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1 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 INSIDE Professor Bill Martin Named Professor of the Year Professor Len Biernat 75 Honored for Oustanding Merit Faculty Members Sandeen, Barclift and Hunter Earn Promotions Dean Don Lewis Speaks Hamline University School of Law Calendar of Events Please watch for additional events and date/location updates in the Advocate online and on the Hamline University School of Law web site at October 2, 2008 On the Fives Reunion Reception Peterson Lounge Hamline University School of Law October 23 25, 2008 Fall Alumni CLE Symposium/ Journal of Law, Religion & Ethics Kay Fredericks Ballroom, Klas Center Hamline University School of Law October 31, 2008 Swearing-In Breakfast St. Paul RiverCentre November 18, 2008 Annual Dean s Dinner Minneapolis Institute of Arts November 19, 2008 (tentative) Law and Leadership Presentation by Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree Hamline University January 7, 2009 Southern California Alumni Reception Marriott Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA January 22, 2009 Mid-Winter Reception Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P. Minneapolis March 12, 2009 Annual Alumni CLE Symposium Hamline University March 13, 2009 Journal of Public Law & Policy Symposium Hamline University March 14, 2009 Juris Fiesta Klas Center, Hamline University June 2, th Annual Alumni Gold Tournament Prestwick Golf Club FALL/WINTER Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree Susan Koberstein 95 Hamline University School of Law PAGE 8 PAGE 12 Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree to Headline 2008 Dean s Dinner 1536 Hewitt Avenue Saint Paul, MN Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Hamline University Associate Dean Carol Swanson Lauded for Hard Work and Dedication Leo Brisbois 87 Alumnus Leo Brisbois 87 elected to lead MSBA (page 2). PAGE 15 Distinguised alumni award winners (page 3). New Health Care Corporate Compliance Certificate Program (page 5). Dean s Dinner: U.S. presidential election and its impact on equal rights (page 12).

2 From the Dean Call for Nominations Dear Friends, A letter from the Dean seems superfluous for an issue of the Advocate featuring the Dean. But I will not pass up the occasion to formally greet you as I embark on this new professional adventure. What an exciting time to lead the School of Law! The University s own strategic plan is still quite fresh, and prominently displays its expectation for a mission-driven educational experience with measurable learning outcomes. In its wake arrived the critiques set forth in The Carnegie Foundation s Educating Lawyers and Roy Stuckey s Best Practices in Legal Education, which question whether the standard law school curriculum adequately prepares our students to perform effectively as lawyers. In this Advocate, you will quickly learn that the practice of law is in my DNA. I suspect that my experience in the field weighed heavily in the decision to appoint me as Dean. I welcome the opportunity to leverage my ties within the profession to reinforce the linkage between what we teach at Hamline and what clients expect from our graduates as practicing attorneys. In his five years as Dean, Jon Garon has built a strong foundation. Our improved standing in the U.S. News & World Report rankings is due in large part to Jon s efforts to promote a broader recognition of the teaching and scholarship of our faculty. I congratulate and thank him for his outstanding service to the law school. Although I am still very much in a listen and learn mode, several challenges and opportunities are self-evident. The law school must articulate its own pathway to distinction and revise its strategic plan consistent with the priorities set by the University and the demands of the marketplace. We must respond to the call for curriculum reform. We must continue to enhance our centers of excellence in dispute resolution and health law, and launch our business law institute. We must substantially expand our fund development. Your support as alumni will be crucial to these efforts. I look forward to communicating with you beyond these pages, and to engaging you directly in the exciting work ahead. Meanwhile, as my daughter would say, It s all good. Call For Distinguished Alumni Nominations Consistent with the Law School s drive to honor innovation and accomplishment in the field of law, the Alumni Association Board of Hamline University School of Law is seeking nominations for the following alumni award categories: 1. Distinguished New Alumni Qualifications include: (a) must be a Hamline law alumnus/a; (b) must have graduated within the last five years; (c) notable achievements in the law or service to the Law School. 2. Outstanding Merit Qualifications: Hamline law alumnus/a with significant and longstanding contribution to the Law School in furthering its mission, and/or significant and lasting achievements in the law. 3. Community Service Qualifications include: (a) must be an alumnus/a of Hamline University School of Law; (b) significant contribution to furthering pro bono legal services; or (c) significant support of Hamline through one of the following: gifts of time, talent and/or treasure. 4. Law Firm Mark of Distinction Qualifications include: (a) law firm has made a significant financial investment in Hamline University School of Law; (b) exemplifies community support and involvement; (c) promotes the value of higher education; (d) length of time serving the Hamline community also will be considered. 5. Achievement in the Legal Profession Qualifications include: (a) must be an alumnus/a of Hamline University School of Law; (b) outstanding contribution to the law; or (c) overcome significant challenges (personal or otherwise). Awards are presented and recognized each year. Awards are to be presented based on the type and number of nominations; not all awards may be given every year. Nominations are reviewed by the Alumni Board s Communications Committee. If you would like to nominate an alumnus/a for one of the awards, please fill out and fax a copy of the form below to the Alumni Relations Office (fax: ). Name of Nominee Award Category: Phone Number Employer Reason(s) for nomination (attach a separate sheet if necessary) Class Year Donald Lewis Dean, Hamline University School of Law Your Name Class Year Phone Number Address

3 Advocate ON THE COVER: Donald Lewis stepped into the Dean s office at Hamline University School of Law on July 1, He shares his thoughts about Hamline and his new role, beginning on page 8. Alumni are invited to attend his official installation ceremony on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:30 p.m. at the Hamline Methodist Church. A reception will follow at 5:30 p.m. in the Kay Fredericks Room at Klas Center. NEWS 2 Alumnus Leo Brisbois 87 Elected to Lead Minnesota State Bar Association Professor Bill Martin Named 2008 Professor of the Year 3 Alumni Honored for Community Service and Outstanding Merit 4 Faculty Members Earn Promotions 5 Hamline Launches Accredited Health Care Corporate Compliance Certificate Program 6 Two Respected Faculty Members Now Emeritus Professors of Law FOCUS 8 Don Lewis Speaks EVENTS 12 Charles J. Ogletree to Headline 2008 Dean s Dinner FACULTY DOCKET 18 CLASS NOTES 25 REPORT OF GIFTS Donald Lewis Dean Susan H. Stephan Director of Alumni Relations Cynthia A. Bielke Communications Manager, Advocate Editor/Writer Anne Markus Editorial Assistant Published by the Office of Alumni Relations [email protected]

4 News Alumnus Leo Brisbois 87 Elected to Lead Minnesota State Bar Association Hamline alumnus Leo Brisbois 87 has assumed the office of president-elect for the Minnesota State Bar Association. He will become president of the MSBA in July 2009 and is the first Hamline University School of Law alumnus to achieve this prestigious distinction. He also is the first MSBA president elect of known American Indian heritage. It is definitely an honor and a privilege to serve the profession in such a role, Brisbois recently commented. In addition to his leadership work with MSBA, Brisbois is an attorney with the firm of Stich, Angell, Kreidler & Dodge, P.A. in Minneapolis. With more than 16,000 members, the MSBA is the state s largest and most influential voluntary organization of attorneys. The MSBA provides Leo Brisbois 87 professional support and development opportunities to its members, public service opportunities for lawyers, assists and supports the development of improvements in the legal system and increased access to justice for all citizens. The organization also works with the State Supreme Court on setting high ethical and practice standards for Minnesota lawyers, and works closely with the State Courts to lobby the Minnesota Legislature for adequate funding for the court system, as well as appropriate salaries for court personnel and judges. Professor Bill Martin Named 2008 Professor of the Year Hamline has always been a student-centered law school. To me this means at least being accessible to students. Moreover, it means being academically rigorous and maintaining the high expectations that experience has shown our students can meet. Only by guiding students to reach their full potential will we have served them well, and prepared them to serve society and justice well. ~ Hamline University School of Law Professor Bill Martin #2 Professor Bill Martin received the coveted Professor Bill Martin Professor of the Year award at Hamline University s Student Bar Association s Barrister s Ball this past spring. It is the fourth time he has received the honor. Bill is a real asset to the law school and the university, noted Professor Larry Bakken. He was an advocate for the university s early effort at creating diversity policies. He also brought great credibility to Hamline when he joined the faculty. But, most importantly, he s always been a good teacher. He works hard and he has great respect for students. Professor Martin joined the faculty in 1976 after five years at Dorsey & Whitney, where he specialized in labor law and civil litigation. He is a frequent lecturer in continuing legal education programs in workers compensation and employment law, and currently serves as the commissioner s representative on the Minnesota Rehabilitation Review Panel. He is listed as a neutral arbitrator with the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services, is a referee for Hennepin County Conciliation Court, and an arbitrator in labor disputes. He has been on the executive committee of the Labor Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools.

5 Two Distinguished Alumni Honored for Community Service and Outstanding Merit The Alumni Association Board s Communications Committee selected Susan Koberstein 95 and Professor Len Biernat 75 as the Distinguished Alumni Award winners for The Distinguished Alumni Awards were presented by Alumni Association Board (Past) President Don McNeil 89 at the On the Fives Alumni Reunion in October. Susan A. Koberstein 95 Community Service Susan A. Koberstein is an associate attorney at Wilson Law Group, where she practices in the areas of immigration and general civil litigation. Susan handles a wide variety of immigration matters, with a particular focus on detention and removal cases. Susan has significant experience representing clients before the immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the U.S. consulates abroad, and the field, service, and asylum offices of the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service. Prior to joining Wilson Law Group, Susan practiced with the law firm of Centro Legal, Inc. from , and with the Minnesota Legal Services Coalition from Susan supervised the Immigration Practice Unit at Centro Legal, where she also practiced in the areas of employment, consumer, housing, and government benefits law. She frequently trains other attorneys on issues of immigration law, particularly on the immigration consequences of criminal activity. Her volunteer commitments have included work with the Minnesota Detention Project, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), the Minnehaha United Walk-In Legal Clinic and the United Way. Since beginning private practice in 2008, Susan continues to engage in pro bono legal work, including volunteering for Linea Legal Latina and working with victims of domestic violence through the non-profit Civil Society. Susan is a 1995 graduate of Hamline University School of Law and is an adjunct clinical professor at Hamline, where she has taught the Immigration Clinic since Susan is licensed to practice law in the State of Minnesota and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), where she serves as the local chapter s non-profit liaison. Professor Len Biernat 75 Outstanding Merit Professor Biernat who teaches in the areas of family law, professional responsibility, remedies, property, children and the law and education law has contributed to the law school since his days as a law student in the early 1970s. As a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Professor Biernat links the legal curriculum he teaches with actual law making. He is committed to giving students exposure to the impact the law and law-making has on individual lives. He has served as a member of the Supreme Court Task Force on Visitation and Support and as a member of a Task Force on Parental Cooperation. Professor Biernat also served as a member of the Minneapolis Board of Education from Professor Biernat has authored several major bills that have become Minnesota laws. He has served on the ad hoc committee of ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and has chaired continuing legal education programs in family law, school law, legal education, and lawyer competency. Professor Biernat is coauthor of Legal Ethics for Management and Their Counsel, published by Lexis Law Publishing, and he wrote a chapter on the federal role in education in Federal Administrative Practice published by West Law Publishing. 3

6 News Three Faculty Members Earn Promotions Hamline University School of Law recently promoted three faculty members Z. Jill Barclift, Mary Jo Hunter and Sharon K. Sandeen all of whom bring superior academic and professional credentials to their positions. Assistant Professor Barclift has been named Associate Professor of Law; Associate Professor Sandeen has been named Professor of Law; and Associate Clinical Professor Hunter has been named a full-time Clinical Professor of Law. for more than 12 years, focusing her practice on trademark and trade secret law and intellectual property litigation. Since joining Hamline, Professor Sandeen has taught a wide variety of intellectual property law courses, including the Intellectual Property Law survey course, Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Computer & Internet Law, Transnational Intellectual Property Law, and Information Privacy Law. A prolific writer, Professor Sandeen recently has focused her scholarship on U.S. and international trade secret law. A native of Northern California, Professor Sandeen earned her JD at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, and her LL.M. at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. 4 Professor Sharon K. Sandeen (left) and Associate Professor Z. Jill Barclift Associate Professor Z. Jill Barclift Professor Barclift focuses in the areas of corporate/ business law, governance, and corporate/legal ethics. She brings more than 15 years of corporate law experience to Hamline, having worked earlier as an attorney for a large financial services firm. In 1996 she relocated to Minnesota to head the legal department of a large retailer, and, more recently, she served as executive vice president and general counsel for a Minneapolis financial services firm. Professor Barclift is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jeremiah Program, which assists low-income mothers who are striving to become self-sufficient. She received her JD from Columbia University School of Law. Professor Sharon K. Sandeen Professor Sandeen, who has substantial academic and professional experience in intellectual property law, joined the Hamline University School of Law faculty in 2002 as an Associate Professor of Law. Prior to joining the Hamline law faculty, Professor Sandeen practiced law in Sacramento, California Clinical Professor Mary Jo Hunter Professor Hunter has focused her professional and academic efforts in the areas of child advocacy and Native American law, and has been a clinical teacher for 19 years. She was elected the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Clinical Professor Mary Jo Hunter of the Ho-Chunk Nation and previously worked for the Neighborhood Justice Center and Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services in St. Paul. She directed the Native American Law Project clinical program at the University of North Dakota School of Law, where she also taught Indian Law. Professor Hunter is a frequent speaker on culture and cultural diversity issues, and the Indian Child Welfare Act. She received her JD from the UCLA School of Law.

7 New Accredited Health Care Corporate Compliance Certificate Program The Hamline Health Law Institute s new program is one of only four such certified programs in the nation Hamline University School of Law now is accredited by the Compliance Certification Board (CCB) to offer a Health Care Corporate Compliance Certificate education program through its Health Law Institute. Hamline s certificate program is the only one of its kind in the Upper Midwest and one of only four such programs in the nation to be accredited by CCB. The health care compliance profession is growing rapidly. Membership in the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), which seeks to champion ethical practice and compliance standards, has grown approximately 10 percent per year in its first 12 years and now includes 5,500 members. In 2008, 21 percent of HCCA member organizations required, and 58 percent preferred, the Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) credential for their assistant compliance officers. CHC certification also was preferred or required in similar percentages for compliance auditors, coders, trainers, generalists and attorneys. As the compliance industry continues to grow, employers are increasingly hiring certified compliance professionals because the certification shows that these professionals have the required commitment and training, said Roy Snell, CEO, Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) and Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) Symposium Report Available Hamline s 13-credit program is designed to be completed within one year, with courses offered in the evening, making the program accessible for both working professionals and graduate students. The Health Law Institute designed the certificate program to focus on areas included in the CCB exam. Upon completion of Hamline s certificate program, students will be prepared to pass the exam and become certified health care compliance professionals. As the trend toward requiring business compliance officers accelerates, Hamline s Health Law Institute is in a leadership position to meet this important educational need, said Hamline Health Law Director Lucinda Jesson. Classes will begin this fall. For more information and complete course descriptions, please visit the Health Care Compliance Certificate page at edu/law/health or contact Health Law Institute Assistant Director Marcia K. Miller at or [email protected]. Why is the American health care system susceptible to conflict at all levels and what are the key components of a system to resolve those conflicts? The Hamline University School of Law Dispute Resolution and Health Law Institutes sponsored a symposium in November 2007 to forge conversation around this question. The symposium brought together health care providers, payors, regulators, recognized patient representatives, attorneys, and experienced conflict resolution professionals for an Intentional Conversation about Conflict Resolution in Health Care. The conversations have culminated in a publication, Guiding Principles for Creation of Dispute Resolution Systems in Health Care, which seeks to promote patient-centered resolution systems. The report is available for download free of charge at Lucinda Jesson, Director, Health Law Institute The program is taught by a multidisciplinary faculty dedicated to preparing highly trained compliance professionals, including: Barbara Colombo, Senior Fellow, Health Law Institute Keith Halleland Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson Lucinda Jesson, Director, Health Law Institute, Associate Professor, Hamline University School of Law Jennifer O Brien, JD Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson David Orbuch, President, Phillips Eye Institute David Shultz Maslon Edleman Borman & Brand 5

8 News Two Respected Faculty Members Now Emeritus Professors of Law Professor John Weeks and Professor Michael Scherschligt have retired after more than three decades of service to the Law School. Hamline University has recognized the tremendous commitment provided by both of these two highly regarded professors by naming each an Emeritus Professor of Law. Professor Scherschligt and Professor Weeks, both of whom helped shape the Law School from its earliest days, were lauded during special receptions and dinners this past spring. Then and now: Professors Michael Scherschligt and John Weeks in May (above) and their Law School portraits from the 70s. Professor John Weeks After 35 years of teaching and inspiring Hamline law students, Professor John Weeks has retired. Professor Weeks has been an anchor for the Hamline law curriculum teaching Contract Law and International Law, including courses such as International Business Transactions and International Human Rights. Former Dean Jon Garon called retiring Professor John Weeks a man of few words and great wisdom, recalling how he observed one of Professor Weeks classes when he first came to Hamline. That was the first time in my professional career that I saw the Socratic method really work, Garon noted. For his part, Professor Weeks said he has derived tremendous satisfaction from watching his students achieve great success... It has been quite a journey. I ve been associated with Hamline for more than half my life and it s been wonderful. Professor Bill Martin also provided a warm and moving tribute to Professor Weeks. He said You give your best every day and always are completely honest with students... You drive students to improve themselves and have an infallible sense of whom to push, whom to tease and whom to help along the path of inquiry. Most of all, you always let students know that you respect them. Professor John Weeks (far right) listens appreciatively as Past President of the Law Alumni Association Board Don McNeil 89 (far left), alumnus Steve Kirsch 76 and current student Matt Resch paid warm tribute to Professor Weeks for his 35 years of service at Hamline. You were then, and you are now, a superb person. You gave us inspiration. I honor your service to Hamline Law School, said Kirsch. 6

9 Among Professor Scherschligt s accomplishments was the creation of Hamline s nationally noted Legal Research and Writing program (see related story on page 25). He personally hired Professor Cathy Deal to replace him when he was ready to move on to other challenges at the school. He also helped establish The Journal of Law and Religion. Professor Michael Scherschligt Professor Michael Scherschligt joined Hamline University School of Law in After 32 years of hard work and dedication, he has retired. Before he departed to enjoy more time with his wife, Suzanne, and their five children and seven grandchildren, Hamline alumni, faculty and staff lauded Professor Scherschligt at a special retirement dinner. It was an audacious idea to put together the disciplines of law and religion, noted Professor Failinger. Michael did a lot of the difficult, often boring, work to get the Journal started. He helped give an amazing legacy, not just to Hamline but to the world. He selflessly put aside what he could have done for himself to help others who are now in his debt. The evening was punctuated by laughter, tears, poetry, prayer and a beautiful hymn sung by his children and grandchildren. Visibly moved by the tributes and warm wishes, Professor Scherschligt, who also holds a divinity degree, said, The community that has been fostered here is rare. The number one feeling I have at this moment is thanksgiving and gratitude. This is the day the Lord has made. Let s rejoice in it and be glad. Michael Scherschligt s children and grandchildren surprised him by singing one of his favorite hymns. Professor Peter Thompson waxed poetic about retiring Professor Mike Scherschligt Mike I think that I shall never see a law professor quite like... Mike. He charms his students with his wit which makes it easier to sit... through his class. He likes to sing... and sometimes preach, but his true calling is to teach. Torts, insurance and health law, he teaches all without a flaw. A better friend we have not had. When he retires we will be sad. But Mike will tell us not to fear, after all he left us in the third tier. He spent his time showing us the way, but now he s off with his grandkids to play. He will leave behind good friends and success. Will we miss him? Of course... Yes! 7

10 Focus A trial lawyer for nearly thirty years, Donald Lewis is the co-founder of Minneapolis law firm Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, where he centered his practice on employment litigation and white collar criminal defense. Prior to entering private practice in 1988, Dean Lewis served for six years as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota, working as a federal criminal prosecutor focusing on economic and tax crimes. He also was a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division for the U.S. Department of Justice. Dean Lewis has served on boards of directors of several nonprofit organizations, and is immediate past chair of AMICUS. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Law Institute, and the American Bar Foundation. Dean Lewis is a co-founder of the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers and has served on the Board of Governors of the National Bar Association. He has served as an adjunct instructor at Hamline University School of Law since Dean Lewis holds a bachelor s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a JD from Harvard Law School. Don Lewis Speaks Donald Lewis, the 10th Dean of Hamline University School of Law, spoke with the Advocate about his background, his professional experience and his vision for the law school. An extended version of this interview, along with a recording available for play on MP3 players, is available online at conversations. Q You re a Minnesota native. Would you share something about your earlier years in Minnesota... perhaps a pivotal experience that shaped you? A I grew up in St. Paul, in the Rondo area, and watched I-94 be built in front of my home. In seventh grade I received a scholarship to attend St. Paul Academy. I was one of probably only three or four black students at the school at the time. I think when you talk about a defining moment, that was one because most SPA students were people of means and very privileged. It was a defining moment because I realized that I didn t enjoy the same privileges as everyone else because of my economic circumstances, and I already knew I was different because of my race. Those realizations forced me to focus on doing whatever I could to take advantage of that education and establish myself as someone who deserved recognition and respect. Before it was done, I led my class academically for five of the six years that I went to SPA. So that was a very defining experience growing up. Q Did growing up during the 60s and 70s influence your decision to work in the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department? A Well, I think my civil rights background I owe to my father. He was very active in the local civil rights movement; he led the state and regional NAACP. He also was one of the early directors of the St. Paul Department of Human Rights. Also, my mother grew up in Arkansas so we traveled often to the South. I do remember that experience vividly, having to take long drives without stopping at hotels. I began to understand that my dad did everything he could to avoid having to expose his children to racist experiences. But I also began to understand what was going on in terms of the racial segregation in the South and it did leave an indelible mark on my experience and it is something I will always carry with me. So I became interested in government service, public service when I was in college and law school. Eventually that interest led to working with the Justice Department when I graduated from law school. 8

11 Spread header Q You have commented that your entire life has been spent navigating through different worlds. What do you mean? A That s a reference not only to the diverse social circles that I ve dealt with but also to the variety of my legal experiences. I have been employed in both the private and public sectors. I spent my first 10 years working for the Department of Justice both in Washington and here in the Twin Cities, when I worked in the U.S. Attorney s office. I ve done both civil and criminal law. I ve practiced in both state and federal courts. I ve represented individuals. I ve represented corporations. I ve represented government clients. My professional and social life has given me the opportunity to reveal myself in different settings with different people. Q Could you talk about your non-profit work, particularly your involvement with AMICUS? A I ve done a fair amount of work in the community and have served on several non-profit boards. I think the AMICUS experience has been the longest and most rewarding. AMICUS basically is a prison outreach program that focuses on pairing volunteers with offenders who happen to be serving sentences in Minnesota correctional facilities. Its program has been expanded to focus on re-entry... what do we do when those inmates are approaching the time when they are going to be released and what do we do to prepare them for that and to train them? I just recently left the AMICUS board after 12 years of service and three years as its board chair. However, I still visit an inmate every month, a gentleman named Carl Wesley, who is serving a sentence for a murder conviction. Carl also happens to be a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which is one of the reasons I was paired with him because we shared the experience of being at Cambridge. I used to joke with him years ago that he was probably one of the few Harvard graduates to be serving time in prison. But I think in the post-enron era there are a few more, so he s probably not alone in that. Q You were a trial lawyer for many years. Of all the cases you ve tried, can you think of one that was particularly satisfying to you? A I m most proud of the work we did for the University of Minnesota, where we were handling the investigation of the academic fraud allegations for the men s basketball program. That was a highly visible engagement and it was a challenging one to the extent that I was exposed to a new area of law, which was NCAA compliance. It also was a challenging client with high expectations. I was reporting to Mark Rotenberg, who is general counsel to the University, and Mark Yudof, president of the University at the time. Both of them are accomplished lawyers in their own right. So their challenge was Tell me something I don t already know. It also was a public controversy so there was a great deal of visibility. I look back today with a tremendous amount of pride. That also was in the early existence of the Halleland Lewis law firm, so it did a lot to establish the reputation of what was still a very young law firm at the time. Q You are active in the U.S. Presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama. Is there a risk that we might lose you to the White House if Senator Obama becomes the next President of the United States? A I ve been asked that several times and I m flattered, but I m not a close FOB... Friend of Barack. I am doing some work on his Minnesota finance committee. I m a supporter of Barack Obama in terms of raising money for him, but I applied for the dean s position with the intent of serving out my term, so I don t think there s a risk of losing me. Q I understand that you re a fan of the movie Jerry Maguire. Why? A It is a favorite movie because its key message, in my judgment, is that you can have professional success and you can still have family and love and community. One doesn t have to come at the price of another. And I tend to gravitate toward that message when I describe how you can achieve success professionally. 9

12 Focus Q Why are you interested in serving as dean at Hamline? A First, it s an exciting time to be leading an American law school. We ve all been reading about the recent focus on some of the central tenets of legal education and a growing demand to bring legal education closer to the actual practice of law. The Carnegie Foundation presented a study late last year regarding the disconnect between legal education and the profession. My alma mater, Harvard Law School, has totally revamped its first year curriculum. think that translates very well. I ve served a number of institutions of higher learning as clients, so I come with some experience in that area. I also hope that my connections with lawyers, with corporations, with the bench and bar will help expand the reach of the law school in the broader, external community. Q What was your first reaction when learning that Hamline had moved into the third tier of the U.S. News & World Report rankings? Were you surprised? 10 So I think it will be exciting to be dean of a law school at this time. I ve always been close to Hamline. I ve taught here as an adjunct and I served on the Law School s board of advisors under Dean Krause a number of years ago. I m also a native of St. Paul and grew up not too far away from the Law School. Q We ve talked a lot about your experience. How do you think your experience will transfer to your new role as dean? A A lot of the skills and experiences that we ve discussed earlier will serve me well here. We ve talked about the breadth of my legal experience, which will serve me well as an educator. I think the fact that I ve been involved in building a law firm that has as its core values innovation and an entrepreneurial client service culture translates well in an environment that is student-centered and focused on expanding its outreach into the profession. Keep in mind that Hamline is a relatively young law school. So I think coming from a law firm that s barely twelve years old to serving a law school that is in its mid-thirties... I A I was very pleased but I was not surprised because this isn t the first time Hamline has risen to the third tier. The law school has been doing some exciting things including its centers of excellence in health law, dispute resolution and its evolving work with the University s business school so Hamline has been getting the attention of the legal community. And peer recognition is a significant piece of the U.S. News rankings so I wasn t surprised. Q Can we expect to move into the second tier under your leadership? A Well, that s certainly an aspirational goal. I don t want to promise doing that during three or five years of being a dean, any more than anyone should make promises about universal health care. But what I would like to do is make sure we re in a position where we don t constantly have to look back to make sure we are at the border line between the third and fourth tiers. I think our goal is to continue to make progress that keeps us comfortably in the third tier but continuing forward momentum to the potential of getting into that

13 Spread header Top 100. It s challenging and aspirational, but I don t think it s impossible. So, my goal is to continue the forward momentum. Q How do you propose continuing the law school s forward momentum? A I think we need to do some strategic planning. I don t forecast a lengthy, time-consuming exercise but I think it s important that we develop a vision and a brand that we can clearly articulate to the external business and legal communities. I think that Hamline The College is a national organization of my peers. Becoming a Fellow is a statement that my peers have judged me as an excellent trial lawyer. Our law firm has a number of core values, one of which is excellence. So I want to foster the value of excellence in the legal education students are receiving at Hamline. But also we are instilling in students the value of excellence, in terms of the service they are expected to provide to their clients when they leave the law school. So if there s anything that I m going to bring over from my experiences with the College, it s that value of excellence. University s graduate business school has done a very good job of that, and I want to make sure that the law school is doing the same. Obviously, our fund development is a critical need. We ve brought on board a major gifts officer and we will expand alumni participation in fundraising so that is going to be an important focus. We will continue to hire exceptional faculty. And I want to make sure we re doing what we need in terms of curriculum reform; that s a focus around the country at law schools, making sure training is being provided to students that matches what s being demanded in the profession. So those are some things I think we need to work on. Q You re a member of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. How do you think that might shape your influence on the curriculum? A When I think about the American College of Trial Lawyers, I think about the value of excellence. Q You mentioned cultivating a culture of philanthropy at Hamline. Would you share your thoughts about that? A Let me mention a couple of things. We talked a little bit earlier about the fact that I ve been doing some fundraising for the Obama campaign. If there s one lesson that comes from that experience, it s the power of the small contribution. In Senator Obama s campaign I think the statistics are something along the order of 90 percent of his contributions coming from small contributors. I think there s also some startling number that 40 percent of his contributions are $25 or less. Obviously, I hope people give more than $25 to the Law School. However, there is such a large untapped resource in terms of the alumni that haven t given at all. We need to focus on reaching those former students, introducing them to the culture of giving, and getting them into the habit of making a gift to the law school really no matter how small so they simply get into the habit of giving. (continued on page 15) 11

14 Events Harvard Law Professor and Prominent Legal Theorist Charles J. Ogletree to Headline the 2008 Dean s Dinner on November 18 Criminal justice scholar will reflect on the U.S. presidential election and its impact on equal rights. Charles J. Ogletree, the Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and Founding and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, will provide the keynote presentation at the 2008 Hamline Law Dean s Dinner. This year s Dean s Dinner will take place on Tuesday, November 18 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Olgetree, a distinguished scholar on issues of criminal justice, race and the law, and legal education, will offer his insights on the impact of the 2008 presidential election on the struggle for equal rights in America and abroad. The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice ( is named in honor of the visionary lawyer who spearheaded the litigation in Brown v. Board of Education. It opened in September 2005 and focuses on a variety of issues relating to race and justice. The Institute sponsors research, holds conferences, and provides policy analysis. Ogletree s most recent book, co-edited with Professor Austin Sarat of Amherst college, From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America, was published by New York University Press in May His historical memoir, All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education ( was published by W.W. Norton & Company in April Ogletree is a native of Merced, California, where he attended public schools. Ogletree earned an MA and BA (with distinction) in political science from Stanford University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds a JD from Harvard Law School, where he graduated in 1978 with Dean Lewis. In 2006, Ogletree was named by Ebony Magazine as one of the 100+ Most Influential Black Americans. He was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the National Black Law Students Association, where he served as National President from Ogletree also received the first ever Rosa Parks Civil Rights Award given by the City of Boston, the Hugo A. Bedau Award given by the Massachusetts Anti-Death Penalty Coalition, and Morehouse College s Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize Dean s Dinner The Hon. Eric J. Magnuson Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court The Hon. Lorie Gildea Minnesota Supreme Court The Hon. Helen M. Meyer Minnesota Supreme Court The Hon. Alan C. Page Minnesota Supreme Court The Hon. Sam Hanson Briggs and Morgan, P.A. Minnesota Supreme Court (ret d) The Hon. James H. Gilbert Minnesota Supreme Court (ret d) The Hon. A.M. (Sandy) Keith Rochester Downtown Alliance Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court (ret d) The Hon. Edward C. Stringer Minnesota Supreme Court (ret d) The Hon. Pamela G. Alexander Council for Crime & Justice The Hon. Joan E. Ericksen U.S. District Court The Hon. Donovan Frank U.S. District Court The Hon. James M. Rosenbaum U.S. District Court Cooper S. Ashley Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP Rebecca J. Bernhard Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, LLP Diane Berthel Berthel Schutter LLC Brian Beutner UnitedHealth Group John Buck Chairman, Medica Board of Directors and Medica Foundation Jeff Cameron Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch Terrance L. Carlson Medtronic Michael V. Ciresi Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP Scott J. Dongoske Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. Joseph M. Finley Leonard Street and Deinard 12

15 Spread header Portraits of Dean Don Lewis (left) and Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree from the 1975 Harvard Law School yearbook. Professor Ogletree is a distinguished scholar on issues of criminal justice, race and the law, and legal education. Hamline University School of Law s annual Dean s Dinner provides a forum for visionary thinkers who can transform the lives of law students and improve the foundations of the legal profession. Past speakers have included New York University President John Sexton, Pepperdine University School of Law Dean Kenneth Starr and New Yorker columnist and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell. Sponsors of the 2007 Dean s Dinner included Dwight Opperman, Key Investments, Inc. (emeritus); Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP (presidential); as well as many generous sponsors at the supporting level, including Briggs and Morgan, Faegre & Benson LLP, Fredrikson & Bryron, P.A., Gilbert Mediation Center, Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., Imation Corp., Larson King, LLP, Lindquist & Vennum PLLP, Maslon The 2008 Dean s Dinner will be held on Tuesday, November 18 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. For information regarding table sponsorships for the 2008 Dean s Dinner, or to purchase tickets, members of the public should contact Susan Stephan at or [email protected]. Edelman Borman & Brand LLP, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly LLP, Winthrop & Weinstine P.A. Contributing sponsors included Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD, and Moss & Barnett. Honorary Committee Harry Gallaher Lockridge Grindal Nauen, P.L.L.P Paul Gatto Swor & Gatto, P.A. Mark J. Hanson Stoel Rives, LLP B. Todd Jones Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP Lawrence W. King Larson King, LLP Steve Kirsch Murnane Brandt John M. Koneck Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Edward M. Laine Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, LLP Andrew M. Luger Greene Espel Alan H. Maclin Briggs & Morgan, P.A. Don McNeil Coleman, Hull & vanvleit Girard Miller Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. Thomas Morgan Faegre & Benson, LLP Brian Pietsch Vice President, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Chris Policinski President/CEO, Land O Lakes Lewis A. Remele, Jr. Bassford Remele, P.A. Carolyn Sandberg Faegre & Benson LLP Daryle Uphoff Lindquist and Vennum PLLP Dr. Sandra Vargas The Minneapolis Foundation Judith Walker Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN Robert R. Weinstine Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. David K. Wessner Park Nicollet Health Services Gerald B. Yost Yost & Baill, LLP 13

16 Events Dean Jon Garon Steps Down after Five Years of Service Spring Reception Allows Hamline Community to Express Thanks Jon Garon s leadership as the Law School s ninth dean, from , was recognized during a special reception this past spring. From record bar passage rates to new joint degree programs, Hamline achieved many impressive accomplishments during Dean Garon s tenure. The reception provided Hamline alumni, faculty and staff, and Hamline University President Linda Hanson an opportunity to express their gratitude. The Jon M. Garon Scholarship Fund has been initiated by the generosity of lead donors Annette and James Levine, Paul Gatto, Charles H. Johnson, Steve Kirsch and Bill Manning to coincide with Dean Garon s move from his position as dean to his new role as a full-time Hamline law faculty member. The Dean has done so much for us and for the school. I think it is very important to recognize him for all he has given to the Hamline community, said Annette Levine. To contribute, please visit give.html and list the name of the scholarship in the other gift designation box. Jon Garon and his wife, Stacy, enjoyed a humorous tribune to his service as dean, which was provided by Professor Carol Swanson. Recent Accomplishments at Hamline University School of Law The Law School moved into the third tier in the national rankings in the latest U.S. News & World Report assessment of the nation s best graduate schools and specialty programs in Hamline s Dispute Resolution Institute has been ranked fourth in the nation. This is the eighth consecutive year that the law school s dispute resolution program ranked among the top five alternative dispute programs in the nation. Academic enrollment quality and diversity within the class has remained strong. The July 08 first-time bar passage rate climbed above 93 percent. Improved placement rates reflect that more than 94 percent of students seeking employment secured positions within nine months of graduation. More than half of Hamline s law student body actively participate in volunteer pro bono work while in law school, and many more provide legal services through clinical placements and externships/practica to those in need of legal services. In 2006 the Hamline Health Law Institute was launched, providing programs, training, scholarly research and important coursework in a critical area of our nation s political and economic future. The Law School partnered with Hamline University Graduate School of Liberal Studies to create the JD/MFA in creative writing and the Hamline University Graduate School of Business to launch the JD/MBA joint degree. 14

17 Spread header Associate Dean Carol Swanson Lauded for Hard Work and Dedication Office of Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Now Led by Professor Marie Failinger Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Carol Swanson has decided once again that it is time to turn the reins over to someone else. She did not depart from the role to return to her full-time teaching position on the Hamline faculty without recognition for her hard work, ability to keep the dean s office and the law school running smoothly, and, of course, her trademark humor and warmth. Noted outgoing Dean Jon Garon at the spring senior recognition banquet, Carol is undoubtedly the person most responsible for me still standing here. When anything needs to be done, Carol takes it upon her shoulders to make it happen. Associate Dean Marie Failinger Jon Garon is one of several Law School deans that Professor Swanson has worked with as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. Her dedication has led many at Hamline to note, Carol has done more than her share. Carol Swanson has worked with several Hamline Law School deans as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. She most recently stepped down to return to her full-time faculty position on July 1. Incoming Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Marie Failinger concurred, Carol has really worked her heart out for Hamline Law School. We owe her a great debt of gratitude for extending her service as Associate Dean through some important transitions in the law school s history. The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs works with the faculty and the Registrar on curriculum, course scheduling, student academic issues, adjunct faculty matters, the academic support program and other projects of the dean s office. I hope I can be of some service to the Law School as we look ahead to a greater emphasis on lawyering skills, professionalism and service in our program, added Associate Dean Failinger. Don Lewis Speaks (continued from page 11) The second focus is the need to develop major gifts, which is why getting the major gifts officer on board has been a priority. I m going to rely on the advice of those professionals in terms of developing that strategy. My role as dean as the ambassador and number one advocate of the law school will be accompany the major gifts officer on visits to potential donors. All that being said, a significant and important prerequisite is the strategic planning because we ve got to have a message that allows us to articulate a very clear and concise vision and brand to potential donors that they can support. Q As a co-founder of the Minnesota Association for Black Lawyers, do you see Hamline playing any particular role in addressing diversity issues within the legal community? A I want Hamline to be very aggressive in addressing what I describe as pipeline issues, that is, what we need to do to expand the participation of people of color in the legal profession. I believe we should be addressing the need at the high school level or maybe even earlier than the junior school level. Q Is there anything else that you d like to share with Advocate readers? A They can count on hearing from me in terms of promoting the programs and the good work that we re doing and the need for their support. We need their participation at events that I look forward to holding and, more important, their financial support. We need to build an endowment; we need to expand our resources for our day-to-day work; we need to support our faculty in the efforts they are making towards teaching and scholarship. I m going to try to be very visible and in their face, so to speak. 15

18 Events 16 Official Installation of Donald Lewis as 10th Dean of Law School Alumni are invited to attend the official installation of Donald Lewis as the 10th Dean of Hamline University School of Law. The ceremony will be held on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:30 at the Hamline Methodist Church. A reception will follow at 5:30 p.m. in the Kay Fredricks Room at Klas Center. On the Fives Reunion Reception Calling all alumni from the classes 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998 and It s time for your 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30-year reunions, which we will celebrate together on October 2, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Peterson Lounge at the School of Law building. Please let us know you re coming by contacting Anne Markus: [email protected] or Innocence Project of Minnesota Benefit with Author John Grisham Join the Innocence Project of Minnesota on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 for its annual benefit dinner, program and live auction. Bestselling author and attorney John Grisham is the featured guest speaker. The event, to be held at The Depot in Minneapolis, begins at 5:30 with cocktails and a silent auction. The formal program begins at 7 p.m. with dinner, the keynote address by John Grisham and a live auction. Contact: Erika Applebaum at or [email protected] Mid-Winter Reception on January 22 It s never too early to start planning for the very popular Hamline University School of Law Mid-Winter Reception. The firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi has graciously agreed to once again serve as our host. Please plan to join us on January 22 from 5:00 7:30 p.m. for this special evening with colleagues, and Hamline faculty and staff. Upcoming JLR Symposium Marks 25th Anniversary for the Respected Journal The internationally respected Journal of Law and Religion was launched 25 years ago by several passionate members of the Hamline law school faculty, including Professors Howard Vogel, Michael Scherschligt and Marie Failinger. The Journal initiated an on-going, unique and wide-ranging conversation exploring the interaction and intersection of law and religion, particularly how those two disciplines shape and contribute to the quality of our common life. We have always been aware of the role the Journal might play in the creation of a civilization of genuine peace and justice in which all might flourish, said Professor Vogel. We are honored and delighted that the conversation has been going on for the past 25 years and we look forward its vibrant continuation at our Symposium in October. Speaking of Law and Religion A Symposium to Celebrate 25 Years of Conversation on the Shape and Quality of our Common Life, set for October 23 25, 2008, will include nearly one dozen concurrent and plenary sessions on a variety of topics. For additional information, visit law/jlr or [email protected]. Spring Events to Focus on Poverty Issues and the Law The Spring Alumni CLE Symposium, Justice and the Administrative Process: A Low-Income Family s Journey Through State and Federal Administrative Appeals, is scheduled for March 12. It will be sponsored in conjunction with the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) in association with the organization s 100th anniversary celebration. The following day, March 13, the Journal of Public Law & Policy Symposium will be held in the Kay Fredericks Ball Room in Hamline University s Klas Center. The Symposium will be focused on poverty law. Please mark your calendar now and look for more details in the monthly online Advocate newsletter and on the school s website.

19 Hamline s Legal Research and Writing Program Gains Momentum As any lawyer knows, legal research and writing skills are essential to success. And as any Hamline Law School alumnus knows, Hamline is committed to building the legal research and writing skills of students. Hamline s Legal Research and Writing (LRW) department made a significant leap forward in that regard when the LRW directorship was made a tenure track position last winter. After a national search, Mary Trevor was named the new LRW Director in January. She brings a fierce commitment to strengthening the already strong department. We hope to have an expanded writing curriculum in place in the near future, as well as a website that provides highly interactive resources for students, she recently noted. effective teaching approach with adult learners. Unlike many law school legal writing programs, Hamline does not rely on adjunct faculty. In addition to Trevor, full-time faculty members include Mary Dunnewold, Beth Honetschlager, Ken Swift, Brenda Tofte and Kimberly Holst. Kelly Mickelson, a part-time faculty member, recently joined the department to teach in the weekend program. The large faculty means the program can offer nine weekday sections and two weekend sections. Our emphasis on tutorials and individual contact with students are the cornerstones of our program, says Trevor. Allowing students to work directly with faculty while they are working on assignments is a very Hamline s Norwegian Connection: Opera Software If you visit Norway anytime soon, be sure to stop by leading IT company Opera Software and say hello to two Hamline alumni: Lateef Ledbetter 07 and Jason Hoida 95. Hoida is Deputy General Counsel for Opera Software. Ledbetter is a legal consultant working part-time while he completes his thesis as part of the LL.M. program at the University of Oslo. His duties include reviewing and revising non-disclosure and service agreements, researching legal issues in the field of technology and business, and working with the General Counsel and business officers to ensure that Opera is protected in all business deals and partnerships that the company pursues. My education at Hamline, especially the ADR courses, is a benefit to me in my capacity at Opera, says Ledbetter. Understanding the big picture and vision that a company sets is key in dealing with global business partners. Our main goal is to grow In addition to teaching, Hamline s LRW faculty takes time to hone other skills. All of the weekday program faculty recently attended the Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference in Indianapolis (some of whom are shown at left), which brings together faculty from around the country to network and learn about current trends in legal research and writing education. LRW department members also are involved in a variety of activities including podcasting, editing, scholarly research, publishing textbooks, teaching topics other than LRW, and coaching young attorneys in the local community. Opera as a company while maintaining our identify in the IT market. I never thought the knowledge I received in contracts under Professor Butterfoss would be as beneficial as it has been in my brief legal career. Ledbetter says his experience at Hamline also helped prepare him Lateef Ledbetter 07 culturally for the transition to Norway: The friendly environment and people at Hamline helped me prepare for my move to Norway and assimilate with the people and culture here. Never in a million years would I have thought that me, a kid from rural Mississippi, would be half way around the world working in the legal department of one of the world s best IT companies. It all happened because of my decision to attend Hamline School of Law! 17

20 Faculty Docket Larry Bakken Instructor: International Business Negotiation to 60 graduate MBA students at ISM, a business university in Vilnius, Lithuania (November 2007). While in Vilnius he visited with university and business leaders to examine the possibility of creating a business dispute settlement program for the Baltics. Spoke to 75 business people on the use of alternative dispute resolution methods and lectured on American Public Administration policy and problems for graduate public administration students at Kaunas Technological University Lithonia. Instructor: Introduction to NAFTA to 65 students at Inter-American University Law School. Made six presentations on public conflict, public participation, and public meeting management techniques (Fall 2007). These programs were sponsored by the League of Minnesota Cities for elected and appointed officials in St. Paul, St. Cloud, Moorhead, Grand Rapids, Rochester and Redwood Falls. Instructor: Norway program. Visiting faculty lecturer at the Bergen University Law. Taught American Legal System and Alternative Dispute Resolution classes to 35 International students from Europe and China. Presented: Leadership and Management, Hamline Law Review spring symposium (May 2008). Alternative Dispute Resolution and Comparative Law: A Changing Landscape, in Comparative Law (2007). Z. Jill Barclift Fuzzy Logic and Corporate Governance Theories, 6 Pierce L. Rev. 177 (2007). Codes of Ethics and State Fiduciary Duties: Where is the Line? 1 J. Bus., Entrepreneurship & L. 237 (2008). Promoted to Associate Professor by the Hamline law faculty. Len Biernat Len Biernat, The Federal Role in Education Aid and Assistance, in West s Federal Administrative Practice (2008 update). Len Biernat, Increasing the School Year for Some, But Not All Children, in Our Promise: Achieving Educational Equity for America s Children (forthcoming 2008). Presented: American Association of Law Libraries, Portland, OR (July 2008). Elected: Counselor to the Richard T. Oakes Inn of Court ( Inn year). Selected: Valuable Invited Participant by the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries. Recipient: Distinguished Alumni Award, Outstanding Merit ( ). Ed Butterfoss Participant: Fellows Program of the non-profit Center for Computer- Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) as part of a fiveperson team to create computer-based legal education materials in Criminal Procedure. The CALI Fellowships Project is a multi-year applied research effort that is creating a high-quality pool of electronic teaching materials for faculty to supplement their courses. Presented: Hide & Seek: The A s, B s, And See s Of Vehicular Searches to the Florida County Judges Association at its annual meeting, at the invitation of the Hon. Lou Schiff 80 (January 2008). Ed Butterfoss, A Suspicionless Search and Seizure Quagmire: The Supreme Court Revives the Pretext Doctrine and Creates Another Fine Fourth Amendment Mess, 40 Creighton L. Rev. 419 (2007). Adapted and republished in 35 Search and Seizure Law Rep. (2008). Ed Butterfoss, Chapter author in Minnesota Judges Criminal Benchbook (2008). Jim Coben Honored with 10 other Minnesotans as Distinguished Members for their activities promoting ADR in Minnesota at a reception celebrating the 10th anniversary of the ADR Institute (October 2007). Presenter: Annual Mediation Case Law Revue (October 19, 2007). Together with Giuseppe De Palo and Christopher Honeyman, created and launched the Second Generation Global Negotiation Project an ambitious three-year effort to critique and improve contemporary negotiation pedagogy and training design. Hosted the project s inaugural event, a four-day teaching conference, Rome, Italy (May 2008) and will be co-editing a special issue of the Negotiation Journal (published by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard) and a JAMS Foundation-funded book to disseminate post-conference scholarly papers and training materials. Presented: Trends in ADR Law for the Section of Public Contract Law, American Bar Association, offices of Arnold & Porter law firm, Washington, D.C. (May 2008). Conducted Workshops: Dispute Resolution Trends How the Latest Advancements in Conflict Theory, Conflict Resolution Systems Design, Mediation, and Other Collaborative Processes Might be Applied to Improve Complaint Proceedings, annual meeting of the State Federation of Medical Boards, San Antonio, TX (May 2008). Presented: The New Lawyer, annual meeting of the ADR Section of the American Bar Association, Seattle, WA (April 2008). Conducted: Hmong Elder Mediation Training, co-sponsored by the

21 Spread header Mediation Center for Dispute Resolution and Hmong 18 Council, Saint Paul, MN (March 2008). Participant: Minnesota CLE webcast, Health Law Dispute Resolution: A Post- Symposium Report, Minneapolis, MN (with Lucinda Jesson) (November 2007). Jim Cobin, Contributor, Biennial Symposium in Dispute Resolution, 29 Hamline J. Pub. L. & & Pol y (2008). David Cobin Directed: Fourth Annual Program on Conflict Resolution from Religious Traditions, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (January 07 term). David Cobin, The Encrypted Sermons of Sabato Morais, 28 J. L. & Religion 147 (2008). Directed: The Hechsher Tzedek Law Project A student research team determining the laws of Minnesota, Iowa, New York and the U. S. government on subjects where Hechsher Tzedek (Justice) certification standards are being developed for kosher food by the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism. Debated Phyllis Schlafly in an event sponsored by the Federalist Society at Hamline University School of Law (winter 2008). Presented: Images of the Jew History and Mythology, Continuing Legal Education, Guthrie Theater. Joe Daly Named among the Top 40 ADR Attorneys in the current issue of Law & Politics. Among the 2008 Who s Who in Law & Politics ADR resource guide. Published: Problems with Arbitration in the USA. Instructor: How to Resolve International Business Disputes by Arbitration, University of Montevideo, Uruguay. Presented: How to be an Effective Advocate in an Arbitration Hearing, 14th Annual Labor/Management Conference, sponsored by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Washington, D.C. Marie Failinger Marie Failinger, A Home of Its Own: The Role of Poverty Law in Furthering Law Schools Missions, 24 Fordham Urb. L. J (2007). Marie Failinger, Women s Work: A Lutheran Feminist Critique, 4 U. St. Thomas L. J. 405 (2008). Presented: Theories of Advocacy for the Poor, AALS Section on Poverty Law panel: Rights, Religion, Revolution (January 5, 2008). Presented: Law, Poverty and Economic Inequality, Legal Education panel, Valparaiso University School of Law (April 3 4, 2008). Ken Fox Jon Garon Presenter and Planning Committee Member: ADR in Popular Culture, A Review, ADR Institute meeting (October 19, 2007). Jon Garon, Own It The Law & Business Guide to Launching a New Business through Innovation, Exclusivity, and Relevance (2008). Speaker: 10th Annual Chapman Law Review Symposium, Publicity Rights in Bytes Contemporary Issues in Entertainment and Sports Law, Orange, CA. He discussed the recent court limitations on publicity rights in the context of computer games, fantasy sports leagues and virtual worlds. Mary Jo Hunter Mary Jo Hunter, IWCA at Thirty Years (forthcoming 2008). Presented: Minnesota Human Rights Conference, Mille Lacs, MN (September 29, 2007). Promoted to full Clinical Professor by the Hamline law faculty. Lucinda Jesson Presented: Examination of the Presidential Health Reform Proposals, Health Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association and the League of Women Voters on Presidential Candidates Health Reform Proposals (January 12 and March 14, 2008). Presented: Health Law Update, MNCLE Health Law Institute (June 13, 2008). Lucinda Jesson and Myron Frans, What Qualifies as a Public Charity? Minnesota Enters the National Debate, Wm. Mitchell J. L. & Prac. (April 2008). Lucinda Jesson, Weighing the Wellness Systems: The Legal Implications of Imposing Personal Responsibility Obligations, Va. J. Soc. Pol y & L. (forthcoming 2008). Presented: Conflict Resolution in Health Care, Hamline Biennial Symposium Series (November 2007). Moderator: Hot Topics in Long Term Care; Advanced Issues in Fraud and Abuse; Legal Implications of Wellness 19

22 Faculty Docket Programs; Update on the New 990 for Health Lawyers; webcast series on Advanced Health Law for MN CLE (fall/winter ). Participant: Health Law Dispute Resolution: A Post-Symposium Report, Minnesota CLE webcast, Minneapolis, MN (with James Coben) (November 2007). Co-Authored: Symposium Report, An Intentional Conversation About Conflict Resolution in Health Care. Elected to serve as the treasurer of the MSBA s Health Law Governing Council (2008). Chair of the MSBA s Rules of Professional Conduct Committee ( ). Jonathan Kahn Jonathan Kahn, G. Ellison, J. Kaufman and R. Head, Flaws in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration s Rationale for Supporting the Development and Approval of BiDil as a Treatment for Heart Failure Only in Black Patients, J. L. Med. & Ethics (forthcoming 2008). Jonathan Kahn, Inventing Race as a Genetic Commodity in Biotechnology Patents, in Bagioli, M., et al. ed. Contexts of Invention: Creative Production in Legal and Cultural Perspective (forthcoming 2008). Jonathan Kahn, Surrogate Markers and Surrogate Marketing in Biomedicine: The Regulatory Etiology and Commercial Progression of Ethnic Drug Development, in Clarke, A., et al. Eds. Biomedicalization: Technoscience, Health and Illness in the U.S. (forthcoming 2008). Jonathan Kahn, Patenting Race in a Genomic Age, in Barbara A Koenig, et al. ed. Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age (forthcoming 2008). Jonathan Kahn, Exploiting Race in Drug Development: BiDil s Interim Model of Pharmacogenomics. Social Studies of Science (forthcoming 2008). Presenter: It s the Genes and Environment, Stupid, Hastings Center Bioethics Forum (June 5). Jonathan Kahn and others, The Science and Business of Genetic Ancestry Testing, Science (October 19, 2007). Invited Participant and Panel Discussant: Conference on forensic DNA databanks and racial disparities in the criminal justice system, co-sponsored by the Council for Responsible Genetics and New York University Department of Sociology, New York University, New York, NY (June 19 20, 2008). Invited Guest Lecturer: Race, Genes, and Public Health, University of Minnesota Public Health Institute, Minneapolis, MN (June 9, 2008). Paper Presentation and Panel Chair: Patenting Race in a Genomic Age, Biotechnology, Bioethics, and the Law When Patents and Trademarks Go Bad: Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Montreal, Canada (May 29 31, 2008). Invited Presenter: BiDil and Beyond: The Legal and Political Implications of Ethnic Drugs, workshop: Race and the Watson Affair: DNA in a Digital Age, Genome BC and School of Communication and Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada (May 16, 2008). Invited Presenter: The Place of Race in Gene Patenting and Drug Development, conference on Translating the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genomics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (May 1 3, 2008). Invited Presenter: Race, Genes, and Justice: What Does Race Add to the Presentation of Forensic DNA Evidence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (April 24 26, 2008). Invited Presenter: Race and Forensic DNA: A Concept Whose Time has Passed, conference on DNA, Race and History, Center for Race and Ethnicity, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (April 18 19, 2008). Invited Presenter: Race, Genes and Drugs: Legal and Political Implications, workshop: Race and Genetic Ancestry, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network/ University of Toronto and the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta, Toronto, Canada (April 8 9, 2008). Invited Lecture: Race, Medicine, and Money: Contextualizing the Emergence of Ethnic Drugs, Studies of Science and Technology Colloquium sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science and the Program in the History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (March 28, 2008). Invited Lecture: Genes, Race and Medicine: Strategic Reification as an Instrument of Backlash, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (March 10, 2008). Invited Participant: Conceal, Carry, Control and the Constitution A Debate on Gun Rights, sponsored by the Warren Burger Inn of Court, St Paul, MN (February 20, 2008). Panel Chair: Are Market Incentives a Bane or a Boon to Biodiversity? Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools, New York, NY (January 3, 2008). Invited Plenary Presenter: The Two (Institutional) Cultures: A Consideration of Structural Barriers to Interdisciplinarity, conference on Unhealthy Professional Boundaries? Working Together in Health and Social Care, University of London, London, UK (December 4 5, 2007). Invited Presentation: Inventing Race as a Genetic Commodity in Biotechnology Patents, University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC (November 6, 2007). Presenter: Race-ing Patents/Patenting Race: An Emerging Political Geography of Intellectual Property, Twelfth Annual LatCrit Conference, Miami, FL (October 5, 2007). 20

23 Spread header David Larson David A. Larson, Conflicts of Interest and Disclosures: Are We Making a Mountain out of a Molehill?, 49 S. Tex. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2008). David A. Larson, Technology Mediated Dispute Resolution Can Improve the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Ethical Practices System: The Deaf Community is Well Prepared and Can Lead by Example, Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. (forthcoming 2008). Presented: Technology Mediated Dispute Resolution (TMDR) and the Deaf Community: A Community Prepared to Both Receive and Lead, United Nations sponsored 2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution, Victoria, British Columbia. Delegates from 26 nations attended (June 18, 2008). Presenter: Opportunities for ODR in Asia, Sixth Annual International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the University of Hong Kong law faculty, Hong Kong, China (December 4, 2007). Keynote Speaker: 20th Annual Legal Knowledge and Information Systems Conference, Leiden University, the Netherlands (Jurix 2007). Presentation identified opportunities for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) experts in the dispute resolution field (December 14, 2007). Presentations: Technology Mediated Dispute Resolution (TMDR)/Online Dispute Resolution (ODR): Opportunities in Asia and Beyond, and The Future of American Organized Labor: Will Labor Unions Survive the 21st Century? School of American and Comparative Law, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China. Also spoke at the Beijing Arbitration Commission regarding conflicts of interest, disclosure requirements, and ethical standards (April 18, 2008). Speaker: Is There an Ethical Code for Cyberspace? Can an Ethical or Moral Code Be Enforced? Unique Concerns for Technology Mediated and Online Dispute Resolution (TMDR/ODR), 14th Annual Ethics Symposium, South Texas College of Law, Houston, TX (November 4, 2007). Keynote Speaker: Ethical Codes, Disclosure Requirements and Vacatur, National Arbitration Forum Annual Fall Conference (October 5, 2007). Presenter: Millennial Students, 2008 Thomson Reuters national academic meeting, with faculty members from Wake Forest University School of Law, William Mitchell College of Law, and the University of Saint Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, MN (June 25, 2008). Presenter: Alternative Dispute Resolution and Technology, Third Bi-Annual State-wide Restorative Philosophy and Practices Conference, which explored ways that technology can assist and support restorative justice (October 6, 2007). Bill Martin Named Professor of the Year at Hamline University s Student Bar Association s Barrister s Ball (March 28, 2008). Bobbi McAdoo Honored with 10 other Minnesotans as distinguished members for their activities promoting ADR in Minnesota at a reception celebrating the 10th anniversary of the MSBA ADR Institute (October 2007). Moderator and Speaker: The Future of ADR, MSBA ADR Institute (October 2007). Bobbi McAdoo, Physicians: Listen Up and Take Your Communications Skills Training Seriously, 29 Hamline J. Pub. L. & Pol y 287 (2008). Conference Participant: Developing Second Generation Global Negotiation Education, Rome, Italy (May 2008). Currently developing the evaluation instruments for an innovative Minnesota Court of Appeals Family Mediation project. Angela McCaffrey Angela McCaffrey, Role Play as Rehearsals for Doing the Right Thing Teaching Ethical Practice in Moldovan and U.S. Clinical Education, 28 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol y (forthcoming 2008). Co-presented: Teaching the Art of Listening, AALS Annual meeting, Section on Clinical Law, New York (January 5, 2008). Presentations discussed, demonstrated and explored theories about and techniques for teaching the art of listening to clinic students. Co-presented: Using Film in Our Clinical Teaching: Acknowledging the risks, considering our mistakes and reflecting on the opportunities, AALS conference on clinical legal education (May 5, 2008). Douglas McFarland Douglas McFarland, Few are Chosen: A Campaign Memoir (2008). 21

24 Faculty Docket Grace Mills Participant: Association of American Law Schools Workshop for Law Librarians, Cleveland, Ohio (June 1 4, 2008). Presenter and Participant: Midwestern People of Color Conference, Saint Paul, MN (May 29 June 1, 2008). Mary Jane Morrison Speaker: Wisdom of dedicating funds in statues and constitutional clauses, 23rd Conference on Policy Analysis, co-sponsored by Hamline s Graduate School of Management, the Humphrey Institute and the Citizens League, University of Minnesota (October 17, 2007). Debated: Original Intent, Hamline chapter of the Federalist Society, with Chip Mellor, one of the co-founders of The Institute for Justice (November 29, 2007). Contributed a report on constitutional amendments presented to Minnesota voters in 2007 for the State Constitutions chapter of the 2008 issue of The Book of the States (December 2007) and agreed to be the continuing reporter for Minnesota (ongoing). Presented: Themes in Mid-Nineteenth Century Debates over Appointing or Electing Judges, Minnesota Women Lawyers program, Judicial Elections and the Minnesota Constitution: Past, Present and Future (April 22, 2008). Panelist: Minnesota Constitution After 150 Years, Minnesota State Bar Association meetings, Duluth, MN (June 16, 2008). Invited: Member of the Civic Caucus. Appointed: Minnesota State Bar Association s Civil Gideon Task Force, which held its first meeting April 29, Continued volunteer work as chair of the Human Rights and Research Committee of The Phoenix Residence, Inc. Began serving as a volunteer federal Ombudsman in September 2007 with the ESGR, a DOD agency that mediates issues under USERRA between employers and Guardsmen and Reservists. Jim Morrow Selected: Chair of the ABA Judges Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs (chemical dependency, and mental health issues), Subcommittee on Education (February 2008 to present). Member: Minnesota District Judges Association, Judicial Resources Committee ( ). Served: Senior Judge for the State of Minnesota for approximately five weeks (2007). Participant: Minnesota Judges Annual Conference, (September 4 7, 2007). Taught: Evidence and Effective Courtroom Management to new Minnesota judges, Minnesota New Judges School (October 22 23, 2007; March 10 11, 2008). Participant: National Bar Passage Conference, Madison, WI (October 23 24, 2007). Guest Lecturer: Appellate Advocacy course, William Mitchell College of Law (October 30, 2007). Taught: Evidence and Judicial Decision Making to approximately 65 trial judges from around the country, National Judicial College, NV (October 16 18, 2007). Taught: Trial Advocacy and Evidence, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN (November 1, 2007). Participant: 4th Annual Western Canadian Conference, Addictions and Mental Health, Richmond, B.C. (November 13 14, 2007). Assistant Coach for the Meadow Creek High School Mock Trial Team, which advanced to the Minnesota State Finals (March 2008). Taught: Evidence to approximately 35 7th District Public Defenders, St. Cloud, MN (February 22, 2008). Taught: Evidence, Evidence Workshop, and Judicial Decision Making courses to approximately 65 new judges from around the country, National Judicial College, NV (April 2 4, 2008). Taught: Evidence to approximately 40 judges from around the country, National Judicial College Advanced Evidence Seminar, Chicago, IL (May 25 29, 2008). Taught: Evidence and American Courts to law students, lawyers and judges, University of Montevideo, Uruguay (May 2 9, 2008). Assisted Professor Joe Daly in teaching Direct and Cross Exercises in International Arbitration course, University of Montevideo, Uruguay (May 2008). Taught: Evidence to approximately 150 Iowa judges, Iowa Judicial Conference, Des Moines, IA (June 20, 2008). Jim Morrow & Josh Larson, Without a Doubt, A Sharp and Radical Departure: The Minnesota Supreme Court s Decision to Change Plain Error Review of Unobjected-To Prosecutorial Error in State V. Ramsey, Hamline L. Rev. (forthcoming September 2008). Jim Morrow & Josh Larson, Rules 607 and 608, in Minnesota Evidence in the Courtroom (forthcoming fall 2008). Jim Morrow, Evidence at Trial in Minnesota Judges Criminal Benchbook (2008). 22

25 Spread header Joseph Olson Joseph Olson & Clayton E. Cramer, What Did Bear Arms Mean in the Second Amendment?, 6 Georgetown J. L. & Pub. Pol y 511 (2008). This article was cited favorably in the majority opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller that held the D.C. gun bans to be unconstitutional. Filed: Amicus Brief, with David T. Hardy, in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Citizen-Respondent in Parker v. District of Columbia, which addresses whether the right of the people to keep and bear arms of the Constitution s Second Amendment is a meaningful individual right or merely a right to serve in a collective organization if one is formed by the state. Joseph Olson & Clayton E. Cramer, Pistols, Crime, and Public Safety in Early America, 44 Williamette L. Rev. (forthcoming 2008). Speaker: Success of Minnesota s Citizens Personal Protection Act, forum sponsored by William Mitchell College of Law and at a meeting of the St. Paul Inns of Court. Tom I. Romero, II Tom I. Romero, II, Kelo, Parents and the Spatialization of Color (Blindness) in the Berman-Brown Metropolitan Heterotopia, Utah L. Rev. (forthcoming fall 2008). Tom I. Romero, II, No Brown Towns: Anti-Immigrant Ordinances and Equality of Educational Opportunity for Latina/os, J. Gender, Race & Just. (forthcoming ). Tom I. Romero, II, Bound Between and Beyond the Borderlands: Region, Race, Scale and a Subnational Legal History, Or. Rev. of Int l L. (forthcoming 2008). Tom I. Romero, II, La Raza Latino?: Multiracial Ambivalence, Color Denial, and the Emergence of a Tri-Ethnic Jurisprudence at the End of the 20th Century, 37 N.M. L. Rev. 245 (2007). Tom I. Romero, II, Book Review, 64 The Americas 108 (July 2007) (reviewing George Marcial, Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun: Lessons from the Chicano Movement ). Tom I. Romero, II, Book Review, N.M. Hist. Q. (forthcoming 2008) (reviewing Carlos R. Soltero s, Latinos and American Law: Landmark Supreme Court Cases). Presented: Creating and Containing the Multiracial Heterotopia: Kelo, Parents and the Spatialization of Color (blindness) in the Berman- Brown Postmetropolis, University of Minnesota Legal History Colloquium and Workshop (April 8, 2008), and Hamline law faculty colloquium (November 2007). Presented: No Brown Towns: Anti-Immigrant Ordinances and Equality of Educational Opportunity for Latina/os, University of Iowa Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice 12th Annual Symposium, No School Left Behind: Providing Equal Educational Opportunities (April 2008), and Work-in-Progress, Annual Midwestern People of Color Conference (May 2008). Presented: Multiracial Dissonance, Cold War Containment and the Law of Municipal Boundaries in the Metropolitan West, annual meetings of the American Studies Association & American Society for Legal History (October 2007). Presented: Eminent Domain and the Multicolor Spatialization of (post) Modern American Cities, 13th Annual LatCrit Symposium (October 2007). Plenary Speaker: Japanese Americans and Law in World War II, Denver and Colorado, Work-in-Progress commentator, Joint Annual Meeting of Western Legal Teachers of Color and Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Professors, University of Denver Stern College of Law (April 2008). Panelist: Voices United Series: Law and Civil Rights, Latino Communications Network and Spokesman & Recorder Publishing Co. (January 18, 2008). Lecture: Becoming Latino: Law and Social Change in the United States, Rotary Club of St. Paul (July 22, 2008). Keynote Speaker: Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association, William Mitchell School of Law, St. Paul, MN (October 16, 2007). Lecture: Salud para todos ( Health for all ): Latinos and Health Law in the 21st Century, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Eagan, MN (September 26, 2007). Received: Courtesy appointment with the Department of History, and was the Academic Director, Certificate Program in Global Arbitration Law and Practice, London, England (June July 2008). Co-Chair: Director of Diversity Integration Search Committee, Hamline University (spring-early summer 2008). Co-Coached (along with Hamline alumnus Michael Heise) Hamline s Hispanic National Bar Association Moot Court team, which was recognized for Best Petitioner s Brief in the competition. Served: Planning team for the Midwestern People of Color Conference hosted by Hamline University School of Law (May 29 June 1, 2008). Selected to serve on the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association s CLE Planning Committee for the 2010 Hispanic Bar Association annual meetings, which will be held in the Twin Cities. Completed: Two-year term as chair of the Board for Centro Legal, Inc. (May 2008). Elected: Chair of the Board for El Fondo de Nuestra Comunidad, one of only seven Latino-run philanthropic organizations in the country. Ken Salzberg Elected: Law School faculty member serving on the MSBA Real Property Law Section Council. 23

26 Faculty Docket Sharon Sandeen Promoted to full Professor by the Hamline law faculty. Sharon Sandeen, Kewanee Revisited: Returning to First Principles of Intellectual Property Law to Determine the Issue of Federal Preemption, 12 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2008). Presenter: Trade Secret Litigation, Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association (MIPLA) Stampede CLE (May 20, 2008). Participant and Chair: IP Deskbook Project Subcommittee, 2008 ABA Section of Business Law spring meeting, Dallas, TX (April 2008). Invited Participant and Presenter: Kewanee Revisited, 2008 Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Drake University Law School (February 22 23, 2008). Presented: The Third Party Problem at Feist, Facts, and Functions: IP Protection for Works Beyond Entertainment, a symposium sponsored by The George Washington University Law School and the Software & Information Industry Association, Washington D.C. (September 28, 2007). Presented: Article 39 of Trips, Fifth Annual Works in Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, sponsored by The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University, Washington College of Law (September 28 29, 2007). Peter Thompson Peter N. Thompson & David F. Herr, Minnesota Trial Objections (2008). Peter N. Thompson, James Coben & Sara Cole, Mediation Law Policy & Practice (2007). Peter N. Thompson and James R. Coben, Mediation Litigation Trends, , 2 World Arb. & Mediation Rev. 395 (2007). Peter N. Thompson & David F. Herr, Courtroom Handbook of Minnesota Evidence (2007). Honored: 11th Annual Earl Larson Award by the Minnesota Chapter of the ACLU. Mary B. Trevor Global Trends in Dispute Resolution (Giuseppe DePalo & Mary B. Trevor eds., 2007). Selected: Director, the Legal Research and Writing Program, Hamline University School of Law. Howard Vogel The Ordered Liberty of Substantive Due Process and the Future of Constitutional Law as a Rhetorical Art: Variations on a Theme from Justice Cardozo in the United States Supreme Court, 70 Albany L. Rev (2007). The Restorative Justice Wager & the Trauma of America s Past: The Promise & Hope of a Value-Based, Dialogue-Driven Approach to Conflict Resolution for Social Healing, 6 Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. 565 (2007). Healing the Trauma of America s Past: Restorative Justice, Honest Patriotism, and the Legacy of Ethnic Cleansing, 55 Buffalo L. Rev. 981 (2007). Co-Taught: Truth Commissions, workshop session (with Penelope Harley 02), Minnesota Department of Corrections Biennial Conference on Restorative Justice, Growing the Connections, Minneapolis, MN (October 5 6, 2007). Invited Presenter: The Use of Ritual in Dispute Resolution as Illustrated in Restorative Justice Talking Circles, Public and Intense Conflicts Panel, annual meeting of the Association for Conflict Resolution, Phoenix, AZ (October 24 27, 2008). Invited Presenter: What is Sacred?: On Different Ways of Seeing the World and the Possibilities for Meaningful Dialogue Between Tribal Wisdom and Science, founding meeting of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, University of Georgia (April 10 12, 2008). Presenter: Treaties with the Indian Nations as Legal Documents: Why Were They Written and What is their Effect Today, panel on The Enduring Legacy of Minnesota s Treaties at the conference The State We re In: Creative and Critical Approaches to Minnesota History at 150 on the occasion of the Sesquicentennial of Minnesota s Statehood in Collegeville, Minnesota under the sponsorship of St. John s University, the College of St. Benedict, the Stearns County History Museum and the Minnesota Historical Society (May 28 30, 2008). 24

27 Class Notes Dear Alumni: As we begin the school year, we have much to celebrate. During the past year alone, we enjoyed wonderful bar passage statistics among our graduates, the advent of two new joint degree programs in the JD/MFA and JD/MBA, a tier improvement in U.S. News rankings and, of course, the opportunity to welcome Dean Donald M. Lewis to our Hamline community. We embrace Dean Lewis goal to continue the forward momentum and build on the success we saw during Dean Jon Garon s tenure. You, our alumni, always play a key role in our success and our forward momentum. Your participation as community has been inspiring. I want to thank all of our wonderful alumni who have been so involved in and supportive of our events and outreach efforts this past year. This fall, I wish to extend a special thanks to our Dean s Board of Advisors, including past Chair Bill Manning 78 and current Chair Paul Gatto 76, for working closely with Dean Garon to support our growth as an innovative institution of legal education. The leadership and advice of the Board of Advisors will be invaluable to Dean Lewis, as it was to Dean Garon, and the Board continues to give so much to our alumni community through the individual efforts of its committed membership. I also want to express my gratitude to our Alumni Association Board and to the tireless Don McNeil 89, our outgoing Alumni Association Board President. Don s two-year term ended in May, and he capped off his leadership with a successful drive to raise more than $30,000 for the Law Alumni Scholarship Fund through the 2007 and 2008 alumni golf tournaments, which was matched by generosity of the Whitney ARCEE fund, to add a total of $60,000 to the endowment fund. Thanks to all our generous alumni and community sponsors who helped our Board meet this challenge! We look forward to the leadership of incoming Board President Curtis Zaun 96 and the energy and ideas he will contribute. As Hamline grows in stature both locally and nationally, I value a continued partnership with you, our alumni, as a critical resource in our law school community. As always, feel free to contact me at or [email protected] to find out about upcoming events, services and programs, and other ways to get involved. Regards, Susan Hayes Stephan 92, Director of Alumni Relations 1976 Edward Kautzer 76 was presented with the Pro Bono Award by the Ramsey County Bar Association for his commitment to legal representation for low-income and disadvantaged clients. Rick Lind 76, Partner and President of Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A., has been named a 2008 Super Lawyer for Civil Litigation in Minnesota Law & Politics, MPLS/St. Paul and Twin Cities Business David L. Ayers 78 as he approaches 30 years of practicing law, announces that he was selected for inclusion in both ATLA s Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Minnesota and The Best Lawyers in America. Dave continues to office in Mendota Heights, Minnesota and can be reached at daveayers@ ayersriehm.com. Robert Heinrich, Jr. 78 died of heart failure at the age of 64 on April 30, 2008 at his home in Eden Prairie. He was a member of the MN State Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, and several arbitration and mediation professional groups. Steven A. Sicheneder 78 has joined the Forest Lake law firm Johnson & Turner, PA, as an attorney. He will practice exclusively in the area of family law. 25

28 Class Notes Jeffrey S. Johnson 79 has been re-elected President and Chairman of Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd. James Mathis 79 was named an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Amsterdam, Department of International Law in September Jeffrey Baill 80 has been awarded the 2007 Don Kramer Award by the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys at its annual meeting in Atlanta. Jeffrey was honored for his longstanding impact on the legal profession as the founder of the National Association Subrogation Professionals. Ann L. Carrott 80 has been appointed to the 7th District bench by Governor Pawlenty. She will be replacing Honorable John E. Pearson, who has retired. Miggie Cramblit 80 has been named Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of NorthWestern Energy. Cramblit will assume the responsibilities previously held by Tom Kapp. Kathleen Martin 80 has been elected chair of the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law for the bar year. Ted Sullivan 80, partner at Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A., has been named a 2008 Super Lawyer for Business Litigation in Minnesota Law & Politics, MPLS/St. Paul and Twin Cities Business. Thomas Bennett Wilson, III 80 passed away May 19, 2008, just short of his of 62nd birthday. He had a successful civil trial practice and was instrumental in expanding the rights of the elderly, mentally ill and children. In 1986 the Mental Health Association and the State U.S. Veteran Hospital Advocates honored him with the Dwight V. Dixon Award. In 1987 the MN Mental Health Association recognized him with the Outstanding Legal Services to Adolescents award. He was named to Who s Who in American Law in 1991, and MN Law and Politics recognized him as a Super Lawyer in employment, Social Security and elder law in Evelyn Anderson 81 passed away at the age of 89 on January 17, 2008, at the Fairview Seminary Home. She practiced with Peder Hong, and then had a private practice in Red Wing. In 1986 she received the Pro Bono Public Attorney Award. Michael G. Dougherty 81 was re-elected as President of Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, P.A. He also has been elected to the firm s Board of Directors. Paul McKeen 81 has been appointed by United Airlines (UA) as Senior Vice President in Labor Relations. McKeen, an employment lawyer and highly regarded labor negotiator, will oversee all labor relations functions. John Rodenberg 81 was selected as a finalist by Governor Pawlenty for a vacancy on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He is a Fifth Judicial District trial court bench judge in Brown County. Diane Swenson 81 has been named President of the National Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Association. She will be responsible for guiding NLBDA s organizational performance, providing strategic leadership and serving as the Association s spokesperson on national issues Mark Malzahn 83 has been selected as a finalist by Governor Tim Pawlenty for the position on the Tenth Judical District trial court bench. He is an attorney with Malzahn and Associates in Anoka Todd Bjerke 84 was elected as a trial court judge in Wisconsin and began his six-year term on the bench in La Crosse County on August 1, He is a Colonel in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Army Reserves, assigned as the Staff Judge Advocate for the 88th Regional Sustainment Command at Fort McCoy, WI. Jeffrey Carpenter 84 has joined Henson & Efron as a partner and member. His practice will focus on banking, real estate and business presentation. Susan K. H. Conley 84 has joined Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A. as an Associate in the Workers Compensation Law Practice Group and the General Liability Practice Group. Conley has been practicing in the workers compensation, general liability and products liability areas for more than 20 years. Prior to joining Arthur Chapman, Sue worked as a Senior Trial Attorney for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company J. Michael Bitney 85 was recently featured in February in a special Heart Healthy section of Newsweek magazine. Michael is a volunteer fire fighter in Spooner, WI, as well as District Attorney for Washburn County, WI.

29 Spread header 12th Annual Golf Tournament Scores Big A few raindrops (and the occasional clap of thunder) did not dampen the spirits of alumni, faculty and staff who gathered on Tuesday, June 3 at the Prestwick Golf Course in Woodbury for the 12th Annual Law Alumni Golf Tournament. There was plenty of fun, camaraderie and, of course, a few winners. The team that took first place, and the trophy was: Lee Daly, Eric Goldberg and Bill Harper (pictured). Thanks to our generous sponsors and participants, the tournament raised $12,500 toward the Alumni Association Golf Scholarship Fund. A special thank you goes out to Paul Peterson 89 who served as master of the awards ceremony, and to the law firm of Harper & Peterson P.L.L.C. (and founding members Bill Harper 77 and Paul Peterson 89) for contributing as the tournament s underwriting sponsors again this year. Tournament winners included: First Place Overall Team and Winners of Trophy: Lee Daly, Eric Goldberg, Bill Harper Second Place Overall Team: Scott Klemp, Mark Kelly, Christopher Stanton, Bob Black Third Place Overall Team: Len Biernat, Bill Martin, Doug McFarland, Chuck Johnson First Place Women s Team: Shelley Harker, Barb Gritzmacher, Robin Ingli, Deb Lange First Place Co-Ed Team: Jim Reed, Katie Melander, Karl Yeager Highest Score Team: Shelley Harker, Barb Gritzmacher, Robin Ingli, Deb Lange Men s Closest to the Pin: Mark Sadler Men s Longest Drive: Ron Siler Women s Longest Putt: Sharon Sandeen Men s Longest Putt: Mark Gruesner 27

30 Class Notes 28 Nell E. Mathews 85 has joined Lindquist and Vennum PLLP in Minneapolis. James Moore 85 has been chosen as a finalist by Governor Tim Pawlenty to fill a vacancy in the Fourth Judicial District in Hennepin County. Susan Rhode 85 is one of the hosts for the new radio program Minnesota Law on WCCO Radio. The show will air Saturday afternoons from noon 1:00 p.m. and will focus on law facts, new developments in the law and other topical information. Debra Yerigan 85 was named shareholder of the Minneapolis firm Messerli & Kramer P.A. Debra practices exclusively in divorce and family law. She has extensive experience representing clients in marriage dissolution, child custody, child support, parenting time, spousal maintenance, property division, post-dissolution, paternity, domestic abuse and antenuptial matters Susan Lynn Paul 86 passed away on November 6, 2007, in Fitchburg, WI surrounded by her family. Karen Saxhaug Walden 86 passed away from complications associated with a rare type of T-cell lymphoma. Loren Solfest 86 has been elected to the Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, PA, Board of Directors. Brian Toder 86 received his A license from the United States Parachute Association in July after a year of skydiving Leo I. Brisbois 87 will serve as President-Elect of the Minnesota State Bar Association for He is an attorney at the law firm of Stich, Angell, Kreidler & Dodge PA in Minneapolis and is the first Hamline law graduate to serve in the role, which begins in the bar year. He also will be the first MSBA President of known American Indian descent. Victor Vieth 87 has been honored for Outstanding Service to the Profession by Minnesota Lawyer Keith J. Grady 88 has been appointed as Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group and a member of the Commercial and Business Litigation Group at Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC Janet Barke Cain 89 has been appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty as a First Judicial District trial court judge in Carver County. Sharon Hills 89 has been elected to the Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, PA, board of directors. Roger L. Kramer 89 was named to the Top 40 in ADR list by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine. Roger s trial practice focuses on the areas of Personal Injury Insurance Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Roger is a member of the Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota board and the American Board of Trial Advocates, and is certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a Civil Trial Specialist. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Hamline University School of Law teaching insurance law. Roger has certification as a Rule 114 Neutral, and is admitted to the Minnesota State Courts and the U.S. District Court, District of MN. In April 2008 he started his own law firm, Kramer & Short, located in St. Paul Scott Miller 90 published his most recent article, Atrophied Rights: Maximum Hours Labor Standards under the FLSA and Illinois Law, in the spring 2008 issue of the Northern Illinois University Law Review. He practices union-side labor law in Chicago, as legal counsel for AFSCME Council Brian Bates 91 passed away June 12, 2008 at the age of 60. He was an environmental lawyer who fought against tobacco company advertising aimed at young people, and worked to ban or limit the proliferation of billboards in St. Paul and other cities. He also was a passionate advocate for the Mississippi River and various other local rivers, streams and wetlands. At various times he was a member of many groups and boards, including Scenic Minnesota, the Sierra Club and the Macalester-Groveland Community Council. Ann Knox-Bauer 91 has been appointed by Governor Jim Doyle as judge to the Taylor County Circuit Court in Wisconsin. She will begin serving in late January Nancy Bostrack 91 has been appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty to the Third Judicial Court in Winona County. Phillip Trobaugh 91 and his wife Elizabeth Lake announce the birth of their first child, son Dutcher Maclean Lake Trobaugh Robert Bauer 92 was elected to the Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, P.A. firm s Board of Directors. Christine A. Gimber 92 has been named Managing Partner of Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci S.C., of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Christine has been with Weld, Riley, Prenn &

31 Spread header Ricci S.C. since 1996 and has been a partner there since Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci S.C. has 34 attorneys with practice sections in Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Business and Real Estate, and Governmental Relations. Christine practices in the firm s Litigation and Business and Real Estate Sections. Anne McKeig 92 was recently appointed to a vacancy on the Fourth Judicial District trial court bench. Van Tran 92 has taken a new position with the law firm Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. to be the as of counsel. In this role, Van will be the point person in building relationships with the representatives of the numerous Asian and Pacific Islander communities in California. Thomas J. Walsh 92 published an article, The Rise and Fall of an Archetype: Revisions to the Wisconsin Model Child Support Guidelines, in the summer 2006 University of Memphis Law Review Julie Callsen 93 was elected as a partner at the firm Tucker Ellis & West LLP. Julie is a member of the Trial Department and focuses her practice on pharmaceutical, medical malpractice and product liability litigation. Michael Gableman 93 has been elected as the newest member of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court. Michael currently serves as a Burnett County Circuit Judge and is a former adjunct professor at Hamline University School of Law. Elliot B. Kula 93 has been named a 2008 Florida Super Lawyer in the appellate practice category. Only five percent of South Florida attorneys have been named to the list. Elliot is a partner in the Miami office of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. and has been a member of the firm s appellate practice group since He resides in Miami Beach with his wife Ellen, and two children, Hannah and Max. Timothy Quarberg 93 recently has released his debut CD of original songs, Go Fly a Kite. You can visit him at Linda Wold 93 was elected to serve as the MSBA Family Law Section Publication Chair. The publication is a quarterly publication for family lawyers called the Family Law Forum. She practices family law as a solo practitioner in Maple Grove Michelle A. Dietrich 94 has been appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty to a Fifth Judicial District trial court bench vacancy certified by the Supreme Court for chambers in Lincoln and Lyon Counties. Tim Kenny 94 and his wife Joan welcomed their third daughter, Margaret Rose, on July 12, Margaret joins big sisters Mary (7) and Catherine (5). Tim is an Intellectual Property Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in Minneapolis and was profiled in April by the Minneapolis/ St. Paul Business Journal as a Top 40 Under 40 honoree. Joseph Roach 94 has joined Briggs & Morgan as a shareholder Kristine R. DeMay 95 was appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty to the bench of the Ninth Judicial District. Jonathan Reppe 95 and Liz Robb 95 were married on October 19, in Nerstrand, MN. Jonathan practices out of his firm, the Reppe Law Office in Northfield. Liz manages the Washington County Law Library in Stillwater. The couple resides in Northfield Shawn Betts 96 and his wife, Heather, had their first child, Caleb Michael, on July 20, Gregory Duncan 96 has been elected as a Shareholder by McCollum, Crowley, Moschet, & Miller, Ltd. Joel Larson (DuFault) 96 was presented with the award for Outstanding Attorney of the Year for a Rural Jurisdiction by the Arizona Public Defender Association at its June 2007 conference in Tempe, Arizona. The award recognizes outstanding achievement/performance by a public defender outside of Pima and Maricopa counties. Joel is employed by the Cochise County Legal Defender in Bisbee, Arizona. The award was presented in recognition of a verdict of acquittal obtained in a case involving a soldier accused of child abuse. J. Michael Prairie, Jr. 96 has been the General Counsel of the U.S. operations of Nitto Denko Corporation, a Japanese multi-national company. Nitto Denko has five companies in the United States, with headquarters in California, Wisconsin and Florida. Claudia Saavedra Hoyos 96 passed away on December 13, 2008, at the age of 38, surrounded by her husband Juan and her closest family members and friends. She had been admitted to in-patient hospice care at North Memorial on December 5. Claudia is survived by many family members, including her brother Jorge Saavedra, a 1997 graduate of Hamline University School of Law. Claudia was born in Santiago, Chile, and came to the United States at the age of six. She graduated from Bismarck Century High School in 1986, Georgetown University in 1991, and Hamline University School of Law in After graduating with honors from Hamline Law School, Claudia worked as a securities and international law attorney, first at Dorsey & 29

32 Class Notes Introducing the New Alumni Board President Curtis Zaun Curtis P. Zaun 96 is Senior Counsel for Education Credit Management Corporation, where he has worked since As Senior Counsel, he is responsible for managing a significant litigation portfolio, providing counsel to numerous Curtis Zahn 96 (pictured right), Hamline s new departments, and Alumni Board President, found time recently to litigating matters at scale a mountain in the Himalayas. both the trial and appellate level. Curtis has spoken on issues related to student loans at American Bankruptcy Institute Annual Meetings and at numerous other local bar association meetings. His article, It s All About Timing: When To Commence An Adversary Proceeding Under Section 523(a)(8), appeared in the September 2003 edition of the Norton Bankruptcy Advisor. Prior to his work with ECMC, he clerked for the Minnesota Court of Appeals and was an Assistant Attorney General at Minnesota Attorney General s Office. Curtis received his bachelor s degree from Cornell College in 1993, and graduated, cum laude, from Hamline University School of Law in 1996, where he was managing editor of the Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy. In May 1999, Curtis received a Master s Degree in Public Administration from Hamline University. Curtis served as Vice-President of Hamline s Law Alumni Association Board from and begins his two-year term as President this fall. Alumni Relations Director Susan Stephan said she looks forward to Curtis leadership as an opportunity to build on the momentum of last year s Board. The Law School is extremely lucky to have such passionate and involved alumni comprising our Alumni Association Board this group has been able to accomplish so much over the past few years, she noted. Outgoing President Don McNeil 89 was a true champion for our Law Alumni Scholarship Fund, and through his focused efforts we were able to almost double that fund s endowment. The rest of the Board and I look forward to the additional accomplishments that the Zaun years will bring!, Stephan added. 30 Whitney and later at Moneygram International. Claudia also was involved in many community activities and served on the boards of nonprofit organizations such as Pangea World Theater. Mary Schwind 96 Chair of Leonard, Street, and Deinard s Construction Law Practice, is one of three attorneys nationwide to be awarded a Women and Minority Fellowship by the American Bar Association Forum. She will serve a three-year term to the ABA forum on the construction industry. Mary also recently was honored with an Outstanding Service Award by the Minnesota Justice Foundation. She is recognized as an exemplary private practice attorney who has demonstrated a commitment to providing legal service to the public Rachel Calanan 97 recently joined the American Heart Association as the Senior Advocacy Director for Minnesota. Samantha Gemberling 97 joined the Eden Prairie law firm of Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC. Her practice will focus on helping clients navigate difficult and emotional legal challenges. Peter Gray 97 has joined the law firm of Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson. Daniel J. Koes 97 has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer Rising Star for the fifth consecutive year. He continues to exclusively practice appellate law. Peter A. Lippmann 97 and Danielle (Flakne) Lippmann are happy to announce their marriage on April 5, 2008 in Edina, MN. They reside in St. Louis Park, MN. Lucie McGee 97, her husband Thomas and their son Edward (2) celebrated the birth of Samuel Thomas on November 5, Lucie continues to work as an Assistant City Attorney for the city of Eau Claire, WI. Tamika R. Nordstrom 97 has joined the firm Miller & Martin PLLC s in its Atlanta office in the Labor & Employment Department. A native of Rome, Georgia, Nordstrom concentrates her practice in the area of labor and employment law. She has been consistently named a Rising Star by Minnesota Law & Politics, a recognition based on attorney polling across Minnesota and was recently selected as an Up and Coming attorney by Minnesota Lawyer.

33 Spread header David J. Schaibley 97 and Ann M. (Lentner) Schaibley 97 are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Clare, born May 4, Cheryl Stanton 97 has become a shareholder in Anthony Ostlund & Baer. She practices in all areas of commercial litigation. Lisa Tibbits (Davidson) 97 has been appointed Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at DataCard Corporation, headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. DataCard Corporation is the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions and serves customers in more than 120 countries. Lisa will continue to practice in the areas of international distribution, antitrust, employment and corporate law Jerome T. Blackwell 98 is a Market Regulator at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Most recently, he has focused on complex investigations in the Office of Agency Practices. Patricia L. Delk 98 married Raymond Mercer on May 12, 2008 in Bermuda. Patricia currently serves as Assistant Director at The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States. She leads the Statutory Disqualification and Expungement Departments. Raymond is a Senior Investigator with USIS, the nation s leading security and information services provider. The couple resides in Laurel, MD. Michael Jacobs 98 was elected as shareholder at the Minneapolis firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard. Amy E. Palmer 98 and Douglas H. Ellis were married on May 10, 2008 in Manchester, Vermont. Amy is a partner with the law firm of Jacobs, McClintock & Scanlon in Bennington, Vermont. Doug is an investment manager for private clients. Amy and Doug reside in Williamstown, MA. Anthony Smith 98 and his wife, Julie, welcomed daughter Sydney Lauren on February 22, She joins her brother Andrew Riley, who was born December 13, Kelly Sofio (Fisher) 98 and husband Greg Sofio 98 had their third child, Martha Kay, on July 24, She joins her siblings Tina (4) and Nicky (2). Nancy J. Stewig 98 has become a shareholder of the firm Bavol Judge, P.A., located in Tampa, Florida. Her practice emphasizes mass tort litigation and is concentrated in the areas of pharmaceutical and medical device products liability litigation, representing corporate entities Livia Babcock 99 was elected Partner by Meagher & Geer P.L.L.P. She practices in the areas of commercial litigation, employment practices and professional liability. Angela Beranek Brandt 99 has become a partner at Larson King, LLP. Angela is an experienced trial lawyer and focuses her civil litigation practice in the areas of products liability, commercial and employment litigation. Michael Kip Browne 99 received a fellowship from Helsinki España to study in Human Rights, Crisis Management and Post-Conflict Rehabilitation in Madrid, Spain for the month of November. The month-long fellowship for the course, Training of Experts in Rapid Co-operation and Assistance for Conflict Prevention Operations, Crisis Management and Post-conflict Rehabilitation (REACT), includes training that will allow him to serve as a United Nations consultant helping developing nations transition from military occupation to civilian law enforcement that respects the civil rights of citizens. Kathryn R. Burke 99 is a new associate at Bassford Remele. She will focus her practice on litigation, including construction litigation, personal injury, no-fault and general civil litigation. Richard Englemann 99 is now a partner in the law firm Prince & Keating. He specializes in insurance defense personal injury, catastrophic injury claims and insurance bad faith. Emily Fox Williams 99 and her husband Alan welcomed their daughter, Ashlyn, on October 2, She joins her sister Riley (2 ½). Emily is a corporate and estate planning attorney with Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty, and Molenda, P.A. in Apple Valley. Christina Garner 99 and Jon Gensler were married on October 13, 2007, at the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Christina presently serves as Senior Associate Marketing Counsel for NASCAR, Inc. Eric Gonzaga 99 recently was named Managing Director & Practice Leader of the Compensation & Benefits Consulting Group (CBC) at Grant Thornton, an international accounting and management consultancy. Eric will continue to focus his practice on design, governance, and tax compliance of management and staff total compensation programs. Trenny (Kemnitz) Greuel 99 and her husband Corey Greuel 99 celebrated the birth of their son, Ronan David Greuel, on August 30,

34 Class Notes 32 Alba Romero 99 and husband Marcos welcomed the birth of their son, Marcos Andres Montero-Romero, on July 7, Todd Anlauf 00 has become a partner at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, LLP. He works in the commercial finance department. Candice Ciresi 00 will be graduating and receiving ordination from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York. She continues to practice as Senior Corporate Counsel at MTS Systems in Eden Prairie. Kyle Kauffman 00 has been named Vice President of the Heiser Automotive Group in Glendale, WI. He and his wife, Krista, reside in Shorewood, WI with their two children, Charlie and Eleanor. Their third child is expected in September. Jason Kohlmeyer 00 has joined Farrish Johnson Law Office, Chtd. He practices in the fields of criminal defense, family law and civil litigation. Kermit Nash 00 has joined the law firm of Fredrikson & Byron Michelle L. Ibeling 01 and Jessica Hafemeyer opened Ibeling Hafemeyer, Ltd., a boutique law firm focusing on family law, wills/trusts and bankruptcy. The firm opened August 1, 2007, and is located in Faribault, (Rice County) MN. Rachel M. (Aderman) Learman 01 and her husband Paul, welcomed the arrival of their first child, Cadence Grace on December 4, Rachel recently was promoted in June to Assistant Vice President at M&I Bank FSB in Milwaukee, WI. Kelly Shannon 01 has joined G & K Services Dan Burkhart 02 and his wife Lisamarie welcomed a new son, Noah Edmund, on February 11, Dan is an Assistant Professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Brown College. He also is a part-time realtor and occasionally volunteers with the Neighborhood Justice Center in St. Paul as a criminal defense lawyer. Thomas Evenson 02 has joined the law firm of Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A. in Minneapolis. He specializes in the areas of products liability and insurance defense. Cyrenthia Jordan 02 has joined the University of Minnesota Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action as an Equal Opportunity Consultant, where she will investigate and analyze complaints of discrimination and conduct dispute resolutions. Joshua Larsen 02 has returned to his practice at Erickson, Zierke, Kuderer & Madesen, P.A., in Fairmont, MN after a 22-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. As a Judge Advocate with the Minnesota National Guard, he served as Chief of Legal Assistance and provided legal assistance to the American service members and contractors stationed in Iraq. Tara Ferguson Lopez 02 and Thomas Lopez 02 welcome their first child, a beautiful daughter named Quinne Ysabella, on March 19, The family resides in St. Cloud, MN. Tara works as an Assistant Mille Lacs County Attorney in the criminal division. Tom works as an Assistant Mille Lacs County Attorney in the civil division. Crisha (Haugen) Pugh 02 was married on September 1, 2007 to Gavin Pugh, who hails from Wales, United Kingdom. They were married at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Burnsville. Heather Toft 02 has joined The Esquire Group as Attorney Placement Director. Agri Verrija 02 and Sharon announce the birth of their beautiful new daughter, Beatrix Eloise Verrija, who was born on June 6, Emmerson Ward 02 and wife Susan welcomed the birth of Talbot James on January 21, Talbot is adored by his two older sisters, Louisa (4) and Lily (2 1/2) Allison Fiecke (Smith) 03 and her husband Kristopher welcomed their first child, Kira Grace, in November of Allison has been employed at Thomson Reuters as a Reference Attorney since June of Stephanie Haedt 03 has joined the law firm of Peterson, Savelkoul, & Benda Ltd. as a shareholder. Joshua Kindkeppel 03 and Caryn Christianson were married on August 5, 2007 in Madison, WI. Joshua is an attorney with Eustice, Laffey, Sebranek, & Auby, S.C. in Sun Prairie, WI. His practice focuses on business and real estate transactions, employment law and civil litigation. Amanda Morken 03 has joined the law firm of McManus, Schor, Asmar & Darden, LLP, in Washington, DC, as an Associate Attorney. Her practice focuses on representing owners and contractors in commercial disputes, both nationally and abroad.

35 Spread header New Scholarship Honors the Memory of a Classmate Kim A. Chapman 06 has established the Cynthia Clark Memorial Scholarship to honor the memory of her classmate, who passed away on April 19, 2008, at the age of 62. Chapman has made the first gift in memory of Cynthia Clark, whom she remembers as a lawyer who lived life to its fullest and spread joy to all who knew her. If you would like to contribute to this, or any, student scholarship, please visit and put the name of the scholarship in the other gift designation box Patricia (Patty) Assmann 04 recently was admitted to the Minnesota Bar and now is admitted to practice in Minnesota, Florida and Wisconsin. Patricia works for attorney Ann Loughridge Kerr of Clearwater, FL, focusing on discovery issues. Michelle Basham 04 has been named Executive Director at Genesis II for Families. She is excited and honored to be joining this organization with a great mission of serving children and families since David Bonelli 04 and wife Anna are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Hugo James, on January 10, Melissa Sheridan Embser-Herbert 04 has published a new book, The U.S. Military s Don t Ask, Don t Tell Policy: A Reference Handbook. Megan Clinefelter 04 has joined the Minneapolis office of Faegre & Benson LLP in the firm s litigation practice area. Jennifer Daugherty 04 has joined the Minneapolis office of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. as an associate practicing in the area of business litigation. Daniel Gregerson 04 and wife Cari Gregerson are pleased to announce the birth of their second child, Peter Sampson, who was born on September 8, Ryan Kaatz 04 has joined the Minneapolis firm of Faegre & Benson LLP as a staff attorney in the intellectual property practice. Jonathan Ozanne 04 and Sarah Dyrdal married on July 14, The couple lives in Apple Valley. William Topka 04 has joined Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, PA. He will practice litigation in the areas of commercial, banking, real estate and personal injury law Frank Fernandez 05 has been appointed to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation s 13-member Board of Directors. The board directs the state s largest grantmaking foundation dedicated exclusively to improving health in Minnesota. Angela (Bennett) Olson 05 and her husband, Erik, welcomed the birth of their twin boys, Conner Jack and Colin Riley, on February 4, Melissa (Berglund) Westervelt 05 was married to Ryan Westervelt on May 3, She works as an assistant attorney in Isanti County Jessie Becker 06 recently joined the St. Cloud law firm of Rajkowski Hansmeier Ltd. Jessie will practice in general litigation, insurance defense, criminal, municipal and construction law. Katherine Canadeo Thompson 06 has joined the law firm of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C. as an associate in the family law department. The firm has offices in Appleton and Green Bay, WI. Sarah Carlson-Wallrath 06 announces the birth of her daughter, Addison Grace, on May 22, Sarah has been working as the Tax Committee Administrator for the Minnesota House of Representative since January Cynthia Clark 06 passed away April 19, 2008, at the age of 62. She had worked for Honeywell in the Office of General Counsel, taught English to Chinese students, and most recently worked for Eckankar, the Religion of the Light and Sound of God, in Chanhassen. She also volunteered as a Tai Chi instructor for Chanhassen seniors, tutored children and served as president of the Toastmaster s Club. Amy Draeger 06 has helped the Minneapolis City Council with a proposal that broadens the definition of a dangerous or potentially dangerous animal and places restrictions on felons owning potentially dangerous animals. Meghan Greenwell 06 has joined Wolters Kluwer Financial Services in Minneapolis as an attorney in the Compliance and Banking Division. Eric P. Joranson 06 has joined DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. s Litigation Practice Group in Madison, WI. Amber Lawrence 06 has been working at Downing, Dittrich & Lawrence since October The firm specializes in Family Law and Criminal Law. 33

36 Class Notes Kevin Melvin 06 and his wife Sara Smith 04, announce the birth of their first child, Nicholas Patrick Melvin, born on December 10, Stephen Ringquist 06 joined the firm Jensen Anderson Sondrall, P.A. in Brooklyn Park, MN. He practices in the area of real estate lending and land development. Amy Hunt Tjornhom 06 and her husband Tad are excited to announce the birth of their first child, Ava Ruth. She was born on March 7, Scott A. Witty 06 has joined Hanft Fride law firm in Duluth, Minnesota as an Associate Attorney focusing on business law Christopher Anderson 07 has joined Hammarback, Murray, and Jacobson, S.C., in River Falls, WI, as an Associate Attorney. He will be practicing in the area of general litigation. Stephanie (Streff) Angolkar 07 has joined the Minnesota Court of Appeals as a judicial law clerk. She will be joining the law firm of Iverson Reuvers in Bloomington upon the completion of her clerkship. Dustin Bower 07 joined the Minneapolis-based law firm of Purdue & Awsumb, PA. He will focus his practice on commercial litigation and construction law. Lindsay Brice 07 began a judicial clerkship in Olmsted County in October Tiffany Doherty-Schooler 07, husband Jason, and children, Jackson and Jorja, welcomed their new son and brother, William Wellstone, born September 27, Tiffany is an attorney with the Law Offices of Lenore L. Flinn, in Hutchinson, MN, practicing in Estates, Personal Injury, and Medical Malpractice. Sarah Edstrom Smith 07 has joined Briggs & Morgan, PA. She is a member of the financial institutions and real estate section. Jesse Flynn 07 has joined Ahlquist & Wiltrout, LLP. He will be involved in the general practice of law. Meghan Gaspar 07 has joined the Minneapolis office of Gislason & Hunter LLP. She will be practicing in the areas of medical malpractice defense, insurance defense and civil litigation. Amanda Hall 07 attended the Pepperdine University School of Law Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute in Malibu, CA. Hall will be serving as a clerk to Judge Gregory Kishel on the District of Minnesota Bankruptcy Court. Nathan Hansen 07 and Heather (Rain) Hansen 07 were married on October 6, 2007 in Lincolnshire, IL. In April, Nathan attended the Pepperdine University School of Law Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute in Malibu, CA. He will be serving as a clerk to Judge Terrence O Brien on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Megan Hladilek 07 has joined the Minneapolis office of Faegre & Benson LLP in the firm s employment practice area. Christine E. Hlavac 07 is an Associate Attorney in Wessels & Pautsch, P.C. s Minneapolis office. Sarah Hunter 07 was hired as an Associate Attorney by Johnson & Condon, PA. Stephen Largent 07 was hired as an Associate on the Worker s Compensation team at Whyte Hirschboek Dudek S.C. in Milwaukee, WI. Mark J. Mrnak 07 is an Associate at Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. He will focus his practice on commercial litigation. Dawn O Rourke 07 was hired as an Assistant County Attorney for the Carver County Attorney s Office Criminal Division. She previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Margaret Daly in the Hennepin County District Court and also was a law clerk in the Washington County Attorney s Office and the Tenth Judicial District Public Defender s Office. Aaron Schmidt 07 received a judicial clerkship position under Judge Todd Barnette in Hennepin County. Nadege Souvenir 07 has joined Masion Edelman Bormann and Brand LLP as a member of the litigation and labor and employment groups. Susan Tegt 07 joined Barna, Guzy, & Steffen, Ltd. as an Associate in the firm s employment litigation and business law practice section Betsey L. Lund 08 has been offered a Judicial Clerkship with the Honorable Jodi Williamson of the Third Judicial District in Rochester, MN. 34

37 Report of Gifts Alumni by Class Year alumni, 41% participation $25,000 $49,999 Charles H. Johnson $2,500 $4,999 Howard R. Alton $1,000 $2,499 Len F. Biernat Thurl M. Quigley Frank V. Harris James W. Bly Clayton J. Crane Charles W. Mattson Joel A. Theisen alumni, 19% participation $10,000 $24,999 Paul J. Gatto $2,500 $4,999 Lawrence R. King Steven J. Kirsch $1,000 $2,499 Carolyn M. Sandberg Maximillion M. Wexler Law Society William A. McBee Law Advocates Richard A. Lind Donald C. Long Peter M. Schuette George J. Stunyo Paul E. Bender Stewart F. Kay Dennis H. Stark William A. Hansen John P. Kingrey David W. Kocur John J. Llewellyn William R. Marczewski William J. Olson James W. Shoemaker Donald H. Spartz R. Edward Veltman Timothy C. Violet Robert D. Weisel alumni, 18% participation $1,000 $2,499 Meridee R. Duddleston William D. Harper Gregory A. Lang Randall J. Manus Law Society Connie G. Weinman Sheila R. Sharot Faulkner Gregory C. Olson Marcia Soast Anthony J. Stevens David L. Valentini Timothy O. Davis Joseph A. Florenzano Greg M. Gaffaney Mark H. Gruesner Madelyn B. Shipman Heikka Frank J. Madden Lesley E. Fellows Mendelson Matthew J. Opat Ethel J. Schaen Gloria O. Sonnen alumni, 17% participation $25,000 $49,999 Gwen M. Lerner $5,000 $9,999 Mary L. Schilling $2,500 $4,999 Frank S. Farrell William H. Manning $1,000 $2,499 David L. Ayers Ky M. Koch Law Society Janet Coleman Brent D. Young Law Advocates Leo A. Beskar Steven A. Sicheneder Marcus J. Christianson David A. Meyer Hilory A. Soltanoff Seaton Philip J. Steffes Harlan M. Dyrud Larry N. Jensen Barbara G. Lawton Alan H. Mendelson Wayne C. Parsil Mark S. Rubin Daniel J. Ryan James F. Schneider Gary R. Schurrer Glenard (Lee) Vickerman alumni, 15% participation $2,500 $4,999 William R. Johnson 69 $1,000 $2,499 Joel L. Aberg Jeffrey S. Johnson Robert D. Schwartz Edward Graskamp Thomas R. Hiendlmayr Kenneth J. Berra Donald R. Betzold Steven S. Brown Dayton D. Gilbert Pamela L. Green Richard W. Green Steven F. Hansen Flory J. Leo Gary J. Pagliaccetti Laurie Savran John E. Smucker Elizabeth J. Zerby alumni, 18% participation $2,500 $4,999 John N. Allen Law Society Miggie E. Cramblit Mary A. Kelly Stephen W. Korstad Joen M. Schaefer Glenn E. Schumann Law Advocates Richard P. Cox Douglas N. Duncan Bob N. Getz Brian G. Karschnia Louis H. Schiff Mary S. Ward John R. Estall Jeffrey B. Resnick William S. Seeley Bruce B. Conwell Louise T. Dobbe Paul W. Flower Calvin P. Johnson Mark A. Labine Thomas E. Lee alumni, 7% participation Law Advocates Elizabeth R. Cheyney John A. Fabian Cynthia L. Lehr Michael E. Orman Suzanne Gautsch Pontinen Michael S. Ryan Donald W. Teed Thomas A. Zupanc alumni, 15% participation $1,000 $2,499 Steven G. Brady Amy J. Eisenstadt Katherine S. Flom Law Society Paul M. Ohly Law Advocates Ann M. Gustafson Marcia E. Urban Richard D. Kvamme William C. Cornwall Theresa Johnson Kehe Lance A. LaBelle Brandon LaSalle Gary A. Muentener Sally Olsen Alan S. Prahl Daniel M. Schieble Thomas F. Twesme Scott Q. Vidas Thomas C. Zins alumni, 11% participation Law Society Thomas F. Carretta Michael J. Dolan 80 Kay Hutchins McCarthy Law Advocates Lawrence M. Rocheford Julie A. Brown Tara C. Neda Charles E. Savitt Jennifer S. Anderson Scott T. Barrett Randy F. Boggio Joel A. Cich James V. Gerharter Linda K. Gressen LeAnn M. Reusch Prock Steven E. Rolsch Daniel J. Sadowski Kathryn C. Stahnke alumni, 9% participation Law Society Terri K. Simard 82 Patricia G. Court Peter J. Coyle Michael W. Holsten 81 Diane R. Alshouse Vincent J. Courtney, Jr. Marlene S. Garvis Kevin L. Holden Janet L. Schultz Brian J. Todd 35

38 Report of Gifts Alumni by Class Year, continued alumni, 12% participation $2,500 $4,999 Susan C. Rhode $1,000 $2,499 Debra E. Yerigan Law Advocates Eric D. Paulsrud Laurie W. Sieff Philip L. Sieff William J. Sueppel Laura L. Vits Vogel Michael Bitney Thomas K. Cambre Pamela L. Carlson Douglas J. Christensen Charles P. Keller Thomas J. Koch Michael W. Lewis Charles W. Stark alumni, 13% participation $5,000 $9,999 Janet Scheel Stellpflug $1,000 $2,499 Chris A. Messerly Law Advocates Craig W. Baumann James Perunovich 81 Loren M. Solfest Karl J. Yeager Barton J. Cahill Deane Fitzpatrick Illk David S. Klemp Marianne Settano Katherine M. Bergenthal Jon P. Eclov Mark E. Fosse Rachel Rehbein Hanson Oscar K. Swanson alumni, 13% participation $1,000 $2,499 Leo I. Brisbois 84 David P. Graham Teri E. Shaw Popp Law Society Scott A. Long William J. O Brien Law Advocates Cathryn Simpson Sowers James R. Cope Molly E. GaleWyrick Ann C. Thies Richard A. Arrett James D. Boughner Floyd C. Dailey Thomas J. Norby James M. Palmquist Ronald J. Rasley Joan Boos Schueller alumni, 8% participation $1,000 $2,499 Keith J. Grady Law Society Katherine M. Mattson Douglas J. Nill Betty C. Resch Daniel W. Voss 85 Carol A. White Jane Head Arrett Daniel A. Haws John V. Stowe alumni, 7% participation $1,000 $2,499 Donald R. McNeil Therese M. Pautz Paul Peterson Janet L. Barke-Cain Michele Barley Lonn M. Kohn Kathleen A. Mottl Mary T. Stratton alumni, 8% participation Law Society Bruce R. Williams Law Advocates Mark A. Solheim 88 Thomas E. Stephan Jim C. Easterly Kevin Roloff Edwin Cheeseboro Sandra Cardo Gorsuch Vera A. Myers James W. Reed David J. Schoenecker Patrick C. Smith David A. Stenklyft alumni, 7% participation $1,000 $2,499 Paul B. Anderson Law Society Carolyn S. Weaver Michael P. Carlson Tracey L. Olson Lisa C. Wicklund David R. Bach Michal Hana Garber Mark L. Geier Laura M. Grover Allan L. Halvorsen Keith R. Helgeson alumni, 8% participation $1,000 $2,499 Susan Hayes Stephan Law Society Darren L. Waddell Law Advocates John C. Holper Karen Jackson Evans Jody L. Winters Thomas D. Christensen Colleen M. Christianson Kate S. Latimer Patricia J. Litchy Timothy J. McCoy Robert E. Oleisky John H. Wenker alumni, 7% participation $1,000 $2,499 Timothy A. Czaja Maria Tenuta Doran Stephen H. Fochler Lori Miller Weisenburger Dale O. Harris Daniel P. Murray MAPA 99 Keith A. Niemi Randolph C. Park Timothy A. Quarberg Maximillian T. Shemesh Stephanie Mary Valeri alumni, 10% participation $5,000 $9,999 David M. Petrocchi Tina A. Syring- Petrocchi Law Advocates Samantha Niele Chinn Julia Ketcham Corbett Kenneth Schmiege Cindy M. Perusse Brenda Boily-Salmanpour MAPA 95 Marcy A. Cordes Gregory L. Failor MaryLynne D. Filaccio Patrick G. Froehling Sally P. Lander 91 Karen Hansen Utt Wanda J. Koosman Weber Lara C. Wallgren Whiteside Joseph P. Young alumni, 7% participation $2,500 $4,999 Richard K. Taylor Law Advocates Jeffrey B. Fuge Robert W. Hatch Deborah Mackay Karl W. Bach Suzanne Gunnin Blankenship Christina L. Bruno Michael L. Czarnik Patrick T. Harrigan Diana Longrie Eric A. Thompson 92 Eric R. Weatherman alumni, 7% participation $1,000 $2,499 Anne K. Miller Mary K. Murphy Powers Law Society Thomas W. Kyle Law Advocates Kristine Nelson Fuge MAPA 96 Christine Spannaus May Joseph R. Borman Lisa M. Flanagan Lenie R. Hermanson Jane Pierce Jacobson Goodnight Michael F. Scully Cassandra R. Voigt Curtis P. Zaun MAPA 99 36

39 Alumni by Class Year, continued alumni, 2% participation $25,000 $49,999 Wendy Watson Faye K. Bernstein Susan B. DeVos Garrett E. Mulrooney Shirley J. Munson alumni, 5% participation Scott J. Bergs Alison P. Chiu John M. Gearin David H. Grounds Loretta L. Koehler Mark S. Mathison James J. Ranheim Brett W. Rouleau alumni, 6% participation $1,000 $2,499 Elizabeth A. Adinolfi Law Advocates Leslie E. Simoneau Chad H. Gabert Tracey L. Abbott J. Matthew Berner Cheryl L. Hanson Hauch Louise E. Livesay Mary Elizabeth Stainbrook-Tri alumni, 7% participation Sally M. Ackerman Brian L. Aust D. Carrie Blanchard Candice Renau Ciresi Candace L. Crociani Debra A. Filteau Begley Brenda L. Tofte alumni, 5% participation H. Allen Blair Juliane Nilsson Megan A. Blazina Karin E. Simonson Tamara Skoglund Amanda L. Weitekamp Joel W. Zylstra alumni, 2% participation $1,000-$2,499 S. Jamal Faleel Anatacia I. Quinn Davis 99 Thomas J. Evenson alumni, 6% participation $1,000-$2,499 A.L. Brown Jesse H. Kibort Samuel J.H. Sigelman Genevieve Zimmerman Paul C. Anderson Timothy J. Estabrook Joshua J. Kindkeppel Jody E. Nahlovsky Anne E. Schmiege alumni, 8% participation $1,000 $2,499 John A. Stahmer Law Advocates Sarah E. Larson Kristine M. Huether Ryan R. Wood 00 Patricia L. Assmann Michelle E. Basham Daniel R. Gregerson Sara N. Smith Melvin Jonathan R. Ozanne Sarah B. Quigley 00 Jeffrey A. Scott alumni, 5% participation Law Advocates John Thomas Matejcak Paul M. Baumgartner Cindi K. Hills Kimberly Holst Jacob Terrance Kern Alexandra R. Mack Kathryn Reinhard- VerBoort Rachael Severson 01 Jeremy L. Westendorf alumni, 9% participation Law Society Adam D. Maier Bradley S. Thiel Law Advocates Megan I. Barnett Brennan Nicole S. Dupont Michael S. Gaarder Jay D. Jerde Melisa Lopez-Franzen Rebekah M. McDonald 03 Kevin B. Melvin Matthew J. Norman Guadalupe Soledad Perez Gail R. Prock Jack P. Roberts Justin D. Southwell Jill Williams VanderZiel 02 Joel A. Vorhes Melanie L. Watson Rebecca A. Waxse Denise U. Yusuff alumni, 9% participation $1,000-$2,499 Karen E. Westwood Law Advocates Michael S. Maza Sonny Zhan Stephanie A. Streff Angolkar 02 J.P. J. Gatto Jason T. Grussendorf 03 Kevin G. Hamlin John A. Kindseth 02 Raymond J. Kirsch Andrew J. Kozlowski Rosa J. Linke Jeffrey A. Nath Daniel P. Neilsen Dawn M. O Rourke Candace L. Riordan Mark A. Salder Nadege J. Souvenir James A. Watchke alumni, 9% participation Devin G. Dregne Emeric J. Dwyer Ryan T. Frank Benjamin M. Gillman Sarah K. Hadler Amber R. Hayes Hilary J. Loynes Rainier J. Mariano Rebecca L. Mordas Daryl J. Olson Bradley A. Pederson Frederick D. Pender Andres Ybarra Law Friends Shirley S. Abrahamson Thor Anderson Constance Bakken Lucille G. Bauer Robert Berne Diane Berthel Leonardo Castro Kim A. Chapman Mary B. Davison James T. Duncan Richard H. Evans Vivian Evans Jeanne M. Forneris Catherine W. Gatto Daniel Guerrero Gary R. Harker TOTALS: 4,771 Alumni % Participation Annual Giving Societies: ($1000+) Law Society ($500 $999) Law Advocates ($250 $499) ($1 $149) Jayne M. Harris Michael A. Hatfield Helena Johnston Nora R. Kaitfors Angela M. B. Kassube Ardi Keim Rebecca A. Knittle Paul S. Kranz Teresa Marie Kranz Jeffery T. Kuesel Doug Kunin Karen M. Kurz-Riemer Carolina Lamas Annette K. Levine Linda B. Lopez Pamela A. Macmann Michael S. Margulies Michael Martinez Billie Mason Mary R. Meyers Daniel C. Moreno Vernon P. Olsen Dwight D. Opperman Nelson L. Peralta Tracey Michelle Pyscher Dee Quigley Michelle Remily Richard Riemer Gordon Shumaker William R. Sieben Therese Simmonds Ann M. Spencer Eldon J. Spencer Nancy Kay Steffes Michael R. Texler Wheelock Whitney Carole R. Wilson Xin Zhang Law Faculty and Staff Diane R. Alshouse 84 Jane Head Arrett 88 Trish A. Baker Larry A. Bakken Debra C. Berghoff Robert S. Berkwitz Cynthia Ann Bielke 37

40 Report of Gifts Alumni by Class Year, continued Len F. Biernat 75 H. Allen Blair 01 Edwin J. Butterfoss David M. Cobin Joseph L. Daly Darrell J. Davis Cathryn V. Deal Mary L. Dunnewold Marie A. Failinger Jon M. Garon Marlene S. Garvis 84 Mark L. Geier 91 Barbara E. Gritzmacher Mark H. Gruesner 77 Shelley K. Harker Kimberly Yong Wilson Holst 05 Mary Jo B. Hunter Cathy L. Jacobsen MAPA 88 Anne T. Johnson Thomas J. Koch 85 Debra Lynn Lange David Allen Larson Frank J. Madden 77 William L. Martin Angela M. McCaffrey Chris A. Messerly 86 Grace M. Mills Mary Jane Morrison James A. Morrow Allen Oleisky Joseph E. Olson James R. Pielemeier Ronald J. Rasley 87 Marilynne K. Roberts Tom I. Romero, II Carolyn M. Sandberg 76 Sharon K. Sandeen Charles E. Savitt 83 Susan Hayes Stephan 92 Carol B. Swanson Steven R. Swanson Mary B. Trevor Howard J. Vogel Law Firms, Foundations & Corporations 3M, Inc Albert H. Stahmer Foundation Alton Foundation Ayers & Riehm, P.A. Barna Guzy & Steffen Ltd Benchmark Reporting Agency Bloomquist & Berner, LLC BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota Briggs & Morgan Cahill Law Office, P.A. Centro Legal Inc Charles H. Johnson, P.A. Community Shares of Minnesota Consulate General of Canada Cope & Peterson, PA Craig W. Baumann PA Donald W. Teed & Associates Dougherty Financial Group Dunlap & Seeger, P.A. Ecolab Foundation Eddie Veltman Ernst & Young Foundation F.S. Farrell, LLC Faegre and Benson, LLP Fair Isaac Farrell Family Foundation Fidelity Foundation Fleschner, Stark, Tanoos & Newlin Freddie Mac Foundation Fredrikson & Byron PA General Electric Foundation Gilbert Mediation Center Ltd. Godfrey & Kahn Hamline University School of Law Student Bar Assn. Hennepin County Bar Association Holden Law Offices Home Partner, Inc. HRI Consulting, Inc. Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation Imation Corporation Independent School District 271 James V. Gerharter Larson King LLP Law Offices of David R. Bach, P.C. Legal Liaisons Ltd/ Legal Allies Ltd Leonard, Street & Deinard Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P. Lorman Education Services Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand LLP McKay & Perusse, LLC Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P. Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Moss & Barnett PA Murnane Brandt New York Life Foundation Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly Patrick C. Smith Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen Pennington & Lies, PA Peralta & Peralta, Ltd. Principal Financial Group, The Ramsey County Bar Association Robert Half International Inc. Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Schoenecker Law Firm, LTD. State Farm Co.Fdn State of Minnesota Stevens Brothers Fdn The Sabeti-Carretta Foundation The Wasie Foundation Thomson West U.S. Bancorp Valentini & Associates, P.A. Volunteer Lawyers Network, Ltd. Weber Law Firm, P.C. Wells Fargo Bank, NA Whitney ARCEE Foundation Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. Tributes and Memorial Gifts In honor of 28th year of law practice since graduation from HLS in 1980 William S. Seeley 80 In honor of Edwin J. Butterfoss Judge Louis H. Schiff In honor of Gwen and Irving Lerner s 50th Wedding Anniversary Richard and Roberta Evans In honor of Jon M. Garon Charles H. Johnson, P.A. Paul J. Gatto 76 Charles H. Johnson 75 Annette K. Levine William H. Manning 78 Professor Mary Jane Morrison In honor of Joseph L. and Leo M. Daly Paul Rogosheske William and Joyce Sieben In honor of Michael Martinez graduation Michael Texler and Hannah Dunevitz Texler In honor of Sonia Miller-Van Oort Hennepin County Bar Association In memory of Charles W. Faulkner 77 Sheila R. Sharot Faulkner 77 In memory of Cynthia Clark 06 Paul Mitchell Baumgartner 05 Kim A. Chapman Cindi Kay Hills 05 Helena Johnston Ardi and Marily Keim Doug and Sharon Kunin Pamela A. Macmann Kevin and Sara Melvin 06 Mary R. Meyers Carole R. Wilson In memory of Honorable James A. Wright 76 James W. Bly 75 Clayton Jay Crane Meridee R. Duddleston 77 Debra A. Filteau Begley Joseph Florenzano 77 J.P. and Susan Gatto 07 Paul J. Gatto 76 Madelyn B. Shipman Heikka 77 Stewart F. Kay 76 Lawrence R. King 76 Steven J. Kirsch 76 Gregory A. Lang 77 John J. Llewellyn 76 William R. Marczewski 76 William A. McBee 76 Angela McCaffrey William J. Olson 76 Philip Sieff and Laurie Wermeling Sieff 85 George and Brenda Stunyo 76 In memory of John Cabot Benson 11 and Edna Server Benson 11 Mary Benson Davison In memory of John S. Evans Vivian E. Evans John R. and Dinah Talbot Heneman In memory of Joseph P. Gatto, IV Paul J. Gatto 76 In memory of M. Arnold Lyons Thor and Jennifer Anderson In memory of Martha Bender Paul E. Bender 76 In memory of Professor Richard Oakes Ayers & Riehm, P.A. Charles H. Johnson 75 38

41 Members July 1, 2007 June 30, 2008 Hamline University School of Law recognizes the following members of the for their contributions of $1,000 and above. Their gifts provided vital support for scholarships, academic programs, unrestricted funds and facilities improvements. Justice ($10,000+) Trustee Constance Bakken Robert Berne Fredrikson & Byron PA Paul J. Gatto 76 Charles H. Johnson 75 Leonard, Street & Deinard Trustee Emeritus Gwen 78 and Irving J. Lerner Dwight D. Opperman Stevens Brothers Foundation Wasie Foundation Wendy Watson 97 Whitney ARCEE Foundation Jurist ($5,000 $9,999) Mary Benson Davison Fidelity Foundation Catherine and Paul Gatto Larson-King LLP Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Life Trustee Mary 78 and Paul Schilling Janet S. Stellpflug 86 Counselor ($2,500 $4,999) John N. Allen 80 Howard R., Jr. 75 and Camilla Alton Alton Foundation Barna Guzy & Steffen Ltd Briggs & Morgan Charles H. Johnson, P.A. Faegre and Benson, LLP Frank S. Farrell, Jr. 78 Farrell Family Foundation Gilbert Mediation Center Ltd. Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation Imation Corporation Lawrence R. King 76 Steven J. Kirsch 76 Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P. William H. Manning 78 Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand LLP Trustee David Petrocchi JD 94 and Tina Syring-Petrocchi 94 Ramsey County Bar Association Susan C. Rhode 85 Richard K. Taylor 95 Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. Advocate ($1,000 $2,499) Joel L. Aberg 79 Elizabeth A. Adinolfi 99 Albert H. Stahmer Foundation Paul B. Anderson 91 David L. Ayers 78 Ayers & Riehm, P.A. Professor Larry Bakken and Professor Cathy Jacobson Professor Robert S. and Pamela M. Berkwitz Cynthia Ann Bielke Professor Len Biernat Steven G. 82 and Nancy J. Brady Leo I. Brisbois 87 A.L. Brown 03 Dean Edwin J. and Jane Butterfoss Consulate General of Canada Timothy Czaja 93 Professor Joseph L. Daly Maria Tenuta Doran 93 Meridee R. Duddleston 77 Amy Eisenstadt 82 Ernst & Young Foundation Vivian E. Evans S. James Faleel 02 Katherine S. Flom 82 General Electric Foundation Jon M. Garon Keith J. Grady David P. Graham 87 and Therese M. Pautz JD 89 Shelley and Gary Harker William D. Harper 77 John R. and Dinah Talbot Heneman Anne T. Johnson Jeffrey S. Johnson 79 William R. 79 and Jill Rigelman Johnson Ky M. Koch 78 Gregory A. Lang 77 Annette K. Levine Randall J. Manus 77 Donald McNeil, Jr. 89 Chris A. Messerly 86 Anne Miller 96 Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association Moss & Barnett PA Paul Peterson 89 Teri Popp Mary Murphy Powers Thurl 75 and Dee Quigley Paul Rogosheske Carolyn Sandberg 76 Robert D. Schwartz 79 William and Joyce Sieben John A. Stahmer 04 Susan Hayes Stephan 92 Karen Elizabeth Westwood 07 Maximillion M. 76 and Marianne Wexler Debra E. Yerigan 85 39

42 Report of Gifts Hamline President s Circle Cumulative Giving Societies Charles M. Drew Society $1,000,000 + Constance L. Bakken/ Whitney ARCEE Foundation Annette K. Levine and James A. Levine Marilyn J. and Ronald A. Mitsch $500,000 to $999,999 Mary L. and Paul K. Schilling $250,000 to $499,999 The Bush Foundation Dwight D. Opperman Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP Thomson West $100,000 to $249,999 Gwen M. and Irving J. Lerner Gregg E. Meyers Constance Otis Otto Bremer Foundation St. Paul Travelers Foundation Stevens Brothers Foundation The Wasie Foundation Wendy K. Watson/Turtle Trust Red Wing Society $25,000 to $99,999 3M, Inc. Howard R. and Camilla Alton American Bar Association Robert T. Berne Briggs and Morgan Kenneth G. Brill Dorsey & Whitney LLP Farmers Group, Inc. Paul J. and Catherine W. Gatto General Mills Foundation Charles H. Johnson Audrey Kirby Kip W. Kootz Leonard, Street & Deinard Lilly Endowment, Inc. Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association Mary Jane Morrison Murnane Brandt Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly John Poepl Rider Bennett, LLP L. Guy Schoenecker Robert J. Sheran Thrivent Financial for Lutherans United Way of Minneapolis Old Main Society $10,000 to $24,999 Joel L. Aberg Alton Foundation Larry A. Bakken Selma L. Beese* Harold J. Berman Kay A. Biga and Patrick M. Spott Steve Brady Leo I. Brisbois David M. and Susan Cobin Amy J. Eisenstadt Chester W. Ellingson* Vivian E. Evans John R. and Georgia T.* Goff Jan M. Gunderson Hamline Student Bar Association Frank V. Harris IDS Financial Services, Inc. John R. Heneman Trent C. Jonas Lawrence R. King Steven J. Kirsch William H. Manning Theresa Atkins Marshall and Michael J. Marshall Marshall Fields Corporation The Phillips Foundation David Piper Bill and Teri Popp/POPP Telecom Susan C. Rhode Maurice Robinson Fund Patrick J. Sauter Sieben Grose Von Holtum McCoy & Carey Ltd Jane Telleen and Richard Urban Janet Waller and John A. Warchol Debra E. Yerigan Heritage Society (estates) As of 6/30/2008 Joel Aberg Anonymous Selma Beese* Gloria Contreras-Edin Anne T. Johnson Gwen M. and Irving J. Lerner Annette K. Levine James A. Levine Walter and Mary Lou* Nummela Hon. James C. Otis, Jr.* Mary L. and Paul K. Schilling Jane Telleen and Richard Urban Debra E. Yerigan Bishop Hamline Society (endowments) Robert T. Berne Vivian E. Evans Paul J. and Catherine W. Gatto John R. and Georgia T.* Goff The Hon. Sharon Hall and James Page Charles H. Johnson Gwen M. and Irving J. Lerner Annette K. Levine William H. Manning Theresa Atkins Marshall and Michael J. Marshall Gregg E. Meyers Marilyn J. and Ronald A. Mitsch Richard T.* and Carolyn Hogan Oakes Dwight D. Opperman Constance Otis Rider Bennett Alumni Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP Friends of Amy Silberberg Mary L. and Paul K. Schilling Jane Telleen and Richard Urban * Deceased 40