THE QUAD -----11 Contents HIGHLIGHTS 2 SMU Dedman School of Law Hosts Supreme Courts Summit 8 SMU Brings In New Stellar Faculty Members 10 SMU Dedman School of Law Hosts Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit 14 A Successful First Year The Evening Law Program 18 Godwin Gruber Lawyers Inn and Dining Hall 20 A Long History & A Bright Future: The SMU Dedman School of Law and the Greater China Area 22 Dean Charles 0. Galvin Scholar, Educator, Friend 24 Honoring Our Distinguished Alumni 42 Normalizing Intellectual Property: by Xuan-Thao Nguyen Professor ofLaw DEPARTMENTS 32 Speakers Conferences and Speakers at the Law School 53 Faculty Forum News and achievements of faculty 66 Class Notes Alumni recognition, class news, and alumni events 96 Student Life Student news and events and student profiles SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL Of LAW Supre m e Courts Su mm it Years of history flow through the grand room con­ Great Britain gathered in Oxford, England, ro share structed six hundred years ago. The mal1ogany wood their views and perceptions on constitutional law. tables gl isten with thcir recent polishing. A breeze In addition, leading academics from che SMU blows through the open windows. ·fhe talk in the Dedman School of Law, O xford University, Bonn room is lively but purposeful. And it seems chat the University, and Munich University parcicipated in the room will continue co have history made in it as some summit, which was sponsored by the SMU Dedman of the most powcrful judges in rhe world meet ro dis­ School of Law and the Drager Foundation, a non- cuss and debate con- profit foundation stitutional law. based in Germany With f.uropc's More than 15 justices attendfr om the U.S. that promotes .science trade barriers falling, Sttp1·enie Court, the Cou1·t ofJustice of the and re.search, espe­ . c urrenc ies mergmg European Conimunities, and the highest cially in the field of and courts uniting, national and interna­ the SM U Dedman courts of Gernzany, Poland, Hungary, The tional economic and School of Law and Czech Repttblic and Great Britain. social order. the Drager 'This lS a Foundation believed momentous occasion it was important to gather justices from the Unitec.l for the law .school," Dean John B. Attanasio said. ""lo States and Europe for a discussion of U.S. and work with the Drager Foundation and be able to European constitutional law. organize and participate in a .summit with this caliber f.rom July 17-19, 2004, rnore than 15 justices of people attending is a great honor and experience." including U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen G. Attendees shared in a number of discussions relat­ Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sandra D ay ing to c:onscicutional law including subsidiarity anc.l O'Connor; members of the Court of Justice of the federalism, separation of powers, statutory interpreta­ European Communities; and the highest courts of tion, and the use of international, comparative, and Cermany, Poland, Hungary, The C•.ech Republic, and national law. Photos clockwise, from top left. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, her husband john O'Connor, and Dean John Attanasio talk with a -~MU Law student. SMU Dedman Schoof ofLaw students talk with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyet: Prof Dr. Gil Carlos Rodriguez Iglesias, Past President ofthe European Court ofJustice in Luxembourg; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Dr. Erin Delaney, a research officer far the EU Constitution Project at the Federal Trust far Education and Research in London, and r Sir ]eremy Lever, All Souls College Fellow and Senior Dean at a reception at Magdalen College. Summit participants and SMU Dedman School ofLaw students gather together.for a group photo before dinner at Oriel College in Oxford. Photos clockwise, from. top left. Dem, Joh11 B. Atumasio; A·af D1: Gil Carws N.odriguez lgles,iis, Past President ofthr Court ofjusrier: of thr Europe,111 Comm1111iries; ,md The Hon. Dr. Vassilios Skouris, President, Court ofJustice ofthe European Communities in Luxembourg. The Hon. Prof Dr. Ninon Colneric, Omrt ofjusticr ofthe European Communities, Luxembourg; Prof Dr. Atti/,a Harmathy, Judge, Constitutional Court ofthe Republic ofHungary; and Ndiva Kofele­ Kale, Professor ofLaw , SMU Dedman School ofLaw. Prof Dr. Matthias j. Herdegen, Director, lnstitUte far International Law, University ofBonn, Germany and Prof Dr. Miros!aw Wyrzykowski, Judge, Polish Constitutional Tribunal, Po/,and. Dr. Stefm, Tt1/111on, Fellow & 1utor in Law, St. An11es Collcgr - Oxford. Uniud Kingdom; Xuan-Thao N. Nguyen, Professor ofLaw, SMU Dedman School ofLaw; Lac/eland H. Bloom Jr., Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School ofLaw; jenia lontcheva Turner, Arsistant Professor, SM U Dedman School ofLaw. Prof Dr. RudolfDolzer, Dirwor, /1111itt11r for lmcmnti1mnl l..11u1, Univmity ofBonn, Gmmtny; Dr. Rurh Bader Ginsburg, Assorinte Juscice, Supreme Court ofthe United Sm res; 1111d Rich111-d H. S. 1i1r. Benn Fellttw and Senior Law Tutor. Oriel College - Oxford, United Kingdom. Supreme Courts Summit Participants Dean John B. Attanasio The Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg The Hon. Sa.ndra Day O'Connor SMU Dedman School of Law Associate Justice A~sociate Justice Chair Supreme Court of the United Scates Supreme Court of the United Scares Nicholas Buber Prof. Dr. Dieter Grimm Petra Pissulla Fellow and Tutor in Law Rector, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Director Trinity College - Oxford Institute for Advanced Study Drager Foundation Germany Germany Prof. Lackland H. Bloom, Jr. Professor of Law The Hon. Attila Harmathy Peter Pu.lze.r SMU Dedman School of Law Judge Gladstone Professor Emeritus of Government Constitutional Court and Emeritus Fellow Prof. Vernon Bogdanor of the Republic of Hungary All Souls College - Oxford Fellow Brasenose College - Oxford Matthias J. Herdegen The Rt. Hon. Sir Konrad Schiemann f Director Court ofJustice of the European The Hon. Stephen G. Breyer Institute for lncernacionaJ Law Communities Associate Justice University of Bonn Luxembourg Supreme Court of the United States Germany The Hon. Vassilios Skowis The Rt. Hon. Lord Browne--Wdkinson The Hon. Gil Carlos Rodr{guez Iglesias President House of Lords Ex-Presidem Court of Justice of che European United Kingdom European Court of Justice Communities Luxembourg Luxembourg The Hon, Brun-Otto Bryde Judge at che Fim Senate Prof. Jenia Iontcheva Turner Prof. Rudolf Streinz Federal Conscicutional Court Assistant Professor Chair for Public Law and European Law Germany SMU Dedman School of Law University of Munich Germany The Hon. Ninon Col.ne.ric Prot: Ndiva Kofele-Kale Court ofJustice of the European Professor of Law Dr. Stefan T.-tlmon Communities SMU Dedman School of L,w Fellow & Tutor in Law Luxembourg St. Anne's College - Oxford !/ Sir Jeremy R Lever Erin Delaney Fellow and Senior Dean Richard H. S. Tu.r Research Officer All Souls College - Oxford Benn Fellow and Senior Law 'lucor The EU Constitution Project Oriel College - Oxford The Federal Tnist for Education and The Hon. Fidelma O'Kelly Macken Research Court ofJustice of the European Prof. Peter Winship United Kingdom Communities James Cleo Thompson Sr. Trustee Luxembourg Professor of Law Rudolf Dolzer SMU Dedman School of Law Director, Institute for International L,w Prof. George A. Martinez University of Bonn, Germany Professor of Law The Rt. Hon. Lord Harr}' K. Woolf, PC SMU Dedman School of Law ChiefJustice of England and Wales Prof. William V. Dorsaneo lll Royal Courts of Justice ChiefJustice John and Lena Hickman Rudolf Mellinghoff United Kingdom Distinguished Faculty Fellow Judge at the Second Senate SMU Dedman School of Law Federal Constitutional Court Judge Miroslaw Wyrzykowslci Germany Polish Constitutional Tribunal The Hou. Sir David A. O. Edward Honorary Fellow Judge Jir( Mucha Prof. Adrian Zuckerman University College - Oxford Constitutional Come of che Czech Republic Fellow University College - Oxford Dieter H, Feddersen Prof. Xuan-Thao N. Nguyen Attorney at Law Professor of Law Frankfort am Main SMU Dedman School of Law Member of the Board Drager Foundation Germany t op of co w ch Photos clockwise, J,-om top left. RudolfMellinghoff, Judge at D the Second Senate, Federal Constitutional Court, Germany, st 11.nd Prof Dr. Matthias j. Hetdegen, Director, Institute for Ull Jmernational Law, Univmity ofBonn, Germany. rn John B. Attanasio, Dean and William Hawley Atwell Professor of Constitutional Law, SJvfU Dedman School of!.aw, and Prof Dr. Dieter H. Feddr.m11, Auomey flt L1,w. Frankfort am Main, Member ofthe Board, Drager Foundation, Germany. Dr. jirf Mucha, judge, Constitutional Court ofthe Czech Republic with SMU Dedman School ofLaw students Sarah Kaiser, Dawn Whalen, and Hailey Moon:. The Rt. Hon. Sir Konrad Schiemtmn, Ctnm ofjustice ofthe European Communities, Luxembourg, with SMU Dedman School ofla w student Britt Darwin. The Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate jwtice, Supreme Court ofthe United States and The Hon. Dr. Vassilios Skouris, Pmident, Cou1·t ofJu stice ofthe .Huropetm Communities, Luxembourg. Studencs attending the SM U Dedman School of Law summer program in Oxford also participated by assisting in the coordination of the summit as well as mingling with the jus­ tices and professors at various social functions. "We felt it was very impor­ tant to give our studencs the opportunity to meet with some of today's brightest minds in constitutional law. Hopefully, it D1: fri11 Del,mey, Resem·ch (~fficer for rhe J:.V C'onsrit11tio11 Pro;ecr for the Fedeml Trust for Ed11cario11111ul Rese,1rch i11 ihe United Ki,~ll;dom: l'rofmoroflt1/II lncklm1d II. Bloum]r.. SMU Dedman Schuul ofl1111~ 11ntl was an opportunity they will l'et/'11 l'is5iil/11, Dirt>ctorfor th,• L>ritger Fo1md11tion iu Cermt1n} cherish throughout their lives," Dean Attanasio said. The {' flt students were kept in the dark until rhe last moment though they were warned to keep their rsor calendars open that week. "With all of the secrecy am behind the event, I expected someone who was very high profile," said Dedman School of Law student Adrianne Speas '06.