TempleTemple University James E. Beasley School of LawAlumni NewsSeptember 2016JoAnne EppsNamed UniversityProvosTGregory Mandel is Interim LAW Dean48510 TL_ESQ_Sept16_final2_Layout 1 9/6/16 6:14 PM Page 1Inside this issueGREGORY MANDEL: Intellectual property law expert is interim dean6ON THE RECORD:Faculty members address the big issues innational media outletsCLASS NOTESand other ALUMNI NEWSGINA MAISTO SMITH ’87inducted into Gallery of Success LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY SCHOLARS:Program expands with alumni supportONCE REVILED, NOW REVERED:Peter Spiro's new book on dual citizenship8101420THE EPPS YEARS: Temple law rises to top tier148510 TL_ESQ_Sept16_final2_Layout 1 9/6/16 6:14 PM Page 2JULY 2016JoAnne A. Epps has been elevated to the position of provost by the TempleUniversity board of trustees, after serving 31 years at the law school, the last eight as its dean. As the university’s chief academic officer and executive vice president, Eppsnow oversees academics across all the university’s schools and colleges except themedical school, as well as administrative offices including faculty affairs, student affairs, enrollment management and computer services.Patrick O’Connor, chair of the board of trustees and also a lawyer, said of Epps:“She is a thoughtful listener, strong leader, and a skilled consensus builder—all essential qualities for the position of provost.”“I think the university is in a terrific place, and if I can helpcontribute to its research, scholarly, and teaching excellence, I’m delighted to lend my efforts,” says Epps.Epps acknowledges that Temple is going through a difficulttransition. The week after she was appointed provost byPresident Neil D. Theobald to replace Provost Hai-Lung Dai, who had abruptly left, Theobald himself submitted hisresignation to the board of trustees. “What I really hope is that I will be able to assure the faculty and students and other members of the community that the things about Temple’s momentum that we’re all soexcited about, I will lend every fiber of my being to continue,”Epps says. “I’m hoping to continue to build on Temple’s strongresearch commitment and continue to attract world-class faculty.” JoAnne A. Epps: The making of a lawyer and leaderEpps spent her childhood outside of Philadelphia, in Cheltenham Township, where her father was a machinist and later an installment loan collector, and her mother a secretary at Templebefore retiring in the 1980s. Epps’ first job was as a cashier in the Temple bookstore when she was 16.When it came time to choose a college, Epps was set against going to school where hermother worked. Instead she was introduced toTrinity College in Hartford, Connecticut by astudent at that college who visited CheltenhamHigh School to recruit young minority students.Law DEANNamed University's Top Academic OfficerJoAnne Epps: ‘A thoughtful listener, strong leader, and a skilled consensus builder’continued on page two48510 TL_ESQ_Sept16_final2_Layout 1 9/6/16 6:15 PM Page 32 • TEMPLE ESQ. SEPTEMBER 2016continued from page oneEpps recalls that her ambition onentering college was to become a legalsecretary, like the fictional Della Street onher favorite show, Perry Mason.But hertalents as a student soon set her apart.When Epps complained that she was notgetting the typing and shorthand skills she needed to become a legal secretary, aTrinity dean suggested she become alawyer. “I had never met a lawyer, a man or a woman, white or black,” Epps says. “I reversed course. I said that’s not a bad idea.”She earned her bachelor’s degree fromTrinity in 1973 and went on to Yale LawSchool. While Epps had found Trinity anurturing environment, she says it wasdifficult to fit in at Yale, recalling there wasno effort to really help her, or the fewothers like her, learn to cope.“It was hard and lonely,” says Epps,whose classmates were overwhelminglywhite students from privileged families.“Very few were first-generation college orlaw school. Many were children orgrandchildren of attorneys and judges.They arrived with an understanding of the setting.”After graduating from Yale in 1976, Epps became a deputy city attorney in Los Angeles. She remained in Los Angelesuntil 1980, when she happily returned to Philadelphia to join the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where she remained forfive years. The Epps Years at Temple LawJoAnne A. Epps began her career inacademia when she left legal practice tojoin the faculty at Temple Law in 1985. For the next 23 years, she drew on thestrengths she had developed in practice,teaching popular courses in criminal lawand procedure, evidence and trialadvocacy. By 1994, she had risen to full professor. In addition to her skills in theclassroom, Epps showed a talent for lawschool administration, serving as associatedean for academic affairs starting in 1989.In 2008, her longtime friend and colleague,Robert J. Reinstein, stepped down from thedeanship to return to the faculty after 19years in that position, and Epps wasappointed to replace him. Epps’ tenure at the helm of the lawschool came at a challenging time for lawschools nationally. In 2008, when sheassumed the head position, the countrywas experiencing an economic melt-downthat sent shockwaves through the legalcommunity, and law school enrollmentsbegan to decline precipitously nationwide. In that daunting environment, Eppsbecame an outspoken advocate for legaleducation that emphasizes institutionalresponsiveness over a one-size-fits-allcurricular model. Under her leadership, the law school expanded its experientialofferings and significantly enhanced itsbusiness and transactional law curriculum,while retaining its status as a nationalleader in trial advocacy.Epps: A Brief Timeline1973B.A. from Trinity College 1976J.D. from Yale Law School1976-1980Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles 1980-1985Assistant U.S. Attorney, EasternDistrict of Pennsylvania 1985Joined Temple Law faculty 1989-2008Associate Dean for AcademicAffairs 2008-2016Dean of Law School 2016Provost of Temple University 48510 TL_ESQ_Sept16_final2_Layout 1 9/6/16 6:15 PM Page 4TEMPLE ESQ. SEPTEMBER 2016 • 3During Epps’ years as dean, Temple Law also continued to gain nationalrecognition for its strength in legal researchand writing and international programs,ranked tenth and twelfth respectively in the2016 U.S. News & World Reportrankings.The trial advocacy program maintains itsnumber two spot in the nation.As programs rose in the rankings, so did the law school, and in 2016 Templebroke into the list of the top 50 law schoolsin the country. For the last four years, National JuristMagazinehas named Epps one of the 25 most influential people in legaleducation. Her commitment to curricularinnovation and experiential legal education has garnered Temple significantpraise, in particular for its innovative first-year experiential courses andnationally recognized clinical andexternship opportunities.Other important innovations duringEpps’ tenure include the addition ofimportant opportunities for students toexplore new approaches to advocacy:•In 2013, the Stephen and Sandra ShellerCenter for Social Justice was founded.The Sheller Center, a hub for socialjustice inquiry and advocacy, has takenon—among other challenges—the issueof language access in the courts fornon-English speakers. •In 2015, Epps launched the Temple LawCenter for Compliance and Ethics, whichprepares professionals and students forsuccess in the fast-growing corporatecompliance industry. •In July 2016, Epps announced thatTemple Law alumnus and UniversityTrustee Leonard Barrack ’68, and hiswife Lynne, donated $5 million to thePresident’s Strategic Fund. The cash giftenables the university to create theBarrack Scholars in Law, a five-yearscholarship initiative underdevelopment at the law school.Pictured below far left to right:1990Epps taught classes in criminallaw and procedure, evidence, and trial advocacy.2010Epps continued to teach duringthe time she served as associate dean foracademic affairs, and later as dean.2013 Epps joined donors Stephen andSandra Sheller at the opening receptionfor the Sheller Center for Social Justice. 2013Epps was named one of the 25most influential people in legaleducation by National Jurist Magazine.2009Epps and Professor EdwardOhlbaum, who pioneered Temple’snationally recognized trial advocacyprogram and died in 2014, participatedin a community service project. In addition to her skills in the classroom,Epps showed a talent for law schooladministration. Epps became an outspokenadvocate for legal education thatemphasizes institutional responsivenessover a one-size-fits-all curricular model.48510 TL_ESQ_Sept16_final2_Layout 1 9/6/16 6:15 PM Page 5Of her time as dean, Epps says, “If wewant to be sure that our time here hasmeant something, we must ensure that wehave handed off to those coming behind usa commitment—and a passion— to workfor the best world possible. For me, thismeans inspiring young lawyers tounderstand the exquisite opportunity ourprofession offers to serve our world whileserving our clients and ourselves.” Epps has continued to teach whileserving as dean, and says she will do so as provost. This fall, she is teachinglitigation basics to first-year students. “I really believe that the leader of anenterprise needs to do what the enterprisedoes,” she says. “Otherwise you get waytoo isolated.” Epps in the international arenaEpps’ belief in the importance of the rule of law, combined with her areas of legalexpertise, has taken her to a variety ofinternational settings, where she hastaught advocacy skills and promoted therule of law. • Tanzania: At the United Nation’sInternational Criminal Tribunal forRwanda, Epps taught advocacy skills toprosecutors. • China: Epps lectured Chinese lawyersenrolled in Temple’s LL.M. program, and lawyers from the ChineseProsecutor’s Office. Pictured below left to far right:2015Epps with social justice activist Bryan Stevenson, who visited the law school at the invitation of the Temple Law Foundation. 2007 Epps was part of an American team which trained Sudanese lawyers representing victims of the Darfur crisis. 2011 The US-China Law Deans Summit convened under the auspices of Temple Law’s extensive program promoting the rule of law in China. 2009Epps with Justice Sonia Sotomayor following her swearing-in to the SupremeCourt. Epps had previously testified at Sotomayor's confirmation hearing. 2014Former President Bill Clinton visited Temple University to speak at theinvitation of the Temple Law Foundation..“If we want to be surethat our time here hasmeant something, wemust ensure that wehave handed off tothose coming behindus a commitment—and a passion—towork for the bestworld possible.” 4 • TEMPLE ESQ. SEPTEMBER 201648510 TL_ESQ_Sept16_final2_Layout 1 9/6/16 6:15 PM Page 6TEMPLE ESQ. SEPTEMBER 2016 • 5Select Awards2004NITA: Honorable Robert E. KeetonFaculty Award 2005National Black Prosecutors’Association: Founders’ Award 2009Philadelphia Bar Association:Sandra Day O’Connor Award 2012Distinguished Daughter ofPennsylvania 2013 Philadelphia Bar Association:Justice Sonia SotomayorDiversity Award 2015 National Association of WomenLawyers: M. Ashley DickersonAward 2016ABA Commission on Racial andEthnic Diversity in the Profession:Spirit of Excellence Award• Japan: In anticipation of the 2009 re-institution of jury trials in criminalcases, Epps taught jury trial advocacy tomore than 20,000 Japanese attorneys. • UK: Epps traveled to London as the onlyacademic member of a nine-personAmerican team which provided trainingto Sudanese lawyers representingvictims of the Darfur crisis. An influential leader in the communityEpps’ professional leadership and influencehave extended far beyond Temple LawSchool. She has been enlisted to serve the City of Philadelphia in a variety ofcapacities, including as a member of the city’s ethics commission, which enforcesPhiladelphia’s election and public integrity laws.In 2001, Mayor John Street named Epps chair of the mayor’s task force onpolice discipline. In 2009, when President Obamanominated Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, Epps traveled toWashington, DC to testify at Sotomayor’sconfirmation hearing. The two Yale Lawalumnae had worked together on ABAdiversity issues. In 2011, she was appointed by the U.S.District Court to serve as monitor of theCity of Philadelphia’s compliance with thesettlement of Bailey v. City of Philadelphia,litigation challenging the city’s stop-and-frisk procedures. In 2015, Mayor Michael Nutterappointed Epps chair of a police oversightboard responsible for making surePhiladelphia implements recommendationsof a Justice Department report critical ofofficers’ use of lethal force. Among the numerous legal andcommunity organizations in which Eppshas served are the following: • Defender Association of Philadelphiaboard (seven years as president) • Pennsylvania Judicial IndependenceCommission• Philadelphia Bar Association’sCommittee to Promote Fairness in the Judiciary• Pennsylvania Commission for Justice Initiatives • Pennsylvania Prison Society Advisory Council • Public Interest Law Center Advisory Board • Committee of Seventy Board of Directors • Salvation Army of Greater PhiladelphiaAdvisory Board • Consortium for Women’s Leadership atthe Center for Women in the Law at theUniversity of Texas School of Law• National Association of Women LawyersFoundation board• ABA Section of Litigation (11 years as officer)48510 TL_ESQ_Sept16_final2_Layout 1 9/6/16 6:15 PM Page 76 • TEMPLE ESQ. SEPTEMBER 2016Gregory N. Mandel: A brief timeline1996 J.D. from StanfordLaw School (co-editor-in-chiefof the StanfordEnvironmentalLaw Journal)1994Summer internshipwith Chief JudgeAnthony J. Scirica ofthe U.S. Court ofAppeals for the ThirdCircuit inPhiladelphia1996-97Clerk for JudgeFarris on theNinth CircuitCourt of Appealsin Seattle1997-2001Associate atSkadden, Arps, Slate,Meagher & Flom inSan Francisco ••••INTERIM LAW DEAN APPOINTEDGREGORY N. MANDEL:INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZEDINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY EXPERT48510 TL_ESQ_Sept16_final2_Layout 1 9/6/16 6:15 PM Page 8TEMPLE ESQ. SEPTEMBER 2016 • 72001-2007 Albany LawSchool at UnionUniversity(Associate Deanfor Research2006-2007)•2007-2016Temple Law faculty(named Peter J.Liacouras Professorof Law in 2011)2009-2016Associate Deanfor Research 2013Recipient of a three-year NSFgrant to explore the psychology ofintellectual propertylaw in the U.S. andChina; winner of theFriel Scanlan Awardfor excellence inresearch2016Interim Law Dean TEMPLE LAW’S INTERIM DEAN IS BOTH NATIONALLY ANDINTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR HIS WORK IN THE AREA OFINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND THE INTERFACE BETWEENTECHNOLOGY AND LAW. JULY 2016Professor Gregory N. Mandel was named interimdean of the law school when Dean JoAnne A. Epps resigned toaccept the position of Temple University Provost. Mandel willlead the law school while a search for a permanent replacementis conducted. “I am flattered to have been asked to be interim dean and amboth honored and excited to serve in that role,” says Mandel.“Dean Epps and I are working together closely to ensure asmooth transition.” “Dean Epps has been a fabulous dean, colleague, and friend.She has cared for the law school community like a family,successfully guided the school through turbulenteconomic times, and has always been a pleasure to work with.Though we will miss her leadership, the law school’s loss is ourUniversity’s gain.”The new interim dean is an intellectual property expert whofirst joined the Temple Law faculty in 2007. Mandel is a popularteacher and a prodigious scholar. Since 2009, he has beenassociate dean for research, shepherding his colleagues’ legalresearch during a period in which Temple Law has significantlyraised its profile as both a research and a teaching institution. New dean explores interface between technology and law Temple Law’s new interim dean is both nationally andinternationally recognized for his work in the area of intellectualproperty law and the interface between technology and law. Mandel, who studied physics and astronomy at WesleyanUniversity and worked on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope beforeearning a law degree from Stanford, draws on his background inscience and technology in his trailblazing legal scholarship. He iscurrently in the final year of a prestigious three-year grant fromthe National Science Foundation to conduct a series ofexperiments on the psychology of intellectual property law inthe United States and in China.Mandel’s publications have been named top intellectualproperty and top patent law articles of the year. His article“Patently Non-Obvious” was identified as one of the most citedpatent law articles of the past decade, and his experimentalstudies have been cited by the Court of Appeals for the FederalCircuit and in briefs filed before the United States Supreme Court.In 2011, in recognition of his international stature as a legalscholar, Mandel was named the Peter J. Liacouras Professor of Law. Prior to joining Temple Law, Mandel taught for six years atAlbany Law School, where he also served as associate dean for research and scholarship. Before entering academia, hepracticed law with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in SanFrancisco, and clerked for Judge Jerome Farris of the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle. While at Skadden Arps,Mandel’s pro bonowork included a prominent asylum case, whichwas heard before the U.S. Attorney General and the Ninth CircuitCourt of Appeals.Returning to Philadelphia in 2007 to join the Temple Lawfaculty was a homecoming for Mandel, who grew up in the Mt. Airyneighborhood. He attended the Miquon School, an institution with which he has deep connections: his father was principal of the school from 1975 to 1984. Mandel went on to serve aspresident of the board of the Miquon School from 2013 to 2015. He graduated from Germantown Friends School and earned a B.A.from Wesleyan University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Today, Mandel lives in Chestnut Hill with his wife, AlysonMandel, a research consultant for a health care managementcompany, and his children Evelyn (16 years old) and Isaac (13 years old). ••••48510 TL_ESQ_Sept16_final2_Layout 1 9/6/16 7:00 PM Page 9Next >