Gonzaga Law Magazine 2019 by Gonzaga University

2019

Gonzaga University School of Law established 1912 Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

CONTENTS 3

Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note

5 News 9 Events 13

2019 Graduates

Feature: Innovate & Integrate

30 Faculty Accomplishments 35 Election Coverage: Zags In Office 37

Class Action

Alumni Profiles

50 Closing Essay

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

President Thayne M. McCulloh Dean Jacob H. Rooksby Editor-in-Chief Kim Hai Pearson - Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Program Innovation Faculty Advisor Jessica Kiser - Associate Dean of Faculty Research & Development Senior Writers Kevin Carr Anna Creed Contributing Writers Jeff Bunch Jeff Geldien Sarah Guzmán Annie Yeend Photography Zack Berlat Graphic Designers Reanne Hoblin Tracy Martin Henry Ortega Project Manager Dale Goodwin Gonzaga Law is published annually for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of Gonzaga University School of Law. If you have comments or suggestions, please contact the Office of Alumni Engagement & Strategic Initiatives at guzmans@gonzaga.edu Visit us online at gonzaga.edu/law.

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

A Welcome from

Dean Rooksby Innovate and integrate. With those words as a mantra, President Thayne M. McCulloh challenged me to approach my work as dean with the twofold goal of innovating our programming at the law school and integrating us further into the Gonzaga and Inland Northwest communities. One year in, I feel we are off to a promising start. Kim Hai Pearson began work as our inaugural associate dean for academic affairs and program innovation in January. She is spearheading new collaborations for us across campus and throughout the region. Working with colleagues in our schools of Business and Leadership Studies, we are building a hybrid Executive Two-Year J.D. program. This accelerated program will give exceptionally motivated students the skills they need to become leaders in the profession. With colleagues at Eastern Washington University (EWU) we are exploring the possibility of establishing joint degree programs in the areas of public health and public administration, as well as fortifying our existing J.D./M.S.W. program. And, under a new arrangement, driven and talented EWU undergraduates will soon be able to complete their undergraduate and law degrees at our respective institutions in six years as opposed to seven. We continue to build our academic programming, delivering a legal education that enables students to put their passion into practice. This fall, in partnership with Catholic Charities Eastern Washington, we have inaugurated an Immigration Law Clinic to serve the unmet legal needs of our state’s immigrant population. Under the steady direction of Professor Jason Gillmer and his assistant director, Michele Fukawa, the Center for Civil & Human Rights (CCHR) has become our flagship platform for social justice education and action at the law school. The depth and breadth of CCHR’s programming this past year is astonishing, as further described in these pages. More people are coming into our beautiful building to learn about legal issues in the community. We have lowered barriers to entry by establishing an art program that affords local artists the opportunity to display their work on our walls. And we continue to be a space for important community events, such as naturalization ceremonies and continuing legal education, that showcase Gonzaga Law as the pillar of the Spokane community that it is. These accomplishments come as we make financial investments in our building — now 20 years young

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to better structure our spaces to reflect student needs and create an inclusive learning environment for all. I appreciate the commitment of alumni and the Law School Foundation to support this important initiative through the strategic use of nontuition dollars. Joining our ranks this fall are two new assistant professors, Mason Marks and Drew Simshaw. Coming from fellowships at Yale and Georgetown, they bring rich experience in the areas of artificial intelligence, health law, and legal research and writing. They are already contributing to important dialogues on how new technologies are shaping the practice of law. We welcome these new colleagues as we extend heartfelt appreciation to Professor Amy Kelley, who served on our faculty with distinction for 40 years before retiring in May. We have much more to say about her lasting contributions to the law school in a story on page 8. Amid these exciting changes, we have not lost sight of the fundamentals. Our class of 2018 graduates passed the Washington State Bar Exam in July at a rate of 83.1%, the highest overall pass rate of any law school in the state. The recent hiring of Assistant Director of Academic Support and Bar Services Michele Berger will help us bolster our commitment to student academic achievement, both in law school and on the bar exam. The Gonzaga Law alumni community has graciously welcomed me over this past year with events from Seattle to Washington, D.C. It is my honor to lead this institution as we engage in the important work of positioning Gonzaga Law for sustained and sustainable growth in all the right directions. Your unwavering support and commitment bolster our momentum.

Follow Dean Rooksby on Instagram @ZagLawDean

Onward and upward!

Jacob H. Rooksby, J.D., Ph.D. Dean and Professor, School of Law Professor, School of Education

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

IN THE NEWS 26 ALUMNI SWORN INTO BAR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES In November twenty-six Gonzaga Law alumni were sworn into the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in front of more than 50 guests. An immersive experience in Washington, D.C., the inductees met with Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Congratulations to our alumni for this notable achievement. Dean Rooksby with Gonzaga alumni sworn into the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court

What a remarkable day this was for our alums and their families. The candid visits from Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Ginsburg put an exclamation point on an already unforgettable experience for all in attendance,” said Dean Jacob Rooksby.

GONZAGA LAW GRADUATES SCORE TOPS IN STATE BAR EXAM PASS RATE

EWU, GU LAW COLLABORATE TO BENEFIT STUDENTS INTERESTED IN LAW CAREERS

Gonzaga University School of Law graduates had the highest overall pass rate of the state’s three law schools in the 2018 Washington State Bar Exam in July. Gonzaga Law led the state with 83.1 percent of its graduates — 54 of 65 — passing the overall exam, according to the Washington State Bar Association.

Eastern Washington University (EWU) students aiming to pursue a career in the law may have some new opportunities thanks to a collaborative agreement signed recently between EWU and the Gonzaga University School of Law.

Of the Gonzaga Law alumni test-takers in July, 50 (of 61) passed on their first attempt. All four of the Gonzaga Law graduates who repeated the test passed it. The state’s overall pass rate was 68.7 percent (473 pass, 216 fail).

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

The memorandum of understanding forms the EWU-GU Legal Education Collaboration Committee. The committee will include two representatives from each school

who will identify and explore creating potential legal education programs to provide more EWU students with opportunities to access Gonzaga Law programs and services. Specifically, the committee will explore establishing a “3+3 articulation agreement” that would allow EWU students to complete a bachelor’s degree and a Gonzaga Law degree in six years instead of seven.

IN THE NEWS JIMMY KIMMEL’S ’FEUD’ WITH GONZAGA REACHES THE LAW SCHOOL After late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel challenged Gonzaga University to prove its existence during a March Madness monologue, the Gonzaga community responded in full. Even Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson tweeted his assurance: “Hey, @jimmykimmel, as Attorney General of Washington State, I declare under penalty of perjury that @GonzagaU is real.” Kimmel ran Ferguson’s tweet on air the next night, challenging him to “swear on a bible.”

Dean Rooksby and Attorney General Ferguson

Ferguson accepted the challenge. The next day, Ferguson flew to Spokane and arrived at the law school willing and ready. Alongside Dean Rooksby and in front of an enthusiastic group of law students, staff, and faculty, Ferguson gave Kimmel the proof he was looking for. Kimmel ran an excerpt of the video on his Monday, March 18 program, hilariously doctoring the footage to make it look dubious. Nevertheless, the Gonzaga Law community was thrilled to be featured on national television. The event has been discussed nationwide in the New York Times, TIME Magazine, on Law.com, and more.

JUSTICE JOHN CHARLES THOMAS: A WEEK AS GONZAGA LAW’S JURIST-INRESIDENCE The Center for Civil & Human Rights brought the Honorable John Charles Thomas to Gonzaga Law as its 2019 Jurist-in-Residence. March 18–23, Justice Thomas taught a one-credit short course on civil rights lawyering, delivered the annual William O. Douglas Lecture on the First Amendment, and participated in other activities on campus. Justice Thomas was the first African American man to sit on the Virginia Supreme Court and, at 32, was the youngest justice ever to be appointed. In 1995, he was awarded the NAACP’s Lifetime Image Award. In 2005, he was appointed to the International Court of Arbitration for Sports based in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2014, he was named Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Virginia (UVA) College of Arts and Sciences. In his spare time, he also teaches appellate advocacy at UVA School of Law. “I was told by a wise person a long time ago that ‘The candle that lights another candle burns no less brightly,’” Thomas said. “Which means if you have the light of knowledge and you share it with others, yours doesn’t get dimmer. It just means that the light of knowledge gets stronger around the world.” “Justice Thomas brought a wealth of experience and insight to our campus,” said Professor Jason Gillmer, the director of the Center for Civil & Human Rights. “He is the quintessential activist, a consummate professional, and an

Kimmel’s “feud” eventually ended with a warm and gracious tweet: “Congratulations to my new friends at #Gonzaga on a great season. … Imaginary or otherwise, I have grown very fond of you.”

engaging speaker. He kept students on the edge of their seats with stories of growing up in the segregated South and how the legal system might be used to address injustice and promote equality.”

SBMC, EBAY, AND GU LAW LAUNCH SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Incoming students at Gonzaga University School of Law have new opportunities in intellectual property thanks to eBay and SBMC Intellectual Property Law. The program, titled Diversity in Technology & IP Law Scholarship & Internship — Powered by eBay and SBMC, seeks to increase diversity in the field of intellectual property law.

Left- Right. Mark Niemann (J.D., ’07), Dean Rooksby, Patrick Walsh (J.D., ’10)

One incoming student per year will be awarded a one-time stipend of $10,000 as well as a recurring scholarship that will be applied toward tuition. The awarded student will also automatically earn internship placements at both eBay and SBMC. For the eBay portion of the internship, the student will travel to San Jose, California for a multiweek immersive experience at eBay headquarters. For the SBMC portion, the student will work in the SBMC office in downtown Spokane. The internship will take place during the summer between the student’s first and second years in law school. Continued on Page 7...

Justice Thomas Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

IN THE NEWS “We are thrilled to announce the diversity scholarship and internship program with eBay and SBMC,” said Dean Rooksby. “We take great pride here at Gonzaga Law in preparing our students to put their passion into practice. This innovative opportunity in the field of IP law is second to none and will offer practical training for students from diverse backgrounds who are interested in pursuing careers in this dynamic practice area.”

CENTER FOR CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS SPONSORS NPR PODCAST Forgotten Prison is a new podcast from KNKX Public Radio and the Washington State History Museum. Sponsored by Gonzaga Law’s Center for Civil & Human Rights, this six-part series investigated the history of the nowabandoned prison on McNeil Island, which today is home to the Special Commitment Center. The podcast series was downloaded over 240,000 times and received rave reviews from listeners and media outlets. The first episode reached a national audience when NPR added it to its NPR One app. Missed the podcast? The entire series is available to stream online or through your favorite podcast app.

HIRES & PROMOTIONS Hires Michele Berger Assistant Director of Academic Support and Bar Services Megan Case Director of the Immigration Law Clinic Lisa Clark Admin Assistant III, Dean’s Office Chris Crago Director of the Tax Clinic Michele Fukawa Assistant Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights Mason Marks Assistant Professor of Law Kathryn Nguyen Legal Assistant, Fixed Term, Law Clinic Abraham Ritter Assistant Director of Professional Development Maggie Schott Staff Attorney, Moderate Means Program Drew Simshaw Assistant Professor of Law

Promotions Sarah Guzmán Director of Alumni Engagement & Strategic Initiatives Jessica Kiser Associate Dean of Faculty Research & Development Camesha Little Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Academic Support and Bar Programming Genevieve Mann Law Clinic Co-Director Forgotten Prison Podcast

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

Kim Hai Pearson Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Program Innovation

EVENTS

Professor Amy Kelley Retires After 40 years of teaching at Gonzaga Law, Professor Amy Kelley retired this spring. Professor Kelley was among the first tenuretrack women to join the law faculty and has been the longest-serving female faculty member. As a legal professional, Kelley developed a national reputation as an expert on water rights and is the editorin-chief and contributing author of Water and Water Rights (LexisNexis). For her work teaching about natural resources law, Professor Kelley received the 2010 Clyde O. Martz Teaching Award from the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.

COLLEAGUES, ALUMNI, AND STUDENTS COMMENT ON PROFESSSOR KELLEY’S EMERITA LEGACY “I will always be very grateful for Professor Kelley for her leadership and service over so many years [at Gonzaga Law] and [Gonzaga University]. She played an instrumental role in many important university initiatives and she will be missed. Very happy retirement, Professor!” — President Thayne M. McCulloh “Professor Kelley has been a pillar of teaching and scholarship for decades. We extend our thanks and congratulations for her years of dedicated service” — Dean Jacob H. Rooksby “Amy has the sharpest mind on the faculty. She can segue seamlessly from one complex legal subject to another, always contributing her insightful reflection throughout the discussion. Amy has [also] been an excellent role model for students and other faculty about the ways to balance parenting and professional responsibility. Now, she’s modeling grandparenting, especially the fervor of being a grandparent as well.” — Professor Mary Pat Treuthart “Amy and I bonded because we both set our clocks a few minutes ahead, so we can be on time! Amy was one of the first people I met when interviewing for my position at Gonzaga. While we didn’t know it at the time, she would become an important part of my life, my faculty mentor, beloved colleague, and friend. I’ve been incredibly lucky to learn from Amy. I still call her my mentor, and we still laugh about our clocks!” — Associate Professor Inga Laurent

“Professor Kelley was well respected by students because of a simple fact: She remembered that we were not just law students, we were people. She saw us as more than a potential passing bar score; she saw the big picture of our lives.” — Linda Currey (J.D., ’10) “Professor Kelley was amazing! She knows crim pro like the back of her hand, reoriented the debate around human trafficking regarding the Comfort Women to emphasize services for the victims, and literally wrote the book on water rights!” — Nick Nelson (J.D., ’13) “[Amy is] one of my favorite professors. She made future interests interesting — no easy task that. Thanks for your many years of service to the school and the profession. I am fortunate to have been one of your students. — John Hanrahan (J.D., ’85) “Loved her classes! Especially her class that I took in Florence through GU’s study abroad program. Congratulations, Professor Kelley, and best wishes. Go Zags!” — Jennifer Richards (J.D., ’13) “Professor Kelley was my favorite. Happy retirement, you brilliant firecracker!” — Allison Walsh (J.D., ’92)

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

EVENTS

Center for Civil & Human Rights Officially Launches with All-Day Conference

The Center for Civil & Human Rights at Gonzaga Law was formally launched on Sept. 28, 2018, when it hosted an allday conference, The Pursuit of Justice: Law, Leadership, and the Role of the Civil Rights Activist. Keynote speakers included Professor Kenneth Mack of Harvard Law School and Justice Mary Yu of the Washington State Supreme Court.

Kenneth Mack

Kenneth Mack’s talk was titled “Civil Rights and State Violence: Past, Present, and Future?” Like the other conference luminaries, Mack is a professor and prolific, respected scholar; his 2012 book, Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer (Harvard University Press), was a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. Justice Yu is the first Asian, first Latina, and first LGBTQ justice on the Washington State Supreme Court.

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

Justice Mary Yu

EVENTS GONZAGA’S FIRST SCHOOL SAFETY FORUM A SUCCESS It takes a community to create safe learning environments for today’s students—the theme that emerged from Gonzaga’s forum School Safety: Shared Responsibility for a Safer Future. The event was led by the School of Education and the School of Law and featured a keynote by Kristina Anderson, founder of the Seattle-based Koshka Foundation and survivor of the VA Tech shooting. Anderson moderated a panel of experts in front of an engaged audience of more than 250 educators and community members in the Hemmingson Ballroom. Kimberlé Crenshaw

FAMED CIVIL RIGHTS SCHOLAR KIMBERLÉ CRENSHAW VISITS GONZAGA Gonzaga University welcomed Kimberlé Crenshaw as the inaugural speaker for the Center for Civil & Human Rights’ annual lecture. Crenshaw is a major scholar in race and the law, feminist legal theory, and critical race theory. She is best known for coining the term and theorizing the concept of intersectionality to describe instances where people experience simultaneous prejudices based on race, gender, and other identities. Her 2016 TED Talk on the urgency of intersectionality in American society and the importance of speaking up on the topic of prejudice has been viewed more than 1.2 million times. “Her talk comes at a time when Gonzaga University and the larger Spokane community are working toward creating a more diverse, inclusive, and culturally competent environment,” wrote Professor Jason Gillmer in an op-ed for the Spokesman-Review.

The cooperative effort of colleges and schools teaming with the broader community is a model that occurs often at Gonzaga as an expression of its core values as a Jesuit institution. “I’m encouraged by the conversation and the experts who were on the panel,” said Dean Jacob Rooksby. “I felt like this was important to have in this community. School violence affects everyone and it’s great to see the community turn out for this.”

Kristina Anderson

THE HONORABLE ANNETTE S. PLESE RECEIVES THE DISTINGUISHED LEGAL SERVICE AWARD AT RED MASS The 2018 Red Mass for the Legal Profession was a great success, with more than 100 attendees. Gonzaga Law was honored to have the Mass presided over by the Most Reverend William S. Skylstad, Bishop Emeritus of Spokane. The Red Mass is a chance for the legal community to gather for wisdom and fellowship and is a wonderful example of Gonzaga Law’s faith community.

Dean Rooksby and Judge Annette S. Plese

Gonzaga Law was thrilled to honor Superior Court Judge Annette S. Plese, who embodies the spirit of the Distinguished Legal Service Award: service to society through a career in law. A double Zag, Judge Plese graduated from Gonzaga University (B.A., ’86) and Gonzaga Law School (J.D., ’91). Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

EVENTS CLARKE FAMILY PRIZE IN LEGAL ETHICS CLE ADDRESSES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The ethical implications of artificial intelligence technologies were discussed at the 2019 annual Clarke Family Prize in Legal Ethics CLE. After welcoming remarks by Dean Rooksby, Professor Brooks Holland moderated a panel composed of the Honorable Veronica Alicea-Galván of the King County Superior Court, Bea Koempel-Thomas (J.D., ’05) of Lee & Hayes, Professor Drew Simshaw, and Visiting Professor John Kroger of Harvard Law School. After a robust panel discussion, the winners of the annual student writing competition were announced. Congratulations to first-place winner 2L Taylor Schaefer and runnerup 2L Alex Hutchings.

First-place winner Taylor Schaefer, third from right, second-place Alex Hutchings, second from left

CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNVEILS FASHION WEEK

INAUGURAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE BEN JOYCE PRESENTS ART THROUGHOUT THE LAW SCHOOL

Gonzaga Law’s Center for Professional Development (CPD) understands that a law student’s clothes — as a job candidate or new hire — can have a tremendous impact on the way the student is perceived by the profession. The CPD also understands that law students do not have large budgets to lay out for a wardrobe during school. Gonzaga Law Fashion Week premiered in 2018 to address and alleviate these concerns.

Gonzaga Law is pleased to welcome Ben Joyce (B.A., ’01) as our inaugural Artist-in-Residence. At a wine and cheese reception in March, Joyce revealed his artwork displayed on the walls via a walking tour throughout the law school building. Joyce talked about the inspiration behind each piece and took questions from the audience.

To help students understand the norms of their new profession, the CPD engaged Gonzaga Law alumna Abra Belke (J.D., ’16), creator of the nationally recognized fashion blog The Work Edit. She discussed what to wear on the job hunt and in the office, why dress matters, and how to create a professional wardrobe that fits an individual’s style and budget. Law students had the chance to put her advice to work at the local Banana Republic, which offered an exclusive event for Gonzaga Law students to browse clothes, hear one-on-one shopping advice, and receive a discount on purchases. Later in the week, the CPD sponsored a pop-up shop with a free selection of lightly used professional attire donated by alumni. Finally, 3L Nicole Luth taught her fellow students how to make minor clothing repairs, like replacing a button, and gave advice about tailoring their professional wardrobe.

Known as the “painter of place,” Ben’s work speaks to Gonzaga Law’s regional ties and national ambition. Education is an aesthetic experience, particularly at a Jesuit law school like Gonzaga Law that educates the whole person. “Art shapes how we feel and how we think,” Dean Rooksby said. “It provokes thoughts and feelings that shape memories. We look forward to making memories with Ben through the display of his artwork throughout our building over the next year.”

Artwork by Ben Joyce

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

EVENTS SWEETSER CLOSING ARGUMENT COMPETITION: SECOND YEAR AS SWEET AS THE FIRST On Jan. 19, 2019, Gonzaga Law hosted the Second Annual Sweetser Closing Argument Competition. Each competitor delivered a closing argument that integrated jury instructions with a fact-pattern prompt and was video-recorded. Sponsored by the Sweetser Law Office, the competition gave student participants a fact pattern based in tort law, a set of jury instructions, and a mere 60 minutes to prepare a cogent, persuasive closing argument no more than 15 minutes long. Judging the competition were Spokane practitioner Greg Casey (J.D., ’71), Matt Albrecht (J.D., ’05), and Gonzaga Law professors Lisa Bradley and Brooks Holland. After the judges’ review, the finalists were: • First Place: Branden Landon, 3L • Second Place: Chelsea Norman, 1L • Third Place: Alex Hutchings, 2L In endowing this competition, James (J.D., ’84) and Marcus Sweetser wanted to create a competition to inspire future trial attorneys. But sharpening courtroom skills is only one part of the journey. “It doesn’t matter what you do for yourself, it matters what you do for others,” James Sweetser shared with students. “You can make a real difference as counselors of law. You are people first, advocates second.”

LECTURES

JOHN KROGER LECTURES ON THE FOURTH AMENDMENT IN THE AGE OF TRUMP John Kroger, Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, spoke at Gonzaga Law in April. In a lecture attended by alumni and students, Kroger spoke of the Fourth Amendment in the age of Donald Trump, focusing on immigration and searches in public and private spaces. Kroger has had a long and distinguished career in education and public service as a U.S Marine, federal prosecutor, law professor, Oregon attorney general, and president of Reed College.

KEITH WHITTINGTON LECTURES ON REAL AND IMAGINED CONSTITUTIONAL CRISES Last April, Keith Whittington, professor of politics at Princeton University, visited Gonzaga Law and Washington State University as part of a new collaboration through The Foley Institute. Whittington is the author of numerous award-winning books, including most recently Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech. At Gonzaga, Whittington explored constitutional crises and shared his take on how citizens can properly identify a real crisis.

GJIL SYMPOSIUM EXPLORES THE TECHNOLOGIC DIVIDE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Left to right. James Sweetser (J.D., ’84) Brandon Landon, Marcus Sweetser

The Gonzaga Journal of International Law (GJIL) held its annual symposium on April 4. An all-day event with optional CLE credits, panelists and lecturers addressed the theme “International Economic and Technologic Divide in the 21st Century,” such as internet access, cybersecurity governance, and other technological inequalities. Panelists included Tayyab Mahmud, Mehmet Komurcu, Michael Best, Ved P. Nanda, and Matthew Rimmer, along with Gonzaga Law faculty. Thompson G. Marsh from the University of Denver, delivered the keynote address.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

2019 GRADUATES Sather GOWDY NATIONAL JURIST LAW STUDENT OF THE YEAR AND FOUNDER OF HEAL SPOKANE

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

2019 GRADUATES

If ABBA’s “Take a Chance on Me” starts to wind through your head as you read about Sather Gowdy, don’t be too surprised. Gowdy, who graduated in May, is the first to admit that Gonzaga Law took a chance on him. “I have been very open about my belief that GU Law took a chance on admitting me. My undergrad grades were certainly nothing special and my LSAT scores were unremarkably average,” he said. “I work incredibly hard, both in school and out of school, to honor the faith that Gonzaga placed in me.” Gowdy grew up in north Spokane, the son of a Whitworth University English professor and a high school counselor. With his sights set on becoming a public defender, Gowdy applied to law school. “I will never forget the first time I set foot in here,” he recalled. “It was a few days before the start of my 1L year and I remember walking up the front steps and seeing the words ‘School of Law’ shimmering in the sunlight and feeling a wave of joy wash over me. I’m not sure that I’ve ever had as big of a smile on my face as I did in that moment.” By his second year, the glow had dimmed. During the typical grind of 2L classes, two of Gowdy’s close friends died within weeks of each other. He suffered a “messy breakup,” and an inattentive driver totaled his car and temporarily damaged his spine. Gowdy plunged into a deep depression. “I’d wake up and just feel bitter, you know? And I’ve always been taught that you don’t want to be that person,” he said in a local newspaper interview. “You don’t want to be the person who’s always complaining about such, or treating the world like it’s against you.” One day, Gowdy returned home from class and an elderly neighbor yelled from across the street, “Could you help me?” Gowdy helped unload the groceries in her trunk. He found

out she was originally from Germany and the two talked about World War II — especially Winston Churchill, Gowdy’s hero — and they said their good-byes. “As I walked home, I realized my heart felt lighter for the first time in weeks,” he said. “I wondered if I could turn all the negative energy in my life into positive energy.” He made a vow: Commit one act of kindness every day for someone in his community. Chores, yardwork, picking up trash, donating to the food bank. He understood the transformative power of helping another person and he didn’t want to stop — even if the help fell outside the traditional law student canon of public service opportunities. “You sometimes don’t get to choose how you’re needed,” he said. This commitment has grown to official nonprofit status. Heal Spokane, Gowdy’s grassroots organization, promotes acts of kindness and goodwill to others in the Spokane community. In addition to community service acts, Gowdy speaks to businesses and schools throughout the region, inspiring others to lead with service. In November, Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine recognized Gowdy as one of the “20 Under 40 Young Professionals” who are doing amazing things in their careers and in the community. The National Jurist named him 2019 Law Student of the Year. Before graduation, the Gonzaga School of Law staff and faculty awarded Gowdy the 2019 Holly Caudill Memorial Award for his commitment to service, leadership, and citizenship within the law school community while upholding high moral character. If Gonzaga took a chance on Gowdy, then count Gonzaga the lucky one. The law school is thrilled to see Gowdy pursue his passion as he enters the next step of his journey.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

2019 GRADUATES

Emily HAZEN THOMAS MORE SCHOLAR ADVOCATE FOR VETERANS’ RIGHTS

Emily Hazen decided to attend law school because she wanted to advocate on behalf of our country’s veterans who have been dismissed, disregarded, or forgotten by the U.S. military. Hazen said that “military sexual trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury are invisible illnesses that have visible repercussions for veterans, including substance abuse, suicidal ideation, incarcerations, and homelessness.” She applied to Gonzaga Law to be a Thomas More Scholar and received the merit-based, full-tuition scholarship. She excelled academically at Gonzaga Law, earning nine CALI Excellence for the Future Awards and serving as the Gonzaga Law Review’s articles editor in her 3L year. She also won the 2019 YCC Phanor J. Eder Prize in Comparative Law from the American Society of Comparative Law for her article titled, “Restructuring UW Military Justice Through a Comparative Analysis of Israel Defense Forces.” Hazen is not one to do things by halves. When gearing up for her walk in the 2019 Law School Commencement for her Juris Doctor, she had already earned her MBA from Gonzaga University in December 2018. Between classes, Hazen worked as Dean Jacob Rooksby’s research assistant and in the law school’s Federal Tax Clinic. But it was the Thomas More Scholarship Program that gave Hazen the “space, direction, and support I needed to successfully advocate for veterans, particularly veterans of

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

military sexual assault,” she explained. During her 1L summer, she interned with Protect Our Defenders in Washington, D.C, where she advocated on behalf of victims of military sexual assault. It was during this internship that she also shared with CBS This Morning her own story of assault while a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Hazen was supposed to graduate in 2015 from the U.S. Air Force Academy, her dream since she was 7 years old, but was forced to leave because a fellow cadet sexually assaulted her during her freshman year and continued to harass, stalk, and threaten her. At Gonzaga, Hazen said that the “Thomas More Program and the law school community challenged me in a lot of ways, but ultimately they helped me rediscover my own strength.” In her three years at Gonzaga Law, Hazen said that she has been challenged “intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally.” She explained that the “professors fostered a superior quality of education, which substantially improved my legal research and writing skills and challenged my implicit biases.” And it is not just the professors whom Hazen credits her personal and professional growth. “The students cultivated a learning environment which allowed all ideas and experiences to be expressed.” After graduation, Hazen will clerk for the Honorable Mitchell Brown of the Sixth District Court in Soda Springs, Idaho.

2019 GRADUATES

Norann BEIDAS UNCOVERING A PASSION FOR CRIMINAL DEFENSE When Norann Beidas came to Gonzaga Law in the winter of 2016, she was looking for a change. She was in the middle of her 1L year at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco but had an “inexplicably overwhelming feeling that Gonzaga was where I belonged. Gonzaga Law has been extremely enriching and rewarding,” she said, “because it opens so many doors in the legal community for its students.” When she began her second year at Gonzaga, she jumped at the chance to become a clinic intern. During the fall of her 2L year, she was clinical intern with the Health and Justice Clinic. During the spring semester, she joined the General Practice/ Indian Law Clinic as well. In 2018, she signed up for the Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) Moot Court team where she and her partner became the first Gonzaga Law team to make it to the Elite Eight in the National NALSA competition. With her and her partner ranked eighth heading into the final rounds, Beidas placed second as Best Spoken Advocate.

For her externship, Beidas took a position with the Spokane firm Crary, Clark, Domanico, & Chuang, PS, which specializes in criminal defense. Beidas felt that she had found her calling. “I developed my love and passion for criminal defense,” she said. “Through Gonzaga’s externship program I received mentorship and guidance for how to succeed as a practicing lawyer.” Beidas handled a range of tasks in representing the firm’s clients, including researching and writing briefs while working with her supervising attorney, alumnus Dean Chuang (J.D., ’06). Because of her work and knowledge in one particular case, Beidas joined Chuang at the counsel table when he argued the case on appeal before the Washington State Supreme Court. After graduation, Beidas will be working as an associate attorney for Roberts Freebourn, PLLC, which specializes in litigation for criminal, personal injury, and employment cases.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

2019 GRADUATES

Christopher BOYNE CLEARING A PATH FROM LAW SCHOOL TO ROTC TO JAG All law students require problem-solving skills during the job hunt, but few employ them so deftly as Christopher M. Boyne, class of 2019.

years. After his Army training each summer, he headed to California for an internship with Navy JAG at Naval Air Station Lemoore.

When Boyne chose Gonzaga Law, he knew he wanted to have a career in public service. In fact, Gonzaga’s Jesuit and altruistic values drew him to the law school. Boyne was concerned, however, about juggling public service salaries with student debt. He became interested in joining the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps and took a trip across Gonzaga’s campus to inquire about the university’s ROTC program. Boyne wasn’t sure if they accepted law students, but his curiosity paid off. He earned an Army ROTC full-tuition merit scholarship, which paid for the last two years of his legal education, plus stipends for living expenses.

Boyne also somehow found time to intern in the Torts Division of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office in Spokane. Boyne has earned a top-level pro bono distinction for his public service work.

“I wandered into the Army Gonzaga ROTC office,” Boyne recalled. “I found Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Alan Westfield Ph.D., who has been with the program for 20 years and developed it into one of the top-tier programs in the country. I am not sure why, but he immediately showed belief in me and found a way to get me into the program with a scholarship.” He completed Army Basic Training and Army Advanced Camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky, during the summers after his 1L and 2L

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

How did he do it all? “I really leaned on family for support and perseverance to get through tough times,” he said. One tough time came during his ROTC training at Fort Knox. He was hungry and tired, soaking wet in the Kentucky woods at night. Feeling dispirited, Boyne reflected on the circuitous path that brought him there that night: several undergrad programs, minimum-wage jobs, a brief time teaching at an elementary school. “I thought to myself that my journey had been far too long to even think about giving up,” he recalled. On May 10, 2019, Boyne accepted a commission as an Army lieutenant. On May 11, 2019, he graduated from Gonzaga Law with his Juris Doctor. After the champagne toast, he was off to join the JAG Corps. And he did it all his way: curious, pragmatic, and unafraid of the unknown.

Commencement 2019: Madelyn F. Wessel Inspires Students to Make Imperfect World Better as Lawyers

Madelyn F. Wessel told Gonzaga Law’s class of 2019 that they are heading out on an uncertain road, but she provided them with encouragement and guideposts to follow along the way. Wessel is a distinguished scholar and author who currently serves as the university counsel at Cornell University and has received numerous awards for her public service and contributions to the legal profession. Wessel acknowledged that the graduates are “entering the legal profession at a time of instability and uncertainty. The world we are living in today seems fraught with turmoil,” but she tempered it with, “While our world may be torn and a bit tattered, we lawyers can make a difference, we lawyers do make a difference, and we are counting on all of you to help make this imperfect world better as you leave Gonzaga and move on.”

She then recommended four principles to sustain the graduates: 1. Don’t forget to find the joy. 2. Cherish your mentors. 3. Place some trust in chance because happy accidents happen, sometimes after failures. 4. Set your moral compass straight to do the right thing.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE

STORIES Exploring the Legal and Business Aspects of Wine with the Antinori Family Gonzaga Makes an Executive Decision with Its Two-Year J.D. Program Center for Civil & Human Rights Offers Law Students New Certificate Option Environmental Law and Land Use Clinic Works with Religious Groups to Fight Climate Change Seeking Real Change? Try Community Organizing, Say Thomas More Scholars Professor Omari Examines Internet Governance in Rio de Janeiro

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE

When Jacob H. Rooksby began his tenure as the 17th dean of Gonzaga Law in 2018, Gonzaga President Thayne M. McCulloh issued him a charge to innovate and integrate. In other words, think big, act nimbly, and seek new opportunities. With the spirit of a startup, Dean Rooksby carried this charge to his faculty, staff, and students. Together, the Gonzaga Law community responded by putting their passion into practice with innovative academic initiatives, bold interdisciplinary endeavors, and immersive new work with the community. As one alumnus recently put it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The energy around Gonzaga Law is contagious.â&#x20AC;? Though the perspective is fresh, much of our work has long been driven toward igniting progress. Our faculty continues to think innovatively by writing and sharing novel ideas with audiences around the globe. Our clinics continue to seek new solutions for the disenfranchised and overlooked. Our students continue to inspire, leading the charge for a new generation of fearless advocates driven by our Jesuit and humanistic mission. The charge to innovate and integrate will not end anytime soon, but we pause to reflect and contemplate on the successes of the past year. The following are just a small sample of Gonzaga Lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intrepid year of innovation and integration.

Our students continue to inspire, leading the charge for a new generation of fearless advocates driven by our Jesuit and humanistic mission.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE

Dean Rooksby and the Florence and Gaoile CLE participants spent the day with the Antinori family during their experience learning about wine.

EXPLORING THE LEGAL AND BUSINESS ASPECTS OF WINE WITH

the Antinori Family Many have visited Italy to enjoy the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of its wineries. But few have also enjoyed an intimate and informing look at the industry itself. In June, Gonzaga Law launched a Wine Law CLE program, Wine Law: The Legal and Business Aspects of Wine. A small group of alumni, lawyers, and friends embarked on a fourday excursion through Florence and Gaiole, Italy. The trip included a stop at the famous Antinori family winery, with a master class on the oenology of Italian wine. The following

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

three days offered attendees personal tours, wine tastings, and CLE courses exploring the various issues affecting the wine industry, including a session on ethics and professional responsibility. The Florence and Gaiole CLE experience was just the first of a larger wine law initiative at Gonzaga. In the next year, the law school will develop a certificate program to serve individuals working within the wine and beverage industry. Though details are still corked, interested parties can expect to hear more in the coming months.

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE

The Florence and Gaiole CLE experience was just the first of a larger wine law initiative at Gonzaga. In the next year, the law school will develop a certificate program to serve individuals working within the wine and beverage industry.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE

The law school should bridge various and complementary disciplines across campus. Executive students will have a legal education experience like none other.

GONZAGA MAKES AN EXECUTIVE DECISION WITH ITS

Two-Year J.D. Program The Accelerated Two-Year J.D. has long been a differentiator for the law school, but a recent graduate of the program shared fresh insight that catalyzed a major reinvention: “It’s almost like an executive J.D.” The graduate was referring to the executive MBA programs that have emerged in recent years. Offering the option for hybrid study and highlighting leadership development, these executive programs often appeal to early or mid-career professionals looking to advance in their respective industries. The Executive Two-Year J.D., which officially launched in 2019, offers similar academic opportunities that emphasize leadership in and around the legal community. Much like the Accelerated Two-Year Program, the Executive Two-Year J.D. provides a full six-term, ABA-accredited legal education in two years instead of three. But unlike the previous program, the Executive J.D. promises hybrid study, with limited online course options alongside in-residence coursework. It also adds new

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

opportunities for collaboration with various departments and schools, including the Center for Civil & Human Rights, the Gonzaga School of Business Administration, and the Gonzaga School of Leadership Studies. Kim Hai Pearson, associate dean for academic affairs and program innovation, is excited to lead this new initiative, which has already seen positive traction in the academic community and with prospective students. “Helping bring the Executive J.D. program to life is an exciting journey,” Pearson said. “The law school should bridge various and complementary disciplines across campus. Executive students will have a legal education experience like none other.” For more information on the Executive Two-Year J.D. program, visit www.gonzaga.edu/law/executive.

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE CENTER FOR CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS OFFERS LAW STUDENTS

New Certificate Option When the Center for Civil & Human Rights launched in 2018, it promised to provide students, scholars, and community leaders with opportunities to explore and address issues relating to civil and human rights through research, education, and community engagement. Alongside an ambitious first year of conferences, lectures, jurists-in-residence, and summer fellowship programs, the center provides a new opportunity for Gonzaga Law students: a Certificate in Civil and Human Rights.

This program builds on the law school’s social justice mission and its vision of “educating the whole person to serve the public good, to engaging in a dialogue with all cultures and religious or ethical traditions, and to pursuing justice.” It also promotes Gonzaga University’s mission to “foster a mature commitment to dignity of the human person, social justice, diversity, intercultural competence, global engagement, solidarity with the poor and vulnerable, and care for the planet.”

The Certificate in Civil and Human Rights allows students to formally focus their legal education on the study and analysis of civil and human rights and the legal, theoretical, and policy perspectives associated with these rights. Students will also enjoy direct action in civil and human rights advocacy work and development of professional experience in this field.

To qualify for the certificate upon graduation, students must complete a minimum of 14 credit hours of advanced coursework related to the center’s mission. Other requirements include experiential learning, writing projects, and additional hours of public service.

Naturalization ceremony presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND LAND USE CLINIC WORKS WITH RELIGIOUS GROUPS TO

Fight Climate Change The belief that humans are stewards of the earth is the core of the amicus brief submitted on behalf of Earth Ministry and Bishop Richard E. Jaech in the Piper v. Inslee case, currently pending in King County Superior Court. The brief was researched and written by members of Gonzaga Law’s Environmental and Land Use Clinic headed by Rick Eichstaedt. In Piper, 13 young people sued the state of Washington for violating their constitutional rights by failing to protect them from the impacts of climate change under the public trust doctrine, which holds that the government cannot substantially alienate or destroy resources crucial to the public welfare. The Earth Ministry amicus brief argues that the public trust doctrine is firmly grounded in legal precedent and it also “reflects the shared reasoning underlying the moral values and religious teachings of many faiths.” About his experience in writing this brief, Gonzaga Law student Ezekial Denison said, “Personally, this amicus brief was closer to home than any other work I have done in my short legal

“the environment is one of, if not the only, truly neutral and nondiscriminatory elements of the world. By that I mean that anyone anywhere can enjoy nature. It is something that provides quality to anyone without bias.”

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

education.” Denison joined the clinic because “the environment is one of, if not the only, truly neutral and nondiscriminatory elements of the world. By that I mean that anyone anywhere can enjoy nature. It is something that provides quality to anyone without bias.” Another amicus brief was filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a similar but separate case on behalf of Eco-Justice Ministries and other religious groups in support of a similar group of youths asserting that the federal government has a duty under the public trust doctrine to protect the environment. Law student Samuel Baker, who also worked on the brief, told Spokane Public Radio that the religious organizations in the brief support the idea that humanity should be a steward of the earth. “The Bible says it, the Torah says it, the Koran says it.” Baker said religious leaders espouse the importance of protecting our planet. In 2015, Pope Francis addressed climate change and reminded the world that “our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us.” He challenged the people of the world to see that working to halt climate change is part of their duty to God and to serving the common good of humankind. Just as “an integral ecology is inseparable from the notion of the common good,” Pope Francis also stated that this central and unifying principle of social ethics extends to “the common good of future generations.”

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE

“Students gain a strong understanding of power dynamics and organizational change as well as gain the practical skills to organize entities and to effect change in their communities.”

Seeking Real Change? TRY COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, SAY THOMAS MORE SCHOLARS From criminal justice reform to affordable housing and accessible health care, measurable change is often the result of tireless advocacy from community organizers.

are working on projects revolving around homelessness in Spokane, a mobile health unit with WSU, and with issues in environmental health,” she said.

This fall, Gonzaga Law offers a one-credit course on community organizing. A multidisciplinary endeavor, community organizing is also open to graduate students from the University of Washington, Washington State University, and Eastern Washington University. The course has been available to nonlaw students for several years, but Thomas More Scholars recently advocated to integrate the course into Gonzaga Law’s academic offerings. The scholars’ efforts resulted in Gonzaga permanently adopting the course.

Community organizing is taught by professionals from the Spokane Alliance, including Dr. Luis Manriquez, who started the course as a medical student. Spokane Alliance is a local affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation, which is the oldest organizing network in the nation.

“It gave me a lot of context and skills for activities that I was engaged in, but lacked the understanding of how to improve at,” said a student who took the course last fall. “I feel I have some direction now.” Jessica Trujillo, a current Thomas More Scholar and vice president of the Criminal Law Society, is now a core team member of the Health Equity Circle. “Students [from class]

Genevieve Mann (J.D., ’03), director of the Thomas More Scholarship Program and co-director of University Legal Assistance, looks forward to the chance for Gonzaga Law students to address important issues with graduate students from different schools. “The course equips them with the tools they need to organize themselves and others to more effectively address the social justice issues that matter most to them,” Mann said. “Students gain a strong understanding of power dynamics and organizational change as well as gain the practical skills to organize entities and to effect change in their communities.”

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE

Professor Omari EXAMINES INTERNET GOVERNANCE IN RIO DE JANEIRO While copyright and intellectual property matters have informed much of Visiting Assistant Professor Jeffrey Omari’s career, his current research and scholarship examine internet governance. His most recent article, “Digital Access amongst the Marginalized: Democracy and Internet Governance in Rio de Janeiro” appears in PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review and is informed by 18 months of fieldwork conducted in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In this article, Omari combines ethnographic research with socio-legal analysis and commentary to examine the on-the-ground impact of Brazil’s recently enacted cyber law, the Marco Civil da Internet (Civil Rights Framework of the Internet; MCI). While this law provides “a right of Internet access” to all Brazilians, Omari contends that disjunctions in Brazil’s political landscape and democracy create corresponding disjunctions in the MCI’s pledge of internet access as a civil right.

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE

EXCERPT: In early 2015, while I was conducting fieldwork in Complexo da Maré — a favela in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, which lies far from the tourists and trendy beaches on the southern end of the city — a friend and resident of the community, Allyson, offered to show me around. Allyson is a slim, brown-skinned, 27-year-old musician who has lived with his family in Maré all his life. As a professional musician, Allyson is technologically savvy because he regularly uses computers, sophisticated software programs, and other forms of digital technology for his work. As Allyson and I walked casually through the favela during my first visit to Complexo da Maré, he mentioned that his landlord had just given him notice to vacate his apartment and that he would soon have to move. Allyson had other housing options in Maré and didn’t appear too concerned. He did seem

somewhat amused, however, when he noted that his landlord had sent him the eviction notice via Facebook. Allyson told me, very sarcastically, that he found it ironic that his landlord was using the Internet — the supposed tool for mitigating Brazil’s myriad inequalities — as the preferred platform for serving an eviction notice. Due to surging mobile phone use, Internet access in favelas like Maré has grown significantly in the last 5 years (Holston 2013; Patry 2014) and, according to Allyson, receiving these types of formal correspondences through informal social networks such as Facebook is becoming more common in favelas throughout Rio. Continued on Page 29...

Indeed, for a range of underserved communities across the globe, the Internet is necessary for a variety of tasks that enable citizens to gainfully engage in civil society (van Schewick 2015).

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

INNOVATE & INTEGRATE

According to a 2011 United Nations report, the Internet “has become an indispensable tool for realizing a range of human rights” and, as Allyson’s Facebook notice suggests, it is also an indispensable tool in urban favelas. Indeed, for a range of underserved communities across the globe, the Internet is necessary for a variety of tasks that enable citizens to gainfully engage in civil society (van Schewick 2015). As legal scholar Barbara van Schewick notes, “now more than ever, Internet access is necessary to secure full participation in [a country’s] economy and democracy (2015, 7). In Brazil, the recent adoption of the MCI — the country’s “Internet Bill of Rights” — means that issues of Internet governance and digital access are now receiving the attention they deserve. However, to understand the MCI’s impact on the downtrodden, certain questions must be asked: What is Internet governance? How is it relevant to Brazil’s disadvantaged communities? And what political and legal factors influence the state’s reliance on digital access to promote a more democratic society? Internet governance is a phrase that has gained traction in the global tech community in recent years. To the uninitiated, however, the term evokes uncertainty and even confusion. How can the Internet be governed when cyberspace is inherently open and transcends international boundaries? At the same time, countries are sovereign territories and have laws that must be respected. Science and technology studies scholar Laura DeNardis (2009) sheds light on these conflicting interests by suggesting that Internet governance involves a broadly conceived orientation that takes shape in four areas: critical Internet resources, intellectual property rights, communication rights, and security. Critical Internet resources relate to Internet Protocol address space and management. Intellectual property rights refer to ownership interests in trademarks, patents, and copyrights. Communication rights, conversely, involve freedom of speech, expression, and association, as well as privacy concerns. Meanwhile, because of the open and worldwide aspect of the Internet, DeNardis notes that security involves a wide variety of concerns including the “roles of national governments, the private sector, individual users, and technical communities” (DeNardis 2009, 19). Indeed, the Internet is not just a series of cables, protocols, and networks composed solely of material infrastructure; it has traditionally been an open and neutral network that represents an ideology about how the world works and how the world should work (Morozov 2013).

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

In 2007, Brazilian legal scholar Ronaldo Lemos (2007) wrote a powerful editorial that established the basis for Internet governance by arguing that lawmakers could not define crimes on the Internet in Brazil’s criminal code without acknowledging the corresponding rights and responsibilities of individual citizens, businesses, and governmental bodies. To develop this concept, Lemos and a team of researchers from the Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getúlio Vargas Law School partnered with Brazil’s Ministry of Justice to begin drafting the legislation that would become the MCI. With the foresight to understand that legislating these complexities involves many actors and should be a participatory process, consultation for the original version of the MCI, which was sent for approval to the Brazilian Congress in 2011, included contributions from civil society, academics, Internet companies, and the tech sector. Internet users were allowed to make suggestions via tweets (Patry 2014, 11). Due to concerns from the copyright industry, which opposed the idea of court orders to take down infringing content, and opposition from telecom companies that opposed net neutrality, the bill lost steam for a few years. However, enacting the MCI was made a constitutional priority by the Brazilian government after Edward Snowden’s disclosures regarding U.S. espionage. Former President Dilma Rousseff harshly criticized this U.S. spying in a September 2013 address to the United Nations, calling it a breach of democracy and international law. In her speech, Rousseff demanded Internet regulation based on “open, multilateral and democratic governance, carried out with transparency by stimulating collective creativity and the participation of society, governments, and the private sector.” The MCI was enacted into law in April 2014.

U.N. Human Rights Council, “Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression,” 85, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/17/27/ (May 16, 2011). Statement by former Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff, at the opening of the general debate of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, September 24, 2013, http://gadebate.un.org/sites/default/files/gastatements/68/ BR_en.pdf.

FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Upendra D. Acharya

M. Lisa Bradley

Presentations

•

Cyber Security, Cyber Freedom, and Cyber Governance,Gonzaga Journal of International Law Symposium, April 2019.

•

Digital Divide and Human Rights, Denver University School of Law, February 2019.

•

International Law from Asian Perspective in the 21st Century, Regional Conference of Asian Society of International Law, Beijing, February 2019.

•

International Law and Nepal, Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia, Seoul, South Korea, January 2019.

Patrick Charles

•

Keynote Speaker, Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights in the 21st Century, Dr. Ambedekar Law University, Chennai, December 2018.

Publications

•

Special Speaker, Implementing Federalism in Nepal: Analysis of Constitutional Law of Nepal, Attorney General Office, Pokhara, Nepal, December 2018.

•

Economic Equality and Development Through Constitution, National Law College, Lalitpur, Nepal, June 27, 2018.

Presentations

•

Teaching International Law in Asia, TRILA (Teaching and Research International Law in Asia) Conference, International Law Center, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore, June 21-22, 2018.

Professional Leadership/Association •

Visiting Professor: US – China Trade War at Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing, March 12 to 17, 2019.

•

Chair and Commentator, Junior Faculty Workshop (JFW), National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law, Singapore, June 20, 2018.

Megan Ballard Presentations •

What Does it Take To Become a Citizen?, Faculty Speaker Series, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, April 8, 2019.

Professional Leadership/Association •

•

Sports Law, Gonzaga University School of Law’s Sports & Spirits CLE, Las Vegas, NV, March 11, 2019.

Professional Leadership/Association •

Publications •

The Myth of Student Medical Privacy, __ Harvard Law & Policy Review __ (forthcoming 2019-20).

•

Torts, 2019 Yearbook of Education Law (In Press 2019). Torts, 2018 Yearbook of Education Law 113-137 (2018) (with Robert Hachiya). Special Education and Students in Nonpublic Schools, Legal Issues of Faith-based and Other Nonpublic Schools 223 – 261 (7th ed. 2018).

•

Sistema de Asilo y Refugio en EE.UU, UNITEC (La Universidad Global de Honduras), San Pedro Sula, Honduras, March 17, 2019 (in conjunction with a delegation sponsored by Jesuit Migration Network for USA/Canada, supported by competitive grant awarded by International Education Council Global Engagement Faculty Development Fund).

•

Presentations •

Another Look at Educational Malpractice Claims, Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference of the Education Law Association (26 pages).

•

Religious Discrimination, Reasonable Accommodations, Conscience Laws, and Public Accommodations Rights of Health Care Employees and Patients, Law-Medicine Partnership, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, February 2019.

•

Another Look at Educational Malpractice Claims, Annual Conference of the Education Law Association, Cleveland, OH, November 2018.

Professional Leadership/Association Fulbright Scholar, Jordan September – December 2018 (Taught International Refugee Law, University of Jordan’s Center for Strategic Studies, and researched law in pre-departure orientation sessions for refuges being resettled to the United States and Canada).

Committee Member, American Association of Law Libraries/ LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee, January 2019.

Lynn Daggett

Sistema de Asilo y Refugio en EE.UU (Radio Progresso interview March 22, 2019).

•

Keeping Up With New Legal Titles (Book Review): Baseball Meets the Law: A Chronology of Decisions, Statutes and Other Legal Events, 110 Law Library Journal 545 (2018).

So You Want to Teach an Online Legal Skills Class?, Institute for Law Teaching & Learning Annual Conference, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, June 2018.

•

Interview on immigration enforcement (KHQ television broadcast January 29, 2019).

Deputy Editor, ABA Section of International Law Year In Review, Fall 2018.

•

Teaching Abroad: Opportunities and Challenges, 2019 Biennial ALWD Conference, Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, Mass., May 29-31, 2019.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Jason Gillmer

•

When a Vehicle Is a Home: Does a Burglary Qualify as a Violent Felony Under the Armed Career Criminal Act if the Definition Includes Burglary of a Vehicle That Is Designed or Used for Overnight Accommodation?, 46 A.b.a. Preview 30 (2018). The Clarke Prize in Legal Ethics: An Introduction, 53 Gonzaga Law Review 335 (2018).

Publications •

Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South, by Kimberly M. Welch, 21 Civil War Book Review (Spring 2019) (book review).

•

The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History, by Anne C. Bailey, 85 Journal Of Southern History 166 (2019) (book review).

Presentations

•

On the Urgency of Intersectionality, Spokesman-Review, March 30, 2019 (guest opinion).

•

Representing People with Mental Disabilities (CLE), Gonzaga University School of Law, April 2019.

•

Legal Ethics in the News: Michael Cohen, Manafort Redactions, and Abusive Priests (CLE), Spokane County Bar Association 10th Annual Indian Law Conference, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, March 2019.

•

Panelist, Bias in the Courtroom, Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 2019.

•

Confronting the Bias Dichotomy in Jury Selection, Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 2019.

•

Ethical Dilemmas for the Practicing Lawyer (CLE), Washington State Bar Association Ethical Dilemmas Seminar, November 2018.

•

Panelist, Access to Justice in the Classroom, Society of American Law Teachers Biennial Teaching Conference, October 2018.

•

Panelist, Supporting First-Generation Law Students, Society of American Law Teachers Biennial Teaching Conference, October 2018.

•

Confronting the Bias Dichotomy in Jury Selection, The Pursuit of Justice: Inaugural Conference of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, September 2018.

•

Panelist: Complying with the New A.B.A. Standards on Assessment and Feedback, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, August 2018.

Presentations •

Litigating Freedom in the Far West, Annual Meeting, The Law and Society Association, Washington D.C., May 2019.

•

Litigating Freedom in the Far West, Faculty Speaker Series, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, April 18, 2019.

•

9 Law experts on what Brett Kavanaugh means for the future of America, KUOW Seattle, Oct. 9, 2018 (guest opinion).

•

Gonzaga Launches New Civil Rights Center (Spokane Public Radio interview Oct. 1, 2018).

Honors/Awards •

Finalist, Ramirez Family Award for Most Significant Scholarly Book in 2017, Texas Institute of Letters, for Slavery and Freedom in Texas: Stories from the Courtroom, 1821-1871 (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2017)

Professional Leadership/Association •

Committee Member, Washington State Bar Association, Council on Public Defense.

•

Commission Member, Washington State Minority and Justice Commission.

•

Conference Organizer, The Pursuit of Justice: Law, Leadership, and the Role of the Civil Rights Activist (Sept. 2018).

Gail Hammer Professional Leadership/Association •

Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts Domestic Relations Subcommittee of the Pattern Forms Committee.

•

Washington State Supreme Court Gender and Justice Commission.

•

Washington State Supreme Court Limited License Legal Technician Board.

Brooks Holland Publications •

The Ethics of Criminal Practice, Washington Legal Ethics Deskbook, (2d ed. WSBA forthcoming 2019).

•

Federalism and Criminal Procedure Symmetry: May States Accept NonUnanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts When Federal Courts Cannot?, A.B.A. Preview (forthcoming 2019).

•

Learning professional responsibility: from the classroom to the practice of law (2d ed. 2018).

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

Professional Leadership/Association •

American Bar Association Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts, Screening Committee (Documentary Films).

•

American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Legal Committee.

•

Center for Civil and Human Rights at Gonzaga Law, Board of Advisors.

•

Served as appointed counsel representing an individual convicted of violating the Clean Water Act on appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

•

Society of American Law Teachers, Board of Governors and Executive Committee.

•

Washington State Bar Association, Committee on Professional Ethics.

FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Amy Kelley

Daniel J. Morrissey

Publications

•

The EU’s Struggles with Collective Action for Securities Fraud: An American Perspective, ___ Texas A & M Law Review ___ (forthcoming 2019).

•

Mutual Funds Keep Winning at the Expense of their Investors, ___ Journal Of Securities Regulation ___ (forthcoming 2019).

•

Guardians of the Galaxy: How Shareholder Lawyers Won Big for their Clients and Vindicated the Integrity of our Economy, 51 Loyola Of Los Angeles Law Review 199 (2019).

•

Taming Rule 10b-5-1: The Unfinished Business of Texas Gulf Sulphur, 71 S.m.u. Law Review 883 (2018).

Water and Water Rights Treatise, Vols. 1-5, Editor-in-Chief, CoAuthor, and Update Author. (Lexis/Nexis Matthew Bender, 2019 update).

Newsletters •

Editor-in-Chief, Federal reporter, and Washington reporter, Water Law newsletter, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (RMMLF).

Jessica Kiser Presentations

Presentations

•

Trademark Ownership and Value Co-Creation, Faculty Workshop Series, at The Pennsylvania State University Law School at University Park, March 14, 2019.

•

Developments in Securities Litigation (CLE), Washington State Bar Association, Spokane, WA, November 27, 2018.

•

Spirits Law: Brand Building in the Alcoholic Beverage Industry, Gonzaga University School of Law’s Sports & Spirits CLE, Las Vegas, NV, March 11, 2019.

Guardians of the Galaxy: How Shareholder Lawyers Won Big for their Clients and Vindicated the Integrity of our Economy, Annual Securities Litigation Conference, University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA, October 19, 2018.

Inga Laurent

Ann Murphy

Publications

•

All the President’s Privileges, 27 Journal Of Law & Policy 1 (2018).

•

Evidence Privileges, Federal Practice And Procedure, Volumes 23 – 26A, (with Wright & Graham).

•

Federal Tax Practice And Procedure, 2003 - present (Rev. Ed.).

•

From Retribution to Restoration: Implementing Nationwide Restorative Justice Initiatives – Lessons from Jamaica, 42 Fordham International Law Journal 1095 (2019). Insufficient Outcomes and “Intangible Considerations:” Reflections on the Impact of Brown v. Board of Education, 53 Gonzaga Law Review 393 (2017/2018).

Presentations •

Breaking the Hierarchy: Empowering Students in the Field, AALS Clinical Law Conference 2019, San Francisco, CA, May 2019.

•

Keynote Speaker, 10th Annual International Conference on Restorative Justice, Restorative Justice Week, Jamaica, February 3 – 8, 2019.

Presentations •

Panelist, Immigration’s Impact on the Judiciary: Implementing New Evidence Rule ER 413, 60th Annual Judicial Conference, Yakima, WA, September 2018.

•

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Washington State Bar Association, Family Law Section, Mid-Year Meeting, Blaine, WA, June 2018.

•

Panelist, Transforming Tax Law Through a Feminist Perspective, American Bar Association May Meeting, Section of Taxation, Diversity Committee Program, Washington, D.C., May 2018.

Genevieve Mann Presentations

Professional Leadership/Association

•

Panelist, The Death of a Clinic: Navigating the Ethical and Political Landscape When a Clinic Ends, AALS Clinical Law Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 5, 2019.

•

Evidence Section of the Association of American Law Schools Listserv Director 2018 – present.

•

The Impact of Court Decisions on Policymaking, Eastern Washington University, MSW class, October 17, 2018.

Member, Judicial Candidates Evaluation Panel, Spokane County Bar Association, 2018.

•

Serving and Empowering Clients with Diminished Capacity, Statewide Legal Advocate Training, Wenatchee, WA, October 10, 2018.

•

Panelist, Courageous Conversations: The Invisible and Forgotten Elderly, Spokane Falls Community College, September 26, 2018.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Jeffrey Omari

•

Gain Insight into How Judge Kavanaugh Could Impact Higher Ed Law, 19(2) Campus Legal Advisor 1 (Oct. 2018).

Publications

•

Consider Court Ruling’s Impact on Higher Ed’s Duty to Prevent Suicide, 18(12) Campus Legal Advisor 1 (Aug. 2018).

•

Ruling May Impact Negligence Liability for Violence Involving Students, 18(10) Campus Legal Advisor 1 (June 2018).

•

Digital Access Amongst the Marginalized: Democracy and Internet Governance in Rio d Janeiro, 41 Polar: Political And Legal Anthropology Review 277 (2018). Copyright: From Historical Roots to Regulating the Contemporary Complexities of Human Creativity. Review of Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Transatlantic Battle by Peter Baldwin and Copyright Africa: How Intellectual Property, Media and Markets Transform Immaterial Cultural Goods by Ute Röschenthaler and Mamadou Diawara (Eds), Polar: Political And Legal Anthropology Review (online only) (2018).

Presentations •

Panelist, Creating Practice Ready Graduates, West Virginia Law Review Education Law Symposium, Morgantown, WV, Feb. 22, 2019 (panelist).

•

Privacy, FERPA, and the GDPR: Fundamentals and Latest Developments, 40th Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education, sponsored by The Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law & Policy at Stetson University College of Law, Clearwater, FL, Feb. 1, 2019.

•

Private Rights, Public Policy: University Choices in the Age of Intellectual Property, William & Mary Global Research Institute, Williamsburg, VA, Nov. 16, 2018.

•

Keynote Speaker, The Branding of the American Mind: Private Rights, Public Policy – University Choices in the Age of Intellectual Property, at CLE Workshop: Sponsored Research and Technology Transfer: Balancing Mission, Innovation, and Collaboration, sponsored by the National Association of College and University Attorneys, Washington, DC, Nov. 14, 2018.

•

Intellectual Property Law for Greek Organizations, Fraternal Law Conference. Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 9, 2018.

•

Keynote Speaker, The Law and Emerging Technologies: What Every Student Should Know, Common Reading Lecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Sept. 5, 2018.

Presentations •

Internet Governance and the Ideology of Openness: Lessons from Brazil, Internet Law Works-in-Progress Conference, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA, March 2, 2019.

•

Is Facebook the Internet? Ethnographic Perspectives on Net Neutrality in Brazil, Western Law Professor of Color & Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty, UNLV Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, NV, October 18-20, 2018.

•

Internet Access and the Ideology of Openness: Lessons from Brazil, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, September 28, 2018.

•

Is Facebook the Internet? The Anthropology of Net Neutrality in Brazil, Law & Society Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, June 9, 2018.

Kim Hai Pearson Publications •

“Unfit to Continue”: Buck v. Bell, in Feminist Judgments Reproductive Rights: Rewritten Supreme Court Opinions (Cambridge; Ed. Kimberly Mutcherson) (forthcoming 2019).

Presentations

Stephen L. Sepinuck Publications •

Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Personal Property Secured Transactions, 74 Bus. Law.___(forthcoming Fall 2019).

•

Domesticating International Children’s Rights, Law and Society Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., May 2019.

•

Domesticating International Children’s Rights, Western Law Professors of Color & Conference of Asian American Law Professors Annual Meeting, UNLV, October 2018.

Transactional Skills: How To Document A Deal (2d ed. West Academic 2018) (co-authored).

•

Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Personal Property Secured Transactions, 73 Bus. Law. 1219 (Fall 2018) (co-authored).

•

The Various Standards for the “Good Faith” of a Purchaser, 73 Bus. Law. 581 (Summer 2018).

•

A “Sale” of Future Receivables: Disguising a Secured Loan as a Purchase of Hope, 9 The Transactional Lawyer 14 (April 2019) (co-authored).

•

Spotlight, Commercial Law Newsletter 12-15 (Feb. 2019) (coauthored).

•

Zombie Documents, 9 The Transactional Lawyer 1 (Feb. 2019) (coauthored).

Professional Leadership/Association •

Family and Juvenile Law Section, Association of American Law Schools, Secretary 2018-19

Jacob H. Rooksby Publications •

The Law Of Higher Education, 6th ed. Jossey-Bass, 2019 (with William A. Kaplin, Barbara A. Lee, and Neal H. Hutchens).

•

“Including without Limitation,” 9 The Transactional Lawyer 4 (Feb. 2019).

•

Learn How Tulane’s Recent OCR Agreement Could Impact Single-sex Programs, 19(8) Campus Legal Advisor 1 (April 2019).

•

The Challenge of Disclaiming Punitive Damages, 8 The Transactional Lawyer 1 (Dec. 2018) (co-authored).

•

Political Comments on Social Media Lead to Discipline of Medical Student, 19(4) Campus Legal Advisor 1 (Dec. 2018).

•

A Cautionary Tale, 8 The Transactional Lawyer 1 (Oct. 2018).

•

A Hidden Danger in Master Agreements, 8 The Transactional Lawyer 1 (Aug. 2018).

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS •

Buyers of Some Receivables Need Specialized Terms, 8 The Transactional Lawyer 2 (Aug. 2018).

•

Go Penguins!, Social Justice Film Festival, Spokane, WA, March 2019 (introductory speaker and post-film discussion facilitator).

•

Gotcha!: Caught in the Explicitness Trap, 8 The Transactional Lawyer 1 (June 2018), reprinted in Business Law Today (Aug. 15, 2018).

•

Interactive Teaching Methods, Legal Education Workshop, BABSEACLE, Yangon, Myanmar, January 2019.

•

Keynote Speaker, The Presidential Appointment and Removal Power, Program: The Impact of the Firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, The Indivisible Project, Spokane, WA, November 2018.

•

Panelist, The “Advice and Consent” Role of the Senate in Judicial Nominations, Panel Presentation: Judge Kavanaugh and the Senate Hearings, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, October 2018.

•

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and Domestic Law, Program: Decisions on Disabled Bodies, Gonzaga Center for Civil and Human Rights and Disability Rights Washington, Spokane, WA, September 2018.

•

Moderator, Migration and Human Trafficking, Symposium: The Pursuit of Justice: Equal Justice as a Human Right, Gonzaga University and the RFK Human Rights Center, Florence, Italy, June 2018.

Presentations •

Commercial Law Seminar, Lane Powell, February 7, 2019.

•

How to Use PowerPoint to Promote Active Learning, Institute for Law School Teaching & Learning, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, June 19, 2018.

•

The Creative Aspect of Transactional Lawyering: Structuring the Transaction and Drafting the Agreement to Resolve a Legal Issue, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA, June 1, 2018 (transcript published in 20 TRANSACTIONS 241 (2019)).

Sandra Simpson Publications •

From The Associate Dean’s Desk: A Resource Manual For Law School Associate Deans (West Academic, forthcoming Fall 2019 in print and online).

•

Coordinating Formative Assessment Across the Curriculum: A View from the Associate Dean’s Desk, 95 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 91 (2017).

Presentations •

Creating Mandatory 1L Workshops to Explore Cultural Competency, Legal Writing Institute Bi-Annual Conference, Marquette University School of Law, Milwaukee, WI, July 2018.

•

Holding Their Interest: Teaching Multiple Generations in One Classroom, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Annual Conference, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 2019.

•

Metadata! What is it and How it Effects Law Schools, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Annual Conference, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, June 2018.

•

The Myth of the Work/Life Balance, November 2018, Witherspoon Kelley PLLC.

Professional Leadership/Association •

American Bar Association Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts, Screening Committee (Commentary; Magazines; Drama), March 2019.

•

Chair—Board of Directors, Disability Rights Washington.

•

International-Clinician-in-Residence, BABSEACLE, Taunggyi University, Myanmar, January 2019.

Professional Leadership/Association •

Consultant for WestAcademic Summer Summit Conference on Innovation in On-Line Course Delivery.

Mary Pat Treuthart Publications •

Death Penalty Abolished in Washington State, The Gonzaga Bulletin, October 2019 (guest editorial).

Presentations •

The Human Rights Implications of the Global Gender Digital Divide, Gonzaga Journal of International Law (GJIL) Symposium, Spokane WA, April 2019.

•

Blowin’ Up, Alliance for Media, Arts & Culture – Monday Movies Program, Spokane, WA, March 2019 (introductory speaker and post-film discussion facilitator).

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

ELECTION COVERAGE: ZAGS IN OFFICE

Congratulations to our Gonzaga Law alumni who were elected to new offices or who retained their seats during the 2018 mid-term elections. Here are just some of our great alumni who emerged victorious in their races. Kudos to all alumni who ran for office and participated in the democratic process.

Leon Francis (’96) | Judge

Jeff Holy (’89) | Judge

Francis was sworn in as an immigration judge with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) in August 2018. Francis is a member of EOIR’s Los Angeles Immigration Court and has been hearing cases since October 2018. Before being sworn in, Francis was a judge advocate with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1996 to 2018.

Holy retained his seat as state senator for Washington’s 6th Legislative District. Of his six years of experience in this role, Holy said, “I’m on my third term in the House and I think I’ve just achieved journeyman status.” When he decided to attend Gonzaga Law, Holy had to find a job that would allow him the time, and money, to go to law school. He found such a spot on the graveyard shift at the Spokane Police Department (SPD). After graduation, he continued with the SPD as a detective before entering politics. Washington’s 6th Legislative District encompasses Cheney, Airway Heights, Medical Lake, Fairchild Air Force Base, and western portions of Spokane.

Scott Gambill (’99) | Judge Gambill was elected to the San Francisco Immigration Court bench. This is not Gambill’s first position in public service. After graduating from Gonzaga Law, he worked in Spokane for Columbia Legal Services as a staff attorney for five years and then for the Northwest Justice Project for four years. Most recently, he served as an assistant chief counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in San Francisco from 2008 to 2018.

Cecily Hazelrigg-Hernandez (’05) | Judge Hazelrigg-Hernandez won a seat on the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division I. Before her win, HazelriggHernandez served as a deputy public defender for Skagit County. She also taught American Cultural Studies at Western Washington University and volunteered with local jail leadership in Skagit County to develop policies around ICE detainers and incarcerated persons. She is active in community outreach regarding the right to counsel and she volunteers at free legal clinics.

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

Patrick T. Johnson (’98) | Judge Johnson won a seat as a judge for Spokane County District Court. Since 1998, he has served Spokane as a deputy prosecuting attorney, working his way from misdemeanors to felonies. He has also served as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps for the last 17 years.

Kristin Luis (’94) | Judge Luis is Justice of the Peace for Department 2 of the Carson City Justice/Municipal Court. She is the first woman to hold this position in Carson City, Nevada. Judge Luis previously worked as the assistant district attorney with the Carson City District Attorney’s Office from January 2015 to December 2018.

ELECTION COVERAGE: ZAGS IN OFFICE

Ann McDermott (’02) | Judge

Michelle “Shelley” Szambelan (’91) | Judge

McDermott was appointed to begin hearing cases as a judge with the Las Vegas Immigration Court. After graduating from Gonzaga Law, McDermott worked in private practice until 2005 and then transitioned to public service as a deputy attorney for injured workers for the State of Nevada. From 2007 to 2009, she served as the head administrator for the Real Estate Division of the state of Nevada. In 2009, she joined the Nevada Attorney General’s Office, where she worked as senior deputy attorney general, chief deputy attorney general, and litigation bureau chief until her appointment to the bench.

Szambelan retained her seat on the Spokane Superior Court. Szambelan was appointed to the Spokane Municipal Court bench in 2008 and ran unopposed for the municipal court position in 2009, 2013, and 2017. In 2014, she was promoted to presiding judge of the court. In February 2018, Governor Jay Inslee appointed Szambelan to the Spokane Superior Court. Before she joined the bench, she practiced with Phillabaum, Ledlin, Matthews & Gaffney-Brown in Spokane and the Spokane City Prosecutor’s Office.

Annie Pelletier Hightower (’07) Hightower was elected to a seat on the College of Western Idaho Board of Trustees. She’s currently director of law and policy for the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence and is the former Title IX director at Boise State University. She’s currently working on her Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration at Boise State.

Mike Pellicciotti (’04) Pellicciotti retained his seat in the Washington State House of Representatives for the 30th Legislative District, Position 1. Before entering politics, Pellicciotti served as a King County deputy prosecuting attorney for more than a decade. In his role as prosecutor, he focused on fighting elder abuse and government waste. He has served as chair of the Washington Equal Justice Coalition, which advocates for those refused access to justice, including veterans denied benefits. He also has served with the Federal Way Human Services Commission, where he led legislation that expanded vocational training for those in between jobs. His district includes Algona, Auburn, Des Moines, Federal Way, Milton, and Pacific in South King County.

Mindy Walker (’06) | Judge Walker won the race for district court judge in Jefferson County. Walker worked in private practice and was named Woman of the Year by the Olympic Peninsula Chapter of Washington Women Lawyers. She also maintains an active interest in international humanitarian work.

David Thorn (’98) | Judge David was elected to Division III of the Cochise County Superior Court in southeastern Arizona.

Did we miss your election news? Submit to the Alumni office: guzmans@gonzaga.edu.

Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin (’13) Schromen-Wawrin was elected to the Port Angeles City Council. Before attending Gonzaga Law, Schromen-Wawrin worked as a field science educator for over seven years, including a year volunteering with AmeriCorps. After graduation, Schromen-Wawrin returned to his hometown of Port Angeles and focused his practice on the constitutional law issues of government authority and accountability.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

CLASS ACTION 1980

1984

1987

William Hyslop was

The Honorable Bruce Spanner was named a 2018

Kathy Gerla became the

nominated by President Trump to become the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington. Hyslop previously held the same post from 1991 to 1993 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush.

1981

The Honorable Stephanie E. Joannides, senior superior

court judge in Anchorage, was honored with the American Community Schools (ACS) Athens 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award, acknowledging her professional achievements, exemplary leadership with ethos, and service to humanity. She is a member of the ACS Athens class of 1971. Joannides served as a judge for the Alaska district court, the Alaska Superior Court, and as a judge pro tem on the Alaska Court of Criminal Appeals from 1994 to 2011.

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

Acknowledging Professional Excellence (APEX) Award winner by the Washington State Bar Association and was selected to receive the Outstanding Judge Award. Judge Spanner presides in Superior Court in Benton and Franklin Counties. He became a judge in 2009 after practicing law in the TriCities area for 24 years. He was previously a partner at Miller, Mertens & Spanner in Kennewick, Washington.

1986

attorney for the city of Bellevue, Washington.

1990 Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada became

the first Latina to chair the Democratic Party’s Senatorial Campaign Committee. Cortez Masto will be chair for the 2020 cycle. After serving as the Nevada attorney general, Cortez Masto was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016.

1992

Patrick Butler was elected

director of the Local Boxing Committee (LBC) by USA Boxing. Butler has been a district court judge in Colorado since 2009. John M. Loalbo was named a partner at Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf in its Madison, New Jersey, office. Loalbo was previously a partner at Riker Danzig, where he counseled clients in a wide range of industries in matters involving tax, trust, and estate planning.

Dan Keppler was promoted

to principal in the Portland, Oregon, office of Garvey Schubert Barer. He focuses on complex business litigation, securities litigation, professional malpractice, appeals, and alternative dispute resolution. Keppler also counsels professional and institutional clients on securities law riskmanagement issues. He is chair-elect of the Oregon State Bar’s Securities Regulation Section.

Paul F. Eagle was appointed

a pro tempore Family Law Court Commissioner for King County Superior Court. Patricia Egan Daehnke

has joined forces with Lisa Collinson to form Collinson, Daehnke, Inlow & Greco, a woman-owned law firm with offices in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Daehnke focuses on medical malpractice and is board-certified as a Civil Trial Advocate. She also chairs the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel’s CACI Committee on Jury Instructions and cochairs the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s President’s Advisory Committee on Women in the Legal Profession.

1993 Janice P. Brown appeared on an episode of the ABA Journal’s podcast, Asked and Answered, to share her insights on client relations.

CLASS ACTION

1995

William J. Lewis joined

Kari Reardon is a 2018

Barnes & Thornburg in Chicago as a partner after helping both small businesses and large corporations with leasing, acquisitions, and dispositions. Lewis also provides pro bono legal services to nonprofit organizations.

recipient of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL) President’s Award. The award recognizes “achievement in a particular case or series of related cases, or long-time service to the criminal defense bar.”

1996

1997

Christine Schaller delivered the 2019 commencement address at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington. Schaller serves as the presiding judge for Thurston County Superior Court, and her current rotation is as a criminal judge hearing pretrial matters and presiding over Drug Court.

Uri Clinton was appointed by

Jennifer Snider was appointed to the Clark County Superior Court. Before her new appointment, Snider served as court commissioner for the Clark County Superior Court. In this role, she made in-court decisions on a range of issues and participated in the court’s administrative functions.

MGM Resorts International as the new president and chief operating officer of Empire City Casino in Yonkers, New York. Clinton joined MGM Resorts as vice president and deputy general counsel in 2014 and was promoted to senior vice president and legal counsel in 2016. He has managed MGM Resorts’ efforts to explore development opportunities in Connecticut and New York. Rachelle Anderson was

appointed by Governor Inslee to the Spokane County Superior Court. Before her appointment, Anderson served as a Washington State Supreme Court Commissioner for more than eight years.

1998

2002

Heather C. Yakely has joined

Scott Jenkins Jr. was named assistant tournament chairman for the 2020 Phoenix Open and will assist Chairman Tim Woods with all tournament-related operations while preparing to take over in 2021. Jenkins is a partner with the national law firm of Quarles & Brady and his practice focuses on commercial bankruptcy and litigation. He also chairs the firm’s Arizona Bankruptcy Group and cochairs the Summer Recruiting Committee.

the national litigation team of Kutak Rock and will lead the team in Spokane. Yakely has spent 20 years practicing in the areas of employment and constitutional law, municipal law, and tort defense. She has experience in both state and appellate courts and is admitted to the state of Idaho and the federal district courts of Idaho, Washington, and the Ninth Circuit. Orren Adams was made a partner at Spencer Fane in St. Louis, Missouri, working in the firm’s business transactions practice group. Adams has served as a lead counsel in large transactions in the health care and manufacturing industries for many years.

2000

Todd Hughes is the new vice president and retirement services officer for the Central Trust Company in Springfield, Missouri.

2003 Chad M. Nicholson was made an equity member of McConnell Wagner Sykes + Stacey. At the firm, Nicholson focuses on employment, personal injury, medical malpractice, and business litigation.

Charnelle Bjelkengren was

appointed by Governor Inslee to the Spokane County Superior Court. With this appointment, Bjelkengren becomes the first female African American judge in Eastern Washington.

2001 Gabrielle C. Roth was named

a principal at Winston & Cashatt, Lawyers, in Spokane. Roth joined the firm in 2016 and specializes in family law and guardianship.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

CLASS ACTION

2004

2010

2012

Paul Thompson was

Delia Garza became the first

Katy Box was featured on

appointed judge to the Snohomish County Superior Court by Governor Jay Inslee. Thompson has served the Snohomish County community as a public defender for the past 11 years and as counsel for defense in Chelan County.

Latina to hold the position of mayor pro tem in Austin.

KPBS News in San Diego for a lawsuit she filed relating to property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing loans in California. Box works to help protect seniors who are in debt due to unnecessary renovations to their homes.

Geana Van Dessel has joined

the national litigation team of Kutak Rock in Spokane. Van Dessel has 15 years of experience in all phases of complex commercial litigation, including trademark, contract, banking, employment, and consumer protection, both in federal and state court. She has appeared before the Washington State Supreme Court, the Washington State Court of Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

2005

Jeremy Gugino was

appointed communications director for Reclaim Idaho, a grassroots organization that helps with citizen initiatives. Gugino’s career includes working at a number of TV stations in Missouri, New York, and Washington state.

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

2007

2011 Donald J. Richter was

appointed to the Wahkiakum County and Pacific County Superior Court.

2008

Jennifer Dorning was

appointed president of the national AFL-CIO’s Department for Professional Employees (DPE). Before this appointment, Dorning was an associate member of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, which also represents Boeing engineers. Dorning is the first woman appointed DPE president.

Peter Boskofsky was named a 2018 Native American 40 Under 40 by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. The award is given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership, initiative, and dedication and made significant contributions in business and their community. Currently, Boskofsky serves as general counsel to Koniag, one of 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations. He also serves as vice president of the board of the Koniag Education Foundation, cochairs the Alaska Native Law section of the Alaska Bar Association, and volunteers for the Color of Justice program in Alaska.

Jennifer Richards was

appointed by the Supreme Court of Nevada to the permanent Guardianship Commission, which was created to address issues of concern to persons subject to the guardianship statutes, rules, and processes in Nevada. She works as a guardianship attorney with Washoe Legal Services in Reno.

Michael Vander Giessen

Kaydee Snipes Ruiz was

appointed as the judge of Montana’s 12th Judicial District.

received the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 2018 Anthony Savage Award, which recognizes an outstanding trial performance or result by an attorney in practice for fewer than 10 years. Since November 2014, Vander Giessen has worked for the Spokane County Public Defender’s office, where he represents criminal defendants accused of felony offenses.

CLASS ACTION Ryan M. Busby is the newest partner at Morse, Bratt, Andrews and Terry in Vancouver, Washington. Busby’s areas of expertise include landlord-tenant issues, wills and trusts, and contract reviews.

Brad Fjeldheim joined the Montana Department of Justice/Attorney General’s Office as an assistant attorney general in the Appellate Services Bureau. Fjeldheim previously spent six years in private practice at the O’Toole Law Firm in Plentywood, Montana.

2013

Christopher G. Young is the new managing attorney at Hepworth & Associates in Utah. Prior to his new position, Young managed a national litigation portfolio for a large Salt Lake City law firm.

2014

Rick C. Tappan became a

partner in the Bloomquist Law Firm in Montana. He received his undergraduate degree in geology from Northern Arizona University, and prior to attending Gonzaga, Tappan was an environmental consultant and geologist. Tappan’s area of practice includes commercial litigation, natural resource litigation, oil and gas law, price and public lands issues, and water law.

2015 Paige Gleason recently

embarked on a new endeavor as a founding attorney of Colorado Legal Group in Denver, which handles divorce and family law. Gleason is a zealous advocate for her clients and was nominated in 2018 as one of the Top 100 Family Law Attorneys in Colorado and as a Lawyer of Distinction in both 2018 and 2019.

Lars Lundberg joined McConnell Wagner Sykes + Stacey as an associate. Lundberg most recently served a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Warren E. Jones of the Idaho Supreme Court. His practice will focus on commercial litigation.

2017

Tim Schermetzler was named as one of the Top 7 Under 40 in the Bellingham Business Journal. Schermetzler currently works at Chmelik Sitkin & Davis in Bellingham, Washington, while also teaching as an adjunct professor at the Western Washington University College of Business and Economics.

Kathryn Carr joined the law firm of Clements, Brown & McNichols in Lewiston, Idaho. Carr’s work focuses on wills, estates, probates, and business transactions.

2016

Christena Georgas-Burns

won the 2018 Prism Award for Exceptional Ryan White Services for her work in Nevada. Georgas-Burns offers free legal help to people who are HIV-positive or living with AIDS.

Let us know your recent news and accomplishments! You can submit your information and photos by e-mail to lawalumni@gonzaga.edu. We will use them when possible and as space and photo quality permit.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

ALUMNI PROFILES

Jenny Wetzel: Crafting a Labor of Love at Alaska Airlines “It is a mix of street smarts and book smarts,” Wetzel explained, “combined with contract interpretation and drafting, while always staying focused on risk assessment. These are all things Gonzaga Law taught me.” Some years before becoming vice president of labor relations at Alaska Airlines, Jenny Wetzel (J.D., ’05) was a Gonzaga Law student interning in the human resources department at Kent School District. There, she was exposed to the intricacies of labor law, witnessing a busy department navigating unions, contracts, and state and federal regulations. As a student, her eyes were opened to understanding conflicting perspectives, a good skill to have in labor law. “The mere focus on one issue and learning how to dissect it, analyze it, and then make a solid argument — [they are] all tools in my tool belt that I use today,” Wetzel said. After law school, Wetzel took a job in corporate real estate, but she realized the industry wasn’t exactly her calling. She moved back to labor relations with a position at Group Health. There,

Trey Dolezal: Tackling the Legal Nuances of an NFL Sports Agency “My son played football at Texas A&M,” Dolezal said. “Many of his teammates spent a lot of afternoons at my home and would discuss their potential futures in the NFL.”

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

her interest in human resources and labor law continued to flourish. She was part of a team that has been described as proactive and visionary, a team that was pleased to collaborate with other groups across departmental lines to solve the intricate employment problems that arise in health care settings. “I did not take the traditional path into a law firm,” Wetzel said. “Rather, I worked for large organizations, helping them solve complex people problems daily.” Wetzel became the director of labor relations at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle and eventually the vice president of employee and labor relations for Kaiser Permanente. Even the union leaders Wetzel has worked with sing her praises, from her intellect to her genuine respect and concern for workers to her work as a mentor for both management and labor. Her lawyering style is one that emphasizes positive relationships as well as trust and transparency with labor leaders and employees. This may be one of the reasons Alaska Airlines made her its vice president of labor relations in January 2019. Now Alaska Airlines’ employees and passengers will reap the benefit of Wetzel’s problem-solving skills, her ability to foster an environment of collaboration across departments, and her willingness to help all levels of her company adapt and adjust to change. “It is a mix of street smarts and book smarts,” Wetzel explained, “combined with contract interpretation and drafting, while always staying focused on risk assessment. These are all things Gonzaga Law taught me.”

Before operating as an agent for NFL stars and a lawyer for MLB players and professional golfers at Dolezal Law & Sports, Trey Dolezal (J.D., ’92) donned the purple hood of Juris Doctor at Gonzaga. Dolezal had always dreamed of becoming a sports agent. In fact, as a Gonzaga Law student, he took Professor Jim McCurdy’s Sports Law class with his eyes set on the industry. But with the responsibilities of a young and growing family, Dolezal opted for a traditional post-college career path, citing the need to get his feet properly underneath him with a steady and dependable career. He made his way back to Texas after law school, where he served as an assistant attorney general in the Department of Transportation. After two years in public service, he entered private practice and became partner in 1999. In 2002, Dolezal broke away to start his own firm. Though it took a few years, Dolezal’s legal career eventually took a post route and returned

ALUMNI PROFILES

Lisa Malpass: Leading with Passion as an Elder Law Advocate in Washington State “Gonzaga Law helped light a passion. It helped carve out a path and fueled my desires to serve my community.” As a student in Gonzaga Law’s Elder Law Clinic, Lisa Malpass (J.D., ’03) found an incubator for ethical values, substantive knowledge, and practical skills. She added, “I felt I would carry it forward in my legal career and invest in Eastern Washington.” Carry it forward, she did. After earning her Juris Doctor with honors, Malpass began her law career as an in-house legal benefits adviser/attorney for Adult Protective Services under the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. In 2009, she took a position as an attorney advisor with the Social Security Administration/Office of Disability Adjudication and Review.

to its roots: sports agency. He had long represented athletes as a lawyer, but becoming an agent was still a dream. As fate would have it, his family — the ones he postponed his dream for — were the ones who propelled him back to it. As a lawyer, Dolezal could help student athletes transition into professional athletes. But as an agent, he knew his impact could be bigger. In 2016, he became an NFL Players Association Certified Player Agent. His firm, Dolezal Law & Sports Agency, is now a full-service law firm in Austin, Texas, that manages and represents athletes and provides a range of legal services to clients of all sizes, from entrepreneurs to multinational corporations. “I treat every client with the same passion and respect,” he explained. “Whether I am representing a big-name sports star or a small corporation, my passion never wavers.”

Now a partner at Winston & Cashatt, Malpass focuses her practice on guardianship law, elder law, administrative law, probate matters, collaborative family law, public benefits, restraining/protection orders, wills, powers of attorney and health care directives. She represents seniors, persons with disabilities, lay guardians, certified professional guardians, and businesses. She is also a Title 11 Guardian ad Litem in Spokane and other counties in Eastern Washington. In 2016, she was ranked one of the Top Lawyers in Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine. In 2019, she was elected president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), Washington Chapter. Because of her stellar record of client advocacy, NAELA also selected Malpass to receive one of two 2019 Cohn Sisters’ Scholarships for Patient Advocacy. She attended the annual NAELA meeting last May. Members of the Washington Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (WAELA) like Malpass are very concerned with access to justice issues and work to ensure that seniors and individuals suffering from incapacitating conditions, and their families, receive the benefits to which they are entitled. Or, as Malpass put it, “Doing the right things for the right reasons.” This maxim is perhaps why Gonzaga Law was a good fit for her as a law student. As a Zag, she learned the value of “competent and compassionate legal advocacy for underprivileged and vulnerable people.” Gonzaga Law helped light a passion, she said. “It helped carve out a path and fueled my desires to serve my community.”

Dolezal’s dedication to building relationships by creating trust has earned him an impressive roster, which includes Jamaal Charles, the 2013 NFL rushing touchdowns leader. He claims his success as a sports agent and as an attorney is the result of his hard work and his Gonzaga Law education. “Gonzaga gave me the tools I needed to take on the world in every venture I have approached, from being an associate, to owning my own law practice, to starting a sports agency,” Dolezal said. “I always felt like the [law school] program was trying to put me in a position to succeed, during and after school.” Now, as an NFL agent, Dolezal is often asked how one breaks into the industry. His advice? “Just keep beating down doors. And never give up.”

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

GOLD CLUB Gonzaga Law Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Class of 1969 The year was 1969 and it was evening, as all things “Gonzaga Law” were back then. It was also the last year that Gonzaga Law would exclusively offer night school classes. During the 1960s, Gonzaga Law found a home in the old Webster School building, where classes would remain until 2000. Local attorneys taught alongside the full-time faculty, providing practical expertise to the students and becoming an integral part of their legal education. The students of 1969, many of whom worked full-time during the day, exemplified the values of Gonzaga Law that last to this day. On behalf of Gonzaga University School of Law, we would like to present our newest members of the Gold Club, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the class of 1969. We value all the contributions of our new Gold Club members and congratulate them on this remarkable milestone.

“There was a real sense of companionship within the class. We were all in this together.” -Member of Gold Club

Hollis Barnett Patricia J. (Anderson) Barnett Norris Barnhill Crane Bergdahl Fred Caruso The Honorable Charles Delaurenti II Lawrence Duff John McLendon

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

John Messina Stan Moore Jerry Neal Kenneth K. O’Mhuan Harry Platis Ben Sanchez Michael J. Turner Adrian Voermans Richard Welch Arnold Young

“

“I felt that Gonzaga Law provided us with a really good education for law. We received a practical education from our faculty and some amazing local attorneys.” - Member of Gold Club

What Was New in 1969? What Was Happening in the Legal Community in 1969?

• The first ATM

Tinker v. Des Moines — The United States in the 1960s was largely defined by the Vietnam War. While thousands went overseas to fight, there were also legal battles back home. Tinker v. Des Moines came before the U.S. Supreme Court tackling the issue of freedom of speech at school. After students were suspended for wearing black armbands in protest of the war, student’s parents challenged the decision, claiming that the students’ First Amendment rights had been violated. This landmark case extended First Amendment rights to students in expressing controversial views so long as these views did not disrupt the school environment.

• Hello Internet! The Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) developed ARPANET, which was the precursor to the internet we know today.

Brandenburg v. Ohio — Is speech that advocates violence protected under the First Amendment? Brandenburg v. Ohio delved into this question after a Ku Klux Klan gathering was video recorded showing participants engaging in violent speech and brandishing weapons. The courts ruled that the government may outlaw such speech only when it can be directly linked to “imminent lawless action.”

• Transistor radios

• First barcode scanner

What Tools Did Students Use in 1969? • Electric typewriters • Overhead projectors • Touch-tone desk phones

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

From the Office of Alumni Engagement & Strategic Initiatives One of the most gratifying parts of my year is when I can connect faces to names. This year, I was blessed with the opportunity to do just that in Alaska, Montana, Nevada, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. At the same time, I was able to take in some beautiful areas of the country and enjoyed seeing the operations of our legal system at its highest level. This coming academic year, I am looking forward to connecting with even more of you across the country. I encourage you to explore the information presented here about innovations and integrations in wine law, social justice, brand innovation, and global education. I am excited to share ideas with you and to learn more about how these strategic initiatives can impact your world. Finally, thanks to your continued involvement, after five years of hard work the online directory at gonzaga.edu/lawdirectory is thriving! Be sure to log in and update your information (especially your practice area), as the success and usefulness of this database depends on you. Feel free to contact me by email at guzmans@gonzaga.edu if you have any questions. I am truly grateful for your continued partnership. Here’s to another great year ahead!

Sarah Guzmán, MA Director – Alumni Engagement & Strategic Initiatives

You Spoke, and We Heard You When we launched our alumni survey, we were not surprised to see active and enthusiastic participation from the ZagLaw community. Thank you so much for sending in your thoughtful responses. It is clear that our alumni enjoy interacting with each other, as socializing was the top reason given for event attendance. We host these events precisely so that you can continue to deepen your relationships with alumni and stay connected to students. Many of you are looking for more Gonzaga Law-sponsored CLEs online and in your home state, as well as ways to connect with the school regardless of distance. We will make this a top priority in the coming year. Additionally, it was wonderful to learn that your priorities matched those of the University’s: maintaining the value of your degree, consistently improving in school rankings, and celebrating the accomplishments of alumni. Here are some more takeaways from our alumni survey.

ALUMNI SURVEY RESULTS

550

Total Respondents

Average Age 52 Men: 63%, Women: 36%

80%

Speak positively about Gonzaga Law either Always or Most of the Time

69%

Said their experiences at Gonzaga Law were either Excellent or Good

GLOBAL EDUCATION

BRAND INNOVATION

SOCIAL JUSTICE

WINE LAW

Feeling connected? Ages 60 and over and 29 and younger say yes, while ages 40 through 59 say less so.

Evening the most preferred meeting time for alumni events

Email and the Gonzaga Law Magazine are alumni’s preferred communication methods

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

2019 Honor Roll

LIFETIME CONTRIBUTORS With sincere thanks to our donors, the Gonzaga Law School Foundation proudly recognizes those whose support through May 31, 2019 ensures the school’s continued success.

$1,000,000 and Above

$50,000 - $99,999

$25,000 - $49,999

- Louis and Kathryn Barbieri † - Chester and Catherine J. Chastek † - Fred and Barbara Curley † - J. Donald ’60 and Va Lena Scarpelli Curran, ’58 - John Hemmingson - Paul ’59 and Lita (Barnett) Luvera, ’77 - Smithmoore P. Myers † and Sandy Sandulo Myers †, ’39

- Gene and Carol Annis, ’59 - Charles Brink, ’78 - The Brink Foundation - Loren and Janell Burke, ’83 - John R. Clark † ’80 and The Honorable Ellen K. Clark, ’82 - Harriet Clarke † - Kelly and Sharon Cline, ’85 - Marvel Collins Estate - Reanette Cook Estate - Daniel and Susan Corkery, ’76 - Michael and Rebecca Costello, ’96 - Vern Davidson † - Delay, Curran, Thompson & Pontarolo, PS - James and Frances Flanagan †, ’40 - Bart and Hilke Gallant - The Honorable and Mrs. Richard P. Guy, ’59 - Daniel P. Harbaugh, ’74 - Harold and Mary Anne † Hartinger, ’54 - Stephen Haskell, ’77 - Horrigan Foundation, Inc. - Greg and Susan Huckabee, ’76 - Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix, Inc. - Helen John Foundation - Frank and Maureen † Johnson, ’51 - George and Nancy Lobisser, ’78 - John E. Manders Foundation - Dick Manning and Jen Gouge, ’60 - Richard McWilliams Estate, ’58 - John and Guelda Messina, ’69 - Yale Metzger and Susan Richmond, ’95 - Irene Ringwood, ’84 - Elizabeth D. Rudolf - John and Nancy Rudolf - Dick ’79 and Karen Sayre, ’85 - Chuck † and Rojean Siljeg, ’60 - Philip † and Margretta Stanton, ’56 - James and Dee Sweetser, ’84 - Sweetser Law Office - Washington Trust Bank Financial Corporation - The Honorable Bob † and Diane Waitt, ’57 - Washington State Bar Association - Katharine Witter Brindley and Ralph Brindley, ’84 - Jim and Joyce † Workland, ’64

- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - American College of Trial Lawyers - Bank of America Foundation - David and Nancy Bayley, ’76 - Boise - David and Ellen Bolin, Jr., ’85 - Janice Brown, ’84 - John † and Kaye Condon, ’77 - Patrick and Paula Costello - Ralph Dixon, ’77 - Gary J. and Claire Dmoch, ’76 - Gary J. Dmoch & Associates - Philip and Mary Dolan † - John J. and Allison Durkin, ’80 - Mr. Phillip E. Egger, ’81 - Bill Etter, ’78 - Richard C. and Susan Eymann, ’76 - Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst, ’84 - Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund - Rick Flamm ’79 and Vesna Somers, ’81 - Michael A. Frost, ’73 - Joe † and Joan Gagliardi, ’59 - Jim † and Margel Gallagher - Stevan Hann - Jeffrey and Diana Hartnett, ’76 - Karen and Michael † Harwood, ’88 - Dennis M. Hottell and Terese Colling, ’76 - Innovia Foundation - Steven Jager, ’80 - Jager Law Office PLLC - Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Johnson, ’75 - Dan and Margaret † Keefe, ’74 - King County Bar Foundation - Lee & Hayes, PLLC - Ellen (Kremer) Lenhart, ’87 - Bill and Suzanne Lindberg, ’73 - Timothy J. Lynes ’84 and Joan C. Morningstar, ’83 - The Honorable John J. Madden, ’68 - Helen McDonald † - Alejandra Mireles, ’04 - Joe Nappi, Jr. and Mary Nappi, ’72 - Wes and Mary Lee (Toepel) Nuxoll †, ’54 - Verne and Mary Oliver † - Dean Lewis H. † and Mrs. Jackie Orland † - Patton Boggs Foundation

$500,000 - $999,999 - Gonzaga University Law Adjunct Faculty - Norm † and Rita Roberts, ’59

$250,000 - $499,999 - John † and Nancy Clute, ’63 - Joseph P. † and Helen K. Delay †, ’52 - John and Deborah Holleran, ’79 - Lewis Orland Estate - Jim † and Beverly Rogers - Sunbelt Communications Company

$100,000 - $249,999 - Matt and Eleanor Andersen, ’76 - Holly Louise Caudill †, ’93 - Ben B. Cheney Foundation - Kevin Curran ’88 and Jean-Carlo Rivera - Harry and Dorothy Dano †, ’41 - William Eddleman †, ’39 - Jerry † and Helen Greenan, ’57 - Mark and Mary Griffin, ’86 - Jerome and Vicki Jager, ’57 - George † and Shari Kain, ’58 - William V. Kelley † - Joseph and Muriel Murphy † - The Honorable and Mrs. Philip M. Raekes, ’59 - Renee R. Reuther, ’90 - Bill Roach † - Patrick and Diane Sullivan, ’59 - Washington Trust Bank - Carrie Welch Trust Estate

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

- Marie Pintler - Donald and Christie Querna - John R. Quinlan, ’60 - Gary and Sharon Randall - Diehl † and Anne Rettig, ’69 - The Honorable and Mrs. J. Justin Ripley, ’64 - Kerm † and Fran Rudolf †, ’51 - Rudolf Family Foundation - James and Marilyn Sachtjen - The Honorable and Mrs. † Richard J. Schroeder, ’63 - John and Penny Schultz, ’63 - Roger † and Angelika Smith, ’58 - Skip Smyser, ’77 - Jim and Margaret Solan †, ’49 - Lee M. Solomon Estate - Joseph and Parker Sullivan, ’85 - David and Kay Syre, ’72 - Paul and Gail Taylor, ’84 - Phebe Thompson - Robert Thompson, Jr., ’73 - David and Angelica Torres, ’86 - The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust - Union Pacific Foundation - United Way of Benton & Franklin Counties - United Way of King County - J. Prentice Warner Estate - Clifford and Karen Webster, ’77 - Dennis † and Jackie Wheeler - The Honorable Donna L. (Kamps) Wilson, ’80

$10,000 - $24,999 - Keller and Kathy Allen, ’89 - Phillip Armstrong, ’78 - Association of Corporate Counsel Washington State Chapter - Basil Badley and Mary Margaret Haugen, ’60 - Jim and Linda Baker, ’79 - BarBri Bar Review - The Honorable and Mrs. Paul Bastine, ’64 - Jim and Lynelle (Wahl) Beaulaurier, ’77 - Mark Beggs and Florfina Cacanindin, ’80 - James Berlin † - Allen Brecke, ’77 - Roger G. Brown, ’80 - The Honorable Franklin D. † and Mrs. Treava Burgess - Paul Burglin and Ramona Sanderson-Burglin, ’84 - Bruce and Judy (Acher) Butler, ’80 - William and Judy Carlin, ’76 - Carney Badley Spellman - CEMEX Materials LLC - Thomas and Joan Chapman, ’66 - Paul Clausen Estate, ’40 - Mr. Charles A. Cleveland ’78 and The Honorable Joyce J. McCown, ’80 - John and Mary S. Close †, ’38 - Thomas and Barbara Cochran, ’75 - Francis † and Audrey Conklin, ’61 - James P. † and Marianne Connelly, ’53 - John and Mary Jo Costello - The Honorable Kenneth L. Cowsert, ’73 - James and Carolyn Craven, ’75 - George and Diane Critchlow, ’77 - Michael and Teresa Crofts, ’80

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

- Mike and Alison Delay, ’88 - Paul and Joan Delay, ’86 - Fred O. Dennis Estate - Norb † and Ruby Donahue, ’41 - Kevin and Jackie Driscoll - Paul † and Carol Eng, ’87 - Robert Evans and Lisa Fitzpatrick, ’78 - Roger A. Felice, ’73 - Joe Fennessy, Jr. †, ’40 - James † and Mikell Fish, ’62 - Dan and Karen Flynn, ’83 - Professor and Mrs. Michael F. Flynn, ’77 - Francois X. and Debra J. Forgette, ’77 - Merrit and Yolanda Foubert †, ’51 - Gary Gayton, ’62 - Janice (Bennett) Geier, ’89 - Jim Giudici, ’79 - Phelps † and Mary Jean Gose, ’62 - William and Margaret Grant †, ’54 - Paul D. and Nancy Greeley, ’82 - Bill † and Norma Grismer, ’53 - Geoffrey Grote, ’78 - Frederick Halverson, ’61 - Hands Off Cain - European Parliament - Frank P. Hayes †, ’43 - Howard and Darlene Herman, ’62 - Lloyd and Linda Herman, ’66 - Prof. Gerald Hess and Dr. Layne Stromwall - E. J. Hunt, ’80 - IBM Corporation - Mark R. Iverson and Michaele E. Dietzel, ’88 - Thomas and Sandra Jarrard, ’07 - Mary Lou Johnson and Dr. Daniel Schaffer, ’92 - Johnson & Johnson Law Firm, PLLC - Robert Keefe, ’73 - Marcus † and Dorothy Kelly, ’57 - Daniel L. Keppler ’92 and Meagan Flynn, ’92 - Mike and Terri Killeen, ’77 - James and Mary Anne (Metcalfe) King, ’78 - Alan Lamia, ’70 - Paul and Kristina Larson, ’75 - Alex and Karen Laughlin, ’85 - Tom Lewis - Tom Lucas, ’76 - Earl and Laura Martin - The Honorable Craig Matheson, ’76 - Prof. John Maurice - Lenora McBirney † - Mr. Leo A. McGavick †, ’29 - The Honorable † and Mrs. J. Ben McInturff, ’52 - Robert and Christina McKanna †, ’54 - Scott ’90 and Nicole (Annis) McKay, ’92 - Ryan R. and Sarah McNeice, ’05 - Donald and Mary Moore †, ’53 - Daniel and Mary Beth Morrissey - Ann Murphy - The Honorable and Mrs. James M. Murphy, ’73 - Jerry Neal, ’69 - Northern Trust Bank - Northwest Fund for the Environment - Donald and Christine O’Neill, ’78 - Stephen and Karen Osborne, ’73 - Charles and Helen Palmerton †, ’52 - PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company - Tony and Patty Philippsen, ’73 - Harry and Alethea Platis, ’69

- Estate of Louis Powell - Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, LLP - Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP - Joseph F. Quill and Dolores M. Quill Trust - Tim Quirk and Sally Bulger Quirk, ’73 - Les and Clara Randall † - Prof. Speedy Rice and Judy Clarke - John † and Joy Richards, ’87 - Sheila C. Ridgway, ’84 - Ridgway Law Group, P.S. - The Honorable Jack J.and Patricia Ripple †, ’50 - Ronald and JoAnn (Salina) Roberts, ’64 - The Honorable Michael P. Roewe, ’74 - Sayre & Sayre P.S. - Nicholas Scarpelli, ’74 - Kenneth A. Scaz, ’98 - Albert † and Betty Schauble, ’58 - Gerald and Rita Schears - John A. † and Catherine Schultheis, ’61 - Dennis and Marie Sheehan, ’76 - Stokes Lawrence, P.S. - Irene Strachen Charitable Trust - Stritmatter, Kessler, Whelan, Withey, Coluccio - Robert Sullivan, ’86 - Gaetano and Melissa Testini, ’00 - The Honorable and Mrs. † Joseph A. Thibodeau, ’66 - James and Carmelita † Thomas - Prof. Mary Pat Treuthart and Mr. Dan Webster - James † and Marian Triesch, ’41 - Patrick and Kristina Trudell, ’80 - Joseph and Janna Uberuaga, ’77 - United Way of Spokane County - The Unova Foundation - Prof. James M. Vache - Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program - Donald Verfurth, ’85 - Verizon Foundation - Marc and Nancy Wallace, ’75 - James and Kathleen Walsh, ’81 - Dr. Thomas and Bonnie Walsh, ’90 - Washington Judges Foundation - Martin and Jane Weber, ’64 - Stan and Gina Welsh - Western Atlas Foundation - The Honorable † and Mrs. John F. Wilson, ’56 - Mark E. Wilson - Winston & Cashatt - James and Jackie Wolff, ’74 - Women’s Law Caucus

Great care was taken to ensure the accuracy of this listing. Should there be any discrepancies, please contact Sarah Guzmán at guzmans@gonzaga.edu.

† In Memoriam The Gonzaga School of Law extends its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the following alumni and friends (†).

Patrick R. Acres / 1970

Linda (Phillips) Mathis / 1986

Ralph Alfieri / 1965

James McNally / 1992

Larry Axtell / 1962

The Hon. Thomas Merryman / 1960

Keith Bergman / 1953

Della J. Moore / 1993

Andrew C. Bohrnsen / 1974

Marion Moos / †

James M. Caraher / 1971

Peter Nault / 1979

David Compton / 1973

Lawrence Keller Norton / 1981

Joe Delay / 1952

Daniel Peterson / 1975

Mr. Thomas Dietzen / 1970

Harry Ries / 1980

Patricia Dunne / †

Ted Roy / 1957

Carson Eller / 1961

Monte Scaggs / 1976

The Hon. Richard J. Ennis / 1950

John Sickel, Jr. / 1982

Phelps Gose / 1962

John Simpson / 1977

Dave Hamer / †

Clifford Smith II / 1985

Lance W. Hendrix / 1989

John Tessner / 1984

Shane G. Hernandez / 1998

Charles Thronson / 1974

Dorothy Hillier / †

James M. Triplet / 1989

Heidi Keele / †

Russell Van Camp / 1973

Alexandra J. Kwak / 2004

Dennis Wheeler / †

Charles Lempesis / 1980

Stan Witter, Jr. / †

Linda D. Linden / †

Stephen P. Zagelow / 1975

John Marts / 1977

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Gonzaga Regent Emeritus and alumnus Joseph Delay (J.D., ’52), who passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.

In Memoriam Joseph Delay Gonzaga Regent Emeritus, alumnus, beloved father and grandfather, and true American hero Joseph Delay passed away on May 8, 2019. Delay grew up on his family’s farm in Sandpoint, Idaho. After graduating from high school in 1944, he joined the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division—the Screaming Eagles. He fought through the Battle of the Bulge, witnessed the liberation of Kaufering IV concentration camp in Bavaria, and the seizure of Hitler’s hideout in Berchtesgaden in 1945, just a few months prior to the end of the war. Delay returned home from the war to the Inland Northwest, where he attended the University of Idaho before transferring to Gonzaga University to complete his combined B.A./J.D. in 1952. For more than 67 years, Delay was known for his staunch code of ethics, hard work, and professionalism as an extremely well-respected lawyer in Spokane, practicing law into the final months of his life at the firm that today is known as Delay, Curran, Thompson, Pontarolo & Walker. Delay’s practice included complex real estate transactions, contract law, and probate. He served as president of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) and was on the WSBA’s Board of Governors. He also taught business law as an adjunct professor at Gonzaga in Florence. He was admitted to practice in Washington State as well as in the Supreme Court of the United States. “Gonzaga Law lost a hero in Joe Delay, but we are comforted in knowing he truly impacted us all in such a positive way. He set the tone for how we lead by example, both personally and professionally”, said Jeff Geldien, Assistant Vice President at Gonzaga who got to know Joe over the past decade. For 64 years, Delay was married to the love of his life, Helen (Curran), until she passed away in May of 2018. Together, they raised two sons, Paul (’86) and Mike (’88), who also graduated from Gonzaga University’s Law School. Paul and his wife Joan have three children, Hailey, Molly and Jack. Hailey (’18)

| Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019

graduated from Gonzaga Law, while grandson Jack (’21) is currently an undergraduate studying business and marketing at GU. Molly graduated from the University of Washington. Mike and his wife Alison have two children, Meghan and Eric. Meghan graduated from Santa Clara University (’18) with a degree in accounting, while Eric is currently an undergraduate student at Boise State University (’22). Joe’s extended family has further connections to Gonzaga as his brother-in-law and Gonzaga Trustee, Don Curran (’60, J.D), Don’s wife, Gonzaga Regent, Va Lena (’58, J.D.), and their son Kevin, (’88, J.D.) are all proud Zags. “My Dad started practicing long before advertising was allowed,” reflected Paul Delay. “You had to build your reputation one client at a time. My Dad felt it was important to establish your reputation as trustworthy and honest. He tried to treat opposing counsel and the court with dignity and respect, while still being an advocate.” Mike Delay added, “What I admire and respect most in Dad and his generation is his work ethic and humility. According to Dad, work ethic had the inherent ability to strengthen one’s character - a work ethic learned not from a text book, but from actual work performed. A work ethic is more important to Dad than academic success. Before and during law school, Dad worked as a stocker at the Hillyard Liquor Store, urine-catcher for testing race horses, oil/gas service station attendant, loading and hauling pig-slop or food waste from the Farragut Naval Training Base, cutting cordwood for Granite Elementary School, cutting blocks of ice in the winter from nearby frozen lakes for refrigeration, etc. Over the course of his life, the traits of humility and a strong work ethic are revealed in that no job, whatsoever, is beneath Joe Delay’s dignity.” Throughout their lives, Delays were committed supporters and leaders of Gonzaga University and Gonzaga Law School. Joe was instrumental in working with the Jesuits to help raise funds for the construction of the current School of Law building. They also established an endowed fund that supports the on-going needs of the Chastek Law Library. In 1997, Joe received the Gonzaga University Law Medal, the law school’s highest honor in recognition of his lifetime contributions to Gonzaga Law.

A Passion for Ethics, Truth and Justice Cornerstones of a Jesuit Legal Education By Father Bryan V. Pham, S.J. Coming to a Jesuit school is really about becoming a part of an educational tradition that is more than 470 years old. Rooted in the ratio studiorum (the intellectual, humanistic, spiritual, and interpersonal formation of Jesuits created by St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits), a Jesuit education encourages our learning community to embrace and to live out the “principles of ethical living, service to the search for truth, and a passion for justice.” More than merely accumulating facts, the objectives of a Jesuit education include helping form men and women who live and act for and with others, to be passionate about seeking the greater good, to be the voice for the voiceless, and to have an awareness that God can be found in all things. To achieve this, the centuries-old Jesuit pedagogical paradigm starts with the individual person, recognizing that this person, this student—with his/her own awesome and complicated history, experiences, hopes and dreams—comes with a desire to share, to reflect, to learn, and to be challenged in the context of a respectful and welcoming community. The pedagogical paradigm then encourages the student to reflect on his/her experience in a way that will challenge this same student to move into action—an action that is grounded on passion and driven by curiosity and openness to growth. Finally, the pedagogical paradigm encourages the student to evaluate his/her own experience in order to come to a deeper understanding of himself or herself, a deeper appreciation for his/her experiences, the experiences of others, as well as a sense of wonder of the Mystery that we call God.

Gonzaga School of Law embraces this Jesuit pedagogical paradigm from the very moment a student sets foot on campus. We recognize and celebrate each person’s humanity in all of its complexity and uniqueness because we believe that each one of our students has a story, a journey, and a gift that is entirely his/her own. We encourage our students to bring their whole person with them when they come to this community, and we actively encourage our students to share both themselves and their gifts with one another and with us. In the meantime, we invite our students to be open to being challenged—challenged by their classmates, by their professors, and by academic endeavors. And finally, it is our hope that our students will feel compelled into action by engaging and exploring opportunities available in our different clinical programs or other pro bono events in order to gauge their passion and try out newfound skills. Ultimately, a Jesuit education aims to empower a person to recognize his/her own sense of goodness and holiness (however complicated and messy that may be). Only then can a person truly be open to encounter God, and to recognize and comprehend that God is, in fact, in all things. And of course, to see God in all things is to see hope. In a world that seems to be more captivated with walls, hope becomes that bridge that is so desperately needed in our world today. In the end, to our students, it is our hope that your Jesuit legal education here at Gonzaga will not only make you competent practitioners of the law, but that you will, in fact, be guided by a sense of hope that is ground in the principles of ethical living, service to the search for truth, and a passion for justice. It is precisely this that is the mission of Gonzaga School of Law.

Gonzaga Law Magazine | 2019 |

NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE

PAID SPOKANE, WA PERMIT NO. 4

P.O. Box 3528, Spokane, WA 99220-3528

Law Professor Ann Murphy and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson taping an episode of “All Rise! The Gonzaga Law Podcast.” All Rise! is a limited Gonzaga Law podcast series that will be available soon on gonzaga.edu/podcasts, and your favorite podcast streaming serivices.