THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL SCHOOL OF LAW CAROLINA LAW A New Generation 20 Professors Have Joined of Faculty Members UNC in the Past 4 Years VOLUME 34, ISSUE TWO FALL/WINTER 2010 Dean’s MessaGE UNC Law Alumni Association Dear Friends: Board of Directors As dean, I am enormously proud of this cover of Carolina Law Executive Officers magazine. It showcases the 20 new faculty members we have Norma R. Houston ’89, president hired since 2006. They are all talented scholars and wonderful Ann Reed ’71, vice president teachers. Among them, we hope, are the next Bob Byrd, Gene Gressman, Dan Pollitt or Sally Sharp—Carolina Law treasures Robert A. Wicker ’69, second vice president whom many of you remember fondly. You will read in the John Charles Boger ’74, secretary-treasurer pages of this magazine about the ongoing work of these new EARS R. Scott Tobin ’81, Law Foundation chair S faculty and other faculty members whom you already know AN W. Erwin Spainhour ’70, past president (2004-05) D well. I invite you to meet these new faces and to welcome John Charles Boger Donna R. Rascoe ’93, past president (2005-06) them warmly into the Carolina Law fold. John B. McMillan ’67, past president (2006-07) Let me also share word of some wonderful student successes this past year. More than 96 percent of our departing May 2009 graduates found employment within nine months David M. Moore II ’69, past president (2007-08) of graduation, in spite of the most difficult legal hiring market in decades. Precisely 91.97 John S. Willardson ’72, past president (2008-09) percent of our July 2010 first-time takers passed the North Carolina Bar Exam, the highest Committee Chairs rate among any of the state’s law schools and the highest overall rate for UNC law graduates in recent memory. And our entering class arrived this fall with the highest average LSAT Advancement Committee, Michael A. DeMayo ’90 scores of any class ever to enroll at Carolina Law. Audit Committee, Maria M. Lynch ’79 Our students will find that curriculum reform is underway. We hope to substantially Facilities Committee, Thomas F. Taft ’72 lengthen and strengthen the first-year writing program next year and to offer new, upper- Long-Range Planning Committee, level skill-based courses as well. We make these changes in response to your often-expressed John S. Willardson ’72 need for graduates who offer stronger writing skills and a better sense for the realities of Student Affairs Committee, Craig T. Lynch ’86 law practice. We will also begin offering an LL.M. degree in United States Law and Procedure in the fall of 2011 for international law graduates. While these lawyers from Britain, China, Germany and UNC Law Foundation Officers elsewhere will learn about the U.S. legal system from Carolina Law faculty, our J.D. students R. Scott Tobin ’81, president and chair will gain firsthand exposure to global perspectives from their new classmates. Edwin Jasper “Jack” Walker Jr. ’69, vice-president You have been wonderful friends to Carolina Law, and we are grateful for your support. John Charles Boger ’74, secretary-treasurer You have answered our calls for financial support, offered summer and permanent jobs to our students and volunteered your time in myriad ways. We will need your help more than ever in the challenging financial times that lie ahead, and we know we can once again count UNC School of Law Office on you. I will be on the road a lot, and I hope to see you there – or in Chapel Hill, where of Advancement you are always welcome. Kris Jensen, associate dean for advancement Very best regards, Louise Harris, assistant dean for alumni & special programs T. 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Bledsoe, Alexander Rivera Jr. VOLUME 34, ISSUE 2 FALL/WINTER 2010 CONTENTS Cover Story 8 A NEW GENERATION OF FACULTY MEMBERS 20 Professors Have Joined UNC in the Past 4 Years A CAMPAIGN HISTORY 21 FOR THE CENTER A Glimpse into the FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 18 Past: The Integration Center Launches $10 of UNC School of Law Million Endowment Campaign Departments SCHOOL NEWS 2 ALUMNA PROFILE 24 DONOR PROFILE 39 8 Faculty & Research Scholarship Named IN MEMORIAM 7 Bonnie Weyher ’77 25 Alumni News for B. Irvin Boyle ’36 Robert G. “Bob” Byrd ’56 NCBA President Prioritizes 30 Honor Roll of Donors Diversity, Mentoring VOICES 48 40 Class Notes Kenneth S. Broun: 45 Parting Shots Civil Rights Lawyering in South Africa 46 Faculty Books 47 Staff Profile 6 CAROLINA LAW 4 3 7 8 5 12 15 2 13 10 11 ON THE COVER: 1. Deborah R. Gerhardt 2. Holning S. Lau 3. Gregg D. Polsky 4. Craig T. Smith 5. John F. Coyle 1 9 14 6. Gene R. Nichol 7. Richard S. Saver 8. Barbara A. Fedders 9. Catherine Y. Kim 10. Saule T. Omarova 11. Anne Klinefelter 12. Alfred L. Brophy 13. Kathryn A. Sabbeth 14. Carol N. Brown 15. Mark C. Weidemaier 16. Robert P. Mosteller 17 19 20 17. Jon McClanahan 18. Kareem U. Crayton 19. Victor B. Flatt 20. Joan H. Krause 16 18 Photo by Donn Young. reak. Photo by Donn Young. SCHOOL NEWS Moving Up from 38th to 28th in Two Years UNC SCHOOL OF LAW RANKED 10TH among state law schools in the U.S. News UNG UNG & World Report 2011 edition of “America’s CAMPELL YO YO Best Graduate Schools.” The school has BERT RO DONN DONN also improved significantly in other ranking Robert P. “Bob” Mosteller Richard E. Myers II Thomas A. Kelley III categories managed by the magazine. “We are pleased to share the news that Carolina Law has risen two places in that ranking system, from 30th to 28th among Dean Appoints New Associate Deans all law schools nationwide. This follows last and Clinic Director year’s rise, in which we moved from 38th to 30th. In sum, the School of Law has risen 10 AS OF JULY 1, the leadership team at UNC School of Law includes a few new faces. Laura N. spots in two years,” says Jack Boger ’74, dean “Lolly” Gasaway, professor of law, has stepped down as associate dean for academic affairs. and Wade Edwards Distinguished Professor The responsibilities in that position have been divided into two positions. Robert P. “Bob” of Law. Mosteller, J. Dickson Phillips Distinguished Professor, has assumed the role of associate This year, the school’s reputation ranking dean for academic affairs, and Richard E. Myers II, associate professor of law, now oversees among scholars – which has always been admissions, career services, student services and public service programs. strong – moved up the 5.0-point scale from Additionally, Deborah M. Weissman, Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law, 3.5 to 3.6, placing the school 20th. The stepped down as director of the clinical program but continues to lead the Immigration/ school also ranks 17th in reputation among Human Rights Policy Clinic. Professor Thomas A. Kelley III, who has led the Community all lawyers and judges. Development Law Clinic since 2002, is now director of clinical programs. HATS OFF administrative efficiency and reduce costs, STUDENTS ATTEND TO THE collaborated with the communications office NATIONAL LESBIAN AND TECHNOLOGY to develop a new public website, implemented GAY LAW CONFERENCE OFFICE new secure exam software and managed Five students received funding to attend The law school information technology office an increase in the number of classroom the 2010 National Lesbian and Gay Law As- earned a team award at the 18th recordings. sociation’s Lavender Law conference, held annual University-wide awards ceremony. in Miami Beach in August. Lavender Law is Congratulations to Erin Adair, Doug Edmunds, an annual two-day conference and career Eric Helms, Dawn Lynn, Charles Story and fair, first held in 1988. The conference Gary Wilhelm. Over the past year, the team invites hundreds of law students and legal developed custom applications to improve professionals from around the country to 2 FALL-WINTER 2010 Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic Co-Hosts Conference on Extraordinary Rendition Johnny Moloto, the chargé d’affaires ad interim THE IMMIGRATION/HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY CLINIC co-hosted the conference “Weaving a Net of Accountability: Taking on Extraordinary Rendition at the State and Regional Level” with North Carolina Stop Torture Now, a statewide anti-torture coalition, and the International Human Rights Law Society at Duke University School of Law in April.