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ucla school of law board of advisors Michael T. Masin '69, Co-Chair Kenneth Ziffren '65, Co-Chair Nancy Abell '79 James D. C. Barrall '75 Jonathan F. Chait '75 Stephen E. Claman '59 Deborah David '75 Hugo D. de Castro '60 David Fleming '59 Arthur N. Greenberg '52 Bernard Greenberg '58 Antonia Hernandez '74 The Honorable Veronica Simmons McBeth '75 Nelson C. Rising '67 Ralph J. Shapiro '58 Robert J. Wynne '67 ucla law alumni association board of directors The Honorable Steven Z. Perren '67, President Gregory R. Ellis '85, Vice President Donna Cox Wells '92, Treasurer Dennis L. Perez '82, Immediate Past President The Honorable Joe W. Hilberman '73 Pamela Kelly '86 David Kowal '96 Karin Krogius '82 Ronald Lazof '71 Thomas Mabie '79 Martin Majestic '67 V. Thomas Meador '78 The Honorable June T. Nelson '56 Jay Palchikoff '82 Ken Petersen '89 Rick Runkel '81 Mark Samuels '82 The Honorable David Sotelo '86 Gary Stabile '67 Robert Stone '99 Neil Zola '90 ucla entertainment symposium advisory committee David Boyle, Co-Chair P. John Burke, Co-Chair Matthew C. Thompson, Co-Chair Michael I. Adler '76 UCLA LAW Roger Arar Jeffrey A. Barker '93 The Magazine of the School of Law Barbara Boyle ‘60 Vol. 28 / No. 1 / Fall 2005 Bernardine Brandis '78 Leigh C. Brecheen © 2005 Regents of the University of California Pamela J. Brockie '75 Gary O. Concoff Robert A. Darwell UCLA School of Law J. Gunnar Erickson - EMERITUS Office of External Affairs Keith G. Fleer Box 951476 John T. Frankenheimer '73 Los Angeles, California 90095-1476 Jeffrey M. Freedman '93 David R. Ginsburg '76 - EMERITUS E. Barry Haldeman '69 Michael H. Schill, Dean and Professor of Law Michael A. Helfant '83 Laura Lavado Parker, Assistant Dean, External Affairs Kenneth Kleinberg Philip Little, Director of Communications Nicholas La Terza Michael H. Lauer Editor Anne Greco Laurence M. Marks '78 Assistant Director of Communications Charles Moore Lawrence P. Mortorff '73 Christopher C. Murray Design Francisco A. Lopez Scott S. Packman Manager of Publications and Graphic Design Matthew H. Saver '78 Lois J. Scali '86 Photography Edward Carreon, Carreon Photography Michael S. Sherman Todd Cheney, ASUCLA Photography Shelly Sroloff '76 Daniel Neuman, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UCLA Donald W. Steele Scott Quintard, ASUCLA Photography Todd M. Stern '88 Gary Stiffelman '79 William Short, ASUCLA Photography M. Kenneth Suddleson '68 Mary Anne Stuehrmann Robert M. Szymanski Lawrence Ulman Printer The Castle Press Dirk van de Bunt '82 Pasadena, Calif. UCLA LAW The Magazine of UCLA School of Law FEATURES 2 MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN 3 CONVERSATION WITH DEAN MICHAEL H. SCHILL 6 UCLA LAW NEWS AND EVENTS 6 Professor Eugene Volokh Receives Schwartz Chair in Law / 17 Emil Joseph Stache Scholarship Fund UCLA Law Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships 18 Sloan Foundation Renews Research Grant 7 Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl Earns Carnegie 19 Alumna Janice Rogers Brown Confirmed to U.S. Circuit Scholarship / Enhanced Business Law Program Court of Appeals 8 UCLA Law Launches New Entertainment Concentration / 21 Professor Devon Carbado Earns Fletcher Fellowship Paul, Hastings Pledges $1 Million 23 Professor Stephen Munzer Earns Prestigious Rutter Award 9 Professor Katherine Stone Winds Prestigious Harrington 24 David A. Binder Chair in Clinical Legal Education / New Award / Tax Law & Policy Conference Assistant Dean for Development and External Affairs 10 Expanded LL.M. Program Laura Parker 12 Alumnus of the Year — The Honorable Richard Fybel ‘71 25 Record Breaking Year for UCLA Law's Fundraising Efforts 13 Alumnus of the Year — Stewart Resnick ‘62 26 Images from 2005 UCLA Law Commencement 14 Alumni Profile — Antonia Hernandez ‘74 28 Law Firm Challenge 15 Critical Race Studies Welcomes New Director Saúl Sarabia 30 FEATURE - FACULTY PROFILES 31 Bankruptcy 49 Environmental Law 32 Civil Procedure and Evidence 52 Family Law 33 Clinical Education 54 International/Comparative Law 35 Constitutional Law 57 Legal History 38 Corporate & Securities Law 58 Library / Property, Real Estate & Land Use 40 Criminal Law 60 Tax Law 43 Critical Race Studies 62 Torts and Healthcare 45 Employment Law 64 Tribal Law 47 Entertainment, Media & Intellectual Property 65 Urban and Poverty Law 66 SUMMER 2005 PUBLIC INTEREST GRANT RECIPIENTS 68 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 70 ALUMNI 70 My Most Excellent Supreme Court Adventure 73 Class Notes by Kim Savo '02 86 In Memoriam 72 The Quiet Man by Phillip Carter '04 88 Roger Gleckman '68 Gives Back Fall 2005 / The Magazine of the School of Law [1] UCLA LAW Message from the Dean The past 15 months I have served as Dean have been enormously enriching and fulfilling. I am incredibly grateful for having the opportunity to serve our wonderful community. Our faculty and administrators work tirelessly to provide innovative programs and educational opportunities for our incredibly impressive student body. Of special importance, we recently launched a formalized Entertainment and Media Law and Policy Program, giving our students the opportunity to specialize in a curriculum taught by the best entertainment scholars and lawyers in the world. Additionally, recognizing the importance of globalization in today's world economy, we have expanded and re-designed our LL.M. program, which attracts many of the top international students to Los Angeles to further their education. This issue of our magazine focuses on one of our most treasured assets - our faculty. As the youngest major law school in the nation, UCLA set out to distinguish itself by hiring faculty who would not be bound by traditional modes of legal analysis, but would look to innovative and creative means of educating the next generation of law students. Today, we continue in this tradition of innovation. Our faculty are leaders in their respective fields expanding the frontiers of interdisciplinary legal scholarship. They bring analytic rigor, creativity and a passion for excellence to their teaching and research. Quite simply, they are among the finest teachers and scholars in the academy. I hope that as you read about our path-breaking programs and centers, our distinguished faculty, our talented student body and our accomplished alumni, you are reminded of what an extraordinary school this is and you are proud of your place in our family. Our alumni and friends in the community are essential to our history, our present and, most importantly, our future. I hope you are as excited as we are about the faculty, students and programs of the UCLA School of Law, and that you remain dedicated to its future - one we are determined will be marked by vigor, innovation, integrity and greatness. We invite you to stay an active partner in the life of our school. Michael H.Schill Dean and Professor of Law UCLA School of Law [2] Fall 2005 / The Magazine of the School of Law UCLA LAW A CONVERSATION WITH DEAN MICHAEL SCHILL Q: You have just celebrated your first year as Dean of the School of Law. What have been your major accomplishments? A: First off, it is important to understand that all of the things we have achieved over the past year are not my accomplishments. Many positive things have happened, but these were the result of a lot of people's efforts including our students, administrators, faculty and alumni. In addition, being a dean is like being a runner in a relay race. How we do today depends upon those who have come before us and I am very fortunate to be following such terrific deans as Bill Warren, Susan Prager and Jon Varat. Q: Okay. Let me rephrase. What has the school accomplished over the past year? A: Well, here is one thing I am particularly proud of. When I arrived at UCLA a year ago, the school had no entertainment law program despite the fact that our alumni are the leading entertainment lawyers in the nation. So, a week or two after I got here, I asked our Board of Advisor's co-chair, Ken Ziffren ‘65, to head a working group to create this program. I am pleased to say that, as we begin the school year, the law school now has the best entertainment and media law and policy program in the nation. We just hired our alum, David Ginsburg '76, a successful producer and attorney, to come back and run the program. Q: What has happened on the faculty front? A: Shortly after I arrived last year, an unprecedented seven people joined our faculty including seasoned professors from Princeton, Cornell, NYU, George Mason University and the University of Texas at Austin. In addition, we made a couple of excellent junior hires. This year, we hired Jennifer Mnookin from the University of Virginia, someone who is widely acknowledged to be the leading evidence scholar of her generation. I truly believe that our school's faculty is emerging as one of the strongest in the United States. Q: What are some of the objectives that you have set out for the law school this year? A: First, we hope to continue our trend of hiring terrific new faculty and increasing the size and scope of our programs. Over the next year or two, I would especially like to beef up our international law program and our law and medicine program. These are two vitally important areas of legal inquiry for which our location in Los Angeles gives us a comparative advantage. I anticipate teaming up with the Anderson School, the Medical School and the College to make a series of joint appointments that will further our interdisciplinary mission. Second, I would like to see the law school get more involved in the City of Los Angeles. This is an unbelievable city. We already do a lot, but we certainly could do more to make a difference.