2 INSIDE: BRAVOS BRIEFS: BIG FoR Boo-Boo BRAVERY Actions, reactions . .. Two advocates . .. Seattle University The School of Law Missing partners . ..

I t's been the No. I subject of To President Susan Pierce : E lsewhere in the issue, we tell A nd, lest you forget, we'll re- W hen the Alumni Donor curiosity, conversation, and ac- I wanted to write a brief note in you about Father William]. mind you of some of the qualities Report (Special Supplement to tivity since November 8. The support of UPS's decision to sell Sullivan, president of Seattle of the Law School: Arches) was sent out from the change of affiliation from UPS to the Law School to Seattle Univer- University, about reactions to the University of Puget Sound in Seattle University, proceeding on sity. From the articles in the Se- news of the transfer of sponsor- • Founded in 1972 and fully ac- December, we were surprised to schedule, should take effect on attle Times, and recent correspon- ship, and about reactions on the credited by the American Bar see that a whole category of giv- August 19, 1994. We hope the dence from interested parties, I Seattle campus. Here, in capsule Association and the Association ers (Partners) had ended up on articles in this issue of Lawyer know that you and the trustees of form, are a few more facts about of American Law Schools before the cutting room floor. Our will illuminate some of the activ- the University have taken a lot of the University we'll soon be join- its first class was graduated. apologies and special thanks to ity and feelings being played out heat for this decision. I want you mg. the foll owing generous donors • The only private law school in in this time of change. to know that for all of the dissent- who made gifts to the Law • The largest, most diverse pri- the Pacific Northwest ranked For a look at our leader-to-be, ers, there are many, many people School of $500 to $999 and are vate college in the Pacific North- among "America's 56 best law turn to pages 6 & 7, where Presi- who support this move and believe recognized through membership west. programs" in the best-selling dent William]. Sullivan, S.]., talks that you have taken a brave step in the Partners. guidebook, Top Law Schools: The about his vision of a law school on behalf of both universities. In • Ranked among the "top 10 re- Ultimate Guide. and we give you a biographical fact, I have had an opportunity to gional comprehensive universi- Peter Allison '76 sketch of this extraordinary uni- speak with numerous grads of ties in the West" by U.S. News • The only faculty in the region Richard Birmingham '78 versity president. both schools and other lawyers, & World Report and included on ranked among the nation's "top Cheryl Bleakney '84 On page 8, you'll see responses and have not encountered a single the magazine's list of Best Educa- 50" for scholarly contributions to Edward Bollenbeck offaculty, staff and students at Se- negative opinion about the trans- tional Buys. the nation's leading law journals Richard Bollenbeck '83 attle University, printed shortly fer. As a graduate of both SU in both editions of the national Robert and Cathy Bryan • A student body of some 5,000 after the announcement. (1976) and UPS Law School Faculty Scholarship S urvey . John Carlson '78 persons representing For reactions from some of our (1982), I have the personal experi- nearly every Charlotte Chalker '77 graduates, you should turn to ence to know both what SU can state in the nation and 71 foreign • Students from throughout the Thomas Clerkin '77 countries. pages 3, 5 & 13. offer the Law School and what nation who, on average, are C ulp, Guterson & Grader drawn from the top 20% of the There's even a list on page 4 of UPS did not. Further, as Corpo- • Founded in 1891 and today one James and Barbara Dolliver national applicant pool. loyal grads who've offered us their rate Counsel for area companies of 28 Jesuit colleges in the Robert Duggan help, and another list-law grads for the past ten years, I have been United States. • A legal writing program the Mark Elliott who already hold degrees from Se- involved in a substantial amount ABA has called "among the fin- Theresa Fricke '86 • A curriculum offering 49 un- attle University-on page 8. of transactional work (purchase/ est in the nation." Wayne Fricke '86 There's a story on page 10 sale of ownership and assets) and dergraduate and 18 graduate pro- Stephen Frost '74 about the groundbreaking 3-vol- can appreciate the necessity for grams of study, including • The largest ethnic minority stu- Garry Fujita '78 ume work of two legal writing speed and confidentiality during master's degrees in business, dent population of any private Mary Gentry '79 teachers and a research librarian, a negotiations. public administration, education, law school in the Pacific North- Timothy Gosselin '83 text so thorough and usable that I sincerely hope that the nega- theological studies, psychology, west. G. Scott Greenburg '80 and software engineering. it's getting raves from other law tive voices will not discourage the • A program of study offering Jack Hanemann '75 schools. past, current or future students • Recognized in the publication more than 100 courses fall, Nevin Harwood '74 And on page 11 , we tell you who are enthusiastic about the op- 100 Best Colleges for African- spring, and summer terms. Lembhard Howell about a new book by Douglas portunities for UPS, SU and the American Students for its efforts Philip and Marcia Johnson • The largest number of full Branson on corporate governance Law School. to attract and retain a diverse -time Charles Jones '8 1 faculty of any private law school that you're going to want for your Joanna L. Hamed '82 student population: 45% women; Randi Jones '88 in the region. firm's library. Woodinville, Washington 18% American ethnic minorities; Dale Kingman '76 8.5% international students. • The only Washington law Susan Hvalsoe Komori '76 On the cover: school with a thriving evening Patrick LePley '76 With Seattle's most famous land- • A beautiful 46-acre campus program geared to the needs of Michael Liggett '77 mark at his designated a Backyard Wildlife back is Stuart Rolfe working professionals. James Lopez '78 '78, chairman and CEO of the Sanctuary and located within Joseph McFaul '82 Space Needle Corporation, ex- walking distance of downtown • A comprehensive clinical law Allen Miller '82 ecutive vice president of Howard Seattle, the Northwest's largest, program that has attracted over Landon Miller '77 S. Wright & Co., Of Counsel at O n page 3 you'll see other most livable city. $300,000 in external funding in James Moynihan '79 & the last year alone. Foster Pepper Shefelman, and responses to LAS president Mike • A financially robust institution Laurel Oates '78 a member of our Board of Visi- Shirley Ort '86 Shipley's recent letter to grads. boasting budget surpluses for 17 • A law library recognized na- tors the last six years. Barbara Patterson '89 But when we saw the note below consecutive years. tionall y as a leader in computer- Claude Pearson revealing Bob Cumbow's ardent ized legal research. advocacy of the move to Seattle • Some 32,000 alumni, including Frank Policelli '75 University, we wanted to know former state governors and Su- Patrick Reagan '89 more. Now we do and so can preme Court justices, a current Michael Riggio '76 you. See page 5. member of the United States James Rupp '77 Senate, and senior partners at the Matthew and Sheri Sayre To Mike Shipley: major Northwest law firms. Douglas Schafer '78 Philip Serka '76 I can't share your "tough times • Awarded the highest rating of h e Puget Sound Lawyer is Douglas Shepherd '79 ahead" attitude about the sale of all Northwest independent col- published by the Office of Aleen Smith '87 the law school. I was not shocked leges in the 1993 Gorman Report. Alumni/ae Affairs, University of but excited when I heard of it, and Fredric and Marilyn Tausend Puget Sound School of Law. heartily believe that it represents a Robert Terwilliger '77 great move for both universities as William Ward '80 Editor: Mary Wechsler '79 well as for the students, faculty, ~ =~FOUNDED 1!9' Joan Watt and graduates of the UPS Law Dorothy Werner Family Associate Dean School. If you can live with my en- Foundation Managing Editor: thusiastic endorsement and advo- Gary Williams '79 Carole Schaffner cacy of the sale, I am happy to Sally Wise '76 Manager help in any way I can. Rufus Yerxa '76 Publications & Robert C. Cumbow '91 Larry Zervos '77 Information Services Seattle, Washington Associate Editor: Lucy Allard Executive Director Career Services & Alumni/ae Affairs The Quadrangle, a gathering place at Contributors: the heart of campus, is the site of many Robert Cumbow '91 student and public events. Buildings Julie Y ari '94 shown (from left): the Casey Building Linda Zahrly houses arts and sciences faculty offices; the light-co lored building © University of Puget Sound, 1994 center rear is the Garrand Building, the oldest build- All rights reserved ing on campus and currently being re- Correspondence from graduates stored and renovated for the School of and friends is welcome. Send Nursing; next right is the tower of the letters and comments to: administration building; and far right Office of Alumni/ae Affairs is the Pigott Building, home of the University of Puget Sound School of Education and the Albers School of Law School of Business and Economics. 950 Broadway Plaza Tacoma, WA 98402 3 LAw ALUMNIIAE SociETY AND VICE VERSA PRESIDENT WRITES To ALuMs Time to launch new programs . .. Disappointment & delight . ..

T o his fellow graduates from and recent graduates as well as graduates and students. Anyone F rom the many letters, cards, To Mike Shipley: Law Alumni/ae Society Presi- continuing the many programs with ideas about how to imple- notes, and other communications I received your December 10, dent Mike Shipley '88: that we have traditionally pro- ment and organize this program sent in response to the letter from 1993 letter, expressing your reac- vided. Here's a brief description of is urged to contact me or the LAS president Mike Shipley, tion to the "sale of the law school" I would like to thank everyone the new projects: Alumni/ae Office. we've culled a few to share with and enclosing a volunteer checklist who responded to my previous let- Among the events to put on Lawyer readers. for alumni. As a member of the ter requesting your support for the MENTOR PROGRAM your calendar is the LAS annual first law school class (1972), I also Law School, its students and This program is a combined ef- dinner, set for Friday, June 17, To Mike Shipley: experienced emotion when hearing graduates. I did not receive the fort of the Law Alumni/ ae Soci- 1994. This year's reunion for I, like you, initially reacted with the news. Nonetheless, I am opti- copies of your responses until after ety, the Student Bar Association, graduates of 1984 is the following shock and disbelief... to the news mistic that alumni of the first and the holidays and apologize for re- the dean's office and a group of night, June 18. 1984 graduates that our Law School would soon succeeding graduating classes, sponding so late and in this fash- interested minority graduates. should plan to attend both events. become a part of Seattle Univer- along with those members of our ion. Some who responded pointed The program will be imple- (Reserve a table for your study sity. original faculty still on hand, will out I forgot to include my tele- mented on a limited basis this group or graduate friends.) Quite frankly, I find it almost turn this development into a phone number. If you wish to fur- spring, with hopes of expanding Tentative arrangements are incredible that a decision of such "positive" so that we all pull to- ther discuss things, you can reach it next year. Local graduates and now being made for the annual magnitude would be made with- gether in supporting the move. In me at (206) 272-7747 or stop by those who have already volun- dinner. More complete details will out any input from the Law short, I prefer to believe that the my office at 950 Pacific Avenue, teered their help will be receiving follow in the weeks to come. This School Alumni or, apparently, dedication of the law school fac- Suite 630 in Tacoma. (or have received) additional in- year's Annual Dinner Committee based on correspondence received ulty, as manifested by the success The range of response to my formation on this program. is composed of Lucy !saki '77, from faculty members, without of our law school alumni, made letter was as varied as the response Mike McKasy '76, Judge Karen any input from the Law School it- the school what it is today- not the to the sale of the Law School itself. SUMMER INTERN Seinfeld '77 and myself. Contact self. At this point, I suppose my name. A large number of you responded This program is in the develop- any committee member with ideas frustration has simply changed to Deborah Shore Ruge '75 by volunteering your services. I ment stages. It will place stu- on how we can make this year's profound disappointment in the West Berlin, New Jersey will explain below some of the dents not traditionally recruited dinner one to remember. institution. programs and projects that are un- by larger firms into some larger In closing, I would again like to The University ofPuget Sound To Mike Shipley: der way or being developed in King and Pierce County law thank those who volunteered their School of Law has been very im- I am delighted with the affilia- which your involvement will be firms where they will assist with time and support and to urge portant to me. I remember it tion with Seattle University. To welcome and necessary. summer pro bono or public ser- those who did not to possibly re- fondly and constantly speak about me the connection with the tradi- Some thought my letter too vice legal projects. This project is think their position or, at least, it in positive terms to the legal tion of Seattle University and Je- negative, some too positive. Oth- being developed by LAS director keep the door open to helping out community here in the state of suit scholarship enhances the value ers took issue with my request to Landon Miller '77. in the future. We have a choice as Tennessee. As you might imagine, and meaning of the law school and help out and move ahead and, ac- alumni/ae: to be a part only of the very few people are knowledgeable its degree. Thanks to all who made cordingly, voiced their disap- UP CLOSE AND Law School's past, or to be a part about our Law School in this part this possible. proval; others used their response PERSONAL of its future as well. of the country. Peter J. Mozena '76 as an opportunity to just plain This program, in the very early Keep the Wind at Your Back! Yet, I must say that the events Portland, Oregon vent. Those responses were appre- planning stages, is being de- of the past weeks have been ex- ciated as well. Reading those com- signed to serve the needs of stu- tremely disconcerting. I hope that To Mike Shipley: ments only reinforced my sense of dents and recent graduates by those involved in the decision have Wendy and I simply want to the emotion and passion behind providing an opportunity for been advised of the keen sense of express to you our profound shock your sentiments and viewpoints them to observe a graduate in ac- disappointment felt by the Law as to the manner in which the sale regarding the sale of your Law tion. This would be accom- School graduates and that further was conducted and the failure of School. I would rather someone plished by alumni/ae phoning in correspondence from those deci- the school to take into consider- passionately disagree with a view- upcoming motions, depositions, sion-makers will be forthcoming ation the City of Tacoma and the point I hold or have expressed trials, settlement conferences or giving us a far better understand- people in the area who have as- than to remain apathetic and si- other relevant procedures, when ing of how the decision was ulti- pired to attend the law school. lent. To those who chose not tore- the attorney has obtained per- mately made and why it is deemed We think the manner in which spond, either volunteering your mission for an observer(s) to sit to be beneficial to the University the transaction was conducted help or expressing the reasons why in on the session of "real life" of Puget Sound. seemed extremely underhanded, you could not, I would ask that lawyering. These opportunities In any event, I appreciate your secretive, and disrespectful of the you get off the fence or "forever would be available to recent correspondence and I, in time, will alums and the City of Tacoma. hold your peace." join with you in the support of our Wendy and I appreciate the The LAS Board's energies have Law School. However, I trust you education which we received at the been focused on launching several and others connected with the UPS School of Law. We have the new programs to assist students Mike Shipley '88 Law School will understand if it utmost respect for the program in takes a while to regain the enthusi- which we participated; however, it asm I have held for many years. is embarrassing to be associated Wayne R. Kramer '78 with the school that treats its al- Knoxville, Tennessee ums, its students, its faculty, not to mention the community which has provided it with so much sup- port in such an insulting fashion. Robert Helland '79 Wendy E. Zicht '91 Tacoma, Washington

Susan Dwyer-Shick '86, Seattle University Provost john Eshelman, Dean Don Carmichael and Professor john La Fond seem to be ganging up on Professor David Skover.

Fred Whang '89 and Mandy Ma were among the guests at the Rainier Club holiday event.

Also enjoying the event were Virginia Parks, Seattle University professor of ac- Pauline Conradi '86 and guest Fred counting who serves as special assistant to the provost for the Law School, Profes- Ferguson toasted the holiday season sor David Skover, and Nancy Cahill '84. and a new chapter for the Law School. 4 AN ARMY OF ADVOCATES NAMES SIGN UP To SERVE NEEDED WITH TRANSITION TASKS Now

And soon they'll get their matching orders . .. Two openings ...

I n response to an appeal from MariaS. Regimbal '80 OTHER WASHINGTON Vancouver T he Nominations Committee Mike Shipley, Law Alumni Soci- Gerald F. Robison '93 CITIES: Peter]. Mozena '76 of the Law Alumni/ ae Society is ety president, for volunteers who Stuart T. Rolfe '78 Bellevue Wenatchee seeking nominations for two po- would give some time and effort Michael P. Scruggs '89 Joanna L. Hamed '82 Linda H. Safar '86 sitions on the Society's Board of to help their Law School through Leonard H. Sorrin '90 Larry E. Leggett '92 Philip K. Safar '86 Directors. Graduates of the Uni- the transition, we received cards Douglas A. Stratemeyer '89 Kenneth C. Newman '78 Yakima versity of Puget Sound School of and letters from a number of Young M. Suhr '91 Paul E. Simmerly '79 Sylvia A. Tarkenton '91 Law are automatically members grads. For offering to talk with Carol]. Teather '75 Camano Island of the Law Alumni/ae Society, prospective students, serve as Adrianne L. Tollefsen '85 Richard F. Bane! '91 OTHER STATES: and all are eligible to serve on the mentors, work with groups of en- David vonWolffersdorff '80 Coupeville Alaska board of directors, regardless of rolled students in their job Catherine L. Walker '80 Molly M. McPherson '93 Karen L. Hawkins '91 their year of graduation. The by- searches, and for the many other Susan M. Weber '90 Ellensburg Greggory M. Olson '88 laws provide for the election of services you offered, we'd like to Mary H. Wechsler '79 Mark A. Chmelewski '89 Geraldine Simon '93 officers by mail-in ballot. After thank the following: Everett Vincent E. Watson '88 nominations are closed on April TACOMA: Cheri L. Filion '78 Arizona 15, 1994, each member will re- SEATTLE: Steve Bulzomi '85 Steven A. Goldstein '90 Terry L. Bannon '93 ceive a ballot to vote for the di- Joan R. Abrevaya '87 Martin Burns '93 Timothy C. Robbins '85 Thomas M. O'Leary '77 rectors of his or her choice. Tracy R. Antley '85 Sang I. Chae '9 1 Federal Way California Pursuant to the bylaws, the Hugh J. Barber '90 Harold T. Dodge, Jr. '85 Richard]. McKay '88 Jane Goodman '83 board holds at least nine regular John A. Bender '85 Susan A. Dwyer-Shick '86 Charlotte A. VanDyke '92 Daniel P. Hopen '89 meetings a year. Board members Ellen M. Bierman '93 Hazel M. Edwards '85 Hammond Mark A. Lester '80 serve three-year terms commenc- Jeri-Beth Bowman '88 Colleen Allen Grady '88 Arthur E. Smith, Jr. '76 Paul C. Minney '93 ing September of the year in which Nancy A. Bradburn-Johnson '83 Gregory L. Greer '93 Kennewick Colorado they are elected. The upcoming Fillmore Buckner '84 Kristin M. Hanna '91 Coke Roth '93 Robin N. Amadei '81 three-year terms should be par- Nancy L. Cahill '84 Donald W. Heyrich '93 Kent Larry B. Beckner '76 ticularly interesting and challeng- Peter A. Carnie! '82 Douglas]. Hill '81 James D. Cayce '80 Karen Lambart-Spencer '81 mg. Robert C. Cumbow '91 Frances E. Holmes '86 Lynnwood Dana N. Mumey '88 Please telephone or write to the John S. Driggers '92 Elisabeth A. Kranz '89 Russel J. Hermes '89 Connecticut members of the Nominations Joseph W. Duffy '76 Richard Kyaw '91 Moses Lake Russell E. Vile '78 Committee listed below to nomi- Stephen M. Evans '90 John]. Meske '87 Richard C. Fitterer '75 Idaho nate any member you feel would Cynthia R. First '89 Margaret A. Penny '93 Mukilteo Jeffrey W. Hart '92 be willing to serve. Do not hesitate Jeffrey G. Frank '86 Ross W. Popenoe '92 David A. Malone '93 John C. Hughs '89 to nominate yourself, if you have Lynn D. French '86 Glen A. Prior '92 Okanogan Leinaala R. Seeger '77 an interest. ]. Dianne Garcia '80 D. Michael Shipley '88 Barnett N. Kalikow '86 Illinois Jennifer R. Gilman '91 David C. Snell '90 Port Orchard David Chaiken '76 Joan (Abbey) Abrevaya Carolyn]. Glenn '89 Carolyn H. Williamson '82 Susan Daniel '82 Edward A. Hauder '93 National Labor Relations Board Amanda J. Goss '92 Lucretia A. Fishburn '83 Gregory L. Lewis '7 5 915 Second Avenue, Room 2948 Clark C. Goss '92 OLYMPIA: Stephen D. Greer '87 Robert H. Wood '75 Seattle, WA 98174 Ron S. Heiman '89 Kathryn R. Barron '92 Linda James-McCrae '83 Louisiana Phone: (206) 220-6300 Heidi A. Irvin '87 BernardeanBroadous '90 Randall Keys '85 Thomas C. Galligan, Jr. '81 FAX: (206) 220-6305 Lucy P. Isaki '77 Margaret H. Brost '90 Puyallup Maryland Susan H. Kitsu '92 Sans M. Gilmore '91 Michael]. Rollinger '79 Joseph A. Haas '83 Adrianne Tollefsen Mary E. Kohl '90 Joe R. Larson '90 Redmond Massachusetts U.S. Bancorp Law Division Douglas C. Lawrence '79 Eric A. Mentzer '91 Joseph L. Hammer '83 Lenny Van Pelt '89 P.O. Box 720 Erika L. Lim '92 Allen T. Miller, Jr. '82 Renton Michigan Seattle,WA 98110 Peter M. Lukevich '89 Linda M. Moran '86 Bennie W. Barnes '88 Elizabeth A. Hanning '86 Phone: (206) 344-5463 Michael E. Mazon '84 John M . Morgan '88 Leslie C. Rutledge '92 Minnesota FAX: (206) 344-5461 Landon C. Miller '77 Patricia L. },1Iorgan '78 Joanne R. Werner '92 Nevin R. Harwood '74 Patrick]. Mullaney '92 Stanley D. Scott '89 Alton S. White, Jr. '83 Daniel Mohs '82 Siri C. Nelson '78 ]. Martin Smith '78 Spokane Missouri BREAKOUT Geoffrey D. Patterson '92 Mark E. Lindsey '86 ]. Thomas Carrato '78 THE BEN-GAY M. Peter Philley '84 Aaron L. Lowe '84 Montana Kathleen M. Pierce '86 Ken Thomas '92 Patrick E. Pressentin '7 5 Nevada Nancy M. Ghusn '89 T he 19th annual alum-stu- Sandra A. Unsworth '86 dent-faculty soccer match has been scheduled for Saturday, 0 New Jersey TODAY'S STUDENTS Peter]. Butch III '84 April 9, 1994, at 10:00 a.m. To NEED YOUR HELP Michael H. Murray '77 be held on main campus at Baker Deborah Shore Ruge '75 Stadium, the match will be fol- Utah lowed by libations at the Engine David]. Acheson '88 House, hosted by the Law A lumni/ae can play a crucial who have a substantial client list. Alumni Society. Please call the role in helping law students and Small firms get a new client or Anthony]. Famulary '78 Lawrence E. Hoffman '83 Alumni/ ae Office at (206) 591- graduates uncover job opportuni- contract. Each of these changes 2288 to sign up. ties in today's tight market. may bring opportunities for new Frank D. Mylar '87 Many jobs are not advertised, hires. Washington, D.C. \ ~ and nontraditional strategies will We have no way ofletting stu- Michael A. Galt '84 C. ~ .1 .:-,t:>. ;~~-- , be critical to a successful job dents and graduates know of job Wesley Marquardt '89 , / 7, Guam search. openings without your assistance. G\ This is true not only in the Help them by letting the Career Carlos L. Taitano '89 •2£'- Puget Sound area, but across the Services Office know of upcoming . ... ,. ,~. ..l ~· country as economic forces cause opportunities. Call the office at firms to look more closely at the 206 -591 -2265. bottom line and to reduce their There's a form on page 15 list- summer programs and new hires. ing other ways you can help. Why The desirability of the Puget not fill it out today? Sound area as a place to live We are especially interested in coupled with the market downturn graduates who can serve as men- in other parts of the country has tors to students, people who can brought a flood of resumes to help them with their job search Northwest firms and agencies. strategies, and can help them start The result is a large and highly the networking process that is competitive pool in which our stu- such a necessary part of job hunt- dents and graduates must com- ing today. Alumni/ae involvement pete. in the job-search process is critical. Change occurs quickly. Larger We're looking forward to hearing firms absorb smaller boutique from youl firms in order to provide a wider -Lucy Allard range of services to their clients. Executive Director Groups break off from large firms, Career Services & The 1993 soccer match was a rousing success, with alums coming from as far away as Virginia to earn their bruises. taking their stable of clients with Alumni/ae Affairs Once again students prevailed, but alums have vowed to get revenge at the 1994 match on April 9 at Baker Stadium. them, and firms court partners 5 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY AND ME: ONE ATTORNEY~s TESTIMONY FoRETELLS A BRIGHT FuTURE FOR THE LAw ScHooL Take it from someone who's been there, been there, been there . ..

R ecently Dean Carmichael were willing to pay me to find out. though the university did not es- mid-Eighties, when Father David lination with SU's already ac- wrote to respond to some com- They were; and to this day I be- cape the political turmoil that was Leigh, new head of the Honors claimed programs in business, hu- ments I had made to him about lieve I got more of their money's everywhere in 1969, she steered a Program, found some Executive manities, engineering, health care, Seattle University's acquisition worth than they did. I didn't learn straight and narrow course, avoid- Thinking study materials and and community service will re- of the University of Puget Sound a career there (in fact, I'm not sure ing both the suppression of ideas class records, and called up a few place the relative insularity of the School of Law. In his letter, the I've ever had what you could call a and energies and the submission Honors grads to find out what it UPS Law student with a broader dean pointed out that, while a career, and I'm not sure I miss it); to outright license that damaged had been all about. The upshot base of awareness- intellectual, number of UPS Law grads hold but they taught me to think. As many other institutions during was the rebirth of the program- communal, and professional. undergraduate degrees from Se- my wife is fond of saying, most that time. which fit in perfectly with the new Seattle University can also sup- attle U, I am, to the best of his people don't realize that thinking As it turned out, Seattle Uni- links to the community being ex- port and expand the night pro- knowledge, the only "triple"- is something you have to be versity didn't come out of that plored under Father Sullivan's gram as a magnet for superior ma- one who held both an under- taught. The Jesuits, however, have time unscathed, either- but it was leadership. I was honored to be ture students and nascent commu- graduate and a graduate degree always known this. They also economics, not politics, that did asked to conduct the seminars, nity leaders, and as a forum for the from Seattle University before know that, in education, form is the damage. The Boeing Bust. which I continued to do until, at analysis and debate of community receiving a UPS law degree. This every bit as important as sub- "Will the Last Person Leaving Se- mid-life, I ventured upon a career and jurisprudential issues. On a evidently entitles me (at least in stance, because it is the form, the attle Please Turn Out the Lights?" (that word againl) in law. Working practical level, location alone vir- your editor's eyes) to offer UPS discipline, that is retained and be- In 1970 there was an exodus of full time and attending night tually dictates expansion of the Law students, faculty, staff and comes a way oflife. humanities teachers from Seattle classes at UPS Law didn't jibe night program. The night-time grads some unabashedly personal The substance wasn't shabby University, which found itself so well with conducting a weekly halls of UPS Law have always and 1 hope useful observations either, mind you. I was always im- financially strapped that it semmar program. been choked with students from about SU. pressed with the range of study couldn't afford many new awards A year or so after graduation, I King County. Add to them the My new status as a law alum of and debate (social, religious, and of tenure. Enrollment dropped rejoined the seminar program; but ones who didn't join because they Seattle University is only the latest political as well as academic) that while tuition rose, and the univer- I didn't imagine that my law couldn't manage the commute, event in the odyssey by which this was encouraged on campus. So sity faced the agony of redefining school would soon be joining Se- and you have a substantially urban Jesuit university has inter- many ideological waters were itself in terms of the surrounding attle University as well. While I broader enrollment base for the twined its life with mine. I knew tested that my classmates and I community. was attending UPS Law there was new Seattle University Law the school first as a somewhat ap- had a familiar gag: "Some of these So the Seattle University En- always some rumor or other circu- School. prehensive applicant on the brink Jesuits are so liberal they don't be- glish Master's Program was a case lating: the night program was go- As Seattle University waits for of high school graduation. I was lieve in God!" (This was back in of monumental bad timing. I'm ing to be dropped, the law school the accreditors and the auditors to living in Arkansas (no, I never the days when the term "liberal" not sure whether the graduate was going to be closed, the UW approve the purchase, the initial heard of Whitewater, and besides, connoted inquiry and innovation, school of English at Seattle U ni- Law School was going to acquire shock has subsided, as has the Bill Clinton was just a kid then). not permissiveness and prodigal- versity lasted two years or three. I UPS Law as a Tacoma campus. wave of resistance that followed. My father, a career officer, was ity.) know that my Seattle University What eventually happened was Pundits now say it was inevitable about to retire from the Army. Be- Even then Seattle University M.A. in English makes me one of the one thing that was never ru- that Seattle have a second law cause he was thinking of moving had a commitment to professional the tiniest handfuls of degree- mored. school; if that law school had not to Seattle, I included Seattle Uni- programs. The schools of engi- holders in the world. That's never I was delighted to learn of the been created by the purchase of versity on the list of colleges to neering and nursing already en- bothered me. proposed merger. Knowing SU as UPS Law, it would have meant which I applied, though I hadn't joyed a high reputation. (Indeed, When I returned from military I do, I never had a moment's the end of UPS Law altogether. heard of the place at all. It looked a the nursing college of the Sisters of service in 1971, there was no doubt about the future of my law Whether that's true or not, the little odd, nestled uneasily along- Providence provided the Jesuits teaching opportunity for me at Se- degree, or the respect with which school could scarcely have found a side Georgetown, Fordham, with the first building block of Se- attle University (or anywhere else it would be regarded. And I felt at better sponsor than Seattle Uni- Loyola, Xavier. attle University a century ago.) in depressed Seattle). So just as my once that the transaction was in versity. Some UPS Law teachers By the time my dad decided he The school's undergraduate liberal civilian-acquired skills as an En- the best interests of both SU and and students have voiced concern was moving not to Seattle but to arts program went hand-in-hand glish major had enabled me to be- UPS, as well as the students, fac- over academic freedom (though San Antonio, I had already de- with an interest in community- come a public information special- ulty, and graduates of the Law they never seemed bothered by cided to head northwest. In my ac- based continuing education oppor- ist in the Army, so my military- School. Seattle University is not, "Christvs Fvndamentvm" on the ceptance package from SU, I had tunities. Father O'Brien extended acquired skills led me into govern- after all, some little upstart saying, UPS seal). They will soon enough received an invitation to enter the his Honors Program concept to ment and corporate communica- "I think it would be fun to run a find themselves to be the newest school's Humanities Honors Pro- the Executive Thinking Program, tions. Seattle University wasn't law school!" It is, instead, an ex- beneficiaries of a centuries-old gram on a full-tuition scholarship. a nine-month seminar program for done with me, however. emplar of a proud educational tra- commitment to intellectual Unlike other so-called honors pro- leaders in business and govern- Father William Sullivan be- dition, with a distinguished his- strength and freedom. grams, this was not some elitist ment. So it was no surprise when, came president and began a spec- tory of community involvement And me? I'll have, once again, course of accelerated study for in the late Sixties, Seattle Univer- tacular rehabilitation and redefini- and professional development. just one alma mater. Ask me if overachievers. Rather, it was an sity gambled on an English tion of Seattle University. Father Seattle University can do things that bothers me. exciting experiment that offered Master's Degree Program. O'Brien's Executive Thinking for and with the law school and its -Robert C. Cumbow '91 an enticing opportunity for those I had gotten too used to reading Program, forgotten after his death students that UPS has had neither Associate, Perkins Coie who loved learning. Created and and talking about books, it seems. in 1979, was rediscovered in the the resources nor the inclination to Seattle directed by Father Thomas L. I entered that graduate program do. It can integrate what has been O'Brien, the program was a rigor- after changing my major from a mere satellite into the main- ous, two-year, chronologically journalism to English. While pur- stream of a larger academic com- synchronized, integrated course of suing the master's degree, I had munity. Interaction and cross-pol- study in the literature, thought, the opportunity to teach as well, science, and history of Western both in the English Department civilization, emphasizing primary and in the Honors Program I had texts discussed in seminar. Its entered wide-eyed only four years strength lay in combining the best before. I found teaching at Seattle aspects of the great educational University as much an adventure methodologies; Socratic dialogue, as I had found studying there; and Jesuit seminar, English tutorial. Its weakness lay in the youth and im- maturity of its students-even the best of us were swine among these pearls. I had always wondered what was in those Great Books anyway, and I couldn't quite believe they

Robert Cumbow '91 6 LET ME PRESIDENT SULLIVAN DELIGHTS INTRODUCE you IN WELCOMING THE ScHOOL OF LAw INTO SEATTLE UNIVERSITY FAMILY To William]. Sullivan, S.J. Enormous opportunities for community service . ..

I nformed that the Law School would soon be the responsibility of 0 ne could look at the histo- worked at two other Jesuit univer- tive, we will be supporting the Seattle University, one long-time law professor responded, "If every ries of Seattle University and the sities, Marquette in Milwaukee education of women and men who boat has to be on its own bottom, I want to be in President Sullivan's University of Puget Sound and St. Louis University, and both will play a very important role in boat." So, here's a capsule biography of the man who will soon be our School of Law and conclude that had law schools," he said. "I've determining how society operates, chief helmsman. for 20 years the two schools have been on the boards of three other and who will be shaping our pub- been on the same trajectory. In Jesuit universities, all of which had lic codes and legislation, our crimi- William]. Sullivan, S.]., a native of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, en- the early 1970s, when one was law schools. So the presence of a nal procedures and judicial can- tered the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1948. He received his bachelor more than 80 years old and the law school fits my image of a uni- ons, our corporate behavior, pro- of arts degree summa cum laude from St. Louis University, where he other had just opened its doors, versity." fessional ethics, and more." also earned a master's degree in philosophy. After theological studies both schools had more vision In addition to the genuine en- Sullivan also welcomes the op- in France and Germany, he was ordained in France in 1961. He later than resources, more hope than thusiasm for a law school among portunity for interaction between became the first Roman Catholic priest to enter the religious studies recognition. his campus constituents, Sullivan the Law School and the 1,800 doctoral program at Yale University, receiving a Ph.D. from Yale in In 1975, the same year that the notes that the legal community in graduate students already at Se- 1971. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Institute Law School celebrated its first Seattle has been particularly en- attle University in programs in for Educational Management. commencement, William]. thusiastic in responding to the education, science and engineer- He has held faculty positions at Marquette University and St. Louis Sullivan, S.J., came to the North- news that a major law school will ing, theological studies, nursing, University, and from 1971 until 1975 was dean of the St. Louis Univer- west to become provost at Seattle be relocated to the legal center of and a large program in business. sity School of Divinity. University. Less than a year later, the Northwest. And to those who "There is a great interest in in- In 1975 he came to Seattle University as provost and in February he became president. Over the complain that there are already too teraction with the legal faculty 1976 was named acting president. In May 1976, he became the 20th course of the next two decades, en- many lawyers, he points out that among all of our faculty," he said, president of Seattle University. ergetic leadership, resourceful Seattle University has been look- "but particularly those at our In- Under Sullivan's leadership Seattle University has grown and pros- planning, and devoted faculty at ing seriously at the possibility of stitute of Public Service and our pered in numerous ways: both schools pushed them into the starting a new law school in Se- Albers School of Business and • once struggling with chronic deficits, the University has attained fi- forefront of regional institutions attle, continuing to consider it "as Economics." nancial stability; and garnered national recognition an alternative scenario while this The Jesuit philosophy of edu- • rising from 3,400 in 1976 to more than 5,000 students today, enroll- for the quality of their respective whole conversation was going on," cation, Sullivan said, "emphasizes ment has reached the highest point in history; programs. he said. the notion of high competency in • the University embarked on its first capital campaign raising $26 While the last 20 years have "Added to the great advantage your area of study, combined with million; seen a growing commitment to that we will be able to incorporate a sense of responsibility to the • a 21st century campaign, targeting $55 million by 1995, will sup- graduate education at Seattle Uni- a well established law school" he community, all built on a sense of port capital improvements and endowment funds; versity, where 16 master's degree said, "is the fact that we will not personal integrity. That's why the • three new buildings have been completed, while three additional programs and a doctoral program be introducing a fourth law school ethics of the professions, whether projects will be completed this year, and a new law building will soon be have been added, at the same time into the state." business, science, engineering, on the drawing boards; the University of Puget Sound was Sullivan points to many reasons nursing or any others, are very im- • a number of new graduate and undergraduate programs, including cutting its graduate programs in why this particular law school and portant to us. We believe our phi- 16 new degrees, have been initiated. all areas but law, education and Seattle University appear to fit to- losophy of education reinforces President Sullivan is the author of a number of articles on theological, occupational therapy. When gether so well, but none is more what is obviously an issue and educational and cultural topics. President Susan Pierce indicated important than the concept of ser- concern for a law faculty, and that Also serious in his commitment to serve the community, he chaired to President Sullivan last July that vice to society. the resources at our university can the Seattle Organizing Committee for the 1990 Goodwill Games. And the University of Puget Sound, ea- "I see institutions of higher add to this ethical dimension of le- he serves or has served on the boards of: ger to continue building its excel- education primarily as institutions gal education." • the Washington Higher Education Facilities Authority; lent undergraduate school, would in the service of society, and our Sullivan continued: "The op- • U.S. Bank of Washington; consider transferring sponsorship mission statement identifies the portunity to invite this particular • the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities; of the Law School to the Seattle preparation for service to society law faculty, with its highly re- • the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. school, "It seemed that an unbe- as one of our goals. garded reputation in the region, to He is a member of: lievable opportunity had opened "Clearly, the integration of a become a part of our university is • the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities; up for us," President Sullivan said law school into the university pro- the fundamental reason our com- • the International Federation of Catholic Universities; in an interview with Lawyer. vides enormous opportunities for munity- faculty, staff, trustees, • the Board of the Washington Friends of Higher Education; "Before I came to Seattle, I'd community service, not merely in students- are really enthusiastic • the Board of Independent Colleges of Washington. the sense of pro bono or political about this move. We're welcom- A founder and board member of the Washington Student Loan work. In the long-range perspec- ing into our family of schools and Guaranty Association, he has also served on the boards of the United colleges a school that has built a Way of Seattle-King County, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and - Continued on next page- the Rotary Club of Seattle. He is a former board member of Creighton University, Loyola Uni- versity of Chicago, the University of San Francisco, the American Coun- cil on Education and the National Association oflndependent Colleges and Universities. Among his notable honors: • the Brotherhood Award presented by the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1981; • the T arch of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in June 1983; • cited as one of the 100 most effective chief executive officers in higher education in an October 1986 study funded by the Exxon Educa- tion Foundation; • named by The Seattle Times as one of the 20 most powerful commu- nity leaders in Seattle in 1987; • proclaimed "Seattle First Citizen" for 1990 by the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors. Among his other personal newsmaking events: • During April of 1990 he was a member of a trek that joined the Mt. Everest Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb, on which he reached Camp III at 21,300 feet. • A man who loves sailing, in August 1989 at Newport he was among the crew on the classic J -boat Endeavor, skippered by Ted Turner, for the first J -class Regatta in 52 years. • In January, on the Hawaiian island of Lanai, perched on a cliff that drops 1 SO feet to the ocean, he performed the country's most talked- about wedding ceremony when he united Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Melinda French.

Seattle University President William]. Sullivan, S.J. 7

A announcement....

- Continued from l t reputation. as a very soashd page· ·- tton, one that . m stJtu- legal educatio~ roAv iddes an excellent . n agam th 1 ga 1communit . S ' . ' e e- positive on thy m eattle IS very A e program" s the prospect of b . . the. fourteenth Jes UJt. Unecommg · IS country to Iversity in th school unfolde~ponsor a law some of his fell;;ulhvan called their response presidents to get "I s. ~~~- 'd got a double reaction " h sa1 . , e "First, they said th t 1 schools, from the . a aw the central ad . pomt of view of m1mstratton very tough to d 1 . ' are ondly they. dea With. But sec- school was :n Icated that the law · pnmemod fi rymg out th · . e or car- . e1r service t mty, and over th d o commu- school that pr .ed decades was the 'fj OVI e the . m 1cant impact h most · on t e com s1g-· t Jes m w. hich they were locatedmum- " u 11 Ivan ho h · asms for them pest at the enthusi- versity shown o;e ;a Seattle Uni- dents at the L y Saculty and stu- transmitted toa~ fhool will be the past 20 e aw graduates of "I . years. t IS our stron h law alumn· . g ope that the I WI 11 contt h . . terest in the L S nue t eJr In- future in its awl. chool and its , qua Jty and . t e region in . t . service to h Lit up at night, the und er r epr~se ~t:Jccess Jbilit y to underground at . that th · . . students and le d' . num eir partJClp t' ' cl:s:;:o::~ biological sciences port will beco a JOn and sup- s an mvttmg place. Sullivan said. me even stronger," ued"I "wen oth her word s, " h e contin- 5 oo' ope very much th • 0-plus g d at the School see it~: t~ates of the Law t!On they ap . e same mstttu- efited from PI:~Iated and ben- s pon so r s hi~ alt _ough under new to have the a.l I S ?ne of our goals umm s h' sen tiall y the ee t IS as es _ : lready available for use The Centennial Fou . cated them bsame school that edu- George Tsutak ntam, created by ' ut mane . J our law students the r h awa, was co · · w ere the sch l . w settmg onnolly Center h JOT t e school 's ce . mmtsszoned h ouses' ca ted · S ntenmal and d d · tured and val~:d Itself will be nur- gyms, pools, rooms for m eptember 1989. e ! - aged to beco ' will be encour- . me strong d wetght training, vital and w'll b er an more racquetball, squash and ' 1 e enabled t b prepare the next . o etter other sports a n d recreatzon.. yers." generatiOn oflaw-

-Carole Schaffner

WednesdayLaw November school 10, 1993 Seattle Post-lntel\igencer sale called 'natural step' locallY"1'\l- make some inquiries," he said. University of Washington administra- tors were noncommittal about that possi- "'""" l of national recognition, UPS president says bility"At. this point in time, we don't have sional programs.· .. _... ., ~neaker Brian Ebersole ·--· ~'""~ in that direction," UW Provost r:----~-~ .! ..l .... ·· -'~torl hv

On November 8, 1993 . aw chool forulty =mbm io y,/'"'wmgoma, offtcta =«iog'ls from withboth scs, hatt oo lIse mUmversityet .the press. IBoard I mem bers m.I Seattle and L S

Most o't~ h e questzons. , an d mt.c rophone- s ' were dtrected. t o p restdent. Sullwan.' 8 UPON HEARING THE NEWS SoME OF You OuR NEw CoLLEAGUES OFFER HAVE ALREADY A RouND oF AFFIRMATIONS BEEN THERE tY\ real gutsy move. .. " Both theirs and ours . ..

The following, excerpted from Se- William Sullivan. It is particularly Haggerty said among the fac- 0 ur records show that the Nancy W. Lambeth '76 attle University's campus newslet- noteworthy that Sullivan not only ulty and staff she talked to upon 145 graduates of the Law School Michael L. LaPonte '81 ter, Broadway and Madison, ap- had the wisdom to do this, but he hearing the news, "everyone listed below are also Seattle Uni- James M. Larsen '89 peared shortly after the surprising had already seen to it that we had seemed thrilled. I am convinced versity grads. While we've heard Catherine M. Leone '88 announcement of the plans to the wherewithal to do it when the that faculty and administrators in from some of you, we'd like to Jacqueline S. Locke '86 transfer sponsorship of the Law opportunity arose. As a Jesuit uni- the law school will feel a great wel- hear from more. And if we've left Frank H. MacDonald '92 School to the Seattle school. versity, we will now have impor- come at Seattle University and you off the list, let us know. Mary Jo F. Manzanares '81 tant additional tools with which to that as a professional school, it will Celeste A. McDonell '81 fulfill our mission." be very nicely integrated and R. Miller Adams '87 Kenneth S. McEwan '79 F aculty, staff and students re- Under provisions of the agree- roundly affirmed here. Personally, Theresa M. Ahern '84 Michele L. McFadden '78 acted enthusiastically to last ment, the university will take over I am excited about the addition of Deborah A. Allard '82 Edward M. McFerran '86 week's announcement that Se- the law school-the largest in the a law school dean to the Dean's David R. Amundsen '87 Tim P. McGuigan '81 attle University will acquire the state with more than 800 stu- Council and the special dimension Albert Armstrong, III '77 Frederick]. McKinnon '77 University of Puget Sound Law dents- beginning with the law that this individual will add to the Sean A. Ayres '90 Jacqueline A. McMahon '88 School. school's fall term, August 1994. group." David]. Baumer '84 Robert B. McSeveney '84 "I think it is probably one of The university will lease the David Arnesen '77, assistant Monte Bersante '87 Victoria C. Meadows '82 the most beneficial moves that the present law school facility in professor of business law and Matthew T. Boyle '76 Thomas L. Mengert '88 university has made in more than Tacoma for five years. During that chairman of the international busi- Patricia B. Brady '80 Martin D. Meyer '88 two decades- since the initiation period, the university will plan for ness program, said the law school Anita C. Braker '90 Paul H. Meyer '81 of our other professional schools," and develop a new law school comes with "a great faculty, dedi- Cydney Campbell '93 Lisa M. Micheli '92 said Father Robert Spitzer, assis- building on campus, with the en- cated students and dedicated Harriet L. Capron '92 Charles W. Miller '77 tant professor of philosophy. "Stu- tire operation moving here by alumni who can all make this Emilia R. Castillo '84 Elizabeth A. Moceri '82 dents are going through the ceiling 1999. transfer a success. " Arnesen, a Tamara M. Chin '93 John M. Morgan '88 they are so excited." The law school, established 20 University of Puget Sound alum- Bruce T. Clark '92 Michael R. Morrison '92 Heather Graham, Associated years ago, has been identified as nus, added, "The faculty seem Bryan Coluccio '82 James P. Moynihan '79 Students of Seattle University ac- one of the nation's 56 best law very positive about this move and Kevin Coluccio '86 Peter J. Mozena '76 tivities vice president and nursing schools by the editors of "Top the commitment of Seattle Uni- Desa G. Conniff '84 James M. Mucklestone '90 student, said the addition of the Law Schools." It offers both a full- versity. The law school will in- JohnS. Conniff '86 Jeannie P. Mucklestone '87 law school will "make the univer- time day and evening program. crease the national focus on Seattle Dan K. Connolly '86 Teresa A. Neudorfer '80 sity a more prominent and presti- At a Nov. 8 press conference University and with its proximity Timothy D. Cotterell '89 John M. Newcome '86 gious school. I think it will be a announcing the purchase, Univer- to downtown Seattle, it will have a Daniel T. Covello '80 Robert F. Noe '89 great contribution. Everyone sity of Puget Sound administrators major impact upon the legal com- Darlene R. Crawford '90 Paul]. Novack '83 thinks it's great." said the decision will allow the munity and judicial system. Jesuit Anita M. Crawford-Willis '86 Ronna]. O'Donnell '80 Spitzer said the addition of a school to focus its energies and re- law schools across the country Robert C. Cumbow '91 Timothy B. Odell '75 law school "will bring an intellec- sources on fulfilling its mission as have been very successful and well Patrick M. Curran '78 Gregory M. Olson '88 tual activity to the campus that primarily an undergraduate liberal respected." Charles P. Davies '76 Roger D. Ost '92 will fuse very well with our hu- arts institution. John Eshelman, provost, com- Laurie A. Daviess '92 Andrew E. Ott '89 manities programs, particularly in The cost of the acquisition was mented, "I think this is one of the Richard]. DeGroot '90 Scott K. Parducci '93 philosophy and our Jesuit ethos." set at a price deemed fair by both most exciting things that's hap- Margita A. Dornay-Noe '90 Tom M. Parker '92 He added that the law school schools' boards of trustees. The pened to Seattle University in the Nina M. Durante '90 Frederick C. Paterson III '86 will enhance the ability to attract one-time expenditure will be taken 25 years I've been here. The law Rick]. Faoro '86 Rebecca L. Pauli '89 new students, as well as provide a from Seattle University's reserve school will open up opportunities Charles~. Ferguson '88 Alesia L Pinney-Hawkins '91 closer link with the downtown funds. for us to serve this community in Richard C. Fitterer '75 Judith H. Ramseyer '87 business community. "The law school more than so many new ways. " Shawn A. Flood '82 Michael V. Regeimbal '90 Jerry Viscione, dean of the supports itself and will not draw Robert C. Freeby '88 MariaS. Regimbal '80 Albers School of Business and down, or reduce the university's Elizabeth M. Gallagher '93 Ann E. Riedel '92 Economics, called the acquisition a support for other programs," GOING ON Robert B. Gardner, Jr. '81 Emmanuel A. Rivera '92 "real coup" for the university. "It Sullivan said. He added that the Michael M. Gilleran '75 Sarah M. Roberts '92 was a real gutsy move by our law school's academic program FOURTEEN Linda B. Girgis '90 Leonard S. Rochon '80 president and even more for the will not change and financial ar- Thomas A. Gleason '84 Tracey H. Rockwell '84 University of Puget Sound's rangements for students will be Karen R. Goon '87 Patricia S. Rose '89 (president). It will be a boon to Se- comparable. The present law W e thought you'd like to see Anthony E. Grabicki '78 Sharon A. Sakamoto '84 attle." school faculty will be retained and the list of Jesuit law schools, to Stephen D. Greer '87 Terence]. Scanlan '86 Arthur Fisher, associate profes- contracts honored. which Seattle University School Jody A. Gross '88 Bradley P. Scarp '91 sor of history, agreed. "It was a Peg Haggerty, dean of the of Law will be added on August Joanna L. Hamed '82 Nancy E. Schaps '76 bold and courageous step and is School of Education, said having 19, 1994. Rosalie A. Hansen '93 Mary R. Schoenmakers '93 both an opportunity and a bless- the law school "will certainly in- Barbara F . Harris-Fuller '91 Nancy L. Schultz '89 ing. This is the fruit of the long- crease the reputation of the uni- Boston College of Law, Newton, Steffen M. Haug '74 Gretchen M . Schumacher '92 time strong leadership by Father versity and continue to challenge Mass. Kristina Holman Hoepfner '84 Paul F . Schwaighart '76 us to a higher level of excellence." Creighton University School of Carl V. Holman '84 Alfred G. Schweppe '91 Law, Omaha, Neb. Donivan R. Irby '90 Vicki M. Seitz '76 Fordham University School of Lucy P. Isaki '77 Jack L. Siemering '90 Law, New York, N.Y. Scott E. Izutsu '93 Daniel]. Soukup '87 Georgetown University Law Robert Jackson '89 Joseph J. Sullivan '79 Center, Washington, D .C . Kathleen A. Jacobson '88 Gary A. Tudor '81 Gonzaga University School of Gary R. Johnson '90 Thomasina L. Ursich '88 Law, Spokane, Wash. Dorcas A. Jones '86 lVlarie E. Vaziri '84 Loyola Marymount University William L. Jones '90 Caroline P. Wanamaker '89 Law School, Los Angeles, Ca- Suzanne P. Kendall '83 John F . Warner '84 lif. Kathryn L. Kennedy '88 Aimee D. Solove Willig '93 Loyola University Chicago Patrick D. Killebrew '84 Alan]. Willoughby '92 School of Law, Chicago, Ill. Robert J. Laird '83 Karen M. Wilson '89 Loyola University School of Monte L. Wolff '81 Law, New Orleans, La. JohnS. Worden '89 Marquette University School of William K. Yates '87 Law, Milwaukee, Wis. David A. Young '76 Saint Louis University School of Sandra Wilton Young '93 Law, St. Louis, Mo. Barbara A. Zollars '79 Santa Clara University School of Diana M . Zottman '87 Law, Santa Clara, Calif. University of Detroit School of Law, Detroit, Mich. University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, Calif.

S eattle University Provost john Eshelman offered some welcoming words for many new friends at the Rainier Club holiday event. 9 THIS LAw PROFEssoR's MEssAGE GoEs FROM THE LIPS OF WOMEN To THE U.S. SuPREME CouRT's EAR

Rights must be universally available and universally applied. ..

D uring the eight years Pro- in the famous Miranda decision- the law in which the different con- dam, she argues. It occurs within Her brief details "how the rule af- fessor Janet Ainsworth practiced the staple of a proliferation of tele- sequences for men and women distinct segments of the popula- fects the interests of women and as a criminal defense attorney, vision police dramas. It involves were not intended. tion-women, members of certain many other ethnic groups and ar- she filed dozens of requests for police interrogation and the right "I looked at the sociolinguistic ethnic communities, and the so- gues that these interests need to be certiorari, hoping to get a case re- to counsel. research that suggests that men are cioeconomically powerless. considered in the Court's decision viewed by the U.S. Supreme Ainsworth explained her thesis far more likely than women to Among ethnic communities most about what rule to promulgate," Court. Zilch. this way: speak in the kind of direct, likely to use indirect, qualified she said. Now, two years after she was "Everyone knows that Miranda uninflected, unambiguous way speaking styles are African Ameri- There is no doubt that "police challenged by another academic rights provide a certain degree of that the law has given the greatest cans as well as those whose native have very definite and reasonable that "there are no feminist issues protection for people who are be- protection to. And it was clearly tongues include such languages as and understandable incentives to in criminal defense," an issue she ing questioned while in custody, not the intention to disadvantage Arabic, Farsi, Yiddish, Japanese, question suspects," Ainsworth ferreted out has propelled her to and that if you invoke the rights women when the law surrounding Indonesian, and Greek. These said, "and it is unreasonable to ex- counsel table at the Supreme Miranda gives you, then police the right to counsel was framed, groups, then, are most likely to use pect police to bend over back- Court. have to stop questioning. That but it does illustrate what feminist a mode of expression that will wards to insure that suspects have Along the way she delved gives you a breather, an opportu- theory would say is a greater prob- deny them the greatest degree of their rights held inviolate. That's deeply into linguistic theory and nity to collect your thoughts, to lem in the law. Namely, that law constitutional protection. why courts have established sociolinguistic research, studied keep from blurting out things that tends unconsciously to assume What Ainsworth proposes is guidelines and rules: so that it will the records of hundreds of cases could be misinterpreted or that male experiences, attitudes, and that the invocation of the right to be clear to everyone who intends involving police interrogations, you wish you had not said." behaviors in constructing the way counsel during custodial police in- to exercise their constitutional presented her ideas at a Law and The question is, "What do you in which people ought to behave terrogation, now a gendered doc- rights that they will in fact get to Society annual meeting, and devel- have to say in order to invoke and then allocates the benefits and trine that denotes male speech as do so." oped her findings into an article those rights?" Ainsworth asked. the burdens of the law so that the norm, be "reconstructed to Explaining why the case is im- published in The Yale Law jour- "Case law has taken several dif- people who fail to conform to eliminate its gender and cultural portant, Ainsworth said: "Consti- nal. She also came to see the issue ferent approaches to this prob- those typical male patterns of life bias." tutional rights and liberties are im- as transcending feminist jurispru- lem," she explained, "but prob- experience, or of behavior, tend to At the very least, she says, all portant to our whole fabric of soci- dence: not only women, but other ably the most common approach receive less favorable treatment in courts should embrace a standard ety, not just because you are able groups with non-assertive, non- taken in case law is that your at- the law. This is a clear example of now used by a minority of courts, to exercise those rights but be- confrontational speech styles, par- tempted invocation of your consti- one of those instances." "a standard that gives full legal ef- cause you know that in fact the ticularly powerless and historically tutional rights, particularly a right Many ethnic groups, powerless fect to all arguable invocations of courts will back you up. If the disempowered groups, are at a dis- to counsel, has to be direct, un- groups, and men or women in the right to counsel, whether direct rules seem to give greater constitu- advantage in police interrogations. qualified, and unambiguous. powerless situations use the same or indirect. Dubbed the 'per se tional protection to some people, Unwittingly, she says, they are be- "So, 'I think I want a lawyer,' kinds of "linguistic register," doctrine,' this standard requires something very important about ing deprived of their constitutional or, 'Maybe I should talk to a law- Ainsworth says. That is, they use even ambiguous requests for American society is being sharply rights under the Fifth Amend- yer before I say anything more,' hedges instead of direct declarative counsel by an arrestee to be per se undercut. We premise our society ment by a standard that requires a or, 'If this is going any further, I statements, append tag questions effective invocations of the right to on an idea that the rights we have clear and unambiguous invocation want to talk to a lawyer,' aren't to soften the direct assertion, use counsel," and requires that at that are rights that all citizens can en- of the right to counsel. good enough. Any kind of qualifi- modal verbs such as "may" and point, police must cease all further joy and use. This case is important The case, Davis v. U.S., was cation has been seized upon by "might" to soften or undercut the interrogation. because it underscores the essen- argued before the Supreme Court some courts as rendering the invo- emphasis of a statement, avoid us- "Under this doctrine," she said, tial notion that rights must be uni- on March 25. While the case was cation ineffective and thereby al- ing imperatives, and tend to use a "the powerless would be accorded versally available and universally argued by an attorney from the lowing the police to continue rising inflection at the end of de- the same constitutional protections applied." Judge Advocate General's Corps, questioning." clarative statements. as the powerful." About her odyssey from law re- as the defendant was a Navy en- What prompted her to think The effect of these characteris- At the Supreme Court in view article author to Supreme listed man, Ainsworth had a criti- about the issue, she said, "was tics is to blunt the force of the March, the case involved a low- Court advocate, Ainsworth said, cal role in the case. She conferred asking whether there were rules in speech, to "convey uncertainty, to ranking Navy enlistee who, mid- "It's been exciting on two fronts." with counsel almost from the start, the law that were apparently neu- soften the presumptiveness of a di- way through interrogation said, "It's always exciting to have an wrote an amicus brief for the Na- tral with respect to gender, but rect statement, or to forestall op- "Maybe I should talk to a lawyer opportunity, even indirectly, to tional Association of Criminal De- nevertheless in practice allocated position. Each is a typical commu- before I talk to you anymore," but shape what the Court may think fense Attorneys, helped with the the benefits and the burdens of the nication strategy of the power- the interrogation continued un- about something, and by exten- reply brief, took part in the moot- law differently depending on less," she said. abated, Ainsworth explained. sion all the other courts in the ing (practice) that occurred on people's gender." Adoption of these strategies in Ainsworth's brief on behalf of country. But it's also intellectually March 24, and assisted at counsel "It was easy," she noted, "to police interrogations is not ran- the N a tiona! Association of Crim- exciting to have the opportunity to table for the argument. see that some areas of the law that ina! Defense Attorneys was neces- take an issue and frame it in two "It doesn't often happen that specifically deal with gender issues sary because the individual very different ways. To frame it you write a timely law review ar- such as pregnancy or rape, could charged is a white male and the first for a law review, and look at ticle that actually ends up before have an impact on women that brief written in support of his indi- how it fits into jurisprudence and the Supreme Court, but this is one was different from their impact on vidual situation was unlikely to legal scholarship; and then to take of those times," Ainsworth said in men. But I was looking for areas in represent other affected groups. the very same issue and reformu- an interview. late it in a way that is most effec- Ainsworth, a 1980 Harvard tive in presenting the issue for the Law School graduate who worked courts." for the Seattle-King County Pub- Reflecting on a broader theme, lic Defender's Office from 1980- Ainsworth said: "I think this expe- 1988, has argued before the Court rience also shows why, at the Law of Appeals and Supreme Court of_l ______J------l School, we so strongly encourage Washington as well as in federal faculty to be involved in scholar- district court and the Ninth Cir- ship as well as other kinds of ser- cuit Court of Appeals, but never vice. In fact, legal scholarship can the highest court. easily lead to activities that serve "As a Seattle public defender, I %JThe Yale both the legal community and the did a lot of appellate work. I filed general community and, even petition after petition for review more importantly, serve the inter- and never got so much as a nibble. Law Journal ests of social justice." So it's ironic that now when I'm in -Carole Schaffner academia I'll get my chance, at least vicariously, to live in the Su- preme Court. I could have prac- ticed for a hundred years and never gotten a case reviewed. In an ln a Different ~e~ist;~\ice Interrogation average year, out of thousands of The Pragmatics of Powerlessness 10 criminal cases that come from all over the country, the Court grants by review in under a dozen cases." )aflel £. Ainsworth Janet Ainsworth The heart of the issue discussed in Ainsworth's article and in the \03 y t\LE LJ. 259 case before the Supreme Court lies

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I n the world of legal writing, proached Little, Brown & Com- analysis for the particular answer Still, the theory behind the L egal writing instructor Marc it's undeniably a best seller. And pany, where she was told "what's and additional references to sug- book is to some extent a self- Lampson recently produced a it's no lightweight, this three- missing in the market is the com- gest to the students. teaching book. Instead of spending history of the 10 7-year -old King volume, 2090-page work de- prehensive book that does all three The materials in all of the sec- time in the classroom lecturing, County Bar Association. Titled signed for classroom use. The Le- in an integrated way." tions are comprehensive, a sort of the writing professors and the stu- "From Profanity Hill," the book gal Writing Handbook, written by The book, begun several years "smorgasbord of information," dents apply the text to specific in- was published by Documentary three UPS law teachers and pub- ago , has three distinct parts to it: and Enquist suggests that "you stances. Book Publishers Corporation and lished less than a year ago, is al- the first contains analysis written take what you need." Beyond Students are given fact patterns sells for $24.95. ready in its third printing and is by Oates, director of the Legal simply a textbook, it can be used in class, and the typical assign- Here is what the publisher has in use at more than three dozen Writing Program; research librar- by students or lawyers as a refer- ment is to write a memo or a brief. to say about Lampson's book: law schools across the country, ian Kunsch wrote the second part, ence book on legal writing. When questions arise during the "From Profanity Hill is a Pacific from NYU to Santa Clara, from "A Guide to Legal Research"; and Wanting to make the informa- process of writing the memo, the Northwest history for the intellec- Duke to Temple to Illinois, Mi- Enquist covered the final part, "A tion in the book "user friendly", students can turn to the book for tually curious. It is the story of the ami and Denver. Guide to Effective Writing and to the authors used a relatively infor- ways to answer. But, Kunsch King County Bar Association, and One professor from the other Correct Writing." mal style of writing, trying "to talk points out, "if you talk to 10 dif- the justice its members have either Washington, in an unsolicited let- What makes this book unique to the students much like we ferent lawyers who are all skilled at sought before the bar or dispensed ter, wrote,"! want to say at once is the "marriage of the three would talk to them in the class- research and give them a problem, from the bench. It is not just a me- what an absolutely stunning piece parts- the process part, there- room," said Enquist. "You want they might use 10 different meth- morial to those who trudged up of work is that marvelous triumvi- search component, and the refer- students to feel like you're their ods to begin research. So, you 'Profanity Hill,' the lawyers who rate. There can be no doubt that ence work," said Kunsch. guide, you're their mentor, you're want to make sure the students swore at its steepness as they lum- this is a landmark publication in Each part refers the student to on their side." understand that there are several bered up its face to the courthouse the field of legal writing. (It is) a other parts of the book when ques- Nevertheless, she continued, ways to do a problem." in the 1890s. Instead, it is the story fine contribution to all who labor tions arise. Kunsch calls it a "book "You can never replace a good Because students come from all of the law and the lawless, and the at any and all levels in the vine- form of hypertext, although you writing teacher. Writing is a pro- different sorts of backgrounds, the social, economic, and political yards of legal writing." do have to turn pages." Basically, cess and since it's an art and a book attempts to be comprehen- events that helped shape the Pa- For a number of years, the the book suggests methods for ap- skill, you learn it by doing it. You sive and reach the wide range of cific Northwest: Indian treaties, Puget Sound legal writing pro- proaching legal problems, pro- really don't learn it by reading students, Kunsch said. The idea is world wars, labor practices, prohi- gram has been recognized nation- vides ideas as to research strate- about it." to approach the book as a guide, to bition, internment, civil rights, ally as one of the best in the coun- gies, and then gives guidance for At the Law School, the legal experiment with different methods fishing rights, property rights, en- try. Through an intensive three good writing in a legal context. writing faculty spend the month of and find the one that works for vironmentallaw, and a legal view semesters, our instructors put their Kunsch is particularly proud of August developing writing in- them. of ecosystems. best efforts into teaching students the Practice Book, in which he structors as teachers. "Most of the The book was such a complete "Lawyers, lawsuits, and the how to write effectively. A con- wrote every problem with five dif- legal writing programs in the collaboration by the three authors, courts have played a major role in stantly vexing problem, says writ- ferent options "so that if the stu- country, I think it's true to say all who each commented on the oth- nearly every significant event in ing advisor Anne Enquist, was the dents were all in the same library, of them, would like to have the ers' parts, that Kunsch dubbed it Pacific Northwest history. Nearly lack of a good legal writing hand- they wouldn't be raiding the same kind of teacher preparation that we "the book that wouldn't die" be- all the old buildings still standing book. Some good books dealt with things." have here at Puget Sound," said cause of the number of times the in downtown have some legal his- analysis, others dealt with re- A singular feature of this book Enquist. manuscript went back and forth. tory at their foundations, some search, but none integrated re- lies in the answer key. Kunsch To bring the novice teacher as And even before the final para- noteworthy legal ghost haunting search, writing and analysis. worked through every problem close as possible to the level of the graph was written, a folder titled the halls. Nearly every major so- What was needed was a "true and provided commentary for ev- Law School teachers, the anno- "second edition" was growing. In cial event in the city has included process book," Enquist said. A ery answer. In a situation where tated Professor's Edition supplies it, Enquist has plans for bias-free the active involvement of mem- book that laid out the writing, re- the instructor isn't especially good sample syllabi, discusses key is- language, "which is essentially bers of the bar. search, and analysis process so that at doing research or doesn't under- sues about teaching legal writing, about language that does not have "Attorneys and their bar asso- a student, "much like an appren- stand the nature of the problem, and troubleshoots common prob- an inherent bias against minorities, ciation have benefited the city and tice, would be looking over the he'll find that Kunsch provides the lems that students ask. elderly, handicapped people, or its people- both rich and poor- shoulder of an expert researcher, people with different sexual pref- more than they have harmed analyst and writer in law and erences." them, and From Profanity Hill is would learn from following -Julie Yari '94 the story of their human enter- along." Out of that need, Enquist, pnse." Laurel Oates, and Kelly Kunsch collaborated to produce the 900- page centerpiece, The Legal Writ- ing Handbook, an accompanying 287-page Practice Book, and an annotated 900-page Professor's Edition. The idea for a legal writing book began when Enquist ap-

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M ichael Milken, junk active members from Washington could peer down at mountain A former King County senior "There was a quiet army of sol- bonds, T. Boone Pickens, corpo- state, he participated in "every goats. When we were ready to fly deputy prosecutor, Patricia Hall diers making changes in the very rate raiders and corporate take- minute of the corporate gover- back, after dinner at Sitka, a cloud Clark, joined the faculty of our fabric of American society: an overs- to those evocations of the nance debate, from 1980 to 1993." layer had formed. So we kind of Law Practice Clinic in Septem- army of lawyers. It is hard tore- 1980s you can add another idea: He has also been on the Wash- corkscrewed through the dense ber. A Tacoma native, she member in this day and age when an exciting time for corporate ington State Corporate Law Revi- clouds and as we broke out of the earned a bachelor of arts in social lawyers are continually maligned, law. That's how law professor sion Committee since its inception cloud layer suddenly we could see work, a master's in public ad- that the civil rights movement Douglas Branson characterizes 17 years ago, and has "overseen the tops of mountain peaks stick- ministration, and a juris doctor, owes much of its success to the le- the last decade's roller-coaster of the adoption of most business leg- ing up above the clouds and there all at the University of Washing- gal minds that fashioned the laws, corporate activity and the ensu- islation in this state." was an incredible full moon." ton. battled in the courts, and pushed ing legal and institutional "If you do any amount of cor- While corporate activity ap- As clinical professor oflaw, for legislation." changes. And while a learned porate planning or transactional pears to be quiescent now "be- Clark works with students in the Addressing the question of treatise on corporate governance work or corporate litigation, it will cause the takeover boom was qui- immigration law section, repre- what lawyers can do now to fur- is not "armchair reading," be a valuable book for you," he eted by the prosecution of Michael senting clients in asylum/suspen- ther King's ideals, she said: Branson admits, he knows that said. Milken, by the insider trading sion of deportation proceedings, "This country has just come legal scholars and corporate at- An active consultant in corpo- scandals on Wall Street, and by and with students in the law and through a period where, for what- torneys will appreciate the seven- rate and securities affairs, Branson the adoption in some 40 states of psychiatry course, representing ever reason, the dream has seemed year labors that have resulted in is the leading authority on corpo- anti-takeover statutes, there areal- clients who are patients at West- to stumble, its path uncertain, its his new book Corporate Gover- rate law aspects of Alaska native ready signs that we're going into ern State Hospital in 180-day- focus unclear. A climate was cre- nance. corporations. During the last year another boom, another wave of ex- commitment proceedings. ated that allowed the hate mongers Published by The Michie he made 10 trips to Alaska, argu- citing times in corporate law," "We've already had some suc- to resurface, swastikas again ap- Company in October 1993, the ing motions in federal district Branson said. cesses that I'm very proud of," she peared on churches, and even here book is a learned treatise, a refer- court in Juneau and spending a "And that's going to be true es- noted. in our sacred Northwest crosses ence work for law libraries and week on trial in Petersburg on a pecially in Europe. With the ad- "Students have done a terrific burned on front lawns. In minor- academicians, and an advanced case dealing with discrimination vent of a true Common Market in job in immigration court," she ity communities, youth turned in- text on corporate law subjects. among shareholders in the matter 1992, you can expect to see trans- said, citing examples of a man creasingly to gangs and guns, and With in-depth and up-to-date of dividends and distributions. national takeover bids with in- from Ghana who won the right to murder by handgun has become analysis of corporate governance "We won damages close to a creasing frequency in Europe," he become a permanent resident, and the number one killer of minority issues, the book is the first com- million dollars, but expect to re- said. a woman from Mexico whose seri- youth. Fear has taken control of prehensive work of this type since cover close to $3 million," he said. Corporate Governance, which ously ill baby could not have with- our neighborhoods and the night William Meade Fletcher's work, "It's a great deal of fun, going sells for $125, is "intended to be a stood travel back to that country. streets. I suggest that as a profes- The Encyclopedia of Corporations, up there," he said. "I stay with the comprehensive work that will take Working as part of a grant to sion and as people we do several published in the late 1930s. parish priest, who's a former air- its place on library shelves along- the Law School from the U.S. De- things. In the book, Branson presents line pilot. So Father Mike flies us side works like Williston on Con- partment of Education, Clark is "Above all we must somehow all that an attorney would need to out into the bush to take deposi- tracts, Prosser on Torts or also in the process of developing learn to respect each other for our provide directors with informed tions, and he flies us up to Juneau Gilmore on Commercial Law," clinical components for the sub- strengths and our differences. advice on a wide range of issues to use the law library, and often Branson said. For the next edition, stantive courses on land use and "We must continue our watch- such as the election of directors; we'll fly for an hour without seeing he intends to expand the work to environmental law. These clinics dog function to ensure that the ex- contested elections; the business a road or telephone pole or any two volumes and add some topics involve development of manuals, isting human rights protections are judgment rule; protecting direc- sign of people. At times, it's al- that deal with class action litiga- study guides, workshops, classes, not eroded. tors through indemnification, con- most like an episode of 'Northern tion, federal proxy rules and oth- mock trials and most importantly, "The talent and intellect repre- tract, charter provisions, and in- Exposure.' ers. the components in which students sented by the legal profession is surance; along with the American "I've been to Alaska maybe 30 "I suppose that will be my ef- represent indigent clients. enormous. Those attributes need Law Institute monitoring model. times, but mostly what I see is the fort at immortality," he mused. Before her faculty appointment, to be shared with the community, He also discusses recent attempts inside of a courtroom or a confer- Clark served for six years in the not sequestered in law firms, law to amend the Model Business ence room. But after one trial, Fa- King County Prosecutor's Office, schools, the courts, or other bas- Corporation Act and the Ameri- ther Mike flew us over to Sitka, most recently as senior deputy tions of the legal community. We can Law Institute's controversial which lies on Baranof Island, fac- prosecutor, responsible for pros- must get involved in shaping and Corporate Governance Project. ing the Gulf of Alaska. We flew ecuting a series of Class A felonies. implementing the solutions to Branson is one of only a dozen up through snow-capped peaks, She also supervised junior deputies today's problems through actual people in the country who were and through valleys where we in the Juvenile Division. participation in the communities "at the juncture of all the develop- A member of the Moot Court in which we live and work. ing trends," he said. Elected in Honor Board, the Order of the "We must examine the impli- 1980 to the American Law Insti- Barrister, the Loren Miller Bar cations of the law through the lens tute where he is one of only two Association, the Washington State of human rights. Bar Association, and the faculty of "And on a personal level, we the National Institute of Trial At- must stand up and be counted torneys, Clark received the King when our organizations and insti- County Humanitarian Award in tutions act to deny diversity, to 1993. foster sexism and gay bashing, to In March, she was asked by the falsely stereotype people and cul- Black Law Student Association to tures. speak at the Law School's celebra- "Martin said, 'Every step to- Douglas Branson tion of Martin Luther King, Jr. ward the goal of justice requires Speaking on the role that lawyers sacrifice, suffering, struggle; the and the legal profession should tireless exertions and passionate play in furthering King's dream, concern of dedicated individuals.' she stressed that "Martin's dreams "We as lawyers must strive to encompassed all the peoples of the be those dedicated individuals,'' world. His was a vision that stirred she concluded. the yearnings for freedom and jus- tice in every corner of civiliza- tion." She reminded the audience that while King was in the streets, keeping the focus on injustice, "he didn't actually make the changes that were being written into law."

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Twice cited as among the most Appropriate Default Rule: Insider Law-Related Education, will be ing methods and why they are ef- American Law Teachers Confer- prolific faculties in the country for Trading Under State Law," ap- published by West Publishing fective, to be published spring ence at the Santa Clara University their many articles in law-related peared in the A labama Law Re- Company in 1994. 1994 by West Publishing. She co- School of Law in October. journals, our faculty have again V!ew. "The Newsperson's Privilege: conducted a session on "Innova- In the fall , associate professor been keeping the printers happy. Terms and Concepts in Wills, Protecting the New Elite," penned tive Pedagogical Strategies for Eric A. Chiappinelli participated Here 's a rundown of some of the Trusts & Estates, a book by pro- by professor James E. Beaver Creating a Safe and Diverse in a nationwide Train-the- Trainer subjects they've been writing and fessor Mark Reutlinger, was (with Eric A. Aaserud, Esq.), ap- Learning Environment: Perspec- Program, a workshop to develop talking about. published by Little, Brown & peared in the January 1994 issue of tives from Legal Education Aca- materials to train new and ex peri- Company in 1993. the Willamette Law Review. An- demic Support Programs" at the enced securities arbitrators that is Clinical professor John B. "Legal Writing: A Revised other article by Beaver, "Stormy National Institutes on Issues in sponsored by the National Asso- Mitchell presented a paper on View," an article by J. Christo- Seas: Survey of the New Oil Pollu- Teaching and Learning Confer- ciation of Securities Dealers. He "The Advocate's Mind" for the pher Rideout, associate director tion Laws of the West Coast ence at the University of Chicago also participated in an NASD ar- International Conference on Law of the Legal Writing Program, ap- States," will appear in the Santa in November. She also presented bitrator training session on "Stat- and Lawyering, co-sponsored by peared in the January 1994 issue of Clara Law Review in 1994. "Strategies for Changing Institu- utes of Limitations in Securities UCLA School of Law and Uni- the Washington Law Review. Director of the Academic Re- tional Culture: The Role of Aca- Arbitrations" in Seattle in Decem- versity of Liverpool in Lake Clinical professor Margaret source Center Paula Lustbader demic Support Programs" and co- ber. Windermere, England. Armancas-Fisher's book, Com- co-authored "Perspectives," an ar- developed and co-facilitated three "Labor, Loyalty, and the Cor- An article, "The Role of the munity Service Learning Guide to ticle on auditory and visual teach- training sessions at the Society of porate Campaign," was the sub- Legislature in Guidelines Sentenc- ject of associate professor ing in 'The Other Washington"' Melinda J. Branscomb's article by associate professor David that is in the current issue of the Boerner appeared in the Wake Boston University Law Review. She Forest Law Review. He also wrote also was a guest speaker on "Me- "Bringing Law to Sentencing," for ANOTHER OPENING IN ANOTHER COUNTRY diation" at El I Centro de Ia Raza in the Federal Sentencing Reporter. Seattle in the fa ll. The chapter on "Ethics" in the Among the recent writings of 1 994 Washington Deskbook was T he multi-talented David lapse of self-realization into self- meeting of the American Political assistant professor Geoffrey R. written by associate professor Skover has been stirring up audi- gratification, they argued .... Science Association in New York Watson are "Constitutionalism, John A. Strait. ences from Cambridge, Mass., to Collins and Skover took issue with City in September. They'll be the Judicial Review, and the World The Washington Practice Seattle and he's been invited to scholars who say pornography only law professors taking part in a Court" for the Harvard Interna- Manual recently published by do the same in New York City in should be protected under the panel on "Pleasure, Profit and tional Law journal and "The Pas- Butterworth Legal Publishers con- the fall and Barcelona, Spain, in First Amendment in the name of Public Expression." sive Personality Principle" for the tains a chapter on "Washington December. deliberative democracy and as a Then, in December, Skover Texas International Law journal. State and Local Taxes," written by At Harvard Law School in No- means toward self-realization. and Collins will go international Chair of the Washington At- professor Sheldon S. Frankel. vember, when Professor Skover 'That is a lie,' Collins said. 'Por- when they present a paper titled torney General's Task Force on During the last year, professor appeared with co-author Ronald nography is protected not to pro- "Deliberative Democracy and De- Consumer Protection for 1993- Kenneth R. Wing wrote the L. Collins of the George Wash- tect self-realization but to protect liberate Lies: Noble and Ignoble 1994, clinical professor Betsy chapter on "The Economic and ington University National Law the capitalist culture, which de- Justification for Free Speech" at a Hollingsworth also served on the Policy Environment of Health Center at a symposium sponsored pends so heavily on sexualized im- symposium on freedom of speech Washington Attorney General's Care" for the book, Health Care by the Harvard Law Review, they agery."' organized by the Justice Depart- Task Force on Alternative Dis- Corporate Law. Additionally, he drummed up a hearty debate with An article based on their pre- ment of the Generalitat de pute Resolution. Among her many wrote the article "Principles and their presentation on "The Porno- sentation will appear in the April Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. presentations were: "Defense of Principals of the Abortion Com- graphic State." Speaking as part of issue of the Harvard Law Review. The General Director, Pablo Sal- Misdemeanor Practice" at a pro- promise" for the journal of Health a panel asking "Does the State Re- So persuasive had Skover and vador Coderch, discussed the gram sponsored by Washington Politics, Policy and Law, and "The ally Matter?," Skover and Collins Collins been in developing their works of Skover and Collins on Association of Criminal Defense Right to Health Care in the "delivered one of the most pro- thesis on the new First Amend- commercial speech, the television Lawyers; "Effective Negotiation United States" for the Annals of vocative presentations of the con- ment of mass consumerist self- culture and the First Amendment Strategies for Women Lawyers" at H ealth Law. ference," said the Harvard Law gratification earlier in the lead ar- in his book El Derecho de Ia a program sponsored by Washing- Calling on her medical and le- Record. While Collins posited that ticle of the March 1993 Texas Law Libertad (1993).The paper will ton Women Lawyers and King gal knowledge, associate professor a serious threat to democracy Review, they had provoked are- also be delivered at the Universitat County Bar Association, and "Al- Annette E. Clark was on a panel comes not from some imagined sponse in Adweek Magazine, Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona. ternative Dispute Resolution Ba- discussing "Legal Constitutional Orwellian controls but "from an where the editor devoted a page to At home, Skover recently com- sics" at the Washington Attorney Issues Raised by the Washington increasing! y commercialized, outlining what he called their pleted a memorandum to be used General's Conference. Health Services Act" at the Wash- eroticized culture," the Record said "chilling thought... stripping com- in the Hands-Off Washington liti- Professor John Q. La Fond ington Health annual conference that "Skover identified mass con- mercial speech of all its constitu- gation against Initiatives 610 and wrote an invited Op-Ed piece on in Seattle. sumerism, a propensity for self- tional protections." While conced- 608. Among other causes of action, Washington's sexual predator law, Associate professor Janet gratification rather than self- real- ing that the advertising industry the Hands-Off litigation chal- "Protect Everyone's Rights," for Ainsworth reports that her earlier ization, and abuse of technological "ought to take to heart some of the lenges the ballot status of the ini- USA Today in December. La article, "Re-Imagining Childhood advances as potential threats to de- criticisms of scholars like Collins tiatives as violative of the Republi- Fond appeared on several radio and Reconstructing the Legal Or- liberative democracy." Both ar- and Skover and look at the moral- can Guaranty Clause of the U.S. and television programs, includ- der: The Case for Abolishing the gued that "self-realization and de- ity and responsibility of advertis- Constitution. ing: KUOW Seattle Afternoon, Juvenile Court," written for the liberative democracy" are inti- ing practices," the editor decried And, from February 17 to CBC Prime Time News, KING North Carolina Law Review, is be- mately connected in traditional governmental restraints on adver- March 12, Skover performed as News-Talk Radio, ABC Evening ing reprinted in S. Randall notions of First Amendment val- tising as "cultural tyranny through the tenor of the Liebeslieder News, CNN The Larry King Humm, ed., The Child, the Fam- ues, and that "pornographic dis- a back door." Quintet in Seattle Civic Light Show, National Public Radio's ily, and the State, (Temple Uni- course " is the antithesis of Skover and Collins will take Opera's production of Stephen Talk of the Town, CNN Headline vers ity Press, forthcoming spring "Madisohian discourse." their provocative thesis outside le- Sondheim's "A Little Night Mu- News, CBS 48 Hours, ABC 1994). Said the Record: "The gal circles when they present a pa- sic." Nightline, and ABC Network Professor Thomas J. Hol- sexualization of imagery for com- per on "Freedom of Expression News. dych's article, "Standards for Es- mercial and entertainment pur- and Pornotopia" at the annual tablishing Deceptive Conduct Un- poses leads to the inevitable col- der State Deceptive Trade Prac- tices Statutes," will be published in the Winter 1994 issue of the Oregon Law Review. His article, "Pharmaceutical Companies' Li- ability Under State Deceptive Trade Practices Statutes," ap- peared in Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy; Product Liabil- ity Law and Strategy, published in October. Professor Douglas M. Branson's article, "Choosing the 13 FOUNDING FACULTY LETTER GoLD MARK INTERN BRINGS THOUGHTS & THANKS WILL AID HoMELEss FROM FORMER STUDENTS MENTALLY ILL

uYou were all leaders ... " Satisfying summer assignment . ..

F ollowing quickly in the wake of the Nov. 8 announcement was a letter from the founding faculty- W.nner of the prestigious director of the Legal Foundation James Beaver, Tom Holdych, Richard Settle, Anita Steele and John Weaver- to UPS law alums. Ex- Goldmark Equal Access to Jus- of Washington, presented the pressing "a deep sense ofloss for the Tacoma area bar and the community," they expressed optimism tice Internship is law student award to Carlisle, who will work about the prospects for the Law School's merger with Seattle University. "Our new affiliation with Seattle Todd Carlisle '95. Awarded by this summer with the King University promises to be the next great step in our journey to become one of the nation's premiere law the Legal Foundation of Wash- County Bar Association to en- schools. To us , it means kinds and levels of institutional support we never have known. Since we have ington, the internship was named hance the delivery of legal services been assured that the Law School would play a central role in the Seattle University mission, we will be after Charles A. Goldmark, who to the homeless mentally ill in regarded as a flagship graduate program for the first time in our history. In that role, we anticipate a was the Foundation's second King County. His work will in- mutually beneficial relationship with the Northwest's largest, most diverse independent college .... Only president at the time of his mur- clude: evaluating the current de- our outer shell will change in the form of a new, state-of-the-art building, located in an educational der in January 1986. Awarded to livery oflegal services to the men- environment that promises to nurture and respect who we are and what we have to offer. As alumni/ae of one person per summer, the in- tally ill client; conducting a legal our Law School, your accomplishments, and their contribution to the reputation we enjoy today, deserve ternship was created both as a needs assessment of mentally ill nothing less." Below are a few responses from graduates. If you didn't receive the letter from founding tribute to Gold mark and as an clients in King County; develop- faculty, call the Deans' Office at 206-591-2273 and we'll send you one. encouragement to young lawyers ing a legal services delivery plan; to emulate his ardent commit- and creating a manual to aid vol- ment to equal access to the jus- unteer attorney representation of Dear Professor Beaver: Dear Professors: tice system. Competition for the the mentally ill client. This is a letter of support from a 1991 alumnus who, like yourself, I am responding to your recent award is open to all second-year Under supervision by King was surprised to learn of the change in affiliation of the Law School from letter regarding the take over of law students and to recent gradu- County Bar Association staff and the University of Puget Sound to Seattle University. our law school by Seattle Univer- ates from an accredited law co-chairs of the King County Bar's The administration never should have dropped a bomb on the school sity. As a member of the UPS school. Homeless Committee, Carlisle in the manner it did. However, the result may not be bad-only the fu- South Tacoma Way School of A 1987 graduate of the Univer- will represent mentally ill clients. ture wi ll determine the outcome. Law Class of 1978 I know fu ll well sity of California/Santa Barbara The Legal Foundation of Hang in there. I just wanted to express my appreciation for having the feelings you expressed. More- with a B.A. in political science, he Washington is dedicated to the been in your class-even though it was recent, it seems like eons ago. over, as an attorney and professor is a member of the UPS Law Re- provision of equal access to the Mark E. Bender '91 at Western Illinois University for vtew. civil justice system by funding le- Mineaola, New York the past fifteen years I have expe- Prior to law school, Carlisle gal and educational programs for rienced the UPS "cold shoulder" worked with children in a treat- low-income persons. Foundation Dear Professors Settle, Beaver, Weaver, Holdych and Steele: in my efforts, as a pre-law advisor, ment program as a residential grantees serve more than 20,000 As both a member of the graduating class of 1974 and a recent ap- to establish a professional relation- counselor for the Ruth Dykeman low-income people throughout the pointee to the Law School Board of Visitors, I thank you for your letter ship with my alma mater. Children's Center. He also worked state of Washington each year. of November 20, 1993. When I attended the November 12, 1993, Board Nonetheless, while at South as an information and referral spe- of Visitors meeting in Seattle, I became aware of some of the tensions be- Tacoma Way I had the privilege cialist for the Crisis Clinic, where tween the Law School and the undergraduate school and the strong posi- to study with the finest: Professors he assessed clients and referred tive feelings of the faculty relating to the new association with Seattle Nock, Beaver, Holdych, Meyers, those in need to social service, University. For many reasons, it was very important that you conveyed Ohlman, Weaver, and Stevens to health, and welfare agencies. these feelings to alumni and others. Your letter was timely and well name but a few. In those days Last summer, Carlisle worked done. there was constant consternation as a clerk with the Transportation I wish you the best during the transition and look forward to provid- among all who labored beneath Division of the Washington State ing whatever support I can from Minneapolis. the roar of C-141s about the lack Attorney General's Office. Nevin R. Harwood '74 of institutional support. But, we Barbara Clark '75 , executive Minneapolis, Minnesota persevered, the faculty and stu- dents, with the wise and patient Dear friends: guidance of Dean Sinclitico. It was Thank you for your correspondence of November 20, 1993, concern- he who, at one of the many infor- ing the rather surprising "change in affiliation" as you quaintly put the mal gripe sessions, provided the matter of the law school's joining Seattle University. I wish you well. personal inspiration to continue You were all leaders as far as the students were concerned in my time and whose words echoed as I read (1980- 1983) and you've done nothing to dispel that notion in my mind. both the terse official announce- As I read your letter I was reminded of an antitrust matter I worked ment and your most human follow on several years ago when I was practicing law. I'd wake up in the up letter: "Four walls do not an middle of night thinking about libel law, the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, education make," he said. Indeed! and why the hell lawyers had to make telling someone off so damned The education I received at the consequential, sometimes, but not all of the time. When you add up the University of Puget Sound School Todd Carlisle '95 hourly charges, in any event, a good fist fight might make as much sense of Law was outstanding. Accord- as trying to figure out the law of libel. ingly, my allegiance has been, and Of course, the trouble with thinking about libel law is that, if you are, will remain with those who taught it probably means there's someone in your life who could use a good me, be it at the South Tacoma confrontation. Nobody said it was going to be easy. My recollection of Way School of Law, the Norton the central campus, unfortunately, brings to mind libel law. I certainly Clapp Law Center or the Seattle appreciate the care that went into your letter. University Law School. Blair P. Bremberg '83 Best wishes as you embark on a Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia new era and thank you for your commitment to excellence. We Dear Professor Beaver: who were your students continue I am a 1976 graduate of the Law School. I began classes Fall1973. to draw strength from your ex- I want to express to you and to the other faculty members who wrote ample. a letter to all graduates from the founding members of the Law School Steven D. Rittenmeyer '78 faculty my appreciation for your letter and explanation. There are a Chicago, Illinois number of UPS Law School graduates over the north central Washing- ton area where I practice and we were all quite surprised to learn of the sale of the Law School. I appreciate your remarks regarding the future of the Law School at Seattle University. Thanks again for the letter. It is making the news a little easier to accept. R. John Sloan, Jr. ' 76 Omak, Washington

Anita Steele

John Weaver

Richard Settle James Beaver 14 ALUM NOTES: FROM AROUND THE wORLD WE GET NEws ABOUT JoBs & CoMPANIES & BooKs, PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL & jAPANESE GHOSTS Also, a monologist at the Fringe Theater Festival & a manager with Alice in Chains . ..

1970s Washington State Environmental Abrevaya (Abbey) '87. the Police Misconduct and Civil commission, which investigates George T. Cowan '78 and part- Hearings Office and will do a lim- Nancy Conaway-Raczka '80 Liberties Law Report. and acts on complaints concerning ners, all formerly of Graham & ited amount of consulting work in was elected deputy mayor of Coast Guard Cmdr. Roger judges' alleged misconduct or dis- Dunn in Seattle, have formed a the municipal and environmental Middletown, Conn. W. Bogue '84 recently reported ability. new corporation called Cowan & areas. Professor Tom Galligan '81 for duty at Joint Task Force Four, Kelley Olwell '88 has returned Gandara, which has entered into The "Boss of the Year" award, of Louisiana State University had Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla. to her roots. Formerly a SeaTac a newly formed partnership with given annually by the Tacoma- an especially productive sabbatical Bogue joined the Coast Guard in assistant city attorney, Kelley has the Tacoma law firm of Pierce County Legal Secretaries leave last fall. He published a 1975. returned to her hometown of Vandeberg & Johnson. The part- Association, was presented to monograph on Duty/Risk, several Leaving Nintendo of America, Yakima where she now serves as a nership will be called Vandeberg, Michael J. McKasy '76 in No- articles on a variety of topics, and J. Kevin Cahill '80 has taken a deputy prosecutor for Yakima Johnson & Gandara with offices vember. continues to work on Treatise on position as corporate attorney for County. in both Seattle and Tacoma. David Bufalini '77 and Louisiana Tort Law. Microsoft Corporation in Red- D. Blake Steward '88 is now In November Mark Soine '75 Stephen Bulzomi '85 were fea- Sharon M. Brown '80 has mond. Also making a career move working for Frito-Lay as their cor- was elected to the Everett tured recently in the Washington joined the Richland firm of Cowan is Jeffrey McNamara '89 who porate security manager. Steward (Wash.) City Council. journal as part of its "Small Walker Johnson Moore Nickola & has joined the Seattle office of is responsible for directing nation- Lane Archibald '77, president Firms" edition. Messina Bufalini Heye, P.S. as an associate while Lane Powell Spears Lubersky. wide security efforts for corporate and general counsel for Bonneville Bulzomi located in Tacoma re- Kerry Brink '88 has joined forces McNamara practices admiralty headquarters in Plano, Texas. He Land & Title Co. in Idaho Falls, ceived recognition for its personnel with newly formed Vandeberg, and maritime law and before law also lets us know that he was mar- reports that he enjoys working practices, team concept, and abil- Johnson & Gandara in Tacoma. school was a commercial fisher- ried in August to Eva Marie Davis with developers of residential and ity to take on complex personal in- Moving from the Bellevue firm man. in Seattle. commercial properties. He men- jury cases. The Tacoma firm has Revelle Hawkins, Stephen D. Lt. Col. Michael Galt '84 has During the Federal Bar Asso- tions that the company was the relocated to new offices on Or- Fisher '80 has joined the Seattle been promoted from Legal Advi- ciation Convention in New Or- first computerized title company chard Street in a building it pur- firm Stoel Rives Boley Jones & sor to the United Nations Com- leans, Major Susan S. Gibson '84 in the state of Idaho and now does chased and remodeled. Grey as counsel in the corporate, mand in Seoul, South Korea, to was one of five awarded the Fed- business in several counties. Recently promoted to the se- finance & securities, and technol- Legal Advisor to the Cornman- eral Bar Association Younger Fed- Helping to expand understand- nior management position of ogy groups. dant of the Marine Corps on Op- era! Lawyer Award. Gibson is ing of Native American culture, Corporate Secretary at the Recently re-elected president of erational Matters in Washington, currently serving in the Army as Timothy Blake '79 of the U.S. Weyerhaeuser Company, Sandy the board of trustees of the Seattle D.C. the senior defense counsel in Courts Library in Phoenix pre- McDade '79 continues to serve as Children's Theatre for a one-year Steven J. Brown '81 has Seoul, South Korea. She expects to sented an informational workshop senior legal counsel for the com- term, Craig Schuman '85, asso- joined Troutlodge, Inc. in return to the States in July to begin on "Native American Culture: pany, where he has worked since ciate with the Seattle firm Ryan, Sumner. The firm makes trout work on an LL.M. at the Army The Next Decade." It included a 1980. As Corporate Secretary, he Swanson & Cleveland, says, fishing supplies and has business Judge Advocate General's School bibliography that he co-compiled is responsible for corporate gover- "We've just opened a brand-new dealings worldwide. Another alum in Charlottesville, Va. of the Phoenix library's holdings nance matters, communication theatre that is the envy of all the- on the move, Jeffrey M. Sayre Roy Umlauf '85 has formed a on Native Americans and the law. with directors, officers and share- atres in the city." '89 has become a partner with the new litigation defense firm and is Georgia Gulf Corporation an- holders, as well as compliance and Sharon Nichols '80 has re- Law Office of Matt Sayre in Se- the managing shareholder of nounced the promotion of Joel I. regulatory matters. McDade is turned to the practice of law after a attle. Formerly with Perkins Coie, Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. Associ- Beerman '74 to the position of chairman of the Washington State five-year sabbatical. She practices Sayre says the father/ son general ates in the firm include John P. vice-president, general counsel Bar Association's Corporate Law with Marilyn Nitteberg '88 in practice team will become known Hayes '91 and Karen Horn- and secretary. Beerman will be re- Department section and a member Mount Vernon. as the Sayre Law Offices. beck '92. Umlauf is also the chair sponsible for all legal matters per- of the Corporate Act Revision A new shareholder with "I've been busy with a wide ar- of the Washington Defense Law- taining to the corporation as well Committee. Robbins & Green in Phoenix, ray of activities," says Ron yers Insurance Committee. Grant as human resource functions. Ariz. is Sharon Nichols '80. Sordahl, Jr. '87. "First, I've trav- Lingg '94 and Michelle Tacoma's Charles M. 1980s Performing as a monologist, eled throughout most of]apan Flanagan '94 are presently work- Granoski '74 has been elected Tim Bradshaw '88 has been JeffShafton '88 will have a one- along with a few neighboring ing as law clerks at the new firm. president of the American Hu- promoted to senior deputy pros- man show in March at the Seattle countries; second, I've been train- mane Association's board of direc- ecuting attorney for the Seattle- Fringe Theater Festival. ing college professors and profes- 1990s tors. Granoski has served on the King County Prosecutor's Office Although her litigation practice sionals for international confer- Alma Golazeski '91 will be local Humane Society board since in the Criminal Division. keeps Lynne Wilson '87 very ences; third, I've done some trans- spending the next several months 1982. Being a hospice volunteer for busy, she makes time for other lating; fourth, I have researched in Romania as a management de- John Buckwalter '76 has re- Swedish Hospital is both reward- law-related activities. Recently ap- and written on such subjects as in- velopment and technology trans- tired from his position as adminis- ing and time consuming for Joan pointed president of the Seattle ternational trade, Sumo, Japanese fer specialist through the U.S. trative appeals judge with the chapter of the National Lawyers ghosts, and hot springs; and lastly, Agency for International Devel- Guild, Wilson was also appointed I've made a few brief appearances opment. by the Seattle City Council to the on Japanese TV." Gregory Overstreet '93 has Police-Community Relations Christine Lamson '85 has be- joined Suelthaus & Kaplan as an A "CAN DO" GRAD Task Force. She had an article come a shareholder at Skellenger associate in their Belleville, Ill. of- NAMED DEPUTY A.G. titled "The Public's Right of Ac- Bender Mathias & Bender in Se- fice. In Seattle, Claudia Craw- cess to Police Misconduct Files" attle. Susan Stanley '81 has be- ford '93 has joined Short Cress- published in the Jan/Feb issue of gun her solo law practice on Mer- man & Burgess as an associate. cer Island. Her primary areas of - Continued on next page- T he resources divisions of the state Attorney General's Office are practice are creditor-debtor and now in the capable hands of Shirley Battan '76, who was named bankruptcy law. deputy attorney general in early January. In appointing Battan, Attor- Recently appointed to the Judi- ney General Christine Gregoire noted that "Shirley will be a great ad- cia! Conduct Commission, dition to the Executive Team because of her style, attitude and Margo Keller '82 is the first skills." Noting that Battan has served 12 years in the AG's Office, in- woman to hold a position on the cluding service as an assistant AG in the education division and in the special litigation division, as division chief of the agriculture parks di - vision, and as chief of the urban and agricultural resources division, G regoire added that Battan "has valuable insights from working with our smaller divisions, and believes the staff of the AG's Office is our most important asset. Shirley is a good communicator. She is a 'can do' person who is willing to reach out and listen to all staff, make de- cisions and get things done. " A cum laude graduate, Battan will over- see the divisions of ecology, fisheries and wildlife, natural resources, urban and agricultural resources, as well as a new division of labor Joel Beerman '74 and personnel. In addition to her service at the AG's Office, Battan worked as a partner in the Olympia law firm of Andrews & Moore from 1983 to 198 5.

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- Continued from last page- October. Passed the Bar in No- Soundgarden. Her responsibilities vember. Got a job in December include overseeing production of C ongratulations to the following alumni/ ae elected to serve on a Leaving the Attorney General's (currently practicing Public Edu- both bands, LPs, assisting band variety of boards: Office, Hugh Barber '90 is now cation Law) and moved again the members in personal/ professional a deputy prosecuting attorney for day after Christmas." decisions, overseeing touring, and Tacoma-Pierce County Young Lawyers the Seattle-King County Leisa Solt-Wolf '93 has determining publicity campaigns. President Julie Weigand-Johnson '88 Prosecutor's Office. Barber also started her own law practice in Se- Jim Butler '92 has been ad- President-Elect Wayne Fricke '86 continues to teach Criminal Law attle. She will handle family law, mitted to the Alaska Bar, the Fed- Treasurer Felicia Malsby '92 and Wills & Trusts part-time at estate planning, collection/ de- eral Court for the District of Trustees Kathryn Carman-Comfort '89 Seattle University. Anita Booker fense, small business, and appel- Alaska, and the Washington State Martin Duenhoelter '89 '93 is also a prosecutor, but with late matters. Laurie A. Daviess Bar. He also had a Law Review ar- the Pierce County Prosecutor's '92 has joined the Richland firm of ticle published in the Santa Clara Washington Women Lawyers State Board Office. Cowan Walker Johnson Moore Law Review. His primary area of Treasurer Dina Yunker '86 In December Bernardean Nickola & Heye, P.S. as an associ- practice is disaster planning and Vice President Broadous '90 was honored at the ate. response for corporate and mu- Gender and Justice Petrea Knudsen Reilly '91 Capitol Dome in O lympia as an In August Brian Bodine '91 nicipal clients in Washington and Vice President Outstanding Citizen for Thur- completed a two year clerkship Alaska. Publicity Anne Bremner '82 ston County. Broadous spends with the Honorable Joseph F. Patricia Prouty Wood '92 is Vice President many volunteer hours working for Baca, Justice of the New Mexico working as a program manager for Special Events Jeanne Marie Clavere '87 violence prevention. Supreme Court. Upon comple- Donnelly Corporation, an interna- Franklin & Bersin of Seattle tion, Bodine moved back to Seattle tional company which deals in Pierce County Washington Women Lawyers have announced that Michael A. and began a clerkship with the molded and coated glass products President Heidi Horst '87 Raskasky '92 has joined their R. Honorable Carolyn Dimmick, for the automotive and electronics Secretary Anne Solwick '92 firm as an associate. Graham & U.S. District Judge. industries. As a program manager, Dunn welcomed Maren Gaylor Gerald F. Robison, '93 has Wood is "responsible for manag- East King County Bar Association '93 as an associate in the firm's begun solo practice in Seattle, ing all aspects of new program de- President Valerie Knecht Hoff '78 real estate practice group. Paul sharing office space with fellow velopment and all revisions to ex- Chuey '93 has joined Skellenger alum David Krull '92. Robison isting programs for the interior Snohomish County Bar Association Bender Mathias Bender in Se- & was elected to the board of direc- Mirror Division." President Scott Decker '78 attle as an associate. tors for MHCP (Manufactured Lundberg & Peschel, P.S., of Ken Levey '91 is celebrating Housing Community Seattle, Preserva- have announced that King County Washington Women Lawyers his one year anniversary in solo tionists), an organization which Cydney Campbell '93 has be- President Cheryl! Russell '84 practice. Levey says, "So far, so saves and operates mobile home come an associate. The law firm good. I enjoy the practice of law parks for low income home own- emphasizes personal injury law more than I thought that I ers. and litigation, real estate law and would! " Fallowing a year as law clerk to business related matters. Nancy W. Anderson '92, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Lucy Keenan-Williams '93, Bryan in the Western District of IN MEMORIAM Tammy Lewis '92, and Stephen Washington, Gail A. FROM AN OFFICE IN OLYMPIA TO VanDerhoef '90 have joined McMonagle '92 has joined Janice V. Hoon '84 on Decem- ON WATCH IN EL SALVADOR Lane Powell Spears Lubersky in George, Hull, Porter & Kohli in ber 31,1993 Seattle as associates, while Bar- Seattle, where her practice will em- Diane M. Huey '78 on January bara Deurwaarder '92 has be- phasize general civil litigation and 9, 1994 T rading the cool of the Cas- ties as well as watching polling come an associate at the firm of general business matters. cades for the sun of San Salvador, places in all fourteen depart- Morse & Bratt in Vancouver, Currently playing professional Shirley Ort '86 spent the latter ments. Because March is the hot- Wash. Her practice emphasizes basketball in Germany, Scott REUNION CALL part of March in El Salvador, ob- test month in El Salvador, par- family law and criminal defense. Hilbers '93 says "it seemed pru- FOR THE serving democratic elections ticipants were warned that on the All is well with Paul Minney dent to follow this path while my there. Deputy Director of the March 20 election day they '93, who "moved back to Cal. in knees are still young enough to al- CLASS OF '84 Higher Education Coordinating would be required to stand out- June. Took the Cal. Bar in July. low it. And besides, the law will be Board for the state of Washing- side for twelve hours in the hot Got married to Valerie (who around whenever I return." ton, Ort was part of the U.S. sun. Creation of the U.N. Ob- helped put me through law school Reporting that her attorney S aturday, June 18, 1994. It's Citizens Elections Observation server Mission, expected to re- - she worked for the Puget Sound skills have "certainly come in a party. Come and see your Mission, a group of some 500 port to the U .S. government, the Legal Assistance Foundation) in handy negotiating with the record former classmates at the persons organized by a coalition international community and the labels," Mary Elizabeth Kohl Canterwood Golf & Country of 2 5 organizations that have news media, was mandated as '90 is the associate manager of the Club in Gig Harbor. There- taken on the responsibility to part of the truce in El Salvador. Seattle band Alice in Chains and union begins with a 6:00 p.m no- monitor Salvadoran elections in a Ort learned of the opportunity SAVE the executive assistant to the band host bar, followed by a tasty buf- professional and nonpartisan through the World Peace THE DATE fet dinner at 7:00p.m. I manner. Observers scrutinized Through Law section of the state campaigning and run-off activi- bar.

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