Saint Louis Brief v18i2 Alumni Magazine

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FOR OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS A SLU LAW SPOTLIGHT ON THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW

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DEAN Lawyers sometimes get a bad rap. There is a perception that lawyers will twist the truth or spin facts in order to reach a desired outcome, no matter the consequences. Of course that perception is not consistent with reality, but the perception is there nevertheless. In the last year or so, the common narrative concerning lawyers and judges has, in some ways, gotten even worse. That troubles me.

The reality is that lawyers and judges are needed now as much as ever. Lawyers and judges, while human, do tremendous good. The work lawyers and judges do is critically important to the rule of law and to the protection of civil rights and civil liberties. This makes me proud to be a lawyer and an educator of future lawyers.

We recently graduated our latest class of new lawyers, who now share with their colleagues in the law a unique and remarkable responsibility for the American legal system and for ensuring access to justice. It is at the same time an awesome responsibility and a great privilege.

This was captured very well in remarks given at our hooding ceremony by this year’s class valedictorian, Jimmy Martin: “Not more than a few months ago, an immigration order left many travelers unsure of their legal status. Politics aside, at base, these people were confused about how this affected them, and they needed help. Lawyers by the dozens, by the hundreds even, flocked to airports around the country to help: unpaid, unasked, holding large signs reading things like ‘I’m a lawyer. I can help.’ I was in awe. This was the moment when the full power of a law degree finally hit me. The power to provide life-changing knowledge and advice. And I realized that we graduates have a duty to those in need to use these powerful degrees responsibly and fully.”

Jimmy’s words gave me a deep sense of pride, and his words gave me a sense of purpose.

Our cover story in this issue spotlights recent headline-making events in immigration law and takes a look at our response as a law school. These pages also touch on a few of the various ways in which our faculty and alumni are working to advance diversity in the legal profession and to ensure that the American justice system works fairly for all persons.

Much of the work highlighted here has occurred in the wake of executive orders addressed at immigration policy. The events and debates surrounding these executive orders have demonstrated how important it is to understand the tools that law provides, and it is a reminder that there is a special role that lawyers have to play. That’s powerful, and it’s important to remember the duty that that knowledge imposes on us.

Reasonable minds can differ on important policy matters. For me, this isn’t about politics. SLU LAW is strong in part because we bring together individuals from different backgrounds who offer different – and sometimes opposing – viewpoints. We should not feel threatened by that. On the contrary, we should embrace it. It’s one of the things that make this a great institution.

As we reflect in these pages on the very difficult situation facing so many immigrants and refugees, of prisoners yearning to have their constitutional rights protected, of bright young women and men who may have never before imagined themselves as future lawyers, and all the important work that our alumni, faculty, staff and students do every day in pursuit of our shared social justice mission, it is my hope that you will feel the same deep sense of pride in the profession that I feel.

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L AW NEWS AND NOTES HEALTH LAW TOPS LIST AGAIN The Center for Health Law Studies was once again recognized as the No. 1 health law program in the nation

by U.S. News & World Report. Since the magazine began ranking the category, the Center has ranked first for 13 out of 14 years. Established in 1982, the Center was one of the first law school programs to focus on the intersection of the health care system and the legal system. SLU LAW’s part-time program moved up No. in the rankings this year to No. 24 and the Legal Clinics again were ranked at No. 30.

2018, Congratulations 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 to all!

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CLINIC STUDENT IMPACTS STATE UNEMPLOYMENT LAW Part-time 4L Patricia Bailey Beckerle argued before the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals on behalf of a client who had been denied unemployment compensation.

She won the case, and the Court reversed the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission.

Missouri Lawyers Weekly listed this case among its “Major Opinions for the First Half of 2017.”

SLU LAW RECEIVES ARCUS AWARD The Legal Clinics, alongside ArchCity Defenders, worked to expose injustices and a lack of transparency in the region’s municipal court system by filing lawsuits, negotiating settlements and monitoring structural reforms following the death of Michael Brown. The program was selected for the BMO Harris Bank St. Louis Spirit Award out of hundreds of nominations. The Arcus Awards recognize the achievements of organizations that are inspiring a greater St. Louis. SLU’s Prison Program also won an Arcus Award, for Achievement in Educational Attainment.

THANK YOU, SIMON LAW FIRM The Simon Law Firm, P.C ., generously donated Chris’ @ the Docket pancake breakfasts for students, faculty and staff during the week of spring final exams. Thank you!

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CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND EVENTS BREAKFASTING WITH THE MAYOR Outgoing St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay (’80) met at Chris’ @ the Docket in March with Dean William P. Johnson and Dean Emeritus Michael A. Wolff. Slay is the longest-serving mayor in St. Louis history, serving as the city’s 45th mayor from 200117. After leaving office, he joined law firm Spencer Fane LLP as of counsel.

At an investiture ceremony on April 18 at City Hall, Dean Emeritus Wolff swore in the Hon. Lyda Krewson. Krewson is the 46th mayor of St. Louis and the first female in the role.

IRISH SUPREME COURT JUSTICE MACMENAMIN EXPLORES BREXIT, EU WITH SLU LAW The School of Law and CICL hosted the Hon. Mr. Justice John MacMenamin of the Supreme Court of Ireland for a weeklong visit April 10–14.

Justice MacMenamin first became engaged with SLU LAW in 2015 as part of a SLU LAW visit to Dublin that occurred at the invitation of then-U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Kevin F. O’Malley (A&S ’70, Law ’73). MacMenamin repeated his generosity by hosting tours for the group during a second alumni trip in October 2016.

During his visit, MacMenamin toured St. Louis historical sites and sat in on several court hearings. He also gave two presentations: the first was primarily addressed to SLU LAW students and faculty and focused on “The Rule of Law in a Time of Change,” and the second, which was open to alumni and the broader St. Louis legal community, welcomed more than 100 guests and was titled “In Defense of the European Union.” (continued)

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“The issue of Brexit in particular will have a direct effect on the work of many of our students and alumni focused on transnational law practice, so it was valuable to hear such an informed, insightful perspective,” said Dean William P. Johnson. “Justice MacMenamin’s visit also helped strengthen our relationship to the legal community in Ireland and in Europe, which will be an asset for years to come.”

PUBLIC LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA MOVEMENT IN MISSOURI At its symposium on April 13, the Saint Louis University Public Law Review hosted “Up in Smoke: Demystifying the Medical Marijuana Movement in Missouri,” examining a new law that took effect in January decriminalizing marijuana possession. During spirited panel discussions, speakers explored the potential impact of legalization on the criminal justice system and health care, as well as its impact on children and businesses. Co-sponsors included New Approach Missouri, Show-Me Cannabis, Missouri NORML and Keeping Missouri Kids Safe.

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Bono and Public Service Award recipients were law firm Khazaeli Wyrsch, LLC and St. Francis Community Services — Catholic Legal Assistance Photo by Steven Levitt Ministry. Beth Davis Kerry (’87) received the Lifetime Excellence in Pro Bono and Public Service Award.

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CICL , LAW JOURNAL SYMPOSIUM LOOKS AT TAXATION AND MIGRATION The Center for International & Comparative Law and the Saint Louis University Law Journal hosted “The Sanford E. Sarasohn Conference on Critical Issues in Comparative and International Taxation II: Taxation and Migration,” on March 31. The symposium addressed issues that arise as growing numbers of individuals seek economic and political refuge in Europe and North America, and as increasing numbers of individuals and businesses seek refuge from the tax burdens of their home jurisdictions in lower tax jurisdictions.

HEALTH LAW SYMPOSIUM ADDRESSES HEALTH CARE MARKET CONCENTRATION The SLU LAW Center for Health Law Studies and the Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy presented the 29th annual symposium, “Coping with Health Care Market Concentration” on April 7.

Nationally recognized experts in health care policy and law, representatives of leading providers in the St. Louis region, and academics specializing in health and antitrust law discussed the rapidly changing business, legal and regulatory landscape. Videos of the symposium are available at http://law.slu.edu/HLsymposium2017.

RECORD-SETTING 2017 PILG AUCTION This year’s annual Public Interest Law Group (PILG) Auction, held at SLU’s Center for Global Citizenship on March 25, set the record for the most funds ever raised, with nearly $50,000 in profit. The auction raised money for the Irvin and Maggie Dagen Fellowship Fund, which this year provided stipends to 53 students working in unpaid public interest and public service positions over the summer. Second-year law students Andrea Fietsam, Jenna Scott and Audrey Wright co-chaired the event, while 3L Ashley Shula assisted as president of the PILG Executive Board. The event also honored St. Louis area attorneys, law firms and nonprofit organizations that have shown commitment to servicing the needs of those within the St. Louis community. The Excellence in Pro

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The 19th annual 2017 Women’s Justice Awards, presented

by Missouri Lawyers Weekly on April 27, honored 11 women of the SLU LAW community. Third-year student Kaitlyn Adams Parker (A&S ’11) was selected for the Leaders of Tomorrow Award. Antonia Miceli, co-director of academic support and associate professor, was honored with the Legal Scholar Award.

Rising Star Awards went to Sarah E. Mullen (’08) and Erica B. Slater (’11). Litigation Practitioner Awards went to Lisa G. Moore (’98), Bridget G. Hoy (’01), Andrea D. McNairy (’06) and Sheena R. Hamilton (’10). Kathleen M. Hart (’90) received a Public Official Award, and Cynthia L. Short (’87) was the recipient of a Public Service Practitioner Award. A Citizenship Award was bestowed upon Pat L. Simons (’74).

RICHARD C. AMELUNG RECEIVES AALL AWARD A bibliography edited and translated

by Richard C. Amelung, Ph.D., professor emeritus of legal research, The Legal Patrimony of Haiti: An Annotated Bibliography, was the recipient of the American Association of Law Libraries’ Joseph L. Andrews Award for 2017. The award is given to recognize a significant legal textual contribution. The book provides a comprehensive and bibliographic foundation, in English and French, for Haitians and other parties to use to rebuild the country's legal and governmental institutions.

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MATT PADBERG RECEIVES LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS AWARD OF HONOR

Faculty category, for The White House Vice Presidency: The Path to Significance, Mondale to Biden.

Adjunct professor Matt Padberg was selected as the 2017 Award of Honor recipient by the Lawyers Association of St. Louis. The award is given to an outstanding trial attorney whose service to the profession and community merits recognition as an example that might inspire others to similar service.

JUSTIN HANSFORD ADDRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL PATENT DRAFTING COMPETITION

Professor Justin Hansford presented before the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, April 5, as part of the 20th session of the U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. Hansford discussed “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions” and “Consultation with Civil Society,” among other experts from around the world.

Part-time students Matthew Ndonwi, Nicole Goldkamp and Darnell Cage placed first at the 2017 International Patent Drafting Competition Feb. 11, in Detroit, Michigan. They were coached by Adjunct Professor Ben Sodey.

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The 2017 graduating class selected Anders Walker, Lillie Myers Professor of Law, as Faculty Member of the Year. This was Walker’s fourth time receiving the award.

Professor of Practice Gary Rutledge was chosen as the Adjunct Faculty Member of the Year for the second consecutive year.

Matt Thoelke and Kathleen Cadigan were the winners of the 2017 Final Argument Moot Court Competition, held March 24, on Admitted Student Day. Second-place winners were Jon Jones and Brad Tharpe. Thank you to the judges who generously donated their time.

KERRY RYAN NAMED ABA TAX SECTION CHAIR Professor Kerry Ryan was named chair of the Teaching Taxation Committee of the ABA Tax Section. The committee on Teaching Taxation is an educational component of the ABA’s Section of Taxation, recognized as a global leader in tax providing professional development to members, technical and legislative comments to government and pro bono resources for the underserved. In her new role, Ryan will have opportunities to affect the development and administration of tax laws through the committee’s programs and projects. Ryan is serving a total of 8 years on the committee; three 2-year terms as vice chair plus two years as chair.

JOEL GOLDSTEIN RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP At a ceremony on May 2, SLU’s Office of the Vice President for Research recognized outstanding scholarship from across the University that was published in 2016. Joel Goldstein, Vincent C . Immel Professor of Law, was the winner in the Books by Senior

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STUDENT EXCELLENCE AWARDS The Excellence Awards Ceremony was held on April 25, honoring student achievements during the past year.

Among those highlighted for their work beyond the classroom: Mary Kate Mullen, Jaime Ramirez Student of the Year Award; Ericka Simpson Conner, Award for Leadership; Ilana Friedman, Award for Diversity and Cultural Competency; Ashley Shula, Award for Pro Bono Legal Service; and Maureen Hanlon, Award for Community Service.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ARGUES BEFORE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS Ciara Davenport, one of SLU LAW’s Irish exchange students, argued a case before the Missouri Court of Appeals on May 9. At just 21 years old, she is one of the youngest people to ever argue in the Court of Appeals.

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CLINIC STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY REPRESENT PLAINTIFF IN JURY TRIAL In February, 3Ls Emily Bell and Ryan Reed got real-world experience by representing a plaintiff in a consumer case as lead counsel in a jury trial. The duo was guided by John Ammann, McDonnell Professor of Justice in American Society, and volunteer attorney Deborah Price (’04).

CLINIC STUDENTS TESTIFY BEFORE STATE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PAID FAMILY LEAVE A coalition of students, staff, faculty and an alumna traveled to Jefferson City on March 7 to testify before the Missouri Senate Small Business and Industry Committee to advocate for SB69 Paid Family Medical Leave. Testifying students included 3L Katie Landfried and 2L Molly Dougherty.

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STUDENTS TESTIFY BEFORE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON GERIATRIC PAROLE BILL 3L students testified before the Missouri House Crime Prevention Committee in March in support of HB 726, known as the “Geriatric Parole” bill. Second-year student Kathleen Cadigan and 3Ls Emily Bell and Ryan Reed told the stories of Clinic clients who would benefit from the bill, and they cited studies showing that elderly prisoners who are released have an extremely low recidivism rate.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CLINIC CONTRIBUTES TO COMMUNITY Through a grant from the U.S. Justice Charitable Foundation, the ECD Clinic hosted the final workshop of a series focused on helping local entrepreneurs who live or work in North St. Louis/North St. Louis County.

The program provided information and assistance to 189 people and built connections with more than 23 community organizations.

Additionally, clinic students helped Immanuel Early Childhood Academy in Barnhart, Missouri, obtain recognition of its tax-exempt status from the IRS, enabling it to operate as a nonprofit daycare for working families in a community without many quality childcare options.

This year, Torrey Peterson was named the 2017 David Grant Award winner and Jack Waldron was named the 2017 CLEA Award winner. David Grant Award finalists included Troy Anderson, Emily Bell, Darnell Cage, Katie Landfried and Kelly Smallmon. At a ceremony on May 18, the students were recognized for their work on behalf of the poor and vulnerable in the St. Louis region. (pictured below)

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Social Scene HERE’S WHAT TWITTER’S BEEN SAYING ABOUT SLU LAW: @jblciccone Nothing like 50 new citizens to warm the heart and get the tears flowing.

Welcome fellow Americans! #USA #SLULAW @nytopinion The vice presidency is back in its traditional role presiding over the Senate http://nyti.ms/2kpfiQm [article by Joel Goldstein]

@KevinRejent Fascinating presentation by Irish Supreme Court Judge MacMenamin regarding the value of the EU at @SLULAW today. @DanaTCutler Thanks to @SLULAW for invite to speak 2017 Hooding ceremony it was honor and blessing. Go Class of 2017! @mobarnews @MoBarPresident

THANK YOU, PROFESSOR GREANEY After 30 years, nationally renowned health law scholar Thomas “Tim” Greaney, the Chester A. Myers Professor of Law, is saying farewell. Greaney will join the faculty as a visiting professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, where he will be near his grandson and family in Santa Cruz. He will remain an emeritus professor and friend of SLU LAW. Greaney is co-author of the nation’s leading health law casebook, Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems, as well as a treatise and hornbook on health law. He has additionally published more than 60 articles and chapters concerning antitrust law and health care law and policy; is regularly cited in the media; and has testified as an authority before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Senate.

says Sandra Johnson, professor emerita of law and health care ethics. “He takes true joy in following them once they are in practice, and his eyes actually twinkle when he hears from an alum working in government service or private practice in health law.”

“He leaves such a big legacy,” says Rob Gatter, co-director with Greaney of the Center for Health Law Studies. “Tim brings a sense of social justice to the part of health law that is really about business and payment mechanisms, which is unique.

He’s a guy with a good heart, and it comes through in what he writes, how he critiques others, how he opines about what ought to be next for the health care system.”

Greaney, a Harvard Law graduate, came to Saint Louis University in 1987 after completing two fellowships and a visiting professorship at Yale Law School. Prior to that, he served as assistant chief of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

While at SLU LAW, Greaney co-edited the journal of the American Health Lawyers Association for many years and served as co-director of the Center for Health Law Studies for two decades. In 2007, he was named Health Law Teacher of the Year by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics. His academic writing has been recognized six times by the Thompson Coburn Award for SLU LAW Faculty scholarship.

“Most notable in Tim’s career, however, is his complete devotion to his students,”

The School of Law is forever grateful for his scholarship, leadership and compassion.

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@SLULegalLee Congrats to @SLULAW former clinic students, Megan Atzert, Martha Gallagher, Rachel Jag & Michael Hollander on 5 trademarks published today! @STLonAir Miriam Cherry, @SLULAW, studies the classification of workers, whether they are employees or contractors. @StlCountyCourts Summer fun: @SLULAW PLUS students take a field trip to the 21st Circuit! #diversitymatters @Dean_WPJohnson @SLULAW well represented at excellent ABA Section of International Law 2017 forum in Barcelona. @ABAInternatl @SLU_ LAW_CICL

Get in on the conversation and follow SLU LAW on Twitter and Instagram for announcements, photos, live tweeting of events and more! @SLULAW

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SLU LAW SEES SUCCESSFUL SECOND YEAR OF PLUS PROGRAM, LOOKS TO THE FUTURE This summer the School of Law welcomed 28 undergraduate students from across the country to Scott Hall to take part in the Law School Admissions Council’s (LSAC) DiscoverLaw.org Prelaw Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) program. The fourweek program aims to recruit students from racial and ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the legal profession. Designed for students in their first two years of college, it provides an intense focus on the admission process, the skills required to succeed in law school and legal career opportunities.

This was SLU LAW’s second year hosting the PLUS program, having received a three-year grant from LSAC to get it started.

“The hope is that once the grant expires next year, SLU LAW will be able to fund the program, so there is a sustainability component to it,” said Professor Lisa Sonia Taylor, director of SLU LAW’s Office of Inclusion and Diversity Education and the PLUS program.

The PLUS program has existed nationally for more than 10 years, and in any given year, there can be between four and nine law schools across the country hosting it. LSAC’s goal is to address the lack of diversity in the legal profession by helping PLUS students to be

better prepared for the admissions process and better educated about the profession so that they can make more informed decisions about their legal education, says Taylor.

“The legal profession is probably one of the least diverse professions; however you define diversity, we’re probably at the bottom of the list,” Taylor said. “We need to be proactive about looking at the pipeline and how we get talented young people not only interested in going to law school, but on the path toward getting here and being a success while they’re here.”

Taylor, who has a special interest in pipeline programs, believes the PLUS program is essential for firstgeneration students or those who, because of race, socioeconomic background or other factors, believe they could never get into law school.

“It’s not only about showing them what lawyers do and how to get through the application process, but it’s also about inspiring them and making them feel like, ‘This can be a place for me; I have something of value for this profession.’ It’s not just them knocking at the door begging the profession to take them in, but knowing that the profession needs them.”

MORE THAN A FOUR-WEEK PROGRAM While at SLU, Taylor and other program leaders work hard to ensure that the students form a cohort.

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Not only do they study together, but they live and dine together in student housing, which encourages them to bond and keep in touch when they leave. These relationships then help motivate them down the road to go through the law

included interactive workshops with professors and members of the legal community; lunches with public defenders and judges; LSAT workshops; visits to other area law schools, firms and juvenile and federal courts; a mock trial

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competition; and a service project.

A focus on follow up is another example of how the PLUS program is a more impactful pipeline

“My favorite activity was the negotiations exercise (at Sandberg Phoenix),” said participant Anthony

“It’s not just them knocking at the door begging the profession to take them in, but knowing that the profession needs them.” initiative. A significant component is connecting students with professional advisors or getting them signed up with mentors. The mentors — law school staff, faculty, alumni and other lawyers who participate in the program through their firms — agree to follow the students for at least a couple of years and check in on them a few times a year. This serves as a great way for the legal community to be involved, Taylor says.

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Long II, a rising sophomore at The Ohio State University, “mostly because it gave a different aspect of law. I also am a big fan of big law, so the second we were walking downtown I looked at the tall buildings and I just said, ‘One day I’m going to be here. I’m going to do it!’

“Being in this program has really shown me that a lawyer can do literally anything and everything,” Long said. “One thing Lisa said is that law is at the backbone of a society, and the PLUS program

really exemplified that, so I’m really appreciative for everything that they gave me and did for me.”

THE SLU LAW DISTINCTION While the PLUS program maintains the same basic structure regardless of the hosting law school, each school offers participants its own “flavor,” and SLU LAW ’s mission-based orientation was not unmissed by the LSAC officials who were on-site observing the program in action.

“SLU’s commitment to social justice is something that stands out and differentiates it from other programs,” said Yusuf Abdul-Kareem, LSAC’s assistant director for diversity initiatives.

“It is community-oriented and focused on external and internal constituents, making sure that when and where the rubber meets the road, the law school students are focused on improving society as a whole. It’s a matter of community empowerment, community engagement, so it sort of transcends beyond just passing the bar, but passing the bar to effect change in a positive way, to make our society better. It seems like it’s focused on ground zero, which is right here in St. Louis.”

Sondra Tennessee, incoming chair of the LSAC Diversity Committee, agreed, noting one presentation

by Martha Ferdinand (’09), a staff attorney at ArchCity Defenders. “[The attorney] engaged the students by bringing in actual examples from the city and the many surrounding municipalities and helping them understand the inner workings of the cash-bail system,” Tennessee said. “That’s an impact that at least students who are from this area understand — and not only do they understand it, they might be involved in it, either personally or with a family member.

I think the more the students can understand that, programs like this — in furthering their career as a lawyer — can really bring about social change.”

GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS, GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY Taylor notes that while law schools, firms, companies and legal organizations all have great diversity initiatives, there is a challenge in sustaining meaningful interaction among the groups, which has limitations on outcomes.

She is optimistic, though, after seeing strong support from the local legal community for this program, and hopes to build on that support. The program has also seen generosity from outside of the legal profession; Chris’ @ the Docket, for example, added

said. “They’re out there, they’re bright, they’re intelligent, they’re engaged, and they want to go to law school. If you have a program where you can bring in these students before they get into the admissions cycle, it opens up our eyes to how we can better serve them, both during that cycle and as students.”

Taylor shared the story of one program participant.

“He is the kind of student that if the world were right, he would have everything because he does everything right: he works hard, he’s a great student, he’s Photo courtesy of Alicia Valdez

this is a person that — if they ever get a bar license — you would want representing you. You know that he would be a great lawyer. This is the kind of student you want to reach, someone that the program can actually help get over that threshold and support them throughout the process.”

As Taylor looks to the future to determine if SLU LAW will be able to continue the program after the LSAC grant expires, she has some ideas.

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extra money to each of the students’ meal cards to ensure that they had at least one to two substantial meals every day.

Taylor believes one “ripple effect” benefit of having the PLUS program at SLU is that it can provide valuable insight into how to recruit more diverse students.

“It lets us as a community see that these students exist,” she

polite – but he has so many obstacles,” she said. “While he was in the program, his family was being evicted from their home. But he never let that affect his performance, ever. His life experiences have taught him determination, diligence, conflict resolution, problem-solving. Since the program, he has kept in touch, he goes to lunch with his mentor.

And you know in your heart that

“Maybe making it a smaller program, integrating it with internships as well as some in-class preparation.

Generally I have some ideas to make this more reflective of the community in St. Louis and integrate the legal community a bit more. I am working with the dean and other directors here to develop a plan for the future of the PLUS program at SLU LAW.” Alumni interested in getting involved in the program next year are encouraged to contact Professor Lisa Sonia Taylor at lisa.taylor@slu.edu.

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When Bridget Hoy (’01) was 17, she signed the papers to join the Air Force immediately following high school. A Waukesha, Wisconsin, native, she found the military branch intriguing and wanted to support herself, so she joined and began training in Texas and then Mississippi.

“I hadn’t traveled much and had had a pretty suburban, middle-class lifestyle, and so it was very eye-opening to be forced into these situations with people from all over the country and Canada, of all different backgrounds, upbringings, age ranges,” Hoy said. “I grew up really fast in that environment.”

Following a nearly year-long training period, she was ordered to her first duty station in northern Maine, where she spent two years and eventually met her husband. They were then sent to do two years duty in the Azores Islands, Portugal.

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in a different culture as a really young person, it was incredible. I couldn’t even appreciate it at the time.”

On the Air Force base, the Hoys lived and worked interdependently among the local Portuguese citizens. Hoy was eventually named Outstanding Airman of the Year out of 100,000 others in her combat command.

Looking back, now a commercial litigator and certified mediator with Lewis Rice and vice chair of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Hoy says that although she feels like she’s living a completely different life, she sees parallels between her time in the Air Force doing an electronics controller job in Portugal and her work now.

“The experiences I had there required ingenuity and getting by with what we had. It was really different — I’m very fortunate now I have resources to deal with [problems that arise], but we still use that ingenuity and that kind of mentality to get the job done: to be efficient for a client, to be creative, to be a good listener, in court or when I’m meeting with a client or meeting with an opposing counsel,” she said. “Those experiences of realizing that not everybody is looking at what’s happening the same way that I am and I have to find a way to get this job done and get it done with a favorable outcome for everybody, translates very well into the law and what I do.”

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“I’m a woman, a single mom, and I’m just going to continue to

the world and trying to make their mark on it in a positive way. As I watch faculty at the law school change over and people retire and new people come up, I just have to have faith that the school is going to continue to hire people of that same caliber — not only as a professional but as a person.

press forward — and

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I’ve been supported

Everything we do as lawyers is challenging, I think: we have so much riding on our decisions. Clients are extremely stressed, so one of the challenges is keeping calm. I think that’s what lawyers are about: helping put a separation between the anxiety and the process that has to take place. So not taking on the anxiety of your client is really challenging while at the same time letting them know ‘I feel what you’re feeling and I take it as seriously as you do, but I’m going to do it in this calm manner so I can get you to the best result.’

absolutely every turn.” both attended Southern Illinois University, Carbondale to get their bachelor degrees. Hoy found herself wanting to be less technical and work more with people, so she earned her B.S. in paralegal studies. Many of her courses were taught by lawyers, and, “finally excited about academics,” she became intrigued by the theory behind the law.

“SLU was very generous to me and very welcoming,” she recalled. “I wasn’t sure how my career was going to turn out — how I was going to do because it was such a huge transition from what I had done — and so [the financial aid] made it very secure for me to go ahead and go to school, and I have zero regrets.

It was a great experience, and I feel like I couldn’t have been more fortunate in how my career has developed.”

Hoy, 46, is now president of the Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis and has previously served as chair of the Professionalism and Ethics Committee of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. She has two children — 10 and 13 years old — and they live in Ladue, Missouri, along with her mother and their recently adopted rescue dog, James Earl Bones.

HER MOST INFLUENTIAL PROFESSORS: John Ammann. I did one of the veterans clinics with him, and his philosophy on helping other people in the world — and we’re not going to judge them and we have something to offer them and what they do with it when they leave us is in somebody else’s hands — really made an impression on me. I think about that often.

There are other professors I keep in touch with, Joel Goldstein, Roger Goldman; they’re just incredible people on top of being real scholars.

That mattered to me — that they not only cared about me and my career but that they care about

As the vice chair of our diversity committee, I think everywhere in the legal profession there’s a challenge to continue to increase diversity and make our profession better that way. Really getting to ‘Why are we where we are, and what needs or should be changed?’ is very challenging. So I take the tack of, here I am, I’m a woman, a single mom, and I’m just going to continue to press forward — and I’ve been supported absolutely every turn from my firm, from the courts, from the law school — and continue to press forward and hope that that makes a difference for people coming up behind me to say ‘Look, this is a viable path,’ and then over time it’s going to change. The institutions change slowly, but they’ll change to the extent they need to over the course of time.

ON HER HOPE FOR DIVERSITY IN THE PROFESSION: Every time you see a lawyer from a different background or with a different style get a successful result, it opens up the opportunity or lets you see ‘Hey, that can be done in a different way.’ Every time you see a woman succeed in court, a young woman can say ‘Look, I can do that, too,’ and then you have more women wanting to be in court. Different styles, different cultures, different backgrounds, different ways of getting to a successful result, so every time someone sees that then they can be more creative. Practicing law, there’s not a cookiecutter way to go about it. So my hope is that we continue to open doors, so young people

looking at the legal profession can say, ‘Okay, there is someone like me,’ or ‘I think I could do this, too.’ I have a mentee I work with in the St. Louis Public Schools; she’s in 10th grade and I brought her over to the St. Louis City Courts.

We watched the closing arguments in a jury trial, and the judge invited us back to chambers.

The case was actually in the newspaper the next day, so I sent that to her, and so for her to see ‘This is real life, and that people just like you are doing this,’ I think that’s what inspires [high schoolers].

“My hope is that we continue to open doors, so young people looking at the legal profession can say, I think I could do this, too.”

ON ST. LOUIS AND HOW SHE SPENDS HER SPARE TIME: I discovered that when you have kids, your kids’ interests become your interests. I love Forest Park — I try to spend as much time as possible anywhere in Forest Park I can. It’s a true gem.

I also love that we can be tourists in our own city. I spend as much time with my kids doing St. Louis activities as anywhere else.

I feel really fortunate because we’re a small community in a big community — you can just know people! The practice of law has given me access to really, really interesting people. I think it’s all about meeting other people and figuring out what makes them happy.

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FOR OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS A SLU LAW SPOTLIGHT ON THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW “The fear was palpable,” said Sarah Pleban (’81), describing the scene at one of the workshops she conducted for local immigrants as a volunteer for Catholic Legal Assistance Ministry (CLAM).

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Catholic Charities of St. Louis agency St. Francis Community Services, is housed at Saint Louis University School of Law and staffed with multiple alumni. It also serves as an immigration law and family law clinic for students.

Following the heated rhetoric of the 2016 presidential campaign

and the subsequent crackdown on undocumented immigrants living in the United States, CLAM began hosting a series of “Know Your Rights” and “Power of Attorney” sessions in the community, which address child custody and property ownership issues in the event of a parent or guardian’s sudden detention or deportation.

According to CLAM director and managing attorney Amy Hirsch Diemer (’88) the workshops have served more than 500 families in St. Louis churches and nonprofit organizations, and have utilized the services of around 125 volunteer lawyers and interpreters, many of them SLU grads. Pleban is not an immigration attorney but works in family law as a guardian ad litem; she got involved as a volunteer because she wanted to help people she believed would be vulnerable, particularly children.

She detailed an example of a case she found particularly gut-wrenching.

“One family was a couple who had been here for about 16 years. The oldest child was severely disabled and the parents were just crying about what would happen to her — and their other three children — if they were detained. They brought with them a woman they’d met

through the school system; she had taken this family under her wing and was going to be their power of attorney, but she was 70 years old and didn’t feel like she could handle their oldest child.

And so they’re all crying, the interpreter starts to cry, I start to cry. I asked if their daughter would be able to tell someone her name, and they said no. I thought, ‘What is going to happen to this child?’”

Unbeknownst to many in St. Louis, CLAM is one of just two agencies in the region that offers legal services to undocumented residents. Diemer sees it as central to their mission as a Catholic Charities agency: to welcome the immigrant and protect the vulnerable. “We’ve been the face of addressing those needs,” she said.

Notably, through CLAM, SLU LAW represented almost half

of the total number of Central American asylum seekers and migrants who sought legal assistance from Jesuit law schools in the U.S. in 2014.

And according to immigration attorney Hannah Sullivan (’07), the Godfrey and Virginia Padberg Equal Justice Fellow at CLAM, the Latino population makes up only about a third of their current clients: another third are refugees — Afghan, Iraqi, Iranian, Syrian — and the remainder is more random, comprising natives of Kenya, Somalia, Cuba and other countries.

Sullivan receives approximately 300 phone calls a week requesting assistance. Calls may be from new or current clients or other social service agencies; she estimates they hear from about 10 potential clients a day. In some ways, this isn’t new: phone calls seemed to peak during 2014-15 when there was a rush of Central American VO LU M E 1 8 I SS U E 2

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priority for purposes of removal, but the current attorney general has emphasized that ICE should bolster its enforcement activities and attempt to remove individuals who have committed any range of criminal infractions — this includes misdemeanors.”

“Now there’s just a lot more anxiety among people who already have status,” said Sullivan.

“If we’ve helped clients get their permanent residence or even their citizenship, depending on their background, what country they’re from, what their religion is, they’re calling and saying ‘Am I really okay? Are you sure I’m okay?’ Unfortunately right now we don’t have the information to calm them down like we could in the past, so that’s why we’re doing the workshops.”

According to Middleton, the June 26 U.S. Supreme Court per curium decision regarding the stay on President Trump’s revised “travel ban” executive order failed to provide any manageable criterion by which one can determine whether a person has a “ bona fide relationship” to a person or entity in the U.S.

As far as taking on cases both affirmative (applying for citizenship, green cards) and defensive (filing for asylum, fighting against deportation orders), CLAM is jammed, as are the other nonprofits in St. Louis that do immigration work.

“Even the attorneys who have stepped up and taken cases for free — even they’re maxed out. There’s just not enough.”

“We are all maxed out,” Sullivan said. “It’s hard because people will say ‘Please, I have a case!’ and are really desperate, but we cannot take another case. Just saying no to people has been one of the hardest things, too. I hit up the private attorneys to take free cases for me sometimes, but even the attorneys who have stepped up and taken cases for free — even they’re maxed out. There’s just not enough. For most of our people, they’re working on an income between 0 up to an average of $20,000 a year, and that’s usually for a family of four or more. And it’s not just the attorneys here defending them, but the courts are overloaded, the judges’ calendars are overloaded, so it’s just the whole system that’s kind of maxed out right now.”

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WHAT HAS CHANGED? “There’s not been much change in terms of statutory law as it relates to the three primary avenues for a person to immigrate to the U.S. [family-based, employmentbased, diversity lottery],” said Richard Middleton, IV, Ph.D., (’09) adjunct professor and practicing immigration attorney.

“What you’re really seeing is a change in enforcement priorities.

Under the Obama administration, emphasis was placed on removing individuals who presented a significant threat on the domestic home front, those who have been convicted of serious crimes.

Under the current administration, there doesn’t seem to be much in the way of uniform policy as it relates to who is going to be high-

“So what ultimately happens is it’s decided on a case-by-case basis by the courts, or in this case, what we suspect will be by bureaucrats — by individuals with ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and perhaps USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services),” Middleton said, “which ultimately may be challenged then and answered by the courts. What it can create is — quite frankly — disparate application, or what some observers are calling ‘potential chaos.’”

What does that chaos look like on the ground level?

Middleton says that some environmental challenges for local immigrants are common — language barriers, transportation issues to and from work and doctor appointments, feeling at home in the community.

“But I would say also that individuals face the challenge of the fear of the unknown,” Middleton said. “There’s certainly a need for individuals to feel that

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their domicile, their residency, their status here in our community and in the U.S. at large is not in limbo.”

president for mission and identity at SLU, “especially when, if a vulnerable person is right in front of you, regardless of the legality of the situation, the obligation is to meet those material and social needs for that person, in the immediate.

DACA RESCISSION The feeling of being in limbo is now more pronounced than ever for some nearly 800,000 persons enrolled in the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Established in 2012, DACA allowed for certain individuals who entered the United States as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation as well as eligibility for a work permit.

At the time of enrollment, these individuals must have been in school, a high school graduate

“If a vulnerable person is right in front of you, regardless of the legality of the situation, the obligation is to meet those material and social needs for that person, in the immediate.” or honorably discharged from the military and not have been convicted of a felony or significant misdemeanors.

On Sept. 5, 2017, the Trump administration rescinded the program, announcing a delayed six-month implementation, with the idea that Congress will be able to come up with a more

permanent solution for those previously eligible in that time.

On Twitter, Trump declared that if Congress did not act, he would revisit the issue.

Saint Louis University President Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D., denounced the rescission, stating in an email message to the University that “We will take every action within the law to protect all members of our community,” and that SLU will not allow access by ICE to student records without a subpoena or other legal requirements, nor will SLU Department of Public Safety officers be asked to act as de facto ICE agents in enforcing immigration law.

“I will continue to advocate to lawmakers so that our collective voice is heard. I invite all of our campus community … to implore Congress to act in the best interests of all who call the United States home, now and in the future,” Pestello said.

“The position of the Catholic social teaching perspective is that every individual person is made in the image of God and merits respect and reverence,” said Christopher Collins, S.J., assistant to the

“It’s also the case that we live in a society, and we have to engage in the political process to try to sort out some of the most just policies and structures for a society for all of us to live in. To me, the call right now given the decision is for people to engage robustly in that political process and make the arguments that need to be made to our elected officials and participate in the political process, with those who are vulnerable in society in mind.”

The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) also issued a statement decrying DACA’s rescission, which it says forces affected students and young professionals to become “pawns of political maneuvering,” and states that “the nation's 28 Jesuit colleges and universities will make every effort to protect the Dreamers among our students and alumni.”

A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE On the national level, Elizabeth Grant (’13), a field officer for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), sees parallels with CLAM’s situation.

“What we’re seeing is an increase in people applying for naturalization: people who have been eligible for years and have never applied who are suddenly applying,” Grant said. In her role, she reviews, interviews and adjudicates applications for adjustments of status (green cards) and naturalization (U.S. citizenship).

Grant takes pride in the fact that through her work at USCIS, she can help people navigate a very complex system.

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New Americans take the Oath of Allegiance at a Naturalization Ceremony co-sponsored

by SLU LAW on Sept. 8, 2017.

“The legal system is supposed to be accessible THE SLU LAW RESPONSE for everyone, but the truth is it’s very difficult Following President Trump’s first iteration of the controversial to navigate, so as an attorney, I look at it not as executive order in January, SLU LAW mobilized quickly to convene being an authority but as a servant.” events analyzing its authority and “That was the thing I believed in most at SLU: that we should be working for people who can’t necessarily do it for themselves. In my role at USCIS, we get people who come in with attorneys who cost thousands and thousands of dollars, and others who filled out the applications themselves, and they get the exact same treatment.

“Immigration is so complicated: anytime you change one thing, you’re going to be inadvertently changing something else,” she continued.

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what a privilege it is to live in the United States and how it’s something that we should not take for granted. I think until you’re exposed to people who are so desperate to share that privilege with you, it’s hard to wrap your head around.”

scope. Student organizations such as the Justice Equity Collaborative ( JEC), the International Law Students’ Association (ILSA) and the American Constitution Society all hosted workshops in the weeks following to discuss various aspects of immigration and constitutional law and how to help immigrants at the local level. Dean William P. Johnson issued a message to the entire law school community expressing solidarity with the University’s immigrant students and encouraging students, faculty, staff and alumni to lead with empathy in these conversations and actions.

On Feb. 27, the School of Law hosted a day-long conference,

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“It is inspiring to see so many of our alumni answer the call to help us protect and defend the most vulnerable in our community and beyond.”

“Understanding How the Executive Orders Have Impacted Our Immigrant Neighbors — Part I,” co-sponsored by SLU LAW, Saint Louis University and St. Francis Community Services: Catholic Legal Assistance Ministry (CLAM) and Southside Center, attended largely by local attorneys and social workers.

In addition to these direct responses, SLU LAW continues a tradition it has been carrying out twice a year for several years: hosting a naturalization ceremony in the John K. Pruellage Courtroom, complete with congratulatory speeches and singing provided by students, faculty and staff. The next ceremony, hosted by the Center for International and Comparative Law (CICL) and the Legal Clinics, will take place Oct. 27, 2017, and alumni are welcome to attend.

During the last academic year, the Legal Clinics had six students working at CLAM, and managing director Diemer says they’re a vital part of the operation.

“We couldn’t manage without them,” she said. “They help with everything from intake interviews with potential clients to helping us prepare documents for filing in court as well as helping us prep for settlement conferences and trials.

They aid us with brief writing and research, and if we are lucky enough to have a bilingual intern, they act as an interpreter, too.

We’re in court most of the morning into the afternoon, and they go to court with us; we take great responsibility in helping establish them in their legal career and giving them the experience they need while reinforcing Saint Louis University’s commitment to social justice.”

David Cruz, a rising 3L clinic student who is pursuing an international and comparative law concentration, is one of the recipients of the Public Interest Law Group fund. He is bilingual and since joining CLAM in January has had much of his time dedicated to individuals seeking asylum.

“It’s been humbling working with clients whose dangerous experiences in their home countries caused them to f lee and seek refuge in the United Sates in the hope of building a new life,” Cruz said. “It’s been a pleasure working with the amazing CLAM attorneys and obtaining positive outcomes that ultimately result in our clients’ ability to stay and work in our country. While working with CLAM I’ve integrated what I’ve learned in Professor Richard Middleton’s immigration classes and have also been exposed to family and traffic law along the way.”

This year, SLU LAW students will also have the chance to apply for the newly established Simon Family Clinic Fellowship, created to directly provide services to the local immigrant community while giving students the chance to get handson experience in immigration law.

This exciting opportunity will allow for more students to expand their knowledge, skillset and capacity to make a difference in the lives of fellow St. Louisans.

“For the Know Your Rights sessions and Power of Attorney workshops, if you wanted to come to those and you’re a licensed attorney, you don’t need to have any background in immigration law or family law,” Sullivan said. Even for alums who are not practicing or have let their licenses lapse, there are ways to help immigrant families get stable in St. Louis.

Diemer says the support of the entire SLU LAW community has been crucial to helping their clients succeed in finding a better, safer life.

“It is inspiring to see so many of our alumni answer the call to help us protect and defend the most vulnerable in our community and beyond.”

Find more information about St. Francis Community Services — CLAM online at sfcsstl.org.

And according to Diemer and Sullivan, SLU LAW alumni have a standing invitation to get involved at any level, whether through facilitating workshops, taking on individual cases or providing interpretation assistance.

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As general counsel to the National Association for Public Defense (NAPD), Professor of Practice Stephen F. Hanlon is taking on a monumental challenge: to put an end to 50 years of what he claims is a broken criminal justice system as it relates to indigent defense.

Hanlon joined the SLU LAW faculty as a professor of practice in spring 2014 after retiring as a partner at Holland & Knight, where he ran the largest full-time private practice pro bono department in the country for 23 years.

SLU LAW professors of practice have retired from practice and have significant experience in their respective fields to offer students.

While on campus, Hanlon worked closely with the Legal Clinics’ students and faculty, who helped him with research for state Supreme Court cases. He taught a course dubbed “Hanlon & Associates,” which he operated like a small law firm.

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“We prepared a motion [for public defenders] to refuse additional cases — I still use that document that our students generated in my practice now.”

Along with clinic faculty, he also met with St. Louis municipal court judges to instigate court reform (notably before the death of Michael Brown and the ensuing attention on municipal court practices in the region).

Today, Hanlon is back in Washington, D.C., with most of his time taken up by his role at the NAPD, but he continues to advise and mentor SLU LAW students, who benefit from his years of litigation experience. Having “had the great fortune to work with many of America’s greatest civil rights lawyers,” he also seeks to bring prestigious speakers from around the country to the law school, bolstering its reputation on a national level. Recently, he has been responsible for bringing

renowned scholars Norman Lefstein, Stephen B. Bright, Jonathan Rapping and Jim Sandman to Scott Hall for engaging keynote lectures open to the St. Louis legal community.

The Saint Louis Brief caught up with Hanlon to discuss his work at the NAPD, where he continues to focus on the issue of public defenders’ excessive workloads, the no. 1 problem in indigent defense.

Founded in 2013, the NAPD already has more than 15,000 public defender members from across the country, and according to Hanlon, they are “mad as hell.”

“It’s a truism,” Hanlon says. “It’s generally known and accepted that public defenders have way too many cases. What we’ve come to realize is that we are operating a systemically unethical and unconstitutional criminal justice system — and

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everybody knows that. The judges know it. The state bar associations know it. The prosecutors know it. And this is a horrible legacy for my generation of lawyers. It’s a horrible indictment of our profession. And our goal has been and continues to be to stop it.”

“triage” instead of lawyers, evaluating public defender resources and assigning them to the worst felonies. Then, if another competent lawyer cannot be found to take less serious cases, those cases must be dismissed and the defendants released.

Hanlon was featured in a recent “60 Minutes” segment with Anderson Cooper, who asked a group of nine current and former New Orleans public defenders whether any of them believed their lack of time to devote to a case had landed an innocent client in jail. Every lawyer raised their hands.

“The question is — now that we know a judge may not order you to do that — where do you draw the line? That’s what I set out to do and what I have done for the last five years,” Hanlon says.

“If obstetricians had five times as much work as they could handle competently, if airline pilots had five times as much work as they could handle competently, terrible things would happen,” Hanlon says. “Public defenders have people’s lives in their hands, they have people’s liberty in their hands, they have their whole future in their hands.”

Hanlon is a self-described systems lawyer; throughout most of his 50-year career he has done systemic litigation: prison systems, school systems, public housing

Hanlon began a process to establish new, data-driven standards that could assist the Missouri State Public Defender System (MSPD) in determining maximum workloads.

He received a grant from the American Bar Association (ABA) to find the right kind of entity to do the work and determined that accounting firms, with their experience in econometrics, would be the most reliable investigators. He partnered with RubinBrown, and in 2014, under his guidance as project director, the ABA published “The Missouri Project,” a landmark analysis of the MSPD and attorney workload standards,

responsibilities to enforce Rule 1.7 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, which prohibits a concurrent conf lict.

He also aims to articulate a clear constitutional theory behind the movement for reform. With this threepronged approach to tackling excessive workloads, Hanlon is more optimistic than he has been in 30 years.

“I think Missouri is leading the nation,” he says. “We have a two-thirds Republican legislature that gets reliable data and analytics [and has supported increased MSPD funding]. And we have [director of MSPD] Michael Barrett and great public defenders. We are not at the end of the battle. But sometime in the next five to 10 years — I intend to be around, I’m a mere 75! — we are going to take the ball into the end zone.

“Frankly I don’t care who’s on the Supreme Court; I think we’ll win on the Supreme Court. This is a lawyers’ issue, and the lawyers on the Court will get this.”

Besides federal recognition of the problem, what are long-term solutions to the public defender crisis?

are operating a systemically unethical “ We and unconstitutional criminal justice

system — and everybody knows that.” Stephen F. Hanlon

systems, etc. In the early 1990s, he was introduced to the systemic problems involved in indigent defense and began working on finding a powerful way to change the system.

In 2012, in a case that has been called a “watershed moment,” Hanlon was lead counsel for the [Missouri Public Defender in State ex rel. Mo. Public Defender Commission, 370 S.W.3d 592 (Mo.banc 2012).] This was the first state Supreme Court case in the country to expressly uphold the right of a public defender organization to refuse additional cases when confronted with excessive caseloads.

“When a public defender has too many cases and can prove that, a judge may not order them to represent more people because that would be ordering a public defender to do something that is both unethical and unconstitutional,” Hanlon says. “It’s shocking that this would be a novel proposition in 2012.” This case essentially said that judges can now

along with a national blueprint for future studies. The exhaustive report has been highlighted in the New York Times and has been described by experts as the most credible of its kind. It found that for serious felonies, defenders in Missouri spent an average of only nine hours on their cases, compared with the 47 hours needed. For misdemeanors, they spent only two hours, while 12 were called for.

Hanlon now serves as project director for similar studies in several other states.

“All of my work on this has been pro bono except for Louisiana’s, but I’m having the time of my life, and I’m representing heroes,” he says. “These people are heroes.

They’re trying murder cases during the day and talking to me at night.”

The ultimate goal is to replace the 1973 National Advisory Commission (NAC) Standards, which are not based upon empirical study. Hanlon says state bar associations have abandoned their

“One is the supply side — give us more lawyers. Adequate funding for the public defenders is essential,” Hanlon says.

“On the demand side, misdemeanor cases are clogging up the system and causing horrific collateral consquences — inability to get a job, education, housing, military.

We need to get out of the criminalization of poverty, of homelessness, of mental illness, of drug addiction. These people do not need to be placed in cages or fined and feed to eternal poverty; they need social workers. The only reason they need lawyers is because we attach jail to it. Cages are not the answer.”

This fall, Professor Hanlon is bringing an NAPD Workloads Conference to campus, which will feature public defenders from around the country. The conference, titled “Something’s Happening Here,” will take place Nov. 17–18.

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SCHOLARSHIP SLU LAW faculty’s national and international excellence continues to develop through their extensive production of legal scholarship. The following is a collection of our faculty’s scholarship successes from 2016. *Scholarship citations are listed in accordance with Bluebook citation guidelines.

MATTHEW T. BODIE Callis Family Professor of Law L abor L aw (C oncepts and I nsights ) (2016) (with Samuel Estreicher).

Employment Law in the Roberts Court: Public Goals, Private Enforcement, in Business And The Roberts Courts (Jonathan H. Adler ed., 2016).

Faith and the Firm, 60 S t . L ouis

u.l.j.

MIRIAM A. CHERRY Professor I nvisible L abor : H idden W ork in the C ontemporary W orld (Miriam A. Cherry et al. eds., 2016).

Beyond Misclassification: The Digital Transformation of Work, 37 C omp . L ab .

L. & P ol ’ y J. 577 (2016).

Crowdwork, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Fair Labor Practices, in R esearch H andbook on D igital T ransformations 291 (F. Xavier Olleros & Majilinda

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Platforms Built to Share, in O urs T o H ack and T o O wn : T he R ise of P latform C ooperativism , A N ew V ision F or T he F uture O f W ork A nd a F airer I nternet (Trebor Scholz & Nathan Schneider eds., 2016).

CHAD W. FLANDERS Professor T he R ise of C orporate R eligious L iberty (with Micah Schwartzman and Zoe Robinson eds., 2016).

609 (2016).

The Natural-Born Citizen Clause, Popular Constitutionalism, and Ted Cruz’s Eligibility Question, 84 Geo . Wash. l. Rev . Arguendo 36 (2016) (with Christopher W. Schmidt).

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Zhegu eds., 2016) (with Winifred R. Poster).

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Police Use of Deadly Force: State Statutes 30 Years after Garner, 25 S t .

P ub . l . R ev . 109 (2016) (with Joseph Welling).

Ferguson and the First Amendment, in F erguson ' s fault lines : T he R ace Q uake T hat R ocked a N ation (Kimberly Norwood ed., 2016).

Public Reason and Public Wrongs, 55 Dialouge 45 (2016).

Adam Smith’s Jurisprudence: Resentment, Punishment, and Justice, in A dam S mith : H is L ife , H is T hought , H is L egacy (Ryan Hanley ed., 2016).

Religious Organizations and the Analogy to Political Parties, in T he R ise O f C orporate R eligious L iberty (with Micah Schwartzman and Zoe Robinson eds., 2016).

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SANDRA JOHNSON Professor Emerita B ioethics A nd L aw I n A N utshell , 2d ed., West Academic 2016 (with R.L. Schwartz, R.L. Gatter, and E. Pendo).

Substantial Confusion about “Substantial Burdens”, 2016 U. I ll . L. R ev . O nline 27.

Voter Ignorance and Deliberative Democracy, E thics in P olitics (Emily Crookson, David Killoren, Jonathan Trerise, eds., 2016).

Time, Death, and Retribution, 19 P enn . J. C on . L aw 431 (2016).

Criminals Behind the Veil: Political Philosophy and Punishment, 31 BYU J. P ub . L. 83 (2016).

2016 Supplement to H ealth L aw : C ases , M aterials , and P roblems (7th ed. 2013) (with Furrow, Greaney, Jost, and Schwartz).

The ACA’s Provision on Nondiscrimination Takes Shape, 46 Hastings Center Report 5 (2016).

BRADLEY E.S. FOGEL Associate Professor Terminating or Modifying Irrevocable Trusts by Consent of the Beneficiaries — A Proposal to Respect the Primacy of the Settlor’s Intent, 50 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 337 (2016).

ROB GATTER Associate Professor Bioethics And Law In A Nutshell , 2d ed., West Academic 2016 (with R.L. Schwartz and E. Pendo) Self-Regulation of Science: What Can We Still Learn from Asilomar?

59 Perspec . Bio. & Med . 364 (2016) (with Carole R. Baskin, Mark J. Campbell, James Dubois and Allison C. Waits).

PATRICIA H. LEE Associate Professor Access To Capital or Just More Blues?

Issuer Decision–Making Post SEC Crowdfunding Regulation, 18 Tenn . J. B us . L. 19 (2016).

YVETTE JOY LIEBESMAN Professor Trademark Exhaustion and the Internet of Resold Things, in T he R esearch H andbook on I ntellectual P roperty E xhaustion and P arallel I mports (Irene Calboli & Ed Lee eds., 2016) (with Benjamin Wilson).

DANA M. MALKUS Associate Professor Taste This!: Experiencing Transactional Lawyering in First–Year Contracts, T he L aw T eacher , Fall 2016, at 7–11.

(Population) Health Law in Theory, 41 J. H ealth P ol .

P ol ’ y & L. 1129 (S pecial I ssue , 2016).

Quarantine Controversy: Kaci Hickox v. Governor Chris Christie, 46(3) Hastings Center Report 7 (May/June 2016).

Teaching Population Health Outcomes, Advocacy, and the Population Health Perspective in Public Health Law, 44(1) J. L. M ed & E th . 41 (Supp. 2016).

JOEL K. GOLDSTEIN Vincent C. Immel Professor of Law T he W hite H ouse V ice P residency : T he P ath T o S ignificance , M ondale T o B iden (2016).

History and Constitutional Interpretation: Some Lessons from the Vice Presidency, 69 A rk . L. rev . 647 (2016).

The Umpire Strikes Out: President George W. Bush and the Politicization of Supreme Court Nominations in Meena Bose and Richard Himelfarb, in 2 T he G eorge W. B ush P residency : D omestic A nd E conomic P olicy 109–122 (2016).

Dick Cheney, in D ictionary of A merican H istory , S upplement : A merica in the W orld 1776 to the P resent (Edward J. Blum ed., 2016).

Book Review, 46 P residential S tud . Q. 485–486 (2016).

Brandeis: The Legacy of a Justice, 100 M arq . L. R ev .

461 (2016) (with Charles A. Miller).

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Value Added: Utilizing the MSW Perspective, C linical L egal E ducation N ewsletter , Winter 2016–17, at 8–10.

MONICA EPPINGER Associate Professor The Health Exception, 17 G eorgetown J. G ender & L. 665 (2016).

HENRY M. ORDOWER Professor C orporate T axation (U.S.), in C orporate T axation (Daniel Gutman, ed., 2016).

Tax neutrality between CIT and non– CIT subjects: how to improve our systems?, in C orporate T axation (Daniel Gutman, ed., 2016).

JEFF A. REDDING Associate Professor Formal Marriage, 60 St.L ouis U. L. J. 671 (2016).

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SCHOLARSHIP ELIZABETH PENDO Joseph J. Simeone Professor of Law B ioethics A nd L aw I n A N utshell (West) (with Robert Gatter, Sandra H. Johnson, Robert L. Schwartz) (2016).

Hidden from View: Disability, Segregation and Work, in Invisible Labor (Winifred Poster, Marion Crain and Miriam A. Cherry eds.) (University of California Press) (2016) Collecting New Data on Disability Health Inequities, The Hastings Center Report (March/April 2016).

BRENDAN ROEDIGER Associate Professor Municipal Courts, For–Profit Policing, and the Road to Reforms, in Ferguson’s Fault Lines: The Race Quake that Rocked a Nation (Kimberly J. Norwood ed., 2016) (with Thomas Harvey).

KERRY A. RYAN Associate Professor Marital Transfer Tax Exemptions, 54 B.C. L. R ev . 1061 (2016).

AARON TAYLOR Associate Professor Oh, What a Relief It (Sometimes) Is: An Analysis of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petitions to Discharge Student Loans 27 S tan L. & P ol ’ y R ev . 295 (2016) (with D. Sheffner).

CONSTANCE Z. WAGNER Associate Professor Corporate Social Responsibility, 50 I nt ’ l L aw . 171 (2016) (with Chisara Ezie, Claudia Feldkamp, Michael Judin, Corinne Lewis, Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile, and Nigel Roberts).

MOLLY J. WALKER WILSON Professor Defense Attorney Bias and the Rush to Plea, 65 U. Kan. L. Rev. 271 (2016).

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The SLU LAW Summations podcast is a 15- to 20-minute dive into a diverse mix of legal topics. Each episode explores a timely legal subject with a member of the Saint Louis University School of Law faculty.

The podcast showcases the depth of faculty expertise at SLU LAW. Recent episodes feature Professors Richard Middleton, Elizabeth Pendo and Anders Walker, who have offered their unique perspectives on the changing landscape of U.S. immigration law, the future of disability law and the Second Amendment in Missouri and beyond.

The episodes are available on the SLU LAW website (law.slu.edu/podcast), Soundcloud and iTunes. They are also announced on SLU LAW social media pages.

Listen, enjoy and share!

EPISODE 11 STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS PROF. DANA MALKUS

EPISODE 12 MERGERS IN HEALTHCARE AND THE CONSUMER PROF. TIM GREANEY

EPISODE 13 THE CALL FOR CLEMENCY AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PROF. JOHN AMMANN

EPISODE 14 THE GIG ECONOMY: IN THE COURT AND ON THE STREET PROF. MIRIAM CHERRY

EPISODE 15 PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE: THE PHARMACY AND THE LAW PROF. LIZ CHIARELLO

EPISODE 16 SPORTS LAW: ON THE FIELD & IN COURT PROF. GARRETT BROSHUIS PROF. NICK BROCKMEYER

EPISODE 17 THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN MISSOURI AND BEYOND PROF. ANDERS WALKER

EPISODE 18 THE FUTURE OF DISABILITY LAW IN THE UNITED STATES PROF. ELIZABETH PENDO

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Amanda Goldsmith ( ’07)

In April, Amanda Goldsmith (’07) was appointed to lead the SLU LAW Office of Development and Alumni Relations, but she was a familiar face around Scott Hall long before that.

G

oldsmith began her career with SLU LAW as a student in 2003, earning a dual J.D. and M.P.A. in 2007. In August of 2009, after practicing at Summers Compton Wells PC, she was hired as the assistant director of admissions before joining the Development and Alumni Relations team as the associate director. She became an inaugural member of the SLU regional development team in Feburary 2016 and now is delighted to be back home at the law school once again.

Because of her SLU LAW history in addition to her sunny disposition and warm Kentucky charm, Goldsmith is the perfect candidate to guide the stewardship of SLU LAW’s generous alumni support, and to assist in Dean Johnson’s vision of growing the strength and esteem of our alumni network.

SLB: Can you describe your time as a student at SLU LAW — why you chose it, and why you chose to stay? What is it about this place that makes you particularly proud to be part of it?

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SLU L AW and St. Louis provided the right combination of opportunity and individualized attention. During my time as a student I was fortunate to be surrounded by incredible people, from the professional staff to the faculty to my fellow classmates; the experience was a holistic education. When the opportunity arose to come back and join Dean Kolnik ’s team in admissions, it was an easy decision for me.

SLB: What was your favorite class and who was your favorite professor when you were a student?

AG: As a 1L, class was so different from any educational experience I had before.

My legal research and writing professor, the late Kathleen (“Kitty”) Kelley, and my contracts professor, Susan (“Tonie”) FitzGibbon were both wonderful in helping make the adjustment from undergraduate

to law school, and both became great mentors to me. John Ammann’s civil practice class was the most benef icial class I took and gave me a solid background to start my litigation practice after law school.

There were so many professors who made an impact, and I am very fortunate to call so many of them my colleagues now.

Now being 10 years removed from the student experience I look back and realize much of that experience was possible through the generous support of our alumni and friends. As a student I was unaware of just how much private support added to the academic program and overall student experience.

SLB: How does your experience as both a student and then a student recruiter inform your role as development director?

SLB: In your role, you have many connections with law firms big and small, as well as other law schools. What are you hearing from these connections about SLU LAW?

AG: My experience as a student, a practitioner and then an admissions professional provides me a unique advantage at being able to provide a holistic approach to the development director role. I know f irsthand the strength of our programs, the importance of our reputation and the asset our alumni are. As the development director, I now have the opportunity to help provide our incredible faculty and staff with the resources needed to ensure our history of excellence in legal education continues.

SLB: What is your favorite part of the job?

AG: Connecting with our alumni — learning about their experience, their careers, their families; sharing with them what the new generation of SLU L AW students and faculty are doing; and having the opportunity to develop meaningful relationships. As a fellow alum, it is important to me that our alumni base know how valuable they are to the institution and always feel a part of the SLU L AW family.

SLB: How does your own background as a first-generation college student affect the way you view law school?

AG: As a f irst-generation college student, the thought of coming to law school was intimidating, especially with the haunting tales of the Socratic Method, stolen library books, lack of collegiality among students, etc. However, that was not my experience at SLU L AW at all. I found a place that wanted its students to not only succeed but to also be good people. As a student I was fortunate to not only receive an excellent education, but also have an amazing experience outside of just learning the black letter law. From the academic support to student orgs to the friendships made along the way, law school was not this scary, daunting place, but a place where I grew as a person and thrived.

AG: The legal community is optimistic about SLU L AW and is dedicated to ensuring its continued success. There is tremendous excitement around our new dean. It invigorates our alumni base and sparks curiosity and interest from the community who are not our alumni to learn more about what the future holds for SLU L AW. The community is continually impressed by our students, especially when they see them in action at the courts or presenting in the community.

SLB: What is the most interesting thing you’ve learned from a SLU LAW alum?

AG: Our alumni are doing fascinating work in a variety of sectors from traditional legal practice to public service to entrepreneurship. Due to this vast variety of experiences, it’s impossible to narrow it down to the one most interesting thing.

Therefore, on the whole the thing I f ind most interesting is the passion, dedication, and commitment to not just their professional lives, but their community, family and friends that our alumni share and then seeing that same level of passion, dedication, and commitment in our students, faculty and staff. It’s the common tie that binds us all together as members of the greater SLU L AW family.

SLB: What are you looking forward to in the months and years ahead?

AG: I look forward to meeting as many of our alumni as possible and continuing to strengthen the relationship between them and the School. I want our alumni to continue to be proud of their connection to SLU L AW and want to stay involved.

QUICK FACTS FAVORITE DRINK TO SIP AMONG FELLOW ALUMS A good cabernet sauvignon, and the Kentuckian in me can’t turn down a rich, smooth bourbon.

FAVORITE BOOK All the Light We Cannot See LAW-THEMED BOOK Fiction: The classic — To Kill a Mockingbird Nonfiction: The Central Park Five FAVORITE MOVIE Casablanca LAW-THEMED MOVIE A Few Good Men

FAVORITE ST. LOUIS RESTAURANT You know I have a thing for tacos… so obviously Mission Taco.

FAVORITE THING ABOUT KENTUCKY The best things about Kentucky — thoroughbred racing, basketball, bourbon, and the natural beauty of the state.

FAVORITE TRAVEL DESTINATION Domestic: Cape Cod Abroad: Prague FAVORITE ST. LOUIS SPOT The Art Museum — We have a great collection, it’s free, and it’s a great place to go reflect and clear your mind.

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C L ASS National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN). The NADN is an invitation-only professional association whose membership consists of mediators & arbitrators distinguished by their hands-on experience in the field of civil & commercial conflict resolution, and by their commitment to the practice of alternative dispute resolution.

1971 1952

JOSEPH L . LERITZ , senior partner of Leritz & Plunkert, P.C., celebrated his granddaughter Caroline Leritz’s graduation from SLU LAW on May 20, 2017. Caroline is the sixth graduate in their family, marking four generations of Leritzs to graduate from the law school. Their SLU LAW family legacy began when Joe Leritz’s father (Joseph Leritz) graduated in 1916.

Three of Joe’s children — Celeste Leritz Endicott (’86), Christopher Leritz (’90) and Peter Leritz (’93) also call SLU LAW their alma mater.

1963

CHARLES H. HELEIN, owner and attorney at The Helein Law Firm PC, was recognized as Professional of the Year in the Legal/Administrative Law/Regulatory Telecommunications category by Strathmore’s “Who’s Who Worldwide” publication. He practices administrative law and has more than 54 years of experience in the field.

He resides in Leesburg, Virginia.

1966

HON. JAMES HARTENBACH was selected for membership in the

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JEROME DIEKEMPER was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

1973

FRANK DUNNE retired from his law practice and now spends his time traveling and exercising.

SEN. WILLIAM R. HAINE took his oath of office for the fifth time as a member of the Illinois Senate. He also was named assistant majority leader of the Democratic Caucus. Prior to being elected to the Senate in 2002, Haine served as Madison County, Illinois, state’s attorney from 19882002. Haine is married to Anna (née Schickel) (A&S ’70). They have seven children and 31 grandchildren.

AMBASSADOR KEVIN F. O’MALLEY joined Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. as an attorney. O’Malley served as the 31st U.S. Ambassador to Ireland from 2014–17.

1974

KENNETH BROSTRON was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

STEPHEN RINGK AMP was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

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PAT L . SIMONS was recognized

by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in the 2017 Women’s Justice Awards as a recipient of the Citizenship Award for her work founding and directing Ready Readers, a nonprofit whose mission is to inspire at-risk preschool children to become readers.

1975

GERARD CARMODY became director of the new nonprofit group Missouri Coalition for the Right to Counsel.

1976

DANIEL FINNEY was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

RICHARD WATTERS was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

1977

ALLEN ALLRED was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

1978

HON. KEVIN R. KELLY presented at the Summit on Government Performance and Innovation in Phoenix, Arizona, on the topic of “YourSTLCourts.com,” a new website for access to St. Louis County Municipal Division cases. He was recently reappointed to serve as municipal judge for the cities of Hazelwood and Maryland Heights, Missouri. He also serves as judge for the city of Cool Valley, Mo. TIMOTHY NOELKER senior counsel at Thompson Coburn LLP, was appointed by the White House to serve as general counsel for the Corporation for National &

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Community Service in Washington, D.C. The $1 billion federal agency manages 600 employees in field offices in all 50 states, as well as in Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and several hundred thousand volunteers in AmeriCorps, VISTA, Senior Corps, the Presidential Freedom Scholarship Program and others. In addition to managing the agency’s Office of General Counsel, Noelker will serve as the contact for the White House.

STEPHEN RINGKAMP was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

1980

ANTHONY BEHR was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

HON. FRANCIS SLAY received Stray Rescue’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s 2016 Hope for the Holidays Gala. Slay concluded his term as 45th mayor of the City of St. Louis, the longest-serving mayor in the city’s history, in April 2017, and joined Spencer Fane LLP as of counsel.

1981

HON. JIMMIE EDWARDS, circuit court judge for the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri, was elected to the board of directors of the National Center for State Courts. His three-year term will begin in August.

1982

JEFFREY HEBRANK was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

1983

JANE E . HOSMANEK , under pen name Seelie Kay, authored fictional books Kinky Briefs, published in February 2016 by eXtasy Books, and Kinky Briefs, Too, which is in the editing process. She is working on the third in the series and also penned another book titled The Garage Dweller, which will be featured in a series of summer shorts. Hosmanek is a writer and editor battling multiple sclerosis who resides near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1986

HON. BRUCE HILTON was appointed as circuit judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit, which covers St. Louis County,

by Gov. Eric Greitens. He previously served on the board of governors for the Missouri Bar for 11 years and is the past president of the St. Louis County Bar Association.

1987

DAVID NEIERS was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

CYNTHIA L . SHORT, of The McCallister Law Firm, was recognized

by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in the 2017 Women’s Justice Awards as a recipient of the Public Service Practitioner Award.

1988

JAMES CARMODY was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

JULIE (EMMERICH) O’KEEFE was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

THERESE (ROLUFS) TRELZ was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

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1990

HON. K ATHLEEN M. HART was recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in the 2017 Women’s Justice Awards as a recipient of the Public Official Award.

PAUL KLUG was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

JENNIFER SCHWENDEMANN, of Husch Blackwell LLP, received the Hon. Richard B. Teitelman Award from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL).

1993

PIPPA BARRETT joined Karpel Solutions as a project manager and trainer for PROSECUTOR byKARPEL (PbK), a criminal case management system utilized by prosecuting attorney offices throughout the U.S. Barrett previously served as an assistant circuit attorney with the City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office for more than 16 years.

1994

HON. CARL W. “WES” YATES III, former county counselor for Jefferson County, Missouri, was elected in November 2016 as circuit judge, Division 1, 23rd Judicial Circuit Court, State of Missouri at Hillsboro.

He is filling an unexpired term due to the retirement of Judge Wilkens and will be required to run for re-election in 2018.

1995

MICHAEL ANGELIDES was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

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HON. JOHN BARBERIS was elected in November 2016 as an appellate court justice for the Fifth District Appellate Court in Illinois after serving two years as a circuit judge in Madison County, Illinois.

JULIE (CONNORS) TAYLOR practices law alongside her husband, Charles W. Taylor, and they opened a second office in September 2016 in University City, Missouri. He practices bankruptcy law and she practices family law.

MELISSA (MASCHMANN) VIGHI received the Economic Impact Award from the St. Louis chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women.

1996

JENNIFER (CLUMP) DAVIS was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

1998

PETER DRISCOLL was named acting director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) in January. In May he was chosen as a recipient of the Compliance Week 2017 Top Minds Awards, dubbed “The Risk Detective.”

BRIDGET G. HOY, a member at Lewis Rice LLC, was recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in the 2017 Women’s Justice Awards as a recipient of the Litigation Practitioner Award.

She also was named a “St. Louis Character” and profiled by the St. Louis Business Journal.

LISA G. MOORE , of Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal PC, was recognized

by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in the 2017 Women’s Justice Awards as a recipient of the Litigation Practitioner Award.

JENNIFER PIPER was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

1999

2004

CAROLYN GRIESEMER is the founder and CEO of Children’s Legal Services of San Diego Inc., serving all of San Diego County’s foster children.

JESSICA LISS was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

2000

ANGELA S. QUINN was named to the newly created role of chief client officer at Husch Blackwell LLP, based in St. Louis.

In the role, Quinn is responsible for shaping and developing the client experience of the firm from initial business development efforts through project completion.

2001

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2003

JEFFREY BASH was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

NANCY MILLSAP HAWES, a shareholder at Polsinelli PC in St. Louis, was honored by the Missouri Athletic Club as a 2017 Woman of Distinction. The award program honors “women who enrich the community and contribute to the advancement of all women through her leadership, character and professional achievements.” Hawes’ practice at Polsinelli focuses on corporate and transactional law.

REBEK AH BAHN KINGSTON received an Economic Impact Award from the St. Louis chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women.

Wisconsin, and was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers for the second year in a row.

TODD SIVIA of Sivia Law Firm, earned the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation after completing the Exit Planning Institute's five-day executive MBAstyle program. This will allow him to better advise business owners on their business goals, company value, planning and strategies.

2005

DAVID SWEENEY joined Lewis Rice LLC as a member. He previously worked at Lathrop & Gage LLP and as chief legal counsel with the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.

2006

CHRISTINE KIEFER opened her own firm Kiefer Law Office, LLC, which serves workers’ compensation clients and Social Security Disability clients throughout the state of Missouri. Kiefer previously practiced law with the Missouri Attorney General’s office as assistant attorney general and has practiced in private firms in the mid–Missouri area, including 11 years of practice in workers’ compensation law.

ANDREA D. MCNAIRY, of Brown & Crouppen PC, was recognized

by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in the 2017 Women’s Justice Awards as a recipient of the Litigation Practitioner Award.

2008

JOHN MAHON was named to St. Louis Magazine’s 2017 Best Lawyers.

BARBARA (DIAMOND) BENTRUP, CFO of Delta Dental of Missouri, received a CFO of the Year Award from the St. Louis Business Journal.

She also serves as the current chairwoman of YWCA Metro St. Louis.

RENEE (AUDERER) READ became a shareholder at Remley & Sensenbrenner, S.C. in Neenah,

PETER LEBLANC joined Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP as an associate. His practice focuses on trust

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SARAH E. MULLEN, a member at Lewis Rice LLC, was recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in the 2017 Women’s Justice Awards as a recipient of the Rising Star Award.

2009

PATRICK BADER founded the firm Bader & Murov, LLC with partner Jacob Murov in January 2017. The firm handles litigation throughout the Midwest, with significant experience in FELA (railroad) and Jones Act (seaman) personal injury claims. In April, less than four months into its existence, the firm obtained at $1.1 million jury verdict.

MICHAEL-JOHN VOSS AND THOMAS B. HARVEY of ArchCity Defenders, Inc., were awarded the 2016 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the Public Justice Institute.

2010

TYLER GIBB, PH.D. is the cofounding chief of the Program in Medical Ethics, Humanities and Law at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. The new program aims to instill in medical students the understanding that the practice of medicine is more than simply the

accumulation of scientific knowledge and clinical skills, but that there is an “art and soul” to medicine. Gibb was the first and only graduate of Saint Louis University's dual-degree J.D./ Ph.D. program in health care ethics.

SHEENA R. HAMILTON, of Dowd Bennett LLP, was recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in the 2017 Women’s Justice Awards as a recipient of the Litigation Practitioner Award.

2011

HAYLEY B. COLLINS of GoransonBain was named to the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for the third consecutive year, placing her among only 2.5 percent of Texas’ nearly 97,000 attorneys who receive the annual honor. Her practice encompasses the broad range of family law, including contested custody and complex property cases.

HON. JOSEPH GOFF, JR. was named 2016 Citizen of the Year at the St. Francois County 26th Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Night.

ERICA B. SLATER, of the Simon Law Firm, was recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in the 2017 Women’s Justice Awards as a recipient of the Rising Star Award.

JENNIFER L . WOULFE , of Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion, LLC, received the John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL).

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2012

JULIANE M. RODRIGUEZ was selected for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s 2017 Pathfinder Program. Rodriguez is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. in St. Louis.

2013

ALEXANDER J. ANTAL began a new position as policy advisor and legal counsel to Commissioner Scott Rupp of the Missouri Public Service Commission.

RACHEL P. BERLAND joined Capes Sokol as an associate. She practices in the litigation and appellate areas, focusing on business and toxic tort matters.

ALICIA RAGSDALE , associate at Bryan Cave, was named to Saint Louis Business Journal’s 2017 “30 Under 30” List.

2014

MICHELLE (PENCE) MYERS, director of Operations at Cultivation Capital, was named to Saint Louis Business Journal’s 2017 “30 Under 30” List.

MOHSEN PASHA , associate at Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C., was named to Saint Louis Business Journal’s 2017 “30 Under 30” List.

2016

MICHAEL C. OLDWEILER joined the Office of the Secretary of State of Missouri as legal counsel.

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ORDER OF THE FLEUR DE LIS HALL OF FAME CEREMONY MISSOURI ATHLETIC CLUB, ST. LOUIS, MO INTRODUCING THE MEMBERS OF 2017:

THE HON. TERRY I. ADELMAN* (’70) THE HON. SUSAN E. BLOCK (’75) KEVIN C. CURRAN (’78) JESSE A. GOLDNER, JOHN D. VALENTINE PROFESSOR OF LAW EMERITUS ROGER L. GOLDMAN, CALLIS FAMILY PROFESSOR OF LAW EMERITUS THE HON. JIMMIE M. EDWARDS (’81) *indicates deceased

ANITA C. ESSLINGER (’78) THE HON. KEVIN F. O’MALLEY (’73) BERNARD A. REINERT (’62) THE HON. KAREN E. SCHREIER (’81) MARY ANNE SEDEY (’75) REUBEN A. SHELTON (’81) THE HON. LISA S. VAN AMBURG (’75) For more information, and to purchase tickets to the Hall of Fame Ceremony, please visit: alumni.slu.edu/LawHOF17

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MEMORIAM MR. JAMES HART EVANS 1950

MR. RALPH LECLAIRE CLAYPOOL 1960

MR. JEROME T. BOLLATO 1951

MR. GRANT ASLAN KORKOYAN JR. 1963

MR. EDWARD “TED” WAIDE WARNER 1951

MR. DANIEL WEAVER TOOHEY 1964

MR. GORDON W. NEILSON 1952

MR. JIM SHOEMAKE 1966

MR. HARRY NICHOLS 1953

MS. KATHLEEN D. RIBAUDO 1967

MR. ROLAND WEGMANN 1953

MR. FREDERICK “FRED” DANA 1968

MR. EDWARD J. JENKINS 1954

MR. C. FINN SHEEHAN 1983

THE HON. MARGARET NOLAN 1957

MR. MICHAEL “BURNS” BURNWORTH 1984

MR. THEODORE VANWINKLE 1958

MS. ALICE ANN O’KEEFE 1986

MR. WALTER G. HICK 1960

MR. ROBERT BRY 1991

MR. JOHN D. SCHNEIDER 1960

MR. KENNETH “BOBBY” FERGUSON 1996

ROBERT W. MAY 1947 – 2017 ROBERT W. MAY, a graduate of Saint Louis University (A&S ’71, Law ’85) died May 29, 2017, at age 69. He

was a current member of SLU’s Board of Trustees and a longstanding member and advisor on the School of Law Dean’s Council. He was an active member of the SLU community, participating in the 2017 spring commencement ceremony on May 20, just nine days before his passing.

May served on the School of Law Dean’s Council for more than 15 years and on SLU’s Board of Trustees for a decade. In 1999, he established the William E. and Mary Ann May Scholarship — named for his late parents — which helps offset the cost of law school for deserving students each year.

A practicing attorney for more than 30 years, May was the retired vice chairman, secretary and general counsel of TLC Vision Corp.

To recognize his many contributions to the University throughout the years, SLU named Robert May Hall, which is home to upperclassmen and graduate students, in his honor. A classroom in Scott Hall is named in his honor, as well. May is survived by his daughter Katharine May and his brother George (Anne) May.

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K C A B G N I V I G N FOCUS O The Office of Development and Alumni Relations highlights why alumni give to the School of Law and the different avenues available to support future legal education at Saint Louis University. In this installment, we take a look at a loyal donor who strives to pass on SLU LAW legacy to the next generation of students.

STEPHEN M. STRUM ('88)

SHAREHOLDER, SANDBERG PHOENIX & VON GONTARD P.C.

I GIVE TO SLU LAW BECAUSE...

Looking back, I could not have selected a better law school fit for me. I was taught by top-rated professors and participated in several legal clinics. The career services office was instrumental in my interview at Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, where I worked during the summer program between my second and third years of law school. That led to a full-time position with the firm, where I have remained for nearly 30 years.

I AM A LOYAL DONOR BECAUSE...

These are challenging financial times for many law schools around the country, and that includes SLU LAW. Because of the education I received, I have been fortunate to have a busy and successful career as a tort litigation attorney, representing product manufacturers, nursing homes and other small and large companies. Being a donor is a way of giving back to an educational institution that was instrumental in helping me get my start.

I SUPPORT THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW BECAUSE...

I was fortunate enough to accompany a group of SLU LAW alumni to Ireland in 2015 and 2016, visiting U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Kevin O’Malley and meeting Mr. Justice John MacMenamin of the Supreme Court of Ireland. Through those trips, I learned firsthand of the benefits of the Center, including its study abroad opportunities in France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and Spain. The Center helps law students develop networks around the world, which will undoubtedly provide them connections for life.

I ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GIVE TO SLU LAW BECAUSE...

SLU LAW is not simply a St. Louis education gem, but an outstanding Midwest law school. The new downtown location is just one example of its commitment to St. Louis and to its legal clinics, just a few blocks from several courthouses. SLU LAW offers students practical experiences beyond what many schools can offer. It is because of my love for the school and what it has to offer that I encourage others to become donors.

To learn more about how you can continue the legacy and support the School of Law, please contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relations: AMANDA GOLDSMITH (314) 977-3303 amanda.goldsmith@slu.edu SCHOOL OF LAW DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 100 N. Tucker Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63101 (314) 977-3300 alumni@law.slu.edu law.slu.edu/alumni/giftform

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Young Alumni Society (YAS) Kick-off Party SLU LAW 5 - 7:30 p.m.

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Richard J. Childress Memorial Lecture SLU LAW 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Order of the Fleur de Lis Missouri Athletic Club 6 - 10:00 p.m.

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Young Alumni Society (YAS) CLE Urban Chestnut (Grove) 6 - 8:00 p.m.

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Chicago Alumni Reception

Mid-Year Graduation Reception SLU LAW