Hamline Grads Step into the Future

Nearly two hundred students graduated at Hamline University School of Law on Saturday, May 23. Among them, four earned summa cum laude honors; 21 received magna cum laude honors; and 23 earned cum laude honors. It was a brilliant, summer-like day as graduates and their families and friends gathered on the Hamline University Old Main lawn for Commencement and the receipt of those hard-earned and well-deserved JD diplomas. Earlier in the week, many law students were honored at the Graduate Recognition Banquet, with MJF Staff Attorney Sara Schwebs '92 congratulating the 50 students who logged a total of 7,000 volunteer hours for the year. The Alumni Association also sponsored the annual patio party for some much needed relaxation and a moment of celebration. A photo slideshow documents the triumphs and memorable moments and can be viewed here. Top

Alumni Judges Receive a Well-Deserved Thank You

Hundreds of Hamline University School of Law alumni devote a sizable chunk of their busy professional day each year to serving as judges of Hamline 1Ls competing in the Legal Research and Writing (LRW) oral argument competition. They arrive quietly, listen carefully, ask thoughtful questions and then provide oral feedback for 10-15 minutes after each argument.

"Without these dedicated alumni judges, we would not be able to offer intensive legal research and writing feedback to students so early on in their legal education," said Hamline LRW Director Mary Trevor. "Alumni are the heart and soul of this critical aspect of the LRW program and we greatly appreciate their contributions."

Notes Legal Research and Writing Instructor Mary Dunnewold, "Many judges help us year after year. I have some alumni who have judged for me for 10 years or more. I have found that they are almost uniformly positive and helpful to the students. That is, they offer constructive feedback and reassurance to the students about their abilities. The students usually really appreciate hearing from "real life" attorneys."

The culmination of the oral argument competition is the honor round, in which LRW faculty select the 10 top oralists (shown above with Dean Lewis and LRW faculty) based on their performance in the earlier competition. Alumni who judged oral arguments in the honor round devoted nearly eight hours to the process on April 18. Alumni Honor Round judges for 2009 included Julie Loftus-Nelson, Allen Blair and A.L. Brown

Alumni judges this year included:

• Wes Abrahamson Elena Ateva Brian Axell Shane Barnes Heidi Boe Tessa Boury Amber Bowman Megan Brennan Wayde Brooks Brianne Brown Michael Burns Anne Byrne Megan Clinefelter Angel Daher Colleen Daly Amy Draeger Emeric Dwyer Greg Egan Maria Ferreira Melisa Lopez Franzen

  Shari Selander Frey Mike Gates Peter Gerdes Laura Gilbert JaPaul Harris Kim Holst Katie Iverson Jake Kern Rob Lawton Pam Marentette Jessica Kutcha-Miller Karen Mohrlant Brian Niemczyk Angela Olson Patina Park Beth Paulson Matt Resch Jack Roberts J.B. Roth

  Jon Russell Shelley Ryan Dan Sagstetter Kristy Saum Sara Schwebs Paula Semrow Dena Sonbol Nadege Souvenir Ken Swift Nisha Taneja Whitney Teel William Topka Uyen Tran Amy Tripp Brian Varland Kirsten Vaage Nick Vivian Gerry Weinrich Karen Westwood

 

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Stephanie Haedt: Up and Coming Attorney

Hamline law alumna Stephanie A. Haedt was named an "Up and Coming Attorney" by Minnesota Lawyer earlier this month. This article, by Jane Pribek, is provided with permission from Minnesota Lawyer.

Attorney Stephanie A. Haedt has come full circle. She used to represent plantiffs exclusively in employment law in the fast-paced Twin Cities legal community. These days Haedt, a shareholder with Peterson, Savelkoul & Benda in Albert Lea, represents employers and practices in a small town.

It agrees with her.

"I have seen what plantiffs' attorneys look for when pursuing actions, and with that point of view, I can better help our local businesses avoid those pitfalls," she says.

As for her work in a smaller community, she says, "The practice of law is very different outside the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Here, we know the court clerks by name; we deal with the same opposing counsel; and we all get together every two weeks for bar luncheons. There's also a much better balance in my life between work and family."

In addition to her employment law practice, Haedt handles family law cases and civil litigation.

Haedt, originally from nearby Austin, demonstrates her investment in her (somewhat) new community with her volunteer commitments and her four years of service on the Human Rights Commission.

She provides pro bono services for Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services through its Pro Se Divorce Clinics and by accepting pro bono referrals. In 2008, Haedt was one of the attorneys who donated the most hours to SMRLS. But Haedt is quick to deflect that limelight, noting that her firm is the only one in Albert Lea where 100 percent of the attorneys donate time regularly to legal services--it's just a critical part of her firm's culture.

"I enjoy doing it," she says. "These are people in need who otherwise would not have legal services available to them."

She also is a member of the 2008-09 Community Leadership Program through the Albert Lea-Freeborn County Chamber of Commerce. That service brings her together with a number of community leaders.

It's been amazingly instructive for Haedt.

"It is amazing to discover the resources within the area that are available, that I otherwise would not have known about. That's important for me as an attorney, because information is power. The more I know aobut the resources and issues that affect our community, the better I can serve my clients."

Her husband, Dustin Haedt, works at Hormel Foods in Austin, where they also reside. They have a two-year-old daughter, Brenna.

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Hamline Student Receives Equal Justice Award

Hamline student Kris-Ann Norby-Jahner is the 2009 Equal Justice Award recipient. The award, which was presented by Associate Dean Marie Failinger at a luncheon sponsored by the Minnesota Women Lawyers (MWL), reflects the MWL's commitment to social justice by honoring a Minnesota law student who has most effectively addressed an important and timely legal and social issue of justice and equality. 

Kris-Ann is a third year law student at Hamline while simultaneously pursuing her Ph.D. in English at Kent State University, where her dissertation focuses on sexual harassment in law and literature. A member of Minnesota Women Lawyers, she has been recognized for the pro bono work she has done in law school as a volunteer mediator, Street Law instructor and clerk for the Volunteer Lawyers Network. At Hamline, she has served as managing editor of the Hamline Law Review, a National Moot Court participant and best brief finalist and has been an active member of Minnesota Justice Foundation, Hamline Women's Legal Caucus, the Alternative Dispute Resolution organization, and Delta Theta Phi Fraternity.  In her "spare time," Kris-Ann has clerked for Mansfield, Tanick and Cohen and served as a judicial extern for 10^th District Court Judge Tammi Fredrickson. 

Kris-Ann's paper, which will be published in the Hamline Law Review, is entitled, "'Minor' Online Sexual Harassment and the CDA section 230 defense:  New Directions for Internet Service Provider Liability."  In this paper, Kris-Ann takes on the growing problem of sexual harassment of minors in the Internet, effectively illustrating how email  or postings on popular sites  like MySpace and Facebook have cause severe emotional harm to young women and gay and lesbian youth with no existing legal redress.  She proposes that Internet Service Providers can and should be held liable for failing to monitor and prevent online sexual harassment because they are in the best position to be aware of and stop the extensive harm caused by such online predatory behavior. 

"We commend her clear, compelling and comprehensive analysis of the problem, her careful statutory analysis of existing legal solutions including the Communications Decency Act, and her creative and balanced proposed statutory solution to this problem," said Associate Dean Failinger. 

 

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Professors Jon Kahn and Tom Romero Promoted, Granted Tenure

Associate Professor Jonathan D. Kahn (far right) and Associate Professor Tom I. Romero II (second from left) have been granted tenure by the Hamline University Board of Trustees and promoted to Professor of Law. In making the announcement, Dean Donald Lewis noted the "effective teaching, remarkable scholarship and service to the academy, legal profession and Hamline University" on behalf of both professors that were compelling factors in the decisions.

 

Professor Kahn joined the Hamline law faculty in August 2004 as an assistant professor, and was promoted to associate professor in August 2007. Professor Kahn earned his undergraduate degree (magna cum laude) from Yale University, and his J.D. in 1988 from the University of California, where he graduated Order of the Coif. He also holds a Ph.D. in history from Cornell University.

Professor Kahn is an internationally recognized expert in race-specific medicine, bioethics, genetics and law. His expertise involves a variety of legal disciplines, including constitutional law, torts, and administrative law. His publications cross disciplines and audiences, and range from first-tier law reviews, peer-reviewed medical and health law journals, to Scientific American and other popular periodicals, web journals, and civil-liberties encyclopedias. He has published a book (recently translated into Chinese and published by the Shanghai People's Press), articles, book chapters, book reviews, comments and correspondences. Professor Kahn has made multiple presentations at important venues of intellectual note, including the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, Simon Frazier University, Tilburg Institute of Law and Technology, Universite de Paris, University of Alberta, University of Edinburgh, among others.

Professor Kahn had extensive teaching experience before he came to Hamline and also served as an associate attorney at Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C. At Hamline, he has taught Constitutional Law I and II, Torts II, Genetics: Law, Ethics and Policy, Regulation of the Health Care Industry, Public Health Law and "Law and Human Genetics." In addition, he has served on the Appointments, Tenure, and Promotion Committee and the Special Projects Committee, and has been an active member of Hamline's Public Law Community. He has presented at symposia, conferences, and other forums organized by the Health Law Institute and others. He also has served as the faculty advisor to the Journal of Public Law and Policy; has been a peer-reviewer for the Journal of Law and Religion; and advises students enrolled in the Health Law Institute's certificate program. Students consistently report great satisfaction with his teaching style.

He has provided substantial service to the legal profession, including active involvement in the health law section of the American Association of Law Schools, and is a founding member of an AALS working group that hopes to create a new bio-law section within the association. He participates in the American Bar Association's science and technology section; speaks at its conferences and is a peer reviewer for an ABA-related journal. He is a member of the American Society on Law, Medicine and Ethics, a multi-disciplinary non-profit entity in whose journal he published a co-authored article on the FDA and the drug BiDil.

Professor Tom I. Romero II

Professor Tom Romero joined the Hamline faculty in 2004, and was promoted to associate professor in August 2007. He received a B.A. from the University of Denver, and graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 2000. Professor Romero also holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Michigan. At Hamline he has taught first year Property, Property II, Legal History, and seminars in Legal History (Latinos and the Development of Law), Interdisciplinary Studies (Law and Religion), and Property (Metropolitan Development since World War II). He is a "demanding, intellectually-stimulating professor who effectively utilizes technology, relates well with students, teaches a substantial menu of courses, and is passionate about teaching future lawyers," according to Dean Lewis. Students also give him high marks for his accessibility outside the classroom.

During his time on the Hamline law faculty, Professor Romero has developed and carried out an ambitious scholarly agenda and has developed a local and national reputation for his work on race, property and civil rights. Specifically, his work explores racial transformation in relation to law and jurisprudence in the post- World War II urban United States, and focuses on the relationship between land use, metropolitan development, local government, and its impact on multiracial communities. Since his promotion to associate professor, he has authored three articles and two essays that are published (or are in production) in the New Mexico Law Review, Utah Law Review, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice, Oregon Review of International Law and Berkeley La Raza La Journal. He also has co-authored with a noted legal historian a book chapter on Latinos in Colorado that is forthcoming in a 50-state multivolume work, and he is completing a book manuscript on the legal history of multiracial post-World War II Denver. Both his published and unpublished scholarship has been cited in a recent amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in a variety of law reviews.

Professor Romero has been an exceptionally active member of the law school community, serving on various committees and as advisor for Hamline's Latino Law Student Association, and as primary advisor of the Journal of Public Law and Policy. He was instrumental in the planning, development and implementation of the Journal's two-day international symposium, "Children and their Protection in Law," which resulted in the largest circulation of published scholarship from Hamline University School of Law to date. Professor Romero's service and leadership in the administrative and intellectual life of the University has been extraordinary and resulted in his spring 2008 nomination for a John Wesley Award. He recently was promoted by President Linda Hanson to the university-wide Diversity Integration Steering Committee, and he provided leadership of the "Strength Through Diversity" Strategic Planning Framework for Hamline University.

Professor Romero also has been actively engaged in legal issues beyond the Hamline campus and has been particularly devoted to serving communities of color. He has been involved in the work of the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association (MHBA) and was a key organizer with the National Hispanic Bar Association (NHBA) of the National Moot Court competition, held in Minneapolis in March. He served on the MHBA committee that successfully petitioned the NHBA to hold its 2010 annual meeting in the Twin Cities. Professor Romero has served on the board of Centro Legal and on the advisory board of El Fondo de Nuestra Comunidad (one of only seven Latino-based philanthropies in the United States). He as recognized by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as one of the "25 rising Lation/a change agents in Minnesota."

 

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Allen Blair Promoted to Associate Professor, Voted "Professor of the Year"

Assistant Professor H. Allen Blair has been promoted to Associate Professor at Hamline University School of Law. He also has received the student-voted honor of "Professor of the Year." In recommending Professor Blair for promotion, the Tenured Faculty Subcommittee of the Appointments, Tenure and Promotion Committee noted that Professor Blair "is an extremely productive faculty member. His teaching, scholarship and service to the school, bar and community are of excellent quality, meeting or exceeding the standards for promotion to Associate Professor."

Professor Blair began his service at Hamline as a visiting assistant professor in the fall semester of 2005-06 and was appointed to the tenure track beginning in the fall semester of 2006-07. He received his B.F.A. (magna cum laude) from the University of North Dakota and his J.D. from Hamline University School of Law. He received his LL.M. as a Kent Scholar (highest honors) from Columbia University School of Law. Professor Blair began his legal career as a law clerk for Federal District Court Judge Paul Magnusson and later was an associate at Greene and Espel, a prominent Twin Cities law firm, where he focused on complex business litigation in the legal courts.

At Hamline he has taught and published in the Contract, Federal Courts, and Commercial Law areas. He has provided exemplary service to the Law School and the University, serving on various Law School and University Committees, acting as a co-coach and co-advisor for the Admiralty and International Moot Courts teams, teaching orientation and ASP workships, judging the first-year oral argument honor round, and serving as an advisor for various independent study projects.

The committee members who visited Professor Blair's classes all rated his teaching as excellent. "Students were attentive, engaged and stimulated to participate. Also, Professor Blair drives students to analyze problems deeply and critically," they noted.

Not surprisingly for a faculty member voted "Professor of the Year," Professor Blair's student evaluations have been uniformly high every year. He also is highly regarded for his open door policy and for effectively using technology for all classes that permit students to conveniently access him via computer with questions.

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Introducing the Hamline Dean's Summer Fellows

The state budget shortfall is challenging the Minnesota court system to accomplish more with fewer resources. Students are working harder, too, to secure professional work and volunteer opportunities in the current economic downturn. In response, Hamline University School of Law has developed an innovative pilot program--the Dean's Summer Fellows--to help qualifying second-year law students gain valuable legal experience with a Minnesota judge while providing volunteer clerks to alleviate the strain on the court system.

Each summer fellow will perform 150 hours of volunteer work for one of the participating judges, and will receive a $1,500 stipend. The program primarily is funded through gifts to the law school.

"The Dean's Summer Fellows program promotes the public service values of our law school," said Hamline Law Dean Donald M. Lewis. "It allows us to reward students by providing them with critical legal experience and an opportunity to serve the courts and the community."

Students who have been selected as Dean's Summer Fellows include Michael Thro (2nd Judicial District Judge Diane Alshouse); Ariel Lopen (Hennepin County District Judge Tanya Bransford); Karly Kauf (U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank); Theresa Johnson (10th Judicial District Judge Sharon Hall); Elizabeth Leahy (2nd Judicial District Judge Greff Johnson); Keith Marnholtz (10th Judicial District Judge John McBride); Jerrod Montoya (Hennepin County District Judge John McShane); Benjamin Petersburg (Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Gordon Schumaker); Ryan Flynn (2nd Judicial District Judge Theresa Warner); Matthew Loeffler (3rd Judicial District Judge Joseph Wieners) and Matthew Thompson (10th Judicial District Judge Mary Yunker).

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Hamline Launches DRI Press

Hamline's Dispute Resolution Institute (DRI), which recently was ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, is entering the world of publishing. Its newly created "DRI Press" will publish "Rethinking Negotiation Teaching: Innovations for Context and Culture."

The book, which was co-edited by Professor James Coben (right), is the first of three anticipated editions. The goal is to publish one edition following each of the Second Generation Global Negotiation Education Project's three conferences: Rome in May 2008; Istanbul in October 2009; and Beijing upcoming in October 2010. (The Second Generation project is a multi-year effort on behalf of DRI to critique contemporary negotiation pedagogy and create new training designs, in cooperation with the JAMS Foundation, ADR Center, Italy and the Negotiation Journal.)

This first edition has 22 chapters that are authored by 43 contributors representing 15 different countries, including an introduction co-authored by Professor Coben, as well as chapters by Hamline Law Professors Ken Fox and Bobbi McAdoo. The JAMS Foundation awarded Hamline $30,000 to produce and disseminate the book. Translations are underway into Arabic, Chinese and Turkish.

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Kushner Plays Inspire CLE Event at Guthrie

The dramatic works of playwright Tony Kushner will be the inspiration for Love, Law and Litigation: A Dialog of Bias in American Sexual and Gender Identity, the June 9 national continuing legal education event presented in partnership by the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, and West LegalEdcenter. Love, Law and Litigation complements the Guthrie's landmark theater-wide celebration honoring the plays of Tony Kushner, best-known for his two-part epic, Angels in America. The Guthrie has announced that Kushner - winner of the Pulitzer prize, an Emmy Award and two Tony Awards - will take part in this CLE as a panelist, along with Hamline University School of Law adjunct professor Joni Thome. 

Exploring polarized social attitudes related to sexual orientation and gender identity and their effect on law throughout the United States, the June 9 event for attorneys nationwide will employ live stage performances by Guthrie actors on-stage, along with discussions of excerpts from Kushner's plays by a panel of legal professionals. Attorneys around the world also may access the Love, Law and Litigation event at West LegalEdcenter as a live webcast and then as an on-demand video.

The core question to be explored by the Love, Law and Litigation event will be: "What is it about how we live and love, and how we see ourselves, that creates such deep legal, social and political divides?" Few other social issues remain as polarizing as sexual orientation and gender identity," says Lee Ann Enquist, vice president, West Professional Development. "This course will use the plays of Tony Kushner such as "Caroline, or Change" and "Angels in America," along with first-hand accounts of individuals' experiences with competing legal, social and political forces, to comment upon the effect they are having on state and federal jurisprudence."

This June 9 (2-4 p.m.) event builds upon other collaborations between the Guthrie Theatre and West, including CLE events that utilized William Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice to explore bias, Jeffrey Hatcher's The Government Inspector to provide insight into corruption, and the late Wendy Wasserstein's play Third to explore discrimination against women. This arrangement for continuing legal education is the first of its kind in the world, joining a major professional theatre and a CLE provider in creating original content for attorney's training and development.

Registration Information: To enroll in either the live CLE event at the Guthrie Theater or the live webcast on June 9, visit www.westlegaledcenter.com <http://www.westlegaledcenter.com/> , search by program name and continue through the checkout process. The course, which costs $200, provides 2.0 credits toward the Elimination of Bias requirements in Minnesota, California and Oregon. It provides 2.0 or greater CLE credits toward the Ethics requirements of most other jurisdictions. CPD credit has also been applied for in the United Kingdom.

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Coulter Presentation Available Online

Robert (Tim) Coulter discussed "The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Turning Point," on April 22 as part of the Anne Marie Fairbanks (Williams) Indigenous Law Forum, which is established and supported by Marilyn and Ron Mitsch.

Coulter is shown here with Marilyn Mitsch and Dean Lewis. A recording of his presentation is available on the law school's website here.

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June 30 2009 is Hamline's Fiscal Year End

We need your support before our fiscal year ends on June 30. A gift of just $10 keeps you connected with HUSL while helping current and future law students. Show your support today and visit our secure giving form to make a gift today. Thank you!

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May 2009 Faculty Notes

 

Professor H. Allen Blair has been promoted to Associate Professor.

Professor James Coben served as a guest editor and co-wrote an introduction for a Special Section ("Second Professor James Coben authored Generation Global Negotiation Education") published in Negotiation Journal, Volume 25, Number 2 (April 2009), published by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Guest editing for the journal is a rare honor. The Special Section contains an article co-authored by Professor Bobbi McAdoo.   Professor Coben also made two presentations at the Tenth Annual Legal Educator's Colloquium, co-sponsored by the American Association of Law Schools and the ADR Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) and held in conjunction with the ABA ADR Section Annual Meeting on April 18, 2009 (New York, NY). The first presentation, "Developing ‘Second Generation' Negotiation Teaching," showcased the DRI Second Generation Global Negotiation Education project, including the newly published book and Negotiation Journal special issue. The second presentation -- "The Law of Dispute Resolution (and Ideas for How to Teach it)," challenged educators to better incorporate the complex body of ADR statutory and case law into law school courses.

In addition, Professor Coben gave a plenary presentation on mediation law to federal magistrates at a judicial education training in Redondo Beach, CA sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center (April 22, 2009). He will repeat the presentation at a second Federal Judicial Center training for magistrate judges scheduled for Milwaukee, WI (July 17, 2009).  He also presented in a teleseminar - "Beyond the Negotiator's Fieldbook: The "Negotiation Teaching 2.0" Initiative" - sponsored by the Commercial Law section of the Association for Conflict Resolution (May 4, 2009).

On May 15, Professor Coben chaired a panel entitled "Evaluating Our Students' Performance," at a Mediation Pedagogy Conference sponsored by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School in Boston, MA.

Professor Jon Garon gave a presentation on May 5, "Redefining consumer relationships in the semantic web," for the College of Management Academic Studies, Law School in  Rishon Lezion, Israel, which is the largest private university in Israel.

Professor Kimberly Y.W. Holst will be presenting at the Lone Star Regional Research and Writing Conference to be held at Texas Tech University School of Law on May 29-30.  She will be discussing the use of ESL techniques and methodology in the legal writing classroom. Legal Research and Writing Director Mary Trevor and Law Librarian Grace Mills also are presenting at this conference.

Professor Mary Jo Hunter presented  on "Risks and Challenges of Being in the Moment" at the SALT Workshop on Curricular Development at the University of Minnesota School of Law on April 27, 2009. Prof. Hunter also was a panelist on "Representing Individuals Through the Lens of Tribal Sovereignty: What Lessons Can Be Learned about Problem Solving and Professional Responsibility and How Can We Effectively Guide Our Students in this Work?" at the AALS Clinical Legal Education Conference in Cleveland, Ohio on May 9, 2009.

Professor Lucinda Jesson has been elected to the Board of Directors of Stratis Health, a Bloomington-based nonprofit organization that leads collaboration and innovation in health care quality and safety, and serves as a trusted expert in facilitating improvement for people and communities. She also has joined Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly as business litigation of counsel.

Professor Jonathan Kahn was promoted to Professor of Law and granted tenure by the Hamline University Board of Trustees. He also was interviewed recently on a BBC radio program, BBC Health Check at http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/healthc/healthc_20090511-1032a.mp3

Professor David Larson has written an article titled "Technology Mediated Dispute Resolution and the Deaf Community" that has been accepted for publication in Volume 3, Issue 1 of Health Law and Policy (Spring 2009), published by the American University Washington College of Law.  The article was coauthored with Paula Gajewski Mickelson, Chair of the ASL and Interpreting Dept. at the College of Saint Catherine.

Professor Douglas D. McFarland was a guest Jerilynn Steele WCCO Radio show to comment on the Supreme Court appointment process.

Professor Tom Romero has been promoted to Professor of Law and granted tenure by the Hamline University Board of Trustees.

Professor Howard J. Vogel has been selected as this year's United Theological Seminary Distinguished Alumnus.

 

 

Class Notes May 2009

If you have career or personal news to share with the Hamline Law community, please feel free to drop us a note at lawalum@hamline.edu.

Annie Paruccini ‘07 currently Director of Board and Commission Appointments, will be moving to the State Federal Affairs office in Washington, D.C to become director of that office effective July 1, 2009. 

Gail R. Prock ‘06 was recently honored as a Cabot Executive during the closing keynote lecture of the 25th Anniversary of the Arthur R. Cabot Executive Residency at UW-Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin.  After graduating from Hamline, she began a family business, Pine Harbor Holding Co., with her husband to manufacture and sell the ShadowShield, a portable and lightweight shield that her husband developed to use for hunting and stalking game.

John Dexter ‘02 has been accepted into the Army JAG Corp and will be starting this October.

Jamie (Sandler) Sather ‘02 has joined the legal department of Eden Prairie based Kroll Ontrack Inc.  She will be primarily responsible for negotiating contracts on behalf of Kroll Ontrack.

Bob Tess ‘02 has recently been elected to serve a three-year term on the Arthritis Foundation's Board of Directors.  He is currently an attorney with O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong, S.C. and is a member of the Planning Commission of the Village of West Milwaukee where he lives with his wife Kristen and their two sons.

Angela Brandt ‘99 has been elected to serve a three-year term on the Ramsey County Bar Association's Board of Directors.

Stephanie A. Miller ‘98 has been appointed Human Resources Director at Metropolitan State University.  She is a member of the president's senior leadership team, and is also a member of the vice president for administration and finance's leadership team.  In her new position, she will assume responsibility for all human resources policies and practices.

Daniel Lew ‘95 was recently appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty to serve on the Commission on Judicial Selection.  He has served as a Board Member of the State of Minnesota Ombudsperson for Asian Pacific American Families, and as a Minneapolis Civil Rights Commissioner.  He is also a past President, and active current member, of the Minnesota Chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.

Dan Homstad ‘93, after 15 years in the Hennepin County Public Defender's Office, became a prosecutor in the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.  Currently he handles both juvenile and adult prosecutions.

Leo I. Brisbois ‘87 has assumed the office of President-Elect for the Minnesota State Bar Association.  He will move on to become the President of the MSBA beginning in July 2009.

Scott D. Reep ‘87 received the honor of Solano County Bar Association 2008 Law Firm of the Year for his firm of Gizzi & Reep, LLP. He has served as the President of the Contra Costa Barristers' Association and as President of the Benicia Rotary Club.  He is a founding member and past director/officer of the The Robert G. McGrath American Inn of Court, The Contra Costa County Bar Association Litigation Section and The Law Center, a non-profit organization providing pro bono legal services to the working poor.  In 2005, he was recognized as Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in Contra Costa County .  In addition to his active practice, Scott currently serves as director/general counsel for the Benicia Education Foundation, as a trustee of the Benicia Library Foundation and as Vice-President of the Benicia Bocce League.

FAMILY

David Ujke ‘89 and Amy Douglas were married on April 11, 2009.  David continues to work as Tribal Attorney for the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

13th Annual Alumni Golf Tournament

June is just around the corner and so is the 13th Annual Alumni Golf Tournament on June 2nd!  It is sure to be another fun day with colleagues and friends at the beautiful Prestwick Golf Course in Woodbury.

1:00 p.m. Shotgun Start/Scramble Format

6:00 p.m. Dinner, prizes, and raffle drawings

We hope to see you there!

Where: Prestwick Golf Club, Woodbury, MN  www.prestwick.com
When: Jun. 2, 2009 - 1:00PM
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Hamline Law Alumni Reception & 2009 MSBA Convention

Hamline Law Alumni Reception at the 2009 MSBA Annual Convention
Thursday, June 25, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, French River Room 2

Please join Dean Donald M. Lewis and Hamline Law faculty, staff and alumni during this year's MSBA convention in Duluth.  Enjoy complementary hors d'oeuvres and beverages, and help us celebrate as Leo Brisbois '87 becomes the first American Indian and the first Hamline law alumnus to serve as the President of the Minnesota State Bar Association.

For additional infromation about the 2009 MSBA Annual Convention, please visit: http://www.mnbar.org/convention/index.asp

Where: Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, French River Room 2
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