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Page 1: Baltimore Law

Lit UpBrilliant new law center reflects contemporary approach to education.

Baltimore LawFall 2013

The magazine of the University of Baltimore School of Law

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VoL. 1, No. 1

Baltimore Law is published for alumni and friends of the

University of Baltimore School of Law.

DeanRoNALD WEiCH [email protected]

Editor & Director of Communications

HopE [email protected]

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& External RelationsHEAtHER [email protected]

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Baltimore Law welcomes letters from readers. Letters may be ed-ited for length and clarity. please

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to read the magazine online, please visit law.ubalt.edu.

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y first year at the University of Baltimore

School of Law has been a fascinating

whirlwind of activity and change. I’ve

loved every minute of it and learned a

lot about this great school.

The most unmistakable sign of change at UB

is the new John and Frances Angelos Law Center,

a sunlit, state-of-the-art, sustainable marvel of

design. Though the building is 12 stories tall and

clad in white aluminum and glass, it is no ivory

tower in the traditional sense.

Nor is there any stodginess in the law school’s

approach to teaching law at a time when the legal

profession is evolving dramatically. The challenges

are daunting, but UB is well-positioned to meet

those challenges, and I’m proud to be a part of that

endeavor. After 30 years of legal practice in the

public and private sectors, I wanted an opportunity

to help prepare the next generation of lawyers.

And I wanted to do that at a school that doesn’t

simply adjust to changes in the marketplace but

anticipates and helps to shape them.

These aren’t small goals, but they’re necessary.

To do well by students, and by the communities

M

welcomeFrom the Dean Ronald Weich

we serve, law schools today must partner with other

disciplines. They must equip students to work with

the information technology that is transforming the

profession. They must give students the chance

to gain real-world lawyering experience before

graduation. Above all, law schools must be willing to

adjust course and remain nimble as the profession is

buffeted by change.

It’s been a year of hard work but also a year of

celebration. Guests who helped open our new law

center included Vice President Joe Biden and U.S.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, as well as Gov.

Martin O’Malley, Chief Judge Robert Bell and scores

of other Maryland leaders. Many other prominent

legal figures, including my former boss, U.S. Attorney

General Eric Holder, visited Baltimore during the year

to speak to UB students.

We are delighted to share these and other exciting

developments with you in this first issue of Baltimore

Law. I hope this publication makes you as proud to

be a part of the UB community as I am.

Ronald Weich

Dean

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10LIT UP The new John and Frances Angelos Law Center reflects and highlights the modern education offered within.

18On the Map Professor Colin Starger plots the genealogy of U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

14Ronald Weich didn’t come up the academic pipeline. Legal experts call him just right for the job.

fall 2013

in this issue:

departments

Legal Briefs ........................... 04

Annual Giving Report ............ 20

Notes ................................... 26

In Closing ............................. 32The Unconventional Dean

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legalbriefs

UB School of Law Joins Forces With KIND to Help Young Immigrants

ere’s the scene: A small boy

—in his Sunday best and

clearly nervous—sits in a

large, formal chamber in Baltimore. All

around him, other youngsters, some as

young as 2 or 3, are standing, sitting, talking, moping. All

of them wear an expression that seems to ask: When will

this be over? What am I doing here?

The children, who are awaiting a hearing in the federal

courthouse, have been apprehended by the Department

of Homeland Security and are facing deportation.

According to KIND—Kids In Need of Defense—23,000

children will arrive alone in the United States in 2013.

The national nonprofit, founded by actress and UNHCR

special envoy AngelinA Jolie and the Microsoft Corp.,

provides pro bono legal services to unaccompanied refu-

gee and immigrant children in the United States. In June,

UB became the first law school in the nation to house

KIND, which works with the Immigrant Rights Clinic. (The

group has had an office in Baltimore since 2009.)

The problem of children left to fend for themselves is

becoming epidemic. According to U.S. Border Control

statistics, nearly 25,000 unaccompanied children were

apprehended in fiscal year 2012—up from about 8,000

in FY 2008. Most came from Central America, KIND says.

The children leave home because of violence, poverty,

political turmoil, abandonment and other factors.

Most of the children can’t comprehend the legal proce-

dures they face and the options open to them, advocates

say. And they do have options: roughly 40 percent of

unaccompanied minors detained in federal shelters were

eligible for some form of legal status, a 2012 report by

the Vera Institute of Justice in New York said.

But to fight for legal status—to fight being returned to

the places they fled—these children need lawyers. More

H than half of the unaccompanied minors detained do not

have legal representation, according to KIND.

Back to our scene: An important extra sits next to the

boy—a UB law student who is determined to persuade a

judge to let the child remain in the United States.

The student, too, is nervous. A lot is on the line. But

University of Baltimore law clinic leaders say that in most

such cases, the government, the judge and the other

parties involved find a way for the child to stay.

“Generally, we find that the government does not want

to just send kids back over the border without knowing

what’s going to happen to them,” said Professor elizA-beth Keyes, director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, or

IRC. “The technical standard is that the child is abused,

abandoned or neglected. Once that is established and

the child has legal status, we all work together to find a

solution.”

liz shields, supervising attorney for pro bono programs

for KIND in Baltimore, said she hoped the nonprofit could

serve as an example of a “different kind of law practice”

that offers clinical and nonclinical students the chance to

gain practical experience by helping pro bono attorneys.

She also said she enjoyed working with the clinic.

“I love placing cases with the IRC because rather than

wanting one of the ‘neatest’ or most straightforward

cases, the IRC welcomes the most difficult and challeng-

ing cases which allow for nuanced arguments, often

contain ‘bad’ facts and ultimately provide an opportunity

for the students to create new legal arguments,” Shields

said. “Being located next door to the IRC means they are

the first folks I think of when a new case comes through

the door.”

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A Sampling of News from the Centersn The sAyrA And neil Meyerhoff Center for fAMilies, Children And the Courts received several grants

in 2013 to support its Truancy Court

Program: $83,751 from the Department

of Family Administration’s Special

Projects Grant Program of the Maryland

Judiciary and $15,000 from the Zanvyl

and Isabelle Krieger Fund. In late 2012,

CFCC received a $300,000 grant from

AT&T, as well as $60,000 from the

Charles Crane Family Foundation. The

fifth Urban Child Symposium, “A Holis-

tic Approach to the Urban Child’s Trau-

ma: From the Eyes of the Beholder,”

attracted 200 people on April 4. rAin Pryor—singer, actress, producer and

daughter of the comedian riChArd Pryor—gave the keynote address.

n The School of Law and the Center for internAtionAl And CoMPArA-tive lAw were the hosts May 21 to 23

to the annual meeting of the Euro-

pean-American Consortium for Legal

Education and its academic colloqui-

um on “Multi-level-governance and

Federalism.” On April 3, Anne Peters,

professor at the University of Basel and

president of the European Society of

International Law, gave the University

of Baltimore Stead Lecture, “Transpar-

ency in International Law.” The 2012

Stead Lecture, “Drones, Kill Lists and

American Values,” was presented on

Nov. 13 by sCott shAne, a national se-

curity reporter for The New York Times.

n The Sixth Annual Feminist Legal

Theory Conference, sponsored by the

Center on APPlied feMinisM, was

held March 7 and 8. sen. AMy Klobu-ChAr, a Democrat from Minnesota and

Professor John Bessler’s wife, gave

the keynote address.

Above: The 2013 Baltimore Scholars (from left): Joshua Dowuona (Morgan State University), Chanel White (Coppin State University), T. Feweh Dempster (Coppin State University), Sandy Sellman (Bowie State University, now a 1L at UB), Glenn George (Morgan State University), Antioneya Hall (Bowie State University), Matthew Bradford (Morgan State University, now a 1L at UB) and Melody Clark (Bowie State University).

New Fannie Angelos Program: Encouraging Diversity in the Law

$1 million gift from Peter Angelos, ll.b. ’61, has permitted the expansion

of the School of Law’s Baltimore Scholars program, an intensive, one-on-

one approach to enhancing diversity in legal education and in the wider

legal community.

The five-year-old program has been renamed the Fannie Angelos Program for Aca-

demic Excellence after Angelos’ sister, a 1951 UB School of Law graduate.

The program, directed by Professors MiChAel higginbothAM and MiChAel Meyerson and administered by lenorA giles, is a partnership with Maryland’s four

historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs: Bowie State University, Coppin

State University, Morgan State University and the University of Maryland Eastern

Shore. The program has helped 36 HBCU students enter law school.

Each year, eight undergraduate HBCU juniors and seniors are chosen as Baltimore

Scholars to take part in a two-week “boot camp,” in which they attend classes, read

cases and write assignments for review by law school faculty. The scholars also meet

with law students, visit law firms and speak with lawyers and judges.

The scholars then enroll in a semester-long Princeton Review LSAT preparation class

paid for by the University of Baltimore School of Law. Each scholar is assigned a law

faculty adviser and a law student mentor.

The scholars are not required to attend law school at the University of Baltimore,

but those who complete the program successfully, maintain a cumulative undergrad-

uate grade point average of 3.5 and score 152 or higher on the LSAT receive a full,

three-year scholarship to the University of Baltimore School of Law.

This year, four scholars attend the UB School of Law on full, three-year scholarships.

A second part of the program provides an LSAT preparation class to more students.

A

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legalbriefs

House Democratic Leader Nancy pelosi (D-Calif.), a Baltimore native, delivered the School of Law’s commencement address on May 20, 2013. Here are excerpts:

Today, you graduate at a time when public service is not

only commendable, it is essential; when our common values

of fairness and equality must not only be restated, but they

must be strengthened. What we need now is the courage—

your courage—to face, confront and overcome some of the

challenges of our time, the challenges to our democracy. […]

[T]he challenges that we face today … threaten the middle

class and we must strengthen it, as I keep saying, in keeping

the American Dream alive. We must honor the spirit of the

great motto of this university, it’s fabulous: “Knowledge that

works.” … Right now, the doors of opportunity are closed to

many in our society. We must restore confidence in our econ-

omy, this is one of our challenges—to restore confidence in

our economy by creating good-paying jobs for our workers, by

making it in America and reigniting the American Dream.

We must address this challenge, but I think it’s important for

us to recognize that it is the issue of income disparity. We must

close the gaping hole—40 years ago, those who measure

such things determined that the average CEO ... made about

40 times what the average worker made. ... Today, the

average CEO ... makes about 350 times the average worker.

... Productivity continues to increase, but the workers do not

get the rewards.

So, this is something that we have to address because

income disparity undermines the middle class. … And one

of the ways that we can address the disparity in income is to

address the disparity in education. To make sure that every

person can participate in our country’s prosperity, we must

end disparity in education by supporting our teachers, by

supporting education and by making college more affordable

to many more people. … We must decrease the deficit. But

nothing brings more money to the Treasury than investing in

education. […]

So, it’s up to you to have the courage to stand up for

our values and keep the doors of opportunity open to all.

Throughout our history, from the Bill of Rights to Brown v.

Board of Education to the present, the realization of individ-

ual, political and economic rights has been central to the

strength of our democratic ideals. My charge to you today is

to build on that tradition and to make that legacy your own;

to know that you have the confidence, you have the legal

education … and the moral wherewithal to pursue the work

of justice.

From left: Marie Van Deusen, J.D. ’89; USMD Regent Thomas Slater; UB Provost Joseph Wood; UB President Robert L. Bogomolny; U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi; and UB School of Law Dean Ronald Weich.

commencement

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JessiCA eMerson, J.d. ’13, already had

a career when she applied to the Univer-

sity of Baltimore School of Law. A social

worker at the Mount Sinai Adolescent

Health Center in New York, Emerson

worked with young survivors of

sex trafficking.

Observing the adolescents and the

staff as they worked with attorneys to

craft and eventually pass the New York

State Safe Harbor Act, which decrimi-

nalizes prostitution for minors, Emerson

had an “aha” moment.

“I realized then the terrific partnership

that law and social work can make and

became inspired to put my social work

skills to similar use,” said Emerson, who

has a master’s degree in social work

from Columbia University.

Emerson jumped into law school—and

extracurricular activities—with vigor. She

served as president of UB Students for

Public Interest, or UBSPI, which raises

money for stipends that allow students

to work for a public-interest organization

over the summer. She was awarded

the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar

Association’s Carole Bailey Scholarship,

an award given law students with a

demonstrated commitment to public

service, as well as the University of Balti-

more School of Law’s Samuel I. “Sandy”

Rosenberg public-service scholarship.

Emerson competed for and won a

two-year Equal Justice Works fellowship

at the Women’s Law Center of Maryland,

where she is working to implement a

new Maryland law that allows survivors

of sex trafficking to vacate their prostitu-

tion convictions.

“It is truly my dream job,” Emerson

said. “After three years in law school, I

am finally able to immerse myself in an

issue I have been passionate about for

the better part of a decade.”

Emerson is also developing a training

program for attorneys that will teach

them how to use the new Maryland leg-

islation to aid sex-trafficking survivors.

In return, the lawyers agree to take the

cases on a pro bono basis.

Even though Emerson is a New York

native, she’s committed to doing her

fellowship in Baltimore.

“The public-interest providers in this

community remain as deeply committed

to the integrity and advancement of the

city’s residents as any I’ve ever seen,”

she said.

Emerson said she looks forward to

returning the favors done for her at the

University of Baltimore School of Law:

“The mentoring I received from both

the faculty at UB and the public-interest

community was invaluable to me, and

I can’t wait to be a part of offering that

same support and encouragement to

another student like me.”

03 28Of the region’s nine law schools, UB ranked

third in the percentage of first-time test

takers who passed the Maryland bar in July

2012, behind GWU and Georgetown.

23In 2012, UB ranked 23rd in the

country in the percentage of students

employed at graduation.

The UB School of Law’s clinical program

was ranked 28th in the nation by U.S.

News & World Report for 2014.

bythenumbers

legalbriefs

alumni profile

Jessica Emerson

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“Our laws evolve—they have to evolve to reflect

the will of the American people. They’re going to

continue to evolve.”Vice President Joe Biden, APril 16, 2013

distinguished visitors

legalbriefs

“What is

unclear is whether

[globalization]

will positively or

negatively affect

human rights … for

the bottom billion

of the world’s

population.”HArold HongJu KoH, former stAte dePArtment legAl AdViser, lAngenBerg lecture, mArcH 12, 2013“[The new

law center] is a

modern testament

to that hunger and

thirst for justice

that Marylanders

throughout the

generations have

always had.”goV. mArtin o’mAlley, APril 16, 2013

“[The right to vote]

is not a Democratic

issue. This is not a

Republican issue.

This is not an issue for

Independents. This is

an issue for everyone.”tHomAs e. Perez, tHen-AssistAnt Attorney generAl for tHe u.s. dePArtment of Justice’s ciVil rigHts diVision, JAn. 23, 2013 (Perez is now tHe u.s. secretAry of lABor)

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“The foundation of this democratic republic is the

rule of law—the most fragile aspect of our system.”cHief Judge roBert m. Bell, APril 30, 2013 (Bell retired in July)

“A society is only as good as its lawyers, and its lawyers are only as good as its law schools.”u.s. suPreme court Justice elenA KAgAn, APril 30, 2013

“[A]ll of you will be called upon to fulfill

the ideal that has always been at the center

of your legal education and the heart of your

chosen profession: not merely to serve clients

or win cases, but to do justice.”u.s. Attorney generAl eric Holder, noV. 8, 2012

“Laws need to be as sophisticated as the people breaking them.”sen. Amy KloBucHAr (d-minn.), mArcH 8, 2013

legalbriefs

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UB’s brilliant new law center is a 3-D metaphor

for the contemporary education offered inside

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he new John and Frances

Angelos Law Center at

the University of Balti-

more is an ivory tower

all right—it’s white and

12 stories tall—but it

bears no resemblance

to the fusty academy of the popular

imagination.

It might bear no resemblance to any

building you’ve ever seen.

A juxtaposition of cubes, the school

fills the compact site of a former parking

lot at the corner of Mount Royal Avenue

and North Charles Street in midtown

Baltimore. From a distance the build-

ing’s white-and-black checkerboard

façade makes it look like a monochrome

Rubik’s Cube, but up close the structure

is more dazzling than minimalist.

In the lobby, strings of confetti-like

LED lights lead the eye up through

an atrium that runs the full height of

the building like a stalk. The open

core is crisscrossed by catwalks and

free-standing stairs that link the two,

asymmetric sides of the building.

The dominant materials are glass,

concrete and blond wood, set off by

shots of lime, yellow and orange on

walls, floors and furniture.

But it’s the use of glass that most

characterizes the new law school. Class-

room and office doors and walls are

see-through. So are the front elevators.

Even the dean’s office is transparent.

The building is an open book.

With cutting-edge technologies for

heating and cooling and a system to

capture and reuse rainwater, it’s also

a highly sophisticated structure that is

expected to earn LEED Platinum status

from the U.S. Green Building Council.

No Powdered WigsGerman architect Stefan Behnisch,

who won an international design com-

petition to land the job, said University

of Baltimore President Robert L. Bogo-

molny was “looking for something to

give students a feeling that the future

is different, the future is changing”—

and that the future is in their hands to

create. (Chancell0r William E. “Brit”

Kirwan lauded the president’s efforts,

saying he thinks of the new building as

“the house that Bob built.”)

Above all, Behnisch said in an inter-

view, the University of Baltimore did not

want a law center that was “stuffy like

the British lawyers with their hairdo.”

School of Law Dean Ronald Weich

finds the new building anything but

stuffy or staid, and says its design

is an apt metaphor for the rigorous,

practical and modern legal education

provided by the law school.

“I saw it the first time I toured the

building,” Weich said in a December

2012 interview in The BuildUp, a uni-

versity newsletter that chronicled the

construction of the law center. “This

is more than an innovative, dramatic

design—it’s also a symbol of legal ed-

ucation in the 21st century. In fact, it’s

a reflection of law itself, creating order

out of complexity.”

Weich added that there was “a

statement” in the use of concrete

and glass: “We teach our students

that law is about real people and live

problems. There’s a grittiness to the

building that’s going to bring a lot of

energy and creative thinking to our

whole community.”

Behnisch, whose practice is based

in Stuttgart, Germany, with offices

in Munich and Boston, is the son of

prominent postwar German architect

Günter Behnisch. Behnisch père reject-

ed authoritarian Nazi architecture and

sought to counteract its pomposity

and heaviness by creating structures

stripped down to their essential

elements, according to architect and

commentator Klaus Philipsen.

Stefan Behnisch, too, seeks this

“lightness of being” in his build-

ings, wrote Philipsen of Baltimore’s

ArchPlan Inc. in a blog post. With wide

expanses of glass, free-floating stair-

ways, thin tubular railings and bright

colors, as well as unpainted materials

and exposed ductwork, Behnisch’s

creations are open and cheerful—but

they are more than that.

In a 2011 interview with the World

Intellectual Property Organization

magazine, Behnisch said he sought

to bring people together with his

he John and Frances Angelos Law Center, at the corner

of North Charles Street and Mount Royal Avenue, is named

after the parents of School of Law alumnus Peter Ange-los, LL.B. '61, who donated $15 million to the project. UB raised

a total of $22 million in private funding for the building, which

cost $119 million. Here are some particulars about the law

center, for which ground was broken on Aug. 26, 2010:

T

t

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“It’s time for law to be innovative,”

she said.

‘The Best Of Disinfectants’

Weich recalled the words of former

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D.

Brandeis, who remarked that sunlight

“is said to be the best of disinfec-

tants.”

“Like Brandeis, I like transparency,”

Weich said in the newsletter interview.

“I want people to know what’s going on

in the law and in our school.”

Continued Weich: “The building is

undoubtedly complex. It’s multifacet-

ed and multidirectional. But it’s also

systematic and intentional, and to me

that’s a symbol of how the law brings

order to our chaotic lives. The fact that

it’s also a highly sustainable building

shows that we can leverage a measure

of control over our environment. I think

that’s just inspired.”

Professor William Hubbard, who

teaches intellectual property law, said

that the school’s design was indeed

inspirational—and that it reminds stu-

dents and faculty of why they went into

law in the first place.

“Sometimes claiming physical

spaces can affect the activity within [is]

a concept that is given lip service,” he

said. “But here I think it’s true.”

Charles Cohen contributed reporting to this article.

designs. (Behnisch designed an exten-

sion of the group’s Geneva, Switzer-

land, headquarters.)

“I like creating spaces where people

can work and live together; where they

can communicate, interact and work

in an interdisciplinary way,” Behnisch

said. “Such buildings have a great

impact on our society, and designing

them is a great honor.”

At the law center, students study at

counters overlooking the atrium, or

sit and talk together in the clusters of

colorful upholstered chairs scattered

throughout the building. Faculty, staff

and students mingle in the tangle of

said. “We can make sure that our law

graduates are prepared to contribute

to the tectonic shifts we’re seeing in

the global economy and in our national

institutions. Or we can marginalize

ourselves by sticking to old beliefs and

old ways of doing things.”

So far, the building has earned rave

reviews from the people who use it.

Professors said the striking design had

improved morale.

“It’s not just aesthetics,” said Robert

Rubinson, director of clinical educa-

tion. “It’s how students feel about

their learning experience. I think the

building clearly enhances that.

n 12 stories

n 192,000 square feet

n 15 classrooms

n 29 large- and small-group study spaces

n 32,000-square-foot library

n 300-seat moot courtroom

n Green roofs and terraces with plantings and trees

n Cutting-edge technologies for heating and cooling

n Central atrium featuring natural light, greenery and areas for contemplation and collaboration

n Indoor and outdoor water features

n Rainwater capture and reuse

“the university of baltimore did not want a law center that was “stuffy like the british lawyers with their hairdo.” Architect stefan behnisch

catwalks and stairs, and co-workers

wave to each other through glass walls

and doors.

Weich, who said buildings should

“facilitate” the work of the people who

use them, said in the BuildUp article

that the law center’s design represent-

ed a new way of thinking about the law

and legal education.

“We face a stark choice,” Weich

“There is a rush of excitement when

you walk into a building and it makes

you feel good about yourself and what

you are doing. You are more open to

learning.”

Professor Barbara White, who teach-

es business law, said the building was

a reminder that the legal profession is

changing and that it’s time legal educa-

tion changed with it.

By hope Keller

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Dean Ronald Weich Unconventional candidate reflects after a year

By Joe Surkiewicz

he view from atop the University of

Baltimore School of Law’s gleaming

new building encompasses some of

Baltimore’s major arteries: Charles

and St. Paul streets, Interstate 83,

Mount Royal Avenue. Across the highway is Penn-

sylvania Station.

“From the 12th floor, looking out across Balti-

more, you realize where you are,” said Dean Ronald

Weich. “It’s the proverbial crossroads.”

The law school sits at a metaphorical crossroads

as well. With the legal profession confronting a

sharply straitened marketplace, legal education

is facing unprecedented challenges. Applications

are down and class sizes are shrinking at law

schools across the nation. Newspaper articles raise

the specter of law schools closing and graduates

reduced to working at Starbucks because they can’t

find jobs as attorneys.

Into this breach comes Weich. At 53, he has

served multiple stints on Capitol Hill, advising

some of Washington’s most powerful politicians,

and has also spent time in private practice. Until

last year, the one area he hadn’t worked in was

academia.

He’s perfect for the dean’s job, those who know

him say.

“I know the challenges law schools are facing,”

said U.S. District Court Judge James K. Bredar, who

met Weich shortly after they both graduated from

Yale Law School. “UB Law couldn’t have found a

better person to lead it.”

Weich, Bredar said, is “incredibly talented with

people and intelligent about relationships. He can

figure out how to make a deal happen and has a

talent to make people comfortable. He’s disarming,

very funny, quite sharp, engaging, energetic and

creative.”

It is Weich’s unconventionality that makes him the

right person to lead the law school now, said Bredar,

who serves on the U.S. District Court for the District

of Maryland, Northern Division in Baltimore.

“[He’s] what the school requires at this point,”

Bredar said, citing Weich’s stature in Washington.

“UB has two assets other schools would like to

have: an extraordinary physical plant and a vision-

ary new leader with a fresh perspective. Ron is a

uniquely gifted guy who will sort out those chal-

lenges.”

Weich acknowledged that the traditional model

for a law dean is a law professor who’s worked

his or her way up to the top spot.

“There’s a growing recognition that the

job isn’t about teaching,” said Weich,

T

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challenges facing the institution.

“If there’s ever been a low point in

law schools, this is it,” Better said.

“But he saw it as an opportunity to

make a difference. For Ron, this is the

time to do this—a special opportunity

to make a difference.”

A year after he started, Weich has

settled into his corner office in the

brand-new John and Frances Angelos

Law Center and into the job.

“They were looking for something

different—and that’s me,” he said with

a laugh. “The problems facing UB Law

are varied. But the situation isn’t dire—

or as bad as [it is at] other law schools

around the country.”

For one thing, the school is on solid

financial footing.

“State funding has remained level,”

Weich said. “Other states have seen

significant funding cuts.”

One of his first decisions was to

shrink the class of 2013 by 50 students,

or by roughly 15 percent.

“The class will have a better educa-

tional experience and there will be less

competition for [students] when they

enter the job market,” Weich said. “It’s

a sensible reaction. We also won’t be

digging deeper into a smaller applicant

pool, which means we’ll get people

Weich, Himeles said, is “[the most]

humble guy you could ever meet—he’s

just a regular guy.”

Himeles said the dean is also a prag-

matist.

“He’s a leader who people want to

follow and he gets things done in a way

that doesn’t ruffle feathers,” Himeles

said. “He just inspires people.”

And he seems to like them too.

Himeles recalled that shortly after

Weich became dean the two attended a

game at Camden Yards.

“I was chatting with Ron, asking him

how things were going,” Himeles said.

“A guy sitting in front of us in the stands

turned around and asked Ron if he was

the new dean. The guy had just gradu-

ated. Ron really engaged with him and

asked him to stop by his office.”

Another Weich trait is knowing his

own mind.

Herbert Better, who also worked

with Weich at Zuckerman Spaeder, said

Weich called him last year to discuss

the UB job offer.

“I said, ‘Do you really want to do

this?’” Better recalled. “His answer was

‘yes.’ It was clear to me he was really se-

rious—that he had thought about it and

viewed it as a tremendous opportunity.”

Better said Weich fully grasped the

seated in his light-filled, seventh-floor

office. “It’s about representing the

university in these different times,

presenting its case to the applicants,

the donors, the administration and the

faculty.”

He listed some of the political tal-

ents he learned over his 30-year career

in the public and private sectors:

building consensus, forging compro-

mise and holding the attention of an

audience.

“So far, I’ve found all these skills

transferable,” he said.

Before becoming dean at UB in July

2012, Weich served as the assistant

attorney general for legislative affairs

in the U.S. Department of Justice, a

position to which he was appointed by

President Barack Obama in 2009.

“It’s a very high position at the DOJ,

with very challenging and complicated

work,” said Judith C. Appelbaum, who

met Weich when they both worked for

Sen. Edward Kennedy and who later

served as one of Weich’s deputies at

the Justice Department.

“He manages difficult situations

well,” continued Appelbaum, now a

visiting professor of law and the interim

director of the Federal Legislation and

Administrative Clinic at the George-

town University Law Center. “He has a

set of values that transfers anyplace.

He understands competing interests.

He keeps people motivated and satis-

fied. It was a brilliant selection by UB.”

Martin Himeles, managing partner at

Zuckerman Spaeder’s Baltimore office,

got to know Weich when the latter

worked at the law firm’s Washington

office in the 1990s after serving as

chief counsel to Sen. Kennedy.

Dean Ronald Weich with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the University of Baltimore School of Law in November 2012.

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who will succeed.”

Looking ahead, Weich said that the

School of Law will make sure students

get hands-on, practical experience,

especially when it comes to technology.

“They need to be sophisticated about

the ways technology is changing every

aspect of law practice, from complex lit-

igation to business transactions. They

need to understand how lawyers solve

problems in the 21st century,” Weich

said. “The new building reflects that.

Of course, our classroom technology

is state-of-the-art. And beyond that,

this may be the most contemporary law

school building in America.”

Weich’s vision for the school

recognizes that UB can serve popu-

lations beyond J.D. students, such as

practicing lawyers who seek spe-

cialized post-graduate training and

foreign-trained lawyers, who can sit

for the bar examination in Maryland,

New York and Washington, D.C., after

receiving an LL.M. degree in the Law of

the United States.

And, with a nod to the nearby railroad

station that puts Capitol Hill less than

an hour away, Weich said he has been

tapping his Washington connections.

“I’ve begun to open some internship

opportunities in D.C.,” he said. “And

I want to work with UB alumni in D.C.

to broaden the availability of jobs and

strengthen UB Law’s stature.”

The law school’s reputation as a place

where students get a solid, practical ed-

ucation is “an important asset,” Weich

said, but he stressed that it doesn’t fully

describe the rigorous academic training

students receive from the school’s

expert faculty.

“We don’t just offer a practical ed-

ucation. We offer an excellent educa-

tion,” Weich said. “It’s not just voca-

tional. It’s also teaching students how

to think and analyze and apply legal

theory.”

But the University of Baltimore will

always keep its eye on the real-world

practice of law, he said.

“That’s why UB Law grads succeed in

n Born in New York City in

1959, raised in the Bronx.

n Attended Bronx High

School of Science

(“despite no aptitude

for science whatsoever,”

Weich says).

n Played a gangster in two

musicals, “Kiss Me Kate”

and “Guys and Dolls,” at

Yale University.

n Began his career in 1983

as an assistant district

a rough job market,” Weich said. “For

example, it’s no accident that our stu-

dents get a disproportionate number

of Maryland judicial clerkships. The

judges know that UB students have the

skills to be effective.”

He noted that the law school seeks to

provide every student an unpaid clerk-

ship after their first year and encour-

ages all to take advantage of hands-on

experience before graduation.

Weich said his first year has gone by

quickly and he’s happy with the team

he assembled to move the law school

forward.

“We’ve got a good group working on

this project,” he said. “We’re feeling

good. It’s a tough time and the job mar-

ket is very tight for graduates. But we’re

so much better positioned than other

law schools to thrive.”

Get to Know Ron Weich

attorney in Manhattan,

where he acquired the

nickname “Dis Con Ron”

for his propensity to let

sympathetic defendants

plead guilty to disorderly

conduct.

n Served as counsel, general

counsel and chief counsel

to Sen. Edward Kennedy

from 1990 to 1997.

n Represented the Oneida

Indian Nation of New York

and the International

Brotherhood of Teamsters,

among other clients, while

in private practice from

1997 to 2004.

n Began work for Senate

Democratic Leader Harry

Reid in 2005 on the same

day Barack Obama

became a senator.

n Completed the New York

City Marathon in 1984

(3 hours, 52 minutes)

and 1985 (4 hours, 21

minutes).

“He can figure out how to make a deal happen and has a talent to make people comfortable. He’s disarming, very funny, quite sharp, engaging, energetic and creative.”

n Married to Julie Stewart,

president of Families

Against Mandatory

Minimums, and father of

Sophie, 13, and Sara, 10.

n Enjoys tennis, running

and touch football.

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er lived abroad from ages 2 to 16, with

eight years in Hong Kong and stays in

Australia, Greece and Malaysia.

He finished high school in north-

ern California, where he continued

developing a passion for computers

conceived in ninth grade.

Enrolling at the University of Cali-

fornia at Los Angeles, he planned to

be a math major but quickly changed

direction.

“It was way too intense,” said Starg-

er, who switched to history and got

involved in competitive debating.

After graduating summa cum laude,

Starger was hired by a California

startup that was developing deriva-

tives-trading software.

“It was an exciting time to work in

Silicon Valley and I was financially

independent right out of college, but at

the end of the day I wasn’t interested in

derivatives,” Starger said.

He soon discovered what he was

interested in: prisons and the pursuit of

litigants will advance many arguments

and cite competing precedents. And

then the court will choose a winner in

the case by choosing one line of prece-

dent over another.”

Then that case itself becomes prece-

dent for future litigants to cite.

“This creates a chain of precedent,”

Starger said. “Opinion A cites Opinion

B, which in turn cites Opinion C, and so

on all the way back to the Constitution.”

The genesis of the mapping project—

which has been subsidized by a Univer-

sity of Baltimore grant and law school

support—was Starger’s research on

dissenting opinions in the high court’s

due-process jurisprudence.

“I wanted to figure out a way to show

how dissents contribute to the devel-

opment of the law and to visually show

it,” Starger said. “I want dissent to be

part of the story.”

Starger, a New York native, took a

circuitous route to Baltimore. His father

was an international banker and Starg-

MColin Starger plots SCOTUS genealogy

on the map

Man has made maps for thousands

of years to help people navigate their

world, the better to understand it.

Some of the earliest maps, on the walls

of France’s Lascaux caves, are dots

representing the stars.

With inventions such as the com-

pass, sextant, telescope and printing

press, maps became more precise and

more widely used. Today, with com-

puters, mapmaking has taken another

gigantic leap forward.

Professor Colin Starger has a carto-

graphic idea of his own: He is mapping

Supreme Court decisions —majority

opinions, dissents and concurrenc-

es—using computer software to plot

relationships that show how various

lines of precedent have evolved.

That is, he’s mapping the arguments

in long-running legal controversies.

“It’s about how Supreme Court

doctrine works,” said Starger, 43,

who joined the UB law faculty in 2010.

“In any Supreme Court controversy,

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justice for innocent prisoners.

His watershed moment came in

1992, when he was arrested during a

demonstration in San Francisco.

The protest was called after the

acquittal of four L.A. police officers

charged with savagely beating black

motorist Rodney King, a 1991 incident

recorded on videotape and widely

viewed around the world.

“The police arrested everyone within

a square block,” Starger said, recalling

the Mission District rally. “I spent two

and a half days in jail and it completely

changed my worldview.”

After being slapped in plastic hand-

cuffs and hustled onto a bus, Starger

and other demonstrators were taken to

the Alameda County jail.

“My first memory of that place is of

the intake,” Starger said. “You had to

take off all metal—earrings and so on.

The punk rocker in the line right in front

of me took about 30 minutes to get all

the studs and rings out of his face.”

A National Lawyers Guild attorney

represented Starger at his arraignment.

“There was no charge, just release,”

said Starger, who recalled that he and

a friend who’d also been arrested were

shipped back across the Bay Bridge to

San Francisco and dropped off near a

freeway.

“The experience was eye-opening,”

Starger said. “I was treated like a crimi-

nal. We were all scum in the eyes of the

authorities. I developed a very strong

suspicion that what I understood of the

world was wildly incomplete, that I had

not glimpsed the whole truth and that I

should try to find out more.”

Said Starger: “If they treated a

middle-class white guy like that, what

about others?”

He set out to investigate, working

with the American Friends Service

Committee and volunteering on prison

visits. After these experiences, Starger

applied to law school.

“I decided to make my money where

my mouth was,” he said.

He got in touch with his high school

friend Darren Kumasawa, a programmer.

“As we went to work I realized it

could work for the Supreme Court and

I saw its potential,” said Starger, who

in his second year at UB received a

provost’s technology grant to develop

the mapping technology for use in the

classroom.

“It mixes the things I love, debate

and rhetoric, drawing connections and

relationships, using computer schemat-

ics and math,” Starger said.

The maps are genealogical, showing

the different lines of argument that led

to a decision. They distill arguments

that can run 30 pages or more and they

clearly locate the controversy.

Practically, the maps help law profes-

sors teach any area of doctrine, Starger

said, adding that appellate advocates

also could use maps to determine the

essence of competing traditions.

Professor Amy Sloan, associate dean

for academic affairs, has used Starger’s

mapping technology.

“As a professor I have to look at

the whole body of law on a particular

subject to see what to emphasize and

deemphasize to help students see the

big picture,” Sloan said. “[The maps]

help me put together a course that will

make sense to students.”

Sloan said being able to follow the

“trail” of jurisprudence visually from

one point to the other allows students

to more easily grasp the development

of doctrine and, moreover, gives them

a look at how U.S. legal institutions

operate.

Starger said creating a doctrinal map

is far from sketching out a kind of legal

Cliff’s Notes.

“It’s not automated,” he said. “It

requires reading and interpreting lines

of authority and then presenting it in a

way that’s nearly instantaneous. It’s a

way to present the basic business

of law.”

Hope Keller contributed reporting to this article.

Starger said he’d sworn never to go

into law, as most of his friends from the

UCLA debating team had done.

“But I was wrong,” he said. “I saw

how incredibly helpful lawyers were

when I was arrested.”

Fast forward: Starger was accepted

at Columbia. After graduating in 2002—

he served as graduation speaker for

his J.D. class—Starger clerked for

Magistrate Judge Michael Dolinger in

the Southern District of New York and

in 2003 was hired as a staff attorney by

the Innocence Project at the Cardozo

School of Law.

“It was a phenomenal job,” said

Starger, who was the lead counsel on

four DNA exonerations, including one

off Oklahoma’s death row.

Starger then moved on to the Law-

yering Program at New York University,

where he taught legal research, writing

and lawyering skills to first-year stu-

dents. Doing so helped him make the

transition from practice to academia.

“The academic thing made sense

and deepened my study of rhetoric—

what persuades, which goes back to

Aristotle,” he said.

It was at this point that he began

conceiving a way to represent doctrinal

thought visually.

“The computer programmer side of

me kicked in,” Starger said. “I could

picture how the software could work.”

To see Professor Colin Starger’s SCOTUS maps, visit

law.ubalt.edu/stargermaps

By Joe Surkiewicz

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This list represents all donors who have given to the School of Law and School of Law alumni who have given to any fund at the University of Baltimore in fiscal year 2013 (July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013). We greatly appreciate each gift given in support of the School of Law and the University of Baltimore, and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing. Please notify Laurie TerBeek, director of external relations, of any inaccuracies or omissions by contacting her at 410.837.4358 or at [email protected]. We regret any errors.

$1,000,000 or morePeter G. Angelos, LL.B. ’61

The Peter and Georgia Angelos Foundation, Inc.

$500,000 - $999,999Lillian P. Hackerman and Willard Hackerman

Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.

$250,000 - $499,999AT&T Inc.

$100,000 - $249,000DLA Piper US LLP

Essex Community Connection, Inc.

Estate of Morton L. Kemper,** J.D. ’35

Estate of Michael E. Loney,** J.D. ’65

Leonard E. Moodispaw, J.D. ’77

$50,000 - $99,999THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

Barry M. Chasen, J.D. ’80, and Lyn E. Chasen

The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region

Duane Morris, LLP

Hyatt & Weber, P.A.

Alan J. Hyatt, J.D. ’78

William F. Kiniry, Jr., J.D. ’76

Sayra Wells Meyerhoff, J.D. ’78 , M.S. ’04, and Neil Meyerhoff

PNC Bank Corp.

Marie Van Deusen, J.D. ’89

$25,000 - $49,999Kenneth O. Hassan, J.D. ’74

Zanvyl & Isabelle Krieger Fund, Inc.

Legg Law Firm, LLC

Heidi L. Levine, J.D. ’95

Carol M. McGowan, J.D. ’87

$10,000 - $24,999Anonymous

Geena Asiedu, J.D. ’09 and Kenneth K. Asiedu, M.S. ’92

R. Roland Brockmeyer, J.D. ’64, and Lorraine J. Brockmeyer

Jana Howard Carey, J.D. ’76 and James H. Carey

Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A.

Richard and Rosalee Davison

The Judi & Steven B. Fader Family Foundation

Judith G. Fader, J.D. ’85 and Steven B. Fader, J.D. ’83

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Michael C. Hodes, J.D. ’75

Stephen Z. Kaufman, J.D. ’69

The Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos

Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.

Ober | Kaler

Richard and Rosalee C. Davison Foundation, Inc.

The Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Roswell Foundation

Neil J. Ruther, J.D. ’76

Holly H. Sadeghian, J.D. ’88

Saul Ewing, LLP

James L. Shea

Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White

Steven D. Silverman, J.D. ’91

$5,000 - $9,999Association of Corporate Counsel

Barbara A. Babb* and Peter Toran*

H. Dean Bouland, J.D. ’78

Arthur B. Brisker, LL.B. ’69

Ellen Fedder and Joel D. Fedder

Fick & May

Nathaniel C. Fick, Jr., J.D. ’75

Herbert S. Garten, A.B.A. ’53

The Herbert N. Gundersheimer Foundation, Inc.

Marianne Schmitt Hellauer, J.D. ’80 and Robert E. Hellauer, J.D. ’80

Hermina Law Group

George W. Hermina, J.D. ’90

Gerald W. Kelly, Jr., J.D. ’96

Kevin M. Loney

Kathleen Howard Meredith, B.A. ’76 , J.D. ’78

Alice A. Proietti and Joseph T. Proietti, J.D. ’06

Frances S. Sellers and Mortimer N. S. Sellers*

William Roger Truitt, J.D. ’82

Venable LLP

The Walton Family Foundation, Inc.

Bonnie L. Warnken, J.D. ’90 and Byron L. Warnken,* J.D. ’77

William E. Cross Foundation, Inc.

$2,500 - $4,999Anonymous

Bradley W. Bloodworth, J.D. ’00

Clifton L. Brown, Jr., J.D. ’78

Phillip J. Closius*

annual giving report

he University of Baltimore School of Law has a very new look.  if you haven’t yet had the opportunity to explore our light-filled halls, i hope you can vis-it soon.  But, while our facility is modern and cut-

ting-edge, our foundation has remained the same—we are still the law school that offers endless opportunities to our students, equip-ping them with all the tools they need to succeed. 

our alums give for many different reasons but, at the core of it all, they give because graduation is not an ending but a beginning.  A UB diploma is an invaluable entrée to the legal community in which members of the UB family offer each other a career-long network of mentorship and support.  

Thank you for enabling us to do what we do best—prepare our students to hit the ground running. And, while our doors may look a bit snazzier than they did when you graduated, thank you also for continuing to welcome our graduates with open arms when they walk out of them.

Laurie H. TerBeekDirector of External Relations, UB School of [email protected]

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“Being a lawyer, we would learn, was to embark on a lifelong series of daily challenges, entrusted with finding solutions that would make a difference in the life of someone willing to put those challenges in your hands. UB uncovered the practical side of law, in an almost clinical approach, underscoring the need to focus attention on the single, exclusive importance of each and every case in turn.”

– Nathaniel C. Fick Jr., J.D. ’75

“Supporting UB goes without saying. … The University of Baltimore is a network and a community that continues to ‘have your back’ throughout your entire career. Giving back to my UB community is like helping family.”

– Isabel M. Cumming, J.D. ’93

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John T. Faulkingham, J.D. ’95 , M.B.A. ’95

Michele Gilligan*

Louis E. Gitomer, J.D. ’76

Estate of Albert P. Halluin,** J.D. ’69

Charles F. Harenza

Gilbert A. Holmes*

Kaplan Bar Review

Maryland Workers’ Compensation Education Association, Inc.

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

James P. Nolan, J.D. ’74

Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program

Renee Sanchez

Paul L. Saval, J.D. ’80

Victoria Schultz,* J.D. ’89

Thomas H. Sheppard, II, J.D. ’08

Kerry D. Staton

Harry C. Storm, J.D. ’79

Evan K. Thalenberg, J.D. ’85

James A. Vidmar, Jr., J.D. ’80

Joan M. Worthington, B.S. ’84, M.B.A. ’91 and John B. Bartkowiak, Jr., J.D. ’73

$1,000 - $2,499The Ades Family Foundation, Inc.

Renée Bronfein Ades, B.S. ’74 , J.D. ’00

Hallie M. Ambler, J.D. ’96 and Bruce M. Ambler, J.D. ’96

John W. and Mary A. Beckley, J.D. ’74

Alan J. Belsky, B.A. ’87 , J.D. ’91

Bruce D. Block, J.D. ’80

W. Kennedy Boone, III, J.D. ’67

Brown, Goldstein, Levy, LLP

Fred B. Brown*

Mary B. Buonanno, J.D. ’84

Jana C. Burch, J.D. ’87 and Richard C. Burch, J.D. ’76

Carol S. Carton and Allen M. Carton

George M. Church, M.B.A. ’75 , J.D. ’77

Frank E. Cicone, LL.B. ’56

Coleen S. Clemente, J.D. ’83

Betty W. Cohen

Harry Cohen

John A. Currier, J.D. ’78

Timothy A. Dachille, J.D. ’85

G. Thomas Daugherty, J.D. ’76

James M. Di Stefano, J.D. ’86

Thomas Donohue, J.D. ’77

Garrett G. Epps*

Robert P. Fitzsimmons, J.D. ’78

Wendy C. Gerzog*

Audrey A. Gilbert

Michele E. Gilman*

Stuart M. Goldberg, B.A. ’70, J.D. ’74

Leigh S. Goodmark*

Toni-Junell J. Herbert, J.D. ’90

Holmes & O’Connor, P.A.

Katherine A. Holmes, B.A. ’84 , J.D. ’88 and L. Clifton O’Connor, J.D. ’01

Leeann K. Kelly-Judd, J.D. ’95

Mary-Margaret Latchford, B.S. ’68 and Paul C. Latchford, J.D. ’73

Fran Lessans and Martin B. Lessans, J.D. ’68

Martin B. Lessans, J.D. ’68

Dana M. Levitz, J.D. ’73

Jack Lynch*

Barbara A. Maher , J.D. ’68 and James F. Maher, J.D. ’68

Darren M. Margolis, J.D. ’95

Eileen McCarthy and Ward McCarthy

Rachel T. McGuckian, J.D. ’93

Lois Minderhout

Stephen M. Nickel, J.D. ’01

Elizabeth G. Osterman, J.D. ’85 and Richard J. Osterman, Jr., J.D. ’80

Ronald W. Parker, J.D. ’73

Don J. Pelto, J.D. ’85

Sylvia S. Powell, J.D. ’02 and Barry W. Powell, M.P.A. ’95 , J.D. ’03

Walter T. Price, Jr., J.D. ’69

Charles A. Rees*

Shemer Bar Review, LLC

Leon Snead, J.D. ’69

Deborah G. Spector, J.D. ’91 and Frank W. Spector, J.D. ’91

Sports Tickets Unlimited

Paul S. Sugar, J.D. ’75

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Carolyn H. Thaler, J.D. ’74 and David S. Thaler

Ernestine Thomas, B.A. ’89 and Basil A. Thomas, LL.B. ’35

Charles Tiefer*

Will Tress*

Ronald H. Weich*

Robin Z. Weyand, J.D. ’96

Barbara Ann White*

William K. Wilburn, J.D. ’77

WKWilburn, P.C.

WS Investments Trust

$500 - $999Betty S. Adams, J.D. ’90

Frances A. Apostolo, J.D. ’89

Thomas L. Atkins, J.D. ’75

Damon K. Bernstein, J.D. ’79

John Bessler*

Ira A. Burnim and Elizabeth J. Samuels*

Charles G. Byrd, Jr., J.D. ’87

John F. Calabrese, J.D. ’69

Carl C. Coe, Jr., J.D. ’82

Maureen B. Cohon, B.A. ’79 , J.D. ’82

Colgate Investment

Continental Title Group

Royal W. Craig, J.D. ’89 , M.B.A. ’89

Gerard F. Devlin, J.D. ’69

Gregory Dolin*

Paul J. Duffy, J.D. ’92

Sarah K. Duran, J.D. ’05

Eric B. Easton*

James F. Farmer, J.D. ’78

Peter S. Fayne, J.D. ’90

Nadia J. Firozvi, J.D. ’05

Sloane L. Fish, J.D. ’06

H. David Gann,** LL.B. ’51

Helaine S. Gann

Ann K. Goodman, J.D. ’94

Linda M. Googins, J.D. ’93

Francis J. Gorman

John F. Gossart, Jr., J.D. ’74

Patricia K. Hammar, J.D. ’99

Hassan, Hassan & Tuchman, P.A.

Michael J. Hayes*

Katy Helfrich

James T. Hemelt, J.D. ’84

David H. Hugel, J.D. ’73 , M.S. ’77

Natalie M. Hynum

Mary J. Kaltenbach, J.D. ’53

Michael L. Kerley, LL.B. ’68

Elizabeth Keyes*

Parag Khandhar*

Daniel B. King, J.D. ’79

Howard S. Klein, J.D. ’83

Marcia S. Kupferberg, J.D. ’83

Carmela S. Lane and Stephen C. Lane

James V. Lane, J.D. ’73

Jaime Lee*

Daniel E. Liebfeld, LL.B. ’63

Alexandra A. McKeown, J.D. ’06

Lynn McLain*

Margaret A. Mead, J.D. ’89

Linda S. Mericle, J.D. ’91

Michael Hodes, LLC

John O. Mitchell, III, B.S. ’63, J.D. ’70

Bryan G. Moorhouse, J.D. ’77

Judith B. Moran, J.D. ’95 and Edmond J. Moran, Jr.

Scott A. Morrison, J.D. ’90

James W. Motsay, J.D. ’81

Jane C. Murphy*

Odeana R. Neal*

Lois M. Neilson and Vernon L. Neilson, LL.B. ’51

James J. Nolan, Jr., J.D. ’77

Lisa Stello O’Brien, J.D. ’85

Michael P. O’Day, J.D. ’01

Tracey N. Pate, J.D. ’91 and Michael T. Pate, J.D. ’91

John R. Penhallegon, J.D. ’79

Roger L. Pickens, J.D. ’75

Deborah L. Potter

Susan T. Preston, J.D. ’79

Mary Ragsdale

Isabel Crystal Reamer Rappaport, J.D. ’88

Oscar Renda

Margot E. Rogerson

John R. Rush, J.D. ’75

Howard M. Schoenfeld, LL.B. ’66

Randall L. Scott, J.D. ’80

Amy E. Sloan*

Susan T. Preston, J.D. ’79 and Craig R. Smith

State Farm Insurance Companies

Gail M. Stern, J.D. ’79

Linda S. Stone and Donald H. Stone*

Donna M. D. Thomas, J.D. ’93

Harry G. Tsitouris, **J.D. ’70

Angela M. Vallario,* J.D. ’91

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Allan L. Zalesky, J.D. ’66

Michael V. Ziccardi, J.D. ’08

$250 - $499Daniel R. Anderson, J.D. ’79

John C. M. Angelos, J.D. ’90

Herbert J. Arnold, Jr., LL.B. ’55

Louis A. Becker, III, J.D. ’70

Lisa A. Bernstein, J.D. ’99

Charles M. Blomquist, J.D. ’00

Michael C. Blum, J.D. ’96

Roland R. Bounds, J.D. ’53

Richard W. Bourne*

Catherine A. Bowers, M.A. ’87, J.D. ’00

Cathleen N. Brockmeyer, J.D. ’84

Jean R. Buchen, J.D. ’77

Jill M. Bussey, J.D. ’03

William P. Caruthers, J.D. ’78

L. Anthony Casalena

Bernard P. Codd, J.D. ’96

Michelle W. Cole, J.D. ’98 and William H. Cole, IV,* M.A. ’96

Robert D. Cole, Jr., J.D. ’92

Christopher E. Collins, J.D. ’03

Andrew C. Cooper, J.D. ’82

Francina J. Critzman, B.A. ’87 , J.D. ’89

David Daneman, J.D. ’89

Karen E. H. Davidson, J.D. ’06

Donna M. Davis, M.S. ’89 and Sean D. Davis, J.D. ’94

Claudia A. Diamond,* J.D. ’95

Amy Dillard*

Michael R. Dodd, J.D. ’10

Richard W. Douglas, J.D. ’76

Norman A. Drezin, J.D. ’74

Michael A. Duff, J.D. ’85

Myrna J. Dunnam, J.D. ’78

Suzette White Eckhaus, J.D. ’83

Lawrence D. Eisen, J.D. ’96

Robert I. Elan, J.D. ’75

Oleg Fastovsky, J.D. ’08

Daniel F. Feeney, J.D. ’83

Nancy S. Forster, J.D. ’84

Donald C. Fry, J.D. ’80

Morris L. Garten, J.D. ’95

Susan M. Gerhart

Jayme Gibbs, J.D. ’83

Veronica M. Gillespie, LL.M. ’98

Emma L. Goerlich

Michael I. Gordon, J.D. ’59

Leo E. Green, Jr., J.D. ’84

Nienke Grossman*

Steven P. Grossman*

Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

Sandra R. Gutman, J.D. ’78

Melodie C. Hahn-Hengerer, J.D. ’02 and Geoffrey G. Hengerer, J.D. ’02

Kevin W. Harp

Robert J. Heitzman, J.D. ’70

Paul R. Herrick, J.D. ’93

Timothy J. Hogan, J.D. ’78

Thomas A. Hollweg, J.D. ’05

William C. Hookham, J.D. ’73

Marshall T. Horman, J.D. ’02

Gregory S. Hrebiniak, J.D. ’75

Jamie B. Insley, J.D. ’78

Cassie Jackson, J.D. ’12*

Cassie Jackson, J.D. ’12* and Vincent P. Jackson, J.D. ’13

Armin Jaeger, III, LL.B. ’60

Gretchen L. Jankowski, J.D. ’94

Michael L. Jennings, J.D. ’86, LL.M. ’94

Brian M. Judge, J.D. ’92 , M.B.A. ’92

Karmen M. Kater-Slezak, J.D. ’91

Allen J. Katz, J.D. ’73

Sandra L. Katz and Laurence M. Katz

J. Mitchell Kearney, J.D. ’88

Larry Keen, J.D. ’02

Dale P. Kelberman, J.D. ’75

Julianne J. Kelly

Kevin K. Kercher, J.D. ’84

Richard Klitzberg, J.D. ’66

Sharon T. Kohler, J.D. ’80

Jules G. Kollar, J.D. ’79

Dionne K. Koller*

Eric A. Kuhl, J.D. ’90

Benjamin Kurtz

Robert Lankin, J.D. ’76

Law Offices of Ronald R. Hogg

J. Michael Lawlor, J.D. ’73

Alan C. Lazerow, J.D. ’10

Eugene M. Lerner, J.D. ’54

Barry F. Levin, J.D. ’84

Matthew Lindsay*

Andrew A. Lioi, LL.M. ’57

Robert M. Masters, J.D. ’90

Stephen M. May, J.D. ’81

Saul McCormick, J.D. ’79

T. Wray McCurdy, J.D. ’84

M. Tracy McPherson, J.D. ’86

Lisa L. Mervis, J.D. ’71

Marilyn B. Miles, B.A. ’72 and Richard L. Miles, J.D. ’73

Thomas Minkin, J.D. ’65

Herbert B. Mittenthal, LL.B. ’66

Thomas A. Murphy, J.D. ’75

Megan D. O’Connor, J.D. ’08

Ann W. Parks, J.D. ’95

Christopher J. Peters*

David A. Plymyer, J.D. ’78

Kenneth A. Porro, J.D. ’87

B. Sean A. Radin, J.D. ’05

James H. Rees, J.D. ’95

Ernest A. Renda

Don E. Richardson, LL.B. ’68

Robert V. Russo Attorney at Law

Ria P. Rochvarg, J.D. ’92 and Arnold Rochvarg*

Robert J. Romadka, LL.B. ’53

Morton J. Rosenberg, J.D. ’67

Robert V. Russo, J.D. ’90

William F. Ryan, Jr., J.D. ’79

Sarah M. Sawyer

Robert J. Schott, B.S. ’63 , J.D. ’66

Suzanne Schwartz

Jennifer R. Scott, J.D. ’05

Charles Shafer*

David C. Sharman, J.D. ’73

Mark A. Simanowith, J.D. ’07

Thomas G. Slater, J.D. ’80

Frederic N. Smalkin*

John J. Sofia, Jr., J.D. ’68

Thomas S. Spencer, J.D. ’79

Zachary J. Stewart

Thomas B. Stone, Jr., J.D. ’76

Andrea R. Marceca, J.D. ’94 and Brian P. Strong, J.D. ’94

Victoria A. Sulerzyski, J.D. ’06

The Law Office of Brad S. Sures

Bradley S. Sures, J.D. ’80

Kathleen M. Sweeney, J.D. ’75

S. Scott Tate, J.D. ’99

David L. Terzian, J.D. ’72

Jefferson L. Triplett, J.D. ’01

William Turc, Sr., J.D. ’69

John Umholtz

Jeffrey M. Voluck, J.D. ’75

Susan B. Watson, J.D. ’76

Robert M. Webb, J.D. ’80

Michael L. Weed, J.D. ’69

Jason F. Weintraub, J.D. ’08

Jeremy B. Wilson, J.D. ’06

Jacqueline Dawson, J.D. ’77 and Steven D. Wyman, J.D. ’77

Derek B. Yarmis, J.D. ’92

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$100 - $249Laurence C. Aaronson, J.D. ’72

Angela N. Abshier, J.D. ’02

Dale A. Achenbach, J.D. ’87

Anne R. Adoryan

Osasumwen Z. Airhiavbere, J.D. ’09

Jeffrey J. Albrecht, J.D. ’07

Steven A. Allen, J.D. ’75

Fred Allentoff, J.D. ’84

Donald L. Allewalt, Jr., J.D. ’77

Monique D. Almy, J.D. ’87

Shara B. Alpert, J.D. ’95

Alvin Sellman, Attorney-at-Law

Parke E. Americus, J.D. ’67

Youngcheu An, J.D. ’02

Elizabeth Anderson

Robert A. Angelo, J.D. ’73

Michael I. Angert, J.D. ’99

Anonymous (4)

Richard J. Apley, J.D. ’74

Cathy A. Applefeld, J.D. ’90 and David B. Applefeld, J.D. ’90

Hope H. Armiger, M.B.A. ’86 and David W. Armiger, B.A. ’73, J.D. ’75

Kwame Asafo-Adjei, M.P.A. ’94, LL.M. ’08

Kerby R. Baden, J.D. ’06

Maurice W. Baldwin, Jr., LL.B. ’69

Rignal W. Baldwin, Jr., J.D. ’75

Sabrina Balgamwalla*

James A. Barry, J.D. ’86

Ashley E. Bashur, J.D. ’09

Baumohl Hamburg LLC

Jessica Beaver, J.D. ’10

Linus and Laura Beck

Margaret and Robert A. Beck

Michael J. Beck

Janell N. Bell, J.D. ’04

Robert M. Bell

Celeste G. Bendetti

Elizabeth W. Benet, J.D. ’92

Michael T. Benson, J.D. ’75

Rodney L. Benson, J.D. ’80

Gary A. Berger, J.D. ’79

Benjamin J. Biard, J.D. ’03 , M.B.A. ’03

Edward M. Biggin, J.D. ’02

Raymond M. Bily, Jr., J.D. ’85

Bryan A. Bishop, J.D. ’89

Clinton R. Black, IV, J.D. ’82

Bryan D. Bolton, J.D. ’83

Wilbur W. Bolton, III, J.D. ’78

A. Gordon Boone, Jr., LL.B. ’63

Christopher A. Boyd, J.D. ’10

Jonathan W. Bradbard, J.D. ’06

Kevin F. Bress, J.D. ’84 , M.S. ’84

Livio R. Broccolino, J.D. ’77

Betty S. Brody, J.D. ’78

David A. Brown, J.D. ’09 , M.B.A. ’09

George E. Brown, J.D. ’99

John F. Brown, Jr., LL.B. ’59

John F. Brown, J.D. ’75

Kenneth A. Brown, J.D. ’93

Karis Evans Brown, M.B.A. ’87 and Neal M. Brown, J.D. ’84

Patricia M. C. Brown, J.D. ’86

Valentine A. Brown, J.D. ’95

Michelle L. Brown-Glennon, J.D. ’95 and Garret P. Glennon, J.D. ’96

Michael P. Bryant, J.D. ’06

Jacqueline D. Byrd, J.D. ’98

Rex S. Caldwell, III, J.D. ’87

Walter S. Calwell, Jr., LL.B. ’56

Irvin N. Caplan, LL.M. ’91

Jay M. Caplan, LL.B. ’69

Richard D. Caplan, J.D. ’80

James D. Cardea, J.D. ’95

David E. Carey, J.D. ’89

Carol L. Carnett, J.D. ’90

Philip T. Caroom

J. Randall Carroll, J.D. ’78

Sean P. Casey, J.D. ’99

Colin J. Casler, J.D. ’07

Chamberlain Construction, Inc.

Stephanie Chamberlain, J.D. ’93

Julia M. Cheikh, J.D. ’03

Mary Claire Chesshire, J.D. ’93

Evan A. Chestnut, J.D. ’12

Marjorie L. Clagett, J.D. ’77

John R. Clapp, J.D. ’79

Ellen Cobb

Erin Coleman, J.D. ’09

Eric B. Compton, J.D. ’06

Timothy A. Cook, J.D. ’87

Danna M. Crowley, J.D. ’79

Crown Title Corporation

Niti Crupiti, J.D. ’86

Isabel M. Cumming, M.B.A. ’89, J.D. ’93

Louis Curran

Crystal A. Curry Newland, J.D. ’04

Paul T. Cygnarowicz, J.D. ’92

D2L Behavioral and Investigative Consulting Services, LLC

Barry J. Dalnekoff, J.D. ’74

Wallace Dann, J.D. ’50

Gloria Danziger*

Geoffrey S. Darnell, J.D. ’90

Arnold D. Dashoff, J.D. ’72

Charles H. Davis, J.D. ’78

Chester G. Davis, Jr., J.D. ’93

R. Scott Davis, J.D. ’77

Nancy L. Davis-Loomis

Steven A. G. Davison*

Shannon C. Dawkins Wrenn*

Patricia A. Day, J.D. ’76

Eleanor M. Dayhoff-Brannigan, J.D. ’10

Albert G. De Bliss, J.D. ’60

Christopher P. Dean, J.D. ’04

Michael A. Dean, J.D. ’98

Gary F. Debruin, J.D. ’95

Mark S. Decker, Jr., J.D. ’12

Anthony B. Defranco, J.D. ’08

Frank T. Despot

Pamela DeStefano and Christopher DeStefano

Phyllis A. DeStefano and Dean DeStefano

Bonnie Noel Devlin

Caroline N. Dewey

Charles T. Dillon, J.D. ’00

Anthony J. DiPaula, J.D. ’84

Derek E. Dittner, J.D. ’95

Steven B. Dolchin, J.D. ’74

Thomas M. Donnelly, J.D. ’00

Thomas E. Donoho, LL.B. ’66

Daniel J. Dregier, Jr., J.D. ’75

Patrick R. Duley, J.D. ’70

J. Michael Earp, J.D. ’79

Norman A. Ehrlich, J.D. ’73

Lori J. Eisner, J.D. ’82

Mahasin S. El-Amin, J.D. ’09

Donald L. Elmore, J.D. ’70

Alan R. Engel, J.D. ’80

David F. Engstrom, J.D. ’70

Judith R. Estrin, M.A. ’83

Mary P. Evatt, J.D. ’77

John F. Fader, II

Lisa J. Fales, J.D. ’90

Kenneth W. Farrar, J.D. ’74

E. Richard Feustle, J.D. ’70

Richard A. Finci, J.D. ’84

Elliott L. Fineman, J.D. ’81

Stacy E. Finn, J.D. ’92

Elizabeth B. Fisher, J.D. ’05 and Christopher M. Demski, J.D. ’04

James F. Flynn, LL.B. ’68

Michael F. Flynn, Jr., J.D. ’78

Michael R. Foster, J.D. ’75

Richard W. Foster, J.D. ’95

Barbara Hull Francis, J.D. ’80

Richard B. Friedler, J.D. ’06

Anne C. Gamson, J.D. ’77

Hal Gann

Marvin J. Garbis

Dominick A. Garcia, J.D. ’80

Daniel B. Garfink, J.D. ’95

M. Teresa Garland, J.D. ’86

Nichole C. Gatewood, J.D. ’04

Glenn A. Gerber

Richard L. Gershberg, J.D. ’79

A. Allan Gertner, J.D. ’74

Gorman A. Getty, J.D. ’05

Gregory H. Getty, J.D. ’78

Stewart H. Getz, J.D. ’83

Stephen A. Gibbons, J.D. ’04

Danielle B. Gibbs, J.D. ’96

Robert G. Gibbs, J.D. ’84

Stephen G. Gilden, LL.B. ’66

John A. Gilpin, J.D. ’78

Antonio Gioia, B.S. ’81 , J.D. ’83

Paul G. Goetzke

Harvey D. Gold, LL.B. ’62

Avrum S. Goldberg, J.D. ’78

Mary C. Gorman, J.D. ’81

Harry C. Goudy, Jr.

Frederick W. Goundry, J.D. ’91

Victoria L. Grace, J.D. ’03

Brandy J. Gray, J.D. ’03 and Clifton R. Gray, J.D. ’03

Mitchell A. Greenberg, J.D. ’91

Ileen M. Greene, J.D. ’81

Joshua C. Greene, J.D. ’02

Lawrence Greenebaum, LL.B. ’54

Kimberly S. Grimsley, J.D. ’00

Andrew P. Gross, J.D. ’08

Thomas C. Groton, III, J.D. ’74

Louise B. Gussin, J.D. ’94

John Hagenbrok

Candice L. Hall, J.D. ’09, Certificate ’11, LL.M. ’11

Elizabeth A. Hambrick-Stowe, J.D. ’83

Michael B. Hamburg, J.D. ’94

John J. Handscomb, J.D. ’93

Andrew A. Handy, J.D. ’70

Thomas P. Hanley, B.S. ’80

Nancy A. Harford, J.D. ’85

Michele R. Harris, J.D. ’98

William L. Haugh, Jr., LL.B. ’68

Priscilya M. Hawkes, J.D. ’06

Nicholas B. Hawkins

Katherine A. Hearn, J.D. ’92

Rena W. Heneghan, J.D. ’92

Darrell L. Henry, LL.B. ’65

Hurst R. Hessey, J.D. ’79

Thomas G. Hicks, Sr., J.D. ’89

Lakeshia N. Highsmith, J.D. ’04 , M.B.A. ’04

W. Charles Hitt,** LL.B. ’35

Diana K. Hobbs, J.D. ’98

Burton S. Hoffman, J.D. ’63

R. Neal Hoffman, LL.B. ’69

Joanne Hogg and Ronald R. Hogg, J.D. ’77, LL.M. ’89

Carol L. Hopkins, B.A. ’84 , J.D. ’89

Lisa Horn, J.D. ’89 and Edward J. Horn, B.S. ’92

Harve C. Horowitz, J.D. ’74

Deborah Howard

William R. Hubbard*

Lawrence T. Hurwitz, J.D. ’83

Domenic R. Iamele, LL.B. ’69

Juan Icaza

Gary J. Ignatowski, J.D. ’81

Wade H. Insley, III, J.D. ’68

Glenn A. Jacobson, J.D. ’79

Kathleen H. Jarmiolowski, J.D. ’03

David Jaros*

Rosalind M. Jeffers, J.D. ’95

Wilbur C. Jensen, LL.B. ’52, LL.M. ’54

Margaret E. Johnson*

Cynthia H. Jones, J.D. ’92

Carol T. Jones, M.P.A. ’90 and Gregory J. Jones, J.D. ’89

Harvey C. Jones, II, J.D. ’54

Keith S. Jones, J.D. ’73

William Jones, J.D. ’98

Alan M. Kagen, J.D. ’92

Alain N. Kamwa, LL.M. ’10

Kananack Law

William J. Kananack, J.D. ’73

Ronald A. Karasic,* J.D. ’78

Anthony R. Katz, J.D. ’75

Charles B. Keenan, Jr., LL.M. ’91

Brian J. Kelly, J.D. ’01

Richard D. Kettell, J.D. ’91

Jennifer S. Kim*

Bayly H. Kirlin, J.D. ’05

Klein’s Shoprite

Ellen L. S. Koplow, J.D. ’83

Matthew P. Kraeuter, J.D. ’09

Harold L. Kramer, J.D. ’61

Phyllis B. Kramer, J.D. ’77

Robert J. Kresslein, J.D. ’80

Dominic A. Lancelotta, J.D. ’97

Stephanie Lane-Weber, J.D. ’77

Edward J. Lang, J.D. ’73

Daniel R. Lanier, J.D. ’85

Garrett A. Lardiere, J.D. ’69

Law Offices of David B. Shapiro

Law Offices of Robert J. Fuoco

Ronna K. Lazarus, J.D. ’93

Joseph F. Lechman, J.D. ’70

Sarah A. Lehr, J.D. ’09 and Michael Lehr, J.D. ’09

Jane M. Leiman, LL.B. ’44

Daniel W. Lenehan, J.D. ’77

Patricia M. Lesnick, J.D. ’88

Lessans, Praley & McCormick, P.A.

Lynn R. Levitan-Goldberg, J.D. ’93

Delane S. Lewis, J.D. ’93

Frank G. Lidinsky, J.D. ’76

Steven D. Link, J.D. ’09

Wendelin I. Lipp, J.D. ’78

Eugene R. Littleford, J.D. ’78

YaoHui Liu, LL.M., ’11

Joyce Loney

Steven A. Long, J.D. ’10

Susan M. Lord, J.D. ’84

Kathleen H. Lorenzo, J.D. ’05

Lucy A. Loux, J.D. ’75

Cylia E. Lowe, J.D. ’03 , M.S. ’08

Linh H. Ly

Robert S. Lynch, J.D. ’82

Robert W. Lynch, J.D. ’82

Michael P. Lytle, J.D. ’02

Martin P. Maarbjerg, J.D. ’09

Blair W. MacDermid, LL.M. ’11

Joseph V. Mach, Jr., J.D. ’73

George S. Mahaffey, Jr., J.D. ’00

Susan S. Maher, J.D. ’88 and Patrick E. Maher, J.D. ’88

Michael E. Malone, J.D. ’92

Cynthia A. Mancini, J.D. ’87

Michael H. Mannes, J.D. ’70

V. Peter Markuski, Jr., J.D. ’82

Shirley S. Massey, B.S. ’86 , J.D. ’88

Karen B. Mathura, J.D. ’99

Jacob Matz, J.D. ’51

Elaine F. Maxeiner

James R. Maxeiner*

May and Smith, P.A.

Patrick J. McAndrew, J.D. ’96

Brian J. McCreesh, J.D. ’68

Audreyline G. McFarlane*

Joseph G. McGraw, Jr., J.D. ’84

Kevin McKay

Sandra J. Metz, J.D. ’81

Carlina and Bruce Meyer

Michael C. Michaud, J.D. ’83

Joseph A. Miklasz,** J.D. ’68

Kimberly A. Millender, J.D. ’95

Tina S. Miller

Joyce T. Mitchell, J.D. ’79

Susan H. Mitchell, LL.M. ’06

Carl A. Mohrwinkel, J.D. ’77

Babak Monajemi, J.D. ’11

Julianne M. Montes de Oca

J. Kristen Moore, J.D. ’01

Robert R. Morrow, J.D. ’86

Andrew Moss, J.D. ’10

H. Barnes Mowell, J.D. ’87

Frank J. Mucha, Jr., LL.B. ’66

J. Edward Muhlbach, LL.B. ’62

Carl A. Muly, Jr., J.D. ’62

Maureen Musselman-Filo, J.D. ’05 , M.B.A. ’05

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Michael R. Naccarato, B.S. ’91, M.B.A. ’95 , J.D. ’08

Renée Nacrelli, J.D. ’93

Michael S. Nagy, J.D. ’95

Kerry K. Neal, J.D. ’06

Betty B. Nelson, LL.B. ’50

Loc P. Nguyen, J.D. ’90

C. Philip Nichols, Jr., J.D. ’73

Gregory M. Nicholson, J.D. ’87

Saundra A. Nickols, J.D. ’87 , M.P.A. ’87

John E. Nunn, III, J.D. ’83

Herbert R. O’Conor, III, J.D. ’74

Samuel J. Oddo, J.D. ’58

Marc A. Offit, J.D. ’86

Andrew Offman

Michael D. Oliver, J.D. ’89

Leandra L. Ollie, J.D. ’97

Barry A. O’Neill, LL.B. ’65

George M. Oswinkle, J.D. ’75

Chris A. Owens, M.S. ’81 , J.D. ’84

Ronald C. Owens, J.D. ’73

Megan B. Owings, J.D. ’04

Thurman K. Page, J.D. ’02

Christopher L. Panos, M.S. ’84, J.D. ’89

William Parra, J.D. ’99

John L. Pensinger, J.D. ’76

People For Animals, Inc.

Melanie C. Pereira, B.S. ’77 , J.D. ’87

Michael G. Perkins, J.D. ’08

Kristen B. Perry, J.D. ’00

Ian A. Pesetsky, J.D. ’95

Loreto R. Pettini, J.D. ’81

Philip A. Petty, J.D. ’80

Douglas B. Pfeiffer, J.D. ’80

J. Harrison Phillips, J.D. ’65

Louis Piantadosi

Jean-Claude Pierre, Jr., J.D. ’95

Michael D. Pintzuk, LL.B. ’63

Robert E. Polack, J.D. ’75

Mary L. Ponticelli, J.D. ’79

Grant Posner, J.D. ’09

Eddie L. Pounds, J.D. ’05

Todd K. Pounds, J.D. ’89

Leslie A. Powell, J.D. ’86

James A. Powers, J.D. ’87

Brenda Piskor Prevas, M.A. ’90 and Peter A. Prevas, J.D. ’85

George A. Quick, J.D. ’67

Mariel A. Rakijas

Raritan Plaza LLC

Merrilyn E. Ratliff, J.D. ’09

Josephine A. Reina

F. D. Renda

Michael O. Renda

Michele Renda

Andrew D. Richmond, J.D. ’92

William W. Riggins, III, J.D. ’93

Jason Ritterstein

Stuart J. Robinson, J.D. ’74

Samantha P. Rodier, J.D. ’05

Kurt P. Roper, B.A. ’04 , J.D. ’08

Derek P. Roussillon, J.D. ’03

Joel D. Rozner, J.D. ’76

John P. Rue, II, J.D. ’74

William F. Ruehl, Jr., J.D. ’66

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Ryan A. Hendricks, J.D. ’01

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Terence Y. Herndon, J.D. ’04

William E. Hewitt, J.D. ’74

Beverly I. Heydon, J.D. ’96

William Hickey, III, J.D. ’03

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Ashley H. Hou, J.D. ’97

Matthew P. Howard, J.D. ’05

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Griffith E. Hubbard, II, J.D. ’96

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Thomas J. Maronick, J.D. ’80

Kathryn A. Marsh, J.D. ’02

Ebony-Joy M. Martin, B.S. ’06

Salvatore Martino, J.D. ’89

Joanne R. Marvin, J.D. ’79

Elise J. Mason, J.D. ’74

Latane J. Mason, J.D. ’05

Michael Massarini, J.D. ’09

Paul M. Matheny, J.D. ’91

Cathy L. Mattern, J.D. ’82

Philip I. Matz, B.S. ’60 , LL.B. ’67

Douglas A. May, J.D. ’98

Dionne Knight Mayfield, J.D. ’02

John F. McClellan, LL.B. ’68

Ryan M. McConnell, J.D. ’10

William L. McCraney, J.D. ’74

Anastasia L. McCusker, J.D. ’10

William T. McFaul, J.D. ’60

Thomas B. McGee, J.D. ’71

Michael F. McGinn, J.D. ’09

Dennis P. McGlone, J.D. ’86

James C. McKinney, J.D. ’75

Laurie McKinnon, J.D. ’86

John M. McLoughlin, J.D. ’65

Jerome S. McManus, Jr., B.A. ’86, J.D. ’89

Sandra Q. McManus, J.D. ’96

Brian J. McNamara, J.D. ’81

Donna G. McQueen, J.D. ’87

Ryan E. McQuighan, J.D. ’08

Shelley J. McVicker, J.D. ’87

Heather L. Mehigan, J.D. ’00

Martin S. Mendelsohn, LL.B. ’59

Henry T. Meneely, J.D. ’73

Nevin T. Meneely, J.D. ’10

Meredith Corporation Foundation

Myshala E. Middleton, J.D. ’10

Christopher Millard, J.D. ’96

Daniel J. Miller, J.D. ’07

James H. Miller, J.D. ’02

Shawn A. Millet, J.D. ’94

Dorothy H. E. Min, J.D. ’09

Ethan B. Minkin, J.D. ’98

Scott A. Mirsky, J.D. ’97

John T. Mitchell, M.P.A. ’92, Certificate ’92, , J.D. ’03

Michael A. Mitchell, J.D. ’97

Ronni H. Monaghan, J.D. ’08

William F. Monaghan, II, J.D. ’82

David W. Monsma, J.D. ’90

Jared S. Monteiro, J.D. ’11

Ryan Spence Montgomery, J.D. ’00

Kathleen O. Moon, J.D. ’81

Hans I. Moore, J.D. ’08

William H. Morgan, J.D. ’97

Kenneth J. Morilak, J.D. ’96

Thomas C. Morrow, J.D. ’75

William T. Morton, J.D. ’79

Andrea M. Moses, J.D. ’95 , M.B.A. ’95

Robert M. Moss, LL.B. ’65

Katherine Demont Moxley, J.D. ’00

Richard J. Muffoletto, Sr., LL.B. ’50

Allison M. Mulford, J.D. ’08, M.B.A. ’08

William M. Mullen, J.D. ’80

Mary J. Mulligan, J.D. ’92

Brendan C. Murphy, J.D. ’11

Kevin P. Murphy, J.D. ’78

Michael T. Murphy, J.D. ’83

Holly A. Musselman, J.D. ’96

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Cory L. Myers, J.D. ’06

Rebecca D. Myers, J.D. ’93

Sahar Nasserghodsi, J.D. ’11

Kimberly H. Neal, J.D. ’07 and Aaron D. Neal, J.D. ’07

Richard D. Neidig, J.D. ’75

Brian A. Neil, M.B.A. ’09 , J.D. ’09

Andrew J. Nelson, J.D. ’06

Jeffrey P. Nesson, J.D. ’82

Thomas C. Newbrough, Jr., B.A. ’81, J.D. ’83

Delores M. Newsome, M.S. ’81, J.D. ’93

Autry N. Noblitt, J.D. ’65

Harry J. Noonan, J.D. ’78

Denice R. Norris, J.D. ’92

Robert Wayne Nuckles, LL.M. ’00

Alice D. O’Brien, J.D. ’01

Marian M. O’Conor, J.D. ’87

Thomas F. Offutt, J.D. ’73

Jumoke Oladapo, LL.M., ’09

Frederick A. Olverson, J.D. ’64

Kathleen A. O’Neill

Bradley Or

Eugenia K. Ordynsky, J.D. ’93 , M.B.A. ’93

Loretta O. Orndorff, J.D. ’80

Chantel R. Ornstein, M.P.A. ’96, J.D. ’97

Stanley G. Oshinsky, J.D. ’79

Ugur Ozyuruk, LL.M., ’10

Angela D. Paavola, J.D. ’84 and Samuel H. Paavola, J.D. ’75

Eugene O. Palazzo, J.D. ’77

Venk Paluvai, J.D. ’09

Carrie A. Parente

Cassia W. Parson, J.D. ’91 , M.B.A. ’91

Christopher M. Patterson, J.D. ’78

Eva M. Pearlman, LL.M. ’93

Anne K. Pecora, J.D. ’73 and Richard F. Pecora, J.D. ’70

Linda T. Penn, J.D. ’86

Robert M. Perkins, J.D. ’09

Lucy Perone

Thomas C. Perrone, J.D. ’77

Daniel Jay Pesachowitz, J.D. ’00

Phi Alpha Delta

Angela Phillips and Daniel G. Phillips

Daniel D. Phillips, J.D. ’10

John D. Phillips, J.D. ’67

Lynn E. Pickens, J.D. ’91

Robert A. Pinkner, LL.B. ’65

Barbara M. Porter, J.D. ’78

Suzanne W. Posner, J.D. ’80

Nathan J. Postillion, J.D. ’10

Jason R. Potter, J.D. ’05

Catherine A. Potthast, J.D. ’84

Matthew T. Powell, J.D. ’11

John Frederick Price, J.D. ’80

Michael W. Prokopik, J.D. ’79

Mary E. Quillen, J.D. ’93

Harry E. Quinn, LL.B. ’68

Phillip E. Radabaugh, J.D. ’74

Frank J. Ragione, J.D. ’73

Tracy C. Rammacca, M.B.A. ’88 and Joseph D. Rammacca, J.D. ’93

Martha T. Ramsey, J.D. ’82

Charles S. Rand, J.D. ’73

Rosemary M. Ranier, J.D. ’77

Lauri F. Rasnick, J.D. ’95

Natalie H. Rees, J.D. ’78

Mary C. Reese, J.D. ’89

Theresa M. Regner, J.D. ’03

Ernest M. Reitz, B.S. ’94 , J.D. ’98

Ruth E. Reller and Walter L. Reller

Carol Renda

Colleen K. Rettig, J.D. ’88

Raymond L. Rhine, J.D. ’54

Barbara W. Rice, J.D. ’77 and Herbert L. Rice, Jr., B.S. ’80

Margaret Swain Ricely, R.N., J.D. ’87

Carrie B. Riley, J.D. ’93

Richard M. Rinaudot, J.D. ’69

John F. Robbert, LL.M. ’95

Marvin N. Robbins, J.D. ’71

Valerie A. Rocco, J.D. ’76

Paul R. Rochlin, LL.B. ’58

Stanley C. Rogosin, J.D. ’74

Lisa Cahn Rolnick, J.D. ’02

Stuart R. Rombro, J.D. ’73

Stephen R. Roscher, J.D. ’87

Joshua Roseman, J.D. ’56

Jules H. Rosenberg, J.D. ’80

Norman Roskos, J.D. ’64

Riccardo A. Ross, J.D. ’03

Mary Rumbaugh and Robert Rumbaugh

Kevin C. Rupert, Certificate ’89, M.B.A. ’92 , J.D. ’96

Loretta Russell Hoffmann

William F. Rutkowski, J.D. ’63

Charles J. Ryan, III, J.D. ’85

Debra R. Salim, J.D. ’07

Ryan B. Saltzman, J.D. ’05

Harrie S. Samaras, J.D. ’84

Joan T. Sargent, J.D. ’84

Wilmer J. E. Sauerbrey, J.D. ’64

Vinayak Saxena, J.D. ’10

Gerald P. Scala, LL.B. ’69

Alexander L. Scarola, J.D. ’99

Steven L. Schaeffer, J.D. ’83

Joseph N. Schaller, J.D. ’87

John F. Schatz, J.D. ’66

James P. Schell, LL.B. ’61

Josephine N. Schlick, J.D. ’09

Eric N. Schloss, J.D. ’94

Elissa K. Schoedel, J.D. ’05 and Vincent J. Halloran, M.B.A. ’05

Otto P. Schulze, LL.B. ’55

Calley R. Schwaber, J.D. ’01

Samuel A. Seidler, J.D. ’87

Ren Serey, J.D. ’89

William H. Sewell, LL.B. ’69

Scott A. Shail, J.D. ’99

Steven E. Shane, J.D. ’98

Mary Carol Shannahan, J.D. ’06

Antone D. Shaw, M.B.A. ’89, J.D. ’92

Gareth D. Shaw, LL.B. ’63

Nicole C. Shaw, J.D. ’98

Michael J. Sherbin, J.D. ’65

Timothy H. Sheridan, J.D. ’91

Sarah B. Sherman, J.D. ’08

Maher M. Shomali, J.D. ’06

Rose Shovlin

Richard M. Shure, LL.B. ’68

David J. Shuster, J.D. ’94

Dean A. Siedlecki, J.D. ’88

Lisa M. Sifford, J.D. ’94 and Franklin D. Sifford, J.D. ’97

Edgar P. Silver, LL.B. ’53

Alexander M. Silverstein, J.D. ’95

Catherine A. B. Simanski, J.D. ’12

Lani Sinfield, J.D. ’10

Keith R. Siskind, J.D. ’86

Phyllis O. Siskind, A.A. ’51

Jerome P. Skyrud, J.D. ’79

Lucy L. Slaich, J.D. ’03

Smart Shopper Magazine

Adam G. Smith, J.D. ’12

Cheryl Jeanine Smith, J.D. ’00

David B. Smith, J.D. ’72

Gordon Smith, J.D. ’11

John S. Smith, J.D. ’86

Andrew R. Smullian, J.D. ’07

Lee M. Snyder, LL.B. ’66

Dennis H. Sober, J.D. ’75

S. Leonard Sollins, LL.B. ’52, M.S. ’85

Laurie N. Solomon, J.D. ’85

Richard A. Somerville, J.D. ’75

Jayson A. Soobitsky, J.D. ’88

Nicole M. Soraruf, J.D. ’10

Roslyn J. Soudry, J.D. ’76

Elaine P. Spector, J.D. ’96 and Yale R. Spector, J.D. ’97

Robert S. Sperling, J.D. ’83

Kenneth J. Spindler, J.D. ’79

Lisa S. Spitulnik, J.D. ’99

Stanislav Spivak

Joy A. Springfield, J.D. ’99

Paul N. St. Hillaire, J.D. ’97

Taren N. Stanton, J.D. ’07

Sheila S. Steelman, M.A. ’86 and Barry L. Steelman, J.D. ’78

Aaron J. Stein, J.D. ’91

Stuart Steiner, J.D. ’67

Gregory L. Stephenson, J.D. ’77

Kevin D. Stern, J.D. ’11

Harry P. Stringer, Jr., J.D. ’80

David A. Stucky, J.D. ’09

Michael Stultz, M.A. ’87 , J.D. ’91

John W. Stupak, J.D. ’80

Diane C. Sullivan, J.D. ’87

Henry W. Supinski, J.D. ’76

Christina Sutt, J.D. ’11

Ted Tai, J.D. ’04

Curtis E. Tatum, J.D. ’09

Patrick Taylor

Thomas G. Taylor, LL.B. ’65

Andrew E. Teitelman, J.D. ’03

Samuel Teitelman, J.D. ’75

Laurie TerBeek*

Michael G. Terhune, J.D. ’09

Joanne Kalus Thaler, J.D. ’78

John W. Thomas, Jr., LL.B. ’55, LL.B. ’67

Paul B. Thompson, J.D. ’76

Lisa R. Thornton, J.D. ’95 , M.P.A. ’95

Eileen Tiffenbach and David Tiffenbach

Barbara M. Tilghman, J.D. ’82

John R. Toston, Sr., A.A. ’51, B.S. ’53 , LL.B. ’57

Bill L. Treadwell, J.D. ’70

Genevieve N. Trego, J.D. ’09

Stanley Turk, J.D. ’91

James H. Tuvin

Edward M. Ulsch, J.D. ’74

Judith A. Urban, J.D. ’97

V.A. Tramontano & Son

Julia Rafalko Vaughn, J.D. ’94, LL.M. ’00 , B.S. ’09

Robert D. Vinikoor, J.D. ’76

Dean Vlahopoulos, J.D. ’97

Edward F. Vlcek, J.D. ’90

Katelyn Vu

Robert D. Waldman, LL.M. ’91

Gregory B. Walz, J.D. ’95

Mollie Wander, J.D. ’10 , M.B.A. ’10

Roxanne L. Ward, B.S. ’90 , J.D. ’00

Ann Doherty Ware, J.D. ’95

Deborah Y. Warner, J.D. ’98

Tracey P. Warren, J.D. ’02

Paul Wartzman, LL.B. ’51

Eleanor Wascavage

Bradley A. Wasser, J.D. ’10

Dale E. Watson, J.D. ’74

Genelle R. Watts, J.D. ’88

Thomas J. Waxter, III, J.D. ’91

Joseph M. Weeda, J.D. ’08

H. Charles Weigand, LL.B. ’68

Jesse S. Weinberg,** LL.B. ’40

John S. Weiner, J.D. ’75

Harvey M. Weisberg, J.D. ’65

Heather M. Welch, J.D. ’10

Marcie B. Wendell, J.D. ’90 and Gregory T. Wendell, M.S. ’91

Nancy C. West, J.D. ’80

Stan Whiting, J.D. ’75

Kristina B. Whittaker, J.D. ’81

Sarah E. Widman, J.D. ’04

Albert R. Wilkerson, J.D. ’65

Jennifer K. Williams, J.D. ’97

Melinda G. Williams, J.D. ’95

William L. Williamson, J.D. ’70

Christian B. Wilson, J.D. ’76

Roger M. Windsor, LL.B. ’65

Susan Winestein, J.D. ’89

Alan M. Winner, A.A. ’48 , J.D. ’39

William J. Wiseman, III, J.D. ’66

Lisa I. Wojeck, J.D. ’97

Christopher Dale Wolf, J.D. ’00

Cyd B. Wolf, J.D. ’82

Shawn C. Wolsey, J.D. ’02

Ronald R. Wolz, J.D. ’91

Kristin H. Woolam, J.D. ’96

Steven P. Wright, J.D. ’06

Michael T. Wyatt, J.D. ’89

Susan M. Wyckoff, J.D. ’96

Lacey D. Yegen, J.D. ’09

Edward W. Yoder, J.D. ’66

Lauren Young

James S. Zavakos, J.D. ’97

Robert S. Zelko, LL.B. ’59

Lauren Ziegler, J.D. ’11

Christopher Ziemski, J.D. ’04

Craig L. Zissel, J.D. ’05

M. Trent Zivkovich, J.D. ’06

Emily L. Zychowicz, J.D. ’09

Gifts in Kind A People United, LLC

Elizabeth Anderson

Peter G. Angelos, LL.B. ’61

Sabrina Balgamwalla*

Baltimore Coffee and Tea Company, Inc.

Baltimore Comedy Factory

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Blue Agave

The Brewer’s Art

Brown, Goldstein, Levy, LLP

Kimberly N. Brown*

Captain Larry’s

Center Stage

Continental Title Group

Louis Curran

Todd Czapski

Dan Brothers Shoes

Danielle Cover Photography

Claire D’Antonio

Caroline N. Dewey

Claudia A. Diamond,* J.D. ’95

Downtown Dog Resort and Hospital

Eric B. Easton*

Oleg Fastovsky, J.D. ’08

Federal Hill Fitness

Federal Hill Main Street

Susan M. Gerhart

Michele E. Gilman*

Jill Green,* J.D. ’94

The Greene Turtle of Hunt Valley

Grilled Cheese & Co.

Nienke Grossman*

John Hagenbrok

F. Michael Higginbotham*

William R. Hubbard*

Indigma Indian Restaurant

David Jaros*

Kali’s Restaurant Group

Kaplan Bar Review

Elizabeth Keyes*

Parag Khandhar*

Jennifer S. Kim*

Dionne K. Koller*

Jeri Lande

Robert H. Lande*

Kenneth Lasson*

Jaime Lee*

Patricia M. Lesnick, J.D. ’88

Lexis-Nexis

Matthew Lindsay*

Liv2Eat

Katie Loncarich*

Matthew John’s Hair & Nail Salon

Meadow Mill Athletic Club

Leslie S. Metzger,* B.A. ’84, M.P.A. ’92

Michael I. Meyerson*

Minato Sushi Bar

Anne T. Modarressi

Crystal Moll

MOM’s Organic Market

Mother’s Federal Hill Grille

Noble’s Bar & Grill

Lydia Nussbaum

Pandora’s Locks Hairbraiding

Residence Inn by Marriott

Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

Jason Ritterstein

Ropewalk Tavern

S.A.F.E. Management

Sammy’s Trattoria

Renee Sanchez

Schifanelli & Associates, LLC

Shapiro’s Café

Shemer Bar Review, LLC

Shucker’s

Soup’s On Baltimore

Spirit Cruises

Starbucks Coffee Company

Colin P. Starger*

Supano’s Steakhouse

Ten Thousand Villages

Thai Arroy

Angela M. Vallario,* J.D. ’91

Bonnie L. Warnken, J.D. ’90, and Byron L. Warnken,* J.D. ’77

Eleanor Wascavage

Ronald H. Weich*

Zelda Zen

Zena’s Spa & Salon

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LLP. He is the first managing

partner to be chosen from the

Baltimore office, according to

the Baltimore Business Journal.

williAM MCCArthy,

J.d. ’87, ll.M. ’92

In its list of CEO/CFO “Dream

Teams of Baltimore,” the

Baltimore Business Journal

recognized McCarthy for his

work at Catholic Charities of

Baltimore, where he is the

executive director.

viCKi sChultz, J.d. ’89, joined

the law school in November

2012 as the associate dean for

administration after serving

as deputy assistant attorney

general in the Civil Rights

Division at the U.S. Department

of Justice. Schultz previously

served as senior adviser at the

Maryland Department of Labor,

Licensing and Regulation and

has worked in Maryland in the

community development and

legal services field during her

legal career.

AlAn s. sChwArtz, J.d. ’84

Schwartz was promoted to

partner at Ingerman & Horwitz

LLP in Baltimore.

MArtin wong, J.d. ’85

Wong was hired by Think

Finance as the company’s first

chief integrity officer.

1990srobert d. Anbinder, J.d. ’92

Anbinder has been elected

president of the Baltimore Bar

Foundation Inc., the charitable

arm of the Bar Association of

Baltimore City.

MelissA M. boyd, J.d. ’99

Boyd, a partner with High

Swartz LLP, based in Norristown,

Pa., was appointed to the

Pennsylvania Bar Association’s

Family Law Section executive

committee.

MArtin dorsey, J.d. ’97 Dorsey was named to a Baltimore City District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley in August.

neil duKe, J.d. ’98 Duke, a principal in Ober Kaler’s Employment Group, was named to the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, the governance board for Maryland Public Broadcasting.

thoMAs P. dwyer, J.d. ’94 Dwyer joined the Philadelphia office of Pepper Hamilton LLP as a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group.

dAvid ellin, J.d. ’97 Ellin, of the Law Office of David Ellin P.C., was named to The Daily Record’s “Successful Before 40” VIP list.

dAvid gildeA, J.d. ’93

Gildea was named by The Daily

Record as one of the “Most

Admired CEOs” for private

companies with fewer than 50

employees.

lAwrenCe s. greenberg, J.d. ’94

In May, Greenberg was

inducted as the 60th president

of the Maryland Association for

Justice (formerly the Maryland

Trial Lawyers Association).

rodney e. hill, J.d. ’96

Hill was named chief of internal

affairs for the Baltimore Police

Department in May.

williAM holzMAn, J.d. ’94

Holzman was promoted to

vice president of retail leasing

for St. John Properties Inc., a

Baltimore-based real estate

development and management

company.

greg P. JiMeno, J.d. ’99

In June, Jimeno was named

the 82nd president of the Anne

Arundel Bar Association.

robert KAsuniC, J.d. ’92

In April, Kasunic was appointed

associate register of copyrights

and director of registration

policy and practice at the U.S.

Copyright Office. Previously he

was deputy general counsel

of the Copyright Office. In his

new role, Kasunic serves as the

principal adviser to the register

on legal and business issues

relating to the administration

of the national registration

system. He will also play a

major role in implementing

the office’s forthcoming

Compendium of Copyright

Office Practices.

dAvid A. “sKiP” PriChArd, J.d. ’96

Prichard was named president

and CEO of OCLC, an online

library cooperative based in

Dublin, Ohio.

MArK sCurti, J.d. ’91

Scurti, an adjunct professor

at the UB School of Law, was

named to a Baltimore City

District Court judgeship by Gov.

Martin O’Malley in August.

Kevin sheA, J.d. ’91

Shea was recently promoted

to administrator of the U.S.

Department of Agriculture’s

Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service. He had

served as acting administrator

since June 2012.

alumni

1970sJosePh PersiCo, J.d. ’75

Persico, managing partner of

Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald

LLP in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was

selected to the Pennsylvania

Super Lawyers list for 2013 in

the area of real estate law.

the hon. thoMAs g. ross, J.d. ’78

Queen Anne’s County Circuit

Judge Ross has begun a

two-year term as chair of the

Maryland Conference of Circuit

Judges, or CCJ. The CCJ serves

as a policy advisory body to

the chief judge of the Maryland

Court of Appeals.

1980sbriAn P. dArMody, J.d. ’81

Darmody has been named

associate vice president for

corporate and foundation

relations at the University of

Maryland.

robert n. grossbArt, J.d. ’86

Grossbart was elected to the

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers

Service board of directors.

Anne Colt leitess, J.d. ’88

In June, Leitess was sworn in as

the first female state’s attorney

for Anne Arundel County.

bArry levin, J.d. ’84

Levin has been named

managing partner at Saul Ewing

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2000sronAld J. Allen, J.d. ’02

SuperiorReview, a Houston-

based document-review firm,

has named Allen regional sales

director, in charge of expanding

and developing the firm’s

service offerings. He will also

focus on large corporations and

law firms involved in global

litigation.

h. briggs bedigiAn, J.d. ’02

Bedigian, partner at Gilman

& Bedigian LLC, received

the Maryland Association

for Justice’s Maryland Trial

Lawyer of the Year Award.

The award recognizes the

Maryland trial lawyer, or team

of trial lawyers, that made the

greatest contribution to the

public interest by trying or

settling a case of precedential

value—precedential because

it changed the law to benefit

Marylanders or because the

case “sent a message” to those

who might seek to trample the

rights of Maryland citizens.

geoffrey g. hengerer, J.d. ’02

Hengerer joined the Baltimore-

based firm of Silverman

Thompson Slutkin & White as a

member in September.

JonAs JACobson, J.d. ’00

Jacobson has joined the new

government relations firm of

Perry, White, Ross & Jacobson

in Annapolis.

niCole PAstore Klein, J.d. ’00

Klein was named to a Baltimore

City District Court judgeship by

Gov. Martin O’Malley in August.

JiM liAng, J.d. ’06, ll.M. in tAXAtion ’07

Liang has been elected

a partner of Baltimore’s

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg

LLP, representing individuals

and entities in federal and state

tax controversies and litigation.

Previously, Liang was employed

as a certified public accountant.

Liang also volunteers with

the Maryland Defense Force,

which provides supplemental

professional and technical

support to the Maryland

Military Department and the

Maryland National Guard.

KiMberly neAl, J.d. ’07

Neal, an associate with

Niles, Barton & Wilmer LLP in

Baltimore, was named to The

Daily Record’s “Successful

Before 40” VIP list.

dennis robinson Jr., J.d. ’02

Robinson, partner at

Baltimore’s Whiteford Taylor

& Preston LLP, was named to

The Daily Record’s “Successful

Before 40” VIP list.

tArA shoeMAKer, J.d. ’07

Shoemaker, principal of Tara

Shoemaker & Associates in

Frederick, received the Small

Firm Award in the Pro Bono

Resource Center of Maryland’s

annual Maryland Pro Bono

Service Awards.

e. hArrison stone Jr., J.d. ’02

Stone joined ConnectYourCare

as general counsel. The Hunt

Valley-based organization

specializes in health care

savings account administration.

bob vAn gAloubAndi, J.d. ’05

Galoubandi has been elected

a partner of Rosenberg Martin

Greenberg LLP. Galoubandi

represents banks, lending

institutions, private lenders and

businesses in all aspects of real

estate lending and troubled

loan workouts. He was named

a Maryland Super Lawyers

Rising Star for Bankruptcy and

Creditor/Debtor Rights in 2013.

publications

BooksJohn bessler

Cruel and Unusual: The

American Death Penalty and the

Founders’ Eighth Amendment

(Northeastern University Press,

2012).

eriC eAston

Mobilizing the Press: Defending

the First Amendment in the

Supreme Court (Vandeplas

Publishing, 2013).

gArrett ePPs

American Epic: Reading the U.S.

Constitution (Oxford University

Press, 2013).

Wrong and Dangerous: Ten

Right-Wing Myths About Our

Constitution (Rowman &

Littlefield Publishers, 2012).

leigh goodMArK

A Troubled Marriage: Domestic

Violence and the Legal System

(New York University Press,

2012).

f. MiChAel higginbothAM

Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending

Racism in Post-Racial America

(New York University Press,

2013).

lynn MClAin

Emerita Professor McLain

completed the manuscripts for

the third edition of her three-

volume treatise on Maryland

and federal evidence law, and

for the fourth edition of her

volume on the Maryland Rules

of Evidence. They are slated for

publication by Thomson West in

late 2013.

MiChAel Meyerson

Endowed by Our Creator: The

Birth of Religious Freedom in

America (Yale University Press,

2012).

bArbArA J. wilKins, J.d. ’00

Wilkins has been appointed

government relations officer for

Anne Arundel County by County

Executive Laura Neuman.

2010sAlyssA brown, J.d. ’12

A University of Baltimore Law

Review note by Brown was

cited in a report to Congress

prepared by the Congressional

Research Service. Her note

addressed antitrust issues that

can arise when pharmaceutical

companies settle patent

infringement cases. It was

cited in the report before the

Supreme Court ruled on FTC v.

Actavis in June.

MiChAel dodd, J.d. ’10

Dodd, an attorney with

Simmons & Dodd LLP, in

Cambridge, Md., was named to

The Daily Record’s “Successful

Before 40” VIP list.

Christine r. hogAn, J.d. ’12

Hogan was hired as an

associate attorney at Adelberg,

Rudow, Dorf & Hendler LLC in

Baltimore.

AlAn lAzerow, J.d. ’10 Lazerow, a member of

Whiteford Taylor & Preston’s

Business Reorganizations and

Bankruptcy Litigation group,

was a 2013 recipient of The

Daily Record’s “20 in Their

Twenties” award.

JAnA l. PonCzAK, J.d. ’12

Ponczak opened her solo

practice, The Law Office of Jana

L. Ponczak, in Pikesville.

rAChel severAnCe, J.d. ’12

Severance was hired as an

associate at Niles, Barton &

Wilmer LLP in Baltimore.

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notesMortiMer sellers

Parochialism, Cosmopolitanism,

and the Foundations of

International Law (Cambridge

University Press, 2012).

“The Constitutional Thought of

Alexander Hamilton” is to be

published as a chapter in Denis

Galligan (ed.) Constitutions and

the Classics (Oxford University

Press, 2013).

byron wArnKen, J.d. ’77

Maryland Criminal Procedure:

A Treatise is scheduled for

publication this fall. The three-

volume work is intended as a

comprehensive resource for

Maryland’s judges, prosecutors,

defense counsel and law

students.

Articles & ReportsgildA dAniels

“Lining Up: Ensuring Equal

Access to the Right to Vote”

was published in August by the

Advancement Project and the

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil

Rights Under Law.

neil dilloff

“Law School Training: Bridging

the Gap Between Legal

Education and the Practice of

Law” (24 Stanford Law & Policy

Review 425, 2013). Dilloff, an

adjunct professor, is a partner

at DLA Piper’s Baltimore office.

wendy gerzog

“Koons: Interest Deduction

and FLP Valuation Practice

Pointers” (140 Tax Notes 375,

July 22, 2013).

“Valuing Fractional Interests

in Art for Estate Tax Purposes”

(139 Tax Notes 1073, May 27,

2013).

“When Sommers Are

Winters: Do Blanks Denote

Revocability?” (138 Tax Notes

1477, March 25, 2013).

“Wimmer Wins FLP Annual

Exclusions” (138 Tax Notes 489,

Jan. 28, 2013).

“Valuation Discounting and the

Lottery Cases” (137 Tax Notes

917, Nov. 19, 2012).

“Another Turn with Turner” (136

Tax Notes 1613, Sept. 24, 2012).

“Not All Defined Value Clauses

Are Equal” (10 Pittsburgh Tax

Review, 2012).

MiChele gilMAn

“The Poverty Defense” (47

University of Richmond Law

Review 495, 2013).

“The Class Differential in

Privacy Law” (77 Brooklyn Law

Review 1389, 2012).

leigh goodMArK

“Transgender People, Intimate

Partner Abuse, and the Legal

System” (48 Harvard Civil

Rights-Civil Liberties Law

Review, 2012).

nienKe grossMAn

“The Normative Legitimacy

of International Courts” was

selected for presentation at the

Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior

Faculty Forum, which took place

at Yale Law School in June.

dAvid JAros

“Perfecting Criminal Markets”

(112 Columbia Law Review 1947,

December 2012).

elizAbeth Keyes

“Examining Maryland’s

Views on Immigrants and

Immigration” (43 University of

Baltimore Law Forum 1, 2013).

“Beyond Saints and Sinners:

Discretion and Narrative

in Immigration Law” (26

Georgetown Immigration Law

Journal 207, 2012).

robert lAnde

“Cartels as Rational Business

Strategy: Crime Pays,” co-

written with John M. Connor (34

Cardozo Law Review 427, 2012).

“A Traditional and Textualist

Analysis of the Goals of

Antitrust: Efficiency, Preventing

Theft From Consumers, and

Consumer Choice” (81 Fordham

Law Review 2349, 2013).

“Toward an Empirical

Assessment of Private Antitrust

Enforcement,” co-written with

Joshua P. Davis (36 Seattle

University Law Review 1269,

2012).

Lande also co-wrote

“Comparative Negligence With

Joint and Several Liability:

The Best of Both Worlds” (1

University of Baltimore Law

Review Online 1, Dec. 13, 2012).

CleMent lAu

“American Public Library Law

(美国公共图书馆法研究)”

appeared in the Tushuguan

zazhi (图书馆杂志), a library

journal in China.

MAtthew lindsAy

“Immigration, Sovereignty,

and the Constitution of

Foreignness” (45 Connecticut

Law Review 743, February 2013).

lydiA nussbAuM

“ADR’s Place in Foreclosure:

Remedying the Flaws of a

Securitized Housing Market”

(34 Cardozo Law Review 1889,

July 2013).

MAX oPPenheiMer

“Patents 101: Patentable

Subject Matter and Separation

of Powers” (15 Vanderbilt

Journal of Entertainment and

Technology Law 1, 2012).

“Four Things Every Inventor

Should Do by March 15”

(Oklahoma Journal of Law and

Technology’s blog, Feb. 28,

2013).

elizAbeth sAMuels

“Surrender and Subordination:

Birth Mothers and Adoption

Law Reform” (20 Michigan

Journal of Gender & Law 33,

2013).

MortiMer sellers

“International Legal Positivism”

(Proceedings of the 106th

Annual Meeting of the American

Society of International Law,

2012).

ChArles tiefer

In February, the American

Federation of Government

Employees released a legal

memorandum—“Reducing

Spending on Service Contracts

In Order to Comply With

Sequestration”—by Professor

Tiefer that was quoted in The

Washington Post, among other

news outlets.

faculty

At the annual meeting of the

American Association of Law

Schools, held in January 2013

in New Orleans, Professor

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José Anderson was elected

national chair of the nearly

800-member section on

litigation for 2013-2014.

Professor bArbArA bAbb,

director of the Sayra and Neil

Meyerhoff Center for Families,

Children and the Courts, spoke

May 31 at the 50th Anniversary

Conference of the Association

of Family and Conciliation

Courts in Los Angeles. She

discussed changes and trends

in family courts.

Professor John bessler

spoke Dec. 8, 2012, to the 2nd

Oslo International Symposium

on Capital Punishment. On Feb.

14, Bessler provided written

testimony to Maryland’s Senate

Judicial Proceedings Committee

about the repeal of the state’s

death penalty.

Professor gildA dAniels

served as a guest speaker at

the discussion group A.C.T.O.R.

(A Continuing Talk on Race) on

Nov. 4, 2012, and discussed

voter suppression and the 2012

election.

In March, Professor eriC

eAston completed a three-year

term as chair of the Section on

Legal Education and Admission

to the Bar of the Maryland State

Bar Association and became

immediate past chair of the

section. In April, Easton was

named Faculty Member of the

Year by the Black Law Students

Association.

Professor MiChele gilMAn,

director of the Civil Advocacy

Clinic and co-director of the

Center on Applied Feminism,

presented “The Return of

the Welfare Queen” at a

symposium titled “Gender

Matters: Women, Social Policy

deAn ronAld weiCh

In an op-ed published in The Daily Record

on Feb. 21, Dean Weich addressed concerns

about upheaval in legal education and in the

legal marketplace and described the School

of Law as well-positioned to flourish despite

the changes. Wrote Weich: “Increasingly,

lawyers work in tandem with other profes-

sionals on multi-faceted assignments. They

must be fluent in the sophisticated infor-

mation technology that dominates both lit-

igation and commercial matters today. They

are often judged—and compensated—ac-

cording to the outcomes they achieve rather

than the hours they tally. And in this fast-

paced, competitive atmosphere, law school

graduates don’t always have the luxury of

on-the-job training. Not all law schools will

successfully adapt to this brave new world,

but I’m confident the University of Baltimore

will do so.”

Professor gildA dAniels

Professor Daniels was the author of an op-ed

that appeared in The Baltimore Sun on Feb.

27, the day the Supreme Court heard argu-

ments in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder.

She argued that the court must not roll back

voting rights, specifically Section 5 of the Vot-

ing Rights Act, which requires “covered ju-

risdictions” to get federal approval of voting

changes before they can implement them.

Wrote Daniels: “Many of the outlawed acts

of the past have comparable companions

in this new millennium. Poll taxes are the

forefathers of voter ID laws, and the old

literacy tests are similar to proof of citizen-

ship laws. These contemporary methods

of voter suppression may not be as overt

as George Wallace standing in the school-

house door or Bull Connor refusing to reg-

ister African-American citizens to vote, but

the impediments to voter registration and

voter participation are very much the same

in intent and impact.”

Professor dionne Koller

Professor Koller was quoted in an April DC

Bar cover story titled “Playing It Safe: Are

Concussions Ruining Sports?” Koller said

she believed football could adjust its rules

and still thrive. “The NFL … can change the

expectations of the fans by evolving the

game and emphasizing passing, catching,

running, kicking, and strategy,” she wrote.

“There’s a lot that goes on in that sport. It

doesn’t have to be marginalized because it

loses some of the violence. Look at [Olym-

pic] hockey—people start appreciating the

strategy and the team aspects when you

take out the fights.”

Professor MiChAel Meyerson

Professor Meyerson published an op-ed

in The Baltimore Sun on April 21 about

cyberbullying. Wrote Meyerson: “Cellphones

and the Internet have not only altered the

way we communicate, they have changed

the way we can injure one another. The

telecommunications revolution has created

the capability of causing far greater harm

to children than the bullying many of us

remember from when we were young.”

Professor ChArles tiefer

Professor Tiefer was quoted in a June 20

Bloomberg News story about the growing

use of contractors to vet job-seekers for se-

curity clearances. “The notion that govern-

ment officials have the final decision about

granting or denying clearances is a mere fig

leaf, and a pretty small one at that,” Tiefer

said in the article, which appeared in The

Washington Post’s business section. Tiefer

is a former member of the U.S. Commission

on Wartime Contracting.

in the news

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and the 2012 Election” on

April 2 at American University

Washington College of Law.

Gilman became president of

the board of the Public Justice

Center in June.

Last spring, Professor

leigh goodMArK was named

Faculty Member of the Year

by the Baltimore Women’s

Bar Association and also

received the Robert M. Bell

Award from UBSPI. In addition,

Goodmark presented a talk titled

“Rethinking State Intervention

in Intimate Partner Violence” at

the American Association of

Law Schools’ annual meeting

in New Orleans on Jan. 7. Her

article “Transgender People,

Intimate Partner Abuse, and

the Legal System,” published

in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil

Liberties Law Review, was the

focus of the Harvard journal’s

annual fall colloquium, held

Nov. 5, 2012. A month earlier,

Goodmark was a keynote

speaker at the University

of Buffalo School of Law’s

Conference on Intimate

Partner Violence.

In 2012, Professor nienKe

grossMAn served as a legal

adviser to the government

of Chile in a maritime

dispute (Peru v. Chile) in the

International Court of Justice

and in December attended

oral hearings in The Hague,

Netherlands.

Professor gilbert holMes

was selected as dean of the

University of La Verne College of

Law in Ontario, Calif. He began

his tenure this past summer.

Professor MArgAret

Johnson has been appointed

chair of the Planning Committee

for the 2014 American

Association of Law Schools’

Section on Clinical Legal

Education Conference, which

is the largest section of the

AALS and hosts the annual

conference for clinical law

professors.

Professor elizAbeth Keyes

spoke on U.S. clinical legal

education at the 2013 Law and

Legal Education in the Americas

Conference, held in June by the

University of Detroit Mercy.

Professor robert lAnde

was one of three recipients

of the 11th annual Jerry S.

Cohen Award for the best

antitrust scholarship of 2012.

He received his award at the

American Antitrust Institute’s

Annual Conference on June 12.

Lande and John M. Connor, co-

authors of “Cartels as Rational

Business Strategy: Crime Pays”

(34 Cardozo Law Review 427),

split an $8,000 prize and each

received an original piece of

artwork.

Professor Kenneth lAsson

spoke at a conference at

Goodenough College, University

of London, on Dec. 2, 2012. The

title of his presentation was

“Antisemitism on Campus.”

The conference was sponsored

by the Journal for the Study of

Antisemitism.

The CALA Committee for the Jing

Liao Award for the Best Research

in All Media chose CleMent

lAu, associate director

for technical services and

administration in the law library,

as the 2013 recipient of the Jing

Liao Award. Lau was selected for

his publication “American Public

Library Law (美国公共图书

馆法研究),” which appeared

in the Tushuguan zazhi (图书

馆杂志), a library journal in

China. The award came with a

$500 prize.

Professor Audrey

MCfArlAne spoke at a

symposium at Fordham Law

School in honor of the 40th

anniversary of the Fordham

Urban Law Journal. Her panel

was titled “What Is Urban Law

Today?”

Professor JAne MurPhy’s

legal scholarship was cited

in a June 12 New York Times

online op-ed titled “Is Forced

Fatherhood Fair?” The article

concludes: “Policies that

punish men for accidental

pregnancies also punish those

children who must manage a

lifelong relationship with an

absent but legal father.”

Professor MAX

oPPenheiMer served as a

judge for the Emmy Awards and

for the University of Maryland,

College Park’s Inventor of the

Year award.

In April, Professor elizAbeth

sAMuels testified in favor

of an adoption law reform

bill before the Ohio Senate

Committee on Medicaid,

Health and Human Services. In

March she submitted written

testimony to the Ohio House

Judiciary Committee.

Professor MortiMer

sellers has been elected a

member of the Association

Internationale de Droit

Constitutionnel. In addition,

Sellers has been selected,

with Professor Stephan Kirste

of the University of Salzburg,

as the general editor of the

Encyclopedia of the Philosophy

of Law and Social Philosophy.

In July, Sellers was a plenary

speaker at the biennial

conference of the International

Association for the Philosophy

of Law and Social Philosophy in

Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He was

also invited to speak in October

at the European University

Institute and the Alberaccio

Macchiavelli to honor the 500th

anniversary of the publication

of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The

Prince.

To mark the retirement of the

Hon. Robert M. Bell, chief

judge of the Maryland Court of

Appeals, Professor byron

wArnKen, J.d. ’77, along with

50 law students and lawyers,

compiled a 250-page book

covering Judge Bell’s 209

criminal law opinions—majority,

concurring and dissent—during

his 23 years on the Court of

Appeals.

adjunct faculty

The hon. John f. gossArt Jr.,

U.S. Immigration Judge of the

Baltimore Immigration Court,

retired in August after 32 years

on the bench and 42 years of

federal service. Judge Gossart

has taught immigration law

at UB for 17 years. He plans to

continue teaching at the law

school in retirement.

President Barack Obama’s

notes

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nomination of federal

magistrate PAul griMM to a

seat on the U.S. District Court

in Maryland was confirmed by

the Senate on Dec. 3, 2012.

Judge Grimm is a long-serving

member of the UB adjunct

faculty.

On April 10, AlAn neMeth took

part in a panel discussion—

“Trending Topics in Animal

Law”—at the University of the

District of Columbia David A.

Clarke School of Law. Nemeth

talked about the intersection of

animal law and family law. He

pointed out that 25 states and

the District of Columbia have

passed domestic violence bills

designed to protect pets and

that family law could develop

to include joint custody and

visitation of pets.

staff

ethel bAnKs joined the Office

of Finance and Administration

at the School of Law in

September as an accounting

clerk. She has 15 years of

accounting experience and

most recently worked in

the Finance Department of

American University.

Jernee brAMble, associate

director of law placement, was

chosen as June’s “Member

Spotlight” for WALRAA,

the Washington Area Legal

Recruitment Administrators

Association. Bramble serves

as the 2013 co-chair of

the association’s Diversity

Committee.

heAther Cobbett joined

the law school in December

2012 as the assistant director

of communications and

external relations. Cobbett

has a master’s degree in

public relations from the S.I.

Newhouse School of Public

Communications at Syracuse

University and a bachelor’s

in communication studies

from Canisius College. She

previously worked as the

community services assistant

for Finger Lakes Health in

Geneva, N.Y.

hoPe Keller joined the law

school in November 2012 as

the director of communications

after leaving The Baltimore

Sun, where she was an editor.

She has worked as a reporter

and editor at several other

newspapers, including the

International Herald Tribune,

The Philadelphia Inquirer and

The Daily Record.

lAurA PAnozzo joined the

Office of Law Admissions as

admissions counselor in March.

Previously, Panozzo spent

five years at Siena Heights

University in Adrian, Mich., as

an admissions representative

and an assistant women’s

basketball coach. She has a

bachelor’s degree in sport

management and a master’s

in organizational leadership

from Siena Heights, where she

was a four-year starter for the

women’s basketball team.

eMily rogers, J.d. ’12, joined

the law school in 2012 as the

assistant director of the Law

Career Development Office,

where she helps manage the

externship programs and

coordinates public-interest

programming and events.

Rogers is experienced in

immigration law and public

policy.

KAtie rolfes, administrative

assistant in the Office of

Academic Affairs, received

a 2012 UB Staff Recognition

Award.

students

ebony thoMPson, J.d. ’13,

received a 2012 Marjorie Cook

Endowed Scholars Program

award, which is given to women

graduate students studying

law or public policy who are

committed to empowering

women and advancing their

social status through a career

in law or as a policymaker.

KAtie gAllAgher, J.d. ’14,

testified March 7 before

the Judiciary Committee

of the Maryland House of

Delegates on a bill to prevent

cyberbullying.

tiffAny fountAine, J.d. ’14,

was named to Lawyers of

Color’s Inaugural Hot List,

which recognizes successful

early- to mid-career attorneys

under 40.

CAroline MAPP, J.d. ’14,

earned the position of senior

editor on the Southern

Region Black Law Students

Association Law Journal, based

on her participation in the

publication’s summer “write

on” competition.

AMAndA webster, J.d. ’13,

took third place in the College

of Labor and Employment

Lawyers and American

Bar Association Section of

Labor and Employment Law

Annual Law Student Writing

Competition for 2011-2012.

Webster was honored for her

scholarly paper “The Collective

Bargaining Chips Are Down:

How Wisconsin’s Collective

Bargaining Restrictions Place the

U.S. in Violation of International

Labor Laws.”

tAwny holMes, J.d. ’13, was

named to the board of directors

of the National Association of

the Deaf for the 2012-2014 term.

Holmes was appointed to serve

as an adviser on education and

early-intervention issues. She

focused on education law at UB.

Five 2013 graduates have

been chosen by the Law

Career Development Office

as the first class of University

of Baltimore School of Law

Apprentice Fellows. The

fellows work as paid, full-time

law clerks with nonprofits or

government organizations that

provide legal services. This

year’s fellows are rebeCCA

siMPson, Free State Legal

Project; KAtheryn Anderson,

Maryland Disability Law Center;

reXAnAh wyse, Catholic

Charities, Esperanza Center,

Immigration Legal Services;

MiChAel stone, Homeless

Persons Representation Project;

and greg Kuester, Office of

the Maryland Attorney General,

Associate Program.

in memoriam

Third-year law student John

Minderhout died suddenly

on April 16. He had planned

to practice law on the Eastern

Shore, where he lived with his

wife, Tui. Before enrolling in law

school, Minderhout worked as

an editor, writer, translator and

teacher.

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in closing By Garrett Epps

any years ago,

William Faulkner

had an epiphany.

“One day,” the

author said later, “I

seemed to shut the door between me and

all publisher’s addresses and book lists. I

said to myself, Now I can write.”

As a law professor, I’ve spent nearly two

decades fretting about law review editors

and webmasters. One day about four years

ago, I decided I would write something just

for myself. Maybe only I would ever read it,

but the writing would be fun.

Thus, for nearly two years I read the

Constitution’s text every day, and wrote—

for my own satisfaction alone—an analysis

of what the Constitution really says, article

by article, clause by clause, amendment by

amendment.

It was fun, and more than fun: It was the

most satisfying work I have done in my 20

years as a legal scholar. It was the kind of

experience law teaching is supposed to

provide and too seldom does—the chance

to think about the law and the Constitution

independent of the latest headlines and

the vagaries of five justices of whatever

Supreme Court is current.

Remarkably, what I wrote has now been

published by Oxford University Press as

American Epic: Reading the U.S. Consti-

tution. That fact astonishes me; no one

should get paid for having that much fun.

I didn’t read the Constitution seeking

light on the subjects of the day—the Af-

fordable Care Act, same-sex marriage, the

Voting Rights Act. Instead, I just read, in

all the ways I know how. I used the modes

of Bible reading I learned in a Christian

school decades ago; I used my training

as a lawyer, with specific techniques in

interpreting contracts and statutes. I used

ways of reading I learned many years ago

as a folklore major in college. And finally, I

read the Constitution as lyric poetry.

I learned something from each way

of reading. Some parts of the Constitu-

tion are Homeric; some are as dry as the

English Statute of Frauds. Some are as

elusive as a poem by Emily Dickinson, and

some—for example, the “thou shalt nots”

of the Bill of Rights—echo the thunder

atop Mount Sinai. Sometimes we find the

meaning in the thunder—and sometimes in

the still small voice.

I think most citizens should take time

to give the Constitution—even the “boring

parts”—a careful read. Though it contains

many disparate parts, “we the people”

need to read the entire text—and, whoever

we are, to read it with our entire selves.

“Law, say the gardeners, is the sun,”

the poet W.H. Auden once wrote; and

gardeners may see in the Constitution a

diagram of growth; engineers a blueprint;

scientists the ongoing record of an

experiment. All these modes of reading

should play a part in our national game of

interpretation. The Constitution is not just

for judges and lawyers, nor for historians.

It is for all of us.

The Russian-American novelist Vladimir

Nabokov once suggested that a good read-

er does not need specialized training but

does need a dictionary, some imagination,

a good memory and some artistic sense.

When I read the Constitution as this

kind of reader, it says some surprising

things to me. It says some of them in the

words it chooses; it says some of them in

the way it places words and ideas in con-

junction, or separates them; it says some

in the words it doesn’t say and the places

where it doesn’t say them.

Here are some things the Constitution,

one way or another, says to me:

n It seeks to create a powerful national

government, not to restrain it.

n It aims to restrain state governments,

not to empower them.

n It contains seven amendments en-

acted since 1787 that further restrict

the states, and further empower

Congress to enforce them.

n Congress is the most important polit-

ical institution in American political

life—not the president, not the state

governments and certainly not the

Supreme Court.

n Neither state nor federal govern-

ments have any power to supervise

our spiritual lives.

n The right of citizens to vote, men-

tioned more often in the text than

any other right, is the central right of

our form of government. I can’t find

anything in the text that allows the

Supreme Court to decide that Con-

gress has protected it too much.

I could go on, but my reading is my own.

You may read it differently. If so, you have

my respect as long as you are reading this

Constitution.

Not Magna Carta; not the Articles of

Confederation; not the Declaration of

Independence; not Madison’s Notes or The

Federalist or The Road to Serfdom.

This Constitution, not common law.

This Constitution, not “natural law.” This

Constitution, not “divine law.”

If you are a reader of this Constitution,

then I welcome your disagreement; to

quote Walt Whitman, our greatest consti-

tutional poet, “every atom belonging to me

as good belongs to you.”

Garrett eppS is a professor at the School of Law. a former reporter for The Washington Post, he is the author of two novels and four books of legal nonfiction. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, The Nation and the Los Angeles Times. He is a contributing editor at The American Prospect and legal correspondent for theatlantic.com. His latest book, American Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution, was published by Oxford University press in august.

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