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Family Ties

Golden Gate University Graduates Talk About Working in Family Law

Also: Arlin Armstrong: an appreciation _____, 0..._.-E ---..L2A..__.N....__~S..__-----'M.._.__...... E._... S S A G E

udy McKelvey, one of my distinguished predecessors as dean of Golden Gate

University School of Law is retiring after teaching here for more than 30 years.

Judy's impact on this law school is enormous. Her love for the school, combined

with her zestful energy, drive, and great reputation in the legal community were

all powerful forces that she used effectively to enhance Golden Gate as a first-rate

institution that turns out many of the finest lawyers in the profession. She is a truly classy

person and hers is a hard act for me and her other successor deans to follow.

This issue of Class Action features Judy on her retirement. It has been a joy for me to write Judy's profile, which

appears on page 2. Please be sure to let us know if you can attend a special luncheon in Judy's honor. See page 5

for details.

Family law is also featured in this issue. From the words of many alumni of Golden Gate University School of Law,

we learn about the challenges, opportunities, and rewards of working in this area of the law. These attorneys are the

powerhouses of cutting-edge practices in an area of law that deeply affects the lives of many people.

Finally, be sure to take a look at our new centennial logo (below). The year 2001 will mark the lOOth anniversary

of Golden Gate University School of Law. We plan to celebrate the year with a lot of pizazz, and the logo is a

promise of things to come.

Sincerely,

Peter G. Keane Dean

SCHOOL OF LA"W 1 9 0 1 - 2 0 0 1 CLAss Acti on CONTENTS F A L L 1 9 9 9

FEATURES

2 Judy McKelvey Honoring Dean Emeritus and Professor Judy McKelvey as she retires

6 FamHy Ties Golden Gate graduates talk about working in family law

10 Arlin Armstrong: An Appre~iation Professor Bernie Segal remembers an accomplished graduate, adjunct professor, and friend who died in May 1999

DEPARTMENTS

11 Class Notes Reunions and alumni get-togethers

14 Faculty Notes Recent faculty accomplishments and activities

16 Alumni Activities What your fellow alumni are doing

18 Golden Gate Briefs

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udy McKelvey Judy attributes her legal career to her off to Washington, DC. "That's where the has been a colos­ father, Dr. Lionel Grant, a dentist. She was jobs were for lawyers," she recalls. She got a sus of the legal the second of five children who grew up in job working for the FCC and remained for profession in the the middle-class, middle-American heartland several years. Then there was a detour for a Bay Area and in of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a suburb of three-year stay in France, "sixty miles south all of Milwaukee. Judy majored in philosophy of Paris. It was great. I put 60,000 miles on for more than a generation. She broke at the University of Wisconsin, and as my car driving around France." Judy's eyes through glass ceilings long before anyone graduation approached, her father took her light up and sparkle as she remembers the ever used that term. Along the way, Judy aside for a talk about her future. This was delight of her Gallic sojourn. has touched the lives of everyone lucky the 1950s, when the career path for most Back in the , she came enough to know her, especially those of women, if there was to be any career, was to San Francisco and cast around for a job us who are blessed with the delightful just a stopping-off point along the way to as she studied for the California Bar Exam. experience of being her friend. marriage and the stay-at-home role of It was while she was awaiting the Bar results I first got to know Judy McKelvey wife and mother. that she began her teaching career, part-time, when I joined the board of directors of "My father encouraged me to become at Golden Gate University School of Law. the Bar Association of San Francisco in a lawyer," Judy says. "One of his main points When Judy started teaching at Golden the early 1980s. Judy was the president of was that I should be independent and not Gate in the fall of 1968, the main building BASF during my first year on the board. have to rely on a man in order to exist. at 536 Mission Street did not exist. The She was only the second woman president This was a radical notion for its time." school was housed in the smaller, older in the Bar Association's history. At the Judy graduated from the University building just east of the current main building time, she was also the dean of Golden ofWisconsin Law School in 1959 and went (and now connected to it). The University Gate University School of Law. This was student body was another notable achievement, since Judy about the size of This was the 1950s, when was only the second woman in the today's freshman United States to become dean of an the career path for most women . entering class; the ABA-accredited law school. Although I Law School was just a stopping-offpoint later followed Judy as both BASF president graduating class of and law school dean, there is no way that along the way to marriage . 1968 was less than I came close to matching her performance 45 students. "The in either one of these positions. wife and mother. entire law school was jammed into

CuLL1EN Gt\TI~ UNJVI·:RSII't School of Law 3 (J)n t!te efl?oaiJ the second floor area where the dean's office and with Judy throughout the Years half of the faculty offices are now located," Judy recalls. "The Law Library was jammed into a smaller space on the floor below." Lani Bader, who was then dean, describes Judy's early tenure: "Judy's energy, sense of humor, and infectious love for the law captivated everyone, student and faculty alike. Right away, we knew we had been blessed with a marvelous resource by getting Judy." The part-time teaching job that Judy took "temporarily" while waiting for her bar results soon became full-time. Judy had found her true passion: teaching law. Before long, she was recognized as the jewel in the crown of the Law School faculty. Judy became dean in 1973. She explains, 'The big challenge we faced was to become accredited by the AALS (American Association of Law Schools). Golden Gate had received full ABA accreditation in 1971, after many years of provisional accreditation. In order for us to have our identity established as a recognized mainstream law school, the need for AALS accreditation was critical." The accreditation came, and with it came phenomenal growth on the part of the Law School. "This was the '70s," Judy recalls, "and it seemed everyone wanted to become a lawyer. In addition, it was the beginning of a mass movement of women into the practice of law." Judy's natural dedication and interest in the legal profession, as well as her desire to spread around the Golden Gate University name, motivated her to become involved in Bar Association activities. "The Law School needed as much visibility as it could get in order to enhance its reputation. Being a voice in the Bar Association, and particularly being president, was a wonderful public relations method for getting greater recognition for Golden Gate University Law School among the legal profession and the public."

"Bonjour" from Paris, and "Hello" from Maine

4 CLAssAction FALL 1999 Judy's practical instincts and basic street smarts combine with a personal grace and eloquence that impress everyone who meets her. Drucilla Ramey, executive director of the Bar Association of San Francisco says, "No one did more to advance women, either in legal education or in the practice oflaw, than Judy McKelvey. She was one of the founders and one of the first presidents of the California Women Lawyers' Association. Judy had a sophisticated political savvy and.a decisiveness about where we should be going that advanced all of us." Judy stepped down as dean in 1981, leaving the Law School secure, Although Judy retires this year from prosperous, and respected. She continued to the Law School, she is determined to play teach through the years, and her Property a major role in helping the school achieve

GoLDEN GATE UNfVERSfTY School of Law 5 c.:cently, 1n.rs Action spol c with a number rationally," he says. "I'm em pathetic toward others, of grJduan.'S who practice f:lmily law. fu and I come across as a good listener. People feel they rhey discu ed the value ofhdping clients, can trust me with information. Recently someone came Rbringing abom change in rhc lnw, giving to me after leaving another lawyer and said, 'You really back to the community, and mediating or going to trial, , care.' The client said the other lawyer was just business- they shared their greatest challenges and opportunities. like. Thar's not whar diems need in this situation." Mary C. Rupp (93), Law Office of Mary C. THE CHANCE TO HELP O THERS Rupp, sees her role as primarily helping women 1 While a law student, Rosanne Calbo-Jackson (93) achieve independence through financial security. was a law clerk with the San Francisco Neighborhood "My expertise developed with helping battered and Legal.A5sistance Foundation (SFNLAF). Family law emotionally abused women through the divorce appealed to her because, she explains, "Once I saw what process," she explains. ''I'm much more politically an impact my work could have on people's lives - inclined toward w~man's issues in family law matters. especially battered women who had no other resources I have great male clients, but women seem more - I knew I wanted to help. Not that it's all strawberries receptive to my approach. I'm not unnecessarily and cream, bur when you really can help someone, aggressive, but I am fiercely protective of women's that's when it's most fulfilling. When I can help people rights. I work to restore some kind of balance between get their kids back, get on their feet, get a restraining the parties. Maybe there never was balance before, order against someone horrible- all that makes me glad but I strive to impose one." that I chose this area.'' Calbo-Jackson continues her work Unlike Rupp, Eric Young (96), Law Offices as a sole practitioner working out of her home in Oakland. of Eric G. Young in Santa Rosa, primarily represents Lisa Tarr (93) also gained her first experience in men. "There's a misconception that most fathers are family law working as a law student in the domestic deadbeat dads," he complains. "That may be true in violence department at SFNLAF. Now an associate at individual cases, but I deal with many fathers who are Winter & Ross, she says, "This work is rewarding good parents, are willing to support their children, because I get to help people when they're feeling pretty and want an equal role in raising their children after low. They're in the middle of such chaos in their lives divorce. I strive to make it a reality for couples to that they can't see straight. I help them find a way to have joint child-rearing responsibilities." work together as parents. They are angry now and Matt Pachkowski (97), with the Law Offices things are heated, but when it's over they have this kid of John Miller in Palo Alto, admits to having a to raise together." love/hate relationship with practicing family law. Diana Richmond (73), Law and Mediation "With some cases I feel good about the work I do; Offices of Diana Richmond, echoes these sentiments. orhers just fly in the face of my sense of justice, and "I feel gratified personally and professionally because I there's nothing I can do about it. Divorces are ugly, help people through a difficult time in their lives," she and no one wins. Too often attorneys don't see how says. "I believe that good family law attorneys legiti­ their actions affect the dynamic of the family and the mately view themselves as part of a helping profession." finances of the parties. Too often people will waste Bringing a measure of calm to a tense situation twenty, thirty, forty thousand dollars on fees that need inspires Stuart MacKenzie (79), sole practitioner in not have been spent if someone had applied some southern Alameda County. "I need to use compassion common sense and decency. Their job should be to and psychology because clients act viscerally, not get through with as little cost and impact to the client as possible. The more money that goes in my pocket BY LORRI UNGARETTI means less money to support the children."

6 CL ASS Action FALL 1999 Kathryn Ringgold (70) works primarily Hendrickson also works as part of CCI believe that good with pro bono guardianships and adoptions. Alameda County's Death Review Team, which family law attorneys "My greatest reward comes with completing a reviews all domestic violence death cases by legitimately view guardianship. I've had cases where a father can't looking at police reports, court files, emergency care for a child and the mother is on drugs, so room visits, and more. The goal is to determine if themselves as part the father's ex-girlfriend takes the child in with problems in a community might be preventable ofa helping profession. '' her other children. I get letters and hugs because with an intervention plan. Diana Richmond (73) they're all so grateful. The children say, 'Thank Esther Lerner (80), Lerner Law Offices, you. Now we're all one family.' The same happens is working with the San Francisco courts to with adoption. Children are happy because they review and recommend changes in procedures now have their own father and mother. This is for settlement conferences, as well as provide a a wonderful way to spend my retirement years useful forum for settling family law disputes. as an attorney." "The judicial system needs to offer people

INFLUENCING CHANGE reasonable avenues for negotiating settlements," Some of the attorneys we spoke with cite the she explains. "For example, the court's existing opportunity to influence others and change settlement procedures allow litigants only a half the law as incentives to working in family law. day to settle all their issues. We're trying to expand Diana Richmond currently works on a the negotiating period to a full day to give people committee that has spent the past year updating 1 more time to work out their differences and avoid

The Bounds ofAdvocacy. Originally produced in 1 a costly and protracted trial." 1991 by the American Academy of Matrimonial Richard Sherman (74) is a civil appellate Lawyers, this document "outlined a set of volun­ specialist who has emphasized family law since tary goals for the practice intended to surpass the 1 1979. "All of my cases went to trial, are hotly ethical rules that existed," Richmond explains. contested, and usually involve cutting-edge "They broke new ground in several respects, issues," he says. He prefers handling appeals that including the notion that as you represent one raise questions of social policy. For example, he of the parents you should have an eye out for the represents baseball player Barry Bonds in a case good of the child. That's heretical for someone of first impression pending before the California CC It's hard to find following the zealous-advocacy model. The Supreme Court. It will determine what the stan­ a place in the law current committee is taking the Bounds a logical dards are for enforcing a premarital agreement step further," and hopes that the new goals will where you can feel good under the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act, be approved by the AAML Board of Governors about what you're doing. which California adopted in 1985. Sherman and distributed to members. has been involved in many published Court of There are many Part of Elizabeth Hendrickson's (79) Appeal cases and a U.S. Supreme Court case, areas ofpractice, practice includes adoption for gay and lesbian Burnham v. California, often discussed in law couples. "Over the past 15 years, there have been and you won't be school Civil Procedure courses. steady developments allowing gays and lesbians fully satisfied unless Influencing the law is clearly something to legitimize their relationships," Hendrickson you follow your passion. '' explains. "Domestic partner and adoption laws Sherman enjoys. As he explains, "While most have been extended, providing for a lot more divorce cases settle, this is almost always against julia Arno (92) gay/lesbian family stability. At the same time, the backdrop of the law, and whenever the legislature makes new law, it takes a while to however, the religious right is escalating 1 see how the courts interpret and apply it. I like attacks and mounting campaigns to attack gay/ 1 being involved in that process." lesbian families." 1

GoLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY School of Law 7 GiVING BACK In addition to her private practice, Julia Arno (92) first planned to work TO THE COMMUNITY Rosanne Calbo-Jackson volunteers with in corporate or civil defense law. After a few In addition to running their own law practices, Volunteer Legal Service Programs (VLSP) unsatisfYing years in a San Francisco defense firm, she went to work at the nonprofit Family many family law attorneys work pro bono or in both San Francisco and Oakland. In 1995 she received an American Bar Association Law Center in Marin County. Now executive teach law classes. Others choose to work for Volunteer Award. From 1995 to 1998 she director of the Family Violence Law Center in nonprofit organizations, which they find received the Wiley W. Manuel Award from the Berkeley, Arno only regrets those first few years. more fulfilling despite being less lucrative than for completing more than "It's hard to find a place in the law where you private practice. 50 hours of volunteer work a year. For two years can feel good about what you're doing. There After 21 years as a board-certified are many areas of practice, and you won't specialist in workers' compensation, be fully satisfied unless you follow your Kathryn Ringgold sold her practice three passion. I wish I had done that right years ago and looked for pro bono legal from the beginning." work where she could help children. She Although Nancy Tully (92) recently now volunteers for the Bar Association left Marin's Family Law Center, she is of San Francisco's Volunteer Legal confident that she will return to non­ Services Program and for Legal Services profit work in the future. "I think the most wonderful thing about these non­ for Children, a privately funded organi­ profit family law centers is that when zation. She recently received the 1999 you finish a case with someone, you President's Pro Bono Service Award know from the handshake, the hug, from the California State Bar. the note, the thank-you, the box of Ringgold is also a court-appointed candy, that you've made a difference in special advocate (CASA). The court someone's life. In the nonprofit world, appoints a CASA to work with depen­ you know going in that it's not for the dents of the court who the court fears money; it's working with people, helping might become juvenile delinquents. an individual who needs help and can't get it in in a row, she was named Outstanding Volunteer Ringgold's role is to try to keep them from the regular legal system." in Public Service by San Francisco's VLSP. getting lost in the system. "These kids have been Elizabeth Hendrickson teaches family "I have to give something back because kicked around, no father, mother on drugs, law at Golden Gate as an adjunct professor. I'm getting a lot out of this," says Calbo-Jackson. five foster homes in one year," explains Ringgold. "In class I like to show how family law is shaped "''m able-bodied, and sometimes the people "First, I have to be a constant in their life. by non-legal factors," she explains. "Family I represent are not. I feel in general that I owe Meet with them once a week and take them laws are often used to attack a community by something to society because I have so many places - swimming, the Exploratorium, Metreon, preventing it from legitimizing and protecting blessings in my life." Lawrence Hall of Science. I'm also an advocate its families. This has happened to a number and work with the school to get the child more Myra Sheehan (89) is a sole practitioner in of groups in the past, including African slaves, involved in his or her education." Reno, Nevada, who works on domestic violence Asian immigrants, interracial couples, and, and other family law issues. She helped create more recently, gay and lesbian families. In class, the Volunteer Lawyers of Washoe County and we look at what goes on in the law from both ''Not that it's all strawberries served as the organization's board president historical and contextual vantage points. We and cream, but when you really and executive director. She recently received the ask what the economic, religious, and political ABA's Section of Litigation John Minor Wisdom factors were that created various laws." can help someone, that's when Public Service and Professionalism Award. Golden Gate graduates seem to have its most fulfilling. " Mary Rupp credits VLSP in San Francisco developed a reputation for service. Karen Kadushin (77), dean of the Monterey College for giving her the opportunity to work with Rosanne CalboJackson (93) ofLaw, says, "People from GGU view public family law pro bono cases when she was a new service and education as very important. They lawyer. "VLSP nurses you through the procedural recognize the importance of becoming active aspects, helps you to attain trial experience, and in the local legal community and giving back provides support when you get stuck," she says. to the community."

8 C: LASSAction fALL 1999 MEDIATION VS. Kim Harmon (77) is the current director LITIGATION AND TRIALS of the Dependency Mediation Program of the Before the 1970s, "fault divorce" was the law San Francisco Unified Family Court. The program in California. Divorces were acrimonious and provides mediation services to families whose almost always involved a trial. Today, mandatory children are at risk for abuse and/ or neglect by mediation for child custody, divorce disclosure their parents or guardians. Prior to the introduc­ laws, and a cultural movement toward mediation tion of the Dependency Mediation Program, and collaboration have changed the system cases were settled in one of three ways: informally dramatically. among lawyers, in judicial settlement conferences, or through litigation. The Mediation Program provides a fourth tool- the only option in which "There is tm. mo,.mous need parents can directly participate in developing a fm· atto.meys who are skiUed plan for their own family. itt helping cliellls "Most of the parents involved in the juve­ nile dependency system have very few resources mQdifj court ordet"S, with which to deal with the debilitating effects particuktJ·/y those bwolving of poverty, substance abuse, and mental health FINDING A BALANCE issues," explains Harmon. "Their ability to While Golde~ Gate graduates in family support a11d custody. ·~ actively participate in the mediation session, law are universally committed to the profession Eric Yo1mg (96) where their ideas and concerns are given as and their clients, many have one reservation: much respect as any other participant's, can be a fear of burnout. Rosanne Calbo-Jackson admits that as a young attorney, she would like to know Diana Richmond started to practice in powerful way for them to assert some control in how experienced attorneys have learned to make 1973, when these changes were beginning to an overwhelming and frightening system." a decent living in family law while maintaining take effect. "The system is now more oriented Unlike many of his peers, Eric Young is a balance in their personal lives. toward collaboratively resolving the problems of not involved in mediation or collaborative law. Some lawyers vary their practice to make a family instead of just winning for one's client," "I tend to get litigation cases either from the that balance. "In order for me to keep my sanity, says Richmond. "This is a healthy change, as it get-go where mediation is not a possibility or I take on other cases that are not so emotionally helps humanize the process and helps parents referrals where mediation has broken down." charged," says Eric Young. "You have to have a recognize that they are part of a family that Young sees other directions that attorneys practice that is varied in the types of cases you continues. Mediation helps participants learn can go when handling divorce cases. "In domestic handle or you have to have something in your to solve their own problems rather than have violence cases, for example, one spouse may personal life that is a kind of escape." others dictate to them how their lives will be." have a civil tort claim against the other spouse Kim Harmon agrees. "Working in Richmond intends "to eliminate litigation work for battery. When you're working with spouses family law is difficult," she says. "No only is from my practice altogether." that have been abused, they need more remedies the work emotionally draining because of its Lisa Tarr sees immediate benefits from than just a restraining order. There is also an inherently intense nature, but it also challenges mediation. "It's interesting to see where two enormous need for attorneys who are skilled in all of us because of our own family and relation­ people are when they walk into the room to helping clients modifY court orders, particularly al histories. In order to better serve our clients, mediate and when they walk out at the end. those involving support and custody." it's critical to know our own 'buttons' so that Each develops from an angry, hostile person Stuart MacKenzie likes his family law cases we can maintain appropriate boundaries. to someone who can handle the situation." partly because he does go to court often - three Over-identification with a client can lead to four times a week. He enjoys the camaraderie Nancy Tully explains, "I always saw to bad judgment, poor lawyering, and quick that develops as attorneys get to know one myself as the kind of attorney who wouldn't be burnout. We need to find ways to release another. Half of his caseload is divorce; the going into court. I'm more of a mediator, trying the tension, in whatever way that might other cases are civil litigation and business law. to work things out. If we can settle out of court, be for each individual, and to stand back Few of his divorce cases are acrimonious. "I get it is much better for the client." and know what we can, and cannot, do more tension and anxiety from litigious civil for our clients." m cases than from family law," he says.

GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY School of Law 9 I first came across the name Arlin Armstrong on a file I was that they were "too old," I told them Arlin stories. When reading as a member of the admissions committee here at I talked with younger students struggling with their legal the Law School. It was a time when law school applicants education, I challenged them to live were clamoring for admission and we were reading every up to Arlin's achievement. She file carefully, looking for special students. As I examined the became my shining example Arlin Armstrong file I was impressed with the quality of her of a person who would letters of reference. I was als? impressed that the applicant not allow her age to make was 61 years of age. One letter in particular stood out. her irrelevant. It praised Arlin's academic and intellectual achievements Mter she had been out and stressed the writer's great belief in her potential to be of law school for several an excellent lawyer. The letter ended with a poignant plea to years and was living in Los please, please admit Ms. Armstrong to the law school because, Angeles I made one of my ''I'm her son and if she doesn't get in she'll never forgive me." periodic calls to her to see The letter was signed by a lawyer named Luke Hiken. I how she was doing with the thought to myself, "No mother who can inspire a letter trials and tribulations of her like this could be anything but an asset to the law school." Hispanic clients. I was told that she Arlin Armstrong It was one of the happiest decisions I ever made. had gone off to Mexico. I told Arlin's I later realized that I had voted to bring Arlin not only , secretary to extend my good wishes to her when she into the law school but also into my own life. Over the next returned from vacation. "Vacatione?" said the surprised 25 years she was in turn my student, my colleague at the bar, secretary. "Senora Arlin is not on a vacatione. She is there my teaching companion and, above all else, a most dear learning Spanish!" That story got added to my repertoire friend. In every one of these roles Arlin enriched my life. of Arlin "can do" stories. I cannot begin to explain how much fun it was to have Arlin practiced law for more than twelve years in Los Arlin as a student. She never hesitated to ask questions to Angeles and Davis. I think the best experiences that clarify what was being taught. But, despite her own brilliant I had with her were when she ended her active practice of record as a teacher, her questions never undermined the law in Davis and returned to the Bay Area. As always, Arlin authoritative nature of the answer from the teacher. In truth, was too vibrant just to sit on the sidelines of life. She began she was always supportive of the teacher. to help me prepare students for trial advocacy competitions. While in law school Arlin took on the challenge of Arlin brought into the litigation arena her strong theatre pulling together the work of a team of students who were background (a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and doing research for the first comprehensive book on the law seven years of professional acting). The results were outstanding. of eavesdropping and wiretapping. She was a brilliant editor During the time Arlin was my colleague in the trial advocacy and helped shape a useful but formless mass of material into a program Golden Gate University Law School had outstand­ ground-breaking book. I loved to read Arlin's written work; ing successes, winning two regional (gold) championships it was characterized by clarity of thought and graciousness and placing in the silver and bronze medal brackets three of style. other times. Out of these experiences Arlin created the Mter Arlin graduated from GGU she remained an Courtroom as Theatre course. The performance skills Arlin important figure in my life as a teacher. When I talked to taught the students were extraordinary. But I think Arlin's older people who were considering law school and worried greatest pleasure came from teaching a Taiwan-born young

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1940s defense, personal injury, and Lee (75) Erickson and John M. Filippi (43) writes, some water law. Maggie Erickson (85) write, "I was in the class of 1943 "We have stayed very busy 1970s raising our three children with Herb Harrington. We 1 were both drafted in January Michael H. J. Curtis (73) during the last 20 years. They 1943 and took our final retired as founder and are all on their own now: exams while in basic training, exclusive owner of Industrial Paulette is a social worker for 1 thanks to the professors and Construction Company and CPS in Boulder, Sonia is a classmates who furnished has now resumed his career as fourth-year podiatry student us their class notes. We gradu­ both a full-time executive in San Francisco, and David 1 ated with our class in May consultant to the Austin (TX) 1 is a surgical technician in the Arlin Armstrong 1943 at the Palace Hotel. We 1 City Manager's Office and Army in San Antonio. department chair and profes­ man who was struggling returned to camp. In June, I 1 "Lee has been with the same sor in St. Edward's University with his articulation of was sent to the South Pacific, company since graduation, MBA Department. English in the courtroom and Herb went to Europe. Stauffer/! CI/Zeneca. He uses context. His classmates We returned in January 1946, his law every day as an envi­ immediately enrolled in John Lee D. Baxter (74) retired often felt frustrated because ronmental manager making from the San Francisco Busey's refresher class (six days sure all air and water quality of the difficulty they had Superior Court on July 1, per week), and were admitted regulations are followed. understanding him. Arlin to the California Bar on 1999. She plans to devote "Maggie has been a full-time not only worked with him Motion on June 18, 1946. more time to traveling and in class but had him come pursuing her work with her R.N. working in home care; Herb, now deceased, was later 1 an E.R.-R.N. at Highland to her during office hours the DA for Fresno County. I 1 African game preserve and Hospital in Oakland on the for independent work. At have been successfully in pri­ African Educational Film trauma team; and at Brook­ the end of the semester, vate practice in Palo Alto and Foundation, in addition to continuing her role on the side, San Pablo, in the E.R. when this student delivered Mountain View. I again, as I GGU Board ofTrustees. She his final performance (a have many times, thank GGU "Maggie is volunteering Law School, its professors, also plans to sit on assignment two days per week at Contra closing argument), we and my classmates for a in the S.F. Superior Court. Costa Legal Services doing all beheld a stunning wonderful education and a eviction defense work. She improvement in his great life in the legal profes­ Neil Franklin (74) spent three is finally able to use her law articulation. The entire sion. I have been happily months consulting on curricu­ degree and plans to continue class erupted in applause for married for 59 years with lum reform at the University doing so well into retirement." 1 the student's achievement, three children and six of Sts. Cyril and Methodius then followed by an even grandchildren." : Faculty of Law in Skopje, Ted H. Williams (78) runs : Macedonia, on behalf of the more enthusiastic round The Williams Group with American Bar Association. of applause for Arlin, 1960s Nancy, his wife of 30 years. Richard Rosenberg (66), He has been appointed acting the teacher who made They advise companies on retired chairman and CEO dean of the University of human resource issues, such it possible. of BankAmerica Corporation, Idaho College of Law. as sexual harassment, manage­ I was saddened to is the new chair of the Jewish I ment training, workforce learn that Arlin died earlier Community Endowment Fund. : Duane Ruth-Heffelbower diversity, and compensation. this year. I know that her ' (74), professor of conflict Their clients range from small inspiration will be carried Paul Vortmann (69) was management and peace- Des Moines area start-ups to forward by the dozens appointed a judge of the ' making at Fresno Pacific large organizations, such as of law students she taught Tulare County Superior University, is taking leave to MidAmerican Energy Co., join the faculty of Universitas and who loved her. Arlin Court in January. Previously, the California Medical 1 Kristen Dura Wacana in is an irreplaceable icon in he practiced criminal law in Association, and a 10,000- Tulare County as a public , Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on the employee Coors subsidiary. our lives. m defender, then joined a firm island of Java. His assignment where he specialized in civil through 2001 is to establish a law, particularly insurance peace center.

CoLLJEN GAT I~ UNIVI·:R~II ' Y School of Law 11 County lawyer to obtain a Police Task Force (IPTF). Tigerman. The firm repre- court order sending a "dead- He served as the chief of sen ts victims of asbestos and Class Notes beat dad" to jail for flagrant investigations of the Mostar tobacco-related lung diseases continued from page 11 nonpayment of child support Region for the IPTF and as and cancers. and was also the first local a consultant to the Human ' James M. Barry (79) is attorney to obtain a court Rights Watch concerning the Paul Barulich (84) recently senior vice president at order restricting a sexual situation in Mostar. completed managing the the firm of Fraley, Revy predator to supervised visita- production of a video on Investments Co. in Los tion with his young daughter. Holly I. Ploog (80) joined estate planning scams, Take Angeles. He is a chartered Her recent cases in the areas DynCorp, an information Charge, in cooperation with financial analyst. of race, disability, religious, technology and services firm, the Estate Planning Trust & I and sex discrimination to serve as president of its Probate Law Section of the include a sex discrimination I State Bar of California. David J. Cooper (79) state and local business prac- stepped down as owner of ' and harassment case at a rice, DynCorp Management R. Afikomen Jewish Books, medical school; a challenge Resources, Inc. (DMR). She Joanna Reichel (84) Gifts and Art to begin as on behalf of three employees is responsible for leadership writes, "I joined United the full-rime spiritual leader to sex-segregated job categories and business development of Airlines as attorney-contracts of Kehilla Community at a financial institution; the practice, which DynCorp ma~ager in 1997. I received Synagogue in Berkeley. and religious discrimination started in 1996 to pursue the San Mateo County Bar by a coal mine against a business opportunities at 1 Association Women Lawyers Ted 0. Hall (79) coauthored church pastor. the stare level. She joins Section's 1998 Elinor Falvey The Captive Insurance Manual, DynCorp following ten years Award for Community Service for founding Kris's published by NILS Publishing 1980s at Lockheed Martin, where Company (a subsidiary of Thomas T. Carpenter (80) she was a founder of that Kloset in 1994. Kris's Kloset CCH) , a three-volume loose- joined the company's IMS Children & collects and distributes leaf legal guide to offshore office of Carroll, Burdick & Family Services division. interview clothing for men captive insurance companies McDonough as a partner and Most recently she served as and women who attend job and domestic risk retention will focus his practice on the senior vice president and training workshops through groups formed under the defense of product liability managing director for the the Human Services Agency." federal Risk Retention Act. and aviation claims. Lockheed Marrin IMS His son Marcus recently grad- Information Resources Caleb Sullivan (85) writes, uated from law school and Robert L. Edwards (80) has Management unit, where "I am presently pursuing two joined a firm in Menlo Park. been appointed associate she managed large-scale IT additional graduate degrees professor of criminal investi- outsourcing programs and from Columbia University: a Carole Scotti (79) received gation at the State University new technology business master's degree in international I the Distinguished Women of New York College of initiatives, stemming from her affairs from the School of in Law Award from the West Technology at Canton service as senior vice president International and Public Virginia University Women's (SUNY Canton). The pro- of business development for Affairs and an LLM from I the IMS unit. Previously, Law Caucus. She was gram offers a broad education Columbia Law School. I selected for this high honor I in the technology of criminal she served four years as have recently completed director of the Division of an internship at the United in recognition of her excel- investigations including lence in the practice of law evidence collecting, interview/ Child Support Enforcement Nations with the Office and her numerous ground- interrogation techniques, for the State of Alaska. She for the Coordination of legal issues, forensics, and also acted as program liaison I Humanitarian Affairs and breaking achievements. As the attorney for West Virginia's other topics. Edwards worked with the Department of am currently interning with first female coal mine fore- for the Oakland Police Health and Human Services, the State Department in men, she brought the land- Department as detective the Alaska court system, and Washington, DC, for the the state legislature. Bureau ofWestern mark case establishing sexual sergeant in the Gang Unit harassment as a cause of until 1992. He was among Hemisphere Affairs." ac tion under the West the first American police offi- Mark L. Nissenbaum (81) joined the firm ofWartnick, Virginia Human Rights Act. cers to be deployed to Bosnia Chaber, Harowitz, Smith & She was the first Greenbrier as part of the International

12 CL A>s Action FAI.L 1999 ' Award from the Contra Costa David Hershey-Webb (92) 1 ' County Bar Association on married Amy Jayne Schwartz , September 24. on October 3, in Chester, Barbara Ann Goldeen (65), June 25, 1999, in San I New York. David and Amy Francisco of leukemia. Myra Sheehan (89) received, live in New York City George L. Abrams, Sr. (66), June 17, 1999, in Oakland. on April 15, the American where David works for a Bar Association Section of 1 state assemblyman assisting Lawrence Mayer (66). Litigation John Minor 1 pro se tenants. While honey­ Arlin Armstrong (76), May 2, 1999 (see page 10). Wisdom Public Service and mooning in San Francisco, Doris Caldwell (82) died of natural causes on June 13, Professionalism Award for David and Amy attended the 1999. She devoted her life to helping young people get her pro bono contributions. A district attorney debate at the education they needed and was a strong advocate private practitioner in Reno, Golden Gate. for women's equality. She was in her sixties when she NV, she started her law graduated from law school. practice out of her home, Thomas Johnson (92) and Albert Dair (82), the first Chinese-American Marin representing victims of his wife Noel had a baby boy, County deputy district attorney, died of pancreatic cancer domestic violence who did Matthew, in June 1999. on July 31, 1999. He was 44. not qualifY for legal services Walter Dreger (84), a patent attorney with Flehr, yet could not afford to retain Stephen K. Lightfoot II (92) Hohbach, Test, Albritton & Herbert, died of cancer on legal counsel. She still prac­ and his wife Cynthia recently March 9, 1999. tices exclusively in the area of welcomed their first child, a Roderick S. Polentz (84), early May, at the age of 46; family law, and helped create son, into the world. Stephen is survived by his eight-year-old daughter. the Volunteer Lawyers of K. Lightfoot III was born on Daniel Kristensen (88), August 17, 1999. Washoe County, which serves August 21. He weighed 8 lb. Andrea Thatcher (88), April 28, 1999; is survived by low-income clients. She 10 oz. and was 19 inches tall. her daughter, Beth. served as both the president Stephen is a partner at the of the board of directors and Bledsoe Law Firm in San Cynthia Beth Cottingham (89), June 18, 1999. 1 as interim executive director Francisco and an adjunct Lance Weinberg (93) died of heart failure Sunday, June of that organization. She also professor at GGU. 13, 1999. He was 31 and lived in Birmingham, MI. served as the first law clerk in Maryam Maleki (96) was killed in an automobile the newly created Family 1 Theresa M. F. Lorin (92) accident in Kazakhstan in August. She was working for Division of the Second practiced civil litigation in the U.S. State Department, helping to write the new Judicial District in Washoe Los Angeles for four years democratic constitution for Kazakhstan. County, NV, and was instru­ 1 (1993 to 1997) and then

mental in creating the Family 1 practiced corporate law as in­ Patricia L. Hastings (86) They can be reached at: Court rules, as well as proce­ house counsel in Pleasanton (Trish) moved to Gulfport, [email protected]. dures and forms for the court from 1997 to 1998. She is

Florida, in February 1996 and that allow pro se litigants 1 currently the vice principal at was admitted to the Florida Bryan Sean McKown (87) access to the family court. Ribet Academy College Prep Bar in October 1996. She formed his own four-attorney Sheehan regularly speaks, (private K-12), a former practices law part-time, firm focusing on insurance lobbies, and writes on the client, in Los Angeles, where mostly doing research and coverage, construction defect, issues of family law and she also teaches law and AP drafting for California work- bankruptcy, and real estate domestic violence. English literature. She writes, ers' compensation firms, and litigation. "I love the change in job! I goes to the beach daily. 1990s am so happy to be working She also volunteers with Marcia Jensen Lassiter (88), 1 Rick Friedling (91) opened with the students and school the Housing Law Clinic of a partner with Frankel and his own law firm concentrating to reach our mutual goals­ Gulfcoast Legal Services and Goldware in Danville, CA, a on family law, domestic it is very satisfYing!" serves in an advisory capacity firm that specializes in family violence, and juvenile to the legal referral service of law and children's issues, criminal defense law. Equality Florida, a lesbian/gay received the first annual Pro rights organization. Trish has a Bono Attorney of the Year four-year-old daughter, Jamie. 1 (conti11ued on page 20)

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Professor Allan Brotsky In September, Professor IN MEMORIAM was a panelist at the 1999 Helen Hartnell chaired Recently, Adjunct Professor annual conference of the the panel on Central and Seymour Farber died of cancer. He Southwest Labor Studies Eastern Europe's Accession taught antitrust and trade regulation Association held at the to the European Union

courses here for many years...... :L-..:...... L.J. ...ll Ramada Hotel in San _ _,=-..J at the annual meeting of Seymour came to us as a young Francisco April 30-31. The subject of the American Political Science Association lawyer starting on his own after his prese ntation was "The Cold War on in Atlanta. In O ctober, she attended a working with the U.S. Department Labor: Its Impact on Labor Lawyers." conference entitled "Postcommunist of Justice. Antitrust was a big topic Transitions a Decade Later: How Far East in the 1960s, and his classes were Professor Bob Calhoun Can Western Europe Go?" by invitation always crowded. Even after the field is still celebrating his from the Minda de Gunzburg Center for lost its popularity, Seymour always first-ever hole-in-one, European Studies at Harvard University. remained a popular instructor. an accomplishment he Many times we tried to lure made at the GGU Golf At the invitation of Seymour to join us on the' full-time Tournament held on September 12 at GGU graduate Barry faculty. He was perhaps the most Harding Park Golf Course in San Zimmerman (8 6), thoughtful and caring teacher we Francisco. He is also still glowing from Professor Les Minkus ever had. This wise and gentle man the student recognition he received last made a presentation on would have made a wonderful addi­ spring; fo r the 11th time he was named "Lawyer Advertising" to tion to GGU. Now it is too late. Instructor of the Year in a poll of gradu­ the Placer Counry Bar Association at -Professor Roger Bernhardt ating students. Although disappointed at the association's April annual retreat in the cancellation of the summer abroad Lake Tahoe. program in Turkey this year due to Professor Lani Bader Professor Myron threats to Americans in the regi on, he has been appointed happily participated in the International Moskowitz's new book, general counsel of Golden Workshop on Criminal Reform held at Cases and Problems in Gate University. the Goethe Institut in Istanbul, October California Criminal Law, was published recently by This year West Publishing 20-24. He spoke on "Confess ions and ...... ,....,.,_IIOJ Anderson Publishing Co. came out with Professor the Right to Counsel." In May, he moderated a series of programs Roger Bernhardt's new Nine years ago , Professor on California Landlord-Tenant Practice, casebook on property. Mort Cohen filed a civil sponsored by The Rutter Group, held in It is West's firs t single­ rights lawsuit, j ones v. San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, author property casebook in years and City and County ofSan and San Francisco. is accompanied by new editions of Francisco, on behalf of a Bernhardt's Nutshell on Property and class of inmates in the ciry's Professor Maria Black Letter Law ofR eal Property. Earlier jail. Two years ago, U.S. District Judge Ontiveros is serving as this yea r, new editio ns were produced William H. Orrick Jr. ruled that the San chair of the Labor and of his California Real Estate Codes and Bruno facility, the oldest operating jail in Employment Law Section Federal Real Estate Codes. California, was unsafe and violated prison­ of the American Association Professor Bernhardt continues to serve ers' civil rights. A protracted negotiation of Law Schools. She recently published as editor of CEB's California Real Property resulted in an agreement approved by the two essays: "Adoptive Admissions and Law Reporte/: He has started writing a court chi s past September. The agreement the Meaning of Silence: Continuing the regular column ("Mid Course Correcting") includes building a new jail by 2002 and Inquiry into Evidence Law and Issues and also special commentaries on important in the meantime reducing the jail's popula­ of Race, Class, Gender, and Ethniciry" cases ("The Editor's Take"). tion, improving lighting, increasing staff, and "A Vision of Global Capitalism That Professor Bernhardt chairs the Legal making numerous repairs, building Puts Women and People of Color at Education Committee of the ABA's Real attorney-visiting facilities, and more. the Center." Both were solicited as parts Property, Probate and Trust Section and, Cohen says, "It isn't over yet, since the of symposia-the first on issues of race, in California, he has created a new subsec­ city has a long history of violating its class, and gender in evidence law and tion, the Law Teaching Roundtable, of the agreements in these jail cases." the second on worldwide labor markets Real Pro perry Section of the State Bar. and employment law in the 21st century.

14 C t AssAction FALL 1? ?9 In May, she spoke at the fourth annual Professor Marc Stickgold In between his recupera­ Lat-Crit Conference on "Forging Our participated in the 1999 tion from pneumonia and Identities as Latino Workers." She Annual Meeting of the numerous flights to continues her work on the National American Society of Europe, Professor Advisory Committee for the North Comparative Law Sompong Sucharitkul American Agreement on Labor Cooperation, Conference in Washington, published an article, "Les the labor-side agreement to NAFTA. DC on "Comparative Constirutional Law: Perspectives Asiatiques de !'Evolution du Defining the Field." This fall, he traveled Droit International: !'Experience de Ia Professor David to London to explore the possibility of an Thailande au Seuil du Troisieme Oppenheimer recently ongoing program in international and Millenaire" ("The Evolution of published "Carcieri's Self­ comparative law with the Inns of Court International Law from an Asian Described 'Progressive' and the University of London. Professor Perspective: The Experience ofThailand Critique of the ACLU Stickgold also served on the planning at the Threshold of the Third ~o:.;...-..__,. on Proposition 209: A committee for the Northern California Millennium") in Liber Amicomm­ 'Conservative' Response" in the Santa Clinicians Conference, held October 2 at Mohammed Bedjaoui, published by Clara Law Review and "Gender and Race Hastings College of the Law. Klewer Law International (1999). Bias in Medical Treatment," coauthored with Boalr Hall Professor Marjorie Shultz, which appeared in the joumal A TRIP TO ASIA hotel and knew that some roads had of Gender-Specific Medicine, published By Proftssor Marci Kelly been closed. I wasn't really concerned by Columbia University's College of Over the past several years, officials of when the U.S. embassy closed, but Physicians and Surgeons. the State Administration ofTax (SAT) when all the McDonald's were closed in Beijing have come to Golden Gate for 30 days, I knew that people were Professor Cliff University to study tax law. This past very angry at this incident! We had Rechtschaffen has been May, Professor Sarah Hooke Lee and I no direct bad experience, but we felt appointed a volunteer traveled to China to meet some of the we should leave. mediator with the students who would attend GGU in We went to Hong Kong and then Northern District of the fall, as well as reunite with former to Kyoto, Japan, for a few weeks. When '-"--'_.....,....___ __-" California's Alternative students and the supervisor with whom we returned to China, we met with one Dispute Resolution Program. He is also I have had contact for several years. of our former students and other offi­ organizing the first statewide Student I was planning to give several cials from his regional office. We were Environmental Negotiations Competition lectures outlining the basics of the U.S. treated exquisitely. We also went to the to be held at Golden Gate University in tax system and then provide books so regional SAT office at the Great Wall. April 2000, sponsored by the State Bar that the srudents could meet in study They greeted us warmly with luncheon Environmental Law Section. On March groups during the summer and arrive and tea. 17, he moderated a panel discussion, at Golden Gate in August somewhat We were sorry that our Beijing visit "Sources of Drinking Water Under familiar with the technical language was cut short, but we hope to try the Proposition 65," at the 1999 Prop. 65 and concepts of tax. program again next year. News Conference in Sacramento. On We first went to Hong April 9, he moderated the panel "Adaptive Kong for sightseeing (and Management and Market Incentives: compulsive shopping) and then Tools for the Next Millennium" at the to Beijing. While we were in Hastings West Northwest Journal of Beijing, the U.S. bombed the Environmental Law Fifth Annual Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, Environmental Law Symposium in San and the situation became Francisco. In October, he published politically tense. Our hosts "How to Reduce Lead Exposures with were extremely polite and One Simple Statute: The Experience of assured us that we should Proposition 65" in Environmental Law continue with the journey, Reporter News & Analysis and "The but we could hear marches Perilous State of Citizen Enforcement" in and demonstrations from the Professors Kelly and Lee in Kyoto, Japan. California Environmental Law Reporte/:

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New York Eva Pappadopoulos (96), Wendy Gindick (99), Bruce Stephen Atlanta (91), Joan Stephan (91), and Leigh Duff (83) visited with Dean Peter Keane met up with Atlanta alumnae Karen Beyke Dean Peter Keane on his trip to New York City for the annual (96), Carolyn Rowland (97), and Kristin Nelson (95) on a trip New York Law School Forum in September. to their city in September.

MANAGING CAREER TRANSITION E-NEWS On August 7, Law Career & Alumni Services cosponsored a To stay current with Law School happenings, subscribe to daylong event to assist alumni in preparing their careers for E-News, our new electronic newsletter, published monthly the new millennium. Sessions included "Career Transitions for during the academic year. E-News contains information about Lawyers," "Internet and the Law," and "Salary Negotiations upcoming alumni events along with notable law school news. for Law and Business." Videotapes from this and other law E-News supplements Gate Wllys and Class Action, which you career programs are available for alumni to view through the will continue to receive by mail. If you are not yet receiving Law Career & Alumni Services Office. E-News and would like to, please e-mail your full name, class year, and e-mail address to Law Alumni Relations Director Debra Holcomb at [email protected] or subscribe directly by sending an e-mail to: [email protected].

LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The newly formed Law School Alumni Association will focus on increasing alumni involvement and the visibility of the Law School in the community. Kevin Allen (97), Scott Bloom (96), Elizabeth Cohee (99), Mark Figueiredo (95), and Christiana Khostovan (98) were selected to lead the associa­ tion, which meets the first Wednesday of the month. The next meeting is December 1 at 6 p.m. If you are interested in participating, contact Debra Holcomb at [email protected] for more details. All alumni are invited to attend. Alumna Vanessa Davenport (88) exchanges business cards with Jeffrey Hook (85 & LLM Tax, 99).

16 C LASs Action FAL L 1999 AWARDS TO ALUMNI CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION SERIES Each spring the Law School recognizes the outstanding achievements of its alumni in three categories: the Judith G. McKelvey Award for Outstanding Achievement, the Outstanding Alumnus/a Volunteer Award, and the Outstanding Employer Award. Please refer to the back cover to nominate an alumnus or alumna for the Judith G. McKelvey Award for Outstanding Achievement.

The Honorable Robert Oliver (73) of the Fresno County Superior Court received the 1999 Judith G. McKelvey Award during the law School's annual commencement ceremony on Alexander Moore (93) has his book signed by author May 22. Richard Zitrin after an MCLE program (see below).

Stories You Will Not Believe Richard Zitrin of THE ETHICS GROUP and Conrad Breece (72), coauthor of The Moral Compass ofthe a partner at Jordan, American Lawyer spoke to a full room of Keeler & Seligman, alumni in May. received the 1999 Outstanding What If He Had Been Convicted? Volunteer Award at More than 40 alumni were entertained and the annual gradua­ educated about the impact of the OJ Simpson tion awards dinner verdict during Dean Peter Keane's elimination­ held on May 20. of-bias presentation in October. Shown here with Debra Holcomb. Upcoming MCLE Programs • Holiday Cheer? December 7, 12-1:30 p.m. • Dr. King's Legal Legacy: How Direct Esther Lerner (80) Action in Birmingham Led to the (Left), a certified Introduction of the 1964 Civll family Law spedalist and proprietor of Rights Act Lerner law Offices, January 13, 12-1:30 p.m. received the 1999 • Real Estate Law Outstanding January 18, 12-1:30 p.m. Employer Award. She was nominated by For more information, contact Debra Holcomb Stacey Staab (99} at (415) 442-6602 or. [email protected]. (right). Center: LCAS Director Susanne Aronowitz.

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NEWS FROM THE WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS CLINIC • The Women's Employment Rights Clinic (WERC) has once again received a $5,000 grant from the Bernard E. and Alba Witkin Charitable Trust. This is the third consecutive year of support from the Witkin Trust, and the funds will be used to support the clinic's Graduate Law Fellowship. Susana Pilate (99) is the 1999-2000 fellow. Current and former students met in April to congratulate the 1998 recipient of the Zamperini-Burchell Scholarship. Left to • WERC student Kristina Hillman was right: Marty Courson (1994 recipient), scholarship cosponsor awarded the 1999 San Francisco La Raza Clay Burchell, JB Brainerd (1998 recipient), scholarship cosponsor Lawyers Association Public Interest Law Professor Michael Zamperini, Helen Smolinski (1997 recipient), Fellowship to work with the clinic during and Caren Jenkins (1995 recipient). Summer 1999. This is the second time that a clinic student has received this fellowship. Edna Garcia (98), WERC's OTHER EVENTS AT THE Graduate Law Fellow for 1998-99, LAW SCHOOL received the fellowship in 1997. Many thanks to Leo Helzel and the Helzel Family Foundation for supporting the following special events this fall at the Law School: • September 2: , former California Supreme Court justice and current professor at Hastings College of the Law, spoke on "The Common Law." • September 13: A debate, "Should the Law Permit Mandatory Arbitration of Employment Claims?" featured Gregory A. Bonfiglio, partner, Morrison & Foerster; and Cliff Palefsky, partner, McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky. FUN FUNDS RAISED FOR CLINIC • October 8: District attorney On Saturday, October 9, the Environmental Law & Justice Clinic (ELJC) held a debate (see facing page). fifth-anniversary celebration and Trivial Pursuit fundraiser. The event was a smash­ • October 14: Dr. Ruben Remigio ing, sold-out success, with more than 200 students, faculty, Golden Gate graduates, Ferro, president of the Cuban lawyers, environmental activists, and others (including U.S. District Court Judges Supreme Court and adjunct Thelton Henderson and Martin Jenkins) in attendance. The event was hosted by professor of law at the University San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Tom Ammiano and Professor Michael of Havana, spoke on "The Zamperini. The event raised almost $15,000 for ELJC. Cuban Criminal Justice System."

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DA CANDIDATES DEBATE AT LAW SCHOOL On October 8, the five candidates for San Francisco district attorney met at Golden Gate University for a 90-minure The three major candidates for San Franci sco mayor pose debate sponsored by the Law School. Introduced by Dean for photographs after the televised debate at Golden Gate Peter Keane, the event was moderated by retired California University on October 14 (see back cover). Court of Appeals Judge Harry Low, who posed questions provided by radio journalist Scott Shafer of KQED-FM and the audience. The debate was televised live on BAY-TV; a Bay Area cable station. Shown left to right: , Steve Castleman, Terence Hallinan, Bill Fazio, and Mike Schaefer.

TRIAL ADVOCACY ANNIVERSARY 1999 marks the 20th anniversary of the participation of San Francisco's Superior Court judges in Professor Allan Brotsky's Trial Advocacy course. The culminating event ofTrial Advocacy each semester is a full-fledged trial before a Superior Court judge in San Francisco's courthouse. Teams of two students represent each side in a civil or criminal case. Time con­ siderations do not allow for normal jury selection, so the students must furnish their own jurors. Professor Brocsky cells each team to bring up to six jurors. "It's the only time in your career you will be able to pick your jurors in advance, so don't muff the opportunity," he tells the students. With the jurors seated, the trial begins. The students present opening statements, engage in direct examination of their witnesses, cross-examine opponents' witnesses, and conclude their presentations with closing arguments. While the jurors deliberate, the judges critique the students, making helpful suggestions that some students have said stick with them long beyond the classroom. Mter the jurors return with a verdict, they suggest ways that the Superior Court Judge John J. Conway students' presentations could have been more effective. The approximately with (Left to right) students Dana Santos, four-hour-long courtroom experience is an exciting and confidence­ Karen Harbinson, Elizabeth Little (99) , boosting event for the students. Having a real-life Superior Court judge and Steve Rivas. Professor Allan Brotsky presiding adds an immeasurable value. is on the far right. For 20 years, S.F. Superior Court judges have made this invaluable contribution to the education of GG U students. They receive no compen­ sation for their efforts, which begin at 6:00 p.m., after they have presided over a full day's calendar in their regular courtrooms.

GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY School of law 19 R. Christopher McGrath Gloria Chong (95) reports on news, business, (93) joined the municipal relocated from Vancouver politics, technology, sports, Class Notes litigation section of Huffer & to San Francisco and remrned and entertainment. continued from page 13 1 ' Weathers, PC, as an associate. to the Law School as a career

1 counselor in the Law Career 1 Mark Seka (96) accepted a Judith Rosen (93) was & Alumni Services Office. position as associate attorney Caroline T. Lubbe (92) elected secretary of the at Arnold White & Durkee joined the Sacramento firm BASF Barristers Club for the Tammy B. Haygood (95) in April. His focus will be of Goldsberry Freeman & IP litigation, specifically July-December 1999 term. was appointed by San Swanson, LLP, as an associate Francisco Mayor Willie L. patent litigation. In 1998, she chaired the labor attorney. Her practice will 1 Brown, Jr. to the Concourse and employment committee. focus on tort and business Authority. One of her first Eric G. Young (96) relocated She works at ABM Industries litigation, bankruptcy, and duties will be to oversee the his practice from Sebastopol as the assistant employment commercial matters. development of an under­ to Santa Rosa. counsel and is an instructor at ground parking garage at the Oaldand College of Law. Kenneth J. Shahoian (92) . Manuela Frachon (97 LLM) married Karen Lyter on has been working as a tax Robert G. Teffeteller (93) October 10, 1998. Jason W. Kuhns (95) joined lawyer since January at returned to his previous the San Francisco office of PriceWaterhouseCoopers in career of financial consulting Linda Sullivan (92) continues Crosby Heafey Roach & May Paris. and joined Mutual Securities, to enjoy a client advice and and continues to specialize Inc., in Santa Rosa, a full- Ursula M. Germann litigation practice with the in corporate, securities, real ' service brokerage firm offering estate, ftnance, and business (97 LLM) is an associate Office of Attorney General 1 stocks, securities, CDs, mutual litigation. 1 expert at the Centre for for the State ofWashington. funds, and more. International Crime She was recently assigned as Sharon A. Anolik (96) Prevention, Offtce of the lead counsel to the Juvenile George B. Parizek (94) joined Global Reservation Director of the United Rehabilitation Administration. writes, "After graduation, Systems, Inc., an Internet­ Nations Office for Drug Linda resides in Olympia, I immediately went to work based, business-to-business Control and Crime Washington, with her for the U.S. Securities & travel reservations company, Prevention in Vienna, Austria. husband, Howard, and two­ Exchange Commission, as their general counsel and year-old son, Aaron. Division of Enforcement­ corporate officer in August. Joseph R. Olin (97) accepted first in the Commission's San an attorney position with the Francisco district office and Rosanne Calbo-Jackson (93) Caren Jenkins (96) pedaled Law Offices of John L. Fallat then at headquarters in 1 and her husband, Nathan her way from San Francisco in June. The offtce practices Washington, DC. I started Jackson, welcomed their to Los Angeles in the sixth 1 civil litigation encompassing out as a staff attorney and was second child, Antonio Calbo­ annual California AIDS Ride numerous areas of law. subsequently promoted to Jackson, into the world on in June. senior counsel during 1997. May 18. Anne Roche (97) writes, I was offered a promotion to Sunday Gozie Ogbodo (96 "I did four guest lectures in branch chief, which I 1 Cern Kaner (93) was elected LLM), founder and publisher constitutional law at the declined. After almost ftve 1 to the American Law Institute of African Watch Publishing University of San Francisco, years of government service in May. Corp., launched the maiden but my main focus right I accepted an offer to join issue of the American-based now is to be a stay-at-home ' Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver international news magazine mother to my 14-month-old Tod Manning (93) joined & Jacobson as an associate. Afi'ican Watch: The Authentic son, Oliver. It's a harder job, the firm ofWartnick, Chaber, I will join the Washington, 1 Voice'·". Afi'ican Watch aims but lots of fun." Harowitz, Smith & Tigerman. DC, office within the ' to bridge the economical, The firm represents victims of corporate law department. political, social, and cultural David V. Roth (97) joined asbestos and tobacco-related 1 My practice will include gaps between modern Africa the San Francisco firm of lung diseases and cancers. SEC enforcement, auditor and the world. Published Wuerfel & Cholakian as independence, and corporate bimonthly, the magazine an associate. governance issues."

20 C<.AssAction FAll 1999 Mandip S. Purewal (98) Alex Lin (99 LLM) flies Cynthia S. Sandoval (97) 1 Theresa M. Giannavola (99) joined the firm ofWalsworth, joined the San Francisco writes, "I moved to Boston to Hong Kong three times Franklin, Bevins & McCall, firm ofWuerfel & Cholakian 1 and with the help of Law per month. When he is not LLP, as an associate in the as an associate. Career & Alumni Services flying, he practices estate firm's San Francisco office. found several great jobs." planning and real estate law. Cristina Romano (98 LLM) Jeffrey Schwarzchild (97), has been appointed as a Erik Heger (99 LLM) Susana A. Pilate (99) writes, an associate at San Francisco's special prosecutor to the spent the summer as a law "After the bar I did a small

Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, 1 United Nations Criminal clerk in the Law Offices ' but requisite amount of Gibson & Harris, has been Tribunal for the former of Marsh & Perna, then partying and doing nothing. appointed to the board of Yugoslavia. She is investigating returned to Germany to But I soon became restless and eager to begin my new directors of the newly formed alleged war crimes committed 1 work as an attorney. Jacob Internet Fund. in the former Yugoslavia and position as graduate fellow at prosecuting the perpetrators 1 Robert Impallomeni (99) GGU's Women's Employment 1 Margalo A. (Moreland) of the atrocities. 1 writes, "Immediately upon Rights Clinic. It's exactly Weissman (97) joined the completing the bar exam I what I wanted to do and San Francisco firm of Lynch, Thomas Boyack (99 LLM) headed off to vacation in I'm very happy." Gilardi & Grummer as an continues to be employed Maui. Once I found out associate. with Ernst & Young, LLP, I passed the bar exam, I left 1 Steve Rosenberg (99)

in the firm's investment for a vacation in Alaska. 1 joined the Ninth Circuit Karine I. Faure (98) joined management practice. Once the celebrating and Court of Appeals, Office of the San Diego law firm of euphoria wears off, I will Staff Attorneys, at the end Nancy Fuller-Jacobs & Bobby Chung (99) writes, look for an IP position in of Septembec. Associates. "My first job out of law ' San Francisco. But for now, school is working as a judicial I will return to my relaxing Chadd C. Weisert (99) Stephen Pearcy (98) joined law clerk to immigration job as an air traffic controller. started work as a tax the corporate and securities judges within the U.S. It's stress-free compared consultant with Deloitte & group of Gray Cary Ware & Department of Justice." to law school and the Touche, LLP, in San Freidenrich, LLP, in Palo Alto. bar exam!!!" Francisco.

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