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VOLUME XXV NO.3 University of Wisconsin Law School Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage 236 Law Building PAID Madison, WI 975 Bascom Mall Permit No. 658 Madison, WI 53706-1399 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHO L FORUM

VOL UME 25 NUMBER 3 SPRING 1997

TABLE OF CONTENTS

From the Dean 2 Dean Daniel O. Bernstine Robert M. Kastenmeier Lecture: 4 Political Extremism: Is It New? Is It Different? Is It Curable? Introduction by Han. Robert Kastenmeier Han. Abner]. Mikva Report on the East Asian Legal Studies Center 8 ProfessorCharles Irish Professor Frank J. Remington Remembered 12 ProfessorMargo Melli Jacob Beuscher Nominated for Award 14 ProfessorArlen Christenson News of the School 17 Have You Heard? 18 Editor's Note 20 Mystery Picture 20

Coverphoto: A new face on Bascom Hill-Law School renovation and addition is completed!

Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin Law School, Postmaster's note: Please send form 3579 to published quarterly. "GARGOYLE,"University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI 53706-1399 Editor: Edward J. Reisner SSN0148-9623 USPS768-300 Production: University Publications Law School Publications Office University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706-1399 Wel~the 01' clock on the wall Building Fund drive, few is saying "that's alU" experts gave us much chance By now I am sure that most of success. In the great Wis- of you have heard that I have consin tradition, however, submitted my resignation as thousands of alumni made Dean of the Law School. I will significant contributions so continue to serve until my suc- that the absence of one or cessor is appointed and, at that two blockbuster gifts did not time, I will return as a full-time doom our efforts. faculty member. By the time At the same time, there is you read this note, Chancellor still much more to be done if David Ward will have appoint- our Law School is to maintain ed a search committee and I its stature as one of the elite hope that they are hard at in legal education. I have work identifying a new dean. served for over twice the It has been my pleasure and national average for law privilege to serve as your dean school deans and it is time to for the past seven years. I have pass the baton to someone worked hard to represent the else who can continue the Law School and the University. momentum that could only As I have traveled around the have been created as a result country and the world meeting of loyal alumni support for many of you, I have become the School. even more proud of counting From Rice Lake to Racine, myself as a fellow alumnus of the Law School. from New York to San Diego, from Geissen, Germany, Thanks to you, a great deal has been accomplished. to Sydney, Australia, alumni of this School have greeted We have a newly-renovated building made possible by me with open arms (and wallets, too). Each of you six million dollars in alumni contributions; there are should have the opportunity I have had to witness, first four new endowed professorships that have allowed us hand, the accomplishments and achievements of our to recognize and retain some of our most distinguished fellow alums. This, truly, is a remarkable School- one faculty members; and we also have new support for we can all be proud to share. scholarships, lecture series and any number of other Since I will continue to serve until my successor is programs and initiatives that have been vital to the appointed, I look forward to seeing all of you again overall improvements of the Law School. during my "farewell tour" so that I can thank you in Alumni support for our Law School has grown as person for your generous support and warm encour- you rallied to meet our needs. At the beginning of the agement.

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3 ...... Political Extremism: Is It ew! Is It Is It Curable!

Introduction of Abner Mikva by Robert Kastenrneier '53 March 1, 1996

always said that Abner Mikva was the t's a great pleasure, as well as a priv- tenth ranking judicial member in the ilege, to introduce an old friend- country I say that because, as Chief Judge going back many many years-a of the Court of Appeals for the District of true son of Wisconsin, someone Columbia, with all its jurisdiction was who in that context was honored superior in a practical sense to the other last year by the University of Wisconsin. geographical circuit jurisdictions as well as He's a person who attended this great to the Supreme Courts of the several institution; a person who was born and states. Some may challenge that, but that's raised in Milwaukee and who has done my opinion. Other than the nine justices great honor to this state. Ab Mikva has of the Supreme Court, I always felt that spent nearly 40 years in the service of this Ab had that much authority and power country from the Illinois state legislature, and he served magnificently. He surprised in the practice and teaching of law, and in people by ultimately going to the White the Congress, the Federal judiciary and as House as Chief Counsel to the President. counsel to the President. He has a fully repealed that. It came out of the subcom- But in a sense that was a fulfillment at unique, I think, career in that regard. I mittee and it was due largely to Abner least in my sense of Abner Mikva b~cause first remember when he came to the Judi- Mikva that we achieved that, even in the we long singled him out as the one per- ciary Committee in 1969 and what we Nixon administration. All the Nixon son we could see in the congress who were able to accomplish together in those administration wanted in the final analysis could serve equally, with great distinction years, before Ab went on to other things. was statutory language to preserve the in the executive branch, in the judicial The subcommittee of which we were constitutional powers of the president as branch or in the legislative branch. As a members had very broad jurisdiction. It the commander-in-chief. We refused to do matter of fact, he proved that. dealt with crime, prisons, privacy, civil lib- that. We said if a president ever on his And now, he joins me and others in erties, the courts, the federal court system, own initiative imprisoned Americans in retirement. I can only say that we are very and intellectual property. But I believe such a fashion, he would not have any honored and privileged to have Ab Mikva when Ab was a member of that commit- congressional or statutory authority to so here to share his thoughts with us at this tee, the thing that I take the greatest pride act. He would have only the Constitution lecture. I present to you my friend Judge in and give him the greatest credit for, itself to rely upon. Ab Mikva. was repeal of Title 2 of the Internal Secu- Subsequently Abner Mikva came back rity Act. Young people, particularly, do to the Congress and the Ways and Means not remember that we at one time in this Committee and then, I think, in a bold country not so many years ago authorized move elected to go to the Court of detention of Americans in "concentration" Appeals of the District of Columbia. There camps without due process of law, as are federal judges here. I know that our commonly understood. We successfully good friend John Reynolds is in the crowd, as well as Tom Fairchild, who was Chief Judge of this circuit. But I have

4 T T T Robert W. Kastenmeier Lecture, University Of Wisconsin The Law School, March 1, 1996

BY ABNER]. MIKVA There are a lot of bad proposals that are erners called Abraham Lincoln an extrem- not the law of the land because of the ist, but he was elected without committing This is a very special occasion for me. commitment, the tenacity, the decency himself to abolition, without laying down First off, Madison remains one of my that Bob brought to his work as a Member any gauntlets to the nullification talk of favorite towns. I have reconstructed my of and as Chairman of one of the key sub- the South, indeed without any of the undergraduate days here as halcyon committees of the House Judiciary Com- rhetoric which became the propaganda of beyond measure. I have forgotten com- mittee. He kept a flag-burning amendment the Civil War. He was not even sure of pletely that I went from straight A's before from being added to the Constitution; he what to do about the defense of Fort the 'war at the Milwaukee Extension of kept Roe v. Wade from being overturned Sumter, when the rebels fired on it, and U.W. to straight C's at Madison after the by a constitutional amendment; he kept you will recall that it was lost. We are and war. I remember the 3.2 beer at the the constitutional prohibition against always have been a country of moderates. Union, the sailing, the simplicity of the prayer in the schools. There were dozens When one looks at the genealogy of the decisional process: should I go to class or of such issues, large and small, where Bob leaders of the Revolutionary War, all save not? used a unique quality that in Milwaukee a very few could have happily lived out But it's a special occasion because it was called "zitsfleish" to keep the forces their lives as colonial citizens quite loyal gives me an opportunity for the first time of evil from prevailing. I'm not sure that to the Crown. It was the excesses of King since he left the Congress to say to his his constituency ever appreciated what a George, the framers of the Declaration of constituent base how grateful everybody national treasure he was to the Congress. Independence remind us, that forced the in the Congress and elsewhere in the Indeed, the House of Representatives has severance of the ties between the colonies country was for you sending us Bob Kas- not been the same since he left, which and England. tenmeier. There are Members of Congress leads me to the topic of the day. So, is this outbreak of radicalism in the who are renowned for the legislation that There were extremists in the Congress Congress a unique circumstance occa- bears their names. The Smoot-Hawley tar- even when Kastenmeier and I were there. sioned only by the absence of Bob Kas- iff bill, the Dyer Act which made it a fed- They were easier to deal with and had tenmeier to serve as one of the great mod- eral offense to joyride an automobile from less of an impact for a number of reasons. erators of the institution? Not exactly. I Chicago to Gary, Indiana, the Volsted Act First of all, there were fewer of them. And need hardly tell a Wisconsin audience that which gave us Prohibition. The Members none of them achieved any important extremists get elected from the strangest whose names accompanied those laws are leadership positions. No one ever accused places and at the strangest times. Take remembered appropriately for their contri- John McCormack of being an extremist- Wisconsin in 1946, for example. The butions. Bob Kastenmeier passed a lot of or Tom Foley, or Dick Gephardt. I remem- country was finally returning to a post-war legislation, some of it very vital to our jus- ber when the current Speaker first was normalcy. There was reasonably full tice system, to our intellectual properties elected to Congress. I safely predicted he employment, the dollar was stable, and law. But those contributions paled into would be a one-termer, because he was Wisconsin had been ably served by sever- insignificance compared to one of the much too radical for the country. Most al generations of LaFollettes, young Bob great qualities he brought to the House voters fall between A and B on the politi- being the current senior Senator from Wis- Judiciary Committee and the Congress. cal landscape; the notion that as a country consin. we tolerate people all the way to Z is not historically accurate. Some of the South-

5 As a further sign of the moderation of of the veterans' groups, among some of the times. Senator LaFollette decided to the ethnic groups that were vigorous return to the Republican Party, since the opponents of the Soviet Union and its role "populism" of the Progressive Party which in Eastern Europe. But the violence was he had been elected from, seemed out of by and large in the rhetoric. Extremists step with the normalcy of the times. I was during the post-Reconstruction era were a student at Madison at the time, and we pretty vigorous. Whether one looks at the Democrats had a splendid candidate for Ku Klux Klan which came into promi- the senate by the name of Howard Mac- nence somewhat later, or the Klan's Murray, a political science professor here antecedents-the armed, masked riders at the University. We knew it would be who formed lynching parties to distribute virtually impossible to beat anybody justice their way-they were pretty scary. named LaFol1ette in Wisconsin. We decid- But they did not seem to be engaging in ed to take advantage of the open primary frontal attack on the institutions of govern- law in Wisconsin, and even though most ment. of us were to young to vote (it was before But when a national campaign official 18 year old voting) we urged al1 of our of one of the leading candidates for Presi- Democratic friends to cross over to the dent says that the Oklahoma City bombers Republican primary and vote for an descended to the level of the FBI-that is obscure, upstate divorce judge from extreme proposals, knowing they are bad, pretty frontal. When the various militia Appleton, by the name of]oseph but feeling it is necessary to bell the big groups around the country emphasize McCarthy. I can stil1 recal1 wearing a government cat, (or the Socks cat), and their authority with their large arsenals of McCarthy button, and thinking it al1 too therefore Gingrich is good for the country. guns and their paramilitary training, that is clever. Years after we reaped our primary Now I want to make it perfectly clear that frontal and scary. I wil1 admit that I am success, and our Autumn failure, I thought I am not comparing Speaker Gingrich to afraid of guns. I was afraid of them when of the consequences of that escapade and Joe McCarthy. McCarthy never called him- I handled them in the Army, and I am guilt stil1 abides. I remember that when self a radical. And Newt Gingrich did even more afraid of them just from seeing another McCarthy, Gene McCarthy, made nothing to help Phil Gramm stay out of their impact on our society. I am also his effort to win the Democratic nomina- the Army. I merely point out that extrem- afraid of them politically. I have seen- tion, I winced every time I saw a Demo- ist rhetoric and extremist proposals in the and felt-the power of the National Rifle crat wearing a McCarthy button. Congress can come about (indeed usually Association in our electoral politics. Joe McCarthy did not have too many do come about) in perfectly normal times, Wisconsin always has been a harbinger real allies in the Congress. Aside from when the body politic ought to be reason- of all kinds of political tidings-it is hard , Martin Dies, and a few ably happy with their government. It is to find a state that had a succession of other opportunists, the anti-communist paradoxical that when the political system U.S. Senators as varied as Robert LaFol- extremists were few in number. But they really is in extremis-the Great Depres- lette, Joseph McCarthy and William Prox- struck fear into hearts of a lot of people sion, the earlier economic disasters, the mire, one after the other. If this were not who should have known better. President corruption scandals of a Teapot Dome or my home state and I didn't know better, I Eisenhower chose Richard Nixon as his a U.S. Grant or a Richard Nixon-the elec- would think that Wisconsin voters almost running-mate because it appeased the torate are more likely to turn to moderates exult in their perversity. But Badgers cer- right wing of the Republican party. News- for leadership and for membership in the tainly do come in bright colors when it papers, with the possible exception of the Congress. I realize that there are some comes to extremism. Wisconsin has some Cap-Times, went out of their way to avoid who stil1 think that Social Security or rural militia groups in the western part of the clashing with McCarthy and his ilk. And a electrification are radical proposal, but for state that have organized their own lot of good moderate citizens, in and out the rest of us) the New Deal was a moder- Supreme Court. And they threaten to of Wisconsin, while thinking that perhaps ate shift in our economic system that pre- enforce their orders "vi et armis"-by McCarthy went too far, believed that it served its capitalism roots. force of arms as it was explained to us in was necessary to bel1 the Communist cat, The biggest difference in today's radi- law school. This Wisconsin court claims its and that he and his tactics were worth the calism is that the civilian counterpart of legitimacy comes from the Constitution, price. It is not too similar from some of the extremists in government seem more the Magna Carta and the Bible. I have the apologies I hear made from some of dangerous than their predecessors. There carefully examined my copy of my con- my former colleagues who end for always are counterparts: the McCarthy tract with America, the Constitution of the movement had its auxiliaries among some

6 , and I can't find any encour- One need look no further than Iowa, I think that the biggest problem with agement for the lawlessness of the current New Hampshire and Arizona to note that the electoral process is the way it is Wisconsin group or any of their counter- the primaries for the 1996 election, at least financed. One of the reasons that govern- parts, on the Republican side, have escalated the ment is held in such low repute is that But there is no question that the pre- rhetoric of nihilism, anarchy, anti-anybody people sense that their elected officials are sent is more fraught with clear danger. who has ever been to Washington. Mr. not responsible to their constituency as One need only look at the bloody calami- Forbes takes great pride in the fact that he much as they are responsible to their ties involving the Branch Davidians in has never held any office of any kind. Mr. financial patrons, If I had to seek a single Waco, the extremists at Ruby Ridge, Idaho Buchanan pretends that he was never an reform measure to push, it would be a and the Oklahoma City bombing to realize insider, hoping that people will forget his campaign reform measure that broke the that this current bout with extremism in long tenure with the Nixon Administra- lock between big money and elections, our country is more violent-and more tion. Governor Alexander hopes that by When a Huffington can spend over 40 squarely challenging the very bedrock of wearing a plaid shirt, he can prove that he million dollars in a senatorial campaign, our government. has nothing to do with the political estab- and barely lose only because a very cred- We can't be too surprised at the escala- lishment. It is true that he never wore itable incumbent was able to spend $36 tion of radical expression and action both such a shirt to work when he was Secre- million, something is wrong. When a in the public and the private sectors, tary of Education, or even while he was Steve Forbes is able to come from When one looks at the 1994 election Governor of Tennessee, And Mr. nowhere and almost upset the frontrunner results, almost without exception, the suc- Buchanan seems to have set the tone of personally and does upset him vicarious- cessful challengers to incumbents were the primaries so far by his soundbite ly) by spending a good piece of his per- those who challenged not only the incum- which covers all situations where he dis- sonal fortune in a few states, there is bent and his or her record, but challenged approves of decisions that have been clearly a need for reform. The problem is the very notion of government as well, made, whether they deal with trade, with that some of the reforms being suggested Many of the freshmen members of Bosnia, with affirmative action, whatever. are not going to do very much, if any- Congress came to Washington having run Says Candidate Buchanan, "What would thing. against the Congress, against the federal our ancestors have done when confronted We need to recognize that it is no government. Most of the issues on which with such a decision by government? They more likely that an elected official can they campaigned were hostile to govern- would have said 'Lock and load." take money from a lobbying interest and ment: term limits for elected officials sug- Someone opined to the late essayist still make his decisions on the merits as it gest that the people need to be protected and newspaperman, Robert Benchley, that is that a judge can accept expensive pre- against their weakness in reelecting people get the kind of government they sents from a litigant and still make his incumbents too often, The proposed bal- deserve, "Wrong," said Benchley: "They decisions on the merits. I would bar any- anced budget amendment to the Constitu- get much better government than they one from making a contribution to any tion is premised on the notion that the deserve," It is pretty hard to find a mea- candidate who can have an input into a people need protection against representa- suring stick that has any creditability for decision that will benefit the contributor tive government-that you cannot trust measuring the efficacy of government financially. And I would bar elected offi- government officials to do the right thing. today. Most political scientists would say cials from voting on any matters where The two shutdowns of the federal govern- that government is not functioning very their contributors, past, present or future, ment both came about because many of efficiently, but most would still defend the are involved. The details and the enforce- the freshmen members of the house think structure as basically sound. What seems ment would be complicated, but nowhere that stalemate is good for the country-> to be 'wrong with government mostly is near as complicated as some of the Mick- that we can get along without government that the electoral process is being used as ey Mouse campaign finance laws we now very well. (flat earth society story about a protest vehicle rather than as a means have on the books. balancing the budget.) for electing effective officials. The most Would campaign finance reform dimin- The House of Representatives is taking recent elections seem to be saying that the ish extremism? Not directly. But anything great pride in their proposal to sell off one people don't want anybody who will do it that breaks down the cynicism of the pre- of the House buildings-any building, just right-they don't think it can be done sent body politic is an absolutely neces- so they can show that they have shrunk right. I would even say that a political sary condition precedent to doing any- government. malaise has overtaken the electorate, thing about the problem. except that the last Democrat who said that lost the next election, one Jimmy Carter.

7 Report on the East Asian Legal Studies Center

PROFESSOR CHARLES IRISH Volkman-Bascom Professor of Law

The Center was established in April, 1990, The Center helps JD students who are 92-93 academic year, the Center helped with several areas offocus related to the interested in Centerrelated topics by acting bring attorney Craig Ehrlich, now practic- law and East Asia: student assistance; as a general clearing house of information ing in Seoul, Korea, to speak at the scholarly exchange; outreach and and resources. In addition, it has encour- International Law Society's Symposium. research; and curriculum and library aged JD students to consider projects The Center was delighted to help the Law enhancement. involving East Asia by offering travel School be a Japan Foundation Visiting grants to those interested in doing Professorship recipient; in the spring of Student Assistance research on legal issues involving coun- 1993, Professors Itsuko and Yoshiharu tries of East Asia and Southeast Asia, as Matsuura were Japan Foundation Visiting The core of the Center's assistance to stu- well as trying to link students with profes- Professors at the Law School and taught a dents lies in its ability to help structure sors in East Asia who are able to advise three-credit J.D. seminar, "Introduction to individualized study programs for students them regarding a specific topic. With trav- the Japanese Legal System." Last year, the from East and Southeast Asia who come el assistance from the Center, JD students Center hosted Wang Feng-yuan from the to the Law School for advanced legal stud- have done field research in Vietnam, East China University- of Politics and Law, ies.' Most of these students are degree can- Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, and Shanghai, as a Visiting Fellow. didates in the Legal Institutions program Thailand. Several distinguished visiting faculty (MLI), a coursebased master's in legal The Center was also instrumental in have come to the Law School for short studies which allows students to select the Law School is receiving a grant from periods to teach a 2 credit course entitled widely from Law School courses as well the UW's Office of International Studies "Asian Law" that was offered in the spring as from the offerings of other departments and Programs for its Fund for Internation- of 1995 for J.D. and master's candidates. at the University. With minimal mandatory al Education Program. This Program, with Invited faculty were Takao Tanase (Kyoto courses and a broad range of University- seed money from OISP, offered JD stu- University), Satoru Osanai (Chuo Universi- wide course offerings, students are afford- dents a one-semester study abroad oppor- ty), Seokin Huang (Seoul National Univer- ed great flexibility to design a customized tunity. The grant was from 1992-1995, and sity), Chen Zhidong (East China University program of course study and research. led to exchanges with Portales Law School of Politics and Law, Shanghai), Pisawat The Center is also able to provide spe- in Santiago, Chile, as well as exchanges Sukonthapan (Thammasat University, cial training programs to those who are with Osaka University and Aichi Universi- Bangkok), Masaki Abe (Osaka City Uni- admitted, with the permission of the Dean ty (near Nagoya) in Japan. versity), and Itsuko Matsuura (Aichi Uni- of the Law School, as non-degree students versity, Japan). at the Law School. The course of study Scholarly Exchange Other visitors at the Center have and research for non-degree students is included e.e. Yen from Taipei, ]eong-Oh more flexible than that of the MLI candi- In working to promote scholarly ex- Kim from Yonsei University, Yungho Kim dates, because of not having to meet spe- changes between the Law School and from Dong-A University, Peter Wesley- cific degree requirements. universities of East Asia, the Center has Smith from University of Hong Kong, The Center also assists students from invited several professionals to be Visiting Zhang Qiang from Nankai University, East Asia who are interested solely in Fellows and has sponsored visiting pro- Yusuke Kikuchi from Asahi University, research and writing who are LLMcandi- fessors who have corne to the Law School Hee-Tae Suk from Kyonggi University, dates. Many of you have occasionally had to lecture. Sun Chao from East China University of MLI students in your classes, and many of During 1991-92, the Center hosted Politics and Law, Xu Xianghua from East you also have acted as advisors to MLI Professor Seokin Huang of Seoul National China University of Politics and Law, candidates, as well as LLMand SJD candi- University and Professor Koichiro Fujikura Wang Chenguang from City University of dates. of the University of Tokyo, both of whom gave lectures at the Law School. In the

8 from the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (The Netherlands). Since 1991, the Center has worked with the Public Finance Training Institute, a governmental agency in Taipei, to cosponsor a 14-week international training program for customs officials from Taiwan and several other countries. The program's lecturers covered current issues of interna- tional trade relevant to customs officials. This past year, the Center was involved with the establishment of the China International Lawyers Training Center in Shanghai, a nine-week training program on international commercial law for Chi- nese lawyers. In the near future, the Center is plan- ning to co-sponsor professional training programs in Hong Kong (with the City University of Hong Kong) and Bangkok (with Thammasat University).

Hong Kong, and Fumitoshi Tamakuni of relationships with Seoul National Universi- Meiji Gakuin University. ty, Korea University, and Yonsei Universi- The Center has also tried to assist the ty in Korea; Chulalongkorn University and During the past five years, the Center has Law School's faculty and academic staff Thanunasat University in Thailand; Univer- been instrumental in having several new find possibilities for lecturing and doing sity of Indonesia in Indonesia; National. courses added to the Law School's curricu- research in East Asia. We have compiled Taiwan University, National Cheng Chi lum. Some were for a limited time only, a booklet of those interested in teaching University, Soochow University, and the such as Chinese Law, International Negoti- in East Asia; I have used this booklet Ministry of Finance in Taiwan; Hong Kong ations, Introduction to the Legal System of when I have met with university officials University and City University of Hong Japan, and Asian Law. Others have in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thai- Kong in Hong Kong; Aichi University and become regular offerings of Law School; land, and China, as well as in Australia. Osaka University in Japan; and the East these are Legal Issues between Countries Thus far, members .,of our faculty who China University of Politics and Law, the of North America and East Asia, Contem- have given lectures in East Asia are Dan Ministry of Justice, and the State Bureau of porary Issues in American Law, Legal Bernstine, Arlen Christenson, Larry Foreign Experts in China. During the sum- Sources, and Legal Writing for Foreign Church, Linda Greene, Beverly Moran, and mer of 1995, the Center hosted a delega- Students. Gerry Thain. In addition, under the Cen- tion of Chinese professors working with To supplement the Library's East Asian ter's sponsorship, Linda Greene gave a the State Bureau of Foreign Experts. collection, the Center has underwritten professional presentation at the Confer- subscriptions to various periodicals and ence on Non-Governmental Organizations journals from with East and Southeast recently concluded in China. Asia, as well as a number of looseleaf ser- The Center has involved itself in several The Law School recently signed an vices, books, and reference materials. educational outreach ventures. In the sum- agreement with Chuo University, a private Please give me a call if you want any mer of 1991, the Center organized and co- university in Tokyo, for a law faculty additional information about the Center's sponsored an international conference on member to teach a short course on Ameri- projects. can La-w beginning in 1995. Arlen Chris- the Taxation of Tax-Exempt Organiza- tenson will be the first participant, begin- tions. The conference was held in Taipei ning this fall. We also have good working with presentation of papers by scholars from nine countries; the proceedings were subsequently published in the Bulletin

9 GALA CELEBRATION I A Law School for the 21st Century

Join us for the Dedication of the New and Renovated Law School Building

Saturday) April26, 1997 630 to 10.,00pm

Refreshments Entertainment Tours Dedication Ceremony Dean Daniel O. Bernstine cordially invites you to the Dedication of our new and renovated Law School building. The $16.1 million project, begun in the fall of 1994, is now completed. Students, faculty, and staff are now enjoying what must be one of the finest teaching and research facilities in the world of legal education.

We will be proud to have you attend our ceremonies. For more information, contact:

Edward J. Reisner, Assistant Dean University of Wisconsin Law School 975 Bascom Mall Madison, Wisconsin 53706 608/262-8554 [email protected] t

Editors note: In tbe last issue, we noted tbe has expanded the death of Professor Frank]. Remington and criminal law curricu- promised an appropriate memorial to bis lum and made Wis- life and service to this Law Scbool, to bis consin a leader in the country and to bis contributions to the criminal justice field. development of criminal law. Perhaps He has sought new nothing shorter than a booh could cover ways of teaching such an ambitious project. The article criminal law and below, prepared for the presentation of the founded one of the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association's Dis- most successful and tinguisbed Sennce Award, captures the prestigious clinical high admiration we bad for Frank and the programs in the coun- great bumility he bad for bis own accom- try: The Legal Assis- plisbmenis. tance to Institutional- onight, the Wisconsin Law ized Persons Program Alumni Association honors (LAIP). both an alumnus of this law He has promoted school and a long-time member programs for minority Professor Frank]. Remington of its faculty in giving the students. His work Alumni Association Distinguished Service was recognized by Award to Frank J. Remington. For almost criminal law. Instead of concentrating on the students at the Legal Education half a century Frank has been a part of doctrinal issues (although he has certainly Opportunities Program banquet in 1992 the life of this institution. He entered the made major contributions there) he has with a tribute to "Campus Legend," Frank Law School in January 1947 and graduat- viewed the criminal law as an administra- Remington. ed first in his class in January 1949. He tive system for the processing of alleged He has done yeoman service in the began his teaching career on the faculty offenders, a system made up of police, Law School serving on innumerable com- in September 1949 and retired after 43 prosecutors, judges, corrections officials mittees. He has been a major force in the years in June 1992. and characterized by the necessary exer- development of many law school pro- A Distinguished Service Award is a cise of discretion. Controlling that discre- grams and services. One of his most very appropriate title for an honor tion, making it accountable and fair, noted successes, was a coup he pulled of bestowed by this Law School on Frank became a focus of Frank's work and a f as chair of the Faculty Appointments because that is an excellent brief descrip- major contribution of his scholarship. Committee. The Chancellor had tion of his career at Wisconsin: distin- Frank has given distinguished service announced a plan, called the Madison guished service. to his students and his law schooL He has Plan, to increase diversity on the Madison Frank has given distinguished service always carried a heavy course load. His campus. It involved a carrot; an additional to the criminal law, his academic special- routine assignment-as anyone who has faculty position was made available for ty. His research and writing has helped gone to law school in the last 40 years any department that had a need it could shape its intellectual directions and knows-is a large class at 7:45 a.m. His fill with a highly qualified minority faculty dimensions. As a result of his experience conceptualization of a criminal justice sys- person. Frank and his Appointments Com- with the American Bar Foundation Survey tem which included the exploration of mittee came up with not one, but four of Criminal Justice Administration, he pio- issues with the police and corrections as superbly qualified minority candidates. neered new ways of thinking about the well as those in the judicial trial of a case Although the law school did not have

12 four vacancies, we got all four Frank is a considerate and appointments. intellectually exciting co-worker. Frank has given distinguished His feedback on drafts or service to the state of Wisconsin, manuscripts is legendary. He epitomizing the Wisconsin Idea of never criticizes what you have cooperation between the universi- done. He just leans back in his- ty and the state. He chaired the chair and begins to suggest other drafting committee that devel- things you might have said. He is oped the Wisconsin Criminal a bottomless pit of ideas. Code. Wisconsin was the first of As a committee member he is the common law states to system- invaluable. He has a remarkable atically codify its substantive crim- ability to cut through the haze inallaw. He then helped create generated by his fellow commit- the Wisconsin Jury Instructions tee members and get to the core Committee to aid in implementing of the issues. I remember count- the Criminal Code. That commit- less meetings in which every- tee combined the talents of trial one-myself included-would court judges and university facul- have much to say around the ty to establish model instructions issue. Frank characteristically had in criminal cases, an innovative little to say at first. But when he approach to standardization of spoke up, he often had the issues the law at the trial court level. sorted out and the beginning of a He has given distinguished solution to propose. service to the criminal justice sys- In spite of his involvement in tem at the national level, serving so many things, Frank is never as a consultant on the American too busy to help you sort out Law Institute Model Penal Code issues in a problem, to listen to project, as director of the Ameri- Professor Margo Melli you blow off steam at some can Bar Foundation Survey of the aggravation or just to chat about Administration of Criminal Justice, the state of the world. as reporter for the Federal Rules ment. For many years 0959-1986) he My favorite story about Frank of Criminal Procedure, and as consultant served as the Faculty Representative to the as a colleague has nothing to do with the to numerous national projects, including Big Ten, a position that fitted well with his law, but it does involve another of Frank's the President's Commission on Law life-long interest in sports. Being Faculty interests-sports. As you know, Frank is a Enforcement and Administration of Justice Representative led to his involvement with superb athlete. I am not. But at the age of and the National Advisory Commission on the National Collegiate Athletic Associa- 45 I decided to take up downhill skiing Civil Disorder (Kerner Commission). In tion and service, among other activities on because my four children-ages 5-11- these and countless other ways, he has its Infractions Committee, which he also wanted to ski and I knew I would have to played a major role nationally in the chaired for several years. As Frank's next take them. So one weekend, the Mellis development of the criminal law in the door neighbor (my office was next to his) went up to Ironwood, Michigan and latter part of the 20th Century. I often marveled at the stream of visitors armed with borrowed equipment, I was Frank has given distinguished service to see him that this generated. going to learn to ski. The Remingtons to his community-his country, his univer- Finally, Frank has given distinguished were there also and Frank tried to be of sity. For his service as a pilot in WWII he service as a colleague-which is an awk- some help, taking me up the chair lift and was awarded the Distinguished Flying ward way of saying he is a splendid one. I grabbing my elbow as I started to fall get- Cross. From 1954-1961 he served as a should know. I have known Frank Rem- ting off. The next Monday morning Frank Captain in the Judge Advocate General ington since we both began law school stopped in my office. Corps. back in January 1947. I have worked with He sat down, looked me in the eye For the University he has advised many him on a variety of projects, the Wiscon- and said, "This noon I think we should chancellors, served on countless commit- sin Criminal Code being the most famous. buy you some good ski equipment." tees including the Committee on Non-Cur- I have served with him on more commit- "That's a waste of money," I said. "I ricular Life of Students, which he chaired, tees than either of us would like to have no athletic ability." and the Committee on Nondiscrimination remember. For 20 years or so my office "That's what I mean," said Frank. "You and Affirmative Action in Faculty Employ- was next to his. need all the help you can get."

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Editors Note: Recently long-time resources, and especially of water UW Law School Professor jake as well as of soil and land surface." Beuscber was nominated for the Highly respected, indeed beloved, Wisconsin Conservation Hall of as a teacher Beuscher considered Fame, Emeritus Prof Arlen Chris- himself first and foremost a scholar tenson prepared the/allowing and researcher. But he was not just material/or the nomination, a library researcher. He was one of the inventors of what has been called the study of "law in action." He wanted to know how the law For 32 years, from 1935 until his really worked and how it interact- untimely death in 1967, Jacob H, ed with the economy and the com- (lake) Beuscher was a leading munity. This interest, as well as his member of the University of Wis- love of the out of doors, led him consin law faculty where he per- inevitably to his deep involvement sonified the "Wisconsin Idea" that with the state legislature, state the boundaries of the campus are agencies and with natural resource the boundaries of the state. Gover- conservation policy. nor called him "one of the most important resource experts on whom I relied." Governor Warren Knowles, History within a week of Beuscher's death, Born April 4, 1907, in Cudahy, paid tribute to him as he signed Wisconsin, Jacob H. Beuscher was one of that sessions most impor- Professor Jacob H. Beuscher the son of a practicing lawyer and tant conservation bills. Former a member of a family of Judges Speaker of the Assembly and lead- and lawyers. He graduated first in ing conservation legislator Norman Jake Beuscher was a scholar, a teacher his class from the University of Wisconsin Anderson called Beuscher "a well-spring and a participant in public policy. His Law School in 1930 and went on to earn of creative ideas about how things could eminent colleague Professor Willard Hurst, an SJD as a Sterling Fellow at Yale Law get done [who] made a great contribution said of him: "To law teaching and School 1932. After a stint in private prac- to the environmental laws of this state." research . . . he brought the hardheaded tice in the family firm he began a 32-year The Wisconsin legislature, in a joint reso- insistence on relevance, the pragmatic career as a law professor in 1935, taking lution, pointed out that he "donated skills in problem solution, and the disci- time out only for service in the OPA and countless hours to serving as a consultant plined work habits of the capable lawyer, the U.S. Navy during World War II. As a and member of committees advising the It was natural to his qualities of mind that professor at the University of Wisconsin Wisconsin legislature and state govern- he steadily developed his work beyond Law School he pioneered in the field that ment generally" and that "he played a concern with familiar questions of 'market later came to be known as environmental major role in ... drafting a water pollu- transactions in land titles, to inquiries into law. He created the first course at the law tion control law and the comprehensive the relations between the general econo- school in Land Use Regulation, taught a law which was enacted in 1966 was a my and legal controls on the uses of land, River Basin Planning Seminar and a vari- reflection of his efforts." an then into questions of the proper pub- ety of other seminars and courses that lic policy to guide the use of all natural

14 combined study of traditional legal princi- Department of Resource Development ... member of the Southeastern Wisconsin ples with other disciplines concerned with . Within the DRD he was asked to super- Regional Planning Commission, a issue of land and water protection. He vise a study regarding the place of land seven-county regional planning com- was instrumental in creating an inter-disci- use controls in the State Plan. He was on mission which he helped 'propagan- plinary approach to the problems of land the Water Resources Advisory Board of dize ... into existence" and which and water conservation and was one of the DRD and assisted in a shore land exemplified his belief that decornpart- the founders of the university's successful study. mentalized planning would yield valu- Water Resources Management Program. He was a vice-chairman of the Gover- able results. (Emphasis in original) That program was the first of the many nor's Advisory Committee on State programs now under the auspices of the Resource Planning, a group charged There was little, if any, conservation Institute for Environmental Studies. Profes- with creating a "plan for planning;" a legislation adopted by the Wisconsin legis- sor Beuscher was one of the most respect- member of the Governor's Committee lature between the late fifties and Profes- ed members of the University Faculty at on Wisconsin Water Resources, a sor Beuscher's death in 1967 that did not the time of his sudden death in 1967. But group called upon to review and rec- bear his stamp. Among the laws with he was much more. He was lover of the ornmend water legislation; and he which he was intimately involved were out of doors, an activist and a leader in worked with the Governor's Commit- the following: formulating and implementing natural tee on Eminent Domain. ~ Chapter 442, Laws of 1959 creating the resource conservation policy. As a member of the Wisconsin Leg- Department of Resource Development islative Council's Water Resources 1>. Chapter 427, Laws of 1961; the Out- Committee he and others wrote legisla- door Recreation Act (ORAP) using tion regarding water use, watershed funds from cigarette taxes to acquire control, and drainage laws. On the and develop for public use lands for Professor Beuscher's contributions to Urban Problems Committee of the sport recreation, access and scenic and resource conservation policy are well Council he was involved in drafting other easements. summarized by Fran Thomas in her incorporation standards, regional plan- ~ Chapter 253, Laws of 1963: barring monograph entitled Law in Action: Legal ning and counting planning and zon- future dams from the Wolf River north Frontiers for Natural Resource Planning. ing. He worked with others on a revi- of the south boundary of Shawano The Work of Professor Jacob H. Beuscber sion of Chapter 236, Wisconsin's County. (Land Economics Monograph No.4, Subdivision and Platting Code. ~ Chapter 263, Laws of 1965; providing UW-Madison 1972): His concern for planning for the for the purchase of easements over future and his interest in the conserva- shore land along the Wolf River. For thirty years "Jake" as he was tion of natural resources combine in ~ Chapters 274 and 573, Laws of 1965: known to his associates, wrote, and some of his region-wide memberships, authorizing participation by Wisconsin reviewed, and proposed legislation. His such as that on the Fox River Valley in interstate boundary waters commis- primary continuing affiliations were Regional Planning Commission, on sions with Minnesota and Michigan with various committees of the Natural which he and others wrote legislation respectively. Resources Committee of State Agencies to create multiple -purpose conservan- !> Chapter 445, Laws of 1965: requiring (NRCSA), the Department of Resource cy districts, and on various committees for the first time state permission Development (DRD), the Wisconsin relating to the Wolf River basin. The before an industry could discharge Legislative Council, and the state Soil Wolf River Basin Study which he pro- new or additional wastes into the sur- and Water Conservation Committee. vided to the Wisconsin Legislature face waters of the state. Under NRCSA,from 1951 to 1967, he served as a beginning subject matter ~ Chapter 502, Laws of 1965: providing prepared reports and worked on legis- for a River Basin Planning Seminar to for water studies, data collection and lation relating to a possible water use train young planners, engineers" politi- research. The University of Wisconsin code, underground water, water pollu- cal scientists, economists and lawyers Water Resource Center which Professor tion, flood Plain zoning and shore land in a real-life setting. He was in charge Beuscher helped establish, was to regulations. As a member of the Wis- of preparing two reports-one on oversee the studies. consin Development Commission, Pro- water law in southeastern Wisconsin ~ Chapter 614, Laws of 1966, the monu- fessor Beuscher was in 1958 requested and one on land use controls-as a mental water resource protection law, by the Governor to write a proposal enacted to "organize a comprehensive [which led to] legislation creating the program under a single state agency for the enhancement of the quality,

15 management and protection of all the (I) An increasing demand that open waters of the state, ground and surface, spaces, outdoor amenities, and estheti- public and private" was, no doubt, cally pleasing surroundings be pre- Professor Beuscher's crowning served. To these ends there must be achievement. This landmark law orderly growth, prepared for through included the fundamental water pro- planning, in part by the use of regula- tection provisions that continue to be tory tools used singly and in combina- law today and formed the foundation tion. (2) "Staggering demand"-and for the impressive water clean up that demands that will continue to has occurred in Wisconsin in the last increase- for open, clean water for thirty years. In addition it included the every legitimate use, ... (3) A "grow- precedent setting provisions still in ing a deep-rooted concern about the place for flood plain and shore land quality of our environment and the zoning. Governor Gaylord Nelson said threats to this quality from residues and about this legislation, "It was a new wastes of our onrushing technology" beginning for Wisconsin's fight to pro- tect water resources and Jake Beuscher This prophecy was pronounced before played a em ciaI role." Earth Day, before Rachel Carson's book, Emeritus Professor Arlen Christenson before the National Environmental Policy Jake Beuscher's final contribution to Act and before there were more than a Wisconsin's natural resource protection handful of people who thought about laws came in the last year of his life dur- Conclusion these things. To say that Jake Beuscher ing the legislative battles surrounding the was a man ahead of his time is to state the Professor Beuscher was indeed a "foun- enactment of the Kellett Bill and its mas- obvious, He was one of a kind. No one in tain of ideas." He publicized those ideas sive reorganization of the executive the history of the University of Wisconsin in more that 150 books, papers and arti- branch of state government. When the bill has matched his contributions to the state cles published over almost 40 years. Char- was stalled due to the opposition of con- in which he was born and to which he acteristically many of those publications servationist to the elimination of the Con- devoted a life time of accomplishment. A were not in the usual academic journals servation Department as a voice on behalf truly gifted teacher he introduced a gener- but in places like Hoard's Dairyman, the of protecting natural resources, Beuscher's ations of students, in law, agriculture, Highway Research Board Bulletin, Local idea for a state Public Intervenor to play planning and environmental studies to his Planning Administration and the Munici- that role was critical to making the bill disciplined and scholarly approach to pal Law Service Letter where his ideas law. It was also a visionary idea that pro- problems-legal, policy and political, and were accessible to the people who could duced great benefit to the cause of to his love of the natural world around put them into practice. A true scholar and resource conservation. For almost thirty him. Professor Jacob H. Beuscher personi- a widely admired academic, Jake Beusch- years, until its powers were taken away in fied conservation leadership. His leader- er wanted to make things happen. He last year's budget bill the Public Inter- ship produced concrete results in legisla- cared deeply about the environment and venor led the fight for public rights in nat- tion, administrative policy and education. about natural resources and he saw it as ural resources. Without the Public Inter- His memory lives on in the lives and his duty to do something about the grow- venor in the bill, Governor Knowles works of those he influenced so mucin ing threats he saw much earlier than most government reorganization plans would and it is fitting that he be recognized by people. have failed. With Jake Beuscher's idea the being enshrined with other leaders. ,0 Jake Beuscher's ideas were innumer- bill was saved and the public's voice in many of whom he knew, worked wiH; able and they were also prophetic in the natural resource protection continued to and inspired. true sense of that word. Here is what he be heard for thirty more years. told us more than thirty years ago when, in the words of his biographer "he listed the three most serious problems facing us both at present and in the future, all three springing from our affluence, mobility and expanding population;"

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Professor Roger C. Cramton of Four new faculty members Cornell Law School will be the joined us this fall: Gregory Shaf- first Warren P. Knowles Professor fer, Stanford '88; Bernard Trujil- at our School. The estate of the lo, Yale '92; Heinz Klug, Hast- late Governor Knowles ('33) ings '89 and D.W. SJD '96; and created the professorship in the Jane Larson, Minnesota '85. area of ethics in government and Watch upcoming issues for a full law. Proceeds from the profes- report on these outstanding addi- sorship will be used to bring dis- tions to our teaching staff. tinguished visitors to the Law Prof. Joseph Thome reports School for teaching and scholar- on the on-going success of our ship. Prof. Cramton will be here exchange program with the Uni- in the fall of 1997. A former clerk versity of Diego Portales Law (From L to R): Dean Sergio Illanes, University of Diego Portales to U.S. Supreme Court Justice School in Chile. After visiting Law School in Chile; UW exchange students Thomas Martin and Harold Burton (1956-57), former there recently, Prof. Thome Sara Fiscus; Professor Joseph Thome; Felipe Gonzalez, professor dean at Cornell (1973-80), and returned with the photo repro- at Portales and advisor to UW students. noted author, Prof. Cramton is a duced here. most appropriate choice to inau- The Institute for Legal Studies Clinical Professor Louise Trubek, gurate this professorship. recently hosted a major national confer- who was recently honored with the Sally U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of ence on the Future of Punitive Damages. Sunde Award for Social Justice by Commu- Wisconsin, Thomas P. Schneider (72), Over three days in October, experts in liti- nity Shares of Wisconsin, has also recently recently negotiated a substantial "gift" to gation, damages, and legal reform met and published a new poverty law casebook. the Law School as part of a sentencing discussed the history, current status and Prof. Alan Weisbard was an invited package in a federal conspiracy case. future of punitive damages. Prof. Marc participant in the U.S. Holocaust Research Schneider included a "community service Galanter, director of the Institute, indi- Institute's Conference on the Obligations payment" of $100,000, equally split by cates that the conference was a great suc- of Medicine to the State. Weisbard's pre- Wisconsin's two law schools, to fund pro- cess in assessing information on punitive sentation was entitled: Devaluing Life: grams on business law ethics. damages and suggesting the future of such Does the Nazi Experience have Implica- Prof. Frank Tuerkheimer reports that awards. tions for Contemporary Health Care. Kim Mayer, a current third-year student, recently won a reversal for an indigent defendant. Mayer was supervised by Tuerkheimer on the appeal of a case to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals under the Criminal Justice Act. The issue involved sentencing procedures. Charles F. Ince ('41) recently made a major gift to the Law School to complete the J. Willard Hurst Professor- History. Luce, Hurst's first student research assistant, retired as chair- nun chief executive officer of Consoli- Lilted Edison in New York in 1982. Consumer Law Project announces rhat David Vladeck, an attorney with the Public Citizen Litigation Group, will be the consumer-advocate-in-residence in early March 1997. Mr. Vladeck, a graduate of Columbia University Law School, will give a general law school talk, meet with facul- ty, and be available to guest lecture in a number of classes during his stay.

17 Rudolph P. Regez ('36) reports that his Mark A. Nordenberg (73) has been Brian R. Garves ('85) has joined the class held a 60th reunion recently in Madi- appointed as Chancellor of the University new firm, Willmarth & Tanoury, in Detroit. son. Attending were: George Kowalczyk, of Pittsburgh. Nordenberg had previously The firm will do defense of medical mal- Austin Smith and Regez. served as Dean of that University's Law practice, health care consulting and gener- lloyd A. Barbee ('55), a former mem- School. alliability defense. ber of the Law School's Board of Visitors, Mari Gursky Shaw (73) has joined Vincent A. Thomas ('86), a member has received the seventh annual]ames the Philadelphia office of Akin, Gump, of the Law School Board of Visitors, has Howard Baker Award from the Communi- Strauss, Hauer & Feld as Managing Part- been named Assistant Dean of Students at ty Brainstroming Conference for his life- ner. Hamline Law School in St. Paul. time efforts in civil rights and equal William D. Harvey (74) has been Will Morris ('86) has been named opportunities. named President of Wisconsin Power and Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach at Patrick Dolan ('61) has joined the Light and Vice President of Interstate California State University, Hayward, an Madison office of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Energy Corporation. NCAA Division II school. While in Law Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach. Dolan will Leon Z. Heller (74) has been named School, Morris coached the "Learned do labor and employment litigation. General Counsel & Secretary of Envi- Hands," a team of women students and Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice roxource, Inc., in Horsham, Pennsylvania. alumni. Jon P. Wilcox ('65) has been named a Sidney M. Nowell (75) has joined the William Oemichen ('86) has been fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Flordia Aviation Management Develop- named director of Wisconsin's Division of The selection recognizes outstanding dedi- ment Associates (FAMDA) where he will Trade and Consumer Protection. cation to the highest principles of the focus on employment and management Oemichen had been deputy commissioner legal profession. law matters. and chief legal counsel for the Minnesota Thomas J. Bauch ('66) has retired as jann Ozzelo Wilcox (77) has been Agriculture Department. senior vice prseident, general counsel, and named to the Board of Directors of Zomax Daniel T. Flaherty ('86), formerly corporate secretary of Levi Strauss & Co. Optical Media, Inc. Wilcox is senior vice with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Milwau- Bauch will remain with the company as a president and chief financial officer of kee, has joined Godfrey & Kahn where he consultant. Marquette Bancshares, Inc., in Minneapo- will concentrate in business litigation. Patrick Jordan ('67) has joined the lis. Daniel 1. Woehrer ('87) has been San Franciso firm of jeffer, Mangels, Butler David G. Deininger (78) is the named a vice president of Norwest Invest- & Marrnaro. newest judge of the Wisconsin Court of ment Management & Trust in Milwaukee. Prof. Robert]. Wright ill ('67), Uni- Appeals. Woehrer will serve as a personal trust offi- versity of Arkansas-Little Rock School of Mary Hanson (78), who practices cer and offer estate and investment Law, has been elected chair of the Gener- business law in Torrance, California, advice. al Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section of announces thate three of her business law Kevin G. Fitzgerald ('87) has been the American Bar Association. articles have been licensed by Time maga- named a partner at Foley & Lardner. Prof. John McCormack ('68), Loyola zine and can be found on their website at: Fitzgerald practices in the insurance group University of Chicago School of Law, has httpv/www.timevista.corn. at the firms offices in Milwaukee and Tal- been honored for twenty-five years of Josephine V. Dye ('81), chief attorney lahassee. teaching service to his school. of the family and education law division Christopher C. Dickinson ('8b/ James G. Derouin ('68) has joined the of Legal Services of North Texas, has won become a partner at Jenner & Block, Phoenix office of Steptoe & Johnson. the J. Chrys Dougherty Legal Services Chicago. Paul H. Dawes (70) has been selected Award for her innovations in her field, Helen Abrams Winder ('88), of as chair of the litigation department of Greg D. Richardson ('81) has left the Edina, Minnesota, has been certified as a Latham & Watkins. Dawes is a partner in Justice Fellowship to establish and direct real property law specialist by the Min- the San Francisco office of that firm. the Restroative Justice Institute in Wash- nesota State Bar Association. Thomas J. Kennedy ('72) has joined ington, DC. Kristine M. Strodthoff ('89) has the Phoenix firm, Ryley, Carlock & Apple- Melanie Aska Knox ('83), a share- joined the Milwaukee office of Godfrey & white, where he will practice labor law. holder in the Milwaukee firm Godfrey & Kahn where she will practice in the Intel- Anthony J. Randall (73) has been Kahn, recently co-authored Pension Dis- lectual Property group. sworn in as a U.S. Immigration Judge in tribuition Answer Book, her fourth book Miami. in the area of pension and benefit man- agement.

18 Michael D. Morneault ('95) has joined the Pittsburgh office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius where he will do corpo- rate and securities law. Quarles & Brady announces that Scott L. Langlois ('86) and Francis H. LoCoco ('86) have become partners in the firm's Milwaukee office while Kevin A. Delorey ('86) is a new partner in the Madison office. von Briesen, Purtell & Roper, Milwau- kee announce that Catherine F. Conway ('86), Timothy C. McDonald ('84) and William R. West ('86) have become Catherine F. Conway Eric Fonstad Michele A. Powers shareholders. Conway and McDonald will focus on employee benefits, West will do business and tax practice. Also joining the Raymond}, Ramsey firm are: David I. Nestingen ('78), ('91), former law clerk to Thomas ]. Kammerait ('81) and Michael Judge Cecil F. Poole and for- T. Byrnes ('95), formerly of Prieve & mer staff attorney for the Meyer; Betty J. Juler ('95), from the Rein- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth hart firm: and David P. Muth ('96). Circuit, has joined the San Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, I\ladi- Francisco office of Baker & son, announce that Richard L. Schmidt McKenzie where he will ('89) and Anita T. Gallucci ('89) have practice in the corporate liti- become partners while Richard L. Bolton gation group. ('84), Jennifer S. Mirus ('93), M. Tess April D. Madison-Ram- O'Brien-Heinzen ('93) and Susan L. sey ('92), former staff attor- Collins ('95) are new associates. ney for the U.S. Court of The Financial Accounting Foundation, Appeals, Ninth Circuit, has who helps set financial reporting stan- joined the San Francisco dards for businesses, non-profit organiza- office of Morrison and Foer- Timothy C. McDonald William R. West tions and governmental units, has appoint- ster where she will do cor- ed David Ruder ('57) and Paul Soglin porate litigation. Michele Powers ('94) has joined the (72) to its Board of Trustees. Ruder is the Kevin ], Palmersheim ('92) has Los Angeles firm Pircher, Nichols & former chair of the U.S. Securities and become a shareholder in the Madison firm Meeks. Powers will do environmental and Exchange Commission. Soglin is the of Haley Palmersheim. The firm does busi- real estate litigation. Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. ness law and business litigation. Rachel M