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.. . . - .. , , : .--.-' ' Tlrie University dDenver College of Law rrL '+ .: . ._ -_ Winter 1988 .I Hartje Brings Enthusiasm for Teaching 'What Lawyers Do' to Clinical Program Fur Pm€essor JdhyH+ Hartje, who years.) '%I fhe twenty-fiie years $hCe, will become Director of the Advccacy chid methodology has made its Ski€€$ Pmgrarn (ASP) at the College place in legal education." of Law in July, teaching in a €aw HE sei a strong future for this school clinical program is as good as kind of teaching# with its emphasis It gets. on what €a- do, rather than what "Wmking with students 0~e-o~ the hw is, and he is elquent abut In This Issue Hartje to Direct ASP I + + I + , , . . I + 1 Alumni Merit Schdars . . , . . -.. 2 LEXIS Prim ; . I I + I 4 1 I I I + 4 1 I I I I, 2 Weller Scholarship +, , . . + +, , , , . 2 Writing Award Presented . . . . . 3 I Ahmni to Raise $333,333.33 , , , 3 Facuhy Awarded Major Grants + 4 Court of Appea€sat DU . . , - . . . . 4 Murder at the Museum . . . . + , , . 6 Student ABA Liaisons . . . . . . . . . 6 Rickebson Gift 7 II11LL++I King Memorial . . . . . , -. . . . . . . . - 8 New Placement Director . . . . + + + 8 Global Enuironmmt Conference 8 Alumni Notes . + + + . . , , , . + . . . . . 9 Zarlengo Award . , + +. , . . . , , +. . 11. Mew Judges . . . . . . . .. . . , . . +. , . 11 1988-Evins Award . , . , + + , . . . . 11 one and teaching he broad spectrum d what lawyers do is the most ex&- hg thing you can do as a law teacher," he says. Hartje has been involved in dinid programs since he was a student at the University o€ Minnesota Law School and helped draft the original memorandum and proposed rule to the Minnesota Supreme Court re- questing that third-year law students be ahwed to represent indigent mis- demeanants in Mu~cipal Court. "There were very few clinical pro- grams at that time," he mys+(Colo- rado's student practice rule, the first in the nation when it was adopted in 1909, stood virtually alone for many - its benefits: "The student gains an understanding of shulls not available under traditiunal educatiow he can develop approaches to problem-sdv- ing using a variety of other tools in addition to the Rules of Procedure; he is able tn.,geta look at legal and soueta1 institutions up dos~ and be- come a studeni'af those institutions; he gains first-hand f~lings €orissues of professional nqm-tsihlity; he can do d these things in a situation whm he can Reflect upon heir meaning with an experiened teai3tedpract-i- timer. " Clinical methdologks such as de playing and simulation are already hg used in mny mditiond classes at DU, he points aut. A class in Wills, .. . ... . . ., ,.,.;"',,.~'I.::.'.. ..I. .- ,.,;;>:: ,, . .. ' . ; ,.y'c,,m ,.; . ; : . : . ..., ..:.,:, . .. ... .., ':.:". Trusts and Estates, for example, re* quires students to draft an actual will, :, . ,. .' .. , , and classes in Trial Tactics and Civil Procedure utilize shdation and role playmg. A class in Constitutional Law also employs role playing. More such practices may be on way at the College of Lawr where a faculty committee studying teach- ing methods has proposed that every tradi~mal course be pired with a laboratory equivalent. This proposal is now under rimsideration by the rurri€UlUrn committee. On his wish list for the future, Hartje places strengthened Iitiigatim trainhg though an expanded course sequence lasting two or three aca- demic quarters instead of a single term. It would train students in the actual tasks lawyers perform Icading up to litigation; kqynning with client interviewing, subsequent rounse€- Kmtinutd m p~123
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Tlrie University dDenver College of Law rrL

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Hartje Brings Enthusiasm for Teaching 'What Lawyers Do' to Clinical Program

Fur Pm€essorJdhyH+Hartje, who years.) '%Ifhe twenty-fiie years $ h C e , will become Director of the Advccacy c h i d methodology has made its Ski€€$Pmgrarn (ASP) at the College place in legal education." of Law in July, teaching in a €aw HE s e i a strong future for this school clinical program is as good as kind of teaching# with its emphasisIt gets. on what €a- do, rather than what

"Wmking with students 0 ~ e - o ~the h w is, and he is elquent abut

In This Issue Hartje to Direct ASP I + + I + , , . . I + 1 Alumni Merit Schdars . . , . . - . . 2 LEXIS Prim ; . I I + I 4 1 I I I + 4 1 I I I I, 2 Weller Scholarship + , , . . + + , , , , . 2 Writing Award Presented . . . . . 3I

Ahmni to Raise $333,333.33 , , , 3 Facuhy Awarded Major Grants + 4 Court of Appea€sat DU . . , - .. . . 4 Murder at the Museum . . . . + , , . 6 Student ABA Liaisons .. . . . . . . . 6 Rickebson Gift 7I I 1 1 L L + + I

King Memorial . . . . . , - .. . . . . . . - 8 New Placement Director . . . . + + + 8 Global Enuironmmt Conference 8 Alumni Notes .+ + + . . , , , .+ . . . . . 9 Zarlengo Award . , + + . , . . . , , + . . 11. Mew Judges.. . . . . . . . . . , . . + . , . 11 1988-EvinsAward . , . , + + , . . . . 11

one and teaching h e broad spectrumd what lawyers do is the most ex&-h gthing you can do as a law teacher," he says.

Hartje has been involved in d i n i d programs since he was a student at the University o€ Minnesota Law School and helped draft the originalmemorandum and proposed rule to the Minnesota Supreme Court re-questing that third-year law students be ahwed to represent indigent mis-demeanants in Mu~cipalCourt.

"There were very few clinical pro-grams at that time," he mys+(Colo-rado's student practice rule, the first in the nation when it was adopted in 1909, stood virtually alone for many-

its benefits: "The student gains an understanding of shulls not available under traditiunal educatiow he can develop approaches to problem-sdv-ing using a variety of other tools in addition to the Rules of Procedure; he is able tn.,geta look at legal and soueta1 institutions up d o s ~and be-come a studeni'af those institutions; he gains first-hand f ~ l i n g s€orissues of professional nqm-tsihlity;he can do d these things in a situation w h m he can Reflect upon he i r meaningwith an experiened teai3tedpract-i-timer."

Clinical methdologks such as d e playing and simulation are alreadyh g used in m n y mditiond classes at DU,he points aut. A class inWills,.. . . . . . .

. , ,.,.;"',,.~'I.::.'... . I ..-,.,;;>::,,. . . '.;; ,.y'c,,m,,.; .;:.:. ..., ..:.,:,. . . . . . .., ':.:". Trusts and Estates, for example, re*

quires studentsto draftan actual will, :, ., .. '. . , ,

and classes in Trial Tactics and Civil Procedure utilize shdation and role playmg. A class in Constitutional Law also employs role playing.

More such practices may be on way at the College of Lawrwhere

a faculty committee studying teach-ing methods has proposed that every t r a d i ~ m a lcourse be pired with a laboratory equivalent. This proposalis now under rimsideration by the rurri€UlUrn committee. O n his wish list for the future,

Hartje places strengthened Iitiigatim trainhg though an expanded course sequence lasting two or three aca-demic quarters instead of a single term. It would train students in the actual tasks lawyers perform Icading up to litigation;kqynning with client interviewing, subsequent rounse€-

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Alumni-Funded Merit ScholarshipsAid Twenty-Six Top Law Students h its second yew, DU's Mumni Merit Scholar program i s already a striking success. Merit-on€y scholarshipsfunded by the Lrtw Alumni Fund were offered for the first time to SIX-dents entering law school in the fall of 1986,and continued during the fall of 1987. The young men and women enrolled as merit scholars

ranging fmrn twenty-three to forty- . I

eight. Nine are day students and sevenare evening,and they hold five .

advanced de Ei, two of them MDs. Eleven difFerent undergraduate xh001.s are represented, and three belong to minority groups. Their me-dian LSAT score is in the 99th per-centJe for law students nationwide.

show p ~ ~ m i s e the le- Each merit s&darshiy offered Is .of E ~ R s E ~ I ~ ~ ~ ~ gal pm€essimaf its best.

At the end of i& first year, the first gmu of k e n students accounted for the First, second, third, and fifth ranking schoiars of the firsbyear day &ass, and the tqp student in the evening division. The scholarships arermewablefor three (or four)yearsprovided an appropriateclass rank is maintihedm

CHherwise, the merit schdars re-flected the full variety of the student body. Of the six women and four men in the first group, eight were day students and two evening.Their a p ranged hum twenty-aneto forty,and they came from nine differmt undergraduate schods. Thtm were three masters degree recipientsin the 8rnUP.

Among the sixteen merit scholars who makiculated h5t fall am eight women and eight men, heir ages

LEUS Writing Prize To Reward Research

accompanied by the following state-ment:

Although the receipt of a scholarship imposes no legalobhgation of =papent, the Gkgeof Law h that those who benefit in ".R"is way willt mqquzt that the= aw& are made possible by the contri-butions of fnertds and ahmni of the College, arid that the continuation af ihe scholar-ship program for futum six-dents will depend upondonation, when recipients am able to do so, of gfts equiva-h t to the value of the aid they have received.

Veronica May, I second-year stu-dent in &e day division, and Kevin Ryan, a firsbyear evening division student,exemplify the AIumni Merit scholars.

Weller ScholarshipEstablished by Firm

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received a Guberman FeIlo%%hip,. given to scholars and € a w y ~ . h . b r h g.

them btn~e classmom I,W:$jf&&?Hgr,;;,y a,..<:.A :. '%,.

knowledge with undergmd&f$!:ad-.

The first muali LExE writing Award, established by Mead Data Central of Denver, will be awarded to a DU h w student this spring. The $1,000prize can be granted fur a research and writing project that m y have been undertaken for a class, special study, or journal project.In accepting the award for the

school, Associate Dean JamesE.Wal-lace remarked, "The commitment of Mead Data Central to support the development of competence in legaJ,mearch at this h e , when the sci-ence and techniques of that research arp moving ahead so rapidly and with such sophistication, is mast corn-mendable."

dents. He expresses a specialht&st The late H.Gaylw Weller, JD'38, has in both mnstitutiiOna1 and. Int&+na+ been honored with a scholarship tional law. bearing hss name and intended for a For the past five years, Ryafi"taughtdeserving and needy €awstudent at philosophy and s ~ o l o g yas .'a full-the University af Denver College of time member of the Regis College taw. me scholarshipwas estab€ished faculty) and was dso h c t m of the by the Denver law firm in which Be Criminal Justicepmgram at Regis. He had been a senior partner-WelIer, now attends law schml as m eve-Friedrich, Hickish, Hazlitt & Ward. ~g student while working at h e

Welkr, who died in August 1987, fnm of Cmper & Kdley. was nationally recognized as an au-thmity on fidelity and surety law. He RONNIE MAY enteed law shoo1 served as chairman of the Fidelity

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and Surety Law Committee of the American Bar Association. He retired in I976 and .was of counsel to the week 'to fihnce her edutation. Her firm thereafter. inwrest in Iaw was bst&d.jby her

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3 doubk major in sociology and publicaffairs; 'which k d her to seek em-ployment as a bailiff at the Green-

' wood Vaage Municipal Court and .... ,:-

.Dan internship in the Consumer Fraud . . . ' . ..:

ivisim o€the Denver Distkict Attar- . I i* nqfs Offie.

A Phi Eeta Kappa, she wrote her senior honors thesis on legislativeloopholes for white-collar clriminals.

May was e k e d to many other honoraries and was a volunteer teacher in the Fresmn Experience datss. Richard Caldwell, dkctor of DU's Public Affairs Program, says, "I consider Veronica to be o m of the very most outstanding graduates a€ our very competitive program.''

Explaining her interest irt law, May calls it I"multi-opportunity, an ever-changing €id&''She expects to prx-tice eventudy in a business-related m a of bw.She now works €or the

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aAlumni puna ~ 1 m sat Third of a Million The current Law Alumni Fund has Owen ('681, Gerald M. Quiat ('&IFreached 67 percent of its $333,333+33 George J- Robinsun ('38), Gerald J +

god, according $0 Fund Chairman Schisskr, Richard H+Simon, John R. Glen E. Keller, Jr., JIY64. June 30, Egg, Donald T.E h ~ n('78)'Harvey 1988, is the deadline for this c u m t J? Dep l?W d h e {IS), Wisor, Ronald campaign to rake '*athird of a rnillian I. Zall, and Leo T. Zuckerrnan ('58)+dollars," proceeds of which provide Alumni who hew not yet made financial assistance f i x students u€ gifts can send a tax-dednctible con-exceptiond promise (see page 2). tribution to the University of Denver Keller points aut that these mntri- College of Law, 7039 E. 18th Ave., htions will remain with the CoIlege D m w r , CO $0220, Atin: JaquieHall. of Law and will not reduce h any way the support of the College by the University.

Thanks are extended to the Cam- The Law Alumni Newshtter is published by the University o€paign's two vice chairmen, James C. Denver College of Law for itsOwen, Jr., LLB '56, and Patrick F. alumni and friends. We w e ~ ~ ~ r n eKcnney, JD '68, and by other mm- your comments and suggestiuns.mitt= members (reunionclass agents Correspondenceshould beare designated by dates in parenthe- addressed to:ses: Mary EUen Amaral ('73), Chris-

tina N. Beaton, Nancy P+ 'Bigbee, Law Ahnrxi Newshtker Richard 0.Campbell, Robert W. Univemity D€ Denver Came, Paul E Gddsmith ('G),Gary College of Law

i H.Hemrrtinger (#E!),Marcia C. Halt 7039 East 18th Ave. ('731,John Sm Hdt ('68)' Leland S- i Denver, 80220Muttner ('53), Bruce B. johnson, Ju-

:dith D.C. Judd (J83)rJamesM.Mul- Editor: Virginia Olsm ligan, Peter 8. Nagd ('78)' Patrick

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Law Faculty Awarded Three Major Grants for Research, Pilot Program Mprnbers of the DU Iaw f a c u b have recently been awarded sighificant grants i n t h r e different amas; The Advocacy Skills Pragram h a s re-ceived a grant of 355,000 fmm the Legal Services Corporation for a pilnt project providing preventive legal checkups for c1dwly a n d hand i -capppd low-inrome clients; Professor George W. (Rock) Pring, cdabora t -ing Gith Prufessor Penelope Canan

as part of a pilot project funded bv il L B R ~ IServices Curporatiun I L S C ~ grant of $55,000 to DU‘s Advocacy Skills Program.

This is osne of 15 such gmnts made to Law schods by the LSC, which directs federal hn-ds 10 legail services for the indigent. Tt will permit the law school to expand serviccs of the existing Student Law Offm that has pmvided assistance to the clisaclvan-

of the sodrrlogy famh, has b ~ ~ ntagcd in criminal and civil matters for granted $175,W[IW fmm h e National Shence Foundat i~n’sLaw and Sw.iaF Sciences Divisicm to study the passi-b k rhi111ng effect af Strategw Law-suits Against I’ublic 1’”articipation; Edward Richards, a visiting facul tv rnemble~,will investigate medical malpractiw claims with a grant ~1 $lhU,OOS) from the Cnloradn Physi-cians Insurance Company

LSC Grant Elderly and handicapped lowr-jncomc persons in metropolitan D e n v ~ rwill be able to receive l ~ g dcheckups SOQ~I,

many Y e a r s . The-legal needs nf these cnnsti-

“cencies are very specialized, says Professor Francis W. Jamism, Q i r c -tar of the A ~ V Q C A P ~Skills Program, which includes the Student Law Of-fice. ”This grant will make pnxdde a service that hi35 been a mcognized nwd fm some time and has p r ~ v i -ously been untuuched i n this re-

,Jgicm, says Jamison. SOIIIPof the legal pfoblpms COITI-

rnon to this target gmup are: Pvictiin, consumer deM, social s ax r i tv bene-fits and appeals, wills, divokc, do-

NSF GrantTenth Circuit Court of Appeals Meets a t DU

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.DULaw Students Liaisons To Five ABA Sections Five DU law students, a€i members of the American Bar As.50ciati~1-1Law Student Division, are acting as liaison to ABA Sections this year, filling five of the fifty such pmitiuns available nationwide. Russell. Murray, DU LSD representative, and also evening &-vision prresident of the Student Bar Assork~tion,says this is the largest p u p concentrated in any m e law school.

The students and their wction as-signments are: Murray, ABA Journal; Michael Arvin, Thxation; Carole Ve-mstek, FamiIy Law; Jerry Wanham, Science and Teclulology; and Charles Vansk-mm, Judicial Administration.

The mpunsibilities that go with these assignments vary, but all pra-vide a unique entme into the profes-sional community represented,

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of interest timely and challengng.The section Is involved, he says, in v the.+..ruttirig edge d bin-medical is-s ~ e s : ~ q ~ c : elaw, computer law, and utha siimcerelated subpicts. He was the sole studen€ among 200 peopleinvited to a Philadelphia conference on Birth, Death arid the Law this winter.

Charles Vanstrorn's involvement with the judicial administradon sec-tion Is an outgmwth Of his dud de-gree in law and judicialadministration, with a specialty in law office management. He also dues organizational work for the section as research assistant tu Professor Robert 3.Yegg, whu is chairman of the judicial Administration Division Lawyers' Conference.

Carole Vemstek is a ~ c i dworker who is employEd as director of the social W O T ~department at Cedars Health Care Center of LakewoodAs tax sxtion liaison, Arvin pro-

motes student involvement in the while shp attends €awschool in the. '%. ,. .:. , '

,I.. . I ' . . .;. . Volunteer Income Ex Assistance Pro- evening djvihpn. She formerly headed

a federally-fhded Ijuvpnile Justice Project in Wyohing, and she expects to return to Wyoming after gradua- 4

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in New Orleans. Arvin ahady holds . .

tion to practice family and juvenile .

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Murder at Museum' Newest IALS Program

"Ventureback to Egypt in116-4B.C.," q d the announmment of the latest de o € l gby the Institute of Ad-vanced Legal Studies, the law &ml's new, independent de provider. I'lt was a time of religious ritual, war, political I n t r i p e and + + . mystery,mnspbacy and murder."

The event, entitled Murder at thE Museum, was a two-part programoffered jcht€yby the Cdege of Law, the University College, and the Mu-seum of Natural History$ Ramm II exhibit. Participants were invited to hdp SAVE one of the p a t mysteriesof the ages; the assassination of Ramses nI, son of Ritmses 11,:i.m 1164 B.C., al-l event which is u;nusu;aHjhwe€l documented and accessible to modern researchers.

TIE program kgan on Friday eve-ning. F e b r w y 12, with a mxption

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lege of Law, thr& r n o ~distinguished experts discussed ancient Egyptian society as it relates to contemporary Colorado: Daniel S. Hoffman, JD '58, of H o h e Roberts & Owen and former b a n of the CoUege of Law, addressed the justice systems and legal systems of the two was; Richard D.h m m , former Governor and now LEUBlwk Professor at the DU Center for Contemporary Issues, compared the poftical contexts of the times; Iand Dr.b n d d Eckhoff, orthopedic :18

.surgpon and fxquent de lectuRr, ..:Ispoke on comparative medical prac- ::

ti€ES+ Assistant b a n Mark S.Caldwell,

head of the new IALS unit, pmmises 4 continued creative programming of r

at the Museum wherr; actors ~ m -de events. ated the &urnstances of the murder,

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and DU Professor Donald Hughes, a

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New Placement Director Stresses Career Planning h d a K. Bouge has bwn appointed Phcement Director at the CdIege of Law, following the retirement of F l o ~ ence Gilbert, who had held that PO-sitiun since 1981.

h u g & .comes to the law school with experience a5 director of career counseling and placement at Regis

.:I College, carem counseling at Auraria Higher Education Center, and train-ing coordinator for ARC Interna-tional, a leadership training and prokssiclnal development company.She assumed her new position in January,

"I want to create a heightened awanmegg of what the Placement Of-fice ran do as a resource for all shl-dents," says Bougie, '*I would U e it €0iw viewed in a broad context, in-cluding career p€anningin addition to phcement.

"A large part of job satisfaction comes from an understanding and personal evaluation uf one's values, interests, abilities, and their relation to current ma&& demands, In lightof our dynamic,)qompetitive mark& place, it becorneskweasingly impor-tant to possess this knowledge i n e j ) ,order to be your own k s t career J(

manager." Bougie expects tu spend a signifi-

cant amount o€time developing con-facts within the legal community,seeking additional summer clerk-ships and hll-tirne mition5 a5 well as informing law 1'rms about the Placement Office.

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'The G l ~ b a lEnvironment: hIn-:':. ternationiChallmge" is the topic of

this spring's conference in interna-tional law, spnsored by the DU In-ternational Legal Program. Meeting

. at the Lowell Thomas Law Center on April 2, the conference will involve distirtgushd speakers from Canada, France, Australia and Hang Kong,as well as President Stephen McCaffreyof the Internationd Law Commision

?:,:,and several DU law faculty members. An associated event is the 20th

annual Myre5 S.McDougal. Lecture Jn International Law and Policy by

. Dr, Leslie Green, University Profcs-)c: wr of Politid Science and Honorary

Professor of Law $ the University of - Alberta+ Ifis topicpll be "Nuclear

Wea ons and the Law of Armed G n 'ct." It will d k place at the LuweU Thomas Law Center at 7:30 pm. Wednesday, March 30.

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era1 in the 25th judicial disfrict, $orn&&e, Tennessee, supervising the child support di-vision. 1959 Robert B. Y e w , JD, dean emeritus and pm-fes~orof h w at DU, WBB recently honmd for his more than 40-yaa1 "volunteer career,' with the MUE&& Red Cross. He k e n his V O ~ -untecr work in I946 by holding Backyard Car-nival knefits to raise many for the Junior Red Cross. Yegge joined the Mile High Chap-ter hard of directors in 19fAI and served a5 chkman from 1969-71. He served as chairman of the ARC mtbna1,conwntion held in Denver in 1968. Y e g g wai 'h6&red'.'aaht? stepped down 35 chairman.'ni thk .Denver Branch Council, a p s t which tG?~hadbel# sincr its

I. .inception in 1985. . . ...'.-'.',

1%1 JohnD. Comer, LLB, sermtary and m e m k of Marqusst Medica W o o d . 1%3

own law OffiEr in frwm the firm of G

toughton Davidson Accountancy Crpnra-on in Fresno, Californh. Gersr€d N. Waver, JDfhas k n joined by

john P. Oppmhtimin the formation of Weaver & Oppenheim, Englewmd.

1975 Lt. C d R i e h d E Cu-, JD,U. S. Air Farce, is practicing international law as the deputy staff judge advocate to the US. Southern Command, headquarteredat Quarry Heights,Panama. T h i s R 'anal unified command is responsible for SIPU, 5. mi€itary artivitiies on the land m a s of Latin America m t h of Mex-ico.

James M. Gradam, JD, lorrner managing patent attorney lor AT&T has k o m ~a s m i -ated with Dnrr, Carson, Sloan & Peterson, DeWtX.

Virginia Anne Huuaum,10, has been nand of munsel with Fairfield h Woods, Denver.

Carol A. Johnsun, 3l3, serves 85 general counwl for the Chupch Electric Association,h.,in Anchorage. Alaska.

kthw$. N i d , JDpk n w r , hnsbeenekted pmidcnt of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Asw-ci2tiOn for 1%. I976 EdwmdT.BucWn$ham, JD,xwes as director of ,administrative services for the Colorado department of cmctions uffice in Colorado springs. 1977..::.. . Btiak'KiHolland, p,Joyce W m ,JD'79, and Jeffrey 5. Pagliuca, JD '32, have an-n m n d the fwmntbn d Holhnd, Sctlen & Pagliuca as uf January 1, 1983. The firm will spcialize in litigation.

M i h e 1 A. Maxwell, JD,has joined the Fort CoIh~sfirm of H a s h & Fonhra.

1973 Maureen A. Cain, JD, k&tsopened her w n ofice in Denver. Shewas a f m e r trial deputy with the Denver Public Ekfender's CWm md Erector of hl Services with the Colorado Division ol Ywuth Services.

LuditmnGallaghaJD,was m m d y m d vice president of Lexington Plan Administra-tom, inc,, Gdd €liverf California.

W I y L. MacLwUe, ID) has k o m e 2550-ciatad with aey & Hey, Denver,

Mark Richmond, Jl3, i s a parmcr in the F r i m , Colorado, firm of Richmond h Dom-browski. H is former perher, Michael L. Cawh a , JD '80, has re1cmtm.i to Cdihrnia and remains of counsel to the F I .

Walter D+schwidetzky, p,teaches tax law at the University of Baltiirnore School of h w , where he has sxwd as an assistant pmfessorsince 19sS. I979 JamesW.kart , Jll, is a foreign mvice officer,

LIS-?arhent

? d State, presently assigned

to the o Be of vict Uniun Affairs in Wash-ington, D.C.

8. Lee Sch&her, JI?,ha5 joined Gary A. Wright and Jeremq'M. hrnsMin in the box-mation of Wright, Scbumacher & Bernstein, Aspen.

Alan L. Skin, JD,hati joimd the Demer firm of Rmth & B r q a as s-t counsel. He previously served as vice president and coun-sei with Fuller k Cod,Denver,

Roberta 1. Stehhardt, JD,fmeox Jcffemn county district court referee, has k m m c as-s a t e d with Polidmi, Rasmuss~n,Gemme & jambri, Lakewood.

Margar& L. mal+Rosei, JD, was m n d yelected president of the B n v c r chapter of The ki.lkum of Pmksional Women. 1980 Kridtine E. Arrdmn, Jillthas been named of counsel to the €bul&r firm of Lamm, Young, Nathan hBurke.

JanhA. B r a i n , JDrhas formed the hrn of Breggin & Asodates with offices in h @ e -wood.

Alan Epskin, JD,h a s k m c a partnerwith the firm of Hall & Evans,!Xnver.

Donald C+Garder, JDr is an assistant pro-fesspr of music management at the University of Colorado at Denver, where he teaches music industry studies, including copyright, con-tra& and artist management.

J o h aGoddard, 70,€ormerTywith Hoimnc Roberts & Owen and MdCm Exploration,has joined with Susan B. Goddad in the formation of Gdderd & Goddad, Denver.

David C. HalIhrd, JD, has been named a shareholder at the Denver firm of Saunders, Snyder, h 5 s & Dickson.

JmE+Jduumn,JD,is now ass&ted wi€h the offices of Harry LeArkin, jll 'Mt Denver.

Roberto E. Khipd h r t a l e s , JD,..t)enver, was enfl fly r e e l ~ k dregional president of the Hapanic Mitiom3 Bdt. Associalion. The region h d u d ~Colorado, Wyoming, North and h t h Dakota, and Nebraska.

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JoyceK.Sartchhez, ID,has opened her own office hColorado Springs.

Mariaan Will, JD.has joined Fcnd!aton Pr Sabian, Dcnva, a5 an associate.

1931 Claire E. Halmer, JD, is now asso&t(d with h e Denver office of M&on & Fwrster.

Seymour Joseph, JD,has been named a p t n e x in the Denver fwm of Karsh &: Fultan, a civil practice Brm. .

B o d e J , Mchcen, JD,ha5 k n named a sharehddcr with the Denver firm of hwrtey & Culley.

Frankhi D+PaHtMn, JD, MSJA '82. been named B 3hawho!der with Anderson, Campbell Br hugesen, Denver.

James M.Towa~midry,p,is serving as an assodate in the Washington, D,C, office of the Boston €irm of Foky, Huag & Eliot, spe-cializing in waticm, real estate and general business matten. Me earned the LLM in tax fmtn New York U N v d t y in 1982. JelN. V a r d l , JD, h a s k n named a

shareho1derwi€bWood, Ris& Ham@.,hnver. 1982 Cdln C. Campbell, ID, h a s been named a shareholder with W o d , Kis & Harnes, Denver.

Katherine K.h V M m JDpha5 k n elerted vie pmident of T ~ I ?Alhnce of h f ~ s s i a n a l Women, Denver.

Daniel M.Gross, JD,is a partner in the Whpet Wdge firm of Oviatt, Clark & Gross, formerly Oviatt, Davis & Clark.

Carla J. Hamre, JD,has joined the firm of Morrison & Fwrster, Denver.

Stephen €! Hrrpklns, JD.has been named a shareholder with h n g & laudon, Denver.

David kplnn, JD,is a s h t e d with the Denver fum of h r ~ y MePozncr tz As&ates. formerly served as a deputy state public de-fender.

Albert J . Mroeik, JL, JD,m-ves asassistant cwrpratian munsel for the City of Newark, New Jelgey.

Robert S. ScRwcen,JD,has been named a sharrhcdderat Saurtders, Snyder, Ross & Dick-son, l3Fnver.

Gregory R+Vildm, JD, hds joined the legal staff of the General Service5 Administration in Washington, D-c. I W PamelaJ. mms,JD, is assmiated with lames R. Clifton & Asixdam, Denver. $he formerly was a stalf attorney with Aetna Life lk Cas-UdY,Kevin F: Amatuzio, ID, and Andrea 3.

Si-utheit,JD,are assmated with Montgomery, Crm~,Jarvis& Kolodny, Denver.

Debra J. Brandwein, JD, is now warking for Standard Alaska Production Con,Anchor age, after king associated with the fbm of Guess & Rudd. 1984 Ce€ste C de Baca, JD, Denver, has heen named presidentelect of the Clrsradr, His-panic Bar Asswc-iationand will head the group in 1939, She wa5 a h remntly appinkd by Gov. Roy Romer as a mernhr of the state h a r d of chiropractic examiners.

James B. B q d , formerly of C a k h ~ ,Kra- / tion as an attormyadvisor with the federal mer, Grimhaw L I-hrring,hasjoined Mission guvernmmt, OCHAMPUS, Office of HearingVicjo Company a5 asdlciak munset, Colorado and Appeals; lknVer+;..:..:.,.division.

Thomas E. Hame#, JD,has k e n named an assmiate at Montgomery Little Young Camp-bell & M & m , Denver

Stuart A. Kwestel, ID, is now a & t d wi th the New Yark firm of PMIips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon.

John R. Ndms, JD,has joined the Denver ofice of Ozer,K i d , Trueax, Pribilia & Kullmsn.

Andrew M.Sus~mn,JD,has become as-sociated with the firm of Hamen & Cote, Irvine, California, after serving with the fim of Bruck lk Perry in Navpmt Beach. Hi5 practice emphasizes commercial, securities, ernploymmt a d hnking litigation. 1985 Murk€ A.AgnsUi, JDrhas j d n d h e Engk wood firm of Breggin & Associates.

Lance H. Baker, JD,serves as an associate with the Ft. Lauderdak, Florida, firm of Ru-den, Barnett, McClosky, Smith, Srhuster g,Russell. MF served a year hUauinggradustion with a hrn in Tulsa, Oklahma.

R m d d E+ Johnny. JD,has been ~ I e c l d chairman of the Paiute Shoshone Tribal Coun-cil on i ts 35,WFacre reservation at MclDermitt, Nevada. The Council a h exercises jurisdic-tion over the Winnemucca lndian Colony,Johnny is associated with the Winnernuax kw offi025 of Virginia Sham. He q o r b that he is also busy with other matters: chief judge, tribal court, Summit Lakc Paiute Tribe; asso-tiate judge, tribal court, Fort Mrl3rmitt Tribe; tribal prosecutor, Burns, Owgon, PaiutePibe. H e also teaches Federal Indian Law and Tribal 50vereignty through Western Nevada Corn-muni ty College.

Corh William McI~M);ID,has joined the Denver firm of C+il& Goodspeed.

L e 5 h j, Rinniger, JD,has joined Framna & Joiner,Muldcr, as an associate.

R+renceM. Ridley, JD, and Elizabeth A. Ward, JD, are associated with Rmth & B ~ g a , Denver.

Paul S. Schillawaki, JD, has k n named an a5sxiate with Hill & Weiss, Los hgeles, California. 1986

Matsha A. Kit&, JD, is associ3td with the h n v e r firm of Hdaby & McCrea.

Laura L. Kmccht, JD, has announced the opening of her office fur the general practice of law in Steamboat Springs.

Daniel j. Martineau, JD,is an associate with the firm of Battle Fowler in NPW Yark City.After leaving DU he e m d an LLM in inter-national and campative law, with an cmpha-si5 in international finance, from Geocgetuwn University.

Francis 5 . MstAleer, Jr-, JD,has heen named an a m k i t e with Kobiinsosn. Watew, UThri,sio Pr k p n , Denver.

Jill B+ Nelson, JD,and JoAm6. Vogt, ID, have k e n named associates at Rothhgerbr*r,Appel, Powers &Johnson, Denver.

Mary K. OIdfather, jD, h s been named an 3s5ociaie at Kormsky, Friedman, &hen & %!omon, Denver

Martha €2R e p , JDf has k e n named an associate at M h m & Fwster, Lknver.

Donna Lee Sacwcci, ID,h a 5 taken a psi-

1987 Daniel R. Barthho€mcw,JD,has k o m t an associate with M a l i g m i% tother, Engk-wood. JoyceM.Eergmm, JD,RudIger H.ktsg ,

JD, and Janice H. Louden, JD, have ken named associates wiLh Frasmna & Joiner,' Mllldfl.

Gay..M. B w r m , JD,ha5 bwn named an e-te with Robinson h Mallon, E v e r g ~ ~ nand Denver.

Patrick K.Cougill, JD,has k e n named an .

ammiate with the Golden firm of Srlrnpmt~ Asscchtes.

RErkk M.Fhherty, JD,has joined b t h -prtwr, Appel, Powers & Johnson, Denver, as an assmiate.

Frances C+bnbna, JD,has joined the law officeof Larry D. Sather, Denver, as an asso-ciate.

Dermia L. Hanmn, jD,has k n n m e d an associate with Wood, Rls & Harnes, Denver.

JacquelynKjlmer, JD,is associated with the Denver firm of Roath & Bwga.

Elizabeth A. McCarvdl, JD, ia an associate with Long & laudon, Oenver.

Susan L. Mchtwh, JD,is associated with Greengad lk Simter, Denver.

Tinm€hyR. J+ Mefirtens, ID, has beennamed an sate at Hmhstadt, Straw & S h u s s . Lknver. C. hrrest Morgan €I€,JD,has been named

an a55&te with the Denver firm of Karansky,Friedman, Cohen & Solomon.

Stuart D.Mme, JD,has b m m e associatcd with Cox & Padmare, h n v e r .

David P. Sand*, JD, has k c m e assod-ated with the Dm*r firm of Silver & Hayes.

Jdie D.Swanbeis, JD, is asxxiatd with HaIaby & W w a , hnver .

FV!#y A. Walker, JD,has k a m e assc~iat~edawith the firm of h i t , &st, Richman& h x h , &nvcr.

In Memoriam Ebmest C.N ~ r t h c ~ H ,LLE '17?Den-ver, October 21, 1987 Edward T. Milkr, JT) '23, kiwer, September 18, 1987 Walter K,Koch, ID '25,Denver, ND-vember 5, 1987 J o h I? Beck, JD'2& Arvada, No-vember 30,1987 JohnB. Wright, JD '38, Raton, NM, May 1986 C'harl~~ , .A.Baaf JD'39,~'Whea€Rjdge,od~bexa, 1987 Kenneth L, Smith, JD"40, bulder, October 6, 1987 Emmett J. Glanzcr, LLE '48,Kimball, SD, October 1,1987 Raymond R. Childers, LLB '50, Smttsdale, AZ, December 17,1987,;

Sqt&mhr..24,1987 Y, ~ a n i ~ . . A ; . . S ~ ~ ~ ~ J D , ' ~ ~in Lit-p m c t i ~ ~laders and -'!#&,-w&:&r&f,,24ueton,Margaret A. Davis, )TI, has kern named

'.with Fowler & khimkrg, Denver. people m' wakh j :Wth~~Lit@ton., ~ . '\ .,:. .. .. . ,-&*-id.@ia&&hp ,,,.J

~~~Heischnec JD, has become d&&,~,@Gp& ...,,,i,;.,%

area whoa5s&te I

Cecilia A. associated with Lon3 & Jaudon,Denver, knnd in : ~ ~ $ & ~ ~ @ & j . & d:w,,them . & n -

'.?.;!5Susan G. Haines, JD, is associated with .-j:?' .:,- ' . , % ,,..nial chamber of miher tk i ' The programMontgomery Lttk Young Campkll d?z Mc- provides monthly day-long training on a va-G m , k n v e r .

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1938Evans Award Tu Edward Lehman

.. Law ahrnnus Edward Lehman has ." been honored with the University'sI"1988 Evans Award presented during

DU, Founders Day ceremonies on F~b~bqry19.

Lehman, who graduated from'..aWestminster Law School in 1951, re-ceived the highest hinor the Alumni Association offers one of its mem-bers+The award is named for John Evans, principal founder o€ the Uni-versity, and is intended for an dum-nus who has glvm service to his profession and humanitarian service ta h e cumunity, w M e demonshat-ing continuing interest in the Univw sity.

Though he is a lawyer, k h m n has spent nearly all his professional years as editor and publisher of the hgrnont Timfi-Cdl newspaper, and is now publisher, chairman of the b o d and chief executive officer of Lehman Communications Corpora-tion which publishes newspapers in L a w h d , brtgmcmt and Canon City.He worked a% reporterforThe RockyM m n f U h Nmh<md for Tht D~RVET Pu5twhile he w&f to law schml, and practiced k w €0; a short time as a deputy district attorney. He earned hi5 bashelds degree at DU h 1947.

Lehman is a f m e r trustee of the University, former president of the Alumni ASSQC~~~OI- I~a trustee of the Btxttder Foundation, former Cola-rad0 state representative, and holder of numemus ress-dated and corn-rnunityawa2.

The L e h a n newspapers have ab ways t w ~ na family e&+e inwhich a€lits members have taken part. klis wife Ruth L e h n , a graduate of Columbia Law SChml, has k e n as-sociated with the newspaper and,hke her husband, has k e n psidentof the Colorado Prpss Association+ Their son Dean, JD'79, is now PES-ident and chid operating officer of the company. Daughter Ruthann has dm worked on the newspapers.

This marks the fifthyear ~JI a mw that a law dumnus has been awarded the Evans prize. In 1987 the award went 10 Senator Peter DomenJci, JD '58,in 1986 to the Hm.John L.b n e , Jr., JD 'a,in 29% to CongressmanWilliam Ford, 'JD '52,and in 1984 to Prrskmr Thompwn G . Marsh, LLB '27. Earlier law winners have been Paul €+a&,JD'49, John Love, JD '41, Alan Phipps, JD'37,and Charles IF. Bramain, JD '29+

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Virginia L. Chavez, JD '78, who has been practicing in Boulder, was named to the Boulder county court bench in September 1987,

Geddinc t. Alan, JD '69, was mmed in November to the Arapahoe cuunty murt bench. She has had a varied legal career inclucling service the €ast thmee years as referedmrn-missioner in the district.

Two longtime Colorado judges, the Hart. John J. LefferdinIr, LLB h w e r s munty judge, and the Hon. Theodore H.Chryskr, JD '54, Den-

dge, have retired in re-

The Ham. Joseph G. Studhdme, '57, has been. named prresidngge of the Lakewood munid.pal

m t , sume&g'fip'kk JudgeJmes EahchiId, JD'47,. .

College sf Law graduates continue to share the IimeIIght in Cdomdo's ju-

p:: diciai cixlcs. -::. Sidney B. Brooks, JD '71,Denver,

has k e n S W O ~in as a judge in the €2.5. Bankruptcy Court. He was a partner in his own law firm and prrv iou~served as a Cdorado .as;..-sistant attorney general. .

The Hon. Leonard P. Plank, LLB '80, Ionghme Denver county and db-h i c t court judge, has been named to the Cdmdo Court of Appeals, where he joins four other DU graduates on

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hg, €actinvestigation, caw planning,drafting, pleadings, motion pactice,negotiation, administrative hearings,and mediation simulatim.Actual tacti-the last resort-is virtuallythe ody o m of these steps taught now+ E d hdia SIW still vital, he ex-

plains, even though 98percent of all cases settle out of court. Every law-yer has to be prepared ultimatdy to .conduct a trial, even though by far the mater part of his time is spent in these p ~ h i n a r yactivities+

A s k d what he sees in the future for the Advocacy Ski€ls Program, Hrutje speaks of developinga media-tion p g r a m offering clinical expr i -en# in mediation and arbihticm. The new Mandatory Arbitration Act now king piloted in six Colorado counties could enable the students to work as remum p p l e for itrbitra-tom. S m e initial skps toward such a g m g m are being made duringWinter Quarterm

He says he would &a lhe to de-velop mo= oppc~rtunitiesin p ~ v e n -tive law for the students, as In the new legal checkup p g r a m for see nim citizens, funded under the kgalS e r m s c€€qmatimgrant to the ASP (p- 4) in which he was instrumental. A preventive law 3 e d n x and prac-ticurn are a h d y avaiJable to preparestudents for h s work.

Hartje is an active member of the section on chid Legal FducillTon of the Amenan Association of LAW SchooEand has served as chairman

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