TEMPLE UNIVERSITY JAMES E. BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW • LAW SCHOOL AND ALUMNI NEWS • SUMMER 2010a natural teacher Craig Green wins university-wide teaching awardAPRIL 19, 2010 Temple Law Professor Craig Green was one of six faculty members to receive the university’s top award for excellence in the classroom: the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Professor Green has been on the Temple Law faculty since 2004, teaching foundational courses in constitutional law, civil procedure, federal courts and jurisdiction, and administrative law. Green’s academic career began auspiciously with his 1995 graduation, summa cum laude, from Wake Forest University, where he received honors in Philosophy and in Mathematical Economics. He went on to study law at Yale, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal as well as of the Yale Journal on Law and Feminism. After graduating in 1999, Green accepted a clerkship with Judge Louis H. Pollak of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. It was while clerking that Green began to teach, when the judge invited him to guest-lecture in the seminar on the Supreme Court that the judge was teaching at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. When Judge Pollak—a former dean of bothPenn and Yale law schools—saw Green teach, heclaims he spotted a born teacher. “[It] was plain that, if he were to choose an academic career, Craig was a natural,”wrote Pollak. “Last spring he returned to my seminar as Professor Green. In two hours he guided the members of the seminar (including me) through the many intricacies—and varied later implications—of Erie v. Tompkins. It was a tour de force.” “Simply put, Professor Green is the best teacher I havehad while at Temple Law. I’m a 3L, so that’s saying something. What was really impressive was the way he made a potentially complicated and boring course really come to life.” —Will Hummel ’10 “It is no surprise that the 2009 graduating class choseProfessor Green as the faculty member who made the most significant contribution to their law school careers. . . . What is a wonder is that such an accomplished and prolific scholar finds so much time to devote to teaching. His success is all the more impressive because [his] courses are among the most difficult to teach in the law school curriculum.” —Professor Robert Bartow“As a colleague, Professor Green is as good as it gets. Ihave relied on him for support in reviewing drafts ofscholarship, for assisting with moot court competitions and for advice on teaching. . . . If the Lindback Award were about being a great colleague, Professor Greenwould be eminently worthy of that award.” —Professor Donald P. Harris“I have known Craig since the late ’90s when we were classmates atYale Law School. He is undoubtedlyone of the smartest people I know.However, it takes more than a greatintellect to be a great teacher. Craig’stalent for clear expression andtremendous capacity for analysiscomplement his deep knowledge base.” —Professor Margaret deGuzman “Craig is a great teacher, deeply committed to hiscraft. . . He is a combination of demanding, funny, rigorous, and gentle. He has an absolute gift for making the subtle seem obvious.” —Professor Jane Baron administrative law, criminal procedure, maritime law, copyright, and other federal public law.Upon joining the Temple Law faculty in 2004, Green’s excellence in both the classroom and the world of scholar-ship was immediately apparent, and he gained tenure in 2008. The next year, the regard in which the student body held Green’s teaching was succinctly expressed when the graduating class awarded him the George P. Williams Award for Outstanding Professor of the Year. An enthusiastic and prolific scholar, Green is building a reputation as a nationally known scholar exploring the federal courts’ role in overseeing the executive branch. He has published articles concerning wartime detention, equalprotection, the federal sentencing guidelines, customary international law, and Erie. In reviewing Green’s scholarship for his tenure application in 2008, an outsidePREVIOUS LINDBACK AWARD RECIPIENTSJoseph Marshall, 1972 Herbert Myers, 1977 Robert Bartow, 1980 James Strazzella, 1982 Frank McClellan, 1985 Peter Sevareid, 1988 Charles Rogovin, 1989Joseph Passon, 1990 James Shellenberger, 1995 Laura Little, l999Eleanor Myers, 2000 David Sonenshein, 2003 Alice Abreu, 2006 Susan DeJarnatt, 2007continued on page two28609_TLS:ESQ_Sept06/f 6/14/10 6:06 PM Page 1After clerking for Judge Pollak and seeing the trial system from the inside, Green decided to broaden his experience by taking another clerkship, this time with Judge Merrick B. Garland of the Court of Appeals for theD.C. Circuit. Upon completing this second clerkship in 2001, Green worked in the SolicitorGeneral’s Office as a Bristow Fellow, and thereafter as a trial attorney for Department of Justice’s appellate staff. This work entailed briefing and arguing cases in federal courts of appeals, and drafting Supreme Court briefs for the Solicitor General’s Office on topics that included constitutional law,“AsProfessorGreen’sresearchassistant,Iwasluckytoworkcloselywithhim.Forpersonalreasons,Idid notpursuethefederalclerkshiphesohighly recommendedforme,nordidItakethebarexam. Twoyearsaftergraduation,Iwasanunemployed singlemomstrugglingwithwhichstepstotakenext.I contactedProfessorGreen,andovercoffeehehelped metalkthroughvariouswaystoapproachalegal career.ThreeweekslaterIhadajobasalawclerk atafantasticsmallboutiquelawfirm...Icansay, withoutadoubt,thatProfessorGreenisthekindof professorthatchangeslives.”—Erika(Caler)Wright’07“Leadinguptoexams,ProfessorGreenblockedoffdaystomeetwithstudygroupafterstudygroup.He walkedusthroughtheanswersto—Ibelieve—FOUR previousexams....Whenhisofficehoursfellat timesIwasunavailabletomeet,heofferedtomeet withmebothatschoolordowntown—evenon weekends.Ihavenotfoundthislevelofdedicationto studentsatanylevelofmyeducation.”—PatrickMadden’102 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2010JUROR MISCONDUCT GROUNDS FOR MISTRIAL A death penalty trial before Judge Steven R. Geroff was declared a mistrial when the judge learned that several jurors deliberated on evidence before the trial’s end.“I think Judge Geroff did exactly what he should have done,” said EDWARD D. OHLBAUM. . . . Still, Ohlbaum said, it is rare when such juror misconduct forces a mistrial and rarer still for a judge to punish an errant juror with a fine or jail time. “You want to encourage candor,” Ohlbaum said of the judge’s relationship with jurors. “To me, [punishing the jurors] sends a message that the reward for candidly admitting you broke the rules is punishment.” —Philadelphia Inquirer, March 20, 2010GOLDMAN SACHS TARGETED FOR INVESTIGATION Goldman Sachs Group was under investigation for currency swaps that disguised Greece’s debt. “Goldman has acknowledged in a public statement that the deals did help to reduce the debt, if only slightly, and were made when the country was attempting to meet financial standards for joining the European Monetary Union,” said RAFAEL PORRATA-DORIA. He said he warned his classes that the standards might be unrealistic for a number of countries such as Greece. “What I predicted to classes back then, is that these are almost impossible to meet honestly,” he said, adding that he thought it was likely that the standards would either be relaxed or ignored, or that countries would find ways to ‘fudge’their numbers. —Law360.com, February 25, 2010 HIGH TECH HIRING PRACTICES COULD “DEPRESS INCENTIVES” As the Justice Department stepped up its investigation into hiring practices at some of America’s biggest companies, including Google Inc., Intel Corp., and Apple Inc., the inquiry was focused on whether companies have agreed not to recruit each other’s employees in ways that violate antitrust law. “In the long run, this is going to distort and depress the incentives for people to actually develop the talents and skills that are useful in this market,” said SALIL MEHRA, a Temple University law professor who formerly worked in the Justice Department’s antitrust division. —Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2010GOLDMAN SACHS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION . . . AGAIN The SEC charged Goldman Sachs with defrauding investors by marketing a financial product tied to subprime mortgages.Goldman will be judged on whether the information it failed to tell its clients was material, meaning important or relevant, something a buyer would want to know before buying. PETER HUANG, a securities law professor at Temple University, agreed. “If you were buying something, you should care about the fact that the person who was picking the things you were buying was actually betting against them,” he said. “That's the part that wasn't disclosed.” — Wall Street Journal, April 19, 2010ARIZONA PASSES “AMERICA’S TOUGHEST” IMMIGRATION LAW Arizona passed a new, tough immigration law. The legislation prompted another call for immigration reform on the national level.Advocates would do better to take their cause where they can be more confident of gains: cities and states that welcome immigrants regardless of their federal status. Arizona’s law amounts to a self-inflicted wound, scaring away productive, taxpaying immigrants, legal or not. Other jurisdictions, Philadelphia included, can make Arizona’s loss their gain by working to advance immigrant interests in their own back yards. — PETER SPIRO, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 5, 2010 “The question is how the law will be enforced on the ground. Are police in Arizona going to stop individuals on the basis of suspicion of unauthorized presence?” said PETER SPIRO. “There’s a growing consensus that carrying registration documents or some form of identification is important. It’s an idea that is gaining support in this post 9/11 age,” said JAN TING. — WHYY’s Radio Times, April 29, 2010ELENA KAGAN NOMINATED—CRITICS ATTACK LACK OF JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE President Barack Obama’s choice of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court is at odds with the recent tradition of choosing Supreme Court justices from the ranks of the lower federal courts. PROFESSOR MARK RAHDERT says the trend of selecting nominees from the lower courts was started 30 years ago by then President Richard Nixon and is a relatively new wrinkle: “It’s not required by the Constitution. Over most of the court's history most of the individuals appointed have served in other capacities, not as lower court judges, before being named to the court.”— WRTI-FM in Philadelphia, May 10, 2010 CRAIG GREEN continued from page 1NEW WEBSITE HIGHLIGHTS APPELLATE RULINGS NOVEMBER 2009 The American Bar Association launched a new website intended to inform the media and public of important cases in the nation’s federal appellate courts. The goal is to post summaries of high-profile and high-impact cases to be of practical use for reporters and other media. The site was officially unveiled at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., where judges and journalists were gathered for a conference hosted by the First Amendment Center. The project grew out of a shared concern between journalists and the judiciary that reporting about federal courts has been declining. Media Alerts on Federal Courts of Appeals, as the site is known, will be updated daily with postings on key decisions and alerts on upcoming cases. The new website initially will highlight decisions from the Third, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits, and then eventually expand to include other circuits in the country. A panel of distinguished law professors worked with the ABA to select and summarize cases. The academic team, comprised of professors from four law schools and supervised student researchers, chose from the more than 25,000 cases filed annually in the three courts of appeals. Temple Law Professors Craig Green and David Sonenshein were part of the original team selecting the cases; today Sonenshein is joined by Temple Law Professors Anthony Bocchino and Mark Anderson.Media Alerts website: atnew.abanet.org/SCFJI/Pages/MediaAlertsOnFederalCircuitCourts.aspxreviewer wrote: “This is classic legal scholarship of the very highest order. Professor Green expressly eschews any attempt in these articles to set forth a normative theory for expanding or restricting federal judicial power. . . . He lays waste to the arguments he disputes without an ounce of disrespect for the legal acumen of those against whom he is writing, and has truly moved the conversation forward on an important set of separation of powers issues by virtue of his deep knowledge, comprehensive research and painstaking technical exegesis. Work of this quality certainly suggests a bright future in terms of contributing to significant debates in the worlds of both public law and legal procedure.”“Craig is a perfect embodiment of the Temple tradition: excellence as a scholar and excellence as a teacher,” says Dean JoAnne Epps. “I will always be grateful to Judge Louis Pollak for bringing Craig to our attention. He is kind, supportive, inspiring and a wonderful colleague. Clearly he is beloved by our students.”Green expresses the same affection for the law school community. “Great teaching and great scholarship are in the DNA of Temple Law,” he says, adding that he is thankful for the opportunity to contribute toward the school’s historical legacy.The successful Lindback Award proposal was submitted by a committee chaired by Professor Alice Abreu and supported by a unanimously enthusiastic faculty. The award, which is sponsored by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation, includes a $4,000 stipend.Faculty ON THE Record28609_TLS:ESQ_Sept06/f 6/14/10 6:06 PM Page 2Temple profs among those selected to determine which appellate cases are featured3 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2010comparative law in the legal writing curriculum, and shealso writes about public education reform. Professor RobinNilon has published and spoken around the world aboutteaching international lawyers the specialties of U.S. law. This combined expertise means that Temple has,according to Professor Ruth Anne Robbins, President ofthe Legal Writing Institute, “one of the most enviableensemble casts of any United States law school.” Mary Beth Beazley, President of the Association of LegalWriting Directors and a professor of law at Ohio StateUniversity, concurs: “They have had a great influence onthe teaching of legal writing. Their scholarship reflects thedepth and breadth of this important field.” Drawing on years of real world practice, Temple’s LRWfaculty teach core lawyering skills using the most effectiveteaching techniques. Indeed, Temple was among the firstlaw schools in the nation to teach through the problemsolving method. Each member of Temple’s Legal Researchand Writing faculty gives extensive feedback to eachstudent on every aspect of their legal communication skills.Because students get continuous feedback from lawyerswho are expert writers, they graduate with a solid grasp onthe lawyering process and first-hand experience of howlawyers really practice in a competitive environment. The real mark of the success of Temple’s writingprogram is not only the US Newsrankings, but the successof Temple law students in the real world. The one-on-oneattention that Templestudents receivemeans they areready to hit theground running aslawyers and judicialclerks. “At this timeof great change inthe legal employmentmarket, the skills ourrecent graduatesbring to the table aremore important thanever,” says MelissaLennon, who headsthe career planningoffice. “Our recentgraduates can counton their research andThe excellence of Temple’s LegalResearch and Writing curriculum wasrecognized when U.S. News & WorldReportranked Temple’s program atnumber eight in the country. There are197 law schools in the national ranking. The law school’s unique LRWcurriculum has been shaped by theconviction that a strong foundation inresearch and writing is an importantbuilding block of both academic andprofessional success. The ways in whichthese courses are taught reflect the coreof Temple Law’s emphasis on skills-based legal education. The legalresearch and writing curriculum wasdesigned with a basis in learning theory,as outlined in a ground-breaking articleabout Temple’s program by ProfessorsSusan DeJarnatt and Ellie Margolis. One of the most innovative aspects ofTemple’s program is that students learnto research and write by immersingthemselves in the “real world” context ofsolving client legal problems. This gives Temple students asolid foundation of critical lawyering skills, enabling them toconfront their first jobs with confidence. The “problemsolving” nature of the course also gives students criticalinsight into the human side of law. In keeping with Temple’s emphasis on practicalexperience, the legal research and writing faculty—sevenstrong—all bring “real world” experience to the classroom.Diversity is a hallmark of a great faculty, and the Templeteam includes lawyers with a vast range of previousexperience in the public and private sectors, as well as aPh.D. who focuses on teaching legal communication skillsto lawyers from all across the world. The faculty’s pre-teaching experience ranges from judicial clerkships andprestigious fellowships to positions in government andnonprofit agencies, to corporate law firms. Faculty bring not only “real world” experiencebut also expertise in writing and communicationThe curriculum is further enhanced by the various areas ofscholarly expertise of the faculty. Professor Kathryn Stanchihas published and spoken extensively on both legalpedagogy and persuasion. Professor Kristen Murray haspublished a book on scholarly legal writing, and earned amaster’s degree in education and human development in2009. Professor Bonny Tavares has written a book on legalresearch, and plans to publish an articlelater this year. In addition, Professor LeeCarpenter comes to Temple’s legalresearch and writing program withexperience as a clinical professor,providing a key link between teachingnovices and real world practice.Professor Ellie Margolis spent the earlypart of her career as a public interestlawyer. An expert on the use of policy inappellate briefwriting, Margolis’ currentscholarship focuses on the effects oftechnology on legal research andanalysis. Professor Susan DeJarnattbegan teaching at Temple after a careeras a consumer-housing specialist atCommunity Legal Services. Herscholarship focuses on legal writingpedagogy and, most recently,incorporating international andTemple Law ranks high inresearch and writing . . . and why it mattersInnovative program ranked eighth in the nationwriting training. It is this training, and the experience theyobtained in law school, that can allow them to add value toan employer immediately, even if they are just newmembers of the bar.” And legal recruiters know this curriculum makes adifference. “The Legal Research and Writing Program atTemple Law produces students who are well-prepared totake on the research and writing demands of a practicinglawyer,” says Mindy J. Herczfeld, a legal recruiter for CozenO’Connor. “The ‘real world’ method of the programprovides the foundation needed to approach projects in themost appropriate manner, which creates a work productthat is consistently thoughtful, thorough, and concise.”Students win regional moot courtTemple Law students who excel in legal research andwriting are eligible to join the Moot Court Honor Society andrepresent the Law School in moot court competitionsaround the country. The competitions give them valuableindependent experience in writing briefs analyzing complexissues of law and presenting oral arguments beforeaccomplished practitioners, distinguished law professors,and well-respected jurists. Every year, more than 150 law schools compete in theregional rounds of the National Moot Court Competition.This year’s Temple Law team of Jimmy Ficaro ’09 andAdam Kaster ’10 prevailed in the regional Competition overteams from Penn, Pitt and Georgetown, and Ficaro wasawarded the American College of Trial Lawyers Best OralAdvocate Award. A Temple Law team also emerged asregional champions at the ABA National AppellateAdvocacy Competition.Temple dominates Ginsburg writing competition In 2002, recognizing the importance of excellence in legalanalysis and writing skills, the Philadelphia Bar Associationestablished a legal writing competition. The author of thewinning paper receives the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award atthe Bar Association’s quarterly luncheon, and the paper issubsequently published in The Philadelphia Lawyer.Temple Law has dominated this competition from thevery beginning. The first year the award was given—2003— it went to Temple Law student Kimberly Bartman ’03.Bartman established a dazzling precedent, and for the lastseven years the prize has gone five times to Templestudents. In a resounding tribute to Professor SusanDeJarnatt, a longtime member of the Legal Research andWriting (LRW) team, the three most recent winners werewritten for her course, Introduction to Public Interest Law.This research paper seminar is a required course for theRubin-Presser Public Interest Scholars and attracts otherTemple students with an interest in the field of publicinterest law.Temple exports writing excellence Under the direction of Professor Robin Nilon, Temple’sLegal Research and Writing Program has been adapted tofill the needs of the growing number of internationalstudents who enroll in Temple’s LL.M. programs. As many as 45 Chinese attorneys and judges are enrolled in Temple’s first and only ABA-accredited LL.M.program in China, and up to 40 students enroll annually in Temple’s U.S.-based LL.M. degree program for foreign-trained lawyers. Nilon, a Ph.D. who has worked with internationalstudents for many years, has developed a curriculum for lawyers trained outside the U.S. who will need the legal research and writing and oral advocacy skillsessential to handling legal matters in a global context. The curriculum includes Nilon’s specially designed “totalimmersion” assignment in which students prepare andargue briefs before a panel of federal judges. Thecurriculum also includes a seminar designed to teach U.S.-style scholarly writing. LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING FACULTY, FROM LEFT: PROFESSORS DEJARNATT, MURRAY,TAVARES, MARGOLIS, STANCHI, NILON, CARPENTERAPRIL 2010AT THE ANNUAL STERN MOOT COURTCOMPETITION, STUDENTS ARGUED THE CASE OF CHRISTIANLEGAL SOCIETY V. MARTINEZ,A CASE THEN PENDING BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. THE COMPETITORS WEREALL MEMBERS OF THE MOOT COURT HONOR SOCIETY, TAKINGTHE ADVANCED APPELLATE ADVOCACY COURSE CO-TAUGHTBY PROFESSORS ELLIE MARGOLIS AND BONNY TAVARES. 28609_TLS:ESQ_Sept06/f 6/14/10 6:06 PM Page 34 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2010TRADE ATT’Y TIMOTHY REIF SPEAKS AT DEAN’S FORUMFEBRUARY 19, 2010 Timothy Reif, general counsel for the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), spoke at a Dean’s Invitational Forum about his pivotal position in the current administration and its role in international trade. Reif is responsible for providing legal advice on federal trade-related negotiations, agreements, trade legislation, certain trade remedies, administrative law, and government ethics.Reif has more than twenty years of experience in international trade law. Prior to joining USTR, he was chief international trade counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee. He previously served as international trade counsel at Dewey Ballantine. Reif earned his J.D. from Columbia University and his Master of Public Affairs and Bachelor degrees from Princeton University.Dean’s invitational forums provide a unique experience for students and faculty to interact in small groups with experienced attorneys from a wide range of backgrounds. This forum was co-hosted by Dean JoAnne A. Epps and Professor Jeffrey Dunoff, co-director of the Institute for International Law and Public Policy. SCIENCE JOURNAL SYMPOSIUM EXPLORES THE GREENING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYMARCH 19, 2010 The Temple Journal of Science, Technology and Environmental Law’s annual symposium, The Greening of Intellectual Property, focused on the intersection between green technology and intellectual property law. Participants explored such nationally and internationally significant questions as whether intellectual property rights are needed to promote green technology innovation, and whether there is a relationship between the strength of these rights and the introduction of useful technology to the marketplace. The one-day symposium featured Robert Bahr, acting associate commissioner for patent examination at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Jerome H. Reichman, professor of intellectual property at Duke University School of Law; and Dan J. Desmond, Pennsylvania’s “energy czar,” who has been heavily involved in crafting the state’s alternative energy plan.MYERS LECTURE: SCHWARTZ ’75, LEVICK ’76 DISCUSS ‘KIDS FOR CASH’MARCH 18, 2010 “Justice for Sale: Luzerne Country, Corrupt Judges, and the Sounds of Silence” was the topic of the annual Herbert Myers Lecture, delivered by Robert G. Schwartz ’75 and Marsha L. Levick ’76, founders and co-directors of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia. Schwartz and Levick related their experience in the highly publicized case in which juvenile advocates sought to obtain justice for the children of Luzerne County, where judges were accused of sentencing in exchange for kickbacks. In the end, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated over 6,500 delinquency adjudications and cleared the juveniles’ records.S P R I N G • 2 0 1 0 • A T • T E M P L E • L A WDEAN’S FORUM Timothy Reif (right) and Prof. DunoffMYERS LECTURERobert G. Schwartz ’75 and Marsha L. Levick ’76SCIENCE JOURNAL SYMPOSIUMAssistant Dean Shyam Nair ‘97 is an adviser for the Temple Journal of Science, Technology and Environmental Law. 28609_TLS:ESQ_Sept06/f 6/14/10 6:06 PM Page 4SCIENCE JOURNAL SYMPOSIUMSymposium speakers with student editors of the Temple Journal of Science, Technology and Environmental Law, from left: Patrick Madden ’10, Prof. Johanna Dennis, Prof. Gregory Mandel, Prof. Jerome Reichman, Chris Page ’10, William Tanenbaum, Brian Hanlon, Felix Yelin ’10, Harold Fullmer ‘96, Prof. Mary Lyndon 5 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2010APRIL 1, 2010 It is common knowledge that the “drug war” is not one that can be “won” in any conventional sense. Minor drug convictions often result in long prison sentences, overcrowded facilities, and a drain on government resources. The current punitive system may exacerbate addiction issues by failing to adequately treat and rehabilitate drug users. Local communities suffer economically from having their family members incarcerated. Significant public health concerns can result from underfunded drug treatment programs and the spread of addiction. In April, 2010, the Student Public Interest Network (SPIN) hosted a forum to discuss the multiple ways in which drug policy impacts the community. Philadelphia’s top drug policy enforcer, District Attorney Seth Williams, was the keynote speaker at the event.The city’s new district attorney is working with the state Supreme Court to unclog Philadelphia’s crowded courts and prisons by decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. Under the new policy, prosecutors will charge such cases as summary offenses rather than as misdemeanors. People arrested with up to 30 grams of the drug— slightly more than an ounce— may be fined but would face no risk of a criminal record.WOMEN’S LAW CAUCUS HONORS MARINA KATS ’88MARCH 23, 2010 Marina Kats ’88 was the 2010 honoree at the annual Women’s Law Caucus reception. Kats specializes in litigation at Kats, Jamison, Van der Veen & Assoc., based in Feasterville, PA and has run for political office as a Republican in Montgomery County.“We have to be smart on crime,” said District Attorney Williams, who took office in January. “We can’t declare a war on drugs by going after the kid who’s smoking a joint on 55th Street. We have to go after the large traffickers.”Williams’ new policy could remove up to 3,000 small-time marijuana cases— about 5 percent of the caseload in criminal court—from the system, freeing prosecutors and judges to devote time to more serious crimes. The forum was moderated by Professor Scott Burris, co-director of Temple’s Center for Health Law, Policy and Practice. Other expert speakers at SPIN’s forum were John Goldkamp, Professor of Criminal Justice, who conducted an evaluation of the nation’s first drug court in Miami; Emily Gibble, an overdose prevention educator at Prevention Point; and Mary Defusco, a public defender and member of the oversight committee of the Philadelphia Treatment Court.For the past four years, Temple Law School’s Student Public Interest Network (SPIN) has hosted a Philadelphia forum to tackle a topic that is pertinent to our Philadelphia community and brings the community and students together in collaboration and conversation. Previous topics included the impact on Philadelphia neighborhoods of the recent economic crisis, revitalization, and gun violence. S P R I N G • 2 0 1 0 • A T • T E M P L E • L A WSPIN FORUMSeth Williams (at left); Prof. Scott Burris (below) SPIN FORUM: ‘RETHINKING THE WAR ON DRUGS’Philadelphia DA Seth Williams speaks at SPIN forumWOMEN’S LAW CAUCUS Marina Kats ’88 with Dean JoAnne Epps PHOEBE HADDON RETURNS TO DELIVER GREEN LECTUREAPRIL 12, 2010 “A Public Calling: Lessons from the Lives of Judges of Color in Pennsylvania” was the topic of the annual Hon. Clifford Scott Green Lecture, delivered by Phoebe A. Haddon, Dean of University of Maryland Law School. An accomplished scholar on constitutional law and tort law, Haddon taught on the Temple Law faculty for more than 25 years before being asked to assume the deanship at Maryland.28609_TLS:ESQ_Sept06/f 6/14/10 6:06 PM Page 5GREEN LECTUREPhoebe A. Haddon, Dean of University of Maryland Law School and Prof. Frank McClellan (far left)6 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2010SPIN AUCTION1. Christina Matteliano ’11, Ben Beck-Coon ’09, and Jared Bass ’12 2. Prof. Jeremi Duru 3. Pong Chulirashaneekorn ’09 (left) and Neelu Vanguri ’094. Rahul Munshi ’09 and William Shuey ’08 S P R I N G • 2 0 1 0 •A T •T E M P L E •L A WWOMEN IN THE PROFESSIONAbove, from left: Alycia Horn ’95, Comcast Corporation, and Leslie Safran ’97, Sunoco CorporationWOMEN IN THE PROFESSIONDean JoAnne EppsSPIN AUCTION SUPPORTS PUBLIC INTEREST JOBSMARCH 4, 2010 This year’s gala annual SPIN auction attracted over 150 students, faculty, alums, friends of the law school—and just plain partyers looking for a good time and some genuine bargains. SPIN (Student Public Interest Network) promotes public interest law and provides summer grants to students working in the public interest. It was formed in 1992 after a second-year Temple Law student was forced to turn down a summer public interest job because the employer was unable to pay him. Ever since, SPIN has organized creative fundraising events to ensure that students will not have to pass up valuable opportunities in the public interest sector. This year’s event, hosted by the law firm of Duane Morris, included an online auction which preceded that live auction. In total, more than $16,000 was raised to be distributed to students seeking support for summer jobs with public interest organizations. 13CONFERENCE EXPLORES NURSING AND THE LAWMAY 7, 2010 At a one-day conference focusing on the intersection of nursing and the law, speakers explored the issues of patient confidentiality, safety in the workplace and statutory parameters. The conference, sponsored by The Beck Chair in Law and the Independence Foundation, featured Susan Sherman, President of the Independence Foundation, and Temple alums Tine Hansen Turton '07, Executive Director of the National Nursing Centers Consortium, and Beth Koob ‘88, Chief Counsel Temple University Health Sciences and Health System. Frank McClellan, who holds the Phyllis W. Beck Chair of Law and is the co-director of the Center for Health Law Policy and Practice, was among the conference organizers.NURSING AND THE LAW Beth Koob ’88 (below right ) and Prof. Frank McClellan with Susan Sherman, Independence Foundation President2428609_TLS:ESQ_Sept06/f 6/14/10 6:06 PM Page 6WOMEN IN THE PROFESSION: DEAN ADDRESSES FORUMOF IN-HOUSE COUNSELAPRIL 28, 2010 Dean JoAnne A. Epps was a keynote speaker at a special one-day summit for women who work as in-house counsel. The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession hosted the event, which was held at Temple University Center City. The forum, entitled “Capture Your Power: Your Role in Advancing Women in the Legal Profession,” was the second annual gathering hosted by the commission. The following day, Dean Epps also addressed the Women in Law Leadership Academy, a one-day seminar co-hosted by the Commission on Women in the Profession and the Young Lawyers’ Division.7 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 20101970sIn March 2010, STEWART M. WEINTRAUB ’71joined thecorporate tax firm of Chamberlain Hrdlicka, where he leadsthe firm’s state and local tax practice. Weintraub alsochairs the American Bar Association’s tax section state andlocal tax committee. ABRAHAM C. REICH ’74,partner and co-chair at Fox Rothschild, has beenreappointed to serve on the PennsylvaniaContinuing Legal Education Board. Reichalso recently co-authored a chapter onethics in the 2010 edition of themultivolume treatise Successful PartneringBetween Inside and Outside Counselwith Andrea E. Utecht. NOTESClassCLASS OF ’33 ALUM TO CELEBRATE 102This year, BLAINE E.CAPEHART ’33,leader andpatriarch of CapehartScatchard, will celebrate his102nd birthday. He has beena member of the bar fornearly 80 years and a partnerof the Mt. Laurel, NJ firmsince 1937. He was listed asa “Super Lawyer” in NewJersey in 2009.Born and raised in NewJersey, Capehart began hislaw studies at Harvard buttransferred to Temple in 1930. He was graduated in thelast evening-only Temple Law School class, before the firstday division classes were launched in September 1933.Capehart recalls attending law classes in the Public LedgerBuilding on Independence Square while apprenticing forthe New Jersey firm French, Richards & Bradley (nowCapehart Scatchard).Capehart’s eight decades as a trial, employment, andestates lawyer were recognized recently by the Township ofMoorestown, which named him an “Outstanding Memberof the Community.” At just over 100 years young, heremains an active member of the national, state and localbars as well as a fellow of the American College of TrialLawyers and American Bar Foundation. S P R I N G • 2 0 1 0 •A T •T E M P L E •L A WRIZZO ’83 HONORED ATTEMPLE FOUNDER’S DAYAPRIL 10, 2010Judge Annette Rizzo ’83 was honored at the annual Founder’s Day celebration for hercommitment to Temple University and her extraordinarycareer in the law. A judge on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleassince 1998, Rizzo’s innovative work in recent years hasdrawn national attention. In 2008, in the wake of theeconomic downtown and mortgage foreclosure crisis, sheand then-President Judge C. Darnell Jones developed theMortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program, aimed at keepingPhiladelphia residents in their homes. The program, whichmandates that no residential owner-occupied properties inPhiladelphia may go to sheriff’s sale without a face-to-faceconciliation conference being held, has been cited as amodel for programs across the country. Originally appointed to the court by then-Governor TomRidge, the judge has served in the trial division in both thecriminal and civil programs, and now sits in the civil majorjury trial program. Before her appointment to the bench,Rizzo worked first in the city solicitor’s office and then withthe law firm of Rawle & Henderson. Just prior to becominga judge, Rizzo was senior counsel at CIGNA Companies.Rizzo has long been a committed Temple Law supporterand currently serves on the board of the Temple LawAlumni Association.FIRST-YEAR STUDENT ON WINNING PUBLIC POLICY TEAMMARCH 20, 2010 Evan Barrett Smith, first year studentand Rubin-Presser Public Interest Scholar, was a memberof the winning team at the inaugural Public PolicyChallenge presented by the Fels Institute of Government atthe University of Pennsylvania. In addition to studying lawat Temple, Smith is also enrolled in a Master's program atthe Fels Insitute.Smith’s “Land Philadelphia” team won the competitionwith an initiative to transform Philadelphia’s neglected, tax-delinquent properties into an asset in the battle tostabilize and grow thriving neighborhoods. In a radicaldeparture from the current sheriff’s sale process, theproposal calls for tax delinquency to be used as anopportunity to move properties into responsible, stableownership in a way that aligns with the city’s home-ownership and community planning policies. The newsystem would form a meaningful partnership between CityCouncil, the Redevelopment Authority, and neighborhoodsto break the cycle of disinvestment and decline thatundermines stable neighborhoods citywide.Each of the five competing teams chose its ownPhiladelphia area issue and developed a policy proposaland a political strategy for change. A panel of regionalgovernment, business, and community leaders, includingPennsylvania’s First Lady, Judge Marjorie O. Rendell,judged the competition. POLICY TEAMEvan Smith ’12(center) withPenn graduatestudentsFOUNDER’S DAY Hon. Annette Rizzo ’83 LAURA VAN NESS MORRISFOUNDER’S DAY Leonard Barrack ’68, with wife Lynne, wasawarded the University Alumni DistinguishedService Award.28609_TLS:ESQ_Sept06/f 6/14/10 6:07 PM Page 78 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2010In February 2010, DEBRA WEISS FORD ’82 was named in an election of her peers as best labor and employment attorney in New Hampshire. Ford is the managing partner of the Portsmouth office of Jackson Lewis where she specializes in labor and employment matters for management.Reed Smith announced the addition of LEE ANN FLYER DILLON ’83 as a partner in its financial industry group resident in the firm’s New York City office. Dillon was formerly a partner in the New York office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.JOSEPH MATERNOWSKI ’84 was elected chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s environmental, natural resources and energy law section for 2010. He was also named to the board of directors of the Moss & Barnett law firm in Minneapolis. In his practice Maternowski assists clients with the review of environmental issues that arise in business and real estate transactions. He is also involved in litigation related to contaminated property and defense of enforcement actions brought by federal and state agencies. R. MICHAEL CARR ’85, a shareholder of Stevens & Lee, lectured on the fundamentals of employment law at a continuing legal education seminar in Allentown, PA. Carr concentrates his practice in labor and employment matters, representing management in the defenseof age, sex and disability discrimination cases, and is a boardmember for the Program for Women and Families. In March 2010, Duane Morris partner TERESA CAVENAGH ’85 was a panelist for a “Women in Leadership”symposium organized by the Pennsylvania Diversity Council. Cavenagh spoke on the topic of mentoring, particularly with regard to identifying and being a mentor.RENARDO L. HICKS, LL.M. ’85, chair of Stevens & Lee’s energy, regulatory and public utilities group, was recently recognized for his integral role in the establishment of a 211 information phone system for Pennsylvania on behalf of the United Way of Pennsylvania. The systemwas approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in February 2010. Additionally, Hicks participated in the panel discussion “Economic Opportunities for Minorities in the ‘Green’ Market” as part of the annual PBA Minority Attorney Conference. He is also an adjunct professor at Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg and chairs the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s consumer advisory council.CHRISTOPHER J. PIPPETT, LL.M. ’87, has joined Fox Rothschild as a partner in the corporate department, resident in the Exton, PA office. In addition, Pippett serves as president of the Board ofHabitat for Humanity of Chester County and is a member of the Chester CountyAdvisory Board of Red Cross’ Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter and co-chair of its golf committee. DENA LEFKOWITZ ’88 recently launched a professional coaching practice, CoachDena, in which she works with professionals providing support to create strategies, plan and implement a more rewarding career and life. Lefkowitz is also a senior attorney with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. INT’L LL.M. GRADUATE RECOGNIZED BY LOCAL BARAPRIL 8, 2010 Natalia Nekrasova was the recipient of an award given annually to “international LL.M. students who demonstrated noteworthy achievement in international human rights or international law.” Nekrasova was selected on the basis of her internship with United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs where she worked with the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Nekrasova, who is from the Russian Federation, earned an LL.M. degree from Temple in May 2010. “After graduation I plan to move to New York where I hope to join an international firm or organization where I can merge my academic knowledge and practical experience,” says Nekrasova. “I also have my own internationally oriented project that promotes youth, traveling and education. The main goals of the project are to encourage and to empower international students and international students with disabilities to study law abroad in order to be competitive in international legal jobs market.”The award was presented by the international law committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association at a reception hosted by Fox Rothschild for international LL.M. students attending Temple and University of Pennsylvania law schools. In April 2010, criminal defense lawyer THEODORE SIMON ’74 appeared on ABC’sGood Morning America and CBS’s Early Show for interviews about the appeal on behalf of his client, Amanda Knox. Knox is the American college exchange student convicted in Perugia, Italy of the murderof her British roommate. Simon, a principal in the Law Offices of Theodore Simon in Philadelphia, has maintained a national and international trial and appellate practice for more than 35 years.ELIAS S. COHEN ’75 is a lecturer at the University of Maryland Erickson School of Aging Management and Policy where he teaches a course on aging law and ethics to undergraduate students. He also recently published a review of two books on law and aging titled “Thinking LIke Lawyers” in The Gerontologist. Cohen, who was the oldest member of his law school class and is currently the oldest member of the University of Maryland Baltimore Campus faculty, was Pennsylvania’s first Commissioner on Aging at the age of 29. AUDREY WOLFSON LATOURETTE ’75, a professor in the School of Business at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, recently presented a research article on plagiarism for which she received the Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies 2010 Double-Blind-Peer-Reviewed Best Paper Award. The article, “Plagiarism: Legal and Ethical Implications for the University,” will be published in the Journal of College and University Law. Latourette practiced law with the Philadelphia firm Wolf, Block, Schorr, and Solis-Cohen before joining the Stockton faculty in 1971.SUZANNE REILLY ’76 currently serves as the chief deputy city solicitor of the labor and employment unit for the City of Philadelphia’s law department. Reilly joined the law department in 1996. LOUIS RUBINO ’78, a private practice attorney in Boulder, CO, spoke at a Mental Health Law Program sponsored by Continuing Legal Education, Inc. of Colorado. Rubino, whose practice includes the representation of the indigent mentally ill, spoke on “Uniqueness of theClient Relationship: Developing an Effective Strategy for Client Presentation to the Court and to a Jury.”NEIL A. MORRIS ’79 has been named township labor counsel in Lower Southampton Township in Bucks County, PA. Morris is a partner in the Philadelphia office of Archer & Greiner, where he specializes in management-side labor and employment law.1980sThe Nova Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship recently inducted MITCHELL BERGER ’80 into its Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. Berger is the founder and chairman of Berger Singerman, a full-service commercial lawfirm with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Tallahassee and Boca Raton.SCOTT C. PENWELL ’81, of Stevens and Lee, was a presenter at the Rotary Club of Wilmington West on captive insurance companies and Delaware as a captive domicile. DONNA J. MOUZAYCK ’82 is the FirstDeputy City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia Law Department.TEMPLE LAW TWITTERS@TempleLaw28609_TLS:ESQ_Sept06/f 6/14/10 6:07 PM Page 8NATALIA NEKRAZOVA ’10 WITH DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS KAREN McMICHAEL ’929 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2010MICHAEL C. McBRATNIE, LL.M. ’88, of Fox Rothschild’s Exton, PA office, has been named co-chair of the firm’s tax and estates department. McBratnie, who serves on the firm’s executive committee, is also on the board of directors for Brandywine Health Foundation as its secretary. PAMELA M. TOBIN ’88, a litigator at Kaplin Stewart in Blue Bell, PA, has been named vice-chair of the women in the law committee of the Montgomery Bar Association. She hopes to make this Committee a forum for women lawyers to brainstorm ideas for expanding their practices and taking on leadership roles in the law.1990sFollowing an extensive national search, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has named ROOSEVELT HAIRSTON JR. ’90 to the position of executive vice president and general counsel. Hairston has been with the organization since 1997, and most recently served as senior vice president for government affairs, community relations and advocacy, as well as deputy general counsel for litigation. Judge Gerald Kosinski presented DR. RUTH (KAFRISSEN) HORWITZ ’91 with the Pro Bono Publico award from the Philadelphia Courts. Since 2008, ERIC LECHTZIN ’91 has been with Berger & Montague in Philadelphia, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of securities fraud class actions, shareholder derivative suits, and mergers and acquisitions cases. He has been lead counsel in securities fraud class actions against Centerline Holding Company, Municipal Mortgage & Equity, Fifth Third Bancorp, Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund and Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. An avid runner, Lechtzin is active in the Bucks County Roadrunners Club. ENRICO SORIANO ’91 has joined the Washington DC firm of Garvey Schubert Barer, where he represents telephone companies, phone service providers, equipment manufacturers, debit card and Internet service providers. Previously, he was a counsel to Fleischman and Harding. N. ALEXANDER ERLAM ’92, general counsel at The Vertical Screen Group of Companies, Marlton, NJ, has been elected the 2010 president of the Delaware Valley chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.After a 16-year career with the Delaware Department of Justice, DANIEL R. MILLER ’92 has joined the Philadelphia firm of Berger & Montague, where his practice is focused on qui tam litigation and employment matters. Miller recently testified before the Maryland Legislature insupport of the Maryland False Claims Act bill, and spoke inNew York City with respect to qui tam issues at the Forum on Prescription Drug Pricing and the Forum on Fraud and Abuse in the Sale and Marketing of Drugs.RONEE KORBIN STEINER ’93 was selected family law litigator of the year by the Volunteer Lawyers Program Advisory Committee in Phoenix, AZ.Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg and Gifford partner MATTHEW TAYLOR WILKOV ’94joined with an associate at his firm and a fellow Temple Law alum, JENNIFER J. RILEY ’09, in coaching the mock trial team at Mount Saint Joseph’s Academy. “The Mount”prevailed against 29 competing teams in Montgomery County and went on to represent the county at the Pennsylvania High School Mock Trial Competition in Harrisburg. Wilkov has been a member of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg and Gifford since 1999 and a partner since 2005, practicing in the areas of personal injury, products liability, medical malpractice, criminal defense, business litigation, and military/veterans law. JOSEPH DEVER ’95 has been appointed assistant regional director for the division of enforcement in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s New York regional office. Dever recently received a special commendation from the Department of Justice for his role in leading the SEC’s joint taskforce with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, NY investigating kickback schemes and other fraudulent practices in the securities lending, or “stock loan,” industry on Wall Street. The investigation resulted in the filing of civil charges against 57 defendants and 29 criminal convictions.SANDRA A. JESKIE ’96 has been named president of ITechLaw (International Technology Law Association). Jeskie is a partner at Duane Morris and co-chair of the firm’s information technologies and telecom interdisciplinary practice group.KEITH JONES ’97 and his wife Susan announce the birth of their second son, Mason Keith Jones, born on March 30 in Annapolis, MD. Jones is general counsel to the National Association of Clean Water Agencies in Washington, DC.In December 2009, MIKE FLOWERS ’98 left the U.S. Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations to accept an appointment from Mayor Bloomberg as Director of the Financial Crime Taskforce of New York City.MARC A. LIVERANT ’99 is an associate in Morgan Lewis’s real estate practice. He has been with the firm since 2005, representing lenders, developers, owners, tenants and operators in all aspects of commercial, residential, industrial and resort real estate transactions.2000sMICHAEL E. BERTIN ’00 has been named partner at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, where he practices in the litigation department. DANIEL SIMONS ’00, a member of the antitrust department of thePhiladelphia firm of Berger & Montague, recently co-authored a chapter in The International Handbook on Private Enforcement of Competition Law, published by the American Antitrust Institute.A. ELIZABETH BALAKHANI ’01 has been an associate in the litigation department of Dechert since 2005, practicing in the area of mass torts and product liability. She is currently involved in the defense of major pharmaceutical companies at various stages of litigation in federal and state courts, including multidistrict litigation and coordinated state court litigation.GREGG W. MARSANO ’01 has joined the law firm of Rubin, Fortunato & Harbison as an associate focusing on employment litigation in the areas of restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and employment agreements. He comes to the firm from Dechert. LOUIS MATKOFF ’321909 – 2010MARCH 15, 2010 Law school alumnus Louis Matkoff died at the age of 101. Matkoff was a student in the evening division while working during the day as an investigator in the claims department of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (now SEPTA). After working with another attorney for more than ten years, he opened his own practice, where he remained until his retirement almost fifty years later. In 1959 Matkoff was joined by Kenneth Shengold ’54, and the partnership of Matkoff and Shengold was formed. Always generous supporters of the law school, Matkoff and his wife Shirley decided in 1991 to endow a scholarship to be awarded annually to a student with demonstrated academic achievement and financial need. In 1993, the Matkoffs took the further step of creating the Louis and Shirley Matkoff Charitable Remainder Unitrust.SANDHYA DABOLKAR GOKHALE, LL.M. ’89 (RIGHT), WITH (FROM LEFT) HUSBAND AMOL PALEKAR, PROF. BURTON CAINE AND WIFE SHULAMITH ACTIVIST LAWYER PROMOTES HER FILMSandhya Dabolkar Gokhale, LL.M. ’89, was recently in the U.S. on a work trip to promote a film for which she wrote the screenplay: Samantaar. In addition to writing and working on many dramatic films, Gokhale is an activist lawyer with the Forum Against Oppression of Women based in Mumbai, India.28609_TLS:ESQ_Sept06/f 6/14/10 6:07 PM Page 9George X. Schwartz Class of 1940Malcolm Campbell Class of 1948Hon. Charles Mirarchi Jr. Class of 1948 Perry S. Bechtle Class of 1951 Norman B. Hockman Class of 1953Jerome Martin Dubyn Class of 1959Alfred Stapler Class of 1959Anthony D. Pirillo Jr. Class of 1960Gardner Evans Class of 1963Guy T. Matthews Class of 1968Michael Minkin Class of 1970Thomas K. Kilkenny Class of 1976Harry Wieder Class of 1978Arthur C. James III Class of 1979Jeanne Neese Class of 1994Paul A. Goetz Class of 1995IN MEMORIAMNext >