Cleveland State University EngagedScholarship@CSU Law Notes School Publications Spring 1997 1997 Vol.5 No.2 Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/lawpublications_lawnotes How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! Recommended Citation Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, "1997 Vol.5 No.2" (1997). Law Notes. 63. https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/lawpublications_lawnotes/63 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the School Publications at EngagedScholarship@CSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Law Notes by an authorized administrator of EngagedScholarship@CSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Volume 5 • Issue 2 Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association News N 0 T E S Delicate Pansies by Etole Kahan ,. President's Letter • 0 • . ' ~ ~ ' ,, .... , '0 ' ..: '· 0} . Dear Fellow Alumni: . \ Every head of a n6n-profi,t· organiz;:ttion· must deli vex: this message at one time or ~another. Though it is not ~y favorite part oJ the."job, it i~ a riecess'ary 'and iti;.portant part. r,· ' ·. must speak to you· of the Cleveland-Marshall Annual Fund Drive arid of other College of Law efforts that need your ~upport. _ Tl!e Cleveland-Marshall Annual Fund ask-s us each year to <;ontribute to the law school that-educated us and launched our-legal careers. The monies that we raise during this 'y;ctrly appeal support essential ele.men~s of an outstanding . l~g;:tl education-programs-such as · our four -legal clinics, out Moot Cou~ Program, and·our two law journals. Moreover,· our' , Aimual Ftiild contributions purcllase books fox: the new library, underwrite faculty research, and supp.ort stude~t scholarships. Our gifts help suitain th~ remarkable law school that our . founders envisioned 100 years ago when the Cleveland Law Sch_ool opened its do~rs and wei- ; ~ . '' .. c<;nned' the first w"omen ever ~dmitted into an Ohio. law s~hool. in our Cent~nnial Ye~r I we .· ·. should remember that when we do'nate to _cleveland-Marshall, we are, donating to an extraor-'· dinary·school, the school that graduated the first woman municipaJ court judge in the coun­ try, Mary Grossmani the only five-time Governor of Ohio, Frank Lausche; and the first African American women attorney in Clev~land, L'ouise Johnson Pridgeon . .And by our gift:giving, we ' are making· this law school more accessiple to the .second century of Cleveland-Marshall judg~s, gowrnors and attorneys. i;t is nev~r too · l~te - to give _back to this ,wonderf~l' law school ' a. portion .of what it has given to each of us; our families, and o~r <,:ommupities. · I look f<?rward tb our.gala reunion weekend of September 26 and 27- whert the classes enqing in 2 ~nd 7 will unite. Festivities Will include}he dedication of the new law library, as . well as Cleveland-Marshall's lOOth birthday party at the Rock and·Roll Ha'll bf Fame_and Museum! I h~pe all of ypu wi~l pl~m ori ah~nding. · · · : · .· ! . · _ · , . ,. , . ,.· " Sincerely, Deborah Lewis Hiller '75 '· I 1 -.:• : <. Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association News-Spring 1997 About the cover artist: Etole Kahan has studied art at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Parsons School of Design, and Pratt Institute of Art in New York City. N 0 T E S She is a member of the Valley Art Center of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Ohio Water Color Society, and the Broward Art Guild of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. CONTENTS For several years she was on the staff 3 of the Arts Department of American Greeting Cards Co. in Cleveland, Ohio, specializing in Dean's Column floral artistry and eventually appointed Head 6 Floral Artist. Annual Recognition Luncheon: 1997 Honored Alumni She has studied with nationally promi­ nent floral artist Robert Laessig and she has 15 also studied with Rowen Smith of southern Centennial Feature: Living Graduates Florida, and most recently with renown water colorist Jan Mettee. of the Twenties, Thirties & Forties Etole has had her works exhibited in 12 many shows, including the prestigious Agnon Life Members Art Show, Valley Art Center, Russell and Orange. She has won numerous awards for 23 her art work. Six Dean Reunion Party 25 400,000th Book Ceremony 26 Barristers' Ball Volume 5, Number 2 28 Spring 1997 Editor: Alumni Happenings Mary McKenna 33 Associate Editor: Louise F. Mooney Faculty & Staff Happenings Graphic Design: Szilagyi & Szilagyi Printer: Legal News Publishing Company Photo Credits: Mary McKenna, Bill Rieter, and Amanda Steinglass We hope you enjoy this new issue of Law Notes and ask that you continue to contribute and respond to information in this and future issues of Law Notes. Special thanks to Leon M. Plevin '57, Donald F. Traci '55, Susan L. Grage! '80, Daniel R. McCarthy '54 and Sheldon Sager for their commitment in sup­ port of this publication. Special thanks to Rosa DelVecchio and Jill Patterson for their assistance. The CMLAA Board of Trustees is dedicated to serving the alumni, students, faculty and staff of the College of Law. For comments and suggestions, please feel free to contact the Law Alumni Office at 216-687-2368. 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This this year's Annual Fund will do so event marking the addition of our plan, which reduces the number of law today. 400,000th volume is all the more sig­ students for whom state subsidy is Though the Regents' proposal has nificant in that, in this year of our available and ties the remaining sub­ been a major concern, the 1996-97 aca­ Centennial, the library and its magnif­ sidy to the median LSAT and under­ demic year is ending on a positive icent collection of the best of the new graduate grade point average of incom­ note, and there is much to report about and the best of the old symbolize both ing students, would have had a devas­ our entry into the 21st century and our tating impact on Cleveland-Marshall strong link with the past. and the other Ohio law schools with This brief National Library Week part-time programs. I am pleased to celebration was a prelude to the cele­ report that our legislators have recog­ bration we plan for the library dedica­ nized the important role this law tion during the Law Alumni school plays in providing a quality and Association's reunion weekend on affordable legal education to residents Friday, September 26 and Saturday, of Ohio and the nation, and on March September 27. The weekend opens 21, 1997, the Ohio House of with the dedication ceremony on Representatives approved a budget bill Friday and concludes on Saturday that addresses this matter. evening with a gala celebration at the The House of Representatives, fol­ impressive Rock and Roll Hall of Fame lowing a plan developed by and Museum on the Lake Erie coast. By Representative William G. Batchelder, the weekend's close you may congratu­ President Pro Tempore of the House, late yourself on having visited two of and State Senator Roy L. Ray, the city's finest treasures - our library Chairman of the Senate Finance and the Pei-designed Museum. Details Committee, voted to create a of the weekend are included in this Commission on Public Legal Education issue of Law Notes and more informa­ charged with reviewing the issues tion will be arriving shortly.