorges. expertise. I’m pushing myself to When she was younger, Hultgren learn new things.” sometimes scooped up a handful of During a nine-month hiatus rocks to show her father. His response between her sophomore and junior SAMANTHA HULTGREN was straightforward: “What kind of years of college, Hultgren interned M.S.P.L. CLASS OF 2017 rocks are these?” at Sappi Fine Paper North America. Hultgren’s father is—no surprise— There she applied principles she’d AT AGE 13, SAMANTHA HULTGREN a geologist. His quizzical, searching learned in school to improve real- went on a rafting trip with her family. nature rubbed off on her. In high world papermaking processes and As they floated along wearing orange school, she earned valedictorian equipment and worked with plant life jackets, the Minnesotans marveled honors. At the University of engineers on ways to limit pollution. at the natural beauty of the Colorado Minnesota Duluth, she wasn’t drawn But working in industry, she says, River and its ragged ravines. But they to unearthing the secrets rocks held. “wasn’t challenging enough for me.” did more than just gawk. Thanks to Instead, she grappled with under- Studying the law has proven to be the family patriarch, they learned standing how chemicals interact. the intellectual challenge she was CONT >
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< CONT looking for because, in part, there is matter,” she says. “no right or wrong answer.” Hathaway chose the Law School In addition to her rigorous courses, because its clinical opportunities far Hultgren teaches children the basics outpaced those at other schools. As a of electrical engineering, civil 2L, she participated in the Federal engineering, and robotics in after- Immigration Litigation Clinic. This school and home-school settings. year, she’s serving as student director “It’s a good refresher for me,” she says. of the clinic. She recently traveled to As a future patent agent, Hultgren St. James, Minn., to educate undocu- is looking forward to keeping up on mented workers on their rights. With many different scientific fields. And graduation approaching, she has a as an intern at the Minneapolis law laserlike focus on her legal specializa- firm Faegre Baker Daniels, she’s tion: public defense. doing that already. A summer spent working at the height of the Bakken boom, waking South Carolina Commission on up in an RV at 5:30 a.m. daily to Indigent Defense solidified work construction. His father, a Hathaway’s intent. She labored on carpenter by trade, got Wolf the gig. a pair of high-profile cases, drafting He stayed one summer, then returned pretrial motions and assisting in trial to the University of Minnesota to preparation and strategy. One of her resume his undergraduate studies in clients was Dylann Roof, the white history. man convicted of murdering nine “When you pour concrete 12 black parishioners in a Charleston hours a day, studying that long doesn’t church in 2015. seem as bad,” he says. “Public defenders are a very special The following summer, Wolf type,” she says. “We fight for people traveled to Berlin, Dresden, and when no one else will.” Leipzig, Germany, on a Hedley Roof was convicted in federal Donovan Scholarship to do research KRISTEN ANN HATHAWAY court; a state trial is pending. on a post-World War II resistance CLASS OF 2017 Hathaway worked with public movement. His thesis, “Founding defenders in preparation for the Father Peaceful Protests in East HURRICANE ANDREW BLEW INTO state trial, which she opposes. “In my Germany 1989: The Role of the Miami just two weeks after Kristen opinion, it’s double jeopardy,” she says. Protestant Church,” helped Wolf Ann Hathaway was born. While her Hathaway also helped defend a earn summa cum laude honors at Air Force pilot father flew an F-16 South Carolina man convicted of graduation. out of the storm’s way, Hathaway’s killing his girlfriend and a police Although Wolf toyed with the idea mother drove her and a cat to a officer. of earning a doctorate in history, an friend’s house north of the city. After graduation, Hathaway hopes undergraduate honors course on torts When they awoke the next morning, to work as a federal public defender made him reconsider. The course, Hathaway says, “the whole top of the in San Diego or in the Hennepin which encouraged students to think car was gone.” County Public Defender’s Office, like lawyers, opened his eyes to a Because she was a rambunctious where she served as a clerk. legal career. and talkative toddler, her mother At the Law School, he was sur- nicknamed her “Hurricane Kristen.” prised to find that he loved contract Those verbal skills continued to law, a course taught by Professor outpace those of her peers. As a LUKE WOLF Daniel Schwarcz. “He’s animated,” seventh-grader in St. Louis Park, CLASS OF 2018 Wolf says. “It’s clear he cares a lot Minn., Hathaway debated students about teaching.” That class propelled who were five years older, earning a DURING THE TWO WEEKS BEFORE him toward a focus on civil litigation. gavel on her letter jacket, which she finals, Luke Wolf rarely looks away Since September, he’s worked in the proudly wore to school. from his books. Sometimes the native Civil Practice Clinic on several For college, Hathaway chose of St. Paul’s West Side keeps at it from divorce cases. But family law will an inexpensive yet highly ranked sunrise to late in the day. When he not be a future focus. regional school—the University starts to lag, Wolf reminds himself Wolf has his sights on the U.S. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Although that there are tougher ways to make Department of Justice. He’s been she majored in political science, her a living. accepted into the DOJ’s Federal Tort goal was always law school. “To me, In 2013, Wolf joined his father in Claims Act Litigation Section for a my undergraduate major didn’t North Dakota’s oil fields during the 10-week externship in Washington,
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D.C., this summer. After graduation the U.S. Marine Corps. up to date on political debates there in 2018, he hopes to clerk for Maile plans to continue the by listening to podcasts. It’s some- a federal judge or a Minnesota tradition by working as a judge thing she does while cooking, riding Supreme Court justice and then advocate general—in civilian terms, the bus, or stocking the freezer at her return to the DOJ via its Honors an attorney—in the U.S. Navy. once-a-month volunteer gig at Good Program. “I always thought about serving Grocer, a nonprofit natural foods In his free time, Wolf likes rock and attending law school,” she says. store in south Minneapolis. climbing. It’s a skill he picked up “I wasn’t sure how they would work One of Maile’s favorite Law School while earning Eagle Scout honors together.” classes in her first year has been legal from the Boy Scouts of America. This summer, Maile will participate writing. Early attempts at the craft in a Navy JAG internship program in didn’t result in stellar briefs, but tough the Washington, D.C., metropolitan edits improved her papers. And for area. If the experience meets her that, she is grateful. “It’s like putting expectations, she’ll enlist after together a puzzle,” she says. graduation. She chose the Navy So how will a bookish law student because lawyers there spend time with an enthusiasm for public policy learning a variety of specialties, fare in the physically rigorous U.S. including criminal prosecution Navy Officer Candidate School? and defense. Likely, quite well. Not too long ago, As an undergraduate at University Maile was winning Alaska weightlift- of Alaska Anchorage, Maile majored ing competitions. Thanks to her in economics. But her real passion parents—for years, they coached the was public policy. From 2012 to 2014, women’s USA Powerlifting team— she interned on the Alaska Governor’s Maile began weightlifting at age 11. KALYSSA MAILE Council on Disabilities and Special “I grew up in the gym,” she says. CLASS OF 2019 Education, as well as in the office of a “I never thought it was something state senator. For the next two years, women couldn’t do.” KALYSSA MAILE’S FAMILY HAS she worked as a legislative aide and Adds Maile, “It gave me deep military ties. Her father was committee staffer. One of her big confidence.”n stationed at McClellan Air Force projects: helping overhaul Alaska’s Base near Sacramento, Calif., when code of military justice. By Todd Melby, a freelance writer Maile was born. Her brother fought Although she’s been away from and radio producer based in in Fallujah, Iraq, as a member of Alaska for nearly a year, Maile keeps Minneapolis
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NATIONAL MOOT COURT argument to a team from host COMPETITION TEAMS MAKE Drake. The Law School team wrote STRONG SHOWING AT the best Respondent brief, and REGION TOURNAMENT team member Leiendecker finished The Law School’s National Moot among the region’s top ten oralists. Court Competition teams achieved The team advanced to the national 3Ls Andrew Knaak, Brittany Gefroh, Andrew outstanding results at the Region finals in New York, where it reached Leiendecker, Samuel Thompson, Rudolph Dambeck, 14 tournament at Drake University the Sweet Sixteen round before and Sean Rinehart in Des Moines, Iowa, in November, being eliminated. sweeping the best brief awards The Petitioner team members brief in the competition. and sending one team on to the (3Ls Rudolph Dambeck, Brittany The teams were coached by national finals. Gefroh, and Andrew Knaak) were adjunct faculty co-advisers Cicely Members of the Respondent team undefeated until the regional Miltich (’11) and Kyle Hardwick (’13). (3Ls Andrew Leiendecker, Sean semifinals, where they lost to their Other local attorneys and Clinical Rinehart, and Samuel Thompson) classmates on the Law School Professor Brad Clary (’75) judged advanced to the regional champion- Respondent team. The Petitioner practice rounds and provided ship round, where they lost a close team wrote the best Petitioner additional feedback. In the last 35
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years, out of the 70 Law School worked as a clinical psychometrist Human Rights and Law. The teams in the competition, 50 have before enrolling at the Law School. fellowships, which are awarded qualified for the regional quarterfi- The article’s other student co-au- by World Without Genocide, an nals, 33 have qualified for the thors are Jaleh McTeigue, a former organization based at Mitchell regional final four, and 20 have gone researcher at Los Alamos National Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, on to the national finals. This year’s Laboratory and an undergraduate at are named in honor of international Respondent group was the 11th Mount Holyoke College; University human rights advocate Benjamin B. team in the last 15 years to go to of Minnesota neuroscience under- Ferencz. Ferencz, 96, prosecuted New York. graduates Jordan Dean Scott Krieg members of the Nazi and Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, who Einsatzgruppen—mobile killing JOSHUA PRESTON (’19), both plan to attend medical school; squads responsible for the deaths of CAITLIN OPPERMAN (’18), and University psychology under- more than a million Jews during the PROF. FRANCIS SHEN graduate Alina Yasis, who intends to Holocaust—at trials in Nuremberg, CO-AUTHOR AMA JOURNAL pursue graduate studies in neurosci- Germany, in 1947, receiving convic- OF ETHICS ARTICLE ence. All are current (in McTeigue’s tions for every one of the accused. case, former) research assistants in He has dedicated his life to advo- the Shen Neurolaw Lab. cating for justice and peace around “This article highlights the fact the world. that students can come to the Law As Ferencz Fellows, Jankowski School and actually publish with and McAllister will focus on professors, and the Law School’s expanding information in Minnesota emphasis on interdisciplinary about the work of the International learning and research made its Criminal Court, which prosecutes publication possible,” Shen com- perpetrators for genocide, war mented. “The project was especially crimes, and crimes against noteworthy because the lead author humanity. Both attended the court’s is a 1L and another author is a annual Assembly of State Parties in Mount Holyoke student who sought The Hague, serving as rapporteurs Prof. Francis Shen, Alina Yasis, Mikaela Brandt- to work with our lab after reading for the American NGO Coalition Fontaine, Jordan Krieg, Kai Saito, Joshua Preston about neurolaw. We are establishing for the International Criminal Court. (’19), Emily Twedell the Law School as a national leader That experience, said Jankowski, in this exciting new area.” “provided invaluable exposure In its December 2016 issue, the to the organizational, political, AMA Journal of Ethics published an SHANNON JANKOWSKI (’17) and diplomatic challenges inherent article co-authored by Law School AND AMANDA MCALLISTER in advancing an international students Joshua Preston (’19) and (’17) AWARDED HUMAN mechanism for global justice. It Caitlin Opperman (’18), along with RIGHTS FELLOWSHIPS also offered tremendous insight Professor Francis Shen and other into the work of attorneys and student members of the Shen advocates fighting to combat Neurolaw Lab. Preston was the lead human rights abuses and promote author on the article, “The Legal international justice.” McAllister Implications of Detecting called it “an informative look at Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier,” which many of the realpolitik obstacles to touches on several ramifications of the administration of justice at the the increasing use of early-detec- global level,” adding, “I am grateful tion technology to diagnose and to the many human rights activists treat the condition. and scholars who shared their Preston is in the first year of a insights, perspectives, and stories joint J.D./M.A. in bioethics at the Shannon Jankowski (’17) and Amanda Mcallister (’17) during side events on important Law School. He is also a research issues such as crimes against fellow at the Center for Science and Third-year students Shannon humanity in North Korea, account- Law at Baylor College of Medicine. Jankowski and Amanda McAllister ability for war crimes in Syria, and Opperman earned her undergradu- were chosen to receive 2016-17 the importance of state commit- ate degree in psychology and Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in ments to combat impunity.”
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RACHEL MOLSBERRY (’17) Molsberry’s fellowship will be gain access to device information AND KATIE ZIOMEK (’17) supported by the Family of Hyman on a case-by-case basis.” NAMED EQUAL JUSTICE Edelman and Stinson Leonard “Legal writing is hard. It requires WORKS FELLOWS Street, and Ziomek’s by Robins thinking about abstract principles of Kaplan and Medtronic. law and applying them to concrete— and often complicated—facts,” said ALLEN BARR (’17) Professor Christopher Soper, WINS SCRIBES LAW director of legal writing at the Law REVIEW AWARD School. “Allen’s note is excellent, and deserving of this national award, because it explains these abstract principles and applies them to a very complicated factual situation in a clear, step-by-step process. Allen’s writing and analytical skills exemplify Rachel Molsberry (’17) and Katie Ziomek (’17) what we teach at the Law School.”
Third-year students Rachel NADIA ANGUIANO- Molsberry and Katie Ziomek were WEHDE (’17) NAMED TO awarded two-year postgraduate Allen Barr (’17) NATIONAL JURIST LIST fellowships through Equal Justice OF OUTSTANDING LAW Works, a nonprofit organization Allen Cook Barr (’17) was named the STUDENTS whose mission is “mobilizing the winner of the 2017 Scribes Law next generation of lawyers commit- Review Award for his note, ted to equal justice.” Molsberry will “Guardians of Your Galaxy S7: spend the term of her fellowship at Encryption Backdoors and the First Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s office in Amendment,” published in the Willmar, Minn., working to develop a Minnesota Law Review (Vol. 101, medical-legal partnership. Ziomek Issue 1). The prize has been given will work for the Battered Women’s annually since 1987 by Scribes: The Justice Project in Minneapolis. American Society of Legal Writers. Molsberry will receive her J.D. in Barr received his award March 25 at Nadia Anguiano-Wehde (’17) May with concentrations in health a dinner hosted in his honor at the law and bioethics and labor and National Conference of Law Reviews The National Jurist named Nadia employment law. As a student, she in Jacksonville, Fla. Anguiano-Wehde (’17) one of its has been involved with the Barr summarizes his note as “Law Students of the Year.” The Environmental Law Moot Court follows: “Since the widespread magazine asked more than 200 Competition Team, Law Council integration of encryption into the law schools for “stories of their Honor Code Committee, Native iPhone in 2014, law enforcement has most devoted students with American Services Project, and increasingly called for backdoors— unparalleled attitudes” and selected Law School Mentorship Program, the ability to access information on 25 individuals from among the among others, and she has clerked a device even if law enforcement is nominees, based on such factors as for the University’s Office of Health unable to obtain the password. [My leadership, focus, and commitment Information Privacy & Compliance. note] examines the First to justice. Anguiano-Wehde is the Ziomek will graduate from the Amendment implications of requir- top honoree (of five) in the Midwest Law School with a concentration ing software developers to write region. Last year, Rajin Olson (’16) in health law and bioethics. She such backdoors into their products. was similarly recognized. has served as student director of It argues that strict scrutiny pre- During two years working in the the Community Mediation Clinic cludes legislation that would Federal Immigration Litigation and the Intellectual Property mandate backdoors for every Clinic, Anguiano-Wehde led a pair Moot Court and has clerked for the device. Nevertheless, law enforce- of litigation teams, including one Minnesota Department of Human ment is not left without options, as that represented a Latin American Rights and the Battered Women’s there are potentially several means child fighting for asylum. “Nadia’s Justice Project. by which government entities can work for this client was unsurpassed
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in terms of her determination, skill, and compassion,” wrote Laura Thomas, clinic director. “She dedicated more hours to this one client than are required of our clinic students during an entire year.” During the 2016 winter break, Anguiano-Wehde organized a trip Clara Barton Committee Member Rich DiMeglio, 3Ls with other law students and a Alysha Bohanon (’17) Peter Grenzow, Amanda McAllister, Brendan Delany supervising attorney to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s “whether a government entity may for the event, which the Red Cross detention center in Dilley, Texas. remove … abusive comments from describes as a “simulation-based, There, she logged 15-hour days its page without violating the experiential legal competition leading Spanish-language legal commenter’s right to free expres- designed to expose rising profes- rights presentations and, wrote sion” and proposes “a new frame- sionals to the practice of IHL and to Thomas, “developing crucial client work for contested speech cases, real world challenges facing IHL declarations for use in immigration under which courts would first practitioners during armed conflict.” court hearings.” determine whether the audience The Law School team defeated “I cannot overstate the impact can clearly distinguish between the UCLA in the semifinals and the U.S. that the Binger Center for New government and private speakers.” Air Force Academy in the finals. The Americans has had on my legal Bohanon is editor-in-chief of the semifinal topic centered on the education,” said Anguiano-Wehde. Minnesota Law Review and a legality of autonomous weapons. In “I’ll forever be indebted to Professor student legal writing instructor. She the finals, participants simulated a Ben Casper Sanchez (’97) for graduated summa cum laude from war crimes trial at the International teaching me how to be a lawyer and the University in 2014, earning Criminal Court. really fight for clients who’ve degrees in journalism and English. The team members are an entrusted you with an immensely After receiving her J.D., she’s accomplished group. Grenzow was important part of their lives.” interested in pursuing commercial named “best oralist” in the IHL As a Law School student, litigation, insurance, and health law. competition; he earned a pair of Anguiano-Wehde also served as lead The Burton Foundation was undergraduate degrees from the managing editor of the Minnesota established by William C. Burton, a University in 2013, majoring in Journal of International Law and was former New York state assistant Spanish studies and political a Robina Public Interest Fellow. After attorney general and a strong science. Last year, Delany won the graduation, she plans to clerk for advocate of plain language in legal 2016 Admiral John S. Jenkins Prize two years, first for U.S. District writing. The Law School’s previous for Excellence in Military Studies for Judge Susan Richard Nelson and Burton honorees are Andrea Miller his essay “Just Wars with Unjust later for Judge Jane Kelly on the U.S. (’15), Phillip Walters (’12), Eva B. Allies: Use of Force and Human Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. Stensvad (’11), Noreen E. Johnson Rights Considerations on the (’09), Emily C. Melvin (’08), Dan Russian Intervention in Syria.” In ALYSHA BOHANON (’17) Robinson (’07), David Leishman December, McAllister was awarded WINS BURTON AWARD (’06), and Kari M. Dahlin (’01). a 2016-17 Ferencz Fellowship in FOR LEGAL WRITING Human Rights and Law. Alysha Bohanon (’17) was named LAW SCHOOL TEAM In a joint statement, Grenzow, the winner of a 2017 Distinguished WINS INTERNATIONAL Delany, and McAllister thanked the Legal Writing Award from the HUMANITARIAN LAW Human Rights Center and Burton Foundation—one of just 10 COMPETITION FOR SECOND Professors Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and students from U.S. law schools to be STRAIGHT YEAR Oren Gross “for their pivotal role in so honored. In the 18 years since the A team of Law School students our preparation.” Added the team, award’s creation, nine Law School won the 2017 Clara Barton “Our success at this competition is students have been winners. International Humanitarian Law a direct result of the excellence of Bohanon’s winning entry— (IHL) Competition, which is con- our international law program and a note titled “Tweeting the Police: ducted by the American Red Cross. faculty.” Balancing Free Speech and Students Peter Grenzow, Brendan A team from the Law School also Decency on Government-Sponsored Delany, and Amanda McAlister, all took first place in last year’s Barton Social Media Pages”—explores 3Ls, traveled to Washington, D.C., competition.
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ON APRIL 14, THE LAW SCHOOL’S careers. Cameo appearances were Rysselberghe (’17, music director), Theatre of the Relatively Talentless made by Judges John R. Tunheim Natasha Yenina (’17, head choreog- staged its 15th annual production, (’80) and Joan N. Ericksen (’81), rapher), Nick Smith (’18, tech The TORT Producers, at the Ted as well as Senator Amy Klobuchar. director), Amy Johns (’18, pro- Mann Concert Hall. The writing Making his TORT debut was Dean ducer), Mandy Theissen (’17, head committee, led by Drew Heiring Garry W. Jenkins, who was joined costumer), Bethany Davidson (’18, (’17), put a Law School twist on the by Assistant Dean Erin Keyes (’00), stage manager), Julia Barlow (’17, popular movie musical The Professor Brad Clary (’75), Professor treasurer), and Hannah Anderson Producers. Tim Joyce (’17) and Bill Judith T. Younger, and Nubia (’17, VIP liaison). Coberly (’17) took the stage as Max Esparza. Vice President Walter TORT was generously supported and Leo, two law students who Mondale (’56), a TORT regular, by Stinson Leonard Street, Faegre hatch a plan when they realize that also joined students on stage. Baker Daniels, Fredrikson & Byron, some of the most successful Law More than 50 students were Robins Kaplan, the Law School’s School alumni did not get their start involved in the writing, arranging, Office of Advancement, Kaplan Bar with OCI or judicial clerkships, but production, and performance of Review, Themis Bar Review, and as producers of TORT flops. The TORT Producers. Executive LexisNexis. n Through a series of hijinks, they try board members for 2016-17 were to tank the show to launch their Alexis Dutt (’18, director), Alex Van By Alexis Dutt (’18)
2017–18 JOURNAL EDITORS All are members of the class of 2018, unless Minnesota Law Review otherwise noted. (Vol. 102) Editor-in-Chief: ABA Journal of Labor Law & Inequality: Minnesota Journal Minnesota Journal Devin T. Driscoll & Employment Law A Journal of Theory of International Law of Law, Science & Lead Articles Editor: (Vol. 33) and Practice (Vol. 36) (Vol. 27) Technology (Vol. 19) Lauren Clatch Editor-in-Chief: Editor-in-Chief: Editor-in-Chief: Editor-in-Chief: Lead Managing Editor: Jacob Harksen Alanna Pawlowski Cayla Ebert Amy Johns Mitchell Noordyke (’17) Lead Managing Editor: Executive Editor: Executive Editor: Executive Editor: Lead Note & Comment Paul Hallgren Jr. Mary Beall Kathryn Burkart Rhett Schwichtenberg Editor: Franklin Guenthner Lead Articles Editor: Symposium Editor: Lead Online Editor: Andy Miles Dan Green Ellie Bastian Symposium Editor: Symposium Articles Editor: Chris D’Silva Caroline Bressman
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Department of Agriculture in “And from there I went to a case Washington, D.C.,” she recalls. involving turkeys. I’ve had a chicken A farm girl from Lewiston in antitrust case, a milk antitrust case. Winona County, in southeastern I’ve had different cheese cases, frozen Minnesota, Daley had earned a beef, corn, and I currently have two Bachelor of Agricultural cases—one in Oregon and one in Administration degree along with Montana—involving wheat.” a B.A. in political science from the Daley is a partner with Jones Day University in 1980, and then entered in Minneapolis. She was previously a law school with the goal of doing partner at Barnes and Thornburg for international trade deals for the six years and with Robins Kaplan for Agriculture Department. Fate 16. She’s handled complex commer- ANNAMARIEMYRON H. “MIKE” DALEY BRIGHT intervened in the form of a cial litigation throughout her career. CLASS OF 19841947 Minneapolis fiancé, however, and Despite her busy professional life, the rest is history. Daley has maintained a steady ANNAMARIE DALEY HAS ENJOYED Despite the fact that her USDA connection to the Law School. She a long career as a commercial litigator dreams never materialized, however, was a cabinet member of the school’s in Minneapolis, so it may come as a Daley has managed to keep alive an capital campaign committee several surprise to learn that when Daley was ongoing connection to agriculture, years ago and also has served as in law school, she never had any among other industries, as a corpo- president and a board member of the intention of practicing law. rate litigator. One of her first cases Minnesota 4-H Foundation at “The career I had my eyes set on involved breach of contract at a University of Minnesota Extension. was to be a trade negotiator for the sunflower-seed processing facility. In February, Daley participated in a
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Career Center event at the law been serving as a division chief in the school, talking with students and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Office alumni about the importance of of Subsistence Management in mentoring. Anchorage, focusing his efforts on “I’m a firm believer in giving back, making sure that resources on federal especially as a female attorney,” she land are managed properly to ensure says. “I recognize the people who that traditional ways of life are helped me in my career and the value maintained. that I gained as a result of their Where Water Is Gold provides a assistance and their guidance, and look at one area, Bristol Bay, and the I just hope that in some small way people who live there. I can help others in the same way.” Johnson says that his interest in documenting Bristol Bay was sparked Johnson traces his interest in before he joined the Fish and Wildlife photography to the 1980s and a CARL JOHNSON Service. For a little more than a year, four-year U.S. Navy tour when CLASS OF 1999 he was a staff attorney at Trustees for he volunteered to be a ship’s photog- Alaska, a nonprofit environmental law rapher. He continued to pursue CARL JOHNSON HAS BEEN organization that had filed suit against photography as a hobby while an photographing nature in Alaska ever the state, contending that the effluent undergraduate at the University from since he moved there 18 years ago to from a large-scale mineral exploration 1990 to 1994, then ventured into practice law, and his works have won project threatened the entire Bristol nature photography over the next awards and appeared in numerous Bay watershed. two summers, when he worked as a exhibitions. But he had never “When I left that firm, I wanted guide in the Boundary Waters Canoe compiled a book until recently, to stay engaged in the issues that I Area Wilderness. He enrolled in when Where Water Is Gold: Life and was coming to understand about the the Law School in 1996 and served Livelihood in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Bristol Bay region,” he says. “That’s as photographer for the student was published by Braided River. the where the idea for the book newspaper of the time, Quaere. For the last six years, Johnson has came from.” After getting his J.D. in 1999, CONT >
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< CONT Johnson headed to Alaska to clerk for time, he had his sights set on becom- Hansen is talking about writing Superior Court Judge Peter Michalski ing a criminal prosecutor—he even because he is an appellate lawyer— (’71), a Law School grad who made it clerked for two years in the and writing is a big part of the job. a practice to recruit fellow alums to Hennepin County District Attorney’s He’s been perfecting his craft for the clerk for him, and immediately office. But after the bookstore flap, he last eight years, has recently launched decided to put down roots. came to consider commercial law his own appellate law firm in Now that his first book is out, equally intriguing, and after getting Minneapolis, and is now passing on Johnson is planning two more. The his J.D. in 2000, that’s precisely the his knowledge to first-year students at first would depict wild areas within career path he took. Today, Rajkumar the Law School. the city of Anchorage, and the is a partner in the Minneapolis office Hansen is in his second year of second, planned for 2019, would be a of Bowman and Brooke, where he is teaching legal writing, a course that’s comprehensive 20-year compilation a commercial litigator. intended to provide students with the of his Alaskan photography. The lesson that practical experi- basics of the craft. But more than ence can provide priceless benefits is giving students the nuts and bolts, one that has stuck with Rajkumar. Hansen says, he aspires to instill in He is one of the adjunct professors them the awareness that legal writing who teach the Law in Practice class is something that is difficult to ever for second-semester 1Ls, an opportu- really master. nity for students to apply their “What I say to them is that if knowledge of legal doctrine to the you’re serious about putting writing practice of law through various at the center of your career, it’s a simulations. lifelong process,” he says. “You just He maintains a strong connection try get better and better at it; you try to the Law School in other ways as to improve a little bit on each piece well. He is a member of the Law that you do.” School Board of Advisors and is Hansen’s own progression as a ROSHAN RAJKUMAR co-chair of the board’s Alumni and writer began with daily exposure CLASS OF 2000 Student Engagement Committee. to appellate matters during two He’s the alumni representative on clerkships following graduation from WHEN ROSHAN RAJKUMAR the Law School Diversity Committee, law school—for Chief Justice Eric looks back on his three years at the as well. Magnuson of the Minnesota Supreme Law School, one experience stands Rajkumar also provides pro bono Court and Judge Kermit Bye of out above all others: his role, as legal service for his church, the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the president of the Law Council, in Basilica of St. Mary in downtown 8th Circuit. He then joined the bringing about the dissolution of the Minneapolis, where he sings in the Minneapolis/San Francisco firm of student bookstore. choir. Nichols Kaster, which handles mostly Rajkumar was the first two-term employee and consumer cases on the president of the Law Council, and it plaintiff side, and quickly gravitated was during his first term that the to appellate work there. council discovered serious financial His work helped secure a number mismanagement by the Friendly of landmark decisions, including one Law School Bookstore, a student-run at the U.S. Supreme Court. In Perez v. corporate entity whose revenues were Mortgage Bankers Association, the court used to fund student groups. ruled in favor of employees and Rajkumar recalls that it took two against the banking industry in years to untangle the mess and move resolving that federal agencies may Law School book sales to the revise their interpretative rules University of Minnesota’s bookstore. without going through notice- “In going through the process of and-comment rulemaking. dissolving the bookstore, I learned a ADAM HANSEN After several years at Nichols literal practical application of avoiding CLASS OF 2008 Kaster, Hansen decided to venture bankruptcy—how to manage paying out on his own, and in June 2016 out debt at less than dollar for dollar Adam Hansen admits that he has a he opened the Minneapolis-based and negotiating settlements with love/hate relationship with writing. appellate law firm Apollo Law, which creditors,” he says. “It was fascinating “I love it when it’s working, but concentrates solely on appellate in that I learned a lot about business when it’s not, I can get frustrated and work on behalf of employees and when I didn’t have a business throw things at my computer,” he consumers. n background.” says. “In the final analysis, though, In retrospect, he says, the experi- I think the love wins out—because By Dick Dahl, a freelance writer/ ence was personally invaluable. At the when it goes well it’s so rewarding.” editor based in St. Paul
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JUDGE MICHAEL J. DAVIS sustained a body of work in the based firm calls him the “face of (’72) WINS SARAH T. area of civil rights, due process, and pro bono.” For 20-plus years, Bye HUGHES CIVIL RIGHTS equal protection.” chaired or co-chaired Lindquist’s AWARD Public Service Committee. CATHY HAUKEDAHL (’79) In the community, Bye has been AND JONATHAN BYE (’83) an active member of the Volunteer HONORED FOR PRO BONO Lawyers Network, serving on the SERVICE board of directors for more than a decade and chairing the board since 2009. He’s also been active with the Hennepin County Pro Bono project, helping create the District Court Referral Project, where judges can directly refer clients to VLN for services.
The Federal Bar Association TIMOTHY MULROONEY honored Senior Judge Michael J. (’94) APPOINTED JUDGE IN Davis (’72) of the U.S. District Court MINNESOTA’S 2ND DISTRICT for the District of Minnesota with the 2016 Sarah T. Hughes Civil The Hennepin County Bar Rights Award. Named for the first Association selected Cathy woman to serve on the federal Haukedahl (’79) and Jonathan Bye bench in Texas, the award is pre- (’83) as recipients of its 2017 Pro sented each year to an attorney or Bono Publico awards, which judge whose career achievements recognize significant contributions have made a difference in advanc- to pro bono services in the state’s ing the causes that were important largest county. to Judge Hughes: civil rights, due Haukedahl, winner of the process, equal protection, social Distinguished Service Award for concerns, and the rights of women. career-long pro bono work on “For 45 years, Judge Michael J. behalf of the community, serves as Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton Davis has had a passion for equal executive director of Mid-Minnesota appointed Timothy Mulrooney (’94) access and equal justice for all,” Legal Aid, a nonprofit focused on to serve as a district judge in the the Federal Bar Association said providing legal services for low- state’s 2nd Judicial District, which in its award citation. “His lifelong income people. She led MMLA encompasses Ramsey County. In commitment to and pursuit of equal through the financial turmoil of the making the appointment, Dayton access and equal justice for all Great Recession and was instrumen- praised Mulrooney for the “commit- shows through his work with the tal in expanding its domestic ment to justice and service” he had Legal Rights Center, Neighborhood violence court projects and devel- demonstrated throughout his Justice Center, Hennepin County oping its medical-legal programs. “exceptional career.” Public Defender’s Office, and Before joining MMLA, Haukedahl Mulrooney had been a judicial throughout his 11 years as a state worked for the Minnesota Attorney referee in the Family Court Division court judge in Hennepin County. General’s Office as solicitor general of the 4th Judicial District Court This flame burned bright as the and an assistant attorney general. (Hennepin County). Previously, he editor-in-chief of the comprehen- She also worked as an attorney at was an attorney and shareholder at sive and influential Minnesota Felhaber Larson in Minneapolis. She the Minneapolis firm Henson & Supreme Court Racial Bias Task is a member of the Law School Efron, an assistant Hennepin County Force report issued in 1993. Judge Board of Advisors. attorney, an assistant Minneapolis Davis is the first African American Bye, winner of the Award for city attorney, and a judicial law judge appointed to the District of Excellence for a Private Attorney, clerk to Judge Richard B. Solum Minnesota and, in 2008, he became which spotlights current or recent (’69) of the 4th Judicial District. the first African American chief excellence in service by individuals, Before attending the Law School, judge of the district. He has made is a partner at Lindquist & Vennum. Mulrooney earned his B.A. from the groundbreaking achievements and A colleague at the Minneapolis- University of Notre Dame. He serves CONT >
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< CONT on the Civil Committee of the KATHRYN HOFFMAN ANNE DUTTON (’16) TO Hennepin County Family Violence (’06) NAMED EXECUTIVE RECEIVE EQUAL JUSTICE Coordinating Council, is a founding DIRECTOR OF THE WORKS FELLOWSHIP member of the Limited Scope Pro MINNESOTA CENTER Bono Legal Services Program, and FOR ENVIRONMENTAL volunteers as a mock trial coach ADVOCACY for fifth graders at Capitol Hill School in St. Paul.
EMILY ESCHWEILER (’02) NAMED DIRECTOR OF STATE’S ATTORNEY REGULATION BOARDS The Minnesota Supreme Court appointed Emily J. Eschweiler (’02) to lead the three boards that Anne Dutton (’16) was awarded a oversee the court’s attorney two-year postgraduate fellowship regulatory functions. In this position, through Equal Justice Works, a Eschweiler will serve as the director The Minnesota Center for nonprofit organization whose of the Minnesota Board of Law Environmental Advocacy appointed mission is “mobilizing the next Examiners, the Board of Continuing Kathryn Hoffman (’06) its new generation of lawyers committed to Legal Education, and the Board of executive director. Hoffman was equal justice.” Dutton will spend the Legal Certification. She has served an attorney with MCEA for the term of her fellowship working at as the assistant director and counsel previous six years, most recently the Center for Gender & Refugee for the three boards since 2011. serving as legal director. In her Studies at UC Hastings College of Eschweiler succeeds Margaret Fuller new role, she will lead a team of the Law in San Francisco, represent- Corneille, who had held the post environmental attorneys, experts, ing child asylum seekers in jurisdic- since January 1987. and policy advocates who work to tions that deny children’s claims at “The Supreme Court is extremely protect Minnesota’s environment rates significantly above the pleased that Emily Eschweiler has and natural resources. national average. She will also foster agreed to take over this important MCEA board chair Alan Thometz development of pro bono attorneys position. Emily has tremendous praised Hoffman’s work, saying, in these jurisdictions, providing expertise in the work of these “Kathryn’s accomplishments with training and ongoing support for boards, and is committed to improv- mining issues in northern Minnesota the legal and psychosocial complex- ing how these boards serve attor- as well as her leadership in the ities of representing child survivors neys and the people of Minnesota,” successful Sandpiper Pipeline of trauma. The fellowship will begin said Minnesota Supreme Court litigation reflect the tactical, in the fall of 2017. Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea. thoughtful, and science-based Having earned her J.D. magna As director, Eschweiler will approach to environment protection cum laude last year, Dutton is on provide consultation and advice and management she will bring track to receive her M.S.W. from the to the boards, supervise personnel, as executive director.” He also University’s School of Social Work in develop budgets for each board cited her efforts in building coali- May. While at the Law School, she and office, oversee the Minnesota tions to protect such important was a Robina Public Interest Scholar, Bar Examination, direct the process areas of the state as Lake Superior an articles submissions editor for the by which CLE courses are accred- and the headwaters of the Minnesota Law Review, and student ited, oversee attorney registration, Mississippi River. director of the Federal Immigration and monitor the process by which Prior to joining MCEA, Hoffman Litigation Clinic. In March 2016, she attorneys are certified as specialists spent four years as an attorney was a member of the three-student in Minnesota, among other respon- with Minneapolis-based Zelle Law School team that won the sibilities. Hofmann. In addition to her J.D. annual Clara Barton International Eschweiler began working for the from the Law School, she holds a Humanitarian Law Competition. The three boards as a staff attorney in master’s (’05) in public policy with following month, she argued before 2006. Before that, she practiced law a concentration in science, technol- a three-judge panel of the U.S. in the areas of commercial litigation, ogy, and the environment from the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit insurance defense, and corporate University’s Humphrey School of in a case that could affect thou- transactions. Public Affairs. sands of asylum seekers.
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The Offices of Advancement and NOVEMBER 2, 2016 FEBRUARY 23, 2017 Admissions partnered throughout WASHINGTON, D.C. LOS ANGELES the winter to host receptions in key Alumni and admitted students Hosted by Renae Welder (’96) at markets around the country. The gathered at the offices of the City Club Los Angeles. Featured goal of these events was to keep BakerHostetler for a reception hosted remarks were made by Welder, Robert alumni engaged and connected to by regional alumni ambassadors Barton (’09), and Dean Jenkins. the Law School, as well as to intro- Kevin Sheys (’87) and Dan Foix (’98) duce perspective members of the and former U.S. Ambassador to MARCH 9, 2017 class of 2020 to the alumni networks Zimbabwe Tom McDonald (’79). NAPLES ALUMNI in each region. The Law School is & DONOR RECEPTION grateful to our event hosts, as well NOVEMBER 26, 2016 Alumni and donors in Naples, as regional alumni ambassadors NEW YORK Fla., and the surrounding region who helped promote and ensure Esta Stecher (CLA ’79) and Lisa attended a reception hosted by the success of these events. Rotenberg (’85) hosted, supported by Eloise and Elliot (’61) Kaplan. regional alumni ambassadors Sitso Dean Jenkins provided updates 1 Alumni and admitted students were hosted by Bediako (’08), Lauren Bergstrom (’13), from the Law School and Jane Esta Stecher (CLA ’79) and Lisa Rotenberg (’85) Lindsay Moilanen (’09), Stephanna Godfrey (’91) fielded a Q & A on in New York City. Szotkowski (’14), and Matt Povolny the topic of Planned Giving and 2 Ami Richardson (’97), Charlene Johnson (’84), (’07). Remarks were made by the Estate Administration. and Dean Garry W. Jenkins at an alumni hosts, Povolny, and Dean Jenkins. reception held in Washington, D.C. MARCH 16, 2017 JANUARY, 26, 2017 SCOTTSDALE ALUMNI CHICAGO RECEPTION Hosted by R. Hugh Magill (’85) at Alumni and donors in and around Northern Trust Company, the Chicago Scottsdale, Ariz., were welcomed reception featured remarks by Magill, into the home of and Gail and John Hartmann (’87) of the Board of Denny (’66) Mathisen to socialize Advisors, and Dean Jenkins. and connect. Remarks were made Keep an eye out for our by Dean Garry Jenkins and Jane monthly digest email JANUARY 31, 2017 Godfrey (’91). providing up-to-date information SAN FRANCISCO regarding volunteer opportunities Hosted by George Tichy (’67) at and alumni events, or visit Littler Mendelson, the Bay Area http://community.law.umn.edu. reception featured remarks by Tichy, Jennifer Ciresi (’07) of the Board of Advisors, and Dean Jenkins.
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1970 Richard T. Ostlund River Ecosystem Restoration Study. She was also Michael Wolff was included in St. Louis Magazine’s 2016 was featured in the inducted into the Burnsville, Minn., High School Hall “Power List” of 100 influential people in the St. Louis March 2017 issue of Fame. area. He is a dean emeritus of Saint Louis University of the Minnesota edition School of Law, having served as dean from 2013 to 2017. of Attorney at Law 1990 He served as a justice on the Missouri Supreme Court magazine. The article Keith Ellison was re-elected as the U.S. Representative from 1998 to 2011, including two years as chief justice discussed Ostlund’s selection by the ABA’s for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. He serves (2005-07). commercial litigation division as the principal author Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs. of a new topic (fiduciary duty litigation) in the 1972 fourth edition of Business and Commercial Litigation 1991 Michael J. Davis, a senior in Federal Courts (Thomson West, 2016). Ostlund is Chad Baruch is a candidate for president-elect of judge for the United States a shareholder at Anthony Ostlund Baer & Louwagie the Texas State Bar Association. He is a partner at District Court for the District in Minneapolis. Johnston Tobey Baruch in Dallas and focuses on civil of Minnesota, received the appellate law. Federal Bar Association’s 1983 Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Jonathan Bye received Peggy Middlestead was promoted to counsel at Award for his work promoting civil and human rights. a Pro Bono Publico Faegre Baker Daniels in Minneapolis. She focuses on Award of Excellence real estate law. 1979 from the Hennepin Cathy Haukedahl was County Bar Association Michael Weaver joined Dorsey & Whitney’s Minneapolis awarded a Pro Bono in recognition of his office as a partner in the firm’s corporate group. He fo- Publico Award for excellent private sector pro bono and community cuses his practice on agribusiness and renewable energy Distinguished Service by work. He is a partner at Lindquist & Vennum in industries. Previously, he was a partner at Lindquist & the Hennepin County Bar Minneapolis and serves as a board member for Vennum, also in Minneapolis. Association in recognition the Volunteer Lawyers Network and the Hennepin of her career-long work on behalf of the community. County Bar Foundation. 1992 She is the executive director of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid. Ben M. Henschel achieved board certification as a family Ryan Wilson retired from the U.S. Navy after serving 31 trial advocate. He is a founding partner of the 1981 years and was awarded the Defense Superior Service Minneapolis law firm Henschel Moberg Goff. Kevin Busch was Medal by the secretary of defense. re-elected to the board Kevin Wolf joined Akin of Moss & Barnett in 1984 Gump Strauss Hauer & Minneapolis, where he Kurt Erickson joined Littler Mendelson’s Minneapolis Feld’s Washington, D.C., is partner and chair of office as a shareholder. Previously, he was a prinicpal office as a new partner in the commercial and with Jackson Lewis, also in Minneapolis, and a longtime the firm’s international banking transactions department. assistant attorney general in Minnesota. trade group. Previously, he served for seven years as the assistant secretary of 1982 1986 commerce for export administration in the Obama William C. Hicks was elected a board member of Annette B. Kuz received the U.S. Army Corps of administration. Messerli & Kramer in Minneapolis. He works in the firm’s Engineers Legal Services Enterprise Award for her work collections and creditors’ remedies group. on the chief of engineers report for the Los Angeles
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1993 1996 2004 Lee Lastovich won a John Dragseth was named Stuart Nelson was named a principal of Fish & 2017 Client Choice Award, a Litigation Trailblazer by Richardson in Minneapolis. He is a member of the firm’s an award given by the National Law Journal for patent group. International Law Office his federal appellate work. and Lexology for excellent He is the principal and Drew Schaffer joined Bassford Remele’s housing and client service. He is a co-chair of Fish & general ligitation groups in Minneapolis. principal and litigation manager at Jackson Lewis Richardson’s appellate group. in Minneapolis. Julia Singh joined the Chicago office of Greenberg 1998 Traurig as counsel in the firm’s corporate and securities Bill Stock was installed Kari Dahlin became practice. Previously, she was a partner at Chapman and as the national president an associate at Cutler, also in Chicago. of the American Bassford Remele in Immigration Lawyers Minneapolis, focusing Eva Weiler became managing partner at Shook, Hardy Association. He presented on commerical litigation & Bacon’s Orange County, Calif., office. She defends at the annual conference and medical device corporations in science-focused multidistrict litigation, of AILA’s central Florida chapter. He also participated and pharmaceutical litigation. class actions, and coordinated proceedings. in a National Press Club debate and discussion on the legal considerations of “sanctuary cities.” 2000 2005 He is a partner at Klasko Immigration Law Partners Tara Norgard was elected president of the Minnesota Steven Emme joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s in Philadelphia. chapter of the Federal Bar Association for 2016-17. She Washington, D.C., office as senior counsel in the firm’s was also listed among the Top 50 Women Minnesota international trade group. Previously, he served as a 1994 Super Lawyers for 2016. senior advisor to the assistant secretary of commerce Brett H. Ludwig was appointed to a 14-year term as a for export administration. judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Jill Radloff was named managing partner of Stinson Eastern District of Wisconsin. He is based in Milwaukee. Leonard Street in the firm’s Minneapolis office. She 2006 Before joining the court, he worked as a partner at the is the first woman to serve as managing partner in Lisa Hird Chung was named a partner at Duane Morris in law firm of Foley & Lardner in Milwaukee. Minneapolis. San Diego. She practices employment law and litigation.
Timothy Mulrooney was appointed by Governor Jay Warmuth joined Kathryn Hoffman became the executive director of Mark Dayton to be a district court judge in Minnesota’s Faegre Baker Daniels in the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy 2nd Judicial District. He is chambered in St. Paul. Minneapolis as a partner in in St. Paul. She has worked with the organization Previously, he was a judicial referee in the Family the insurance and health since 2010, first as a staff attorney and most Court Division of Minnesota’s 4th Judicial District in care practices. Previously, recently as its legal director. She has also been a Hennepin County. he worked for 13 years at faculty director for the Law School’s environmental UnitedHealth Group in Minneapolis. law clinic since 2015. 1995 Debbie Ellingboe is the 2001 Oscar Suarez of Halloran new business litigation China Boak Terrell spoke at Washington College on Feb. & Sage’s Hartford, Conn., group leader in the 1, 2017. Her talk was called “Bread Alone: How the Food office was named to Minneapolis office of Environment Can Bring Positive Change to Low-Income Super Lawyers’ 2016 Faegre Baker Daniels. Urban Communities.” Rising Stars list. 2002 Jerami Kemnitz joined Jean Farmakes was elected a shareholder of LHB Inc., 2007 Fredrikson & Byron in a Minneapolis and Duluth, Minn., architecture, interior Andrew Borene will be the chairman emeritus of the Minneapolis as as an officer design, and engineering firm. She is the firm’s 2017 Cyber Security Summit, a public-private in the firm’s e-discovery general counsel. collaboration that gathers to discuss security trends and strategy and advocacy, solutions. This year, the summit will take place Oct. data protection and 2003 23-25 in Minneapolis. He is a partner at Booz Allen cybersecurity, and litigation groups. Susan E. Reed hosted a discussion at Kalamazoo Hamilton in Washington, D.C. Valley Community College in Kalamazoo, Mich., on post-election immgration law, including the state of the Ethan S. Klepetar was named a new partner at Hellman laws currently and the prospects for the future. She Shearn & Arienti in Great Barrington, Mass. He focuses works as the managing attorney with the Michigan his practice on business and commercial law, commer- Immigration Rights Center. cial financing, nonprofit law, and real estate. CONT >
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< CONT Rebecca Lucero became the public policy director of the Brad West was promoted from vice president to princi- Jennifer Warfield became an associate at Faegre Baker Minnesota Council of Nonprofits in St. Paul. Previously, pal at Pritzker Group Private Capital in Chicago. Daniels in Minneapolis in the firm’s real estate group. she was the policy and advocacy manager for Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. 2009 2016 Sarah Johnson Phillips was named a partner at Stoel Nicholas Anderson joined Johnson, Killen & Seiler in Jessica Marsh has joined Rives in Minneapolis. She is a member of the firm’s Duluth, Minn., as an associate. Jackson Lewis in energy development practice and works primarily with Minneapolis as counsel. project developers for renewables. Courtney Baga joined Faegre Baker Daniels in Minne- She represents employers apolis as an associate focusing on complex commercial in labor and employment Vishnu Ramaswamy was elected a member attorney at litigation. law matters. Dickinson Wright in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Steven Conley joined Faegre Baker Daniels in Minneapo- 2008 Anne Hoyt Taff became the director of community lis as an associate in the corporate group. Mahmoud Fadlallah was named a new partner at Akin impact and community affiliates at Minnesota Philan- Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C. He thropy Partners in St. Paul. Olivia Cooper joined Brownson & Linnihan in Minneap- focuses his practice on global investigation and olis as an associate. She focuses on insurance coverage, compliance with international sanctions, export 2012 asbestos defense, and regulatory law. controls, and anticorruption laws in the application of Adam Hoskins married Laura Mortensen on July 30, U.S. law to non-U.S. entities and operations. 2016, at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis. Catherine Cumming became an associate at Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis in the firm’s real estate Andrew Gibbons was named a partner at Stinson 2013 practice. Leonard Street in Minneapolis. He focuses his practice on Stuart Campbell joined energy, environmental, and natural resources regulatory Moss & Barnett in Jingwei Huang joined Wong, Wong & Associates in New and transactional matters. Minneapolis. He is a York City as an associate. member of the firm’s litigation team. Amber Kraemer became an associate at Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis in the firm’s banking and finance practice and corporate practice groups. Anne Dwyer spoke in December about her work as health counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee Samuel Jackson joined at Politico’s Emerging Health Care Leaders event in Cummins & Cummins in Washington, D.C. Minneapolis office as an associate in the labor and Noah Lentz married Katherine Young at Water Power employment group. Park in Minneapolis on Sept. 24, 2016.
JANUARY 7, 2017 2014 Joe Mahoney became an BEIJING WINTER Anthony Bégon joined the assistant state’s attorney in RECEPTION Dallas firm of Bell Nunnally the Cook County State’s & Martin as an associate Attorney’s Office in Alumni and current students and member of its Chicago. attended a reception hosted litigation practice area. in Beijing by the Law School’s chapter of the Asian Pacific Jonathan Nemani joined Faegre Baker Daniels in Minne- American Law Students Tucker Chambers joined Winthrop & Weinstine in Min- apolis as an associate focusing on corporate law. Association. The reception neapolis as an associate in the firm’s litigation practice. provided an opportunity for Mark Rosenfeld joined Faegre Baker Daniels in Min- students to meet and learn 2015 neapolis as an associate in the employee benefits and from the Law School’s Chinese Emily Bodtke joined the Minneapolis office of Faegre executive compensation practice group. alumni, who have become Baker Daniels as an associate on the products liability leading attorneys in a variety litigation team. Previously, she clerked in the U.S. Court Kim VandenAkker joined Varnum as an associate in the of fields, from international of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Grand Rapids, Mich., office. She focuses on business and law firms’ Chinese offices to corporate services and labor and employment relations. government agencies and Alexander Hagstrom joined Winthrop & Weinstine in successful China-based firms. Minneapolis as an associate in the firm’s business and Zachary White joined Day Ketterer in Canton, Ohio, as an commercial litigation practice. associate focusing on litigation and education law. n
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TOP 100 SUPER LAWYERS
Each year Minnesota Lawyer magazine recognizes Minnesota attorneys for their achievements with Attorney of the Year awards. The award winners this year were chosen for their leadership, involvement with major cases, excellent service to clients, and work in public service.
1974 1989 1995 Edward Cassidy was recognized for his pro bono work on John Dornik was recognized for his persistent work Julie Allyn was recognized for her work resolving the Wearry v. Cain, a Louisiana case in which the U.S. Supreme helping the family of two children seriously injured in a Jacob Wetterling disappearance case. She is an assistant Court reversed a death row inmate’s conviction. He is a plane crash finally reach a settlement after 13 years. He is United States attorney for the District of Minnesota. shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron in Minneapolis. a shareholder at Siegel Brill in Minneapolis. 1994-2002 1984 1993 John Dragseth (’96), Michael Kane (’94), and William Cathryn Middlebrook was recognized for her role in Susan Ellingstad was recognized for her advocacy on Woodford (’02) of Fish & Richardson in Minneapolis were persuading the Minnesota Supreme Court to rule behalf of FedEx drivers to be recognized and compensat- recognized for their win at the U.S. Supreme Court for Minnesota’s test refusal statute unconstitutional in State v. ed as employees rather than contractors. She is a partner their client Halo Electronics. The court reversed a district Trahan and for her work with the Minnesota Sentencing at Lockridge Grindal Nauen in Minneapolis and she leads court decision that had denied punitive damages to Halo Guidelines Commission in helping to reform the state’s the firm’s employment law practice. in a patent infringement suit. drug sentences. She is the chief appellate public defender for Minnesota.
FEBRUARY 13, 2017 WE TORT REUNION
Theatre of the Relatively Talentless alumni gathered to meet this year’s TORT board, cast, pit band, and crew to share memories, their love of TORT, and to celebrate 15 years of the TORT musical production. The group raised more than $1,000 to support this amazing and cherished creative outlet for Law School students. 1 2
Hosts for the event were Sarvesh Desai (’14), Rachel Gartner (’08), Brad Hammer (’12), Amy Johns (’18), and the Office of Advancement.
1 Walter Prescott (’17), Andrew Glasnovich (’16), Gaowen Li (’17) 2 Alumni and current students mingled and relived their favorite TORT memories. 3 3 Andy Doran (guest), Daniel Iden (’12), Kathy Wood (’12), Kaitlyn Dennis (’15), Kyle Kroll (’16) 4 Rachel Gartner (’08), Rachel Brucker (’09), Allison Lange Garrison (’10), David Couillard (’10), Gary Shipp (guest)
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TRIBUTES
MYRON H. BRIGHT In 2008, the Law School estab- RICK PLUNKETT CLASS OF 1947 lished the Honorable Myron Bright CLASS OF 1984 Scholarship Fund, which provides support to new students with academic promise.
MILES LORD CLASS OF 1948
MYRON H. BRIGHT, WHO SERVED RICK PLUNKETT, WHO FOUNDED a record 48 years on the U.S. Court the Minnesota Justice Foundation of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, passed during his 1L year at the Law School, away Dec. 12, 2016, in Fargo, N.D. died Nov. 2, 2016, at his home in He was 97. He had been hearing Rochester, Minn. cases until a few weeks before his While an undergraduate at the death. Fellow judges and other MILES LORD, AN OUTSPOKEN University, Plunkett served as court observers praised his brilliance, judge whose two decades on the president of the Minnesota Public congeniality, compassion, and U.S. District Court were marked by Interest Research Group. After dedication to equal rights for all. frequent controversy and banner graduating with honors from the Law From 1947 to1968, Bright headlines, died in Eden Prairie, School, he practiced law for five years practiced with Wattam, Vogel, Vogel, Minn., on Dec. 10, 2016. He was 97. before joining his family’s cable, Bright and Peterson in North Dakota, Lord presided over a number of banking, and real estate businesses in primarily as a litigator. In 1968, “huge cases that reformed the law the Rochester area. President Lyndon B. Johnson and set a new standard for judicial In founding MJF, Plunkett set the appointed him to the U.S. Court of courage,” former Vice President course for an organization that has Appeals for the 8th Circuit, where he Walter Mondale (’56) told the dedicated itself to meeting the legal served as an active circuit judge until Associated Press. “When he got onto needs of low-income Minnesotans June 1, 1985; he then continued as a something, he really didn’t care about for more than three decades. This senior circuit judge, considering more the consequences. He wanted to do year, its 35th, MJF will establish a than 6,000 cases in all. Bright was also what was right.” Lord also served as distinguished service award in a distinguished professor of law at Minnesota’s attorney general and as Plunkett’s name. Saint Louis University School of Law a U.S. attorney for the District of “Rick was in touch with me as in St. Louis, Mo., and he authored Minnesota. Following his retirement recently as August to plan a clerkship dozens of articles and a leading from the federal bench, he founded that would study and write a paper casebook on objections at trial. the Lord & Associates Law Office, on police practices that result in His groundbreaking work with a personal injury firm. deadly confrontations,” said Janine jurist-in-residence programs around Lord is best remembered for the Laird, MJF’s executive director. “He the U.S. has ensured that law schools Reserve Mining case, involving was interested in creating new public and law students are attuned to taconite pollution of Lake Superior, policy calling for the least violent the work of the courts. In 2014, and the Dalkon Shield case, in which intervention possible. It was clear to Bright published an autobiography: A.H. Robins was held liable for me that he still had the fire and Goodbye Mike, Hello Judge: My Journey injuries to thousands of women who enthusiasm that he brought to for Justice. used its intrauterine device. organizing MJF 35 years ago.” n
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IN MEMORIAM
CLASS OF 1947 CLASS OF 1957 CLASS OF 1967 CLASS OF 1983 Myron H. Bright Thomas R. Butler Larry B. Leventhal Sharon K. Freier December 12, 2016 January 17, 2017 January 17, 2017 November 15, 2016 Fargo, N.D. Sun City, Ariz. St. Paul, Minn. Eden Prairie, Minn.
CLASS OF 1948 Leo J. Harris Jerold O. Nelson CLASS OF 1984 Miles Lord January 25, 2017 November 29, 2016 Richard H. Plunkett Jr. December 10, 2016 St. Paul, Minn. St. Paul, Minn. November 2, 2016 Eden Prairie, Minn. Rochester, Minn. Lowell H. May Jr. Jan D. Stuurmans CLASS OF 1950 October 10, 2016 June 19, 2015 CLASS OF 1989 Richard H. Darby Minnetonka, Minn. Wayzata, Minn. Karen M. Ilstrup October 18, 2016 October 16, 2016 Winona, Minn. CLASS OF 1959 John J. Swenson Wayzata, Minn. Charles D. Nyberg November 18, 2016 George E. Harding February 1, 2017 Los Angeles, Calif. CLASS OF 1995 September 24, 2016 Phoenix, Ariz. Pow Chu Moy Golden Valley, Minn. CLASS OF 1968 February 12, 2016 CLASS OF 1960 Frank R. Krohn San Francisco, Calif. CLASS OF 1951 Robert T. Gustafson November 11, 2016 Richard A. Bodger February 13, 2017 Oak Brook, Ill. CLASS OF 2006 February 4, 2017 National City, Calif. Arnold H. Fritz Minneapolis, Minn. CLASS OF 1969 October 2, 2016 CLASS OF 1961 Daniel V. Noble Paradise Valley, Ariz. CLASS OF 1952 Richard R. Hansen February 14, 2017 Elliot O. Boe September 28, 2016 Maple Grove, Minn. November 6, 2016 St. Paul, Minn. Fergus Falls, Minn. CLASS OF 1970 CLASS OF 1964 Paul J. Luedtke Walter A. Egeland James M. Neville September 25, 2016 November 14, 2016 November 21, 2016 Cumberland, Wis. Two Harbors, Minn. St. Louis, Mo. CLASS OF 1982 Abraham Rosenthal CLASS OF 1965 Gemma E. Graham January 14, 2017 Bruce C. Kruger November 2, 2016 Minneapolis, Minn. November 2, 2016 Minneapolis, Minn. Minneapolis, Minn. CLASS OF 1955 Thomas G. Squire Douglas N. Odegaard CLASS OF 1966 September 30, 2016 December 20, 2016 Mentor C. Addicks Jr. St. Paul, Minn. Phoenix , Ariz. November 12, 2016 Falcon Heights, Minn. CLASS OF 1956 John R. Hetland February 16, 2017 Orinda, Calif.
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WHY I GIVE…
SITSO BEDIAKO CLASS OF 2008
Sitso Bediako had a great time PASSIONS: Sitso was not as a law student. “I enjoyed immediately drawn to law the whole experience: the school. It was his work with classmates, the professors, and Horizons for Homeless Children the challenge,” he says. In fact, that taught him the value of he has such fond memories of being an advocate. He decided his time at the Law School that that a law degree would give he has been a steadfast annual him the skills he needed to have donor since graduating in 2008. the greatest impact in society and in people’s lives. Sitso received multiple scholarships, including the COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS: Edmund Morris Morgan Sitso is a member of the Scholarship, Royal A. Stone American Bar Association Memorial Scholarship, and and the New York State Bar Dean’s Elite Scholarship. Association. He sits on the This has inspired him to Law School’s Board of Advisors maintain a deep involvement and is active in University of in his alma mater, both as an Minnesota alumni outreach in annual donor and a volunteer: the New York metropolitan “I give and stay involved with area. He is also a member of the Law School because I am in his local PTA. awe of the amazing work of my classmates and our alumni, and FUN FACT: Sitso’s daughter I want to contribute to the next was born in January of his 2L generation of talented lawyers year, and during that second and leaders.” semester, she would come to school with him and sit in on HOMETOWN: White Plains, N.Y. Professor Brad Clary’s (’75) evidence class. She is 10 years CURRENT JOB: Associate at old now and is working on her Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & argumentative skills. Says Sitso: Hart. “She may have learned too much from her law school WHAT YOU WON’T FIND ON experience…” HIS RESUME: Sitso was a co-producer for TORT’s 2008 production, Robin Hood, Esq., and while he is not currently pursuing a career in the per- forming arts, he does sing as a tenor in his church’s choir. Sitso also volunteers with a local soccer league, coaching a team of third- and fourth-graders.
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Hundreds of alumni returned to Mondale Hall from all over COVER STORY the country to reunite with classmates and professors, connect with other alumni, meet Dean Jenkins, and celebrate milestone PROTECTING anniversaries. This year’s activities included an ethics credit CLE (available for viewing at our University of Minnesota Law School YOU AND YouTube channel), all-alumni and milestone class receptions, and an alumni and faculty luncheon. Thank you so much to all who YOURS attended this incredible Law School tradition. We look forward Consumer Law to seeing you at future Spring Alumni Weekends! APRIL 21—22, 2017 Specialists Help Clients Weather PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE WEEKEND ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT the Storm COMMUNITY.LAW.UMN.EDU/SAW.
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