University of Washington School of Law UW Law Digital Commons Alumni Magazines Law School History and Publications 10-2009 uwlaw, Fall 2009, Vol. 60 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/alum Part of the Legal Education Commons Recommended Citation uwlaw, Fall 2009, Vol. 60, (2009). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/alum/10 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School History and Publications at UW Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of UW Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. fall 2009 | volume 60 u wlaw A new era of legal education CALENDAR 2009 – 2010 Alumni receptions with Dean Kellye Y. Testy have been scheduled for the following dates: NOVEMBER 2: New York City NOVEMBER 4: Washington, DC w DECEMBER 8: Portland, OR a JANUARY 28: Tacoma, WA l Please check our alumni website for details (www.law.washington.edu/alumni). 12 w OCTOBER 22 Kellye Y. Testy ushers in a new era of legal Installation of Associate Dean u education as the 14th permanent dean at the Steve Calandrillo as a Charles I. Stone law school. Professor of Law Photo by Matt Hagen. Lecture: Penalizing Punitive Damages: Why the Supreme Court Needs a Lesson UW LAW on Law and Economics Volume 60 Fall 2009 4:00 p.m., William H. Gates Hall, Seattle Reception immediately following DEAN Kellye Y. Testy OCTOBER 30 CLE Program EDITOR Immigration Options for Immigrant Laura Paskin Survivors of Domestic Violence 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., PHOTO EDITOR Shari Ireton Offices of Davis Wright Tremaine, 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200, Seattle CONTRIBUTING WRITERS NOVEMBER 13 Mary Whisner Golden Alumni Society Luncheon For all law school classes that CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS graduated more than 50 years ago Benjamin Drummond Matt Hagen 12:00 p.m., William H. Gates Hall, Seattle Carl Murray Jack Storms SAVE THE DATE DESIGN JANUARY 15-17, 30-31 Heather DeRosier CLE Program EDITORIAL BOARD Professional Mediation Skills Stephanie Cox Training Program Kimberly Ellwanger ’85 William H. Gates Hall, Seattle Penny Hazelton Roland L. Hjorth FEBRUARY 5 Eugene Lee ’66, LL.M. ’68 Jerry McNaul ’68 CLE Program Signe Naeve ’00 Professional in Practice, Ethics in Action The Clinical Law Program celebrates its EDITORIAL OFFICE AND 30th anniversary with this conference, SUBSCRIPTION CHANGES: UW Law followed by a reception and keynote William H. Gates Hall, Room 383 address by clinic alumna Jenny Durkan ’85 University of Washington William H. Gates Hall, Seattle School of Law Box 353020 MAY 13 Seattle, WA 98195-3020 Annual Alumni Recognition Banquet Email: [email protected] 6:30 p.m., Grand Hyatt Hotel, Seattle For more information on events, registration, and additions to the CLE schedule, visit our website: http://www.law.washington.edu/alumni u wlaw UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW 19 15 22 21 contents FEATURE SECTION 12 Meet Dean Kellye Testy 14 Professional Mentorship Program for 1Ls 16 Olympia Quarter Fellows 18 Mediation: the clinic experience 20 The competitive advantage 22 Proving ground for externs and interns departments NEWS 03 FACULTY 25 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON LIBRARY 39 PHOTO GALLERY w 41 a l w ALUMNI 43 u 01 FROM THE ARCHIVES 48 from the dean MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN Walking into the UW School of Law this summer, I reflected on the legacy of a 110-year-old law school that broke new ground beginning on day one. Our 34 talented first-year students included three women, an African-American man, and a Japanese man—individually and collectively a rarity in 1899. Under the direction of John T. Condon, the first dean, the School of Law offered the best public legal education anywhere in the United States. As a result of this foundation, the school never lost sight of its roots, evident in the number of alumni who are prominent in the legal profession, many breaking through the barriers of gender, race, and ethnicity along the way. Our commitment to excellence—including diversity—has stood the test of time amid many changes in legal education. Today, the best legal education must include an integration of theory, doctrine, and practice and must be delivered by a diverse faculty to a diverse student body. The recent Carnegie report on legal education makes this point as well: that we will best serve our students by developing not only the cognitive capacity of students but also their skills and values. Especially for a global law school such as ours, graduates must be culturally competent and able to apply theories and doctrine in context as part of their preparation for an increasingly complex and connected world. In this issue of UW Law, we focus on our intentional efforts to bridge legal education with the practice of law. From the day our students walk in the door, we expose them to an exciting global and interdisciplinary curriculum, a healthy change in the classroom.The world’s most complex social problems cannot be solved by one discipline alone, but instead require effective collaboration and multidisciplinary work. We link that curriculum with a public service requirement and wide-ranging opportunities for students to deepen their learning through real-world experiences: internships, externships, international competitions, rigorous writing programs, and live-client clinics. Not only does this approach give students experiences in various aspects of the law, it helps them more fully understand their ethical obligations as they develop important relationships with clients. To complement our curriculum, we offer students the support of professional mentors, peer mentors, supportive staff, and engaged faculty as well as alumni and friends who make significant contributions to their success. Together, this network of internal and external support creates a supportive web for our students’ entry into the legal profession and en- courages their embrace of our profession’s most noble values.Through our outstanding teacher-student ratio, we advance our commitment to a higher level by encouraging our students to take their ideas and passions to a new level. One recent example is the work of two students who organized “Three Degrees,” an international conference that addressed the impact of climate change on human rights. We begin the chronicle of their story in this issue of UW Law and will follow their progress through the year as they launch the Three Degrees Project. In this first year as your new dean, I hope to meet many of you. I am confident that with your continued support the legacy of the School of Law will remain true to its roots—excellence in legal education, a commitment to diversity, ser- vice to the community, and accountability to the legal profession—to create the next generation of great lawyers. I look forward to embarking on this journey with you. Kellye Y. Testy Dean, UW School of Law James W. Mifflin University Professor news GREG ADAmS HEADS WASHiNGToN Law SCHooL FoundatioN Greg Adams ’77 continues his service to the UW and introduction into the law school as the recently elected president of the our community Washington Law School Foundation. Adams, a partner at during the year Davis Wright Tremaine, had chaired the foundation’s audit will enhance that committee, served as president of the Law School Alumni connection.” Association, mentored first-year law students, and was a The foundation supports faculty in their research and founding board member of the UW Edward E. Carlson writing and provides student scholarships. Acknowledging Leadership and Public Service Center. He has been with the critical time facing the law school as the state, law Davis Wright Tremaine since graduation. firms, alumni, students, and the foundation itself are Adams believes that the increased contact with law grappling with the economic downturn, Adams is school alumni through the Law Firm Annual Challenge, working with the foundation board to evaluate investment now in its third year, is paying off in more ways than one. strategies and review accounting procedures to insure “The energy and enthusiasm of the faculty participating compliance with new standards for nonprofits. He has in the challenge have resonated in the legal community,” made fundraising a priority. he said. “The reconnection is overwhelmingly positive, “If there ever is a time when the law school is in greater and we’ve seen a reversal in the perception that the need than usual,” he said, “now is that time.” law school no longer focuses on alumni. Dean Testy’s iNNoCENCE PRojECT REVERSES CoNViCTioN; mAjoR GiFT Expands CLiNiC SCoPE The Innocence Project Northwest clinic student Kelly Canary ’07, who has worked as a Clinic (IPNW) secured its 13th federal defender in Yakima and for the Northwest Defender conviction reversal when James Association, was hired as the IPNW clinic fellow. Anderson was released in 2008 just in “Kelly’s past experience and enthusiasm greatly benefit our time to celebrate his first Christmas at IPNW Clinic clients,” said IPNW clinic director and law Kelly Canary ’07 home in five years. professor Jackie McMurtrie. A Washington State Appeals Court The RiverStyx Foundation has also provided seed funding SCHOOL OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON reversed his conviction thanks to evidence produced by then for the Integrity of Justice Project, a new statewide public clinic student Boris Reznikov ’08. Reznikov helped Anderson policy and education effort involving the three law schools w a prove he was in California when the crime of which he was in Washington. The project is designed to identify best l w accused was committed in Tacoma, WA. Chris Carney ’00 practices and procedures that can help ensure accurate u 03 served as co-counsel on the case.