TempleLAW SCHOOLANDALUMNINEWS • SUMMER 2001TEMPLE AGAIN NAMED #1 IN TRIAL ADVOCACYTeam wins nationalchampionshipTemple’s trial team won the 2001 Associationof Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Competitionheld in New Orleans. Ranked the number one law school in trial advocacy by US News & World Reportfor the third consecutive year,theteam’s performance proves that the ranking is well-deserved. In winning its second ATLA nationalchampionship in four years,the team defeatedtwenty-five other regional winners and runners-upduring the four-day tournament. Semi-finalists in1999,Temple last won the tournament in 1998.The new ATLA champs are Laura Carlin,Alicia Freind,Gabe Levin,and John Mattiacci.They were coached by Marissa Boyers ’95,Director of LL.M. in Trial Advocacy John T.Drost,Randy Goldman,LL.M. ’96,James Gavin,LL.M. ’98,and Richard Negrin.The competition file involved a claim ofmedical malpractice based on a failure todiagnose. Representing both the plaintiff anddefendant in different rounds,Temple tried thecase six times in four days before juries composedof ATLA trial lawyers from across the country.203 teams from 119 law schools began the road to New Orleans by competing in 13 regionalcompetitions in early March.During the same weekend,another of Temple’sNational Trial Teams took quarterfinalist honorsin the National Trial Competition championshiprounds in Dallas. It was Temple’s tenth trip to theelite eight in eleven years. The team of Cristina Marinucci and MarkNebrig represented both the prosecution anddefense in a case charging first degree murder.The team was coached by Kevin Toth ’98,GregHillyer ’00,and Director of Advocacy ProgramsCristi Charpentier.Temple was the only school in the country to have its teams survive the “cut”and advance to the round of the elite eight in bothnational tournaments. Chinese judges, government officialsand lawyers benefit from Temple’s“rule of law” programOn April 26,34 of China’s top legal professionalswalked down the aisle as graduates of TempleUniversity’s Beasley School of Law/Beijing Master ofLaws program. The group,which includes six judgesnominated by the Supreme People’s Court of China,have attended classes in Beijing for the last two years aswell as coming to Philadelphia for an intensive summerof study in 2000. The festive American-style ceremony,held at thedowntown campus of China’s University of PoliticalScience and Law,was officiated by Dean Robert J.Reinstein. Assistant Dean Adelaide Ferguson,ProfessorsEleanor Myers,Professor Jan Ting,and Professor Mo Zhang,director of thispioneeringLL.M.program,attended theceremony.The class is made up of Chinesejudges,lawprofessors,and numerousgovernmentofficials andlawyers. “I am very impressed with what I have learned about theAmerican legal system,and I am sure that theknowledge will prove useful in future dealings withAmerican businesses as well as international legalmatters,particularly after China’s entry into the WTO,”said Lu Tao,a lawyer at the Department of Treaties and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.Dean Robert J.ReinsteinintroducesProfessor JiangPing at theinauguralgraduation ofTemple’s programin Beijing,China.Temple’s national championship trial team,fromleft:John T. Drost,coach and Director of LL.M. inTrial Advocacy,Laura Carlin ’02,Alicia Freind ’02,John Mattiacci ’02,Gabriel Levin ’02,and MarissaBoyers ’95,coach.continued on page twoProfessor Jan Ting returned toBeijing for the graduationceremony after teaching in theprogram last fall.PROFESSOR WINS ALI-ABA AWARDProfessor David Sonenshein is recognized for commitment to upgrading advocacy skills of the trial bar.The 2001 Francis Rawle Award,presented at the annual meeting of the American BarAssociation next August,will go to Temple LawProfessor David A. Sonenshein. As one of ALI-ABA and NITA’s most sought-after instructors,Sonenshein has taught generations of lawyersabout taking and defending depositions,motionpractice,evidence,and trial advocacy. He haslectured at numerous judicial conferences and hasconducted CLE programs for more than 40 lawfirms and CLE organizations. In addition,he haswritten ground-breaking evidence handbooks forthe federal courts as well as 15 state jurisdictions.continued on page sevenREALWORLD.REALLAW.TEMPLEUNIVERSITYSCHOOLOFLAW2 • TEMPLEESQ. SUMMER 2001TEMPLEESQ.On March 22 the Women’sLaw Caucus recognized theHonorable Petrese B. Tucker ’76at a gala Shusterman Hallreception. On April 5—this time at anevent sponsored by the the BlackLaw Students’Association—morethan 60 students,faculty andalumni gathered at the PyramidClub in downtown Philadelphiafor the same purpose.Judge Tucker is a federal judge in the United States District Court for the EasternDistrict of Pennsylvania.Nominated to the U.S. DistrictCourt by former PresidentClinton in July 1999,she wassworn in on July 14,2000. Prior to becoming a federal judge,Tucker served 13 years as a state judge in theFirst Judicial District ofPennsylvania. During her tenurein the Pennsylvania CommonPleas Court,she served in theFamily Court division,thecriminal and civil sections of thetrial division,and was appointedby the Pennsylvania SupremeCourt as administrative judge of the Orphans’Court division. Before becoming a member of the judiciary,Tuckerwas the senior trial attorney for the SoutheasternPennsylvania Transportation Authority and the assistantchief of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s child abuseand rape units. She has also served as an adjunctprofessor at the Great Lakes College Association,andhas taught trial advocacy courses at Temple. Actively involved in numerous professionalorganizations,including the Barristers Association ofPhiladelphia,the National Council of Juvenile andFamily Court Judges,and the American Bar Association,Tucker has also been committed to the community,serving as the president of the board of directors of BigSisters of Philadelphia,Inc. She has received numerousmeritorious distinguished service awards for hercontributions to the community.A collaborative effort between Temple Law and theuniversity in China,the program was started in 1999under the invitation of the Chinese Ministry of Justice.The first and only foreign law degree-granting programin the country,its purpose is to educate China’sattorneys in American and international law in order forthe country to develop a sound legal system. The two-year LL.M. curriculum focuses on business,trade andcommercial law,intellectual property and other coursesfundamental to American and foreign legal systems,including American constitutional law.“This program gave me a unique opportunity tobetter understand the global legal system in which we all work,”said Jessica Zhao,an attorney at the ChinaInternational Economic and Trade ArbitrationCommission. “Learning with American professors and legal experts has given me a depth of knowledgethat I never would have had otherwise.”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 & MassaSend 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) 204-1187TEMPLE LAW/CHINA GRADUATION continued from page oneFor the first time ever, two law school organizations—the Women’s Law Caucus and the Black Law Students’ Association—chose the same honoree.Photo (above):The HonorablePetrese B. Tucker ’76 (center) at the Black Law Students’Association reception with,from left,Professor CharlesPouncy and students EbihoAhonkkhia,Velisha Thomas,and Frank Love. Photo (left):At the Women’s Law Caucusdinner,Judge Tucker,left,is shown with ProfessorMuriel Morisey.Professor Burton Caine,left,taughtAmerican constitutional andantitrust law to the Chinese LL.M.students in Beijing.Assistant Dean for InternationalPrograms Adelaide Ferguson,left,shown with Professor Wu,has been involved in theformation of the program forChinese lawyers and judgessince 1997.Professor EleanorMyers,left,taughtthe Chinese LL.M.students when they studied inPhiladelphia insummer,2000. Recently reviewed by the American Bar Association,Temple’s Beijing program was called “a signal success”that would “likely serve as the prototype for similarforeign LL.M. programs in China.”“It’s an honor for Temple Law to have an opportunityto make such a global impact,”says Dean Reinstein. Several corporations and foundations as well asrepresentatives from the international legal communityhave supported the development of the program. TempleLaw received $2 million from the Starr Foundation(founded and funded by AIG) for start-up costs andfunding for student tuition. In addition,support from theTrace and Luce Foundations,and companies includingGeneral Motors,DuPont and Microsoft have contributedto the success of the program.MAYOR NAMESASSOCIATE DEANTO LEAD POLICEDISCIPLINE TASKFORCEPrompted by daunting internal disciplinaryproblems within the police department—mostrecently an alleged coverup surrounding a 1998car accident involving then-Homicide Capt.James J. Brady—Philadelphia Mayor John Street’75 has named Temple Law School’s AssociateDean JoAnne A. Epps as head of a task force onpolice discipline.The commission will not review cases. Ratherit will study acclaimed disciplinary systems inother cities,and review the recommendationsfrom an October 2000 report by Ellen H. Ceisler’86,an independent “integrity officer”for thepolice department,that found police officers oftensuffer little or no punishment for serious offenses. “Ellen Ceisler’s report provides a solidfoundation—even an excellent foundation—forthe issues that need to be reviewed,”says Epps,whose task force will begin informationalhearings in May. “It appears there is also much tobe learned from other major American cities whohave dealt successfully with similar problems.”Epps is honored to be chosen to lead thecommission,which will report back to the mayornext November. “The commission should asktough questions about the procedures and assesswhether there is room for improvement,”saysEpps. “I hope I can bring some fairness andobjectivity to the issues.”Epps comes well prepared to this newchallenge. A native of Cheltenham,Pa.,Eppsgraduated from Trinity College and,later,YaleLaw School. She worked as a deputy cityattorney in Los Angeles,then as a federalprosecutor in Philadelphia. Epps joined theTemple Law School faculty in 1985,where shespecializes in criminal law and has been theassociate dean for academic affairs since 1989.She is a member of the American Law Instituteand served on the Third Circuit task force onequal treatment in the courts. An avid sports fan,Epps is also the Temple University facultyrepresentative to the NCAA and to the Atlantic 10 Conference.In addition to Epps,other task force membersare Temple alumni Hon. Nelson A. Diaz ’72,andGlenn F. Hing ’82,a lawyer with Comroe,Hingand Associates; former federal prosecutors JimEisenhower and Greg Miller; and Carolyn Short,a former city prosecutor. Jaqueline Daley ’97 named to head internal probesTemple Law graduate Jaqueline Daley ’97,a lieutenant in the police department,has beenappointed by Police Commissioner John Timoneyto head the internal Police Board of Inquiry. Alawyer with 19 years of police training,Daleyreplaces a police captain who had no formal legal training. As head of the tribunal that punishes errantpolice,Daley’s function is akin to a prosecutor in a criminal case,presenting evidence to a three-member jury of police officers.Associate DeanJoAnne A. EppsTEMPLEESQ. SUMMER 2001 • 3Lowell A. Reed Jr.,senior United States districtjudge,was the recipient of a Certificate of Honor,presented by the Temple Law Alumni Association atFounder’s Day Dinner on April 16. This was the secondalumni award for Reed,who received the SpecialAchievement Award in 1988.“I can’t think of anyone more deserving,”saysThomas D. Paradise ’88,president of the Law Alumni,who presented the certificate.Associate Dean JoAnne A. Epps,standing in forDean Robert Reinstein,who was in China,adds,“JudgeReed has had a lifetime of service to Temple,beginningwith his receipt of the Law Academy of Philadelphiaprize at graduation and continuing to the present timeLAW DAY 2001when he co-chairs Law Day. He has served Temple insome capacity ever since his graduation.”The law school paid homage to Reed at a receptionin Shusterman Hall before Founder’s Dinner. Attendeesincluded his family,former students,law clerks,teachersand colleagues,illustrating,Epps says,“his remarkableability to serve as a focal point for others.”Reed began his connection with the AlumniAssociation in 1958,serving as the first-year graduaterepresentative to the group. He has been a long-timemember of the executive committee and,since the deathof Judge Ethan Allen Doty ’31,has co-chaired Law Daywith Judge Ida K. Chen ’76.Other service to Temple includes teaching Templegraduate students about workmen’s compensation lawfrom 1966 to 1981. An expert in this area,he authoredone of the earliest workmen’s compensation practicemanuals for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and co-authored updates until 1987. He serves as facultyadviser for the Academy of Advocacy,and as foundingpresident and now master of the bench of the TempleAmerican Inn of Court. A one-room schoolhouseAlthough he was born in West Chester,Reed grew upnear Pleasant Prairie,Wisconsin,where he attended aone-room school. His father was a partner in a domesticmink farm. Reed says,“I worked on the mink farm,learned how to feed them and catch and skin them. Ifthere wasn’t work there,I worked on the dairy farms.”School was a mile away and the children walkedback and forth,often in sub-zero weather. Reed was anapt student who listened to the lessons of the olderstudents and skipped a grade. Later he graduated fromMary D. Bradford High School,the first free highschool in the northwest territories.In addition to his farm work,Reed delivered Avonproducts on a bike when he was l2 or 13,set pins in abowling alley and changed tires and greased cars forFirestone Stores,a company he would later represent. “I literally worked my way through school,even high school,”he says. Admitted to the University ofWisconsin,he attended extension school for one yearand then moved to Madison,where he majored inbusiness administration. After four years of college,Reed needed a fewcredits towards graduation. “Instead of just going tosummer school,I bit the bullet and made my decision to go to law school,using a couple of those courses tofinish my degree,”he says.He graduated in 1952,during the Korean War. Inshort order,he was drafted,enlisted in the Navy andapplied to Officer Candidate School. After attendingboot camp and receiving the American Spirit HonorMedal,he was accepted into OCS in Newport,Rhode Island.A Temple connectionReed (who now holds the rank of Lt. CommanderRet.) was next accepted at the Naval Intelligence Schoolin Washington,D.C.,and later assigned to the Pentagon,pending assignment overseas. During this busy time,Reed met Diane Benson,whowas a graduate student at Temple University. “We had awhirlwind,wartime type of romance,”Reed says. “Wemet the week before Thanksgiving in 1953 and we gotmarried January 23,1954.”His new wife had agreed to work the rest of theacademic year as a secretary for John Anthony Brown,dean of students at Temple. “She honored thatcommitment,and I went off to Hawaii and thePhilippines,”Reed says. Later,after the Reeds returned from a tour of duty inAsia,Reed was assigned to Washington,D.C.,where heattended night law classes at George WashingtonUniversity. In 1957,he enrolled at Temple,his third lawschool. He needed a preceptor,and through the effortsof Dean Brown and Dean Benjamin Boyer,wasintroduced to Ethan Allen Doty,who agreed to serve.When Doty became a judge,he hired Reed as his firstlaw clerk. “He was the key,”Reed says. After the clerkship,Reed honed his litigation skills as in-house counsel at the PMA Insurance Company,specializing in medical/legal litigation. In 1963,hejoined Rawle and Henderson,where he concentrated in the areas of medical malpractice,toxic torts,occupational injury,products liability and complexlitigation. Appointed as a federal judge by President RonaldReagan in 1988,Reed has officiated over manycontroversial and complex cases and has published some500 opinions. Two early cases were the conviction ofGeneral Electric on 221 counts of criminal liability forfraud against the Army Department,a case that tookthree months to try; and the Northeast Women’s Center,Inc. v. McMonagle,in which a group of abortionprotesters were found guilty of criminal trespass andenjoined against certain disruptive protests at the center.He had early experience with asbestos cases,and overthe years worked both as a lawyer and as a judge on theclaims of thousands of asbestos victims. Making headlines recently have been Reed’spreliminary injunction blocking the Child OnlineProtection Act,and a recent mandate ordering theSoutheastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) toprovide next-day service to the disabled 100 percent ofthe time. Active in many professional organizations,Reed waspresident of the Philadelphia Association of DefenseCounsel,chairman of the Medico Legal Committee ofthe Philadelphia Bar Association,a member of theAmerican Judicature Society and a course planner andlecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. His community activities include serving as a pasttrustee of the Abington Memorial Hospital Foundation,as an elder and trustee of the Abington PresbyterianChurch and on the Abington Board of School Directors.“Lawyers are very unique people,who owesomething to their community beyond their profession,”he says. “They are the problem solvers of this country . . . and they owe it to public organizations to getinvolved in community service of some kind.”The Reeds have four adult children,and he says,“like many fathers of my generation,I recognize that I stole some time from my children,and I regretthat. . . . But I have been exhilarated and satisfied withtrying to serve the law,the community,and my children,by example. “It has been an incredible ride and it’s not over yet.”— Janet Blom SheaFounder’s Day honoree has “served the law school in some capacity ever since graduation.”Members of the law school community and the Philadelphiajudiciary gathered at City Hall March 29 for the annual LawDay reception. Below right are Law Day co-chairs JudgeLowell A. Reed Jr. ’58 and Judge Ida K. Chen ’76. Mayor JohnF. Street ’75, below left, addresses the gathering, and DeanRobert J. Reinstein congratulates Emily Davis ’01, lowerright, recipient of the Ethan Allen Doty Scholarship. 4 • TEMPLEESQ. SUMMER 2001PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIPS GO TO TWO RECENT GRADS•NAPIL fellow Lee Carpenter ’00 will work atthe Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights•Steven JohnsonGrove ’01 received anIndependence Foundation fellowship towork with the Homeless Advocacy ProjectLike a growing number of their classmates,Steven JohnsonGrove ’01 and Lee Carpenter ’00entered law school committed to public interest lawand once there say they found the support to pursuethat commitment.Starting in the fall,both Carpenter andJohnsonGrove will begin prestigious fellowshipsawarded by Philadelphia foundations established tohelp launch public interest careers in law. As arecipient of a National Public Interest Law (NAPIL)fellowship,Carpenter will work for two years at theCenter for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights,providinglegal representation to victims of anti-LGBT(lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgendered) hatecrime,and victims of same-sex domestic violence.An Independence Foundation fellowship will enableJohnsonGrove to spend a year—with an option torenew for a second year—providing legal assistanceto homeless veterans through the HomelessAdvocacy Project.Carpenter’s connection to the Center for Lesbianand Gay Civil Rights was forged in law school. “Iworked at the center between my second and thirdyear of law school,”says Carpenter. “In my thirdyear,I helped them start the only law student-runclinical in the country that focuses solely on directlegal representation for LGBT clients.”JohnsonGrove’s ties to the community he will be working with started before law school. Aftergraduating from Penn State,he decided to spend a“mission year”living in a faith-based community in Kensington. “It was a very relational situation,getting to know the community,to know oneanother,to identify with poor and suffering peoplein the city.”“It confirmed my plan to go to law school,”hecontinues. “But I didn’t want to do it without firstbeing sure of the community I would be serving.”Last summer JohnsonGrove did an internship atthe Homeless Advocacy Project,where he providedlegal services in the areas of divorce,SSI,welfarebenefits,housing,and custody. Starting inSeptember he will start a clinic for homelessveterans at the Veterans Building on Fourth Street in Old City.Both future fellows credit the law school’s newpublic interest office,run by Karen Forman,withbeing a significant boon to getting started in apublic interest career. JohnsonGrove adds,“[Director of Trial Advocacy] Christi Charpentierreally gave me a solid foundation and love of trialadvocacy in ‘Intro to Trial Ad’—and she remains afriend.”They were also helped in the application processby Professors Susan DeJarnatt and KatherineStanchi,who serve on the faculty public interestcommittee. “Professors DeJarnatt and Stanchi wereincredibly helpful and encouraging when it cametime to put the application together,”says Carpenter.“They rock!”She adds,“The Temple Law community is veryfocused on encouraging its students to pursue publicinterest careers when they graduate. I always feltthat my goal of becoming a civil rights attorney washonored,both by my fellow students and by thefaculty and administration of Temple.”The Temple Law Alumni Associationhelped send three law students to Miami forspring break this year—but the studentsbarely got to the beach. Instead,they spentthe week getting hands-on experience incomplex immigration law issues. Second-year law students Brenda Zwackand Trudy Strassburger and first-year studentPeter Catalanotti traveled to Miami to assistattorneys at the National ImmigrationProject of the National Lawyers Guild and at the Central American Political AsylumProject of the American Friends ServiceCommittee (AFSC). The AFSC Political Asylum Project is a non-profit organization dedicated toproviding free legal services to immigrants.The organization’s focus is on helpingGuatemalans and El Salvadorans fleeingpolitical turmoil. Civil wars in bothcountries,in which the United States playeda large role,left millions of peopledisplaced. Although the United States haspassed laws allowing some immigrants toobtain relief,many live in fear that they willbe deported back to their countries. The AFSC plays alarge role in Miami because they are able to offer such aspecialized service to these people. The students’work in Miami exposed them firsthand to a wide variety of immigration issues,including theapplication of a recent immigration statute,ViolenceAgainst Women Act (VAWA). They learned how toresearch asylum claims for victims of domestic violenceand how to conduct direct intakes with clients seekinglegal permanent resident status. An eye-opening experienceCatalanotti spent the week researching case law andamendments to the recent VAWA statute,which allowsimmigrants who have married abusive spouses to divorcethe spouse and self-petition for citizenship. The clientfrom Colombia whom he worked with had come to theU.S. and married an American citizen. She divorced herhusband because he was abusive but because of thedivorce she is now in danger of losing her citizenship.Catalanotti’s language skills proved critical and he wasable to translate her Spanish affidavits into English. “Working with the immigrant population in Miami wastruly eye-opening,”Pete Catalanotti says. “People comefrom so many diverse backgrounds and difficultcircumstances to become what so many of us take forgranted—U.S. citizens. It was really inspiring.”Students also witnessed firsthand the complicated—andsometimes frustrating—workings of the INS. Strassburgerworked with Spanish-speaking clients over the phone toassist them in filing applications for citizenship of relativesand informing them about what documentation they wouldneed. Zwack was charged with arguing for asylum status for a woman who was fleeing an abusive boyfriend inHonduras. Although victims of domestic violence havenever before been granted asylum status,a recent ruling of former Attorney General Janet Reno involving aGuatemalan woman appears to open the door to argumentsfor asylum based on a claim of persecution at the hands ofa domestic abuser. Zwack’s research included not only thelegal issues but also the cultural attitudes supporting aclimate of domestic violence in Honduras in order to showISRAELI PROFESSOR BRINGSINTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVETO LAW SCHOOLEli Lederman,former dean and currentprofessor at Tel Aviv Law School,spoke at aTemple Law School faculty colloquium on“Protected Frameworks of Information inCriminal Law.”Professor Lederman spentspring semester in Philadelphia as part of afaculty exchange program between the twolaw schools.that Honduras was not providing the protection her clientneeded to escape her abuser. “I really felt I was assisting people as well aslightening the attorneys’loads,while at the same time Ihad an inside view of immigration law,”says Zwack. “It’salso a valuable lesson to recognize that,in comparison towhat a lot of people go through to survive,being a lawstudent isn’t so difficult after all.”The trio did outreach in Little Havana helpingSpanish-speaking legal residents,many of them elderlyCubans,apply for full citizenship. Strassburger claims theweek was a major learning experience:“I had no ideahow complicated it is for a person who doesn’t speakEnglish to even communicate with the INS,let aloneattempt to petition for anything. The attorneys who dothis type of work are providing a real service.”In addition to the first-ever grant from the AlumniAssociation,the students funded their trip through a bakesale and help from the Student Bar Association. Theyfound out about the opportunity to work with immigrationlawyers through the National Lawyers Guild,to which all three students belong. As part of the Guild’s missionof promoting social justice,law students are matchedwith public interest programs during breaks in theacademic year. Students have solid public interestbackgroundsAll three students who participated have a history of involvement in social issues. Catalanotti graduatedfrom Fairfield University with a Bachelor’s degree inpsychology and political science. While at Fairfield heworked on a labor campaign for the university’s custodialworkers in a successful attempt to win them affordablehealth benefits and a living wage. Before coming toTemple Law School,Peter worked in the public financedepartment of a center city firm. Zwack,who graduated from George Mason Universitywith a degree in American studies,worked in the labormovement for two years in Washington,D.C. beforestarting law school. At Temple,Zwack is on the steeringcommittee of the Temple Guild chapter and is a memberof the Political and Civil Rights Law Review. After herfirst year of law school,she worked for the ServiceEmployees International Union (SEIU). This summer shewill be working for a union-side law firm representing thepostal workers union. Strassburger graduated from Colorado College with adegree in history and political science and went to live inGuatemala and Mexico. There she studied Spanish andworked as an international human rights observer inChiapas,Mexico. Strassburger,like Zwack,is a memberof the Guild’s steering committee as well as the Politicaland Civil Rights Law Review. She also works atCommunity Legal Services and is a research assistant for Professor David Kairys.“The most important thing to me is not forgettingwhy I came to law school,”says Strassburger.“Experiences like we had in Miami are a great reminder that there is more to being a lawyer than status or a paycheck.”Professor EliLedermanLaw students (from left) Brenda Zwack,Trudy Strassburger,and PeterCatalanotti worked in Miami over spring break.DAVID POST EXPLAINS WHYTHOMAS JEFFERSON WOULDHAVE LOVED THE INTERNETProfessor of intellectual property lawexplores a new “New World”Professor David G. Post wants the law to encourageunfettered movement in cyberspace. He suspects that hishero,Thomas Jefferson,who championed the wide-open potential of the Western frontier,wouldapprove. Post is hard at work on a new book aboutJeffersonian thought and the Internet which will explorethe parallels between the virtual world and the worldenvisioned by Jefferson,the president who encouragedthe Lewis and Clark expedition into an area thenconsidered wilderness. “Jefferson had a complicated,fascinating vision ofthe world,the ‘New World’—and was one of thethinkers who made it ‘The New World.’“There is a realsense that thinkingabout cyberspacerequires ‘out-of the-box’thinking,just asenvisioning a newcountry did,”Postcontinues. “Many ofthe intellectual issueshe [Jefferson] wasgrappling with are the same ones we areconfronted with todayin looking at new uses of the Internet:issues of language and domain.”With a working title of DeclaringIndependence:Notesfrom Jefferson’sCyberspace,Post hasyet to decide on the final title of the book,but he isopen to suggestions. Being open to new ideas has been paramount to the co-founder and director of theCyberspace Law Institute,a virtual think tank andgathering place for fellow pioneers in discussion of the Internet. As associate professor at Temple Law School,Post isalso a fellow at George Mason University. He has beencentral to the formation of a strong program inintellectual property law at Temple,which now boasts aflourishing Intellectual Property Law Society and anannual—well-attended—symposium (see page seven). In addition to helping his students understand theintellectual property laws governing cyberspace,Posthas delivered almost 50 talks and written more than 60articles for such varied publications as the AmericanLawyer,the Computer Law Reporter,and the lawreviews at Stanford and Vanderbilt Universities. Post was a Yale-trained anthropologist teaching atColumbia when he decided to go to law school. Aftergraduating summa cum laudefrom Georgetown in 1986,he spent six years in corporate lawbefore leaving to clerk for SupremeCourt Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. After a short stint at teaching lawat Georgetown,Post joined theTemple Law faculty in 1997. With awife—Nancy Birdsall,an economistat the Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace—and a son inWashington,D.C.,Post continues tocommute to Philadelphia,claimingthe train provides valuableuninterrupted time for writing andclass preparation. And of course he uses thetime to keep current with theever-changing world ofcyberspace. “It is hard to writeabout ‘facts’because theychange so quickly. That’s whyusing a framework—likeThomas Jefferson—gives me thekind of perspective I am lookingfor,”Post explains. “Live in the details and thenjump back for the big picture.Jefferson knew that.”TEMPLEESQ. SUMMER 2001 • 5DEAN’S 2001 SPEAKERS SERIESFeatured in this year’s Dean’s Speakers Series were attorneyswho represented both sides of the 2000 Presidential election:David Mandell ’99 of Blank,Rome and Comisky,who worked on the Bush team,and Mitchell Berger ’80,of Berger,Singerman in Tallahassee,Florida,who represented Gore. Also speaking in the series were Michael Ambrose ’69,President and CEO ofCottman Transmission,and Mitchell Morgan ’80,President ofMorgan Properties (see Spotlight above). The annual series,held in Shusterman Hall,exposes students and faculty to outsideexpertise in an informal lecture/discussion format over lunch.ESQ. SPOTLIGHTMichael Ambrose ’69 (standing)When Mitchell Morgan wasfeatured in the Dean’s lectureseries this spring,he could havechosen to talk about any numberof issues. As president of MorganProperties,a company he spentthe last 20 years turning into thelargest apartment owner in thetri-state area,Morgan has dealtwith just about every aspect ofreal estate law and business.Instead he chose to speak aboutnot practicing law.“I went to law school with noexpectation of ever practicinglaw,and I wanted to present thatoption for current students,”saysMorgan. “There are lots of us outthere using our law degrees to do something other than law.”Morgan attended law school in the eveningwhile working full-time as an accountant atLaventhol,an international accounting firm. After graduation he remained in the tax departmentof that firm,but within a year,he was drawn to real estate.When Morgan joined Construction Consultantsin 1981,it was one of the largest multi-familyresidential development companies in the greater Philadelphia area. There he learned the complexities of apartment construction and management. Seeing the potential for growth in the area,Morgan started his own company in 1985. In thefirst year,Morgan Properties acquired a 1,385-unitproject in Montgomery County. The rest,as theysay,is history. Today Morgan Properties owns more than 11,000 apartment units in eight states,some as far away as Georgia and Indiana. Withmore than 350 employees,Morgan Propertiescontinues to grow. While the economicdownturn from 1988 to 1992posed a threat to somebusinesses,Morgan points outthat the apartment business ismore recession-proof. Evenwhen home buying is slow,Morgan Properties’occupancyrates have never dipped below90%,and they currently standat 97%. “The real estate business is challenging and,like anybusiness,there is riskinvolved,”acknowledgesMorgan. “But the more youknow about a market,the lessrisk you are taking. When Iacquire an apartment complex,I sleep like a babybecause I have spent years learning the market. If I were buying a shopping center,I would feel differently.”In 1996 Morgan acquired a controlling interestin the largest brokerage firm in Philadelphia,Jackson-Cross Oncor International. Two years later,as chairman of the board,Morgan sold Jackson-Cross to Insignia Financial Group,a New Yorkstock exchange company. Morgan lives with his wife and three children—Jonathan,16,Brittany,13,and Jason,10—in BrynMawr. He serves on the board of directors of theAmerican Red Cross and Federation Housing,andis vice president of the Apartment Association ofGreater Philadelphia. When asked what a law degree has contributedto his career,Morgan replies without hesitation:“Confidence. I use every big law firm in Phila-delphia in every type of transaction imaginable.Law school gave me the confidence to deal withthe attorneys I hire and the sophistication to fullyunderstand the issues.”David Mandell ’99(standing)Mitchell Berger ’806 • TEMPLEESQ. SUMMER 20011966Joel Moldovskyhas emigrated toIsrael. In 1959 he had attendedHebrew University Law School in Jerusalem before starting atTemple Law School in 1963. Hisattorney sons,Ari and Brem,aretaking over Joel’s practice inPhiladelphia.1972Robert I. Tuteur,J.D. ’72,LL.M.’75 is a new partner of BlankRome Comisky & McCauley inits public finance department.1973Robert G.HannaofMarshall,Dennehey,Warner,Coleman& Goggin was aspeaker at theseventh annual municipal lawsection of the Pennsylvania BarAssociation that was held inHershey,Pennsylvania in March.Hanna’s presentation was entitled“Insurance Risk Management andthe Incident.”Steven H. Lupinhas been namedmanaging partner of Hamburg,Rubin,Mullin,Maxwell & Lupin,and has also been appointed thevice chair of the bench barEveningDivisionBrunchcommittee of the Montgomery County Bar Association.Lupin specializes in commercial litigation,personalinjury,and banking litigation.Bless Youngwrites,“After retiring from the practice oflaw and moving to Park City,Utah to ski,I came out ofretirement to accept the position of Assistant AttorneyGeneral (litigation division),Utah.”1975John S. Eory,a member of the familylaw group of Stark & Stark inLawrenceville,New Jersey,has beennamed to the board of directors of thematrimonial lawyers section of theAssociation of Trial Lawyers ofAmerica-New Jersey. Eory is also afellow of the American Academy of MatrimonialLawyers.Henry Ian Passhas been elected to the board of directors of the GreaterPhiladelphia Venture Group,thePennsylvania Private Investors Group,and the Entrepreneurs Forum of GreaterPhiladelphia. Pass is a transactional andcommercial litigation attorney withoffices in Bala Cynwyd,Pennsylvania.1977Stephen S. Aichele,a partner and chair of Saul Ewing’sreal estate department,has been elected vice chairmanof the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority by itsboard of directors. Aichele represents developers,lenders,and governmental entities in all areas of landuse,zoning,development,financing,construction,andleasing.Alexander D. Bono,a partner in the firm of Blank Rome Comisky &McCauley,and a member of itsmanagement committee,has beenchosen to serve on the advisory board of LaSalle University LawSociety. Bono received his B.A. from La Salle University.Jonathan Samel,of Hamburg,Rubin,Mullin,Maxwell& Lupin,has been appointed chair of the business,banking and corporate counsel committee of theMontgomery County Bar Association. Samel specializeshis practice in personal injury,litigation,real estate,andfamily law.1978Larry Scott Auerbachhas joined the NationalAcademy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). NAELA isconcerned with improving the availability and deliveryof legal services to the elderly. Auerbach concentrateshis Montgomery County practice in elder law,estateplanning,and estate administration.1979Neil A. Morrishas been appointed as labor counsel forValley Township,Bensalem Township,Bucks County,and the Borough of Kennett Square,Chester County,and is special counsel for Dollar General Corporation.The third annual Evening Division brunch at Shusterman Hall was attended by over 75 alumni and students. Thomas Paradise ‘88(standing above) and Professor Robert Bartow ‘71 (left) greeted guests at the April 4 event.CLASSNOTESis the senior managing trial attorney at Weinraub,Hart& Miller in Norristown,Pennsylvania.1984Marie A. Fritzingerwrites,“As of April,2001 I amadministrative counsel for UNITE,a labor union (UnitedNeedletrades and Industrial Trades Employees).”In November,1999 Glynnis D. Hillwas elected judgefor Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas,where shehears criminal cases in the juvenile branch of FamilyCourt.1985Roseann B. Terminiwas recently honored forexcellence in teaching by Temple University School ofPharmacy,where she teaches in the Quality Assuranceand Regulatory Affairs graduate program. She was alsoselected to serve on the editorial board for a nationalpublication on pharmaceutical and medical device law. 1986Robert Segalwrites,“I have joined the firm of Davis,Friedman,Zavett,Kane,MacRae,Marcus & Rubens(Chicago,Illinois) as a partner. I will still beconcentrating in family law,but I also handle otherlitigation matters.”1988Harris J. Chernowspoke at the 41st annualInternational Franchising Association conference in LasVegas,Nevada,in February 2001,leading a roundtablediscussion,“Dealing with Under-PerformingFranchisees.”Chernow practices with BuchananIngersoll and also serves as chair of the MontgomeryCounty franchise law committee.Mario Pabon-Rosariowrites,“During the summer of2000 I established the law offices of Mario Pabon-Rosarioin Hato Rey,Puerto Rico. Also,in January,2001,I becameExecutive Director of the Judiciary Committee for thePuerto Rico House of Representatives.”1980Michael S. Caccesehas joined Kirkpatrick & Lockhartof Boston,Massachusetts,as a partner,focusing hispractice on investment management and securities law.Before joining Kirkpatrick & Lockhart,Caccese wasgeneral counsel for the Association for InvestmentManagement and Research.Mark S. Harris,a partner in the firm ofKraut,Harris,Maliszewski & Barlow,has been selected as an approvedmediator by the Montgomery CountyBar Association’s Davenport DisputeResolution Center. The program usesalternative dispute resolution in settlingcivil disputes outside the courtroom. 1981Craig R. Tractenbergspoke at the 41st annualInternational Franchising Association conference in LasVegas,Nevada in February,leading a roundtablediscussion on “Maximizing Outcomes in BankruptcyProceedings.”Tractenberg practices with BuchananIngersoll,an international franchise and retaildevelopment firm,and chairs the franchise lawsubcommittee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.1982Kevan F. Hirschhas joined KaplinStewart Meloff Reiter & Stein as partnerin the firm’s construction litigation andsurety law group. Hirsch focuses hispractice in the representation of clientsin the construction,business,andinsurance industries. 1983Lester G. Weinraubhas been elected president of theMontgomery Trial Lawyers Association. He is also adirector of the Montgomery Bar Association. WeinraubTEMPLEESQ. SUMMER 2001 • 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 _________Daniel S. MalamedClass of 1938Edward KaretClass of 1943Stanley KubackiClass of 1948Paul D. Sulman Class of 1958Helene F. Brown Class of 1981Curtis CrevelingClass of 1983Ashley AndrusClass of 1993John J. MackiewiczClass of 1996IN MEMORIAMSONENSHEIN WINS ALI-ABA AWARD continued from page one“NAPSTER & BEYOND” SYMPOSIUM BRINGSTOGETHER EXPERTS, PRACTITIONERSIn the 1970s and 1980s,Sonenshein initiated thepractice of teaching evidence through the use ofcourtroom manuscripts and videotapes. Thetechnique was so successful that it became thepredominant method used to refresh new federaljudges and magistrates on the law of evidence incourses taught at the Federal Judicial Center. But itis in the area of small group hands-on programs thathe has pioneered training and teaching techniquesthat have propelled the “learn by doing”skills-training methodology to prominence in manyeducational venues. Sonenshein served as director of ALI-ABA’sAmerican Institute for Law Training Within theOffice from 1988 to 1996 and as an instructor sincethen. He has taught at the law school since 1983,where he was the 1994,1997,and 2000 recipient ofthe Williams Award for excellence in teaching. The Francis Rawle AwardOriginally funded by the Philadelphia law firm of Rawle and Henderson,the Francis Rawle Awardwas established in 1983 to recognize outstandingcontributions to the continuing education of thelegal profession. Francis Rawle (1843-1930) was a Philadelphia lawyer who was instrumental inorganizing the American Bar Association and whoserved as its first treasurer in 1878 and as itspresident in 1902. Rawle’s original library ispreserved in toto in the Rawle Room of Temple’slaw library.Shown at the April 5 symposium are,standing from left:John Albright ’01,student symposium chair; MannyPokotilow,Caesar,Rivise,Bernstein,Cohen & Pokotilow; Professor DavidPost,Temple Law School; Professor PolkWagner,University of Pennsylvania LawSchool; Alan Lewine,Piper MarburyRudnick & Wolfe; John Luneau,PalmEntertainment; and Eric Fisher,Synnestvedt & Lechner. Seated from left:Peter Butch,; Gerry Wells ’01,TempleEnvironment and Technology LawJournal; and Karen Kontje Waller,Saul,Ewing,Remick & Saul.The 2001 symposium sponsored by the Intellectual Property LawSociety,“Napster & Beyond:Protecting Copyright in the DigitalMillenium,” featured keynotespeaker Judge Lowell A. Reed Jr.Two Philadelphia law firms, Saul,Ewing, Remick & Saul andSynnestvedt & Lechner, co-sponsored the event.William J. Kovatchhas joined the Department ofCommerce,Chief Counsel for Import AdministrationOffice,advising the administrative agency charged withenforcing the antidumping and countervailing duty law.1999Scott A. McKeownhas joined Ratner &Prestia as an associate in the ValleyForge,Pennsylvania office,where hewill focus on patent prosecution mainlyin the electrical and computer-relatedtechnologies.In March Monica Mosleyjoined theLancaster County,Pennsylvania,District Attorney’sOffice as an assistant district attorney. Mosley wasformerly with Kats,Jamison & Van der Veen.Leon Paskeris an attorney with the regional solicitor’soffice of the U.S. Department of Labor in Philadelphia.2000Amy B. Minerhas joined Drinker Biddle & Reath as an associate in the litigation department of the firm’sPhiladelphia office. Miner was previously an intellectualproperty litigation associate at Alston & Byrd in Atlanta,Georgia.1998John M. Baconwrites,“I have left Ballard Spahr andPhiladelphia and I am now a vice president and businessdevelopment manager for Salomon Smith BarneyPhilanthropic Services,based in New York City.”Abbe F. Fletman,LL.M. in Trial Advocacy,has been appointed to the Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual andTransgendered Community Advisory Board by MayorJohn F. Street. Fletman is a partner in Wolf,Block,Schorr and Solis-Cohen,where she concentrates herpractice on commercial litigation and intellectualproperty disputes.Clay P. Kinneywrites,“I have resigned fromPricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Advisory Servicesand have joined Credit Suisse First Boston Securities(Japan) Limited (Tokyo,Japan),where I am a vicepresident in the corporate finance group’s investmentbanking division.”1989Steven A. Hann,of Hamburg,Rubin,Mullin,Maxwell& Lupin,has been appointed chair of the EnvironmentalCommittee of the Montgomery County Bar Association.Hann specializes in environmental law,copyright law,and Internet law.1992Samuel S. Choyhas joined the employee benefits groupof Kilpatrick Stockton’s Atlanta,Georgia,office. Choyconcentrates his practice on ERISA,employee benefits,and executive compensation.Scott F. Cooper,a partner with Blank Rome Comisky &McCauley,has been named as 2001 co-chair of thePhiladelphia Bar Association’s labor and employmentcommittee. Cooper focuses his practice on employmentdiscrimination claims and labor relations.Tamara Traynor,of Miller,Alfano &Raspanti,helped organize the WinterGala at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,in her capacity as co-chair of the YoungFriends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.1993Irene Flores Cooneywrites,“I am an attorney withLegal Services of central New York,in Syracuse,in itsAIDS project. I was admitted to the New York State Barin January. I served as a ‘judge’for the County BarAssociation’s High School Mock Trial,and also as anadviser for the ATLA regional competition.”1994Steven Brilland Joseph Sullivanwrite,“We havefinally taken the plunge we have dreamed of since lawschool,forming Sullivan & Brill in New York City. Weboth left secure positions,however every day has beenexciting,challenging,and rewarding. The firm focuseson personal injury,criminal defense,and real estate.”1995Thomas K. Ellixson,a shareholder atMarshall,Dennehey,Warner,Coleman& Goggin,presented “AlternativeDispute Resolution in the Twenty-FirstCentury:In the Courts and Beyond”tothe Philadelphia chapter of the CPCUSociety in February 2001.Clark A. Jablonhas been namedcounsel in the Philadelphia office ofAkin,Gump,Strauss,Hauer & Feld.Jablon is a patent attorney whoconcentrates his practice on all phases ofpatent prosecution,opinion work anddue diligence investigations in the areasof electronics,computer hardware andsoftware,and Internet technologies.Lori Forter Ridyardis counsel at AGL Life AssuranceCompany in Plymouth Meeting,Pennsylvania. Ridyardwas formerly a corporate associate at Fox,Rothschild,O’Brien & Frankel in its Exton,Pennsylvania office.Julie E. Snyderhas joined the Philadelphia office ofWhite and Williams as an associate in the casualtydepartment.1996Kevin Grubbhas founded Kevin C. Grubb,a firmspecializing in the defense of toxic tort,productsliability,and environmental coverage actions.Paul McConnelland Suzanne McConnell are pleased toannounce the birth of their daughter Jacqueline KellyMcConnell. Paul is a major in the U.S. Marine Corps,currently serving as the chief prosecutor at CampLejeune,North Carolina.Dawne Simon-Ponteand Devlin Ponte are pleased toannounce the birth of their daughter Damali Simon-Ponte in September 2000.1997Jaqueline Daley,a lieutenant in the police department,has been appointed by Police Commissioner JohnTimoney to head the internal Police Board of Inquiry.(See Police Discipline story,page two.)Janelle Fultonhas joined Montgomery,McCracken,Walker & Rhoads as a senior associate in its complexcommercial litigation practice group.Kevin Rakowskihas joined the Philadelphia firm ofPelino and Lentz as an associate in its commerciallitigation and labor and employment department.TempleREALWORLD.REALLAW.TEMPLEUNIVERSITYSCHOOLOFLAWLAW SCHOOLANDALUMNINEWS • SUMMER 2001VISIT 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 requestedCALENDARINT’L HEALTH LAW CONFERENCE Health, Law and HumanRights: Exploring theConnectionsPhiladelphia, September 29 to October 1, 2001This international,cross-disciplinary conferencewill explore the role of human rights and law indetermining population health and the effectivenessof human rights strategies in promoting it. The goalof the conference is to provide researchers,policy-makers and advocates with a common frameworkfor addressing law as a structural factor in health.In addition to lawyers working in the fields ofhuman rights and public health,the conference will draw from a wide array of professionals in the public health field:epidemiologists and otherphysicians,behavioral scientists,health advocatesand social scientists studying the role of law in society.The conference is funded by the AmericanFoundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR) andpresented by Temple University Beasley School ofLaw,the University of Connecticut Health ScienceCenter,and Georgetown University Law Center,in cooperation with the Francois-Xavier BagnoudCenter for Health and Human Rights at the HarvardSchool of Public Health.Fully accredited for CME and CLE credit.For conference and registration information,please call the American Society of Law,Medicine & Ethics at (617) 679-5494 or on theweb at http://www.aslme.org/humanrights2001.Professor Scott Burris willdirect research funded with a$99,881 grant from the SubstanceAbuse Policy Research Program of the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation to conduct a survey ofphysicians across the nation toidentify their knowledge,attitudesand beliefs about providing medicalcare to injection drug-using (IDU)patients. Burris,who will developand execute the survey,recentlycompleted a project,funded by thesame foundation,that analyzed thelegality of physician prescription ofsyringes to IDUs.While the practice of dispensingsterile needles has been proven toreduce health risks among illegal drug users,andBurris’previous study found that it was legal forphysicians in 48 states to prescribe syringes,manydoctors are still unwilling to offer that service. Mythsand stereotypes about the extent of their legalauthority,about the efficacy of medical care or drugtreatment for IDUs,or qualms about associating withIDUs,all contribute to maintaining the status quo.In addition to surveying physicians,the project will identify next steps for increasing physicianinvolvement in IDU care by reducing attitudinal orother factors inhibiting care,and conduct new legalresearch on emerging issues,such as the obligation ofinsurers to pay for prescribed needles. “In the past,physicians claimed that they did notprescribe syringes to IDUs because it would violatestate and federal laws aimed at combating drug abuse,CALENDAR OF EVENTSSunday,June 10–Saturday,June 16Academy of AdvocacySugarLoaf Conference CenterMonday,September 10Alumni Association AnnualGolf OutingPhilmont Country ClubSaturday,Sept. 29–Monday,October 1Health Law ConferenceSociety Hill SheratonSee article above for detailsSaturday,October 20,9:00 am-5:00 pmPolitical and Civil Rights LawReview SymposiumKiva Auditorium6 CLE credits Temple Law Libraryshowcased the law school’sinternational programs—inGreece,Italy,China,Israel,and Japan—at an April 6threception. The celebration,capping a week of events forNational Library Week,featured food from different countries andfaculty,students and guests in native costumes. Above,from left,are a guestdressed as a Roman soldier in full armor regalia,Professor Alice Abreu,and Director of the Law Library John Necci ’77.Law School receives second grant from Robert Wood Johnsonor result in a malpractice claim,”says Burris. “Our analysis showsthat—in most places—theseconcerns are unfounded. Now—with the help of this grant—wecan begin to spread the word,and combat the other factors thatkeep physicians from offeringthese services that can be of both clinical and public healthimportance.”Burris has emerged as aleader in the field of AIDS/HIVlaw. In addition to his previousgrant from the Robert WoodJohnson Foundation,Burris wasawarded a $227,400 grant fromthe American Foundation forAIDS Research in 2000. He also serves as counsel forthe AIDS and Civil Liberties Project of the AmericanCivil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. A member ofthe Temple Law faculty since 1991,Burris teachespublic health law,disability law,and civil procedure.The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,whichfunds the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program,is the nation’s largest philanthropic organizationdevoted exclusively to health and healthcare. Thefoundation concentrates its grant making in areas toassure that all Americans have access to basichealthcare at reasonable cost; to improve the wayservices are organized and provided to people withchronic health conditions; and to reduce the personal,social,and economic harm caused by substanceabuse—tobacco,alcohol,and illicit drugs.Next >