REALWORLD.REALLAW.TEMPLEUNIVERSITYBEASLEYSCHOOLOFLAWTempleLAW SCHOOLANDALUMNINEWS • FALL 2003In summer 2003 sevendistinguished scholars fromuniversities in the People’s Republicof China came to Temple to spendan intensive five weeks expandingtheir understanding of internet law.The scholars used facilities atTemple Law School and elsewherein Philadelphia to conduct researchon internet law and commerceissues,and participated in a series ofseminars with faculty from Templeand other universities.Hosted by Temple’s Institute forInternational Law and Public Policy,the group attended a forum onregulating the internet,held at thenewly-opened National ConstitutionCenter in Philadelphia. They alsotraveled to Washington,D.C. to attend briefings onrelated issues with key officials in the executive branch.At the end of July,their visit culminated in a two-dayroundtable discussion,in which North American legalexperts joined the Chinese scholars to hear,and respondto,their research. Topics explored at the roundtablediscussion on internet law and commerce includedcopyright liability of information service providers andon-line dispute resolution; freedom of expression on theinternet; and the emerging tort of cybertrespass.continued on page threeThis fall the faculty of Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law welcomes four new full-time members to its ranks. Professor Nancy J. Knauer is the law school’s newly-appointed associate dean foracademic affairs. Currently the Peter J. LiacourasProfessor of Law,Knauer is known for herinnovative teaching methods and scholarship. In her new role she plans to continue her work in curriculum reform,particularly inenhancing the transactional side of legaleducation by integrating practice and theory with professional responsibility—a programmodel pioneered at Temple Law in its award-winning trial advocacy program. “Theory and practice should go hand in hand.Teaching one without the other makes only half a lawyer,”says Knauer,who was instrumental in the creation of the Integrated TransactionalPractice,a ten-credit,yearlong course that usestrusts and estates concepts as a vehicle to teachbasic legal skills,such as interviewing,counseling,negotiating,and drafting. Last year,she and colleague Professor Eleanor Myersreceived the CPR Institute’s inaugural prize forproblem-solving in the law school curriculum for developing the course. Knauer also designed the law school’s in-house clinical program for communitynonprofit organizations,which providestransactional law students with opportunities toserve the public interest. “We are extremely fortunate to have ProfessorKnauer join the administration,and we willcertainly benefit from her talent,dedication and passion for the law school,”said DeanRobert J. Reinstein.Consistently praised by students andcolleagues,Knauer is a three-time winner of the George P. Williams Memorial Award forOutstanding Professor of the Year,and was a2002 recipient of the Temple University GreatTeacher Award,the University’s highest teachinghonor. A scholar in the areas of taxation andsexual orientation and the law,Knauer will beteaching a course in legal decision making thisfall. Outside of the classroom,Knauer worksclosely with students in extracurricular settings.As faculty adviser to Temple Political & CivilRights Law Review,she helps the student editorsdevelop annual symposia discussing emergingcivil rights issues. Knauer visited China in the summer of 2002 to participate in a legal symposium,andsubsequently published Limitations on the Rightto Use Under U.S. Property Law and the DraftChinese Property Law:Private Nuisance,Neighborhood Rights,and Servitudes,18JOURNALOFTSINGHUAUNIV. 64(2003). Prior to teaching,Knauer practiced for sevenyears at the Philadelphia firm of Ballard,Spahr,Andrews & Ingersoll,where she concentrated inestate planning and the representation of tax-exempt organizations. A resident of the WestMount Airy section of Philadelphia,Knauerearned her undergraduate and law degrees fromthe University of Pennsylvania.continued on page fiveVisiting ProfessorRachel Arnow-Richmanjoins the faculty while onleave from Texas WesleyanUniversity School of Lawwhere she is an AssociateProfessor. A native of NewJersey,Arnow-Richmancompleted her under-graduate work at RutgersUniversity before attendingHarvard Law School,whereshe received her J.D. cumlaudein 1995. After graduating,she returned to NewJersey serve as judicial clerk to the Hon. James H.Coleman,Jr.,of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Shesubsequently practiced at Drinker,Biddle and Reath in Philadelphia,specializing in employment law andcommercial litigation.In 1998,Arnow-Richman began her academic career as an Abraham L. Freedman Teaching Fellow at Temple Law School where she taught legal researchand writing,and family law. She obtained an L.L.M. inlegal education from Temple in 2000.While at Temple,Arnow-Richman will teach courses incontracts,employment discrimination and civil procedure.Also joining the faculty this fall isAssistant ProfessorDonald P. Harris,whose current researchfocuses on internationalintellectual property andthe advantages and harmscaused by globalization of intellectual propertyrights. A transplant fromthe West Coast,Harrisearned his J.D. in 1994from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles,where hereceived the dean’s award for outstanding publicservice and the pro bonoservice award. Following law school,Harris remained inCalifornia,working in law firms in Los Angeles andSan Francisco,specializing in patent litigation andprosecution. An experience teaching a course on theUniform Commercial Code as an adjunct at GoldenGate Law School awoke an interest in legal education,and Harris decided to seek an advanced degree. Heattended University of Wisconsin Law School on aWilliam H. Hastie Fellowship,and received an LL.M.in May,2003. The Institute for International Law and Public Policy,founded at Temple Law School in 2001 and codirectedby Professors Amelia H. Boss and Jeffrey Dunoff,sponsors year-round symposiums,lectures,andopportunities for visiting international scholars anddignitaries to conduct research and interact with theTemple Law School community. In addition to institute codirectors Boss and Dunoff,Temple Law faculty who participated in the July 28Professor Arnow-RichmanProfessor HarrisVisiting Chinese scholars,with Dean Robert J. Reinstein (center),gatheredfor a July 30,2003 symposium at the law school’s Shusterman Hall.ROBINMILLERJanet Goldwater,Publications DirectorGene Gilroy,Art DirectorPhotography on location at Temple Law School by Kelly & MassaSend letters and comments to:Janet Goldwater,Temple Esq. Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law1719 N. Broad Street,Room 313Philadelphia,PA 19122 Fax:(215) 204-1185Change of address:(215) 204-11872 • TEMPLEESQ. FALL 2003TEMPLEESQ.Published by the Temple University Beasley School of Law for alumni and friends.Robert J. Reinstein, DeanInternational attorney returns as director of program he attended as a student For Professor Matthew Wilson ’99,the appointmentto head the law program at Temple University Japan(TUJ) is a homecoming of sorts. The new programdirector has a strong connection with Japan dating backto the late 1980s. Proficient in speaking,reading,andwriting Japanese as a result of living in Japan for morethan 5 years,Wilson worked first for YokogawaElectronics and subsequently for Sony Japan. When Wilson decided to go to law school,he choseTemple partly because it would allow him to maintainprior ties with Japan. He was not disappointed. Duringlaw school,he attended the semester-long law programat TUJ in 1997. Building on this experience,Wilsontook an extended leave of absence to participate in a complex,multi-million dollar lawsuit between two Japanese companies in Saipan in the U.S.Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Since graduating from law school in 1999,Wilsonhas served as legal counsel to domestic andmultinational corporations,specializing in internationaldisputes,in complex commercial and intellectualproperty litigation,and in corporate and technologytransactions. Prior to joining Temple,Wilson practicedinternational law at Akerman Senterfitt,a premier full-service Florida-based law firm. He also served asgeneral counsel of Advanced TelecommunicationNetwork,Inc.,a New Jersey corporation. In addition to supervising TUJ,Wilson will teachcourses in comparative U.S.-Japanese law,intellectualproperty,and dispute resolution. He replaces formerdirector and TUJ associate dean Lawrence Repeta,who is returning to the U.S. to conduct research at theNational Security Archive in Washington,D.C.Professor Wilson,who spent much of the summer inPhiladelphia preparing for his new position,has sincereturned to Tokyo and is getting settled on the TUJcampus. Dean Kirk Patterson of TUJ says,“We believethat he will be a great asset. All his knowledge andexperience will further raise the profile of our lawprogram and attract new students. We also expect him todevelop new non-degree programs—such as corporatelegal training—and to give the program more diversity.”Class speakers for the 2003 commencement were (right) Dara Lovitz—day division,and (left) Jeanne Marie Kanovich—evening division.Professors CharlesRogovin and PhoebeHaddon march in thecommencementprocession.Dean Robert J.Reinstein congratulatesthe class of 2003. INTERPOL SECRETARY GENERAL ADDRESSESTHE LAW SCHOOL COMMUNITYAt the May 22,2003graduation ceremony ofthe James E. BeasleySchool of Law,RonaldKenneth Noble,secretary general ofInterpol,exhorted the class of 2003 tosafeguard freedom,butnot at the expense ofcivil liberties. Noble,currently a resident ofLyon,France,addressedhis remarks to 294 J.D.and 83 LL.M. graduatesat the school’s 103rdcommencementceremony. An attorney with a long career in law enforcement,Noble has also taught law. Upon his November 2000 appointment assecretary general of Interpol,a 181-member-country internationalpolice organization,Noble took a leave of absence from thefaculty of the New York University School of Law. The first non-European and the youngest secretary general in Interpol’s history,he formerly served as a member of its executive committee. Noble’s law enforcement career includes service in both theU.S. Departments of Justice and Treasury. In addition to servingas an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Deputy Assistant AttorneyGeneral,Noble was Chief Law Enforcement Officer for the U.S.Treasury from 1993 to 1996. “It was an honor to have such a distinguished leader addressthe Class of 2003,”says Dean Robert J. Reinstein. “Ron Noble’sstellar career in both the law enforcement and academic sectorsis an inspiration to all our students.”Ronald Kenneth NobleCOMMENCEMENT2003PHOTOS BY LEGACYTemple’s always popular summer program in Rome,Italy was headed this year by Professor Alice Abreu.The program was attended by 28 students from Temple and other schools,and was taught by five full-time Temple faculty,with additional instruction from Italian faculty.After authoring the Pennsylvania Bar Association’sCommission on Women in the Profession’s “The 9thAnnual Report Card,”Professor Marina Angelpresented to Ballard Spahr the award for the firm amongthe 100 largest in Pennsylvania that has done the most topromote women to positions of responsibility within thefirm. Angel has made numerous recent presentations,including “The Current Position of Women Faculty in the Changing Organizational Structures of HigherEducation”at the Higher Education Legal AdvocacyRoundtable sponsored by Equal Rights Advocates. Shealso organized and moderated the annual conference ofthe Pennsylvania and Delaware Valley Feminist LawTeachers,where she presented “Sensitivity DiversityTraining for Law Teachers.”In spring 2003,Angel wasone of four annual Clason Lecturers at Western NewEngland School of Law,and spoke on “PopularRepresentations of Women in Law”at the joint AALS-ABA workshop on women in law. In March,Professor Jane B. Baron moderated apanel,“New Perspectives/New Contexts in Studying Law and Literature”at the annual meeting of theAssociation for the Study of Law,Culture,and theHumanities in New York. She taught in Temple’s Romeprogram this summer.TEMPLEESQ. FALL 2003 • 3Assistant Professor Cynthia Batt,Director ofClinical Programs,along with coauthor Harriet Katz of Rutgers School of Law,presented a paper entitled“Confronting Students:Evaluation in the Process ofMentoring Student Professional Development”at thenational conference on externships at Columbus Schoolof Law,The Catholic University of America. Theysubsequently presented the paper at the spring meeting of the Delaware Valley Clinicians Group. Batt’s articleentitled “Learning to Lawyer:Context,Clients,andClinics”will be published in the Temple Political andCivil Rights Law Review.Amelia H. Boss,Professor of Law and Co-Directorof the Institute for International Law and Public Policy,isfinishing her second and final year as chair of the American Bar Association’s section officersconference. In summer 2002,she was the officialrepresentative of the ABA at the annual meeting of the Canadian Bar Association; the only other U.S.representative was Sandra Day O’Connor. She continuesto serve on the Council of ABA-ASIA,which overseesall ABA technical legal assistance projects in Asia,including one involving the law reform in Afghanistan.In spring 2003,Boss toured Asia extensively,conductinga U.S.-sponsored speaking tour of Korea,and speaking at conferences in Beijing,at the Chungnam NationalUniversity in Daejon,and at a third conferencesponsored by the Korea Electronic Commerce Institute in Daegu. Boss currently serves as a consultant for theJapanese Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry aspart of a multi-jurisdictional research project concerningliability for network security breaches.In spring 2003,Scott Burris,James E. Beasley Professor ofLaw,was a visiting fellow at theRegulatory Institutions Network,apart of the Research School of SocialSciences of the Australian NationalUniversity in Canberra,where hecontinued research on how best toprotect human subjects of researchfrom harm,and on the use of localgovernance techniques to improvecommunity health. While inAustralia,Burris made presentationsat the Center for Public Health Lawat LaTrobe University,the NationalCenter for HIV Social Research,theRegulatory Institutions Network,theNational Center for Epidemiologyand Public Health and the law schoolof the University of New SouthWales. In January,an issue of theJournal of Law,Medicine and Ethicswas published with papers from theconference “Health,Law and HumanRights:Exploring the Connections,”that Professor Burris convened in2001. The issue included threearticles written or coauthored by Burris.Most lay people and even manylawyers do not realize that appellatecourts are treating 80 percent ofappeals summarily,i.e. no oralargument and a brief opinion labeled“non-precedential.”This happenedlast year in two cases ProfessorRichard Cappallibrought to theU.S. Court of Appeals for the ThirdNEW FACULTY continued from page oneBOCCHINO RECEIVES TOP AWARDS FROM TRIAL GROUPHonor follows others for trial advocacy professorProfessor Anthony Bocchino was selected as therecipient of the 2003 Richard S. Jacobson Award.Bocchino received the honor in July for excellence inteaching trial advocacy from the Roscoe Pound Institute,a legal think tank that promotes access to civil justice. Bocchino has received numerous awards for hisprofessional achievements in teaching and leadership,including the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s(NITA) 2002 Robert E. Oliphant Award for outstandingcontributions to the organization over the last 25 years,and is the only person ever to receive three majorawards from the organization. Bocchino served asNITA’s director from 1994 to 1999 and is currently itseditor-in-chief. Joining Temple Law’s faculty in 1979,Bocchinospent a decade as director of clinical legal education. Aformer Jack E. Feinberg Professor of Litigation andAdvocacy,he teaches criminal law,evidence,advancedtrial and litigation strategy,and civil procedure. Beforecoming to the law school,he was associate professor oflaw and director of clinical studies at Duke Universitycontinued on page fourFACULTY NEWSCircuit,cases which the professor thought raisedsignificant national legal issues. Cappalli has respondedacademically. His article,“The Common Law’s CaseAgainst Non-Precedential Opinions,”was published inMay,2003 by theSouthern California Law Review.Hehopes some courts will be convinced to treat all appealsas precedential. Over the summer,Cappalli pursued hisinterest in legal method. He is studying lines of cases in several states,some lines going back to the 19thcentury,for an article tentatively titled “How Judges Use Precedents:A Study Across Space and Time.”Jeffrey Dunoff,Charles Klein Professor of Lawand Governmentand Codirector of the Institute forInternational Law and Public Policy,presented severalpapers last spring,including “Is Trade Law Fair toDeveloping States? Competing Conceptions of Fairnessat the WTO,”at the American Society of InternationalLaw Annual Meeting in Washington,D.C.,and“Resolving the WTO’s Trilemma:Mission Impossible,”at an International Trade Roundtable held at Boalt Hall(Berkeley) School of Law. He also spoke at a Council ofEurope colloquy on “New Global Challenges on HumanRights and Democracy”at the Palais de l’Europe inStrasbourg,France in April,and taught a class on “TheInternational Legal Order”at the Woodrow WilsonSchool at Princeton University.Associate Professor Theresa Glennonpublished“Walking with Them:Advocating for Parents withMental Illnesses in the Child Welfare System”in the Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Reviewsymposium issue on lawyering for the mentally ill. She also presented “The Federal Government Role inProtecting Racial and Ethnic Minority Students fromExcessive Suspensions and Expulsions”at the HarvardCivil Rights Project conference on reconstructing theschool-to-prison pipeline in May,and “Is There a Placefor the Marital Presumption of Paternity in the Twenty-First Century?”at the North American RegionalConference of the International Society of Family Law in Eugene,Oregon in June.Professor Phoebe A. Haddon recently joined the board of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Haddoncontinues to speak and publish widely in the area ofaffirmative action. Recent engagements include beingfeatured radio speaker on the Sandra Dougen GlenPublic Affairs Program,and giving presentations to theHigher Education in Pennsylvania’s annual conferenceon affirmative action,the Pennsylvania Bar Association’sminority attorney conference on the Supreme Court’scommittee on race and gender bias report,and theLegislative Forum. Along with Professor Jan Ting,Haddon addressed affirmative action on WHYY’s Radio Timeswith Marty Moss-Coane. And,joining aninterest in art and the law,Haddon opened thePhiladelphia Art Alliance’s Civil Rights Symposium with the address,“Law and Images in the Service of theCivil Rights Movement.”School of Law,where he was a John S. BradwayFellow. He also was a full-time facultymember of Universityof ConnecticutSchool of Law. The author ofmore than 50 articlesand books in his field,Bocchino is a fellowof the InternationalSociety of Barristers,a Fellow of theAmerican BarFoundation,and a member of theProfessor Anthony BocchinoProfessor MillerProfessor MulkeyAssociate Professor Douglas S. Miller’s career hastaken him to the geographic extremes of the country. Hecomes to Temple Law School from Houston,after morethan a decade on the faculty of South Texas College ofLaw. But his first job out of law school was in Alaska.While attending Boalt Hall School of Law at UC-Berkeley,a clerkship had introduced Miller to thenorthernmost state,and after graduating in 1983,hemoved back to Anchorage. Working first as a law clerkand later as an attorney in the Alaska Court of Appeals,in 1986 Miller became an appeals attorney in the Officeof Public Advocacy in Anchorage. In all of these positions,Miller’s duties engaged hisconsiderable writing skills. So when he was selected toteach legal writing and research at Dickinson School ofLaw (now Penn State),he moved east and his career inacademia was launched. Miller moved to South TexasCollege of Law in Houston in 1990 where,as director ofthe legal research and writing program,he supervisedseven faculty members. At Temple,Miller will beteaching courses in legal writing and research at Temple.Environmental law expert Marcia E. Mulkeyjoinsthe law school faculty with over 15 years of seniorexecutive experience with the Environmental ProtectionAgency. At Temple,Professor Mulkey will be teachingand researching in the areas of environmental law,administrative law,and government lawyering,plusworking with the international programs,especiallythose with China.Until recently,Mulkey was the Director of the Officeof Pesticide Programs,the largest of the EPA head-quarters’programs. During Mulkey’s five-year tenuremanaging the 850-person,$125 million office,the EPAimplemented the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act,acomplex and rigorous approach to regulating food-usepesticides. Prior to serving as the program’s director,Mulkey was the regional counsel for the mid-Atlanticregion of the EPA.Mulkey had gone to work for the government straightout of law school. After graduating cum laudefromHarvard Law School in 1976,she worked with the USNuclear Regulatory Commission,where she worked inthe office of the Legal Director until 1980,when shejoined the EPA.Mulkey currently serves as a visiting expert with theUnited Nations Food and Agriculture Organization andis an active member of the International Network onEnvironmental Compliance and Enforcement,and is afrequent speaker on environmental regulation issues.American Law Institute. Bocchino received his lawdegree from University of Connecticut School of Lawin 1972.4 • TEMPLEESQ. FALL 2003TEMPLE AMERICAN INN OF COURT CONTINUES TO EXCELSince the Temple AmericanInn of Court was founded in1990, it has been awardednine national programawards, and has won firstplace for three of the last fouryears. Because of TempleLaw’s central involvement inthe organization, thosenational awards are ondisplay at the law school.Shown at the installationare the following officers andmembers of the TempleAmerican Inn of Court (fromleft): Judge Lowell A. Reed’58, first president; JudgeDiane Welsh, currentpresident; Dean Robert J.Reinstein; Professor DavidSonnenshein; and EdwardEdelstein, past president.Associate ProfessorMelissa B. Jacobyrecently received theYoung Scholar Awardfrom the AmericanSociety of Law,Medicineand Ethics for her article“Does IndebtednessInfluence Health? APreliminary Inquiry.”In addition,TempleLaw School has awarded Professor Jacoby theFriel/Scanlan award for her article “Collecting Debtsfrom the Ill and Injured:The Rhetorical Significance,But Practical Irrelevance,of Culpability and Abilityto Pay.”Established by Francis A. Scanlan ’50,oneof the nation’s top maritime and admiralty lawyers,the Friel/Scanlan award was one of the first in thenation to provide grants to faculty engaged in theresearch and preparation of books,articles,and otherscholarly works.FACULTY NEWS continued from page threeDavid Kairys,James E. Beasley Professor of Law,was named editor of Oxford University Press’s new Lawand Current Affairs Masters Series. He also publishedthree articles:“Searching for the Rule of Law”in theSuffolk Law Review,based on his Donahue Lecture atSuffolk; “The Cities Take the Initiative:Public NuisanceSuits Against Handgun Manufacturers,”a chapter ofGuns,Crime and Punishment in America (NYU Press);and “A Philadelphia Story”in Legal Affairs.Laura E. Little,James E. Beasley Professor ofLaw,coauthored an article with Richard P. Barrettentitled “Lessons of the Yugoslav Rape Trials:A Role forConspiracy Law in International Tribunals,”which wasaccepted for publication in the Minnesota Law Review.Professor Little also collaborated with Richard Barrett inteaching International Criminal Law in Temple Law’sprogram in Rome,Italy this summer.Frank M. McClellan,I. Herman Stern Professor ofLaw,presented a lecture,“The Legal Implications of HealthCare Illiteracy,”to a special committee of the NationalInstitute of Medicine that is completing a report on thetopic.McClellan,who is on the editorial board of The Practical Lawyer,a legal periodical published byALI-ABA,was a course planner and lecturer in a three-day course on litigating medical malpractice cases,sponsored by ALI-ABA. He also served as chair of aworkgroup of the Pennsylvania Supreme Courtcommittee on race and gender that recently published itsfindings based on a two-year study of the Pennsylvaniacourt system. McClellan is on leave for fall 2003,working on the second edition of a book on medicalmalpractice and several articles on legal and ethicalissues related to the health care delivery system.Assistant Professor Salil K. Mehra taught in thesemester-long program in Tokyo,Japan in spring 2003.Mehra teaches Japanese Law,as well as antitrust,contracts and corporations. Before departing,hepresented a set of remarks at the AALS meeting onsubject matter jurisdiction of U.S. courts over theSherman Act claims of foreign-affected cartel victimswhich will appear in the Penn State/Dickinson LawReview.Mehra made a similar presentation to theKokusai shoji homu Institute and to the Japan Fair TradeCommission,which will appear in the journal Kokusaishoji homu.He also presented further work on copyright,comics and antitrust in Japan at Harvard Law School’sAsian Law conference in May; his related past work inthis area is forthcoming in the Rutgers Law Review.Associate Professor Eleanor W. Myers’sarticle“Overview of American Bar Association Model Code of Judicial Conduct”will be published in Chinese in abook,A Comparative Study in Sino-Foreign JudicialEthics,Volume II,December 2003. The publisher isPeople’s Court Publishing House. Myers teaches regularlyin the Chinese LL.M. program,and presented two days oflectures to 200 members of the Supreme People’s Court inBeijing in summer 2002. Myers has been appointed vicechair of the University disciplinary committee. In this role,she oversees student disciplinary hearings and assists inadministering the disciplinary code for undergraduates atTemple. She continues in her role as a public governor ofthe Philadelphia Stock Exchange where she chairs thebusiness conduct committee ad is a member of the executivecommittee and various ad hoccommittees.Professor Jan Pillaiwas a panelist at the OxfordRoundtable held at Lincoln College of Oxford Universityin England last spring. “Human Rights and EmploymentDiscrimination”was the topic of the roundtablediscussion. Pillai presented a paper,“SocietalDiscrimination and the Equal Protection Clause of theU.S. Constitution,”which has been selected forpublication in an upcoming book by the New YorkUniversity Press,and his article “IncongruentDisproportionality”appears in the summer issue of theHastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. He has alsopublished (with Mark Tulloss) a book review,“Racialand Gender Discrimination at the Cash Counter”in thesummer issue of the Michigan State DCL Law Review.Professor Rafael Porrata-Doria addressed the PanAmerican Association of Philadelphia on “Patterns ofLatino Migration and Origins of the Latino Communityin Pennsylvania”at the Union League. Last spring,Porrata-Doria was honored with the Yale Medal,thehighest award Yale University confers for alumni service,given for outstanding service to Yale.Professor David G. Post has served on an ad hoccommittee working with the Center for Democracy andTechnology on a possible constitutional challenge to thenew Pennsylvania Internet Online Pornography Act. Post,who is cofounder and director of the Cyberspace LawInstitute,helped host and participated as judge in a mootcourt and as a panel moderator at the Temple LawSchool symposium,“Apple v. Franklin:Twenty YearsLater.”Also last spring,Post gave a keynote address,“Hamilton,Jefferson,and the Manufacture of Consent,”at the Wyoming Humanities Festival in Casper,Wyoming.After four years as associate dean,Professor MarkH. Rahdertis returning to full-time teaching. As anexpert in constitutional law,Rahdert’s opinion has beenwidely sought by the media following the SupremeCourt’s decisions in the University of Michiganaffirmative action cases,Lawrence v. Texas,United Statesv. American Library Association,and other importantconstitutional decisions; he has been interviewed byMSNBC,CN8,Minnesota Public Radio,WILM,KYW,Ann Arbor News,Detroit Free Press,PhiladelphiaInquirer,Legal Intelligencer,Boston Globeand othernews media.Temple Law School’s International and ComparativeLaw Journalnow offers scholars the opportunity toprepublish online.“American Hegemony,Race,and Oil in the Birth of UN Resolution 1441 on Iraq,”byProfessor Henry J. Richardson III,will be the firstarticle published through this option. Richardson’s otherrecent publications include:“African Contributions to theLaw of Peacekeeping,”in the ASIL proceedings of the96th annual meeting; “Government Land Acquisition inZimbabwe:An Essential Element of the Right to SelfDetermination”(coauthor),in the National LawyersGuild Practitioner; and “Foreword”in Africa:SelectedDocuments on Constitutive,Conflict and Security,Humanitarian,and Judicial Issues,Professor JeremyLevitt,editor,2003.In February,Richardson spoke at a regional meeting of the American Society ofInternational Law on African Union and the New PanJacoby’s extensive list of publications includes“Foreclosing on Fame:Exploring the UnchartedBoundaries of the Right of Publicity,”in New YorkUniversity Law Review(with Zimmerman);“Rethinking the Debates over Health CareFinancing:Evidence from the Bankruptcy Courts,”in New York University Law Review(with Sullivan& Warren); “Generosity versus Accessibility:Bankruptcy,Consumer Credit,and Health CareFinance in the US,”in Consumer Bankruptcy in aGlobal Perspective;“The Debtor-Patient:In Searchof Non-Debt Alternatives,”in Brooklyn LawReview;and “The Press and Complex Legislation:A Bankruptcy Reform Case Study,”which is still in manuscript. Jacoby also is studying trends inChapter 11 reorganization.Jacoby,a Penn Law graduate who joined the lawschool faculty in 2000,is a member of the NationalBankruptcy Conference,an organization of 60individuals who have achieved scholarly distinctionin bankruptcy law,and is an assistant reporter/consultant to the advisory committee on bankruptcyrules for the Judicial Conference of the UnitedStates. Prior to joining the faculty,Jacoby clerkedfor the Honorable Marjorie O. Rendell of the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,and theHonorable Robert E. Ginsberg of the U.S.Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District ofIllinois. She also was senior staff attorney for theNational Bankruptcy Review Commission andcounsel to the National Bankruptcy Conference.JACOBY RECOGNIZED FOR SCHOLARSHIPProfessor receives two prestigiousawards—Young Scholar Award and Friel/Scanlan AwardAfricanism on “The Dangers of Oligarchy within the PanAfrican Objectives of the African Union.”His article inthis symposium is forthcoming in the Iowa Journal ofInternational Law,and “Dinner and Self Determination,”a chapter in Crossroads,Directions,and a New CriticalRace Theory(eds. Valdes,Culp & Harris),was publishedby Temple University Press in 2003. Professor Charles H. Rogovinwas an invitedpresenter at the United Kingdom’s Organized CrimeConference in Belfast,Northern Ireland in July. He hasalso been serving as advisor to the committee of formerattorneys general who have been assisting the NewJersey Attorney General with issues in the criminaljustice field.Professor Jan Ting continues to speak widely onissues related to terrorism,the U.S. Patriot Act andimmigration,and affirmative action. Recent audiencesinclude The Federalist Law Society; the Department of Homeland Security’s Bureau of Citizenship andImmigration Services; University of Pennsylvania Law School; the Nixon Center; New Jersey State BarAssociation Convention; the ABA’s National Conferencefor minority lawyers; and the Claremont Institute. Tinghas been a regular commentator during the Iraq war forComcast News Channel CN8,and since the war’s endhas spoken on immigration law and North Korea. Heappeared with Professor Phoebe Haddon in early Aprilon WHYY-FM’s Radio Timeswith Marty Moss-Coane todiscuss affirmative action and the Michigan cases,andagain in June with David Rudovsky from Penn LawSchool to discuss civil liberties and the Patriot Act. InMay he led a discussion of legal issues with AsylumOfficers of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.And finally,on June 16 Ting was interviewed by BillO’Reilly on “The O’Reilly Factor.”1955Harvey Bernard Rubensteinhasbeen appointed by the bishop ofWilmington to the diocesan reviewboard implementing the Charter toProtect Children and Young People.Rubenstein is a past president ofthe Delaware State Bar Associationand the St. Thomas More Society.He is currently president of theDelaware Bar Foundation and amember of the house of delegatesof the ABA.1959Harmon S. Spolan,a seniormember of Cozen O’Connor,hasbeen elected to the board of CareliftInternational,a non-profit medicalrelief organization that has providedmore than $50 million in medicalaid to developing countries. Spolanchairs the firm’s financial servicespractice and spearheads marketingefforts for the business practicedepartment. He has been with thefirm since 1999,after serving as the president of Jefferson Bank for25 years.1963Herbert Krasowhas beenrecognized as a “leadingindividual”in real estate inConnecticut,and his firm,Krasow,Garlick & Hadley,has been named as a “recommendedfirm”by Chambers USA:America’s Leading BusinessLawyers.Krasow specializes in complex transactionsand commercial leasing.1964Jerry Zaslowhas announced the opening of the firmLaw & Zaslow,together with Tsiwen Law. The firm islocated in downtown Philadelphia.1968Former state senator Robert A. Rovnerhas beenreappointed by Governor Rendell as his designee toTemple University’s board of trustees. Rovner has also been reelected to serve a three-year term on theTemple University School of Podiatric MedicineFoundation Board.1970Marcel Groenhas joined Fox Rothschild as SpecialCounsel in its litigation department. Groen,long activein Democratic politics and chair of the MontgomeryCounty Democratic committee since 1994,counselsclients on family law,real estate,and personal injury,in addition to municipal and administrative law.1975Henry Ian Passwas a featured speakerat the Strategic Research Institute’s thirdannual program on liquidity alternativesin private equity. Pass,a transactionaland commercial attorney and managingdirector of Patriot Venture CapitalGroup,moderated a panel and lecturedabout legal issues in secondary market private equitytransactions.Arthur F. Silbergeld,a partner in the Los Angelesoffice of Proskauer Rose,recently joined the CaliforniaSouth Board of Human Rights Watch. He has alsochaired the labor and employment law section of the LosAngeles County Bar Association and recently served asa trustee of the association.1976B. Christopher Lee,a shareholder of Jacoby Donner,represented KUDInternational,the development managerfor the Eagles’new home,LincolnFinancial Field,on the negotiation and drafting of their contract with theEagles,the construction manager,and the design professional of the facility.1978Andrew Derman,a partner in theinternational practice group inThompson & Knight,receivedhonorable mention in the AmericanAirlines magazine’s “Road WarriorSearch”contest. Derman placed in thetop 55 “road warriors”due to his year-round air travel all over the world for hisclients. Derman represents public,private and nationaloil companies. TEMPLEESQ. FALL 2003 • 5CLASSNOTESTemple-LEAP students take part inopening of Constitution CenterWhile most high school students were debating howto celebrate the end of the school year,a group of 30Philadelphia high school students spent their eveningspreparing for a showcase discussion on issues ofnational security and principles of democracy withAmerican Bar Association President A.P. Carlton andHarvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree,as part of theNational Constitution Center opening ceremonies onJuly 11,2003. This special collaboration betweenTemple-LEAP (Law Education and Participation),Temple’s in-house law-related education program,andthe American Bar Association’s section of individualrights and responsibilities,is part of the Dialogue on Freedom program,originally initiated by JusticeAnthony M. Kennedy. The high school students who gathered at the lawschool in early June worked closely with Karen Forman,Director of Public Interest Law Programs,Gwen Stern’86,and law students Marc Goldich,Casey Coburn,Megan Newcomer,and Jason Ohliger. Discussion offounding principles,particularly as embodied in the Bill of Rights,was highlighted by discussions led byconstitutional scholars Dean Reinstein and ProfessorMark Rahdert,who helped the students explore suchtopics as the U.S. Patriot Act and the balance betweennational security and civil rights. ROUNDTABLE FOCUSES ON INTERNET continued from page oneroundtable on internet law included John Smagula,the new director of Asian programs at the law school,and Professors Salil K. Mehra and David Post. TheInstitute also invited the following outside experts torespond to the presentations of the Chinese scholars:Adam Bobrow,Attorney-Adviser,U.S. Department ofCommerceMichael Carroll,Assistant Professor of Law,VillanovaUniversity; Board of Directors,Creative CommonsMary Jo Dively,Vice President and General Counsel,Carnegie-Mellon UniversityThomas Healey,Partner,Healy & DukeAndrew Konstantaras,Director,Internet Law andPolicy ForumEthan Katsh,Professor of Legal Studies,University of MassachusettsF. Gregory Lastowka,Attorney,DechertAchilles Skordas,Assistant Professor of InternationalLaw,University of AthensThomas Smedinghoff,Partner,Baker and McKenzieE. Polk Wagner,Professor of Law,University ofPennsylvaniaChen Wang,Senior Counsel,E.I. duPont de Nemoursand CompanyJane Winn,Professor of Law,University of WashingtonThe research papers presented at the 2003 internetlaw roundtable will be published by the TempleInternational and Comparative Law Journal,which alsopublished the papers from the summer 2002 U.S.-Chinaroundtable discussion of the World Trade Organization.Visiting from China were the following scholars:Xue Hong,China Foreign Affairs UniversityZhang Chu,China University of Politics & LawWang Weiguo,China University of Politics & LawJiang Zhipei,Supreme People’s CourtWang Zhenmin,Tsinghua Law SchoolGoa Fuping,East China University of Politics & LawShi Xiaoli,China University of Political Law & Science(At left) Temple-LEAP participants MonetFlowers and Aman Meshesha; (above from left)Cleary Boatwright,Obakeng Phir,MarcusGreen,and Mark Weems.Karen Forman,Director of Public InterestLaw Programs (left),with law studentCasey Coburn.Temple Law student Megan Newcomer withTemple-LEAP participant.Dean Robert J. ReinsteinTemple Law student Jason OhligerWhen people play the partygame “What actor would play youin a movie”they seldom imaginethe fantasy materializing. ForSamantha Daniels ’93 (to beplayed by Alicia Silverstone!) and her father Robert Daniels ’62(Ryan O’Neal!) the fantasybecomes reality September 26 ateight o’clock on NBC when MissMatch—inspired by the life ofSamantha Daniels—premiers. Thehourlong “dramedy”focuses onthe period of Daniels’life when,as a recent law school graduate,she worked in her father’s firm byday and fixed up lonely hearts by night. Attorney-turned-matchmaker extraordinaireSamantha Daniels says that ever since she left her family law practice to concentrate full-time onSamantha’s Table,a rapidly growing singles’matching service,people have been intrigued by her career. “Whenever I mentioned what I did for a living,people’s jaws dropped and they wanted tohear all the details. It seemed like a natural for atelevision series.”Now a coproducer of Miss Matchas well as CEO of Samantha’s Table,Daniels always assumedshe’d be a lawyer. “In high school [Baldwin] andcollege [Penn] I was daddy’s little girl and alwaysknew I’d go to law school. I was president of thedebate team and I loved to argue. My parents always told me I was convincing . . . and that I could sell anything.”Attending Temple Law is a Daniels familytradition; in addition to Samantha and father RobertDaniels,a partner in the Philadelphia law firm ofBraverman,Daniels,Kaskey,Samantha’s brotherChristopher ’01 is also a Temple Law graduate.Samantha decided early in law school that she lovedthe hands-on,personal aspect of family law,andfocused on it in her coursework,a law review article,and even in the problem she chose to work on inmoot court. But she realized after several years in thelaw that she preferred what came naturally to her—matchmaking. “I have always loved socializing andmeeting lots of people,and this seemed like such apositive way to be involved in people’s lives.”Samantha’s Table,a high-end service for busyprofessional singles in New York City and LosAngeles,grew out of Daniels’natural love ofsocializing and getting people together—a trait sheclaims was inherited from her mother,the late DonnaDaniels (a Temple University graduate.) Daniels hadmoved to New York City and was practicing familyPercy SandClass of 1942Henry T. McCrary Jr.Class of 1953Herbert SquiresClass of 1955John PettitClass of 1961Robert A. BonnerClass of 1967Edward J. WeintraubClass of 19686 • TEMPLEESQ. FALL 2003IN MEMORIAM1983Thomas M. Marcelainhas been appointed a commonpleas court judge in Licking County,Ohio,by GovernorBob Taft. Marcelain previously served for 12 years as aLicking County municipal court judge.1984Ann Kennedy Fulcohas been namedsenior vice-president and regionalfiduciary officer in FleetBostonFinancial’s private clients group. Fulcowas a probate judge in East Hartford,Connecticut,from 1995-99,beforegoing into private practice.1985Michael Coughlin,chairman of the litigationdepartment of Kaplin Stewart,has been appointedcoeditor of the title policies section of Common Ground,a publication of the Pennsylvania Land TitleAssociation. Coughlin is located in the firm’s Blue Bell,Pennsylvania office.Patricia Kane-Vannihas taken a position at thePhiladelphia Housing Authority as legal counsel. Kane-Vanni is a contracts,regulatory,and compliance specialist.law when she hosted her firstsingles’networking event and a few hundred people showed up.Recognizing a market,she soonbegan collecting business cards atthe door,and a mailing list thatwould eventually launchSamantha’s Table began to grow. “What happened at these eventswas that I realized that I had a near-photographic memory for people’snames and faces,and who theywere. This meant I could see twopeople at opposite sides of the roomand know they’d be good for eachother,and introduce them.”Samantha’s Table (www.samanthastable.com),which just recently went bi-coastal,differs fromtraditional dating services in that it doesn’t workwithin a fixed pool of paying clients. While Danielsworks with 75 to 100 clients at any given time,herdatabase contains over 7,500 potential dates.Daniels’first successful match was in college—creating a happily married couple who now havetwo children—currently takes credit for 39marriages as of last Memorial Day,and many,many happy couples.Daniels had the idea of “packaging”her life fortelevision long before she got around to it:“Everyyear the fall listings would come out and I’d holdmy breath,afraid that someone else was going to do a show on matchmaking.”When Danielsmentioned the idea at a dinner party,a fellow guestrecommended her to a friend who worked for theWilliam Morris Agency and he recognized thepotential. Almost overnight the concept for MissMatchwas sold to producer Darren Star,of Sex and the Cityfame,who then sold it to NBC. Alicia Silverstone and Ryan O’Neal weresubsequently recruited to play the lead roles.Daniels goes back and forth between New Yorkand L.A. now,and while in L.A. divides her timebetween the set of Miss Matchand Samantha’sTable,where every client still receives her personalattention. Although Miss Match—the show—focuses on the period of Daniels’life when she was still practicing the law and dabbling atmatchmaking,the series promotes the message thatDaniels now pushes full-time. “There is someoneout there for everyone,”insists Daniels. “I love thatthe show is on at 8:00 on a Friday night,so you can watch it before you go out and it’ll make youoptimistic that,yes,you will meet someone. Or ifyou tape it and watch when you get home,you canalways think ‘next time!’”ESQ. SPOTLIGHTMiss Matchpremieres on NBC this fallJames J. Kozuch,a partner of Caesar,Rivise,Bernstein,Cohen & Pokotilow,has been appointed to the national roster of neutrals of the AmericanArbitration Association. Caesar Rivise is an intellectualproperty firm.Keith Sealingwrites,“I have been appointed assistantdean at Syracuse University School of Law. Myresponsibilities include the college’s moot courtprograms,the legal education opportunity program,and instruction of adjunct professors.”Roseann B. Terminihas written a separate statisticalsupplement and instructor’s manual for her book HealthLaw:Federal Regulation of Drugs,Biologics,MedicalDevices,Foods and Dietary Supplements,published byFORTI Publications,and has been appointed to thePresident’s Council at Immaculata University. Terminialso participated with her children in a 5K race to “beatbreast and prostate cancer.”1986Ron Kravitzrepresented Rite Aid employees in theirsuccessful litigation against Rite Aid concerning thecompany’s misuse of the employees’pension planassets. Kravitz helped negotiate a $67.7 millionsettlement for the plaintiffs. Kravitz works out of Liner Yankelevitz’s San Francisco office.Intellectual property lawyer Peter C.Laurohas been named partner of theintellectual property practice group inthe Boston office of Edwards & Angell,a 300+ attorney national law firmfocusing on financial services,privateequity and technology.Charles J. Meyerwas a speaker at a PBI seminar heldthis summer entitled “Recent Developments in FamilyLaw—Support Update.”Meyer is a partner in thePhiladelphia office of Fox Rothschild,where heconcentrates his practice in family law.1988Harris J. Chernowco-chaired theAmerican Association of Franchiseesand Dealers’2003 annual conference inAtlanta,Georgia,in May 2003. Chernowwas recently selected as a “Hot Shot”franchise attorney by Franchise Times,and was one of the 50 attorneys inPennsylvania named “On the Fast Track”by thePennsylvania Law Weekly. Chernow has also beenappointed to the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution’spanel of distinguished neutrals.Mario Pabon,executive director of thejudiciary committee of the Puerto RicoHouse of Representatives,is one of the40 emerging state leaders selected forthe Toll Fellowship Program sponsoredby the Council of State Governments tofoster leadership in all three branches of government.1989Michael A. Cancelliere Jr.,writes,“I was recently elected a shareholder/partner at Howard,Brenner & Nass after serving as an associate for tenyears. I concentrate my practice inrepresenting plaintiffs in asbestos andother injury cases.”Michael J. Violahas been elected to the position ofvice-president of Dignity/Philadelphia,which is thelocal chapter of Dignity/USA,the country’s largestorganization of gay,lesbian,bisexual,and transgenderCatholics. Viola is a partner with Shainberg & Viola,which limits its practice to domestic relations and family law.1990Barbara Berreskiand her husband Jeff Gladdenannounce the birth of their first child,Jeffrey Andrew,on May 7,2002. Berreski and her husband work inTrenton as deputy attorneys general for the state of New Jersey.Krista Pool Harperhas been elected special counsel inFox Rothschild. Harper is a member of the corporateand real estate departments in the firm’s Doylestown,Pennsylvania,office.1991Lori A. Flickstein,of Dilworth Paxson,has beenappointed to the disciplinary board of the SupremeCourt of Pennsylvania,which is responsible formonitoring the professional behavior of all lawyersadmitted to practice in Pennsylvania. Flickstein focusesher practice in corporate and securities matters,including mergers and acquisitions,and corporateformation and governance.1981Richard J. Abramsonis seeking his second four-yearterm as a Council Rock school board director,where hehas served since 1999. Abramson has a solo practice inWarminster,Pa.John J. Boncek,an assistant professor of mathematicsat Troy State University in Montgomery,Alabama,recently received a doctoral degree in mathematics fromUniversity of Central Florida.Since retirement in 1992,John (Jack) Spiesesays,“I’vebeen busy with volunteer work. Recently I’ve become amember of the SGB state governing board of CommonCause,a good watchdog agency.”TEMPLEESQ. FALL 2003 • 7Dear Temple Law Graduate, Please send us news of your recent professional accomplishments or contributions to your community.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name _______________________________________________________________ Phone _____________________________________Address (change of address only) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Firm/agency name and address (change of address only) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Send to:Janet Goldwater Temple Esq.Temple University Beasley School of Law1719 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 To change your mailing address, call (215) 204-1187 or go to the website at http://www.temple.edu/lawschool/. SENDUSYOURNEWS!Date ___________________________Class of ________ Degree _________GRADUATING STUDENTRECEIVES PTLA AWARDMatthew Terence Leckman ’03was selected by the PhiladelphiaTrial Lawyers Association as arecipient of the James J. ManderinoAward in Trial Advocacy. Theawards are presented at theassociation’s annual meeting tograduating law students who haveshown outstanding achievement intrial advocacy. The awards arepresented in memory of the latespeaker of the Pennsylvania Houseof Representatives,James J.Manderino. ARBITRATION GROUPNAMES NEW BOARDMEMBERSPhiladelphians Louis Bechtle ’54and Charisse Lillie ’76 ElectedThe American Arbitration Associationannounced the election of 14 legal andbusiness professionals to the association’sboard of directors at its annual meetingheld May 5 in Dallas. The newly electedmembers of the board include two TempleLaw alumni,the Hon. Louis C. Bechtle ’54and Charisse R. Lillie ’76. Judge Bechtle,who is currently apartner at Conrad O’Brien Gellman &Rohn in Philadelphia,retired from the U.S.District Court for the Eastern District ofPennsylvania after 30 years of service,including a three-year term as Chief Judgeof that court. During his tenure he wasappointed by Chief Justice WilliamRehnquist to serve on a seven-memberjudicial panel on multidistrict litigation. Charisse R. Lillie is a partner at BallardSpahr Andrews & Ingersoll,where shechairs the litigation department and is amember of the employment and labor lawgroup. She previously served as the citysolicitor of Philadelphia. Founded in 1926,the AmericanArbitration Association is a not-for-profitpublic service organization with 36 offices across the country. In 2002,more than 230,000 cases were filed withthe association in matters concerningcommercial finance,construction,labor and employment,health care,insurance,mass claims and technology disputes. UPCOMING EVENTSThe Temple Law Alumni Association has an extensive lineup of events planned for fall and winter2003,including:•Celebration of TLAA’s 90th anniversary•Annual Law Day reception•Annual luncheon featuring special keynote speakers•TLAA-sponsored basketball reception events•Swearing-in ceremony and reception with alumnijudges for all new graduates and their families—Thursday,November 6,2003•Sponsorship of at least two CLE symposiums•Admissions ceremony before the U.S. Supreme Court on an argument day—Monday,December 1,2003•Numerous happy hours•Career-planning nuts and bolts seminars•Support of the Student Public Interest Network(SPIN)•Direct sponsorship of other student public interestvolunteer programsAlumni may attend the above events for free bybecoming a member of TLAA for only $40.00 a year.Membership can be obtained on-line at www.temple.eduor by mailing a check for $40.00 to:Matthew Konchel ’98,Alumni DirectorTemple Law Alumni AssociationTemple University Beasley School of Law1719 N. Broad StreetPhiladelphia,PA 19122If you are interested in becoming more active in TLAA or in its Recent Graduate Division,opportunitiesabound to take a leadership role or work on one of many committees. For more information,email Matthew Konchel in the Alumni Affairs office atmatthew.konchel@temple.edu or call him at(215) 203-1187.TEMPLE LAW“MIKE” IONNOUThe TempleLaw Schoolcommunity is deeplysaddened by the recent loss of Meletis“Mike” Ionnou, co-owner withhis wife Hope of the popularMike & Hope’s lunchtruck. Mike was truly a member of the law school community. He was generous and caringtowards the students and hewill be greatly missed.Matthew Terence Leckman ’03(left) receives award fromFrank C. DePasquale (right).1992John Haggertyhas been named partner in the litigationgroup of the Cleveland,Ohio firm of Calfee,Halter &Griswold. Prior to joining Calfee,Mr. Haggerty was thevice president,general counsel and secretary of ICIPaints (formerly The Glidden Company) as well as amember of their board of directors.1993Michael B. Dubin,an attorney in thelitigation department of Semanoff,Ormsby,Greenberg & Torchia,hasbecome a member of the firm. Dubin’s practice is concentrated incommercial litigation.Edward Grieffwrites,“I was elevated to senior partner at Hale & Dorr. I am in the intellectual property department in the firm’sWashington,D.C. office.”Eleanor M. Kieselia a staff attorney with DelawareLegal Aid Society. She writes,“This is a particularlytough time financially for non-profit legal services. InDelaware we have had our immigration programseriously cut.”Dr. Steven Rodriguez,formerly chiefassistant to the Hillsborough CountyAttorney and a Republican campaignconsultant,has founded his own college preparatory high school,theFlorida Preparatory Academy,in LakeSuzy,Florida. 1994Melissa A. Berlotmarried Brian Patrick McCafferty inFebruary 2003. Berlot is a partner in the firm of AllanM. Horwitz & Associates.1995Marni Williams,the project director of Communities inSchools,a high school drop-out prevention program atWilliam Penn High School in Delaware,is the author ofseveral books. Titles include My Little Book of Poetry,Marni Speaks,and Marni Seeks Truth,plus a CD withthe author speaking her poems with an accompanimentof jazz,blues,and hip-hop.Joseph F. Wusinich IIIhas received the St. ThomasMore pro-bono pro-life award at the annual Pro-LifeUnion of Southeastern Pennsylvania dinner. Wusinich isa partner with Wusinich,Brogan & Stanzione,where herepresents plaintiffs in personal injury actions. He alsoserves on the board of trustees of Immaculata University.1996Mariana (Falla) Blancohas joined Holland & Knightin its Orlando,Florida,office as an associate practicingcorporate,banking,real estate,and internationalbusiness law.Troy S. Brownhas been elected to the partnership ofMorgan Lewis.1997Sheila Andersonhas returned to the public sector as chief of legal affairs in the Baltimore,Marylandpolice department.Kelly Phillips Erb,a shareholder at The Erb Firm,wasinterviewed for an article in the June 9,2003 issue ofForbesmagazine. The article,“Before It’s Too Late,”explored the continued need for estate planning despitean uncertain federal estate tax scheme. Erb focuses herpractice on estate and tax planning.1998Michael Adler,an associate in the commercial litigationgroup of Blank Rome,has been nominated to serve assecretary of the board of directors for the Temple LawAlumni Association executive committee. Adlerconcentrates his practice on litigation and disputeresolution,real estate litigation,e-commerce andtelecommunication issues,and appellate advocacy.Melanie Renee Ellerbewrites,“Recently I formed the firm of Ellerbe & Associates,which focuses on thepractice areas of elder law,wills and estates,andcorporate law. I was elected to the board of directors for the Johnson House in Philadelphia. I am planning an October 2003 wedding to Rodney D. Stevenson.”2000Lisa M. Casey,an associate in the intellectual propertyand technology practice group of Blank Rome,participated in Temple University’s Fox School ofBusiness,Center for International Business Educationand Research conference on developing womenentrepreneurs for the global marketplace. Annemarie Dwyerhas been elected to the WestChester,Pennsylvania,YMCA board of directors.Dwyer is an associate in the litigation department of the Chester County offices of Fox Rothschild.2002Christopher Lowejoins Pepper Hamilton as anassociate in September 2003.CALENDARPROFESSOR LITTLE NOMINATED FOR UNIVERSITY AWARDLaw school seeksalumni and studenttestimony . . . in support of thenomination forGreat TeacherAward in 2004The law school has nominated Professor Laura Little forthe prestigious Temple University Great Teacher Award. Insupport of her nomination,we are soliciting letters fromgraduates,students,and colleagues that attest to ProfessorLittle’s well-deserved reputation as a master teacher. Theselection committee places considerable weight on theseletters and is particularly interested in letters that address thefollowing qualities:•mastery of subject area•development of effective and innovative teachingmethods and materials•adaptability of teaching to changing population andtrends•academic and professional achievements of students•effective relationships with students,includingaccessibility•leadership in activities outside the classroom,such ascurriculum development,program planning,guestlectureships,conference participation,accreditationactivitiesAll letters must be kept in confidence from the nominee.Please send your letters no later than December 15,2003 to:Associate Dean Nancy J. Knauer Temple University Beasley School of Law 1719 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 nancy.knauer@temple.eduTempleREALWORLD.REALLAW.TEMPLEUNIVERSITYBEASLEYSCHOOLOFLAWNON-PROFITORGANIZATIONU.S. POSTAGE PAIDPHILADELPHIA,PAPERMIT NO. 1044JAMES E. BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAWOF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY1719 North Broad StreetPhiladelphia,PA 19122LAW SCHOOLANDALUMNINEWS • FALL 2003VISIT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.temple.edu/lawschool/WRITE TO US: lawalum@astro.ocis.temple.eduSeven visiting scholars from the People’s Republicof China presented research at an internationalroundtable on internet law held at the law schoolthis summer. (See story on page one.)AUGUST 28,2003As TEMPLE ESQ. goes topress,the construction crew is putting the finaltouches on phase one of an extensive renovationof the law library. The first of two phases of therenovation project concentrated on improvinglight and diminishing sound in the library’s five-story atrium. Construction began when studentsleft for the summer,but service to the law schoolcommunity,including visiting Chinese scholarsand LL.M. students,continued unabatedthroughout the summer.The results of phase one are dramatic. Thereplacement of the gray acoustical panels withstylish wood-like reinforced panels both reducesthe noise level and visually lightens the vastatrium area. New windows were installed aboveCALENDAR OF EVENTSSaturday,September 20,2003Class of 1978 25th ReunionIndependence Seaport Museum7:30 pmThursday,September 25,2003Institute for Int’l Law & Public PolicySpeaker: Hon. Patricia WaldInt’l Criminal Tribunal,former YugoslaviaDuane Morris LLP Moot Court Room4:00 pmThursday,October 2,2003Berks County Alumni EventSunday,October 12,2003Class of 1953 Reunion BrunchSugarLoaf Conference Center11:00 amFriday & Saturday,November 14-15,2003Vision and Revision: The 14th Amendment Symposium sponsored by Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Reviewand The Independence FoundationShusterman Hall10 CLE creditsthe catwalks on the eighth floor,and the newly-painted white ceiling and walls reflect incominglight. Huge light fixtures hung from the ceilingand two drop-down skylights further enhance thelibrary’s overall brightness.“The renovation succeeded in improving thequantity and the quality of light and reducing the amount of noise in the library,”says LibraryDirector John Necci ’77. “It replaced the sombermood created by the original design with onemore ethereal in nature.”Phase two of the renovation,to be completedduring summer 2004,will include the addition of third and fourth floor reading rooms and thereplacement of carpets and furniture.Next >