SPRING 2013 on law ‘THAT ONE FACE THAT LOOKED LIKE MINE’ How William Mitchell is working to diversify the legal profession Political opposites Professor Ken Port Every day’s an adventure for Now, in Rosalie Wahl’s 89th year, and Mitchell student and State Rep. Julie Jones ’89, the Minnesota Zoo’s Minnesotans are learning the rest Joyce Peppin make a formidable team director of human resources of her story in a new documentary on law VOLUME 31, NO. 1 EXECUTIVE EDITOR Published by the Office of Steve Linders Institutional Advancement William Mitchell College of Law WRITING Nancy Crotti 875 Summit Ave. Felicia Kelley St. Paul, MN 55105 Steve Linders 651-290-6370 Paul Moore 651-290-7502 fax Jenny Sherman Lori Sturdevant [email protected] Jim Walsh wmitchell.edu/alumni ART DIRECTION 24 10 John Biasi PRESIDENT AND DEAN Eric S. Janus DESIGN John Biasi CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Stephen B. Bonner ’72 Kate Siebert PHOTOGRAPHY Michael Crouser Tim Rummelhoff Steve Woit 11 26 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD CHAIR Stephen B. Bonner ’72 PRESIDENT VICE CHAIR Daniel O’Keefe ’78 Kathy S. Kimmel ’96 SECRETARY John H. Hooley ’80 VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER Louis L. Ainsworth ’77 Hon. Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks ’85 SECRETARY/TREASURER Lynn M. Anderson ’80 T. Nicole James-Gilchrist ’03 Lawrence T. Bell ’79 John D. Buck Peter Berge ’83 Jeffrey P. Cairns ’81 David Bland ’79 Richard R. Crowl ’76 Mark V. Chapin ’82 Lisa A. Gray ’86 Fred Dawe ’92 Hon. Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks ’85 John Degnan ’76 James J. Hoolihan ’79 Jill K. Esch ’03 Kathy S. Kimmel ’96 Jewelie Grape ’99 Stephen R. Lewis Jr. Mark A. Hallberg ’79 Martin R. Lueck ’84 Alex Kim ’06 Hon. Eric J. Magnuson ’76 Barbara J. Klas ’91 Hon. Helen M. Meyer ’83 Bruce Nerland ’88 Joseph S. Micallef ’62 Lori Oleson ’02 Ruth A. Mickelsen ’81 Alison Drichta Patiuk ’09 Mansco Perry III ’81 Hon. George T. Stephenson ’85 Kathleen Flynn Peterson ’81 Robert Suk ’70 Hon. Denise Reilly ’83 Chris Tymchuck ’08 Peter M. Reyes Jr. ’97 Bill White ’82 Ellen G. Sampson ’84 Elizabeth Cowan Wright ’06 Lenor A. Scheffler ’88 William R. Sieben ’77 David M. Sparby ’80 William F. Stute ’97 Thomas W. Tinkham Eric C. Tostrud ’90 Amy Xu ’97 875 SUMMIT GIVING BACK, SPRING 2013 4 Mitchell named 7 Professor Deer GIVING FORWARD a Fulbright ‘Top advising Department 26 Professor Steenson LEGAL LEGEND honored for 40 years Rosalie Wahl ’67 Producer’ of Justice on sexual assault issues of service to Law Life’s lessons became her gift 4 Conference on Review to the law and those it serves 11 institutional response 8 Mock trial team wins to child sex abuse Regional, heads to 26 Mitchell increases OFF THE BEATEN PATH draws experts Nationals number of endowed Julie Jones ’89 faculty positions Every day’s an adventure 14 5 Mitchel faculty, 8 Students win alumni teach ‘Law Transactional CLASS NOTES FEATURES 28 Steve Bergerson ’74 ‘That one face that looked like mine’ School for Legislators’ LawMeet national competition named Alumnus of How Mitchell is working to 6 Remembering Notable Achievement diversify the legal profession 16 Professor James Hogg 9 Meet Satoko Furuya 29 Nancy Wolf ’87 heads The Odd Couple ALUMNI LINK to the Caucasus for Professor Ken Port and 10 Sue Dosal ’79 and 10 Mentor a Mitchell one more adventure State Rep. Joyce Peppin 22 Greg Stenmoe ’81 student IN MEMORIAM honored with annual Friendships Built to Last 31 Nancy Longley ’93: alumni awards A Mitchell law wives group Political activist has stayed together more with an eye on the than 40 years 24 community’s health 6 THINGS ABOUT Karlin Symons ’88 27 FIGHTING EELPOUT William Mitchell’s student hockey team has been called many things—the pride of Mitchell, Golden Gavel Tournament champions, a lot of fun to watch, the Fighting Eelpout. Each year, 20 or so men and women take a break from their studies, lace up their skates, and compete against teams made up of lawyers and students from other area law schools. This year’s team finished league play with seven wins and battled a team from Hamline School of Law in the Res Ipsa Cup Game, which raises money for charity. Photo by Tim Rummelhoff MITCHELL IN FOCUS Congratulations to this year’s team. 3LS: John Barragry (team president), Lindsay Block, David Holl (board member), Sean Hyman (board member), Joe Levitt 2LS: Daniel Barta, Alex Follmer, Griffin Leitch, Thorton Longie, Ryan McCarthy, Collin Ostroot, Quinn O’Reilly, Adam Wagner 1LS: Mihajlo Babovic, Adam Chandler, Justin Duffy, Michael Ervin, Christopher Florey, Michael Gilligan, Jacob Kimmes, Emily Parks, Ryne Zenner 875 SUMMIT Conference on institutional response to child sex abuse draws experts from Boy Scouts of America, Catholic Church A day-long examination of the way of America and a former canon lawyer, institutions deal with child abuse drew who explored the successes and more than 175 people to Mitchell in failures of churches, schools, and social February. institutions in responding to child abuse. The conference, “Failure to Protect: The conference was sponsored by Institutional Response to Child Sexual the National Child Protection Training Director of Youth Protection for the Boy Scouts Abuse,” was organized by Professor Center and William Mitchell College of of America Michael Johnson, left, listens as Thomas Doyle, former canon lawyer, answers a Phebe Haugen ’72 and featured Law. It was made possible thanks to the question during Failure to Protect. experts from diverse institutions and generous support of Jeff ‘75 and Julie organizations, including the director Anderson. FULL CONFERENCE VIDEO of youth protection for the Boy Scouts wmitchell.edu/febeventvideo Your lifelong professional development resource Whether you’re a new graduate or a professional who’s been practicing for decades, Mitchell’s Office of Career and Professional Development is a resource on which you can depend. The office works with Mitchell students and graduates to help them develop job- search skills, find employment opportunities, Mitchell named a and get hired. From resume and cover letter review to Fulbright ‘Top Producer’ sophisticated career transitions, the office’s J.D.-credentialed professional staff members William Mitchell is the only law school in the elite world of Fulbright grants,” says are there to serve as a resource. the region named a 2012 “Top Producer Professor Denise Roy, Mitchell’s Fulbright If you’re in the market for a job, stop by of U.S. Fulbright Students” by The Student Program advisor and Fulbright campus and visit Room 103. Or, see what the Chronicle of Higher Education. Scholar Program campus representative. office has to offer online. The distinction is awarded to colleges This year, Michael Murphy ’12 is and universities each year based on in Papua New Guinea on a Fulbright LEARN MORE numbers of Fulbright applications and Scholarship, working for the country’s wmitchell.edu/careers scholars. National and Supreme Court Alternative As an independent law school, Dispute Resolution (ADR) Committee Mitchell is in the specialty category, to help implement ADR in the nation’s joined by such institutions as the New more remote regions. His assignment England Conservatory of Music and the includes seven months in Port Moresby, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Papua New Guinea’s capital, and three “It’s a big deal for a smaller months living in a Nahu village with the institution to compete successfully in barest essentials. 4 MITCHELL ON LAW Career photo by Steve Woit 875 SUMMIT Mitchell faculty, alumni teach ‘Law School for Legislators’ Blogging, For the past 15 years or so, newly elected Minnesota legislators and their House and Senate leaders have spent a Chatting, day at William Mitchell learning about the upcoming session’s key legal issues. Tweeting “Law School for Legislators,” also known as the Civil Law Symposium, is a chance for lawmakers to tap into Quiet study spaces, stacks of books, helpful librarians. Some things never Mitchell’s faculty expertise. change in Mitchell’s law library. But now, librarians are also making This year’s symposium efforts to reach out to students and alumni—wherever they might be. included a keynote address on child abuse prevention by retired On Twitter you’ll find changing Last fall, the library and the Office Supreme Court Justice library hours, policies, and events of Information Technology held a Helen Meyer ’83, who is at Mitchell. There are also links “Technology Petting Zoo” to enable Meyer currently a distinguished to interesting and provocative students, alumni, and faculty to jurist in residence at Mitchell; a panel articles in the legal news world and see and play with different tablets on sex offender management and civil blogosphere. and apps, learn more about Word commitment featuring Mitchell Dean formatting, explore new exam TWITTER: @BurgerLibrary Eric Janus and retired software, and talk with library and Minnesota Supreme IT professionals about how to use On Facebook you’ll find posts Court Chief Justice Eric technology while in law school. about Mitchell-specific topics. Magnuson ’76; an overview Some of these ideas were The reference librarians are also of Minnesota’s judicial generated from the Library/Student available to answer legal research branch with current Outreach Team (LSOT), a committee questions via instant messaging. Janus Minnesota Supreme Court of librarians and law students. Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea; and FACEBOOK: /BurgerLibrary LSOT formed a year ago with the a discussion on the future of specialty purpose of learning directly from courts, with Judge Peter Cahill. There’s also a blog on the library’s students what they want and need “The goal of the website, where students, alumni, from the library.