INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW—BLOOMINGTON ALUMNI Bill of Particulars SPRING 2006 Tim Boeglin Starts Up Entrepreneurship Law Clinic Professor Jerome Hall's Enduring Influence INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW—BLOOMINGTON ALUMNI Bill of Particulars SPRING 2006 Bill Of Particulars is published by the Indiana University Alumni Association, in cooperation with the School of Law—Bloomington and the School of Law—Bloomington Alumni Association, and is mailed to all graduates of the School of Law—Bloomington. Send letters to the editor to IU School of Law, Bloomington, IN 47405. For information about IUAA membership or activites, call (800) 824-3044 or send e-mail to iualumni@indiana.edu. School of Law—Bloomington Dean Lauren Robel Executive Associate Dean John S. Applegate Director of Communications Debbie O'Leary Editor Sarah Preuschl Indiana University Alumni Association President/CEO Ken Beckley Senior Vice President/COO John D. Hobson Editor for Constituent Periodicals Julie Dales www.law.indiana.edu INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW—BLOOMINGTON ALUMNI Bill of Particulars SPRING 2006 Contents Dean's Message ............................................... 2 Open for Business ............................................ 3 Professor Jerome Hall's Enduring Influence ....... 6 The Power of Thinking Things Through .......... 10 Master Teacher Retires After 37 Years ............ 14 International Law Moot Court Competition Provides Unique Perspective for Student Coach ..................................... 16 Around the School ........................................ 17 Conferences................................................... 21 Faculty News ................................................. 23 Alumni News ................................................. 28 Distinguished Service Awards ......................... 30 In Memoriam .................................................. 37 FROM THE DEAN This Bill of Particulars provides a window to some of the exciting changes at Indiana Law since the adoption of our Strategic Plan. The plan calls for Indiana Law to be a "highly visible and influential law school whose faculty, students, and graduates advance knowledge, justice, and the public good in the state, in the nation, and around the world." We chose three strategies for achieving that vision: enhancing our community of engaged, influential scholars; communicating our ideas more effectively to influence debate in the academy, the profession, and the wider world; and educating our students for the demands of leadership in a changing profession. This issue highlights several new initiatives that implement our strategic vision. We recognize that one of our advantages is our location on Indiana University's Bloomington campus. The new Entrepreneurship Law Clinic ("Open for Business," p. 3) takes advantage of the resources available to us to provide a truly interdisciplinary experience for our students. The clinic is taught by our faculty and located in the Entrepreneurship Center at the Kelley School of Business. It is the capstone experience for our JD/MBA program and makes possible the new three-year JD/MBA, which will begin this fall. The students in the program are challenged and energized, and we have watched them make a difference this year in the formation and success of a number of businesses with the potential for high returns to the state of Indiana. An innovative Conservation Law Clinic also opened its doors this year. Again, this clinic recognizes our joint degree links to the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, which boasts the No. 1 program in environmental science in the nation. William Weeks directs the Conservation Law Center, which is running the clinic. Bill has represented clients in natural resource conservation matters in private practice as a member of the bar in Indiana and the District of Columbia. He also worked for the conservation of biodiversity as an officer (vice president, chief operating officer, and executive vice president) of the Nature Conservancy. He is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Law (1979, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif) and author of Beyond the Ark (Island Press, 1996). The clinic students are working on issues of invasive species in the Great Lakes, among other client matters, and their energy and dedication are truly amazing. One of the Strategic Plan's objectives is to integrate a global perspective into the intellectual life of the Law School. This issue highlights our new Center on Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies ("The Power of Thinking Things Through," p. 10). No greater challenge or threat exists today than assuring ethnic and religious minorities in emerging democracies engage in and are committed to the constitutional process. Professors David and Susan Williams have identified this charge and direct this center, which is working now in four countries. I accompanied them to Liberia this December, where we met with Ellen Johnsen Sirleaf, the new president. We are committed to working with the University of Liberia Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law and President Johnsen Sirleaf's government to solidify the rule of law in that country. Several of our students will work in Liberia this summer; others will visit Thailand to collaborate with the Burma democracy movement. The plan also calls us to offer our students a continuously updated curriculum. I am delighted to report that with the help of our Intellectual Property Advisory Board, Indiana Law has developed a truly outstanding IP curriculum and faculty. And to assure that we have students to take advantage of the curriculum, our admissions staff recruited more than 40 students into this year's class with degrees in science and engineering. Thus, when the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic needed students with advanced degrees to work on a patent-mapping project involving stem-cell research, we were able to send Megha Patel and Charles Logsdon, both of whom have PhDs in molecular biology. The students will help to create a visual map of relevant patents surrounding various types of stem cells, which will be used by the Indiana University School of Medicine. I will continue to report on Indiana Law's progress in moving toward our goals. Thank you to all of our alumni who have given so generously of their time to help make Indiana Law a better place. — Lauren K. Robel, JD'83 Dean and Val Nolan Professor of Law 2 Bill of Particulars Open for Business by Jennifer Piurek and Lesa Petersen Tim Boeglin didn't need another project. As founder and CEO of a few multimillion-dollar companies, the Indiana Law alumnus (Class of 1984, cum laude) could easily be lolling under a palm tree on a tropical island sipping coconut milk right now. But soon after he sold his businesses — one of which, XJD Corp., had become the nation's largest seller of custom-imprinted mouse pads — Boeglin got a call from his former classmate, Dean Lauren Robel, JD'83. When Robel asked him to create and run the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, the entrepreneur in him could not resist. "I was attracted by the fact that this was a brand-new clinic, one that I could build from the ground up — exactly the kind of challenge entrepreneurs love," says Boeglin. Like most good ideas, Boeglin says, the clinic was the product of consumer demand or, specifically, student demand. Three JD/MBA students — Corey Zarse, Mark Horvick, and Scan Frazier — sought a clinic that allowed them to apply their knowledge to real-world clients. They researched the few transactional clinics that had sprouted up in other law schools over the past few years and put together a formal proposal for a transactional clinic that focused on JD/MBA students. The School of Law and the IU Kelley School of Business quickly took to the idea. The Lilly Endowment provided the seed grant in 2004, and the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic was open for business at the start of the 2005 fall semester. The clinic, which operates out of the Kelley School's Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is the only one of its kind in Indiana and is rare in the United States. That it is jointly sponsored by the university's law and business schools and is focused on the students who are earning degrees from both schools makes the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic "unique and very dynamic," Boeglin says. "We have the great advantage of being able to draw on resources from one of the best law schools in the country and from one of the best business schools in the country." The Johnson Center itself was ranked by peers as the fourth-best en-trepreneurship center. And, the center's renowned director, Don Kuratko, also received a peer ranking as the second-best entrepreneurship center director. Seven students initiated the clinic's work during the fall semester and studied under Boeglin in the companion Entrepreneurship Law Clinic course, which, among other things, covers intellectual property, securities, employment law, liabilities, environmental law, and raising venture capital. "At a time when the line between law and business has become increasingly blurred, we think this integrated (continued on page 4) Tim Boeglin, JD'84, returned to the IU School of Law to run the one-of-a-kind Entrepreneurship Law Clinic. The clinic combines business and law with real-world applications. Business (continued from page 3) "We teach our students to understand that problems can have many solutions, and the legal solution is only one of many options." approach is powerful," Boeglin says. "Today's lawyers, especially transactional lawyers, are expected to be knowledgeable about business, and likewise, business people are increasingly expected to have a solid understanding of the legal implications of their business decisions. The law permeates virtually everything they do." Clients, Boeglin says, simply want problems solved, regardless of whether the solution is law- or business-based, or some combination thereof. "We teach our students to understand that problems can have many solutions, and the legal solution is only one of many options," Boeglin says. The Entrepreneurship Law Clinic is primarily interested in high-growth-potential companies in fields such as life sciences and information technology that have the potential to create dozens or even hundreds of jobs. Boeglin has sought clients for the clinic through contacts within the Bloomington Life Sciences Partnership; the Bloomington Economic Development Corp.; InVenture, Bloomington's business incubator; the Indiana Venture Center; and the IU Emerging Technologies Center. Some of the clinic's first clients include a health-information exchange that acts as a community-based clearinghouse for electronic medical records, a life-sciences startup, and a software developer. "Most small business clinics, by contrast, focus on 'mom and pop' startups. We provide valuable legal and business consulting to promising — but often cash-starved — companies," Boeglin says. "We also equip a new generation of lawyers and business people with the unique skills required by entrepreneurs and by attorneys who counsel entrepreneurs." In many ways, Boeglin says, the clinic is like a small business, or a small law firm. Ever the entrepreneur, Boeglin is already thinking of ways to grow. "I'm struck by how much unmet need there is for two specialized areas where we won't be able to provide help initially — patent and securities. Over time, we hope to put the pieces in place to allow us to provide some level of service in those areas as well." Ultimately, Boeglin hopes that some of his students will go into legal practice focused on serving entrepreneurs and that others will establish their own businesses. "Indiana will be well served to have more entrepreneurs and lawyers who are focused on the needs of new businesses," he says. In true entrepreneurial fashion, Boeglin moves on after this year to expand the Indianapolis-based commercial auction business he co-founded into a regional enterprise. And — as always — he's on the lookout for new business opportunities. Getting them going Jointly sponsored by the School of Law and the Kelley School of Business, the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic provides a capstone experience for JD/MBA students who work in teams to provide legal and business-planning assistance to entrepreneurs in many areas, including financial planning, organization, licenses, agreements, regulatory and zoning compliance, and intellectual property issues. 4 Bill of Particulars A not entirely clinical entrepreneurial approach by Mary Henderson Computer mouse pads may be ubiquitous now, but it wasn't so long ago that hardly anyone knew what to do with them. "We were so early with this product that people would come up to us at tradeshows and ask what it was for," says Tim Boeglin, JD'84, who founded the XJD Corp. in a spare bedroom. Like many entrepreneurial successes, the road that led XJD to mouse pad dominance was a circuitous one. With a business degree from Notre Dame and a law degree from Indiana, Boeglin was working as an attorney at Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon in Chicago when a colleague half-jokingly suggested they quit their jobs and begin selling custom-made clocks. The pair began by making clocks out of another new IT product, the compact disc. They grossed $75,000 in their first year by selling to small retail shops and national department stores. "Then we started getting requests from companies wanting customized clocks with logos and other marketing messages printed on the face," Boeglin says. To take advantage of the opportunity, XJD shifted gears and entered the promotional market. They were successfully imprinting marketing and advertising messages on CD clocks, plaques, and coasters when they decided to expand their horizons once again. At first, they screen-printed mouse pads with various ink colors, a process that restricted the marketing message to logos and words. But with the introduction of sublimation, a four-color printing technology, virtually any image could be permanently affixed to the mouse pad. Now a powerful advertising vehicle, the market for mouse pads exploded. Customers, which included Starbucks and the CIA, ordered as many as 100,000 mouse pads at a time. Clinic director Tim Boeglin began his multimillion-dollar personalized mouse pad company in a spare bedroom. He now lends his wisdom to JD/MBA students. From 1988 to 1997, XJD sales grew 100 percent each year, reaching annual receipts of $10 million. In 1994, Boeglin and his Chicago-based partner amicably parted ways, and he moved the company and his family to Bloomington. A period of remarkable growth followed as XJD went from distributing and marketing the mouse pad to manufacturing the product as well. As his workforce grew from a handful of employees to 150, Boeglin founded additional companies to print promotional magazine inserts and to supply desktop sublimation systems to customized printers. By the time the mouse pad had become a commodity in 2002, Boeglin was ready for a new challenge, and he sold XJD to a competitor. Given his legal experience and 14 years of business success, his current venture — heading up IU's Entrepreneurship Law Clinic — was a perfect fit. "I enjoyed working with students and new businesses, so this clinic had great appeal for me," Boeglin says. Bill of Particulars 5 Professor Jerome Hall's Enduring Influence Former student honors esteemed mentor with bust dedication by Lesa Petersen Professor Jerome Hall, 1901-1992 "One word." Many cowered under the pointing finger and notorious scowl that often accompanied Professor Jerome Hall's legendary classroom challenge. Solve a complex legal question or summarize an entire case in "one word?" It was a tall challenge, one that speaks not only to Hall's fascination with uncovering the essence of a thing, but also to his exacting scholarship and pedagogy. Well-trained for tall challenges by the professor he esteemed, Class of 1964 alumnus Lowell Baier recently captured Hall's legacy in bronze. Baier commissioned a suitably meticulous bust of Hall that now resides at the entrance to the Law Library collection. At the bust dedication ceremony, held in April 2005 with the annual Hall Lecture, Baier praised the mentor he called a "North Star." For Baier and countless alumni, Hall's enduring lessons provided critical guidance well beyond law school. And while the scope of Hall's legacy seems far too great to capture in one word, perhaps those minds trained by Hall would be up to the challenge. Known to students as "Dr. Hall," he became a pioneer in interdisciplinary analysis of legal problems. So influential is Hall's scholarship that, though he died in 1992, his work was still cited more than 30 times during 2003 in journals that include Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Texas Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Columbia Law Review, and Stanford Law Review. A member of the Indiana Law faculty from 1939 to 1970, Hall was internationally recognized for his seven books and many articles on criminal law and jurisprudence, and he was the only person to hold simultaneously the presidency of both the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy and the American Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Hall's books include Theft, Law, and Society; Studies in Jurisprudence and Criminal Theory; General Principles of Criminal Law; Living Law of Democratic Society; Comparative Law and Social Theory; and Cases and Readings on Criminal Law and Procedure. During his long and distinguished career, Hall brought his astonishing breadth of knowledge to hundreds of IU students and to the rest of the world. Asked by the U.S. Department of State to assist in the reconstruction of Korea's legal system in 1954, Hall was later named honorary director of the Korean Legal Institute and lectured in Japan, Formosa (Taiwan), the Philippines, and India. As a Fulbright Scholar, he lectured at the University of London and Queen's University in Belfast, and, as a Ford Foundation Lecturer, he spoke in Mexico and South America. His books have been translated into Japanese, Korean, German, French, and Portuguese. The following remembrances from former students provide a glimpse of Hall's enduring influence. Do You Have a Better Solution? W. Van Barteau, LLB'61 Few of the thousands of law students who took Jerome Hall's Criminal Law course will ever forget him. "One word, Mr. Barteau," still rings in my ears. Still today, I outline the basic elements of a crime in my mind when dealing with a criminal case. But the most vivid memories I have of Professor Hall are from a seminar I took under him in the summer of 1959. In revising his General Principles of Criminal Law textbook, Professor Hall used his seminar students as sounding boards, or more specifically, lab rats, to test his revisions. Never have I worked so hard. Never have I learned so much. Dr. Hall and I went after each other like pit bulls, with me challenging his every utterance and he, looking over his glasses at me, saying, "Do you have a better solution? Don't tear down another man's structure until you have a better one to replace it." It was a memorable summer. Ken Stroud, who later taught at the Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis, and former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, JD'60, were also in that seminar. I wonder what Jerome Hall would have to say about some of the recent innovations in criminal responsibility, such as "guilty, but mentally ill" or "knew, or should have known" as a basis for criminal responsibility, or "reckless possession" of illicit materials. There should be a paper on that. Maybe I'll write it. The Only One Who Applied Lindy Moss, LLB'52 I was a research assistant to Dr. Jerome Hall from 1951 to 1952. I was not an outstanding student and received the appointment because I was the only one who applied. However, I had a special interest in jurisprudence and had taken Dr. Hall's Jurisprudence class and seminar. This, perhaps, was some enhancement to my qualification. At the time, Dr. Hall was updating his landmark publication, Theft, Law, and Society, and my work related mostly to proofreading and working on the index. I was paid $ 100 per month for the school year and was expected to put in about 10 hours per week. Dr. Hall was a wonderful person to know and work for. He had a very lovely wife, who was from New Haven, Ind., and a 9-year-old daughter, whom he adored. Later, when I applied for appointment as special agent of the FBI, Dr. Hall was interviewed and gave me his recommendation. We corresponded over the years, and when he left IU for Hastings, they had a recognition banquet. I was asked to be one of the speakers. I have kept his letters and an autographed pamphlet, "Police and Law in a Democratic Society" (1952). I also have a copy of an item from the Aug. 30, 1970, Indianapolis Star that illustrates Dr. Hall turning over part of his personal library of 800 rare books to law librarian Betty LeBus. These went to the Lilly Rare Books Library. My last letter from Dr. Hall was dated Nov. 16, 1987. He was 87 and still teaching part time. Gentle Mental Giant David F. Shadel, JD'68 I was honored to have been a research assistant for Professor Hall from 1966 to 1967. His probing questions greatly influenced and provoked me. He was an incredibly strong personality and, in class, sometimes rather intimidating. Yet, on a one-to-one basis, he demonstrated a much gentler side of his personality. I remember his emphasizing two opposite ends of the legal spectrum. He introduced me to the big picture of how law should affect, protect, and reflect society, its norms, and its members. He also introduced me to the legal scholar Karl Llellyn's wonderful book, The Bramblebush, and the necessity for the time-consuming details of analyzing, writing, and proofreading. Both of those concepts have assisted me not only in practice, but in other aspects of life. Several years after we both left Indiana, I had the good fortune to meet him in San Fransisco for a lunch and share ideas again. I remember him fondly. Transported Hoosiers Donald P. Dorfman, LLB'57 Professor Hall was not in Bloomington when I entered law school in the fall of 1954. He was in Korea helping to recreate their legal system. As a result, my class did not have Professor Hall for Criminal Law, although we used (continued on page 8) John T. Hays, left, and Jerome Hall, right, are congratulated by Leon Wallace, former dean of the IU School of Law, on receiving awards at the 1953 Law Day banquet. Hays was presented the annual recognition award of the Bloomington chapter of Sigma Delta Kappa. Hall, recognized as a leading authority on criminal law, received the annual Gavel Award, given to the person who contributes most to the Law School and the senior class. Bill of Particulars 7 Jerome Hall (continued from page 7) his books. However, when he returned during my senior year, I took a seminar in jurisprudence from him. Years later, after lU's loss in the 1968 Rose Bowl, I was practicing law in California. The football team scheduled a game that fall with the University of California—Berkeley. To my surprise, I ran into Hall at a pep rally near the stadium. He had retired from IU and was teaching at Hastings Law School in San Francisco. He immediately recognized me, so we sat together at the game. Although the two of us, plus a small group of transplanted Hoosiers, cheered mightily for our team, California beat IU soundly. After the game, Professor Hall and I shook hands, and that was the last time I saw him. Accomplished in Three Dimensions Lowell Baier, a 1964 graduate who commissioned a bronze bust of Hall, is an attorney, architect-builder, and wildlife conservationist. His three-dimensional career has defined a highly active and dedicated professional life. Baier is the author of a revolutionary jurisprudence for interpreting and applying what became one of America's most potent foreign-trade import laws. The president of Baier Properties Inc. in Bethesda, Md., he is also a recognized leader in the commercial real estate industry. The Best or Bust In addition to his many professional accomplishments and affiliations, Baier studied for more than 40 years the origins, history, casting, and artistry of bronze sculpture. A discerning patron of the arts, he frequently loans pieces of his world-class bronze sculpture collection to museums. Baier spent two years directing and shepherding to completion the flawless bust of Hall that sits atop a magnificent marble plinth in the Law Library lobby. He also commissioned an adjacent plaque that tells our current students about Hall's vital role in the school's history. You're Wasting My Tyne Paul Stivers, JD'69 In 1968, during my junior year in law school, I was a research assistant to Professor Hall. Although I had taken his Criminal Law course, it did little to prepare me for my work as his research assistant. In class, we had learned the fundamental principles of criminal law, while Professor Hall's interest focused on the philosophy of law and concepts of criminal law, which were more abstract. Also, at any one time, he would have five or six papers in various preparation stages for publication. Invariably, the subject of each article was well above my level of understanding. When he would ask me to review his drafts, my comments were largely limited to suggestions on sentence structure and punctuation, rarely substance. Nevertheless, Professor Hall would express his appreciation. One day, Professor Hall gave me two articles to read and compare authors. I read both articles several times and returned to Professor Hall's office when I felt I was ready to discuss them. Professor Hall asked me a pointed question on some aspect of the articles that I had not contemplated. I gave him some vague answer. He asked me a second pointed question. I shuffled my feet, thought for a second, and gave him another non-specific response. At that point, Professor Hall said, "You are wasting my time. Get out of here, and come back when you have the answers." As I left his office, I was indignant. How could he talk to me that way? I thought of myself as a bright person who had done reasonably well in school. Shouldn't my opinions be of value? However, after a few moments of self-pity, I realized that he was exactly right. Professor Hall was a brilliant educator whose thinking and writings were respected not only in the United States, but by lawyers and judges throughout the world. He was willing to allow me to be his research assistant on the assumption that I could be of some value to him in his work. If I provided him with information that was anything less than 100-percent accurate, it would be of no value for his purposes. In fact, he would be better off without me than to rely on my input when I might or might not be giving him the right answer. Viewing my role and responsibility in a different light, I did a more thorough job in completing that project and every project thereafter. When I received an assignment, I would return when I had "the answer," not something less. That lesson was perhaps my most valuable law school experience. Clients come to us and are willing to rely on us to give them our opinion as to what action they should take. We owe it to them to give them our best. If we give anything less, we are wasting their time. 8 Bill of Particulars I have repeated this Jerome Hall story to virtually every associate with whom I have worked over the last 30 years. Although bright and well-trained, few associates hold themselves to the rigorous standards that Professor Hall demanded of his students and research assistants — and of himself. One Word Hall William J. Regas, LLB'42 Professor Jerome Hall was compassionate and caring, as well as an outstanding educator. Although low key in class, he was a real scholar. He was well liked by his students and never was too busy for anyone who sought his help. In discussing cases in Criminal Law, he was very probing when a student was called upon to present the case. When the discussion was finished, he would ask the students to summarize the case in "one word." Thus, he became known as "One Word Hall." Fibber McGee's Closet, Including Roller Skates Phil Potts, JD'59 Anyone who was fortunate enough to be Dr. Hall's student has a treasure chest of memories. A strong personality casts a long shadow. I started law school during the summer term in 1956, so was part of the last class to use Maxwell Hall. The new building was to open that fall, which meant that the contents of the library, faculty offices, plus decades of accumulation had to be transported. As I recall, Betty LeBus, as librarian, quarterbacked the move. I was one of the students hired to pack and transport the massive accumulation. I had taken a course from Dr. Hall during the summer and therefore was in awe of his intellect and intimidated by his teaching methods. I didn't know what to expect when I was assigned to help him move his office. What I found was a kind, considerate, gentle, family man. His office was reminiscent of Fibber McGee's closet. He had books, papers, and miscellaneous items of property stacked everywhere. Even the coat rack was overloaded. While I packed up items, he emptied his desk drawers. Suddenly, he produced a pair of roller skates from his lower desk drawer. A look of amazement crossed his face as though he had pulled a rabbit from his hat. He puzzled over the skates for some time and then placed them by his coat and hat. Two days later, he sought me out to say that he had solved the mystery. It seems his daughter had roller skated to his office some years before, and he had stored the skates in his drawer because she had accompanied him home in his car. Dr. Hall eventually solved every problem that confronted him. In addition to being one of the major assets of Indiana University, he was a kind and gentle man, and I was fortunate to view this side of an outstanding teacher and scholar. A Moth to Light Lee Eilbacher, JD'65 I cannot think of another teacher I have had during my lifetime who had a greater influence on me than Jerome Hall. While a disciplinarian in class, his truly warm personality came through in social situations. I remember being at a reception in the faculty lounge one afternoon, where I lightly remarked to him that I had seen his office lights on late the evening before. He explained, "I am drawn to the work in my office, as a moth to light." Jolly Jerry James T. Stewart, JD'56 All first-year law students were required to take Criminal Law, taught by Professor Jerome Hall (we called him "Jolly Jerry" behind his back, though it is certain he knew of this nickname). It was a terrifying class. Professor Hall would pace back and forth with an unfriendly scowl, then suddenly stop, ask a question, and point, his finger moving back and forth across the class. "Mr. Jones, the answer, please." No one wanted that finger pointing at him or her when it stopped. We were scared to death. However, when we got to know Professor Hall, we learned it was all an act. It was his way of making certain we were prepared for class and were ready for the unexpected — good preparation for the twists and turns of trials and negotiations. I took several classes under Professor Hall. The more we were exposed to his brilliance, the more impressed we were by it. And his care for the students, the law, and the legal process became evident despite his apparent coldness and the ever-present frown. Anyone who came in contact with "Jolly Jerry" would never forget the experience and would be better and thankful for it. He was a unique and wonderful man, attorney, and teacher — a jurisprudential gem. Bill of Particulars 9 The Power of Thinking Things Through by Lauren J. Bryant Professors David and Susan Williams and their children, Ben and Sarah, visit with friends in a refugee camp on the Thailand/Burma border. Sitting in his book-lined office, wearing round Harry Potter-like glasses and a tweed jacket, David Williams hardly looks like someone who meets guerrilla leaders in the rainforest. But in the middle of his academic career, that's where he finds himself, in the jungle near the Thailand-Burma border. And no one is more surprised than Williams himself. "Five years ago, I never imagined that my best friends would be people who grew up carrying AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenade launchers," he says with a shake of his head. "I mean, for crying out loud, I'm just a Midwestern law professor." That's a bit of an understatement. After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, serving as a judicial clerk to Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and teaching at Cornell Law School, Williams is now John S. Hastings Professor at the Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington. Still, he says, "it's not natural for me? I sit and stare at a computer and write, that's what I do." "It" is Williams's role as director of Indiana Law's newly formed Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies and especially, his work as a teacher, mentor, and constitutional adviser to leaders of foreign democracy movements. The problem with constitutions For most of the last 20 years, Williams has been a scholar of American Indian and Constitutional law. A prolific writer and engaging speaker, he's a nationally recognized expert in both areas. He says his work is really about "the intersection of the two — the way the American Constitution deals with identity and cultural differences, how it tries to acknowledge or suppress them, and what all that has do with democracy." Dealing with difference, Williams points out, is the central task of law. "If we were all the same, we wouldn't need law. Law presupposes differences and some sort of unifying framework to deal with those differences." But the unity created through law must be very carefully designed, he cautions. The "proper basis of unity" is not removing difference, Williams says. Rather, it involves "soul-searching on the part of people to identify where we connect, where we do not, and what can be the basis of our life together." One area where Americans widely disconnect surrounds the Second Amendment to the Constitution: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Williams took up the study of the Second Amendment when it was regarded academically as something of a backwater, he says. But in 1995, Timothy McVeigh blew up the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and suddenly, Second Amendment analyses were all too relevant. Williams's book, The Mythic Meanings of the Second Amendment: Taming Political Violence in a Constitutional Republic (Yale University Press), appeared in 2002. (Political violence refers to violent resistance against a government or others as a means of political expression.) Williams argues that the amendment's real power is not as a rule of law but as a cultural ideal that can promote greater unity — the individual's right to arms existing only as a part of a larger societal consensus and agreement on the use of political violence. That's the ideal. But in fact, Williams says, leaning forward in his office chair, "political violence is a good example of a problem that the American Constitutional tradition does not have an answer to." Despite its tremendous strengths, U.S. Constitutional law, in Williams's view, has serious limitations that arise from our country's commitment to principles we have not sufficiently reflected on or consciously chosen. In other words, he says, "we do things because we don't know how else to think about them." When it comes to political violence, most Americans, and our Constitution, hold the belief that government should not have a monopoly — government control over political violence conjures up visions of a police state. But just as the state becomes dangerous when it holds too much control over the right to bear arms, so also do private groups and individuals. "That's what Oklahoma City was all about," Williams says. "If atomistic, private individuals control violence, that's anarchy. "Americans tend to imagine that, constitutionally, there are only two political actors, the government and the individual," he continues. "If you define the world that way, you don't get a good answer to the problem of political violence." His increasing awareness of the shortcomings of American Constitutional law pushed Williams in a comparative direction. He discovered that possible answers to our constitutional problems exist "outside the box" of America's national borders and parochial interpretations. "Our isolation hurts us. There are other systems," he says. "There is a whole toolbox full of other constitutional possibilities. We need to complicate our thinking and reach out for those possibilities." In recent years, Williams has been exploring different constitutional systems, looking carefully at how they work and the solutions they might suggest for American dilemmas. And then the Burmese revolutionaries came calling. A particular kind of democracy A country of some 43 million people wedged between India and China, Burma has been controlled since 1961 by a succession of oppressive governments. The current government, a particularly brutal military junta, has named itself, ironically, the State Peace and Development Council. In 1990, the National League for Democracy party, led by Aung San Suu Kyi (winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize), won a landslide victory. The ruling junta ignored it. Burmese pro-democracy supporters are routinely harassed, jailed, and worse; Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for much of the last 16 years. Burma (dubbed Myanmar in 1989 by the military regime) comprises many ethnic groups, with divisions and states within the country largely based on ethnicity. Along with the NLD, many of these ethnic groups also oppose the military government and are fighting for autonomy. Among them is the Chin National Front, whose leaders brought their projected state constitution to Williams for (continued on page 12) "Five years ago, I never imagined that my best friends would be people who grew up carrying AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenade launchers." Thinking (continued from page 11) "... the process of thinking things through is very valuable — if you have a process, you can solve problems. And once people start thinking things through, more people tend to join them." review. (IU has long-standing connections with Burma, including administering a U.S. Department of State Burmese Refugee Scholarship program since 1995.) "We talked for a whole day," Williams recalls, "and pretty soon I was pretty deeply involved." And pretty far out of his "comfort zone," too. Williams quickly realized that constitution-building with guerilla leaders in a war-torn country is a lot different from teaching first-year law students. ("Going out there to work with people who are trying to democratize their countries is not a normal career path," he notes.) And in Burma's case, ethnic divisions considerably complicate the pro-democracy process. Professor Amos Sawyer, former interim president of Liberia, speaks at the August 2005 conference, "Constitutional Reform: Burma, Liberia, and Azerbaijan," hosted by Indiana Law's CCDPS. "Burma had a kind of democracy from 1947 to 1961, and it didn't work. One of the reasons was ethnic resistances," Williams explains. "So if you're going to get democracy to work in Burma, you have to think through why it failed before and find a particular kind of democracy that will allow all sorts of Burmese people to live within a single country without having to all be the same sort of people." To uncover this kind of democracy, Williams and other CCDPS members have been traveling regularly to Asia to talk with leaders of democracy movements there. They host discussions and hold classes in refugee camps, lecturing on topics such as federalism, individual rights, the separation of powers, and other elements of constitutional design. And they assist with Grafting documents, including constitutions. Williams insists, though, that no one from the center is a "framer." Rather, he says, using a favorite phrase, the center is helping the Burmese learn the art of "thinking things through." "We are not bringing them solutions," he says emphatically. "But we hope we are bringing some sense of how the talking process works, how you structure it, and where it might go. Because the process of thinking things through is very valuable — if you have a process, you can solve problems. And once people start thinking things through, more people tend to join them. Instead of picking up a gun, they say, 'maybe this thinking things through stuff could work, maybe we can do this.' "In Burma, so many people think it's not going to work, that something is broken in them," Williams adds. "Part of what we do is say, 'no, a lot of people have been where you are, and they've found a way, the habit, the knack of thinking things through.'" For the Burmese, the process does seem to be working. In 2004, a number of Burma's disparate ethnic groups formed the Ethnic Nationalities Council, with the objectives of ending Burmese military rule and establishing a genuine democratic federal union. "They met in the jungle inside Burma itself and worked out eight principles for a federal union and the constitution process," Williams says. "They are resolved to write a single constitution for Burma as a whole." Advisers to the ENC include Williams and other CCDPS fellows. In early August, the center convened a working conference in Bloomington at which CCDPS members met with a number of democracy reform leaders. The group included Lian Sakhong and U Thein Oo, the 12 Bill of Particulars co-chairs of the Federal Constitution Drafting Committee of the Union of Burma. Possibilities for love Burma is not the only country in which the CCDPS is at work. Building on existing IU relationships, the center is also focusing on constitutional reform in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Liberia. In Liberia, the center enjoyed a special advantage — former president of Liberia Amos Sawyer joined the IUB faculty in 2001 as a research scholar. Sawyer, who has recently been named chair of the Liberian Commission on Governance Reform, previously served as associate director of the CCDPS. Williams, Sawyer, and others are working with the University of Liberia to write "a lawyer's version, a civic leaders' version, and a citizen's version" of a constitutional commentary aimed at clarifying the intricacies of the constitution's provisions and providing a foundation for future constitutional reform. Williams describes the center's work abroad as energizing and exciting, but it is not without its dark side. Some lectures Williams has delivered in the Thailand jungle are now subversive documents, translated into Burmese and other ethnic languages and smuggled into Burma on muleback. "Various guerillas now carry lecture translations in their knapsacks," Williams notes. "They patrol by day and talk constitutionalism at night." This secret spread of Williams's lectures inside Burma has put his name on the military junta's list. "I can't go into Burma because they know what we're doing," he says. Still, Williams and his wife, Susan — the Walker W. Foskett Professor of Law at the IUB School of Law and also a fellow in the CCDPS — feel safe enough to take their young children with them when they travel to meetings in Asia. Williams isn't afraid physically. But "spiritually," he says, "I'm scared every day." The spiritual challenge in "thinking things through," he says, "is figuring out how we're going to [create a stable constitutional order] and make it work." He fears that the center's work won't be good enough to help the people of Burma and elsewhere, that in the end, he will let them all down. He fears this because, in the midst of all the constitutional scholarship and clandestine meetings, Williams has discovered something about his discipline of law: it's about love. "Part of law is to create possibilities for love," he says. "Humans long for each other; they cherish each other. And law can create a setting where people will realize this, where people can love each other right across the chasm of their differences. That is the basis of unity; that's what we codify." Williams speaks from his own experience: "I am learning to look at the Burmese across our cultural differences. I'm learning to be their friend, and they are learning to be mine, in deep and enduring ways." As the sun streams through his office window, Williams pauses and looks away for a moment. "I want so much for them," he says softly. "They have been through so much, and their hearts are so sore. It's so easy to choose not to feel. But to hope is to feel. If we can think of possibilities, if we can figure out what might work, then we can act out of hope and belief in those possibilities, instead of acting out of fear." Sounds like a man who has thought things through. This article is reprinted, with the permission of editor Lauren J. Bryant, from the fall 2005 issue of Research & Creative Activity magazine. Lian H. Sakhong, co-chair of the Federal Constitution Drafting Committee of the Union of Burma, attended a series of meetings last fall to explore ethnicity, democracy, and representation in Azerbaijan, Burma, Kazakhstan, and Liberia. Bill of Particulars 13 Master Teacher Retires After 37 Years by Colleen Kristl Pauwels Even after Professor Bill Hicks's retirement, he remains an active member of the Indiana Law community, teaching and researching. This spring, he was honored with a portrait during the April 12 teaching awards ceremony. Professor Bill Hicks has been regarded as a master teacher since he came to Indiana Law in 1977. Through his research and service, he has helped define the contours of securities law, writing the definitive multi-volume treatise "Exempted Transactions Under the Securities Act of 1933" and serving as a consultant to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Hicks was born in St. Louis but was raised in Birmingham, Mich., where his family moved when he was in the third grade. He attended the University of Notre Dame as an undergraduate, receiving his bachelor's degree in history. Inspired by the father of his high school best friend, Hicks decided to pursue a career in law, and he returned to his home state to attend the University of Michigan. Following graduation, he accepted a position with the Wall Street law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York City, where he practiced primarily in corporate securities. Following graduation, while waiting for his job to begin in the fall, Hicks expressed to one of his professors an interest in teaching law. The professor offered him an opportunity to "test out" his interest by teaching a session of a summer-school class. He enthusiastically accepted, and, although he left as scheduled for New York, he never forgot the joy he felt while teaching that class. Wanting to stay in touch with an academic setting and interested in pursuing a more systematic study of history, Hicks attended evening classes at New York University in addition to practicing law. Although he found his work in securities law rewarding, after receiving his master's in history, he knew he wanted to teach. Hicks began his teaching career at Syracuse University School of Law in 1968. He taught at Syracuse for nine years, serving as associate dean of the law school for three years. In 1977, he was invited to Indiana University as a visiting professor, and the following year he accepted a permanent appointment as full professor. Throughout the years, Hicks has taught a wide range of courses, including Contracts, Corporate Finance, Corporations, Restitution, Securities Regulation, International Securities Law, Legislation, and Insurance. In his 37 years in the classroom, Hicks has never stopped being enthusiastic about teaching. And the students find his amalgam of the practical and the theoretical to be especially exciting. He believes that students need to understand their role in determining the law of the future. "Although it is important to keep plugged into current problem areas, the theoretical aspects are important also," he said. "What is currently the law may not be in a short time, and even if it is, it may not be right. You need to know if what you apply is fair. By testing the strengths of the policies, you know if the law needs to be changed. It is important to understand both aspects to be an effective practitioner." And Hicks has first-hand knowledge of this because he has earned a place at the table with the leading scholars and practitioners who forge changes in securities law. He serves as a consultant and expert witness for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and an arbiter for the Indiana State Securities Commission. Within the academy, he assists the business law section of the Association of American Law Schools as they determine what securities law issues are most valuable for inclusion in the programs of their annual meetings. In addition, he is a panelist on the annual American Law Institute/American Bar Association program titled Regulation D Offerings and Private Placements. Named the C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law in 1989, Hicks has written numerous books and articles in the areas of corporations and securities law. Most notable among these publications are his five-volume treatise "Exempted Transactions Under the Securities Act of 1933," his one-volume work "Civil Liabilities, Enforcement and Litigation Under the 1933 Act," and an annual volume titled "Limited Offering Exemptions: Regulation D." His most recent book, International Dimensions of U.S. Securities Law, will be published in 2005. Hicks has also served as visiting professor at Universite Pantheon-Assas (Paris II), Hangzhou University in China, and the University of Kiel in Germany; as a visiting fellow at Wolfson College at Cambridge University; and with the faculty in the school's London Law Consortium. During a sabbatical leave in 1999, he established a relationship with Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, where he taught courses in the international dimensions of U.S. securities law. "Although it is important to keep plugged into current problem areas, the theoretical aspects are important also. What is currently the law may not be in a short time, and even if it is, it may not be right." Serving faithfully on the school's Appointments Committee, Educational Policy Committee, or Promotion and Tenure Committee, Hicks's impeccable judgment and sound counsel have made him a major influence in charting the course and setting the standards for the Law School throughout his tenure. And it is with this same caring and commitment that he has approached his personal life. A devout Roman Catholic, Hicks and his beloved wife, Karen, raised 12 children — two biological and 10 adopted from South Korea. Now grown, they span the globe, living throughout Indiana, and in Chicago; Columbus; Cincinnati; St. Paul, Minn.; Korea; and Tokyo. In his retirement Hicks plans to continue his research, teach one class a year, and spend more extended time in Ireland visiting his family. He once said that for every child he and Karen had, he wrote a book. What goals lie ahead for him as he welcomes new grandchildren into the family? International Law Moot Court Competition Provides Unique Perspective for Student Coach by Debbie O'Leary So-Nyeo Buehlow, LLM'05 So-Nyeo Buehlow, a recent graduate of the LLM program, has experienced the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition from three different perspectives — as a competitor, a student coach, and a judge. Co-sponsored by the International Law Students Association and the American Society of International Law, the annual competition requires students to brief and argue a hypothetical case on timely issues of international law as if they were appearing in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. This year's case, Republic of Appollonia v. the Kingdom of Raglan, delved into issues related to international maritime law and state responsibility. Buehlow competed in Jessup as a first-year law student in her hometown of Kiel, Germany. "It was an excellent opportunity for hands-on learning," she said. As a student coach for the Indiana Law team, Buehlow enjoyed spending time with the JD students and getting to know them. "We became very close during that time," she said. "They worked hard and were a very competitive team." The IU team advanced to the semi-final round, losing to Duke, who went on to claim the regional title. Three of the four IU team members were among the top 10 oralists for the regional tournament. According to the team's faculty coach, Professor Hannah Buxbaum, "So-Nyeo's assistance in coaching this year's team was just invaluable — the team members really benefited from her own Jessup experience, and she was tremendously generous with her time and support." While in Columbus, Ohio, for the regional competition, Buehlow met the executive director of the Jessup competition, who invited her to serve as one of the judges for the 2005 World Cup competition in Washington, D.C. She accepted and found the experience to be rewarding, yet challenging. For the first three days, Buehlow judged four rounds lasting two hours each. On day four, she judged the written memorials. "It was exhausting, but it was one of the best experiences of my life," she said. The Australian team won this year's competition while Malaysia placed second and received the award for best oralist. Afterward, judges and participants from 90 countries, including Iraq and many African and Eastern countries, donned traditional garb and attended the Go-National Dress Ball. Buehlow, who graduated in May and returned to her homeland to clerk for a local judge, plans to eventually work in a small German law firm. Lesley Davis, assistant dean for international programs, is confident Buehlow will be a success. "In my experience working with the graduate programs, So-Nyeo is the one student who has best blurred the lines that can exist between JD and LLM students. She is a law student and a scholar, first and foremost; nationality and degree program make no difference, as evidenced by the fact that she was able to successfully lead a team of JD students to a great performance in the Jessup competition," Davis said. "So-Nyeo is a very bright star, and we thank the University of Kiel for sharing her with us for a year." AROUND THE SCHOOL Hurricane Katrina victims find home at Law School Approximately 20 JD and LLM students displaced from the Tulane University School of Law and the Loyola University New Orleans School of Law started classes in Bloomington during the week of Sept. 7. The students were initially admitted as visitors for the fall term. Students were immediately placed in the homes of generous faculty, staff, students, and alumni in Bloomington. "The Indiana Law community quickly showed their generosity to these displaced students," Dean Lauren Robel, JD'83, said. "We had more than enough offers of places for students to live, including offers from several alumni who have provided free housing." "Everyone here was incredibly kind and generous and bent over backward to make sure we had everything we needed, even before we could think of it," said 33-year-old Peter Luce, a first-year law student from Tulane University. The Boston native evacuated New Orleans to Pass Christian, Miss., which turned out to be one of the hardest-hit areas on the Gulf Coast. Luce, who plans to specialize in international law, stayed with first-year law student Matt Kelley and his wife, Jennifer. "They have been amazing. All of the students who were invited here feel incredibly fortunate," Luce said. Stump and Christensen win Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition Congratulations to third-year law students Shan a Stump and Adam Christensen, 2005-06 Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition winners. February's final argument, seen by a packed house, marked the culmination of five rounds of oral and written competition that began in September 2005 with a pool of 138 initial participants. Judges praised Stump and Christensen for their clear and cool-headed understanding of the hypothetical problem, United States of America v. Josef C. Kasza. The distinguished panel also noted the skills of finalists Mark Kelly Leeman, a second-year law student, and Christopher Smith, a third-year law student. The sophistication and timeliness of the student-written problem, a matter involving illegal aliens and the Fourth Amendment, warranted additional praise from the panel. Each year, esteemed judges and accomplished attorneys donate time to hear arguments. This year's distinguished panel of judges included Judge Diane P. Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit; Judge James G. Carr, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; and Judge Edward Najam Jr., a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure and judicial liaison to the Indiana Counter-terrorism and Security Council. The panel also included Thomas M. Fisher, JD'94, Indiana solicitor general; and Gregory Castanias, JD'90, a partner at Jones Day in Washington, D.C. Thanks go to Bose McKinney and Evans LLP, who generously sponsored the event. Indiana Law continues to rank high among nation's law schools In the most recent edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools," Indiana Law was ranked in a tie for 15th among public law schools and tied for 37th overall. Teaching awards honor inspirational faculty The Law School community is pleased to congratulate last year's teaching award winners: Professors Ajay Meh-rotra and James Barnes, the recipients of the Trustees Teaching Award; Professor Amy Applegate, the recipient of the Leonard Fromm Public Interest Award; Professor Susan Williams, the recipient of the 2004 Leon Wallace Teaching Award; and Professor Aviva Orenstein, the recipient of the 2005 Leon Wallace Teaching Award. Students, faculty, and staff gathered April 12 for this year's annual Wallace and Public Interest Law Foundation Faculty Teaching Awards ceremony. For information on 2006 winners, visit our Web site at www.law.indiana.edu. (continued on page 18) 2006 Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition Unalists, from left, Christopher Smith, Mark Kelly Leeman, Adam Christensen, and Shana Stump Bill of Particulars 17 AROUND THE SCHOOL Feisal Istrabadi, JD'88 Iraqi ambassador Istrabadi, JD'88, speaks at Law School Feisal Istrabadi, JD'88, Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations, spoke to faculty and students at the Law School last spring about his role as the principal drafter of Iraq's interim constitution and the current situation in Iraq. After Iraq's historic 2005 elections, the country had turned its attention to forming a new government and writing the permanent constitution. Many controversial issues still needed to be resolved during the writing process, including the specifics of Kurdish autonomy and Islam's role in government. Istrabadi discussed the dissension surrounding his proposals for an independent judiciary and a ban on torture. The citizens of Iraq voted to pass the constitution in November. Passage of the constitution was regarded as a key step toward the establishment of democracy in Iraq. Alumnus Flanders speaks for Class of 2005 graduation Scott Flanders, JD'82, president and CEO of Freedom Communications Inc. and former chair and CEO of Columbia House, served as the speaker for the Indiana Law—Bloomington graduation ceremony on May 7, 2005. Before joining Columbia House in September 1999, Flanders co-founded Telstreet.com, an Indianapolis-based e-commerce company, which was successfully merged with Buy.com in August 2000. Prior to joining Telstreet.com, Flanders served as president of Macmillan Publishing, the world's largest computer and reference publisher. During his 14-year career at Macmillan, Flanders established Macmillan as the world's largest computer book publisher and the first publisher of books about the Internet. Macmillan also became the first publisher to sell books on the Internet. When Flanders left the company in 1998, Macmillan was ranked the 10th-largest publisher in America and the fourth-largest Amazon vendor. Innovative courses, new faculty add to offerings Two courses offered by new faculty members Professor Bill Henderson and Professor Kevin Collins are breaking ground in legal education. Henderson's course, The Eaw Firm as a Business Organization, examines a novel and important topic that is rarely discussed in law schools: that law firms are businesses that exist in an increasingly more competitive legal marketplace. This course offers an overview of the historical, economic, and sociological factors that have shaped, and continue to shape, that marketplace. Discussion topics include the economic factors driving the growth of large law firms, law firm "business models" and the incentive structures that affect relationships and behavior within a firm, the trend toward outsourcing legal services to non-U.S. lawyers, and the continued economic viability of small law firms and solo practitioners. "Ideally, students leave this course with a framework for balancing the dual demands of commercialism and professionalism," Henderson said. 18 Bill of Particulars AROUND THE SCHOOL Lee Hamilton, JD'56 Collins's course, Law and the Architecture of Urban Planning, examines the legal and architectural regulation of community in the contemporary urban- and suburban-built environments. The course looks at examples of how the law influences the ability to interact in the urban environment. The course also examines how architecture, including geography and the constraints of the built environment, fosters or inhibits certain types of social interaction and how the law, in turn, regulates the form of the built environment. Lee Hamilton gives public lectures at Indiana Law Lee Hamilton, JD'56, former U.S. representative and vice chair of the 9-11 Commission, visited the school last spring. Hamilton, who directs the Center on Congress at Indiana University and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., talked about his latest book, How Congress Works and Why You Should Care. He also presented a lecture titled "How to Use American Power," in which he discussed American foreign policy and the need to focus on issues such as poverty, disease, globalization, terrorism, and the importance of working in collaboration with other nations. Hamilton's visit was sponsored by the IU Institute for Advanced Study. A U.S. representative from Indiana for 34 years, Hamilton served as chair and ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and was chair of the Subcommittee on Europe and Middle Eastern Affairs. He served as a member of the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council, and he was recently named to the Iraq Study Group. Fairfield and Nagy join faculty The school welcomed Professor Joshua Fairfield to the Indiana Law faculty last fall. Fairfield teaches in the area of commercial law, bringing a spirited pedagogy and a strong interest in the intersection of computing technology and law to his courses in electronic commerce and secured transactions. "We're absolutely delighted that Joshua is joining our faculty," said John Applegate, executive associate dean for academic affairs and Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law. "His combined interests in commercial law and the latest computing technologies are sure to produce fascinating results in the classroom and in his scholarship." Fairfield is equally delighted. "I was so thrilled to join the Indiana faculty that I came a year early," he said. The opportunity to join the law faculty at Indiana necessitated leaving a two-year appointment as an associate in law at Columbia Law School, where Fairfield taught a course in comparative introduction to American law for LLM students. Donna M. Nagy, Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, also joins the Indiana Law family this fall. Nagy served as the (continued on page 20) Bill of Particulars 19 AROUND THE SCHOOL Michael Uslan, JD'76 Holy comics collection! Batman films producer visits campus Michael Uslan, JD'76, president of and producer for Branded Entertainment, returned to Bloomington last fall for the opening of the Michael Uslan Comic Book Collection at the IU Lilly Library. Uslan's gift to the Lilly Library includes 25,000 DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, and CrossGen comics, which he pledged to add to every year. To coincide with Uslan's campus visit, the Union Board hosted a series of Batman-related events, including screenings of Batman and Batman Begins. "Alumni who haven't yet seen Batman Begins should pay attention to the Wayne Foundation building in Gotham City," said Leonard Fromm, associate dean for students and alumni. "Uslan showed his school spirit by subtly incorporating the IU logo into the 'W on the top of the building." During his busy schedule on campus, Uslan met with students from the Law School to talk about his career and to participate in classes. In addition to producing films, Uslan is the author of numerous books, including Dick Clark's First 25 Years of Rock and Roll and The Rock 7V Roll Trivia Quiz Book. His first children's book, Chatterbox: The Bird Who Wore Glasses, was recently published. interim dean for the UC College of Law from October 2004 through June 2005. She previously served as associate dean for faculty development, a position in which her principal mission was to promote superior scholarship, teaching, and service, and to identify and recruit outstanding faculty candidates. A member of the UC faculty since 1994, Nagy teaches and writes in the areas of securities law, corporate law, administrative law, and constitutional law. Her scholarship includes articles in the Cornell Law Review, the Notre Dame Law Review, and the Ohio State Law Journal as well as two co-authored books. She is a frequent speaker on securities regulation and litigation topics at law schools and professional conferences. She and her husband, Brian Lewis, are the parents of 5-year-old Caitlin. 20 Bill of Particulars CONFERENCES Conference on death penalty reform: September 2004 On Sept. 10 and 11, 2004, the Law School hosted a conference on death penalty reform, "Toward a Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report." Earlier that year, the Massachusetts Governor's Council on Capital Punishment, which was co-chaired by Harry Pratter Professor of Law Joseph Hoffmann, released a report outlining 10 recommendations for the creation of a more fair and accurate death penalty system. These recommendations, many of which are unprecedented, have already begun to influence the ongoing dialogue about death penalty reform. Conference speakers and panels explored how this report defined a model death penalty code for the nation. Leading death penalty reform scholars, lawyers, judges, policy-makers, and forensic scientists focused on the major themes of the report, such as reducing the number of death-eligible crimes, elevating the role of DNA and scientific evidence, providing trial and appellate judges with broad substantive review powers, and creating a new death penalty review commission to study alleged errors in capital cases. 'Globalization and the New Politics of Labor' conference: February 2005 The Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies hosted its 13th annual conference, "Globalization and the New Politics of Labor," on Feb. 11 and 12, 2005. The conference fostered attention to crucial issues dealing with labor in an interdisciplinary way — including legal, political, social, and economic analyses. Conference participants discussed how labor issues are affected by the crosscurrents and pressures of globalization. Specifically, the conference addressed how evolving issues in labor, law, and politics are affected by labor and migration, labor and gender, labor and trade agreements, and labor and neo-liberal reform. Conference papers provided the basis for a symposium issue of the IJGLS. The Rehnquist Legacy' conference: April 2005 The Rehnquist Legacy, published by Cambridge University Press, is the first "legal biography" of a Supreme Court justice. It presents a collection of 17 original essays from leading authorities in constitutional law and criminal procedure assessing Chief Justice William Rehnquist's place in the history of diverse areas of constitutional law. James L. Calamaras Professor of Law Craig Bradley, editor and co-author, and the contributing co-authors of The Rehnquist Legacy came together for the conference at the School of Law to offer an assessment of Rehnquist's legal legacy. New York Times Supreme Court correspondent Linda Greenhouse served as the keynote speaker. The keynote presentation by Greenhouse was broadcast on CSPAN's America and the Courts. Drawing from their essays, the authors discussed those areas in which Rehnquist's impact has been the greatest and how the law in those areas has developed during Rehnquist's 33-year Supreme Court tenure, including his 18 years as chief justice. Six of the contributing authors have clerked for Supreme Court justices. Bradley and Harry Pratter Professor of Law Joseph Hoffmann, also a contributing author and participant, both clerked for Rehnquist. Bradley and Hoffmann have been quoted widely in the media about the former chief justice. Other contributing authors include Lynn A. Baker, Frederick M. Baron Chair in Law, University of Texas-Austin; David Barren, professor of law and faculty leader of the Law School College, Harvard University; Ruth Colker, professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, Ohio State University; Daniel O. Conkle, Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington; Neal E. Devins, Goodrich Professor, director of the Institute of Bill of Rights Law, and professor of government, College of William and Mary; Daniel Farber, Sato Sho Professor of Law, University of California—Berkeley; Philip P. Frickey, Richard W. Jennings Professor of Law, University of California-Berkeley; Richard Garnett, associate professor of law, University of Notre Dame; Dawn Johnsen, professor of law, Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington; Yale Kamisar, professor of law, University of San Diego, and professor of law emeritus, University of Michigan; Earl M. Maltz, Distinguished Profes- (continued on page 22) We're always hosting exciting events and conferences at Indiana Law. Check our Web site, www.taw.indiana. edu, for more information about "Globalization of the Legal Profession," our most recent conference. Globalization of the Legal Profession Bill of Particulars 21 CONFERENCES Jeff Stake David Williams Susan Williams sor of Law, Rutgers University; William Marshall Kenan Professor of Law, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Geoffrey R. Stone, Harry Kalven Jr. Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago; James J. Tomkovicz, Edward Howrey Professor of Law, University of Iowa; and Mark Tushnet, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University. "The participants, many of whom do not agree with the majority of Rehnquist's positions, were nevertheless able to evaluate his achievements objectively," Bradley said. "While Rehnquist didn't accomplish all that he hoped for," Bradley said, "there is no question that his impact on American Constitutional law has been tremendous, and his influence will continue for decades after his retirement." 'Next Generation of Law School Rankings' symposium: April 2005 Professor Jeff Stake brought together legal experts for the "Next Generation of Law School Rankings" symposium, which was held at the Law School on April 15, 2005. The U.S. News & World Report's annual law school rankings are the 800-pound gorilla of legal education. Although met with varying degrees of skepticism and hostility, the rankings affect virtually all aspects of law school operations. A myriad of alternative rankings have emerged in recent years, seeking better and more accurate ways of measuring law school performance. The symposium participants examined the need for law school rankings; the effects of rankings on legal education; and the various new approaches to addressing the public's insatiable demand for ever more and increasingly sophisticated rankings, which permeate not only legal education but also all aspects of American life. Professors and deans from several ranked schools joined in some very lively discussions, and the symposium was a great success. Stake was quoted in the Wall Street Journal and the National Law Journal about law school rankings and their effects on legal education. Symposium papers are scheduled to be published in the Indiana Law journal. The conference was made possible through the generous financial support of Foundation Press, Thomson-West Publishing, and the Law School. Democracy reform leaders gather for conference: August 2005 A working conference hosted by the IU Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies in partnership with the IU Institute for Advanced Study was held Aug. 2—12 at the Law School. Democracy reform leaders from Burma, Liberia, and Azerbaijan gathered with members of the CCDPS. Private working sessions, which comprised the major portion of the conference, allowed participants to share resources, scholarship, and experiences germane to democratic constitutional reform. Professor David Williams and Professor Susan Williams are director and associate director of the CCDPS, which has deep expertise in constitutional democracy work in addition to strong relationships with reformists in these countries. The conference was featured on Voice of America and the BBC News. "We are working with people who we believe are going to make a difference, and we want to help them make that difference," David Williams said. The CCDPS seeks to study and promote constitutional democracy in countries marked by ethnic, religious, linguistic, and other divisions. For more information, visit the center's Web site at http://courier.law.indiana.edu/beta/index.html. 'War, Terrorism, and Torture: Limits on Presidential Power in the 21st Century' conference: October 2005 The School of Law, the American Constitution Society, and Professor Dawn Johnsen hosted a conference to examine presidential power in conventional armed conflicts as well as in the "war on terror." The conference, "War, Terrorism, and Torture: Limits on Presidential Power in the 21st Century," was held on Oct. 7 at the Law School. Distinguished panelists and keynote speaker Harold Hon-gju Koh, dean of Yale Law School and the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, addressed crucial questions including what, if any, limits on presidential power and safeguards against abuses of power exist in the national security realm; whether the Constitution limits the president's power in wartime, as expressed recently through military tribunals, enemy combatant designations, and coercive interrogation techniques; and whether any institution or source of law effectively constrains presidential power in the 21st century. The Indiana Law Journal will publish a symposium issue. 22 Bill of Particulars FACULTY NEWS Aman authors book on taming globalization In his new book from NYU Press, The Democracy Deficit: Taming Globalization Through Law Reform, Professor Alfred Aman posits that citizens can govern globalization, and that domestic law has a crucial role to play in the process. Economic globalization has profoundly affected democracy, as markets now do some of the work that governments once did through the political process. More than two decades of deregulation have made a healthy economy appear to depend on unrestrained markets. Appearances, however, are misleading, according to Aman. Globalization is also a legal and political process. Aman argues that the future of democracy in this century depends on citizens' ability to tame globalization through domestic politics and law reform. The Democracy Deficit explores problem areas customarily regarded as domestic in nature, such as privatization, prisons, prescription drugs, and the minimum wage, as well as constitutional structural issues such as federalism and the separation of powers. J. Applegate serves on national committees for managing nuclear waste Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs John Applegate was vice chair of a National Academy of Sciences committee that released a report titled "Risk and Decisions About Disposition of Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste." The committee recommended to the U.S. Department of Energy that it develop an externally evaluated exemption system for managing defense nuclear wastes that may not require emplacement in the proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Applegate is now serving on a congressionally mandated follow-up Committee on Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites, which will focus on high-level wastes stored in tanks at the Savannah River site in South Carolina, the Idaho National Laboratory, and the Hanford Reservation in Washington. Alfred Aman Barnes appointed to U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Board U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman has appointed Professor James Barnes as a member of the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Management Advisory Board. The board provides advice and makes recommendations on issues relating to the DOE's Environmental Management Program. Brown authors book, heads IU Hudson and Holland Scholars program Professor Kevin Brown re-examines the Supreme Court's school desegregation jurisprudence and confronts the current educational situation of African-American school children in his new book, Race, Law, and Education in the Post-Desegregation Era (Carolina Academic Press, 2004). The book uses post-desegregation awareness to advance discussion of racial issues while examining the court's Kevin Brown school desegregation jurisprudence from the four different (continued on page 25) Kevin Brown Why Indiana outranks Harvard Our Law Library tied for first place in an October 2004 report by The National Jurist, which compared 183 law school libraries across the country. The University of Iowa College of Law shared top honors. The report, "Best Law Libraries: Why Indiana Outranks Harvard," ranked law school libraries based on criteria such as number of volumes and ratio of professional librarians to students. Bill of Particulars 23 FACULTY NEWS Professors Bradley, Hoffmann attend Rehnquist funeral Bradley Hoffman Professors Craig Bradley and Joseph Hoffmann attended the funeral of Chief Justice William Rehnquist on Sept. 7 at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Both professors clerked for the man who, with 33 years on the court, enjoyed one of the longest tenures of any chief justice in history. Rehnquist, who died on Sept. 3 after a long struggle with thyroid cancer, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery along with his two immediate predecessors, Warren E. Burger and Earl Warren. "The ceremony was a fitting tribute to my former boss and friend for 30 years," Bradley said. According to Bradley, who served as a pallbearer, St. Matthew's Cathedral was filled to capacity with mourners that included President and Mrs. Bush, cabinet members, and leaders of Congress and the Supreme Court, as well as tourists, cab drivers, and maintenance workers. Hoffmann served as part of the Honor Guard during a portion of the time when the chief justice lay in state at the Supreme Court. "All day on Tuesday, and in the morning on Wednesday, mourners passed through the Great Hall to pay their last respects," Hoffmann said. "The service was really a celebration of his life more than a mourning of his passing," Bradley said. Several of the speakers, including Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, mentioned Rehnquist's penchant for placing friendly bets with his clerks and fellow justices about everything from the outcome of the World Series to how many inches of snow would fall in the courtyard of the Supreme Court. "Justice O'Connor noted that she was careful in wagering against the chief because he usually won," Bradley said. Bradley also recounted a story told by Rehnquist's daughter, Nancy, who correctly answered one of her father's challenges. Rehnquist told Nancy that he would give her $5 if she could name the year when Elizabeth I died (1603) on the spot. Nancy noted that Rehnquist spent the rest of the summer trying to win back that $5. "The speeches were about William Rehnquist the man, not the chief justice," Hoffmann said. "The words brought out much laughter and many tears. I'm sure that he would have been pleased, not only with the music, which included all of his favorites, but also with the overall spirit of the day. I will always remember one of President Bush's remarks: 'It's a rare man who can hold a prominent position in Washington for more than 30 years and leave behind only good feelings and admiration. That's what William Rehnquist did.' Farewell, Mr. Chief Justice, and may you rest in peace." Justice O'Connor concluded her remarks by saying, "The red light is lit, and it's time for me to stop," referring to Rehnquist's strictness in enforcing the time limits in oral arguments. "The speeches were about William Rehnquist the man, not the chief justice," Hoffmann said. "The words brought out much laughter and many tears. I'm sure that he would have been pleased, not only with the music, which included all of his favorites, but also with the overall spirit of the day." 24 Bill of Particulars FACULTY NEWS Faculty (continued from page 23) conceptual schemes, including traditional Americanism, African-American centralism, secular individualism, and American collectivism. The IU Office of Academic Support and Diversity appointed Brown as the director of the Hudson and Holland Scholars program. The mission of the Hudson and Holland Scholars program is to increase the number of high-achieving students from diverse and underrepre-sented backgrounds. The program is designed to promote academic excellence through merit- and need-based scholarships, personalized academic advising and mentoring, seminars, and social and cultural activities. A. Applegate receives statewide pro bono award Professor Amy Applegate is the co-recipient of the Randall T. Shepard Award for excellence in pro bono publico. The statewide annual award, named for the chief justice of Indiana, is given by the Pro Bono Commission. Applegate, the director of the former Child Advocacy Clinic and current Family and Children Mediation Clinic at the Law School, received the award for her dedication to the innovative development and delivery of legal services to the poor. Buxbaum receives Humboldt Fellowship Professor Hannah Buxbaum received a Humboldt Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to work at the University of Cologne in Germany. Buxbaum's 12-month research project, which began in June 2005, focuses on emerging patterns of transnational litigation in economic disputes, such as the role of national courts in addressing cross-border violations of antitrust or securities laws. Governor appoints Cate to education commission Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed Professor Fred H. Cate to a two-year term as a full-time faculty representative to the Indiana Commission on Higher Education. "Public institutions of higher education face an expanding array of increasingly difficult challenges," said Cate, Distinguished Professor of law and director of the IU Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. "I am honored to have the opportunity to try to help address those on the state level as the only academic member of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education." Dau-Schmidt named associate dean for research Professor Ken Dau-Schmidt has recently been named associate dean for research at the Law School. The new deanship was created to provide coordination for the planning of academic conferences, faculty workshops, and speakers; to support faculty members on scholarship issues and scholarship plans; and to inform Dean Lauren Robel JD'83, and Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs John Applegate about matters relating to faculty scholarship. Dau-Schmidt, the Willard and Margaret Carr Professor of Labor and Employment Law, will be responsible for creating forums for intellectual exchange, including students in the intellectual community, and facilitating interdisciplinary research and centers. The associate dean for research serves a two-year term. Gellis named associate vice president for research compliance Professor Ann Gellis has been named associate vice president for research compliance for the IU Office of the Vice President for Research. The promotion recognizes her responsibilities for university-wide, rather than Bloomington-specific, compliance activities. Hannah Buxbaum Fred H. Cate Geyh garners media attention, releases book on Congress and courts Professor Charles Geyh received a great deal of media attention for his recently released title, When Courts and Congress Collide. Several magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times and Newsweek, quoted him. He was also commissioned to write an editorial for Newsday. The book confronts the question of whether our nation's judiciary can remain independent, in (continued on page 26) Bill of Particulars 25 FACULTY NEWS Faculty (continued from page 25) light of the battles over judicial appointments. His assessment finds the balance between federal courts and Congress is "governed by a 'dynamic equilibrium': a constant give-and-take between Congress's desire to control the judiciary and its respect for historical norms of judicial independence." His work is widely praised as a fascinating, fresh take on the topic. William Sessions, former FBI director and federal district judge, praises the Indiana Law professor for standing "at the forefront of a national campaign to protect and promote the vital role that strong and impartial courts play in protecting our rights." The book, published by University of Michigan Press, is available for purchase online and in bookstores nationwide. Hicks authors text on securities law Professor Emeritus William Hicks's latest work, "International Dimensions of U.S. Securities Law," was published as part of the Securities Law Handbook Series (Thompson West, 2005). Hoffmann co-authors second edition on criminal procedure Professor Joseph Hoffmann is the co-author of the second edition of the successful Comprehensive Criminal Procedure and its condensed counterpart, Criminal Procedure: Investigation and the Right to Counsel (Aspen, 2005). Lamber named associate dean for clinical education Professor Julia Lamber, JD'72, has been named associate dean for clinical education. The Law School created this deanship in recognition of the need for additional academic leadership in an area that has seen much recent and planned growth. For several years, Indiana Law has offered the Community Legal Clinic and the Child Advocacy Clinic. The Mental Health and Disability Law Clinic has recently been added, and the Law School now offers clinics or practica in family and child mediation, entrepreneurship law, conservation law, and intellectual property. "As we enter a period of expanded clinical opportunities, Dean Lamber will ensure the academic quality of our clinical offerings and will work closely with the clinical faculty to facilitate connections with relevant IU schools that are involved in the development of our clinical curriculum, such as the Kelley School of Business and the IU School for Public and Environmental Affairs," said Dean Lauren Robel, JD'83. Faculty in the media Indiana Law faculty members are increasingly quoted in major media outlets. To view recent and archived articles, visit the "In the News" feature on our front page at www.law.indiana.edu. Popkin authors fourth edition of casebook on legislation Professor William Popkin authored the fourth edition of his widely adopted casebook, Materials on Legislation (Foundation Press, 2005). Robel co-authors casebook on federal jurisdiction Dean Lauren Robel, JD'83, recently authored Federal Courts: Cases and Materials on Judicial Federalism and the Lawyering Process (Newark: LexisNexis, 2005), co-written with Arthur Hellman. The first new casebook on federal jurisdiction in more than a decade, the book blends the traditional focus on issues of federalism, separation of powers, and institutional competence, with a new focus on preparing students to be effective lawyer-litigators. "Lawyers are goal-oriented," Robel said. "From their perspective, judicial federalism is important because it sets up four possible goals: getting into, or staying out of, federal court; and gaining the benefit, or avoiding the detriment, of federal law. The book concentrates on providing the doctrinal and practical education that will enable lawyers to identify and pursue these goals effectively in the service of their clients." Zoller editor of new book Professor Elisabeth Zoller is the editor of a new book, La Conception Americain de La Laicite (Dalloz, 2005), which features contributions from Professor Daniel Conkle and Zoller. 26 Bill of Particulars Wine and Taxes: Faculty Brief Supreme Court Cases by Lesa Petersen Professor Alex Tanford and Professor Leandra Lederman both submitted briefs in cases argued before the Supreme Court on Dec. 7, 2004 — Tanford for the respondent in Granholm v. Heald and Lederman as arnica curiae in the consolidated cases of Ballard v. Commissioner of the IRS and Estate of Kanter v. Commissioner of the IRS. Tanford has been litigating cases challenging state prohibitions on the direct sale of wine in six circuits. Lederman has been writing about the operation of the U.S. Tax Court for years. For Tanford, the Granholm case, which he won in the 6th Circuit, is the culmination of a pro bono journey that began with his representation of Russ Bridenbaugh, JD'72, now a well-recognized wine critic in Indiana and then in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit (where Professor Patrick Baude argued the case). Lederman was asked to submit an amicus brief in the Ballard/Kanter case on the question of whether the Tax Court can refuse to release the report of the special trial judge who actually presided over the case. Lederman is the co-author of Tax Controversies: Practice and Procedure (second edition, 2002) and has served as general editor of Federal Tax Practice (2003). Lederman supported the taxpayers, arguing in favor of disclosure. Leandra Lederman Alex Tanford The outcomes Tanford's successful arguments as counsel of record in the U.S. Supreme Court case Granhoim v. Heald lend to the court's rejection of limits on wine shipping. The court overturned laws in Michigan and New York that restricted out-of-state winemakers from shipping directly to customers. The 5-4 decision could have implications for the other 24 states, including Indiana, that impose similar restrictions on interstate wine shipment. Tanford argued that smaller wineries cannot compete with the leading winemakers in the $21.6 billion U.S. wine market unless they can sell directly to consumers over the Internet or allow visitors to ship bottles home. Many states have restricted out-of-state wineries from selling directly to consumers, while simultaneously authorizing direct shipment by in-state wineries. Direct sales have grown in recent years because smaller wineries often cannot produce enough wine and don't have sufficient consumer demand for wholesalers to carry their products. ALUMNNI NEWS 1960s Daniel P. Byron, JD'62, an associate of Bingham McHale, was named the first recipient of the Civility Award for his service to the litigation section of the Indiana State Bar Association. Carl Ver Beck, JD'62, an attorney at Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Hewlett, was selected to receive the State Bar of Michigan labor and employment law section's Distinguished Service Award. Ver Beck is the first recipient of this award. Robert Kassing, JD'64, a former managing partner of Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis, was named to the 2005-06 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. George P. Smith II, JD'64, published a new book titled The Christian Religion and Biotechnology. His book strikes a rich balance between thorough analysis, anchored in sound references to religion, law, and medical scientific analysis, plus a strong scholarly direction in the end notes. One of the nation's most accomplished and respected construction industry experts, Baker & Daniels partner Terrill D. Albright, JD'65, was appointed to the Construction Arbitrator Master Panel. Selected by the American Arbitration Association and the National Construction Dispute Resolution Committee, Albright and other panel members are called upon to mediate disputes in the construction industry. Mediators are chosen based on the nature of the dispute and the mediator's area of expertise. Franklin D. Cleckley, JD'65, was awarded the 2003 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the 4th Circuit. The award honors a senior practicing judge or lawyer whose life and practice display "sterling character and unquestioned integrity, coupled with ongoing dedication to the highest standards of the legal profession." Cleckley, currently the Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at the West Virginia University College of Law, became the first African-American justice in West Virginia's history when he was appointed in 1994 to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Cleckley has held many positions with the NAACP, and he is the founder of the Franklin D. Cleckley Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping former convicts with educational and employment opportunities. Thomas E. Fruchtenicht, JD'65, attorney and lobbyist for Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis, joined Bose Treacy Associates, a full-service public affairs and association management firm, as senior vice president. G. Ronald Heath, JD'65, celebrated 40 years in the private practice of law at the Eiteljorg Museum in November 2004. Hoover Hull Baker & Heath in Indianapolis, where Heath is a partner, hosted the event. David A. Butcher, JD'66, a Bose McKinney & Evans partner in Indianapolis, was named to the 2005-06 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Donald I. Grande, JD'66, senior vice president for Investment Services Group of Ziegler Co. Inc., was selected as one of the first five inductees of the Indiana State Bar Association General Practice Hall of Fame. Grande was also named "Super Lawyer" in the March 2005 issue of Indianapolis Monthly and was inducted as a fellow into the Indiana Bar Foundation. David F. Shadel, JD'68, lives and practices law in Palau, a small island nation that used to be governed as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, about 700 miles southwest of Guam. Daniel Yates, JD'68, joined the law firm of Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis as a partner in the estate planning group. Peter Georges, JD'69, an attorney at Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis, has a photo from his collection featured in The Best of American Photo Mentor Series, a book of 80 photographs from American Photo and Popular Photo treks since 1999. In addition, two of Georges's photos appeared in a New York exhibit. Gillespie — OCC deputy chief counsel James F. Gillespie, JD'76, has been named deputy chief counsel for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the OCC charters, regulates, and supervises all national banks. OCC acting comptroller Julie L. Williams said, "James is a tremendous asset to the OCC, and I know he will be terrific as he takes on these additional responsibilities." As assistant chief counsel for the OCC, a position Gillespie held for nearly a decade, he managed OCC legal projects involving electronic banking and technology. Gillespie joined the OCC in 1979 after completing a federal judicial clerkship. 28 Bill of Particulars ALUMNI NEWS 1970s Linda Runkle, JD'70, was named assistant commissioner for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Runkle had previously represented the city of Bloomington for 23 years, including 17 years as corporate counsel. Robert Wildman, JD'72, has joined the business services group of Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis. Wildman also serves as in-house counsel for the Greg Alien Companies of Greenwood, Ind. Daniel Yates, JD'73, a partner with Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis, was elected to the Indianapolis Zoo advisory board. James E. Carlberg, JD'74, a partner at Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis, was named to the 2005-06 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Richard Scott Ryder, JD'74, became the Juvenile Court director for St. Joseph County, Mich., after 25 years as a referee in the Family Court for Kalamazoo County. Ryder's textbook, Juvenile Justice: A Social Historical and Legal Perspective (Jones & Bartlett Publishers), will appeared in its second edition in June 2005. Robert W. Sikkel, JD'74, has joined Barnes & Thornburg's new Grand Rapids labor and employment law department. Pensak Chalarak, LLM'75, was named ambassador to Portugal for the Kingdom of Thailand. He previously served as the Thai ambassador to Oman, Burma, and The Hague, as well as with the earliest diplomatic mission from Thailand to Hanoi, Vietnam, after the war. Stephen Pennell, JD'76, was awarded the Fred H. Sievert Award at the 2004 DRI Annual Meeting. A member of the Stuart & Branigin LLP law firm in Lafayette, Ind., Pennell was recognized as an outstanding defense bar leader for his vision and dynamic efforts to promote the state organization. Pennell developed a scholarly publication, the Indiana Civil Litigation Review, and established a scholarship fund for the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana. Randall Riggs, JD'77, a senior law partner at Locke Reynolds, was named national director of the DRI, the nations largest organization of defense trial lawyers. Greg Colip, JD'78, left Panhandle Eastern Corp. as deputy general counsel in 1995 before the company became part of Duke Energy. Presently, he is president of Cell>Point, a biotechnology company whose business is the development of diagnostic and therapeutic radio-pharmaceuticals. The focus of the technology platform is oncology, cardiology, neuroendocrine diseases, and infectious diseases. Cell>Point is partnered in research with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. John L. Egloff, JD'78, a partner with Riley Bennett & Egloff in Indianapolis, received a presidential citation from Sherrill William Colvin, immediate past president of the Indiana State Bar Association, for his service and dedication. Milton O. Thompson, JD'79, received the Black Business and Philanthropy Award from the Washington, D.C.-based National Center for Black Philanthropy for his commitment to community organizations and other philanthropic efforts. (continued on page 32) Judge Reinstein named to Judicial Education Project for U.S. Department of Justice Judge Ronald S. Reinstein, JD'73, is one of seven judges nationwide to be named to the board of the national Judicial Education Project for the Office for Victims of Crime of the U.S. Department of Justice. The board's probation officers and court administrators are developing a training program for judges and court officials to use when dealing with victims. Reinstein says, "The project really is about getting judges to better understand the whole area of victimization and what victims go through." These issues include notifying the victims after a trial about whether someone charged with a crime against them has been convicted, making sure victims are protected, and allowing victims to consult with prosecutors. Implementing these rights can help victims cope with trauma and influence how they view the justice system. Reinstein is a family court judge on the Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. He has earned a national reputation for his expertise on sex offenders and DMA evidence and has served on the National DNA Commission. Bill of Particulars 29 ALUMNI NEWS The DSA was founded in 1997 to recognize graduates of Indiana Law who go beyond custom practice in business, professional, and civic duties. These 2005 winners help define the school's ideals for community service and serve as role models for our community. 2005 Distinguished Service Award recipients Donald P. Dorfman, LLB'57 Donald P. Dorfman has served his community, state, and nation for more than 40 years. A criminal defense specialist in private practice in Sacramento, Calif., Dorfman takes seriously the constitutional guarantee that all persons accused of a crime are entitled to an ally and advocate of the highest order. Shortly after graduating from the School of Law, Dorfman was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's Department of the U.S. Air Force. Following his release from active duty, he joined the Air Force Reserve and later retired as a colonel, serving as the staff judge advocate of 4th Air Force in his last assignment. Dorfman is a member of the Indiana, California, and Federal Courts bars, including the U.S. Supreme Court. His numerous professional memberships include the National Association of Defense Lawyers, the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the California Public Defenders Association, and the Criminal Justice Association. He is a regular speaker on educational forums for the Sacramento Bar Association and the California Continuing Education of the Bar and has published articles on drunk-driving defense and the three-strikes law. He serves regularly as a judge in mock trials conducted by Sacramento high school students. He has also served as a judge in the Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition at Indiana Law. In 2003, Dorfman established a scholarship endowment for the school, specifying that the scholarship help those law students for whom work is a necessity. Since 1998, Dorfman has been the president of the IU Alumni Association's Sacramento chapter, which recently won the outstanding chapter award. He has been nominated to the Executive Council of the IU Alumni Association for a three-year term, and he is an inductee to the President's Circle of Indiana University. Dorfman also remains actively engaged with the Law School's Board of Visitors. Rynthia Manning Rost, JD'80 Rynthia Manning Rost began her career as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow for the Legal Service Corp., working to improve access to legal services for the poor in Elmira, N.Y., and Baltimore. Rost went on to work with the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as an appellate attorney on race, age, and sex discrimination cases. Her efforts with the EEOC led her to work with private organizations and corporations, helping them with policies about diversity and inclusion. Rost served as a litigation research attorney with MCI Telecommunications Corp. and as assistant general 30 Bill of Particulars ALUMNI NEWS counsel for National Public Radio beiute joining Government Employees Insurance Co. in 1994. At GEICO, Rost is vice president for public affairs, a position that has great influence on community relations and employment matters. She facilitates diversity training within the company and makes recommendations concerning GEICO's diversity initiatives. Rost also founded GEICO Corporate Community Citizens, a volunteer organization that takes a leadership role in local civic and community activities. Rost is a member of the state bar associations in Washington, D.C.; Maryland; Indiana; and Virginia. She serves on the board of directors of the Washington Board of Trade and on the governing board of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. She is on the board of advisers of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and is a director of the Washington Urban League and vice president and member of the executive board of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington. She also serves on the boards for the Best Friends Foundation and the Hispanic College Fund. Her work with youth has garnered many awards, including the prestigious National Service to Youth Award from the Boys and Girls Clubs of America; the Abe Pollen Award for her contributions to Washington, D.C.; and the Community Partner Award from Mentors Inc. Dan E. Spicer, JD'73 Dan E. Spicer holds three degrees from Indiana University, culminating with his JD from Indiana Law in 1973. Spicer taught accounting and business-related courses at Indiana University Southeast for five years before beginning his career as an attorney in Colorado. Since then, Spicer's work and influence have been felt around the world. Spicer has focused his career primarily on litigation and arbitration, particularly regarding real estate development and financial transactions. In addition to working as an attorney at two Denver-based firms, he has served as the vice president of the board of directors of Wall & Co./Bill Wall Homes as well as on the Sanford Homes board of directors. From 1986 to 2000, Spicer managed and co-managed closely held entities for a number of companies. In 2001, Spicer became a private investor and has worked with VIDA Productions and Justash Ltd. to produce news reports in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. He represented the Conrad Hilton Foundation in various projects in Asia, Latin America, and the United States from 1999 to 2001, most notably inspecting grantee projects in Vietnam, Cambodia, Venezuela, and Mexico. From 1993 to 2003, he served on the board of directors for agricultural water supply programs in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Nepal. Spicer has assisted numerous not-for-profit organizations, including Mercy Corps, Habitat for Humanity, and World Vision. He has also filmed medical and living conditions in Latin America for television and documentaries, acted as a translator for medical relief teams overseas, and participated in health education programs. His current projects involve the development of educational videos about HIV/AIDS and drug-resistant tuberculosis in collaboration with the World Health Organization, Viacom, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Bill of Particulars 31 ALUMNI NEWS Alumni (continued from page 29) 1980s Maria Luz "Lucy" Corona, JD'81, received the Indiana University Distinguished Latino Alumni Award from the Latino Alumni Association. Judge Corona joins federal judge Jesse M. Villalpando, JD'84, the 2004 recipient, and the 2003 recipient, J. Guadalupe Valtierra, JD'82, chancellor of Ivy Tech State College in Gary, Ind., in this recognition. Corona is a magistrate judge for the Domestic Relations Court in Lake County. Linda Clark Dague, JD'82, and Mary Louise Dague Buck, JD'95, opened their own mother-daughter firm, Dague & Buck, in Muncie, Ind. In 1987, October Smith Kniess, JD'82, returned to her hometown of Indianapolis, where she is working in general law practice with a concentration in family law. She says she relishes spending time with her children (ages 28, 26, 10, and 8) and grandchildren (9, 4, 2, and 1 1/2), and her "fledgling indoor Bonsai business," Tobies Tony Trees. Buroker elected national chair of American Heart Association Andrew B. Buroker, JD'89 Andrew B. Buroker, JD'89, a partner at Krieg DeVault in Indianapolis, has been elected to serve as the national chair of the American Heart Association. Buroker was elected by the AHA's delegate assembly during its annual Volunteer Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. The three-year term began on July 1, 2005, with a one-year term as chair-elect. Buroker is a 2004 winner of the Indiana Law Distinguished Service Award for service to the community and the school. Justice Frank Sullivan Jr., JD'82, was honored in Chicago for his decade of service on the Indiana Supreme Court. Since taking the oath as Indiana's 102nd Supreme Court justice, Sullivan has authored more than 300 majority opinions dealing with a wide range of issues, including administrative, commercial, corporate, criminal, environmental, educational, family real estate, tax, and tort law. Kurt Nondorf, JD'83, head of the business transactions and real estate practice group of Jackson Walker, was named "Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly for 2004. Taylor C. Segue III, JD'83, has joined the Detroit office of Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap. Neal A. Puckett, JD'84, practices as a military criminal defense attorney. His clients have included Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, the U.S. commander in Iraq formerly responsible for overseeing the prison system; and Lt. Col. Alien West, whom Puckett defended against accusations of misconduct in connection with the interrogation of an Iraqi detainee. A former lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps, Puckett worked as military trial judge and director of the Law Center in Okinawa, Japan. Before being appointed judge, Puckett distinguished himself as a prosecutor and defense attorney, representing more than 320 clients and litigating 30 jury trials. He was a member of the prosecution team for national security cases involving allegations of espionage at U.S. embassies in Moscow and Vienna. Puckett has an LLM from the University of San Diego School of Law and a master's in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College. Charles A. Stewart III, JD'84, a partner at Bradley Aram Rose & White, recently received the Rich Krochock Award for providing exemplary leadership and support to the DRI Young Lawyers Committee. Judge Jesse M. Villalpando, JD'84, received the Distinguished Latino Alumni Award of the Latino Alumni Association in 2004. Law School graduate and former Indiana House majority leader Mark Kruzan, JD'85, is mayor of Bloomington. He received the Welsh-Bowen Distinguished Public Office Award given by Hoosiers for Higher Education, a statewide organization of more than 10,000 alumni, students, and friends of Indiana University who are dedicated to promoting higher education in the state. Steff Padilla, JD'85, has been elected Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner. She was formerly a juvenile referee for the court. "I'm humbled and very excited," Padilla said. Padilla grew up in Little Rock, Ark., and was an Arkansas deputy attorney general before she moved to Los Angeles. She was admitted to the California bar in 1991 and practiced law for 10 years before working for the Superior Court. 32 Bill of Particulars ALUMNI NEWS David Stryker, JD'85, was appointed senior vice president and general counsel of the chemical company BASF Corp. Stryker joins BASF after 10 years with Siemens Corp., New York, where he held the positions of associate general counsel and corporate compliance officer. Christopher J. Randall, JD'86, has been assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Madrid as the American citizen services officer. In that role, he provides a range of services to U.S. citizens, from help with passports and documentation to coordinating extradition requests. Thomas E. Wheeler, JD'87, a partner at Locke Reynolds, Indianapolis, where he chairs the government and regulatory services group, is one of the 2004 winners of the Burton Award for Legal Achievement, given by the Burton Foundation in association with the Library of Congress. The awards program recognizes partners in law firms and law students who use plain, modern language and avoid archaic, stilted legalese. Wheeler has an extensive practice representing schools and other municipal entities throughout the United States in administrative, trial, and appellate matters. Kevin C. Schiferl, JD'88, a partner of Locke Reynolds, was named "Indiana Defense Lawyer of the Year" by the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana on Nov. 12, 2004. Scott E. Tarter, JD'88, joined the business services group of Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis. Tarter is also a fellow with the Indiana Bar Foundation. William O. Harrington, JD'89, who is in private practice, was elected to the Indiana Civil Liberties Union board of directors. Natalie Stucky, JD'89, a partner at Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis, was elected to a three-year term to the American College of Mortgage Attorneys' board of regents. 1990s Kevin Dougherty, JD'90, a partner in Warner Norcross & Judd, was named chair of the firm's family law practice group. John Bessler, JD'91, is the author of two books: Kiss of Death: America's Love Affair with the Death Penalty (Northeastern University Press, 2003) and Legacy of Violence: Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota (University of Minnesota Press, 2003). Bessler is a partner at the law firm of Kelly & Berens in Minneapolis. JauNae M. Hanger, JD'91, received the Indiana State Bar Association's Hon. Viola Taliaferro Award for her dedication and commitment to finding creative solutions to problems facing Indiana children. Sponsored by the Civil Rights of Children Committee of the ISBA, the award honors an individual who best exemplifies Judge Taliaferro's courageous leadership in addressing the unmet legal needs of children and in raising the public's awareness of these needs. Taliaferro is a 1977 graduate of Indiana Law. Marianne M. Owen, JD'91, a partner of Stuart & Branigan, assumed her role as Indiana State Bar Association treasurer on Oct. 15, 2004, at the ISBA's annual meeting. Charlotte Westerhaus, JD'91, was named vice president for the newly created Office for Diversity and Inclusion for the NCAA, reporting directly for NCAA President Myles Brand. (continued on page 34) Eichhorn, Shields to receive IU's 2006 Distinguished Alumni Service Award Fred Eichhorn, JD'57, and V. Sue Shields, LLB'61, are among five graduates to receive Indiana University's 2006 Distinguished Alumni Service Award. The award, which is Ill's highest accolade reserved solely for its alumni, provides recognition for outstanding career achievements and significant contributions benefiting the recipient's community, state, nation, or university. Eichhorn and Shields join IU graduates George Taliaferro, Ronald Webb, and James Weigand as this year's DASA recipients. The ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 17, in the Alumni Room at the Indiana Memorial Union. Eichhorn served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. After earning his law degree, he joined his father's law firm in Gary, Ind., and became a partner in 1963. He served on the board of numerous civic organizations in northwest Indiana. He served as president of the Indiana State Bar Association, received the Chancellor's Medallion from IU Northwest, and is a member of the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows. Eichhorn served as a member of the IU Board of Trustees for 15 years and was president from 2002 to 2005. Shields was the first woman to be elected judge of a general jurisdiction trial court in Indiana, the first female judge in the Indiana Court of Appeals, and the first woman U.S. magistrate judge in Indiana. She has also been inducted into the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows, the highest honor Indiana Law bestows upon its graduates. Shields received two lifetime achievement awards from the Indianapolis Bar Association. Bill of Particulars 33 ALUMNI NEWS Alumni (continued from page 33) Jonn Cooper, JD'92, vice president and associate general counsel of Turner Entertainment Group and Turner Sports in Atlanta, also serves as vice president and team counsel of the Atlanta Braves. James M. Hinshaw, JD'92, is a partner at Bingham McHale in Indianapolis and is chair of the firm's intellectual property litigation practice group. Hinshaw also serves as chair of the governance/recruiting committee on the board of MCCOY, a not-for-profit organization that advocates for the improvement of youth services in the community. Doninger receives 2005 DASA Clarence Doninger, JD'60 Former Indiana University Athletic Director Clarence Doninger, JD'60, is among the five who were honored on June 18, 2005, with the Distinguished Alumni Service Award during the IU Alumni Association's annual Cream and Crimson Weekend. A founding member of the Kelley MBA Sports and Entertainment Academy's Senior Advisory Board, Doninger has mentored many students of the academy, including Athletic Department graduate assistants and student teams performing consulting projects for the department. After graduation, he served IU as president of both the ID Alumni Association and the Varsity Club National Board of Directors. He has also been a member of the IU Athletics Committee and the IU Foundation Board of Directors. Doninger served as director of athletics for IU from 1991 to 2001. He currently works at Stark Doninger & Smith in Indianapolis. A letterman in basketball, Doninger played for lU's legendary coach Branch McCracken from 1953 to 1957 and was a member of lU's Big Ten Championship team during his senior year. He was a charter member of the Little 500 Hall of Fame and rode for a winning Little 500 team. Lisa McKinney Goldner, JD'92, a partner with Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis, was elected vice president of the Law School's alumni board. Barry Phillips, JD'92, was appointed to the position of judicial court commissioner in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, presiding over felony, misdemeanor, and small claims cases. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he had tried a murder case that was televised live on Court TV as the featured trial of the week. Daniel Hackman, JD'93, vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Cardiac Rhythm Management for Guidant Corp., accepted the newly created position of vice president for operations for Guidant Asia. Hackman will be located in Hong Kong. J. Patrick Lennon, JD'93, is a principal and a member of the real estate practice group at Miller Canfield. In 2005, he was one of only three attorneys to receive Business Review magazine's award as a "Top Business Leader Under 40." He is also a frequent speaker. In 2004, he spoke at Michigan's largest commercial real estate conference, Synergy 2004, addressing the issue of homeland security threats on the operation of commercial real estate facilities. Dennis J. Mondero, JD'93, is the director of code enforcement in the Department of Buildings for the city of Chicago. Juan Carlos Ferrucho, JD'94, is manager of the international tax services department at Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant Certified Public Accountants and Consultants in Miami. Maile Hirota, JD'94, married Ray Sandia in Honolulu on July 3, 2004. A director at Lynch Ichida Thompson Kim & Hirota, Hirota practices immigration and nationality law. Hirota is also serving as Hawaii chapter chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. In August 2005, Henry Noyes, JD'94, will be an associate professor at Chapman University. Noyes has published an article titled "Is E-Discovery So Different That It Requires New Discovery Rules? An Analysis of Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," which appeared in 71 Tennessee Law Review 585 (2004). In addition, Noyes testified on Jan. 12, 2005, before the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States. San Francisco Magazine has named Henry S. Noyes, JD'94, a northern California "Super Lawyer." Noyes is a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop, San Francisco, where he has a broad commercial litigation practice. His article on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was published in the Tennessee Law Review. Jack Bobo, JD'96, deputy chief of the Biotechnology Trade Division at the U.S. Department of State, recently met with officials in Kenya to discuss policies related to agricultural biotechnology. Kepten Carmichael, JD'96, now practices in the business, tax, and real estate department in the law firm of Barnes & Thornburg, after several years at Roche Diagnostics Corp. 34 Bill of Particulars ALUMNI NEWS Carrie Wagner Bootcheck, JD'97, was named a partner in the law firm of Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis. Bootcheck was also selected as a member of the 10th Class of the Indiana Leadership Forum for 2004-05, which encourages emerging civic, business, and cultural leaders to increase their involvement in the Republican Party. James K. Cleland, JD'97, is an associate for Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the nation's largest intellectual property law firms. Heidi G. Goebel, JD'97, joined Nathan Alder, JD/MPA'95, at the law firm of Christensen & Jensen in Salt Lake City. Kenneth L. Parker, JD'97, married WXIN (Channel 59) anchor Cheryl Adams on Sept. 25, 2004. The couple met at a baby shower for classmate Octavia Florence Snulligan, JD'97. Snulligan's son, Donovan, participated in the wedding as ring bearer. Jason R. Reese, JD'97, a partner with Wagner Reese & Crossen in Carmel, Ind., was recognized by the Indiana Bar Association as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year in 2002. In 2004, he was named an Indianapolis "Super Lawyer." Kevin Robling, JD'97, heads up the city of Bloomington's legal department as corporate counsel for the city. He had previously served as the Law School's dean of admissions. David Suess, JD'97, a partner with Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis, has been elected chair of the board of the Indiana AIDS Fund. The fund is a private philanthropic fundraising and grant-making organization dedicated to supporting HIV prevention and service programs throughout Indiana. Check out the Indiana Law online directory Looking for former classmates? Use the Law School's online directory! Access to the directory requires a user name and password. Call (812) 855-9700 or send e-mail to lawalum@indiana.edu. www.law.indiana.edu/alumni/ directory.index.shtml Robinson wins Highest Leaf Award Laurie Robinson, JD'98, was selected to receive the Women's Venture Fund's Highest Leaf Award in connection with Corporate Counsel Women of Color, a newly formed organization that Robinson founded to promote diversity in the legal profession. More than 900 women attorneys of color who work for Fortune 1000 and Forbes 2000 companies comprise the organization. Robinson is the assistant general counsel for CBS Broadcasting in New York. The Highest Leaf Award honors women who positively impact their fields and exemplify an understanding of the balance between outcome and responsibility in the workplace. David A. Concha, JD'98, and Tony Y. Kirn, JD'98, launched the law firm of Concha Kim & Associates in Charlotte, N.C. Imara Dawson, JD'98, director of the South Africa Area Initiative, met with Nelson Mandela as part of her work with the SAAI. Mandela plays a role in overseeing the SAAI grant. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development through Chicago State University, the grant assists with completing the transformation of South Africa from an apartheid regime to a free-market and multiracial society, through educational and community development. To achieve this goal, the SAAI has established a linkage program with three colleges and universities in South Africa where CSU faculty, staff, and students work to strengthen the existing academic disciplines. Michael Griffin, JD'98, of Krieg DeVault and the U.S. Army Reserve, served in Qatar as the command judge advocate for U.S. Army Forces Central Command. Previously, Griffin served as operational law attorney in Kuwait at the Coalition Forces Land Component Command headquarters. Christine Orich, JD'98, is a partner in the law firm of Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis. Jennifer A. Puplava, JD'98, an associate of the law firm of Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones, was elected to serve on the board of the Kent County Humane Society. April Edwards Sellers, JD'98, was named deputy chief of staff by Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson in December 2004. Maryann O. Williams, JD'98, joined the Indiana State Bar Association board of governors at the ISBA's (continued on page 36) Bill of Particulars 35 ALUMNI NEWS Alumni (continued from page 35) annual meeting on Oct. 13, 2004. Williams represents District 7 of Indiana. Bryan Woodruff, JD'98, is a partner in the law firm of Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis. Michael Puzio, JD'99, is a judge advocate with the U.S. Army. He wrote from Camp Doha, Kuwait, where he was serving as chief of operational and international law for the Coalition Forces Land Command. "The legal issues are interesting and diverse," he wrote. "Some of my duties include assisting with the repatriation of looted Iraqi historical artifacts, working with coalition members to address fiscal and logistical support through cross-servicing agreements, interpreting Kuwaiti law, teaching the military, operational rules of engagement, and reviewing law of war investigations." James Snyder, JD'99, was appointed by the University of Richmond to teach product liability law off-site at Philip Morris's headquarters in Virginia. 2000s Mark Crandley, JD'00, has joined the litigation department of Barnes & Thornburg in Indianapolis. Jeff Mills, JD'00, is assistant vice president and associate counsel with Old National Bancorp, a New York Stock Exchange publicly traded bank holding company based in Evansville, Ind. Chad J. Bradford, JD'02, joined Stewart & Irwin as an associate on the medical malpractice defense team. Andrew Held, JD'02, joined Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis as an associate in the real estate group. Bruce Yuan-Hao Liao, JD'03, transferred from Soochow University School of Law to National Chengchi University Department of Law as director of the Public Law Center. Dale Wengler, JD'03, now lives in Yarmouth, Maine, and works at Marcus Clegg & Mistretta. Andrew J. Blodgett, JD'04, is an associate in the law firm of Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge in Traverse City, Mich. Matthew E. Fink, JD'04, is an associate in the law firm of Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones. Glint Liveoak, JD'04, public health analyst for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spent nearly two months in Botswana, Africa, working with the country's government on its HIV/AIDS policy. Michael F. Sutton, JD'04, joined Frost Brown Todd as an associate in the litigation department. Each year, esteemed judges and accomplished attorneys donate time to hear final arguments in the Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition. This year Indiana Law alumni Thomas M. Fisher, JD'94, Indiana solicitor general, and Gregory Castanias, JD'90, a partner at Jones Day in Washington, D.C., sat on the judges panel. 36 Bill of Particulars IN MEMORIAM Longtime federal judge Jesse Eschbach, 84, dies by Julie Creek and Amanda lacone Jesse E. Eschbach, JD'49, a Warsaw native who was appointed to a federal judgeship in Fort Wayne by President Kennedy and to the U.S. Court of Appeals by President Reagan, died Oct. 25, 2005. He was 84. When Eschbach retired in 2000, he had served 38 years on the federal bench. He was widely praised as a scrupulously fair and impartial judge who had a vast knowledge of the law and was always thorough and well-prepared. He set high standards for himself and for the lawyers who appeared before him, said Senior U.S. District Judge William C. Lee. Eschbach was extremely bright, conscientious and maintained great control over his courtroom, said Lee, who tried 15 to 20 cases before Eschbach when Lee was a U.S. attorney in the early 1970s. Lawyers had to come prepared and some found him intimidating, Lee said. "He was really just a very disciplined professional," Lee said. But outside the courtroom, Eschbach was completely different. He was witty and "a lot of fun." And it was Eschbach who suggested that Lee become a judge. Without a doubt, Eschbach had the most influence on Lee's career, Lee said. Lee was appointed federal judge in Fort Wayne in 1981 by Reagan. Born in Warsaw on Oct. 26, 1920, Eschbach was a Navy veteran, serving aboard a mine sweeper in the South Pacific during World War II. He graduated from the Indiana University School of Law in 1949, and joined the Warsaw law firm that would become Graham Rasor Eschbach and Harris. He served for a time as the Warsaw city attorney and as a deputy prosecutor for Kosciusko County. Kennedy appointed Eschbach to the federal district judgeship in Fort Wayne in 1962. In 1981, with recommendations from Sen. Richard Lugar and then-Sen. Dan Quayle, Reagan appointed him to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which serves Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Years later, Eschbach told the Weekly Standard that Reagan had personally phoned him from the Oval Office to ask him to join the appeals court. Eschbach told the Standard that he later wrote to Reagan to express "my deep appreciation for your kindness and consideration in calling me. It was an experience our family will never forget." Eschbach was a low-key judge who would not serve on boards of religious and charitable organizations, arguing that using a judge's name to solicit donations could be misunderstood. During his years on the federal bench, Eschbach gained a reputation as "a judge's judge, someone with a passion for the law tempered by an appreciation for the realities of everyday life," according to a December 2000 Journal Gazette editorial that marked his retirement. In a 1977 Journal Gazette series on the most powerful people in the city, Eschbach was the undisputed choice of community leaders as the city's most trusted leader. "As a reflection of Eschbach's incisive legal mind, meticulous attention to detail and in-depth knowledge of the law," the story noted, "his decisions are very rarely overturned by higher courts." One of Eschbach's most high-profile cases involved Earl L. Butz, former secretary of agriculture under Presidents Nixon and Ford and a dean emeritus at Purdue University. In June 1981, Eschbach sentenced Butz to 30 days in federal prison and nearly five years'probation for tax fraud. Butz admitted that in 1978, he reported income of $97,814 when in fact his taxable income was $254,928. In 1987, Eschbach assumed senior status on the court, which allowed him to handle fewer cases if he wished, but he continued to hear many cases until about a year before retiring. "He benefited greatly from his many years as a district court judge, which gave him insights that those of us appointed directly to the appellate bench are denied; wrote Judge Richard Posner, Eschbach's longtime colleague on the court of appeals. "And ego, politics, and personal rivalry never marred his performance of the judicial function. Truly one of the outstanding federal judges of his time." In December 2000, Eschbach was honored at a retirement ceremony at the E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, where his judgeship began 38 years earlier. "I frankly am overwhelmed," Eschbach said of the ceremony, which drew dozens of friends and colleagues. "It is richly undeserved." Courtesy of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Jesse E. Eschbach, JD'49 Bill of Particulars 37 IN MEMORIAM William R. Stewart, JD'59 Clarence ("C.") Benjamin Dutton, a 1940 graduate of the Law School, passed away on Nov. 6, 2004. He was 87. Dutton, who was elected to the Law School's Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 1998, is remembered by colleagues and the Law School community as a gentle man with an enormous intellect who, over a legal career spanning more than 50 years, had a far-reaching impact on how law is practiced and how judges are selected in Indiana. During his career, Dutton formed the Indianapolis law firms of Dutton & Kappes and Dutton Overman Goldstein & Pinkus. Frederick E. Rakestraw, JD'49, died in August 2004. Rakestraw served on the Indiana Supreme Court from 1966 until his retirement in 2002. Thomas E. Fisher, JD'50, founder of the Cleveland law firm that is now Watts Hoffman Fisher & Heinke, died on Jan. 20, 2005. Fisher served clients worldwide as an intellectual property law specialist. In addition to publishing numerous law journal articles, Fisher was a guest editor of the American Patent Law Association Journal, a member of the Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal advisory board, and was active with the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation. Robert Hahn, JD'53, a founding partner of Bamberger Foreman Oswald & Hahn, died on Nov. 12, 2004, after 50 years of practicing trial law. In 1974, Hahn was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers and later received the James Bethel Grisham Award from the Evansville Bar Association. William Rufus Stewart, JD'59, an attorney at the National Labor Relations Board for more than three decades, died on Feb. 16, 2004, in Washington, D.C. Stewart is a member of the Law School's Academy of Law Alumni Fellows. Stewart, the first African American to serve as chief counsel at the NLRB, was the recipient of the highest honor that the federal government gives a career civil servant, the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Service, which he received just after his 1997 retirement. Then-President Bill Clinton said at the time that Stewart was "instrumental in winning national labor law cases that have had a major impact on American workers, such as protecting the rights of blind workers and preserving the ability of workers to vote by mail in union elections." Retired attorney Max Hobbs, JD'60, died on April 3, 2005. He had moved to Traverse City, Mich., in 2003 from Fort Wayne, Ind., where he had practiced for 45 years. He became involved in the Old Town Playhouse, sailing, and gardening. He and his wife, Holley, have two sons, John, who lives in Stocholm with his wife, Lauren; and Thomas, who lives in New York. 1964 graduate Peter O'Malley died on May 7, 2005, in Phoenix. Frank McCloskey, JD'71, a six-term congressional representative from Indiana and the former mayor of Bloomington, died on Nov. 2, 2003, after a long illness. McCloskey entered politics in 1972, when, as a third-year law student at Indiana University, he ran for mayor of Bloomington. He served as mayor for 10 years and was credited with obtaining federal money to help improve city services and revitalize downtown. While serving in Congress as a representative from the 8th District, in southwestern Indiana, from 1983 to 1995, McCloskey made several trips to Bosnia, and in 1992 called for selective air strikes against Serbian forces if they continued their siege of Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 2002, he was named director of Kosovo programs for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, where he was teaching leaders how to govern democratically. Scott Niemann, JD'80, died on March 30, 2004, at his home in Fort Wayne, Ind., after an 18-month battle with cancer. 38 Bill of Particulars Announcing IUAIumniCareers.com The IU Alumni Association's new online career services center, IUAIumniCareers.com, is officially open! This Web site provides online career and mentoring services for IU alumni. Register at IUAIumniCareers.com to search for jobs posted by employers, post your resume for review by employers, or search for an alumni mentor for career advice. IU alumni are invited to register as mentors to give career advice to their fellow alumni. As a mentor, you may choose how often and in what manner you wish to be contacted, and you may opt out of the mentor program at any time. Employers are invited to register to post job openings at no charge. Only IUAA members may search for jobs and mentors, so activate your membership today! Contact the IUAA membership department at iuaamemb@indiana.edu or (800) 824-3044. 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Indiana Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405; visit our Web site at www.law.indiana.edu/classnotes; or fax to (812) 855-0555. 40 Bill of Particulars Indiana Law Alumni Board of Directors DEAN Lauren Robel, JD'83 OFFICERS President Geoffrey Slaughter, JD'89 President Elect Lisa McKinney Goldner, JD'92 Vice President Lisa McKinney Goldner, JD'79 Treasurer Gregory Castanias, JD'90 Secretary Sara Slaughter, JD'88 Past President Ted Waggoner, JD'78 DIRECTORS Janet Beach, JD'95 Ellen Boshkoff, JD'90 Andrew Buroker, JD'89 Mary Linda Casey, JD'70 Thomas Clancy, JD'73 Sherrill Colvin, JD'65 Maria Luz Corona, JD'81 Gary Davis, JD'82 Marisa Ford, JD'85 Rose Gallagher, JD'99 Nestor Ho, JD'93 Andrew Hull, JD'86 Gregory Jordan, JD'84 Gregory Knapp, JD'81 Nancy Vozar Knapp, JD'83 Angela Karras Neboyskey, JD'00 Thomas McNulty, JD'83 Sonia Miller-Van Oort, JD'97 Dennis Mondero, JD'93 Martin Montes, JD'95 John Michael Mueller, JD'97 Joseph D. O'Connor III, JD'78 Angela Parker, JD'94 Gayle Gerling Pettinga, JD'87 Elissa Preheim, JD'96 David Rammelt, JD'90 Laurie Robinson, JD'98 David Tittle, JD'67 Brian Williams, JD'81 Gordon Wishard, JD'69 EX OFFICIO Mary Beth Brody, JD'76 Joseph Brownlee, JD'72 Philippa Guthrie, JD'91 John Hobson Patrick Zika, JD'73 STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES Maurice Williams, Class of 2006 Lauren Buford, Class of 2007 Indiana Law Board of Visitors OFFICERS Chair Robert A. Jefferies Jr., JD'66 Vice Chair Rapheal M. Prevot Jr., JD'84 Secretary Matthew R. Gutwein, JD'88 MEMBERS Judge Sarah E. Barker William J. Brody, JD'76 David L. Carden, JD'76 James M. Carr, JD'75 Catherine Anne Conway, JD'78 Ann M. DeLaney, JD'77 Anne Nading DePrez, JD'81 Donald P. Dorfman, LLB'57 Scott N. Flanders, JD'82 Michael E. Flannery, JD'83 James F. Fitzpatrick, JD'59 Dorothy J. Frapwell, JD'73 Eric A. Frey, JD'67 David E. Greene, JD'74 Judge David F. Hamilton V. William Hunt, JD'69 R. Neil lrwin, JD'71 Judge Michael S. 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Stewart, JD'71 Judge Diane P. Wood EX OFFICIO Douglas D. Church Richard S. Eynon Lisa McKinney Goldner, JD'92 John M. Kyle III, JD'79 James W. Riley Jr. Judge Randall T. Shepard Geoffrey G. Slaughter, JD'89 INDIANA UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center 1000 East 17th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47408-1521 Nonprofit Org. Postage PAID Indiana University Alumni Association The Power of Thinking Things Through Story on page 10