1 Suffolk University Law School SBA Executive Newsletter Issue 16: February 16, 2015 suffolklawsba.com Facebook: Suffolk Law SBA Twitter: @SULS_sba SBA NEWS Contents 1 2 Message from SBA President Tom Davis Diversity Week Contact List & Preamble 9 Dear Students: I hope you are all getting through this tough weather, particularly given the unprecedented level of class cancelations. Despite the weather, I hope many of you participate in the many SBA events we have on tap this week, from our bi-weekly coffee to the first ever Diversity and Inclusion Week. As always, if there is anything that we can do to better serve you, please visit www.suffolklawsba.com and reach out! Best, -Tom SBA Happenings Student Spotlight: Caitlin Wolter Alumni Spotlight: Paul Dullea 3 - 4 5 6 Alumni Spotlight: Jane Freedman 7 Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Frank Riccio 8
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SBA NEWS Contents
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Message from SBA President Tom Davis
Diversity Week
Contact List & Preamble
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Dear Students: I hope you are all getting through this tough weather, particularly given the unprecedented level of class cancelations. Despite the weather, I hope many of you participate in the many SBA events we have on tap this week, from our bi-weekly coffee to the first ever Diversity and Inclusion Week. As always, if there is anything that we can do to better serve you, please visit www.suffolklawsba.com and reach out! Best, -Tom
SBA Happenings
Student Spotlight: Caitlin Wolter
Alumni Spotlight: Paul Dullea
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Alumni Spotlight: Jane Freedman
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Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Frank Riccio
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING: • On Sunday, February 22nd at 6pm is the
next BOG meeting. If you would like to learn more about how the student body government works to represent you, we encourage you to stop by. There’s even free food!
FIRST EVER DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WEEK: • On Monday, February 23rd at 6pm the SBA
Diversity & Inclusion Committee invites you to attend the annual Diversity Dinner. In addition, we are excited to announce that this dinner will officially kick-off the SBA’s first ever Diversity Week. In an attempt to significantly increase diversity and inclusion within the Suffolk Law community, President Tom Davis tasked the SBA Diversity & Inclusion Committee with the goal of creating our first ever Diversity Week. Thanks to the hard work of the D & I team of Josh Gonzalez, Sahara Defensor, and Adebola Aderinto, Diversity week will take place from 2/23 – 2/26. For more details, please read pages 3-4.
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION 1ST CIRCUIT WEEKEND: • From Friday, February 27th through Saturday the 28th, we encourage all
Suffolk Law students to join your 2014-2015 ABA 1st Circuit leadership for food, fun, networking, and educational panels. As we near spring break and continue to dig out from the snow, take some time away from your studies to partake in the events. If you have any questions about these events, please reach out to our ABA Rep, Will Noel, at [email protected].
MASSACHUSETTS SBA LEADERSHIP SUMMIT: • On Sunday March 1st, SBA President Tom Davis and Leah Brady have
organized the first ever Massachusetts SBA Summit. All of the nine student body presidents from Massachusetts law schools have been invited to discuss key issues facing our students and ways in which we can work as a group to address them. To further increase our effectiveness, we will discuss best SBA practices, with the goal of putting together a manual for the use of future SBA leadership.
SBA Announcements & Happenings
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Diversity & Inclusion Week DIVERSITY DINNER
The SBA Diversity and Inclusion Committee in partnership with the affinity organizations of Suffolk University Law School invite you to its annual Diversity Dinner celebrating the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our students, faculty and staff, administrators, and alumni. The annual event features networking opportunities, guest speakers, dinner discussions, and a variety of food representing the diverse cultures and traditions of our student organizations.
SECTION UNITY
Orange signifies cultural diversity awareness and racial understanding. Wear any article of clothing with the color orange on this day and between the hours of 1PM-6PM check-in at the first floor lobby with SBA representatives and let them know what Section you are representing. The Section with the most students proportionate to their total number will win a cash prize!
INOPPORTUNITY AND INEQUITY:
Students of Color and their plight in Boston’s Public Schools
The SULS community is invited to participate in a dialogue around the Boston Public School System. The objective of the panel is to inform students of the opportunities or lack there of for minority students in the Boston Public School System and to highlight the rate at which students of color are being labeled and placed in special education. The panel is sponsored by ELPS, BLSA, LALSA, WOCLSA, APALSA, & SBA Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Dinner – 6:00 p.m. First Floor Function Room
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Tabling 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. First Floor Lobby
Presentation – 6:00 p.m. First Floor Function Room
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Diversity & Inclusion Week WHY IT MATTERS:
The Case for Diversity & Inclusion in Legal Education and Employment
Join us for an insightful program on the importance of diversity and inclusion in law school admissions, teaching a changing law student body, and the recruitment and retention of an evolving pool of law school graduates in the work force.
The program will feature a keynote address from E. Macey Russell JD ‘83 – Partner, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP.
In addition, there will be a lively panel discussion with:���Nicole Price – Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Suffolk University
Judge Isaac Borenstein (ret.) – Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
Carolyn Hebsgaard – Executive Director, The Boston Lawyer’s Group
The panel will be moderated by Professor Sarah Boonin, and will also answer questions regarding opportunities and challenges for law students with diverse backgrounds in today’s legal environment. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: ���Exploring the role of identity, diversity, and injustice in the legal classroom. The Suffolk University Law School community is invited to engage in���a discussion of the role of identity, diversity and injustice in the law. As law students, we learn the facts of a case, identify the issue, and apply the rule. But how, for example, do we come to terms with a final judgment that furthered injustice? Please join a panel of 1L Professors in exploring these important subtexts in legal opinions that are often not discussed explicitly in first-year courses.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Presentation 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. First Floor Function Room
* Refreshments will be served at 6:15 p.m., and the program begins at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
TBD
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Student Spotlight Caitlin Wolter
Where are you from?
Stonington, CT Where did you attend undergrad?
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Are you currently focusing on a certain area of law or do you
have plans to do so?
Health & Biomedical Law Do you currently have a job/internship?
I am a SJC Rule 3:03 Certified Student Attorney with the
Health Law Clinic. Are you on a journal, a clinic, or do you have a leadership
role in a club?
I am the Chief Content Editor of the Journal of Health and Biomedical Law. What do you enjoy doing outside of law school?
Skiing, sailing, and photography. Favorite place to study:
My kitchen table with my dog, Riley, under my feet :) Favorite study break:
Catching up on favorite TV shows on Netflix and calling/catching up with family. Favorite part of Suffolk Law:
The helpful faculty who really work with the students and want them to succeed. Favorite coffee shop near school:
Boston Brewin' Coffee Favorite movie:
Just one?! Miracle On 34th Street (both versions!)
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Alumni Spotlight Jane Freedman --- 1994
Jane Freedman, a member of the class of 1994, recently started her own law firm, Jane Freedman Law, LLC. Interview conducted by SBA Alumni Affairs Committee Co-director Eunice Aikins-Afful.
What is your current position and where? In September of 2013, I started a law firm, Jane Freedman Law, LLC. I am the principal and we are a full service business law firm. We represent businesses at all stages, from start up to mature, in many different industries, as well as executives and directors. We work with
experienced contractors depending on the project and subject matter expertise that is needed to staff any given project or client. Representative matters include acquisitions and divestitures, intellectual property matters, financings, stock issuances and advice, commercial real estate matters, acting as outside general counsel for companies, executive compensation matters, contracts, to name a few. We have offices in Back Bay and Newton (I often work from home). Where did you attend undergraduate? Wellesley College What journals/activities/concentrations did you participate in at Suffolk Law? I was an editor of the newspaper and on the SBA. I also worked part time second and third years at SULS (I went days). What do you consider the best part of your job? I love being able to create a vision for my firm and implement it. It’s a great feeling to be in the driver’s seat in terms of marketing, delivering superior service to clients, creating the vision and goals for the firm, selecting clients and contractors to work with, and setting the schedule, pace and tone for the firm. I also love being an entrepreneur; and it helps me relate better to my startup clients. What type of attorney did you want to be upon entering Suffolk Law? Corporate, securities and M&A. What was your favorite class while at Suffolk? Probably tax (I know, that is strange). I also really liked first year criminal law.
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Alumni Spotlight Paul Dullea --- 1997
Paul Dullea, a member of the class of 1997, is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. Interview conducted by SBA Alumni Affairs Committee Co-director Eunice Aikins-Afful.
What is your current position and where? Executive Director, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Burlington, MA Where did you attend undergraduate? University of Massachusetts, Amherst What journals/activities/concentrations did you participate in at Suffolk Law? Co-founder, Suffolk Public Interest Law Group (SPILG) What do you consider the best part of your job?
Harnessing the talent and passion of our members for good causes. What type of attorney did you want to be upon entering Suffolk Law? Children’s Advocacy What was your favorite class while at Suffolk? Advanced Constitutional Theory Who was your favorite professor? Tie: Kate Nace Day and David Yamada. What is your greatest professional achievement? Developing strong communities of lawyers through bar associations. Who is your favorite Supreme Court Justice, living or deceased? Earl Warren Any interview tips? There is no substitute for enthusiasm. Know why you are there and to whom you are speaking. Don’t make the interviewer work too hard to pull information from you, but also remember to listen. One piece of advice? Look up from the books (or screen) once in a while and get out and meet people. Join a bar association so you will actually meet practicing lawyers.
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Dr. Frank Riccio, a member of the class of 1985, currently owns his own law firm in Braintree. Interview conducted by SBA Alumni Affairs Committee Co-director Eunice Aikins-Afful.
What is your current position and where?
I own my own law firm (trial firm) in Braintree, MA.
Where did you attend undergraduate?
Boston College
What journals/activities/concentrations did you participate in at
Suffolk Law?
I worked full time as a dentist, so did not have much time for
activities.
What do you consider the best part of your job?
It is never boring. I am constantly learning.
What type of attorney did you want to be upon entering Suffolk Law?
A trial attorney.
What was your favorite class while at Suffolk?
Advanced Torts.
Who was your favorite professor?
Tom Lambert.
What is your greatest professional achievement?
Teaching law to the dental students at Harvard Dental.
Who is your favorite Supreme Court Justice, living or deceased?
No favorites!
Any interview tips?
Be enthusiastic!
One piece of advice?
Stay focused!
Alumni Spotlight Dr. Frank Riccio --- 1985
Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts Bar
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“We the Students of Suffolk University Law School, in order to support and encourage academic excellence and professional development; to preserve the right of students to acquire a quality legal education in a just and reasonable environment; to provide a means of communication between students and the Law School; and to maintain a connection with alumni, do herby establish this
Constitution for the Student Bar Association of Suffolk University Law School.”
SBA Constitution Preamble
For a full contact list of all SBA Directors please visit our website at suffolklawsba.com
Vice President Monica Bellevue and President Tom Davis
