The Lawyer - Spring 2003

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National Environmental
Moot Court Champions PAGE 5 Spring 2003 The magazine of the rst law school in the Pacic Northwest nonprofit org us postage paid salem or permit no. 152 w i l l a m e t t e the first university in the west college of law 245 winter street se salem, or 97301 change service requested W T H E V I E W F R O M H E R E I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E A Life in Balance PAGE 16 Resolutely Solving Disputes PAGE 20 Today, Justice graces the lobby of the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center. A gift
of the Marion County Commissioners, she stood atop the Marion County Courthouse
between 1906 and 1957. D E A N Symeon C. Symeonides E D I T O R Lawrence Seno Jr. G R A P H I C D E S I G N E R Jeff Booth CLA95 C R E AT I V E D I R E C T O R Chris Noud C L A S S A C T I O N E D I T O R Linda Alderin W R I T E R S Kristin Bremer JD03 Ellen Jones Michelle Maynard Brad Millay CLA97 Lawrence Seno Jr. C O N T R I B U T O R S Mike Bennett CLA70 Dick Breen Marva Fabien David Kenagy Symeon C. Symeonides P H O T O G R A P H E R Frank Miller Published by the College of Law and the Office of Communica- tions for constituents of Willamette University College of Law, the first law school in the Pacific Northwest. S E N D C O R R E S P O N D E N C E : Willamette Lawyer Office of Alumni Relations College of Law 245 Winter St. SE Salem, OR 97301 This publication is partially supported by contributions to the Law Annual Fund. D E PA RT M E N T S D E A N S M E S S A G E 4 L AW S C H O O L B R I E F S 5 National Moot Court Champions
Recent Faculty Activities
Success in Degrees: Taylor Anderson JD/MBA03
Symposium Examines Judicial Selection
Japanese American Internment Conference
WWII Plight of Willamette Law Student Recounted FA C U LT Y P E R S P E C T I V E S 1 4 Willamette Law Online
Standen Receives First Misner Award
Wright Receives Pro Bono Award A L U M N I B R I E F S 2 0 Resolutely Solving Disputes
The Devils Advocate
Willamette Law Grad Named to U.S. Senate
Hometown Lawyer
Justice Wallace P. Carson Jr. JD62 Honored C L A S S A C T I O N 2 6 I N T H E S T A C K S 3 0 F E AT U R E S T O RY 1 6 A L I F E I N B A L A N C E Rising out of an appreciation for the logical reasoning skills that scientific study required and his deep affection for mathematics, Peter Letsou, Isaac Van Winkle Melton Professor of Law, grew a vibrant career as one of the nations top professors in business and corporate law. The magazine of the first law school in the Pacific Northwest Spring 2003 Vol. II, No. 2 C O V E R P H O T O : Prof. Susan Smith with the 2003 Environmental Law Moot Court National Championship Team: Aaron Young JD04, Karolyn Klohe JD03
and Deborah Dunn JD03. D E A N S M E S S A G E 4 Spring 2003 D E A R A L U M N I A N D F R I E N D S , This is the first Spring issue of the new Willamette Lawyer which, from now on, will consist of two issues per year. This will enable us to increase both the fre- quency and the volume of communication with our alumni and friends. As this issue indicates, a lot has happened at the College of Law since the publication of the fall 2002 issue. Our students have scored a stunning double victory
at the national level. A team of three Willamette
students, shown on the cover with their coach Profes-
sor Susan Smith, competed against teams from 63
other law schools at the National Environmental Law
Moot Court Competition in New York (see p. 5).
Our team won both the Best Brief-Appellee Award
and the First Prize for Oral Argument. This is an
enormous achievement, which confirms the steady
progress of our students and their ability to compete
with and prevail over the best students in the nation. Our faculty continues to excel. The four-page list
of Faculty Activities (see pp. 6-9) is only a partial
testimonial to what is an extremely energetic and
productive faculty. It is not simply the high number
of publications which, after all, are part of any
scholars expected contribution but also the impres-
sive number of national and international recogni-
tions that our professors have garnered. Here are
some examples from this period: s Three Willamette professors have been elected presidents, and two professors serve as vice presidents,
of national scholarly organizations in their respective
fields; s Two professors have received national scholarly prizes; s Five professors have lectured to international audiences on five continents (Australia, Canada,
China, France, Germany, Netherlands, South
Africa); and s Eleven professors have spoken at scholarly symposia at
16 American universities, in-
cluding four at the Harvard
Law School. This is an impressive record by
any standard, but it is nothing short of astonishing
for a small faculty of only 22 tenure-track positions. And last, but not least, our alumni continue to dis-
tinguish themselves and to bring recognition to their
alma mater. Examples from this period: s Lisa Murkowski JD85 is the first College of Law graduate to become a United States Senator (see
p. 23); s Gregory P.J. Zerzan CLA93, JD96 has received a presidential appointment and Senate confirmation
as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
(see p. 28); s Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson, Jr. JD62 has been recognized as Oregons Legal Citizen of the Year
(see p. 25); and s Russell J. Speidel JD74 has received the Gold- mark Distinguished Service Award from the Wash-
ington Legal Foundation (see p. 26). We are proud of them. But we are also proud of all
those other alumni who, whether they work close to
Salem like Susan Hammer JD76 (see pp. 20-21) and
Jim Griggs CLA71, JD75 (see pp. 24-25), or as far
away as Afghanistan like Jay Thoman JD00 (see
p. 22), continue to exemplify the work ethos of a
Willamette graduate and the value of a Willamette
legal education. With my best regards, Symeon C. Symeonides
Dean & Professor of Law L AW S C H O O L B R I E F S Spring 2003 5 W I L L A M E T T E : N AT I O N A L E N V I R O N M E N TA L M O O T C O U RT C H A M P I O N arolyn R. Klohe JD03 and Aaron Young JD04 led Willamette University College of Law to the championship of the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition in New York on Feb. 22, 2003, defeat- ing Louisiana State University and Drake University in the final round. In a rare accomplish- ment, Willamettes team also captured the Best Brief-Appellee Award, which was co-authored by Deborah Dunn JD03. Professor Susan Smith was the teams coach. Willamettes victory takes the National Championship Trophy from Lewis and Clark Law School, the winner of the 2002 competition. In an email sent to the law school community shortly after being notified of the teams win, Dean Symeon Symeonides offered the team his hearty congratulations. We are thrilled with your success, wrote Symeonides. Your victory for best brief was already a huge step, and now you have done it again! This is terrific! Congratulations and thanks! We are proud of you. The dean also recognized Professor Susan Smith for her role in selecting and guiding the team and also recognized Marci Ellsworth CLA93, JD03 and Matthew Fisher CLA93, JD03 for having done such a great job leading this years Moot Court Board. Fisher is Moot Court Board chair; Ellsworth is vice-chair. Both received their undergraduate degrees from Willamette University. Klohe received her bache- lors degree from the University of Washington; Young from Texas Wesleyan University; and Dunn from La Sierra University in southern California. The 15th Annual National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition was held at Pace University School of Law in White Plains, N.Y. The competition, which began in 1989, today draws more than 200 competitors from a diverse group of law schools. More than 200 attorneys serve as judges for three days of oral arguments, creating a rigorous academic experience for student partici- pants. The Pace-sponsored competition is recognized as the preeminent environmental law moot court competition in the United States. The competition is distinctive in that three adverse teams argue the issues. It mirrors the reality of environmental litigation that often involves multiple parties the government, a public interest group and a member of the regulated industry. This years problem centered on the Federal Clean Water Act and the discharge of polluted wastewater from a mining operation. Previous legal problems have included vicarious criminal liability of corpo- rate offices for their companys environmental crimes and commerce clause limits on water pollu- tion regulation. Teams wrote and filed briefs for their respective parties in early December, hoping for a place in the oral phase of the competition in New York. Those with the highest combined scores for both the written brief and oral argument advanced to succeeding rounds. Klohe and Young faced a judging panel comprised of a judge from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, a judge from the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals and a judge from the Environmental Appellate Board. The team was honored at a reception at the College of Law upon their return from New York. Asked about the experience, Klohe said that the competi- tion was one of the most terrifying, exhausting and fun events in my life. In addition to Lewis & Clark, previous winners include the University of California, Berkeley in 2001 and the University of Texas, Austin in 2000. K L AW S C H O O L B R I E F S 6 Spring 2003 ROBERT C. ART Publications: s Oregon Law and Practice -
Corporations (West Publishing 2002). Oregon Law and Practice -
Partnership (West Publishing 2002). Teaching: s Coordinated and taught in Early Bar
Preparation program for third-year
Willamette students. Service: s Chair of state bar Corporation Act
Committee, which drafted House Bill
2075 amending the Oregon Business
Corporation Act, currently pending in
the state legislature. RICHARD BIRKE Publications: s U.S. Mediation in 2001: The Path
That Brought America to Uniform
Laws and Mediation in Cyberspace,
50 Am. J. Comp. L.(2002)(with
Louise Ellen Teitz). s Forecasting Trial Outcomes: Lawyers
Assign Higher Probability to
Possibilities that are Described in
Greater Detail, 26 L. & Hum. Behav.
159, 160 (2002) (with Craig Fox). s Apology and Forgiveness as
Bargaining Commodities, forthcom-
ing in the Toronto Law Review. s Two book reviews for the publication
Dispute Resolution Alert. Presentations: s Co-taught a winter term mediation
course at Stanford Law School. s Presented on introductory and
advanced techniques in appellate set-
tlement to the First District Court of
Appeals mediators in San Francisco
and the Second District Court of
Appeals settlement personnel in Los
Angeles. s Lectured on Game Theory and
Mediation to the Northern California
Mediation Association. Other: s Briefly held a Visiting Scholars
appointment at the Harvard Law
School. GILBERT P. CARRASCO Recognition: s Honored by the Hispanic Bar
Association of the District of
Columbia at the Equal Justice Awards
Dinner For service to the Hispanic
Bar Association of the District of
Columbia and Dedication to
Promoting Equal Justice and
Opportunity for All Latinos,
Washington, D.C., November 2002 Publications: s Essay on the Bracero Program in
Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in
the United States (Suzanne Oboler &
Deena J. Gonz

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