UC Hastings Scholarship Repository Hastings Alumni Publications 9-1-1997 Hastings Community (Autumn 1997) Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.uchastings.edu/alumni_mag Recommended Citation Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association, "Hastings Community (Autumn 1997)" (1997). Hastings Alumni Publications. 96. http://repository.uchastings.edu/alumni_mag/96 This is brought to you for free and open access by UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Alumni Publications by an authorized administrator of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. · II \;-, r I \ ,;;-, a HASTINGS' TENTH ANNUAL LETTER TO ALUMNI CAMPUS NOTES Dean Mary Kay Kane highlights the - ABA Hearing on Judicial Activism SCHOLARSHIP TEA International and Comparative Law Held at Hastings. PicCl!res of some of the donors and recipients Concentration, one of four areas of - H IC LR Honors of the 1997 awards and scholarships. concentrated study introduced at Hastings Prof Stefan A. Riesenfeld. this past academic year. - Prof Howard M. Downs and Prof Joseph M. Sweeney Retire. - Dr. Marvic Leonen Presents the Inaugural Alfred and Hanna Fromm Lecture. HASTINGS GRADUATES - Hastings Mourns the Loss of HASTINGS GRADS PURSUE RECEIVE JUDICIAL Ralph Santiago Abasca1. CAREERS IN CLERKSHIPS - Hastings Appoints Two New INTERNATIONAL LAW Distinguished Faculty. A lums Catherine A. Rogers and - Prof G. Edward White Presents Matthew A. Sumrow, both from the Class of '94, the Inaugural Jerome Hall Lecture. illustrate two widely divergent career - Congratu lations to Hastings' Moot Court possibilities in international law. Intercollegiate Competition Teams. ALUMNI RECEPTIONS - Hastings' Scholarly Publications PICTURE BOOK Present Seven Symposia. Fresno, April 1997. Seat tl e, April 1997- FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Orange County, AJJr il 1997· New Yo rk City, May 1997. AND SPEECHES See the "Class Notes" section for A 1996-97 listing. 1997 ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR photos from additional receptions. ALFRED M.K. WONG (,64) by Judy Lane ALUMNI PROFILE: CLASS NOTES A LEGAL CAREER IN TELEVISION Ca tch up on your classmates' activities, by Judy Lane FOUNDER' S DAY 1997 including a profile of an alum in the news, A n alum from the Class of '80, Gregg Jarrett has Marvin]' Anderson Lecturer Robert S. Bennett James M. Co le ('79), on page 37· been an anchor for COURT TV since 1991. on'T he Politicalization of III the Legal and Ethical Processes." THE HASTINGS ALUMN I Do You HAVE A JOB FOR A HASTINGS STUDENT MENTOR PROGRAM HASTINGS 1066 Zimmerman OR GRADUATE? by Sari FOUNDATION' S FOUNDER' S AIHmni mentors serve as professional role models. DAY CELEBRATIONS You NEVER WRITE , Photos of the events that followed the ON THE COVER : You NEVER CALL Marvin]' Anderson Lecture. Raben S. Bennerr. the 1997 Man In]. Anderson Let us hear from you. Lecrurer. Iwh Alfred MK W0ng ('64). HastIngs Alum of rh e lea r. (Pharo: Karhr yn Mac Donald) . 11 .\ ST I .'\r: s Ij ,.: T T E , ~ T () ALl' M :\ , AUTUMN 1997 n the last iss ue of the Community, breadth of expertise and interests fuel the anthropologist, who focuses on legal prob­ I I focused on our Tax Concen­ development of our International and lems in the Middle East; Richard Boswell, tration and its special features. In Comparati ve Law curriculu m and who an ex pert in Immigration Law, who also is this issue, I will explore our se rve as mentors and adviso rs to the stu­ in volved in legal training at unive rsities in International and Comparative Law dents who are pursuing the concentra­ G uatemala and Venezuela; William Concentration, which is another of the tion. Indeed, Hastings' first endowed Dodge, who is a pri vate international law four key areas in which Hastings is devel­ Chair was the Alfred and Hanna Fromm specialist, offering courses in oping our curriculum and offering some Chair in International and Com parative International Business Transactions and special opportunities for our students. Law, which is held by Professo r Ugo Internatio'nal Li tiga tion and Arbitration; Although the introduction of the Mattei, one of the world's leading scholars Daniel J. Lathrope, a tax expert who International and Comparative Law in Comparative Law, who also holds a teaches courses on the U.S. Taxation of Concentration is a rel atively new ve nture, Chair at the Unive rsity of Torino in Italy. Foreign Transactions and In vestment; the field is one which has been prominent Professor Mattei brings to our curriculum H.G. Prince, who was an attorney-adviser at Has tings for some time. This is high­ not only courses in ge neral Com pa rative to the U.S. State Department and teaches lighted by the fact that the Hastings Law, but also he is a specialist in African a course in International O rga niza tions; International and Comparative Law Law and in Law and Economics. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, who is an expert in Review is celebrating its 20th anniversa ry Professor Mattei is joined in the concen­ International Human Rights and this year. That journal has provided tration by eleve n other colleagues. Two of International Environmental Law and numerous opportunities for students to them are members of Hastings' fa med 65 who was Boalt H all 's first Riesen fe ld engage in scholarship in the field. In addi­ Club: Professor Dan Henderso n, who is Scholar in International Law and tion, its sponsorship over the years of recognized as one of the leadin g authori­ O rga nizations; Kevin Tierney, an English annual sy mposia has brought to the ca m­ ti es on Japa nese Law, and Professor Stefan barrister who teaches Conflict of Laws; pus internationally recognized scholars to Riesenfeld, who is one of the world's most and Gordon Va n Kessel, who is an expert discuss and publish their ideas on matters renow ned authorities in the fi elds of in Criminal Procedure and Evidence and of current interest in the international International Law and Comparative Law, offers Comparative Law courses in those field and has helped to identify Has tings both of which he teaches at Hastings. two fields. T h us, Hastings indeed has a as a center for international and compara­ These lu minaries are joined by Professors richly talented and di verse pool of faculty tive law studies. Margreth Barrett, who is a specialist in to guide and present its International and Not surprisingly, at the heart of the con­ Intellectual Property and teaches a class Comparative Law Concentration. centration is an outstanding array of fac­ on the International Aspects of Intel­ ulty members whose distinction and lectual Property; George Bisharat, a legal (continued on next page) I · . 11 .\:-;'1' I \ 1;:-; LETTER TO AL M I ,on [! n1<cJ from p,lge I tudents who enroll in the Concen­ our classroom disc ussions. vises law students attending sessions of tration are required to take the general Hasting also has had si nce 1991 a fo rmal the U nited Nations Commission on cour es in Comparative Law and Inter­ cooperative relationship with Nih on Human Rights and its subcommissions. national Law, as well as to elect 14 unit University in Japan. The relationship pro­ We also have been able to place students hour of more specialized courses in the vides fo r fac ul ty exchanges and opportu­ as interns at the US. Trade Representa­ International and Comparative Law areas. nities for joint research and conferences tive's Office, the FCC's International They also must complete a paper in the on topics of mutual in terest. Among Bureau, the U N. Legal Affairs O ffice, the field, either in conjunction with a seminar other things, under this arrangement, two U N. High Commissioner for Refugees, or as an independent study under the joint conferences have been held focus­ the International Court of Trade, as well direction of a member of the Internation­ ing on global securities markets, one in as with human rights groups in Peru, al and Comparative Law fac ulty. Tokyo in 1991 and the second at Has tings Ecuador, and elsewhere. In additio n to these in-class require­ in 1993, with the pa pers from those con­ Believe it or not, the preceding is not a ments, several special opport unities are ferences having been published in the complete list of all the elements and provided to students interested in these Hastings International and Co mpara ti ve opportunities that are provided to stu­ fields. Hastings currently has two student­ Law Review. dents through our International and exchange programs. The first is with the Finally, it is important to note that stu­ Comparative Law Concentration. But I Unive rsity of Leiden in the Netherlands. dents enrolled in the concentration also hope it prov ides yo u with some idea of As many as fi ve Has tings students each have the opportunity to participate in the incredible depth and breadth of se me ter may elect to study at Leiden, tak­ numerous ac tivities outside the class room, opportunities that are sponsored by the ing classes in English that focus on com­ thereby furthering their educa tion and College as part of this concentration. As parative law, international law, European exposure to leaders and scholars in the the legal world changes and the profes- U nion law, and legal history, and we International and Comparative Law ion comes to grips with the fact that we receive a similar cohort of visiting stu­ arena. Illustrati vely, each yea r Has tings are fas t mov ing to educating and prac tic­ dents from Leiden. (Hastings also has a students, coached by our fac ulty, partici­ ing in a world without borders, yo u ca n fac ulty-exchange with Leiden University pa te in the Jessup International Moot be confident that Hastings will be prov id­ and, thus, each year one Leiden fac ulty Court Competition, where they present ing the educa tional opportunities that member further augments our fac ulty fo r arguments before a mock International will allow our graduates to fully partici­ a semester, offering course here in Court of Justice or the World Court.