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alumni news alumni have been gathering around the country and the globe. Here is a sampling of the get- togethers that have taken place over the past six months.

A Night at the Theater new york The Yale Law School Association of New York City hosted alumni and guests for a night on Broadway for a production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in October. Professor Roberta Romano ’80 and panelists Law School alumnus and at the October Corporate Law Breakfast producer Eric Falkenstein ’94 joined the group, which was Corporate Law Breakfast treated to a talkback with cast members following the show. In October, the Law School’s Center for the Study of Corporate Law hosted an alumni breakfast program in New York entitled Texas Wine Tasting “Lou Dobbs v. Sovereign Wealth Funds: texas How Will the New CFIUS Regulations Work YLS alumni and current students joined and How Will They Affect National Security forces with Harvard Law School alums for and Foreign Investment?” The breakfast a wine tasting at Vinson & Elkins LLP in was held at the Century Association Austin, Texas, in July. Robin Goldstein ’02 in New York City. A panel drawn from (aka “The Fearless Critic”) led the group the U.S. government, the investment/ in a blind wine tasting experiment to test legal community, and academia focused out the ideas in his recent book, The Wine especially on the new CFIUS regulations Trials (see page 15). Not surprisingly… it Larry Lucchino ’71 and and their effect on U.S. national security was a very fun evening! Dean Harold Koh and foreign investors in the United States. An Outing to Fenway vineyard Cocktails on the Vineyard On September 2, more than ninety YLS alumni and their families and friends YLS alums continued the tradition of gathered for a fun-filled night at Fenway Park in Boston. Red Sox President and a summer cocktail party on Martha’s CEO Larry Lucchino ’71, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Vineyard in August as Minnie Baylor-Henry Margaret Marshall ’76, and Dean Koh spoke to the group—with Dean Koh and Brent Henry ’73 graciously hosted explaining his theory of how YLS has played a critical role in the two recent the event. In attendance were (from left Red Sox victories. Everyone was treated to a tour of Fenway Park, and to right): April and John Moses; Fran and to a 14–2 drubbing of the that night. David Webb ’52; Arnold Zack ’56 and Norma Zack; Margaret Marshall ’76; Peter Weiss ’52; hosts Minnie Baylor-Henry and Brent Henry ’73; Pat Taylor ’71 and Howard Taylor; John Firestone ’85; and Nancy Underhill. 62 63 yale law report winter 2009 alumni news

YLSA of Washington, D.C., Katherine Southwick ’05 and d.c. Martin Bodenstein Annual Dinner 2008 Calling all Tro philly

In July, several hundred YLS alumni, Project Volunteers! students, admittees, and their guests Help New Haven Legal Assistance gathered at the National Press Club for the Association celebrate the YLSA of Washington, D.C., annual dinner. TRO Project’s 25th Anniversary. Following a reception and dinner, Dean As a result of the initial collaboration Koh gave a brief update on the “State of involving Amy Eppler ’86, Mildred Doody ’85, and Connie Frontis the Law School” and then introduced the (now all at nhlaa), and with help night’s honoree, Linda Greenhouse ’78 msl. from the private bar, yls students Greenhouse spoke to the crowd about her have continuously made a difference Garden Party honors Judge Louis H. Pollak ’48 experiences covering the Supreme Court in the lives of victims of domestic Bob Price ’61 graciously welcomed nearly seventy PenJerDel graduates and their guests for The New York Times, and expressed violence seeking temporary to his Philadelphia home for a garden party honoring Judge Louis H. Pollak ’48. her excitement about returning to YLS in restraining orders. Were you one of Judge Jan E. DuBois ’57, United States District Court (E.D. PA) and Law School Professor January 2009 as the Knight Distinguished those students? If so, please contact John G. Simon ’53 spoke to those gathered about Judge Pollak. Brian Nelson ’04, [email protected]. Dean Harold Koh, Linda Greenhouse ’78 Journalist in Residence and Joseph M. a former law clerk for Judge Pollak, read a message from Dean Koh. msl, and Eugene Fidell Goldstein Senior Fellow at Yale Law School.

Law and Globalization Breakfast Wendy ’59 and Robert Weinberg ’58 Peter Hoets ’49 llm with his niece the hague The fourth YLS Law and Globalization Breakfast was held in June at White & Case in Washington, D.C. A large group of YLS alums listened to a discussion on “The Relationship between National Courts and International Tribunals.” Dean Koh spoke and then moderated a discussion among John Bellinger, Legal Advisor to the Secretary of the State; Chiara Giorgetti ’02 llm (currently in the doctoral program), Foreign Attorney, White & Case LLP, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Law Center; and Gary N. Horlick ’73, Partner, WilmerHale.

YLSA of Minnesota Gathering Yale Law School Gathers at The Hague minneapolis University of Minnesota Law School Dean Dean Koh, joined by nearly sixty alums and their and William S. Pattee Professor of Law David guests, gathered at The Hague in July for several Won Sun Jung ’03 (left) with her father and aunt Wippman ’78 ma, ’82 jd, was the featured days jam-packed with activity, including a visit to the speaker at a joint Yale Law School Association Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of of Minnesota and Yale Alumni Association Justice. The group, composed of alumni from twelve of the Northwest event in November countries and a range of graduation years, enjoyed a at the Mission restaurant in downtown tour, listened to a panel of four YLS alums discuss “How Minneapolis, discussing “International International Tribunals Promote Compliance with Law as it Applies to the War on Terror.” International Law,” took part in a question-and-answer Dean Wippman fielded questions from the session with Judge—and President of the Court— nearly fifty attendees, who also had a great Rosalyn Higgins ’62 jsd, and visited the International opportunity to mix and mingle before and Criminal Court. after the talk.

Leo Raskind ’55, Tim Nelson ’06, and Sammy Clark ’08