LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW 2010-11 DEAN’S ANNUAL REPORT 1 DEAN’S ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 HIGHLIGHTS 6 | ADVOCACY 6 | CHILDLAW 8 | HEALTH LAW Loyola shapes the future Online Children’s Law and Policy Health Justice Project with new Dispute program expands distance becomes Loyola’s Resolution Program learning offerings fifth clinic 9 | EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 10 | INTERNATIONAL 22 | COMPETITIONS Loyola steps up Global learning at Loyolans continue to take connection between education Loyola now spans five top honors in moot court and and practice continents mock trials 24 | FACILITIES 27 | FACULTY EXCELLENCE 44 | DONOR HONOR ROLL Philip H. Corboy Law Center Loyola professors bring Graduates and friends extend expansion makes a more unique perspectives to teaching their generous support to the student-friendly environment and scholarship School of Law 2 LOYOLA LAW ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 Our Mission Loyola University Chicago School of Law is a student-focused law center inspired by the Jesuit tradition of academic excellence, intellectual openness, and service to others. Our mission is to educate diverse, talented students to be responsible leaders in a rapidly changing, interdependent world; to prepare graduates who will be ethical advocates for justice and the rule of law; and to contribute to a deeper understanding of law and legal institutions through a commitment to research, scholarship, and public service. 3 MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN ollowing on several years theoretical foundation with hands- of remarkable progress, on, practical experience. Our faculty Loyola University Chicago welcomes several new and visiting School of Law continues professors who continue to build Fits momentum with transformative our diverse range of expertise. And initiatives in the classroom, in our students continue to prove their Chicago, and across the world. moot court and mock trial strength with new honors in local, state, and With new academic offerings like the national competitions. Dispute Resolution Program, online Children’s Law and Policy MJ degree, The loyalty and generosity of our and practice-oriented Rule of Law for alumni and friends make these new Development LLM Program, we stay developments possible and sustain at the forefront of legal education our success in ongoing programs and and continue our national—and initiatives. We recognize this essential international—recognition. Our support in our Honor Roll of Donors expanded Experiential Learning beginning on page 44. Program and introduction of the Health Justice Project, a clinic in We value your continued partnership the medical-legal partnership and engagement with our Loyola model, highlight our continuing law community of alumni, friends, commitment to public service and professors, and students. Visit David Yellen to education that balances a strong LUC.edu/law to learn more. Dean and Professor of Law 4 LOYOLA LAW ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 OUR EXPANDING COMMUNITY Super Lawyers IN 2010, LOYOLA WAS RANKED Stats on 60 OUT OF 180 U.S. LAW SCHOOLS FOR THE NUMBER OF ITS GRADUATES SELECTED FOR INCLUSION IN SUPER LAWYERS Students MAGAZINE. e welcome the newest members of the Loyola law community—the incoming class—as we W congratulate the Class of 2011, now pursuing a Top 50 variety of careers in private practice, business, government, the justice system, and other areas. Here are snapshots of the first- THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL NAMED LOYOLA ONE OF 50 LAW year class and some of our recent graduates. SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF 2010 GRADUATES HIRED BY NJL 250 FIRMS. THE NATION’S LArgEST FIRMS ARE IDENTIFIED A Diverse and Accomplished BY THE NJL’S ANNUAL SUrvEY. Entering Class The School of Law received 5,043 applications this year. For the first time, more than half of the first-year class is from outside Illinois. California and Michigan were the two most represented states outside Illinois. Other demographic highlights for 1Ls: Entering Class 2011 3 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO Full-time day 244 HAS NAMED THREE NEW Part-time evening 28 SCHOOL OF LAw-affiLIATED Part-time day 2 MEMBERS TO ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES: JACKIE TAYLOR HOLSTEN Total students 274 (JD ’99), BARRY MCCABE, AND Men 119 SUSAN SHER (JD ’74). Women 155 Students of color 29.9% Median age 23 Number of undergraduate schools 121 Number of majors 44 + Out-of-state students 56% (from 32 states and one foreign country) 10,000 LSAT 25–75% 156-162 LSAT median 160 THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS HOLDING LOYOLA UNIVERSITY GPA 25-75% 3.13-3.57 CHICAGO LAW DEGREES Now GPA median 3.37 EXCEEds 10,000. 5 Amanda Byrne, Scott Davis, and Rodolphe Primeau (all JD ’11) on graduation day Employment Statistics for Recent Loyola Grads Here’s a partial breakout of the wide range of practice settings in which recent Loyola law grads work (2010 is the most recent year for which JD employment statistics are available): Class Year 2010 Percent of class reporting 98.87% Percentage employed nine months after graduation 89.73% Area of Practice ABA president-elect Law firms 50.85% is a Loyolan Government 9.32% Laurel Bellows (JD ’74) delivered the Judicial clerkships 7.20% commencement address at the School of Business 22.46% Law’s graduation in May. Bellows has been Public interest 5.93% selected by the American Bar Association as president-elect; she will serve for a year Academia 2.97% beginning in August 2012. Military 1.27% For additional Class of 2010 employment data, visit LUC.edu/law/career/2010_data.html. 6 LOYOLA LAW ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 BREAKING NEW GROUND regional, national, and international advocacy competitions. Most notably, Loyola won second place at the Andrews Kurth National Moot Court Centers of Championship, third place at the American Association for Justice’s Mock Trial Competition, and third place at the International Academy of Dispute Resolution’s Mediation Excellence Tournament (also see page 22). edicated to the highest standards of teaching, research, service, and policy development, the School of Law’s Civitas DCenters of Excellence take an integrated, interdisciplinary ChildLaw approach to significant issues affecting the law today. Here are highlights of the past year from several of the centers, as well as Center updates from the School of Law’s other areas of focus. Online MJ degree in Children’s Law and Policy to launch this fall Teresa Frisbie (JD ’86) joined the This year, the Civitas ChildLaw Center Dan K. Webb law school last fall as director of the welcomed Miranda Johnson as its center’s new Dispute Resolution Salisbury Post-Graduate Teaching Center for Program. The program broadens Fellow. Johnson, a New York the law school’s curricular offerings in University graduate, spent three Advocacy the advocacy and dispute resolution years at Advocates for Children in New Dispute Resolution Program area in order to strengthen our New York before coming to Loyola. builds on center achievements students’ skills in this growing field. Frisbie has more than 20 years of Under the visionary leadership of private practice experience, and has Diane Geraghty’s concept served as a mediator and arbitrator Director James P. Carey, Loyola’s paper on child-friendly Center for Advocacy is a centerpiece in addition to litigating cases. She is of the School of Law and one of the a Loyola law graduate and a former legal aid in Africa has most respected advocacy programs member of Loyola’s adjunct law been adopted by UNICEF. in the country. Renamed the Dan K. faculty, teaching courses in mediation Webb Center for Advocacy in 2010, advocacy; she has also coached the center recently added to its rich several Loyola student competitions In other news, the concept paper that curriculum an LLM degree in trial in mediation, mediation advocacy, Diane Geraghty, Loyola’s A. Kathleen advocacy, appellate advocacy, and and international arbitration. Beazley Chair in ChildLaw, and her alternative dispute resolution. The husband, Thomas F. Geraghty, wrote new degree lets both aspiring and Other center highlights include on child-friendly legal aid in Africa experienced litigators develop and another year of remarkable success has been adopted by UNICEF, perfect their skills. for Loyola’s student teams in the United Nations Development LOYOLA IS THE MIDWEST HEADQUARTERS FOR THE Civitas ChildLaw Center Director Diane Geraghty’s concept paper explores the legal, policy, and NITA NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL AdvocACY. practical issues in creating child-friendly legal aid in Africa. 7 Civitas ChildLaw Center Director Diane Geraghty’s concept paper explores the legal, policy, and practical issues in creating child-friendly legal aid in Africa. 8 LOYOLA LAW ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 BREAKING NEW GROUND Programme, and the United Nations Michael Kaufman, will take place at collaborate with community health- Office on Drugs and Crime as the the School of Law this fall. care providers to identify and address official paper on this topic.T he the diverse social and legal issues that paper explores the legal, policy, negatively impact the health of their and practical issues involved in Beazley Institute low-income patients. Law students creating and maintaining such and pro bono attorneys then provide programs in Africa. for Health Law brief advice, referrals, and legal representation to remedy the legal Loyola’s Civitas ChildLaw Clinic, and Policy and social issues that negatively under the direction of Professor impact health. Since the program Health Justice Project takes Bruce Boyer, filed amicus curiae briefs launched in early 2011, Loyola’s HJP medical-legal approach to health supporting the interests of children students have assisted more than 250 of low-income individuals in the U.S. Supreme Court and Illinois patients and trained 70-plus health- Appellate Court. care providers in the Chicago area. The nationally recognized Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy Following a comprehensive review The Fourth Annual Symposium on continues to lead the way in health of the curriculum and after receiving Access to Health Care, cohosted law teaching, research, service, and extensive input from students, last fall by the Beazley Institute policy development.