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The CUA Law Advantage – Preparing Students for Success The Catholic University Of America From the Dean’s Desk Columbus School of Law cualawyer 2016 • Vol. 34, No. 1 Dear CUA Law School Community y the time that this edi- We can also point to our prac- American Lawyer survey of midlevel associates tion of CUA Lawyer tical training by noting the ranks CUA Law in the top 15 nationally for reaches your mailboxes, work of the CUA Innocence preparation for firm practice. The Law School Bwe will have celebrated our Project Clinic & Clemency is also proud to announce that PreLaw maga- 127th commencement at CUA Project. This year, two clients zine ranks CUA Law #12 nationally as one of Law. Our 2016 graduates are represented by the Clem- the most diverse law schools in the country and an accomplished and diverse ency Project had their sen- the National Law Journal ranks CUA Law #4 group of day and evening pro- tences commuted by President for the school with the highest percentage of gram students who embody Obama. The Clemency Project 2015 graduates in government and public in- a wide array of backgrounds, and the Columbus Commu- terest jobs. talents, and interests. These nity Legal Services clinics have graduates reflect our continu- been a great source of pride for As we continue to prepare our graduates for ing focus on the CUA Law tra- CUA Law. Students who have the real world challenges facing today’s legal dition of producing practice-ready graduates. participated in any of our clinics have been ex- profession and practice, we look to you, our posed to real world lawyering skills such as le- alumni and friends, for your talent, time, and This year, we want to share with you, our gal writing and legal research and graduates of treasure in the form of mentorship and scholar- alumni and friends, what our accomplished the clinical programs regularly cite the differ- ship support. The CUA Law Advantage Men- and hard-working students are doing to gain ence it made in moving their careers forward. tor Program, now in its third year, continues to and refine these practice-ready skills. Our CUA connect students with graduates who will as- Lawyer feature article profiles just a few of the Along with providing a first-class, practical, sist and counsel them during their time at law countless examples of students who embody and focused legal education, CUA Law is school. I encourage each of you to participate what we refer to as the CUA Law Advan- proud of its thriving community atmosphere. in this rewarding program and hope that you tage. All of the students highlighted within The students profiled within these pages enjoy reading about how this program impacts these pages are interconnected through their highlight the importance that the connected our students in the article “CUA Law Advan- achievements. Their success as students is a tes- and caring CUA community was to their law tage Mentor Program Guides Students in De- tament to the power of a practical, focused, school experience. In the article, “2L Law Stu- fining Their Future.” and connected law school curriculum and dent Recounts Historic Papal Visit,” John Viv- extra-curricular experience. The students have ian describes the sense of community he felt I would like to thank you for your support secured hands-on training by participating in during Pope Francis’s historic Sept. 23, 2015, of CUA Law. Your time, talents, and contri- clinics and trial practices, and they have gained visit to CUA. butions are appreciated. I wish you all a great specialized knowledge by concentrating in spe- summer and hope to see you soon. cific areas of legal practice. These students have We know that the practical training our stu- accepted prestigious and competitive summer dents receive bears fruit in the real world of internships, judicial clerkships, and prosecuto- practice. In the winter 2016 edition of PreLaw rial positions — to name just a few. Their pro- magazine CUA Law was ranked #5 for stu- files exemplify the qualities that set CUA Law dents who are interested in a career as a pub- Daniel F. Attridge students and graduates apart. lic defender or prosecutor. Relatedly, a recent Dean and Knights of Columbus Professor of Law The Catholic University Of America Columbus School of Law cualawyer cualawyer 2016 • Vol. 34, No. 1 The Catholic University of America • Columbus School of Law

stephanie S. Brumfield editor in Chief CUA Law Advantage Joseph J. Ferraro III Marketing and Communications Director 2 CUA Law Advantage in Action: daniel F. Attridge Dean and Knights of Columbus A Student’s Perspective Professor of Law CUA Law students embody the marin R. Scordato associate Dean for characteristics of the CUA Law Advantage: academic Affairs and Research practical, focused, and connected. and Professor of Law The students highlighted in these pages are Highlights Corley H. Raileanu executive Director interconnected through their achievements of Development and and are just some of the examples of Faculty Transitions 17 alumni Relations success at CUA Law. 2016 Journal Katherine G. Crowley '10 Director of Alumni Relations Symposia 22 Clemency Law School hosts University Officials 15 The CUA Innocence Project 3 moot court John H. Garvey President Clinic & Clemency Project competitions in 2016 24 Andrew V. Abela Provost Since its inception in 2013, the CUA Notable Events 26 J. Steven Brown Dean of Graduate Studies Innocence Project Clinic & Clemency Robert M. Spector Vice President for Finance Project has provided real world lawyering commencement 2016 28 and Treasurer skills and hands-on learning experiences CUA Law Board like no other. Students just might have the Frank G. Persico Vice President for University of Visitors 52 Relations and Chief of Staff chance to save a life along the way. michael S. Allen Vice President for Departments student Affairs PapaL Visit christopher P. Lydon Vice President for Enrollment From the Dean’s Desk Management and Marketing 18 Law Student Recounts inside cover scott P. Rembold Vice President for University Historic Papal Visit Advancement Faculty NEWS 30 CUA Law student, John Vivian, will always Professional Activities, 30 Alumni are encouraged to send news about remember the 2015 Papal visit as a remarkable Publications, 33 themselves and other alumni. Please send moment in time. He recalls the overwhelming Recent Media, 36 these items, as well as letters to the editor, sense of community he felt on Sept. 23, 2015. comments, requests, and address changes to: Alumni NEWS 38 CUA Lawyer Alumni Mentors In Memoriam, 45 Director of Alumni Relations 2015–16 Events, 46 Columbus School of Law 20 Mentor Program Guides Law School Honors The Catholic University of America Recent Members of the Bench, 48 Washington, D.C. 20064 Students in Defining Their Future CUA Law Alumni SCOTUS Experienced lawyers can be a great resource Bar Admission Ceremony, 49 Email: [email protected] for law students and mentoring can be very 2015 CUA Law Reunion Weekend, 50 Phone: 202-319-5670 rewarding for alumni. law.edu Honor Roll of Donors 54 Alumni Benefits inside back cover

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A legal education at the Columbus School of Law is often characterized The community atmosphere has long been a proud hallmark of the as the CUA Law Advantage — training that is practical, focused, and Columbus School of Law. New students are quickly introduced to an connected. The three pillars of the CUA Law Advantage have real-world environment that is connected to collegial and supportive classmates, a implications for students and alumni. caring and committed faculty and staff, and alumni who routinely give back. Being based in the nation’s capital further offers students unpar- More than ever, CUA Law produces practice-ready graduates who gain alleled opportunities to make vital professional contacts and that also hands-on practical training by representing clients in court or in other contributes to the connected network that is uniquely CUA Law. legal proceedings, preparing briefs, drafting contracts or complaints, per- forming research, practicing and refining trial skills, or learning about the Students at CUA Law are extremely diverse, but are each interconnected day-to-day realities of legal practice in the government and the private through their achievements. Their success as students is a testament to the sector. power of a practical, focused, and connected law school curriculum.

The focused aspect of a CUA Law education describes the options students The students profiled in these pages are just some of the countless exam- have to specialize their legal studies. For students who want to concentrate ples of law students who excel because of the CUA Law Advantage. These in a particular area, CUA Law offers an enhanced level of training in some students each possess many of the qualities that set CUA Law students and of the most dynamic areas of law today. Students can choose among nine graduates apart. options for study in specialized areas of practice. In a time of increased demand from employers for specialized legal skills, each of these study paths distinguishes the graduate as especially practice-ready in their chosen area of interest.

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“One thing you really get at CUA Special Operations Warrior Foundation. O’Neill said it was an organization worthy of contributions because it helps special operations officers Law is the practical experience.” who have been injured, but also the families of veterans who have passed away.

“One thing you really get at CUA Law is the practical experience. There are so many alumni who work in the national security field,” she said. “MSNSLA organizes different panels and has various networking events to connect students with current practicing lawyers in the field.”

On top of her other commitments, O’Neill finds time to work in the Law School’s admissions office. She gives tours of the school and works at the various open houses for prospective law students.

“I have a fantastic planner,” Maggie O’Neill (Class of 2017), rising “The great thing about working for Admissions is that you get to explain third-year student, said when asked about how she juggles all the ex- to others how you feel about the school,” she said. “It is one thing to read tracurricular activities she is involved with, while also being a full-time about the school on websites, but another to hear someone’s experience law student. She serves as the chair of Students for Public Interest Law directly from them.” (SPIL) auction, the president of the Military and National Security Law O’Neill plans to pursue a career as a criminal prosecutor, a field that com- Students Association (MNSLSA), works for CUA Law’s Office of Admis- bines her interests in government, public interest, and national security. sions, is a research assistant for Professor Clifford Fishman, a member of the National Trial Team and Moot Court Association, a student attorney “I absolutely want to work for the government at some point,” she said. in the Families and the Law Clinic (FALC), and a volunteer with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Her decision to head in the criminal law direction was influenced by her internship at the New York County District Attorney’s Office. She was O’Neill’s view is that, “If you are passionate about everything you are able to gain exposure in the field by helping to analyze evidence, par- involved in, you will make time.” ticipating in trials as a second-chair, and shadowing prosecutors in other criminal proceedings, including arraignments. Hailing from Long Island, N.Y., O’Neill studied philosophy at The Catholic University of America as an undergraduate. She decided to “The internship made me realize that as a prosecutor you have the ability attend CUA for law school because of the relationships she had formed to give people a second chance to rehabilitate,” she said. Being a member at the University and to remain a part of the tight-knit community. of Trial Team and Moot Court has sharpened her lawyering skills and taught her the importance of oral advocacy. Her decision to work in the “Going to school at Catholic, you make great connections with other courtroom was ultimately solidified by working as a student attorney in students, professors, and faculty. I felt these relationships were essential the Families and the Law Clinic. and that is why I wanted to stay at CUA Law,” O’Neill said. “I have many professors I could go to on a whim asking them questions, asking them O’Neill credits many of her professors who were willing to pick up the for advice. I’m glad I stayed at Catholic. It really is a community.” phone and make a call to help her prepare for interviews or look over her resume. “I have had so much help and so much encouragement here dur- As the president of MNSLSA, O’Neill has been able to combine her in- ing my time at CUA Law,” she said. terests in public service, national security, and volunteer work. She organized the Fourth Annual Toast Our Troops event to raise money for the

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“Service is what drew me. I knew “Having parents who are both so dedicated to serving the community and the country really instilled in me the desire to do the same,” he said I wanted to be in public service “It really pushed me to try to have a job in the law that promotes service.” and I felt CUA Law would be a After graduating from Boston College with a history degree, Dinet found a job as a paralegal at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District good place to be able to do that” of New York assisting prosecutors with cases in the criminal division. “I knew that after working at a prosecutor’s office, especially the Southern This past March, Maggie O’Neill District of New York, that it was the only career path I wanted to have,” joined Michael Dinet (Class of Dinet said. 2016) on one of the two building projects with the CUA Law Dinet was drawn to CUA Law because of the emphasis the school places chapter of Habitat for Human- on service. He spoke with alumni in public sector jobs in New York and ity. “Service is what drew me. I visited the campus. He was left with the impression that service was an knew I wanted to be in public important component of the school. service and I felt CUA Law would be a good place to be able to do Dinet has also been a member of CUA Law’s house band, the Tortious that, especially with a prosecution Tones, playing bass guitar. In November 2015, the group played at a Law background,” Dinet said. Rocks concert at the 9:30 Club in D.C. They sold more than $4,600 worth of tickets and ended up raising $1,505 in donations for Catholic Dinet has made service a priority during his time at CUA Law. True to Charities. All donations raised and a portion of the ticket sales were given his wish, as the president of Habitat for Humanity, he has devoted many to Catholic Charities of Washington, D.C. Saturdays to organizing service projects such as installing drywall, stain- ing fences, and putting up siding throughout Washington, D.C. Outside of his impressive service background, Dinet said his internships throughout his law school career, the support of CUA Law alumni, and “We normally go out at 8:30 a.m. on a Saturday and work until around the mentorship of Professor Mary Leary helped him land a job after grad- 3 or 4 p.m. Part of what I tried to bring to the program is a reflective uation in 2016 at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York aspect,” Dinet said. “So coming back from the build day and having dis- as an assistant district attorney. cussions about poverty in the Washington, D.C., area has been something I have tried to push. The last build we had in March was a special one, Dinet has interned for the U.S. Department of Justice in the National because it was for the D.C. Habitat’s Pope Francis house.” Security Division and Counterterrorism Section, the New York County District Attorney’s Office, the Honorable Kenneth M. Karas, U.S. Dis- The son of a teacher and a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investi- trict Court Judge, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of gative Service, Dinet always knew he was destined for a career in public New York. service.

CUA Law Students Live Mission of Community Service

This year, CUA Law’s Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter participated in two community builds. The Nov. 14, 2015, build in Ivy City, just a few minutes away from campus, included Whitney Morgan 2L, Caitlin Conroy 3L, Joseph Doukmetzian 3L, Molly O’Conor 3L, Travis Drost 3L, Shannon McGovern 3L, Rebecca Neville 3L, Rich- ard Kisielowski 3L, Mike Dinet 3L, and Melissa Soares 3L. The students installed dry wall, stained fences, and mounted siding, among other tasks.

The second build of the year took place at Habitat for Humanity’s Pope Francis House in Washington, D.C. Law students Katherine Almen 1L, Robbie Cain 1L, Kelsie Ruther- ford 1L, Michael Dinet 3L, Casey Hughes 1L, Shannon McGovern 3L, Caroline Mrohs 2L, Margaret O’Neill 2L, Matthew Baker 2L, and Karl Sussan 2L framed the structure, installed door frames, and reinforced the floors and ceilings. Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C., received a generous, anonymous donation of $60,000 in honor of Pope Francis’ visit to Washington, D.C., in Sep- tember of 2015. In order to engage the larger faith-based community, this donor has challenged Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C., to raise funds to match the original $60,000 donation.

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“My counterterrorism internship at D.O.J. was something I could have annual Bill Bechill and Daniel Thursz Memorial Lecture. Connor’s essay only done in D.C. and Professor Leary pushes students to be the best in covered the growing need for attorneys to work with the elderly, poor class and out of class,” said Dinet. “She solidified my decision to go into population. The essay contest was designed to encourage social work, the field of criminal law.” nursing, and law students to pursue research and careers in aging.

“Those of us who have the privilege to be professionals have a responsibility to do work that makes a difference in the lives of other human beings, “The Civil Practice Clinic isn’t a especially those in vulnerable circumstances,” he said. hypothetical in a classroom. This After graduation in 2016, Connor will be moving back to New York to serve as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx. He is looking forward is real people’s lives, real people’s to the opportunity to serve the state and feels well prepared through his experience on the National Trial Team. Connor said he has learned how money, and real people’s families to put on a case and how to be a good trial advocate. “Trial Team has been the best way I could prepare myself for the skills I need to do a job like at stake.” assistant district attorney,” he said.

Brian Connor (Class of 2016), son of Connor believes he is a better person for having attended law school and former New York State Senator Martin being exposed to different ideas at CUA. “I don’t know whether I’ll ever Connor '70, was born into public service be arguing constitutional law or the separation of powers before the Su- and politics. The fifth generation Brook- preme Court, but I know having thought about the big ideas of society lynite always knew he was destined to be and government helps you better understand the world you are living in a lawyer. Growing up in a public service- and what ideals you can work towards.” oriented family, Connor liked the idea of one day using his professional education to help others. “In the Families and the Law Connor attended Skidmore College in upstate New York where he was an American Studies major. After graduation, he worked in political cam- Clinic I was able to get those paign management. He worked on Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez’s campaign as a field manager, was an Ohio field organizer for the 2012 courtroom jitters out of the Obama presidential campaign, and was involved in John Liu’s New York City comptroller race as a deputy campaign manager. way and realize I can do it.”

Connor chose to attend CUA Law because of its emphasis on service to others, the Catholic social teaching tradition, and the school’s strong reputation. He was also influenced by his family members’ positive experience in attending CUA — his father, Martin Connor, graduated from The Catholic University of America with a degree in politics in 1967 and from the Columbus School of Law in 1970, and his uncle James Connor graduated from CUA in 1971.

The Civil Practice Clinic has been the pinnacle of Connor’s law school A passion for service is one of many qualities the admissions team at CUA career. It provided him with the opportunity to gain practical experience Law looks for in prospective students. Like Brian Connor, Kimberly as a student attorney, while at the same time making an impact in the Ulan’s (Class of 2016) work in the clinic, as well as with Street Law lives of others. clearly demonstrate her dedication to helping others. When Ulan first started to consider law school, her friends’ parents always told her that “It isn’t a hypothetical in a classroom. This is real people’s lives, real peo- CUA Law was the best law school in the area. She would later agree that ple’s money, and real people’s families at stake,” he said. “You get to see they were right. how the other half lives. I think that is really important for people who are in as privileged a position as we are in law school. It really gives some “They spoke about how the alums and students were extremely support- perspective.” For his efforts in the clinic, Connor was also awarded the ive and how the Law School produced well-prepared lawyers,” Ulan said. Clinical Legal Education Association’s Outstanding Student of the Year Award in May 2016. Ulan grew up in Frederick, Md., and studied history at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore. From a young age she planned on being in the Furthering his passion for public service, Connor was named the winner courtroom. After graduation, she accepted an offer to attend CUA Law. of an essay contest sponsored by the CUA Center on Global Aging at the

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“Professor Martin had us practice many times, going over details a lot. We were emailing each other back and forth throughout the night,” Ulan said. “We went through it and it just all clicked the day of the trial.”

“I was able to get those courtroom jitters out of the way and realize I can do it,” Ulan said. “You just have to be prepared and trust yourself.”

Serving as the president of the Street Law Association has also been a big part of Ulan’s time at CUA Law. As a 1L, she got involved with the mentoring program, which teaches a Law and Social Justice course at Arch- bishop Carroll High School and coaches a mock-trial team for local high schools. “I love it. If I wasn’t in law school I would be teaching,” she said.

“I always wanted to be in the courtroom. When I was younger I would Ulan laughs when asked how she manages her volunteer work on top of watch JAG or Law and Order with my dad,” she said. “The atmosphere law school. “The summer before you start your first year make sure you and the dynamic of it were always interesting, even though it was just prepare your friends and family for the fact that you are going disappear T.V.” for the three or four years you are here,” she warns.

Ulan plans to pursue a career as a prosecutor. In college she worked at Ulan’s hectic schedule is balanced with a great support system. She fre- the Baltimore Child Abuse Center, where she believed that prosecuto- quently leans on CUA Law alums Meagan Pedati '14 and Jon Tabacoff rial discretion was often too lenient. While in law school Ulan interned '14 for advice on how to navigate law school. “Everyone has a different for three years at the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. She way of navigating law school and they helped me to find my path,” she worked as a screening unit intern, Circuit Court intern, and family justice said. “Someone else’s way of outlining might not work for you and some- center intern. one else’s way of networking might not work for you either.”

Ulan stated her most valuable experience at CUA Law has been partici- After graduation in 2016, Ulan will be clerking with Judge Cheryl Mc- pating in a two-week trial with the Families and the Law Clinic. She Cally, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit. After her was nervous going into the trial but felt well prepared by Professor Lisa clerkship she plans to apply to prosecutor offices in Maryland and the Martin, director of the Experiential Curriculum. Department of Justice’s Honors Program.

Archbishop Carroll High School Students Connect with CUA Law

On Nov. 6, 2015, a group of Archbishop Carroll High School students visited with members of CUA Law’s student organization, Street Law, to learn firsthand about the law school experience. The high school students took a tour of the Law School with Street Law members Kim Ulan 3L, Jackie Haughom 2L, Arthur Osueke 2L, Jonathan Taylor Thomas 3L, and Latena Hazard 1L. They visited the courtrooms, the library, and multiple classrooms. The day also included an opportunity for the high school students to attend Professor Anthony Perez’s Torts class and a discussion about the law school application process.

Earlier that fall, Archbishop Carroll High School students also had the opportunity to broaden their understanding of the First Amendment with a field trip to the Newseum. Street Law members Kim Ulan 3L, Homer Richards 3L, and Arthur Osueke 2L led the students on the trip, which included a lecture on modern First Amendment issues by Charles Haynes, vice president of the Newseum Institute / Religious Freedom Center and senior scholar at the First Amendment Center. They were then given a guided tour of the Newseum by Jackie Haughom 2L, which was followed by a luncheon catered by Chef Wolfgang Puck.

On April 16, 2016, Archbishop Carroll High School students competed in two rounds against St. Anselm’s Abbey High School in the Street Law High School Mock Trial Competition regarding a workplace harassment case. The students received awards for best overall witness, best opening, best direct, best cross, and best closing. CUA Law Adjunct Professor David Barger served as the judge and CUA Law students served as the jury members and the bailiff. Student coaches included Jonathan Thomas 3L, Ashley Pratt 2L, Taylor Thomas 3L, and Latena Hazard 1L. During the 2015–16 school year, Homer Richards served as the vice president of the Mock Trial Competition and Kim Ulan served as the president of Street Law.

“The students all did an amazing job and I was very impressed by their maturity and comfort in the courtroom,” Ulan said.

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“I wanted to make sure first year coordinated the CUA New Student Network, a program for first-year and transfer students. The program hosted informational sessions for new stu- students had an extremely strong dents on how to get acclimated to the basics of law school, such as reading legal opinions, legal writing, and strategies for taking exams. The sessions and receptive base within the were run by Fred Woods, clinical assistant professor of law. Law School that they can be a “I wanted to make sure first-year students had an extremely strong and receptive base within the Law School that they can be a part of,” Osueke part of.” said. “It can be easy for people who fall into certain minority groups to feel alienated, especially in a high stress environment like law school.” It’s Arthur Osueke’s (Class of 2017) drive to part of his personal mission to make sure that does not happen at CUA grow and provide service to others shows in Law. his everyday efforts. Like Kimberly Ulan, Osueke is a member of Street Law and has Osueke also serves as vice president of the Street Law Association because, been since his 1L year. The Texas native as someone who mentored younger students in graduate school, he be- knew CUA Law was the right fit for him lieves that mentorship is necessary. after he experienced the smaller classes and “There are things that you can accomplish here that you can’t anywhere intimate nature of the community while on else in the country, and perhaps the world,” Osueke said. a tour.

“I didn’t visit any other schools after that,” he said. “I put all my efforts towards pur- Before arriving at CUA, Osueke attended Texas Tech University in his home state and earned a Master of Science in sports industry manage- suing a career in environmental ment in 2013 and a Bachelor of Science in exercise and sports sciences law. Because I came in with a with a minor in biology in 2011.

While in graduate school, he became interested in the legal aspects of goal, it helped me succeed and I sports labor and management. He knew that in order to break into that was able to make great connec- field, it would be beneficial to have a mastery of the law and felt the next logical step would be to earn a J.D. tions while attending CUA Law.” Sitting in on a class with Professor Roger Hartley was the moment CUA Brendan Johns (Class of 2016) is another clicked for Osueke. student who travelled East for his law de- “A student walked in late to class, Professor Hartley made a comment, gree. Originally a Long Island native, Bren- and everyone laughed. He called the student by his first name and was dan Johns, earned his bachelor’s degree from close enough to him to crack a joke about him,” Osueke recalls. That University of Colorado Boulder in 2013. He classroom interaction put Osueke at ease. initially moved to Colorado for the snow- boarding opportunities, but left with a plan During his first year of law school, Osueke obtained an internship with to pursue environmental law. the labor law firm Mooney, Green, Saindon, Murphy & Welch, P.C. The internship was a springboard for him academically. He was exposed to a “I took an environmental law undergrad class and an environmental sus- specific area of law and was able to use concepts he learned in his first- tainability writing class,” he said. “Living in Colorado and specifically year classes. Boulder, is where I first decided that I wanted to pursue environmental law.” “The second week there I was sent to an AFL-CIO conference,” Osueke said. “The opportunity to work at a small firm where I got substantive Johns decided he would pursue his law degree in Washington, D.C., be- work gave me confidence in my abilities to be a lawyer.” cause unlike other areas of the country, students are able to obtain unpar- alleled internships and externships year round. He has been able to intern This summer Osueke will be clerking for the Pension Benefit Guarantee and extern at the U.S. Department of the Interior in the Office of the Corporation in the Office of Chief Counsel. His résumé stood out be- Solicitor in the Division of Mineral Resources, the U.S. Environmental cause he had previous experience in the field. Protection Agency (EPA), and the Environmental Council of the States.

Advocating for diversity and inclusion throughout the Law School has While at CUA Law, Johns has served as the president of Environmental been important to Osueke, a first-generation American with Nigerian Law Society (ELS). He’s organized guest speakers from the EPA and the roots. He serves as president of the Black Law Student Association and Department of Interior, increased membership, reached out to alumni

2016 / CUA Lawyer 7 CUA Law Advantage and undergraduates to build awareness, and helped students obtain envi- Under Johns’ leadership as chancellor of the Moot Court Association, ronmental-based internships and externships. the school has hosted two competitions, the Seigenthaler-Sutherland Na- tional First Amendment Competition in partnership with the Newseum “We have had great alumni support through former ELS president and and the CUA Immigration Law Moot Court Competition. current executive director and general counsel to the Environmental Council of the States, Alexandra Dunn '94. She has been a great mentor Johns says Moot Court has been great practice for his future career as an to me and helped me find a coach for the Moot Court Association team,” environmental litigator. “You need to be calm, collected, and often get in- Johns said. terrupted by judges. You need to pause, think, and respond accordingly.”

Johns has also taken on the impressive task of revitalizing the Energy and He has also supplemented his Moot Court experience with CUA Law Sustainability team for the Moot Court Association. Dean Daniel F. Attridge’s Trial Practice class. These trial practice classes have helped him become a better public speaker. “You stand in a court- “Through ELS funding and alumni support we were able to get the Moot room and practice trial skills, you write your brief, and you really pre- Court Association to incorporate an Energy and Sustainability team. pare,” Johns said. While I was the chancellor of Moot Court, we were able to incorporate two teams full of ELS members,” Johns said. Johns has been accepted into several L.L.M. environmental law and fel- lowship programs post graduation. He believes that he has been success-

2016 Edition of the Student Scholar Series

The Student Scholar Series was founded by CUA Law Clinical Associate Professor A.G. Harmon in 2009. It was established in order to recognize notable legal scholarship produced by students during the academic year and to foster the practical skills associated with presenting and defending that scholarship in a professional conference-style setting.

Brendan Johns 3L delivered the first Student Scholars Series lecture of the 2015–16 academic year on Feb. 17, 2016. Johns’ paper, “A Regulatory Balancing Act: Ensuring That Frack- ing Can Thrive in America’s Future,” was based on his research of the process used to extract energy resources through the process known as hydraulic fracking. CUA Law alumna and current executive director and general counsel to the Environmental Council of the States, Alexandra Dunn '94, served as the respondent for Johns’ lecture.

In the second Student Scholars presentation of the year, Molly O’Conor 3L discussed her paper, “A La Carte Channels: Big Ideas Take Some Getting Used To.” O’Conor analyzed the Fed- eral Communications Commission’s recent proposal to reinterpret the term “Multichannel Video Programming Distributor” (MVPD) to incorporate Internet service providers. O’Conor argued that Internet programming should be incorporated in legislation, but outdated video programming regulations should not be applied to the nascent Internet. Serving as respondent to O’Conor’s presentation was Rosemary Harold, partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP and adjunct professor at CUA Law.

Debbie Chu 2L gave the final presentation of the 2015–16 Student Scholars Series on March 30, 2016. Chu’s paper, “The Future of the Compulsory License in Copyright Law: Tick Tock and It’s Time to Eliminate It,” examined the licensing requirement in U.S. copyright law to make and distribute music recordings, such as Quietdrive’s cover of Cyndi Lauper’s iconic song “Time After Time.” CUA Law Associate Professor Susanna Fischer participated as respondent for Chu’s lecture.

The Student Scholar presentations can be viewed at CUA Law’s YouTube Channel at youtube.com/user/CUALawSchool.

8 CUA Lawyer / 2016 CUA Law Advantage ful in law school because he came with an identified goal. “I put all my When deciding where to attend law school, she visited other campuses in efforts towards pursuing a career in environmental law. Because I came in D.C. but they did not give her the same sense of community that CUA’s with a goal, it helped me succeed and I was able to make great connec- campus did. “I knew the strong reputation of CUA Law with my dad be- tions while attending CUA Law.” ing an alum, and it made me want to choose this Law School,” she said.

“In law school you need to be all in. I don’t think many people realize how quickly three years goes by,” she said. “Law school is demanding but “While pursing a Securities Law worth it and definitely doable.” Certificate, I was able to intern at the U.S. Securities and Exchange “The decision to attend CUA Law Commission in Washington, D.C.” was quite simple. It came down to

Coming into law school and knowing the Law and Technology Institute, what field of interest to pursue is not a necessity, but when one knows it’s in the facilities, and being in Wash- the field of securities law, CUA Law is ington, D.C.” the place to be. Patricia Leeson (Class of 2017) is a great example of this. The The certificate programs at CUA Law are former Duke University competitive very attractive to students who have a pas- swimmer and public policy major came sion about a certain area of law. Russell to the Columbus School of Law with a Hsiao (Class of 2016) is one such student. plan to tackle the financial legal field. Recipient of the Thurgood Marshall Me- While attending college, Leeson took a large number of economic courses morial Scholarship and the Dean’s Award, and was always intrigued by the financial world. Hsiao possesses an impressive background in international policy work and has a During her 1L year at CUA Law, Leeson became interested in pursuing a unique personal background growing up in certificate through the Securities Law Program. She interned at the U.S. both Taiwan and the United States. Hsiao Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Division of Corpora- was born in Taipei, Taiwan and moved to tion Finance, Office of Enforcement Liaison, where she was able to work Buffalo, N.Y., to attend elementary school. He moved back to Taiwan to under CUA Law alumna, Mary Kosterlitz '88. attend a Catholic international middle school and subsequently moved back to the United States to attend McLean High School in McLean, Va. “While pursing a Securities Law Certificate, I was able to intern at the SEC in Washington, D.C.,” she said. “There is nowhere else that can Hsiao attended American University in Washington, D.C., for his under- match that.” She also served as a legal intern of the United States Attor- graduate studies, graduating from the school of international service with ney’s Office in Philadelphia. a degree in international studies in 2005.

Leeson also secured a highly competitive summer associate position Hsiao then went to work as a special assistant at the Taiwan Foundation through CUA Law’s on-campus interview program (OCI) at Dechert for Democracy in New Taipei City, Taiwan, where he worked to help pro- LLP’s Philadelphia office. She hopes this will be a springboard for her mote democracy and human rights. He then moved back to Washington, career in securities law. D.C., and worked for nearly four years at the Jamestown Foundation, an institute focused on global security challenges, and then as a senior Leeson comes from a long line of lawyers, so she was confident in her de- research fellow at the Project 2049 Institute, a think tank focused on se- cision to practice law. Her father, the Honorable Joseph F. Leeson Jr., '80, curity issues and public policy in Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, inspired her to succeed and work hard. While working at think tanks, Hsiao began to encounter more cybersecurity policy work and attending law school started to make sense. His deci- Patricia is also a research assistant for Professor David Lipton, social event sion to pursue law school essentially came down to his desire to obtain a coordinator for Students for Public Law Interest, production editor of deeper understanding of the issues he was already working with. the Catholic University Law Review, a Dean’s Academic Fellow, and a member of the Securities Law Student Association. “When I encountered these issues of disputes and conflicts that arise in a region, I realized that a lot of it has a legal underpinning,” he said. “I With all of her commitments, she takes comfort in the fact that Catholic wanted to enhance my legal understanding, both at a fundamental level University is a small school where everyone wants to see each other suc- and a practical application level.” ceed unlike other schools.

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Law Student Band Invited to Take Part in Law Rocks Washington, D.C., Inaugural Concert

“Law Rocks,” an international concert series that raises money for local nonprofit organizations, held its inaugural show in Washing- ton, D.C., at the 9:30 Club on Nov. 19, 2015. The event featured seven bands comprised of lawyers from law firms in the District and one law school band from CUA Law. Each band chose a different local charity to raise money for through ticket sales, sponsorships, and donations. At the end of the night a winner was chosen based on the amount of donations raised, tickets sales/sponsorships, audience ballot, and a panel of judges.

CUA Law’s very own Tortious Tones, the lone law school band to take the stage at the 9:30 Club, selected Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington as its charity of choice.

Tortious Tones members include Dan Lechner 3L (Guitar), Nic Zawarski 3L (Vocals and Keyboard), Michael Dinet 3L (Bass Gui- tar), Elizabeth Ottman 2L (Vocals), Christian Baron 3L (Drums), William Russell 3L (Bongos, Kongas, other Percussion), Dan O’Connell 3L (Sax), and guest performer Jon Quigley '14 (Gui- tar and Vocals).

When asked about the band’s experience, Michael Dinet said, “Being able to perform on the legendary 9:30 Club stage was a dream come true for us. Never in a million years did we think we would ever play at the venue like that in front of such an amazing crowd. What makes it even more exciting is that we were able to raise money for Catholic Charities.”

Hsiao said the decision to attend CUA Law was quite simple. It came Hsiao spent two semesters at the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center down to the Law and Technology Institute, the facilities, and being in at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, but his interest in Washington, D.C. communications law was growing and he knew he needed to get exposure in the field. He heard that Mike Saperstein '07 was looking for a legal Hsiao takes great pride in serving as the editor-in-chief for the Catholic intern in the Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division at University Journal of Law and Technology, where he manages close to 40 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and knew this was the staff members. As editor-in-chief, he was able to raise the visibility of the perfect opportunity to get practical experience in communications and journal through the journal’s symposium, Cybersecurity and Privacy in cybersecurity. the Internet Economy: Information Sharing, Data Security, and Intel- lectual Property, “Managing the journal is definitely my most valuable The internship spawned two opportunities at the FCC for Hsiao. He was experience at CUA Law,” he said. a law clerk, with a recommendation from CUA Law adjunct professor Rosemary Harold, in the Office of the Chairman at the FCC. He then served as a summer law clerk in the Office of the Bureau Chief for the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at the FCC.

“I learned such a great deal at so many levels of the FCC about how communications law and policy work,” he said. “I really walked away with an understanding of how law and policy work together and how cybersecurity touches so many sectors.”

Despite the full schedule and lack of sleep in law school, Hsiao has placed great importance on de-stressing and maintaining a healthy style. He is an active participant in Spartan Races, which involve running 8 to 12 miles, completing obstacles, and physical strength-training.

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“Professor La Belle was so Throughout her law school journey, Ottman said that Associate Professor Megan La Belle has been instrumental in helping her to achieve goals. helpful by putting me on a “She was so helpful by putting me on a path and trying to make me think path and trying to make long term,” Ottoman said of La Belle. “She has been a wonderful sound- ing board.” me think long term.” Ottman said La Belle taught her to cold call judicial chambers and advocate for an internship. She was able to obtain an internship with the After graduating from the University of Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan at the U.S. District Court for the District Vermont, Elizabeth Ottman (Class of of Columbia with the assistance of La Belle. 2017) knew she wanted to attend law school, but she wasn’t sure how she could This summer Ottman will be working for the Office of the Chief Immi- do it in the midst of the recession. Ottman gration Judge of the Executive Office for Immigration Review under the decided to work as a waitress for a year in Department of Justice in Arlington, Va. order to save money to move to Washing- ton, D.C., and pursue a legal career. “This should be a very different experience for me since I will be working with an immigration court. I am really excited to see this other side of Once she arrived in D.C., Ottman “pounded the pavement” until she immigration law,” Ottman said. “By the end of my internship, I feel I will landed a job at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Lowery, LLP as an immi- have a well-rounded immigration experience.” gration paralegal. She worked there for four years in business immigration and the information technology field. “Once you get involved, you really get to know the school, the administration, and professors through those organizations. You can make many “I wanted to work as a paralegal to decide if law school was really the right great contacts who can help guide you and be advocates for you,” Ottman path for me,” Ottman said. said. As Ottman’s interest in immigration law grew, she knew it was time to apply for law school. She decided to attend CUA Law after sitting in on a Constitutional Law class. “I liked the idea of a small class. Many of the “CUA Law felt like it would be a other D.C. schools are huge. I wanted to get to know my professors,” Ottman said. close-knit community, rather than Once she arrived at CUA, Ottman decided to delve right into practical a really competitive, cut-throat activities that would set her apart and expand her knowledge of immigration law. environment.” Ottman serves as the editor-in-chief of the Catholic University Law Re- A connected and supportive community view, which adds an extra 20–40 hours a week on top of her other re- were just two of the things Ashley Fin- sponsibilities. garson (Class of 2017) was looking for “I manage the entire team,” she said. “I make sure production stays on in a law school. While attending Montana schedule, and I am also in charge of the writing program.” State University, Fingarson spent a semester interning for the U.S. Senate Finance As the copresident of the Women’s Law Caucus, she organized a team for Committee in Washington, D.C. It was a breast cancer march, participated in a clothing drive, and has brought then that the future Bryce Harlow Fellow in speakers to talk to students about issues pertinent to women in the decided to move to the nation’s capital to work force. Ottman was also an auction chair for Students for Public gain further experience on the Hill. Interest Law. Fingarson has an impressive 10 years of legislative and policy experience, On top of her busy extracurricular schedule, Ottman has had the op- including working for U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Small portunity to experience different facets of immigration law while at CUA Business Administration, Holland & Knight LLP, the Associated Builders Law. and Contractors, alliantgroup, and the National Federation of Indepen- dent Business. She interned at the American Bar Association in the Center on Children and the Law where she was looking into state relief options for immigrant Fingarson said her decision to attend law school has been, without a children who are in the United States without their parents. She currently doubt, the best decision of her life. works in the Families and the Law Clinic as a certified student attorney.

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She balances full-time work and law school by treating her time like bill- able hours. “I have learned to maximize my schedule and my time — every moment is precious. It is almost like you are billing time as an evening student.”

On top of the struggles an evening student faces with full-time work, Fingarson was diagnosed with Lyme disease last year. She refuses to let the disease define her, but it has been a challenge she has dealt with through perseverance and support. “I go to the campus chapel two to three times a week before or after class and I just have a moment.”

“The school has been amazing and that is what makes this place different,” Fingarson said. “You have this mentality that law school is sink or swim, so I was afraid to come forward, but CUA Law has been a guiding “When I tell people I absolutely love law school, people say to me ‘no hand, a safety net, and they want you to succeed.” one loves law school, especially as an evening student,’” Fingarson said. She wanted to obtain a law degree to transition her advocacy- and policy- Although she still has another year left of law school, Fingarson said geared career in another direction. she will miss going into class and thinking about challenging issues in a classroom setting. She studied for the Law School Admission Test on her own for a year and sat in on a class at CUA Law. She then decided to apply only to CUA Law. Fingarson said she visited all the campuses in Washington, D.C., and the Columbus School of Law was the best fit. Hobbs began his law school “CUA Law felt like it would be a close-knit community, rather than a journey at CUA Law as a second really competitive, cut-throat environment,” she said. Cost was a major factor in her decision to attend CUA Law, which was the most affordable semester transfer student school in D.C. Balancing a full-time job and law school “I always felt something was missing and it would be really nice to sit at come hand in hand for students, like Ash- the table and formulate ideas and offer suggestions and insight and have ley Fingarson and Carl Hobbs (Class of it ‘carry weight.’ I believe in this town you really need that ‘third leg of 2016), in the evening division. Hobbs said the stool.’ You can work in the legislature, you can work in the executive it was a “comedy of errors” that led him to branch, but having that J.D. really pushes it.” decide on a career in the legal field.

“I had been going down the legislative and policy track, but I knew I He breaks his life down into quarters: wanted to add more intensity to my career,” Fingarson said. She has man- growing up in New Jersey and undergradu- aged to do just that while still in law school. ate studies, serving in the Air Force, working in the government, and pursuing a law Fingarson is currently the director of legislative affairs at the U.S. Cham- degree. ber of Commerce in the Institute for Legal Reform. “This was a J.D.- required position but they looked at my experience combined with how Hobbs’ journey began when he left Irvington, N.J. to attend the Univer- well I was doing in law school, and they decided to take a chance on me,” sity of North Carolina at Greensboro. He majored in business, without she said. much direction or sense of what he wanted to do with his life.

Fingarson said her job has provided her with the best of both worlds. She After graduating from college, Hobbs, the son of a cosmetologist and a wanted what she was learning in school to be incorporated in the real teacher, found purpose in joining the military. From 1999 to 2003, he world, or “RL” for “Real Life” as Professor Roger Hartley calls it. served in the Air Force as a biomedical engineer stationed at Andrews Air Force base, which brought him to the Washington, D.C., area. “I was taking Administrative Law last semester with Professor Marshall Breger, and at work I was reading articles and looking up information “A long line of people in my family were in the military. Civil service and about the State Corporation Commission’s use of administrative law serving my country were important to me,” he said. “I also wanted to go judges. So there was harmony at school and at work,” she said. back to school and get a graduate degree.”

“I really wanted to take my approach to issues and the way I thought After the military, Hobbs worked for the U.S. Department of State as a about issues to that deeper level.” human resources specialist from 2004 to 2006. Then he took a job at the Department of Justice as an employee relations specialist. There he was exposed to lawyers who worked in others bureaus at the Department of Justice and was able to clear some of the misconceptions he had about the profession. 12 CUA Lawyer / 2016 CUA Law Advantage

“The attorneys told me that case law research and writing were a big part The CUA Law Advantage lives among these and many other students, of the job. I learned that attorneys weren’t necessarily always in court. alumni, faculty, and staff, and it is the bedrock of the unique institution That planted the seed for law school.” that produces first-rate attorneys who are practice-ready, focused in their chosen path, and connected to a community that strives to help others. Hobbs began his law school journey at CUA Law as a second semester transfer student. He said Director of Admissions Shani Butts, Assistant Director of Admissions Duane Tobias, and Registrar and Director of Aca- demic Services Stuart Schept were instrumental in making his transition to CUA Law seamless.

He currently works at the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), a watchdog agency that “conducts oversight over everything and everyone related to TARP.” Hobbs said the attorneys he works with at SIGTARP have been very supportive of his law school journey and understand the work involved. After graduating from the labor and employment law track, Hobbs plans to stay at his current job.

As an evening student, juggling a full-time job, Hobbs wants future students to know that there is more than one approach to success. He believes that it is okay if you don’t know which specific area of law you want to practice right away and to be open to different opportunities. “Try to have fun in the process and take the entire law school experience in as you go because you will not always be here.”

While these few students are just a small sample of the entire student population, their experiences are a common theme among all students at the Columbus School of Law.

Become a Charter Member The newly created Columbus Society is meant to recognize and thank alumni and friends who have made special gifts to benefit the of the Columbus Society for Columbus School of Law. Those eligible include individuals providing support for CUA Law through various planned gifts — a bequest in a the Benefit of CUA Law will or revocable living trust; income-producing gifts; retirement as- Charter Membership Period Closes on April 30, 2017 sets; life insurance; or real estate with a retained life interest. As a charter member • Your name will be inscribed on a permanent plaque to be prominently displayed in the Law School after the charter membership period has closed on April 30, 2017; • Your name will be publicized as a charter member in the 2017 edition of the CUA Lawyer; • You will be invited to an annual Columbus Society event; • You will receive a special commemorative gift; • Preference for anonymity will be honored. If you have made one of these generous gift provisions for CUA Law, please allow us to recognize and thank you. To become a charter member or to find out more about the Columbus Society, contact Corley Raileanu by phone at 202-319-4697 or email at [email protected].

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FIRM CHALLENGE Members of the 2016 Class Gift and Graduation Committees pose for a picture at commencement Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 CUA Thank You Law Firm Challenge! Class of 2016! Group I: 12 or more Alumni The CUA Law Graduation Gift Campaign has been a school Holland & Knight LLP for participation tradition since 2003 and gives the opportunity for our recent graduates to make the transition from students to alumni. Fifty- Hogan Lovells for most dollars raised five percent of the Class of 2016 came together to raise $18,726 for the programs, institutions, scholarships and activities that shaped their education. These students have made a lasting gift Group II: 11 or fewer alumni and continue the legacy of CUA Law and its mission of providing Steptoe & Johnson LLP for participation a quality legal education to deserving students. Goulston Storrs for most dollars raised Thank you to all those who made the campaign such a success!

The CUA Law Firm Challenge is an alumni engagement campaign that helps to strengthen the connec- Special thanks to our Class Gift Leadership Committee! tion between fellow alumni, firms, and CUA Law by ensuring excellence in scholarship and reputation Jennifer Bruneau Richard Kisielowski through financial contributions. Megan Chester Jason Miller Ten firms participated in the challenge, resulting in Travis Drost Alessandro Pacheco an overall alumni participation rate of 30% and raising more than $40,000 in support of the law school Nicolette Endara Yoliara Ramos Soto and its programs. Angela Fuccillo Norah Sloss A special congratulations to Holland & Knight LLP (Group I: Firms with 12 or more alumni) and Step- toe & Johnson LLP (Group II: Firms with less than 11 alumni) for having the highest number of alumni participate in the Challenge and to Hogan Lovells (Group I) and Goulston Storrs (Group II) for gener- ating the most financial support for the Law School. Thank you to all of the firms — and especially their firm representatives — for making the 2016 Law Firm Challenge a success! Join these firms in supporting CUA Law by making your gift at law.edu/give.

14 CUA Lawyer / 2016 Clemency The CUA Innocence Project Clinic & Clemency Project Providing Students with Real World Lawyering Skills

The Innocence Project originally began as a startup clemency process are brought to campus to engage student organization in 2001 by adjunct professor and in dialogues aimed at bringing attention to the issues alumnus John Sharifi '02. Law students were paired with the ultimate goal of improving the system of with volunteer attorneys throughout the Mid-Atlantic executive clemency in the United States. Innocence Project to work on innocence cases. At the direction of Professor J.P. Ogilvy, the project developed When the United States Department of Justice an- into a full-year, six-credit clinic in 2006. nounced that it was going to heighten its focus on clemency initiatives and Clemency Project 2014 was In 2013, the CUA Innocence Project Clinic & Clem- established, Ogilvy seized the opportunity for stu- ency Project was selected as the institutional home for dents to be able to take on a case and finish it within “The CUA Law/Ehrlich Partnership on Clemency,” the course of a single academic year. Professor J.P. Ogilvy among the country’s first law school-based clinics de- with Sherman Chester voted to the research and study of executive clemency Participants in the CUA Innocence Project Clinic and the power of pardon. The official announcement was made at the National Press Club on & Clemency Project currently submit cases through Feb. 20, 2013, by Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., who served as Maryland’s 60th governor from 2003 to the Clemency Project 2014, a project launched after 2007 and whose tenure was distinguished by the time he spent personally reviewing requests Deputy Attorney General James Cole asked the legal for pardons from convicted criminals. profession to provide pro bono assistance to federal prisoners who would likely have received a shorter The joint initiative includes the development of programs to educate newly elected gover- sentence if they had been sentenced today. nors in the clemency process — especially how to administer the clemency process in an efficient, effective, and politically sound manner. Scholars and activists concerned with the

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Candidacy for the Clemency Project 2014 requires that a potential client be serving a sentence that would likely be substantially lower today; that they be a nonviolent, low-level offender, without significant ties to large-scale criminal organizations, gangs or cartels; that they have served at least 10 years of a prison sentence, do not have a significant criminal history, have demonstrated good conduct in prison, and have no history of violence prior to or during current term of imprisonment.

CUA Law’s clinic has three cases that students were working on during the spring 2015 semester. Notably, two of the 95 persons granted commutation of sentences on Dec. 18, 2015, by President Obama were clients represented by the CUA Innocence Project Clinic & Clemency Project. Professor Ogilvy contacted both clients, Sherman Chester and Kevin McDonald, by phone to inform them of their commutations.

“Sherman Chester was young. He got caught up in a drug ring that his father was heavily involved in. He really didn’t know his father well. He was a lower level dealer, ” Oglivy said. “These were people who probably “I think if he had been sentenced today he would have only gotten some- wouldn’t have gotten those sentences, but for the statute.” thing around 90 months, compared to a life sentence. That is a huge Criminal justice reform is something Nicole Conte 3L has always been disparity,” Conte said. passionate about. She joined the CUA Innocence Project Clinic & Clem- McDonald was granted clemency in December 2015, after serving 11 ency Clinic in order to make a difference. years in prison. He is currently at a halfway house and will be fully re- “It is something that I wanted to do coming into law school,” Conte said. leased on Dec. 18, 2016. “I thought the Innocence Project & Clemency Clinic was a way I could Despite the injustices she has seen, Conte says she plans to pursue a career have an impact while still in school as opposed to just doing internships in criminal justice after graduation. “It was really great to have hands-on at policy institutions.” experience and even have a chance at making a difference while still in Conte worked on the federal clemency petition for McDonald. school,” she said.

“It was a very rewarding case. We determined he would be an excellent Hyun Jim Kim '15 was involved with the clinic for two semesters dur- candidate for clemency and he had already filed his own petition,” she ing her 3E year and then went back a following year on a pro bono basis said. “Time was of the essence, so we had to write the executive summary because she felt so invested in the cases she was working on. as fast as we could and submit it.” Kim worked on the Sherman Chester case through the Clemency Project. Conte said McDonald was a great candidate for the Clemency Project “He met all the criteria. He was a street-level dealer, who got a worse sen- 2014 because he met the all the criteria for the program. She explained tence than any other codefendants,” Kim said. “He had two priors and that he had a very minor criminal history and because he went to trial the prosecutor enhanced his sentence because he refused to testify against instead of taking a plea bargain, he was automatically sentenced to life his codefendants.” in prison. “I gained a large amount of legal writing and legal research experience by Today, McDonald would have likely received a shorter sentence under the working with the clinic and Professor Ogilvy was very hands on,” Kim Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which made penalties for crack cocaine less said. “The experience was very real-world. It wasn’t a moot case or a mock harsh than previous penalties. trial. It was an actual case, with an actual person.” Kim now works as a prosecutor in Miami-Dade County, Fla. She says her experience with the clinic made her see what could go wrong on the prosecution side of a case. “You can really change people’s lives and do harm. I definitely wanted to do prosecution,” she said.

“Being involved with the Innocence Project & Clemency Clinic really helped me to learn that if I was going to be a prosecutor, I would have to be very careful in how I went about it. You need to remember the influ- ence we can have over people’s lives.”

To support the efforts of the Innocence Project Clinic and Clemency Nicole Conte with Professor J.P. Ogilvy Project, please visit law.edu/give.

16 CUA Lawyer / 2016 Highlights Faculty Transitions

For six legal educators at CUA Law, 2015 was the year to chart a new course.

Six fulltime members of the faculty were honored on Nov. 1, 2015, at a “Faculty-in-Transition” reception that provided a grateful law school community the opportunity to extend a heartfelt ‘thank you’ for all they have contributed over the years. Retiring fulltime faculty included Lisa G. Lerman, a member of the faculty since 1987; William Gabriel Gregory Wagner, a member of the faculty since 1984; Louis J. Barracato, a member of the faculty since 1970 and CUA Law alumnus, class of 1965; George P. Smith II, a member of the faculty since 1977; George E. Garvey, a member of the faculty since 1978; and Donna Coleman Gregg, who joined the faculty in 2007. Professors Wagner and Barracato were unable to attend the event.

Guests, friends, alumni, and family members gathered in the Law School’s atrium to pay homage to a group of professors whose total years of service to the Law School tallied up to 187.

Each departing professor was introduced by a colleague with remarks that were rich with memories, admiration, and respect.

Geoffrey R. Watson was appointed Director of the Comparative and International Law Institute

Professor Watson began his career as an attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State in Washington from 1987 to 1991. He spent two years in the Office of Law Enforcement and Intelligence, where he specialized in international extradition and international narcotics matters, and two years in the Office of Near East and South Asian Affairs, where he specialized in legal aspects of U.S. Middle East policy, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In 1991 Watson joined the faculty of what is now the Seattle University School of Law, where he taught international law, international human rights law, national security law, and related subjects. He joined CUA as a visiting professor in 1995 and joined the full-time faculty in 1998. He has taught public international law, international human rights law, international criminal law, comparative law, comparative constitutional law, and legal aspects of the Middle East peace process.

Watson is the author and co-author of two books, including The Oslo Accords: International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreements(Oxford University Press, 2000), as well as many book chapters and law review articles. His writing focuses on the Israeli-Palestinian situation, but he has also written on human rights law, international criminal law, contract law, legal history, and freedom of religion in international law.

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2L Law Student Recounts Historic Papal Visit

“Everyone was there for a singular purpose. The Experience There was a real sense of community.” “The Pope drove by, smiled, After months of preparation involving thousands of people from the University community, and waved. He was about more than 25,000 people gathered at The Catholic University of America’s campus on Sept. 23, 2015, to hear His Holiness Pope Francis deliver a message of love and mercy during the 10–15 feet away from me.” canonization Mass of St. Junípero Serra. My wife and I left early to get to campus. We were Pope Francis’s visit to the United States was one of many firsts. It was his first visit to the United concerned about getting on the Metro and expected States, the first time a pope addressed a joint session of Congress, the first canonization on U.S. it to be very packed. The train turned out to be emp- soil, and the first time at an American university — The Catholic University of America – has ty so we thought maybe we left way too early. Then hosted three popes. Pope John Paul II visited CUA in 1979 and Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. when we got off the train at Brookland, there was a mass of people like I had never seen before. It was President of the Guild of Catholic Lawyers and 2L CUA Law student, John Vivian, will al- like seeing the line to enter into heaven. ways remember the 2015 papal visit. Here is his story. I felt very fortunate and was very humbled to be in line to see the Pope with priests and nuns. We were in line for about 3 1/2 hours, waiting to get into the gate. I felt that the timing of our arrival was very providential. We were in line, trying to get to our section, and the security blocked off our walking path. They informed us that we would have to wait there a moment because the Pope was coming.

We were standing in the street, in the route the Pope was going to come through. The Pope drove by, smiled, and waved. He was about 10-15 feet away from me. I felt like the world was happening right in front of me.

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The Mass they were from. Some of them have traveled a great distance from their parishes. It was very special to feel like you had a sense of ownership. “The one thing we all have in common, This was our campus and we were delighted to have everyone there. It was a wonderful experience. It felt like we were all part of a one church regardless of language.” community.

We were very close for the Eucharist. The priests were coming to where This is The Catholic University of America. This is the only school in the we were located to distribute communion to the massive sections. United States that has the ability to offer doctorates in canon law. It is the only one approved by the Vatican to do so. It speaks volumes to what this The Mass, celebrated in Spanish, felt very special. Sometimes when I school really is and what it represents here in America. think about the world, I think it is such a large place. The Earth is so large and you realize that you are just in one state of the entire United States There are certainly plenty of Catholic universities and plenty of Catholic of America. The sensation was a little overwhelming because you realize law schools, but it is different here. I think the Pope coming here was a that the pope of our Church, the Church that is universal to the entirety nice reminder to the rest of the country that, of course, the Pope would of the world, was not only visiting the area, but he was less than a 100 choose to visit here. yards away reciting Mass, doing the one thing we all have in common, regardless of language. Lasting Impressions I felt very humbled and small in the universe. I also felt very fortunate because of how far the distance is between here and the Vatican, being “Jesus was a person of action. I think you see that close in proximity to the Pope made it seem very real. It was certainly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. that in Pope Francis.”

This is one of those handful of moments that I will always remember. A Sense of Community That I was there at a certain place and the fact that I got to meet the leader of our Church will always stick with me.

“This was our campus and we were Jesus was a person of action. I delighted to have everyone there. It was think you see that in Pope Fran- cis. You see it when he sneaks out a wonderful experience.” of the Vatican at night, dresses as a common parish priest, and The general feeling throughout the University campus was a sense of com- gives sandwiches to the poor. I munity. Whether we were in line waiting to get in the gates, whether we think you see it in all his actions were standing in the crowd waiting for the Pope to drive by, or whether and mannerisms. we were in the middle of Mass, we were there together. I don’t ever recall being in a situation with that many people. Everyone was there for a singular purpose. There was a real sense of community. John Vivian (2L) with his wife, Diana Vivian, at the 2015 Papal Visit I felt proud to be a student here at Catholic University and the Columbus School of Law. We talked to people in the crowd and found out where

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CUA Law Advantage Mentor Program Guiding Students in Defining Their Future

Morgan was also able to work for Samorajczyk over the summer doing research for McNamee. She assisted in research for the 30th Annual Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and Reorganization Prac- tice Seminar and in issues that may arise in Chapter 11 bankruptcy scenarios.

“That was really helpful. I was waiting for financial aid and had the opportunity to get paid to do research,” Morgan said. Despite not having experience with bankruptcy law, Morgan found that the opportunity provided her a chance to learn about a new subject.

Samorajczyk said Morgan was a quick study and her research product was very helpful.

“Whitney was learning as we went along,” he said. When Whitney Morgan graduated from Wichita State University and moved from Wichita, Kan., to Washington, D.C., for law school she did not know a single person. The former flute Samorajczyk also helped Morgan with preparing for performance major decided that signing up for the CUA Law Advantage Mentor Program interviews with firms and was able to recommend would be a good idea to engage with her new community. her for an internship with Akin Gump Strauss Hau- er & Feld LLP, where Samorajczyk spent the bulk The CUA Law Advantage Mentor Program, now in its third year, connects students with of his career. graduates who will assist and counsel them during their law school experience. Mentors share general or expert knowledge, provide real-world insight into the practice of law, or into other “I got very lucky to be paired with Stan. He has gone nontraditional careers that benefit from a J.D. degree, guide students in defining and embrac- above and beyond. It has been a great experience. ing their role as a future lawyer, and serve as role models. He even invited me to Thanksgiving with his family when I was not able to go home,” Morgan said. Shortly after signing up for the program, Morgan was paired with Stanley Samorajczyk '67, a Morgan highly recommends the CUA Law Advan- top-rated bankruptcy attorney at McNamee, Hosea, Jernigan, Kim, Greenan & Lynch, P.A. tage Program to 1L students. “There is a chance you (“McNamee”) and member of the Board of Visitors of CUA Law. could get paired with a Stan or even someone who “Stan reached out pretty immediately, even before I emailed him,” Morgan said. “He told me is half as good.” he was coming to campus and wanted to sit down and talk. After that we started getting lunch Samorajczyk believes that it is a seasoned lawyer’s about once a month just to talk about my classes, my assignments, any internships I was inter- responsibility to mentor younger professionals and ested in, and pretty much anything that was going on in my life.” law students.

Samorajczyk believes that Morgan has been very receptive to the mentoring program. “One of “Experienced lawyers can be a tremendous resource the most rewarding aspects for me is to watch and see how Whitney has grown, as a student, for law students, not only through an academic per- as a future lawyer, and as an individual,” Samorajczyk said. spective, but through a career and life perspective,”

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Alumni and student networking events at the Columbus School of Law he said. “I can never give back as much to the Columbus School of Law of the mentor relationship. Crowley shared, “Not every match will rise to as it gave me. I have had a very interesting and successful career thanks the level of a Stan and Whitney pairing, although we love to hear these to CUA Law.” kinds of stories!” Crowley says that the overall goal of the program is to give students valuable access to alumni early in their academic careers and After Morgan graduates, Samorajczyk plans to stay in touch with her. He to provide alumni a platform to give back. “Mentoring is an integral part also plans to continue to serve as a mentor to other students. “I have a of the legal profession and comes in many forms. CUA Law’s program very strong interest in Whitney’s success as a lawyer,” he said. “She has a can be a first step for our students.” unique focus, determination, and sense of purpose.” Alumni mentors are asked to remain committed to mentees through- Samorajczyk believes that both he and Morgan will benefit from their out the duration of the student’s time at CUA Law. After the first year relationship and he encourages all alumni to participate in the program. mentoring relationship develops, mentors and mentees are encouraged to structure the relationship with the flexibility needed to meet the demands Alumni volunteer mentors are matched with students taking into consid- of each other’s schedules, yet remaining committed to assisting and guid- eration practice area, geographical preference, undergraduate institution, ing students as necessary. To participate in the CUA Law Advantage Men- or other like interests or affiliations and are asked to connect with stu- tor Program, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 202-319-5670 or dents at least two times per year. Director of Alumni Relations Katherine [email protected]. Gamelin Crowley '10, personally matches alumni mentors with student mentees and advises participants that it is up them to set the parameters

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2016 Journal Symposiums Discussions about Scholarship at CUA Law

Catholic University Law Review Hosts Annual Symposium: “The Intersection of Civil Rights and Civil Procedure”

Catholic University Law Review’s 2016 symposium, The Intersection of Civil Rights and Civil the panel focused on the Supreme Court’s decisions Procedure, provided an opportunity for students, faculty, and practitioners to hear from ex- in Twombly, Iqbal, and Wal-Mart v. Dukes, and dis- perts about recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the process by which cussed how these cases have changed the practice of the rules were amended, and the impact of those rule changes and recent Supreme Court cases civil rights law. on civil rights litigation. Bland, who has argued or co-argued and won more The Jan. 29 event opened with introductory remarks by 3L Jennifer Bruneau, editor-in-chief, than 25 reported decisions from federal and state Catholic University Law Review, Vol. 65, and Dean Daniel F. Attridge. The program consisted courts across the nation, discussed how civil proce- of two panel discussions and a keynote speech from Paul Bland, executive director of public dure and civil rights intersect at many points along justice. the path to justice.

The first panel focused on recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which 3L Melissa Soares, lead articles editor of Catholic Uni- are directed primarily at discovery. The panelists discussed the new discovery rules, such as versity Law Review, said, “We owe a great amount of proportionality, and explored how they are likely to affect civil rights cases. The second panel gratitude to Professor Suzette Malveaux, who helped addressed the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as interpreted through case law. In particular, with the concept and design of our symposium topic this year. Overall, we were really pleased with the speakers we had at this year’s symposium. Civil procedure is often viewed as something stodgy and dull, when in reality it is a dynamic area of the law that impacts so many other areas of law — something our speakers made clear throughout the day.”

Members of the Catholic University Law Review Vol. 65, team gather for a group picture.

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2016 Journal of Law and Technology Symposium Examines Cybersecurity and Privacy in the Internet Economy

Organized by the Journal of Law and Technology (JLT) in association with chance to network with some of the leading professionals in the field. the Federal Communications Bar Association, Cybersecurity and Privacy The reception was cosponsored by Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP, David in the Internet Economy: Information Sharing, Data Security, and Intel- Wright Tremaine, LLP, and the Law & Technology Institute. lectual Property, presented three panels of experts. The symposium examined the implications of the growing number of reported cyberattacks JLT publishes thoughtful, timely, and useful articles that discuss recent and data-breaches at private and public entities in recent years and the developments in communications law, information privacy law, and in- legal and policy responses. tellectual property law. JLT shares a unique relationship with the Federal Communications Commission and other federal policymakers. Members Hosted by Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP, the event opened with intro- of JLT also work closely with the Catholic University Law & Technol- ductory remarks from Bryan N. Tramont, managing partner of Wilkin- ogy Institute. This unique program prepares law students for practice in son Barker Knauer LLP and adjunct professor at CUA Law, and Dean communications law, information privacy law, and intellectual property Daniel F. Attridge. “The best thing about today’s symposium is that it law through seminars, courses, and externships in government, industry, really takes scholarship to the level where it ought to be. It is something public interest organizations, and law firms. that is alive. It is not simply found in a printed form and, more impor- tantly, it includes everyone who can be affected by it,” Dean Attridge said.

The editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law and Technology, Russell Hsiao, introduced keynote speaker Daniel Sutherland, associate general counsel for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the U.S. Depart- ment of Homeland Security. Sutherland discussed his position with the Department of Homeland Security, recent cyber security legislation, and the role the Department of Homeland Security plays in cybersecurity. “We deal with telecom issues, cybersecurity issues, biometrics, physical security of electric grid and chemical plants, and a variety of other things. It is really all about cyber and infrastructure protection,” Sutherland said.

Closing remarks were offered by Associate Professor Elizabeth Winston, codirector of the Law and Technology Institute at CUA Law. At the con- Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology clusion of the symposium, attendees were invited to a reception for a Vol. 24, Editorial Board

CUA Law Scholarship Available for Online Viewing

The CUA Law Scholarship Repository provides open, full-text access to the Columbus School of Law’s student-edited journals and faculty scholarship. It creates a virtual space where the intellectual output of the Law School can be organized and preserved. The repository is a project of the dean’s office and Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library.

To view the CUA Law Scholarship Repository, visit scholarship.law.edu.

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Law School Hosts 3 Moot Court Competitions in 2016

Seigenthaler-Sutherland Second Annual Immigration Moot Court/Newseum Moot Court Competition

Partnership Seven teams, including three that traveled from Texas, participated in the Columbus School of Law’s Second Annual Immigration Moot Court The Seigenthaler-Sutherland National First Amendment Moot Court Competition, held Feb. 19–20, 2016, at the Law School. Competition debuted in March 2016, cosponsored by the Newseum In- stitute’s First Amendment Center and the Columbus School of Law. Over two days, teams of two or three students each argued a theoreti- cal case that involved the effort of a single mother from Honduras who The innovative combined program featured a competition problem was a victim of domestic violence to remain in the United States, after linked to a cutting-edge contemporary First Amendment issue. Open to the Board of Immigration Appeals found her ineligible to stay due to a the 206 law schools currently approved by the American Bar Association, reinstatement of a prior removal order and a lack of a viable particular the competition took place on March 18 and 19, 2016, with first-day social group. rounds at the Columbus School of Law and second-day final rounds at the Newseum. A total of 24 teams of students from law schools across the Teams were expected to address issues and relevant case law surrounding country argued the hypothetical First Amendment case in front of a panel the appeal, including “Whether the Board erred in finding the petitioner of distinguished alumni volunteers and sitting judges. ineligible for asylum following a reinstatement of a prior removal order when whether a credible fear interview took place upon initial entry is This year’s competition was an inaugural competition that combined two under dispute,” as well as “Whether the petitioner’s purported social previous moot court contests. The Newseum Institute’s First Amendment group ‘women in Honduras who are unable to leave their relationship’ is Center previously sponsored a national First Amendment moot court a viable particular social group.” competition for 26 years named for John Seigenthaler, the founder of the Newseum Institute’s First Amendment Center. The University of Houston Law Center fielded two separate teams to compete in the moot court competition, with one team prevailing as the The Columbus School of Law hosted the Sutherland Cup competition eventual victor. Other schools represented included Baylor Law School, from its inception in 1950. The competition was named for Supreme CUA Law, Washington College of Law, and Howard University. Court Justice George B. Sutherland, an ardent defender of the U.S. Con- stitution who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1922 to 1938.

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Twenty-four local practitioners and judges, including multiple CUA Law alumni, served as final round judges, preliminary round judges, or brief- ing judges during the competition.

CUA Law is one of a few law schools in the nation that sponsor moot competitions dealing with immigration law. Participants had high praise for how smoothly the event was run by the CUA Law Moot Court As- sociation, and have already suggested returning next year as competitors and volunteer judges.

National Telecommunications Moot Court Competition CoHosted with FCBA

The 22nd Annual National Telecommunications Moot Court Com- petition was held on Feb. 27, 2016. The event was sponsored by CUA Law’s Law & Technology Institute and the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA). The competition, held at CUA Law, considered a carrier’s duty to protect customer proprietary information under Section 222(a) of the Communications Act, and statute of limitations and exces- sive penalty challenges for imposing a forfeiture penalty.

The final round panel was presided over by FCBA President Christopher Wright of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, Sean Lev of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel PLLC, and Theodore Frank, retired partner at Arnold & Porter LLP. CUA Law professor and codirector of the LTI Megan La Belle served on the steering committee.

Securities Law Program National Moot Court Team Wins Best Brief at National Moot Court Competition

A vibrant and well-prepared Securities Law Program National Moot Court team surpassed 22 other law school teams to rise to the final rounds, along with seven other teams, at the Forty-First Annual Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Com- petition held in New York City.

Not only did the team make the final rounds, but they brought back to CUA Law a Best Brief trophy, the third time CUA Law won this particular award. The team was comprised of Chris Geissler (3L), Andriana VanderGriend (3L), and Will Lane (2L). Under the guidance of cocoaches Kevin Link '12 (a former two-time team member), Securities Law Program Director David Lipton, and Securities Law Program Moot Court Chancellor Dan O’Connell (3L) (also a former team member), the team spent much of the spring semester writing the win- ning brief and practicing for the competition.

Professor Lipton was delighted with the team’s success but was most impressed, “just observing three, unrelated law students, pull together into an accomplished, polite, and effective team of comrades.” Lipton expressed his deep appreciation to the team, the coaches, the chancellor, and all of the Law School’s alumni and boosters who helped prepare this year’s team.

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Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law

Insight and Reflections on the Delicate Balance of Civil Liberties and National Security September 2015 — On the eve of the 14th anniversary of the September 11 ter- rorist attacks on the United States, Judge Thomas F. Hogan visited the Columbus School of Law. Judge Hogan described the specialized work of the Foreign Intel- ligence Surveillance (FISA) Court as well as the considerations that he and his fellow FISA judges routinely face while deliberating highly sensitive cases. When issues of national security are on the line, a delicate balance must be achieved to ensure that civil rights, privacy, and religious interests of Americans are preserved — all while properly pursuing perpetrators. Judge Hogan said, “These cases impact us more today than ever before…[and] no longer are confined to law review articles.” He reflected on actions allowed by past courts during times of war and concluded that courts may interpret the law differently in wartime compared to times of peace.

Leading Business Executive Offers Valuable Insight September 2015 — Robert J. Stevens, former chairman, president, and chief executive officer of the Lockheed Martin Corporation and current lead director for the Monsanto Company, sat down with an audience of aspiring CUA lawyers this past fall. Stevens addressed his successes, struggles, and lessons learned in his long and exemplary career. Among the key messages he relayed was the importance of one’s role as a leader in any vocation. He emphasized the major issues impacting the world today and how emerging challenges are likely to arise and further complicate the business, political, and legal landscapes, all of which will be impacted by globalization as well as political and global hurtles and realities. These issues will require attention of the next generation of leaders and will require innovative approaches and solutions.

Effects of Broadband Communication on Entrepreneurship and the Law October 2015 — Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai spoke with students, faculty, and alumni about the role of the FCC in what is certainly the most rapidly changing era of communication technology, and how the Commission is working to adapt to these advancements. During his presentation, titled “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in America’s Internet Economy,” the commissioner explained, the government needs to be sensitive to the changes in the field and how antiquated regulations may need updating in light of new players in the industry. Legacy regulations can impede innovation, and Commissioner Pai expressed his hope that future reform will focus on what improves consumer welfare, a regulatory approach that will benefit consumers and producers alike in the long run.

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First-Ever Family and Friends Day October 2015 — This past fall, family and friends of CUA Law students were invited to experience a day in the life of a law student. Guests of the first-year students were able to attend a torts class with Associate Dean Marin Scordato or Professor Antonio Perez. The upper division students’ guests had the option of taking a campus tour.

Brian Stolarz, '98, provided students and guests with a presentation titled, “Innocent Going In and Innocent Coming Out, the Exoneration of Alfred Dewayne Brown”. The presentation detailed his pro bono representation of Michael Brown, whose death penalty conviction was overturned in June 2015. Brown, who was on campus for the talk, spent 10 years on death row in Texas before being released. Stolarz described his representation of Brown as the case of a lifetime.

Stolarz, a partner with LeClairRyan, is a 2007 recipient of the Pro Bono Legal Service Awards from the John Carroll Society and a 2014 recipient of the Caritas Award, the highest official award from the Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Washington. Stolarz’s and Brown’s story, which was the subject of a Today show feature on March 6, 2016, will be chronicled in a book to be released in October 2016.

Brendan F. Brown Lecture on Higher Law March 2016 — The Honorable Janice Rogers Brown, federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, spoke during the Dean Brendan F. Brown Lecture on the need for higher law in today’s world of terrorism and asymmetrical warfare. Judge Brown echoed Dean Brown’s call to revive a faith in a higher law. “Dean Brown met the challenges of his time with dignity and sacrifice,” she said. “To the students and practitioners among us, we need more Brendan Browns. We need scholars and lawyers capable of ably interpreting positive law, but understanding and giving life to that higher law.”

A Conversation with FBI Director James B. Comey Jr. April 2016 — The Honorable James B. Comey Jr., the seventh director of the FBI, visited the Columbus School of Law as part of the Brendan F. Brown Lecture Series. Comey discussed what leadership means to him and the characteristics the FBI looks for when hiring. “What matters most in a leader is whether you possess a common set of attributes that will enable you to connect well with people, listen well to people, make sound judgments, and be a person of integrity, balance, and restraint,” he said. CUA Law Dean Daniel F. Attridge asked Comey a series of pertinent questions regarding his leadership abilities, Apple litigation cases in California and New York, cybersecurity threats, wiretapping, and overcoming unconscious bias, and career advice for students.

2016 / CUA Lawyer 27 Highlights Commencement 2016 Congratulations to our newest alumni

The Columbus School of Law’s Class of 2016 emerged strong and confident on May 27, as students concluded their law school careers to the cheers of family and friends during the Law School’s 127th Commencement at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

One hundred and thirty-eight successful J.D. candidates received their diplomas. Another three students were awarded M.L.S. degrees and ten received LL.M. degrees.

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Professional Activities

Dean Daniel F. Attridge Professor Robert Destro was Professor Mary Leary spoke at moderated a conversation named a “Distinguished Fel- the 2015 Conference on Hu- titled “The Judge’s Objective: low” of the Newseum’s Reli- man Trafficking. Her presenta- Prediction or a Preferred ‘Cor- gious Freedom Center on Sept. tion was titled “Advocating for rect’ Rule?” at the National 26, 2015. Destro also spoke at Change in Legislative Policy,” Press Club in Washington, the In Defense of Christians in which she summarized the D.C. on Oct. 29, 2015. The conversation was Conference held at the National Press Club on history of anti human trafficking legislation. part of Baylor Law’s conversation series called Sept. 9, 2015. Leary spoke at the opening plenary of the 9th Viewpoints, which spoke to the differences be- Annual National Conference on Respond- tween the rule of law and the rule of judges. Professor Sarah Duggin was invited to speak ing to Missing and Unidentified Persons in Dean Attridge was selected by his peers for in- on the professional responsibilities of lawyers Atlanta, Ga. Her September 2015 address fo- clusion in the 22nd Edition of The Best Lawyers in internal investigations at the ABA National cused on the importance of a multidisciplinary in America in the areas of practice including Conference on Professional Responsibility in approach to each type of missing person case Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Litigation, Philadelphia on June 2, 2016. and the critical need to understand the victim Intellectual Property (2015). perspective. Professor Leary spoke at the AALS Professor Regina Jefferson Symposium: Violence Against Women. Her was appointed in July 2015 by Professor Marshall J. Breger Jan. 9, 2016, presentation was on Affirmative President Obama to serve in a gave a lecture on “The Law of Consent in rape cases. The title of her presenta- key administration post on the Sacred Space in Israel and Pal- tion was “Affirmative Consent: A Component Advisory Committee to the estine” at The Anne F. and Ju- of a ‘Consent Culture.’” Leary was appointed Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor- lius Schlezinger Memorial Law to the Victims Advisory Group of the United poration. Day Lecture on May 2, 2015. States Sentencing Commission on Jan. 11, He organized a webinar on Jerusalem for the Clinical Associate Professor 2016. Leary testified before the United States Russell Berrie Foundation on Jan. 6, 2016. Beverly Petersen Jennison Sentencing Commission regarding proposed Breger sat on a Feb. 4, 2016, panel addressing was nominated for appoint- amendments to the United States Sentencing the Muslim efforts in defense of Christians in ment to the Board of Social Guidelines that address child pornography of- muslim-majority countries during the annual Services for the Montgomery fenses on March 16, 2016. National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. County Department of Health Breger moderated a panel titled First Amend- Professor Lisa Lerman moderated a panel at and Human Services by Montgomery County ment on College Campuses: Speech, Religion, the 41st ABA National Conference on Pro- Executive Isiah Leggett. The Board of Social Sexuality, Gender at the Knight Conference fessional Responsibility in Denver, Colo. The Services advises county and state health and Center, Newseum on March 21, 2016. He will May 2015 panel was titled, Legal Ethics in the human services officials on matters relating to be a visiting professor at the Pontifical Univer- Third Reich: A Cautionary Tale for 21st Cen- local social services programs. sity of St. Thomas Acquinas (the “Angelicum”), tury Lawyers. Rome in summer 2016. He will lecture on Associate Professor Megan La Professor David Lipton was “Legal and Political Issues of the Holy Places Belle’s paper “Public Enforce- elected to the Board of Trustees Today”, Pro Centro Unione, Rome. ment of Patent Law,” which of the Securities and Exchange will be published later this year Professor Roger Colinvaux Commission Historical Society in the Boston University Law presented at the 2015 Com- and Vice President-museum Review, was selected for pre- mon Law Annual Conference for the 2016–17 academic year. sentation at the Eighth Annual Junior Faculty at the University of Montreal Lipton hosted the annual Spring Career Panel Federal Courts Workshop at the University of where he discussed the effects on March 30, 2016. California, Irvine, School of Law, as well as at of the Citizens United deci- the Southeastern Association of Law School’s sion and the effect the alleged “targeting” of Professor Rett Ludwikowski delivered a Annual Conference. Professor La Belle was also nonprofits by the IRS has had on the viability lecture at the University of Bialystok, Poland, invited to present her paper “Fee Shifting for of the tax rules regulating the political activity titled “The history and recent practices of PTAB Proceedings,” which will be published of nonprofits. Colinvaux also presented at the filibustering in the United States,” on Nov. 12, later this year, at the University of Texas School inaugural conference of the Forum on Philan- 2015. of Law’s Intellectual Property Law Journal Sym- thropy and the Public Good titled “The Rise posium in Austin. of Donor Advised Funds: Should Congress Re- spond?” (Oct. 23, 2015).

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Clinical Assistant Professor lantic region (Delaware, Maryland, Southern the Magna Carta at a conference celebrating its Lisa Martin presented the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washing- 800th year anniversary on Nov. 7, 2015. Pen- topic “Bridging the Justice Gap ton, D.C., and West Virginia) for outstanding nington spoke on Pope Innocent III and the in Family Law: Repurposing scholarship, teaching and service. Malveaux Fourth Lateran Council of 1215 at the Catho- Federal IV-D Funding to Ex- also received the Distinguished Alumni Honor lic University of Murcia, Spain, commemorat- pand Community Based Legal from NYU School of Law’s Black Allied Law ing the 800th anniversary of the Fourth Lateran and Social Services for Families” at the South- Students Association. Council (November 1215) and the pontificate ern Clinical Conference in Memphis, Tenn., of Pope Innocent III on Dec. 11, 2015. Pen- on Oct. 22–24, 2015. Martin was also elected Clinical Assistant Professor nington gave the opening plenary talk at the to the Clinical Legal Education Association’s Faith Mullen was elected sec- National Library of Portugal on Feb. 25, 2016 Board of Directors on Dec. 16, 2015. tion co-chair, D.C. Bar Steer- to introduce a conference at the Library on ing Committee Courts, Law- Medieval Legal Manuscripts that opened an Professor Suzette Malveaux yers and the Administration exhibition of the holdings of the library’s man- presented “A Diamond in of Justice Committee in July uscripts. He also gave a talk at the University of the Rough: Trans-substantivity 2015. Mullen collaborated with colleagues Lisbon Law School on the “Jurisprudence of a of the Federal Rules and Its from the CUA National Catholic School of Legitimate Defense” in continental European Detrimental Impact on Civil Social Service and community partners to host law and Anglo-American common law on Feb. Rights,” as part of the Fac- the 8th annual joint law and social work con- 29, 2016. The next day he gave a seminar talk ulty Scholarship Workshop series at Catholic ference held at the Columbus School of Law, to Ph.D. students at the Lisbon Law School University. The article was published in the Another Look at Guardianship to Protect At- on “The Iberian Jurists’ Defense of Indigenous Washington University Law Review. Malveaux Risk Adults in June 2015. She presented at Peoples in the New World.” was invited as a senior scholar to the first An- the CUA conference Understanding Risk and nual Civil Procedure Workshop sponsored by Capacity from a Legal Perspective on June 12, Professor Antonio Perez was a Seattle University School of Law, University 2015. Mullen presented “Helping Strangers panelist on the Harmonization of Washington School of Law, and Arizona in a Strange Land: Teaching Students Profes- of Contract Law panel at the Rogers College of Law. She critiqued several sional Behavior,” at the May 2015 Conference Annual Meeting of the Ameri- works-in-progress from junior scholars who on Clinical Legal Education, Rancho Mirage, can Society of Comparative competed nationally to present their work. In Calif. She created an Interdisciplinary Train- Law in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. addition, Malveaux moderated a Class Action ing Video for Nurses, with the CUA School of 2, 2015. He also participated in the Annual Roundtable Discussion of scholars and mem- Nursing on July 6, 2015. Public Meeting of Department of State’s Advi- bers of the Class Action Rules Subcommittee sory Committee on Private International Law, of the Federal Civil Rules Advisory Commit- Rev. Raymond O’Brien was the recipient of at Georgetown University Law Center on Sept. tee, where she critiqued potential Rule 23 the 2016 Mary Mirror of Justice Award. 25, 2015. Perez joined the Federalist Society amendments. Malveaux also submitted formal and the Liberty Fund for a two-day legal col- Professor Kenneth Penning- comments to the Federal Civil Rules Advi- loquium titled International Law, Foreign Law, ton gave a plenary lecture at St. sory Committee regarding proposed discovery and the U.S. Constitution in San Antonio, Louis University on June 17, amendments. Malveaux was also invited to Texas, on Feb. 19–20, 2016. Perez was invited 2015, entitled “The Procedural speak at Duke Law School’s The Present and to attend the Meeting on The Future of Private Canons of the Fourth Lateran Future of Civil Rights Movements: Race and International Law in the Americas: The Path Council.” On Sept. 4, 2015, he Reform in 21st Century America Conference, Forward for the OAS, the CIDIP Process and gave a talk at the annual meeting of the Ameri- where she presented “Is It Time for a New Civil the Role of the IAJC, 88th Session of the Inter- can Society of Political Science on “Permissive Rights Act?: Reconciling Process and Substance American Juridical Committee in Washington, Natural Law in the Legal Tradition” in San in Modern Civil Litigation.” She also returned D.C., April 4, 2016. (Perez was a member of Francisco. He gave a plenary lecture in Rome to Washington & Lee University School of Law the IAJC from 2005–2009). at the Pontifical Lateran University on Oct. 15, (where she visited the prior fall) as a panelist 2015, titled “The Fourth Lateran Council and for The Future of Civil Rights. This was part the Development of Legal Procedure: 1215– of the conference The 50th Anniversary of the 1400.” Pennington gave a seminar at the Uni- Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights versity of Ghent, Belgium, on how to read and Act of 1965: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue. do research in canon law manuscripts at the Malveaux received the Franklin D. Cleckley Autumn School in Medieval Languages and Award from the Mid-Atlantic People of Color Culture in Ghent (Gand) on Oct. 19, 2015. Legal Scholarship Conference. This award goes He also gave a talk at Dartmouth College on to one minority law professor in the Mid-At-

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Professional Activities

Associate Professor Mark Distinguised Alumna Award from the Political speaker at the Externship 8 Conference (X8) Rienzi gave a talk titled Science Department of Queens College, City at Cleveland Marshall University, March 3–6, “Obamacare, the Contracep- University of New York. She was also named 2016. Wortham joined a panel of speakers on tive Mandate,” and Religious the CUA vice provost for policy in the fall of Teaching Social Justice in Externship Courses: Freedom, sponsored by the 2015. Silecchia spoke at the Nov. 15, 2015, In- Whether, Why, & How? She was a concur- Federalist Society at Harvard ternational Congress on the Environment and rent session speaker at the Third Conference Law School on Oct. 15, 2015. Rienzi gave a Law: Responsibility and Participation in Cas- of the European Network on Clinical Legal similar talk on Oct. 21, 2015, at the Columbus telgandolfo, Italy. She was a panelist at Pope Education (ENCLE) at the ELTE University, School of Law. Francis and the Ecology of Life, a discussion Budapest, Hungary held Oct. 26–27, 2015. sponsored by The Catholic University Students She was an invited speaker at the 24th Annual Professor Heidi Schooner for Life on Sept. 15, 2015. She spoke at the Polish Conference on Clinical Legal Educa- presented the Foulston Siefkin 4th Annual Lecture for Catholic Legal Profes- tion at Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland Lecture at Washburn Univer- sionals Hosted by the Archbishop of Baltimore held Oct. 23–24, 2015. Wortham planned and sity School of Law in Topeka, on May 21, 2015, and the 1st Annual Sustain- conducted a one-day staff workshop titled In- Kansas on Nov. 5, 2015. The ability Conference of American Legal Educa- tegrating Legal Ethics into the BABSEACLE title of her lecture was “Manag- tion at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Clinical Legal Education Curriculum in Myan- ing Banks’ Regulatory Capital.” Law, Arizona State University on May 8, 2015. mar, at the Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia Clinical Legal Education Staff in Yangon, Professor Lucia Silecchia Professor Emeritus George Myanmar, on Sept. 14, 2015. Wortham was a was a public seminar speaker Smith attended the July 2015 speaker at the Fourth Bridges Across Borders for the Environmental Law World Congress of the Acade- Southeast Asia Clinical Legal Education (BAB- Institute, “The Morality of my of Law and Mental Health SEACLE) Pro Bono Conference & Legal Eth- Market Mechanisms” on Oct. in Vienna, Austria, and pre- ics Forum in Mandalay, Myanmar held Sept. 1, 2015. Her remarks focused sented a paper titled “Existen- 2–6, 2015. Wortham was the plenary speaker on the economic aspects of Pope Francis’s re- tial Suffering and Cura Personalis: Dilemmas at at a two-day July 27–28, 2015, Train the Train- cent environmental encyclical, Laudato Si’. The End-Stage of Life,” in July 2015. er Workshop following the GAJE Conference Silecchia presented a paper on Oct. 2, 2015, at a session titled Who Do We Teach? at An- at Liberty Law School called “Social Love” as Professor Emerita Leah adolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey. Wortham a Vision for Environmental Law: Laudato Si’ Wortham was a concurrent was a concurrent session speaker and chair of and the Rule of Law at the Liberty Law Review session speaker at #DOYOUR- Proposal Review at the 8th Worldwide Confer- Symposium titled Law, Stewardship and the JOB: Exploring Community ence of the Global Alliance for Justice Educa- Dominion Mandate: Environmental Policy Engagement and the “Pub- tion (GAJE) held from July 22 to 25, 2015, at from a Christian Legal Perspective. She was the lic Citizen” Role of Lawyers the Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey. Oct. 8, 2015, dinner speaker for the Diocese Through In-House Clinics and Externships in of Austin’s annual Red Mass, Laudato Si’ and Baltimore, Md., from April 30 to May 3, 2016. Care for Our Common Home: What does it Wortham was invited as a plenary speaker at mean for the legal professional?” She was also the Conference on Clinical Legal Education a panelist at a Loyola Law School discussion Sponsored by the Turkish Ministry of Educa- in Chicago titled Pope Francis’ Moral Message: tion. Her April 2016 presentations were on Care for the Earth, Care for the Poor, and Our teaching legal ethics in clinics and clinical edu- Environmental Responsibility, on Oct. 13, cation in the United States. She taught a one- 2015. Silecchia chaired a full-day conference week course, The American Legal Profession: on Oct. 26, 2015, at The Catholic University Regulation, Professional Responsibility and of America titled, Laudato Si’ and the Protec- Discipline, at Jagiellonian University, Kraków, tion of “Our Common Home”: Faith and Sci- Poland, in March 2016. She was a plenary ence in Conversation. Silecchia received the

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Publications

The Chinese translation of Professor Roger Colinvaux’s Clinical Associate Professor Professor Marshall Breger’s article “Donor Advised Funds: Beverly Petersen Jennison book Independent Agencies in Charitable Spending Vehicles published the article “Reflec- the United States Law, Structure for 21st Century Philanthro- tions on the Graying of Amer- and Politics (2015) will be pub- py,” was part of the conference ica: Implications of Physician lished this fall. He published proceedings at the Boston Col- Orders for Life-Sustaining “Ordre Public and the First Amendment,” lege Law School’s Forum for Philanthropy and Treatment” in the Rutgers Journal of Law & in Review of Faith and Fundemental Affairs in the Public Good. Colinvaux’s op-ed “Congress Public Policy (Spring 2015, Vol. 12:3). 2015. Breger co-authored the Forward op- Needs to Send a Message That Advised Funds ed “Why Haven’t Jews Responded to Vatican Are About Giving, Not Saving,” was published Professor Kathryn Kelly is II After 50 Years?” on Sept. 22, 2015. Breger by the Chronicle of Philanthropy on Dec. 29, the author of the 13th edition was also quoted in the Forward article “Why 2015. Colinvaux was a regular contributor to of Prosser, Wade and Schwartz’s Jews Believe Pope Francis Feels A Bond in His the Nonprofit Law Prof/Blog. Torts: Cases and Materials and ‘Kishkes’,” on Sept. 18, 2015. Breger’s op-ed its accompanying teacher’s “Agreeing to Disagree, There is no reason for Professor Cara Drinan posted manual (with David Partlett the Jewish community to be monolithic in our “Pope Francis on Prison: ‘I, and Victor Schwartz) published in July 2015 opinions,” was published in the November/ Too, Could Be Here’” on the by West Academic Press. The casebook, first December 2015 issue of Moment Magazine. Huffington Post blog, on Sept. published in 1951, is the most widely used Other Moment Magazine op-eds include “The 21, 2015. Drinan also pub- casebook on torts, a required first year class in Cold Hard Realist Case for Israel,” (March/ lished a Huffington Post blog almost every American law school. April 2016); “Judaism does not Tolerate Wel- post, “White House and Supreme Court Agree: Associate Professor Megan La fare Fraud,” (July/August 2015); and “Are U.S. Children Deserve a Shot at Redemption,” on Belle published “The Local Colleges Giving Up Free Speech,” (Jan/Feb Jan. 26, 2016. Drinan secured a contract with Rules of Patent Procedure,” in 2015). Breger also co-authored an article titled Oxford University Press in summer 2015 to the Arizona State Law Journal “Independent Agencies in the United States: publish a book on juveniles serving extreme on June 29, 2015. The article The Responsibility of Public Lawyers,” which sentences. Her book, The War on Kids: How considered the effect of local was published in the Winter 2016 issue of The American Juvenile Justice Lost Its Way, will be patent rules on patent policy and our federal Public Lawyer. He was an invited author on The published in 2017. Drinan presented a chapter system of civil procedure. La Belle also co-au- Yale Journal Law and Regulation’s “Notice and of the book at Duke Law School’s November thored Federal Circuit amicus briefs in Acorda Comment” blog where he wrote a review of Pe- 2015 Conference on the Present and Future of Therapeutics, Inc. v. Mylan Pharm., Inc. and ter Conti-Brown’s The Power and Independence Civil Rights Movements and at Catholic Uni- Altera Corp. v. Papst Licensing, both of which of the Federal Reserve (Princeton, 2016). versity’s inaugural Research Day on April 15, 2016. In the past year, Drinan also co-authored involve questions of personal jurisdiction in Professor Stacy Brustin pub- a criminal law casebook, Criminal Law: Cases patent cases. lished an article with Profes- and Materials (Lexis Publishing, 8th edition, sor Lisa Martin titled “Paved forthcoming 2016), and an Iowa Law Review With Good Intentions: Un- 101 (2016) article on the Supreme Court’s intended Consequences Of recent juvenile sentencing decisions. In April, Federal Proposals To Integrate the Charles Koch Foundation awarded Drinan Child Support And Parenting Time,” in 48 In- a research grant for fall 2016. She will use the diana Law Review (2015). fall 2016 semester leave to complete her book manuscript.

Professor Sarah Duggin published an article titled, “From the New Deal to the New Healthcare: A New Deal Per- spective on King v. Burwell and the Crusade against the Afford- able Care Act,” 23 University of Miami Business Law Review 317 (Spring 2015).

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Publications

Professor Mary Leary is the ter in the book Prawo konstytucyjne, partie i Clinical Assistant Professor co-author of Perspectives on doktryny polityczne (Constitutional Law, Parties Faith Mullen wrote (with Missing Persons Cases (Caro- and Political Doctrines), Wydawnictwa Uniw- Associate Professor of Sociol- lina Academic Press, 2015). ersytetu Jagiellońskiego (Publications of the Ja- ogy Enrique Pumar) a compre- Leary published a book chap- giellonian University), (Cracow 2015). He also hensive report “Community ter, “Crime Victim Rights,” in published “Czy najlepsza na ?wiecie? Kilka re- Listening Project,” which was the American Bar Association publication, The fleksji sceptycznych o konstytucji Stanow Zjed- published by the Consortium of Legal Ser- State of Criminal Justice 2015. Leary’s op-ed noczonych” (The Best in the World? A couple vices Providers. The report contains a wealth “Sentencing Reforms Need Voices From Vic- of skeptical reflections about the Constitution of findings that should impact how legal and tims” was published in the National Law Jour- of the United States) as a chapter in the book social services providers — and the community nal on Nov. 2, 2015. Leary’s article “The Third dedicated to Professor Marian Grzybowski, Us- as a whole — understand and respond to the Dimension of Victimization,” was published in troje - tradycje i porównania (Political Systems experiences of people living in poverty (April the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law (Vol. — Traditions and Comparisons) (Warszawa 2016). 13, No. 139, 2016). Leary’s op-ed “Don’t be 2015). Wydawnictwo Sejmowe (Publications fooled by corporations’ self-proclaimed title of of the Polish Parliament), (Warsaw 2015). Lud- Rev. Raymond C. O’Brien privacy protector” was also published by the wikowski published “American Presidentialism published an article titled “Se- NewBostonPost on Feb. 27, 2016. She pub- in the Light of Obama’s Immigration Reform” lective Issues in Effective Med- lished “Modern Day Slavery Implications of a (with Anna Ludwikowski) in Cracow’s Inter- icaid Estate Recovery Statutes,” Label,” in the St. Louis University Law Review, national Studies (2016). Ludwikowski also rein 27 Catholic University Law Vol. 60 (2016) and “The Supreme Digital Di- viewed 20 articles submitted for publication in Review (2016). Father O’Brien vide,” Texas Tech Law Review, Vol. 48, No.1 “Legal Studies of University of Bialystok.” published The Fundamentals of Elder Law (with (2015). Michael T. Flannery) (Foundation Press 2015) Professor Suzette Malveaux and The Sexual Exploitation of Minors(with Mi- Professor Lisa Lerman is the published “A Pragmatic Ap- chael T. Flannery) (Carolina Academic Press, author of Ethical Problems in proach to Interpreting the 2016). the Practice of Law: Fourth Edi- Federal Rules” in JOTWELL tion (with Philip G. Schrag), on Aug. 11, 2015. Her article Professor J.P. “Sandy” Ogilvy which was published in March “Front Loading and Heavy published a book titled Inside 2016. Lerman also authored Lifting: How Pre-Dismissal Discovery Can Ad- Torts: What Matters and Why, Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model dress the Detrimental Effect of Iqbal on Civil a guide to the principal top- Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions Rights Cases,” (2010) was listed on SSRN’s ics covered in most first-year 2015-16 (with Philip G. Schrag and Anjum top 10 download lists for Procedure (Private torts courses (Wolters Kluwer, Gupta), which was published in November Law — Discrimination) throughout fall 2015. 2016). He published “Observation” a book 2015 by Wolters Kluwer Law and Business. Malveaux was a signatory on the Brief for Com- chapter in Learning from Practice: A text for plex Litigation Law Professors as Amici Curiae, experiential legal education (West Academic Professor Rett Ludwikowski which was cited favorably by the Supreme Publishing 2016). He also published “Beyond published “Two Firsts: A Com- Court in Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo (2016), Curricular Tinkering: Real Reform of Legal parative Study of the American regarding the use of statistical evidence in class Education, (Broadly Considered),” in 7 Elon and the Polish Constitutions,” actions. The brief was listed on SSRN’s top 10 Law Review 319 (2015); “Guidelines for the (with Anna Ludwikowski) and download lists for Evidence (Public Law) and Self Evaluation of Legal Education Clinics and “The Twilight of the China’s Procedure (Courts). Her article “A Diamond Clinical Programs,” in 15 Thomas M. Cooley Decade? The American Problems with Chinese in the Rough: Trans-substantivity of the Fed- Journal of Practical and Clinical Law 1 (Special Trade Policy”(Ad Americam). Ludwikowski eral Rules and Its Detrimental Impact on Civil Issue 2014); and “William Pincus: A Life in published “Początki i zmierzch filibusteringu w Rights” was published in 92 Washington Uni- Service — Government, Philanthropy, & Legal Stanach Zjednoczonych” (Origins and Twilight versity Law Review 2. Education,” in 10 University of Massachusetts of Filibustering in the United States) as a chap- Law Review 8 (Winter 2015).

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Professor Kenneth Pen- Professor Lucia Silecchia Clinical Assistant Professor nington is the author of “La published “Pope Francis and Victor Williams published biografia di Graziano, il Padre the Vocation of the Lawyer: an article titled “Raze the Debt del diritto canonico,” Rivista Reflections on Service and Ceiling: A Test Case for State- internazionale di diritto comune Responsibility and Service,” Sovereign and Institutional 25 (2014–2015) 25-60 and in 54 Journal of Catholic Legal Bondholder Litigation to Void “Reform in 1215: Magna Carta and the Fourth Studies 23 (2015). Silecchia’s op-ed “Tapping the Debt Limit Statute” in 72 Washington and Lateran Council,” Bulletin of Medieval Canon Our Better Nature To Solve Global Woes” was Lee Law Review 96 (2015). Williams published Law 32 (2015) 99-127. published by the Environmental Law Institute a guest post in the American Constitution So- (March/April 2016). Silecchia published (with ciety’s ACSblog on Oct. 5, 2015, and had an Professor Antonio Perez is the Leslie Carothers, Bob Perciasepe, and Caroline article published in the Houston Law Review’s author of “The Subsidy Ques- Farrell) “Dialogue: The Morality of Market online edition titled “NLRB v. Noel Canning tion in King v. Burwell — A Mechanisms,” 46 ELR 10005 (January 2016) Tests The Limits Of Judicial Memory: Leon Federalist Response to Crony and “A Witness First Lives the Life He Propos- Higginbotham, Spottswood Robinson, And Capitalism,” 23 University of es: Evangelization and the Catholic Lawyer,” David Rabinovitz Rendered Illegitimate,” in Miami Business Law Review (May 2015). 6 Houston Law Review 107 (2015). Williams’ 283 (2015). article “John Boehner and Paul Ryan’s Clean Professor Emeritus George P. Debt Limit Imperative: Raise and then Raze Associate Professor Mark Smith co-wrote an article with the Debt Ceiling (Part II)” was featured in the Rienzi wrote “Substantive David Steenburg '15 titled Huffington Poston Oct. 26, 2015. Due Process as a Two-Way “Environmental Hedonism Street: How the Court Can or, Securing the Environment Professor Emerita Leah Reconcile Same-Sex Marriage Through the Common Law” Wortham co-edited and co- and Religious Liberty,” 68 in 40 William & Mary Environmental Law and wrote chapters of the third edi- Stanford Law Review Online 18 (2015). Rienzi Policy Review, 65-114 (2015). Smith’s paper tion of Learning from Practice: wrote an op-ed titled “The pope, the president, titled “Existential Suffering and Cura Persona- A Text for Legal Experiential and religious diversity,” which ran in the Wash- lis: Dilemmas at The End-Stage of Life” was Education (LFP) (with CUA ington Times on Sept. 22, 2015. published in 7 Health Care Law and Policy (e Law professors Stacy Brustin, Lisa Lerman, Journal), 47 (2015). Lisa Martin, and Sandy Ogilvy).

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Recent Media

Professor Marshall Breger was quoted in June Professor Sarah Duggin dis- Professor Megan La Belle was quoted in a July 18, 2015 Buzzfeed article titled, “The U.S. cussed Senator Ted Cruz’s 2, 2015, American Banker article titled “What’s Chemical Disaster Board is Imploding.” eligibility to serve as president Behind the Huge Increase in Bank Patent Fil- pursuant to the Constitu- ings?” Professor Roger Colinvaux tion’s Natural Born Citizen- was quoted in: BNA, Daily Tax ship Clause on MSNBC’s The Professor Mary Leary was Report, “Charitable Contribu- Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell on Jan. interviewed by Cox News tions: Corporate Stock Dona- 7, 2016; on Jan. 8, 2016, on MSNBC’s Live regarding the FBI crime sta- tions to Charity Up 5 Percent, with Thomas Roberts; and in an MSNBC inter- tistics report. Leary was also Led by Wealthy Individuals,” view with Stephen Kott televised in several cit- interviewed by WTOP Radio on May 28, 2015; The Nonprofit Times, “The ies around the country in early January 2016. on Dec. 15, 2015, in reference Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,” on Jan. 12, 2016; Duggin also discussed the natural born citizen- to the Virginia detective who was facing child and the Huffington Post, “Clinton and Trump ship controversy on radio programs broadcast sex-related charges and killed himself. Leary Should Have Reported Some Gift to Their in California, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and was quoted in a May 2015 article for Santa Fe Charities as Personal Income, Experts Say,” on Delaware during January. Professor Duggin New Mexican in reference to a book-throwing Feb. 29, 2016. was quoted on the subject of presidential eli- incident in a middle school. Leary was also gibility by ABC News and the ABA, as well as quoted in a March 6, 2016, article published Professor Robert Destro was in articles in the Washington Post, the New York by the Catholic News Agency titled “Do you quoted in the Dec. 8, 2015, Times, the National Journal, Politifact.com, and buy shrimp? You might want to know about article “A growing coalition in Canada’s McLean’s newsmagazine at various this.” Leary’s op-ed “A second byte at Apple,” agrees: Christians are geno- times during the past year. In October 2015, was published in the Union Leader on March cide victims too,” published by the New Jersey Law Journal interviewed and 10, 2016. the Catholic News Agency. He quoted Duggin on the subject of ethical issues discussed the issue of how Christians are be- Clinical Assistant Professor pertaining to the internal investigation into coming genocide victims at the hands of ISIS. Faith Mullen was mentioned “Bridgegate,” the Fort Lee lane controversy and Destro was also quoted in a Jan. 3, 2016, ar- in the Washington Post editorial allegations pertaining to New Jersey Governor ticle published by the Washington Times titled “Will the District’s budget rec- Chris Christie. “Stopping the Christian Holocaust.” Destro’s ognize the struggles of low-in- involvement in the attempt to free Robert Professor Cara Drinan was come residents?” regarding the Levinson, a C.I.A. consultant who vanished quoted in a Sept. 26, 2015, “Community Listening Project” (April 2016). in Iran, was noted in the New York Times on Tampa Bay Times article titled Mullen was quoted in the Washington Post ar- Jan. 22, 2016. Destro was interviewed on “Killer at 17, hope at 38: Court ticle “Being poor in Washington means worry- NPR’s Diane Rehm Show to discuss the Pope’s ruling lets juvenile offenders be ing about housing, survey finds,” regarding the visit (Sept. 22, 2015). Destro was quoted in a resentenced.” Drinan was inter- “Community Listening Project” (April 2016). Catholic News Agency article on Oct. 7, 2015, viewed by Catholic News Service on Sept. 27, Professor David Lipton ap- titled “Religious leaders, scholars ask Obama to 2015, about Pope Francis visiting inmates at a peared as a guest on EWTN declare ISIS violence a genocide.” It was also Philadelphia correctional facility. picked-up by Angelus, Washington Times, and Nightly News to discuss the vol- Christian Telegraph. Destro was interviewed Professor Clifford Fishman atile trading facing world-wide by GVH Live on July 20, 2015, and July 20, was interviewed by Bloomberg securities markets today on 2015, in reference to the Iran nuclear deal and BNA about his insights on Jan. 7, 2016. Lipton was quot- again on July 23, 2015, about the impact of the procedure, evidence, and elec- ed in the July 8, 2015, article, “Trading halt on religious liberty on millennials. He was quoted tronic surveillance on May 19, NYSE floor reveals vulnerability,” published by a GVH article titled “Apple’s Fight for Privacy 2015. Fishman was also quoted Inside Counsel. He discussed the shutdown of Stifled by Feds’ War on Terror,” on Feb. 25, in BNA article titled “Ex-Galleon Trader’s Wife the New York Stock Exchange due to a possible 2016. Can Sue FBI Agents Again Over Wiretapping technical failure. Marital Phone Calls” on May 27, 2015. On April 12, 2016, he was a guest on Wharton Business Radio where he discussed the Justice Department resuming civil forfeitures.

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Professor J.P. “Sandy” Ogilvy was also quoted by the Becket Fund about the Clinical Assistant Professor was quoted in a Business Insider Supreme Court brief he filed for Little Sisters Victor Williams was inter- article about the clemency peti- of the Poor. Rienzi wrote an op-ed piece for viewed on POTUS 2016, tion for Timothy Tyler on Sept. USA Today on religious freedom on May 13, (CUNY TV) hosted by Brian 13, 2015. Oglivy was also quot- 2015. Rienzi appeared on Fox News defending Lehrer, regarding his published ed in Diverse Issues in Higher the Little Sisters on March 20, 2016. Rienzi article on the Electoral Col- Education on the Innocence Project Clinic was quoted by WND, MSN, and Fox News lege and Donald Trump’s disruptive impact on and Clemency Project at CUA Law, “Catholic about Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell. 2016 presidential election on Dec. 9, 2015. University Finds Clemency Project Rewarding Williams was quoted in a Feb. 16, 2016, article Experience,” on Jan. 18, 2016. Professor Heidi Schooner was quoted in the “Yes, Obama Could Appoint a Scalia Replace- July 2, 2015 American Banker article titled ment Today” published by Mother Jones. Professor Kenneth Penning- “What’s Behind the Huge Increase in Bank ton was quoted in an article Patent Filings?” by Liam Stack in the New York Times on Feb. 19, 2016, in Professor Lucia Silecchia was an essay titled “In Defense of quoted in a June 22, 2015, Trump, Some Point (Wrongly) Catholic News Agency article to Vatican Walls.” titled “Have a family, grow a garden, be holy — conclusions Associate Professor Mark from Laudato Sî.” Silecchia Rienzi was quoted in the was quoted in a July 13, 2015, Catholic News Washington Post article “At the Agency article titled “Why a doctor who treats Supreme Court, ‘Little Sisters Iraq War veterans is opposed to D.C.’s assisted of the Poor’ has a ring to it,” suicide bill.” Silecchia was quoted in a U.S. on Oct. 18, 2015. Rienzi was News and World Report article “The Power, and quoted in article published by the Washington the Limits, of Pope Francis’s Climate Message” Times on Jan. 4, 2016, and Aletia on Jan. 9, on Sept. 22, 2015. She also provided commen- 2016, in reference to the Little Sisters of the tary on EWTN Nightly News in reference to Poor and the brief, which was filed to with the the U.N.’s Climate negotiations (COP-21) un- Supreme Court on their behalf. He was also derway in Paris in November 2015. Silecchia quoted by Bloomberg BNA and National Catho- was a commentator for EWTN News Nightly, lic Register regarding the death of Justice Sca- discussing topics including Vatican Bank re- lia and what that means for the Little Sisters’ forms; 2015 Paris climate negotiations Cath- case before the United States Supreme Court olic media; environmental ethics; and Pope in February 2016. Rienzi was interviewed by Francis’s meeting with United Nations lead- Fox News’s The Kelly File regarding the 10th ers and on TeleSur television, discussing Pope Circuit Court of Appeals’ July 14, 2015, ruling Francis’s 2015 visit to the United States; and on that the government can force the Little Sisters National Public Radio, discussing a proposed to comply with the contraception mandate in bill allowing assisted suicide in the District of the health care law. Rienzi has represented the Columbia. nuns pro bono in his capacity as senior counsel for The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. He

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What’s new with your fellow alumni?

1967 1975 comed her first grandson, Kaeden, who lives with his parents in beautiful County Wick- William H. Clendenen Roberta D. Liebenberg low, Ireland. On Sept. 21, 2015, Fisher, who Jr. served as the 92nd was honored by The Legal affirmed the war crimes conviction of former president of the Connecti- Intelligencer in Philadel- Liberian President Charles Taylor, spoke at the cut Bar Association (CBA). phia as a Lifetime Achieve- President’s Forum series at Hobart and William A member of Clendenen ment Award recipient at an Smith Colleges. & Shea LLC in New Ha- awards dinner on May 20. ven, Clendenen has served The lifetime achievement clients as a lawyer for more than 40 years and awards recognize attorneys with exemplary ca- 1977 has built his reputation trying state and federal reers and unsurpassed dedication to the profes- court cases. Clendenen serves as a special mas- sion. Liebenberg is a partner with Fine, Kaplan Mark S. Bicks has joined the law firm of Wen- ter for the U.S. District Court in Connecticut and Black. She has also joined the Board of deroth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P. in Washington, and as an attorney trial referee in the Connecti- Directors of the American Antitrust Institute D.C., as of counsel, specializing in intellectual cut Superior Court. He has served as town at- (AAI), an independent and nonprofit educa- property law. torney in Madison and Branford. tion, research, and advocacy organization de- Eugene I. Goldman was appointed to a four- voted to advancing the role of competition in year term on Virginia’s Board for Professional the economy, protecting consumers, and sus- and Occupational Regulation by Gov. Terry R. 1970 taining the vitality of the antitrust laws. McAuliffe. Goldman is a partner with McDer- Andrew Robert (Bob) Greene was elected Carol Sigmond was inducted as president of mott Will & Emery LLP in Washington, D.C. a Fellow of the American College of Environ- the New York County Lawyers’ Association on James P. Ulwick, a principal at the full service mental Lawyers (ACOEL), a professional asso- June 1, 2015. law firm Kramon & Graham, has been recog- ciation of distinguished lawyers who practice nized by Maryland Super Lawyers 2016 for his in the field of environmental law. Membership work in business litigation, criminal defense, is by invitation and members are recognized 1976 civil litigation, and intellectual property liti- by their peers as preeminent in their field. gation. He has been selected to appear in the ACOEL members are dedicated to maintain- The HonorableShireen Avis Fisher was directory every year since 2007. ing and improving the ethical practice of en- awarded a Ph.D. in International Law from vironmental law; the administration of justice; University College London. Her dissertation and the development of environmental law at examined national judicial interpretation of both the state and federal level. treaty-based law. Judge Fisher also delivered the Peace Palace Commemoration Lecture “70 years Nuremberg”, on Nov. 14, 2015, at the 1971 Academy Building of the Peace Palace in The Hague. The lecture was organized by the Peace John Barry Kelly had his novel, Hammer of Palace Library and the Dutch Carnegie Foun- Justice, published. It is available at Amazon dation on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary and signed first edition hardbacks can still be of the Nuremberg Trials. Fisher’s article “The purchased through his website, www.johnbar- SCSL and Gender Sensitivity” was published rykelly.com. Elizabeth Ann MacDonald (CUA by Cambridge University Press (2015) as part Nursing '65) and Kelly celebrated their 50th of the Festschrift for Adama Dieng. She wel- anniversary on June 26, 2015.

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1979 Board of Directors of the Granite State Senior 1984 Games, Inc., the New Hampshire affiliate of The Honorable Susan V. Kelley was awarded the National Senior Games Association. The In his new book, 3D Printing Will Rock the the Distinguished Service Award by the Wis- Games promote healthy active lifestyles for in- World, industry thought leader John Hornick consin Association of Mediators for creating a dividuals age 50 and over through education, takes a deep look into the world of 3D print- Mortgage Modification Mediation Program to fitness, and sports. ing and its potential future impact on business, help financially distressed homeowners stay in manufacturing, science, crime, law, education, their homes. She has been presiding over the James Moriarty has been named vice presi- and, basically, life as we know it. The book is Archdiocese of Milwaukee bankruptcy case, dent, general counsel and corporate secretary now available from Amazon in paperback and one of the longest and most contentious dioc- of the Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. Mo- Kindle. esan bankruptcies. riarty will oversee the company’s legal affairs by managing Chesapeake’s internal legal function, Kevin Petrasic joins White & Case as a part- and managing outside counsel. He will provide ner and will lead the financial-institution ad- 1980 counsel on legal matters to senior manage- visory practice. Previously, Petrasic was at Paul ment and the business units to ensure compli- Hastings. Robert C. Dalton retired in July 2015 after ance with applicable laws and regulations, and 37 years of federal service, including the last advise senior management and the board on Robert D. Schaub was named to the Pennsyl- 25 with the Dept. of Justice. A former AUSA corporate governance matters. In addition, he vania 2015 Super Lawyer list by Super Lawyers specializing in white-collar crimes, Dalton be- will provide legal advice on all major business magazine. Schaub is chair of Rosenn, Jenkins came an expert in the RICO statute as a 15- transactions and assist management on govern- & Greenwald’s Litigation Department for year member of DOJ’s Organized Crime and mental relations, including lobbying and other business litigation. Gang Section. legislative activities. Theodore P. Stein joined Offit Kurman as a Marvin E. Johnson has been nominated by principal attorney in its Bethesda, Md., office. President Obama to a key administration post 1983 Stein focuses primarily on labor and employ- on the Federal Service Impasses Panel, Federal ment and employee benefits and ERISA law Labor Relations Authority. Johnson is a nation- In February 2014, Paul Gamble retired from and litigation. ally recognized mediator, arbitrator, and trainer the U.S. Navy Reserve after 30 years of service with over 27 years of dispute resolution experi- in the grade of captain, Judge Advocate Gener- ence. al’s Corps. In June 2015, Gamble left the Law 1986 Department, NYC Criminal Court to accept a Patrick Reddy retired after 15 years with the Patrick Regan was featured in Washingtonian position as assistant deputy commissioner, tri- California State Assembly where he specialized magazine regarding his representation of cli- als at the New York City Police Department. ents suing WMATA. in redistricting law. In 2016, he will join the John Polanin Jr. has been appointed global political consulting firm Full Disclosure Cam- head of compliance for Macquarie Group Lim- paigns as an associate working on California ited based in Sydney, Australia, effective June political campaigns. After the 2016 election, 1, 2015. he will publish his second book, 21st Century 1982 America: How Suburbanites, Immigrants and Kevin W. Shaughnessy, a High Tech Voters Will Choose Our Presidents, a Eric P. Bernard was appointed to the New partner at BakerHostetler, long-term study of social and political trends. Hampshire Workers’ Compensation Appeals was named to the Best Advisory Board on April 17, 2015. On May Lawyers in America 2016 16, 2015, he won a silver medal in shot and a list for employment law- bronze medal in hammer at the Connecticut management; labor law- Masters Games, Veterans’ Field, New Britain, management; and litiga- Conn. He won a gold medal in javelin and a tion-labor and employment. Keep up with the happenings at CUA Law by following us on: bronze medal in shot at the Rhode Island Se- nior Olympics on June 7, 2015, and a silver medal in shot at the Massachusetts Senior Facebook Linkedin Twitter Instagram Games on June 13, 2015, in the men’s 60-64 age group. Bernard has been appointed to the

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The HonorableDiane Costanzo was reap- Gregory R. Faulkner has been elected to Cheryl Behymer, a partner with Fisher & pointed to the New York City Family Court the Managing Committee of the law firm of Phillips’ Atlanta office, has been selected by by Mayor Bill de Blasio in December 2015. Robinson+Cole. Faulkner is a partner and chair her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Costanzo previously served with The Legal Aid of the Construction Group and has served as America 2016. Behymer is cochair of the firm’s Society and with the New York State Unified local, national, and international counsel in all Affirmative Action and Federal Contract Com- Court System for 18 years including as ex- aspects of construction law. pliance Practice Group. ecutive assistant to the New York City Family Court administrative judge, court attorney referee, and principal court attorney. 1992 1995

Lynda C. Shely of The Shely Firm, PC, in Melissa E. Darigan was Hon. Rainey R. Brandt, magistrate judge, Su- Scottsdale, Ariz., was elected the 2015–2016 welcomed as president of perior Court of the District of Columbia, is the president of the Association of Professional Re- the Rhode Island Bar Asso- 2015 recipient of the Law Students in Court sponsibility Lawyers, a national organization ciation. Darigan is a part- Distinguished Alumnus Award. According to whose members advise lawyers and law firms in ner in the business law and the citation, “Judge Brandt has dedicated her legal ethics matters. litigation firm, Partridge career to public service, the law, and improv- Snow & Hahn, LLP and ing the administration of justice. As Magistrate co-chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Judge, she works to ensure that the rights of 1988 The Rhode Island Bar Association is the largest all who come before her are respected and pro- nonprofit membership organization in Rhode tected.” Her award was presented on May 19, Shelly R. Pagac, a partner Island with more than 6,000 member lawyers 2015, at the D.C. headquarters of Jones Day. at the law firm Pietragallo and judges. Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, was one of 1996 two featured presenters at 1993 the Pennsylvania Bar In- James Rhilinger has been promoted to depu- stitute’s CLE on July 21, Kelly Donovan, executive deputy New York ty assistant director in the Federal Trade Com- 2015, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Pagac was also a fea- attorney general, was honored by the Manhat- mission’s Bureau of Competition. tured speaker at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s tan District Attorney’s Association on June 10, Employment Law Institute West CLE program 2015. Kevin Ring has been named vice president of in November 2015. She presented “Prepping the nonprofit sentencing reform organization, Dos and Don’ts — Can’t We Just Testify For Lisa D. Crossley Newton was appointed FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Mini- Our Clients?”, and discussed relevant rules executive director of the National Society of mums). from the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Compliance Professionals. She has more than Tara Shostek (Becht) is now a program ana- Conduct as well as a checklist for effective wit- 20 years of experience in the financial services lyst (Policy) at FEMA. ness testimony. industry as general counsel and chief compliance officer on both the broker dealer and investment company/adviser sides of the busi- 1990 ness. She has been with the National Society of 1997 Compliance Professionals since 2010. Richard G. Poulson Minnie Baylor-Henry joined YourEncore’s has been named a “Best Regulatory Practice and Strategic Advisory Michael P. Shaw was named as managing di- Lawyer” in the 2016 edi- Board. YourEncore (www.yourencore.com) rector of Oyster Consulting’s Greater Washing- tion of The Best Lawyers helps life sciences, consumer products, and ton area location. Shaw is the former manag- in America, one of the le- food companies solve complex product de- ing director, professional standards and legal, gal profession’s oldest and velopment and regulatory challenges. Baylor- of the Certified Financial Planner Board of most respected peer-review Henry is a recognized leader in the area of food Standards, Inc. Previously, Shaw served as di- publications. Poulson, a partner in the Phila- and drug laws and regulations. rector, assistant corporate secretary, Office of the Chairman, of the Financial Industry Regu- delphia office of Willig, Williams & Davidson, latory Authority. has been representing labor unions since the inception of his career. Matthew J. Shea is an associate justice of the Holyoke District Court in Massachusetts. Prior to being nominated by Governor Deval Patrick, Shea was an assistant district attorney in Hampden County, where he had served as a 40 CUA Lawyer / 2016 Superior Court supervisor since 2011. Alumni News

October 14, 15, and 16, 2016 Philip R. Principe is the author of Omega Plague: Collapse, a novel about an Italian police officer stationed on the island of Capri and his REUnion struggle to survive civilization’s fall in the wake of a devastating global pandemic. Published in Weekend July 2015 by Grey Mountain Press. Reunite and Reconnect2016 at CUA Law Celebrating Classes of 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 1998 Muriel Collison has been selected by Law Wes Reber Porter has been awarded tenure at 2001 Bulletin Publishing as one 2015’s Forty Illinois Golden Gate University School of Law. Porter, The Charlottesville office of Woods Rogers Attorneys under 40 to Watch. The Law Bul- a former Navy JAG & assistant U.S. attorney, PLC welcomed Timothy I. Kelsey as of Jan. letin Publishing Company reviewed more than was the director of GGU Law’s Litigation 1, 2016, in an of counsel role. Kelsey is licensed 1,300 nominations submitted from lawyers Center, which helped GGU Law receive an by the Virginia State Bar, and is admitted to throughout Illinois to identify this year’s most A+ rating for practical skills training from the practice before the U.S. District Court in the talented young lawyers. National Jurist. Western District of Virginia and the U.S. Ryan J. Cudnik was promoted to Of Coun- Catherine M. Reese was admitted into the Bankruptcy Court. sel with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. As Board of Family Law Trial Advocacy, an Ameri- The HonorableKatina Self Steuart was sworn a member of Brownstein’s intellectual prop- can Bar Association Accredited Organization. in on Jan. 15, 2015, to the District Court for erty group, Cudnik manages high-profile pat- Nicole Hughes Waid joined FisherBroyles as Prince George’s County, Md., after having been ent litigation cases, including many involving a partner in Washington. Previously, she was at appointed to the judiciary by former Governor “blockbuster” pharmaceutical products with Roetzel & Andress. Martin O’Malley on Dec. 29, 2014. global sales exceeding $1 billion per year. Jeff VanHooreweghe was elected partner Daniel A. Lewis, a family with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Based law attorney with Hatcher 1999 in San Francisco, VanHooreweghe focuses his Law Group, was named Stephanie M. Radix (née Dyson) and Car- practice on all aspects of antitrust law, includ- among the 2015 Leaders in son S. Walker (class of 2012) were among the ing criminal grand jury investigations, civil the Law by North Carolina contributing authors of “Access and Innovation investigations, private litigation, merger clear- Lawyers Weekly (NCLW). in a Time of Rapid Change: Physician Assistant ance, and compliance counseling. The award recognizes legal Scope of Practice, Annals of Health Law” - Vol. professionals statewide who go above and be- 24 Issue 1. (24 Annals Health L. 286 (2015). yond in their profession and community. Lewis The article analyzes the evolution of the physi- 2002 focuses his practice on a wide variety of family cian assistant (PA) profession over its first half law matters, including divorce, child custody, Bradford C. Blaise has joined Sheppard, century and looks at the various legal factors child support, property distribution, alimony, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a part- that contributed to the increasingly vital role and domestic violence. ner with the firm’s growing Intellectual Prop- PAs play in the delivery of healthcare. During erty practice group. Blaise’s practice focuses on After more than eight years her career, Radix has served as a legislative at- patent prosecution and client counseling in a as vice president and gen- torney and state advocacy advisor for health- variety of fields including computer software, eral counsel of Home Loan care and alcohol and drug policy nonprofits. business methods, e-commerce, financial ser- Investment Bank, FSB and vices, video games, virtual worlds, social me- a successful career at Adler dia, social networks, and mHealth and medical Pollock & Sheehan, P.C. 2000 devices, among others. in Boston and Providence, Kasey Chappelle has been appointed global Kevin B. Murphy opened his own law firm, Jungmin Choi was promoted to member of privacy officer and director of commercial the Law Offices of Kevin B. Murphy and As- Epstein Becker Green (EBG). Choi is a mem- compliance for American Express Global Busi- sociates LLC, in the heart of downtown Provi- ber of the Employment, Labor, and Workforce ness Travel. Chappelle joins GBT from Voda- dence. Murphy just celebrated his two-year Management practice, in the firm’s Newark, fone, where she served as global privacy coun- anniversary and continues to practice in the ar- N.J., office. As a member of EBG’s Immigra- sel. She is based in London. eas of corporate law, real estate, litigation, and tion Law Group, she concentrates her practice estate planning. on employment-based immigration law.

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Mark D. Villanueva has 2005 Charles Moldenhauer, CEO of LawIQ, re- joined Stradley Ronon as a cently published an article “Five Myths About partner in its Philadelphia Brian Cline has opened the Law Office of Building Natural Gas Pipelines,” in Law360. office. Villanueva repre- Robert J. Pecora & Brian K. Cline in La Jolla, sents clients in commercial Calif. Elliott Smith joined Winston & Strawn LLP, litigation matters, having a leading global law firm, as a corporate partner amassed extensive litiga- Peter McCamman was promoted to coun- in New York. He was previously with McDer- tion experience at the trial and appellate levels sel in the Washington, D.C., office of Mayer mott Will & Emery. Smith focuses his practice in state and federal courts and in arbitration Brown. on corporate and securities law and has repre- proceedings. He also counsels clients in the ne- sented clients on matters involving public and gotiation and drafting of commercial contracts private offerings of debt and equity securities, and sponsorship agreements. 2006 mergers and acquisitions, and private equity capital transactions. John Ketcham has joined Ashurst LLP’s 2003 Washington, D.C., office as counsel. His practice is focused in the areas of structured finan- 2008 Gary W. Desper has been recognized as 2015 cial products and derivative securities. 10 Best Family Law Attorney for Client Sat- The law firm of Rich Rosen- Patrick Murck joined Pillsbury Winthrop isfaction by the American Institute of Family thal Brincefield Manitta Shaw Pittman as special counsel in the firm’s Law Attorneys. His memberships include the Dzubin & Kroeger, LLP, Washington, D.C., office. Murck, who is the Carroll County Bar Association, Maryland in Alexandria, Va., has former executive director and general coun- Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association, and named as partner Katelin sel of the Bitcoin Foundation and one of its Maryland State Bar Association. T. Moomau. Moomau is an founders, joins the Corporate & Securities — established attorney practic- In May 2015, Nicole M. Heiser joined the Technology practice section. Murck serves as ing all areas of family law and has worked for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a fellow with Harvard University’s Berkman RRBMDK for the past six years. counsel in the General Law, Ethics and Over- Center for Internet & Society where he con- sight group where she continues to practice ducts research on the law and policy implica- Bridget (McVan) Weidenburner and Joe federal sector labor and employment law. tions of bitcoin, distributed ledgers, and smart Weidenburner welcomed twin daughters into contracts. the world on May 12, 2015. Ellen Michele, Timothy J. Maloney was named to the Penn- born 8:43 a.m., weighed 3 lbs. 9 oz., and Ol- sylvania 2015 Rising Star list by Super Lawyers Lt. Sean M. Thompson was recently assigned ivia Jean, born 8:44 a.m., weighed 3 lbs. 12 oz. Magazine. Maloney is a member of the Busi- to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command as Mom, Dad, and babies are doing well. ness and Finance Department with Rosenn, chief of intelligence and operational law, head- Jenkins & Greenwald. His principal practice is quartered in Manama, Bahrain. Thompson in the representation of corporations and busi- welcomed a new son in April, Rhett Paschel nesses in a wide variety of corporate transac- Thompson. tions and business matters. Sara Walshe has joined the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office as a senior assistant district at- 2004 torney in the Public Integrity Bureau. Walshe is a member of the Law School’s Alumni Council. Robert J. Salzer, an associate with the Penn- sylvania law firm, Williams Family Law, P.C., has been named a 2015 Pennsylvania Rising 2007 Star by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. Parker J. Lavin, was promoted to partner in the insurance practice group of Wiley Rein. Lavin represents insurers in coverage litigation under professional liability and general liability policies before federal and state courts across the country. Lavin received the Washington Lawyers’ Committee’s Outstanding Achieve- ment Award for pro bono work on parole cases and, in 2015, was named one of City Year Washington, D.C.’s Idealists of the Year, an award for outstanding public service.

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2009 Rachel Sanford Nemeth married Joe Nemeth 2012 (brother of 2014 graduate Alison Nemeth) on Joshua Borean is now attorney at The Gil- Oct. 10, 2015. Other graduates of CUA Law Chanelle Blackie is now associate attorney at lespie Law Group, Ltd. in attendance were Rachael Bender and Heath- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. er Ayers Campbell, both class of 2010. Timothy Whitney is now legal counsel for the William Haun’s article, “An Originalist Cri- Canam Steel Corporation. Jennifer Webb joined the federal government tique of the Court’s Free Speech Tradition,” affairs team as Independent Insurance Agents was published in Public Discourse on March 29, & Brokers of America. 2016. Haun is a member of the Law School’s 2010 Alumni Council. Eric Bacaj was appointed to a position as an 2011 Jeanah Lacey is now senior technical advi- assistant United States attorney in the South- sor, East Africa Trade and Investment Hub ern District of West Virginia in September Lauren Twigg Krupica was named “West (EATIH) at DAI. 2014. Bacaj previously worked as an assistant Virginia Young Lawyer of the Year” for 2016 district attorney in the Bronx County (N.Y.) at the West Virginia State Bar Annual Confer- David Lieberman is now associate counsel at District Attorney’s Office. ence. Webster, Chamberlain & Bean.

Eric Berkey is now attorney-advisor at U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor.

Shant Boyajian, has joined the infrastructure practice group at Nossaman, LLP. Nossaman assists public agencies in procuring and financ- ing the largest, most innovative projects in the world.

Matthew G. Brannen, an associate in the Rochester office of Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, has been recognized in the 2015 Up- state New York Super Law- yers Rising Stars list in the field of real estate.

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Carson S. Walker (class of 2012) and Steph- 2014 2015 anie M. Radix (née Dyson class of 1999) were among the contributing authors of “Access Petar Dimtchev has joined the Social Security Andrew Chi accepted an offer with New and Innovation in a Time of Rapid Change: Administration in the Falls Church, Va., office. York’s Legal Aid Society as a public defender in Physician Assistant Scope of Practice, Annals the Brooklyn office. of Health Law” - Vol. 24 Issue 1. (24 Annals In its final rule on crowdfunding, the U.S. Se- Health L. 286 (2015). The article analyzes the curities & Exchange Commission cited Brian Casey Duchesne joined the Hopkins Law evolution of the physician assistant (PA) pro- Farnkoff’s comment letter published in the Firm in Gainesville, Va. fession over its first half century, and looks at Feb. 3, 2014, edition of the Journal of Contem- Arielle Giordano accepted a position with the the various legal factors that contributed to the porary Health Law & Policy. U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation increasingly vital role PAs play in the delivery Alex Kalim accepted an offer from the U.S. Committee. of healthcare. Since graduating, Carson has Department of Justice’s Office of International worked in state advocacy for a national health- Affairs. Alicia Marable is staff attorney with the D.C. care nonprofit. office of Sidley Austin in its Securities & De- Ben Lerner joined the State’s Attorney’s Of- rivatives practice group. fice in Anne Arundel County, Md., as assistant 2013 state’s attorney. Lauren McCarty has joined the office of Sen- ator Steve Daines (MT) as a legislative aide for Marc Arvanitis-Arvon has joined the New FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has named Alison technology and telecom policy. York, N.Y., office of Offit Kurman, P.A. Nemeth as his interim legal advisor for media issues. Nemeth joins Commissioner Pai’s office Brittany Everson-Riley is regulatory counsel Leslie Gibbons has joined the Bethesda, Md., on detail from the Video Division of the com- with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. office of Cohen & Hertz, P.C. mission’s Media Bureau. An honors attorney, ––––––––––––––– Patrick Lightfoot is now assistant counsel at she has worked on a variety of legal and policy the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Light- issues relating to broadcast television, includ- The Alumni News Class Notes collects notes foot was previously at the Social Security Ad- ing licensing, transactions, and the upcoming sent to CUA Law from May 1, 2015, through ministration. incentive auction. She previously worked as a April 30, 2016. To read more Class Notes visit law clerk in Commissioner Pai’s office. law.edu/alumni/information/where.cfm. Lindsey Melody is executive assistant-counsel to the Republican Commissioners at the Fed- Mark M. Slobodien accepted the job of pros- To submit a Class Note or news piece about a eral Election Commission. ecutor for the Problem Solving Court in Prince fellow alum, please email cualawalumni@law. George’s County, Md. edu. Melissa Zawadzki has joined the Montgom- ery County, Ohio, Prosecutor’s Office, as a Katherine Tung is working with the Mortgage prosecutor in the Child Protection Unit effec- Bankers Association’s residential policy group. tive July 27, 2015.

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In Memoriam

1937 2010

Josephine Hillyard passed away on April 26, 2016. At the time of Naphtali Matlis passed away on May 12, 2015, after a long illness. her passing, Ms. Hillyard was the oldest living CUA Law alumna and a long-time benefactor of her alma mater. Following law school, she first worked for a member of Congress and was thereafter employed Judge-in-Residence: 1993 to 2013 by the federal government for the rest of her working years. She The Hon. Frederick B. Ugast, former chief judge retired from the Board of Appeal and Review for the U.S. Office of of the Superior Court of Washington, D.C., and Personnel Management, and enjoyed painting and traveling in her judge-in-residence at CUA Law School, died retirement years. Hillyard’s generosity will benefit CUA Law through peacefully at his home on Wednesday, April 6, the Josephine W. Hillyard Scholarship Fund. 2016, at age 92. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in philosophy from The Catholic 1939 University of America. Judge Ugast was married to the former Mary Agnes Larkin, his beloved wife of 65 years, before Elizabeth K. Beam passed away on June 13, 2015. she passed away on July 11, 2015. They raised their six children in Chevy Chase, Md., and were blessed with 14 grandchildren and two 1948 great-grandchildren. To honor his memory, CUA Law is garnering support for The Judge Frederick B. Ugast Memorial Scholarship to Charles A. Guerin, 98, of Pompton Plains, N.J., and West Ken- support students of the Law School. If you are interested in making a nebunk, Maine, died on Sept. 26, 2015. During World War II he contribution to the fund, please contact Corley Raileanu at raileanu@ served (1942–46) as a radioman in the U.S. Army, returning to com- law.edu or 202-319-4697. plete his law school education at Catholic University. Law School Dean: 1995 to 1999 1950 Bernard Dobranski, dean emeritus of the Co- Burton Thomas Ryan passed away Feb. 19, 2016. A veteran of the lumbus School of Law, passed away March 24, United States Army, he was awarded Bronze Star for actions in China- 2016. Dean Dobranski served as CUA Law’s dean Burma-India Theater during WW II. A graduate of Manhattan Col- from 1995 to 1999 and also served as the founding lege and CUA Law, Ryan served Of Counsel to White & Case. dean of Ave Maria School of Law and dean of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. He 1968 was married for 52 years to beloved wife, Carroll, and was a devoted father and grandfather. Thomas J. Madden, father of Elizabeth Winston, associate professor of law, Columbus School of Law, passed away on Jan. 23, 2016. Friend of the Law School Andrew Lee Haislip Jr., Esq., 88, passed away in Silver Spring, MD 1978 on May 14 , 2016. Lee was born in Washington D.C. on Decem- ber 4, 1927. He had four siblings. Lee graduated from U.S. Capitol Marianne R. Loman passed away on June 1 after a prolonged ill- Page School in 1945 and enlisted in the Navy during WWII where ness. After graduating from law school, she began her career with the he received the American Theater Campaign Ribbon and the WWII firm of Sachs, Greenebaum & Taylor of Washington, D.C. She later Victory Medal. Lee ended his military service as a Captain in Air joined Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP of Chevy Chase, Md., where she Force Intelligence. Lee graduated from the University of Maryland in built an impressive and varied career and became a partner. She was 1950 with a BS in Public Administration and Georgetown University named one of the area’s top real estate attorneys in 2006 by Washing- School of Law in 1956. tonian magazine. He was a developer contributing to several developments in Prince Patricia A. Rochester passed away on May 25, 2015. George’s County. Lee and the late Thomas “Tom” Yewell founded the law firm Haislip and Yewell where Maryland U.S. Representative 2004 Steny H. Hoyer was an associate from 1966 to 1969.

Jessica Inda passed away on Sept. 5, 2015. While in law school, The Columbus School of Law’s Haislip and Yewell Mock Courtroom she worked as head paralegal for Simon & Associates and as intel- is an example of his support for higher learning. He was a Charter lectual property support specialist for Crowell & Morning, LLP. She Member of the CUA Board of Visitors from 1998 to 2007. Lee is was hired at Hudson Global Resources, New York, N.Y., where she survived by his four children, including Kathleen (Law) '92, 7 grand- was an intellectual property paralegal. Ms. India began working for children and 11 great-grandchildren. Viacom-MTV Networks as the lead intellectual property paralegal.

2016 / CUA Lawyer 45 Alumni News 2015–16 Alumni Events A Listing of Events Over the Past Year

The 2015-16 fiscal year (May 1–April 30) marked another momentous year for CUA Law alumni events. More than 2,800 alumni, friends and guests attended more than 95 alumni events throughout the year and across the country. What follows is a list of many of those events and a selection of photographs.

The Office of Development and Alumni Relations is busy planning events for the next calendar year. If you are interested in having representatives of the Law School visit your group of alumni, please contact Katie Crowley '10, director of alumni relations at [email protected].

May 2015 FINRA Alumni Luncheon October 2015 February 2016 Capitol Hill Happy Hour Capitol Hill Networking Happy Hour Celebration of the Judiciary Alumni Council Wine Tasting with Students CUA Law Advantage in Action Series — Civil Evening Law Students & Alumni Reception New Hampshire Alumni Reception Litigation Lunch with a Lawyer — Immigration Law CLI Alumni Reception for Class of 2015 Law Review Student & Alumni 1L Luncheon at Mayer Brown Networking Happy Hour Boston Alumni & Admitted Student Reception 1L Luncheon at Steptoe & Johnson Lunch with a Lawyer — Health Law USPTO Alumni and Student Breakfast 1L Luncheon at Wilmer Hale Reunion 2015 1L Reception at Hogan Lovells Law Alumni Association Meeting June 2015 Alumni Council Meeting Virginia Bar Swearing In Breakfast March 2016 William Callyhan Robinson Society Induction Nationals Baseball Game An Evening with CUA Law at Jones Day First Year Friday Program with Brian Stolarz '98 Securities & Exchange Commission Alumni Lunch Student and Alumni Mentor Reception with Mitch Ettinger '83 November 2015 July 2015 Lunch with a Lawyer — Clerkships Securities Annual Alumni Luncheon CUA Law Advantage in Action Series — IP Maryland Bar Exam Lunches CUA Law Advantage in Action Series — Boston Area Alumni Reception Virginia Bar Exam Lunches Labor & Employment Philadelphia Area Alumni Reception Lunch with a Lawyer — Intellectual Property BLSA Alumni & Student Reception August 2015 Lunch with a Lawyer — Public Interest Law Moot Court Alumni and Student Happy Hour Reception Honoring Super Lawyers & Rising Stars U.S. Department of Transportation Alumni Luncheon April 2016 ABA Site Visit Team Reception with Alumni Young Alumni Happy Hour December 2015 International Career Panel & Reception CUA Law Advantage in Action Series — 26th Annual Christmas Concert for Charity Criminal Law New York City Alumni Reception Virginia Bar Swearing In Luncheon Dean’s Dinner Benefiting Student Scholarships September 2015 Annual Alumni & Friends Christmas Party Securities Mixer with Alumni and Students Board of Visitors Meeting & Luncheon Supreme Court Group Swearing In Board of Visitors Meeting & Luncheon Ceremony & Lunch Pope Francis Canonization Mass Alumni Council Spring Meeting & Alumni Luncheon Environmental Law — Meet & Greet January 2016 Capitol Hill Networking Happy Hour Communications Law Career Panel & Alumni Reception

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Law School Honors Recent Alumni Members of the Bench

The Columbus School of Law recognized 32 graduates who now serve or have served as judges, in the “Celebration of the Judiciary” this past spring. The judges’ names are now listed among 270 fellow graduates currently inscribed on the Judges Wall, on display along the third floor classroom corridor that was originally dedicated in 1998 as part of the Centennial Celebration of the Columbus School of Law.

The Honorable Joseph F. Leeson Jr., Class of 1980, who currently serves as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, offered keynote remarks.

“When people have asked if the Columbus School of Law mattered to me, I say ‘it sure did’,” said Judge Leeson. “In my personal life, my faith, my career, and now in public service.”

The Judges Wall lists graduates by the year of their first judicial appointment or election. The wall was rededicated in March 2005 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the law school building and to recognize the contributions of the Law School’s graduates to American jurisprudence, and again in 2011.

The following alumni were added to the Judges Wall (with their names listed under the year of appointment):

1987 2008 2012 2014 Sharman J. Monroe '82 Tiffany Hanna Anderson '97 Kenneth J. Bossong ‘77 Gwenlynn W. D’Souza '94 Molly Reynolds Fitzgerald '86 Rainey Ransom Brandt ‘95 Joseph F. Leeson Jr. '80 1988 Stefan Staicovici '04 Patricia Howard Fitzgerald '00 Matthew Jeremiah Shea '93 Genet McIntosh-Hopewell '82 Michael Geffroy '92 Ann L. Wagner-Stewart '93 2011 Karen Holliday Mason '92 2000 Michael C. Astorino '08 Coral Wong Pietsch '74 2015 John Peter Moran '64 Kristen Droesch '06 Rick Leo '97 Jeffrey T. Smith '96 Meredith C. Petravick '06 2013 Patricia E. Hurt '99 James W. Zion '69 C. Joseph Boatwright II '03 Paul Peterson ‘13 John E. McDonald Jr. '91 Katina Self Steuart '01 2007 Richard Allen Moore II '85 Paul M. Gamble '83 Paul R. Wallace '89 2016 John A. Jeffery '04 Dorothy M. Engel '00

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CUA Law Alumni Supreme Court of the United States Bar Admission Ceremony

Every few years, the Law School offers alumni who have been members emony and reception, alumni and guests returned to the Law School for a in good standing of a state bar for three or more years, the opportunity to luncheon with remarks by Professor Mark Rienzi who successfully argued be sworn in to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. This McCullen v. Coakley before Supreme Court justices in 2014. Alumni year, 37 graduates of Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law were traveled from California, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Michigan to par- admitted to the prestigious bar and enjoyed a reception with Chief Justice ticipate, and class years represented ranged from 1968 to 2011. The next John G. Roberts Jr. and Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as well group admission will take place in 2017. as hearing comments about the history of the Court. Following the cer-

2015 CUA Law Supreme Court Bar Admittees

Ali T. Anwar '11 Linda Kelliher Fisher '96 Grant Mulkey '11 Geoffrey Douglas Aurini '96 Susan Michelle Gibson '08 Vittorio Natale Muzzatti '90 Carisa E. Bergen '10 Hon. William R. Guglietta '85 John A. Nader '06 John A. Bermingham Jr. '04 Mia G. Guizzetti Hayes '06 Monique Y. Najjar '11 Mandisa R. Berry '02 Michael Glenn Jones '92 Nadine G. Najjar '11 Aaron M. Bill '11 Timothy P. Kilgore '04 Charles Thomas O’Brien '96 Amelia Logan Brown '93 George A. Koenig '94 Michael S. Powers '93 Alfred D. Carry '10 Hon. Colleen Kollar-Kotelly '68 Renee Kostick Reynolds '93 Deborah M. Cooke Jackson '93 Hon. Eleni M. Mantis Mercader '01 Dianne W. Shawley '83 Danté A. Cornish '04 Kristin L. McGough '08 Stephanie A. Spear '11 Melissa R. Dennis '06 Thomas F. Meagher '82 Christopher Alex Wieczorek '08 Adina I. Dorch '10 Petula A. Metzler '04 Stanley E. Woodward Jr. '08 Kip M. Edwards '10 Christine M. Mollenauer '94

2016 / CUA Lawyer 49 Alumni News 2015 CUA Law Reunion Weekend

Attending from all over the country, hundreds of Catholic University Law School graduates, friends, and family attended Reunion 2015, held Oct. 23–25 at the Law School and other locations around Washington, D.C.

The weekend kicked off with a Friday VIP Reception with Dean Daniel F. Attridge at the Sidecar at P.J. Clarke’s in downtown Washington. The reception honored Reunion Class Com- mittee members and donors to the 2015 reunion class gifts.

The jam-packed weekend offered more than two-dozen events, designed to help friends and classmates reconnect, keep up with CUA Law developments, and engage with new opportunities to support the Law School. The carefully planned out weekend offered alumni and their guests a little bit of everything, and reunited a record number of alumni.

Ten class years were invited to participate in Reunion 2015: 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010.

“We welcomed more than 400 guests in total to all events,” noted Katherine Gamelin Crowley '10, director of alumni relations for the Columbus School of Law. “We’ve heard nothing but rave reviews from our alumni and we believe this to be our most successful reunion ever.”

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Alumni Council

While the Board of Visitors acts primarily as counselors to the dean, the Columbus School of Law’s more than 11,500 alumni now have their own voice. All CUA Law graduates become members of its Alumni Association upon graduation. The Association is governed in turn by the Law School’s Alumni Council, founded in 2013 “to promote the values, objectives and well-being of The Catholic University of America and Columbus School of Law.”

The council’s first president was Susan Smith Newell '93, followed by James “Jim” C. Anagnos '96. The council is currently led by Stanley E. Woodward Jr. '08. Council members serve a three-year term.

The following dedicated alumni will serve as Alumni Council Officers for the 2016–17 academic year:

PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE Stanley E. Woodward Jr. '08 Maureen Smith Lawrence '08 J. Parker Griffin III '08 Leah Quaile '12 Professor Lisa A. Everhart '83

April 21, 2016 – Alumni Council members and guests James C. Anagnos '96 and Jennifer A. Mahar '95, Christopher R. Bjornson '00, Molly R. Bryson '98, Machalagh Carr '05, and Stanley E. Woodward '08 were Table Sponsors at the 4th Annual Dean’s Dinner.

2016 / CUA Lawyer 51 Highlights

CUA Law Board of Visitors Chair Transition

For the past three years, the Board of Visitors has been very ably chaired by Thomas D. Yannucci, senior partner and chair emeritus of the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. The entire CUA Law community has benefited from his leadership and guidance. At the Board of Visitors meeting on Friday, April 22, Dean Daniel F. Attridge thanked Mr. Yannucci for his service and support and was very pleased to announce that Agnes P. Dover '81, a partner at the law firm of Hogan Lovells who leads its government regulatory practice group, will be serving as the new chair of the CUA Law Board of Visitors.

Columbus School of Law Board of Visitors

Chair Agnes P. Dover, Esquire, 1981 Washington, D.C.

Members

James C. Anagnos, Esquire, 1996 Edward J. Dempsey, Esquire, 1970 Randall Kenyon Hulme, Esquire, 1990 Stanley J. Samorajczyk, Esquire, 1967 Washington, D.C. Avon, Conn. Addison, Texas Annapolis, Md. Paul Alvarez, Esquire, 2006 Anne M. Donohue, Esquire, 1998 Harry Lee, Esquire, 1986 Paul A. Serini, Esquire, 1983 Washington, D.C. Norfolk, Va. Washington, D.C. Reisterstown, Md. Michael J. Bidwill, Esquire, 1990 Maureen E. Dwyer, Esquire, 1978 Daniel Tobin Lennon, Esquire, 1990 Richard A. Shapack, Esquire, 1976 Phoenix, Ariz. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Paul M. Bisaro, Esquire, 1989 Donald W. Farley, Esquire, 1969 Peggy Love, Esquire, 1988 John M. Skenyon, Esquire, 1973 Parsippany, N.J. North Caldwell, N.J. Annapolis, Md. Saunderstown, R.I. Julie A. Bowen, Esquire, 1990 Dena C. Feeney, Esquire, 1963 James E. McDonald, Esquire, 1969 Kevin P. Tighe, Esquire, 1969 McLean, Va. Chevy Chase, Md. Miami, Flor. Potomac, Md. Phillip D. Brady, Esquire Suellen M. Ferguson, Esquire, 1977 Hon. William T. Newman Jr., 1977 S. Jenell Trigg, Esquire, 1997 Alexandria, Va. Annapolis, Md. Arlington, Va. Washington, D.C. John G. Carberry, Esquire, 1973 Alice S. Fisher, Esquire, 1992 Susan S. Newell, Esquire, 1993 Richard C. White, Esquire, 1994 Needham, Mass. Washington, D.C. Alexandria, Va. Washington, D.C. Pat A. Cipollone, Esquire Arthur N. Fuccillo, Esquire, 1978 Luis J. Perez, Esquire, 1983 Thomas D. Yannucci, Esquire Washington, D.C. Rockville, Md. Miami, FL Washington, D.C. Christopher H. Collins, Esquire, 1978 Karen L. Grubber, Esquire, 1992 Larry R. Pilot, Esquire, 1967 Current membership Washington, D.C. Bethesda, Md. Arlington, Va. as of July 2016 Robert F. Comstock, Esquire, 1964 J. Michael Hannon, Esquire, 1980 Jeffrey S. Puretz, Esquire, 1981 Chevy Chase, Md. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Mark D. Cowan, Esquire, 1977 Francis J. Hearn Jr., Esquire, 1989 Mark Reinhardt, Esquire, 1971 Alexandria, Va. Harrison, N.Y. St. Paul, Minn.

Members Emeritus: Professor Emeritus Ralph J. Rohner, 1963, Odenton, Md.

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Thank You for Your Support

Dear Alumni and Friends of CUA Law, In addition: While the legal market has been in flux • 2,831 alumni and friends attended 95 events throughout the past few years, demand for well- the year, receiving updates on the Law School, talking with trained, service-oriented lawyers con- students, and networking with fellow alumni. This rep- tinues to grow. In this era of dynamic resents a 28% increase in total attendance at events from change, through philanthropy and vol- FY15; unteerism, we have the opportunity to transform the Law School to reach new • 80 alumni served as mentors to the first year class, with levels of excellence and enhance the 150 alumni serving as mentors to all current students; value of each CUA Law degree award- • 50 alumni served as moot court judges. ed — past, present, and future. Thank you for your generous support of CUA Law and the vote of confidence it represents In order to achieve the school’s great promise and potential, in our mission and impact it has on the future of the school. we will need your continued partnership in improving the The passion and loyalty of our supporters and the intimate, overall academic profile of the school and growing its ability close-knit community CUA Law provides continues to exceed to make “substantial and lasting contributions to the enrich- expectations. Through the years, many of you have mentored ment of knowledge, the integrity of the legal profession, and students, judged competitions, and made gifts to CUA Law, the enhancement of the welfare of the broader community, strengthening the community for those who will follow you the nation, and the Church,” as the CUA Law Mission and paying forward the support you received from those who Statement states. I look forward to partnering with you as we came before you. pursue this mission. It is a pleasure to share a snapshot of key achievements you Best wishes, made possible in 2015–16: • 1,494 donors were responsible for $1,808,842 in gifts and pledges to CUA Law; Corley Raileanu • Excluding estate distributions, this represents a 6.13% Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations increase in gifts and pledges and an increase of nearly 30% 202-319-4697 in donors over 2014–15; [email protected] • 940 donors gave $742,056 in gifts and pledges to the CUA Law Annual Fund.

There are many opportunities for generosity: • Check: Please make checks payable to The Catholic University of America, • Matching Gifts: If you work for a firm or company that matches gifts from with “CUA Law Fund” or your chosen designation on the memo line, and mail employees or their spouses, you can double and sometimes triple your gift to your check to: the school. Contact your human resources office to see if your employer has a matching gift program. The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law • Stock: Your gifts of stock may make you eligible for certain tax deductions Department 4060 while meeting your philanthropic goals. Washington, DC 20042-4060 • Planned and Testamentary Gifts: Wills, living trusts, or life insurance beneficiary or use the business reply envelope in this edition of CUA Lawyer. designations are an incredible way to make an outstanding impact on the well- being of the school. Gifts such as Charitable Remainder Trusts and Gift Annuities • Online: The easiest way to make a gift is by using a credit card online. Please can help you make a gift to the school today, receive a substantial tax benefit and, go to law.edu/give. in some instances, allow you or a beneficiary to continue to receive income for life. • If you have any questions about giving back to CUA Law, please call the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at 202-319-5670 or email [email protected]. 2016 / CUA Lawyer 53 Honor roll of donors For a complete list of donors who have made gifts to the Columbus School of Law from May 1, 2015, through April 30, 2016, view the Honor Roll of Donors The 1897 Society 2015–2016 online at law.edu/hrd2015-16. Acknowledging the year the Law School was founded, the 1897 Society recognizes our most generous donors and comprises alumni and friends who make an annual leadership gift of $5,000 or more to the Columbus School of Law. Society members are invited to become more active through special events with the dean and other unique opportunities.

Benefactor Richard J. Favretto, Esquire ’66 ($50,000 and above) and Mrs. Francine G. Favretto Alice S. Fisher, Esquire ’92 Dean and Knights of Columbus and Mr. W. Clinton Fisher Professor Daniel F. Attridge, Faculty Lawrence P. Grassini, Esquire ’70 and Anne (Missy) Asbill Attridge, Esquire The Grassini Family Charitable Foundation Robert F. Comstock, Esquire ’64 Estate of Charles A. Guerin ’48 The Dallas Foundation Hannon Law Group, LLP Knights of Columbus Lisa Anne Grattan, Esquire ’90 J. Michael Hannon, Esquire ’80 Jeffrey R. Moreland, Esquire ’70 Karen L. Grubber, Esquire ’92 Rosemary Harold, Esquire, Lecturer and Mrs. Nancy Moreland Kathleen Ham ’87 Professor Roger C. Hartley, Faculty The John A. Quinn Foundation Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP Francis J. Hearn Jr., Esquire ’89 Estate of Annette Roberts Slowinski Mr. Dale N. Hatfield Francisco Hernandez Jr., Esquire ’90 Frank B. Iacovangelo, Esquire ’65 Randall Kenyon Hulme, Esquire ’90 The Frank & Jean Iacovangelo Family Foundation Inc. Patron Catherine Mack, Esquire ’74 Julie Maureen Kearney, Esquire ’98 ($25,000 - $49,999) Jane W. Molloy, Esquire ’65 Kathleen M. Kundar, Esquire ’74 Peter Angelos, Esquire J. Paul Molloy, Esquire ’65 David P. Langlois, Esquire ’70 The Peter and Georgia Angelos Foundation, Inc. Mark Reinhardt, Esquire ’71 Daniel Tobin Lennon, Esquire ’90 Michael Joseph Bidwill, Esquire ’90 John M. Skenyon, Esquire ’73 Stephanie F. Lennon, Esquire ’90 Paul M. Bisaro, Esquire ’89 William F. Sondericker, Esquire ’52 LocusPoint Networks LLC Donald W. Farley, Esquire ’69 Richard M. Starr, Esquire ’79 Peggy Love, Esquire ’88 and Mrs. JoAnn D. Farley Kevin P. Tighe, Esquire ’69 Edgar and Kathleen Merkle Foundation Trust Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc. Verizon Communications, Inc. Phillip Kent Merkle, Esquire ’90 Mr. Mark Murray Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP Mobile Future, Inc. Jeffrey S. Puretz, Esquire ’81 Thomas D. Yannucci, Esquire Robert F. Moriarty, Esquire ’90 and Mrs. Teresa Puretz and Lisa Yannucci, Esquire Vincent R. Olivieri, Esquire ’71 Law Office of Jim Zadeh PC Robert D. Strahota, Esquire ’69 Alyson M. Oswald, Esquire ’05 Adam C. Paul, Esquire ’97 Advocate Fellow Linda O. Perez, Esquire ’83 ($10,000 - $24,999) ($5,000-$9,999) Luis J. Perez, Esquire ’83 Julie A. Bowen, Esquire ’90 Paul Alvarez, Esquire ’06 Larry R. Pilot, Esquire ’67 John G. Carberry, Esquire ’73 Christopher H. Collins, Esquire ’78 John Polanin Jr., Esquire ’83 Clark Charitable Foundation and Anne G. Collins Patrick Michael Regan, Esquire ’80 Courtney Clark Pastrick, Esquire ’80 Combined Federal Campaign E. Jeffrey Rossi, Esquire ’78 Comcast Corporation of the National Capital Area/Global Impact E. Jeffrey & Carol A. Rossi Family Foundation Christopher Concannon, Esquire ’94 Competitive Carriers Association Stanley J. Samorajczyk, Esquire ’67 CTIA Mark D. Cowan, Esquire ’77 Squire Patton Boggs Foundation Michael F. Curtin, Esquire ’65 Francis X. Dee, Esquire ’69 Megan Anne Stull, Esquire ’03 and Mrs. Kathleen Curtin Anne M. Donohue, Esquire ’98 T-Mobile, US Edward J. Dempsey, Esquire ’70 John P. Donohue, Esquire ’69 Rebecca Murphy Thompson, Esquire ’00 Agnes P. Dover, Esquire ’81 Maureen E. Dwyer, Esquire ’78 James P. Ulwick, Esquire ’77 Exxon/Mobil Foundation Suellen M. Ferguson, Esquire ’77 Daniel Zachem, Esquire ’85 Arthur N. Fuccillo, Esquire ’78 The Honorable Marilyn D. Zahm ’72

Friends and Supporters

Friends ($2,500-$4,999) Michael P. Ambrosio, Esquire ’66 James C. Anagnos, Esquire ’96 Assistant Secretary Phyllis C. Borzi ’78 Molly R. Bryson, Esquire ’98 Community Foundation For Southeast Michigan Mr. Paul Curth Ernst & Young Foundation Garrison & Sisson, Inc. John M. Ingram, Esquire ’85 Kathy L. John, Esquire ’79 Patrick and Susan Keefe Family Foundation Alexander J. Brittin, Esquire ’84 Lauren Lynch Flick, Esquire ’90 King & Spalding Kevin J. Brosch, Esquire ’81 Michael John Fortunato, Esquire ’90 The John & Elizabeth Lane Foundation Nancy Brouillard McKenzie, Esquire ’87 Gill Sippel & Gallagher Paul G. Lane, Esquire ’89 Robert B. Budelman Jr., Esquire ’62 James P. Gillespie, Esquire Professor David A. Lipton, Faculty Barbara A. Bush, Esquire ’76 Reid Andrew Godbolt, Esquire ’80 Thomas J. Madden, Esquire ’68* C&G Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David E. Graf Jennifer Anne Mahar, Esquire ’95 Mary Cademartori, Esquire ’90 Donna C. Gregg, Esquire, Former Faculty O’Neal Oil & Gas Company Florence M. Cahill Annuity Trust John E. Higgins Jr., Esquire, Distinguished Lecturer Nancy Palermo, Esquire ’97 Warwick M. Carter Jr., Esquire ’91 Hogan Lovells Benjamin Y. Roca, Esquire ’96 Leonard F. Charla, Esquire ’65 Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc Richard A. Shapack, Esquire ’76 Kevin P. Clancy, Esquire ’94 William B. Ingersoll, Esquire ’68 Elizabeth M. Stewart, Esquire ’95 Matthew J. Clark, Esquire ’83 Patricia M. Jasper, Esquire ’74 James Joseph Tenn Jr., Esquire ’91 Robert T. Colleran, Esquire ’69 Matthew R. Keller, Esquire ’10 Janet R. Urban, Esquire ’74 Anthony J. Colucci III, Esquire ’83 Professor Kathryn Kelly, Faculty Theodore W. Urban, Esquire ’74 The Honorable Martin E. Connor ’70 Charles Joseph Kenny, Esquire ’90 Maria C. Volpe, Esquire ’82 M. Jill Cook, Esquire ’90 Rajeev Khanna, Esquire ’01 Richard C. White, Esquire ’94 Robert E. Cook, Esquire ’90 Martin V. Kirkwood, Esquire ’91 Joel E. Cooperrider, Esquire ’75 Rafal Kos, Esquire ’11 Supporters Ms. Maura Corbett Captain Timothy J. Kotsis ’06 ($1,000-$2,499) Michelle Lynn Curth, Esquire ’12 Theodore R. Lazo, Esquire ’94 Warren J. DeVecchio, Esquire ’78 Mrs. Juliette N. Lester Amanda W. Abshire, Esquire ’08 William E. Devitt, Esquire ’95 C. Michael Loftus, Esquire ’73 Gregory P. Asciolla, Esquire ’93 Estate of Ivan N. Dietrich, Esquire ’55 Louis J. Marinucci, Esquire ’52 James W. Attridge, Esquire David A. Donohoe, Esquire ’62 Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc. The Honorable and Mrs. Patrick Joseph Attridge Governor Robert Ehrlich Jr. James P. Marusak, Esquire ’80 Thomas J. Bender Jr., Esquire ’77 Dena C. Feeney, Esquire ’63 Peter M. McCamman, Esquire ’05 Ellen Traupman Berge, Esquire ’02 Allison V. Feierabend, Esquire ’05 Elizabeth Valinoti McCarthy, Esquire ’94 John F. Bielagus, Esquire ’69 Professor Clifford S. Fishman, Faculty Patrick J. McCarty, Esquire ’86 Adam Nicholas Bitter, Esquire ’07 Sheila Burke Flanagan, Esquire ’65 James E. McDonald, Esquire ’69 Christopher R. Bjornson, Esquire ’00 The Honorable Michael T. Flannery ’91 Michael Thomas McFarlane, Esquire ’90 Douglas G. Bonner III, Esquire ’83 Hugo Paul Fleischman, Esquire ’78 Clinical Assistant Professor James M. Breen, Esquire ’68 Scott N. Flesch, Esquire ’97 Michael T. McGonnigal ’85, Faculty

Friends and Supporters

The Merck Company Foundation Matching Gift Program Stephen E. Sandherr, Esquire ’83 Mr. David H. Solomon Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. Joseph M. Sandri, Esquire ’90 Vito J. Spitaleri, Esquire Edward Hulvey Meyers, Esquire ’05 Michael D. Saperstein, Esquire ’07 T. David Stapleton Jr., Esquire ’67 Professor Faith H. Mullen ’84, Faculty Warren A. Schneider, Esquire ’62 Mr. John E. Stevens Susan S. Newell, Esquire ’93 Thomas E. Schubert, Esquire ’85 Stephen John Toomey, Esquire ’83 NTCA The Rural Broadband Association Associate Dean Marin R. Scordato, Faculty S. Jenell Trigg, Esquire ’97 Reverend Raymond C. O’Brien, Faculty Ellen M. Scully, Esquire ’67, Former Faculty Robert J. Tyrrell, Esquire ’69 Susan Lee O’Connell, Esquire ’83 Gerald H. Serena, Esquire ’74 Gregory F. Ugalde, Esquire ’85 James T. O’Hara, Esquire ’62 Ms. Jamie Severson University of California Hastings College of Law OTA Broadcasting, LLC Shapack Gurrola PLC Donald Joseph Urgo Jr., Esquire ’90 Bruce R. Parker, Esquire ’78 Marguerite E. Sheehan, Esquire ’75 Mitchell Barnet Waldman, Esquire ’90 Robert W. Pommer III, Esquire ’93 Professor Lucia Silecchia, Faculty John W. Weber, Esquire ’72 Virginia Rowan Pommer, Esquire ’93 Thomas J. Sippel, Esquire ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Martin Weissman Stephen R. Prest, Esquire ’06 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP James McKay Weitzel Jr., Esquire ’86 Lawrence R. Radanovic, Esquire ’63 Ann M. Slowinski, Esquire ’92 G. Christopher Wright, Esquire ’11 Professor Emeritus Ralph J. Rohner ’63 Richard L. Slowinski, Esquire ’91 John G. Wynn, Esquire ’76 Nancy L. Rowe, Esquire ’92 Robert A. Smith, Esquire ’79 Bernard J. Young, Esquire ’72 Susan S. Rucker, Esquire ’92 Joan E. Socolof, Esquire ’72 Professor Emeritus Harvey L. Zuckman

For a complete list of donors who have made gifts to the Columbus School of Law from May 1, 2015, through April 30, 2016, view the Honor Roll of Donors 2015–2016 online at law.edu/hrd2015-16.

Donors who are listed have made gifts to CUA’s law school from May 1, 2015, through April 30, 2016. Please contact the Law School Office of Development and Alumni Relations at 202-319-5670 or [email protected] if you have questions about the Honor Roll of Donors. * Deceased 56 CUA Lawyer / 2016 CUA Law Alumni Benefits Your benefits don’t end when you graduate. Enjoy a growing number of services available to CUA Law alumni. Please check law.edu/alumni often for updates.

• Alumni Events: Take advantage of networking opportunities with fellow alumni, attend exclusive events, or reconnect at reunions.

• Employment Opportunities: CUA Law’s Office of Career & Professional Development is available to assist alumni at any stage of their careers. Contact [email protected] for more information.

• Law Library: CUA Law Alumni are welcome to use the Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library to take advantage of the library’s extensive collection, services, and access to online databases, including HeinOnline’s remote access. Our librarians will be happy to help you in your research. Please contact Frances Brillantine for more information at [email protected].

• Stay Connected: Use our services and tools to network, share news, and take advantage of referral opportunities. Search our online community at law.edu/alumni and send updates to [email protected].

• Give Back: Looking to pay it forward to future CUA Law alums? Consider mentoring a student or making a gift in support of scholarships by logging on at law.edu/alumni.

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