Temple UniversityJames E. BeasleySchool of LawLaw School andAlumni News November 2012Meet the Class of 2015 on page two. 36094 TempleLaw_Layout 1 11/14/12 4:47 PM Page 1Dear graduates and friends: Your support is vital to our future. On behalf of our studentsand my faculty and staff colleagues, thank you to all who are listed in our donor report for fiscal year 2012. We aredeeply appreciative. Your investment in Temple Law Schoolhas inspired our path forward.We have much to be proud of, as an institution known for excellence in research and scholarship, finding the sweetblend of theory and practice, and thus graduating studentswho are learned in the law, skilled in problem-solving, and inpossession of professional identities built around integrity,honor and compassion. But this is not a time to rest on ourhistorical success. Changes in the legal profession, brought on in part by economic pressures and technologicaldevelopments, provide an excellent opportunity for Temple Law School to take the lead in conversations about the futureof legal education generally, and in the delivery of the bestlegal education for the times here at Temple. The legalPreparing ‘good advocates and good citizens’October 2012 Dean JoAnne A. Epps (center) with Governor Tom Corbettand First Lady Susan Corbett at a ceremony in Harrisburg at which Eppswas one of eight women named Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania.She was nominated for the honor by Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts.profession is demanding that law schools reevaluate thecontent of their curriculum, and potential applicants areinsisting that legal education more effectively equip them, atmanageable cost, for the practice of law. At Temple, we see this as a time to renew our commitmentnot just to excellence, but to progressive excellence. Our visionfor the future has three components. •We want to continue to be recognized, nationally and internationally, as leaders in scholarship and research productivity, in delivering outstanding legal education, and in engaging in activities that contribute meaningful impact towards the uplifting of the community and world in which we live. •We want to lead and influence conversations about the future of legal education. •We want the teaching of law to blend substance and context, preparing our students to be good advocates and good citizens. Our vision requires much of us. We must blend traditionwith innovation. We must constantly ensure that what we teachand how we teach is the best that it can be. We must notmerely be open to new ideas; we must search them out, bybeing constantly inquisitive about improvements andpersistently impatient about complacency. We must takeadvantage of the best technology has to offer, both in terms of the delivery of legal education and the equipping of ourstudents to compete effectively in this global legal economy.And we must be a place that understands that learning is morethan the transmission of knowledge. It is law in action, and wemust be a place where students can experience the law, andwitness the majesty of all it can accomplish. In this way, we will ensure that our students are en route to being knowledgeable, skilled, savvy, ethical and passionatelawyers, a process every member of the law school communitywill take pleasure in witnessing. This vision starts by attractingand retaining outstanding faculty and students. It is achievedby providing the encouragement and resources to spark theirbest efforts, to excite their passions, and to inspire them to leadconfidently into the future this wonderful institution known asthe Temple University Beasley School of Law. Sincerely, JoAnne A. Epps, Dean36094 TempleLaw_Layout 1 11/14/12 4:47 PM Page 2TEMPLE ESQ. NOVEMBER 2012 • 1John Langel Scholarship goes to track and field starWhen John Langel ’74 celebrated his60th birthday, Doug and KathyCollins wanted to make a meaningfulgift to the Ballard Spahr litigator.Doug Collins is a four-time NBA All-Star who has coached thePhiladelphia 76ers since 2010.Langel is Coach Collins’ attorney whohas, over the years, also became aclose friend.Knowing how muchLangel valueshis Temple Law experience, Dougand Kathy Collins decided to endow ascholarship at Langel’s alma mater.The Collins’s envisioned that thescholarship go to “a law student whohas credentials that includeparticipation in a collegiate athleticprogram” as a way to honor theirsand Langel’s shared admiration forscholar-athletes. Langel agreed.The inaugural recipient of theLangel Scholarship did far more than“participate” in college sports. First-year law student and former trackand field star Nicole Leach ’15 is atwo-time NCAA champion, andqualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials. For two years following college she was a professionalrunner. She says she is putting a hold on athletic competition—but staying in shape—whileshe gets her law degree.The man who inspired the scholarship—John Langel—has a deep commitment toTemple Law and appreciation for the opportunities it created for him. “The school was in a state of positive growth as Peter Liacouras became dean, bringing in terrific faculty who cared about the students,” Langel says. As he neared graduation, the placement office helped him secure a clerkship with former U.S. District Judge Daniel H. Huyett III. After that, he joined Ballard Spahr, where today he is chair of the litigation department.In 1998, Langel was head of Ballard Spahr’s labor and employment group in Philadelphiawhen he learned that the U.S. women’s soccer team was making about half what the men’steam was paid per season. To combat that inequality, the women decided to hire a lawyer tohelp them negotiate higher salaries and better health benefits. Eventually, they met withLangel. The athletes could not afford his rates, but that did not stop Langel. He decided tocut his fee significantly to help them. A year later, the team won a World Cup gold with avictory over China. In the wake of the team’s success, Langel was able to do what he doesbest: negotiate. In addition to getting the women better salaries and benefits, he was able toimprove important aspects of team life by negotiating for better equipment, doctors andtransportation.Today, Langel is chair of the litigation department at Ballard Spahr. In addition to thewomen’s soccer team, which he still represents, Langel’s sports-related clients includeformer Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski and—of course—his friend, 76ers Head CoachDoug Collins.Nicole Leach ’15John Langel ’74Scholarship recipient puts Olympic aspirations on holdA lot of Temple students have exploredother professions before deciding on lawschool. Nicole Leach got paid to run. Nikesponsored the Philadelphia native andNCAA allstar to train and compete all overthe world for two years after she graduatedfrom UCLA. While in college, Leach earned gold onthe World Junior 4x400 relay team inBeijing. In 2007, she was the NCAA 400meter hurdle champion, represented theU.S. at the World Championships, andearned two bronze medals at the Pan AmGames. She capped off her college careerby qualifying as an Olympic Trials qualifierin 2008 and winning an NCAAchampionship in 2009. During her post-college years as a professional runner, shetraveled to Split, Croatia as a member ofthe World Cup Team and placed sixth inthe women’s 400 meter hurdles. At the2010 USA Track and Field NationalChampionships she placed second in the400 meter hurdles. While growing up in West Philadelphia,Leach says she became involved in trackas a result of an older cousin playingfootball. “I would race all my cousin’sfootball teammates after his little leaguepractices, and one day a club track coachspotted me and spoke to my dad about mejoining the team,” she remembers. “But once I became involved in trackand field, my inspiration to continue and tocompete at a professional level came from[Olympic sprinter] Michael Johnson.continued on page three36094 TempleLaw_Layout 1 11/14/12 4:47 PM Page 12• TEMPLE ESQ. NOVEMBER 2012At Temple Law, the faculty—and students—often remark on how the classroom dialogue isenlivened by the breadth of experiencesrepresented in the student body. Temple Law, like the University, long agoshook off its reputation as a “local” school, whilemaintaining a commitment to the region. Someof this year’s entering law class grew up withinwalking distance of Temple’s campus, whileothers came from rural Pennsylvania or 22 otherstates and countries. Reflecting the growingglobalization of legal education, members of theclass were born in Albania, Canada, China,Germany, Grenada, Haiti, India, Moldova,Nigeria, Romania, Syria and Ukraine. Moststudents speak at least one language other thanEnglish, many speak several languages,including two students who listed six. This year’s entering class also brings a widerange of professional backgrounds. It includes atax preparer, a video archivist, a casino dealerand a campaign finance director, a behavioralcounselor and a Hollywood actor, a builder anda mechanical engineer, a dentist and a medicalwriter, and analysts of all stripes, including aninvestment analyst, an IT analyst and astatistical analyst. Two students own their owncompanies. There is a Marine Corps captain andan Army sergeant who both served tours of dutyin Iraq. There is a freelance photographer, aunion organizer, a social worker, a policedispatcher, a special education teacher andstudents who’ve taught English in Chile, SouthKorea, Ecuador and Japan. Students havecompleted internships with the Pennsylvanialegislature, the U.S. Congress, the White House,the U.N., the British House of Commons andthe Italian Parliament.In a class replete with accomplishment, it isnot surprising that there is no shortage ofextracurricular accomplishment. There is anationally ranked debater, the former statechairman of the federation of collegeRepublicans, and students who have served aspresidents of their student bodies, theirfraternities or the Black Student Union. Athletesin the class include several equestrians, apowerlifter, a surfer, a mixed martial artsspecialist, an All-American gymnast, severalmarathoners and a track and field star. Notedartists include a published poet, an opera singer,a ballet dancer, a ballroom and Latin dancer,and a Native American traditional dancer. Entering class continues tradition of diversityClass size: 253Day division: 204Evening division:49Average age: 24Women: 42% Men: 58%Minoritystudents: 27%Collegesrepresented: 114State andcountriesrepresented: 23Median GPA ofentering class:3.42Median LSATscore: 16136094 TempleLaw_Layout 1 11/14/12 4:47 PM Page 2The Honorable Nelson A. Diaz, J.D. ’72, Hon. ’90, grew up in a Puerto Rican family in ablack Harlem housing project. Throughout his meteoric rise in the legal world, JudgeDiaz has remained committed to creating opportunities for other people fromdisadvantaged backgrounds. Diaz, who has been a partner in two major Philadelphia law firms and an economicdeveloper of urban communities, is one of 35 Latinos to serve as a director of a fortune500 company, Exelon Corporation. He has always been a trailblazer. At Temple Law, Diaz founded the first organizationdevoted to black and Hispanic law students, and recruited the next 15 Latino TempleLaw graduates. Following graduation, he was the first Latino to pass the PennsylvaniaBar Exam at a time whenthere were only 78African Americans whohad ever done so. Diaz went on to serveas a special assistant toVice President Walter F.Mondale as a WhiteHouse Fellow in 1977. Hesat on the Court ofCommon Pleas in theFirst Judicial District ofPennsylvania from 1981to 1993 as the first Latinojudge in the state and theyoungest ever elected inPhiladelphia. He was thefirst minority attorney to be an administrative judge in the state courts, where hereformed the trial court. President William Clinton appointed Diaz general counsel toHUD in 1993, and he served in that position, under Secretary Henry Cisneros,throughout Clinton’s first term, working to reform public housing in the country. He later worked for Mayor John Street as Philadelphia City Solicitor. Diaz has been a member of Temple Hospital’s Board of Governors since 1975 andsince 1997, he has served on the Board of Trustees. He has also lectured at TempleLaw School and co-directed Temple Legal Aid. The Diaz ScholarshipsIn 2012, a grant from the PNC Foundation established the Diaz Scholarships in honor of Judge Diaz’s contribution to the legal world and to the community. The grantallowed the law school to fund three different law students who chose summer workexperiences that reflect Diaz’s commitment to the Latino/a community. Judge Diazserves on the Advisory Council of PNC Bank. •The Diaz Scholarship enabled Oscar Montes ’13to work for CEIBA during thesummer of 2013. CEIBA is a coalition of Latino community-based organizations in Philadelphia. • A second Diaz Scholarship recipient, Karenina Wolff ’13,spent the summer at the Esperanza Immigration Legal Services Office. Esperanza provides communityeducation, advocacy, and direct legal services to immigrants in the Philadelphiaarea.• Marla Samora ’14worked at Friends of Farmworkers as a Diaz Scholar. Friends of Farmworkers provides legal and social services to farmworkers, predominantly in the mushroom industry, as well as other immigrant workers and their families. TEMPLE ESQ. NOVEMBER 2012 • 3Watching him consistently break records andwin medals was definitely something I wantedbadly.” Leach developed what she called “thatfighter mind-set,” and she hasn’t looked back. Leach’s track successes began to pile upquickly as she competed for the West CatholicHigh School team and on the 2004 and 2008World Junior and 2005 Pan Am Junior teams.She was a six-time All-American, two-time USAJunior 400m hurdles champion, seven-timeCatholic League champion, and on and on. “It was at UCLA when I really decided that Iwas going to be a professional athlete. It wasclear at UCLA that I had a job to do each seasonand that everyone—coaches, teammates,friends—expected me to get the job done. Aftermy first 400 meter hurdle opener, which was apersonal record, I learned that I was capable ofliving up to the UCLA standards so from thereon I carried myself and competed in that way.”A local sports hero, Leach was recentlyinducted into the Pennsylvania Track and FieldHall of Fame. At Overbrook Pizza, where herfather bought her slices after practice, Leach’sphoto hangs next to Philly legends LA LakerKobe Bryant and actor Will Smith. But when itcame to choosing a law school, Leach says shedidn’t choose Temple for its location, “I chose itfor its prestige, but being in Philly was definitelya plus, since I’m no stranger to the area.”As a first year student, Leach is pacingherself, but—not surprisingly—her pace is fairlybrisk. She has joined the Black Law StudentAssociation and plans to get involved with theSports/Entertainment Law Society. Leach is starting to hone in on a career path.“We just wrapped up the Intro to TransactionSkills course, which I loved,” she says. “So Iplan to get involved with the Transaction SkillsProgram next year. I hope this will lead naturallyto work in some form of contractual law,potentially sport or entertainment law.” She continues to work out, close to thelibrary at the Temple gym. A few days a weekshe treats herself to a run on Martin Luther KingDrive along the river. She’s decided she won’tcompete any time before 2015. “I have notdecided yet, but I am keeping my options openfor a potential return to Track and Field for the2016 Olympics,” says Leach. “I will make adecision by fall 2014.” “In the meantime, I plan to focus on lawschool and stay in good running shape,endurance wise, so if I get that itch to competefor an Olympic title, it won’t require too much forme to get back into competition shape.” Nicole Leachcontinued from page oneThree law students are firstNelson A. Diaz ScholarsDiaz Scholars Karenina Wolff ’13, Oscar Montes ’13, Marla Samora ’1436094 TempleLaw_Layout 1 11/14/12 4:47 PM Page 34• TEMPLE ESQ. NOVEMBER 2012Conflict of Laws Casebook earns high praise ‘The discipline needs updating,’ says author Laura Little“Students often perceive the study ofConflict of Laws as arcane, dry, and possiblyeven irrelevant,” explains Professor Laura E.Little, when asked why she undertook thechallenge of authoring a new casebook onthe subject. “Conflict of Lawsis none ofthese things.” Little, a Temple Law alumna who joinedthe faculty in 1990, continues: “In fact,conflict of law doctrines control some of themost compelling issues of our time: same-sex marriage, internet regulation, privatedispute resolution, international family lawconflicts, and mass tort litigation, to namejust a few. Equally importantly, Conflict ofLaws presents a vehicle for understandingand appreciating issues related tojurisprudence, technology, globalism, andworld governance. The existing texts in thefield do not take full advantage of theopportunity to introduce students to theseissues. Nor do they integrate contemporarytheory on legal problems.“In short, the discipline needs updating.” The pre-publication reviews for Conflict ofLawshave been extravagant in their praise,citing Little’s “outside-of-the-box thinking.”“[T]his is a beautiful casebook,” writes onereviewer, using an adjective rarely applied tothe genre. (The publisher of the book,Aspen Publishers, arranged for scholarsthroughout the United States to critique thedraft casebook.)Another reviewer exclaims, “I am trulyexcited at the prospect of what the author’scasebook will offer to a Conflict of Lawsteacher, such as myself, who has taught thecourse for a good number of years and islooking for a fresher, more contemporaryapproach than those offered by [other booksthat are available.]”“The bottom line is that I think ProfessorLittle is brilliant and is a gifted scholar andwriter,” concludes a third reviewer. Little knows what it takes to fully engagea class in the highly abstract topics ofconflicts of laws. She has taught andlectured on the subject for 20 years, in theU.S., Japan, and China. Last year, theChinese Private International Law Societybrought her to Beijing to present a paper onconflict of laws and internet governance. ASwiss academic publication, the EuropeanJournal of Private International Law,recentlysolicited a paper from her analyzing theintersection of Conflict of Laws with the FirstAmendment. The Federal Judicial Centerhas repeatedly invited Little to speak ondomestic conflict of law issues for a broadrange of judges, including bankruptcy,circuit, and district judges. After graduating from Temple Law,summa cum laude,in 1985, Little’s first jobwas clerking for Judge James Hunter III ofthe U.S. Court of Appeals for the ThirdCircuit. The very next year she garnered asought-after position clerking for SupremeCourt Chief Justice Rehnquist. Beforeentering academia, she practiced law inPhiladelphia, litigating commercial casesand representing the print media in FirstAmendment cases. Today, Little is revered as a scholar, butshe is equally respected in the classroom.The graduating class has three times votedher the best teacher. She has earned auniversity-wide Lindback award as well asTemple’s highest award for teaching, theUniversity Great Professor Award. This is not Little’s first effort to meldteaching with a scholarly project. Among hermany writings is a treatise on federal courts,soon to appear in its third edition. LikeConflict of Laws, Federal Courts has beenpart of her teaching portfolio since 1990. Little brings depth to the conflict of lawsmaterial through interdisciplinary analysisand litigation strategy. These are qualitiespresent in all of Little’s scholarship, whichincludes several studies of the role ofemotion in the law, linguistic analysis, andthe legal regulation of humor. Writing on abroad range of topics, she explains, enablesunlikely connections among disparate ideas.For problems as challenging as conflict oflaws, surprising connections can sparkcrucial insights. To make the abstract concrete in thecasebook, Little includes more textualdescription of the legal doctrine than usuallyappears in conflict of law texts as well asmore modern cases, more problems, andmore secondary materials. Each topic isaccompanied by a set of problems, situatingProfessor Laura E. Little36094 TempleLaw_Layout 1 11/14/12 4:47 PM Page 4TEMPLE ESQ. NOVEMBER 2012 • 5IP professor’s expert testimonydraws trial judge’s praise OCTOBER 17, 2012Intellectural propertylaw expert and Temple Law ProfessorDavid Post was one of two expertwitnesses in Doe v. State of Nebraska,acase in which the court struck down aNebraska statute prohibiting registeredsex offenders from undertaking certainactivities on the Internet on the groundsthe statute violated the First Amendment. In a footnote to the opinion, JudgeKopf praised Post’s contribution as awitness for the plaintiff: “Professor Postwas the most thoughtful and knowledge-able of the experts. I found his discussionof the term ‘collection of websites’ inrelation to Googleproducts particularly helpful. It is worth remembering thatI strongly suggested that the parties gettogether to hire one independent expert. I even suggested the name of an independent scholar of Internet law. Theparties did not elect to do so. That wastheir right. However, candor requires that I state that the defense expert—a former prosecutor—struck me asbiased, particularly when compared toProfessor Post.”Post, who teaches intellectual propertylaw and the law of cyberspace, is also afellow at the Center for Democracy andTechnology, a fellow of the Institute forInformation Law and Policy at New YorkLaw School, an adjunct scholar at theCato Institute, and a contributor to theVolokh Conspiracy blog.(Excerpt from theintroduction toConflictof Laws Casebook)What are the Stakes?As you becomeacquainted with thecomplexities of conflictof laws doctrine, trynot to becomedistracted away fromthe tremendouslylarge stakes that oftenhang in the balance.Remembering thesignificance of the legal issues in acase is helpful to identifying what ismotivating the parties and the court,and thus provides greater insight intothe reasoning and bottom line of thedecision.Many ways exist for illustrating howimportant conflict of laws can be topeople’s lives, but two examples—onehistorical and one contemporary—areparticularly apt: (1) The Historical:thelaw suit that gave rise to the UnitedStates Supreme Court’s decision inDred Scott v. Sanford,60 U.S. (19How.) 393 (1856), and (2) TheContemporary:political, practical, andlegal struggles over same-sexmarriage. Both contexts are ladenwith conflict of laws issues and bothcontexts implicate powerful social andcultural issues of their day: theinstitution of slavery and socialattitudes toward homosexuality.Dred Scottdealt with the issue ofstatus: when enslaved persons werebrought into a free state, were theyfree or enslaved? Theanswer came fromchoice of lawprinciples of the time,which broke down asinterstate relationshipsdeteriorated in themid-1800s. Indeed,for many years leadingup to the Civil War,conflict of laws issuesarose in fugitive slavecases as well as caseswhere persons held inslavery claimedfreedom upon being transported bytheir “owners” to free states. Thesecases raised state choice of lawpuzzles, issues pertaining to theconstitutional duty of full faith andcredit due to sister-state lawsgoverning slavery, and questionsabout the extent to which federalFugitive Slave Act preempted statelaw. Ultimately federal constitutionaldoctrine—in the form of theThirteenth Amendment—providedclear guidance. In the contemporary context,same sex marriage deals with theissue of status as well: can twopersons of the same sex be deemedmarried when they are lawfullymarried in one state, but move toanother state that does not recognizesuch a marriage as valid? The answerto that question is also informed byconflict of laws principles as well asconstitutional doctrine. It is matters ofthis profound magnitude that thisbook covers.the high-level concepts in real life situations.The book will be published in innovative ebookformat as well as hard copy. Little speaks withgratitude about the help she received fromTemple law students and graduates, who—as“digital natives”—contributed informationprocessing insights as well as able researchassistance. “Choice of law issues present profoundclashes among the rules that regulate humanlife. In order to choose which of those rulesshould actually exert control, legal thinkersmust identify first order principles that informthe rules’ content and empower the rules toregulate human affairs. The goal of the book isto provide students with a chance toengage with these jurisprudentialquestions, giving them a window intofundamental issues such as the legitimatereach of legal authority, the possiblesources for a government’s prerogative tocontrol an individual’s affairs as well as therelation between legal rules and publicpolicy.” And her next project? Continuing withher focus on power struggles, globalism,and interdisciplinary research, Little hasundertaken a study of war memorialsthroughout the world and their relationshipwith International Criminal Law. Professor David Post36094 TempleLaw_Layout 1 11/14/12 4:47 PM Page 5Bartow lauded as ‘champion for children with special needs’OCTOBER 11, 2012When Rob Bartow ’71 attendedevening classes at Temple Law, he arrived eachafternoon fresh from a very different type ofclassroom. Bartow’s day job was teaching at theGreen Tree School in the Germantown neighborhoodof Philadelphia. The students who attend Green Treehave learning disabilities that include autismspectrum disorders, developmental delays andserious emotional challenges. Today, Bartow isAssociate Dean forAcademic Affairs andLaura H. CarnellProfessor of Law athis alma mater, andmuch-recognized forhis abilities as ateacher of the law. Hehas won the GeorgeP. Williams Award forexcellence inteaching, theLindback Award fordistinguishedteaching and the Murray H. Shusterman OutstandingFaculty Award. In 1991, he was the first recipient ofthe I. Herman Stern Chair in Law, which recognizesfaculty members for their teaching ability.But the three years Bartow spent at Green Treeleft him with a deep commitment to the populationhe taught there as well. For almost forty years,Bartow has served on the school’s board of trustees,including a term as president and many years as amember of the executive committee. At an event held in October at the FranklinInstitute, Bartow was honored for that service with the Al Silverman Bright Futures Award.Members of the Green Tree School community and friends of the school gathered that evening tolaunch a building capital campaign and to hearTemple Law’s Rob Bartow described as “a realchampion for children with special needs.” Anumber of Bartow’s law school colleagues andformer students were in attendance. In his remarks, Bartow said, “As is true at Temple Law School, Green Tree’s mission is not just a statement; it is central to the school’s culture.Green Tree has given thousands of children and their families, who had nowhere else to turn, abrighter future. From Temple and Green Tree, I havereceived a priceless gift—a sense of purpose.”TEMPLE ESQ. NOVEMBER 2012 • 25National Trial Team brings home victories Team opens years with a win in Puerto RicoOCTOBER 21, 2012After defeating Harvard in the semi-finals, Temple Law’sNational Trial Team triumphed over Catholic University to win the Puerto RicoTrial Advocacy Competition. The competition unfolded in the U.S. District Courtfor the District of Puerto Rico, before the Honorable Hector M. LaFitte and a jury of trial lawyers and judges from Puerto Rico. The other schools representedwere Brooklyn, Emory, Howard, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Lewis & Clark, Suffolk, Alabama, Houston and South Dakota. Competing for Temple were Michelle Ashcroft ’14, Emilia McKee ’14, CindyMorgan ’13, Dan Theveny ’13, and Britt Walden ’14. Theveny was named “bestcross-examiner in the competition.” The team was coached by Professors SaraJacobson, Director of Trial Advocacy Programs and Jen Bretschneider, Directorof Experiential Programs.Professor Robert BartowWinners of the PuertoRico Trial AdvocacyCompetition (from left):Sara Jacobson (coach),Michelle Ashcroft ’14,Cindy Morgan ’13,Daniel Theveny ’13,Brittne Walden ’14,Emilia McKee ’14,Jennifer Bretschneider(coach). Members of the Nat'l CivilRights CompetitionChampionship team (fromleft): Kyle Garabedian ’14,Adriel Garcia ’14, CatherineCramer ’14, Justin Oshanaand Sara Guccini (coaches).Missing from photo:Benjamin McKenna ’13. Temple reclaims National Civil Rights ChampionshipOCTOBER 28, 2012The Temple team captured a second invitational title of theseason when it won the National Civil Rights Competition sponsored by St. John’sLaw School. Temple won the competition in 2004 and has twice made it to thesemi-final round. The team traveled to Queens, NY to defeat South Texas in thesemi-final and Hofstra in the final round. The championship team was comprised of Catherine Cramer ’13, KyleGarabedian ’14, Adriel Garcia ’13, and Ben McKenna ’13, and was coached by Assistant District Attorney Sara Guccini and Justin Oshana ’06 of Saltz,Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky.36094 TempleLaw_Layout 1 11/14/12 4:48 PM Page 2526• TEMPLE ESQ. NOVEMBER 20121970sGABRIEL L.I. BEVILACQUA ’73 has beenappointed vice-chair of the disciplinaryboard of the Supreme Court ofPennsylvania. Bevilacqua is of counsel tothe firm Saul Ewing, where he has been amember of the board since 2008. He is alsogeneral counsel to the American Board ofSurgery and to the American Board ofPlastic Surgery.In November 2012, DOREEN S. DAVIS ’78joined the New York offices of Jones Day asa partner in the labor and employmentpractice. Previously, Davis headed Morgan,Lewis & Bockius’ labor and employmentpractice. While Davis was at Morgan Lewis,the firm won awards for its labor andemployment practice, including onerecently from The Legal Intelligencer.JOSEPH D. MANCANO ’79,apartner of PietragalloGordon Alfano Bosick andRaspanti, presented“Understanding BankAgreements” and “LegalPitfalls in Treasury” at theUniversity of NorthCarolina Treasury Management Program inOctober 2012. Mancano is chair of thefirm’s white collar criminal defense groupand a member of the commercial litigationgroup. ClassNOTES1980sSTEWART EISENBERG ’80,a founder andsenior partner at Eisenberg, Rothweiler,Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, was recentlyappointed to a three-year term to representthe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on theBoard of Governors for the AmericanAssociation for Justice. Eisenberg is a pastpresident of the Pennsylvania Association forJustice, as well as a past president of thePhiladelphia Trial Lawyers Association. BARBARA ANISKO ’81,aprincipal in the litigationgroup of Kaplin Stewart inBlue Bell, PA, has beencertified as a life memberof both the Million Dollarand Multi-Million DollarAdvocates Forum.Membership is limited to attorneys who havewon million and multi-million dollar verdicts,awards and settlements. Reed Smith partner LEONARD A. BERNSTEIN’83has joined Big Brothers Big Sisters ofAmerica’s board of directors. Bernstein firstbecame a Big Brother in 1983 while he wasa law student, and he later served as theorganization’s acting general counsel. Since2010, Bernstein’s firm has provided probonolegal services to the organization.Bernstein is a former board president of theSupport Center for Child Advocates.HON. ANNETTE RIZZO ’83,of the FirstJudicial District of Pennsylvania, has beenappointed to the newly-formed ConsumerAdvisory Board, which will provide advice tothe Consumer Finance Protection Bureau(CFPB) on consumer financial issues andemerging market trends. The Dodd-FrankWall Street Reform and ConsumerProtection Act charged the CFPB withestablishing the 25-member advisory board.The Pennsylvania Bar Institute invited NEILANDREW STEIN ’83to be the course plannerfor “Property Wars,” a CLE program coveringproperty rights litigation and developmentissues. Stein is co-founder and shareholderat Kaplin, Stewart, Meloff, Reiter & Stein inBlue Bell, PA.MARC S. RASPANTI ’84,apartner of PietragalloGordon Alfano Bosick &Raspanti, has beeninducted as a fellow of theAmerican College of TrialLawyers. The college hasalmost 6,000 members in the U.S. andCanada; membership cannot exceed onepercent of the total lawyer population of anystate or province. EVAN A. BLAKER ’89hasjoined Cohen Seglias PallasGreenhall & Furman’scommercial litigation groupand will work in thePhiladelphia office.Lawyers’ Club honors Judge LazarusSEPTEMBER 10, 2012PennsylvaniaSuperior Court Judge Anne E. Lazarus,J.D. ’76, LL.M. ’86, with Mayor MichaelNutter, was honored by the Lawyers'Club of Philadelphia at its AppellateCourt Fall at City Hall. Lazarus, a formerCommon Pleas judge, was elected to theState Superior Court in 2009.36094 TempleLaw_Layout 1 11/14/12 4:48 PM Page 26Next >