TempleREALWORLD.REALLAW.TEMPLEUNIVERSITYBEASLEYSCHOOLOFLAWLAW SCHOOLANDALUMNINEWS • SPRING2002LEONARD BARRACK ADDRESSESGUESTS AT PREVIEW PARTY FOR BARRACK HALL Text of speech,November 15,2001I am delighted that this historic buildingcould be named in memory of my parents,Morris & Sylvia Barrack. As some of you know,my parents immigrated to the United States in1923,escaping the tyranny and prejudice ofwhat was then Russia,now the Ukraine. Theirlife here was one of struggle,hope,opportunityand freedom and,as they both became U.S.citizens,their expressions of patriotism weredemonstrated in many ways. As I was growingup,I often remember my father saying to mewith an expression of pride and amazement:“Only in America.”Their belief in highereducation was such that three of their fourchildren attended this great university.But in a larger sense it can be said that thisbuilding is dedicated to all of those who escapedthe tyranny of their homeland,and came to thiscountry to seek freedom,opportunity andrefuge. Millions of refugees arrived on ourshores during the 20th century from countriesfar and near to escape persecution. The blend ofthese immigrants,who came here from manylands,have made the fabric of this countrydiverse and strong. Many of them have senttheir sons and daughters to this university andthis law school. So,more importantly,thisbuilding should be dedicated to them.This past summer my family and I visitedRussia,the Ukraine and Israel. During our stayin Kiev we spent a day travelling and visitingthe birthplace of my parents,a village calledKoretz. This very small,poor village is abouthalfway between Warsaw and Kiev,in a placethat during the 20th century was part of Poland,the Soviet Union and now the Ukraine. It isdifficult to describe the poverty of this place.There is only one paved road,there is nohousehold plumbing,no running water,verylimited electricity. There is no industry and theentire economy is based on agriculture. Thehorse and wagon is still commonly used bymost residents.My father arrived in this country on May 14,1923 on a ship named the Pan America fromBuenos Aires,Argentina. When the immigrationofficer at Ellis Island asked him how muchmoney he brought with him,he replied that hehad $25 in his pocket. So from these very humble and poorbeginnings,you can just imagine how proud myparents would be to have their names associatedwith this beautiful historic building at this greatuniversity—and I can just picture my father’sface now,with that expression of pride andamazement,as he says “Only in America.”On January 14, 2002, Morris & SylviaBarrack Hall was officially “opened forbusiness.” The renovated building houseslecture halls, seminar rooms, studentlounges and organization offices, as wellas the offices for Student Affairs,Admissions, and Career Planning.Murray H. Shusterman ’36 (above left)joins Leonard Barrack ’68 at thededication of Barrack Hall. Barrack Hallis located adjacent to Shusterman Hall,one block from the Klein Law Building.Lynne Barrack cuts the ribbon at the January 14dedication,as Leonard Barrack ’68 (left) and DeanRobert J. Reinstein (right) look on.Student organizationoffices are located onthe third floor ofBarrack Hall.The entrance to Barrack Hall is adjacent to Shusterman Hall.05353 Temple 3/12/02 10:24 AM Page 12 • TEMPLEESQ. SPRING 2002TEMPLEESQ.Published by the Temple University Beasley School of Law for alumni and friends.Robert J. Reinstein, DeanJanet Goldwater, Publications DirectorGene Gilroy, Art DirectorPhotography on location at Temple Law School by Kelly & MassaCorrectionsWe regret that the names of the following valueddonors were missing from the list published in our lastissue. We gratefully acknowledge the gifts in 2001 from:Leonard M. Klehr ’76 (Friend)William H. Stafford ’56 (Member)Andrew Joseph Stern ’86 & Gwen Roseman Stern ’86 (Benefactors)The following names were misspelled:Louis C. Bechtle ’54Murray H. Shusterman ’36Professor Alice G.Abreuco-directedand taught inTemple’s summer2001 program inRome and alsotaught internationaltax as part of the national trainingof a major accounting firm. In May,she organized and chaired a panel,“Cubans Without Borders,”at thefifth annual LatCrit conference inGainesville,Florida. In January,shechaired and spoke on a panel,“Disregarded Entities,”at a meetingof the teaching taxation committeeat the American Bar Association(ABA) tax section midyear meetingin New Orleans; the paneldiscussion was broadcast as anABA teleconference in February.Abreu continues to serve as editorof the ABA tax section’s newsletter.Professor MarinaAngeltaught acourse on violenceagainst women as apart of the regularspring semestercurriculum at theFaculty of Law,Tel Aviv University.Her article,“Susan Glaspell’sTrifles and A Jury of Her Peers:Woman Abuse in a Literary andLegal Context”was translated intoFrench by the National JudicialInstitute in Ottawa,to be used injudicial training seminarsthroughout Canada. Angelorganized a CLE conference for thePennsylvania and Delaware ValleyWomen Law Teachers in February,where she presented“Feminism in Classical Greece and Twentieth CenturyAmerica.”Angel recently published “The School Shooters:Surprise! Boys Are Far More Violent than Girls and GenderStereotypes Underlie School Violence”in the OhioNorthern Law Review. In addition,her article,“The GlassCeiling for Women in Legal Education:Contract Positionsand the Death of Tenure,”was cited in Perspectives,thepublication of the ABA Commission on Women in theProfession. Professor Angel was reappointed chair of thePennsylvania Bar Association’s 2002 Report Card onWomen in the Profession. Jane Barontaught “Law and Justice:International Literary Perspectives”in theRome program this summer. Her mostrecent article,“The ExpressiveTransparency of Property,”appeared inColumbia Law Review. In February,shespoke at a conference at the University ofMiami Law School,“Beyond Right and Reason.”Baronhas also been elected to the board of directors of theMiquon School.Professor Anthony J. Bocchinorecentlypublished the following articles in theTemple Law Review:“Ten Touchstones ForTrial Advocacy—2000”and “What JuriesWant to Hear II:Reverse Engineering theVerdict”(with Dobson & Solomon). Lisa M. Kaplan ’00 intended to pursue a career ininternational law,but became fascinated by tax law whilestudying for her J.D. at Temple. In fall 2001,she joinedthe inaugural class of the Law School’s Certificate inEmployee Benefits program.Kaplan,now an associate at Pozzuolo & Perkiss inPhiladelphia and Cherry Hill,New Jersey,spent herjunior year at Bryn Mawr College in Tokyo and latergraduated magna cum laude with a degree in East AsianStudies with Japanese language. She enrolled at TempleLaw School,in part,in order to study at Temple Japan.Then she took a few courses in tax law with professorsNancy Knauer and Jay Katz,and started down a differentcareer path. After earning her J.D. in 2000,Kaplan continued hereducation in the law school’s LL.M. in Taxation program,which provides a broad foundation in the legal conceptsand policies of tax law. At Pozzuolo & Perkiss,wherefour out of six attorneys are Temple graduates,Kaplanpractices estate planning and administration and tax law. “I enrolled in the Certificate in Employee Benefitsprogram to master the complexities of employee benefitslaw,”says Kaplan. “I’m already seeing the benefits ofbeing in the program. “The teachers there provide a good foundation forpracticing in the area of employee benefits law,”addsKaplan. “And it provided me with the foundation to writeseveral articles,such as ‘Beware of AMT on IncentiveStock Options,’in Tax Strategy Magazine.”Teaching the complex laws of taxation of employee benefitsAs the practice of employee benefits law grows,andcareer opportunities expand,lawyers like Kaplan can turnto the law school to obtain expertise in this complexpractice area. The four-course certificate program coversthe basic rules governing employee benefits,the taxationof executive compensation,and the taxation of welfarebenefit plans and qualified employee benefit plans,material which is too complex to be covered well in J.D.or CLE programs. Evening classes meet once a week.Students have two years to complete the program,butthey can easily complete it in one year. The program was designed and is taught by five locallawyers who specialize in employee benefits. Philip Y.Lin ’91,a director and employee benefits counsel forMerrill Lynch,teaches Introduction to EmployeeBenefits. “Employee benefits law is very stimulatingbecause it’s always something different,”says Lin. “Itcalls for an in-depth understanding of law,a commandof business,and the ability to develop creative solutionsunder a complicated web of regulations to help clientsachieve their goals.”Donna Hill ’93 teaches Taxation of ExecutiveCompensation. She is a partner in the employee benefits(corporate) practice group at the Philadelphia office ofMorgan,Lewis & Bockius. “Employees are becomingmore savvy about their retirement and compensationpackages,”says Hill. “This has required us to becomemore sophisticated in our offerings. We’re constantly onthe cutting edge,trying to keep up with trends and becreative within the framework of employee benefitslaw.”At Morgan,Lewis & Bockius,Hill is involved inall aspects of the firm’s employee benefits practice,including qualified pension and profit-sharing plans,cash or deferred arrangements,health and welfare plans,and executive compensation arrangements.Opportunities in employee benefits Although many lawyers don’t even know thatemployee benefits is a practice area,career opportunitiesare plentiful—and stable. Students who can master thecomplexities of employee benefits law will find careeropportunities in firms and in corporations,as in-houseEmployee Retirement Income Security Act counsel or in high-level human resource positions. “We constantlyneed good lawyers in this area,”says Lin. The stability of employee benefits law is an addedattraction. “We’re integral to company design,”saysHill. “Whether the economy ebbs or flows,we’reneeded.”Other program faculty members are Deborah Lerner,head of the employee benefits group at Willig,Williamsand Davidson; Robert Litvin,manager of the employeebenefits tax group at the Philadelphia office of Deloitte& Touche; and David N. Pardys,an associate in theexecutive compensation and employee benefits(corporate) practice group at the Philadelphia office ofMorgan,Lewis & Bockius. The law school’s graduate tax program also includesthe 24-credit LL.M. in Taxation and the 9-credit EstatePlanning Certificate. Students can attend the LL.M.program part- or full-time. All certificate courses arealso available to LL.M. students.—Lori DeMilto LAW SCHOOL LAUNCHES CERTIFICATE IN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Program fosters career opportunities in a growing practice areaThird-year student Laura McManamyconducts a tour,complete with anhistorical video presentation,ofBarrack Hall for Carleton Johnson ’84 and Shelley Smith.Assistant Dean Shyam Nair ’97 (above) demonstrates theinformational interactive videosystem to Leonard Barrack ’68.Arthur G. Raynes ’59 (right) in the Arthur G.Raynes Lecture Hall in Barrack Hall.Professor Jan Ting (below) teaches in BarrackHall’s all-new “smart”classrooms.FACULTYNEWSSend letters and comments to: Janet Goldwater, Temple Esq. Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law1719 N. Broad Street, Room 313Philadelphia, PA 19122 Telefax: (215) 204-1185Change of Address: (215) 204-118705353 Temple 3/12/02 10:24 AM Page 2In December,in Atlanta,Georgia,Professor Richard K. Greensteincommented on a paper entitled“Reflections on the Minimal State,”delivered at a meeting of the AmericanAssociation for the Philosophical Study ofSociety,which was held as part of theannual meeting of the American Philosophical Associa-tion’s easterndivision. The paper he commented on was by John Hasnas,a former Temple Law School graduate fellow,currently onthe faculty of George Mason’s law school.This summer,Professor Phoebe A.Haddonattended the HERS Institute,anintensive program for women in highereducation to learn about and promoteinterest in higher education administration.In September she spoke at the William andMary Institute of the Bill of Rights’annualSupreme Court symposium. She also served as a judgeduring mock proceedings of the Supreme Court hearing theAdarand case. In October,Haddon presented commentaryat a panel of the Mann Conference on Health Law andHuman Rights organized by Professor Scott Burris,and atthe Society of American Law Teacher’s conference on theUniversity of Michigan’s affirmative action cases. InNovember,as part of the Association of American LawSchools (AALS) Resource Corps,Haddon and formerWashington University School of Law dean Dan Ellisconducted a law school retreat for University ofNevada–Las Vegas Law School. And in January sheconducted a session for the new judges of the CommonPleas Court on gender and racial fairness.In May,Associate Professor CassandraJones Havardwas a panelist on “WhatNext for the Community ReinvestmentAct?”at a conference on financialmodernization after Gramm-Leach-Bliley.Havard’s article,“Credit Democracy:What’s Sub-Prime Lending Got To DoWith It?,”will be published as a chapter in a book ofconference proceedings,and “African-American Farmersand Fair Lending:Racializing Rural Economic Space“,waspublished this summer in the Stanford Law and PolicyReview. An earlier piece,“Synergy and Friction—the CRA,BHCS,the SBA,and Community Development Lending,”was recently included in a Brookings Institute publication,Susan White Haag’s Community Reinvestment and Cities:A Literature Review of CRAs’Impact and Future.Havard isserving a three-year term on the AALS audit andinvestment policy committee,and was recently electedsecretary-treasurer of the AALS section on banking law.Assistant Professor Melissa B. Jacobyhas been named to the executivecommittee of the AALS section oncreditors’and debtors’rights. Jacoby’sarticle,“Collecting Debts From the Ill andInjured; The Rhetorical Significance,ButPractical Irrelevance,of Culpability andAbility to Pay,”is forthcoming in the American UniversityLaw Review. In October,Jacoby spoke about propertyexemption reform and the evolution of media portrayal ofthis aspect of the debtor-creditor system at the annualmeeting of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.In early December,she participated in the University ofPennsylvania Institute for Law and Economics roundtableon bankruptcy law. Jacoby also drafted proposed revisionsand additions to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedureand drafted proposed official forms in her role as assistantreporter to the advisory committee on bankruptcy rules forthe Judicial Conference of the United States.Visiting Professor Donald Joseph,for a second yearholding a joint appointment here and at Rutgers to teachprofessional responsibility,has joined the Pennsylvania BarAssociation’s committee on ethics. He was a featuredlawyer in the PBA’s monthly magazine,The PennsylvaniaLawyer,in the column,LAW/LIFE. Joseph continues hisservice on the board of directors of PILCOP,the publicinterest law firm,whose board he chaired for three years,and on the Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s grants committee.Associate Professor Kathy C.Mandelbaum,Director of the GraduateTax Program,recently participated in apanel discussion for the GreaterPhiladelphia Chapter of the Association ofFund-raising Professionals on “Top LegalIssues of the Day for Fundraisers.”InNovember she spoke at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’sEstate Law Institute on “Charitable Remainder Trusts:Nuts,Bolts,and What’s New.”In December,with ProfessorNancy Knauer,Mandelbaum was a panelist for TempleLaw’s CLE program,“End-of-the-Year Tax Tips andEthical Issues 2001.”She was recently elected to theexecutive committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association’ssection on probate and trust law.TEMPLEESQ. SPRING 2002 • 3Professor Ohlbaum topresent Friel/Scanlan lecture“Evidence Advocacy—An Evidence TeacherGoes to Court”is the topic of the 2002Friel/Scanlan lecture,presented by ProfessorEdward D. Ohlbaum. Ohlbaum is Director of Trial Advocacy andClinical Legal Education at Temple UniversityBeasley School of Law. He began Temple’snational trial team in 1987 and continues to serveas senior member of its coaching team. The teamhas won five national championships in the pastseven years. He is also the architect of Temple’sunique LL.M. in Trial Advocacy program. Ohlbaum was the first holder of Temple’s chairin trial advocacy,the Jack E. FeinbergProfessorship of Litigation (1994-1997). In 1998,he was awarded the Cesare Beccaria Award,givenby the Justinian Society and the criminal justicesection of the Philadelphia Bar Association; in1997 he received the Richard S. Jacobson Awardfor “excellence in teaching trial advocacy,”awardedby the Roscoe Pound Foundation.Recent publications by Professor Ohlbauminclude Ohlaum on the Pennsylvania Rules ofEvidence(2001-2001,4th edition,Lexis);Courtroom Evidence(with Graham) (1997,Supplement 2001,NITA); “Discrediting theTruthful Witness:Demonstrating the Reality ofAdversary Justice,”69 Fordham Law Review101(2001) (with Myers); and “Objections and Offers:Tell it Again,Sam,”25 Litigation8 (Spring,1999).Friel/Scanlan Lecture“Evidence Advocacy—An Evidence Teacher Goes to Court”Tuesday, April 2, 12:15 pmDuane Morris LLP Moot CourtroomKlein Law Building In addition,along with Deanne Siemer,Bocchino published“Effective Use of Courtroom Technology:A Judge’s Guideto Pretrial and Trial,”Federal Judicial Center,NITA,2001,and is working on a lawyer’s version of the book.Professor Amelia H. Bosswas recentlyelected chair of the ABA’s section officers’conference. Boss’article,“The UniformElectronic Transactions Act in a GlobalEnvironment,”was published in the IdahoLaw Review; “Searching for Security inthe Law of Electronic Commerce,”wasrepublished in The Best in E-Commerce Law,published byBowne; and her article,“Taking UCITA on the Road:What Lessons Have We Learned,”will appear this fall inthe Roger Williams Law Review.In August,Boss met with European scholars in the area of electronic commerce at the University of Leiden in the Netherlandswhere an agreement was reached to organize an “E-LawAcademic Network.”As an outgrowth of her attendance on a Women andLeadership Conference at Harvard Business School lastfall,Boss has addressed several groups on the advancementof women in the legal profession. Other lectures include“Lessons We Have Learned from UCITA”in New York atthe Practicing Law Institute,and “The Role of UNCITRAL(The United Nations Commission on International TradeLaw) in International Commercial Law Reform”for theNational Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and thebusiness bankruptcy committee of the ABA section ofbusiness law. In November,Boss traveled to China toparticipate in a conference on securities markets atTsinghua University sponsored by the China CommercialLaw Society. where she presented “Principles of SecuritiesRegulation to Encourage Developing Economies andProtect Investors’Interests.”She also lectured at TsinghuaUniversity and FADA University on “Electronic Commerce Law and Policy.”In March,she is leading aPeople-to-People delegation to China to discuss electroniccommerce issues. An extensive interview with Boss on American businesslaw in China appeared in the October issue of MetropolitanCorporate Counsel.In November,she helped organize andparticipated in a program,“Seeking Common Ground,”attended by over 100 corporate general counsel of Fortune500 companies. Professor Scott Burrischaired aninternational interdisciplinary conference,“Health,Law and Human Rights:Exploring the Connections,”attended byover 300 people from around the world. Atthat conference he delivered papers onstigma and the health implications of localcapacity governance. At the annual meeting of theAmerican Public Health Association,Burris presented datafrom his ongoing ADA research. He also delivered paperson needle exchange and public health research at “AnInterdisciplinary Conference on State Law and PublicHealth,”sponsored by the University of Kentucky. Burrispublished two articles last fall:“Unfunded Mandate:AnEmpirical Study of the Implementation of the Americanswith Disabilities Act by the Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission,”in Kansas Law Review,and“Legal Aspects of Providing Naloxone to Heroin Users in the United States,”in the International Journal of Drug Policy.Burris also was awarded his second grant from theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation,an investigator awardthat will allow him to study the implementation of humanresearch subject protection regulations in the U.S. He isalso funded by the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention to do research on the potential impact ofcriminal laws on the disposal of syringes by injection drug users. Professor Burton Caineappeared on aCLE panel on “faith based initiatives”—federal funding of churches and otherreligious organizations to do social work.Other panelists were former Philadelphiamayor The Reverend Wilson Goode,Judge Louis Pollak,and counsel forreligious groups. Professor Richard B. Cappalliwrote andsubmitted briefs to the Third Circuit inCappalli v. National Bank of the GreatLakeson the issue of whether a consumerarbitration clause sent by mail is valid,andin Cappalli v. Nordstrom on the questionof whether a late fee is usury under afederal banking statute. His article,“Bringing InternetInformation to Court:Of ‘Legislative Facts’,”has beenaccepted for publication in the 75th anniversary issue of theTemple Law Review.Associate Professor Susan L.DeJarnatt’s article,“Law Talk:Speaking,Writing and Entering the Discourse ofLaw,”will be published by the DuquesneLaw Review. In January,she was amember of the faculty for the annualeducational forum of the Eastern Districtof Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference.Professor Jeff L. Dunoffrecentlypublished the following articles:“TheWTO in Transition:Of Constituents,Competence and Coherence,”in theGeorge Washington International LawReview; “Civil Society at the WTO:TheIllusion of Inclusion?”in the Journal ofInternational and Comparative Law; and “InternationalDispute Resolution:Can the WTO Learn from MEAs?”inTrade and Environment,the WTO and MEAs:Facets of aComplex Relationship. His article,“The Law andEconomics of Humanitarian Law Violations in InternalConflicts”(with Professor Joel Trachtman),was excerptedin C. Blakesley,et al.,The International Legal System.While in Beijing this winter,Dunoff delivered ten hoursof lectures on international trade law to 91 judges at theNational Judicial College,as well as lectures at TsinghuaUniversity School of Law and the College of PoliticalScience and Law. Last November he spoke on“Globalization and Its Discontents:Reflections on Seattle,September 11th and International Law”at the Center forInternational Studies at Bryn Mawr College.FACULTYNEWS continued from page 2continued on next page05353 Temple 3/12/02 10:24 AM Page 3Professor Frank M. McClellan,I.Herman Stern Professor of Law,served asa course planner and principal lecturer ofan ALI-ABA course,“Litigating MedicalMalpractice Claims,”held in New Orleansin May 2001. He also completed themanuscript,along with co-authorsincluding Professor Phoebe Haddon,for the third edition ofTorts Casebookpublished by Lexis in fall 2001. Assistant Professor Salil K. Mehra’sarticle,“Deterrence,the Private Remedyand International Antitrust Cases”appeared in the December issue of theColumbia Journal of Transnational Law.He will present the article at the ABA’santitrust spring meeting in Washington,D.C. Mehra was also interviewed live by “Yahoo! FinanceVision Tech Friday”concerning the D.C. Circuit’s Junedecision in the Microsoft case,about which he was alsoquoted by The New York Timesand Business Week. And inJanuary,Salil appeared on MarketWatch on CNBC todiscuss the private antitrust lawsuit filed by Netscape (a subsidiary of AOL/TimeWarner).Associate Professor Muriel Moriseyattended the fall 2001 United NationsWorld Conference Against Racism inDurban,South Africa as vice-president of the Leadership Conference on CivilRights Education Fund. Morisey was alsoelected to a three-year term as an at-largemember of the national board of the American CivilLiberties Union.Associate Professor Eleanor W. Myersrecently completed her service as associatereporter on the Third Circuit’s task forceon the selection of class counsel. Thereport will be published in Temple LawReview’s winter 2002 volume,accompanied by commentary from severalnoted judges and scholars. Myers also moderated a paneldiscussion in February at the meeting of the Association ofProfessional Responsibility Lawyers entitled,“TheLitigation Privilege,the Trial Publicity Rule and the FirstAmendment:Keeping Lawyers Out of Hot Water orDriving Them Into the Deep End?”Professor K. G. Jan Pillairecentlypublished “Shrinking Domain of InvidiousIntent”in the William & Mary Bill ofRights Journal.In September Associate Dean andProfessor Mark C. Rahdertgave apresentation at Villanova UniversitySchool of Law on “The Business of theSupreme Court.”In October,he was aparticipant in Temple’s Political & CivilRights Law Review’s symposium on“Constructive Disenfranchisement:TheProblems of Access & Ambiguity Facing the AmericanVoter.”He was moderator for a panel discussing “The Lawof Voting Rights:Problems and Solutions”and a panelistfor “A Critical Discussion on the Roles of Judges andLawyers.”In November,Rahdert gave a presentation to the Moot Court Honor Society,“Editing Appellate Briefs.”Also in November,he was interviewed by the localCBN station regarding civil liberties in the wake ofSeptember 11.Professor Charles H. Rogovincontinuesto serve on the national advisorycommittee to the InternationalBrotherhood of Teamsters’ProjectR.I.S.E.,which is the InternationalUnion’s anti-organized crime and anti-corruption program. He has also beenasked to chair a task force of the criminal justice section ofthe ABA on police and private security. Professor James A. Shellenbergerisserving as legal consultant to theUniversity of Pennsylvania School ofSocial Work for a National Institute ofJustice grant awarded to Mistral Security,Inc. to conduct research on non-toxic drugdetection and identification. The researchwill analyze the federal and state constitutional search andseizure issues raised by the use of aerosol drug detectiontechnology in Pennsylvania and New Jersey public schools.He also served as a faculty member and panel participanton the topic of privacy and the Fourth Amendment at thePBI’s Third Constitutional Law Conclave in fall 2001.4 • TEMPLEESQ. SPRING 2002EPPS NAMED “WOMAN OF DISTINCTION” In November, AssociateDean and ProfessorJoAnne A. Epps wasnamed by the Philadelphia Business Journalandthe National Association of Women BusinessOwners as one of 25 Women of Distinction. InJanuary, in conjunction with the celebration of theMartin Luther King holiday, she was named by theBarristers’ Association of Philadelphia, an affiliateof the National Bar Association, as one of fourWomen of Distinction.Professor David A. Sonensheinwasrecently elected president of the LowerMerion Township board of commissioners.For the past ten years,Sonenshein hasserved on the commission in LowerMerion,where he has resided since 1983.The current vice president—and presidentfor 2003—is Temple Law alumnus James Ettelson ’87. Atthe May ABA meeting in Chicago,Sonenshein received the2001 Frances Rawle Award from the ALI and ABA foroutstanding contributions to post-admission legaleducation. In addition,he lectured to the Mississippi andOklahoma bars on evidence and professionalism,andlectured to federal administrative law judges on evidence.Associate Professor Kathryn M. Stanchicompleted “Feminist Legal Writing,”to bepublished in the San Diego Law Review.Along with Professor Jan Levine,Stanchiwas quoted in an ABA PerspectivesJournalarticle on women and legalwriting. Stanchi and Levine’s article in theBerkeley Women’s Law Journalwas cited in an ABAMagazinearticle on gender discrimination in legal writing.Stanchi will speak on the this issue in May at the LegalWriting Institute conference,along with Profesor RichardNeumann of Hofstra and Professor Joanne Durako ofRutgers-Camden.In the aftermath of September 11,Professor Jan Tingwas interviewed fornews reports on the CN8 and WCAUChannel 10 concerning immigration lawissues. Ting was also Marty Moss-Coane’sguest on WHYY’s “Radio Times”; hedebated Cecilia Munoz of La Raza on thesubject of amnesty for illegal aliens for the PBS program“Justice Talking.”His commentary,“Civil Liberties AfterSeptember 11,”was published in the Philadelphia Inquirerand appeared in other newspapers including the DetroitNewsand the Wilmington News-Journal,and was broadcaston National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.”He was TedKoppel’s guest on ABC-TV’s Nightline and wasinterviewed on CNN,CNBC,NPR’s “All ThingsConsidered,”and several local radio stations. Jan’scommentary on the visa waiver loophole was published inthe Philadelphia Inquirerand the Chicago Tribune. Tingtraveled to China in December,where he delivered lectureson tax and immigration policy at the East China Universityof Political Science and Law in Shanghai.Professor William J. Woodward Jr.directed the 2001 Athens summerprogram,attended by 32 students. Duringthe fall,Woodward participated in a NewYork conference on UCITA and gave apresentation there on UCITA’s choice oflaw rule. He was also a member of anAAUP team charged with visiting and investigating a smallmidwest university’s alleged breakdown in academicgovernance. Woodward was recently appointed to theeditorial board of Business Law Today. Woodward,alongwith Professor Richard Cappalli,was featured in a JanuaryPhiladelphia Inquirer consumer watch column on howthey’re each dealing with compulsory arbitration. InFebruary he testified before the Ohio legislature about theconstitutionality of proposed legislation designed to blockthe effects in Ohio of the Uniform Computer InformationTransactions Act,as enacted in Virginia.FACULTYNEWScontinued from page 3INSTITUTE ON INTERNATIONALLAW AND PUBLIC POLICYLAUNCHED AT LAW SCHOOLLaw school faculty working in the areas of internationaland comparative law have come together to create a newcenter for international legal scholarship and training,theTemple Institute for International Law and Public Policy.The new institute,run by Professors Amelia Boss andJeffrey Dunoff,will provide a focus for the law school’sexisting strengths in the international law area,enhance thewide range of international and comparative law activitiesalready at the law school,and strengthen the internationallegal training the law school provides its students.The Institute’s scholarly focus is deliberately wide,so as to include a broad range of the research already being conducted by Temple faculty in areas as diverse asinternational public health responses to AIDS,internationalfamily law,rules on electronic commerce,gender bias ininternational human rights law,transnational bankruptcy,international intellectual property issues raised by theInternet,and many other issues.To further enrich the intellectual life of the law school,the Institute hosts a number of Distinguished Scholars-in-Residence. During the fall term,the Institute hosted formerJapanese Supreme Court Justice Itsuo Sonobe,who gave a public lecture and co-taught a law school class. Thisspring,the Institute will host Justice Richard Goldstone,a member of South Africa’s Constitutional Court and theformer chief prosecutor of the international tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at the Hague,and Professor HilaryCharlesworth,one of Australia’s leading international legal scholars.In addition,the Institute hosts a number of transnationallaw roundtables,which provide an informal setting forstudents to meet and interact with leading international law scholars and practitioners. Temple law graduate SestoVecchi spoke at a recent roundtable about practice inVietnam. Other roundtable guests have included RichardButler,who headed the United Nations inspection team in Iraq,and Ramon Mullerat,former president of theCouncil of Bars and Law Societies of Europe.A LECTURESERIES“LEGAL RESPONSES TO TERRORISM”The Institute has organized anambitious series of lectures anddiscussions, entitled “Legal Responsesto Terrorism,” which address the legalissues arising out of the September 11attacks and the war on terrorism. Thesessions, presented by law schoolfaculty and leading scholars from otheruniversities, address the followingtopics:• Terrorism and War—What Are They?• The New Antiterrorism Act• Immigration, Racism, and the War on Terrorism• Bioterrorism—What Can be Done?• War on Terrorism—The New Quagmire?• The Terrorist Attacks and the Business LawyerPHOTOS BY DAVIDFELDERMAN ’9605353 Temple 3/12/02 10:25 AM Page 41971Stephen H. Frishberg,a shareholder with Flamm,Boroff & Bacine,was a featured speaker at the 18thAnnual Law Institute in November 2001. Frishbergspoke on the subject of post-probate initial duties of theexecutor and estate asset management.1976Charisse R. Lillie,a partner with Ballard SpahrAndrews & Ingersoll in its litigation department,hasbeen reappointed chair of the Federal Reserve Bank ofPhiladelphia’s board of directors. 1979Mitchell R. Cohenhas joined Flaster Greenberg as ofcounsel in its real estate,land use,and environmentallaw practice group. Cohen will continue as CEO andprincipal of Freedman & Co.,a real estate development,management,and brokerage company.Elizabeth Jacksonwas appointed a Common PleasCourt Judge of Philadelphia County in June 2001,andsubsequently elected to a ten-year term. Jackson’scurrent assignment is with the family division.1980Toby Lynn Dickmanhas been elected Judge of theCourt of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.Dickman was a partner with the Lansdale,Pennsylvania,firm of Rubin,Glickman & Steinberg for 21 years.Michael W. Sozansky Jr.,writes,“I joined the law firm of Norris,McLaughlin & Marcus as a partner inNovember 2001.”Maureen McCulloughhas joined Stradley RononStevens & Young as of counsel and as chairperson of the firm’s healthcare practice group. Prior to joiningStradley Ronon,McCullough was vice president ofpublic policy and advocacy for the Catholic HealthAssociation of the United States.1982Glenn Hing,a partner with the Philadelphia firm ofComroe Hing,was elected to serve as the chair of thereal estate property section of the PBA. Hing has alsobeen appointed to serve on Mayor John Street’s taskforce on police discipline.1983Leonard A. Bernsteinwrites,“In 2001 I was elected to the board of the American-Israel Chamber ofCommerce,to the editorial board of Philadelphia’s LegalIntelligencer,and to the capital campaign committee ofthe Support Center for Child Advocates.”1984Marc S. Raspanti,of Miller,Alfano &Raspanti,made several presentations atthe following events in fall 2001:theAmerican Health Lawyers Association’sfraud and compliance forum; NorcalManagement Company’s seminar on“Health Care Investigations:Prescriptionsfor Physician Survival”; the Tennessee Bar Association’sannual health care conference; the American Academy of Ophthalmology; the American Bar Association’s QuiTamConference; and the Philadelphia Trial LawyersAssociation series “Ethics for the Trial Lawyer.”TEMPLEESQ. SPRING 2002 • 5ESQ. SPOTLIGHT75th PBA Chancellor 1985Keith B. McLennanis the new president of theMontgomery County Bar Association. At 42,he is the second youngest attorney to hold that position.McLennan is a partner at Miller,Dietrich,Turetsky,Rule,McLennan & Young. 1986In January,Kenneth H. Ryesky,solo practitioner inEast Northport,New York,and adjunct assistantprofessor at Queens College of the City University of New York,served as a panelist at a training andinduction session for New York City civil courtarbitrators conducted by the New York City bar.Janis L. Wilson,of counsel at Montgomery,McCracken,Walker & Rhoads,has been appointededitor of the Civil Litigation Update,the quarterlypublication of the PBA’s civil litigation section. Robert F. Zielinski,a partner with Wolf,Block,Schorr & Solis-Cohen and chair of its intellectualproperty and information technology groups,has beennamed chair of the Philadelphia Intellectual PropertyLaw Association’s committee on trademark,copyrights,and unfair competition.1987Susan F. Mavenwas sworn in as a New Jersey SuperiorCourt Judge in December 2001,assigned to the familydivision in Atlantic City. Maven previously served as in-house counsel for the Atlantic County ImprovementAuthority from 1990-98 before serving as acommissioner on the New Jersey Casino ControlCommission from 1998-2001.Peter Schankowitz,president of television at FilmRoman Inc.,has just developed and sold several newtelevision series that will be shown on MTV and theSci-Fi Channel in the 2002-03 season.The Philadelphia Bar Association has chosen adistinguished Temple Law graduate to preside overits bicentennial year celebration. He is Allan H.Gordon ’66,who follows Temple lawyers Carl S.Primavera ’78 and Doreen S. Davis ’78 aschancellor of the 13,000-member Bar Association.Gordon,who is managing partner of Kolsby,Gordon,Robin,Shore & Bezar,was president of the PhiladelphiaTrial Lawyers Association in1990-91. Listed in the 2001-2002edition of The Best Lawyers inAmerica,he is known for hisprowess in the areas ofprofessional malpractice,productsliability,drug and personal injury.No one is happier aboutGordon’s success than mentor andpartner Herbert S. Kolsby ’51,director emeritus of the LawSchool’s LL.M. in Trial AdvocacyProgram. “We brought him in andhe spent his early years with me,”Kolsby says. “It was the bestdecision I ever made.”“Alan has two talents,neither unique—but aunique combination,”Kolsby says. “He is verysmart and he’s one of the nicest people. In court heplays those two talents like a stringed instrument.He’s a hell of a good trial lawyer.”Bar Association colleagues agree. RochelleFedullo ’82,a partner in Wilson,Elser,Moskowitz,Edelman & Dicker,was 2001 chair of the Board ofGovernors of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Shesays,“Allan Gordon’s razor-sharp intellect,histremendous charm and grace,his wonderful senseof humor,and his kindness,warmth and generositycombine to make him an exceptional man and an exceptional lawyer. He will lead our BarAssociation into its third century with energy,dignity and wisdom.”Like many other Temple lawyers,Gordon hasovercome his share of adversity. His mother diedwhen he was three-years-old. Gordon was packedoff to paternal grandparents in Atlantic City,whospoke mostly Yiddish,and then to his mother’sparents,still in mourning for their daughter.“Children don’t understand the loss of a parent,”hesays. “It was not the perfect childhood.”When Gordon was 11,his father remarried andGordon joined the new family. He attended CentralHigh School,but was a restless student. He recallsthat the guidance counselor looked at his transcriptand said,“Have you ever thought about workingwith your hands?”Instead,with his father’s reluctant consent,Gordon joined the Army for a six-month stint.While he was in the service,a recent law graduateand fellow recruit urged him to go to college.Gordon was not convinced. After he left theservice,he went to work in his father’s scrap metalyard. He recalls,“I stood out in that yard with asledge hammer and broke automobile batteries foreight hours a day. I would come home at night withacid burns on my hands and arms and face. After acouple of months of that,I figured college didn’tsound so bad.”Gordon enrolled in Temple’s College ofBusiness as an accounting major,graduating inJune 1963. During his senior year,a business lawprofessor suggested Gordon consider law schooland he did so,starting classes that fall.“The first year of law school was a veryfrightening experience,”he says. “I was newlymarried and just studied day and night,it seemed.We’d stay in the library until it closed and then gohome and keep on studying.”His efforts paid off. By the end of the year,Gordon made law review and finished in the toptenth of his class. “I started to enjoy law school,’he says. “It gave me a whole newway of thinking,a new way ofanalyzing facts. I thought Templewas terrific.”Gordon graduated in 1966 andworked for a small firm untilforming a partnership withclassmates Gerry Segal and Joe Weiss. But now he had a new problemto face. “Right out of law school Ibecame friendly with a number ofolder guys—and they introducedme to gambling. I had gambled as a kid,but never had any money,so it was difficult to get in trouble.They introduced me to higherstakes gambling—to bookmakers,casinos—andthat really took over a large part of my life forabout five years.“I think one of the reasons that I was so involved with gambling was that I wasn’t gettingany psychological rewards from the practice of law.I was getting financial rewards which I was veryquickly taking and turning over to gambling,”he says. Gordon,who revealed his youthful gamblingproblem in a recent Philadelphia Inquirerarticle,credits Gambling Anonymous for helping turn hislife around. By the early 70s he quit gambling,shortly after joining Herb Kolsby’s law firm.“I came to work for free to try to learn how tobecome a lawyer,”he says. “I had good teachers—Ed Wolf and Herb Kolsby.”By 1976 he was apartner in the firm. “I’ve had the good fortune of working on anumber of very interesting cases,”he says. “Ouroffice was lead counsel with the DES cases back inthe ’70s and ’80s. I worked with Herb Kolsbyrepresenting Teddy Prendergast in his automobileaccident,a products liability case against RollsRoyce. I was involved in the phen-fen cases this past year. I represented people in diving cases,where they’ve become quadriplegics and paraplegics,and in a number of productsliability cases.”He adds,“Most of my practice for the past tenyears has been with medical malpractice and legalmalpractice—unfortunately a rather growing field.”Despite bypass surgery in 1997,Gordonroutinely works 16- and 17-hour days. “They arelong days,”he says,“but they’re fun,so they go byvery quickly.”He advises young lawyers to “find something in addition to the practice of law to make yourself and your life more rounded. I suggest the BarAssociation.”Gordon and his wife Sharon have threedaughters,two of whom are lawyers,two sons-in-law who are lawyers,and six grandchildren.—Janet Blom Shea1950Since retiringfrom the Courtof CommonPleas in 1991,Judge LeonKatzcontinuesto serve as anarbitrator. He recently spoke atthe quarterly PBA meeting,welcoming 50-year members of the bar.1961Leonard Dubin,a partner atBlank Rome Comisky &McCauley,participated in thePBA’s family law section wintermeeting,in a session entitled“Litigating a Custody Case.”He also was on a panel:“Practical and Tactical Issues in Relocation.”1963Stanley S. Cohen,anadministrative partner at FoxRothschild O’Brien & Frankel,has been named to the board of directors of the BenjaminFranklin TechnologyDevelopment Authority. Cohen also serves as a member of the PennsylvaniaEconomic DevelopmentFinancing Authority.CLASSNOTES05353 Temple 3/12/02 10:25 AM Page 51993Sheryl L. Axelrod,of Blank Rome Comisky &McCauley,spoke at the immigration and naturalizationceremonies in October 2001 on behalf of thePhiladelphia Bar Association. Steve W. Day Jr.has been elected ashareholder at Marshall,Dennehey,Warner,Coleman & Goggin. John P. Gonzaleshas been elected ashareholder at Marshall,Dennehey,Warner,Coleman & Goggin. 1994Brian Augustine,a solo practitioner,has openedIlluminare,an upscale Italian restaurant on FairmountAvenue in the Art Museum area of Philadelphia.R. Alexander Burroughshas joined Moore & VanAllen as an associate in its Charlotte,North Carolinaoffice,where he concentrates his practice in the areas ofcommercial real estate and business.1995Joseph Gracehas been named deputy campaignmanager for administration of the Rendell for Governor2002 campaign. He has run successful campaigns forCongressman Joseph Hoeffel and District AttorneyLynne Abraham.Emmanuel O. Iheukwumereof Eaton & McClellanhas published two articles:“Application of the CorporateJ. Walter SchilppClass of 1936Benjamin B. LevinClass of 1943Harry F. BrennanClass of 1953Arthur W. CollinsClass of 1953Stanley E. GordonClass of 1957Honorable R. Lawrence Coughlin Jr.Class of 1958David NewmanClass of 1993IN MEMORIAMNegligence Doctrine to Managed Care Organizations:Sound Public Policy or Judicial Overkill?”in theCatholic University of America Journal ofContemporary Health Law and Policy;and “TheCoordinate Jurisdiction Rule and the Law of the CaseDoctrine:Important Tools of Judicial Economy andEfficiency”in Philadelphia Lawyer Magazine.Frank M. Maceratohas been named a shareholder of Stevens & Lee,where he is resident in the firm’sReading,Pennsylvania office.Thomas Rutledgeis the staff judge advocate of thenaval station at Newport,Rhode Island.1996Christopher Culletonhas joinedKolsby Gordon Robin Shore & Bezar asan associate where he focuses on majormedical malpractice cases for plaintiffs.Stephen R. Tylerhas joined Marshall,Dennehey,Warner,Coleman & Gogginin its Cherry Hill,New Jersey office as amember of the workers’compensation practice group.1997Christopher J. Angelohas joinedMarshall,Dennehey,Warner,Coleman& Goggin in its Philadelphia office as anassociate in the environmental/toxic tortspractice group.John Howehas been appointed to alecturing position at Monash UniversityLaw School in Melbourne,Australia,teaching labor law,corporate law,and administrative law.Marc D. Stonehas rejoined Bryan Cave as associate inits Kansas City,Missouri office,where he is a memberof the transactions and corporate finance and securitiesclient service groups.1998Michael E. Adlerhas joined Blank Rome Comisky &McCauley as an associate in the litigation and disputeresolution department of its Philadelphia office.Abbe L. Fletman,LL.M. ’98,was recently appointedchair of the city policy committee of the PBA. Fletmanis a partner in Wolf,Block,Schorr and Solis-Cohen’sbusiness litigation practice group. She served as aspecial assistant to the John F. Street for Mayorcampaign and as a staff member of Mayor Street’stransition team.Michael T. Taylorhas joined the Paoli office of White& Williams as an associate in the firm’s litigationdepartment. He also volunteers at the Support Center forChild Advocates in Philadelphia.1999Heather Hollowayhas joined Rawle & Hendersonwhere she focuses her practice on ERISA matters.Kimberly A. Boyerhas joinedMarshall,Dennehey,Warner,Coleman& Goggin in its Philadelphia office as amember of the appellate advocacypractice group.Courtney Bates Jarenwas nameddirector and professor in the Indian LawProgram at the Northwestern School of Law of Lewisand Clark College in Portland,Oregon.2000Leonore F. Carpenterhas joined the Center forLesbian and Gay Civil Rights in Philadelphia as thehead of the newly-launched anti-violence project.Jim Cosbywrites,“I am an associate with Francis &Mailman,specializing in consumer law,and in March2002 my paper,titled “Re-examining the Parent-Child-State Relationship”will be published in the Universityof Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy.”2001 Jeffrey Dashevsky,of Dashevsky,Horwitz,DiSandro,Kuhn,Dempsey & Novello,spoke at a continuingeducation workshop for the American PsychologicalAssociation entitled “Professional Issues and Ethics andthe Law.”Dashevsky is chair of the PBA committee oncompulsory arbitration and is a charter member of theyoung lawyers division of the Andrew Hamilton Circle,which provides free legal services to the needy.Thomas A. Warnockhas joined White & Williams asan associate in its commercial litigation department.6 • TEMPLEESQ. SPRING 2002ESQ. SPOTLIGHTSouthern Poverty Law Center’s new legal directorClashing with the Klan. Challenging the use ofchain gangs. Contesting an English-only driver’slicense policy. They may sound like the makings of a featurefilm or prime time television show,but they are justa sampling of the issues that Rhonda Brownstein,the newly-appointed legal director of the SouthernPoverty Law Center inMontgomery,Alabama,hasworked on since her fellowshipthere in 1986. Now,as legaldirector,Brownstein isresponsible for overseeing thecenter’s litigation,managing astaff of lawyers and supportpersons,and helping guide thecenter’s advocacy efforts. Shesays that although she is a longway from Philadelphia,she feelsright at home in her quest forsocial and economic justice forthe poor. Brownstein says that she wasalways “public-interest minded,”so Temple was a logical choice for her legaltraining. At the law school she quickly found herplace among a group of students who “wanted tomake a difference.”“Back when I went to Temple,even thoughthere wasn’t a lot of funding for students whowanted to go into public interest law,the studentbody was still very progressive,”she says. “Temple students today have the great advantage of scholarships and other funding opportunities that make it easier to pursue opportunities in public service.”At Temple she was on the steering committee of the Women’s Law Caucus and was active in theNational Lawyers Guild,which ran a verysuccessful food stamp action project in 1984. “Thewhole student body got involved in the food stampproject—it was a great experience.”In her final year as a law student,Brownsteinstumbled upon what sounded like an excitingopportunity:a fellowship involving civil rightswork at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Thecenter,a non-profit organization founded bylawyers Morris Dees and Joe Levin,combats hate,intolerance and discrimination through litigationand education. As the center’s first legal fellow in 1986,shespent the year immersed in the Michael Donaldcase,a landmark lawsuit in which a jury awarded$7 million to the mother of a young black man whowas lynched by one of the country’s most notoriousKlan groups. “That fellowship was the mostincredible experience,”says Brownstein. “Itconvinced me that you can make a positive impactin the world and still make a living.”In the decade between her center fellowship and her return as senior staff attorney,Brownsteinworked for Legal Services Corporation of Alabama,then Neighborhood Legal Services in Pittsburgh.She handled a wide range of poverty law cases,including evictions,bankruptcies,domestic violence cases,welfarecases and Social Securitydisability cases. But Brownstein yearned toreturn to her hometown,so sheaccepted a position at the privatefirm of Spear,Wilderman,Borish,Endy,Spear & Runckel inPhiladelphia,where sherepresented union members inconsumer cases. She enjoyed thelively courtrooms of Philadelphiaand loved being back home,butwhen the call came from MorrisDees in 1994 to rejoin the centeras a senior staff attorney,she justcouldn’t say no. “I loved being home,but I really missed theexcitement and impact of the class action suits thatwe were involved in at the center. I thought thatmaybe I would go back for a couple of years. Thatwas seven years ago.”Since returning to Alabama,Brownstein hasbeen involved in a wide variety of cases. Shespearheaded the litigation that forced Alabama tohalt its use of chain gangs. She did much of thebehind-the-scenes legal work for the Center’ssuccessful cases against William Pierce,the head ofthe Neo-Nazi National Alliance,and the Klan groupcharged with the burning of two black churches inSouth Carolina. And she represented a legalimmigrant who challenged Alabama’s English-onlydriver’s license policy,a case that went to theUnited States Supreme Court. “I was so consumed by the work that we weredoing that when I was asked to become legaldirector,it was a natural transition,”she said. Inaddition to its high-profile work against hategroups,Brownstein says,the Center’s efforts willalso focus on three disempowered groups:children,immigrants and the institutionalized. “I am thrilled to be able to help shape thecenter’s agenda,”she says. “My work requires lotsof hours and incredible responsibility,but I love it.It gives me an immense sense of fulfillment.”Brownstein and her husband Zack Carter,a high school history teacher in rural Alabama,are the parents of Alex,11. They live inMontgomery,Alabama.—Melissa DePino CooperElizabeth Warner,an associate in the family lawdepartment of Astor Weiss & Kaplan,testified on behalfof the PBA family law section before the Senatejudiciary committee in Harrisburg on the proposedrevisions to the divorce code in Senate Bill 1084.1990Deputy City Solicitor Milton Velezhas been promoted toSpecial Assistant to the City Solicitor,Nelson Diaz ’72.1991Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel has namedCatherine Pyune McEldowneya partner in the firm.McEldowney joined the firm’s litigation department in 1991.Enrico C. Soriano,special counsel in the Washington,D.C. office of Kelley Drye & Warren,has beenappointed chair of the diversity committee of the FederalCommunications Bar Association.1992Folasade Olanipekunis the new finance director of theCity of Birmingham. Formerly treasurer of Philadelphia,Olanipekun was honored at a farewell reception attendedby many Temple law alumni/ae.Tamara Traynor,a senior associate with Miller,Alfano& Raspanti,was the featured speaker at a New JerseyInstitute for Continuing Legal Education program. Thepresentation was “100 Days to Trial:Countdown toVictory.”05353 Temple 3/12/02 10:25 AM Page 6TEMPLEESQ. SPRING 2002 • 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 _________27th Annual Law Day Receptionhonors Judge Weiner ’49This year’s Law Day honoree,TheHonorable Charles R. Weiner ’49,isthe senior judge of the U.S. DistrictCourt for the Eastern District ofPennsylvania. Judge Weiner wasappointed to the bench for life byPresident Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967.Prior to that,Weiner was an assistantdistrict attorney in Philadelphia from 1952 to 1953,andserved in the Pennsylvania Senate from 1953 to 1967.In addition to honoring Judge Weiner,the TLAA willpresent the Judge Ethan Allen Doty scholarship award.An opulent affair with a complimentary buffet andcocktail reception,Law Day is the event to introduce the2002 graduating law school class to Philadelphia’s legalcommunity. The event provides an opportunity for bothgraduating students and alumni to network with judges,litigators,administrators,prosecutors,defenders and law professors. Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 4:30-6:00 pmCeremonial CourtroomU.S. Federal Courthouse6th and Market Streets, Philadelphia RSVP by March 8 to Dorothy Lee at 1-800 864-5386 or (215) 204-9000 or atdlee3@vm.temple.edu.Fifth annual Golf Classicscheduled for April 29Yes,the Golf Classic is back. The fifth annualTemple Law Charity Golf Classic will be held atPhilmont Country Club’s prestigious North Course inHuntingdon Valley,Pennsylvania. The Golf Classicprovides an opportunity to play one of the mostchallenging golf courses in the area while supporting an important charitable cause.128 slots are available on a first-come,first-servedbasis,and the cost is only $175.00 per golfer for alumni,faculty,and friends. All entry fees include greens fees,carts,refreshments,special prizes,continental breakfastand a complete buffet lunch. Tee/green and othersponsorships are also available.Monday, April 29, 2002, 7:45 am Philmont Country Club, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.Those interested in participating orsponsoring this year’s tournament may contactevent co-chairs Benjamin Leace at 610-407-0700or Mark Rabinowitz at 215-569-5629.JUDGE GREEN ’51HONORED BY ABACOMMITTEEThe Honorable CliffordScott Green ’51 of the U.S.District Court for the EasternDistrict of Pennsylvania received a 2002 Spirit ofExcellence Award from the ABA’s commission on racialand ethnic diversity in the profession. The Spirit of Excellence Awards are presentedannually to honor minority lawyers who havedemonstrated outstanding achievement,despite facingsocietal barriers to success,and other lawyers who havehelped to create opportunities for minority advancementin the profession.Judge Green began his legal career with the firstAfrican-American law firm in Pennsylvania,which laterbecame Norris,Schmidt,Green,Harris,Higginbothamand Brown. He was first appointed to the bench in 1964,when Governor Scranton named him to sit on theCounty Court of Philadelphia. Green was subsequentlyappointed in 1971 by President Nixon to the federalbench,where he assumed senior status in 1988. Greenwas only the second African-American to serve in theEastern District; the first was his former law partner,A. Leon Higginbotham,Jr.Green was awarded an honorary LL.D. from Templein 1977,and was chairman of the President’sCommission on White House Fellows,and a member ofthe President’s Advisory Council on IntergovernmentalPersonnel Policy.In 1999,in honor of his career in public service,Green’s current and former law clerks,interns,andstudents established a scholarship fund at Temple LawSchool. The fund enables a law student to work in thepublic interest sector in the summer. Biggest-ever SPIN auctionsports new look and newlocation for 10th anniversaryThe Student Public Interest Network (SPIN),inconjunction with the Law Alumni Association’s RecentGraduate Division (RGD),will be hosting the 10thannual SPIN auction fund-raiser on Tuesday,March 26at the offices of Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley.All Temple Law alumni,their families,clients andassociates are invited to attend this fund-raising event,which will take place on both floors of the firm’sMarvin Comisky Conference Center. The live auctionwill be preceded by a cocktail party for all Temple Lawalumni and guests,hosted by the RGD. In addition tothe live auction will be a complimentary buffet and bar,silent auction,raffle,free giveaways,and informationbooths staffed by corporate event sponsors and publicinterest organization representatives.SPIN is a student-run organization that raisesscholarship money to enable Temple Law students towork for public interest organizations at no cost to theorganization. The auction is SPIN’s biggest fund-raisingevent of the year,and for this year’s event,both SPINand the RGD are seeking greater alumni support inorder to achieve their $100,000 goal. All direct contributions and items donated for theauction—as well as the amount bid above the retail priceof any auction item purchased—are tax deductiblecontributions to Temple University and the Law School. Past donations have included generous cashcontributions and gift items like restaurant and businessgift certificates,golf clubs,artwork,airline,theater,andmuseum tickets,box seats at Eagles,Wings and Flyersgames,celebrity autographed merchandise,meals andgolf outings with professors or alumni lawyers,week-long stays in Florida condominiums,and evenChesapeake Bay boat cruises.Tuesday, March 26, 2002Cocktail reception 5:00 pmLive auction 6:00 pmBlank Rome Comisky & McCauleyOne Logan Square, 18th and Cherry StreetsPhiladelphiaFor further information or to makecontributions, please contact: Michael Adler ’98at (215) 569-5323 or at adler@blankrome.com,or Megan Watson ’99 at (215) 790-8800 or atmwatson@bernerklaw.com.Featured speakers: Judge John Curtin, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York Judge James Gray, Superior Court of California, Orange CountyJudge John L. Kane, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado Judge Robert W. Sweet, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Juan Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit JAPANESE SUPREME COURTJUSTICE DELIVERS FOGEL LECTURE“Comparative Judicial Cultures and theSupreme Court of Japan”was the topic of thisyear’s Fogel Lecture,delivered by Justice ItsuoSonobe,a retired member of the Supreme Court of Japan. The Fogel Lecture was a highlight ofSonobe’s visit to the law school as a distinguishedscholar in fall,2001. As a leading expert in administrative law,comparative judicial systems and humanrights,Justice Sonobe was recently named special counselor for the Japanese Ministry ofForeign Affairs. Sonobe served on the Supreme Court from1989-1999. In addition to his twenty-year career in the judiciary,he has held academic posts atTsukuba University,Seikei University,andRitsumeikan University,where he is currently avisiting professor of law. Sonobe’s visit to the law school was sponsoredby the Japan Foundation. While at the law school,he co-taught “Introduction to Japanese Law”withAssistant Professor Salil K. Mehra. It was the firsttime the course was taught in Philadelphia; it isgenerally offered as part of the curriculum forTemple Law’s semester in Japan. The course wasattended by J.D. and LL.M. students who plan tostudy in Japan,as well as several Japanesestudents studying here. Temple Law Japan,the only U.S.-run full-semester legal program in Japan,continues togrow in popularity. This year,41 students from theU.S. and approximately another 40 internationalstudents are studying in Tokyo.The National Lawyers Guild presents“WHY OUR DRUG LAWS HAVE FAILED AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT”Monday, April 8, 2002, 9:00 am-12:00 pm Temple Law School Main CampusCLE credits available For information call:Roseanne Scotti (215) 746-734005353 Temple 3/12/02 10:25 AM Page 7TempleREALWORLD.REALLAW.TEMPLEUNIVERSITYBEASLEYSCHOOLOFLAWLAW SCHOOLANDALUMNINEWS • SPRING 2002VISIT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.temple.edu/lawschool/WRITE TO US: lawalum@astro.ocis.temple.eduNON-PROFITORGANIZATIONU.S. POSTAGE PAIDPHILADELPHIA,PAPERMIT NO. 1044JAMES E. BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAWOF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY1719 North Broad StreetPhiladelphia,PA 19122Address service requestedCALENDARCALENDAR OF EVENTSWednesday,March 20Law Day Reception4:30–6:00 pmUnited States CourthouseThursday,March 21Women’s Law Caucus DinnerTuesday,March 26SPIN Auction6:00 pm Blank Rome Comisky & McCauleyOne Logan SquareTuesday,April 2Friel/Scanlan Lecture: Professor Edward Ohlbaum12:15 pm,Duane Morris LLP Moot CourtroomThursday,April 4Temple Law ReviewSymposium4:00 pm,Duane Morris LLP Moot CourtroomSunday,April 7Evening Alumni & Student Brunch11:00 am,Shusterman HallSaturday,April 13Founder’s Day ReceptionHonoring Deborah R. Willig ’75Presentation of Paul Willig Scholarship,Bala Golf ClubPhoto from September,2001 by David Felderman ’96. (See page 4,“Legal Responsesto Terrorism.”)Temple’s new tax team prevails innational competitionRepresented by KateBixler and Kim Houston,Temple Law School’s first-ever tax team won firstplace in the National ABATax Challenge Competition.Held at the midyearmeeting of the ABA taxsection,the prize includes a$5,000 cash award to thelaw school for scholarships.The competition,held inNew Orleans on January18,was judged by a panelof nationally known taxpractitioners. Third-yearstudents Bixler andHouston were selected as semifinalists on the strength of theirwritten submissions. They proceeded to prevail in two rounds oforal competitions,defending those tax memoranda againstsemifinalists from University of Maryland,University ofWashington,and Indiana University at Bloomington. Both students participated in Professor Alice Abreu’s newcourse on business tax offered last fall. The course,designed tohelp students apply tax principles to “real world”situations,prepared the future champions well for the competition.Professor Abreu could not assist in the coaching as she served asa faculty reviewer on behalf of the teaching taxation committee.The championship team was coached by Professors KathyMandlebaum and Jan Ting. Professors Mark Rahdert,RobertBartow,and Edward Ohlbaum helped prepare the team withsimulations and critiques. Also working with the team wereJoseph Sedlack,J.D. ’78,LL.M. ’81,of Reed Smith; LouisRicker and Wendi Kotzen,both of Ballard Spahr Andrews &Ingersoll; and Frank Tripodi,J.D. ’00,LL.M. ’01,of Dechert.Nationalteam againNACDLchampsThe national trialteam triumphed in afield of twelve teamsat the annual Cathy E. Bennett NationalCriminal TrialCompetition held in Santa Fe,NewMexico. This wasTemple’s fourth tripto the prestigiouscompetition; they wonin 1997 and finishedsecond in 1998 and1999. Thecompetition issponsored by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.The team,composed of David Inscho,Joshua Hirshey,Samantha Root,and Matthew Leckman,was coached by John T. Drost,Director of the LL.M. in Trial Advocacy Program,andJames E. Gavin,J.D. ’88,LL.M. ’98,of Golden Masano &Bradley. Hirshey was named best advocate in the third round,and Inscho tied for best advocate in the final round.Twelve teams are selected from over sixty applications tocompete in the competition. This year,Temple’s competitorswere from the law schools of Cooley,John Marshall,GeorgiaState,Florida State,Hastings,Fordham,Miami,Northwestern,New Mexico,Southern Methodist,and Alabama. The trial team continues to be active spring semester,competing in the Association of Trial Lawyers of AmericaCompetition,where Temple will defend its nationalchampionship,and the National Trial Competition,where theyare the current regional championship team. The team will also compete in the John Marshall National Criminal TrialCompetition,an invitational held in Chicago.The national trial team iscomposed of,from left:DavidInscho,professor and coach JohnT. Drost,Joshua Hirshey,Samantha Root,Matthew Leckmanand coach James E. Gavin ofGolden Masano & Bradley.Wednesday,April 17Stern Moot CourtCompetition6:00 pm,Duane Morris LLP Moot CourtroomTuesday,April 23Justice Richard Goldstone 4:00 pm,LectureDuane Morris LLPMoot CourtroomMonday,April 29Temple Law Charity Golf Classic7:45 amPhilmont Country Club Thursday,May 9Class of 1962 Reunion6:00 pmPrime Rib,17th & Locust StreetsSaturday,May 11Class of 1952 Reunion11:00 amSugarLoaf Temple Conference CenterThursday,May 23Class of 2002CommencementKim Houston (left) and KateBixler are national taxchampions.05353 Temple 3/12/02 10:25 AM Page 8Next >