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Copyright c 2007 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers The Advocate VOLUME V, ISSUE SEVEN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2007 WILLIAM & MARY SCHOOL OF LAW Global Warming Disaster Looms: Community Action Necessary to Turn the Tide

Professor Malone speaks to students at Marshall-Wythe about Global Warming. Photo by Alan Kennedy-Schaffer. Features Editor.

by Alan Kennedy-Shaffer changes begin at home. Americans reduce their dependency and their political salience makes Features Editor “There is no longer any debate on oil in general, Malone said. “strange bedfellows,” Malone said, that there is global warming,” Malone “Environmental security is na- listing California Governor Arnold Editor’s Note: This story was said. “There is no longer any debate tional security, and in the energy Schwarzenegger’s support for the originally published online in that man-made emissions are contrib- context, I think we all know that is toughest tailpipe emissions standards another campus publication, The uting to them.” the case,” said Malone. “They are not of any state. William and Mary News. In a speech titled “Think Glob- separable. They are part and parcel “Now I ask you, who would have Law Professor Linda Malone ally, Act Locally: A Pivotal Trans- of the same thing.” thought that Arnold Schwarzenegger urged the William and Mary com- formation in the Global Warming” Fortunately for the environment, would turn out to be the global warm- munity to do more to prevent global Debate, the Marshall-Wythe School scientists, members of Congress, ing terminator? Don’t just look to warming in this year’s St. George of Law Foundation Professor of Law Administration officials, and the your friends. Look to your enemies Tucker Lecture at the Marshall- also noted that the national security of general public seem to agree that to form a coalition,” she said. Wythe School of Law on Nov. the United States depends, to a large steps must be taken to solve the Senator John Warner (R-Va.) 29. Pointing to fledgling efforts to extent, on the environmental secu- problem. Exactly what steps must and Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) highlight the long-term threats posed rity of the United States. Reducing be taken and who should take those have also teamed up to sponsor what by global warming, she emphasized the nation’s dependency on foreign steps remain open for debate. The that litigation can help but that major oil, for instance, can only happen if potential harms of global warming Continued on Pg. 2. Wolf Law Library Goes Official there was a naming ceremony for marked that his late mother’s love by Kelly Pereira the library last year (Nov. 10, 2006). of books and his wife’s support of INSIDE Co-Editor-in-Chief This Thursday’s festivities mark the community service are what moti- News in Brief...... 4 On Thursday, Dec. 6, the long- dedication of the library. What’s the vated him to make the largest single awaited ribbon cutting ceremony difference? In the words of Library donation ever to the nation’s oldest will take place at the Wolf Law Director Professor Jim Heller, “Of law school. 9/11 Fund...... 9 Library. 2Ls and 3Ls (and innocent course it looks a heck of a lot better The dedication will include a re- bystanders--students of other gradu- than a year ago.” ception in celebration of the comple- Arts Brief...... 11 ate programs who happen to live at The Wolf Law Library is named tion. Dean Taylor Reveley will give for alumnus Henry “Hank” C. Wolf opening remarks at 4 p.m. After the the GradPlex within eye and earshot Guitar Hero...... 13-14 of the library) can breathe a sigh of (A “lifer” of the College: J.D. ’66, ceremonial cutting of the ribbon at the relief and attest that the library was B.A. ’64). Wolf is the Vice Chair- library’s entrance, the gathering will quite a work-in-progress over the man and Chief Financial Officer of continue on to the Reading Room. PSF Stories...... 16 course of the past two years. But it Norfolk Southern Corporation as well President Gene Nichol, Wolf, and as the Vice Rector of the College’s was worth it. Continued on Pg. 10. 2Ls and 3Ls may also recall that Board of Visitors. Last year he re- News 2 Wednesday, December 5, 2007

dire consequences for the common- vironmental litigation aimed at to do so,” Malone said. Global Warming wealth if citizens and government combating climate change caused Using humor to drive the point officials do not intervene by 2012, by global warming. Speaking to home, Malone told a story about how Disaster Looms the widely accepted “turning point” an audience of about fifty people, she recently arrived in Louisville, for disaster scenarios, she said. Malone examined domestic litiga- Kentucky, to give a presentation on Continued from Pg. 1. Increasingly intense rain, more tion strategies including international global warming only to find that the Malone said is “the most important” toxins in the water, and the destruc- environmental lawsuits brought by rental car company had assigned her cap-and-trade bill now pending in tion of coastal wetlands are just a aliens under the Alien Tort Claims a Jeep Commander. “I had never Congress. few of the potential consequences Act, the extraterritorial application of seen a car, an SUV, a jeep pickup—I “Governor [Tim] Kaine said that that Virginia could face if the tide U.S. environmental laws to foreign don’t know what you call it—that the coastal area of Virginia may be the does not turn soon. areas under U.S. control or influence, big,” she said. “It was parked next second most at risk area in the coun- Malone’s lecture also detailed lawsuits demanding transparency and to the only other car available, an H2 try,” said Malone. Scientists predict the relatively brief history of en- adequate representation on federal Hummer.” Although federal CAFE emis- sions standards require passenger cars to average twenty-seven miles to the gallon, the Jeep Commander, which only “gets thirteen miles to the gallon,” as Malone quickly discov- ered as she drove her rental vehicle off the lot, and other sports utility vehicles that fall under the category of “light trucks” are exempt from the CAFE standards. “If you ask why are [the Jeep Commander and other high pollut- ing sports utility vehicles] exempt, the answer is that they are big and they pollute more,” Malone said. “You might then ask, why are they exempt?” Malone also drew laughter from the assembled students, professors, and other members of the commu- nity with her response to a question about the public’s confusion regard- ing what is fact and what is fiction in the national debate about global warming. “Now if the weather’s strange, Professor Malone shows students her enormous rental car. that doesn’t mean there’s global Photo by Whitney Weatherly, Staff Photographer. warming,” she said. “But maybe we should take the knowledge [that advisory committees, and purely global warming is a serious problem] domestic environmental nuisance where we can get it.” THE ADVOCATE and tort litigation. The prominent law professor "Complete and objective reporting of student news and opinion" Although the National Environ- concluded her lecture on an optimis- Editors-in-Chief: Kelly J. Pereira Editorial Policy mental Protection Act “lacks a citizen tic note, suggesting that the tide of Tara A. St. Angelo The letters and opinion pages of enforcement provision, rather oddly,” public opinion on global warming has News Editors: Jennifer Stanley The Advocate are dedicated to all Malone said, “what we will see in the turned, paving the way for solutions Abby Murchison context of global warming is that the student opinion regardless of form that are “completely outside the box.” Rob Poggenklass major federal action is in the United Copy Editors: Kate Yashinski or content. The Advocate reserves Malone was quick to say, however, States so that it is not an extraterrito- J. Alex Chasick the right to edit for spelling and that the non-scientific community Features Editors: Alan Kennedy-Shaffer rial application at all.” grammar, but not content, unless can, and must, do more to prevent Mike Kourabas “These cases began to be filed global warming. Asim Modi the author's content violates the law in 2005,” she said. “Look at who “As lawyers, we can’t take too Jenny Kane school's Honor Code. our plaintiffs are and look who our Layout Editor: Lorri Barrett Letters to the Editor and opinion much credit in this context,” she said. Staff Writers: defendants are. It’s not the govern- articles may not necessarily reflect “Scientists have really done a lot of David Bules Rob Thomas ment going after the polluter. It’s the opinion of the newspaper or the heavy lifting.” John Newton quite different in that way.” Genevieve Jenkins (J.D. ’09) said Contributors: Carrie Boyd its staff. All letters to the Editor In California v. National High- that she found Malone’s lecture both Benjamin Novak should be submitted by 5 p.m.on way Traffic Safety Administration, Calisa Smith informative and alarming. “I think the Thursday prior to publication. which was filed on May 3, 2006 and [Malone] did a very comprehensive The Advocate will not print a decided in favor of the plaintiffs on Photographers: Alana Seifts job of covering the interplay of in- letter without confirmation of the Joelle Laszlo Whitney Weatherly Nov. 15, 2007, the Ninth Circuit ternational and domestic issues and author's name. We may withhold Court of Appeals ruled that the Address Correspondence To: what we can do as individuals and The Advocate the name on request. Letters over Administration must consider the attorneys to combat global warm- William & Mary School of Law 500 words may be returned to the “economic cost of tailpipe CO2s ing,” she said. P. O. Box 8795 and their environmental impact ‘as Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 writer with a request that the letter (757) 221-3582 be edited for the sake of space. expeditiously as practicable,’ the [email protected] third federal court in less than a year News THE ADVOCATE 3 Victory for Law Students On Capitol Hill by Marc Baranov nationally to write thousands of let- eral student loans. After the ten-year of monthly income, which could Contributor ters and hold hundreds of meetings period, “public service” attorneys potentially reduce monthly payments with their Senators and members of will be eligible for total forgiveness by two-thirds. Editor’s Note: The author is a Congress.” of their remaining federal loans, As written though, the CCRAA national officer with the ABA Law According to the ABA, eighty- regardless of the remaining balance has potential pitfalls with regard to tax Student Division and a student at seven percent of law students bor- owed. It is also noteworthy that the payments and marriage disincentives. Southwestern Law School. row money to attend law school. ten years of “public service” do not Specifically, forgiveness at year ten In late September, aspiring public The average law student graduates have to be consecutive. might be construed as taxable income interest lawyers nationwide scored with $83,181 in total educational “I have wanted to be a Public De- under the law, and the Department of a major victory in the battle against debt from a private law school, and fender since Criminal Law during my Education might add both spouses’ ever-increasing student loan debt. $54,509 from a public law school. first year of law school,” said Rachel incomes together to determine how After years of negotiations and Additionally, according to the Na- Raymond, a 3L at Southwestern Law much the borrower must pay, con- debate on loan repayment assistance tional Association of Law Placement, School in Los Angeles. “This law ceivably tripling or even quadrupling programs, Congress passed, and the median gross starting salary at a will allow me to pursue my dream, the borrower’s monthly repayment. President George W. Bush signed, the non-profit public service organization and not just for a year or two, but as Congress is currently in discussions College Cost Reduction and Access is approximately $40,000. a lifetime career.” over these very issues. Act of 2007 (CCRAA). In part, the “With standard loan repayment Per the current language of the Learn how to explain this excit- CCRAA allows recent law school schedules, some young lawyers were CCRAA, “public service” includes ing new law to your fellow students graduates who work in “public ser- being forced to opt out of public in- all full-time employment by gov- and how you can lobby your mem- vice” to pay off their qualified federal terest work to stay above the poverty ernment agencies and “501(c)(3) bers of Congress on these and other loans at a reduced rate, and have the line,” said American Association of organizations (among other catego- important issues by visiting abanet. balance of these loans completely Law Schools Executive Director Carl ries). Over the next year though, org/lsd/legislation. Also, for more forgiven after 120 monthly payments, Monk. “This law will allow public the Department of Education will information on how the CCRAA can or ten years. interest entities to compete with the issue regulations that determine how work for you, consult your school’s “This is a decisive victory for law big firms and successfully lure the broadly (or narrowly) this term will Financial Aid Department. students,” said Daniel Suvor, Chair best and brightest into their ranks.” be interpreted. of the American Bar Association The new law offers substantial The new law also allows borrow- Marc Baranov currently serves as (ABA) Law Student Division. “Over loan forgiveness for “public service” ers to enter into a reduced payment a Delegate from the ABA Law Stu- the past several years, law student attorneys that make ten years of pay- program that ties monthly pay- dent Division to the ABA House of leaders aggressively lobbied for ments towards their qualifying fed- ments to an affordable percentage Delegates. this change, prompting law students Alumnus Reflects on the Past, Present, and Future State of the Honor Code Citizen Lawyer Award at the 2007 leadership. Council. He was a member of the by Tara St. Angelo commencement ceremony. This Honenberger began his talk on a Honor Council as an undergraduate Co-Editor-in-Chief award is presented to a graduate note of gratitude thanking the Honor at William & Mary from 1971 to This week the law school’s Honor or friend of the law school who Council for allowing him to partici- 1974. In order to begin his research, Council brought back alumnus and exemplifies the Jeffersonian tradi- pate in the “illuminating exercise” Continued on Pg. 8. 2007 Citizen Lawyer Award winner tion of outstanding citizenship and of researching the college’s Honor Chris Honenberger to speak about how the school’s Honor Code and Council have evolved over the years in a lecture entitled “Fundamental Conduct: A History of the Honor System at William & Mary.” Ryan Brady, the Chief Justice of the Honor Council, introduced Hon- enberger as a man with an endless list of accolades. Dean Reveley chimed in that Honenberger is “genuinely a big deal.” Honenberger has served as the president and CEO of Second Bank & Trust for seven years. His career has been dedicated to the improvement of the community. He has served as chairman of the Germanna Com- munity College Board, president of Orange County’s Economic Devel- opment Corporation, and president of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce. LEFT to RIGHT: Chris Honenberger, 3L Kia Scott, Dean Reveley, and 3L Ryan Brady. Honenberger received the year’s Photo by Tara St. Angelo, Co-Editor-in-Chief. News 4 Wednesday, December 5, 2007 News in Brief by Tara St. Angelo to celebrate their award. Co-Editor-in-Chief Darren Abernethy Legal Skills Firms Make Dominates the Quiz Bowl Basket Competition a Success While most 3Ls were taking their MPRE a few weeks ago, BLSA sponsored the law 3L Darren Abernethy competed school’s annual Thanksgiving in the Quiz Bowl at Virginia Basket Competition. The Commonwealth University in participating Legal Skills firms Richmond. were: Bane Doetzer Case & When asked, “What the hell is Hoplamazian, Black Heikes & Quizbowl?” Abernethy responded, Landres, Bowditch Brinckman & “Quizbowl: how can I describe it? Schact, Clancy, Perry & Trotta, Other than as the ‘varsity sport of Green & Tumi, Kirkeby Miller the mind,’ as its lame proponents ABOVE: Baskets of food & St. Cyr, Lederer & Posey, sometimes call it.” Quizbowl is filled the lobby on Nov. 19 Quigley Moschel & Bahr, Stern a lot like Jeopardy!, except that for the law school’s annual & Percell and Tarley & Cordis. contestants compete in teams of Thanksgiving Basket Com- After the baskets were judged they four. Each player has a buzzer petition. were delivered to Zarina Burdge, that makes a sound and lights the Youth and Family Service up, locking out all other players RIGHT: The basket made Coordinator for Williamsburg’s when that player buzzes in. Each by the legal skills firm of Department of Human Services. game has a moderator who reads Tarely & Cordis took home Employees of the department questions, usually twenty total the honor of Best Contents delivered the baskets, along with tossup questions for both teams, during the competition. donated turkeys, to twelve low- with accompanying 3-part bonus income and foster families in questions if you get the tossup Photos by Calisa Smith, Williamsburg. Each participating correct. Tossups are worth ten Contributor. firm will be given a description points if correct, but if you buzz of the family that received their in early and answer incorrectly, basket. The judges included Judge your team loses five points and Baker; Professors Banks, Barnard, the opportunity for the bonus Combs, Heymann, and Moliterno; questions. a row and qualified for prelims like CMU or UNC, but and Deans Butler and Shealy. Abernethy says the tournament the “winner’s bracket, ” which sometimes these things happen.” The following awards were was lots of fun. Teams came followed the nine team round-robin According to Abernethy, given: from schools such as Carnegie preliminary rounds. “Quizbowl is a kind of a fun, Most Creative - Bowditch Mellon, University of North The B team, made up of all nerdy pastime. I’ve done it since Brinckman & Schact Carolina, University of Maryland, William & Mary freshmen, did high school, played in national Best Contents - Tarley & Cordis and Virgina Commonwealth extraordinarily well too. The B tournaments, did it all four years at Overall Judge’s Choice (tie) - University. W&M brought two team actually beat the A team and Duke, and now I’m an unofficial Bowditch Brinckman & Schact and teams. Abernethy was on the A qualified as the fifth of five seeds graduate student advisor for the Clancy Perry & Trotta team, which was the number three for the winner’s bracket playoffs. new William & Mary team made The best overall basket winners seed going into the tournament. Abernethy says, “I felt like a proud up mostly of undergrads. I read will receive a firm-wide pizza party Abernethy’s team started off 3- father whose son had just kicked questions for them in practice, help 2, then won four close games in his ass. I couldn’t believe the B them run their annual tournament team beat our team for high schoolers on the undergrad of two frosh, a soph campus, and have even competed and me. I was at with them twice in college once chagrined and tournaments. It’s been fun.” impressed.” For more information about the There was a Quizbowl you can also consult our winner’s bracket own Features Editor Asim Modi, playoff round- who was a big time Quizbowl nerd robin, starting in college. around 5 p.m. Abernethy provided us with a According to few sample questions. Try them Abernethy, “We out to see if you can make the started to doze off a team. bit and lost three of four games I think. Q: It is usually about ten inches Still, we finished long and ends at the ligament up in fourth place of Treitz. Containing Brunner’s of ten, which was glands, it is the location where the OK. We didn’t Members of BLSA help load the contents of the Thanksgiving baskets into a truck for pancreatic duct provides assistance like losing in the for digestion. Name this tube distribution to area familes. playoffs to teams Photo by Calisa Smith, Contributor. that we beat in the Continued on Pg. 6.

News 6 Wednesday, December 5, 2007 News in Brief William & Mary’s Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Continued from Pg. 4. has been hard at work raising which comes before the jejunum money and collecting supplies for and ileum in the small intestine. various charities. One of their first fundraisers of the semester ANSWER: Duodenum benefited and raised awareness about the Jena Six. BLSA sold t- BONUS (Four Parts) shirts that read “William & Mary Answer these questions about Supports the Jena 6” and raised reptiles: over $350 for the legal defense A. Which era is sometimes called of the six young black students the age of reptiles? charged with attempted second B. Which protein, sometimes degree murder in Jena, LA, when contrasted with collagen, plays a they beat a white student after a major role in the scales of reptiles? noose was hung on school grounds. Give the general name. BLSA’s most successful C. Give the common name for the charitable work this year has type of reptile with the longest been their annual clothing drive. LEFT to RIGHT: Kelly Pereira, Kate Yashinski, Meghan Horn, and Carolyn established lifespan. One of them According to BLSA president Lethert at the Grand Illumination. is known to have lived to the age Megan Tumi, “[I]t has by far been Photo courtesy of Kate Yashinski, Copy Editor. the largest contribution from the of 188. The answer is eight letters semester. The spirit of public support for those affected by HIV law school community for any of long. service has been reflected by the and AIDS. From Nov. 27-Dec. our fundraisers. There are literally D. Give the Latin name for any of involvement of everyone, and on 2 the Muscarelle Museum at the more than fifteen trash bags and the orders of modern reptiles behalf of the organization, I can College exhibited two panels from moving boxes filled with clothes.” only send our sincerest thanks The NAMES Project Foundation’s BLSA has also held a business A. Mesozoic B. Keratin C. to all who have participated in AIDS Memorial Quilt. The panels card drive to raise funds for the Tortoise some way, no matter how large or on display have connections to Virginia Civil Rights Memorial, D. Chelonia, Crocodilia, small.” William & Mary alumnus Terry and will continue to raise funds Rhynchocephalia, Sphenodontia, Ryan Buheller (’79) and five through the coin wars in the lobby, Squamata, or Testudine former Williamsburg residents who and other fundraisers in the Spring W&M Takes Part in World died of AIDS. On Friday, Nov. 30, semester. BLSA collected medical, AIDS Day W&M Honors Shana the Student Health Center provided hygiene, and school supplies for Hofstetter (Again) free HIV testing to the first twenty Project Medishare, a non-profit World AIDS Day is observed students. organization that provides medical on Dec. 1 each year in order to The golden child of The aid to communities in Haiti. BLSA raise awareness of one of the most Advocate Shana Hofstetter has was able to fill two large boxes destructive epidemics in modern Trial Team Returns to done it again. 3L Hoffstetter with everything from toothpaste to history. AIDS has killed more than D.C. Tournament for a was named as William & Mary’s vitamins, pencils, and first aid care. twenty-five million people and an Drapers Scholar this month. The Showdown They even had a professor donate estimated 38.6 million people are Drapers Scholarship is a year long toothpaste and toothbrushes that currently living with HIV. William scholarship to the University of Two teams from the law she requested from her dentist’s & Mary is doing its part in raising London, Queen Mary College school’s trial team competed in office. awareness once again this year. Law School. Hofstetter will be in the Second ABA Employment Tumi says, “Overall, the law The student group Activism London for a year and graduate Law Tournament, D.C. Regional. school has shown overwhelming in the Fight Against AIDS with an LLM. There are seventeen The team comprised of Greg support for our community service (AFYA) handed out HIV/AIDS different LLM programs but they Demo (3L), Arpan Sura (2L), initiatives. It has been incredibly information and red ribbons are all essentially international law. Heather Stangle (2L), and Kevin humbling to see just how giving during the week of events in the Every year a 3L is picked from Grady (2L) placed second in the the entire law school community University Center. On Nov. 27 William & Mary to be the Drapers tournament. William & Mary truly has been throughout the fall students wore red to show their Scholar. The Dean’s Advisory has had great success in this Committee reads all of the 3L tournament, winning it all last applications. year. Demo was a member of that Hofstetter will be officially team and still proudly displays his awarded the scholarship at the trophy in his living room. graduation awards ceremony. The tournament was comprised Hofstetter will continue to of twelve teams, with the winner strive for the stars simply so The going to the finals in Chicago. Advocate will have things to report. The William & Mary team went On her rise to fame courtesy of up against teams from West The Advocate, Hofstetter says, “I Virginia, George Washington, and feel like a big nerd.” For more University of Richmond. information on Shana Hoffstetter The tournament took place in please refer to every other issue of the federal courthouse, the same Volume V of The Advocate. courthouse where the Scooter Libby and Watergate trials took BLSA Gives back to the place. The finals took place in Members of BLSA pose with a portion of the mountain of clothing they the ceremonial courtroom where Community in a Big Way collected this month for FISH. Photo by Tara St. Angelo, Co-Editor-in-Chief. Continued on next page. Over the past few months News THE ADVOCATE 7 a five year old deprived of his News in Brief favorite ice cream than a legal Continued from previous page. argument. However, Demo redeemed himself with his closing Moses and the Ten Commandments argument where he slammed overlooked the team. his fist on the witness stand and, However, the drama of the according to him, “shook the tournament began to unfold even courthouse to its foundation.” In before the tournament started. reality, he only hurt his hand. Sura forgot his suit jacket and William & Mary lost to the brought a brown belt and brown University of Richmond in the shoes to “match” his gray suit finals, the same team they had pants. Luckily fashionista beaten in the finals the previous (fashinisto?) Demo had brought an year. extra suit and stepped in to rescue William & Mary sent a second Sura from his fashion mishap. team to the competition made up However, Sura’s fashion disaster of Megan Tumi (3L), David Tyler did not hinder his performance in (2L), Ken Abrams (2L), and Bin ABOVE: Members of ELS gather for wine and cheese and a showing of the tournament. Wang (3L). “Who Killed the Electric Car?” In one of the qualifying rounds Stangle had to lay the smack Environmental Law BELOW: 3Ls Carrie Boyd and Jennifer Stanley gather to enjoy ELS’s down during cross examination movie and wine night earlier this semester. on a surly, lying witness from Society’s Presence Grows George Washington. This witness Photos by Benjamin David Novak. Contributor. attempted to use her feminine As many law students may wiles to intimidate William & have noticed this has been a big Mary by batting her eyes and growth year for the Environmental making distracting motions at the Law Society (ELS). The team throughout the trial. Luckily organization has not been that Stangle was not phased by these active for the past few years, but cheap tricks and delivered her new President 1L Benjamin David closing argument flawlessly. Novak is changing all of that. During one trial Demo made According to Novak, “We have a fifteen minute objection which spent the majority of this semester resembled more the tantrum of doing a lot of structural work on

the organization so that we can nights, (2) a bake sale fundraiser, seriously flourish next semester, (3) toner cartridge recycling next year, and in the future.” program, and (4) Our “precycled” This semester ELS focused on paper program. things like, creating a new mission As The Advocate reported last for the organization, rewriting their week, ELS has teamed up with Constitution and bylaws, setting up the Legal Skills firm of Lederer & a new meeting structure for their Posey to sponsor a toner recycling newly instituted weekly meetings, program. ELS collects and instituting weekly executive recycles any and all used printer board meetings, developing new toner cartridges. Collection bins membership requirements, creating can be found under the hanging an ELS banner, and designing ELS files and in the faculty lounge. Colonial Williamsburg prepares for the holiday season. logos, and shirts. The “precycled” paper program ELS’s mission now reads as involves collecting cover sheets Photos by Whitney Weatherly, Staff Photographer follows: from the library printers to reuse “As concerned citizens of our for ELS purposes, such as printing global community our mission our meeting agendas on the back is to: increase awareness and before we once again recycle the involvement in environmental paper. The collection boxes can be issues; to promote and contribute found next to all library printers. to careers, practice, and scholarship ELS is currently preparing to of environmental law; to encourage bring a few different speakers to stewardship in public policy, law, campus early next semester and is and jurisprudence; to provide in the process of redesigning their opportunities for environmental website and starting an official advocacy; and to improve ELS bblog. environmental policies at the If you have any questions College of William & Mary.” about ELS and their events or ELS has sponsored a few new programs, please feel free to projects including (1) two contact Benjamin David Novak environmental movie and wine at benjamin.david.novak@gmail. News 8 Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Upcoming Events Look to this space for news about speakers, meetings, and other events at the law school. If your organization has an event in the next month you would like advertised, please email [email protected]. Wednesday, December 5 verse, 7 p.m. at the Muscarelle Screening of Across the Uni- SBA Ski Trip! Bus departs for PSF Gift Shop Sale: Final sale of Museum of Art. Purchase tickets at verse, 10 p.m. at the Muscarelle Snowshoe Mountain, W.V. on Fri- the semester. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. the Muscarelle ($3 presale or $5 at Museum of Art. Purchase tickets at day. Alternative Gift Fair: Interna- the door). the Muscarelle ($3 presale or $5 at tional Justice Mission will host a Choral Holiday Concert, 8 p.m. at the door). Saturday, January 19 gathering of charitable organiza- Phi Beta Kappa Hall. Student tickets Texas Hold ‘em Poker Tourna- tions selling unique gifts to support are on sale at the PBK Box Office Tuesday, Dec. 11– ment. Fundraiser sponsored by the their individual causes. 4-8 p.m. in 221-2674 for $5. Friday, Dec. 21: Exam Period Bone Marrow Drive Committee, 11 Tidewater A. a.m., Entrance Hall. Federal Courts Review Session: Friday, December 7 Sunday, December 16 5-7 p.m. in Room 119. Last Day of Class! Yule Log Ceremony. President Wednesday, January 23 Business Associations Review Choral Holiday Concert, 8 p.m. at Nichol will be Saint Nick at this Human Rights and National Session: 5 to 6 p.m. in Room 120. Phi Beta Kappa Hall. Student tickets annual WM event featuring music, Security Law Lecture: “Atrocity, Wind Symphony “Holiday Hy- are on sale at the PBK Box Office interfaith readings, and refreshments. Punishment, and International Law” brid” Concert. Participation-oriented 221-2674 for $5. 6 p.m. in the Wren Courtyard. by Professor Mark Drumbl of Wash- concert at 8 p.m., Phi Beta Kappa Screening of Across the Uni- ington and Lee Law School, 5 p.m., Hall. $2 student admission, $7 gen- verse, 10 p.m. at the Muscarelle Room 127. eral public, and free for children Museum of Art. Purchase tickets at Saturday, Dec. 22– under 12. the Muscarelle ($3 presale or $5 at Sunday, Jan. 6: Winter Break! Saturday, January 26 the door). Thursday, January 10 Death Penalty Symposium, 9 Thursday, December 6 Bushrod Tournament Meeting. a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Courtroom and Dedication of The Wolf Law Saturday, December 8 Information for 1Ls and 2Ls inter- Room 133. Sponsored by BLSA Library. Festivities begin with open- Choral Holiday Concert, 8 p.m. at ested in trying out for the Moot Court and SFIP. ing remarks by Dean Reveley in the Phi Beta Kappa Hall. Student tickets team. 1 to 2 p.m. in Room 119. Entrance Hall at 4 p.m. are on sale at the PBK Box Office Screening of Across the Uni- 221-2674 for $5. Friday – Sunday, January 11-13 Continued on Pg. 10.

not support a fostering of individual an exam which was the product of the culture and ordered the teacher Honor Code responsibility. collaborative efforts with his friends. out of Sudan after receiving forty During the 1970s, and Honen- The student was suspended for a year lashings. This made Honenberger Continued from Pg.5. berger’s tenure on the Council, the and failed the class. think about whether or not it is good Honenberger sought the advice of faculty of the College lost faith in the The story continues without a to have an Honor Code. He opened someone we are all familiar with, Honor Council and felt as though the lesson in how the penalties for viola- the floor for discussion, and a debate Sam Sadler. Honenberger lovingly lack of process and precedent made tions of the Code have changed, but began about whether it is better to refers to Sadler as “the ancient one,” the Council ineffective. During this with a lesson in how dangerous it have a defined Code or not. Under not because of his age, but because time the Council made an indepen- can be to be a member of the Honor an undefined Code, everyone knows of his vast knowledge of the College. dent decision in each case brought Council. The next school year, when what are honorable and dishonorable His second step was to take the advice before it. There were no precedents Honenberger was a first year law acts whereas, in a defined code, there of his civil procedure professor, C. or standards. student and the resident advisor in is no subjective gray area and viola- Harper Anderson: “Stick your finger By 1973 the Council decided to an undergraduate dormitory, he met tions are defined. Carrie Harris (3L) in the book.” In addition to Honen- adopt procedural safeguards, such as some of the suspended student’s very noted that an Honor Code is pivotal berger, almost everyone in the room an appeals process, and keep prec- large teammates in the bathroom at a in the development of young lawyers admitted to having read the Honor edent for use in future cases. semi-formal dance he attended. The who have to learn about professional Code. However, the entire Honor The Honor Council at this time giants demanded that Honenberger responsibility because under law- Council was present at the lecture. governed the entire College, and the explain why he had prosecuted their yers’ code of ethics a lawyer has to Honenberger traced the path of graduate schools did not have their teammate and threatened to beat him report another lawyer’s violation of the Honor Code. The original pur- own Honor Councils. It was com- up. Honenberger thought on his the code. Chief Justice Ryan Brady pose of the College was to act as a prised of an investigatory member, feet and realized he was a protected also commented that it’s important resource for the education of the sons a member who acted as defense employee of the College. He said, that people recognize the intangible of the aristocracy. In 1736 the Code counsel for the accused, and six other “What happened to your friend will portion of the Code. He stated that was established because “special care members. The remaining members look like spring break compared most students see that Code as a way must be taken of [the students’] mor- made the decisions at the hearings. to what’s going to happen to you.” to insure that they can leave their als.” The only “discipline” associated However, the Council did not have The large students backed off, and laptops and other belongings around with the Code was ostracism from any real bite in terms of penalties. Honenberger returned home early the school without fear of theft. the aristocratic group. In 1784 the To illustrate this point, Honenberger that night. However, he points out that part of College made it mandatory for all discussed a personal story. When he Honenberger moved on to the the Code is about the development of students to pledge to observe all the was a senior he acted as the prosecu- next portion of his discussion: the a sense of personal responsibility. regulations of the College, including tor in a case against a junior football importance of an Honor Code. He Honenberger felt it unnecessary the Honor Code. The Code formerly player who had cheated on a final commented that he had previously to go into his prepared remarks on contained a “no tolerance policy,” exam. The junior had attended the thought the remarks he prepared for the topic of the importance of an which meant that no student would morning session of an exam, obtained this portion were brilliant. However, Honor Code as a result of the lively tolerate dishonorable behavior and a copy of the exam, and made cop- recent events in the Sudan changed discussion. was obliged to report all such behav- ies of the exam. The junior handed his mind. A teacher and her class at Any questions about the Honor ior of fellow students. This policy copies of the exam to his friends a Sudanese school named a teddy Code’s past or current form can be was dropped in the modern version and then returned for the afternoon bear Muhammad. The government addressed to members of the Honor of the Code because the administra- session of the exam and turned in felt as though this was an insult to Council. tion felt as though this policy did News THE ADVOCATE 9 Pricing Life: Kenneth Feinberg Discusses Victim Compensation by Abby Murchison students, Virginia Tech is the size Assistant News Editor of a small city; shutting it down might not have been a “reasonable” When Kenneth Feinberg spoke precaution, given the improbability at W&M School of Law on Nov. of the rampage. “What would the 27, he brought with him the unique ‘reasonableness’ test be?” Feinberg wisdom that comes from dealing mused: “What the reasonable school with the emotional work of victim administrator would do? What the compensation. reasonable school administrator liv- While there is no way to say ing in rural Blacksburg would do?” what a life is worth in dollars and As alternatives to litigation, both cents, such was the challenge Fein- the 9/11 and VT funds aim to be low berg faced in the wake of two recent on stress and high on efficiency. American tragedies: the 9/11 terrorist While lawsuits may publicize indi- attacks and the April 2007 shootings vidual claims, they would ultimately at Virginia Tech. As Prof. Fred Le- add little to policy reforms already derer said in his introduction of this induced by the tragedies themselves. “citizen-lawyer,” Feinberg has mar- Airline security has been improved; shaled his legal skills to “accomplish universities across the country public wonders beyond our wildest have implemented new emergency dreams.” response measures. “Talk about In 2001 Feinberg was appointed over-deterrence theory,” Feinberg by then Attorney General John said, indicating his skepticism that Ashcroft to serve as “special master” litigation would induce substantially of the distribution of the September Kenneth R. Feinberg, special master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation superior policy reforms. 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Fund and “Of Counsel” to the Legal Skills firm Lederer & Posey, speaks However, the funds are not with- Last spring, Virginia Tech recruited about his 9/11 and Virginia Tech experiences on Nov. 27. out critics. Some people think the Feinberg to oversee the distribution Photo by Rob Poggenklass. Assistant News Editor. VT money should have been used of the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund, exclusively for scholarships me- as donations—and disputes over their and was thus “like another planet,” ninety-seven percent of all victims morializing the victims. Feinberg, use—mounted. Feinberg said. In contrast to the and families had been processed. however, thought the focus was Though they both came on the 9/11 fund, “all families got the same Under the statute, once victims or properly placed on what the families heels of unthinkable tragedies, the amount”—$212,000—to compen- their families entered in, they waived themselves wanted. People also two funds represent a study in con- sate for the loss of a loved one. all state and federal tort claims against debated the justice of the 9/11 fund. trasts. The 9/11 fund provides that “Economic losses and non-economic the airlines, ports authorities, or other It was Feinberg’s job to monetize anyone who, as a result of the terrorist losses have zero to do with the Hokie possible tortfeasors. the individual lives lost, based on attacks, either lost a loved one or was Spirit Fund,” Feinberg said. For families who lost loved ones the statutory formula. Higher-wage physically injured is eligible for fed- The two funds also differ in their during the VT shooting, participation earners often received larger payouts eral, tax-free compensation—funded respective ways of compensating in the compensation fund was also than low-wage earners. He interacted by taxpayers. In contrast, the $8 for injuries. The 9/11 fund consid- optional—but 100 percent. “But with many families who questioned million of the Hokie Spirit Memorial ered physical harms alone. The VT who wouldn’t opt in? It was a gift,” the calculus. As Feinberg pointed Fund came from more than 20,000 fund, in contrast, factored “mental Feinberg said. out, he just did what “judges do every private benefactors. Payouts are not trauma” into the calculus. Mental “The more interesting question is day in the courtroom.” necessarily tax-exempt. trauma compensation, Feinberg ex- what the families do or did with the “To the families, I tried to explain The 9/11 fund is a hybrid of tort plained, was “based on the victim’s money,” Feinberg said. Unlike the that I was not placing value on the and no-fault liability schemes. As geographical location during the 9/11 fund, compensated VT victims moral worth of any individual,” the fund’s special master, Feinberg shooting.” A student could likely do not waive any right to sue. Indeed, Feinberg said. “Rather, I considered calculated compensation for eligible recover for mental trauma if he was victims or their families had every how life is valued in the American claimants based the economic and “on the second floor of Norris Hall right to use the payouts to initiate courtroom.” non-economic losses suffered as a and in the line of fire, but just hap- litigation. Feinberg ended his talk by em- result of the victim’s death or physical pened to escape while the shooter Yet, as Feinberg was quick to phasizing the importance of lawyers, injury. The economic loss includes had to reload.” However, “watching point out, most VT victims’ families even in these alternative-dispute what the victim would have earned the drama unfold from a dorm across had no desire to haul the school or situations. Lawmakers engineered over a lifetime, but for 9/11. To calcu- campus” would likely not entitle one its administration into court. “I think the 9/11 fund to bring speedy and ef- late the non-economic loss, Feinberg to compensation, he said. that is part of the Hokie Spirit,” he ficient end to a mass tort, but lawyers considered the pain and suffering of “Clearly you cannot give every remarked, connecting the families’ were essential to its implementation, the victim, or the emotional distress injury the same amount,” Feinberg affections for the school to their Feinberg said. “Without lawyers, visited upon the surviving family. said. “A bullet wound is differ- reluctance to litigate. Such lawsuits without the profession, the 9/11 After adding together the economic ent from a broken ankle sustained also presented procedural difficulties. fund would never have worked,” he and non-economic losses, Feinberg while jumping from the second-story As a public institution, VT would remarked. then subtracted collateral sources of window to save your life.” For the be represented by the state attorney Feinberg thus encouraged W&M income. Feinberg would inspect the purposes of victim compensation, one general—a formidable and, some law students to be on the look-out for final number and use his discretion way to distinguish the injuries is to may say, inappropriate opponent in opportunities to serve the public good as to whether or not it seemed a just add up the “number of days someone the wake of the shooting. during their careers. Lawyers affect result. And, according to the statute, spent in the hospital.” Furthermore, VT plaintiffs would the process not just through litigation, there were no appeals. Participation in the 9/11 fund have to show that the administrators he said, but by guiding clients through The VT fund was modeled on a was optional—but high. By the were negligent for not putting the alternative dispute resolution. workman’s compensation scheme December 2003 deadline, claims of campus on lock-down. At 25,000 News 10 Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Which Makes the World Better: Wythe Citizen-Lawyers or Without? Moliterno is helping to organize the law—international rule of law, for you can be a fat-cat lawyer in a fat- by Rob Poggenklass conference, which is the first of its example. If you keep expanding cat law firm earning big bucks, and News Editor kind since Reveley came to the school it, every lawyer is a citizen-lawyer. you can still be a bastion of integrity, An upcoming conference may ten years ago. After all, they contribute by making someone who acts with good grace mark the beginning of a new brand “The question for me,” Reveley the economic system, the business and civility—or not.” for Marshall-Wythe: the Law School said, “is whether it is really true that system, work.” One of the major problems that for Citizen-Lawyers. lawyers have a comparative advan- Nevertheless, both Moliterno and the citizen-lawyer idea faces is a On Feb. 8-9, 2008, William & tage, to other professionals, at leading Reveley concede that the citizen- practical one—the challenge of pay- Mary School of Law will host a for the common good? I believe the lawyer idea has its critics, including ing off debts, settling into family life, scholarly debate about the citizen- answer is yes, by way of our training some who will be in attendance at the and finding time for the public good. lawyer, an idea first championed by and experience. If you conclude that conference in February. Moliterno Reveley said it’s a challenge lawyers this school’s founder, George Wythe, we are, then does that mean we re- said some scholars are skeptical of simply must overcome, given that and by two of his most prominent ally ought to be using our time and the “currency of the citizen-lawyer,” lawyers are uniquely suited to deal W&M students, Thomas Jefferson talent to work for the common good because they believe that lawyers do with public problems. and John Marshall. without compensation?” everything in their own self-inter- “These are the things that lawyers The conference—which will Scholars from such law schools est. are so good at—spotting what the key coincide with W&M Charter Day, as Duke, Stanford, Harvard, and To Reveley, however, the motives issues are, knowing what facts really Feb. 9—follows the inaugural George Georgetown will debate the worth of of the citizen-lawyer matter far less are important to an issue, knowing Wythe Society Lecture, given Nov. the citizen-lawyer idea. For example, than the actual contributions to the that there are rules and regulationss 7 by President Gene R. Nichol, who how much altruism does it take to be a public good. and also policy arguments, being addressed a citizen-lawyer’s per- citizen-lawyer? How much free legal “I’m not unduly hung up on able to deal with conflict,” Rev- spective on the challenge of equal or community work must a lawyer do whether you’re doing it for some eley said. “The human condition justice. to attain citizen-lawyer status? pristine altruistic reason or for some is ambiguous—there isn’t just one “We’re probably giving the idea “The idea of the citizen-lawyer other reason,” he said. “Once you answer. We’re trained to do that. We more emphasis than we have be- itself doesn’t have an easily agreed start doing it, you might develop a understand it better than, say, the hard fore,” said Dean Taylor Reveley III. upon definition,” said Moliterno. totally unrelated interest in doing scientists who tend to think there’s “That’s a way of distinguishing this “For some people, they mostly mean it—the grace of liberality, or for the just one answer. We really are actu- law school from the herd, given the lawyers who do some public official sheer animal thrill of it, because it’s ally better at getting people to come fact that the idea started here.” activity—lawyers who become gov- doing some good. What matters is together and get things done.” The Citizen-Lawyer Symposium ernment officials of some kind and whether you’re doing it or not.” For the scheduled list of speakers will be sponsored by the Institute of come back to law practice. Others Reveley said the citizen-lawyer at February’s conference, visit www. Bill of Rights Law and the William mean it in terms of people who do idea should certainly not be limited wm.edu/law/ibrl. & Mary Law Review. Professor Jim public service, improvement of the to those who do only government or “I think we will have a lively day public interest work. and a half, a nice scholarly academic Library Goes “If you happen to be a lawyer in discussion of what a citizen-law- Did you know? a big, fat-cat law firm, your willing- yer is and how significant it is that Official ness to mentor the people who come lawyers do that kind of work,” said •The Wolf Library’s footprint behind you cuts to your civility, your Moliterno. measures 82,202 square Continued from Pg. 1. integrity,” said Reveley. “In short, feet. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 15-16 others will offer additional remarks. Upcoming Events Spong Tournament. Moot Court •The four journal offices mea- Approximately sixty students have Continued from Pg. 8. hosts its annual tournament. sure in at 3,075 square feet. responded to celebrate the occasion Thursday, Jan. 31 and enjoy the refreshments. Thursday, Feb. 21 •The Wolf Library has 56,827 Human Rights and National Se- Many students have begun specu- Election Law Symposium linear feet of shelving. lating that the completion of the new curity Law Lecture: “The Northern Ireland Peace Process: How Perti- library, nearly doubling its previous Saturday, Feb. 23: •There are 568 total seats in nent a Model for Other Conflicts?” capacity, will boost the law school’s JWOL Symposium the library (not counting the Mitchell Reiss, Vice Provost of In- rankings. Regardless of the rankings, Barrister’s Ball journal ofices or student orga- it has certainly made student life more ternational Affairs at WM, at 5 p.m., nizations). Room 127. pleasant. Some particularly welcome Friday, March 14 changes include the additional study IBRL Conference: “How We •There are 162 carrels. Friday, Feb. 1 and shelf space as well as the addition Vote” of lounges. 100 Nights Until Graduation! •There are 342 lockers. Another welcome change took Saturday, Feb. 2 Saturday, March 15 place just prior to Thanksgiving, Ali’s Run. This 5K run/walk •There are 12 group study ELPR Symposium Professor Heller announced a change is an annual Bone Marrow Drive rooms. in policy concerning cell phones, Fundraiser. use of which will now be permitted Friday-Saturday, Feb. 8-9 •The basement contains two IBRL Conference: “Citizen in the lounge areas behind the main Thursday, April 3 computer labs, a Ping Pong/ Lawyer” staircase on the main and ground Mr. Marshall-Wythe: Male law Billiards Room, a kitchenette, floors. In January, students can expect students strut their stuff in this annual an oxygen bar, and a faculty Saturday, Feb. 9 additional furniture in the reading PSF fundraising pageant. cocktail lounge. room, lounges, and ping pong/pool PSF Date Auction table room. Features THE ADVOCATE 11 The Arts Brief: Holiday Edition Look to this space each week for the more "cultured" side of The Advocate Alito! On, Kennedy! on, Thomas! on, by Jenny Kane Ginsburg and Breyer! Arts To the top of the porch! To the Correspondent top of the wall! Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!” n honor of the season of exams But when the Justices did not and other general merriment, dash, or even try— Iwe rediscover and pay hom- There was no sled of toys, or age to Clement Clarke Moore’s “A chimney, or snow, sigh! Visit from St. Nicholas.” Happy All they could do, they together Holidays! concurred Was to render a decision however ‘Twas the night before fi nals absurd! when all through Marshall-Wythe, Without a word, the Justices Not a keyboard was clicking, not returned to the bus even a mouse; A lamp post in Colonial Williamsburg is decorated for the holidays. And their guides with them were The hanging fi les were empty, Photo by Whitney Weatherly, Staff Photographer. making a fuss not a memo to see, About Dean Jackson who was But when would the next Client Except then she wondered had Supreme Court Justices here, standing outside now A meeting be? Sam Sadler sent an email? With two guides so familiar, she Waving her arms in the air, trying Law students now nestled all snug After refreshing her inbox, not had seen their likenesses before to fi gure out how in their beds, once but twice, (did he fail The Dean knew Marshall and To ask the Justices to stay so that While hypos and fact patterns To alert us by text or by siren? Wythe would lead the Justices’ the students would believe danced in their heads; Of some clattery disturbance in tour. That they had really come, and Yet Dean Jackson was wide the local environ?) No longer mere statues, John and John and George—how would they awake, her offi ce ready made, Befuddled and curious she opens George, were revived, living men, conceive? For the morning’s panic and tech her offi ce blinds, Who now had to encourage the But as the tour bus was just be- failures to invade, And outside her window (you Justices to pay attention again; ginning to pull out, When out on the lawn there arose won’t believe who she fi nds!) And they whistled, and shouted, Dean Jackson could swear clear such a clatter, When what to her deanly eyes and called the Justices by name; as a bell she heard them all shout: She sprang from her desk to see should appear— “Now, Roberts! now, Stevens! “Good luck on exams and See what was the matter, But a tour bus unloading, and nine now, Scalia and Souter! Now, you at the Leafe!” Features 12 Wednesday, December 5, 2007 BLAWGS: (Guitar) Heroes in Their Own Minds

by Tara St. Angelo Co-Editor-in-Chief

don’t play many video games and, when I do, I am the quint- I essential button masher. Pretty much everything I know about video games I learned from South Park. When Cartman froze himself so that he would not have to wait to purchase a Nintendo Wii, I sought out friends who owned this productivity-sucking system and did a little research. I am now the proud owner of a Nintendo Wii. When the boys of South Park became obsessed with World of War- craft, or WoW as its army of nerds calls it, I went looking for those that play it. What I found was a world Guitar Heroes gather to celebrate the game. LEFT TO RIGHT: Andy Scott, J. Alex Chasick, Julianna Frisch, of retainers, acne, and sexual frustra- and Isaac Rosenberg (all 3Ls). Rob Thomas could not be reached for a photo op. tion dotted with caped minotaurs and Photo by Tara St. Angelo, Co-Editor-in-Chief. scantily clad elves. It scared me. Most recently, South Park showed screen as your character plays in the in the newspaper, but was sadly Guitar Hero III. Julianna blames me the wonder that is Guitar Hero. background. You have to strum and disappointed that he did not appear Isaac for her addiction. The episode, once again, shows sev- press the colored buttons accordingly. in the Blawgs about the editors-in- Much like when Kennedy was eral characters becoming obsessed You can start out easy with a rendi- chief of the journals. This is my way shot, everyone remembers where with a video game. After Stan and tion of Foghat’s “Slow Ride” on the of making up for neglecting him in they were the first time they played Kyle score 10,000 points in the easy level and work your way up to a the past. Guitar Hero. Alex says, “My first game they are contacted by a talent speed metal song by Dragonforce on 3L Isaac Rosenberg stumbled experience with Guitar Hero was scout in order to start their careers expert mode. If you don’t hit enough upon Guitar Hero in much the same sometime this summer, when I went as Guitar Heroes. However, playing notes you are booed off stage by a manner that I did. Rosenberg says, into a Game Stop to see if they had Guitar Hero has nothing to do with virtual audience. You can earn money “Shortly after Guitar Hero was any Wiis. They didn’t, but they did actually playing the guitar. It’s a performing gigs and buy new guitars summarily panned on South Park a have a demo of Guitar Hero. I tried game in which even the most musi- and outfits for your character. few weeks ago, and after I watched to play ‘Heartshaped Box’ and was cally uninclined can become rock After speaking with several of the some eight-year-old demolish Drag- quickly booed off the stage. Thus stars. Julianna Frisch describes it as law school’s own Guitar Heroes, and onforce’s “Through the Fire and began my saga of Guitar Hero telling “some of the most mindless activity playing the game myself with them, I the Flames” on expert (stymie your me I suck at songs that I can play just ever, with an awesome soundtrack now have a better understanding of the excitement), I decided I would swing fine on an actual guitar.” in the background.” Rob Thomas game. I gathered the subjects of this by Target and see what the fuss was One of the most exciting parts of provides us with an extremely elo- week’s Blawgs in my spacious Grad all about.” Rosenberg would like to the game is opening up your guitar quent description of the game: “It’s Plex apartment for a guitar lesson. note that he does not plan on getting for the first time and making it your like if Dance Dance Revolution and 3Ls Julianna Frisch, Isaac Rosen- into World of Warcraft or watching own. Rosenberg reminisces about the show “Headbangers Ball” made berg, and J. Alex Chasick huddled To Catch a Predator just because it the first time he laid eyes on his fake sweet, sweet love and birthed a plastic around my television clutching the was also parodied on South Park. guitar: “I’d heard good things about guitar baby for the world to exalt and plastic guitar. The other subject of However, Rosenberg’s reasons for GHIII (that’s what we call it in “the celebrate.” this week’s Blawgs, Rob Thomas, developing his Guitar Hero obses- biz”) and, shortly after removing Here is a quick run down of the was not present at this gathering, but sion were deeper than just a desire the two pound, plastic mock-Gibson game. You have a fake plastic guitar Andy Scott filled in for him. Andy to follow the trends of South Park, Special out its box (and decorating that has a long button to represent the is the proud owner of Guitar Hero II he wanted simple human contact. it with stickers--I went with the red strings that you strum by tapping the for Play Station 2. Before arriving at He says, “I’m always trying to find stars and the tiger head, in honor of button. There are five colored but- this shredding party he confessed that ways to justify the 500 plus dollars Toby), I was shredding a cover of “Hit tons where the frets would be. The he had not played the game in over I spent on my Playstation III while Me With Your Best Shot” on easy.” piece-de-résistance is a whammy bar. two months. However, he proceeded simultaneously giving Julianna and Toby is Isaac’s cat and life partner, You choose a character to represent to rip through a version of Muse’s others, namely my roommates, a with whom he has a love-hate rela- you on stage. You can be anything “Knights of Cydonia.” reason to talk to me.” Isaac’s plan tionship. Isaac loves Toby, and Toby from a washed up 80s rocker in a Julianna, Isaac and Rob have worked. I spoke to him for nearly hates Isaac’s love. Luckily Isaac has leopard leotard to an overweight man all been profiled in the newspaper five whole minutes in preparation been able to fill the void left by Toby who appears to have been rejected before, but their Guitar Hero skills for this article. in his heart with GHIII. from both Kiss and a death metal could no longer go unrecognized. Rob’s and Alex’s curiosity got the Continued on next page. band. Colored notes appear on the Andy Scott has never been profiled best of them and they each purchased Features THE ADVOCATE 13 How Guitar Hero III Changed My Life (or, How Guitar Hero III is an Apt Metaphor for Law School) ing like actually practicing law, and your hands ache like crazy. got a job.2 is, initially, equally unintuitive and Perhaps the biggest difference There isn’t much point to this by Rob Thomas occasionally frustrating. Just as the between the two is that law school article other than to encourage you Features fingers of your left hand have to can be fun, while Guitar Hero is *al- to pick up Guitar Hero III for your- Staff Writer “learn” button placement and timing ways* fun. Also, I’ve learned that self, or at least find a friend who in Guitar Hero, your brain in law the two don’t necessarily go together owns it. Not only will you waste school has to learn to sift through very well. It’s a zero-sum battle for precious hours pretending to be a love video games. Freaking mountains of bullsh*t to find nuggets time, with the responsibilities of law rock star, but you will gain a fresh love ‘em. They’re the refuge of law and policy that may or may not school battling against the prospect new understanding of the trials and of skinny, un-athletic nerds be worthwhile to remember during of hours of plastic guitar goodness. tribulations of law school. Now if I exams. Taking the ConLaw exam 1L Anyone who knows me can attest you’ll excuse me, I need to wrap up like me who don’t necessarily need “friends” to have a good time. When year is akin to playing Dragonforce’s that my willpower is about as strong this article and get some other work I was in the fourth grade, I busted “Through the Fire and Flames” on as a diabetic kitten or an anencepha- done so I can dive into “Slow Ride” my ass on a paper route for weeks, hard or expert. At the end of it all, letic newborn. As such, Guitar Hero on the hard setting. earning two cents per paper with you’re confused, bewildered, and tends to win this battle. Meh, I’ve the ultimate goal of buying a Sega 1 Ben Lusty asserted that I had no soul during 1L year. Well, I totally digged “Cliffs of Dover,” so maybe I do Genesis (with Sonic the Hedgehog, have one after all. Eat that, Lusty. of course). My first major reward 2 For the time being…Guitar Hero could very well ruin that too. to myself for getting and keeping a job during high school was an N64. ing on her record currently. She says, in my left hand.” Julianna continues, I’d say the apex of my legal career BLAWGS “I’m still on medium, but one day I “Also, be prepared for the really would be landing an in-house job at hope to make the jump to the FIVE weird things it does to your vision Continued from previous page. Nintendo of America’s headquarters. BUTTONS of hard.” Rob is perhaps when you stop playing. I’m pretty I think you get the picture. There is a learning curve with the most accomplished Guitar Hero sure there must be some kids in Japan Similarly, like most geeks, I’m GHIII. Alex fondly remembers the in the law school. He has garnered having seizures.” The game has also drawn to the hard rock and metal day he got the hang of it. “I had five stars on every song on easy and made some of Julianna’s faults and genres of music. One would be hard- consumed a fair amount of Seagram’s completed career mode on medium insecurities come to the surface: “I pressed to find a guy who didn’t, at Purple Rage, which is like a mix of with mostly four and five stars. He realized that I have to battle really least at one point, fantasize about be- bad gin and prison wine. It was at has also just started working on the hard to have any rhythm at all. My ing in an arena rock band like Mötley Rob’s that I realized that, like every- hard difficulty setting. The take character is way hotter than me so it’s Crüe. Guitar Hero III combines both thing else that is fun, Guitar Hero is home lesson from this: life is about given me a little complex.” For the video games and rocking out and, way better when you’re drunk.” achieving goals, and GHIII provides record, Alex and Isaac both agree that thus, it is one of the greatest games Likewise, Isaac was shredding an outlet for that. Julianna’s character is super hot, but I’ve played in recent memory. like a pro in just a few short weeks. Much like having a child or see- declined to comment on Julianna’s Watching someone play Guitar After his initial purchase he says, ing the movie Deuce Bigalow: Male comparative hotness. Hero isn’t nearly as spectacular. “Fast forward a few weeks (and sev- Gigalo for the first time, playing If you are willing to shell out the It boils down to watching a slack- eral hours spent on the couch mash- Guitar Hero changes lives. Julianna money to purchase GHIII, you too jawed, bug-eyed charlatan pressing ing the multi-colored buttons and has been deeply affected by her expe- could become a Hero, in your own buttons in time to the music on a developing an acute carpal tunnel- riences with the game. “[I]t’s given mind. According to Rob, “It is easily miniature toy guitar while staring at like discomfort in my “fret” hand), me something to live for! Your life is the best $90-$100 you can spend your the TV. Trust me though, playing is and I’ve completed career mode on incomplete without it.” According to money on currently, but that doesn’t believing. both Easy and Medium (5fivestars Julianna your life is also incomplete factor the necessary funds needed for I was genuinely pleased with for nearly every song). I’ve also before you see a southern gentleman cheap beer to fuel extended sessions myself for hitting over 200 notes earned enough “cash” to buy a sweet like Josh Whitely play the game and of rocking out.” in a row during Living Colour’s set of guitars and the character, God dance along while he plays. For a full On a final note, Isaac is using this “Cult of Personality.” I also felt the of Rock. Incidentally, I now prefer report on how the game has changed article to formally challenge Greg delightful pressure of Satan’s hoof to be called that (especially in this the life of Rob Thomas, see his col- Demo to a battle in GHIII at this year’s upon my heart while rocking out article).” umn appearing in this issue. PSF Date Auction. As the 2Ls and to Slayer’s “Raining Blood” on the GHIII also build self esteem. The game has had a slightly less 3Ls remember, last year Isaac and medium setting. And if the giddy All of the Heroes profiled take a lot profound effect on Alex. “Guitar Greg competed in a riveting match guitar noodlings of Eric Johnson’s of pride in their virtual accomplish- Hero has not changed my life, but of Wii tennis. Greg won; Isaac cried “Cliffs of Dover” don’t put a smile ments, or shame in the decline of it has given me a better way to and started training even harder. This 1 on your face, then you have no soul. their productivity and social lives. procrastinate than playing Super is what the public wants. When I say Plus, one of the avatars you can play Alex says, “My biggest achievement, Nintendo ROMS on my computer. public I mean Alex. He says, “I’m as is a Nordic Black Metal maestro to date, is that I can play the speed Unfortunately, I probably won’t be hoping Isaac does something with named Lars Umlaut, complete with metal song at the end on expert mode, able to bust out the plastic ax during Guitar Hero for the Date Auction. I’m leather, spikes, and corpse-paint hyperspeed 5, with my eyes closed. class, so I guess I won’t be deleting also hoping he challenges Greg and makeup. Rad. No, actually, my biggest achievement Chrono Trigger just yet.” Greg beats him, because I missed it Interestingly enough, there are is being able to live with myself However, being a Guitar Hero, last year.” Isaac is up for the chal- parallels between Guitar Hero and knowing that I spent nearly $100 to much like being a real rock star, takes lenge. He says, “Guitar Hero is for law school. Playing Guitar Hero is simulate playing Slipknot and Muse sacrifice and comes with its share of serious gamers only. If someone buys nothing like playing an actual guitar. songs while Pontiac and Axe flash disappointments. There are several Greg a guitar, I will surely dominate In fact, both Alex Chasick and Mike in the background. I caught myself physical ailments that accompany him come the PSF date auction.” Kourabas (both guitar players) found looking up the tab to Slow Ride the Guitar Hero play: sore wrists and Greg Demo, are you man enough to the game difficult and unintuitive at other day, and I began to seriously blurred vision. Rob says, “I have also accept this challenge? first. Similarly, law school is noth- question my life.” Julianna is work- achieved the early onset of arthritis Features 14 Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Shug’s Nights: Nonsense from the Mind of David Bules Bovice. McLovin was hitting the the next drive and hit the two-point McCluskey hauled in the pass for huge plays on offense, but if those conversion when Maxted faked a the conversion thus ending this long, by David Bules plays, which usually are few and rush and lofted a ball to the back of bruising night. Overall it was a Features Staff Writer far-between in flag football games, the end zone hitting Dan Williams. hard-fought, evenly matched game went away, McLovin would be in I have to apologize to our free-safety with both sides playing like it was trouble. Bovice was moving the ball Trenton. The kid can jump like Earl a 12-round boxing match. too easily and would only need one “The Goat” Manigult (google that), To those who were injured— defensive stop. but somehow he and I got tangled up Christina Murtaugh (ankle), Trenton hursday night proved to be the McLovin took the first hit when and Trenton only got a thirty-seven Brown (ankle), Alex McCallion (lip), Battle Royal that it was hyped defensive lineman, and a very quick inch vertical on that play, not his and Brian Suh (jaw)—may you have up to be as two law school T one, Christina Murtaugh rolled an normal fourty-eight inch jump, and a speedy recovery. If I were giving teams squared off in intramural ankle. After teammate Brian Suh the ball sailed over our heads. So it away the game balls, McLovin’s flag football playoff action. Bovice helped Christina off the field the was 26-21 and all of sudden Bovice Julia Bishop (on defense) and Dan met up with McLovin for a much dynamic changed for McLovin’s found itself in another ballgame. Williams (on offense) would deserve ballyhooed, and ultimately overly defense. Bovice finished it off though the nod. physical, match-up on the turf. But never fear, Julia Bishop with two more fourth-down stops on For Bovice, it was a team ef- Bovice went for the psych out was there to save the day. Although defense, and two more touchdowns, fort and everyone had a part in this before the game, stealing a page from Bovice did score, Julia’s speed was the last one trying to run out the clock, win. To those who braved the cold the University of Georgia playbook: apparent throughout the rest of the and won the game 39-21. The last to come out and see this brutally The team wore their regular mis- game. Bovice tied it at 13, and went play again resulted in injury though. physical game, (seriously both teams matched grey or blue sweat pants, for that one defensive stop with 2 On the one-point conversion, Bovice had 10-15 fans a piece, with some and white or blue or green shirts just minutes to go in the first half. That’s lined up for a designed “jump pass” McLovin fans even going shirtless like any other rag-tag flag football exactly what they got with a three- á la Tim Tebow, but on the jump in the frigid temperatures), we thank team; but, when they emerged from and-out on McLovin’s next drive. Suh caught a shoe to the jaw while you. And with that, good luck on the sidelines for the kickoff, the team On fourth down McLovin’s Alex he was coming in low for the flag. exams, happy holidays, and we will had shed their outer layers and sud- McCallion went deep but the pass My apologies Suh. see you all next semester. denly turned the game into a “black was short and Trenton Brown and The jump-pass worked as Casey out.” The Georgia Bulldogs pulled I started coming back for the inter- the same stunt against the Florida ception at the 40 yard-line. What Gators this year, wearing black looked like an easy interception jerseys for the first time in school proved otherwise though as Alex, history. With the team and its fans who towers over me, went to bat the now dressed in all black now, Bovice ball away from us. Somehow the took the field to kick-off. ball landed in Alex’s hands, but we The psych-out didn’t take im- stripped it away for the incomplete mediate effect though, as McLovin’s pass. Consistent with the intense and Brian Maxted ran the opening kick- physical battle of this game, Alex off back sixty yards to set up a first ended up with a fat lip when Trenton and ten at the Bovice twenty. Three and I landed on him. But like any kid or four plays later McLovin jumped out of GlenOak High School, Alex out on top, 7-0. Looking stunned, is tough and kept going. but not panicked, Bovice took the Bovice took the ball over on ensuing kick off on the short-bounce downs and, after this drive, never with what was essentially a fair catch. trailed again. After the three-and- In flag football the receiving team out left too much time on the clock, need only touch the ball, not catch Bovice again moved the ball me- it, to take possession. Then Bovice thodically down the field with one- did what they would end up doing minute left in the half. Dan Redding all night long, and moved the ball hit Trenton Brown for a touchdown methodically down the field for a as Trenton did a tightrope walk in touchdown. After missing the one- the left corner of the end zone for point conversion (there are no extra the score. point kicks in flag football), McLovin On the one-point conversion got the ball back with a 7-6 lead. Mike Hinchcliffe did his best Trenton This time McLovin picked up Brown impression catching the ball right where it left off. Maxted hit a with a tightrope walk of his own in slanting John Newton, who picked the right corner of the end zone, and a hole in Bovice’s zone defense, for Bovice was up 20-13 at the half. a 40-yard gain. Again, three or four Bovice got the ball back to start plays later, McLovin scored. This the 2nd half and continued pushing time it was Dan Williams’ turn to the ball down the field. After another score. The missed 1-point conver- touchdown and a failed two-point sion put the score at 13-7 McLovin. conversion it was 26-13, Bovice, cap- But the next drive would prove fatal ping a twenty-point rally that began for McLovin on several levels. What early in the first half. But McLovin McLovin did not need was to get into wasn’t done yet. They scored on a touchdown-trading contest with Features THE ADVOCATE 15 The Advocate Annual Review: Alan Kennedy-Shaffer’s 2007 Highlights volunteers from across the country. L. Douglas Wilder. Just thinking partisan. Gonzales had planned to Many of the trailers that FEMA about the Jefferson Jackson dinner replace one of the U.S. Attorneys with by Alan promised never arrived and many makes me nostalgic because The one of Karl Rove’s former aides and Kennedy-Shaffer of the trailers that were provided Advocate’s beloved former cartoon- covered up the reasons why fired the Features Editor turned out to be contaminated with ist Carolyn Fiddler (J.D. ’07) also prosecutors when the shit finally hit formaldehyde and other toxins. attended. Fiddler regularly drew the fan. Update: Gonzales resigned The Bush Administration’s mis- witty cartoons that accompanied my in August. Why? Like you, he prob- 007 will be known as a year guided Iraq adventure, meanwhile, columns. Another reason to mention ably reads The Advocate. of chaos and upheaval. Since has already cost this nation over a the Jefferson Jackson event is that In September, I reported on the 2calling 2006 the year of the trillion dollars, according to a recent it showcased Obama’s ambitious Jena Six case, a troubling example Democrats in my last column of report, titled “The Hidden Costs of and hopeful candidacy. I endorsed of the justice system gone wrong. that year, the Iraq War has become the Iraq War,” by the Democratic staff Obama on this page even before he Because of the strong legal parallels even more unpopular, human rights of Congress’s Joint Economic Com- announced his candidacy and covered between the Jena Six case and the deprivations and mass misery have mittee. The lack of an exit strategy an Obama rally in Charlottesville in Duke Lacrosse case, I had expected continued in Darfur, and many of has also incensed Republicans and early November. I will continue to vigorous protests and broad discus- President George W. Bush’s core staff Democrats alike, causing many for- support Obama until he is elected sions about the problems that arise members have fled the White House mer soldiers and military officers to President. when prosecutors abuse their power. like rats from a sinking ship. switched sides in the debate on the In March, I attacked global warm- Instead, most people were apathetic Fierce divisions within the Re- Iraq War. Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo ing and lauded former Vice President about the issue. What does this say publican Party have torpedoed the S. Sanchez, the commanding general Al Gore for his ongoing efforts to about America? gubernatorial aspirations of Rep. in Iraq from 2003-2004, for instance, awaken the world to the dangers that Finally, in November, I applaud- Tom Davis (R-Va.), minority status condemned the Iraq War last week in global warming poses to our way of ed the courage of lawyers in Pakistan has given Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) the weekly Democratic radio address. life. Since Gore won an Academy who took to the streets in protest of and Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) yet an- Such courage does not bode well for Award for his documentary, “An Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s decision to other reason not to run for reelection, the White House. Inconvenient Truth,” Gore has been fire seven members of the Supreme and death has recalled the infamous awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and Court, suspend the constitution, and televangelist Jerry Falwell and anti- • invited to the White House for the impose martial law. The Pakistani abortionist former Rep. Henry Hyde President’s annual dinner with Nobel lawyers who put their lives on the (R-Ill.). Looking back at the ten columns laureates. Now that the shoe is on line by standing up for the rule of In a rather absurd turn of events, that I have written for The Advocate the other foot, is Bush jealous? I law showed true courage. Since my Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was ar- this year, columns that cumulatively certainly hope so. column appeared, Musharraf has rested for lewd conduct and pleaded contain nearly 10,000 words, there a In April, I called for the resig- surrendered his military uniform and guilty to disorderly conduct for reach- few highlights that I think are worth nation of Attorney General Alberto announced plans to lift emergency ing under an airport bathroom stall pointing out and necessary updates Gonzales. Gonzales irresponsibly rule and restore the constitution. toward a man who happened to be an that may be of interest to my numer- fired seven United States Attorneys in Let us pray that 2008 will be a undercover police officer. Despite ous and diverse readership, both in Dec. 2006 for not being sufficiently year of peace. speculation over his sexual orienta- the law school and in the world at tion and demands for his resignation large. from the Republican leadership, In February, I pushed for elec- Craig has remained in the closet—and tion reforms that would make our in the Senate. nation’s elections more accurate In other bizarre news, the Federal and transparent. I wrote about how Emergency Management Agency a paper trail is an essential element staged a phony press conference on of elections because a paper trail Oct. 23 in which senior level staff permits real recounts and reassures members posed as reporters and both candidates and voters about the lobbed softball questions to act- accuracy of election results. I urged ing Deputy Administrator Harvey Congress, at the national level, and Johnson. Despite Homeland Secu- the Student Bar Association, at the rity Michael Chertoff’s subsequent law school level, to adopt meaning- condemnation of the brazen example ful reforms that will ensure a paper of denial and deception by the Bush trail in all elections, create checks on Administration as “one of the dumb- abuses of power by election officials, est and most inappropriate things I’ve and ensure transparency in every seen since I’ve been in government” stage of the process. Neither Con- and promised to discipline those gress nor the SBA has implemented involved, the organizers of the fake these reforms to protect the right to news conference have all been pro- vote. Hopefully they will do more moted. As Bush might say, “Heck for democracy next year. of a job, FEMA.” Also in February, I reported on The current and former residents Virginia’s annual Jefferson Jackson of New Orleans, meanwhile, continue dinner, a festive event that brought to suffer from FEMA’s sluggish and together on the same stage Sen. inadequate response to Hurricane Ka- Barack Obama (D-Ill.), Sen. Jim trina. The brunt of the cleanup work Webb (D-Va.), Gov. Tim Kaine, and done in the city has been handled by former governors Mark Warner and Features 16 Wednesday, December 5, 2007 We Know What You Did Last Summer… The movie reference may be outdated, but the Public Service Fund continues to support law students. Every year the Public Service Fund, in cooperation with the Law School, provides financial support to a large number of William & Mary students during the summer so that they can pursue opportunities with government and public interest organizations. Each issue of The Advocate will feature stories authored by the sponsored students. Couldn’t Have Asked for More: My Summer at the Southern Environmental Law Center Act and Energy Policy work. We continue to be banned until a program fun together, especially on a planned worked on several specific projects is put in place that is authorized by canoe trip and monthly Law Center by Carrie Boyd last summer. These included com- statute). happy hours. SELC is located on the Contributor ments to the Virginia Department Cale, my supervisor, took me with historic downtown mall in Charlot- of Environmental Quality (DEQ) him to meetings in Richmond and tesville. It is a great place to stroll regarding the Clean Air Interstate Washington D.C. and allowed me to up and down, and one of my favorite Rule-considering the set-up of the sit in on almost all of his conference Charlottesville coffee shops is right his summer I worked for the Environmental Citizen Boards (in- calls. At the first meeting in DC, he next door! Not a bad deal! Southern Environmental Law cluding Air, Water, and Waste) at was able to make a key statement I didn’t get rich working for TCenter (SELC) in Charlottes- the Virginia DEQ in comparison to based on some extra research I had SELC, but I was proud to be doing ville, Virginia. The office is one of what other states do throughout the done and gave me credit for that work that I believe is important, sur- four in the Southeast. There is one in Southeast Region (I had the pleasure which made me proud. I mostly rounded by lawyers who are clearly Chapel Hill, one in Atlanta, and a new of calling government agencies in did research and wrote memos and, experts in the field. I wish to thank one is opening soon in Charleston. seven states to discuss this topic), throughout the summer, became more PSF for supplementing SELC’s Unfortunately, there are no perma- writing extensive comments to the convinced that environmental law is stipend and making a summer with nent job openings for attorneys yet EPA regarding the proposed National the path I wish to pursue after law SELC possible for me! I encourage in any of the offices. SELC is a great Interstate Electricity Transmission school, even if it does leave me in everyone to support and volunteer for place and I loved my job! Corridor, and, interestingly enough, debt for a long time. PSF! Don’t worry—I wasn’t paid to I worked closely with my su- a little research on Uranium Mining There were three other interns at say that. pervising attorney, Cale Jaffe, who in Virginia (There has been a mora- SELC hailing from New York, Ver- is in charge of SELC’s Clean Air torium on it since 1984, and it will mont, and Louisiana. We had a lot of My Summer at the Center for Constitutional Rights and constitutional rights. My job giving me the opportunity to contrib- rights is essential to our identity as was to research the facts surround- ute to the cutting edge legal battles of proponents of the rule of law. As law by Alan Kennedy- ing potential rights violations, decide out time. I would also like to thank students, we have a responsibility to Shaffer whether those facts warrant litigation, Mr. Doug Pinter, a law school alum- preserve those rights. Features Editor and formulate legal theories that will nus, for establishing the Pinter Fel- More information about the Cen- serve as the basis for future litigation. lowship to fund those students who ter for Constitutional Rights, which is With that goal in mind, I researched work in the civil rights and liberties based in New York City, is available he lights are bright on Broad- the legally questionable closing of arena. The defense of constitutional online at http://www.ccrjustice.org. way at the Center for Consti- Charity Hospital in New Orleans and Ttutional Rights, a non-profit wrote a memo analyzing the potential legal and educational organization due process and right to treatment where I interned this summer. The issues arising from that case. I also Center for Constitutional Rights researched the constitutionality of defends the rights guaranteed by secret, segregated prisons, the loca- the United States Constitution and tion of which cannot be disclosed the Universal Declaration of Human due to concerns about revealing Rights. Young civil rights movement key aspects of potential litigation. I lawyers founded CCR in 1966 and the also looked at the application of the organization expanded when it later Alien Tort Claims Act and the Ottawa merged with the Emergency Civil Treaty to Ban Landmines to cluster Liberties Committee. The Center bombs that function like landmines for Constitutional Rights gained with devastating humanitarian con- prominence in human rights circles sequences. after winning Filartiga v. Pena-Irala, Defending the legal rights of the landmark Alien Tort Claims Act Guantanamo detainees, the consti- case. The Center for Constitutional tutional rights of domestic prison- Rights also leads most Guantanamo ers, and the civil rights of Hurricane Bay litigation, attacking illegal de- Katrina victims helped me to better tention and defending the right of understand the enormous potential defendants to representation. for law to move our country forward Working under the direct super- by protecting and advancing the basic vision of Executive Director Vince rights of the most vulnerable among Warren, I researched new cases us. I am grateful to Warren and the relating to human rights, civil rights Center for Constitutional Rights for