Summer/Fall 2015 University of Denver Sturm College of Law

2015 2015 ALL /F UMMER S Vol. 12 Issue 2 ELEVATING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE: THE 2015 STRATEGIC PLAN VOLUME 12 ISSUE 2 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW The Sturm College of Law publishes A MESSAGE FROM DEAN KATZ Denver Law twice a year—summer 1 and winter—for alumni and friends of the law school. NEWS BRIEFS PUBLISHER & EDITOR 3 Meghan Howes Assistant Dean, Communications Office of Communications University of Denver Sturm College of Law Elevating the Student Experience EDITORIAL BOARD Building on the success and momentum of the 2009 Strategic Plan, Laura Dean, Linnéa Geiger, Denver Law has drafted a new road map with even bigger goals Martin J. Katz, Ricki Kelly, that will keep the law school at the forefront of legal education. Carol Rolland, Jennifer Savage, Christopher Wangelin CREATIVE SERVICES Denver Law Office of Communications Send correspondence and change of address to: Denver Law Alumni Magazine Office of Communications 2255 E. Evans Ave., Suite 315, Denver, CO 80208 Phone: 303-871-6178 Email: [email protected] 2015 University of Denver Sturm College of Law All rights reserved. Printed in the USA DESIGN AND PRODUCTION PinkShag Design POSTMASTER: Please send change of address to: University of Denver Sturm College of Law Office of Communications 2255 E. Evans Ave., Suite 315 Denver, CO 80208 PHOTO CREDITS: p. 1, 11 Wayne Armstrong; p. 5, 7, 11, 12 AK Photo; p. 7, 20-23, 40-57 Eric Weber; p. 9 Bonnie Hobbs; p. 10 Celia Taylor; p. 21, 55 Mark Woolcott; 13 p. 24, 26-29, 30 Jaime Aguilar; p. 31-34 Portraits to the People/Sarah Deragon Connect with us: CONTENTS Thought Leaders and Game Changers Denver Law faculty demonstrates the value of legal scholarship by helping to shape policy, inform lawmakers and enhance the student experience. These scholars cultivate ideas with 19 real-world applications, contributing to a just society while making the world a better place. $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 24 31 35 Fundraising and Impact Alumni Profile Featured Scholarship The Sturm Family Foundation on the Whitney Hudak, JD’11, steers her Professors Campbell, Chao and importance of giving, and Professor passion for advocacy toward peer- others challenge conventional Ved Nanda’s enduring commitment to-peer transportation. legal tactics by staging mock to DU and teaching juries online. IN EVERY ISSUE About the Cover Illustrator Since graduating from Ontario College of Art, FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS Sara Tyson has worked for 30 years as an 40 illustrator and graphic designer. This dual role has increased her understanding of the function CLASS NOTES of illustration in communication arts and made 59 her a thoughtful problem-solver. Tyson’s figures occupy highly organized spaces, with shape, CALENDAR OF EVENTS texture, contrast and color all playing important 71 roles. Clients include magazines, newspapers and book publishers throughout North America. IN MEMORIAM Tyson’s work has been recognized by Applied 72 Arts, Society of Illustrators–New York, Society of Illustrators–Los Angeles and 3x3 Illustration This paper contains recycled materials and is Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF). This Annual. Away from her studio, Tyson enjoys bleaching process removes the most harmful aspects from the pulp bleaching swimming, canoeing, cooking, film and big cities. process, protecting the environment and leaving the paper stock brilliantly white. ean’s Letter ean’s D 1 DENVER LAW DEAN MARTIN J. KATZ Leveraging Our Strengths The 2015 Strategic Plan for the University of Denver Sturm College of Law is deeply rooted in our 2009 Strategic Plan, which was a great plan for our law school, playing to our strengths and to the needs of our legal community. The 2009 Plan enabled us to navigate the profound changes we have seen in legal practice and legal education, and to excel at this challenging time. We are proud to report that we accomplished virtually all of the goals set forth in that plan. For example, we moved up more than 20 spots in the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings, with six of our specialty programs ranked in the Top 25 nationally. And we are now ranked No. 10 in the nation among the best schools for practical training by the National Jurist. For a list of more highlights detailing the successes of the 2009 Plan, see page 17. Our 2015 Plan builds upon the strengths of our 2009 Plan and positions us to achieve even greater heights over the next three to five years. As with our 2009 Plan, our 2015 Plan is built on market data and feedback from our key stakeholders: our students, those who employ our graduates, our faculty and staff, our university administrators and trustees, and our alumni and community members. The insights we received enabled us to craft a plan that matches our strengths to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. It truly is a plan by and for our community. ean’s Letter ean’s D 2 DENVER LAW Our new plan reflects our commitment to elevate the student experience. At Denver Law, we are deeply committed to elevating the student experience. This “student first” approach informs everything we do, and it serves as a guiding star as we continue to integrate the critical components of a first-rate legal education: a culture of experiential learning, a strong commitment to teaching, and the internal expertise and leader ship to move ambitious initiatives forward. We have the oldest and one of the most respected clinics in the nation, and one of the largest and most robust legal externship programs. And we have several of the nation’s leading scholars in experiential education, including Roberto Corrada, who was named one of the 26 best law professors in the country* and serves as our chair of Modern Learning. As a result, we have emerged as national leaders in teaching law students how to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-world situations. Our 2015 Plan is ambitious and forward-thinking. It examines higher level goals and contains a series of ambitious initiatives to achieve those goals. We are accomplishing something big with this new plan, pushing ourselves to question traditional modes of teaching and to innovate in ways that will benefit our students and help us create the next generation of truly excellent lawyers and professionals. With careful planning and active implementation, Denver Law will secure its place as one of the most innovative law schools in the country. Martin J. Katz Dean and Professor of Law University of Denver Sturm College of Law * What the Best Law Teachers Do, Michael Hunter Schwartz, Gerald F. Hess and Sophie M. Sparrow (Harvard University Press, 2013). RIEFS NEWS B NEWS BRIEFS 3 Generous Gifts Create Three New Term Professorships The Vicente Sederberg Marijuana Law and Policy Professorship DENVER LAW in this important new area of law and policy,” says Dean This past May, the law school received Katz. “The rest of the country is watching. We need to do a $45,000 commitment from Denver-based law firm this right.” Vicente Sederberg LLC—one of the nation’s leading mari Professor Kamin expressed gratitude to Vicente juana law firms—to enable one faculty member to serve Sederberg for supporting his work. “This field wouldn’t as the Vicente Sederberg Professor of Marijuana Law and exist today without the work done by Brian Vicente and Policy. This three-year professorship will allow a Sturm his partners,” Kamin says. “They have been leaders and College of Law faculty member to dedicate time and re innovators who have quite literally changed the national sources toward developing intelligent marijuana law and conversation through their work. policy, and engaging students in this important work. To “This professorship will allow me to continue be held initially by Professor Sam Kamin, the professorship to share what I’ve learned over the last six years of is believed to be the first of its kind in the world. studying law and policy in this area,” Kamin adds. “It will Sturm College of Law Dean Martin J. Katz celebrated support research and writing on these important topics the groundbreaking nature of this professorship while and will help ensure that Colorado, Denver and DU praising the work of the firm supporting it. “Our state remain at the center of this important national debate.” and our school are poised to take a leadership position – Steve Fox The John C. Dwan Professorship in Online Learning The John C. Dwan Professorship in Online “As legal education evolves and grows, it is important for all law schools to be thoughtful about the myriad ways Learning is a donor-funded position that will support a they can deliver the expertise of their faculty to reach new faculty member dedicated to helping lead Denver Law in audiences and to help serve current audiences in new the development of high-quality online courses. ways,” Thomson says. “Advances in technology have had Professor of the Practice David Thomson is the inaugural a profound impact on many different market sectors, and recipient of the new Dwan professorship. Professor Thomson, education is no exception. The interesting and important who joined Denver Law as a member of the faculty in 2003, challenge will be how to preserve what is great about legal previously practiced law for 20 years in New York and education while exploring new methods of delivery that Colorado before turning his attention solely to teaching. enhance and extend what happens in the classroom.” Thomson is well-known for his expertise in incorporating John C. Dwan was a lawyer and one of five citizens technology into the classroom, and has presented and of the small town of Two Harbors, Minnesota, who came together in 1902 to found the Minnesota Mining and published widely on this topic.

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