Baltimore Law, Fall 2014 by University of Baltimore School of Law

Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2020;Law Fall 2014

The magazine of the University of Baltimore School of Law

A NEW

VIEW Learning the law inside & out

VOL. 2 Baltimore Law is published for alumni and friends of the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Dean RONALD WEICH rweich@ubalt.edu Editor & Director of Communications HOPE KELLER hkeller@ubalt.edu Assistant Director of Communications & External Relations HEATHER COBBETT hcobbett@ubalt.edu Art/Design Direction RICKY D'ANDREA Today Media Custom Communications Reporters HEATHER COBBETT CLAUDIA DIAMOND CHRIS HART HOPE KELLER Photographers JIM BURGER HEATHER COBBETT CHRIS HARTLOVE HOPE KELLER DAVID MATTHIESSEN CHRIS MYERS

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welcome FROM THE DEAN Ronald Weich

'Look out!' When I say that to University of Baltimore law students, I mean it literally. Among the best features of our new, state-of-the-art law center are its glass walls and the panoramic views of Baltimore visible from virtually everywhere in the school. I constantly urge students to look outside the building to gain perspective about our law school’s place in the community around us. The brilliant architect behind the John and Frances Angelos Law Center may not have intended to do so, but he designed a building that makes an important statement about the kind of legal education we strive to provide. Virtually every aspect of our school relates to the wider world. The students we recruit and enroll typically bring real-world experience to UB, including the evening students who maintain demanding, full-time day jobs while attending law school. Our curriculum is conceived around the notion that law must be understood in the context of broader features of society; in fact, first-year students are required to take a course in a series entitled “Law in Context.” But perhaps the most important way our law school relates to the outside world is the way we take advantage of the vibrant legal community around us to teach practical, hands-on legal skills. UB students represent actual clients under the guidance of experienced professors in one of our nine legal clinics, including a new veterans advocacy clinic. Students receive credit for rigorously supervised “externships” in private and public law offices and judicial chambers throughout Baltimore

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and the Maryland-D.C. region. They are taught, mentored and coached on moot court and trial advocacy teams by a network of UB alumni and other practicing lawyers, judges and legislators. Meanwhile, our outstanding full-time faculty members are using the new building’s sophisticated technology to bring the real world into their classrooms. For instance, when I taught a Legislation class earlier this year, I didn’t just talk about the Senate; I livestreamed Senate floor debates onto the video screen at the front of the room, then had students close their books and laptops and engage in legislative debate themselves. That’s one way we train the next generation of Maryland leaders at UB. As the cover story of this issue of Baltimore Law describes, UB recently doubled down on its long-standing commitment to skills-based learning by guaranteeing that all students who graduate from our school in the years ahead will have engaged in a series of practical legal experiences during their course of study. That guarantee will help ensure that our students remain a step ahead of their competitors in this tough job market. Other law schools, the ones with the musty libraries and droopy gargoyles, are just beginning to discover “experiential education.” But at UB, practical learning is in our DNA. It is who we are and what we are known for. I’m two years into my tenure as dean of the UB School of Law and I’ve never been more proud. I’m proud of our faculty and staff for their commitment to excellence in all that they do. I’m proud of our extraordinary partnership with the Maryland bench and bar, and of our growing network of successful alumni in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. And above all I’m proud of our students for their hard work and determination. So “look out,” world—UB is on the move.

Ronald Weich Dean

fall 2014

in this issue: 12

NEW VIEW UB's experiential education emphasizes both the theory of law and the practice of lawyering.

Distinguished Speakers Maryland Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera was among UB's notable guests.

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

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

Learning on the Job

Law students learn communication skills at the Homeless Persons Representation Project's expungement clinic.

Notes .................................... 26 In Closing.............................. 32

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legalbriefs Attorney General Debate Sizzles

n June 9, the UB School of Law hosted a debate among the three Democratic candidates for attorney general of

Maryland. Dean Ronald Weich served as moderator, and three local journalists— Roberto Alejandro of The AFRO, Jeff Barker of The Baltimore Sun and Marc Steiner

of The Marc Steiner Show on WEAA-FM— posed the questions to the candidates, all of whom are members of the Maryland General Assembly. The candidates—Del. Aisha Braveboy, Del. Jon Cardin and Sen. Brian Frosh—did not know the questions in advance and had 90 seconds each to reply. Present in the packed moot courtroom were two former Maryland attorneys general: Stephen Sachs, who served from 1979 to 1987, and Joseph Curran Jr., LL.B. ’59, who served from 1987 to 2000. Frosh won the June 24 primary. Here is a debate excerpt:

Roberto Alejandro: Please speak of your experience as legislators and as attorneys and how it would inform your work as attorney general. Aisha Braveboy: As a legislator, I co-sponsored bills to protect homeowners against foreclosure, but as an attorney I’m the only candidate running for this office that has stepped up to the plate and represented families on a pro bono basis who wanted to stay in their homes. … I practice what I preach, I practice what I legislate. Brian Frosh: I take on tough problems in the General Assembly and I get them done, I get them solved. I lived through the Senate reform of the foreclosure laws. We had the fastest foreclosure process in the United States—that’s good for banks, not good for homeowners. We fixed that. … I show up every day and I work hard. And that’s in sharp contrast to Jon Cardin, who missed more than 75 percent of the votes in the House Ways and Means Committee this year. Jon Cardin: Sen. Frosh … it’s disin-

genuous and intellectually dishonest to suggest that I missed 75 percent of the work and you know that. … All the markups, all the amendments that we vote on, all the debate happens in subcommittee. I have a 100 percent attendance and voting record in subcommittee. … But since we’re speaking about missed votes, I want to know why, Sen. Frosh, you abstained when your committee voted to require criminal background checks for employees at day-care centers. I want to know why you abstained when your committee voted to increase the maximum penalty for a person convicted of rape in the second degree [of a child under 13]. Why do you duck these votes? Frosh: Look, I’ve long had reservations about mandatory minimum sentences. ... The attorney general of the United States is opposed to mandatory minimum sentences. Republicans, on my committee and throughout the nation, are opposed to mandatory minimum sentences.

Professor Richard W. Bourne, 1943-2014

rofessor Richard W. Bourne, who taught law at the University of Baltimore for 34 years, died July 12 at the Pylesville farm he shared with his wife. He was 71 and had been ill with pancreatic cancer. Bourne, known to his colleagues as Dick, taught civil procedure, conflicts of law, remedies, professional responsibility and the litigation process. “He had an old-fashioned notion of how lawyers should behave, and I think his hallmark was teaching professional responsibility,” Professor John Lynch recalled in an obituary of Professor Bourne that appeared in The Baltimore Sun. UB School of Law Professor Emerita Lynn Mclain described Bourne as enthusiastic about his subjects and students. “He thrived on introducing students to the intricacies of legal analysis by challenging them to think in new ways,” Mclain said

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in the obituary. Born and raised in Danville, Va., Bourne earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and, in 1968, a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Bourne then spent five years as a trial attorney with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1973, Bourne returned to Harvard, where he earned a master’s degree in law. He then taught at the University of Richmond School of Law for four years before joining the University of Baltimore School of Law faculty in 1979. Bourne is survived by his wife, Anne Crook, a lawyer, as well as by two children, three stepchildren, two grandsons and two brothers. A memorial service was held at the law school on Aug. 20.

President Schmoke on the law: A tool for the ‘greater good’ By Chris Hart

urt L. Schmoke, the University of Baltimore’s new president, believes in the power of the law to improve society. A Harvard Law School-trained attorney and a former Rhodes Scholar, Schmoke sees a strong link between legal education and public service, saying the law aims to ensure that all people receive

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quality of life for many people.” Schmoke—who comes to UB after more than a decade at Howard University, where he served as dean of the law school and, most recently, interim provost and general counsel—offers a vote of confidence in legal education at a time when law school applications are dropping nationwide in response to systemic

“We’re producing graduates who are ready to practice and who do well in the profession.”

equal opportunity and the ability to use their “God-given talents.” “Even as a young child, I had an interest in politics and public service,” said the Baltimore native and former threeterm mayor of the city, who assumed the helm at UB in July. “I learned that many of the people I admired in politics were lawyers. The law was a way to enter into the world of public service. And in public service there is a chance to improve the

changes in the legal profession. “There will always be opportunities for lawyers—government service, issues like cyber law, health care, intellectual property and so on,” he said. “There is a huge generation of baby boomers getting ready to retire, and they will have legal needs. Even the traditional areas of the law, like trusts and estates—that’s forever.” Looking ahead, Schmoke sees even

more possibilities: “Whole new situations, like the opening of sea lanes around the North Pole, create opportunities for young law graduates.” Closer to home, Schmoke is bullish on Dean Ronald Weich and the UB School of Law’s commitment to experiential learning. “The school has a really outstanding dean in Ron Weich;―I’ve known him previously as a very good public-law practitioner,” Schmoke said. “He and other leaders in the school are striking a new balance between classroom and clinical experiences that is very exciting.” Continued Schmoke: “Law school taught me to study issues thoroughly, to listen. That is happening at UB today. We’re producing graduates who are ready to practice and who do well in the profession.” To keep up with changes in legal education and practice, Schmoke said the law school might benefit from alternative timelines for students to earn their degrees—a slower pace for some, a faster pace for others. “You could structure a course of study that would have you finished with law school in 24 months”—two years of 12-month sessions versus three years of nine-month sessions, he said. But Schmoke is not offering specific recommendations at this point. “There are a lot of ideas out there,” he said. There are also a lot of competing interests to consider when practicing the law to benefit society, Schmoke emphasized. “The lawyer’s code of professional conduct says you must be a zealous advocate for your client, but in politics and public service you can’t conduct yourself that way,” he said. “You have competing interests, many points of view. You have to make a decision for the greater good.” n Learn more about University of Baltimore President Kurt L. Schmoke at www.ubalt.edu/president. Fall 2014 | 5 |

legalbriefs

Commencement advice: 'Always stay optimistic' The Hon. Catherine Curran O’Malley, J.D. ’91, delivered the School of Law’s 2014 commencement address on May 19. Here are excerpts: [...] Just two days ago we celebrated the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that prohibited Southern states from segregating schools by race. This case, while addressing educational inequalities that resulted from segregation, also sparked a series of citizen actions—sit-ins and protests—that ultimately led to the passage of the civil rights legislation throughout our country in the 1960s. That case, as we know, was argued by … Baltimore lawyer Thurgood Marshall. After the Brown decision, he was ultimately appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States. Lawyer Marshall had been, for many years before the Brown decision, fighting against laws and policies that discriminated against African-Americans. As a younger man he was rejected from the University of Maryland law school due to its racial acceptance policies.

Judges hear cases at UB

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard four cases in the University of Baltimore School of Law’s moot courtroom on Feb. 4. Afterward, students and faculty took part in a question-and-answer session with the three judges. Pictured from left are Judge Jimmy V. Reyna and Chief Judge Randall R. Rader.

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In 1933 he decided to challenge that policy in the Maryland court system. Mr. Marshall represented Donald Gaines Murray, who had also been rejected from the law school solely due to his race. On behalf of his client, Marshall argued that this policy violated the “separate but equal” principle. The white law schools were far superior to the black law schools and everyone knew it. The Baltimore City court found in favor of Murray. The university filed an appeal, but the Court of Appeals also agreed with Mr. Murray. So this is a powerful example of what one lawyer can do, not only to change the life of one client, but to change the lives of so many in our nation. I see the District Court, where I work, as the “face of the court,” where the majority of smaller cases are tried. You might do well to remember that although many of your cases might be more mundane, smaller in scope, they are just as real as landmark legal cases, just as important to the client involved, who will always remember that day and that trial. […] Your law degree will open up so many opportunities for you. And not only opportunities for you personally, but also for your community. […] By receiving your law degree, you have made a choice to improve your world not just for yourself but for your family and community. Don’t let unexpected setbacks change your vision and dreams. Make them into memorable chances to change and challenge yourself. Sometimes failing at a goal may actually be an opportunity for something else unexpected. Always stay optimistic.

careers

Managing partners endorse their practical UB experience

Heidi Levine (right) with her longtime friend Jill Green, UB’s assistant dean for law career development.

Managing partners of law firms have a large brief. Among other responsibilities, they oversee hiring, coordinate work among practice groups, monitor financial performance and ensure compliance with ethical standards. Many UB alumni have been called upon to guide their firms in the role of managing partner. We asked three how UB helped them prepare for their leadership position. BARRY LEVIN, J.D. ’84, the managing partner and chief executive officer of Saul Ewing LLP, emphasized the importance of UB's practical training. “UB is known for not just theoretical learning and case law, but also for a practical component,” said Levin, who started at the Baltimore office of the East Coast firm in 2003 and became the firm’s managing partner in 2014. “There was also a strong work culture at UB. It was pretty common for full-time students to work part-time during law school starting in their second year.” Levin worked as a law clerk while studying at UB. That experience allowed him to apply his classroom learning to

the real world, he said. “Working as a law clerk while in school made it very real,” Levin said of his legal education, citing both classroom and on-the-job learning. “The combination of a strong foundation in federal law, Maryland law and the strong culture of working [while in law school] really positions [UB] graduates well to transition to the workforce.” Levin said he knew as a student that he wanted to practice business and transactional law, so he loaded up on corporate courses, along the way garnering an award for highest academic achievement in federal income taxation. The foundation in business has served him well as he ascended in the profession. As managing partner, he oversees a firm with 11 regional offices. Said Levin: “Everything I learned at UB has been useful to me in both counseling corporate clients and managing the business of Saul Ewing.” HEIDI LEVINE, J.D. ’95, a co-managing partner at the New York office of DLA Piper, also stressed the importance of the hands-on legal experience she received at UB. “I really felt prepared to be a lawyer in the real world,” said Levine, who took advantage of as many opportunities as possible in law school, working on the University of Baltimore Law Review and securing a judicial externship the summer after her first year. In 1994 she landed a job as a summer associate at Piper & Marbury’s Baltimore office. Levine went on to clerk with Judge Howard S. Chasanow of the Maryland Court of Appeals before she was hired full-time by Piper & Marbury. After several years in Baltimore, she moved in 2000 to the New York office and made partner in 2003. (After a

series of mergers, DLA Piper was formed in January 2005.) Levine emphasized the importance of building a resume and making yourself known in law school. Asked what she would tell today’s UB School of Law students, Levine didn’t hesitate. “Take any opportunity that comes your way,” she said. “Make a great impression. Follow up. Do some free work. Be more flexible. Don’t give up.” CRAIG ROSWELL, J.D. ’91, became managing partner at Niles, Barton & Wilmer LLP in 2013. He joined the Baltimore firm in 1993 and became a partner in 1999. Before being named managing partner, Roswell served as chairman of the firm’s litigation department for six years. As a day student at UB, Roswell still managed to work at the Maryland Attorney General’s Office throughout his law school years, handling savings and loan cases. Like Levin and Levine, Roswell said the hands-on education he received at UB was instrumental in helping him achieve his goals. In particular, Roswell said, he benefited from trial advocacy skills training and participation in moot court teams. “The best way to get ready for your trial is to write your closing argument first,” Roswell said of his trial advocacy work. “You know exactly what you want to tell the jury, what evidence you need and how you’re going to get it in.” In fact, Roswell said it was his trial advocacy experience at UB that helped him decide to become a trial lawyer. Roswell praised his fellow UB-trained lawyers, saying that as a group they’re known for their ability to understand their clients and to communicate well with them—a crucial skill. “[Clients] want to know that you’ve analyzed their issue and provided options, and they want to be able to understand what you’re saying,” he said. “UB students are good listeners.” Fall 2014 | 7 |

careers

Susan Watson, J.D. ’76 SUSAN WATSON practiced tax law for 36 years, including two stints in the office of the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service. Upon her retirement in 2012, Watson, who has served as an adjunct professor at UB, began coaching the school’s Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court team. Once retired, Watson also had more time for another passion, training for and competing in triathlons, including the full Ironman competition. What’s that? Watson laughs. The full Ironman involves a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a 26.2-mile run. On the same day, back to back. “It sounds like a lot, doesn’t it?” said Watson, who completed an Ironwoman competition in Lake Placid, N.Y., in 2013 and two-thirds of the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, this year. “I try not to think of it all together at once, especially in the midst of it.” Watson, who began running at age 44 and started competing in triathlons at 50, said attending law school and taking part in marathon athletic events

triathlete Elizabeth Cowan Mourges, J.D. ’10, met her future husband, Brandon Mourges, J.D. ’09, at UB—is happy to serve her alma mater and is proud of her moot court students. Watson especially enjoys seeing students’ confidence bloom as they learn to maintain their composure and strengthen their arguments through repeated rehearsals. both require a high degree of persever-

Watson typically requires at least nine

ance and focus.

run-throughs before a competition.

“You have to have determination,”

Watson, who as a student served

Watson said this summer, when she

as editor-in-chief of the University of

was training for the Sept. 20 Maryland

Baltimore Law Review, emphasized the

Ironman competition in Cambridge.

importance of the public-speaking,

“You can’t give up when things get

advocacy and reasoning skills students

tough.”

learn through moot court participation.

The help of a coach is key to succeed-

“It’s wonderful to sharpen that skill in

ing in moot court and athletic competi-

law school so they can go to court and

tions alike, Watson said.

stand in front of a judge with that confi-

“You can give [students] the little

dence,” she said.

extra oomph to make them believe they

Confidence, like athletic endurance,

can do it,” she said of her role as a moot

can be learned with practice, Watson

court coach. “That’s what my tri coach

emphasized. And encouragement helps.

does for me as well.”

The coach and competitor sums up

Watson—whose daughter, lawyer and

her approach: “You can do this!”

Benjamin Bor, J.D. ’14 BENJAMIN BOR was just back from a quick trip to the Bahamas after taking the July bar exam. The month leading up to the two-day test had been a bear. “I felt like I went through many stages of stress and kind of freaking out, and then eventual acceptance of what I was about to do,” he said. “Every day you’re waking up and you know more than you did the day before

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and you’re sharpening your test-taking skills.” And then, he said, “The two days go by and it’s all over.” Whew. In September, Bor began clerking for Judge Christopher Panos, J.D. ’89, at the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The clerkship is his second at the court; the summer after his 1L year Bor clerked for Judge Audrey J.S. Carrion, J.D. ’84, through UB’s Experi-

ence in Legal Organizations, or EXPLOR, program. “EXPLOR is really invaluable,” Bor said. “No other law school that I’m aware of guarantees a placement with an alumni [member].” EXPLOR places students who have finished their first year of law school with Maryland legal employers, who provide students not just the chance to do substantive research and writing but also with mentoring and the opportunity to participate in client meetings and negotiations.

careers

Dutch Ruppersberger, J.D. ’70, LL.D. ’99

Today DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER is a six-term congressman and the ranking member of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, but in the summer of 1967, just after graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park, C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger III was employed as a life guard in Ocean City. His career plans were hazy. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” Ruppersberger said. “Somebody said try law school.” So Ruppersberger applied to the University of Baltimore School of Law. A week before classes started he found

out he’d been accepted. “All of a sudden I was taking 15 credits a semester at night,” Ruppersberger said. Like most of his classmates, he held a job during the day throughout the three years of law school. The experience “matured” him, Ruppersberger said, explaining that UB taught him the value of time management and discipline. He recalled that most of his teachers were lawyers and judges. “The teaching was very practical,” Ruppersberger said. Ruppersberger’s day jobs were also part of his education. For a year he worked for the Baltimore City public school system in a position he described as “truant officer and psychologist all wrapped up in one.” He also was employed as a claims adjuster for a year and clerked for the Hon. Kenneth Proctor, a judge on the Baltimore County Circuit Court and the administrative judge for the 3rd Circuit. “All those different jobs just tied in [with my legal studies],” Ruppersberger said. “It was a really great education.” Upon passing the bar, Ruppersberg-

er was hired as an assistant state’s attorney in Baltimore County. He was quickly promoted to chief of the office’s investigative division, where he prosecuted cases involving organized crime, political corruption and drug trafficking. “[UB] was a really good practical experience that helped me transition right away into trial law,” said Ruppersberger, who was a prosecutor for almost a decade before he ran for Baltimore County executive, a position he held for two terms. He remains upbeat about legal education. “Anybody who goes to law school is going to benefit,” said Ruppersberger, a Democrat who represents Maryland’s 2nd congressional district. “[Law school] teaches you how to think. It also gives you confidence and teaches you how to work through problems, how to research.” Not least, a legal education also teaches students to distinguish right from wrong. “The law really gives you an ethical standard,” he said. Concluded Ruppersberger: “In law there’s an endgame. You’ve got to do the best you can. UB taught me that.”

Bor, who during the spring semester of his second year worked as an extern at the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, said his experiences clerking for Judge Carrion and working with the ACLU were formative. “They gave me a chance to apply the theoretical concepts I learned in the classroom to the professional field,” Bor said. Bor also held an externship at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice after his 2L year. “I spent the summer working on one issue that was probably the most diffi-

cult project I’ve had to do in or outside of law school,” Bor said, declining to describe the endeavor. “It involved answering very difficult legal questions, but I thought the preparation I had [from UB] for doing research and writing legal memos was very strong and really prepared me for that.” Throughout law school, Bor, who earned an undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, combined his legal studies and employment with another full-time job: music. A tenor saxophonist, he is a member of the jazz band

Bosley, which headlined this year’s Artscape festival and has a packed fall schedule at venues in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. “[The law] is very similar to music, in that you’re learning an entirely new language and you’re learning how to use it in a creative way to achieve a specific goal,” Bor said. Asked what he planned to do after his yearlong clerkship, Bor said he was keeping his options open: “I’m just going to play it by ear.”

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UB hosts legal debates THE DEATH PENALTY

THE CONSTITUTION

OTIS-BESSLER

LEVINSON-EPPS

OCT. 7, 2013

OCT. 25, 2013

CONSIDERATION OF RACE IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS GRATZHIGGINBOTHAM

BOGGS-EPPS JAN. 22, 2014

APRIL 24, 2014

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Professor Sanford Levinson

an adjunct professor at

(left), of the University of

Georgetown University Law

Texas School of Law, is

Jennifer Gratz (right)

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judge on the U.S. Court of

prosecutor.

of Framed: America’s 51

Bollinger, a 2003 Supreme

Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Constitutions and the Crisis

Court case regarding the

of Governance (2012).

University of Michigan’s

Garrett Epps’ most recent

undergraduate affirmative-

book is American Justice

UB School of Law Professor

action admissions policy.

2014: Nine Clashing Visions

Law: An Italian Philosopher

Garrett Epps (right) is

The court ruled, 6-3, that the

on the Supreme Court

and the American Revolution

the author of American

policy was unconstitutional.

(2014).

Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution (2013), among

UB School of Law Professor

other works.

Michael Higginbotham

BOGGS: “No one is prevented from succeeding.”

UB School of Law Professor John Bessler’s most recent book is The Birth of American

OTIS: “The death penalty allows a society to say ‘no’ and mean it. Because someone who has so much hate in him will do it again.” BESSLER: “The question is: Do we want to respond to an act of violence with an act of violence?”

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(left) is the author most LEVINSON: “I lost my constitutional faith. I see a document that is increasingly taking us over a cliff.” EPPS: “The Constitution is designed to do politics without killing each other.”

recently of Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in PostRacial America (2013). GRATZ: “I don’t know why we focus on race.” HIGGINBOTHAM: “The ugly, alarmingly wide disparities that exist in this country almost make me want to be sick.”

EPPS: “I vividly remember how segregation made race the determining factor in every aspect of life.”

distinguishedspeakers

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Cyberbullying can take place anywhere at any time; that’s part of what makes it so pernicious.

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MELODY BARNES, DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE DOMESTIC POLICY COUNCIL FROM 2009 TO 2012, WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE SAYRA AND NEIL MEYERHOFF CENTER FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND THE COURTS’ 2014 URBAN CHILD SYMPOSIUM, “SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE URBAN CHILD” (APRIL 3, 2014).

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I ask of you, as you contemplate the future, to consider how you plan to embrace the twin ideals that must remain uppermost for all of us lawyers and judges: adherence to the rule of law and fairness in the administration of justice, in all its many aspects.

”

THE HON. MARY ELLEN BARBERA, CHIEF JUDGE OF THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS, SPOKE TO STUDENTS AT THE ANGELOS LAW CENTER (APRIL 6, 2014).

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The reality is that women’s rights have stalled out in many ways, and I think that the legal community has a huge role to play in getting the women’s rights movement back on track and back moving again.

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TERRY O’NEILL, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY CONFERENCE, “APPLIED FEMINISM AND HEALTH” (MARCH 6, 2014).

I don’t care how well-intentioned the people at the NSA are, they should not be given this power, this capability to survey us.

”

RANDY BARNETT, PROFESSOR AT THE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, DELIVERED A TALK AT THE ANGELOS LAW CENTER TITLED “NSA SPYING AND OUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY” (APRIL 17, 2014). Fall 2014 | 11 |

EXPERIENCE RESULTS UB weaves real-world legal practice into the curriculum By Hope Keller

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The emphasis on practicality comes from the top at UB. A law school must prepare the students intellectually but also make sure that they’re able to meet with clients and understand the humanity of a client.

The Hon. Audrey J.S. Carrion, J.D. ’84 Circuit Court for Baltimore City

At the University of Baltimore School of Law, students learn both the theory of law and the practice of lawyering. While they pursue a rigorous study of doctrine and analysis with some of the finest legal scholars in the nation, UB students also deepen their understanding of the law―and often find their career path―by working in the field under the supervision of seasoned attorneys and judges, many of them UB alumni. Through these experiential learning opportunities, students gain not just crucial practical knowledge but, also, access to a network of mentors and professional contacts. It’s no surprise that UB ranked among the top 50 law schools in the country last year for the percentage of students employed at graduation.

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When I was at the ool of University of Baltimore Sch spent Law, I had a professor who e with an enormous amount of tim ite. That me teaching me how to wr the one-on-one time was one of legal most valuable parts of my attorney education. As an appellate ity who spends the vast major am of my day writing briefs, I skills. eternally grateful for these Deborah Richardson, J.D. ’95 ellate Division Assistant public defender, App Office of the Public Defender

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I have never forgotten what I learned at UB—that the practice of law is, at its essence, about helping real people with real problems. Although the issues of local government are not getting any less complex, the skills I learned at UB help me to analyze and resolve them every day.

Robert McCord, J.D. ’89 County attorney for Harford County Fall 2014 | 13 |

he adjective “experiential” is the word of the moment in legal education, but the concept it describes— hands-on, practical learning—has been fundamental to the University of Baltimore School of Law since it was founded in 1925. In addition to grounding students in the theory of law, providing real-life legal experience is “a bedrock” component of a UB School of Law education, Associate Dean Victoria Schultz, J.D. ’89, told The Daily Record in August. UB’s nearly century-old commitment to real-world lawyering was recently reinforced and formalized in the law school’s new, five-year strategic plan. Starting with the incoming class of 2015, law students are guaranteed six credits of experiential learning, with three of the credits to come from an externship or a clinic experience involving work with actual clients.

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I did three “experiential” learning classes. The first, a class of 12 students, traveled to different attorneys each week to discuss their practice in different areas of the law. Next, I spent the summer of ’75 in the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office as a law clerk working on juvenile cases. The following summer I was a student-attorney for the office in District Court, which made me know how much I liked trial work and specifically prosecution. The experience led to a job offer, and the job led to my position as state’s attorney. Joseph Cassilly, J.D. ’77 State’s attorney for Harford County

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The requirement was approved before the American Bar Association’s governing body voted in August to approve a six-credit minimum experiential requirement for all accredited U.S. law schools. Amy Sloan, associate dean for academic affairs, emphasized that UB’s experiential focus was about much more than just the six credits. “Practical skills are woven throughout the curriculum, beginning with the firstyear Introduction to Lawyering Skills course and continuing in the upper level with clinics, externships, simulations and workshop courses,” she said, adding that the law school’s Curriculum Committee would work with faculty throughout the 2014-15 academic year to determine how best to offer hands-on opportunities for students. “We are providing students with a wide range of experiential opportunities so they can apply what they learn in the classroom to the practice of law,” Sloan said. Among the established experiential

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options are UB’s nine legal clinics, including the new Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic. In August, 78 studentattorneys enrolled in the clinics were sworn in by Court of Appeals Judge Shirley Watts to represent clients under Rule 16 of Maryland Rules Governing Admission to the Bar. Clinic students, working under the supervision of law faculty, represent a wide variety of clients and causes. In the Bronfein Family Law Clinic, students help low-income clients seeking assistance with child custody, support, divorce, adoption and civil remedies for domestic violence. Last year, Family Law Clinic students testified in Annapolis in support of House and Senate legislation to ease the burden on domestic violence victims seeking protective orders. Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the bill into law in April 2014. In the Immigrant Rights Clinic last year, a student secured asylum for a transgendered woman from Honduras who had been the victim of violence her entire life, while another clinic student

By the time I graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law, I had with completed a clerkship a trial court judge and firm was working with the n where I ultimately bega ll as an attorney. While sti to a student, I was able nce obtain hands-on experie he in the practice of law. T and relationships I formed ring du experiences I gained were my time in law school invaluable in starting my ay. career and remain so tod Patrick Madigan, J.D. ’03 Pike & Gilliss LLC

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UB Law provided me the skills and opportunities to develop and grow my legal abilities even before I was sworn in as a member of the Maryland bar. A UB grad is prepared to face the real-world challenges of the practice of law. Margaret Mead, J.D. ’89 Mead, Flynn and Gray PA

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A good internship can result in a life-changing step toward your profession, your career. It can mean good experience with writing, or observing how lawyers work at their craft. All of that you can’t get from just sitting in school.

obtained asylum for a teenager who had fled her abusive guardian in El Salvador. UB’s five academic centers also provide opportunities for students to do hands-on work. This year, three student fellows in the Center for International and Comparative Law plan to bring a test case before the U.S. International Trade Commission that would, if successful, establish a new mechanism to help ensure that corporations abide by international human rights standards, specifically by maintaining supply chains free of abuses such as forced or child labor. In the Center for Medicine and Law, UB School of Law students take part in a mock medical malpractice trial alongside Johns Hopkins medical students and physicians. Through a combination of lectures and exercises, law students are introduced to the complexity of medical records and learn the fundamentals of malpractice litigation. Said Professor Gregory Dolin, director of the center: “The point of this entire semester-long exercise is to get students from the theory to the actual trial-like situation, which is why we have a jury, so that students understand that they have to explain their case—which they’ve been living and breathing for a semester— to people who are smart but not knowledgeable about law and medicine.” Yet another way in which UB students acquire practical experience is through externships, in which they receive academic credit for substantive legal work performed in law firms, judges’

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chambers, government agencies and public-interest organizations throughout the Baltimore-Washington region. Every externship entails classroom work in which students analyze their experiences with professors and with classmates engaged in similar fields. Last year, the law school hired its first director of externships, Millicent Newhouse, who is charged with expanding and diversifying high-quality externship opportunities for UB students. Finally, law students gain practical experience by participating in one or more of UB’s 21 moot court or trial practice teams. Students also are encouraged to take advantage of pro bono opportunities facilitated by the law school. Crucial to the entire experiential enterprise is the law school’s committed, 13,000-strong alumni network. Alumni serve in a variety of roles: as adjunct professors, as moot court coaches, and as supervisors in UB’s attorney and judicial externship programs, including UB’s pioneering EXPLOR (Experience in Legal Organizations) program, which guarantees students placements in law offices during the summer after their first year of law school. Assistant Dean Jill Green, J.D. ’94, who directs UB’s Law Career Development Office, said EXPLOR builds on and deepens the lessons students learned in their first, often grueling year of school. “A lot of students come out of their first year saying: ‘Why did I do this? Did I make the right choice in going to law school?’” Green said. “After

their summer EXPLOR experience they come out totally energized. They have been able to see what they learned in the classroom in action. It whets their appetite to learn more.” The wide range of experiential options at the UB School of Law allows students to observe how law is practiced in a variety of contexts, which helps them to discover the career paths that best suit them. The experiential opportunities also afford students a network of mentors and professional contacts even before they graduate. Judge Audrey J.S. Carrion, J.D. ’84, called her law school internship with Judge Robert B. Watts in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City “a life-changing experience.” (The term for experiential placements has switched in recent years, with “externship” now replacing “internship.”) “Through him I met mentors that later on in my life were helpful to me,” said Carrion, who joined the Baltimore City Circuit Court bench herself in 1999. “A good internship can result in a lifechanging step toward your profession, your career. It can mean good experience with writing, or observing how lawyers work at their craft. All of that you can’t get from just sitting in school.” Matthew Kraeuter, J.D. ’09, a former associate at Saul Ewing who recently accepted a position with Liff & Walsh in Annapolis, said the professional connections he made at UB were invaluable. “I knew I wanted to practice in Maryland, so I really took the opportunity to meet the professors and the judges and to parlay that into a great internship and a great clerkship after school,” Kraeuter said. “Having those great local connections really made a huge difference.” Kraeuter’s new boss James “Jay” Walsh, J.D. ’08, said UB excels at preparing students to deal with real clients in the real world. Said Walsh: “The school makes a conscious effort to make sure you’re ready to practice when you get out.” Fall 2014 | 15 |

LEARNING FROM CLIENTS Student volunteers gain crucial skills at expungement project

By Claudia Diamond

criminal record can make it difficult to find a job, to rent an apartment or to receive public benefits—some of the

very conditions that can lead a person to commit crimes. Expungement—the removal of all or part of a criminal history from public record—is a tool to help end the recidivism spiral.

An ABA report titled “Second Chances in the Criminal Justice System” puts the matter succinctly: “Lawyers who assist convicted offenders may not only help them, but they may simultaneously decrease future crime rates and thereby reduce the number of future victims throughout the United States.” The Expungement Project, a program of the Homeless Persons Representation Project, or HPRP, aims to educate Marylanders about the process of erasing criminal records and provides legal services to those who want to pursue expungement. Nearly 1,300 expungement clinic clients have had at least part of their records cleared since the program’s inception in 2008, said Katie Meyer Scott, HPRP’s director of pro bono programs. Crucial to the project’s success is the participation of UB School of Law students, said Christina Askins, HPRP’s legal clinic coordinator. “Each year the numbers of students

seeking to volunteer has increased significantly because of the enthusiasm of the students who have come before them,” Askins said. UB students help with client intake on “expungement days”—there are roughly 10 every year—at two sites in Baltimore City and one in Montgomery County. The student volunteers, who after a training session commit to serve a minimum of three days a year, help clients complete a questionnaire to determine their eligibility for free legal services. Students then sit with clients to review their criminal histories, asking the clients to remember to the best of their abilities any charges filed against them and the disposition of those charges. Once the paperwork is complete, the student introduces the client to an attorney who will handle the actual expungement effort. Bethany Neeb, a 2L who volunteered with the Expungement Project over the summer, said she learned crucial “people skills” on the job.

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As an undergraduate in California, Michael Stone wanted to save the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but he had no idea what to do. At UB, he learned how to help. - Michael Stone, J.D. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;13

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“I can only imagine how difficult, maybe embarrassing, it is [for clients] to sit down with us,” she said of herself and her UB colleagues. “The questions we ask are very invasive because they have to be for us to help [clients] as best as we can.” One lesson Neeb learned was the importance of maintaining a nonjudgmental demeanor. At any sign of judgment or distaste by their interviewer, she said, clients could freeze up. Said Neeb: “[These] people skills are never learned in a classroom; they’re only learned in the outside community.” Other UB School of Law student volunteers also spoke of the understanding and skills they acquired while working with expungement clinic clients. Kathryn Huff, a 3L, said many of the people she interviewed were homeless or had temporary living arrangements. “They often spoke of their frustration that their past criminal record stands in the way of reentering society after making wholesale changes to the way they are living their lives now,” she said. Huff recalled a woman charged years earlier in connection with a domesticviolence incident involving an abusive partner. “It brought home to me that something from a really long time ago could continuously haunt someone for the rest of her life,” Huff said. “The fact that I could do something that could have a big impact on someone’s life inspired me even more to be a publicinterest attorney.” Lauren Vint, who expects to receive her J.D. in 2015, said she learned the value of being patient. “It can be very hard for an individual to recall what happened after his or her

A criminal history can be a lifetime punishment. UB School of Law students are at the forefront of an innovative project that helps former offenders establish a life unshadowed by a record. arrest, so I also learned to wait patiently while a client tries to recall [what happened],” she said. “I never realized until I did this work the importance of just listening to a client.” Even something as simple as where she sat had a profound impact on her interactions with clients, Vint said. “Initially, I always sat across from the client, which created a degree of formality that caused some discomfort,” she said. “Rather than opening up to me and talking about their past, I found that the clients were withholding information or were trying to speak to me like I was a judge.” By moving her chair next to the client’s, Vint said, she succeeded in breaking down a barrier, which allowed the client to open up to her. “I loved my work with the clients at HPRP,” Vint said. “I improved my own interpersonal communication skills while helping those in the community where I will be practicing law.” Law school experiences like these can cement a lifelong commitment to pro bono work or lead to a job in the public sector. Michael Stone, J.D. ’13, volunteered at HPRP during law school and landed a job with the Baltimore nonprofit upon graduation. This year he obtained a fellowship

from Equal Justice Works for a two-year project at HPRP. In partnership with the Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Hogan Lovells law firm, Stone aims to bring legal services to homeless or at-risk veterans in rural Maryland. As an undergraduate in California, Stone said, he had a “cape-wearing, I’m-going-to-save-the-world mentality.” But he had no idea what to do. In Baltimore, he discovered his path. “When I found HPRP it was a population I clearly identified with, poor people who have no access to the resources they need to make their lives better,” Stone said, pointing to HPRP’s mission of linking clients with resources. “I latched onto them.” Kathleen McGinley, J.D. ’10, an associate at Ober | Kaler, joined HPRP’s board of directors in 2011 and volunteers as an attorney in the expungement clinic. “Learning how to effectively interact with clients is just not a skill students can learn from law books,” McGinley said. “They may not yet be lawyers, but the valuable insight they’re gaining about how to effectively work with clients means that they’re on their way to being fantastic lawyers when they finish law school and pass the bar.”

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annual giving report

he University of Baltimore School of Law has a powerful and generous network of alumni who understand that their law degree has been essential to their success. Joined by other supporters, our alumni give back to the law school in myriad ways: teaching, mentoring, supervising legal externships, coaching moot court teams and employing our graduates. Another critical way that so many UB alumni give back to the law school is through financial donations. These gifts are vital to the law school. Your support helps our students in many waysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by enabling us to bolster financial aid, reward academic excellence, expand experiential learning, and offer excellent and innovative programming that keeps UB at the forefront of legal education. We thank you for your generosity and appreciate your strong commitment to the UB School of Law. Victoria Schultz, J.D. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89 Associate Dean

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Robert J. Heitzman, J.D. '70

Martha F. Rasin, J.D. '81, LL.D. (Honorary) '98,

Richard J. Apley, J.D. '74

James T. Hemelt, J.D. '84

Andrew D. Richmond, J.D. '92

Richard M. Bader, LL.B. '66

Catherine C. Hill, J.D. '95

J. Paul Rieger Jr., J.D. '88

Rignal W. Baldwin Jr., J.D. '75

Timothy J. Hogan, J.D. '78

William W. Riggins III, J.D. '93

Louis A. Becker III, J.D. '70

Z. Stephen Horvat

Francis P. Rooney, J.D. '70

Alexandra A. McKeown, J.D. '06 L. Content McLaughlin, B.A. '00 , J.D. '03, LL.M. '05 McMullen & Drury, P.A.

David A. Plymyer, J.D. '78

Karen E. H. Davidson, J.D. '06

Alexander R. McMullen, J.D. '87 , M.B.A. '87

James M. Di Stefano, J.D. '86

Margaret A. Mead, J.D. '89

Michael W. Berey, J.D. '83

William R. Hubbard*

Robert J. Schott, B.S. '63 , J.D. '66

Amy Dillard*

Lisa L. Mervis, J.D. '71

Robert W. Berger, J.D. '77

Gretchen L. Jankowski, J.D. '94

Randall L. Scott, J.D. '80

This list represents all donors who have given to the School of Law and School of Law alumni who have given to any fund at the University of Baltimore in fiscal year 2014 ( July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014). We greatly appreciate each gift given in support of the School of Law and the University of Baltimore, and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing. Please notify Heather Cobbett, assistant director of communications and external relations, of any inaccuracies or omissions by contacting her at 410.837.4142 or at hcobbett@ubalt.edu. We regret any errors. * UB faculty or staff

** Donor is deceased

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Jay M. Caplan, LL.B. '69

Patrick R. Duley, J.D. '70

Michele R. Harris, J.D. '98

Richard D. Caplan, J.D. '80

J. Michael Earp, J.D. '79

John M. Hassett, J.D. '79

James D. Cardea, J.D. '95

Suzette White Eckhaus, J.D. '83

William L. Haugh Jr., LL.B. '68

David E. Carey, J.D. '89

Kyle S. Edmonds, J.D. '96

Priscilya M. Hawkes, J.D. '06

J. Randall Carroll, J.D. '78

Charles H. W. Effinger Jr., LL.B. '64

William C. Hay Sr., J.D. '68

Holly L. Carter, J.D. '02

Nancy J. Egan, J.D. '94

Elizabeth M. Haynes, J.D. '85

Jocelyn C. Carter, J.D. '95

Donald L. Elmore, J.D. '70

Patrick Cavanaugh, B.S. '67 , J.D. '74

David F. Engstrom, J.D. '70

Michael D. Hayward, J.D. '61, LL.M. '89

Mary P. Evatt, J.D. '77

Katherine A. Hearn, J.D. '92

Jeanne T. Celtnieks, J.D. '90 and Larss G. Celtnieks, J.D. '90

Itamar Ezaoui, J.D. '10

Stephen M. Hearne, J.D. '75

Lee F. Fedner, J.D. '74

Alvin S. Henderson, B.A. '91 , J.D. '03

Karen P. Severson, J.D. '00

Don E. Ansell, J.D. '82

Chamberlain Construction, Inc.

Charles Shafer*

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

Stephanie Chamberlain, J.D. '93

Paul Silberman, LL.B. '60 Thomas G. Slater, J.D. '80

Bruce D. Ash, LL.B. '68

Julia M. Cheikh, J.D. '03

James M. Slattery, J.D. '74

Deborah A. Awalt, J.D. '85 , and Stephen B. Awalt, J.D. '85

Mary Claire Chesshire, J.D. '93

Jacqueline Badders Charles Bagley IV, J.D. '80

Rebecca Christopher, J.D. '12 , and Kevin Hilgers

Robert R. Bair

Nancy K. Chung, J.D. '07

Sabrina Balgamwalla*

Marjorie L. Clagett, J.D. '77 , and Stephen L. Clagett Sr.

Ronald L. Spahn, LL.B. '67 Colin P. Starger* State Farm Insurance Companies Zachary J. Stewart Andrea M. Strong, J.D. '94 , and Brian P. Strong, J.D. '94

Jason E. Balog, J.D. '97

The Law Office of Brad S. Sures

Marylen T. Bartlett, J.D. '78

Bradley S. Sures, J.D. '80

Ashley E. Bashur, J.D. '09

Kathleen M. Sweeney, J.D. '75

DeLawrence Beard, J.D. '70

Barry D. Tayman, LL.B. '68

Laura Beck and Linus Beck

David L. Terzian, J.D. '72

Elizabeth W. Benet, J.D. '92

Will Tress

Cornelius F. Bennett, J.D. '03

Jefferson L. Triplett, J.D. '01

Rodney L. Benson, J.D. '80

Robert L. Troike, LL.B. '64

John Bessler*

Joseph Vigman Foundation, Inc.

Bill Bamonto Insurance Agency, Inc.

Byron B. Warnken, J.D. '04 Jason F. Weintraub, J.D. '08 Nomiki Bouloubassis Weitzel, J.D. '85

Raymond M. Bily Jr., J.D. '85 Bryan A. Bishop, J.D. '89 Clinton R. Black IV, J.D. '82

Laura Chasney, J.D. '90

Ceres R. Chriss and Evan A. Chriss

Michael C. Flannery, J.D. '75 John P. Ford, J.D. '85 Richard W. Foster, J.D. '95 Barbara Hull Francis, J.D. '80 Sean Francisco, J.D. '99 Steven C. Fraser, J.D. '95

Harvey A. Cohen, B.S. '63 Jacob J. Cohen, J.D. '67

Theresa A. Furnari

Amanda S. Conn, J.D. '95

Michael G. Gallerizzo, J.D. '83

Timothy A. Cook, J.D. '87

Yasmin Galvez

Catherine R. Counselman and Charles C. Counselman Jr.

Anne C. Gamson, J.D. '77

Robert M. Cowen Jr., J.D. '78

Nichole C. Gatewood, J.D. '04

Danna M. Crowley, J.D. '79

Richard L. Gershberg, J.D. '79

Arthur C. Crum Jr., J.D. '84

A. Allan Gertner, J.D. '74

Samuel M. Crystal, J.D. '08

Gorman A. Getty, J.D. '05

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

Stephen G. Gilden, LL.B. '66

Paul T. Cygnarowicz, J.D. '92

Wayne M. Willoughby, J.D. '86

Joseph L. Bocchini Jr., J.D. '73

WS Investments Trust

Bryan D. Bolton, J.D. '83

Barry J. Dalnekoff, J.D. '74

Derek B. Yarmis, J.D. '92

Hinda R. Bossom

Dalrymple & Associates, LLC

Michael J. Zimmer, J.D. '75

Kimberly A. Bray, J.D. '85

Donald W. Dalrymple, J.D. '74

$100 - $249

Alfred L. Brennan Jr., J.D. '79

Wallace Dann, J.D. '50

Stuart G. Breslow, J.D. '77

DeMarco Q. Davenport, J.D. '04

Cathleen N. Brockmeyer, J.D. '84

Robert C. Davis, J.D. '94

Ronald L. Bromwell, J.D. '65

Patricia A. Day, J.D. '76

Barnett Q. Brooks, J.D. '75

Albert G. De Bliss, J.D. '60

Renee E. Brooks

Michael A. Dean, J.D. '98

Todd M. Brooks, J.D. '06

Gary F. Debruin, J.D. '95

Osasumwen Z. Airhiavbere, J.D. '09

Joseph J. Bross, J.D. '79

Michael L. DeLuca, J.D. '75

Claudine W. Allen, J.D. '78

Alexis Y. Brown, J.D. '09

Steven A. Allen, J.D. '75

John F. Brown, J.D. '75

Phyllis A. DeStefano and Dean DeStefano

Fred Allentoff, J.D. '84

Myron T. Brown, J.D. '95

Claudia A. Diamond*, J.D. '95

Donald L. Allewalt Jr., J.D. '77

David S. Bruce, J.D. '74

Michael R. Dodd, J.D. '10

Monique D. Almy, J.D. '87

Michael P. Bryant, J.D. '06

Shara B. Alpert, J.D. '95

John S. Brzostowski, J.D. '90

Linda V. Donhauser, B.A. '87 , J.D. '89 , and Christopher G. Donhauser, M.B.A. '95

Emily J. Alt, J.D. '05

Jean R. Buchen, J.D. '77

Parke E. Americus, J.D. '67

Benjamin M. Bunin, J.D. '06

Amos & Muffoletto, LLC

Herbert Burgunder III, J.D. '94

Karen D. Amos, J.D. '90

Sally T. Burner and Fred W. Burner

David B. Amy

BWW Law Group, LLC

Youngcheu An, J.D. '02

RenĂŠe Bronfein Ades, J.D. '00, B.S. '74

Morland C. Fischer, J.D. '74

Richard B. Friedler, J.D. '06

D2L Behavioral and Investigative Consulting Services, LLC

George P. Adams, J.D. '72

Nadia J. Firozvi, J.D. '05

John C. Fredrickson, J.D. '83

Randy B. Blaustein, J.D. '79

Dale A. Achenbach, J.D. '87

Elliott L. Fineman, J.D. '81

Raymond D. Coates Jr., J.D. '74

Alexandra N. Williams, J.D. '81

Laurence C. Aaronson, J.D. '72

E. Richard Feustle, J.D. '70

Marvin J. Garbis

Alexander M. Giles, J.D. '97 , and Danielle M. Giles*

Geoffrey G. Hengerer, J.D. '02 Darrell L. Henry**, LL.B. '65 Brian L. Herzberger, J.D. '74 Hurst R. Hessey, J.D. '79 Robert A. Hincken, LL.B. '69 Hobelmann Port Services R. Neal Hoffman, LL.B. '69 William C. Hookham, J.D. '73 Carol L. Hopkins, B.A. '84 , J.D. '89 Marshall T. Horman, J.D. '02 Harve C. Horowitz, J.D. '74 Howard County Bar Association Deborah Howard Griffith E. Hubbard II, J.D. '96 George L. Hubert, J.D. '76 Anne L. Huether and Douglas Huether John D. Hungerford Jr., J.D. '82 Lawrence T. Hurwitz, J.D. '83 Hyattsville Mennonite Church Domenic R. Iamele, LL.B. '69 Elise M. Ice, J.D. '00 Wade H. Insley III, J.D. '68

John A. Gilpin, J.D. '78

Glenn A. Jacobson, J.D. '79

David B. Ginsburg, J.D. '83

Dean Rosalind M. Jeffers, J.D. '95

Clarence E. Goetz, J.D. '64

Leslie M. Jenkins and Stephen J. Derr

David L. Goldheim, J.D. '71 Ellen A. Goldstein Charlotte Lee Gordon, J.D. '07 Erik P. Gordon, J.D. '91 Frederick W. Goundry, J.D. '91 Maria D. Gracia, J.D. '93 Brooks B. Gracie III, J.D. '93 Jill Green*, J.D. '94 David H. Greenberg, J.D. '73 Mitchell A. Greenberg, J.D. '91 Ileen M. Greene, J.D. '81 Nienke Grossman* Thomas C. Groton III, J.D. '74 Sandra R. Gutman, J.D. '78 Melodie C. Hahn-Hengerer, J.D. '02

Margaret E. Johnson* Norman E. Johnson Jr., J.D. '77 Sharon Johnson, J.D. '98 John A. Jones, J.D. '80 Keith S. Jones, J.D. '73 Thomas J. Jones, JAGC, USN, J.D. '99 William Jones, J.D. '98 Chester M. Joseph, LL.B. '66 Daniel A. Kamenetz, J.D. '12 Michael E. Kaminkow, LL.B. '66 Lawrence J. Kansky, J.D. '10 Mojgan Katouzian, J.D. '09 Anthony R. Katz, J.D. '75 Stanley H. Katz, J.D. '74 Alan G. Kaufman, J.D. '85

Thomas E. Donoho, LL.B. '66

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

William J. Donovan, LL.B. '66

Patricia K. Hammar, J.D. '99

Charles B. Keenan Jr., LL.M. '91

Ann Marie Doory, J.D. '79

Margaret Eve Hanan

Cynthia Hitt Kent, J.D. '83

Deborah C. Dopkin, J.D. '79

John J. Handscomb, J.D. '93

Jason Klitenic, J.D. '93 F. Kirk Kolodner, J.D. '79

Jacqueline D. Byrd, J.D. '98

Sharon B. Dorsch and William G. Dorsch

Andrew A. Handy, J.D. '70 Mark P. Hanley, LL.B. '67

Ellen L. S. Koplow, J.D. '83

Michael I. Angert, J.D. '99

Rex S. Caldwell III, J.D. '87

Joseph H. Dougherty, J.D. '77

Thomas P. Hanley, B.S. '80

Matthew P. Kraeuter, J.D. '09

Anonymous

Irvin N. Caplan, LL.M. '91

Daniel J. Dregier Jr., J.D. '75

Eric R. Harlan, J.D. '94

Floyd and Debra Kratz

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J. Mitchell Kearney, J.D. '88

Mark T. Krause, J.D. '87

Sherri N. Miller and Brett H. Miller

Wendy J. Owens, J.D. '86

Jason C. Rose, J.D. '98

Michael B. Snyder, J.D. '00

Alan Kreshtool, J.D. '74

Burke Miller, J.D. '11

Megan B. Owings, J.D. '04

Joshua Roseman, J.D. '56

Richard H. Sothoron Jr., J.D. '69

Robert J. Kresslein, J.D. '80

Michael J. Millios, J.D. '06

P.K. Hammar Legal, P.C.

Paul W. Rosenbaum, J.D. '73

Lisa D. Sparks, B.A. '05 , J.D. '07

Evan J. Krometis

Cynthia S. Miraglia, J.D. '83

Eva Palmer Lee

David Ross

Robert M. Stahl IV, B.S. '83 , J.D. '88

Robert A. Krug, J.D. '77

Joyce T. Mitchell, J.D. '79

Michael S. Pappafotis, J.D. '73

Joel D. Rozner, J.D. '76

Catherine E. Stavely, J.D. '88

Janet Kusterer and Thomas Kusterer

Susan H. Mitchell, LL.M. '06

Robert J. Rubinson*

John W. Steele III, LL.B. '61

Jerome H. Lacheen, J.D. '65

David G. Mock, LL.B. '55

Anna Z. Pappas and Harry P. Pappas

John P. Rue II, J.D. '74

Melvin A. Steinberg, J.D. '55

Sandra L. Lamparello, J.D. '96

Mary Molofsky and James Molofsky

Thomas C. Perrone, J.D. '77

Deborah Rush and Jonathan Rush

Lawrence F. Stevenson, J.D. '72

Philip M Lane

James R. Moore III, J.D. '81

Kristen B. Perry, J.D. '00

G. Darrell Russell Jr., J.D. '67

Lisa D. Stevenson, D.P.M., J.D. '08

Edward J. Lang, J.D. '73

Ian A. Pesetsky, J.D. '95

Edward B. Rybczynski, J.D. '52

Mark R. Stromberg

Daniel R. Lanier, J.D. '85

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

Nancy M. Petersen

William H. Morgan, J.D. '97

Victor A. Sulin, J.D. '72

Ronna K. Lazarus, J.D. '93 Sarah A. Lehr, J.D. '09 , and Michael Lehr, J.D. '09

Juliet K. Morrison, LL.M. '12

Jaia P. Lent and Douglas Peterson Lent

Elizabeth J. Samuels* and Ira A. Burnim

Albert Moseley, J.D. '12

Loreto R. Pettini, J.D. '81

John P. Sanderson, J.D. '79

Anne C. Leitess, J.D. '88

Andrew Moss, J.D. '10

Philip A. Petty, J.D. '80

Peter S. Saucier, J.D. '80

Cheri Levin*

Frank J. Mucha Jr., LL.B. '66

J. Harrison Phillips, J.D. '65

Gerald P. Scala, LL.B. '69

Paul M. Levin, J.D. '54

Bryan M. Mull, J.D. '13

Jean-Claude Pierre Jr., J.D. '95

Alexander L. Scarola, J.D. '99

Law Office of Jason D. Levy

Stan Muroff and Barbara Muroff

Michael D. Pintzuk, LL.B. '63

Steven L. Schaeffer, J.D. '83

Jason D. Levy, J.D. '06

Brendan C. Murphy, J.D. '11

Heather L. Pitz, B.A. '95 , J.D. '05

Stuart J. Schatz, J.D. '75

Mary G. Thomas and James A. Thomas

Erin H. Murphy, J.D. '94

Stephen R. Poirier, J.D. '01

Gerald Scheinker, J.D. '67

Barbara M. Tilghman, J.D. '82

Kevin P. Murphy, J.D. '78

Robert E. Polack, J.D. '75

Ronald D. Schiff, J.D. '71

W. Scott Tinney, J.D. '99

Michael T. Murphy, J.D. '83

Paul M. Polansky, J.D. '77

Linda J. Schmidt and Edwin Schmidt

Hope Tipton

Edward J. Leyden, J.D. '91 Frank G. Lidinsky, J.D. '76 Emily Limarzi Steven D. Link, J.D. '09 Wendelin I. Lipp, J.D. '78 Stephen W. Little, J.D. '96 Valerie S. Little, J.D. '93 YaoHui Liu, LL.M. '11 Lawrence W. Livoti, J.D. '74 Lucy A. Loux, J.D. '75 Donald M. Lowman, J.D. '68 Amalia Lucas Martin P. Maarbjerg, J.D. '09

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Blair W. MacDermid, LL.M. '11 Lynne B. Malone, J.D. '81 Cynthia A. Mancini, J.D. '87 Michael H. Mannes, J.D. '70 Robert D. Marchant, J.D. '74 John P. Markus Jr., J.D. '86

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

Marylen T. Bartlett, Attorney At Law Maslan, Maslan & Rothwell, P.A. Gary R. Maslan, J.D. '74 Jacob Matz, J.D. '51 Elaine F. Maxeiner James R. Maxeiner* William J. McCarthy Jr., J.D. '87, LL.M. '92, Saul McCormick, J.D. '79 T. Wray McCurdy, J.D. '84 Anastasia L. McCusker, J.D. '10 McDonald's Corporation Robert D. McDorman Jr., J.D. '77 Thomas B. McGee, J.D. '71 Sean McGraw Gregory McGuirk, J.D. '84, LL.M. '92,

Gustava E. Taler, J.D. '94

David R. Sanders, J.D. '81

Curtis E. Tatum, J.D. '09 Franz T. Tedrowe, J.D. '90 Adrian G. Teel, J.D. '70 Debra A. Thomas, J.D. '94 , and Anthony W. Thomas, J.D. '95

WHY I GIVE: I feel it is important to give back to the University of Baltimore School of Law because I want aspiring law students to have the same opportunity I had to receive an excellent legal education. [UB] provided me with a pragmatic education which has served as an exceptional foundation for the practice of law. In hiring new attorneys for the firm, I have always been impressed with the attitude, caliber and quality of the graduates of the University of Baltimore School of Law and continue to be proud of my association with the school. Evan Thalenberg, J.D. ’85 The Law Offices of Evan K. Thalenberg, PA

Thomas A. Murphy, J.D. '75

Mary L. Ponticelli, J.D. '79

Joseph M. Schnitzer, J.D. '85

Leonard Tober, J.D. '81

Nicole E. Musgrave-Burdette, J.D. '02

Grant A. Posner, J.D. '09

Matthew N. Schoenfeld, J.D. '02

Jason R. Potter, J.D. '05

Nancy M. Schuster

Thomas L. Totten, J.D. '87 , and Sally Ann Wingo

Rebecca D. Myers, J.D. '93

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

Walter D. Schwidetzky*

Gwen B. Tromley, J.D. '90

Dorothy M. Nazelrod Kerwin

Jennifer R. Scott, J.D. '05

Stanley Turk, J.D. '91

Richard D. Neidig, J.D. '75

T. Michael Preston, J.D. '82

Alvin Sellman, LL.B. '54

James H. Tuvin

Janice J. Neil, B.S. '72 , J.D. '82 , and Benjamin A. Neil, B.A. '73 , J.D. '78

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

William H. Sewell, LL.B. '69

Rene E. B. Tywang, J.D. '08

C. Philip Nichols Jr., J.D. '73

Sandra Quick, J.D. '96

Scott A. Shail, J.D. '99

University of Baltimore Women's Bar Association

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

Mary E. Quillen, J.D. '93

Denice R. Norris, J.D. '92

Lawrence R. Rachuba

Walter C. Novak**, Certificate '63

William S. Ramsey, J.D. '94

Lieutenant Angela A. Novy, J.D. '07

Kelley P. Regan, J.D. '12

Alice D. O'Brien, J.D. '01

Theresa M. Regner, J.D. '03

John F. X. O'Brien, LL.B. '64

H. Mark Rabin, J.D. '77

David B. Shapiro, J.D. '84

Jill M. Valenstein, J.D. '95

David C. Sharman, J.D. '73

Daniel P. Vavonese, J.D. '95

John R. Sheridan, J.D. '72 , and Barbara Sheridan

Michael F. Vitt, J.D. '99

Mary K. Shock, J.D. '93

Katherine A. Voss, B.A. '09 , J.D. '13

Raymond C. Shockley, J.D. '70

Kemp Vye, J.D. '77 Mark E. Wallerson, J.D. '05

William R. Reid, J.D. '00

Cynthia A. Shreaves, J.D. '84, LL.M. '89,

Edgar A. Ocampo, M.S. '96

Ernest M. Reitz, B.S. '94 , J.D. '98

David J. Shuster, J.D. '94

James K. Warrington Jr., J.D. '78

Herbert R. O'Conor III, J.D. '74

Michele Renda

John W. Sieverts

Susan B. Watson, J.D. '76

Lisa A. Olivieri, J.D. '01

Richard K. Renn, J.D. '76

Dennis G. Silverman, J.D. '74

Barbara B. Waxman, J.D. '80

Leandra L. Ollie, J.D. '97

Richard M. Rinaudot, J.D. '69

John B. Sinclair, J.D. '79

Barry A. O'Neill, LL.B. '65

Janet Robey and James Robey

John M. Skrocki, J.D. '86

Winslow B. Waxter, J.D. '91 , and Dixon G. Waxter, J.D. '93

Judith D. O'Neill, J.D. '75

John F. Slade III, LL.B. '69

Lori B. Weiman, J.D. '94 Sidney Weiman, LL.B. '62

André S. Walters, J.D. '05

Denise McQuighan and Thomas P. McQuighan

Edward R. Oppel, LL.B. '67

Ria P. Rochvarg and Arnold Rochvarg, J.D. '92

Kathleen Osore

Robert J. Romadka, LL.B. '53

Joshua F. Slater, J.D. '95 , and Erika D. Slater

Reema Mehra, J.D. '04

George M. Oswinkle, J.D. '75

Donald H. Romano, J.D. '84

Christopher J. Smith, J.D. '94

John B. Weld, J.D. '78

John L. Miles Jr., J.D. '77

Raymond J. Otlowski, J.D. '74

Janice Romley and Vic Romley

Nancy A. Smith, J.D. '94

Drucilla L. Wells, J.D. '77

Kimberly A. Millender, J.D. '95

Ronald C. Owens, J.D. '73

Ronald R. Roos, J.D. '76

Lee M. Snyder, LL.B. '66

Patricia C. McMullen, J.D. '86

Suzanne K. Welch, J.D. '81

Barbara Ann White* * UB faculty or staff

** Donor is deceased

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Arthur S. Cheslock, J.D. '69

Michael J. and Katherine C. Flaherty

Dennis R. Hayden, J.D. '81

Felicia A. Ciesla, J.D. '92

Renee L. C. Fleisher, J.D. '85

Richard S. Haynes, J.D. '75

John R. Clapp, J.D. '79

Christopher B. Flynn, J.D. '07

Robert L. Hebb, J.D. '93

Dwight W. Clark, J.D. '84

Stephan W. Fogleman Jr., J.D. '94

Steven M. Heinl Jr., B.A. '07, J.D. '12

Kevin C. Clark, J.D. '02

Alan S. Forman, J.D. '77

Steven H. Heisler, J.D. '88

Martin J. Clarke, J.D. '86

James R. Forrester, J.D. '98

Mark S. Henckel, J.D. '79

Patrice M. Clarke, J.D. '12

Jerold M. Forsberg, J.D. '75

Ryan A. Hendricks, J.D. '01

Bryan Randall Coates, J.D. '75

Carlendra A. Frank, J.D. '09

Rena W. Heneghan, J.D. '92

Heather Cobbett*

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alumni 1970s PAMILA BROWN, J.D. ’79, a Maryland District Court judge in Howard County, was installed as president-elect of the Maryland State Bar Association at the MSBA’s annual meeting in June. JOHN COALE, J.D. ’72, was appointed to the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program board by Gov. Martin O’Malley in July. Coale retired in 2006 from his private practice, which focused on tort law representing plaintiffs in environmental cases. JOHN F. GOSSART JR., J.D. ’74, a U.S. immigration judge and an adjunct professor at the UB School of Law, retired after more than 40 years of practicing law. He was featured in a judicial profile in the Federal Bar Association’s magazine, The Federal Lawyer, which was coauthored by SaMee Burrage and NICOLE WHITAKER, J.D. ’14. ANDREW NORMAN, J.D. ’78, is now of counsel at Silverman | Thompson | Slutkin | White in Baltimore, where he focuses on federal and state criminal defense. JAMES SHERBIN, J.D. ’70, who retired in February as a Circuit Court judge in Garrett County, received the Judge Anselm Sodaro Judicial Civility Award at the Maryland State Bar Association’s annual meeting. BETTY A. SPRINGATE, J.D. ’79, has been named a District Court judge in Kentucky’s 53rd Judicial District. She previously served as assistant county attorney and county attorney for Anderson County, Ky.

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HARRY STORM, J.D. ’79, a corporate attorney and litigator at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, was installed as secretary of the Maryland State Bar Association at the MSBA’s annual meeting.

1980s DAVID E. CAREY, J.D. ’89, was appointed to a Harford County District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. The judge, a longtime lawyer, is a former mayor of Bel Air. MARK S. CHANDLEE, J.D. ’87, was appointed to a Calvert County Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Chandlee was previously in private practice in Prince George’s County. AUDREY CREIGHTON, J.D. ’86, was appointed to a Montgomery County Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She previously served on the District Court for Montgomery County. MICHAEL ANTHONY DIPIETRO, J.D. ’85, was appointed to a Baltimore City Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. DiPietro previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland’s Civil Division. MICHAEL DUFF, J.D. ’85, was elected president of the Delaware Valley chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. He is the senior vice president and general counsel for Penske Truck Leasing Co. in Reading, Pa. PAUL JOSEPH HANLEY, J.D. ’82, was appointed to a Baltimore County Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Hanley was previously a master in juvenile matters at the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.

FRED S. HECKER, J.D. ’87, was appointed to a Carroll County Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. A longtime Carroll County attorney, Hecker practiced criminal and family law. JOHN P. MORRISSEY, J.D. ’89, was named chief judge of the District Court of Maryland by Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera. He was previously a District Court judge in Prince George’s County. WENDY G. ROTHSTEIN, J.D. ’82, a partner with Fox Rothschild, was elected to serve as secretary of the Montgomery Bar Association. DEBRA GAE SCHUBERT, J.D. ’87, whose law practice is based in Towson, was installed as the 121st president of the Maryland State Bar Association at the MSBA’s annual meeting. DAVID J. SMITH, J.D. ’85, was the editor of Peacebuilding in Community Colleges: A Teaching Resource (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2013), which was designed to support community college professionals advance conflict resolution and peacebuilding education.

1990s ELIZABETH ADAMS, J.D. ’99, was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40. DAVID BRIAN ALDOUBY, J.D. ’92, was appointed to a Baltimore City District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Previously, Aldouby spent 21 years as a public defender in Baltimore City. SHANNON AVERY, J.D. ’92, was appointed to a Baltimore City Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She previously served on the District Court for Baltimore City. BARBARA BECHBERGER, J.D. ’97, was awarded the Judge Robert M. Bell Award by the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service. The award is given to an individual who has gone above and beyond the average pro bono commitment for at least five years. Bechberger is a principal with The Law Office of Barbara Bechberger in Newburg, Md.

MELISSA KAYE COPELAND, J.D. ’98, was appointed to a Baltimore City Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She previously served on the District Court for Baltimore City. JULIE GLASS, J.D. ’97, was appointed to a Baltimore County Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She previously worked as a division chief with the State’s Attorney’s Office for Baltimore City. RONALD HOLINSKY, J.D. ’96, was appointed vice president and chief compliance officer at Lincoln Financial Group, which is based in Radnor, Pa. CYNTHIA HOLLY JONES, J.D. ’92, was appointed to a Baltimore City Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She previously served as assistant commissioner of enforcement and consumer services in the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Office of Financial Regulation. RACHEL MCGUCKIAN, J.D. ’93, a principal at Miles & Stockbridge in Rockville, was appointed to the State Ethics Commission by Gov. Martin O’Malley in July. RYAN CHARLES (CHUCK) MCLEAN, J.D. ’99, was selected as a public utility law judge by the Maryland Public Service Commission. He joined the commission’s staff counsel division in 2008 and became deputy staff counsel in 2011. STEPHAN M. MOYLAN, J.D. ’92, was appointed to a Garrett County District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Previously, Moylan worked as a public defender in Garrett County. FLYNN MARCUS OWENS, J.D. ’92, was appointed to a Baltimore City District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Owens previously maintained a solo practice as a criminal defense attorney. ADAM T. SAMPSON, J.D. ’97, was hired at Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler LLC as special counsel to the firm.

DIANA A.E. SMITH, J.D. ’98, was appointed to a Baltimore City District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She was previously with the State’s Attorney’s Office for Baltimore City. TIMOTHY STRAUCH, J.D. ’91, and his law partner won one of the largest jury awards in Montana history—$52 million in compensatory and punitive damages—for their client, Masters Group International Inc., an office supply manufacturer that sued its former bank, Comerica. BARBARA BAER WAXMAN, J.D. ’90, was appointed administrative judge of the District Court for Baltimore City by Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera.

2000s KATRINA DENNIS, J.D. ’04, was appointed to the Maryland Transportation Authority by Gov. Martin O’Malley in July. A principal with Kramon & Graham, Dennis specializes in employment law, personal injury matters and contract disputes. She also was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40. STEPHEN W. ERHART, J.D. ’07, joined Wilson & Parlett, in Upper Marlboro, where he represents injury victims. THOMAS B. GIANNINI, J.D. ’00, developed Ampslam.com, a free Web platform designed for musicians, fans and venue owners. The site, launched in January 2014, is an affiliate of Baltimore’s Emerging Technology Center. CRAIG HAUGHTON, J.D. ’06, was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40. CYLIA LOWE, J.D. ’03, was installed as president-elect of the Junior League of Baltimore. She is the first African-American to hold the position since the organization was founded more than a century ago.

THOMAS MARONICK, J.D. ’06, was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40. PATRICIA M. MUHAMMAD, J.D. ’00, published “The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Legacy Establishing a Case for International Reparations,” 3 Columbia Journal of Race and Law 147 (2013). JASON PENN, J.D. ’06, was invited to join the National Trial Lawyers’ “Top 40 Under 40” organization. Penn litigates medical malpractice cases with Janet, Jenner & Suggs in Baltimore. MAMATA POCH, J.D. ’05, was appointed to the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board by Gov. Martin O’Malley in July. Poch is an offset and industrial trade manager for Northrop Grumman Corp. BYRON B. WARNKEN, J.D. ’04, was named to the 2014 Fastcase 50 list, which recognizes legal innovators and leaders. Warnken, owner of 27Legal, created the Injury Lawyer Database by collecting and analyzing millions of Maryland judicial opinions and then using the findings to evaluate the effectiveness of the lawyer in each case. LAURIE WASSERMAN, J.D. ’04, was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40.

2010s EMILY CHIARIZIA, J.D. ’11, was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40. Baltimore-based BRIAN HAMMOCK, J.D. ’10, was named vice president of Maryland and Delaware state government affairs at CSX Corp. With Richard Neuworth, GREGG H. MOSSON, J.D. ’12, published “ERISA—The Changing Landscape for Disability Benefit Claims,” Maryland Bar Journal

(November/December 2013). JEFFREY W. PEYTON, J.D. ’12, was hired as an associate in the finance group at Ober | Kaler’s Baltimore office. DALENE A. RADCLIFFE, J.D. ’13, was hired as an associate in the litigation department of Niles, Barton & Wilmer LLP in Baltimore. MICHAEL STONE, J.D. ’13, a 2014 Equal Justice Works fellow, is pursuing a project hosted by the Homeless Persons Representation Project in partnership with Hogan Lovells and the Lockheed Martin Corp. Stone is working to reduce veteran homelessness in rural Maryland by providing legal assistance and help in obtaining Veterans Administration benefits. TIMOTHY R. WAGNER, J.D. ’13, was hired as an associate at Ober | Kaler’s Baltimore office, where he works with the tax and business groups.

faculty publications Books PROFESSOR JOHN BESSLER The Birth of American Law: An Italian Philosopher and the American Revolution (Carolina Academic Press, 2014). PROFESSOR ROBERT LANDE In early May, Professor Lande published a fourth edition of his textbook Torts: Theory and Practice (Lexis/Nexis, 2014). ASSOCIATE DEAN AMY SLOAN Researching the Law: Finding What You Need When You Need It (Aspen Publishers, 2014). PROFESSOR BYRON WARNKEN, J.D. ’77 Professor Warnken’s work Maryland Criminal Procedure: A Treatise was published in October 2013. Warnken says he designed the threevolume treatise as “one-stop shopping” for Maryland’s judges, prosecutors, defense counsel and law students. This spring, Warnken contributed the first annual supplement to the treatise.

Articles, Chapters & Reports PROFESSOR BARBARA BABB Babb co-wrote, with David B. Wexler, a chapter on therapeutic jurisprudence for the Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Springer, 2013). Babb’s article “Maryland’s Family Divisions: Sensible Justice for Families and Children” appeared in 72 Maryland Law Review 1124 (2013). Babb contributed a chapter, “Unified Family Courts: An Interdisciplinary Framework and a Problem-Solving Approach,” to Problem Solving Courts: Social Science and Legal Perspectives, Richard L. Wiener and Eve M. Brank, eds. (Springer, 2013). PROFESSOR JOHN BESSLER Professor Bessler published “The Death Penalty in Decline: From Colonial America to the Present,” 50 Criminal Law Bulletin 245 (2014). Bessler contributed a chapter, “The American Enlightenment: Eliminating Capital Punishment in the United States,” in Lill Scherdin, ed., Capital Punishment: A Hazard to a Sustainable Criminal Justice System? (Ashgate, 2014). Bessler published “The Anomaly of Executions: The Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause in the 21st Century,” 2 British Journal of American Legal Studies 297 (2013). PROFESSOR KIMBERLY BROWN Professor Brown published “Anonymity, Faceprints, and the Constitution,” 21 George Mason Law Review 409 (2014). PROFESSOR GILDA DANIELS Professor Daniels was among five legal scholars who wrote an American Constitution Society for Law and Policy issue brief titled “The Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014: A Constitutional Response to Shelby County.” PROFESSOR ERIC EASTON Professor Easton wrote the copyright chapter in Patent, Copyright, Trade Secret, Right of Publicity, Trademark Handbook for Maryland Business

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notes and Litigation Lawyers, Jim Astrachan, ed. (Maryland State Bar Association, 2013). PROFESSOR WENDY GERZOG Professor Gerzog published “Van Alen: A Reasonable Consistency,” 142 Tax Notes 223 (Jan. 13, 2014). Gerzog’s article “Graev: Conditional Facade Easement” appeared in 140 Tax Notes 1607 (Sept. 30, 2013). PROFESSOR MICHELE GILMAN Professor Gilman published “The Return of the Welfare Queen,” 22 Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law 247 (2014). PROFESSOR NIENKE GROSSMAN Professor Grossman published “The Normative Legitimacy of International Courts,” 86 Temple Law Review 61 (2013). PROFESSOR DANIEL HATCHER Professor Hatcher published “Forgotten Fathers,” 93 Boston University Law Review 897 (2013). PROFESSOR WILLIAM HUBBARD Professor Hubbard published “The Competitive Advantage of Weak Patents,” 54 Boston College Law Review 1909 (2013). PROFESSOR DAVID JAROS Professor Jaros published “Flawed Coalitions and the Politics of Crime,” 99 Iowa Law Review 1473 (2014). PROFESSOR MARGARET JOHNSON Professor Johnson published “A Home with Dignity: Domestic Violence and Property Rights,” 4 BYU Law Review (2014). PROFESSOR ROBERT LANDE Professor Lande published “Should Section 5 Guidelines Focus on Economic Efficiency or Consumer Choice?” 3 Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle 1 (May 14, 2014) and “The Proposed Damages Directive: The Real Lessons From the United States,” 3 Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle 2 (March 26, 2014).

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Lande co-authored, with Joshua P. Davis, “Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Case for Private Antitrust Enforcement,” 48 Georgia Law Review 1 (2013). Lande co-wrote, with Thomas J. Horton, “Should the Internet Exempt the Media Sector From the Antitrust Laws?” 65 Florida Law Review 1521 (2013). PROFESSOR KENNETH LASSON Professor Lasson contributed a chapter about amicus briefs to the fourth edition of Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer: State and Federal, Andrew Levy and Paul Mark Sandler, eds. (Maryland State Bar Association, 2014). Lasson published “It’s Not Just Name-Calling,” 5 Journal for the Study of Antisemitism 129 (2013). PROFESSOR JAIME LEE Professor Lee’s article “Can You Hear Me Now?” appeared in 7 Harvard Law & Policy Review 405 (2013). PROFESSOR JIM MAXEINER Professor Maxeiner is the author of a chapter, “Building a Government of Laws: Adams and Jefferson 1776-1779,” in Legal Doctrines of the Rule of Law and the Legal State, James R. Silkenat, James E. Hickey Jr. and Peter D. Barenboim, eds. (Springer, 2014). PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER PETERS Professor Peters published “What Lies Beneath: Interpretive Methodology, Constitutional Authority, and the Case of Originalism,” 2013 BYU Law Review 1251 (March 2014). Peters is the editor of Precedent in the United States Supreme Court (Springer, 2014), published as an e-book and in hard copy. PROFESSOR MORTIMER SELLERS Professor Sellers contributed a chapter, “What Is the Rule of Law and Why Is It So Important?” to The Legal Doctrines of the Rule of Law and the Legal State, James R. Silkenat, James E. Hickey Jr. and Peter D. Barenboim, eds. (Springer, 2014). Sellers was the author of “Republicanism: Philosophical Aspects,” which appeared in the second edition of The

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier, 2014). Sellers contributed “What Useful Role Could Legal Positivism Play in the Advancement of International Law?” to the Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law, 2013). PROFESSOR STEPHEN SHAPIRO Professor Shapiro published “The Referendum Process in Maryland: Balancing Respect for Representative Government with the Right to Direct Democracy,” 44 University of Baltimore Law Forum 1 (Fall 2013). PROFESSOR COLIN STARGER A video “article” by Professor Starger was published in spring 2014 in the Federal Courts Law Review, which is peer reviewed by U.S. magistrate judges and law professors. The sevenminute video explains Supreme Court doctrine relating to civil pleading standards. Starger collaborated on the piece with Scott Dodson from the UC Hastings College of Law. Starger contributed a chapter, “The Dialectic of Stare Decisis,” to Professor Christopher Peters’ book Precedent in the United States Supreme Court. Starger published two works about United States v. Windsor. The first, which employed maps, was “A Visual Guide to United States v. Windsor: Doctrinal Origins of Justice Kennedy’s Majority Opinion,” 108 Northwestern Law Review Colloquy 130 (2013). The second article was “The Virtue of Obscurity,” 59 Villanova Law Review Tolle Lege 17 (2013). PROFESSOR DONALD STONE Stone published “The Dangers of Psychotropic Medication for Mentally Ill Children: Where Is the Child’s Voice in Consenting to Medication? An Empirical Study,” 23 Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review 121 (Fall 2013). Stone’s article “Confine Is Fine: Have the Non-Dangerous Mentally Ill Lost Their Right to Liberty? An Empirical Study to Unravel the Psychiatrist’s Crystal Ball” appeared in 20 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 323 (Winter 2012).

PROFESSOR BYRON WARNKEN, J.D. ’77 Professor Warnken published a chapter titled “Preservation” in the fourth edition of Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer: State and Federal, Andrew Levy and Paul Mark Sandler, eds. (Maryland State Bar Association, 2014).

faculty activities PROFESSOR BARBARA BABB, the director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts, was the keynote speaker at the Maine State Bar Association 2014 Access to Justice Symposium and annual meeting on Jan. 31. PROFESSOR JOHN BESSLER spoke about the death penalty at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis on March 1. The keynote speakers were the Dalai Lama and Sister Helen Prejean. PROFESSOR FRED BROWN helped to organize and moderated a March 24 panel discussion at the spring 2014 tax symposium co-sponsored by the Maryland State Bar Association’s Tax Section and the University of Baltimore School of Law’s graduate tax program. PROFESSOR DANIELLE COVER presented a talk titled “Good Grief: Loss, Grief, and Engaged Non-Attachment” at AALS’ 37th Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education, held in Chicago in late April. PROFESSOR GILDA DANIELS was among 30 women honored for Women’s History Month 2014 in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Daniels was inducted into the National Black Law Students Association Hall of Fame at the NBLSA convention, held in March in Milwaukee. PROFESSOR J. AMY DILLARD presented a talk titled “The Child Welfare System’s Response to LGBT Persons” at Symposium 2014: Emerging Issues in Child Welfare, sponsored by Washington and Lee University School of Law on Feb. 28.

PROFESSOR GREGORY DOLIN took part in a “Supreme Court Series” held by American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. Dolin spoke April 28 about Nautilus Inc. v. Biosig Instruments Inc.

Tax Theory Conference, which was held at the UB School of Law on April 4-5.

PROFESSOR GARRETT EPPS’ book American Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution was named a finalist for the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Book award.

PROFESSOR MICHELE GILMAN spoke Dec. 12 at the New America Foundation. The program—“In Poverty, Under Surveillance”—examined the experiences of families and individuals in the public benefits system, which requires people to provide extensive personal and financial information as well as to submit to unannounced visits, fingerprinting and drug testing.

PROFESSOR WENDY GERZOG organized the 17th annual Critical

On May 15, Gilman presented a talk titled “Learning the Nuts

and Bolts of Maryland’s New Lien for Unpaid Wages” at the Maryland Partners for Justice Conference, which was held May 15 in Baltimore. PROFESSOR NIENKE GROSSMAN was named a legal adviser to the government of Chile in a dispute between Chile and Bolivia pending in the International Court of Justice. This is her second time advising Chile in a case before the court; she was a legal adviser in the Peru v. Chile case, which was decided last winter. Grossman was elected co-chair

of the International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group of the American Society of International Law for the 2014-17 period. Grossman presented a paper—“Why so few women on international courts?”—at the Junior International Law Scholars Association meeting at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in January. PROFESSOR MICHAEL HIGGINBOTHAM has been named the Dean Joseph Curtis Professor of Law. Curtis served as dean of the UB School of Law from 1969 to 1978.

in the news PHILLIP CLOSIUS and STEVEN SILVERMAN, J.D. ’91 Alumnus Steven Silverman, J.D. ’91, and Professor Phillip Closius have filed a class-action complaint on behalf of more than 750 former NFL players. The lawsuit, which has sparked considerable media interest, claims that players were illegally provided painkillers without prescriptions or proper supervision in order to keep them on the field during important games. The NFL has denied the charges. Closius and Silverman appeared on NBC's TODAY show June 18 with former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who said he and other NFL players were misled by the league about the painkillers he said were used to keep them playing despite injuries.

DANIEL HATCHER Professor Hatcher published an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun on Oct. 14, 2013. Titled “How Maryland robs its most vulnerable children,” the article focused on the Maryland Department of Human Resources’ practice of appropriating foster children’s assets. In particular, Hatcher discussed the state’s hiring of a private company to obtain additional Social Security disability and survivor benefits from foster children for use as government revenue. The op-ed prompted a letter to the editor from the department’s secretary, Ted Dallas, who wrote that “every dime” taken from a foster child goes to help that child. Hatcher responded on Oct. 23 with a letter titled “Sorry, but DHR is robbing foster

children.” Wrote Hatcher: “Children see zero benefit when the agency takes their funds to reimburse costs for services the state is already federally required to provide—and for which children have no debt obligation.”

CASSANDRA HAVARD Professor Havard contributed an op-ed to The Baltimore Sun on March 13, 2014. In “Banking on those who don’t,” Havard discussed the need for affordable banking services for low-income consumers, who often don’t have a relationship with a bank and must rely on alternative—and expensive—providers such as check-cashing services. Havard wrote that a report by the U.S. Postal Service’s inspector general indicated the agency could make $9 billion a year by providing banking services that would be more affordable than those offered by the alternative market.

MICHAEL HIGGINBOTHAM Professor Higginbotham published an op-ed in The New York Times’ online edition on April 27, 2014, after the Supreme Court upheld a Michigan constitutional amendment that banned affirmative action at that state’s public universities. In “Race-based Affirmative Action Is Still Needed,” Higginbotham wrote: “[R]ace-based preference is still vital in the United States given the country’s history of slavery and its continuing, pervasive racial discrimination. To think otherwise is selective memory loss.”

ELIZABETH KEYES Professor Keyes and the Immigrant Rights Clinic were the focus of an Aug. 1, 2014, Daily Record story that was picked up by The Associated Press and published in The Washington Post under the headline “Clinic on the front lines of immigration battle.” The story, about the clinic’s work with young Central American migrants, also was translated into Spanish and appeared in La Jornada, a Mexican newspaper. Said Keyes: “Why are we putting so many resources to bear to send these kids back to places where they could be harmed?”

HUGH MCCLEAN On Aug. 14, 2014, The Daily Record published a story about the new Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic, which seeks to help veterans access their disability benefits, among other goals. The story was picked up by The Associated Press and appeared in The Washington Post. “As veterans return from Iraq and Afghanistan, more veterans are filing claims than they’ve done in previous wars, so there’s a real need to have a clinic like this in the community,” said McClean, the clinic’s director.

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notes Higginbotham delivered three endowed lectures in fall 2013. The first, on Sept. 11—the Nellie Nugent Sommerville Lecture on Politics and Public Affairs at Delta State University in Mississippi— was titled “Saving the Dream for All.” On Sept. 17, Higginbotham was the keynote speaker at Ohio’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s Constitution Day, with “Ending Racism in PostRacial America.” Higginbotham also gave the University of Notre Dame Diversity Lecture on Nov. 14, “Hopeful Dreams and PostRacial Realities.” PROFESSOR WILLIAM HUBBARD gave several lectures in fall 2013, including “The Debilitating Effect of Strong Patents,” which he delivered in November at the George Washington School of Law and at the University of New Hampshire Intellectual Property Roundtable. Earlier, Hubbard presented “Intellectual Property and X-Inefficiency” at the Mid-Atlantic Patent Worksin-Progress Conference and at the Intellectual Property Scholars Conference. Hubbard took part in a “Supreme Court Series” held by American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. Hubbard spoke April 30 about Limelight Networks v. Akami Technologies. In March, PROFESSOR DAVID JAROS presented “Rogue DNA Databases and the Police” at the Criminal Justice Scholarship Conference at American University Washington College of Law. PROFESSOR MARGARET JOHNSON served as the chair of the planning committee for the 2014 AALS Conference on Clinical Education, held in late April in Chicago. The preeminent national conference for clinicians, the event drew more than 700 people, the largest turnout ever for an AALS clinical conference.

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Along with clinic fellow JENNIFER KIM, Johnson supervised students in the Bronfein Family Law Clinic who worked on legal research and oral and written testimony in support of legislation that sought to ease the burden on domestic violence victims seeking protective orders. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley on April 14. PROFESSOR ELIZABETH KEYES moderated a panel titled “Unwanted, Unaccompanied and Unrepresented: How State and Federal Laws Provide Hope for Noncitizen Children in the United States” at the 2014 Maryland Partners for Justice Conference, held May 15 in Baltimore. Keyes was named to the board of the Maryland Immigrant Rights Coalition. On April 2, PROFESSOR PARAG RAJENDRA KHANDHAR spoke at the 2014 Symposium of the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, whose theme was “Poverty in the New Gilded Age: Inequality in America.” Khandhar helped deliver a presentation about collective strategies to combat poverty in communities of color, with a specific focus on worker ownership of cooperative enterprises. On Oct. 5, PROFESSOR ROBERT LANDE gave a talk in Florence, Italy, titled “The U.S. Experience With Private Antitrust Enforcement.” The address was given at a workshop on private antitrust enforcement held by the European University Institute. Lande and Joshua P. Davis, of the University of San Francisco School of Law, won an Antitrust Writing Award in the private enforcement category for their article “Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Case for Private Antitrust Enforcement.” On Feb. 28, Lande testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, which held a hearing titled “The FTC at 100: Views From the Academic Experts.” PROFESSOR JAIME LEE and PROFESSOR NANCY MODESITT

were recognized as Teachers of the Year for the University of Baltimore School of Law at January’s annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools in New York. PROFESSOR AUDREY MCFARLANE was named to the 2014 “Top 100 Women” list by The Daily Record, which selects winners based on professional accomplishment, dedication to community and mentoring. McFarlane was named to Lawyers of Color’s “50 Under 50 list,” a national catalogue of minority professors who are making an impact in legal education. PROFESSOR MICHAEL MEYERSON’s book Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America was quoted by the Supreme Court in its May decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway, in which a majority of the court held that sectarian prayers at government meetings are allowed under the Constitution. However, in a May 10 interview with The Baltimore Sun, Meyerson said that the majority opinion misread the point of his 2012 work and that the Framers of the Constitution “deliberately did not use sectarian language.” PROFESSOR JANE MURPHY has been named the Laurence M. Katz Professor of Law, after the dean of the UB School of Law who stepped down in 1992 after 14 years in the position. In December, Professors Murphy and ROBERT RUBINSON presented a paper, “Legal Education, Low Income Communities and Informal Justice,” at Jindal Global Law School in India at the annual conference of the Global Alliance for Justice Education. They were among delegates representing 60 countries and more than 100 law schools. PROFESSOR ODEANA NEAL organized the Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference 2014, which was held at the Angelos Law Center. The focus was an examination and critique of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program on its 50th anniversary. Former U.S. Rep. Ronald Dellums was the keynote speaker.

PROFESSOR MAX OPPENHEIMER represented the inventor of a vaccine designed to prevent and/or treat cancer and certain infections, which, after a fiveyear effort, received a patent from the U.S. Patent Office on Nov. 26 (U.S. Patent 8,592,391). The vaccine is in clinical trials in the United States, at The Johns Hopkins University and at the Medical University of South Carolina, and in Canada. PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER PETERS delivered a paper, “Legal Formalism, Procedural Principles, and Judicial Constraint,” as part of a panel titled “General Principles and the Judiciary: Legal Theory and Courts’ Interaction” at the annual conference of the EuropeanAmerican Consortium on Legal Education, which was held in late May in Parma, Italy. PROFESSOR NATALIE RAM was named to Super Lawyers’ 2014 Rising Stars list, which recognizes lawyers who are 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for a maximum of 10 years. PROFESSOR ELIZABETH SAMUELS testified about an adoption law bill at a hearing of the New York State Assembly Committee on Health on Jan. 31 in New York City. Samuels accepted an invitation to meet March 13 with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s health and civil rights counsels to discuss adoption legislation pending in the state. In March, Samuels spoke at a national conference of the interdisciplinary Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture held at Florida State University. She discussed the role of Jean Paton, the “mother of adoption law reform.” PROFESSOR WALTER SCHWIDETZKY delivered a talk titled “Integrating Subchapters K and S” at the UB School of Law’s 17th annual Critical Tax Theory Conference, held April 4-5. Schwidetzky spoke at the Chapman Law Review Business Tax Symposium in Orange, Calif., on March 14. The title of his talk was “Integrating Subchapters K and S: The Beat Goes On.”

PROFESSOR MORTIMER SELLERS was selected by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents as a recipient of a 2014 USM Regents’ Faculty Award for Mentoring. In November, Sellers delivered “The Fundamental Requirements of the Rule of Law” at the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg at the invitation of the American Bar Association and the Russian Federation Society of Advocates. Sellers moderated a panel titled “The Role of the Judge and General Principles in Selected Issues and Case Studies” at the annual conference of the European-American Consortium on Legal Education, which was held in late May in Parma, Italy. On Nov. 13, JUDGE FREDERIC SMALKIN presented the School of Law’s inaugural Stephen L. Snyder Lecture on Litigation. His talk was titled “A Brief History of the Jury Trial From About 1250 to the Present.” Judge Smalkin directed an annual moot court program for McDonogh School seniors, who brief and argue a matter that is pending argument in the Supreme Court. The topic was the warrantless search of cell phones seized in an arrest. In late May, Judge Smalkin delivered a paper, “Just Results in the Common Law System in Historical Perspective,” as part of a panel titled “General Principles and the Judiciary: Legal Systems and Domestic Frameworks” at the annual conference of the European-American Consortium on Legal Education, held in Parma, Italy. PROFESSOR COLIN STARGER was part of a team that secured the exoneration of a Texas man who served more than 12 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Starger helped the Dallas district attorney’s Conviction Integrity Unit review previously untested DNA evidence, which in Michael Phillips’ case proved he did not commit the 1990 rape for which he was convicted. Phillips was officially exonerated on July 25.

Starger was named to the 2014 Fastcase 50 list, which recognizes legal innovators and leaders, for his work on the SCOTUS Mapping Project. Starger was granted an Experiential Learning Lab Fellowship at New York University School of Law to work with Professor Peggy Cooper Davis, whose course looks at evolving civil rights doctrine in the United States. The two used Starger’s mapping software as a pedagogical tool in experiential learning. In February, PROFESSOR BYRON WARNKEN, J.D. ’77, argued Raynor v. State in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, addressing whether a free citizen, who told the police he would not provide a DNA sample, has a Fourth Amendment reasonable expectation of privacy in his genetic material when police take the DNA without his permission and without a warrant. On Nov. 21, DEAN RONALD WEICH took part in a panel discussion on federal sentencing at the University of New Hampshire School of Law’s Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy. In January, Weich was named an “Influential Marylander” by The Daily Record.

adjunct faculty ADJUNCT PROFESSOR NEIL DILLOFF’s article “Law School Training: Bridging the Gap Between Legal Education and the Practice of Law” won a 2014 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing. The award is given to 30 authors from entries submitted by the nation’s 1,000 largest law firms. ADJUNCT PROFESSOR JOHN GOSSART JR., J.D. ’74, who retired last year as a judge on the U.S. Immigration Court in Baltimore, met with members of Congress and their staffs on April 29 to discuss and advocate for immigration reform

and legislation. He appeared on behalf of the National Association of Immigration Judges and with members of CAMBIO (Campaign for Accountable, Moral and Balanced Immigration Overhaul). ADJUNCT PROFESSOR MARIE VASBINDER was named to The Daily Record’s “Top 100 Women” list, which selects winners based on professional accomplishment, dedication to community and mentoring.

in memoriam John F. Baker II, J.D. ’03 Mary Elizabeth Benedict, J.D. ’00 The Hon. John H. Briscoe, J.D. ’60 John R. Brown, LL.B. ’68 The Hon. Luke K. Burns Jr., J.D. ’64 Elizabeth T. Clark, LL.B. ’67 Robert L. Creighton, LL.B. ’66 Franklin S. Dail, LL.B. ’61 Lillian V. Dailey, J.D. ’70

staff CLAUDIA DIAMOND, J.D. ’95, director of academic success, has been appointed by Judge Lynne Battaglia to a task force that is examining all aspects of admission to the bar in Maryland. CATHERINE MOORE joined the law school in January 2014 as the coordinator of international law programs after completing a master’s in law at the University of Virginia. She received a master’s in international and European laws from the Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre and graduated magna cum laude with an LL.B. in English and French law from the University of Essex in England. Moore received her undergraduate degree in Romance languages from the University of Georgia in 2005. Moore was recognized by the University of Virginia for her involvement in organizing and participating in the school’s first team to compete in the Jean Pictet Competition in International Humanitarian Law. Moore mentored and coached last year’s team, which won the competition in March. MILLICENT NEWHOUSE joined the law school as the director of externships in March. Newhouse received a J.D. from the Howard University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Michigan. Previously, Newhouse worked at Columbia Legal Services in Seattle.

Professor Eugene J. Davidson Jerry R. Engelman, J.D. ’67 Joel J. Finkelstein, J.D. ’55 Louis J. Foudos, J.D. ’65 Stanford H. Franklin, J.D. ’56 James T. Gibbons Jr., J.D. ’75 Stanley B. Grempler, LL.B. ’59 Alonzo P. Hairston, J.D. ’70 Ronald R. Hogg, J.D. ’77, LL.M. ’89 William H. Hurst, J.D. ’51 James O. Hutchinson, J.D. ’76 William L. Jones, J.D. ’58 Nicholas J. Kiladis, J.D. ’64 Charles E. Kountz Jr., J.D. ’70 Herbert Matz, LL.B. ’36 The Hon. John M. McLoughlin, J.D. ’65 Earl Ivory McMillan Jr., LL.B. ’57 Edward J. McNeal, LL.B. ’63 John J. Moran, J.D. ’72 The Hon. Vernon L. Neilson, LL.B. ’51 The Hon. Anthony M. Nolan, J.D. ’88 Walter T. Price Jr., J.D. ’69 Janis A. Riker, J.D. ’79 The Hon. Bishop L. Robinson Sr., Honorary LL.D. ’86 Edward J. Schmidt Jr., J.D. ’67 Louis E. Schmidt, LL.B. ’54 George S. Schulmeyer, LL.B. ’68 Robert V. Sloan, LL.B. ’63 Charles W. Stills, LL.B. ’67 The Hon. Basil A. Thomas, LL.B. ’35 Timothy T. Williams, J.D. ’74

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ohn Adams, representing British

treatise. George Washington and Thomas

fight—joined the growing chorus of states

soldiers accused of murder after

Jefferson bought copies, with Jefferson tran-

choosing to abolish capital punishment. On

the Boston Massacre, passion-

scribing more than two dozen extracts from

hand that day: Kirk Bloodsworth, a former

ately quoted from a book written

On Crimes and Punishments into his commonplace book. After penning the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson drafted a bill in Virginia in the 1770s to make punishments more proportionate to crimes. He cited Beccaria’s treatise multiple times, with the bill seeking to eliminate the death penalty for all crimes except murder and treason. The wide-ranging influence of Beccaria’s book on American law can be gleaned from a 1786 letter that William Bradford, then Pennsylvania’s attorney general, sent to Luigi Castiglioni, an Italian botanist who toured America in the mid-1780s. In his letter, Bradford—a close friend of James Madison from their college days at Princeton—heaped praise upon Beccaria’s treatise. “Long before the recent Revolution,” Bradford wrote, “this book was common among lettered persons of Pennsylvania, who admired its principles without daring to hope that they could be adopted in legislation, since we copied the laws of England, to whose laws we were subject.” During the founders’ time, the death penalty—often described as cruel, even then— was the mandatory, or usual, punishment for murder and other crimes. In those days, executions were thought to be necessary, especially since state and federal prisons did not exist to hold violent offenders indefinitely. Indeed, America’s first penitentiary—Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Prison—did not open until after the U.S. Constitution’s ratification. In the last 15 years, the number of death sentences and executions has declined dramatically, with life-without-parole sentences becoming increasingly popular. Each of the last four years saw fewer than 50 executions. On May 2, 2013, Maryland—after a lengthy

by a 26-year-old Italian philosopher, Cesare Beccaria. Now little remembered in America, Beccaria was tremendously influential with the Founding Fathers. This year

marks the 250th anniversary of the 1764 publication of his treatise Dei delitti e delle

pene, which was translated into English in 1767 as On Crimes and Punishments. The book argued against torture and was the first Enlightenment text to make a comprehensive case against capital punishment. “I am for the prisoners at the bar,” Adams said in his courtroom statement, delivered in 1770, “and shall apologize for it only in the words of the Marquis Beccaria: ‘If by supporting the rights of mankind, and of invincible truth, I shall contribute to save from the agonies of death one unfortunate victim of tyranny, or ignorance, equally fatal, his blessings and tears of transport shall be sufficient consolation to me for the contempt of all mankind.’” John Quincy Adams later remarked on the “electrical effect” Beccaria’s words—as spoken by his father—had on jurors. For more than 20 years, I have sought the death penalty’s abolition. America’s physicians consider it unethical to participate in executions, but the American Bar Association—the nation’s leading membership organization for lawyers—has not yet squarely condemned the practice. With the latest series of botched executions in Ohio, Oklahoma and Arizona, it seems only fitting for the legal profession to reassess its own willingness to involve itself in state-sanctioned killing. In the late 1700s, America’s founders avidly read and were inspired by Beccaria’s

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Maryland death-row inmate who was exonerated through DNA evidence. In tracing Beccaria’s influence on American law for my latest book, I recount how men like Washington, Madison and Jefferson were themselves not so gung-ho about capital punishment. Jefferson wrote in the 1820s that “Beccaria and other writers on crimes and punishments had satisfied the reasonable world of the unrightfulness and inefficacy of the punishment of crimes by death.” America’s penal system has already abandoned nonlethal corporal punishments such as whipping and ear cropping. With the ready availability of maximum-security prisons, coupled with the now-widespread use of life-without-parole sentences, Americans need to consider whether America’s death penalty should go the way of the pillory and the whipping post. While approximately 50,000 U.S. inmates are now serving life-without-parole sentences, the country has fewer than 3,100 death-row inmates. That makes executions—considered cruel by Beccaria and his disciples, and now mainly in use in the Deep South—a particularly unusual punishment, too.

JOHN BESSLER is a professor at the School of Law. He is the author of six books, including Death in the Dark: Midnight Executions in America and Cruel and Unusual: The American Death Penalty and the Founders’ Eighth Amendment. His latest book is The Birth of American Law: An Italian Philosopher and the American Revolution, published by Carolina Academic Press in August.

The University of Baltimore School of Law welcomes four new faculty members HUGH McCLEAN

Director of The Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic

ADEEN POSTAR

Director of the law library

A U.S. Air Force major, McClean recently served as special counsel in the Air Force’s Office of the General Counsel at the Pentagon. McClean, who taught law at the U.S. Air Force Academy from 2007 to 2010, earned a master of laws from George Washington University, a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Miami University.

NATALIE RAM

We are proud to introduce you to four new colleagues who bring a wealth of experience and diverse perspectives to the law school.

Postar comes to UB from American University, where she served as the deputy director of the Pence Law Library. As an adjunct professor, she also taught Advanced Legal Research. Postar holds a master’s degree in library science from the Catholic University of America School of Library and Information Science, as well as a J.D. and a bachelor’s degree in history from Washington University.

MATIANGAI SIRLEAF

Assistant professor of law

A 2008 graduate of Yale Law School, Ram specializes in the intersection of bioethics and the law. Ram, who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and for Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, comes to UB from Morrison & Foerster LLP in Washington. She graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in public and international affairs.

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Sirleaf graduated from Yale Law School in 2008 after earning a master’s degree in international affairs from the University of Ghana and a bachelor’s in political science from NYU. From 2009 to 2010, she clerked for the chief justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Sirleaf comes to UB from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she taught international human rights law and transitional justice.

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