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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
MSU Law Professors’ Study Used
in Court as Evidence of Racial Bias
Honoring the Distinguished Career
of Professor Jack Apol
On the Road with Dean Howarth
MSU Law Opens Doors to a
World of Opportunity
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In This Issue
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A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN ■ 2
LAW COLLEGE NEWS ■ 3
MSU Law Professors’ Study Used in Court as Evidence
of Racial Bias in Capital Case Jury Selection.....................................3
Military Death Sentence More Likely for Minorities..........................3
MSU Law Community Mourns the Passing of Trustee
David Sparrow..............................................................................................4
MSU Law Trustees Make Headlines.........................................................5
In + Around the Law College......................................................................6
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Outstanding Advocates.................................................................................8
Arts & Humanities Corner........................................................................10
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OFFICE OF
ADVANCEMENT NEWS ■ 40
Preserving Our Legacy............................................................................... 40
MSU Law Alumni Association Board of Directors Update........... 42
Law Degree Continues to Pay Off.......................................................... 43
MSU Law: Past, Present, and Future..................................................... 44
Law Degree Serves Trustee Well.............................................................. 45
Tee It Up for the Alumni Association Golf Outing.......................... 46
Law Firm Challenge.................................................................................... 47
On the Road with Dean Howarth.......................................................... 48
MSU Alumni Seen + Heard...................................................................... 50
Giving Back.....................................................................................................52
FEATURE ■ 12
Going Global: MSU Law Opens Doors to a
World of Opportunity............................................................................. 12
GOING GLOBAL
MSU Law provides distinctive programming for foreign
students and extends international opportunities to those from
the United States.
Scholarship Winners................................................................................... 54
Alumni Notes................................................................................................ 55
Circle of Friends............................................................................................61
Connecting with the World: Office of Graduate and
International Programs.......................................................................... 19
Immerse Yourself: Study Abroad............................................................ 20
FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS ■ 22
Where in the World?.................................................................................... 22
In Memoriam: Professor Craig R. Callen (1950–2011).................... 26
MSU Law Bookshelf.................................................................................... 28
Scholarly Events............................................................................................ 29
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Honoring the Distinguished Career of Professor Jack Apol...........32
Faculty Notes................................................................................................. 33
STUDY ABROAD
New study abroad programs offer a global perspective on the
practice of law in the 21st century.
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Erika Marzorati
A Message from the Dean
Director of
Communications
Kent A. Love
Contributing Writers
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Board of Trustees
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Bowen • Frederick D. Dilley, ’76 • Elaine
Fieldman, ’76 • Charles A. Janssen • Maurice
G. Jenkins, ’81 • Charles E. Langton, ’87 •
Douglas Laycock • Hon. David W. McKeague
• Colleen M. McNamara • Michael G. Morris,
’81 • James M. Nicholson • Stacy L. Erwin
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Romney • Joan W. Howarth, Dean • Kim A.
Wilcox, Provost
Trustees Emeriti
Hon. Marianne O. Battani, ’72 • Joseph J.
Buttigieg, III, ’75 • Richard W. Heiss, ’63,
President Emeritus • Edwin W. Jakeway, ’61
• Hon. Norman L. Lippitt, ’60 • John D.
O’Hair, ’54 • Peter J. Palmer, ’68 • Kenneth
J. Robinson • John F. Schaefer, ’69
• David J. Sparrow, ’51 (posthumous) •
Hon. Richard F. Suhrheinrich, ’63, President
L aw schools must continually
ada p t t o m e e t t h e n e e d s o f a n
increa singly globa l i zed world. At MSU
Col lege of L aw, we not on ly embr a ce
that cha llenge, we seek to lead the way.
T h i s i ssue of Amicus feat u res some of
the Law Col lege initiatives designed to
prepare students for practice in today ’s
interconnected world.
Just this year, we launched new study
abroad offerings in London and Croatia,
w h ic h toget her put M SU L aw a t t he
forefront of cutting-edge developments in
the f ield of law. We established the Lori E. Talsky Center for Human R ights of
Women and Children, which shines a spotlight on human rights and humanitarian
law, brings leading experts to the Law College, and supports our students to work
at the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
at The Hague. We created a new master’s degree program on the American legal
system that will be offered in Dubai, and another on Global Food Law that will
be offered entirely online.
These new progra ms complement ex isting ones that d raw st udents from
around the world to study at MSU Law, enriching the learning experience for
international and American students alike. They extend our reach beyond our
popular study abroad offerings in Canada, Japan, and Poland. And they affirm our
commitment to ensuring that MSU Law graduates are ready to address cuttingedge issues in a world without boundaries.
While we look outward toward new horizons, we also respect the strength of
our roots. We recently unveiled plans for the DCL Plaza, which will commemorate
our rich Detroit College of Law history, and were proud to rename our Ta x Law
Clinic after its beloved founder, the late Professor Alvin Storrs.
Our innovative facult y, ta lented students, ded icated sta ff, a nd impressive
alumni—some of whom are highlighted in the pages that follow—are a constant
source of inspiration. We are grateful that so many generously support our efforts,
both f inancially and with gifts of time. Through this support, the Law College
can continue bringing the world to our doorstep while paving the way toward
new opportunities around the globe for the students of today and tomorrow.
Emeritus • Hon. Robert E. Weiss (posthumous)
Alumni Association
Board of Directors
Best regards,
Shannon Burke, ’05, President • Daniel Bliss,
’87, President-Elect • Thomas James, ’05,
Vice President • Ugo Buzzi, ’08, Treasurer
• Karly Bignotti, ’09, Secretary • Patrick
Winters, ’03, Parliamentarian • Mahfouz Ackall,
’09 • Kevin Clinesmith, ’07 • Ronald Estes,
’05 • James Geroux, ’70 • Brian Hall, ’07 •
Karl Ondersma, ’04 • Matthew Rettig, ’04
• Merica Stoffan, ’07 • Eric Swanson, ’99 •
Kirsten Thomson, ’07 • Howard Victor, ’77
Joan W. Howarth
Dean, Michigan State University College of Law
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MSU Law Professors’
Study Used in Court
as Evidence of Racial Bias in Capital Case Jury Selection
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Jury Selection Study by Michigan State University
College of Law Professors Catherine Grosso and
Barbara O’Brien was a key piece of evidence in the first
case to get to court under North Carolina’s Racial
Justice Act.
The study is one of two that Professors Grosso and
O’Brien conducted in response to the Act, which was
signed into law in August 2009. The landmark studies
show striking patterns of racial discrimination in the
state’s capital case charging, sentencing, and juror
selection decisions.
The Jury Selection Study is the first of its kind to
examine whether prosecutors systematically excluded
qualified African Americans from capital trial juries.
According to the results, prosecutors were more than
twice as likely to strike qualified blacks from serving
on a jury as they were members of other races in North
Carolina death penalty cases from 1990 to 2010.
The Racial Justice Act allows capital defendants to
introduce statistical evidence to show whether race played
a significant role in the state’s decision to seek or impose
a death sentence. If race is a factor, the statute prohibits
the imposition of the death penalty. More than 150 North
Carolina death row inmates have cited the Jury Selection
Study in claims that racial bias played an important part
in their cases; those who succeed will be re-sentenced to
life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Professor O’Brien appeared as an expert witness in in the
case of Marcus Reymond Robinson in February. According
to O’Brien’s testimony, the prosecutor in Robinson’s case
was 3.3 times more likely to strike black potential jurors
than others in the three capital cases in which he was
involved. A decision in the case is expected on April 20.
A second study by Grosso and O’Brien found similarly
dramatic disparities in North Carolina capital case
charging and sentencing decisions, based on the race of the
victim. The data reveal that defendants in cases from 1990
to 2009 were significantly more likely to be charged and
sentenced to death if at least one of the victims was white.
An article on the Jury Selection Study will appear
in a soon-to-be-published issue of the Iowa Law Review;
the full report currently is available at
www.law.msu.edu/racial-justice. A final report on the
Charging and Sentencing Study is forthcoming.
MSU Law provided all operational costs for the North
Carolina Racial Justice Act Research Project. •
Visit www.law.msu.edu/racial-justice for more information.
Military Death Sentence More Likely for Minorities
Skin color also plays a role in deciding whether to execute military
criminals, according to a study Professor Catherine Grosso conducted
with the late David Baldus, George Woodworth, and Richard Newell.
The study, published in the Fall 2011 issue of the Journal of
Criminal Law and Criminology, found rare levels of racial bias
in the administration of the death penalty in the U.S. military. The
results showed that minorities were twice as likely as whites to be
sentenced to death in death-eligible military murder cases from 1984
to 2005.
The racial disparity of minority defendants “sharply distinguishes
the military system from the typical civilian system” at a “magnitude
that is rarely seen in court systems,” the researchers found. Unlike in
state courts—where most racial discrimination occurs when a victim is
white—the race of the defendant in military cases remains prominent,
regardless of the victim’s race.
“If race is on the table, if it puts a thumb on the scale, that’s
injustice,” Grosso said. “These findings speak for themselves. They
reflect how the military criminal justice system is operating, and it can
do better.” •
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MSU Law Community Mourns the Passing of
MSU Law
With great sorrow, Michigan State University College of Law Dean Joan W. Howarth announces
the passing of longtime Law College Trustee David J. Sparrow, who died Sunday, January 1,
2012, after a brief illness.
“David Sparrow was an exceptionally decent and gracious person,” said Dean Howarth.
“MSU College of Law was graced by his leadership, and I was privileged to know him as
a friend.”
A proud graduate of Detroit
College of Law, now known as
MSU Law, Sparrow had been an
integral member of the Board of
Trustees since 1985. He served
as treasurer from 1987 until
mid-2011. He chaired the MSU
College of Law Foundation and
served as its president until
2007. He also supported the
Trustee
Law College as a past chair and
member of the MSU College of
Law Development Council.
“David’s enthusiasm for
1927-2012
affiliating Detroit College of
Law with MSU and growing
its reputation as a Big Ten law
school was an inspiration for all
members of the Board of Trustees,” said Board Chairman Clif Haley.
Trustee Sparrow, a Detroit native, received his Juris Doctor degree from Detroit College of
Law in 1951 and a Doctor of Laws degree from the Law College in 1995. A prominent real estate
and property development attorney, he founded the firm of Rowin & Sparrow with the late
Gerald Rowin in 1952. The two practiced together until 2001.
Trustee Sparrow was president of Management Corporation of Michigan and a past president
of Plaza Investment Company. He was a past president and trustee of the Oakland County
Intermediate School District board and served several terms as a trustee of Mariners Inn
in Detroit.
Sparrow is survived by his three daughters, Susan Carson, Nancy Sparrow, and Joanne
Stewart; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his
wife, Dona Patricia (“Pat”), who died in 2008.
Those who wish to share memories or extend condolences to the family may send them
to The Family of Trustee David Sparrow, c/o Michigan State University College of Law,
Law College Building, 648 N. Shaw Lane, Room 368, East Lansing, MI 48824-1300.
Memorial donations may be made in Sparrow’s name to Focus: HOPE, 1355 Oakman
Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48238. •
Trustee Maurice Jenkins Inducted Into Prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers
MSU College of Law Trustee Maurice Jenkins was inducted in
October as a Fellow into the American College of Trial Lawyers
(ACTL), the premier professional organization of trial lawyers
in the United States and Canada. Jenkins, a 1981 graduate of
the Law College, was inducted during a ceremony at the ACTL
Annual Meeting in La Quinta, California.
The American College of Trial Lawyers, which was founded in
1950, comprises the best of the trial bar from the United States
and Canada. Fellowship is limited to the top one percent of the
total lawyer population of any state or province. Fellowship
status is extended by invitation only to experienced trial lawyers
who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional
careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical
conduct, professionalism, civility, and collegiality.
Trustee Jenkins is managing partner of Jackson Lewis ■ (from left) James Martin, ’68, Trustee Maurice Jenkins, ’81,
LLP in Detroit. He has practiced labor and employment law and Trustee Frederick Dilley, ’76, at the American College of
for more than 29 years. Jenkins is a nationally recognized Trial Lawyers 2011 Annual Meeting
litigator who has represented national and international
automotive manufacturers, telecommunications providers,
pharmaceutical companies, and retailers in jury trials, civil and
labor arbitrations, National Labor Relations Board hearings,
and government enforcement actions. •
trustee David Sparrow
In Memory of
David J. Sparrow
trustees make headlines
Trustee Douglas Laycock Wins Case at U.S. Supreme Court
MSU College of Law Trustee Douglas Laycock appeared before the nation’s highest court on
October 5, 2011, in a major case involving church–state relations.
Laycock, a leading expert on the law of religious liberty, represented the
Plymouth, Michigan, church in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School
v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The case examined the boundaries
of the “ministerial exception” to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The doctrine, which is rooted in the First Amendment’s guarantees of religious
freedom, bars most employment-related lawsuits against religious entities by
employees performing religious functions.
Laycock argued that church policy—not the ADA—controlled in the case
involving a teacher who was fired after a disability-related leave of absence. The
teacher was a commissioned minister in the church who taught both secular and
religious content and regularly led students in prayer and worship. The Court
issued a rare unanimous opinion on January 14 in favor of the Laycock’s client.
Trustee Laycock, a 1970 graduate of The Honors College at Michigan State
University, is the Armistead M. Dobie Professor of Law and Professor of Religious
Studies at the University of Virginia and the Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law Emeritus
at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published extensively on religious liberty and other
constitutional law issues and has played a key role in developing state and federal religious
liberty legislation. •
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the L aw C ollege
The following highlights offer just a glimpse into the wide variety of
noteworthy events that happen every day at MSU College of Law.
■ The Federal Attorney Practice Association held its
inaugural event on October 26, 2011. The event featured
a distinguished group of speakers who discussed their
experiences and suggestions for practicing in the federal
court system. The panelists included the Honorable David
W. McKeague of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit, who also is a Law College Trustee and adjunct
professor; Sharon A. Turek, assistant federal public defender
for the Western District of Michigan; and Eric J. Eggan,
adjunct professor in the MSU Law Trial Practice Institute
and partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn.
■ The Modern Abolitionist Legal Society (MALS) presented
“Prosecuting Human Trafficking Offenses in Michigan:
Cracking the Code of Prosecutorial Discretion” on
November 10, 2011. Panelists discussed the importance
of prosecuting human trafficking and ways to improve
prosecution and increase convictions of human trafficking–
related offenses in the state.
Speakers included Kevin M. Mulcahy, assistant U.S.
attorney and chief of the General Crimes Unit of the U.S.
Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan;
Roberta J. Haney-Jones, Victim Rights Program director
of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan; and
Kelly A. Carter, assistant attorney general for Michigan. The
event was co-sponsored by the MSU Law Career Services
Office, Federal Attorney Practice Association, and Public
Interest Law Society.
■ On November 15, MSU Law hosted a panel discussion
titled “Is Hate a Michigan Value?” The panel discussed
controversial legislation proposed in late 2011 to prohibit
domestic partner benefits, limit local protected class
classifications, and permit counselors to refuse clients
based on religious beliefs or moral convictions. The bills
were widely criticized as “anti-gay,” with potential negative
impacts on Michigan citizens and the ability of the state’s
businesses and universities to attract and retain talent.
■ (from left) Bart Feinbaum, Professor Nancy Costello,
Jay Kaplan, and Professor Melanie Jacobs
The panel focused on legal and economic arguments
against the proposed legislation. Participants included
Christy Mallory, co-author of the Williams Institute
report titled “Economic Motives for Adopting LGBTRelated Workplace Policies”; Jay Kaplan, staff attorney at
the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan; and Bart
Feinbaum, principal counsel at Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of Michigan. Melanie Jacobs, professor of law, served as
moderator.
The panel was sponsored by the MSU Law Diversity
Services Office; MSU Law Triangle Bar Association; MSU’s
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Faculty, Staff and
Graduate Student Association (GLFSA); and MSU’s Alliance
of Queer & Ally Students.
■ Harvest Week 2011 was another impressive showing of
generosity by MSU Law community members. In November,
students, faculty, and staff donated more than 6,000 cans of
food and $900 to benefit the Lansing City Rescue Mission and
St. Vincent De Paul. The event was sponsored by the Student
Bar Association and Christian Legal Society.
■ Ten teams of students, professors, and librarians went
head-to-head for a good cause at the 2nd Annual Quiz Bowl.
The January 25 competition, sponsored by the Public Interest
Law Society (PILS), raised more than $300 toward stipends
for students with non-paying internships and externships
in public interest law. Despite impressive performances by
their opponents, the faculty team of Professors Brian Kalt,
Philip Pucillo, Jennifer Carter-Johnson, and Adam Candeub
won first place.
■ The Public Interest Law Society (PILS) provided free tax
services to dozens of underserved community members
in Lansing on February 25. This was the second year the
organization provided much-needed services to underserved
community members at the Advent House, a nonprofit
faith-based organization that conducts outreach efforts to lowincome residents living throughout Lansing’s northwest region.
■ Clinic News in Brief
»» The MSU Law Legal Clinic was recognized with a Super
Lawyers Pro Bono Award for providing legal services to
disadvantaged and underserved individuals.
»» The Alvin L. Storrs Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic received
a $90,000 matching grant from the Internal Revenue
Service to help underserved members of our community
with federal tax controversies.
»» Associate Clinical Professor Nicole Dandridge, who directs
the Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic, received a $25,000
Michigan Applied Public Policy Research grant to identify
legal and government barriers to entrepreneurial activity
and job creation in the state.
Rankings Reflect Law College’s
Upward Trajectory
»» MSU Law rose more than a dozen slots in the nation’s most widely
recognized ranking of law school programs. The Law College is
positioned at number 82, according to U.S. News & World
Report’s latest edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools,”
which was released in March.
“We are pleased with the new ranking, especially the recognition
by our peer institutions and practitioners in the field,” Dean Joan
Howarth said. “But more importantly, we are pleased that MSU
Law graduates continue to post impressive bar passage rates and
secure rewarding jobs throughout the country, despite today’s
challenging economic climate.”
»» The Michigan State Law Review continued its rise in the latest
annual law journal rankings by Washington & Lee University
School of Law, the leading source for data on legal periodicals. The
report placed the Law Review 48th out of 256 flagship journals,
marking the eighth straight year the journal has climbed in the
rankings. The Law Review also jumped 17 spots in the broader
category of student-edited journals—which includes those covering
specialty subjects—placing 56th in the field of 697.
MSU Law’s other three student-edited journals in the W&L
rankings also moved up. The Journal of Business & Securities
Law jumped 74 spots among all law journals, and was ranked
22nd among those focused on commercial law. The Michigan
State International Law Review climbed three spots within
its specialty group, while gaining 23 spots among all journals. The
MSU Journal of Medicine and Law made modest gains overall
and among health-focused publications.
»» MSU Law’s Moot Court & Trial Advocacy appellate program
placed at number 12 in Law School Advocacy’s ranking of
114 U.S. law school appellate advocacy programs. The rankings
are based on competition performance during the 2011 calendar
year, with points earned for “top finishes” as a semifinalist, finalist,
or winner at a competition.
»» MSU Law’s Intellectual Property, Information & Communications
Law (IPIC) Program was tied for number 17 in the 2011 Mitchell
Report on IP Curricula “total points” category. The report ranks
205 American Bar Association–approved law school programs
based on breadth of core course offerings.
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Outstanding Advocates
Second Place and Best Oralist at
International Moot Court Competition
The Moot Court & Trial Advocacy Board appellate team
comprised of Robert Carollo, Alec Kempster, and Edmund
Luggen took second place among 24 teams at the 30th
Annual John Marshall Law School International Moot Court
Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law.
Luggen also won the Best Oralist award, marking the second
consecutive year the honor went to an MSU Law student.
Kempster and Luggen argued before Michigan Supreme
Court Justices Stephen Markman and Marilyn Kelly in the
semi-final and final rounds. The championship round panel
included four state supreme court justices and the former chief
justice of the Illinois Court of Claims. Teams from Australia,
Cameroon, India, and 20 U.S. law schools competed in the
event, which was held in late October in Chicago.
Competitors for Jessup World Championship
MSU Law’s Jessup Team competed for the title of World
Champion at the 2012 Phillip C. Jessup International Law
Moot Court Competition, which was held in late March in
Washington, D.C. The team included 3Ls Marc Rehmann
and Poonam Patel and 2Ls Maria Knirk, Ben Juvinall, and
Ashley Wangberg. The students advanced to the international
event after defeating teams from five other U.S. law schools at
the Rocky Mountain Regional in February.
The Jessup Team is coached by Professor Bruce W. Bean,
director of the LL.M. for Foreign-Educated Lawyers Program;
Janet Ann Hedin, adjunct professor and reference librarian; and
Veronica Valentine McNally, adjunct professor and associate
director of MSU Law’s trial advocacy programs. Teaching
assistant Lindsay Pohlman also provided support.
MSU Law Black Law Students
Association Members Win Honors
■ (from left) Ariel Lett, 1L, and 3Ls Anastasa Williams, Alyssa Floyd,
and Jerome Crawford
■ (from left) Alec Kempster, Robert Carollo, and Edmund Luggen
Winners of Commercial Arbitration
Regional Competition
The MSU Law Commercial Arbitration Team took first place in
the American Bar Association Law Student Division’s 2011–12
Arbitration Competition regional event, which was held in
Kentucky in November. Third-year students Angela Wetherby,
Jordan Primakow, Radhika Verma, and Heather Smilde won
four straight rounds over the course of two days at Northern
Kentucky University’s Salmon P. Chase College of Law.
The Law College’s second competition team comprised of
3L Charlie Green, 3L Eric Anderson, 2L Molly Etkind, and
2L Carmen Dorris also performed well in the competition,
placing 5th out of 12 teams at the event.
■ Above (from
left): Lindsay
Pohlman, Marc
Rehmann, Poonam
Patel, Ashley
Wangberg, Maria
Knirk, and Ben
Juvinall
■ Left (clockwise,
from top left):
Angela Wetherby,
Jordan Primakow,
Heather Smilde,
and Radhika Verma
Clinician Wins case at state court of appeals
Travis LaVine, 3L, won the Tax Law Clinic case he argued
before the Michigan Court of Appeals in January. The court’s
published opinion, which reversed the Michigan Tax Tribunal,
addressed a case of first impression in Michigan. LaVine
persuaded the court that his client’s homestead property tax
credit should be counted as income when determining her
eligibility for poverty exemption to property taxes.
LaVine is the second student granted an oral argument
in front of the Court of Appeals and the first to win an
oral argument.
Semi-Finalists at Trial Advocacy Regionals
Michigan State University College of Law third-year students
Blake Nichols and Jon Trevarthen advanced to the semi-final
round of the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) 37th
Annual National Trial Regional Competition. The duo defeated
University of Michigan, Northern Kentucky, and Case Western
in the preliminary rounds of the competition, which was held
in February. The team was coached by Adjunct Professor Steve
Cabadas and 2011 MSU Law graduate Patrick Duff. Nick
Standiford and Carmen Dorris were alternates for the team.
■ (from left) Nick Standiford, Blake Nichols, Jon Trevarthen, and
Carmen Dorris
MSU Law took third place in the 2012 National Black Law
Students Association (NBLSA) Thurgood Marshall Mock
Trial National Competition in Washington, D.C., just
weeks after representatives earned several honors at the
organization’s Midwest regional convention.
MSU BLSA members Ariel Lett, 1L, and 3Ls Alyssa
Floyd, Jerome Crawford, and Anastasa Williams earned
the title of second runner-up in the national Marshall
competition after advancing through the regional event.
Crawford received the Best Overall Advocate award for his
performance at the national competition, while Williams
won the honor at the regional level.
A second team comprised of 3Ls Bryan Concepcion
and Courtney Edwards made it to the semi-finals in the
regional Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition,
which also was held at the February convention.
“Our students dedicated long hours to prepare for both
competitions, and a cadre of MSU Law faculty, staff, and
alumni collectively coached these teams,” said Professor
Nicole Dandridge, who serves as faculty advisor to BLSA.
“These are big successes for our students.”
Capping off a successful week for MSU Law at the
regional meeting, 2L Dorian George won the “Regional
Board Member of the Year” award for his work as a subregional director for NBLSA’s Midwest Region.
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Arts&Humanities corner
Three art exhibitions were held at the Law College during the 2011–12 academic year. The exhibits were the latest in a series
of art displays touching on law and justice that University-wide Professor Nicholas Mercuro has helped acquire for display at
MSU Law over the past decade.
“Hope Against Odds” and “Rules”
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f r o m t h e b a c k ya r d t o r o o f t o p s
by Br ad Temkin
This spring, MSU College of Law hosted “Gardens: From the
Backyard to Rooftops,” a photography exhibition featuring two
collections by Brad Temkin.
Temkin’s “Private Places” series focuses on gardens as places
of refuge—places where people can read, meditate, and relax.
The work explores the expression of individuality that private
gardens display and the escape for the mind that they provide.
In “Rooftop: The Rise of Living Architecture,” the artist
documents the science of rooftop gardens and their effect on
the thermodynamic behavior of buildings and the environment.
Such gardens insulate and protect the structures, thereby
reducing energy usage and the ecological carbon footprint,
while the plants that cover them replenish the atmosphere
through photosynthesis. Temkin records the beauty and value
that these gardens furnish to architecture and the urban
landscape.
Temkin is a Chicago-based photographer who focuses on
the human impact on the contemporary landscape. His work
is part of several permanent collections galleries including the
Art Institute of Chicago; Milwaukee Art Museum; Corcoran
Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; and the Museum of Fine
Arts in Houston. Temkin currently teaches at Columbia College
Chicago.
The “Garden” exhibition was initiated and came to fruition
due to the joint efforts of the MSU College of Law and the
School of Journalism. It was co-sponsored by Media Sandbox:
The Integrated Media Arts Program in MSU’s College of
Communication Arts and Sciences and the MSU Department
of Art & Art History. •
by Leslie D. Bartlett
Give Me
Your Hands
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Gardens:
by Colin Darke
“Hope Against Odds” and “Rules,” a two-part painting
exhibition by alumnus Colin Darke, was displayed at the
Law College through the fall semester. In “Hope Against
Odds,” Darke explores his relationship with and optimism
for Detroit, using abstract cityscapes juxtaposed with realistic
hummingbirds. In the series of paintings titled “Rules,” the
artist explores the “rule of law” using portraits of individuals
who symbolize a facet of the concept. These portraits range
from Chinese activist Ai Weiwei, to Muammar Gaddafi, to a
self-portrait of himself thinking about the practice of law.
Darke obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts, with an emphasis
in watercolor painting, from Western Michigan University
in 2001. He earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from
MSU College of Law in 2004, and an LL.M. in 2008 from
Boston University School of Law, where he received the A. John
Serino Outstanding Graduate Banking Law Student Prize. He
presently works for the Detroit-based Bodman law firm, where
he is a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.
Darke continues to paint and exhibit his work while also
pursuing his legal career. He presented a lecture on “The
Intersection of My Art Practice and My Legal Practice” at the
opening reception for the exhibition on October 12. •
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MSU Law also exhibited the work of photographer Leslie
D. Bartlett through fall 2011. Bartlett’s collection of
photographs, titled “Give Me Your Hands: The Legacy of
the Barre Sculptors and Their Stone,” documented the lives,
craft, and plight of immigrant master stone sculptors who
came to America during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Using granite stone from the quarries of Barre, Vermont,
these men and women brought out the stone and turned
Vermont’s famous hard granite into useful structures and
pieces of artistic beauty.
Bartlett has lived on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, for more
than 40 years. He has spent the last decade exploring
the blend of artistic and historic opportunities for
photographic interpretation of the region, focusing on
images of stone quarries on Cape Ann and the famous
“Rock of Ages” quarry of Barre, Vermont.
Bartlett’s work has been featured by the Trustees of
Reservations, The Nature Conservancy, and Essex National
Heritage Area. He currently is writing a book titled Cape
Ann Granite: Historic and Artistic Legacy.
“Give Me Your Hands” was sponsored by the Michigan
Monument Builders and co-sponsored by the Law College,
MSU’s James Madison College, the MSU School of Human
Resources and Labor Relations, and Our Daily Work/Our
Daily Lives. •
M SU L aw O pen s Doo rs to a Wo r ld o f O pp o rtu n it y
Going Global}
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econd-year law student Namira Islam will spend this
summer at The Hague in the Netherlands, working at
the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (ICTY).
The prestigious externship is the latest opportunity for
students at Michigan State University College of Law, which
devotes considerable resources both to providing distinctive
programming for foreign students and to providing
international opportunities for U.S. students.
“I’m super excited,” Islam says. “The most interesting
part of this is the criminal tribunal was put together just
for this purpose. The ICTY is supposed to prosecute all the
cases in two years, and then it’s defunct. I get to see it and
the experience will allow me to develop very specific skills in
human rights law.”
Exemplifying the Law College’s international focus are
a recently expanded Master of Laws (LL.M.) program that
draws students from dozens of countries around the world;
its many work and study abroad opportunities; and the newly
formed Lori E. Talsky Center for Human Rights of Women
and Children, which coordinates the International Criminal
Tribunal externships for students and brings renowned
speakers from around the globe to MSU Law.
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Bringing the World to MSU Law
MSU College of Law draws students from around the globe,
many of whom already are attorneys in their home countries.
The Law College’s LL.M. for Foreign-Educated Lawyers
program provides training in the American legal system
for those who completed their legal training abroad. LL.M.
students learn side-by-side with J.D. students, bringing a
broad range of perspectives into the classroom and enriching
the educational experience for international and American
students alike.
The LL.M. program has grown dramatically in recent
years, with greater investment in recruiting and program
development, says Michael Lawrence, associate dean for
graduate and international programs and professor of law.
In 2011, more than 30 students from 22 countries graduated
from the program. Many students hail from the Middle East
and China, but the Law College recruits around the globe,
with recent efforts focused in India, South America,
and Africa.
Learning the American legal system enables students
“to be better equipped to deal with American firms and
businesses in their home countries,” Dean Lawrence says.
“It’s a real value for them to be able to speak the language
of the companies and businesses that operate in their
own countries.”
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Marlon Jay Moneva, a trial court judge in his native
Philippines, is enrolled in the LL.M. program this year.
He discovered the program while on a six-week, U.S. State
Department–sponsored exchange in 2009 that included a
tour of MSU College of Law.
Moneva—who was appointed to the bench by the president
of the Philippines in 2007—says
the Law College’s LL.M. program
offers the opportunity to hone his
skills and burnish his resume.
“I wanted to improve
professionally,” Moneva says. “I
always consider myself a student
of law, and there’s still so much
to be learned and discovered. The
program has taught me so much
about memorandum writing;
when I get back home, I’m sure I’ll
write better decisions.
“Promotion for judges in the
Philippines is very competitive,” he
notes. Because the Filipino legal
system is modeled on that of the
United States, he adds, “An LL.M.
degree gives you an edge, because
it presupposes that you are ready
for promotion and that you’ve
gained knowledge that others
don’t have.”
Moneva also is participating in the Immigration Law
Clinic, which he first visited during his 2009 trip. He hopes
to set up a similar program for indigenous people in the
Philippines, and is exploring a partnership with MSU for
assistance in creating it.
Moneva says he read online about the faculty’s open-door
policy prior to enrolling at the Law College. Now that he’s
a student, he sees how students benefit from one-on-one
interaction with professors outside the classroom. “It’s not
just words,” he says. “I see how it’s being practiced here. It’s
very, very effective.”
For students who—unlike Moneva—are not fluent in
English, the Law College offers the Legal English for
Academic Preparation (LEAP) program. This unique
program allows students to take classes at MSU’s English
Language Center until they achieve an appropriate level of
English proficiency to join the Law Institute, a one-semester,
intensive program that offers English as a Second Language
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and legal coursework. Upon completion of the Law Institute,
LEAP students are prepared for the demands of LL.M.
coursework.
“It’s a turnkey program,” Dean Lawrence says. “That’s
something we get a lot of positive feedback on.”
MSU Law also offers an LL.M./
Master of Jurisprudence (M.J.)
program focused on intellectual
property and communications
law, which is open to foreign- and
domestic-trained attorneys alike.
The school is developing a new
LL.M./M.J. program in global
food law in cooperation with the
MSU College of Agriculture’s
Institute for Food Law and
Regulation, and is in the process
of extending its American Legal
System program for foreigneducated lawyers and other
professionals at the MSU Dubai
campus in the United Arab
Emirates. The Dubai program
will provide an executive-style
schedule of classes in one-week
segments for those who can’t
relocate to the United States for
a year. MSU Law’s substantial contingent of students from
the region make the site a natural location for the offering,
Lawrence notes.
A Global Perspective on the Practice of Law
The LL.M. program’s counterpart, in some respects, is the
Law College’s growing study abroad program. Study abroad
is commonly associated with undergraduates, and MSU
has long led the nation in the breadth and depth of its
offerings. Study abroad experiences also can pay off for law
students, by providing unique multicultural experiences
and strengthening the résumés of those interested in
international practice.
“The practice of law is becoming more global all the
time,” Dean Lawrence says. “The opportunities for lawyers
to practice abroad or with international companies
are growing.”
More than 80 Law College students participate in the
study abroad programs each summer, Lawrence says. The
programs are open to students from other American Bar
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Association–accredited law schools; in some cases, students
from the host country also enroll in classes with the
American participants.
Two new study abroad programs were launched this
spring: the 21st Century Law Practice Summer Program in
London, England, and the Intellectual Property Summer
Institute in Rijeka and Dubrovnik, Croatia. The new
international opportunities join existing programs in
Ottawa, Canada; Kyoto, Japan; and Bialystok, Poland.
The curriculum for each destination has its own
particular emphasis. The program in Japan provides study
in comparative religion law, and the program in Poland
examines the rule of law and freedom of expression. Both
new study abroad offerings emphasize cutting-edge issues
in the 21st-century practice of law. The London program
focuses on alternative legal services delivery models and
innovative uses for technology in the field of law, while the
coursework in Croatia features in-depth study of intellectual
property and cyberlaw.
The Canadian Summer Externship Program in Ottawa—
the Law College’s longest-running study abroad experience—
provides “remarkable access,” according to Lawrence.
Students gain firsthand exposure to the country’s legal
institutions as they work under the supervision of Members
of Parliament or public lawyers in the nation’s capital. Some
even have had the opportunity to work as clerks in the
Supreme Court of Canada, Lawrence notes.
All of the programs offer the chance for students to
immerse themselves in a foreign culture while learning
about the legal systems, government, and culture of their
host nation.
The study abroad program is expanding to include fall
and winter semester offerings, Lawrence says, and also is
extending its reach into India and China.
“Semester study abroad programs are becoming more
common at law schools, but they’re still unusual,” Lawrence
says. “At MSU Law, we’re dedicated to providing our students
with a broad range of opportunities, both nationally
and internationally.”
For students who want to expand their understanding of
legal issues around the globe while remaining on campus,
MSU Law offers dozens of courses that include a comparative
or international perspective. Students also can participate on
the Michigan State International Law Journal, which publishes
articles and organizes topical symposia on provocative
legal issues from around the globe, or the successful Jessup
International Moot Court Team, which competes in an annual
event involving a hypothetical dispute between countries
before the United Nations International Court of Justice.
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Gaining On-the-Job Experience Abroad
While some law students study abroad, others choose to
work overseas, gaining experience and a different perspective
on the law that improves their chances of practicing
internationally.
The Law College’s extensive externship program places
students with a government entity, a nonprofit organization,
or division of the judiciary within the United States or a
foreign country. Externs earn academic credit while gaining
on-the-job experience.
The externship program is very popular with students
who want to augment their classroom-acquired knowledge
with real-world learning, says Elliot Spoon, the Law College’s
assistant dean for career development. He estimates that
approximately 350 students do an externship each year,
usually in the summer.
“MSU Law has a very strong emphasis on providing
practical experiences for our students,” Spoon says.
“Students build their first relationships to the practicing
bar during externships, and that’s going to be critical when
they graduate and look for jobs. They also can come out with
specific benefits, like connections who can provide letters of
recommendation.”
Students “literally can go anywhere” for externships, Dean
Spoon says. International externships have occurred in Asia,
Europe, and South America.
A Center for International Human Rights
The Law College’s international outreach efforts got a boost
this year from the new Lori E. Talsky Center for Human
Rights of Women and Children, which was established in
January through a donation by Law College alumnus Lori
Talsky, ’96, and her husband, Alan Zekelman.
The endowment also established the Alan S. Zekelman
Professorship in International Human Rights Law,
currently held by Professor Susan Bitensky. Bitensky—who
was a professor of Talsky’s at the Law School—teaches
Constitutional Law, Evidence, International Human
Rights Law, and Jurisprudence. Her scholarship focuses
on children’s rights under the U.S. Constitution and
international human rights law.
The Center already has secured two summer externships
(including Namira Islam’s) at the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague in the
Netherlands, one for a similar opportunity at the tribunal
for Rwanda, and fall placements also are in the works.
Students who land the externships receive a stipend from
the Center.
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■ Associate Dean Michael Lawrence (right) and Dean Joan
Howarth (second from right) in a signing ceremony for an academic
cooperation agreement with representatives from Soongsil University
Law School in Seoul, Korea
Co n n e c t i n g
with the World
Office of Graduate and International Programs
“The Talsky Center is devoted to issues arising under
international human rights law, which is a very distinct
area of law,” Professor Bitensky explains. The Center also
addresses international humanitarian law, a related field
dealing with the human rights of certain groups of people
who are victimized by armed conflict. The ICTs for
Rwanda and Yugoslavia try violators of international
humanitarian law.
“The ICTs do some of the most dramatic work in this
area,” Bitensky says. “We’re talking about prosecution of
war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. They’re
also two of the most prestigious such institutions in the
world. Starting out with them for our externships is quite an
achievement.”
Namira Islam says she was attracted to the field of human
rights because it’s relatively new, having been around for just
60 years.
“It’s an exciting place to be—a place to make an impact,”
Islam says. Her externship at the tribunal will be in the
appeals chamber, focused on research and helping draft
decisions for judges. She expects the experience to hone
her research and writing skills and give her a significant
advantage when she pursues human rights law after
graduation.
Professor Bitensky says the Talsky Center is designed to
do just that. She notes that future externship opportunities
could include placements with other courts or entities
that deal with human rights violations and with nongovernmental organizations such as Amnesty International
and Human Rights Watch.
The Center also will host experts on human rights issues
to address the law school community. This spring’s inaugural
speakers included Bakone Justice Moloto, who is an eminent
attorney from South Africa and judge on the ICT for the
former Yugoslavia, and Michelle Oliel, a Canadian attorney
and fellow at the same tribunal. The Center also plans to
present an annual symposium devoted to a particular human
rights issue starting in spring 2013.
“One of my hopes is that through the Talsky Center and
by highlighting my own work with the named professorship,
it will help to raise the profile of MSU Law generally and also
help mark the Law College as a place where people want to
come to learn about human rights,” Professor Bitensky says.
Islam says the Talsky Center and the opportunity to
pursue her externship fit perfectly with the Law College’s
international emphasis and its approach to legal education.
“It’s a niche area at MSU Law—helping people locally and
abroad who don’t have access to the law,” she notes. “The
Law College is putting a lot of resources into it and a lot
of professors are involved, which is great. The stronger the
programs are, the more students will come here because they
want to do this work.” •
By Michael A. Lawrence, Professor and Associate Dean for
Graduate and International Programs
G
lobalization is here to stay. Legal matters are no longer
confined to national boundaries, even for lawyers in
small practices.
Accordingly, the Office of Graduate and International
Programs (OGIP) focuses much of its efforts in the
international realm, with a goal of creating meaningful
exchanges between students and scholars from around
the world. By contributing to the vibrancy and stimulating
diversity of the law school environment, the Law College’s
graduate and international efforts help prepare students
for their lives as lawyers in an increasingly global legal
marketplace.
Graduate Programs
The number of students participating in MSU Law’s Master
of Laws (LL.M.) and Master of Jurisprudence (M.J.) programs
has increased dramatically over the past few years, from
only a small handful of students in 2008–09 to more than
70 today. Most of this growth has occurred in the American
Legal System (ALS) for Foreign-Educated Lawyers program—a
development that has added a substantial international flavor
to the Law College.
The Legal English for Academic Preparation (LEAP)
program, offered in cooperation with MSU’s English
Language Center, is a unique offering in the Law College’s
graduate program. The LEAP program allows international
students whose English language proficiency needs work to
improve their skills before undertaking the full rigors of the
LL.M. program.
A couple of exciting new offerings are on tap for Fall 2012.
First, MSU Law will launch the American Legal System
LL.M./M.J. program at the MSU Dubai campus in the United
Arab Emirates. The program’s “executive-style” schedule will
allow foreign students to live in their home countries and
remain in their jobs while working toward the degree. MSU
law professors will travel to Dubai to teach the courses.
Second, the Law College will inaugurate an entirely new
LL.M./M.J. program in Global Food Law, a partnership with
the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and
the MSU Virtual University program. This entirely online
program is designed for professionals working in the food
and agriculture industries, law, government, and related areas
who wish to enhance their working knowledge, as well as for
lawyers seeking careers in the field of international food law.
Study and Work Abroad
Given the anticipated further globalization of service
industries (including law) in the years to come, MSU Law is
dedicated to increasing opportunities for students to study
and work in externships abroad for a semester during the
regular academic year. These efforts will complement our
existing summer programs in Canada, Croatia, England,
Japan, and Poland, and dovetail nicely with MSU’s
internationally recognized commitment to undergraduate
study abroad.
Academic Cooperation Agreements
It helps to have international partners with whom we can
collaborate in order to accomplish the goals we have set out
for ourselves around the world. To that end, the Law College
has entered into academic cooperation agreements in the
past few years with law schools around the world, from East
Asia (China, Korea, Japan) and South Asia (India), to Europe
(Germany, England, Croatia), Oceania (Australia), and South
America (Colombia). These relationships help open doors for
students and faculty both from MSU Law and our partner
institutions.
International Delegations
OGIP also coordinates and hosts international delegations
of lawyers, judges, and government officials several times
each year on their visits to learn more about Michigan State
University and the Law College.
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immerse yourself:
M
SU College of Law officially launches two exciting
new study abroad programs this summer. The
new programs offer a global perspective on the practice
of law in the 21st century, and join the menu of existing
programs in Canada, Japan, and Poland.
21st Century Law Practice Summer
Program in London is a first-of-its-kind, intensive
study of technology, innovation, deregulation,
entrepreneurship, and the international legal
marketplace. With the deregulation of lawyers in the
United Kingdom and the outgrowth of alternative legal
services delivery models, London is poised to become the
global leader in the legal services market. The program
will educate students about these new delivery models
and prepare them for the technology-infused law jobs of
the 21st century. The program, which is co-sponsored by
the Westminster University School of Law, was founded by
and is directed by Professors Renee Newman Knake and
Daniel Martin Katz.
The Intellectual Property (IP) Summer
Institute in Rijeka and Dubrovnik, Croatia,
offers an in-depth study of intellectual property and
cyberlaw from an international perspective. Building on
MSU Law’s nationally recognized Intellectual Property,
Information & Communications Law (IPIC) Program,
the Institute attracts leading scholars and practitioners
to examine cutting-edge issues of particular importance
to countries, such as Croatia, with integrating economies
and newly developed intellectual property regimes. Both
American and Croatian students participate in this
unique multicultural educational experience. Professor
Adam Candeub founded and leads the Institute, which is
co-sponsored by the University of Rijeka.
Visit studyabroad.law.msu.edu for more information on MSU Law’s study abroad options.
Canadian Summer Externship Program
(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada): The Law College’s
longest-running study abroad program pairs a classroom
component with a field placement in which students
work under the supervision of Members of Parliament or
public lawyers in Ottawa, Ontario—the nation’s capital.
Students receive firsthand exposure to the country’s legal
system while developing an appreciation of Canadian
social, cultural, and political institutions and character.
Professor John Reifenberg, Jr., directs the program,
which is co-sponsored by the University of Ottawa Faculty
of Law.
Study Abroad in Japan (Kyoto, Japan): This
program explores the important relationship between
Japan and the United States from a constitutional,
transactional, and comparative perspective. The program,
led by Professor Frank Ravitch, is based at and cosponsored by Doshisha University in Kyoto. Students
have access to the vibrant legal and cultural community
in Japan’s ancient capital, which is home to numerous
temples, historical sites, and civic and artistic institutions.
Study Abroad in Poland (Bialystok, Poland):
American and Polish students study the complex
relationship between the United States and the European
Union, from labor rights to comparative free expression
to rule of law more generally. Students are immersed in
the vibrant academic and legal community at the host
university, while they have the opportunity to experience
Polish courtrooms, court proceedings, and government
institutions. The University of Bialystok Faculty of Law
co-sponsors the program, which is led by Professor
Daniel Barnhizer. •
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travelsabroad Countries Representedimmigration lawclinic clients
During 2011
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Since Clinic Inception
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CANADA
en g land
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LITHUANIA
ENGLAND
canada
GERMANY
POLAND
UKRAINE
CROATIA
ITALY
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KAZAKHSTAN
FRANCE
MONGOLIA
GEORGIA
MONTENEGRO
KOSOVO
SPAIN
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SOUTH
KOREA
TURKEY
BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
LEBANON
PALESTINE
ISREAL
CHINA
IRAQ
NEPAL
JAPAN
PAKISTAN
LIBYA
MEXICO
EGYPT
SAUDI ARABIA
INDIA
CUBA
BURMA
HAITI
cr oatia
HONDURAS
GUATEMALA
EL SALVADOR
NICARAGUA
NIGER
CHAD
AFGHANISTAN
SUDAN
BANGLADESH
VIETNAM
PHILIPPINES
TRINIDAD
NIGERIA
COSTA RICA
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SUDAN
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GHANA
CAMEROON
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Spokane
Moscow
Traverse
City
Bloomington
Grand
Rapids
Syracuse
Thompsonville
Ann Arbor
Detroit
Plymouth
Chicago
University Park
New York
Cleveland
Sacramento
Boulder
Denver
San Francisco
Stanford
Bloomington
Champaign
Lawrence
Las Vegas
Columbia
Carbondale
St. Louis
Winston-Salem
Knoxville
Albuquerque
San Diego
Atlanta
Tucson
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Hilton Head Island
Dallas
Amelia Island
Houston
Tampa
Miami
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In Memoriam
*
Professor
Craig R. Callen
(1950–2011)
B y C y n t h i a L e e S ta r n e s * *
and Charles J. Ten Brink***
* The original announcement
about Professor Callen’s passing
appeared in the Spring 2011 issue
of Amicus. This piece was adapted
from a tribute by Charles J.
Ten Brink that is forthcoming in
2011 Mich. St. L. Rev.
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** Cynthia Lee Starnes is a
professor of law and the John F.
Schaefer Chair in Matrimonial
Law at MSU College of Law.
*** Charles J. Ten Brink is the
associate dean for library and
technolog y services and a professor
of law at MSU College of Law.
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he faculty, staff, and students of MSU Law mourn the loss
of Professor Craig Callen. His sudden death has left a great
void—in our halls, in our conversation, and in our hearts.
The bare facts of Craig’s life are easily told. He earned a B.A.
with honors and high distinction in 1971 from the University of
Iowa, and a J.D. in 1974 from Harvard Law School. He practiced
law with firms in Chicago and Milwaukee before taking the
advice of his law school professor, Archibald Cox, to consider
teaching. He began his academic career in 1978 at the University
of Miami School of Law. He also taught at Oklahoma City
University School of Law and Mississippi College School of
Law, where he held the J. Will Young Professorship. He was a
visiting professor at the University of Colorado, the University
of Tennessee, and the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.
He came to Michigan State as a visitor in 2002, and never
left, permanently joining the faculty the following year. He
was appointed the John D. O’Hair Professor of Evidence and
Procedure in 2009. He wrote 19 journal articles, edited countless
numbers more, and was working at the time of his death on a
new edition of Wigmore’s treatise on the law of evidence, one
of a handful of scholars deemed worthy to assume that mantle.
He was founding editor of the electronic journal, International
Commentary on Evidence (ICE); creator of an early web page for
Evidence scholars; and a member of the Board of Editors of
CALI, The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction.
Craig was justifiably proud of these achievements, but
they are a collection of degrees, professorships, and awards
that cannot begin to take the measure of a man who led a
profoundly intellectual life in which that intellectuality was a
foundation for so much more. There are so many things to say
about Craig—that he loved Beethoven and Sherlock Holmes; that
he had a prodigious memory for sports trivia; that he knew a
baseball or football or boxing metaphor for almost all of the
vicissitudes of academic life; that he had a wry sense of humor
and the classic intellectual’s weakness for elaborate puns. His
personal library of several hundred volumes is a testament to
his wide-ranging interests and the breadth of his curiosity. He
had books about cognition. Books about physics. Books about
military history. Books about psychology (clinical, theoretical,
and evolutionary). Books about sports. Even a book about
the psychology of sports. (The Psycholog y of Baseball?) Murder
mysteries from Sayers to Francis. Modern fiction from Lessing
to Pynchon to Eco. Biographies. Poetry. Philosophy from
Aristotle to Popper. And of course law: evidence, procedure,
jurisprudence. He read everything.
Craig’s intellect was keen, his curiosity ceaseless, his
knowledge broad and deep, his vocabulary precise, his work
ethic surpassed by none. But to us he was more. He was
generous, as someone with much to share can be. He was a
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mentor to faculty, both new and old, a rare colleague willing
to take time away from his own projects to read another’s work
in progress. And he would pull no punches in his critique,
peppering drafts with comments that would have been ruthless
from someone less eager to help. He was the master of titles—
punchy ones that convey much and waste not a word. Craig
abhorred fuzzy thinking, and he never gave up trying to show
others the virtues of precise thinking. It was, at bottom, a
profound faith in our ability. Craig was never arrogant—he
was always sure that if he could only find the right way to
communicate, you too could share in the joy he took from his
intellectual odyssey, and he took responsibility for that.
Craig truly loved teaching. It’s difficult to say that without
sounding trite—aren’t all professors supposed to love teaching?
But with Craig it was an enduring love, needing constant
attention to detail in order to find new ways to share the joy.
He enlivened his Socratic dialogue with references to the latest
pop-cultural phenomena. His elaborate puns were liberally
sprinkled throughout his exams. He was always available to
his students, here every day, six days a week, and became a part
of the fabric of life at the law school.
Craig’s students adored him, understanding that they were
studying at the heels of a great intellect and evidence master,
to be sure, but also aware that they were the beneficiaries
of a truly caring teacher. He charged his students to “think
independently and with precision,” and devoted himself to their
achieving that goal. Craig was legendary for his library roaming,
searching for students in need of a boost, an explanation, or
merely an acknowledgment. This was his routine every evening,
and while students were at first suspicious of his motives, they
soon understood that his intentions were the best—he cared.
The hundreds of students whose lives he touched and whose
minds he challenged are his abiding monument.
Craig was a principled man, standing strong for colleagues,
friends, and students, no matter the personal cost to himself.
He was dogged in his persistence, lobbying others long past
the point of resistance, and one could not argue with his
guiding principle: the best interests of students. He was a brave
man, assuming his illness with characteristic fortitude, and
continuing to do what he loved, teaching his last class a little
over a week before his death.
Craig was an intellectual of working-class heritage who
appreciated the appeal of Lady Gaga, a demanding yet sweet
and gentle scholar in a frumpy hat and a many-zippered fishing
vest roaming the library in search of his students and the halls
in search of colleagues with time for lunch. He was here all
the time, a living, breathing part of the architecture, a man we
thought would be with us always, admonishing, encouraging,
enlightening. He will not be forgotten. •
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Indian Law experts from across the country gathered for the MSU Law Indigenous Law & Policy Center’s 8th Annual
Indigenous Law Conference. The event draws distinguished scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to the Law College
each year to discuss issues of indigenous justice systems, tribal sovereignty, and tribal constitutions. This year’s conference,
“Beyond the Tribal Law and Order Act,” was held on October 28 and 29. The conference featured keynote speakers Derek J.
Bailey, chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, and Troy A. Eid, chairman of the Indian
Law and Order Commission. •
Commercial Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code and Other Laws
(Sixth Edition)
LexisNexis
Released: September 2011
Panelists: Bethany R. Berger, University of Connecticut School of Law (visiting at University of Michigan Law School); Barbara Creel, University of New Mexico School
of Law; Jeff J. Davis, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan; Sarah Deer, William Mitchell College of Law; Leslie A. Hagen, U.S. Department of Justice;
John Harte, Mapetsi Policy Group; Sarah Krakoff, University of Colorado Law School; John P. LaVelle, University of New Mexico School of Law; M. Brent Leonhard,
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; Michelle Rivard Parks, University of North Dakota School of Law; Laura Sagolla, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the
Eastern District of Michigan; Ann Tweedy, Hamline University School of Law; Ron Whitener, University of Washington School of Law
Professors Barnhizer, Payne, Starnes, and Stone teamed up with Donald B. King
and W.H. Knight, Jr., to offer this comprehensive casebook for a broad survey of
commercial law. The text features landmark, post-1990 cases that offer a more refined discussion and more
current analysis of UCC ambiguities and conflicting interpretations of particular Code provisions than was
provided in earlier cases.
MATTHEW L.M. FLETCHER, Professor of Law & Director of the Indigenous Law
& Policy Center
BRIAN C. KALT, Professor of Law & The Harold Norris Faculty Scholar
Constitutional Cliffhangers: A Legal Guide for Presidents and Their Enemies
Yale University Press
Released: January 2012
The Eagle Returns: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa
and Chippewa Indians
Michigan State University Press
Released: January 2012
In Constitutional Cliffhangers, Professor Kalt envisions six hypothetical controversies
that could occur due to weaknesses in the U.S. Constitution’s provisions for
selecting, replacing, and punishing presidents. Kalt’s dramatic—yet plausible—
scenarios provide fodder for an analysis of how constitutional procedures can
best be designed, interpreted, and repaired, and shed light on the complicated
relationship between law and politics in American government.
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Professor Fletcher’s The Eagle Returns focuses on the Grand Traverse Band, a Lower
Michigan group that has become a national leader in advancing Indian rights,
while simultaneously creating and developing a nationally honored indigenous
tribal justice system. The book serves as a valuable reference on how Indian people
at the brink of legal extinction fought to preserve their culture, laws, traditions,
governance, and language.
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Professor Franze broke into the world of fiction with The Last Justice, a legal thriller
set in the nation’s highest court. The suspenseful novel offers a fascinating glimpse
into one of our country’s greatest institutions. Franze—who practices and teaches in
Washington, D.C.—has represented clients in more than 20 cases at various stages in
the U.S. Supreme Court.
THE INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS
ACT AT FORTY
“The Indian Civil Rights Act at Forty skillfully interrogates the essence of ‘civil
rights’ in Indian country through a fascinating set of essays exploring misunderstandings about ‘Indian civil rights,’ the tribal court context for developing
civil liberties norms, and resulting political battles. This momentous work is
certain to provoke a much-needed discussion about rights and responsibilities
for Native nations, their citizens, and the federal and state governments that
interact with them.”
— REBECCA TSOSIE, Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar and
Professor of Law, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
“With contributions from leading scholars, the book includes powerful personal
narratives from tribal community members and civil rights advocates, making for a
work that truly illuminates the Act’s theoretical, doctrinal, and human aspects. The
Indian Civil Rights Act at Forty is a critical tool for anyone researching in the areas
of American Indian equal protection, due process, religious freedoms, and free
speech, as well as tribal law and governance, self-determination, and human rights.”
STACY L. LEEDS Dean and Professor, University of Arkansas School of Law
“This is not only first-rate scholarship, but also provides empirical insight into
the operation of modern tribal justice systems and those subject to their authority. One can only hope that current members of the Supreme Court and all
federal judges dealing with Indian law matters take the opportunity to learn
from the diverse scholarship and points of view presented.”
THE INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS
ACT AT FORTY
The Last Justice
Sterling & Ross Publishers
Released: February 2012
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DANIEL D. BARNHIZER, Professor of Law & The Bradford Stone Faculty Scholar
KATHLEEN E. PAYNE, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Law
CYNTHIA LEE STARNES, Professor of Law & The John F. Schaefer Chair
in Matrimonial Law
BRADFORD STONE, Adjunct Professor
ANTHONY FRANZE, Adjunct Professor in the Washington, D.C., Semester Program
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THE
INDIAN
CIVIL
RIGHTS
ACT AT
FORTY
ROBERT T. ANDERSON Director and Professor, Native American
Law Center, University of Washington School of Law
Kristen A. Carpenter is Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. Matthew L. M. Fletcher
(Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians) is Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy
Center. Angela R. Riley (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) is Professor of Law and Director of the American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles.
ISBN: 978-0-935626-67-4
9 780935 626674
Edited by Kristen A. Carpenter,
Matthew L. M. Fletcher, and
Angela R. Riley
UCLA
AMERICAN
INDIAN
STUDIES
CENTER
The Indian Civil Rights Act at Forty
UCLA American Indian Studies Center
Released: January 2012
Professor Fletcher joined co-editors Kristen A. Carpenter and Angela R. Riley
to present The Indian Civil Rights Act at Forty, a collection of essays gathered on
the fortieth anniversary of ICRA. The text offers the first summary and critical
analysis of how Indian tribes today interpret and apply the important Bill of
Rights provisions that the Act extended to tribal governments.
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s c h o l a r ly e v e n ts (C o n t i n u e d )
T
his year’s Michigan State International Law Review
symposium provided insights into the legal and
revolutionary changes occurring today that will shape
the world of tomorrow. Held on February 16 and 17,
“Modern Global Revolution” included discussions on
the humanitarian, legal, and political consequences of
revolution; intellectual property and global food security;
foreign state intervention; and modern methods of
organizing and implementing change.
Ved P. Nanda, international law professor at the University of
Denver Sturm College of Law, presented the keynote address
at the event.
Panelists:
The SEC and Dodd-Frank After One Year
MSU Law hosted leading financial industry experts on October 14
to discuss current issues in securities regulation. Sponsored by the
State Bar of Michigan’s Business Law Section, the annual Midwest
Securities Law Institute brings attorneys and financial industry
professionals together to receive updates from the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,
and experts in securities law and litigation.
This year’s Institute, “The SEC and Dodd-Frank After One Year,”
examined the state of the industry since the 2010 Dodd–Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The act sought
to overhaul the nation’s financial system through increased
accountability and transparency.
Elliot Spoon, assistant dean for career development and professor of
law in residence, co-chaired the Institute with Ann Arbor attorney
Joseph Spiegel. The luncheon speaker was Zachary Schram, counsel
to Senator Carl Levin’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
and co-author of the subcommittee’s report on “Wall Street and the
Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse.” •
Panelists:
Aviva Abramovsky, Syracuse University College of Law
William C. Alsover, Alsover Business Consulting
Patrick Daugherty, Foley & Lardner
Martin Dunn, O’Melveny & Myers
Felicia Fox, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Terence M. Healy, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Raymond W. Henney, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn
Nils Kessler, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan
Mark L. Kowalsky, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss
Hugh H. Makens, Warner, Norcross & Judd
Mark A. Metz, Dykema Gossett
Joseph E. Papelian, Delphi Corporation
Jennifer Powell, Butzel Long
Clarence L. Pozza, Jr., Miller Canfield
Eric Richards, Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones
Gary M. Saretsky, Saretsky Hart Michaels & Gould
Bradley J. Schram, Hertz Schram
Anthony V. Trogan, The Law Office of Anthony V. Trogan
David J. Van Havermaat, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
John Walsh, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Richard E. Zuckerman, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn
■ Far left (from left): Assistant Dean Elliot
Spoon, Institute co-chair; Kris Easter, assistant
director of the SEC Office of Compliance
Investigations and Examinations; David Van
Havermaat, senior trial counsel at the SEC
Los Angeles Regional Office; and Joseph Spiegel,
Institute co-chair
■ Left (from left): Luncheon speaker Zachary
Schram and Assistant Dean Elliot Spoon
Mohamed A. ‘Arafa
Alexandria University School of Law
Sahar F. Aziz
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Michael Blakeney
University of Western Australia
June Blalock
U.S. Department of Agriculture
John G. Browning
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
David S. Douches
Michigan State University
Roger Durham
Aquinas College
Aline Flower
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Salah D. Hassan
Michigan State University
Austin Heap
Censorship Research Center
George K. Kieh, Jr.
University of West Georgia
J. Vern Long
U.S. Agency for International Development
James C. Moore
New York Times Best-Selling Author
Mazen Nahawi
News Group International
Jane Payumo
Washington State University
Stadler Trengove
United Nations
Elizabeth Vancil
Monsanto Company
Brian D. Wassom
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
MSU Law Professors Bruce W. Bean, Susan H. Bitensky, and
Adam Candeub served as moderators, along with Karim M.
Maredia, who teaches in MSU’s College of Agriculture and
Natural Resources. •
Modern Global
Revolution
In the Next Issue
Gender and the Legal Profession's Pipeline to Power
Professors Hannah Brenner and Renee Newman Knake
presented the spring 2012 symposium with the Michigan
State Law Review to raise awareness about, discuss the
dynamics of, and strategize solutions to the persistent
gender disparity that exists in positions of power within
the legal profession.
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Honoring the Distinguished Career of
Professor jack apol
A
*
nyone who has ever been lucky
enough to meet Professor Jack
Apol realizes two things right away.
First, at over six feet tall, he has
quite a presence in any room he
enters. And second, he’s quite a character.
Professor Jack Apol—don’t call him John—was raised in Grand
Rapids. He has a bachelor’s degree and a J.D., but never graduated
from high school. Instead, at the age of 16, he convinced his
mother that he should be allowed to join the United States
Navy. “I think the recruiters thought I was older,” he comments
cryptically. Apol worked for eight years as a communications
specialist attached to the Naval Security Group, a special
missions organization serving the National Security Agency.
Deciding that a college degree would open many more doors,
he left the Navy and enrolled at Grand Valley State College. An
honors student from the start, Apol graduated with a degree
in political philosophy. His alma mater honored him with its
Distinguished Alumni Award in 2004.
Apol continued his education at the University of Michigan
Law School, where he earned his J.D. in 1972. After graduating,
Professor Apol clerked for the Honorable Charles W. Joiner in
the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. “It
was heady stuff,” he remembers. “All the big-shot attorneys are
very nice to law clerks because they think we have the judge’s ear.”
Apol spent two years at a silk-stocking law firm doing labor
relations before deciding it wasn’t the right fit for him. He
entered the world of criminal law, and found the work came
naturally.
That same year, he heard from a fellow former law clerk,
Matthew McKinnon, who was teaching at Detroit College of
Law. The school was preparing to expand its Research, Writing,
and Advocacy program, and Professor McKinnon recruited
Apol to teach. He was an adjunct professor for two years before
joining the faculty full-time in 1978.
Professor Apol taught Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure,
and also created the Lawyers as Negotiators course. He found
his clerking experience invaluable in his new career. “Law clerks
have substantial exposure to evidence, criminal procedure, and
criminal law,” he notes.
Having found his niche, Professor Apol continued teaching
at the Law College for 35 years, from its roots in downtown
Detroit to its current location on the campus of Michigan State
University.
Apol admits, “It’s very satisfying to know you are
contributing to the making of what are going to become
excellent lawyers.” His contributions are incalculable.
Professor Apol has taught a Michigan Supreme Court justice,
a federal judge, and many state judges. His former students
include Professor Mary Bedikian, ’80, as well as MSU Law
Trustees Maurice Jenkins, ’81, Linda Orlans, ’87, Charles
Langton, ’87, and Michael Morris, ’81.
Former students fondly remember Apol’s unique and
interesting methods of teaching criminal law and procedure.
His presentation of the material was particularly useful when
it came time to study for the bar exam. It was never boring in
Professor Apol’s class, and everyone knew never to wear red to
class unless they wanted to be called on that day.
Above all, Professor Apol always was accessible to his
students, interested in their success, and willing to do whatever
he could to see them achieve their best.
“I used to talk with [former MSU Law Professor] Don
Campbell a lot about the job of teaching,” Apol says. “I always
told my students, ‘I’m not smarter than you, but I know more,
and it’s going to take you a long time to catch up. Meanwhile,
I will share what I know with you. And the fact that I’m
constantly insisting that you be the most prepared person in
the room will help you in the future.’”
Professor Apol has authored or co-authored approximately
30 publications. A 2002 article on material witnesses that he
co-authored with former student Stacey Studnicki, ’91, was the
leading article in the field for many years.
“Professor Apol is the best co-author I could ever have, and
there will never be another like him,” Studnicki says. “He is a
wonderful, unique person. I feel very honored and blessed to
have been able to work with him through the years.”
Apol formally retired and achieved emeritus status in 2002,
but returned to teach each fall for nearly another decade. In
fall 2011, he finally decided to devote all of his time and energy
to his retirement and health. Although he now grapples with
multiple medical issues, he swears that he “will beat cancer so
badly that [he feels] sorry for it.”
Professor Apol and his wife, Carol—who married the summer
before he enrolled in college—divide their time between
Michigan and Florida. They have two daughters. Heidi is an
elementary school media specialist, and Andrea is a high school
English teacher.
Although he no longer keeps an office at the Law College,
Professor Apol enjoys hearing from students, staff, and
colleagues. He can be reached at [email protected]. •
* This article was adapted from an article originally authored by Linda Oswald, Human Resources Specialist at MSU College of Law.
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faculty NOTES . . .
FULL-TIME FACULTY
Susan H. Bitensky
Kristi L. Bowman
Nicole S. Dandridge
Bruce W. Bean
■ Professor BRUCE W.
BEAN presented expert
testimony in December 2011
on the legal and business
environment in Russia during
the Yeltsin and early Putin
years in a case being heard
in London’s High Court of
Justice. The largest private
lawsuit ever filed in England,
the case involves a $5 billion
claim by Russian oligarch
Boris Berezovsky, a political
exile who has lived in London
since he fled Russia in 2000,
against Roman Abramovich,
confidant of Vladimir Putin
and owner of the Chelsea
soccer team.
In January, Professor Bean
was a member of a panel
titled “The Dictatorship
of Law: The Khodorkovsky
Case, Human Rights, and
the Rule of Law in Russia” at
the Association of American
Law Schools (AALS)
2012 Annual Meeting in
Washington, D.C. The panel
discussed the imprisonment
of Mikhail Khodorkovsky,
the head of Yukos Oil,
and his associate, Platon
Lebedev; the two have been
declared political prisoners
by Human Rights Watch.
■ Professor SUSAN H.
BITENSKY was named the
Alan S. Zekelman Professor of
International Human Rights
Law as well as Director of
the Lori E. Talsky Center for
Human Rights of Women and
Children, effective January 1.
The Professorship and Center
were made possible by the
inspiration and generous gift
of Lori Talsky, ’96, and her
husband, Alan Zekelman.
The gift was made in part to
honor Professor Bitensky’s
impact in the classroom and
dedication to human rights
law. The Center already has
placed three MSU College of
Law students in internships
at the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia at The Hague.
The Center will fund the
internships.
Professor Bitensky
moderated a panel titled “The
Aftermath of Revolution:
Humanitarian, Legal, and
Political Consequences”
during the Michigan State
International Law Review
“Modern Global Revolution”
symposium in February.
■ Associate Professor KRISTI
L. BOWMAN presented
“Government Speech in Public
Schools” at the Education
Law Association annual
conference, which was held in
Chicago in November 2011.
■ Associate Clinical Professor
NICOLE S. DANDRIDGE,
who directs the Small
Business & Nonprofit (SBNL)
Clinic, received a $25,000
Michigan Applied Public
Policy Research grant to
identify legal and government
barriers to entrepreneurial
activity and job creation
in the state. The study will
chronicle specific regulations
that operate to preclude
or greatly disadvantage
entrepreneurs in a range of
occupations from starting or
expanding small businesses
in Detroit. It will culminate
in a policy paper informing
the 2013 incoming state
legislators of economic
development hurdles in
the state’s urban core and
offering potential solutions
to make Michigan “business
friendly.”
In October 2011, Professor
Dandridge presented
“Inclusive Excellence and
Economic Development:
Designing an Interdisciplinary
Cultural Intelligence
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Curriculum to Inform
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic
Praxes,” at the Sixteenth
Annual LatCrit Conference in
San Diego.
She presented a poster
titled “Pedagogical Modules
for Community Economic
Development Law Clinic
Engagement: An Innovative
Teaching Approach For
Community Economic
Development High-Impact
Legal Initiatives” at the Great
Lakes International Trade and
Transportation Hub Summit
at MSU in October 2011. She
co-presented the poster—
which was sponsored by the
AALS Section on Clinical
Legal Education—at the AALS
2012 Annual Meeting in
Washington, D.C., in January.
In November 2011,
Dandridge moderated a
“Careers in Affordable
Housing and Community
Development Law” panel
discussion at MSU Law that
was co-sponsored by the
American Bar Association
(ABA) Forum on Affordable
Housing and Community
Development Law and the
MSU Law Small Business &
Nonprofit Clinic.
In January, she presented
“Legal Issues in Social
Entrepreneurship” and
“Cross-Campus Teaching
Regarding Legal Issues in
Student Entrepreneurship” at
the United States Association
for Small Business and
Entrepreneurship annual
conference in New Orleans.
■ Professor DAVID S.
FAVRE was a member of the
“Animals in Legal Context”
panel at the AALS 2012
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As leading scholars in a variety of legal fields, MSU College of Law faculty regularly are quoted,
interviewed, and featured as experts on current issues in the media. For a complete list of articles and
stories highlighting the wide-ranging expertise of our professors, visit www.law.msu.edu/news/faculty.html.
David S. Favre
Annual Meeting. The event
was held in Washington, D.C.,
in January.
Matthew L.M. Fletcher
■ Professor MATTHEW
L.M. FLETCHER, who
directs the Indigenous Law
& Policy Center (ILPC),
published a short piece
about the Cherokee Freedmen
dispute in the New York Times
in September.
Fletcher presented
“American Indian Education:
Counternarratives in Racism,
Struggle, and the Law” as
the featured speaker at Penn
State Law in September 2011.
He gave keynote addresses at
the National American Indian
Court Judges Association’s
annual conference in October
2011 and at the Minnesota
Annual Conference of Judges
in December 2011. He
also recently spoke at the
University of Michigan Law
School, Syracuse University
College of Law, James E.
Rogers College of Law at the
University of Arizona, and
Law and Society Association
(LSA) Annual Meeting.
Professor Fletcher’s
chapter on “The Indian Child
Welfare Act: Implications
for American Indian and
Alaska Native Children’s
Development” was published
in American Indian and Alaskan
Native Children and Mental
Health (ABC-CLIO, Inc.), which
was released in December.
Fletcher was a member of
the “Uses of Legal Scholarship
by Courts and Media” panel
at the AALS 2012 Annual
Meeting. He was elected
chair of the Section on Indian
Nations and Indigenous
Peoples at the meeting, which
was held in Washington, D.C.,
in January. He also spoke on
a panel titled “The Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act
at 40” at the event.
Fletcher released two books
in January: The Eagle Returns:
The Legal History of the Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians (Michigan
State University Press) and
The Indian Civil Rights Act at
Forty (UCLA American Indian
Studies Center) (co-edited
with Kristen A. Carpenter and
Angela R. Riley).
His article titled “Race
and American Indian Tribal
Nationhood” was published
in the Wyoming Law Review
Indian Law Symposium issue,
which was released
in February.
Professor Fletcher and ILPC
Acting Associate Director
Kathryn E. Fort co-authored
an amicus brief with Michigan
Indian Legal Services in the
Michigan Supreme Court case
In re Morris.
Brian Gilmore
■ Associate Clinical Professor
BRIAN GILMORE was
featured in the MSU Main
Library’s Michigan Writers
Series in October 2011.
Gilmore, who directs the
Housing Law Clinic, also is a
columnist for the Progressive
Media Project and the author
of two collections of poetry.
He was an invited speaker
at the Federal Reserve Bank
in Detroit for the October
2011 ABA “A Lawyer Helps:
Raising the Bar for Helping
the Community Survive the
Foreclosure Crisis” program.
In November 2011, Gilmore
presented a working paper
titled “Chances Are: Lessons
from the 1962 U.S. Civil
Rights Commission Hearings
on Housing in Washington
D.C. on the Mortgage Crisis”
at Columbia Law School’s
“Show Me The Money: Race,
The Great Recession, and
the Challenge of Economic
Justice” symposium.
Professor Gilmore’s article
titled “Again and Again We
Suffer: The Poor and the
Endurance of the War on
Drugs” was published in
the University of the District of
Columbia Law Review’s Fall 2011
“Life After the War on Drugs”
symposium issue.
■ A study by Associate
Professors CATHERINE M.
Catherine M. Grosso
Criminology, found rare levels
of racial discrimination in
the administration of the
death penalty in the U.S.
military. According to the
results, minorities were
twice as likely as whites to
be sentenced to death in
death-eligible military
murder cases from 1984
to 2005.
Barbara O'Brien
GROSSO and BARBARA
O’BRIEN was used as a key
piece of evidence in the first
case to get to court under
North Carolina’s Racial Justice
Act. The Jury Selection Study is
one of two landmark studies by
the professors showing striking
patterns of racial discrimination
in the state’s capital case
charging, sentencing, and juror
selection decisions.
In February, Professor
O’Brien appeared as an expert
witness in the case of Marcus
Reymond Robinson, one of
more than 150 death row
inmates who cited the study to
support their claims that racial
bias played a significant role
in their cases.
A study Professor Grosso
conducted with the late David
Baldus, George Woodworth,
and Richard Newell uncovered
even more dramatic racial
disparities in military death
penalty cases. This study,
published in the Fall 2011 issue
of the Journal of Criminal Law and
Michele L. Halloran
■ Clinical Professor
MICHELE L. HALLORAN,
who runs the Alvin L. Storrs
Low-Income Taxpayer Law
Clinic and serves as overall
director of clinical programs
at the Law College, edited
Chapter 19, “Securing Relief
from Joint and Several
Liability,” of Effectively
Representing Your Client Before
the IRS (5th edition). The
book was released by the
ABA Section of Taxation
in December. The chapter
addresses innocent spouse
relief available to taxpayers
under Section 6015 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
Professor Halloran’s article
about United States v. Home
Concrete & Supply, a Fourth
Circuit case argued before
the U.S. Supreme Court, was
published in the ABA’s Preview
of United States Supreme Court
Cases in January 2012.
■ Dean JOAN W.
HOWARTH discussed “The
Joan W. Howarth
Justice App” as a panelist at
the Michigan State Law Review
“Lawyers as Conservators”
symposium held at MSU Law
in September 2011. She served
as a facilitator for the AALS
Resource Corps’ Southern
Illinois University Retreat in
Carbondale, Illinois, during
the same month.
Dean Howarth was the
keynote speaker at two
events in October 2011. She
presented “Challenges and
Changes in Legal Education
and the Legal Profession”
at the Midwest Association
of Pre-Law Advisors Meeting
in Chicago, and “Tell Your
Story” at an MSU Law
Triangle Bar event.
She also served as a
small group leader for
the Workshop for Faculty
Appointments Registrants,
which was held at the AALS
2011 Faculty Recruitment
Conference in Washington,
D.C., in October 2011.
In February, Dean Howarth
was a group leader for the
“Tenure and Employment
Security” session at the
42nd Annual ABA Deans’
Workshop in San Diego.
■ Professor BRIAN
C. KALT’s new book,
Constitutional Cliffhangers: A
Legal Guide for Presidents and
Their Enemies, was released
Brian C. Kalt
by Yale University Press
in January. In the book,
Kalt sheds light on six
controversies that could occur
due to weaknesses in the
U.S. Constitution’s provisions
for selecting, replacing, and
punishing presidents.
Professor Kalt guest-blogged
about his new book at the
Volokh Conspiracy for a week
in late January.
In December, he gave a talk
on U.S. tort law to students
and another on U.S. legal
education to faculty at
Beijing Technology and
Business University.
Daniel Martin Katz
■ Assistant Professor
DANIEL MARTIN
KATZ presented “Legal
Informatics, Corporate Law
Firm Ownership and 21st
Century Legal Education”
as part of the Truth on the
Market “Unlocking the Law:
Deregulating the Legal
Profession” online symposium
in September.
Hannah Brenner
Renee Newman Knake
■ Associate Professor
RENEE NEWMAN KNAKE
contributed “Corporations,
the Delivery of Legal Services,
and the First Amendment”
as part of the Truth on
the Market “Unlocking the
Law: Deregulating the Legal
Profession” online symposium
in September.
Knake and Lecturer in Law
HANNAH BRENNER, who
co-direct the Frank J. Kelley
Institute of Ethics & the Legal
Profession, planned and
hosted the Kelley Institute of
Ethics & the Legal Profession
Third Annual Lecture, “New
Directions in Ethics: The
Attorney General’s Changing
Role in the 21st Century,”
by Lisa Madigan, Illinois
Attorney General.
Knake and Brenner
presented a poster and
a paper on “Rethinking
Gender Equality in the Legal
Profession’s Pipeline to
Power: A Study on Media
Coverage of Supreme Court
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Nominees (Phase I, The
Introduction Week)” at the
AALS 2012 Annual Meeting in
Washington, D.C., in January.
The paper was a winner of
the New Voices in Gender
Paper Competition, which
was sponsored by the
AALS Section on Women
in Legal Education.
Professor Knake also
presented “Democratizing
the Delivery of Legal Services:
On the First Amendment
Rights of Corporations and
Individuals” at the event. The
paper was selected through a
blind competition sponsored
by the AALS Section on
Professional Responsibility.
Finally, Knake moderated
the “Innovations at the
Intersection of Scholarship,
Teaching and Practice” panel
at the Workshop on the
Future of the Legal Profession
and Legal Education at the
meeting and served on the
AALS Planning Committee for
the Workshop.
In February, Professor
Knake presented “The Ethics
of Advising Clients about
(Il)Legal Activity” at the
MSU Journal of Medicine and
Law aymposium, and she
presented a paper at a faculty
exchange with the University
of Tennessee College of Law.
Professor Knake
organized a three-day
online symposium on “Legal
Education’s Response to the
Economic Realities Facing
the Profession” held at the
Legal Ethics Forum in early
February. The event drew
more than 20 contributors
from around the world,
including Professors
Faculty Highlights
Hannah Brenner and Daniel
Martin Katz.
Professor Knake’s invited
essay titled “Why the Law
Needs Music: Revisiting
NAACP v. Button through
the Songs of Bob Dylan,”
was published in the
Fordham Urban Law Journal
in December 2011.
as president of American
Association of University
Professors chapter at MSU,
helped organize a talk on
“Shared Governance in the
Corporate University” that
was offered to university
faculty in February.
Mae Kuykendall
■ Professor MAE
KUYKENDALL presented
working versions of
“Exporting Ceremonial
Marriages: Constitutional
Considerations” as part
of a faculty exchange
with the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville College
of Law in March 2011
and at the Second Annual
Loyola Constitutional Law
Colloquium in Chicago in
October 2011.
In April 2011, she presented
“Huck Finn, ‘Poor Joshua!’
(DeShaney) and Moral
Ambiguity in the Free
World in American Law
and Literature” as part of
a panel she also organized
and chaired at the 26th
Annual Conference of the
International Society for
the Study of Narrative at
Washington University in
St. Louis.
Professor Kuykendall,
who continues to serve
Adam Candeub
Professor Kuykendall
and Professor ADAM
CANDEUB co-authored
“Perspectives on Innovative
Marriage Procedure,” an
overview to the Michigan
State Law Review Modernizing
Marriage Through E-Marriage
Symposium issue, which was
released in December 2011.
The symposium, which was
held as part of the ongoing
Legal E-Marriage Project
that Professor Kuykendall
directs, drew together leading
scholars, legislators, and
economists from across
the country to explore the
many issues surrounding
e-marriage. Candeub and
Kuykendall’s “Modernizing
Marriage” article appeared
in the Summer 2011 issue
of the Michigan Journal of Law
Reform, which was released in
September 2011.
This spring, Professor
Kuykendall taught a
new seminar on Judicial
Biographies. Guest speakers,
who have appeared in person
and via Skype, included
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Justice Brennan’s biographer,
Stephen Wermiel; Scott
Douglas Gerber, a scholarly
writer on the jurisprudence
of Justice Thomas; James
Seaton, a professor in
MSU’s English department;
and others.
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have litigated cases filed in
federal court and obtained
settlements in six cases.
Professor Manville
presented at an October
2011 pro bono seminar
on prisoners’ rights, which
was co-sponsored by the
U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Michigan
and Federal Bar Association
for the Eastern District of
Michigan.
Michael A. Lawrence
■ Professor and Associate
Dean MICHAEL ANTHONY
LAWRENCE’s article titled
“The Effects of Human Rights
Norms on Sovereignty: The
Native American Context”
was published in the Michigan
State International Law Review.
Professor Lawrence
taught an intensive two-day
“Introduction to American
Constitutional Law” course
to LL.M. students at the
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
in Bogota, Colombia.
Daniel E. Manville
■ Associate Clinical Professor
DANIEL E. MANVILLE
directs the Civil Rights Clinic,
which launched in June
2011. His student clinicians
Amy C. McCormick
Robert A. McCormick
■ Professor AMY
CHRISTIAN McCORMICK
and ROBERT A.
McCORMICK’s article
on “Race and Interest
Convergence in NCAA
Sports” was published in
Spring 2012 in the Wake
Forest Journal of Law & Policy.
The article traces the history
of college sports integration
in the United States in the
context of Professor Derrick
Bell’s theory of interest
convergence.
Their article titled “Major
College Sports: A Modern
Apartheid,” which was
Faculty Highlights
published in the Texas Review of
Entertainment & Sports Law, was
included in a reading packet
provided to participants at
the American Association of
State Colleges and Universities
annual New Presidents
Academy in July 2011.
Professor Robert
McCormick presented “Is
Collective Bargaining at a
Crossroads?” at the 19th
Annual Bernard Gottfried
Memorial Labor Law
Symposium at Wayne State
University Law School in
Detroit in October 2011. An
edited version of his speech
was later published in the
Winter 2012 edition of Labor
and Employment Lawnotes,
a publication of the State
Bar of Michigan Labor and
Employment Law Section.
An article titled “A
Roundtable Discussion for
the Digital Age: Brady v. NFL”
appeared in the ABA Forum
Committee on Entertainment
and Sports Industries’
Summer 2011 Entertainment
& Sports Lawyer newsletter.
The article included Robert’s
comments and discussion
among leading U.S. sports
law academics on the thenpending case of Brady v. NFL,
which challenged the legality
of the NFL’s lockout of its
players and their union.
■ Professor NOGA MORAGLEVINE presented “Facts,
Formalism, and the Brandeis
Brief: The Making of a
Myth” at a Law and History
Workshop at the University
of Illinois College of Law, and
at the American Society for
Legal History Annual Meeting
in Atlanta. Both presentations
were in November 2011.
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Veterans Support Group at
the Department of Housing
and Urban Development’s
Veterans Affairs Program in
Lansing in Fall 2011.
Noga Morag-Levine
In February, Professor
Morag-Levine presented
“Foreign Precedents and the
Global Canon” as an invited
speaker at a University of
Maryland School of Law
symposium on “Constructing
the Global Constitutionalism
Canon.” Her paper, and the
larger project of which it is
part, will be co-authored
with Barbara Bean, reference
librarian and advanced
legal research instructor
at MSU Law.
Elan Stavros Nichols
■ Assistant Clinical Professor
ELAN STAVROS NICHOLS
reinstituted a collaboration
with the Michigan Legislative
Service Bureau to harmonize
two versions of the MSU Law
Housing Law Clinic’s “Tenants
and Landlords Resource
Guide” booklet, which
originally was a joint project
between the state legislature
and the clinic.
Professor Nichols
supervised students in
presenting “Veterans’
Housing Law Rights” for the
Frank S. Ravitch
■ Professor FRANK S.
RAVITCH presented “Free
Exercise Exemptions:
The Court, Cultural
Embeddedness” at the
University of Colorado Law
School Summer Workshop
on Law, Religion, and
Culture in Boulder, Colorado,
in July 2011.
He recently delivered
three talks in Japan—all or
partially in Japanese—on
topics involving American
and Japanese structural
constitutional law and
separation of powers.
The talks were at Nanzan
University School of Law
in Nagoya (October 2011);
Nihon University College
of Law in Tokyo (December
2011); and Doshisha
University in Kyoto
(January 2012).
Ravitch published three
book chapters in late 2011:
“Religion and the Law in
American History” in The
Columbia Guide to Religion in
American History (Columbia
University Press); “Interpreting
Scripture/Interpreting Law” in
Hermeneutics and the Authority
of Scripture (ATF Press); and
“Law, Religion and Science:
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Faculty Highlights
■
Determining the Role Religion
Plays in Shaping Scientific
Inquiry in Constitutional
Democracies—The Case
of Intelligent Design” in
Proceedings of the 1st IISHSS
International Conference on Law
and Social Order (Addleton
Academic Publishers).
Professor Ravitch’s article
titled “The Unbearable
Lightness of Free Exercise
Under Smith: Religion,
Dasein, and the Interesting
Alternative Set Forth by the
Japanese Supreme Court”
was published in February
in a Texas Tech Law Review
issue based on the journal’s
April 2011 “Criminal Law
and the First Amendment”
symposium.
In March, Professor Ravitch
gave a workshop on U.S.
Constitutional Law at Spiru
Haret University in Constanta,
Romania. The next day, he
delivered a keynote address
at the 4th International
Conference on Law and Social
Thought held at the university.
Michael D. Sant'Ambrogio
■ Assistant Professor
MICHAEL D.
SANT’AMBROGIO’s article
titled “Agency Delays: How a
Principal-Agent Approach Can
Inform Judicial and Executive
Branch Review of Agency
Foot-Dragging” was published
in the George Washington Law
Review in 2011.
Professor Sant’Ambrogio
presented his paper titled
“The Agency Class Action”
at the LSA Conference in
San Francisco in June
2011 and at Case Western
University School of Law
in December 2011.
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Code Forms with Practice
Comments (Thomson/West,
Vols. 1–4, 3d ed.).
Daniel D. Barnhizer
Kevin W. Saunders
■ Professor KEVIN W.
SAUNDERS’ article titled
“Hate Speech in the Schools:
A Potential Change in
Direction,” was published
in Volume 64 of the Maine
Law Review.
His article titled “Acti Rei:
Real and Virtual,” appeared in
the Fall 2011 issue of the Texas
Tech Law Review.
Cynthia Lee Starnes
■ Professor CYNTHIA
LEE STARNES, the John F.
Schaefer Chair of Matrimonial
Law (the first fully endowed
chair in Law College history),
published an article titled
“Alimony Theory” in the
Summer 2011 issue of Family
Law Quarterly. Her article titled
Kathleen Payne
Bradford Stone
“Lovers, Parents and Partners;
Disentangling Spousal and
Co-parenting Commitment”
was published in Volume 54
of the Arizona Law Review.
Professor Starnes, Professor
DANIEL D. BARNHIZER,
Associate Dean KATHLEEN
E. PAYNE, and Adjunct
Professor BRADFORD
STONE co-authored the
Sixth Edition of Commercial
Transactions Under the Uniform
Commercial Code and Other
Laws (LexisNexis), which was
released in September 2011.
Professor Starnes also
published the 2011 pocket
parts to Michigan Compiled Laws
Annotated, Uniform Commercial
David B. Thronson
■ Professor DAVID B.
THRONSON’s “Clashing
Values and Cross Purposes:
Immigration Law’s
Marginalization of Children
and Families” was published
in Children Without a State: A
Global Human Rights Challenge
(Jacqueline Bhabha, ed., MIT
Press 2011).
His article titled “Thinking
Small: The Need for Big
Changes in Immigration Law’s
Treatment of Children”—
originally published in 2010 in
the U.C. Davis Journal of Juvenile
Law & Policy—was reprinted
in December 2011 in the
Immigration and Nationality
Law Review.
An article Professor
Thronson co-authored
with Judge Frank P.
Sullivan, “Family Courts
and Immigration Status,”
appeared in the Winter 2012
issue of the Juvenile and Family
Court Journal.
Professor Thronson gave
talks in 2011 at a Michigan
Journal of International Law
symposium on “Successes
and Failures in International
Trafficking Law” and at a
February 2012 Valparaiso
University School of Law
conference on “Children
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and Immigration: A Lost
Generation?”
In June 2011, he
attended the LSA annual
meeting, where he was a
member on the “Citizen/
Noncitizen, Documented/
Undocumented, Maintain/
Blurring Legal Boundaries:
Appropriate Distinctions or
False Dichotomies?” panel.
He also presented a paper
on the “Childhood and the
Boundaries of Citizenship”
panel at the event, which was
held in San Francisco.
Professor Thronson copresented “Immigration
Issues and Collateral
Consequences in State
Courts” at the Michigan
Judicial Institute (MJI) Probate
Judges Association annual
conference in June 2011
with Professor VERONICA
THRONSON and Susan
Reed of the Michigan
Immigrant Rights Center.
He and Reed created an MJI
webinar on the “Impact of
Immigration Issues for Court
Clerks,” which was completed
in December 2011.
In September 2011,
Thronson participated on
the “Is the Door Opening
or Closing? Recent
Developments in Asylum
and Immigration Law”
panel during International
Law Week at Wayne State
University Law School.
He spoke at the “Moving
the Dialogue Forward,
Children and Immigration”
conference at DePaul
University College of Law in
October 2011, and during the
“Kids in Between: Exploring
a Unified Strategy for Child
Protection in the Americas”
Faculty Highlights
conference at Georgetown
University in November 2011.
In 2011, the Education
Law Center in New Jersey
honored Thronson and
other past Gibbons Fellows
in Public Interest Law with
the Marilyn Morheuser
Humanitarian Award for their
work to improve educational
opportunities for the state’s
disadvantaged children.
Thronson received an
inaugural Flom Memorial
Incubator Grant from
the Skadden Fellowship
Foundation to initiate
the Immigrant Family
Integrity Project at MSU
Law’s Immigration Law
Clinic. The project aims to
protect families impacted
by immigration enforcement
and prevent unnecessary
separation of children
and parents.
Finally, Thronson recently
was elected to serve on the
executive committee of the
Association for American Law
Schools (AALS) Section on
Immigration Law.
Veronica Thronson
■ Assistant Clinical
Professor VERONICA
THRONSON presented on
state and federal immigration
legislation at the Michigan
Immigrant Rights Center’s
2011 Statewide Immigrant
Rights Summit in Lansing in
September 2011.
Professor Thronson
recently joined the board of
the Michigan Committee for
Refugee Resettlement.
Her article titled “Domestic
Violence and Immigrants in
Family Courts” was published
in the Juvenile and Family Court
Journal in February.
Mark Totten
■ Assistant Professor MARK
TOTTEN, who teaches
a number of criminal law
courses at the Law College,
recently was sworn in as
a special assistant U.S.
attorney. Professor Totten
serves pro bono in the
U.S. Attorney’s Office for
the Western District of
Michigan, where he handles
criminal appeals before the
U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Sixth Circuit. His cases
have included drug and gun
offenses, mortgage fraud,
taxpayer fraud, and Fourth
Amendment search and
seizure issues.
Professor Totten’s current
research is in the area of
consumer financial protection
and the role that states play.
He published an opinion
piece in the Detroit Free
Press in December 2011
titled “Shameless Politics
Blocks Naming of Financial
Protection Leader.”
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ADJUNCT FACULTY
Anthony Franze
■ Adjunct Professor
Anthony Franze
released his first novel, a legal
thriller titled The Last Justice,
in February. The novel is set
in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Franze, who has represented
clients in more than 20
cases in the nation’s highest
court, teaches in MSU Law’s
Washington, D.C., Semester
Program.
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Kathryn E. Fort
■ KATHRYN E. FORT,
acting associate director of
the Indigenous Law & Policy
Center (ILPC), co-authored
an amicus brief with Professor
Matthew L.M. Fletcher
and Michigan Indian Legal
Services in the Michigan
Supreme Court case
In re Morris.
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■ office of advancement news
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A Sense of Purpose
Preserving our legacY
When the Detroit College of Law (DCL) building on Elizabeth Street in
downtown Detroit was razed to make way for new development, generations of
alumni understandably felt a profound sense of loss. The experience of attending
DCL holds a special place in our graduates’ memories, and those memories
deserve a tangible expression.
Through extended conversations with DCL alumni, a vision took shape for giving
them a sense of place at the Law College’s new home on the campus of Michigan
State University in East Lansing. A new commemorative plaza has been designed
to do just that. The “Campaign to Preserve Our Legacy” will help us make this
vision a reality.
Roots run deep. Your alma mater still exists today, albeit in a
different form. By creating this physical space and Legacy Scholarship at
the Law College in East Lansing, we hope to reinforce the deep connection
our DCL graduates have with their alma mater. Help create a sense of place
and embrace a sense of purpose by joining fellow DCL graduates to preserve
our legacy.
The new DCL Commemorative Plaza will honor our rich heritage and provide
a sense of place for the thousands of alumni who graduated during the Law
College’s days in downtown Detroit.
Bench seating, tables and umbrellas, improved landscaping, and a donor wall will
further enhance the space as a welcoming place for alumni, families, students,
and friends.
Contributions to the Legacy Scholarships
will help us continue to attract and retain the
most talented students, with special preference
given to descendants and relatives of alumni.
Philanthropic support is vital to advance the Law
College’s commitment to access and opportunity for
those with great potential but limited means.
Join Us
A Sense of Place
The plaza will be prominently located at the Law College’s main entrance. In
addition to putting the College of Law name on the building for the first time,
physical reminders from our past are incorporated into the design. The DCL
Plaza name will adorn each side of the new canopy entrance. A brief history of
the Law College, the Justices of the Law friezes from the original DCL building,
and a cornerstone and granite seal documenting the Law College’s founding as
DCL in 1891 also will be featured.
In addition to the new DCL Plaza, the
“Campaign to Preserve Our Legacy”
includes the creation of new DCL Legacy
Scholarships to honor generations of DCL
graduates whose success and leadership
set the standard in the legal profession,
in business, and in government. Our
graduates stand out not only for their legal
knowledge and skill, but also for their
dedication, determination, and tireless
work ethic that developed during their time
in law school.
All donors to the “Campaign to Preserve Our Legacy” will be invited to various
outreach events and donor recognition celebrations, and recognized in Amicus
magazine, on the Law College website, and in other promotional materials.
Contributions of $10,000 or more will be named on donor walls both inside the
Law College and outside in the DCL Plaza. Those who wish to endow a named
DCL scholarship may do so with a gift or pledge of $30,000 or more. The Office
of Advancement can customize the scholarship to ensure selection criteria
adhere to your wishes. Donors may contribute any amount in support of the
DCL Legacy Scholarships and Plaza.
■ (top) Side view of the new entrance featuring
the DCL Plaza name and original sculptures of the
Greek gods of law from the former DCL building
■ (above) New canopy entrance will add the College
of Law name to the building; granite seal embedded
in the center of the new entrance walkway
To learn more, contact Tina Kashat Casoli, director of the MSU Law Office of
Advancement, at [email protected] or 517-432-6840. •
■ Cornerstone honoring the Law College’s founding
in 1891
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MSU Law ALUMNI ASSOCiATION
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Update
Sincerely,
Shannon Burke, ’05
Alumni Association President
Board of Directors Seeking New Members
The Alumni Association Board of Directors is actively seeking new members who wish to positively impact the Law College. By joining
our ranks, you can help enhance alumni programs and services and promote MSU Law by harnessing the influence, expertise, and
resources of our alumni. Members serve for three years, and may serve two consecutive terms. Board meetings are held monthly
during the academic year; out-of-town members may attend via phone. To be considered for board membership, complete the form
at www.law.msu.edu/advancement/association-officers.html and e-mail it to Howard Victor, ’77, at [email protected].
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Law degree
continues
to pay off
a message from the PRESIDENT
Although we have been hard at work this school year, there
is more to come. In February, the Alumni Association hosted
an outreach happy hour in Chicago, offering members in the
Windy City a chance to reconnect with their Law College roots.
The association has a Detroit-area alumni meet-and-greet
scheduled for Thursday, May 24, at the Elwood Bar & Grill.
At the commencement ceremony in May, we will recognize
a member for his or her continued contributions to the Law
College, the legal profession, and the community with the
Distinguished Alumni Award.
As evidenced from the above programs, the association
seeks to serve its members, the Law College, and the legal
profession. But we need your help to continue making these
programs successful. Contact the Office of Advancement at
517-432-6842 or visit www.law.msu.edu/advancement if you
are interested in attending or becoming a sponsor of the golf
outing, making a gift to the Alumni Association Scholarship
Fund, serving as a mentor for a current MSU Law student,
attending the homecoming tailgate, nominating a graduate
for the Distinguished Alumni Award, or joining our board of
directors. We look forward to hearing from you!
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■ Alumni Profile
Board of Directors
Greetings fellow Michigan
State University College of
Law A lumni A ssociation
members! The pa st yea r
has been an exciting school
year for the association. In
2011, we converted from a
dues-paying organization to a
non-dues-paying organization.
As a result, all of our J.D. and
LL.M. graduates automatically
are members, with full access
to the many programs offered by the association. I welcome and
encourage suggestions from all members on how the association
can best serve you, the Law College, our profession, and the
MSU Law community.
This past fall, the Alumni Association awarded $2,500
scholarships to MSU Law students Alexander Gavern and
Jonnie Powers. Gavern is a first-year student who served as an
AmeriCorps volunteer in 2010. His parents met at, and both
graduated from, the Law College. Powers also is a first-year
student; her father and grandfather are Law College alumni.
The association will award at least $5,000 in scholarships each
year to current MSU Law students who are related to Law
College graduates.
The Alumni Association also provides funding for qualifying
student events. It recently assisted in funding the Asian Pacific
American Law Student Association’s “Practicing Law in China”
event. In addition, it contributed to Alternative Spring Break,
during which MSU Law students traveled to Alabama and
Louisiana to provide tax services to indigent clients.
office of advancement news
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J effrey L i ttmann
J
effrey Littmann’s degree from Detroit College of Law gave
his career a boost—even though he’s never practiced law.
Littmann, who graduated from the Law College in 1984, is
the chief financial officer for Ralph Wilson Enterprises and
the Buffalo Bills. Though his focus is financial management,
he also oversees the company’s legal work, most of which is
executed by outside firms.
“My law degree has served me very well,” says Littmann, who
lives and works in Grosse Pointe. “While I don’t practice law, I
interface with all of our outside counsel. If we understand the
issues they’re dealing with, we’re able to interface with them in
a more efficient way. I can do a lot of the front-end work.”
Littmann enrolled at DCL after earning his bachelor’s
degree in accounting and a master’s degree in tax, both from
Walsh College. He worked at Arthur Andersen throughout law
school, taking classes at night, and continued his tax focus in
his law classes.
“I was working in finance and accounting, and I got a law
degree to advance my ability to represent clients in tax matters,”
Littmann says. “My specialty was subchapter S corporations.
I chose that category because it gave you access to CEOs and
owners—they’re interesting and they’re fun.”
Littmann says he was attracted to DCL because it offered “a
good mix of down-to-earth and theoretical background. You
were going to school with a lot of people who were working and
raising families. It was no-nonsense, let’s go in and learn.
“The quality of the instruction was very good, particularly
when I got more advanced and was taking a lot of tax courses,”
he adds. “I had a master’s degree in tax and a pretty good
barometer of the quality we were getting, and it was good.”
After law school, Littmann joined Ralph Wilson Enterprises,
a family-owned holding company that includes Interstate
Highway Construction, Inc., which was founded in East
Lansing as Eisenhower Construction. (That company now
is based in Denver.) When Littmann joined the company, its
industries included trucking, insurance, manufacturing,
plastics, oil drilling, real estate, broadcast TV and radio,
thoroughbred breeding and racing, and more. Wilson’s
principal industries now are professional football—in the form
of the Buffalo Bills—and heavy civil construction, such as
highways, airfields, and water resource projects.
Littmann says he “stumbled into sports” as his primary
focus. Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan was an Arthur
Andersen client; Littmann worked on the acquisition of the
Detroit Tigers and then became assigned to the Tigers as
tax manager. When he joined Wilson, he also was appointed
treasurer of the Buffalo Bills—whose owner Ralph Wilson, lives
in Michigan­—and as business manager for Oxford Stables,
Wilson’s thoroughbred breeding and racing business.
In his early years at Wilson, Littmann was traveling 130
days a year; now, it’s less than half that. He says his work at the
company remains fulfilling, even after 26 years.
“It’s sort of that sense that you’re measuring up and
competing against the best,” he says of the challenges of his
job. “We’re a very competitive bunch in everything we do. We’re
a team, and it’s that sense of pulling together with a team of
professionals and measuring yourself up. It’s very exciting,
obviously—you get around the game, you get around the
athletes. It can be a lot of fun.”
He says his law degree continues to pay off in the midst of
that competitive excitement.
“When you study law, it hones your critical thinking skills,”
Littmann says. “It slows you down, makes you think, makes
you look for ins and outs. That whole discipline of thought,
research, and communication—all of those disciplines carry
forward.” •
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Law Degree
■ (from left) Tina Casoli, Karl Barr, ’00, April Jones, Thomas
James, ’05, and Daniel Bliss, ’87
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■ (from left) Donald Carney, Jr., ’75, Professor Clark Johnson,
LL.D. ’02, and Jim Mills
MSU Law:
Past, Present,
and FUture
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ore than 150 alumni reminisced and took a walk
down memory lane at the “MSU Law: Past, Present,
and Future” class reunion at Comerica Park’s Tiger Club on
November 18, 2011. All graduates in attendance were honored
at the event, with special recognition for the Detroit College of
Law and MSU College of Law classes of 1961 and earlier, 1966,
1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006.
“We enjoyed having the AnTekes, a contemporary jazz band
made up of DCL alumni, as live entertainment for the evening,”
said Tina Casoli, director of the Office of Advancement. “We
also were pleased to have on display several unique pieces
of DCL and MSU Law memorabilia, including historical
commencement programs, photographs, scrapbooks, and
portraits for alumni to enjoy.”
The Law College reunion celebrations always are very special
events. We hope you will join us for future celebrations! •
The 2012 celebration will be held at the Tiger Club on Friday,
September 28. This year’s event will offer special recognition for class
years ending in 2 or 7. Members of the MSU Law classes of 2002
and 2007 also will be invited to a reunion event in East Lansing
in the fall. If you are interested in serving as a host for either
event, contact April Jones, associate director of development, at
[email protected] or 517-432-6840.
stacy E rw i n oakes
M
ichigan State Representative Stacy Erwin Oakes was
teaching high school in the late 1990s when a student
asked if she’d always known she wanted to be a teacher. She
responded that she enjoyed teaching, but had wanted to be an
attorney when she was young.
“He said, ‘You tell us to live out our dreams, but you’re not
living out yours. Why haven’t you done that?’” Oakes says. “So
the next semester, I resigned and decided to go to law school.”
Having earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in
addition to serving as a corrections officer at the Saginaw
Correctional Facility, Oakes already had an understanding of
the legal system. MSU College of Law impressed her, she says,
with the diversity and practical experience of its faculty.
“It wasn’t just academia,” she says. “I enjoyed that, and it
was refreshing to hear a professor say, ‘Let me tell you how I
handled a case with similar facts.’”
While in law school, Oakes participated in the Housing Law
Clinic and worked doing intakes and research at the Michigan
Department of Civil Rights. Her experiences served her well
in her first jobs after graduation in 2001, as a policy analyst
for the Michigan House Democrats and as a criminal defense
attorney.
Before long, then–Governor Jennifer Granholm recognized
Oakes’ work and appointed her to the Department of Attorney
General. The lame-duck appointment was opposed by Attorney
General Mike Cox, in what Oakes calls her “initial baptism into
politics.” While this made her eight-year tenure challenging, it
also gave her insight into working as an elected official.
However, it was a side project in real estate that further
equipped her to decide to run for office. Oakes wanted to
turn a piece of property she owned into a 46-unit senior
housing development. The issues she had to navigate made
the development process “my second baptism into politics,”
she says.
When the 95th State House seat in Saginaw opened
mid-term, Oakes ran in the primary election and won, followed
by another victory in the 2010 special and regular elections.
She sits on the House judiciary and agriculture committees,
and says her law degree has been “immensely” helpful.
“I’m not a doctor, I’m not a farmer, but I know how to
interpret the policies and legislation and consider the potential
ramifications that they could have on those fields,” she says.
“Having that knowledge allows me to ask more detailed
questions.”
Oakes is running for re-election this fall, and the former
teacher says her diverse work experience has made her
passionate about the state’s education system.
“For the past 10 years or so, we’ve moved away from funding
education to funding corrections,” she says. “Being a lifelong
learner and former teacher and corrections officer, I truly
believe we’ve misappropriated these funds. Children with
educational opportunities are far less likely to be incarcerated
than those without.”
Oakes also is a member of the MSU Law Board of Trustees. •
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Golf Outing
for the Alumni Association
Save the Date: Friday, August 10, 2012
Become a Sponsor!
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A wide variety of sponsorship opportunities are available
for individuals and firms. Benefits of sponsorship include
recognition at the event, on the MSU Law website, and in Amicus
magazine and other print publications; dinner; and up to four
rounds of golf, depending on the level.
Contact Devon Glass, associate director of alumni
engagement, at [email protected] or 517-432-6845 to secure
your sponsorship today. We look forward to your participation
and support! •
t’s time to get your golf game up to par for this year’s MSU
College of Law Alumni Association Golf Outing.
As a golf outing participant or sponsor, you can help support
Alumni Association events, student programs, and scholarships.
Thanks to generous alumni and friends, the annual event
has raised more than $110,000 for the Alumni Association
Scholarship. In fall 2011, 1Ls Alex Gavern and Jonnie Powers
received the association’s first two $2,500 gifts.
The Alumni Association supports many initiatives to promote
and support the Law College, to engage students and alumni,
and to help create a culture of involvement and philanthropy.
The golf outing is one of the association’s largest annual events.
This year’s outing begins with a 10 a.m. shotgun start on
Friday, August 10, at MSU’s Forest Akers West Golf Course.
Sponsorship opportunities are available at many levels.
The continuing success of this and other Alumni Association–
sponsored events throughout the year is possible only with the
financial and in-kind contributions from our generous sponsors
and participants. Says board member Eric Swanson, ’99, “We
can’t provide support to current students and engage alumni
without your support.”
Title Sponsor............ $20,000 (one available) or $10,000 (two available)
Dinner Sponsor........................................................................................$6,000
Cart Sponsor............................................................................................. $5,000
Beverage Sponsor..................... $4,000 for two carts; $2,500 for one cart
Lunch Sponsor......................................................................................... $3,000
Bag Drop Sponsor................................................................................... $2,500
Golf Ball Sponsor.................................................................................... $2,500
Driving Range Sponsor......................................................................... $2,000
Putting Green Sponsor.......................................................................... $2,000
Breakfast Sponsor................................................................................... $2,000
Lucky Hole #13 Sponsor........................................................................ $1,000
Contest Sponsor......................................................... $500 (many available)
Vendor Hole Sponsor..................................................................................$500
Hole Sponsor............................................................... $300 (many available)
Student Sponsor..........................................................$150 (many available)
Firms Aim for 100 Percent Participation
T
he third annual Law Firm Challenge launched in February, kicking
off a unique opportunity for alumni to support MSU College of
Law. This year’s challenge follows last year’s successful campaign, in
which nearly half of all Law College alumni at 23 participating firms
collectively donated more than $90,000 to their alma mater.
“The Law College provided me with an excellent legal education and
put me on the path toward a successful legal career,” said Joseph Gavin,
’05, of Miller Johnson. “Giving back is the least I can do.”
The Law Firm Challenge leverages friendly competition among firms
to raise awareness of the value of giving back to the Law College, while
providing a fun networking opportunity for graduates. Firms and
businesses with three or more alumni are encouraged to participate.
Team captains help support the target of 100 percent participation
among Law College graduates within each firm. Every Law Firm
Challenge donor will receive a token of our appreciation, and firms
that achieve full participation will be invited to a celebration luncheon
in the fall with Dean Joan Howarth.
Law Firm Challenge donors may designate their gifts to support any
number of programs and initiatives at MSU Law. Options include the
Alumni Association Scholarship, the Dean’s Fund for Excellence, and
scholarship funds for the Black Law Students Association, clinical
programs, the Michigan State Law Review, the Moot Court & Trial
Advocacy Board, and others.
For more information or to get involved in the Law Firm Challenge,
visit www.law.msu.edu/alumni/challenge or contact Devon Glass,
associate director of alumni engagement, at 517-432-6845 or
[email protected]. •
2012 Participating Firms
Ackerman Ackerman & Dynkowski
Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker PLC
Berry Moorman
Blake, Kirchner, Symonds, Larson,
Kennedy & Smith PC
Bliss McGlynn
Bodman PLC
Butzel Long
Center Management Services
Clark Hill PLC
Dickinson Wright
Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC
Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap PC
Harness, Dickey & Pierce PLC
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook
Langton Law
Maddin Hauser Wartell Roth & Heller PC
Michigan Auto Law
Miller Johnson
Miller Canfield
Orlans
Plunkett Cooney
Rhoades McKee
Rutledge, Manion, Rabaut, Terry & Thomas PC
Varnum
White, Schneider, Young & Chiodini PC
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florida receptions meaningful to alumni
Four “On the Road” alumni receptions with Dean Joan
Howarth were well-received by alumni and friends across the
Sunshine State in February.
“Seeing Dean Howarth, hearing more about MSU Law today,
and networking with fellow alumni where we live and work
was very meaningful to me and others who attended these
events,” said John M. Knowles, ’06. “Not being in Michigan,
we don’t always have an opportunity to easily connect with
fellow alumni. These receptions allowed us to make new alumni
connections right here in Florida.”
A special thank-you to the following hosts, who helped
facilitate and make these events a success:
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Alumni gather in nation's capital
MSU College of Law’s Office of Advancement and Career
Services Office co-hosted a reception at the historic Cosmos
Club in Washington, D.C., on February 28. More than 100 area
alumni, friends, and current students attended this unique
opportunity to network with Law College staff, faculty, and
Dean Joan Howarth, who shared news of many exciting new
Law College happenings.
MSU College of Law was pleased to provide an opportunity
for alumni to apply for admission to the Bar of the
Supreme Court of the United States. This year’s ceremony
took place on “Leap Day”—February 29. Alumni who have
been admitted to practice in the highest court of a U.S.
state for a period of at least three years and are in good
standing are eligible to apply.
Tampa & Clearwater Area Reception
Brian Loughrin, ’98
Richard Mitzel, ’63
Sarasota Area Reception
The Honorable Dennis Archer, ’70
The Honorable Trudy DunCombe Archer, ’70
Professor Emeritus Edward Littlejohn, ’70
Boca Raton & Palm Beach Area Reception
Donald G. Huber, ’65
Richard Victor, ’75
Naples Area Reception
Trustee Linda Orlans, ’87
The following MSU Law alumni were sworn in this year:
■ Top (from left): Joe Simon, Dick Jury, Karen Jury, and Karen
Simon at the Naples Reption hosted by friend Linda Orlans
Sarah L. Babcock, ’04
Charles W. Babcock, ’81
Christine Battle, ’86
Devon Glass, ’04
Lara Kapalla, ’04
■ Center left: Richard Mitzel, ’63, and Vicki Mitzel enjoying the
company of fellow alumni and friends in Tampa
■ Center right: Morton Freed, ’61, and Natalie Freed at the Boca
Raton & Palm Beach reception
■ Right: A great turnout in Sarasota
■ Top: Tina Casoli and Joseph Murphy, Jr., ’62, enjoy the reception
at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.
■ Above (from left): Christa Jallorina and Lara Kapalla, ’04
Carrie Linderoth, ’04
Katherine O’Connor, ’97
Eric Sabree, ’96
Robert Worthington, ’07
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Alumni Association Homecoming Tailgate
Alumni, faculty, and friends gathered on the Law College lawn
for the Alumni Association tailgate on October 22, 2011. Fans
sported our Spartan gear, enjoyed chili and specialty beverages,
and had a great time socializing before heading to the game to
celebrate the big win against Wisconsin. Go green, go white!
Alumni gather in the windy city
The MSU College of Law Alumni Association hosted a happy
hour in downtown Chicago for area alumni on February 22.
More than 20 Law College graduates from the classes of 1983
to 2011 attended the informal meet-and-greet.
The event was a great opportunity for area alumni to catch
up with old friends and make new contacts from the MSU
Law community in the area. The Alumni Association and
Chicago-area graduates look forward to future events in the
Windy City.
jewish legal society honors alumnus
The MSU College of Law Jewish Legal Society (JLS) held its
4th Annual Student & Alumni Networking Night on March
13. The JLS presented The Honorable Edward Avadenka, ’77,
with its annual Alumni Achievement Award at the event for
his ongoing contributions to the legal community.
The event, which was held at the Detroit law office of
Miller Canfield, drew current and former members of JLS,
along with other alumni and friends. Michael Traison, ’83,
a principal of Miller Canfield, hosted the event.
■ Top (from left): Ron Estes, ’05, Thomas Guastello, ’70, Susan
Luch, and Tina Casoli enjoyed good conversation before the game
■ Center (from left): Jordon Weiss, ’10, Hon. Edward Avadenka,
’77, and Beverly Avadenka enjoyed networking at the Jewish Legal
Society reception
■ Bottom (from left): Mayer “Mike” Morganroth, ’54, and Daniel
Weiner
BARRISTER’S MASQUERADE BALL
A record number of 460 MSU College of Law students,
alumni, faculty, and staff attended this year’s Barrister’s
Ball at Lansing’s Radisson Hotel on February 25. Many
guests donned beautiful masks throughout the evening of
dinner and dancing, in keeping with this year’s masquerade
ball theme.
Barrister’s Ball was sponsored by the Student Bar
Association, Office of Advancement, and the MSU College
of Law Alumni Association. A portion of all ticket proceeds
will establish a newly created expendable scholarship to
offset technology and textbook expenses for qualifying
current students. The event raised more than $4,600 for the
scholarship, which will be available to students in Fall 2012.
STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN SWEARING-IN CEREMONY
The Law College welcomed more than 20 recent graduates
and their guests for a State Bar of Michigan swearing-in
ceremony on November 2, 2011. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina
of the 30th Circuit Court presided over the ceremony, which
was held in the Law College’s Moot Courtroom. MSU Law
hosts two such ceremonies each year for alumni who pass the
Michigan Bar Examination.
■ Top: Guests masqueraded for a good cause at this year's Barrister's
Ball
■ Center and bottom: Congratulations to the new State Bar of
Michigan members!
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Giving Back
Thank you to these generous donors for their recent significant
gifts and pledges to MSU College of Law.
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Center for Human Rights of
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“The Center will serve as a
leading voice for international human rights and provide
opportunities for MSU Law students to do this important work
around the globe,” Talsky said.
Susan H. Bitensky—who was one of Talsky’s professors at the
Law College—has been named the Alan S. Zekelman Professor
of International Human Rights Law and director of the Talsky
Center. The gift honors Professor Bitensky’s impact in the
classroom and dedication to international human rights law
while supporting the couple’s goals of improving life outcomes
for women and children who suffer—or are at risk of suffering—
human rights violations.
Edward Littlejohn Creates Charitable
Gift Annuity
Edward Littlejohn, ’70, pledged
$250,000 to the Law College
several years ago in the form of
a bequest. He recently paid some
of his gift early by creating a
charitable gift annuity, which pays
him a fixed, guaranteed stream
of income for the rest of his life.
At his passing, the balance of
the gift will be directed to MSU
College of Law.
In honor of his generosity, the
conference room in the dean’s suite was named the Edward
Littlejohn Conference Room. The room features two pieces of
art and a sculpture that Littlejohn recently donated.
Charitable gift annuities qualify for a ta x deduction
in the yea r in which the g ift is establ ished, a nd
much of the annual income may be received tax-free.
For more information, contact Tina Kashat Casoli,
director of the MSU Law Off ice of Advancement, at
[email protected] or 517-432-6840.
Leading the Way
MSU Law Dean Joan Howarth and Carmen Estrada recently
pledged a $100,000 planned gift to the Law College. Because the
gift is unrestricted, it can be used where it is most needed when
it matures. Set up as a simple bequest, the gift is designated to
MSU Law in Howarth and Estrada’s estate plan.
“We are proud to make the Law College a beneficiary of our
estate,” said Dean Howarth. “Naming the Law College in our
will in this manner is a simple way of making a future gift for
an institution that gives us so much.”
Professor Johnson Inspires Students,
Gives Back
P rofe s s or E mer it u s C l a rk
Johnson, LL.D. ’02, has inspired
students for nearly 40 years of
teaching at the Law College.
A lso a n inspiration within
the philanthropic community,
Professor Johnson recently
pledged $100,000 in support
of the DCL Plaza. Professor
Johnson, a beloved professor
to l it er a l ly t hou s a nd s of
graduates, makes it a point not only to develop special
connections with his students, but also to encourage
them to contact him for support as they move on from
law school.
Trustee Morris Gives Back
Trustee Michael Morris, ’81, recently
pledged $100,000 to create the Morris
Family Scholarship. “Fund ing this
important scholarship will help relieve
some of the financial burden that rising
tuition puts onto students,” Morris said
of his gift.
Professor Storrs’ Lifelong Friend Makes Gift
in His Memory
Sydney Ross, a lifelong friend, colleague, and business partner
of the late Professor Alvin Storrs, recently made a $100,000
pledge to help rename the Law College’s Tax Law Clinic and
create a scholarship in Storrs’ name. The gift memorializes
Ross’ friend while supporting MSU Law students who share
Storrs’ passion for tax law.
Trustee Janssen Supports
Law College
Charles and LeaAnne Janssen recently
pledged $50,000 to MSU College of Law.
The Janssen’s gift is unrestricted, which
allows the dean to use it where it is most
critically needed. Charley Janssen is a
member of the MSU Board of Trustees
and is a member of Foster Swift Collins & Smith in East
Lansing.
Morganroth Gives Back
Mayer “Mike” Morganroth, ’54, with Morganroth and
Morganroth, recently pledged $50,000 in support of his
alma mater.
■ Sydney Ross pays tribute to his friend at the dedication
and renaming reception for the Alvin L. Storrs Low-Income
Taxpayer Clinic
Trustee Emeritus David
Sparrow’s Daughters
Honor His Wishes
Before Tr ustee Emeritus David
Sparrow passed away in January,
he shared his wishes to support
the planned DCL Plaza through
a $100,000 gift. His daughters are
pleased to honor his wishes.
Sparrow was the first member of
the MSU Law community to pledge
financial support toward building the DCL Plaza. His generosity
and dedication to the Law College will be permanently
commemorated on the plaza’s donor wall.
■ (from left) Dean Joan Howarth, Mike Morganroth, ’54, Michael
Epstein, ’11, and Jason Weiner, ’10, at the 2010 Jewish Legal Society
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»» Mr. D. Bruce Beaton, ’81
Gift designated to Dean’s Fund
for Excellence
Jean Carl Scholarship
Rachael Roseman, 1L, was the first recipient of the $5,000 Jean
Carl Scholarship. The scholarship was founded in memory of
the late Law College trustee by her sister, Joan Kalustian, and
friends. The scholarship is for students interested in family law
and children’s welfare.
»» Mr. Geoffrey Fieger, ’79, and
Mrs. Keenie Fieger
Gift designated to Alton B. Davis
Moot Court Scholarship
Jackson Lewis Scholarship
Second-year students Carmen Dorris and Davina Ugochukwu
were presented with the $2,500 Jackson Lewis Scholarship from
Trustee Maurice Jenkins.
»» Trustee Elaine Fieldman, ’76, and
Mr. Mark Sims
Gift designated to Annual Donor Recognition Reception
»» Trustee James Nicholson, Jr., and
Mrs. Mary Beth Nicholson
Gift designated to Dean’s Fund
for Excellence
»» Mr. Eric Nemeth, ’90, and
Mrs. Paula Nemeth
Gift designated to Alvin L. Storrs
Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
»» Regina M. Storrs
Gift designated to Alvin L. Storrs
Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
»» David II, Gail, Erika, David III,
Samantha, and Nicholas Williams
Gift designated to Alvin L. Storrs
Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
■ MAURICE G. JENKINS, ’76, Law College trustee and
managing partner of Jackson Lewis in Detroit, was inducted
as a Fellow into the prestigious American College of Trial
Lawyers (ACTL). He also was named one of Human Resource
Executive magazine’s “Top 100 Most Powerful Employment
Law Attorneys” for 2011.
■ FREDERICK D. DILLEY, ’76, Law College trustee, returned
to Foster Swift, where he began his career. Dilley worked as a
paralegal and investigator at the firm from 1969 to 1973
before attending law school and establishing himself as a
highly successful litigator and mediator.
Send us your notes!
We encourage all alumni
to contribute information
on accomplishments
and special recognition
in the legal profession
and other fields.
■ (from left) Carmen Dorris, 2L, Maurice Jenkins, ’81, and Davina
Ugochukwu, 2L
To find out how you can name MSU Law in
your estate plans or will, contact Tina Kashat
Casoli at 517-432-6842 or [email protected].
To submit your notes,
please e-mail
[email protected]
or go to
www.law.msu.edu/amicus.
■ RODGER A. KERSHNER, ’76, was elected to the State Bar
of Michigan Environmental Law Section Counsel.
■ DOUGLAS M. KILBOURNE, ’77, was re-elected to serve a
two-year term as managing director of Miller Canfield.
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■ HON. DORENE S. ALLEN, ’81, of the Midland County
Probate Court, was recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as
one of 20 “Women in the Law” for 2011.
■ STEVEN L. OBERHOLTZER, ’81, managing partner of the
Ann Arbor office of Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, was
recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of 25 “Leaders in
the Law” for 2012.
■ JILL K. DALY, ’82, won third place in the 2011 Michigan
Bar Journal Short Story Contest. Her story, “Dorothy’s
Home,” was published in the August 2011 Michigan Bar Journal.
■ SCOTT A. GOODWIN, ’83, was named secretary of the
Michigan Association for Justice. He also was chosen by the
National Trial Lawyers Association as one of Michigan’s “Top
100 Trial Lawyers” for 2011.
Herschel P. Fink
Maurice G. Jenkins
Scholarship Winners
■ HERSCHEL P. FINK, ’72, a partner in the Litigation
Department at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn,
facilitated a “Hot Issues in Reporters Privilege” workshop at
the 17th Annual Conference of the American Bar Association’s
Forum on Communications Law in Orlando, Florida.
Frederick D. Dilley
Many thanks to the following major donors, who made a gift or
pledge of $10,000 to $49,999 in 2011 or during the first quarter
of 2012. Your generosity is much appreciated!
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■ Eileen K. Husband, ’85, of Cummings, McClorey, Davis
& Acho, was recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of 20
“Women in the Law” for 2011.
■ ROCCO LUCENTE, II, ’85, managing partner of the law
offices of Cohen & Lombardo in Buffalo, New York, was
elected first vice president of the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
board of directors.
■ ROSEMARY E. POMEROY, ’86, is serving on the Columbus
Bar Association Board of Governors. Pomeroy wrote an essay
that was included in the ABA Commission on Women in the
Profession publication titled “The Road to Independence.”
■ LORIN M. SUBAR, ’87, became a member of the State Bar
of Michigan after practicing in Texas for the first part of her
career. Subar joined national law firm McGlinchey Stafford’s
commercial litigation section as of counsel.
■ SCOTT W. ROONEY, ’88, formed the firm of Nemes,
Rooney & McKindles in 2008. The firm has expanded into
complex business litigation, as well as catastrophic personal
injury.
■ REBECCA G. SIMKINS, ’88, of Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker,
PLLC, was appointed to the State Bar of Michigan’s
Representative Assembly for the Third Circuit (Wayne County).
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■ JAMES R. SCHEUERLE, ’89, left Parmenter O’Toole for an
of counsel position at Schererle & Zitta.
■ JOHN C. SMALLMAN, ’89, retired from his position as
NCIS staff counterintelligence officer for the U.S. Seventh
Fleet onboard the USS Blue Ridge in Yokosuka, Japan, and was
appointed as the judge advocate assigned to Pacific
Partnership 2012.
Steve Bender
■ MICHAEL J. SWOGGER, ’89, opened the Swogger & Bruce
Law Firm.
Michael P. Ashcraft, Jr.
■ MICHAEL A. HAMZEY, ’85, was promoted to executive vice
president/chief operating officer of the R.M. Wright Company,
where he has worked since 2000.
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Robin L. Herrmann
■ HOWARD R. BELKIN, ’85, was appointed to the attending
medical staff of William Beaumont Hospital in Troy. He
recently was interviewed on various topics in psychiatry on
WJBK Fox 2 News in Detroit, WMYD–TV20, and WJR’s Paul
W. Smith Show.
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Michael P. Carvalho
■ Kathryn L. Ossian, ’84, of Miller Canfield, was
recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of 20 “Women in
the Law” for 2011.
Rocco Lucente, II
■ MICHAEL H. TRAISON, ’83, co-sponsored the sixth
International Teachers’ Summer Institute “Teaching About the
Holocaust” in Krakow, Poland.
Rosemary E. Pomeroy
■ THOMAS H. HILL, ’83, was asked to testify before the U.S.
House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary regarding
“Costs and Burdens of Civil Discovery.” The hearing addressed
the need for Congressional oversight of Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure reform currently under way in the federal courts.
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Rebecca G. Simkins
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■ GUNTHER L. EVANINA, ’90, joined Butzel Long as a
shareholder in the firm’s Lansing office. He concentrates his
practice on intellectual property, including patent
prosecution, license agreements, trademarks, and copyrights.
■ STEVE BENDER, ’91, was promoted to managing counsel
of Trinity’s Health Networks Division. Bender also was
elected vice chair of the State Bar of Michigan’s Health Care
Law Section.
■ MICHAEL P. ASHCRAFT, JR., ’92, a partner at Plunkett
Cooney, was elected to a one-year term as secretary/treasurer
of the firm’s board of directors.
■ DAVID B. BRAUN, ’93, joined the firm Howard & Howard.
■ ROBIN L. HERRMANN, ’93, a shareholder at Butzel Long,
was named a practice group leader for one of the firm’s two
business litigation groups. Herrmann also was appointed to
the State Bar of Michigan Law and Media Committee, and is
leading the American Bar Association’s new First Amendment
and Media Litigation Committee’s Diversity Outreach
Subcommittee.
■ Hon. Tonya Schuitmaker, ’93, Michigan state
senator, was recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of
20 “Women in the Law” for 2011.
■ MICHAEL P. CARVALHO, ’94, won a record $2.5 million
jury verdict against Pulte Home Corporation in connection
with the company’s repeated violations of environmental laws
in Georgia.
■ MICHAEL D. RUSSELL, ’94, opened the Law Offices of
Michael D. Russell, where he specializes in civil law, auto
negligence, and nuisance abatement.
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■ MICHAEL L. TAYLOR, ’01, was named as a principal of
Harness Dickey.
■ CHRISTOPHER M. GILES, ’02, became a member of the
Georgetown University Wall Street Alliance.
■ CURTIS C. WARNER, ’02, went solo in 2006 and opened
the Warner Law Firm in Chicago, which represents consumers
in individual and class actions in the Great Lakes region. In
2011, Warner’s class action cases resulted in more than
$350,000 in awards.
■ CHRISTOPHER D. WEHRMAN, ’02, an attorney at
Swanson Martin & Bell, was named president of the Chicago
Area Runners Association (CARA) 2012 board of directors.
With nearly 9,000 members, CARA is the largest running
organization in the Midwest and the third largest in the
nation.
■ JEREMY R. CNUDDE, ’03, joined Butzel Long law firm.
Cnudde is a senior attorney who practices corporate
transactions, federal and state tax planning, and tax appeal
litigation.
Joseph E. Belsito
James W. Low
■ JASON R. EVANS, ’03, returned from deployment to
Afghanistan, where he served as the detention operations
judge advocate for the 46th Military Police Command. He
now again works as an assistant attorney general at the
Michigan Department of Attorney General.
■ JOSEPH E. BELSITO, ’05, a business, real estate, and
estate planning attorney in Smith Haughey’s Grand Rapids
office, was named a shareholder of the firm.
Anisa M. Dunn
■ ERIC N. LAURENZO, ’05, was made a full equity partner
in the firm Poindexter, Schorsch, Jones & Hill.
■ STEVEN D. MERCATANTE, ’05, wrote a book titled
Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War
in Europe.
■ J. ANDREW MERRIMAN, ’06, and JENNIFER MERRIMAN,
’07, opened Merriman Law Office. The firm focuses on
litigation, real estate, and business law.
Zain F. Merchant
■ JOHN E. CLADY, ’01, retired from the U.S. military in
August 2011 and joined the Office of the Illinois Attorney
General’s Criminal Enforcement Division, Sexually Violent
Persons Bureau.
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Benjamin F. Wu
■ DAPHNE M. JOHNSON, ’00, was appointed administrator
of the Legal Affairs Division of the Michigan Department of
Corrections.
Michael L. Taylor
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■ JESSICA F. BLANCH, ’05, joined the Oakland County
Prosecutor’s Office as an assistant prosecuting attorney.
Curtis C. Warner
■ MICHAEL D. HOMIER, ’99, a shareholder in the Grand
Rapids office of Foster Smith Collins & Smith, was re-elected
to serve on the firm’s executive committee as vice president of
the Grand Rapids and Holland offices. Homier concentrates
his practice in the areas of municipal law, public finance,
zoning, and land use.
Christopher D. Wehrman
■ JAMES W. LOW, ’98, an attorney at Magdich & Associates,
won second place in the Young Bar Association of Montreal’s
International Debate Championship in September 2011. Low
was selected by the American Bar Association’s Young
Lawyers Division to represent the United States at the event.
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■ ANISA M. DUNN, ’07, was appointed family court
commissioner and director of family court services for Racine
County, Wisconsin.
■ MICHAEL A. GRAZIANO, ’07, joined the Washington, D.C.,
office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott.
■ CALEB MARKER, ’07, filed the class action exotic dancer
employee status lawsuit in Doe v. Cin-Lan, which Michigan
Lawyers Weekly listed as the state’s largest settlement
in 2011.
■ ZAIN F. MERCHANT, ’07, works as an immigration
attorney for metropolitan Washington, D.C., law firms.
■ TIMOTHY J. PETERKOSKI, ’07, started a new position
as the regional manager for environmental compliance and
policy at ArcelorMittal USA.
■ KIRSTEN L. THOMSON, ’07, was elected partner at
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff.
■ BENJAMIN F. WU, ’07, joined Butzel Long’s Detroit office,
where he concentrates his practice on corporate matters and
international business law, with an emphasis on Chinese
businesses.
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■ ARLOW M. LINTON, ’09, joined Goldberg Segalla as an
associate in the firm’s Buffalo, New York, office. A member of
the firm’s General Litigation Practice Group, Linton’s experience
includes construction litigation as well as contracts, zoning,
and property disputes.
■ PATRICK J. McANDREWS, ’09, joined the Kansas City firm
of Walters, Bender, Strohbehn & Vaughan as a litigation
associate after completing a clerkship with the Honorable
Vernon E. Scoville. He will practice in the area of corporate
class action litigation.
■ CHERISE J. TEASLEY, ’09, was promoted to provide legal
support to the east region in the Sales and Distribution
Department of IBM. She now works in New York City.
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■ KEVIN DEAN KIJEWSKI, ’10, was appointed as dean of
business administration at Baker College’s Allen Park campus.
■ MATTHEW J. WAGNER, ’10, is a second-year associate at
Hall Attorneys.
■ JARED M. WARNER, ’10, joined Kitch Drutchas Wagner
Valitutti & Sherbrook as an associate. His practice focuses
on medical malpractice defense litigation.
■ JOHN PETKUS, ’11, joined the MSU College of Law staff
as the assistant director of admissions.
MSU College of Law thanks the following alumni, friends, corporations, foundations, faculty, and staff who made a gift, pledge, or pledge payment during 2011 to
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Alumni
Class of 1960
Class of 1949
Trustee Raymond R. Behan and
Mrs. Lorraine Behan
Mr. Karl R. Bennett, Jr.
Hon. Herman C. Campbell
Mr. David E. Caplan
Hon. Dominick R. Carnovale
Hon. George R. Corsiglia and
Mrs. Sandra Corsiglia
Mr. Richard B. Firestone
Hon. John M. Hammerly
Mr. Robert H. Harkness and
Mrs. Sandra G. Harkness
Mr. James P. Meloche
Mr. John P. O’Connell
Mr. Robert J. Traxler and
Mrs. Jeannie Traxler
Hon. Thomas A. Van Tiem, Sr., and
Mrs. Helen Van Tiem
Mr. Kenneth F. Martin
Class of 1950
Arlow M. Linton
■ KELLEN C. KILEY, ’09, joined the law firm of Miller Canfield.
Mr. Michael Berry and Mrs. Cynthia A. Berry
Mr. Floyd J. Tucker and
Mrs. Geraldine M. Tucker
Class of 1951
Mr. Konrad D. Kohl
Mr. Robert V. Parenti and Ms. Laurie Parenti
Posthumous Trustee Emeritus
David J. Sparrow †
Class of 1952
Patrick J. McAndrews
■ ELLEN E. HOEPPNER, ’09, was appointed to the Accounting
Aid Society’s board of directors.
Mr. James H. Coss and Mrs. Margaret J. Coss
Mr. John L. Cote
Mr. Harry G. Gregg
Mr. Bruce L. Monks
Class of 1953
Hon. Kurt G. Kersten and
Mrs. Lenore E. Kersten
Class of 1954
Mr. Mayer Morganroth and
Mrs. Sheila Morganroth
Trustee Emeritus John D. O’Hair and
Mrs. Barbara O’Hair
Mr. Salman T. Sesi and Mrs. Betty Sesi
Class of 1955
Mr. C. Dale Hubbard and
Mrs. Helen Hubbard
Cherise J. Teasley
■ TRAVIS W. MONTGOMERY, ’08, joined the Indianapolis
office of Parr Richey Obremskey Frandsen & Patterson as an
associate, primarily focusing in litigation, labor and
employment law, and utility law.
Ellen E. Hoeppner
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Class of 1956
Mr. Joseph W. Goodsir
Mr. John F. Sieberth
Class of 1957
Dr. B. J. Humphreys and
Mrs. Laura Humphreys
Hon. Richard D. Kuhn, Sr., and
Mrs. Sally S. Kuhn
Hon. Gene Schnelz and Mrs. Betty Schnelz
Mr. Stuart E. Small
Class of 1961
Board Chair Clif Haley and
Mrs. Carolyn Haley
Mr. James C. Leszczynski and
Mrs. Rosemary M. Leszczynski
Hon. Joseph P. Swallow
Class of 1962
Mr. Peter J. Carras and
Mrs. Barbara D. Carras
Hon. Charles M. Forster and
Mrs. Dianna Forster
Mr. Ted M. Gans
Mr. Joseph A. Murphy, Jr., and
Ms. Joanne Becker Murphy
Class of 1963
Mr. Daniel M. Clark and
Mrs. Suzanne Clark
Hon. George A. Greig, Sr.
Trustee Emeritus Richard W. Heiss and
Mrs. Nancy J. Heiss
Mr. John P. Moran
Trustee Emeritus Richard F. Suhrheinrich and Mrs.
Beverly Suhrheinrich
Class of 1964
Class of 1959
Mr. Charles R. Hrdlicka and
Mrs. Loretta C. Hrdlicka
Mr. John M. Jereck
Mr. Charles E. Lotzar, Jr.
Mr. Alan M. Raznick and
Mrs. Nancy Raznick
Mr. Gerald A. Waechter and
Mrs. M. J. Waechter
Mr. Russel C. Wells and
Reverend Shirley L. Wells
Ms. Irene M. Piccone
Class of 1965
Class of 1958
Kevin Dean Kijewski
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Mr. John A. Haines, Jr.
Mr. Ernst W. Kuck
Mr. William Lipton
Hon. Philip S. Tschirhart and
Mrs. Carol E. Tschirhart
Mr. John R. Whitehouse
Hon. William J. Caprathe and
Mrs. Linda A. Caprathe
Mr. Dennis J. Harper
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Deceased
Mr. Charles J. Hurbis
Mr. Melvyn D. Saperstein and
Mrs. Linda A Saperstein
Hon. Wilbur L. Schillinger
Mr. Arnold J. Shifman
Mr. Wilbert Simkovitz and
Mrs. Elsie Simkovitz
Mr. Lawrence J. Stockler and
Mrs. Inge L. Stockler
Class of 1966
Mr. Jefferson P. Arnold
Hon. Christopher C. Brown
Mr. Jack C. Hays
Mr. Stephen L. Kinsley
Mr. Donald A. Kuebler and
Mrs. Cheryl K. Kuebler
Mr. Frank R. Langton and
Mrs. Judith Langton
Mr. Gerald F. Lindeborg
Mr. William R. Listman and
Mrs. Arlene M. Listman
Mr. Thomas A. Pepe
Class of 1967
Mr. Dean R. Batchelor and
Mrs. Marilyn Batchelor
Mr. James W. Duff, Sr., and
Mrs. Caroline S. Duff
Mr. Paul J. Frederick and
Mrs. Patricia M. Frederick
Mr. Ronald A. Fruitman
Mr. Stephen B. Marquis
Mr. Edward G. Riccardi
Mr. Nestor W. Shust and Mrs. Nina Shust
Mr. David W. Sommerfeld and
Mrs. Anne T. Sommerfeld
Hon. Larry J. Stecco and
Mrs. Pamela A. Stecco
Mr. Robert J. Stephan and
Mrs. Mary A. Stephan
Class of 1968
Mr. Robert F. Auld and Mrs. Eileen T. Auld†
Mr. James N. Martin
Mr. Allan M. Charlton
Mr. Evan C. Davis
Prof. Joseph W. Dellapenna
Mr. Lee Deschamps
Mr. Jerry M. Ellis and Mrs. Mary H. Ellis
Hon. Albert G. Landa
Mr. William J. MacQueen
Mr. Warner H. McLean and
Mrs. Rosalind McLean
Mr. Peter J. Mitoff
Class of 1969
Mr. Richard F. Darke and
Mrs. Lillian M. Darke
Mr. Dan A. Darnell and
Mrs. Beverly J. Darnell
Mr. Lawrence R. Donaldson and
Mrs. Ursula Donaldson
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Hon. Lawrence L. Emmert and
Mrs. Marilyn M. Emmert
Mr. Nicholas S. Frontczak
Mr. Charles F. Glass
Mr. Paul J. Lay and Mrs. Carol L. Lay
Mr. Charles A. Le Fevre and
Mrs. Susan M. Le Fevre
Mr. Lance E. Mermell
Hon. Michael L. Pesce
Mr. James A. Rowe and Mrs. Jean A. Rowe
Mr. Robert I. Schellig, Jr.
Mr. Terry J. Smith and Mrs. Joan T. Smith
Mr. S. Gary Spicer
Mr. J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., and
Mrs. Ronnee P. Winegarden
Class of 1970
Hon. Dennis W. Archer
Hon. Peter E. Bec and Mrs. Christine Bec
Mr. Clarence M. Bradfield an
Mrs. Linda Bradfield
Mr. Charles W. Centner and
Mrs. Evi Centner
Mr. Richard C. Eriksen and
Mrs. Sharon M. Eriksen
Prof. Robert M. Filiatrault and
Mrs. Mary Helen Christy Filiatrault
Mr. James R. Geroux and
Mrs. Patricia Geroux
Mr. Thomas Guastello and Ms. Susan Luch
Mr. Frederick H. Hoffecker and
Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffecker
Prof. Emeritus Edward J. Littlejohn
Hon. James B. Mackie and
Mrs. Ruth Mackie
Mr. Victor G. Marrocco and
Mrs. Frances Marrocco
Mr. Paul P. Murphy
Mr. Edward P. Murray and
Mrs. Debora M. Murray
Mr. Gerald P. Nehra and Mrs. Peggy Jensen
Hon. David M. Peterson and
Mrs. Phyllis Peterson
Mr. Carl J. Schoeninger and
Mrs. Mary Beth Schoeninger
Mr. Michael B. Serling and
Mrs. Elaine K. Serling
Hon. Glenn C. Valasco and
Mrs. Marilyn J. Valasco
Mr. Robert C. Ward, Jr., and
Mrs. Rebecca I. Ward
Class of 1971
Mr. James C. Cotant and
Mrs. Janice M. Cotant
Mr. David B. Grant and
Mrs. Marion S. Grant
Mr. D. Craig Henry and
Mrs. Judith M. Henry
Hon. Gerald D. Lostracco and
Mrs. Kristine M. Lostracco
Mr. Lynn L. Lower and Mrs. Carole F. Lower
Mr. Thomas F. Neuhard
Mr. Paul A. Saigh and Mrs. Isabel Saigh
Mr. William Thomas
Class of 1972
Hon. Marianne O. Battani
Mr. Stanley M. Bershad and
Ms. Barbara Bershad
Mr. Michael J. Black and
Mrs. Pamela A. Black
Mr. James L. Borin
Hon. James A. Callahan
Mrs. Carole L. Chiamp
Mr. David W. Christensen
Mr. Peter A. Cohl and Mrs. Diane R. Cohl
Mr. Geoffrey H. Davis
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Mr. Herschel P. Fink and
Mrs. Adrienne Ruby-Fink
Ms. Diane M. Freilich
Mr. Joseph F. McCarthy and
Mrs. Janet A. McCarthy
Mr. James R. Nelson
Mr. Gregory Piche
Mr. Paul J. Schwab and Mrs. Marian Schwab
Mr. Phillip M. Stevens and
Mrs. Barbara J. Stevens
Mr. Bert Whitehead
Mr. Lawrence A. Wolfe
Mr. James B. Zellen
Class of 1973
Mr. Robert J. Atkinson and
Mrs. Susan Atkinson
Mr. Stephen R. Bernstein
Mr. Kenneth E. Burchfield
Mr. Mitchell S. Cohen and
Mrs. Sara L. Ridner-Cohen
Ms. Christine A. Derdarian
Mr. Ralph H. Dinse
Mr. William J. Ewald and
Mrs. Deanna M. Ewald
Mr. Stephen J. Hitchcock
Hon. Melvyn B. Kalt and Mrs. Paula Kalt
Mr. Albert B. Lassen
Mr. Raymond H. Mann
Hon. R. Darryl Mazur
Mr. Thomas L. Phillips and
Mrs. Martha R. Phillips
Mr. Rober E. Proctor and
Mrs. Merritta C. Hunt-Proctor
Mr. Thomas W. Schouten
Mr. G. R. Sims and Mrs. Ann Sims
Mr. Richard J. Siriani
Hon. Craig S. Strong
Mr. Gerald L. White and Mrs. Gail White
Mr. Frederick A. Zantello and
Mrs. Nancy L. Zantello
Class of 1974
Mr. Eric A. Andrzejak and
Ms. Nancy Andrzejak
Mr. Clarke F. Baldwin and
Mrs. Norma O. Baldwin
Mr. Thomas M. Brennan
Mr. Richard J. Drew †
Mr. Charles H. Earl, Jr., and
Mrs. Patricia J. Earl
Mr. Donald E. Engel
Mr. Stanley G. Feldman
Mr. George H. Flammer
Mr. Robert Ianni and Mrs. Lynda J. Ianni
Mr. Karl R. Lukens and Mrs. Linda Lukens
Mr. David F. Oeming, Jr.
Mr. Donald J. Pagenette and
Mrs. Karen Pagenette
Hon. Dennis N. Powers
Mr. Matthew C. Quinn
Mr. Carl Rashid, Jr., and
Mrs. Grace A. Rashid
Mr. Donald M. Rivard, Jr.
Prof. William E. Smith and
Dr. Donna A. Smith
Hon. Kenneth L. Teter, Jr., and
Mrs. Peggy J. Teter
Mr. Douglas M. West and Mrs. Irene West
Mr. Thomas J. Zebula and
Mrs. Patricia Zebula
Class of 1975
Mr. Gary L. Bethune
Mr. Joseph J. Buttigieg
Hon. J. W. Callahan
Ms. Constance E. Cumbey
Mr. William J. Donnelly, Jr.
Mr. Gregory L. Gilbert
Mr. Paul J. Greenwald and
Mrs. Betsy J. Greenwald
Mr. Guy R. Greve
Mr. Robert B. Guyot, III, and
Mrs. Kristin Guyot
Mrs. Nancy G. Harms and
Mr. Steven A. Harms
Mr. Michael J. Hodge and
Mrs. Nancy S. Hodge
Mr. Michael S. Hohauser and
Mrs. Susan M. Hohauser
Mr. Thomas L. Imbrunone
Mr. Brian C. Manoogian
Mr. Nicolas G. Nicoloff
Mr. Douglas J. Maskin and
Mrs. Marie Maskin
Hon. Mark S. Meadows and
Mrs. Pamela F. Meadows
Mr. Stanley V. Roose and
Mrs. Elaine M. Roose
Mr. Robert J. Sheiko and
Mrs. Cynthia M. Sheiko
Mr. Richard S. Victor
Mr. Ronald E. Wagner and
Mrs. Kathleen E. Mayor-Wagner
Mr. Peter J. Zirnhelt and Mrs. Diane Zirnhelt
Class of 1976
Mr. Kim C. Anderson
Mr. Patrick D. Ball
Mrs. Ellen W. Botnick
Mr. Thomas J. Budzynski
Mr. Donald F. Carney, Jr., and
Mrs. Jacqueline M. Carney
Mr. Errol R. Dargin
Trustee Frederick D. Dilley and
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Dilley
Hon. Daniel M. Downey and
Mrs. Dawana Downey
Trustee Elaine Fieldman and Mr. Mark Sims
Ms. Hannah M. Fisher
Prof. Joseph L. Flack, Jr.
Mr. Kenneth M. Grifka and
Mrs. Ghislaine L. Grifka
Mr. David G. Koivuniemi
Ms. Ernestine R. McGlynn
Mr. William C. Shaefer
Mr. Michael J. Taylor
Hon. Karen A. Tighe
Mr. Richard N. Wiener and
Mrs. Rajkumari M. Wiener
Class of 1977
Mr. Lawrence J. Acker
Mr. Thomas R. Bowen and
Mrs. Kathleen A. Bowen
Hon. David L. Clabuesch and
Ms. Cynthia Kretschmer
Mr. Edward C. Dawda
Mr. Ronald A. Deneweth and
Mrs. Mary L. Deneweth
Mr. Richard S. Fine and
Ms. Linda S. Hurwitz
Mr. Kenneth G. Galica
Mr. James P. Hallan and
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hallan
Mr. Gregory M. Janks and Mrs. Susan Janks
Mr. Richard H. Kocienski
Mr. John R. Mann, III
Mr. Timothy M. McAree
Mr. Bryan Melvin, III
Mr. John L. Miles
Mr. John F. Mills and Mrs. Kathleen Mills
Mr. Dennis M. Mitzel
Mr. Patrick J. O’Brien and
Mrs. Amy L. O’Brien
Assoc. Dean Kathleen E. Payne and
Mr. Jeffrey B. Goldsmith
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Ms. Debra N. Ribitwer
Mr. Ramon F. Rolf, Jr., and Mrs. Carolee Rolf
Mr. David B. Sachs
Mr. John J. Schrot, Jr.
Mr. Dennis B. Schultz
Mr. William L. Shaneyfelt and
Mrs. Linda Shaneyfelt
Mr. William S. Stern
Mr. Howard J. Victor and Mrs. Gail R. Victor
Mrs. Renate Wagner
Mr. Richard L. Wagner, Jr.
Mr. Chalmer W. West, Jr.
Class of 1978
Mr. Walter L. Baumgardner, Jr.
Ms. Nancy L. Davis
Ms. Christine M. Dowhan-Bailey
Mr. Eric G. Flinn
Mr. Larry A. Greer
Hon. Elizabeth A. Hacker
Mr. Michael H. James
Mr. Eugene K. Laporte and
Mrs. Laura Laporte
Mr. David F. Lau
Mr. Neil J. Lehto
Mrs. Diane M. Lepsig and
Mr. Robert S. Lepsig
Hon. Joseph Murphy
Mr. Jules B. Olsman and
Mrs. Barbara L. Grossman Olsman
Mr. Lee A. Pescia
Hon. Steven M. Pestka and
Mrs. Alicia M. Pestka
Mr. Charles J. Redinger
Mr. Charles F. Roberts, Jr.
Mr. Charles G. Scifres and
Mrs. Dawn Scifres
Mr. Robert J. Sharkey
Mr. John A. Valenti and
Mrs. Susan M. Valenti
Mr. Larry A. Ver Merris and
Mrs. Margaret D. Ver Merris
Mr. Mark W. Viel
Mr. David J. Winter and Mrs. Jo Rae Winter
Mr. Kenneth K. Wright
Class of 1979
Ms. Janet M. Allen
Mrs. Alice I. Buckley
Mr. Darryl J. Chimko and
Ms. Diane M. Chimko
Mr. Jacob E. Colgrove
Ms. Cynthia N. Davis
Mr. Joseph S. DeTrane and
Mrs. Debra Y. DeTrane
Mr. James N. Erhart and
Mrs. Suzanne Erhart
Hon. William T. Ervin
Mr. Geoffrey N. Fieger and
Mrs. Keenie Fieger
Mr. John H. Finn and Mrs. Martha Finn
Mr. Randall J. Gillary and
Mrs. Susan Gillary
Mr. Charles P. Hoffman, Jr., and
Mrs. Marcia L. Reed
Mr. Richard F. McNally, Jr.
Ms. Sandra S. Mengel
Mr. Andrew J. Munro and
Mrs. Rebecca Munro
Mr. Dennis M. O’Bryan
Hon. Lynne A. Pierce and
Mr. Raymond J. Andary
Mr. Scott R. Reid
Hon. Jo Ann C. Stevenson
Ms. Patricia A. Streeter
Mr. Bryan A. Sunisloe and
Mrs. Patricia Sims Sunisloe
Mr. Robert C. Walter
Mr. Stephen L. Witenoff
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Class of 1983
Prof. Mary A. Bedikian and
Mr. Edward Bedikian
Ms. Carolyn M. Breen
Ms. Patricia A. Brennan
Mr. William M. Cassetta and
Mrs. Karen Cassetta
Mr. Gary H. Cunningham
Ms. Gena J. Gates
Mr. Michael D. Gibson
Mrs. Irene B. Hathaway and
Mr. Joseph E. Hathaway
Mr. Paul H. Huth
Mr. Gregory R. Lane
Ms. Kathleen M. Oemke and
Mr. Mark Oemke
Mr. William G. Pierson and
Mrs. Mary Pierson
Mr. Robert F. Samoray
Ms. Joan A. Bacon
Mr. Joseph A. Bonventre and
Mrs. Joyce A. Bonventre
Mr. W. Jerry Byrd and Mrs. Pamela J. Byrd
Ms. Judith K. Cunningham
Mr. Mark L. Dobias and
Mrs. Michelle Ribant
Mrs. Julie A. Galante
Ms. Janet Ann Hedin
Mr. Thomas H. Hill and Mrs. Sue Hill
Mr. Frank J. Krycia and Mrs. Diana Krycia
Mr. David R. Martin
Mr. Michael E. McInerney and
Mrs. Kimberly McInerney
Ms. Julie E. Monfils
Hon. Margaret M. Noe
Mr. Mark W. Peyser
Mrs. Susan J. Sills
Ms. Julie A. Smith
Mr. James L. Szafran
Mr. Gregory J. Townsend
Ms. Donna K. Welch
Class of 1981
Hon. Trudy DunCombe Archer
Mr. D. Bruce Beaton
Mr. James C. Budny
Mr. Thomas A. Cattel and
Mrs. Janet M. Cattel
Mr. Jerome P. Ciaramitaro and
Mrs. Michelle M. Ciaramitaro
Mr. Kim D. Cooke
Mr. Michael J. Cunningham
Mr. Jerome A. Galante
Mr. Herbert J. Gilles
Mr. Norman C. Helfer and
Mrs. Sandra L. Helfer
Trustee Maurice G. Jenkins and
Mrs. Corlyss Connors-Jenkins
Mr. Thomas M. Keranen
Mrs. Carol J. Lyshak
Mr. David J. McCatty
Ms. Susan A. McCrandall
Ms. Janice M. Mills
Trustee Michael G. Morris and
Mrs. Linda C. Morris
Mr. John E. Nemazi
Mr. C. Robert Perry
Mrs. Katherine H. Shensky
Mr. David M. Thomas
Hon. Jon A. VanAllsburg and
Mrs. Susan D. VanAllsburg
Mr. James P. Vondale and
Mrs. Carol L. Vondale
Class of 1982
Mr. Russell G. Carniak
Hon. Joseph A. Costello, Jr., and
Mrs. Amy J. Costello
Mr. Thomas A. Cover and
Mrs. Julianne Cover
Ms. Francine L. Cullari
Mr. William R. Dow and
Mrs. Mariann McNally Dow
Mr. Kenneth R. Frazier
Mr. Charles P. Gilliam
Mrs. Marlene A. Juhasz and
Mr. Joseph R. Juhasz
Mrs. Florence J. Lytle
Mr. Steve Milgrom
Ms. Maria C. Miller
Mr. Reginald R. Modlin
Mr. Douglas C. Osborn
Mr. R. O. Richards
Mr. Michael G. Stavale and
Mrs. Susan J. Stavale
Mr. Bruce H. Tobin and
Mrs. Kathleen A. Tobin
Mr. Anthony Urbani, II, and
Mrs. Marie R. Urbani
Mr. Stephen P. Vella and Mrs. Nancy J. Vella
Ms. Cyndy Zuzga
Class of 1984
Mr. James M. Buckley
Mr. T. Sean Butler
Mr. Angus M. Campbell and
Mrs. Karen N. Campbell
Mr. Henry N. Carnaby and
Mrs. Cathleen Carnaby
Mr. Martin I. Caruso and
Mrs. Genevieve Caruso
Mr. Raymond DeBates, Jr.
Mr. Mark B. Dickow
Mr. Joseph J. George
Mr. Daniel S. Gerow and
Mrs. Paula M. Gerow
Ms. Ramona A. Green
Mr. Michael P. Hammond
Ms. Margo M. Hannum
Mr. Michael P. McDonald and
Mrs. Tricia McDonald
Mr. Sam Morgan and Mrs. Hillary Morgan
Mr. William T. Nahikian
Ms. Gretchen L. Olsen
Mrs. Kathryn L. Ossian and
Mr. James E. Linn
Mr. William F. Rivard, Sr., and
Mrs. Deborah J. Rivard
Mr. John J. Ronayne, III, and
Mrs. Kandy C. Ronayne
Ms. Kathleen Sakal
Mr. Charles E. Stahl, III
Ms. Laurel Stuart-Fink
Mr. Tyler D. Tennent
Ms. Adrienne C. Watts
Mr. Charles A. Zajac
Class of 1985
Mr. Charles R. Ash, III
Mr. John M. Banas and Mrs. Carol S. Banas
Mrs. Patricia J. Battersby
Dr. Howard R. Belkin
Mr. Gilbert A. Borman
Ms. Janice L. Breckenridge and
Mr. David W. Simpson
Mr. Thomas P. Christensen
Mr. Terry L. Cramer
Ms. Linda M. Garbarino
Mr. Mark G. Fecher
Mr. Kim A. Gasior and Mrs. Diane K. Gasior
Ms. Susan M. Haracz
Mr. Frederick W. Hoffman, IV
Ms. Leslie H. Kamil
Ms. Phyllis N. Klinger
Ms. Zaira M. Maio
Ms. Regina L. Meo
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Mr. Frank S. Messana
Mr. David A. Robinson
Mr. Alan D. Roman
Mr. David W. Shutte and
Mrs. Daina A. Shutte
Mr. Steven W. Wells and
Mrs. Lisa A. Stieler-Wells
Class of 1986
Mr. Robert P. Anderson
Ms. Deborah A. Bacal
Mrs. Christine M. Battle and
Mr. Timothy E. Battle
Mr. Gregory C. Bell
Mr. David J. Berkal and
Mrs. Kimberly L. Berkal
Mrs. Jennifer S. Buckley
Mr. Barton B. Burnett
Mr. Case De Groot, Jr., and
Mrs. Jan De Groot
Mr. Fred L. Gibson and
Mrs. Annemarie Gibson
Mr. Scott A. Goodwin
Mrs. LaNita R. Haith-Williams and
Mr. Herbert Williams
Mr. Brian P. Hutcheon
Mr. Joseph H. Luplow
Mr. Benny N. Napoleon
Mrs. Rosemary E. Pomeroy and
Mr. Mark C. Pomeroy
Ms. Maureen E. Thomas
Class of 1987
Ms. Christine Barnett
Mr. Daniel H. Bliss and
Mrs. Margaret L. Bliss
Ms. Terri L. Giampetroni
Ms. Julie Greer Garmel and
Mr. Jeffery S. Greer
Ms. Roberta M.Gubbins
Mrs. Judith E. Guertin and
Mr. Richard G. Guertin
Trustee Charles E. Langton
Mr. Howard N. Luckoff and
Mrs. Nancy A. Luckoff
Ms. Valerie L. MacFarlane
Mr. Robert A. MacKenzie
Trustee Linda M. Orlans
Mr. Alan J. Reiner
Mrs. Suzanne S. Reynolds and
Mr. Mark Reynolds
Ms. Kathleen L. Schmehl
Ms. Pamela M. Weddell and
Dr. Kenneth B. Weddell
Mr. Edward D. Winstead
Class of 1988
Mr. Michael B. Barey
Mr. Thomas P. Branigan and
Ms. Carolyn M. O’Shea-Branigan
Mrs. Carolyn M. Claerhout and
Mr. Stephen R. Claerhout
Ms. Margaret A. Costello
Mr. Regan J. Duffy
Ms. Linda J. Evanswood
Mr. Richard R. Hewlett
Mrs. Lisa A. Langton
Mr. Peter J. Lucido and
Mrs. Ann Marie Lucido
Ms. Teresa M. McGuire
Ms. Helen P. Moore
Hon. Edward J. Nykiel
Ms. Rebecca G. Simkins
Mr. Marc H. Soble
Mr. James R. Stokes
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Class of 1989
Mr. Robert P. Beaton
Hon. Karen Fort Hood
Mr. Robert S. Huth, Jr.
Mrs. Jennifer A. Isiogu and
Mr. Orjiakor N. Isiogu
Mr. Steven L. Kantor and
Mrs. Kristie T. Kantor
Hon. Richard D. Kuhn, Jr., and
Mrs. Kristine A. Kuhn
Ms. Cary S. McGehee
Dr. Matthias I. Okoye
Ms. Vicki J. Patterson
Ms. Annette T. Raczkowski
Mrs. Tracey L. Robertson
Mr. Robert J. Rogers
Mr. Scott W. Rooney
Class of 1990
Assoc. Dean Connell Alsup
Ms. Bettie K. Ball
Mr. Joseph D. Buckman and
Mrs. Paula A. Buckman
Mr. Mark H. Fink
Ms. Karen R. Hagenlocker and
Mr. Henry Whiting, III
Mr. Kurt E. Hetke and
Mrs. Jamille Farraye-Hetke
Ms. Kim M. Hudson
Mr. Steven D. Jarvis
Mr. Allen J. Lippitt
Mr. Herbert E. Mann, Sr.
Mr. David J. March and Mrs. Susan T. March
Ms. Lauren J. McGill
Mr. Brian T. McGorisk
Mrs. Audrey R. Monaghan
Mr. Eric M. Nemeth
Mr. Douglas A. Parviainen and
Mrs. Mary T. Parviainen
Mr. Glen H. Pickover
Mr. Robert M. Siminski
Mr. Chris W. Walker
Mr. Lee N. Willard
Class of 1991
Mr. Paul J. Carrier
Dr. David J. Couture
Mrs. Randi P. Glanz and Mr. Harry Glanz
Mr. Robert E. Harris, Jr.
Ms. Marsha A. Harrison
Mr. David E. Hart and Mrs. Jill Hart
Mrs. Denise M. Hart and Mr. Marc E. Hart
Mr. J. Michael Moore
Mr. Dennis J. Morse
Mr. Joseph A. Novak
Mr. Robert L. Stearns and
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Stearns
Ms. Kathleen E. Tocco
Mr. Matthew M. Walton
Class of 1992
Ms. Alexandra C. Alberstadt
Ms. Laura M. Bertus
Ms. Laura E. Bloom
Mr. John M. Cullen and
Mrs. Theresa M. Cullen
Mr. Eric S. Goldstein
Ms. Karyn D. Kirk-Boston
Mr. David J. Simonelli
Mr. Kenneth T. Watkins
Mr. Matthew B. Wigent and
Ms. Lisa H. Partington
Class of 1993
Mr. Timothy A. Dinan and
Mrs. Julia B. Dinan
Mr. Brian J. Everest and Mrs. Maria Everest
Mr. Jeffrey S. Hall
Ms. Robin L. Herrman
Ms. Rona M. Lum
Ms. Carol A. Romej
Senator Tonya L. Schuitmaker and
Mr. Stephen S. Mucci
Mrs. Lori Ann Thornhill-Childress and
Mr. George Z. Childress
Mr. Ray M. Toma
Class of 1994
Mr. Douglas C. Anton
Mr. Peter L. Arvant and
Mrs. Cynthia K. Arvant
Mr. Asheet Bhan
Mr. William G. Boyer, Jr., and
Mrs. Jessica A. Boyer
Mr. Matthew A. Brauer
Mr. Richard T. Graham
Mr. Roy R. Jaghab
Mr. Erik M. Kafarski
Ms. Pamela L. Labadie
Ms. Michelle J. LeBeau
Mr. David G. Lutz
Mr. Michael E. Moore
Ms. Rubina S. Mustafa
Ms. Rene S. Roupinian
Ms. Rekha Sharma-Crawford
Ms. Christine H. Stephens and
Mr. Robert J. Files
Mrs. Jennifer G. Teper
Mr. Vincent T. Van Tiem
Mr. Brian S. Weinstock and
Mrs. Dawn Weinstock
Class of 1995
Mr. Scott P. Batey
Mr. Charles E. Berry, Jr.
Mr. Gerald P. Cavellier, Jr.
Mr. Scott B. Cherrin
Ms. Karen A. Chopra
Ms. Kristin L. Christ
Ms. Maureen L. Hudson Smith
Ms. Barbara J. Kennedy
Mrs. Jacalyn Newman Simon and
Mr. James L. Simon
Ms. Lynn H. Pilarski
Mr. Mark K. Schwartz
Ms. Jody L. Sturtz Hall
Class of 1996
Mr. Shereef H. Akeel
Ms. Lorna T. Beard
Mr. Jeffrey D. Cohen and
Mrs. Juliana R. Cohen
Ms. Andrea L. Curcio
Mrs. Tonie M. Franzese-Damron
Mr. George M. Grzywacz
Mrs. Nancy Klukowski and
Mr. Steven Klukowski
Ms. Andrea L. Laramie
Hon. Cylenthia Latoye Miller
Mr. Aric K. Melder
Mr. Dean D. Meriwether
Mrs. Naomi Gaynor Neilsen and
Mr. John L. Neilsen
Mrs. Kimberly A. Owens Wise and
Mr. John E. Wise
Mr. Seth E. Rodack and
Mrs. Euhui C. Lee Rodack
Mr. Eric R. Sabree and
Mrs. Badriyyah Sabree
Ms. Lori E. Talsky and
Mr. Alan S. Zekelman
Mr. Timothy D. Tomlinson
Class of 1997
Mr. Brian M. Brown and Mrs. Amy Brown
Mr. Mark D. Dukes and
Ms. Carrie L. Skronek
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Mr. David M. Gilmore
Ms. Kirsten E. Gramzow
Mrs. Pamela M. Lane and
Mr. Roderic M. Lane
Mr. Isaiah Lipsey
Mr. Brian T. Loughrin
Mr. Richard M. Lynch and
Mrs. Victoria M. Lynch
Mrs. Sally A. Noerr Rogers
Mrs. Stephanie A. Orrico
Mr. Brian S. Pickell
Mr. Kevin H. Seiferheld
Mr. Douglas C. Wozniak and
Mrs. Pamela A. Bond-Wozniak
Mr. Michael D. Zalobsky
Class of 1998
Ms. Angela M. Boufford and
Mr. John C. Boufford
Mr. Jonathan S. Bruss
Mr. Daniel J. Cherrin and
Mrs. Marni Cherrin
Mr. Seth R. Doyle, III
Mr. Leonard J. Fedoruk
Mr. Karim H. Hanafy
Mr. Charles F. Kosal and
Mrs. Jennifer Kosal
Ms. Margaret J. Krasnoff
Ms. Janie G. Livingston
Mr. Barton W. Morris, Jr.
Ms. Joan M. Altamore Myers
Mrs. Linda M. O’Connor
Mrs. Paula L. Schneider
Mr. Craig A. Strobel
Class of 1999
Mrs. Jo Ann Cowens
Mr. Michael D. Homier
Mr. Larry R. Jensen Jr., and
Mrs. Mary Jensen
Mr. Andrew J. Kelly
Mr. Sean C. Maltbie and
Mrs. Michelle R. Maltbie
Ms. Donna M. Nakagiri
Ms. Erin E. O’Brien
Mr. Grant T. Pecor and
Ms. Branden M. Golden
Ms. Kacee M. Reid
Mr. Jared A. Roberts
Ms. Amy C. Slameka
Ms. Julie A. Slane
Mr. Rodney Smith
Mr. Eric R. Swanson
Mrs. Holly O. Swanson
Class of 2000
Mr. Karl A. Barr
Mrs. Natalie W. Bernecker and
Mr. Scott D. Bernecker
Ms. Dawn M. Butorac
Mr. Timothy P. Cremen
Mr. Matthew S. Fedor
Mrs. Khristina J. Fielder and
Mr. Joseph F. Fielder
Mr. Scott S. Gilhool
Mr. Francis X. Hathaway and
Mrs. Eileen M. Hathaway
Mrs. Jennifer L. Hetzel and
Mr. Richard A. Hetzel
Mr. David J. Hoffa
Mrs. Starr M. Kincaid and
Mr. David C. Kincaid
Ms. Brenda L. Lawson
Mr. Donald D. Nystrom
Asst. Prof. Elan A. Stavros Nichols and
Dr. David P. Nichols
Mr. Michael E. Streets
Mr. Michael L. Taylor
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Mr. Ronald A. Berridge
Mr. Jeffrey H. Canja
Mr. John E. Clady, II, and Mrs. Joy P. Clady
Mr. Douglas W. Eyre
Mr. Justin D. Henry
Mr. Carter G. Hodgson
Mr. Jonathon D. Koenigsberg
Mr. Allen L. Lanstra, Jr.
Mrs. Emilie J. Lanstra
Ms. Adrienne D. Logeman-Cox
Trustee Stacy L. Erwin Oakes and
Mr. Michael Oakes
Ms. Kalyn D. Redlowsk
Mr. Neil R. Sherman
Mr. Caleb J. Shureb
Ms. Laura Silvestri Del Pup
Class of 2002
Ms. Uchenna C. Ajaero
Mrs. Joanne M. Bridgford and
Mr. Dale Bridgford
Ms. Pamela L. Dausman
Ms. Mary A. Ferguson
Mr. Neal D. Fortin and
Mrs. Katherine H. Fortin
Mr. Matthew W. Heron and
Mrs. Shannon L. Heron
Mr. Carter G. Hodgson and
Mrs. Peggy Hodgson
Mrs. Dawn C. Jack
Prof. Emeritus Clark C. Johnson, LL.D.
Ms. Jami N. Jones and Mr. Bob Jones
Ms. Kristine N. Kelly and Dr. John W. Kelly
Mr. Steven J. Laurent
Mr. Jeffrey S. Lower
Mr. Dennis W. Mack
Ms. Lesley E. McIntyre McKenney
Mr. Stephen T. McKenney
Mr. Michael S. Melfi
Mr. Daniel R. Olson
Ms. Christy M. Pudyk
Ms. Margaret L. Rost
Ms. Sydney P. Waldorf
Mr. Curtis C. Warner
Class of 2003
Mr. Christian R. Biasell and
Mrs. Lavinia S. Biasell
Mr. Paul J. Dwaihy
Ms. Tamika A. Hale
Mrs. Barbra E. Homier
Mr. Andrew A. Iacobelli
Mrs. Kelly M. Martorano and
Mr. Michael A. Martorano
Mr. Robert L. Marvin
Mr. Sean P. McNally
Ms. Lynn A. Osborne
Mrs. Jennifer L. Smith and
Mr. Todd C. Smith
Mr. Andrew N. Weber
Mr. Patrick E. Winters and
Mrs. Beth Winters
Class of 2004
Dr. Fernando Alberdi and
Dr. Katherine K. Alberdi
Sarah L. Babcock, D.V.M.
Maj. Anne F. Barker and Mr. Kurt Barker
Mrs. Manda M. Breuker
Mr. Jeremy R. Brooks
Mrs. Talia G. Capelj
Mr. Brian J. Catanese
Mrs. Katherine R. Catanese
Mr. Sean F. Darke
Mr. Bradley N. Deacon
Mrs. Rebecca J. Dukes and
Mr. Joshua Dukes
Mr. Devon R. Glass
Mr. Marie A. Gordon
Mr. Jordan M. Harris
Ms. Lara L. Kapalla and Mr. Jeremy Kapalla
Mrs. Saraphoena B. Koffron and
Mr. Mike Koffron
Mr. Kenneth P. Lane
Mrs. Veronica V. McNally
Dr. Jonathan P. O’Brien and
Ms. Amelia V. Katanski
Mr. Karl T. Ondersma and
Mrs. Deborah Ondersma
Ms. Jennifer R. Poteat
Mr. Matthew C. Rettig
Ms. Ann M. Sherman
Mr. Jonathan D. Strong
Class of 2005
Mr. Patrick R. Anderson
Ms. Sonya G. Bellafant
Ms. Lori A. Blankenship
Mr. Matthew A. Brooks
Mr. Cory J. Burke and
Ms. Shannon R. Burke
Mr. Ronald L. Estes
Ms. Mahbuba Fidda
Ms. Kelly M. Fletcher
Ms. Kathryn E. Fort
Mr. Joseph J. Gavin
Mr. Thomas W. James and
Mrs. Angela M. James
Mr. James M. Johnson
Mr. Mckane H. Johnson
Mr. Alexander C. Kanous
Ms. Caroline J. Kingston
Mr. Jeffrey S. Kramer
Mr. Eric N. Laurenzo
Mr. Jason P. Mahar
Ms. Robyn J. Mallon
Mr. Jason A. McDaniel
Ms. Kate M. McNeill
Mr. Adam T. Schnatz
Mr. Aaron L. Vorce
Mr. Michael J. Wilson
Class of 2006
Mrs. Maricela Amezola
Mr. Eric C. Bartley and
Dr. Jamie M. Bartley
Mrs. Kristin B. Bellar and
Mr. James B. Bellar
Mr. Michael S. Burink
Ms. Alexa K. Chappell
Mr. Jeremy D. Crowley
Mr. Jeffrey T. Gedeon
Mr. Jordan C. Grossman
Mrs. Barbarose Guastello
Mr. Timothy C. Gutwald
Mr. Jeffrey D. Holst
Mrs. Kenda L. Huff
Mr. Aaron M. Kelly
Mr. Gregory R. Kish
Mr. Robert C. Knauf
Mr. John M. Knowles
Mr. Troy D. Langer
Dr. Thomas S. Marks and
Mrs. Kathryn Marks
Mr. Christopher R. Martella
Ms. Kristen E. Matha
Ms. Melissa K. McConaghay
Mr. Joshua D. Nucian
Mr. Michael R. Nye
Mr. Andrew T. Prins
Mr. Stephen B. Simek
Ms. Nina G. Thekdi
Mr. Timothy W. Whelan
Mr. Peter M. Whitehead and
Mrs. Sarah M. Whitehead
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Mrs. Danielle R. Allison-Yokom and
Mr. Scott M. Yokom
Ms. Kimberly M. Babcock
Mr. Christopher J. Bezak
Mr. Ryan D. Byers
Ms. Nicole K. Carson
Mr. Kevin E. Clinesmith
Ms. Kristiana M. Coutu
Mr. Thomas M. Deasy, Jr., and
Mrs. Dana M. Goldberg
Mr. Reid M. Demanche
Mrs. Carrie R. Feeheley
Mr. Brian A. Hall and Mrs. Katie Hall
Ms. Heidi M. Hendrick
Mrs. Mary C. Hobson and
Mr. Philip D. Hobson
Ms. Laquetta D. Jones
Mr. Devin M. Karas
Mr. William C. Lentine and
Mrs. Kimberly A. Lentine
Mr. Scott M. Lis
Ms. Kristen T. Maurer
Ms. Lauren B. McMillen
Mr. Ian A. Mitchell
Mr. Timothy J. Peterkoski
Mr. Scot A. Reynolds
Ms. Kathrin E. Richards
Ms. Merica J. Stoffan
Mrs. Kristen L. Stone and
Mr. Zachary J. Stone
Mrs. Sarah M. Szirtes
Ms. Maria O. Thompson
Ms. Kirsten L. Thomson
Mr. Donovan J. Visser
Mr. Robert T. Worthington
Class of 2008
Mr. John R. Amann
Ms. Linsey A. Aten
Ms. Emilija Avsharian
Mr. Ryan C. Band
Mr. Jason M. Benedict
Mr. James F. Berkemeier
Mr. Wayne R. Beyea and
Mrs. Claudia M. Beyea
Ms. Mary A. Bowen
Mr. David T. Christensen
Mr. Vito A. Ciaravino
Mr. Clayton W. Cook-Mowery
Ms. Sarah A. Daya
Mr. Clarence R. Dobronski, III
Mr. Brent L. Domann
Mr. Brian T. Gallagher
Mr. Andrew B. Hebl
Ms. Jenny L. Humphreys
Mr. Gerald J. Ladwig
Ms. Michelle I. Lange
Mr. Alexander G. Leveque
Ms. Katie Lynwood
Mr. Kevin L. Morrow
Ms. Jessica S. Naples
Ms. Jennifer M. Paine
Mr. Stephen R. Pierotti
Mr. Nizam-U-Din S. Qureshi and
Mrs. Jennifer J. Qureshi
Mr. Matthew T. Rugg
Ms. Teresa M. Svec
Ms. M.M. Walker
Mr. Kent D. Young
Class of 2009
Mr. Roberto D. Aburto
Mr. Michael M. Ashkanani
Mr. Linus R. Banghart-Linn
Mr. Samuel M. Barth
Ms. Karolyn A. Bignotti
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Mr. Corwin D. Eversley
Mr. Reid S. Felsing
Ms. Lauren S. Foley
Mr. Zachary D. Hansmann and
Ms. Leigh A. Hansmann
Ms. Ellen E. Hoeppner
Mr. Fedor Kozlov
Mrs. Christina K. McDonald and
Mr. Casey A. McDonald
Mr. Abimbola A. Obisesan
Mr. Che B. Peterson
Mr. Robert J. Rosin
Mr. Anthony J. Scaffidi
Mr. David A. Schwartz
Ms. Cherise J. Teasley
Mr. Eric S. Vanderveen
Mr. Kevin A. Wolff
Class of 2010
Mr. Jeffrey E. Ammons
Mr. Jason D. Augsburger
Ms. Bridgette M. Austin
Ms. Katherine G. Barkin
Mr. Aaron A. Bartell
Mr. Aleksandrs K. Bomis
Mr. Andrew M. Bossory
Mr. Patrick K. Burns
Mr. Ryan T. Carlson
Ms. Megan K. Cashen
Ms. Jennifer L. Charest
Ms. Aliyya A. Clement
Ms. Sarah E. Cochran
Mr. Adam J. Curry
Mr. Erinn M. Cypher
Mr. Brian G. Davis and
Dr. April A. Davis
Mr. John R. Gehring
Mr. Charles M. Hamlyn
Ms. Megan M. Hard
Mr. Robbie R. Harmer
Ms. Victoria J. Hyde
Ms. Jean M. Ingersoll and
Mr. Paul J. Coonrod
Mr. John A. Janiszewski
Mr. Brian K. Kasiborski
Ms. Cortney L. Kellogg
Ms. Jane C. Kenyon
Mr. Douglas E. Koenig
Ms. Tara A. Kramar
Ms. Margaret A. Kurzyniec
Mr. Julien M. Landry
Mr. Justinian C. Lane
Mr. Brian A. LaVictoire and
Mrs. Jennifer J. LaVictoire
Mr. Matthew M. Leffler
Mr. James M. Leiby and Mrs. Karen Leiby
Mrs. Elisa J. Lintemuth
Mr. Aaron T. Lloyd
Mr. Andrew T. Lloyd
Mr. Guillermo M. Magana
Mr. Anthony C. Mrzlack
Mr. Lucas J. Myers and
Mrs. Sarah Cochran
Mr. Jonathan E. Niesen and
Mrs. Lindsay M. Niesen
Ms. Kristen M. Polanski
Ms. Jenna M. Purdum
Ms. Michelle L. Quigley and
Mr. Nicolas Quigley
Mr. Christopher J. Ryan
Mr. Jeffrey A. Rector
Mr. SamuelDavid R. Reyes
Mr. Thomas J. Rheaume, Jr.
Ms. Jessica L. Sanderson
Mr. Christopher J. Schneider
Ms. Megan E. Smith
Mr. Rajinder S. Sohi
Mrs. Candace C. Solis
Ms. Sarah S. Stempky
Mr. Steven W. Tessman
Ms. Alessa J. Thomas
Mr. Wesley J. Todd
Mr. Jesse C. Viau
Ms. Lindsay M. Weber
Mr. Jason L. Weiner
Ms. Kathleen P. Wickett
Class of 2011
Mr. Jonathan A. Abent
Mr. Nicholas J. Assenmacher
Mr. Zachary E. Backlund
Ms. Elaine M. Barr
Mr. Stephen G. Bayer
Mr. Anthony G. Becknek
Mr. Steven J. Bell
Mr. Thomas J. Bellsky
Ms. Keli Bender
Mr. Philip J. Berens
Ms. Amy M. Bickett
Ms. Molly S. Blythe
Ms. Caitlin Borchard
Mrs. Clare M. Bradley
Mr. Justin M. Bratt
Ms. Jacquelyn B. Brousseau
Mr. William C. Camp
Mr. Joseph A. Campbell
Mr. Matthew R. Campbell and
Ms. Brittany A. Campbell
Mr. Shi Chen
Ms. Brigitte D. Chiroyan
Mr. Jesse J. Cond
Mrs. Samantha C. Cornell
Ms. Rachel Nichole-Filomena Costello
Ms. Anne E. Cubera
Mrs. Danielle A. Curtiss
Ms. Kira L. Damusis
Mr. Matthew Daniels
Mr. Michael Daum
Ms. Staci DeRagnaucourt
Ms. Cristy M. Devos
Ms. Andrea Domorsky
Ms. Angel C. Doston
Ms. Rachel K. Dowell
Mr. Patrick D. Duff
Mr. Andrew W. Dunlap
Mrs. Mary M. Dunlap and
Mr. Peter L. Dunlap
Mr. Octavio Duran
Ms. Allison L. Eicher
Mr. Michael R. Epstein
Mr. Jeremiah Fanslau
Ms. Jehan Y. Farrag
Ms. Erin Federau
Mr. Ryan M. Felber
Mr. Bobby A. Ficklin, Jr.
Ms. Mallory A. Field
Mr. Benjamin L. Fisher
Mr. Kevin P. Flaherty
Mr. Stefan Fletcher
Mr. Tyler D. Gaastra
Mr. Timothy R. Gatza
Ms. Kimberly E. Gehling
Mr. John Gehring
Ms. Chrysovalantou N. Giatis
Mr. Adam Gill
Ms. Meghan R. Glines
Ms. Stephanie M. Grace
Mr. Daniel J. Greenhalgh
Mr. Eric C. Griggs
Mr. Alex T. Grimes
Mr. Joshua S. Havens
Mr. Erik S. Helgesen
Ms. Rachel E. Hill
Mr. Christopher J. Hoffman
Mr. Daniel R. Hoovler
Mr. Christopher K. Iannuzzi
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Mr. Scott A. Ibbotson
Mr. Todd Jennings
Mr. Christopher R. Johnson
Ms. Laura E. Johnson
Mrs. Elinor R. Jordan
Mr. Vincent A. Junglas
Mr. Jonathan E. Junia
Mr. Jonathan D. Kamien
Mr. Adam M. Kay
Mr. Ryan Q. Kelly
Ms. Yasmine Kirollos
Mr. Anthony M. Klemptner
Mr. Adam C. Kocaj
Mr. Max P. Kozinn
Hon. Amy Ronayne Krause
Ms. Jennifer L. LaMay
Mr. Dal Latsha
Mr. Jordan Lebowitz
Mr. Brett N. Lief broer
Ms. Sarah M. Lierman
Ms. Jennifer Long
Ms. Abbey A. Lopez
Mr. Matthew J. Loprest
Mr. Joseph A. Ludlow
Mr. Nicholas P. Madaj
Mr. Matthew Martin
Mr. Robert F. Marvin
Ms. Amanda J. Matchett
Mr. Luke D. Mayefske
Ms. Christina L. Mayfield
Mr. Michael T. McKay
Mrs. Maureen M. McKinney
Mr. Dustin A. McMahon
Mr. Brett T. Meyer
Mr. Patrick J. Meyn
Mr. Joshua E. Miller
Ms. Amanda E. Misch
Ms. Ashley M. Mompoint
Mr. Jason Murdey
Mr. William R. Murray
Ms. Kelechi N. Nnodim
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Mr. Scott M. Nowak
Mr. Michel Nungisa
Mr. David M. Nyberg
Mr. Aaron R. Ochse
Ms. Janelle L. Packer
Mr. Samir D. Patel
Ms. Alicia Parr
Mr. John Petkus
Mr. Bradley C. Pero
Mr. Ryan J. Peruski
Ms. Jeanette L. Pesamoska
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Mr. Paul Ricard
Mr. Zachary A. Risk
Ms. Jessica Robison
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Mr. Jared M. Runkel
Mrs. Abigail A. Rury
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Ms. Stella Shimamoto
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Mr. Ronald M. Bahrie and
Mrs. Claudia J. Bahrie
Ms. Mary T. Bailey
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Mrs. Norma I. Baldwin
Prof. Daniel D. Barnhizer and
Mrs. Christa Barnhizer
Mr. Brian J. Battersby
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Mr. Kenneth R. Bauman
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Ms. Jacklyn A. Beard
Hon. Jane M. Beckering
Prof. Susan Bitensky and
Mr. Elliot L. Meyrowitz
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Mr. William A. Boettcher and
Mrs. Julie A. Boettcher
Mr. Richard Borth
Trustee M. Scott Bowen
Assoc. Prof. Kristi L. Bowman
Mr. Travis F. Brown
Ms. Joyce E. Buckley
Dr. Heidi M. Bulich and
Mr. Michael R. Poterala
Hon. Monte J. Burmeister and
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Ms. Margaret D. Burns
Butler Family Fund
Capital Region Community Foundation
Mr. Justin F. Carter
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Ms. Tina K. Casoli and Mr. Daniel Casoli
Mr. Michael A. Cole
Mr. Frederick J. Coleman
Ms. Maria Constant
Ms. Samantha L. Cook
Mr. Kevin Corrion
Mr. Thomas W. Cranmer
Mrs. Jeanice A. Dagher
Mr. Keith C. Damron
Assoc. Prof. Nicole S. Dandridge
Mr. Jacques Daoud
Mr. Michael R. Darum
Ms. Mary L. Deregnaucourt
The Dewitt C. Holbrook Memorial
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Ms. Heather Dickow
Mrs. Pamela A. Dirkse and Mr. Dave Dirkse
Ms. Robin M. Doutre
Mr. Friedrich Dutka
Mr. Paul W. Edwards
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Mr. Homan Faghihi-Naraghi
Prof. David S. Favre and
Mrs. Martha E. Favre
Hon. James A. Fisher
Prof. Matthew Fletcher and
Asst. Prof. Wenona T. Singel
Ms. Kristen M. Flory and
Mr. William B. Flory
Ms. Janine K. Fogg
Ms. Richard D. Friedman
Mr. John A. Garcia and
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Mrs. Kimberly D. Gardner and
Mr. Robert Gardner
Mr. Richard Gartner and
Mrs. Janet L. Gartner
Mr. Peter Getti
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Hal & Jean Glassen Memorial Foundation
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Mr. Barry J. Goodman
Ms. Stephanie M. Grace
Mrs. Kathryn E. Grancy
Mrs. Melissa Gray
Assoc. Prof. Catherine M. Grosso and
Mr. Stephen P. Gasteyer
Mrs. Sarah E. Haigh
Mr. Maurice Haley and Mrs. Margaret Haley
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Mrs. Juliana H. Hanna
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Mrs. Cathy Huth
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Jackson Lewis LLP
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Ms. Kristina E. Janssens
Mr. Richard H. Johnson and
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Mrs. Elizabeth J. Jones
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Kanji & Katzen PLLC
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Mr. Thomas G. Kienbaum
Mr. Walter D. Kitchen
Ms. Patricia P. Klimek
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Mr. Daniel S. Larson
Assoc. Dean Michael A. Lawrence and
Assoc. Prof. Deanne A. Lawrence
Mr. Charles M. Lax
Trustee H. Douglas Laycock and
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Ms. Lara A. Leaf
Ms. Cheri A. Lehto
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Mrs. Heather D. McGivern
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Nebraska Book Company Inc.
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Skadden Fellowship Foundation
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Dr. Lynn Spoon
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State Bar of Michigan
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Trott & Trott PC
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Varnum
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Warner Law Firm
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Mr. John L. Watson
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Mr. Richard A. Welsh
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MSU Law: Past, Present, and Future
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