UO SCHOOL OF LAW 1 Oregon Lawyer Vol. 16, No. 2 Rennard Strickland SPRING 2001 Dean Matt Roberts Asst. Dean of External Relations Connie Tapp Asst. Director of Development Norma Allensworth Executive Asst., Alumni and Development Jill Leininger Editor/Writer Mike Lee, Ars Una Digital Designer Contributing Writers Cheri Brooks, Ann Mack, Judy Sprauer Cover Art Betsy Wolfson University of Oregon School of Law Board of Visitors — 2000-2001 The Hon. Ann Aiken (’79) U.S. District Court Judge Howard Arnett (’77) Karnopp, Petersen, Noteboom, Hansen, Arnett & Sayeg, LLP Don Bourassa (’80) • The Hon. David Brewer (’77) 10 Class of ’77 Presiding Oregon Court of Appeals Over 70 of 145 Oregon judicial seats are held by UO alumni, nine of whom Carolyn Chambers (Chair) Chambers Communications Corp. graduated in 1977. OREGON LAWYER spoke with the Class of ’77 judges about Lori Houck Cora (’89) the experience of being a law student in the mid-seventies and how it relates to U.S. EPA, Region 8 being a judge almost quarter of a century later. Serena Cruz District 2 Commissioner’s Office Okianer Christian Dark United States Attorney’s Office • Gary Galton (’70) 2 In Brief The Hon. Alfred “Ted” Goodwin (’51) The Oregon Way: Appropriate Dispute Resolution Conference Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals ADR Director Lisa Kloppenberg to Lead Dayton Law School James Hershner (’54) A Conversation with Ellen Rosenblum Paul Kelly Nike, Inc. Oregon Supreme Court Visits Knight Law Center Thomas Landye Jason Howell & Hollywood Entertainment Establish New Externship Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP Orlando Hollis Bequest Funds Scholarships and Endowed Chair The Hon. Edward Leavy U.S. Circuit Court Moot Court Teams Score Victories in Regional Competitions Kenneth Lewis Morse Center announces Student Fellowships Paul Lorenzini Paul Loving (’93) Torson Group, Inc. 8 • Centers Hardy Myers (’64) Oregon Attorney General Nelson Lichtenstein Gives Keynote Address at Opening of Wayne Morse Cen- Peggy Nagae ter Exhibit Total Diversity Management Consultants Ocean and Coastal Law Center Names Legislative Fellows Daniel Ousley (’73) Wallowa County District Attorney Law and Entrepreneurship Center Offers New Course of Study Laura Rackner (’84) Stahancyk Gearing Rackner & Kent Dana Rasmussen (’77) 16 • Faculty Robert Richmond (’70) Richmond & Quinn David Schuman Appointed to Oregon Court of Appeals Rohn Roberts (’79) Ibrahim Gassama Wins Award for Humanitarianism and Peacemaking Arnold, Gallagher, Saydack, Percell & Roberts Nicholas Rockefeller Perkins Coie LLP 19 • Alumni William Wiley (’75) Cynthia Fraser (’87) Denver Dedicates New Civic Building to Memory of Minoru Yasui Ex officio; President, Law School Alumni Assoc. New Mt. Hood Chair Lift Named for Norman Wiener In Memoriam: Lois Baker 2 OREGON LAWYER funded programs.” Keynote speaker, The Honorable Dorothy Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals, also places Oregon at the forefront of ADR legal education and practice. In a re- cent conference for Fortune 500 companies, Nelson IN BRIEF named the UO as a model of ADR integration into law school curricula. In her speech, Judge Nelson addressed the chal- The Oregon Way lenges that ADR presents to legal educators and pre- dicted that there will be “a huge extension of the Appropriate Dispute Resolution Conference multidisplinary practice of law.” Nelson also encour- Draws National Speakers aged the audience to look beyond simple problem- Did you know? There are several indicators that mediation practices solving and into what she called “transformative me- One-third of UO law are changing Oregon’s legal landscape: Oregon law- diation.” In the best cases, clients are not just “better faculty are trained as yers and litigants are turning more often to mediation off” by the outcome of the mediation but somehow mediators and 17 in civil cases; free mediators are available in most enlightened as to the cause and made aware of the classes have integrated court jurisdictions for small claims cases; and Oregon potential growth opportunity presented in the con- ADR content. state law now requires that mediation be offered to flict. In doing this, lawyers and other ADR providers couples who need resolution for custody issues. “expand their parties’ tools for dealing with the psy- In light of these changes, Oregon lawyers, law chological, social and economic dynamics that drive professors, community representatives, and students litigation.” came together at the UO Law School last November Presentations throughout the two-day sympo- sium began some lively conversation. Peter Steenland, head of ADR for Oregon’s Department of Justice, engaged in roleplays with Carole Houk, Dispute Resolution Specialist for the U.S. Navy, to demonstrate the difficult ethical issues that The Honorable Dorothy to discuss how mediation strategies can continue to can surface during mediation. A panel of Oregon Nelson in her keynote help disputants avoid slow and costly court battles. judges, including the Honorable Susan Leeson, the speech “ADR in the 21st Throughout “ADR 2000 Symposium”, panelists pre- Honorable William Riggs and the Honorable David Century: Challenges for sented the difficult ethical issues in ADR, the chal- Brewer, discussed how they implement ADR from Legal Education and the lenges that ADR presents for legal education and the the bench. Legal Profession.” legal profession, and Oregon’s unique implementa- Given the rapid growth of this practice, and the tion of mediation alternatives. eagerness with which the state and federal govern- Oregon is one of 10 states leading the mediation ments have supported and implemented it, it’s clear charge in school and neighborhood disputes as well that this kind of discussion is vital. Many symposium as in the courts, says Joanne attendees were legal practi- Hartman of the Washington Oregon is one of 10 states tioners, some of whom re- D.C. based National Associa- leading the mediation charge ceived CLE units for attend- tion for Community Media- ing. Lisa Kloppenberg, tion. Oregon Dispute Resolu- in school and neighborhood director of the UO’s ADR tion Commission, which sets disputes as well as in the program, says the conference the minimum qualifications was intended to “share our courts. and training standards for enthusiasm, say how impor- mediators in community and tant it is in law curriculum, court-connected mediation, funds neighborhood me- and give us, as faculty and students, a chance to learn diation centers throughout the state. At the confer- and connect with practicing professionals.” ence, Susan Brody, Director of the ODRC, spoke Not only did the program gain attention at the about how Oregon is innovating new ways to “pro- national level and create more financial support of the mote quality dispute resolution services in state- program’s objectives, but the conference’s goal of UO SCHOOL OF LAW 3 community outreach and education established some mits that it’s difficult to leave a program so clearly exciting opportunities for students. Matthew headed for success. Hoffman, a third-year student, was asked to extern “Student involvement has been vital to the suc- with a large insurance company that is now required cess of ADR,” she says. “Our program has, by and to use ADR processes with their clients. Hoffman will large, been built on student-initiated efforts… This review and evaluate their in-house mediation pro- student body is a mature and mo- gram. tivated group.” Citing also the support from administration and alumni, Kloppenberg believes the Kloppenberg Reflects ADR program will continue to flourish, stressing the ways in Says Goodbye to UO which the faculty has already Lisa Kloppenberg, after nine years of distinguished made the UO a national model teaching at the University of Oregon, will become for curriculum integration. Dean of Law at the University of Dayton, Ohio. At 38, Jane Gordon, Associate Dean she’ll become one of 24 women law deans in the na- for Student and Program Affairs, tion and, certainly, one of the youngest. Kloppenberg emphasized the role that Klop- credits her mentors for inspiring her to assume this penberg has played in laying the leadership role. groundwork for ADR’s future The Honorable Dorothy Nelson, the first female success: “Lisa is full of energy and dean for a school of law, has been a crucial influence the program she has started holds to Kloppenberg. A clerk for Judge Nelson at the start tremendous promise for our stu- of her career, the two have continued to work closely dents, alumni, and practitioners. as educators, sharing a vision and passion for teach- We’re sorry she won’t be here to ing alternatives to litigation. continue her work, but we wish From Dave Frohnmayer to Rennard Strickland, her the best in her new adven- Kloppenberg believes that the UO has also provided tures.” her with good models of what a dean should be: Though the deanship is cer- “Rennard Strickland has advocated for us to take tain to offer many “new adventures”, Kloppenberg Lisa Kloppenberg, leadership positions, with the ABA and other profes- also plans to continue teaching one course a year at Director of the ADR sional organizations.” Approaching the Dayton University of Dayton. “Teaching motivates me to re- program, will leave in deanship as an opportunity to mentor others in a main up-to-date on the issues. My students and re- July to become dean at similar way, one of her priorities will be to foster an search assistants have both challenged and bettered the University of Dayton. atmosphere of respect and mutual support within the my scholarship.” One of the fruits of that collabora- school. tion is Kloppenberg’s book (to be published this sum- In 1992, faculty support was Kloppenberg’s mer), Playing It Safe: How the Supreme Court Dodges main attraction to the UO. After five years in private Hard Issues and Stunts the Development of practice, she chose to begin her teaching career at L a w .