Dan Emmett and Kim McLane Wardlaw Serve as Regents Lecturers

BRIEF
THE NEWSLETTER OF UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW SPRING 2014
Dan Emmett and Kim McLane Wardlaw
Serve as Regents Lecturers
DAN EMMETT
KIM WARDLAW
During the fall and spring semesters, UCLA Law
welcomed Regents Lecturers Dan Emmett, chairman of Santa Monica-based Douglas Emmett, Inc.
and founder of the law school’s Emmett Center
on Climate Change and the Environment, and
Kim McLane Wardlaw ’79, a judge on the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Each spent
two weeks at the law school, where they met with
students and faculty members, participated in law
school classes, conducted a dean’s roundtable and
panel discussions, and presented a timely public
lecture. Dan Emmett led a lively conversation
about one of the most critical issues facing California and the world: how to deal with the threat of
UCLA Law Reaches Goal in Million
Dollar Scholarship Challenge
UCLA School of Law has raised $1 million to
enhance the law school’s scholarship program,
and the amount was matched through the successful completion of the Million Dollar Scholarship Challenge. This exciting initiative, which
was launched in December through a major gift
received from an anonymous donor, matched
scholarship gifts at the level of $2,500 or more,
dollar for dollar, up to a maximum amount of
$125,000 per gift.
The UCLA Law community rapidly responded
to the challenge that UCLA Law students are
facing. The incredible
generosity of the law
school’s alumni and
friends, including both
loyal donors and new
donors, allowed UCLA
Law to complete the
challenge well ahead
of the June 30th close
date. The success is due
to donors like
Ken ’74 and Betty
Gibbs, who made a
climate change. As part of a panel of experts who
brought perspectives from business, academia and
government, he discussed ways to foster a productive relationship between environmental regulators
and the business community. Judge Wardlaw also
led a discussion on judicial philosophy, with a
panel of judges including Judge Jacqueline Nguyen
’91 and Judge Richard Paez of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The discussion was
moderated by Professor Adam Winkler. Judge
Wardlaw’s visit coincided with a special sitting of
the Ninth Circuit, during which the court heard
oral arguments in four cases in the law school’s
Cappello Courtroom.
Pritzker Brief Focuses
on Combatting
Marine Litter
In October, the Emmett Center on Climate Change
and the Environment and UCLA’s Institute of the
Environment and Sustainability released “Stemming the Tide of Plastic Marine Litter: A Global
Action Agenda,” the Emmett Center’s most recent
Pritzker Environmental Law and Policy Brief. The
report explores the sources and impacts of plastic
Bernard and Frances Fischer
first-time gift to the law school to endow a scholarship in honor of Ken’s 40th class reunion, and
to devoted law school supporters Bernard ’53 and
Frances Fischer, who gifted the law school with
real estate to build on their already established
endowed scholarship. The law school reached the
challenge goal through a total of 51 gifts.
Scholarships are critical to admitting the best
and brightest students to the law school, and to
making sure UCLA Law remains accessible to all
students, regardless of their financial resources.
The challenge will have an immediate and significant impact on UCLA Law’s ability to attract
top students and to offer more scholarships to the
members of the class of 2017 and beyond.
Betty and Ken Gibbs
marine litter and offers domestic and international
policy recommendations to tackle these growing
problems. The report’s “Top 10” list of recommended actions includes a new international treaty
with strong monitoring and enforcement mecha-
nisms; domestic and local regulatory actions, such
as bans of the most common and damaging types
of plastic litter; extended producer-responsibility
programs; and the creation of an “ocean friendly”
certification program for plastic products. The
Pritzker Briefs provide expert analysis to further
public dialogue on issues affecting the environ-
ment. They are made possible through a generous
donation by Anthony “Tony” Pritzker, managing
partner and co-founder of The Pritzker Group.
UCLA Law Student Chosen as First Gideon’s
Promise Fellowship Recipient
UCLA School of Law student Arienna Grody ’14,
a student in the law school’s David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, has been
chosen as the first Gideon’s Promise Fellowship
recipient. She will work in the Jefferson County
Public Defender’s Office in Birmingham, Alabama
as part of the Gideon’s Promise Law School Partnership Project (LSPP).
The LSPP is a partnership between Gideon’s
Promise, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to public defense reform, the Department
of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and
participating law schools and Southern public
defender offices. The goal of the program is to help
recruit talented, third-year law students interested
in public service careers and place them in positions at underserved public defender offices. UCLA
School of Law was the first law school to join the
coalition, which was launched in November 2013.
“I am thrilled to be UCLA Law’s 2014 Gideon’s
Promise Fellow. While I have no doubt that the
next three years will bring new challenges, I am
confident that with my three years as part of the
Public Interest and Critical Race Studies communities, as well as the infrastructure of the Gideon’s
Promise program, I will be equipped with the tools
I need to make a meaningful contribution to equalizing justice in Birmingham, Alabama,” Arienna
Grody said.
Arienna gained experience working as an advocate for criminal defendants during law school. In
addition to participating in UCLA Law’s Criminal
Defense Clinic, she spent two summers at the
Alameda County Public Defender’s Office, where
she assisted with intake interviews, plea bargain
negotiations and preparation of trial motions. She
also worked in the Los Angeles County Public
Defender’s Office, splitting her time between the
juvenile office in South Central and the central
felony unit in downtown Los Angeles. During her
second year of law school, she joined a legal team
that was preparing a man serving a life sentence
for his parole hearing. Arienna also credits her
work during high school and after college teaching
dance and conflict resolution skills at Destiny Arts
Center, an arts-based violence prevention center in
Oakland, California, with motivating her to pursue
public interest work.
As part of the LSPP, Arienna will receive the
Gideon’s Promise signature Core 101 training:
a three-year program that offers tools to provide
meaningful representation to indigent clients under
difficult circumstances. The program also provides
a commitment of a permanent job within one year
at the public defender’s office where she works.
UCLA LAW NEWSLETTER | SPRING 2014 1
Message
from Dean
Rachel F. Moran
I
t’s an exciting time at UCLA School of Law.
Our alumni are influencing law, policy and
practice. Our faculty members are inspiring
and training the next generation of thought
leaders and practitioners. Our students are building
the skills needed to impact their communities and
the world. And, our programs and centers are transforming the legal landscape and shaping debate on
critical issues. We are gratified by this continued
success, and I am delighted to share some of these
recent accomplishments with you.
UCLA Law has launched many groundbreaking programs and centers. In 2008, Dan and Rae
Emmett made a visionary gift to create the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment—the nation’s first law school center focused
exclusively on climate change, which has become a
premier source of legal scholarship, policy analysis
and training for future leaders. It is with gratitude
that I announce that Dan and Rae Emmett have
made a significant re-investment in UCLA School of
Law. A $1 million leadership gift and a $1.5 million
matching gift challenge will enhance the law school’s
ability to address critical environmental concerns
and fund key priorities, including fellowships and
scholarships. I am thrilled to report that UCLA
School of Law also has received approximately $4
million in gifts to support key priorities and programs at the Williams Institute—the first and only
law school initiative focused on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity. The gifts from donors
Stanley Newman and Charles R. “Chuck” Williams,
as well as an anonymous gift, will help bolster the
institute’s capacity to continue producing cuttingedge research and expand programs that will impact
policy both nationally and globally.
While our specialized centers and programs play
an important role in training future leaders, we
are always eager to enhance the student experience
with valuable educational events. In addition to
the multitude of notable guests who regularly grace
our halls each year, we were extremely honored to
welcome this year not one, but two, U.S. Supreme
Court Justices to the law school. Justice Sonia
Sotomayor spent a day at UCLA Law in January,
where she participated in a Q&A with students
and met with student leaders. In December, Justice
Sandra Day O’Connor held an iCivics event with
grade school children and also engaged in a Q&A
discussion with our students. Both justices graciously shared words of wisdom with our students,
and I have no doubt that these events will be
remembered as highlights of their time at UCLA
Law. Additionally, we are tremendously pleased that
U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is
scheduled to deliver the address at the law school’s
63rd annual Commencement ceremony.
A strong legal education, combined with
hands-on learning, enables our students to make a
difference, which is why it is critical that our doors
remain open to all who are qualified, regardless of
their financial means. Supporting our students is
a top priority, and I am very happy to report that
the UCLA Law community has rapidly responded
to this need. I am proud to share the news that
we have reached our goal in the Million Dollar
Scholarship Challenge well ahead of schedule. Your
generosity has afforded us the vital resources needed
to offer more scholarships to the incoming class of
2017 and beyond.
Our recent success is inspiring, but there is still
more work to be done. In the face of declining state
support, enhanced private funding is necessary to
preserve our legacy of access, excellence, innovation
and service. I encourage you to make a gift to the
UCLA Law Annual Fund before the fiscal year ends
on June 30, 2014. For those of you with a reunion
this year, please consider participating in the
Reunion Challenge and honoring your class with a
financial commitment to UCLA Law. Remember
to save the date, May 31, 2014, for Reunions 2014.
I look forward to seeing many of you on campus
for this special event.
I hope you will help to preserve our identity as
a truly great and truly public institution by supporting our efforts to empower future generations
of legal innovators. The transformative impact of
your commitment and investment can ensure our
bright future.
Barry Cappello and
Leila Noël Discuss
Trial Tactics at
Cappello Courtroom Series Event
In October, Barry Cappello ’65 and Leila Noël
of Cappello & Noël LLP discussed trial tactics
and shared courtroom strategies during a
talk as part of the Cappello Courtroom Series:
The Art of the Trial. Cappello and Noël, who
represent plaintiffs in complex litigation
and have obtained jury verdicts in excess of
$125 million, talked about some of the tools
necessary to become a successful trial lawyer
and described some of the notable cases they
have worked on. In March, Barry Cappello also
participated in a discussion on alternative dispute resolution, where he talked about how
trial skills are critically important in handling
and resolving every type of dispute. The law
school inaugurated the Cappello Courtroom
Series, which brings leading trial attorneys to
the law school to discuss the skills needed to
be a successful litigator, in October 2012.
BARRY CAPPELLO
Warmly,
LEILA NOËL
Rachel F. Moran
Dean and Michael J. Connell Distinguished
Professor of Law
UCLA Law Welcomes Class of 2016
In August, the law school welcomed an impressive
incoming J.D. class of 293 students, the largest-ever
LL.M. class of 127 students, a record 13 incoming
exchange students from partner schools in Argentina, Australia, China, Israel, Norway and Switzerland, as well as two new S.J.D. students.
For the second year, incoming J.D. students
participated in the law school’s immersive orientation program, which is designed to assist students
in making the transition to law school and to help
them gain foundational skills before the first day
of class. Over the course of five days, the students
participated in lectures and practiced synthesizing
and analyzing cases.
Admission to the J.D. class of 2016 was competitive. The law school attracted a robust applicant
pool of 5,563 candidates, and achieved the highest
median GPA in the law school’s history (a 3.79).
The students range in age from 15 to 34; the average
age is 25. Women make up 49% of the class, and
35% of the class identifies as African American,
Asian American, Latino or Native American. The
students are from 29 states and 7 foreign countries,
and 70% are California residents. They left behind a
The Honorable Steven Perren ’67, a justice of the State Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Dean Rachel F. Moran,
and SBA President Laurel LaMontagne ’14 each addressed the incoming class during the Convocation ceremony at Royce Hall.
2 UCLA LAW NEWSLETTER | SPRING 2014
variety of careers to join the law school. The class
includes a stem cell researcher, a paralegal at the U.S.
Department of Justice, a principal, a reporter, an
analyst for a national energy firm, an assets manager
for NASA, a budget analyst for the I.R.S., a service
dog trainer, a farmer, several teachers and veterans as
well as professional musicians and athletes. The class
has spent countless hours helping those in need by
volunteering domestically and across the globe. In
addition, 8% of the class holds advanced degrees.
The incoming LL.M. students are from 31 countries. They have earned law degrees from top-ranked
law schools around the world, and eight members
of the class already hold an American J.D. degree.
The students come from a range of practice areas
and professional backgrounds. The class includes a
legal manager for Sony Corporation, an assistant law
professor, a solicitor for Barclays Capital, a military
prosecutor for the Korean army, in-house counsel
for Yahoo Japan, two district court judges and three
Fulbright scholars. The S.J.D. students include an
assistant professor at the National Law School of
India University and a Fulbright scholar.
UCLA School of Law In the News
Ted Parson discussed how international bodies should
Khaled Abou El Fadl discussed the fear of a backlash
against Arab and Muslim communities following the
Boston Marathon bombing in an interview on NPR’s
“Weekend Edition.” He published op-eds in The New
York Times, Al Jazeera and ABC Religion & Ethics on the
overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
Kal Raustiala published an op-ed on copyright in the
Los Angeles Times, an op-ed on the use of drones to kill
American citizens in the Daily Beast and co-authored articles on copyright issues in TIME, Foreign Affairs, Slate
and Psychology Today. He commented on the conflict
in Syria in multiple media outlets, including CNN,
Foreign Policy, U.S. News & World Report, PolitiFact and
Congressional Quarterly. He commented on patents for
fashion designs in a Forbes article, was cited in a Guardian column on drone attacks and discussed the verdict
against Samsung in a Korea Times article.
Our faculty members are quoted in the press virtually
every day. These are only some of the many examples.
Please visit www.law.ucla.edu to read more.
David Babbe was cited in a Los Angeles Daily Journal
article on recent trends in law school classrooms.
M.V. Lee Badgett commented on the economic impact
of gay marriage in Los Angeles Times and Economist
articles and in an interview on BBC Radio 4. She
published an op-ed on the topic on PBS.org.
Stephen Bainbridge discussed efforts to get public
companies to disclose their political spending in a
USA Today article. He was cited in a New York Times
“Dealbook” article on paying board nominees, and he
co-authored an op-ed in Bloomberg Businessweek on the
need to rethink corporate boards.
Aslı Bâli was interviewed on KCBS-Channel 2 and the
“Between the Lines” radio program on protests against
the government of Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan.
Stuart Banner’s new book, The Baseball Trust: A History
of Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption, was reviewed by The
New York Times and Los Angeles Times. He participated
in a Q&A about the book with UCLA Today.
Khaled Beydoun discussed the impact of the Boston
Marathon bombing on Arab and Muslim communities in interviews on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” and
KPCC’s “Take Two.” He also published an op-ed on the
topic in Al Jazeera.
Gary Blasi commented on the issue of the homeless
inhabiting L.A.’s parks, and discussed an order by the
U.S. Justice Department that Los Angeles County
pay residents who were victims of harassment by law
enforcement, in Los Angeles Times articles. He discussed
a report that Governor Brown blocked the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing from taking
action on a discrimination claim in a San Francisco
Chronicle article.
Grace Ganz Blumberg commented in a San Jose
Mercury-News article on whether a spouse who has a
“good faith belief ” that she is truly married can sue if it
turns out that technically she is not.
a California Supreme Court decision to grant a law
license to an undocumented law school graduate in an
interview on KPCC-FM.
Gary Gates discussed his research on the demographics
of the LGBT community in multiple media outlets including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, and interviews
on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” PBS’s “NewsHour,”
American Public Media’s “Marketplace” and Bloomberg
Television. He also published an op-ed on CNN.com
about LGBT parents and the real “modern family.”
David Ginsburg commented on the porn industry
producing parodies of blockbuster Hollywood films in
an Associated Press article.
Joanna Schwartz published an op-ed in The New York
tion Agency’s plan to cut the sulfur content in gasoline
in a Law360 article, and discussed legal action against
Los Angeles World Airports in a Daily Breeze article.
Allison Hoffman’s study on health care expenses in
retirement was cited in multiple media outlets including
Reuters, CNBC, the New York Daily News and Morningstar. She commented on a Supreme Court case involving the availability of generic drugs in an interview on
American Public Media’s “Marketplace,” and discussed
opposition to the implementation of the Affordable
Care Act’s Independent Payment Advisory Board in a
Business Insider article.
Cara Horowitz was cited in a ClimateWire article on a
lawsuit contesting California’s cap-and-trade program
and she commented on the rejection of an industry
challenge to a California low-carbon fuel standard in
an E&E News article. She also co-authored an op-ed on
combatting marine debris in the Los Angeles Times.
Jill Horwitz was featured in a Washington Post article
Kenneth Klee, who served as Jefferson County’s lead
Ann Carlson commented on greenhouse gas emissions
rules and criticisms of the Keystone XL oil pipeline in
interviews on “Living on Earth.” She was quoted in a
National Law Review article about a case addressing renewable energy projects, and she published an op-ed in
Talking Points Memo on the Supreme Court’s upcoming
greenhouse gas cases.
Kimberlé Crenshaw commented on the impact of the
George Zimmerman trial in Los Angeles Times articles
and in Black Voice News. She discussed potential racial
profiling practices by the New York Police Department
in an interview on MSNBC, and she co-authored a New
York Times op-ed on the topic. She also co-authored an
op-ed in The Nation on the impact, on civil rights, of
recent Supreme Court decisions.
Sharon Dolovich discussed pay-for-stay jail policies
in an interview on NPR’s “All Things Considered”
and California’s prison system in a KPCC “Take Two”
interview. She commented on race-based policies at
California state prisons in a Pro Publica article, and is
quoted in multiple Los Angeles Daily Journal articles on
a variety of prison issues.
Ingrid Eagly addressed the Senate immigration bill in a
Wall Street Journal article and commented on Governor
Brown’s veto of a bill allowing noncitizens to serve on
juries in a Los Angeles Times article. She also spoke about
Richard Sander discussed the ruling by the California
Sean Hecht commented on the Environmental Protec-
Cheryl Harris co-authored an op-ed in The New York
Devon Carbado discussed his book Acting White?:
Rethinking Race in Post-Racial America during interviews on NPR and “The Takeaway.” He also discussed
the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk
tactics in an interview on MSNBC. Professor Carbado
co-authored op-eds on issues of civil rights, which were
published in The New York Times, The Nation and the
Huffington Post.
food service workers to wear gloves in an interview on
KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk,” and he discussed food safety and
food labeling challenges in Scientific American and
Los Angeles Daily Journal articles.
Times on racial profiling and an op-ed in The Nation on
the impact, on civil rights, of recent Supreme
Court decisions.
Indian Law and Order Commission in Indian Country
Today and Anchorage Daily News articles, and she commented on a lawsuit filed against the U.S. government
in a tribal court in a Sacramento Bee article.
Julie Cantor was interviewed on “CBS Sunday
Morning” about the use of midwives.
livestock plants in an article on NPR’s “The Salt” blog.
Michael Roberts commented on a new rule requiring
Supreme Court that data from the California State Bar
should be available to the public with multiple media
outlets, including the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times,
San Francisco Chronicle, KQED-FM, KFWB-AM,
Huffington Post and ABA Journal. He participated in a
debate at Harvard Law School on affirmative action,
which aired on NPR and FORA.tv. His co-authored
book, Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students
It’s Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won’t Admit
It, was featured in an Economist article and cited in a
New York Times op-ed.
Carole Goldberg addressed a new report released by the
on corporate wellness programs, and she discussed the
topic in a Chicago Tribune article and a Virginian-Pilot
column. Her study on these programs was cited in the
National Journal and Healthcare Finance News. She also
commented on the proposed conversion of a Catholic
hospital into a for-profit institution in a Bergen County
Record article.
Taimie Bryant discussed the effort to ban cameras from
regulate climate engineering in an interview on NPR’s
“All Things Considered,” and his paper proposing a new
international regulatory framework that would allow
research on geoengineering was featured in Boston Globe
and Huffington Post articles.
bankruptcy attorney, is quoted in a number of media
outlets on the county’s bankruptcy plan, including interviews on CBS, ABC and NPR’s “All Things
Considered,” and Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters
and AL.com articles. He discussed Detroit’s bankruptcy
in an NPR interview and Detroit Free Press article, and
he commented on a lawsuit claiming that portions of
Dodd-Frank are unlawful in a Washington Post article.
Russell Korobkin published an op-ed on the government shutdown in the Los Angeles Times and an op-ed
in the Huffington Post on the conflict in Syria.
Lynn LoPucki commented on the Lehman Brothers
Holdings Inc. bankruptcy in a Bloomberg article.
Timothy Malloy discussed safeguarding high-risk chem-
ical facilities during an interview on CBS 2/KCAL 9.
Hiroshi Motomura commented on a California law
that gives expanded rights to noncitizens and President
Obama’s deportation policy in New York Times articles,
discussed an undocumented law school graduate’s battle
for a law license in CNN and Washington Post articles,
and talked about legal immigration in an interview on
NPR’s “All Things Considered.” He was also cited in
an Associated Press article about demands that President
Obama stop deportations. Professor Motomura discussed the field of immigration law in a National Jurist
article, and spoke about labor reform in an interview on
“The Voice of Russia.”
Jyoti Nanda was interviewed on KPCC-FM about her
work tracking hate crimes against religious groups in
California. She discussed trying juveniles as adults in an
interview on NBC 4, and commented on the frequency
of false confessions made by juveniles in a Juvenile
Justice article.
Times on how malpractice risk can make hospitals safer.
She discussed inmate abuse at a county jail in a KPCCFM interview, and she commented on civil rights
lawsuits against the New York Police Department in a
Village Voice article.
Brad Sears was interviewed on KCRW-FM about the
Supreme Court’s Proposition 8 ruling on same-sex
marriage in California.
Timothy Spangler published articles in The New Yorker
on crowdfunding and the JOBS Act, and he published a
review in the Los Angeles Review of Books. He commented on fines leveled against the owner of SAC Capital,
and talked about JP Morgan’s settlement based on the
company’s role in the Madoff fraud, during interviews
with Australia’s ABC Radio.
Katherine Stone discussed a rise in part-time employment in a CBS Moneywatch article and commented on
a ruling in a gender discrimination case in a BloombergBusinessweek article. She addressed paying employees
with debit cards in a Law360 article, a lawsuit against
Kmart in an article in The Recorder and labor disputes
against Wal-Mart in an Al Jazeera America article. Professor Stone published an op-ed in the Huffington Post
on the Supreme Court’s decision in American Express v.
Italian Colors.
Eugene Volokh commented on various First and Second
Amendment issues in multiple major media outlets, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Associated
Press, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Chicago
Tribune, Washington Post, CNN, Bloomberg, FOX News,
Houston Chronicle, TIME, U.S. News & World Report,
Christian Science Monitor, Slate, and in interviews on
NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered”
and KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk.” He also participated in a
debate with other constitutional scholars on the notion
that “The Constitutional Right To Bear Arms Has
Outlived Its Usefulness,” which aired on NPR. A variety
of media outlets, including The New York Times, reported
on the new partnership between his blog, The Volokh
Conspiracy, and the Washington Post.
Alex Wang commented on air pollution issues in China
in multiple New York Times articles and in a Wall Street
Journal article.
Adam Winkler commented on various constitutional
issues, including issues pertaining to gun control, in
multiple leading media outlets, including The New
York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, USA
Today, Washington Post, Washington Times, San Francisco
Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg, Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor,
Mother Jones, Huffington Post, ABA Journal, Politico, The
Hill, Salon, Computerworld and Vogue, and in interviews
on “NBC Nightly News,” CBS News, CNN, MSNBC,
NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,”
KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk,” “The Diane Rehm Show” and
KQED-FM. He published op-eds in the Los Angeles
Times and New York Daily News on background checks
for gun buyers, as well as numerous op-eds in The New
Republic and the Daily Beast.
Jonathan Zasloff published a letter to the editor
on food aid reform in The New York Times, and he
commented on a court ruling preventing a Wal-Mart
from locating in Burbank, California in a Burbank
Leader article.
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Williams Institute
Law Teaching
Fellowship
Programs Celebrate
10th Anniversary
The Williams Institute’s Law Teaching Fel-
lowship Programs recently marked 10 years
of success in nurturing and training fellows
and placing them in tenure-track positions
throughout the country. To date, the 10
fellows who have completed the program
have received tenure-track positions, and
five of these fellows have already received
tenure. The fellows have taught sexual-
ity law at 15 law schools in 10 states, have
received prizes for their teaching and their
scholarship, and have impacted not only
the students enrolled in their courses but
also the law school, the broader commu-
nity and the national academic and public
discussion on LGBT issues. The fellowship
programs were the idea of UCLA Law’s
former academic dean, David Sklansky, and
were established to help recent law school
graduates pursue academic careers in the
field of law and sexuality. The Williams
Institute currently has two teaching fellows
in residence, Gwendolyn Leachman and
Jordan Blair Woods ’09, and recently select-
ed the 14th fellow. In addition, former Sears
Law Teaching Fellow Douglas NeJaime, a
professor of law at UC Irvine School of Law,
will be returning to UCLA Law as a visiting
professor during the 2014-15 academic year.
U.S. Supreme
Court Justice
Sandra Day
O’Connor Visits
UCLA School
of Law
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
visited UCLA School of Law in December. During
her visit, Justice O’Connor, who is committed to
promoting civics education and encouraging students to become active citizens, participated in an
iCivics event with local elementary school children.
She also participated in a special Q&A discussion
with UCLA Law students. Four renowned UCLA
Law faculty members—Professors Iman Anabtawi,
Stuart Banner, Dan Bussel and Eugene Volokh, who
all had the privilege of serving as clerks to Justice
O’Connor—participated in the conversation. Dean
Rachel F. Moran moderated the discussion, posing
questions for the panel to address.
After an introduction, during which Dean
Moran described Justice O’Connor’s distinguished
career, including sitting for more than two decades
as a jurist on the Supreme Court and becoming
the first woman appointed to the court, Justice
O’Connor discussed a wide variety of topics. She
spoke about her time on the court as well as how
she began her career in the law, including the difficulties she faced as a female attorney in getting a
job after law school. She also encouraged the students to take advantage of all their options to enrich
themselves during law school, and advised them to
learn how to be “…good writers, good thinkers,
good people at figuring out solutions and helping
others solve problems…”
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor with Professor Dan Bussel
Professor Iman Anabtawi, Professor Stuart Banner, Justice
Sandra Day O’Connor, Dean Rachel F. Moran, Professor
Dan Bussel and Professor Eugene Volokh
Professor Iman Anabtawi and Professor Stuart Banner with
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor during the Q&A
SARAI CRANE
STEPHANIE LERTZMAN
ROSALIND HILMAN
Kimberly Kessler
Named Policy and
Special Programs
Director of the Resnick
Program for Food Law
and Policy
Kimberly Kes-
sler, whose food
UCLA Law Office of External Affairs
Welcomes New Staff Members
policy background
includes extensive experience
working on issues
In February, Sarai Crane joined UCLA Law as the new director of alumni relations. She was previ-
of nutrition, food
advertising and public relations firm in North Carolina. Prior to assuming her position at Evolve,
system sustain-
where she was responsible for the donor recognition and stewardship of more than 10,000 annual
Resnick Program
ously the director of philanthropy and production manager at Evolve, Inc., a full service marketing,
access and food
Inc., she served as the manager of donor relations for the University of Miami Athletic Department,
ability, joined the
and major gift donors. Sarai holds a B.A. degree in psychology from the University of Miami.
for Food Law and
Stephanie Lertzman, associate director of major gifts, joined UCLA Law from the Office of
Policy at UCLA School of Law as policy and special
Philanthropy programs since 2011. Previously, Lertzman was director of alumni professional and
food policy coordinator for the city of New York, an
The Walt Disney Company for six years, most recently as manager of special events and corporate
oversaw municipal food policies and initiatives to
policy analysis and evaluation from Stanford University.
goals, including initiatives related to improved retail
Individual Giving at UCLA, where she was director of the university’s Young Alumni and Student
programs director. She previously served as the
volunteer development at the UCLA Alumni Association since 2007. Prior to UCLA, she worked at
appointed position in the mayor’s office, where she
initiatives. Lertzman holds a B.A. degree in political science from UCSD and an M.A. degree in
advance the Bloomberg administration’s food policy
In January, Rosalind Hilman joined UCLA Law as the assistant director of annual giving. She
access to nutritious foods, urban agriculture, healthy
previously served as a development assistant at UCLA Anderson School of Management and as a
food procurement and combating obesity. Prior to
member of the event staff for Book That Event. Rosalind graduated from UCLA in 2012 with a B.A.
this role, Kessler was an associate in the New York
Fund Student Giving Committee and volunteered as the external vice president and controller for
A.B. degree in political science from Brown University
degree in political science. While in college, she served as the donor relations chair of the UCLA
office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. She received an
the UCLA Office of Residential Life.
and a J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from New York
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University School of Law.
UCLA Law Hosts
“Whither the Court?”
UCLA Law hosted the Allan C. Lebow Annual
Supreme Court Review, “Whither the Court?
Equality Under The Roberts Court: Fisher, Shelby,
Windsor, Perry and Baby Veronica,” in August.
Dean Rachel F. Moran, Justice Sonia Sotomayor and
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block
This year’s program, the 10th anniversary of
the event, focused on a review of the court’s
prior term and a preview of what the current
term may hold. The participants included UCLA
School of Law Professors Kimberlé Crenshaw,
UCLA School
of Law Welcomes
U.S. Supreme
Court Justice
Sonia Sotomayor
In January, UCLA School of Law welcomed U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the law
school. During her day-long visit, which included a
Q&A conversation with students, she shared stories
about her life before joining the Supreme Court
and provided students with words of wisdom on
how to achieve their own goals. Justice Sotomayor,
who is the third woman and the first Latina to sit
on the Supreme Court, described her diverse career
as a prosecutor, a federal judge and an appellate
judge as well as her work in private practice before
her appointment to the bench. She offered students
a glimpse into her formative years, described the experiences that shaped her as a lawyer and jurist and
called on students to seek their own professional
destinies. “What the law is and should be to you is
service,” she said.
Cheryl Harris, Angela Riley and Adam Winkler,
as well as UC Irvine School of Law Professor
Douglas NeJaime. The discussion was moderated by Brad Sears, assistant dean and executive
director of the Williams Institute. The panelists
Justice Sotomayor and Dean Moran during the Q&A
provided an analysis of the decisions in Fisher
Justice Sotomayor also recalled some of the
obstacles she surmounted in order to get where
she is today, including personal challenges that she
writes about in her best-selling memoir, My Beloved
World. She talked about how she continues to grow
professionally, describing how the length of her
opinions has been substantially reduced during her
time on the Supreme Court. She also discussed personal growth and the importance of continuing to
improve oneself. She shared stories about how she
learned to swim at the age of 50 and took salsa lessons to learn how to dance. “You can’t grow unless
it’s a continuous process of growth and change,” she
said. “Improvement in life should continue forever.”
In addition to the Q&A session, another highlight of the day for UCLA Law students was Justice
Sotomayor’s visit to Professor Jonathan Varat’s Federal Courts class, where she observed a discussion on
the issue of standing. She also met with student leaders throughout the day to learn about the innovative
work going on at UCLA Law and to recognize their
commitment to excellence and service.
United States v. Windsor, Hollingsworth v. Perry
v. University of Texas, Shelby County v. Holder,
and Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, and discussed
the implications of these decisions for lawyers,
academics and citizens.
Professor Angela Riley (center) participates on the panel.
Endowed Lectures Focus on
First Amendment and
Criminal Defense Practice
In November, the law school hosted the 27th Annual Melville B. Nimmer Memorial Lecture and the 17th
Annual Irving H. Green Memorial Lecture. The Nimmer Lecture commemorates the career of leading copyright authority and UCLA Law Professor Mel Nimmer by showcasing the work of a scholar advancing the
fields of copyright, entertainment law or freedom of speech. This year’s lecturer was Professor Steven Shiffrin, Charles Frank Reavis Sr. professor of law at Cornell Law School. Professor Shiffrin, a constitutional law
expert and a prominent figure in First Amendment scholarship, gave a talk entitled “The Dark Side of the
First Amendment.” The Green Lecture honors the late attorney Irving Green by bringing outstanding trial
lawyers to UCLA Law to inspire students. This year’s lecturer was Arnoldo Casillas ’91, a principal in the law
firm of Casillas, Moreno & Associates, which specializes in civil rights and police misconduct litigation as
well as catastrophic tort litigation. He talked about his practice, some of the high-profile trials with which
PROFESSOR STEVEN SHIFFRIN
ARNOLDO CASILLAS
Harvey Weinstein
Headlines 38th Annual
UCLA Entertainment
Symposium
UCLA School of Law hosted the 38th Annual UCLA
Entertainment Symposium, “Big Screen, Small
Screen, Big Business,” in March, focusing on emerging legal challenges and opportunities in the
entertainment industry and welcoming several
hundred entertainment industry attorneys, execu-
tives and business leaders. A highlight of this year’s
symposium was a dialogue with Harvey Weinstein,
Academy Award-winning producer, studio executive
and co-founder of Miramax Films and The
he has been involved and his work on behalf of plaintiffs.
Weinstein Company, who served as the keynote
speaker. Weinstein was interviewed by Ken Ziffren
’65, a partner at Ziffren, Brittenham LLP and an ad-
junct faculty member at UCLA Law. During the one-
on-one conversation, Weinstein presented his views
on the industry and the future of entertainment.
The two-day symposium also included a broad
range of panels exploring the changing landscape
of the entertainment industry. The panelists and
moderators included key executives from studios
and production companies, independent producers,
agents and attorneys who shared their perspectives
from the front lines. The event was widely covered in
the media, including in articles in Forbes, Variety and
The Hollywood Reporter. Proceeds of the symposium
help support UCLA Law’s Entertainment, Media, and
Intellectual Property Law Program.
UCLA LAW NEWSLETTER | SPRING 2014 5
Faculty Announcements
KHALED ABOU EL FADL
GARY BLASI
CAROLE GOLDBERG
JILL HORWITZ
JENNIFER MNOOKIN
RACHEL F. MORAN
HIROSHI MOTOMURA
NEIL NETANEL
Our faculty members are consistently recognized
for their excellence. These are only a few of the
many honors they have received.
Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl, Omar and Azmeralda Alfi distinguished professor in Islamic Law,
was honored by the Islamic Center of Southern
California with the 2014 American Muslim
Achievement Award (AMAA), which recognizes
Muslims who have made outstanding contributions to society.
Professor Emeritus Gary Blasi received the Access to
Justice Lifetime Achievement Award from the Legal
Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and was honored
by the Eviction Defense Network for his longstanding commitment to extending legal services to the
under-represented.
Vice Chancellor Carole Goldberg, Jonathan D. Varat
distinguished professor of law, and Professor Angela
Riley were selected as notable women in American
Indian law by Indian Country Today for making
major contributions to the field.
Professor Jill Horwitz’s article, “Wellness Incentives In The Workplace: Cost Savings Through
Cost Shifting To Unhealthy Workers,” which
was published in the March 2013 issue of Health
Affairs, was the fifth most-read Health Affairs
article in 2013.
KENNETH KLEE
TIMOTHY MALLOY
EUGENE VOLOKH
ANGELA RILEY
Professor Kenneth Klee received the 2013
Distinguished Service Award from the Bankruptcy
Inn Alliance of the American Inns of Court for his
professional achievements in the field of bankruptcy law.
Professor Timothy Malloy was re-appointed to a
second term on the California Department of Toxic
Substances Control (DTSC) Green Ribbon Science
Panel, which provides advice and acts as a resource
to the director of DTSC and the California Environmental Policy Council.
Professor Jennifer Mnookin, David G. Price and
Dallas P. Price professor of law, received the 2014
Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching, which is
presented annually to a professor who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to teaching.
Dean Rachel F. Moran, Michael J. Connell distinguished professor of law, was selected for Lawyers
of Color’s Third Annual Power List, a comprehensive listing of the nation’s most influential
minority attorneys.
Professor Hiroshi Motomura, Susan Westerberg
Prager professor of law, has been selected to receive
UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award. The award
represents the highest attainment of academic
and professional excellence at UCLA and honors
individuals who bring respect and admiration to the
scholarship of teaching.
Professor Neil Netanel, Pete Kameron professor
of law, was honored with the 2013 IP Vanguard
Award by the Intellectual Property Law Section
of the State Bar of California. The award is presented to outstanding legal professionals who are
spearheading new developments in the world of
intellectual property.
The Volokh Conspiracy, the blog co-founded by Professor Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz professor of
law, entered into a partnership with the Washington
Post and is now hosted by the newspaper.
UCLA Law Receives Leadership Gift from
Emmett Family Foundation to Enhance
Research and Teaching on Critical
Environmental Issues
Law school’s environmental programs join to create
Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
UCLA School of Law has received a $1 million
leadership gift from the Emmett Family Foundation
and a $1.5 million matching gift challenge to greatly
increase the law school’s capacity to advance law and
policy solutions to pressing environmental issues
and to train the next generation of environmental
leaders. The gift is a re-investment by Dan and Rae
Emmett, whose gift to UCLA Law in 2008 established the Emmett Center on Climate Change and
the Environment.
“Dan and Rae Emmett’s visionary gift to create
the Emmett Center has placed UCLA School of Law
at the forefront of climate change law and policy,”
Dean Rachel F. Moran said. “They played a key role
in the development and success of the center, and we
are so grateful for their continued support. Through
their commitment, the law school’s role as a leader in
addressing environmental law and policy issues
is guaranteed.”
The new gift will provide funding for key priorities, including supporting research and policy fellows,
funding student scholarships and a public service
fellowship, and increasing discretionary funding to
support outreach, events, speaker series and resources
to attract top faculty members. The gift builds on
foundational support for our environmental programs by the Evan Frankel Foundation, the Andrew
6 UCLA LAW NEWSLETTER | SPRING 2014
Sabin Family Foundation, Anthony Pritzker,
Ralph and Shirley Shapiro, Luanne Wells and
many others.
In addition, the Emmett Center and the law
school’s Environmental Law Center have joined
together to form the Emmett Institute on Climate
Change and the Environment. The new, consolidated institute will house the law school’s environmental
law and policy work, and will focus on a full range
of environmental issues in addition to addressing the
challenges posed by climate change. The Emmett Institute will be led by Professors Ann Carlson and Ted
Parson, who will serve as faculty co-directors; Sean
Hecht and Cara Horowitz will serve as co-executive
directors. The affiliated ladder faculty members will
include Professors Ann Carlson, Timothy Malloy,
Ted Parson, Alex Wang and Jonathan Zasloff.
The Emmett family has long been concerned
about environmental issues and is actively involved in
supporting environmental organizations and initiatives. A Los Angeles native and avid outdoorsman,
Dan Emmett is the chairman of Santa Monica-based
Douglas Emmett, Inc., one of the largest owners
and operators of office and multifamily properties
in Los Angeles and Honolulu. Mr. Emmett and his
companies have been known for their leadership in
energy conservation since 1990. He was an advi-
Rae and Dan Emmett
sor to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Green Building
Initiative, and he chaired the Real Estate Leadership Council of the State’s Green Action Team. He
has served as a founding member of a number of
environmental nonprofit organizations, including the
Los Angeles Waterkeeper, the Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and Environment Now. He has also served
as co-chairman of The Real Estate Roundtable’s
Environment and Energy Policy Committee and on
the Board of the California League of Conservation
Voters, the non-partisan political arm of California’s
environmental movement.
Class Notes
1950-1959
David Fleming ’59
was awarded the
2014 Civic Medal
of Honor by the Los
Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
at the organization’s
Inaugural Dinner in
February. The award,
DAVID FLEMING
which is one of the
M.C. Sungaila
chamber’s highest
honors, recognizes civic leadership and community engagement.
1960-1969
John L. Moriarity
’60, founding partner
of Moriarity &
Associates, has been
elected president of
the San Fernando
JOHN L. MORIARITY
Valley chapter of the
International
Footprint Association and appointed to the
board of visitors at Pepperdine Law School. He
M.C. Sungaila
is pictured here with Laura Young (UCLA ’57)
at the U. S. Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine.
Phil Magaram ’61, a senior partner at Valensi
Rose PLC, was recently elected chairman of the
board of Couples Against Leukemia, an affiliate of Ronald McDonald House Charities of
Southern California. Mr. Magaram and his first
wife, along with eight other couples, founded
Couples Against Leukemia in the late 1960s.
They have raised millions of dollars for research,
largely through their annual fundraising event,
“Secret Saturday.”
Daniel J. Jaffe ’62, founding partner of Jaffe
and Clemens LLP, a law firm dedicated exclusively to the practice of family law, was named
“Family Lawyer of the Year” by the Southern
California Chapter of the American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers. The award, given at the
21st Annual Trial Advocacy Institute in January,
recognizes a deserving attorney who demonstrates significant achievements in family law.
For more than five decades, Jaffe has established
himself as a sought-after attorney for highprofile celebrities and successful professionals
and their spouses when they deal with the most
sensitive and complicated family law matters.
He is also a Diplomate of the American College
of Family Trial Lawyers.
The Honorable Cecily Bond ’65 has been
named to the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s list of
the Top 50 Neutrals.
ED POLL
M.C. Sungaila
Ed Poll ’65 has
published a new
book, Life After Law.
Poll is also the author
of the 16th
anniversary edition of
the Profitable Law
Office Handbook:
Attorney’s Guide to
Successful Business
Planning.
Ken Ziffren ’65, a
partner at Ziffren,
Brittenham LLP and
an adjunct professor
at UCLA Law, was
named by Los Angeles
Mayor Eric Garcetti
as the city’s new film
czar. He will be
KEN ZIFFREN
charged with helping
M.C. Sungaila
to increase film and
television production in California.
Gil Garcetti ’67, a
former Los Angeles
County District
Attorney, moderated a
discussion hosted by
the Los Angeles
County Bar
Association in
November called
GIL GARCETTI
“Frozen in Time:
M.C. Sungaila
The Death Penalty
in California—Past, Present & Future.”
The Honorable
Michael Marcus ’67
has been named to
the Los Angeles Daily
Journal’s list of the
Top 50 Neutrals.
Robert Kahan ’69
joined Liner LLP as
a partner in the corMICHAEL MARCUS
M.C. Sungaila
porate, mergers and
acquisitions and securities practices. He joined
the firm’s Los Angeles office from Eisner Kahan
Gorry Champan Ross & Jaffe PC.
1970-1979
Darlene Brown Lancer ’70 has written a new
book, Conquering Shame and Codependency:
8 Steps to Free Your True Self, which will be
published in July. She previously published
Codependency for Dummies in 2012.
Susan Westerberg
Prager ’71 was
selected as the first
female dean of
Southwestern Law
School. Prior to her
appointment, she
served as the executive
director of the
SUSAN WESTERBERG PRAGER
Association of
M.C. Sungaila
American Law
Schools, and she spent 16 years as dean of
UCLA School of Law.
The Honorable Joe
Hilberman ’73 has
been named to the
Los Angeles Daily
Journal’s list of the
Top 50 Neutrals.
George Kieffer
’73, a partner at
Manatt Phelps &
JOE HILBERMAN
M.C. Sungaila
Phillips LLP, was
honored with the Jurisprudence Award by The
Anti-Defamation League. He received the award
for his professional excellence and community
leadership at the organization’s Centennial Gala
Celebration, which was held in December at the
Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Kendall H. MacVey ’73 was recognized by the
Los Angeles Daily Journal as a Top 20 Municipal
Lawyer. He is a partner at Best Best & Krieger
LLP, where his practice includes eminent domain, public agency, antitrust, business torts and
complex litigation.
Kenneth Gibbs ’74 has been named to
the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s list of the
Top 50 Neutrals.
Antonia Hernandez ’74, president
and CEO of the
California Community Foundation,
has been elected to
the board of directors
of Grameen America,
a nonprofit
ANTONIA HERNANDEZ
microfinance
M.C. Sungaila
organization
dedicated to helping women who live in
poverty establish small businesses.
Stephanie Joyce
Cole ’75 recently
published a novel,
Compass North, an
unexpected journey of
personal reinvention
that takes place in
Homer, Alaska.
John Beers ’76 was
selected for inclusion
in The Best Lawyers in America 2014 in the Employment Law – Management category. Beers
is a partner in the San Francisco office of Fisher
& Phillips LLP, and has litigated hundreds of
employment cases for clients of all sizes, including Fortune 500 companies.
STEPHANIE JOYCE COLE
M.C. Sungaila
Ramon Arias ’78
retired from his role
as executive director
of Bay Area Legal Aid,
a position he held for
13 years. He plans to
serve as a consultant.
Melanie Cook ’78,
a partner at Ziffren,
RAMON ARIAS
M.C. Sungaila
Brittenham LLP,
was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s “2013
Women in Entertainment Power 100” list, an
annual ranking that highlights the accomplishments of women in the entertainment industry.
Richard J. Burdge,
Jr. ’79 will be part of
a new task force
created by the State
Bar of California to
implement the
recommendations of
the Board of Trustees
requiring law students
RICHARD J. BURDGE, JR.
to take 15 units of
M.C. Sungaila
skill courses in law
school and perform 50 hours of pro-bono or
“low-bono” work. He is the immediate past
president of the Los Angeles Bar Association.
Joel Grossman ’79 was selected as a master
mediator and arbitrator by the Los Angeles Daily
Journal. This designation was reserved for neutrals who made the Top 50 Neutrals list five out
of the past seven years. Joel is an arbitrator and
mediator at JAMS.
Sandra Stern ’79, COO of Lionsgate TV,
was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s “2013
Women in Entertainment Power 100” list, an
annual ranking that highlights the accomplishments of women in the entertainment industry.
The Honorable Steven C. Suzukawa ’79 retired from his post on the Second District Court
of Appeal in February. Suzukawa was appointed
to the bench in 1989 and has been a judge on
the court of appeal since 2006.
Phillip Warren ’79 stepped down as chief of
the Department of Justice’s antitrust division in
San Francisco. He headed the department for 11
years, and during his tenure oversaw a significant
increase in antitrust prosecutions and fines. He
plans to continue practicing antitrust law.
1980-1989
Frederick P. Corbit ’80 was selected to serve as
a bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of
Washington in Spokane. Prior to his appointment, Fred worked at the Northwest Justice
Project, a public interest law firm where he
represented low-income people in connection
with consumer law matters.
David Lash ’80, managing counsel for pro
bono and public interest services at O’Melveny
& Myers, is the co-chair of IMPACT, a nationwide program to bring free legal services to those
in need. The project, which was conceived during a discussion with Vice President Joe Biden, is
underway in eight cities.
Steve Glickman ’82
was inducted as the
2014 president of
CAL-ABOTA
(representing the
eight chapters of the
American Board of
Trial Advocates in
California). He is
STEVE GLICKMAN
pictured being sworn
M.C. Sungaila
in by Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge Lee Smalley Edmon
aboard the USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor.
Andrew B. Downs
’83 was elected a
fellow of the
American College of
Coverage and
Extracontractual
Counsel (ACCEC).
He was also re-elected
as a director of the
ANDREW B. DOWNS
Federation of Defense
M.C. Sungaila
& Corporate Counsel
(FDCC), where he has been a member for 13
years. Downs is a shareholder and member of
the board of directors of Bullivant Houser
Bailey, in San Francisco, where he has been
litigating and counseling clients on complex
commercial and insurance coverage litigation
matters for more than 30 years.
Miriam Aroni
Krinsky ’84 was
appointed to the State
Bar Board of Trustees
by the Supreme Court
of California. Krinsky
is a lecturer at the
UCLA Luskin School
of Public Affairs and
MIRIAM ARONI KRINSKY
an adjunct professor
M.C. Sungaila
at Loyola Law School.
She previously served as executive director of the
Los Angeles County Citizens’ Jail Commission
and executive director of the Children’s Law
Center in Los Angeles.
Betsy R. Rosenthal
’84 was awarded the
Children’s Literature
Council’s Myra Cohn
Livingston Poetry
Award for her 2012
book, Looking For
Me…In This Great Big
Family, which will be
BETSY R. ROSENTHAL
released in paperback
M.C. Sungaila
in September. Her
next children’s book is scheduled to come out
in 2015.
Douglas E. Scott ’84 was appointed senior vice
president and general counsel for AeroVironment, Inc. Prior to his appointment, Scott led
the legal department of SAIC, Inc. for nearly
20 years.
David Sampson ’85
was recently featured
in The International
Who’s Who of Business
Lawyers – Real Estate
2013. Sampson is
senior counsel for
Ballard Spahr LLP in
Los Angeles, where he
DAVID SAMPSON
focuses on the resort
M.C. Sungaila
development industry
and advises on all aspects of timeshare
development in addition to commercial and
industrial real estate, land use, construction
contracts and other development projects.
Stacey Snider ’85, co-chairman and CEO of
DreamWorks Studios, was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s “2013 Women in Entertainment Power 100” list, an annual ranking that
highlights the accomplishments of women in the
entertainment industry.
T. Hale Boggs ’86, a partner in the Corporate/
Finance, Capital Markets and Venture Capital
practice areas at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, was
featured in the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s list of
“Top Emerging Company Lawyers.”
Tung-Lam Dang ’86 played a key role in the
passing of an an economy-wide climate change
law in Micronesia. This is the first time a smallisland state passed key legislation on this issue.
Dang serves as legislative counsel of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Katherine Basile ’87, a partner with Novak
Druce in Cupertino, California, was recognized
in the 2014 World Trademark Review 1000
—The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals.
She was listed in the publication’s California:
Prosecution and Strategy Bronze category.
Glen Kraemer ’87
was selected to receive
the Our House Grief
Support Center
“Founder’s Award” for
his work with the
community
organization. Kraemer
is co-managing
partner of Hirschfeld
GLEN KRAEMER
M.C. Sungaila
Kraemer LLP, a
California-based labor and employment firm.
Timothy B. McOsker ’87 returned to the
Los Angeles Office of Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs
Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP as partner
and co-chair of the government and regulatory
affairs department. McOsker was previously a
partner at Glaser Weil from 2005 to 2008 before
becoming a partner at Mayer Brown LLP. He
also served as chief deputy city attorney of Los
Angeles and chief of staff to former Mayor
James Hahn.
Allison-Claire Acker ’88 was honored as the
2013 Volunteer of the Year by the Topanga
Coalition for Emergency Preparedness for her
volunteer work as founder of its Equine Rescue
Team (ERC). Acker is counsel at Wolfsdorf Immigration Law Group in Santa Monica.
Jeffrey H. Cohen ’88, the leader of the Corporate Group in the Los Angeles office of Skadden
Arps, was featured in the Los Angeles Daily
Journal’s list of “Top Private Equity Lawyers.”
Scott M. Flicker ’88
was named chair of
the Washington,
D.C. office of Paul
Hastings LLP.
Jacquelynne
Jennings ’88 is now
partner at Schiff Hardin LLP in the firm’s
SCOTT M. FLICKER
M.C. Sungaila
San Francisco office.
Jennings advises investment banking institutions
in public finance matters.
Eric Jensen ’88, a partner in the Palo Alto
office of Cooley LLP, was featured in the Los
Angeles Daily Journal’s list of “Top Emerging
Company Lawyers.”
Michael J. Kiely ’89 has joined Liner LLP in
the firm’s downtown Los Angeles office. Kiely is
a real estate specialist, formerly with Sheppard,
Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.
1990-1999
Angeli C. Aragon ’90 is now a partner in the
Los Angeles office of Le Clair Ryan. Aragon
focuses on intellectual property disputes in a
variety of sectors, including manufacturing and
retail, as well as labor and employment cases.
Michael Thornton ’90 has been named
chief revenue officer at Starz. He will oversee the
network sales and affiliate marketing group and
the company’s distribution businesses. Prior
to joining Starz, Thornton served as executive
vice president, business and legal affairs, at
Disney/ABC.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ’91 (D-NY) was
profiled in the December 16, 2013 edition of
The New Yorker and was featured in the March
edition of Vogue.
M.C. Sungaila ’91
was named the
recipient of the Judith
Soley Lawyer as
Citizen Award by the
California Women
Lawyers. The award
is reserved for those
who make significant
M.C. SUNGAILA
contributions to the
M.C. Sungaila
community beyond
the practice of law. Sungaila is a partner in the
Los Angeles office of Snell & Wilmer and has
undertaken substantial pro bono work on
human and women’s rights issues.
Nana Gyamfi ’92 obtained a $1.1 million jury
verdict on behalf of her client in a discrimination and harassment lawsuit against the Los
Angeles Fire Department.
Adam Pelzman ’92 will publish his first novel,
Troika (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam), in May.
Kerry Ates ’93 was named chief of staff to the
president of Johns Hopkins University. Prior to
her appointment, Ates worked as the top aide to
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of Virginia.
David Eisman ’93, a corporate partner at
Skadden Arps, led the firm’s team representing
United Talent Agency in its acquisition of news
and broadcast agency N.S. Bienstock Inc.
Stacy Weinstein Harrison ’94 joined Orrick,
Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where she focuses
on intellectual property matters and litigation
involving the entertainment industry. She was
formerly with Bingham McCutchen LLP.
Paul C. Lo ’94 made history in December when
he was appointed as the first Hmong American
judge in the country. After working in private
practice for 20 years, he was appointed by
Governor Jerry Brown as a judge in the Merced
County Superior Court.
UCLA LAW NEWSLETTER | SPRING 2014 7
Hernan Diego Vera
’94 was appointed to
the State Bar Board of
Trustees by the
Supreme Court of
California. He was
also recently
appointed to serve on
the State Bar’s Task
HERNAN DIEGO VERA
Force on Admissions
M.C. Sungaila
Regulation Reform,
which will develop an action plan for implementing the State Bar’s proposals governing law
school pre-admission and post-admission
regulatory reforms. Vera is the president and
chief executive officer of Public Counsel, the
largest pro bono law firm in the nation.
The Honorable Douglas F. McCormick ’95 was
appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge
for the Central District of California. He was
sworn in on August 23rd and sits in Santa Ana
in the court’s Southern Division. McCormick
previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney,
handling criminal cases from investigation
through trial and appellate review.
Stephen David Simon ’95 was appointed
as the general manager of the Department on
Disability by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Simon is a member of the city’s Disability
Commission and previously served as the city’s
AIDS Coordinator under Mayors Hahn and
Villaraigosa. Simon also intends to continue as
the president of Stonewall Democrats.
Ruben J. Garcia ’96,
professor of law at the
Boyd School of Law
at the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas,
recently began a
two-year term as
co-president of the
Society of American
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Law Teachers (SALT),
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a national organization dedicated to the improvement of legal
education.
Matthew W.
McMurtrey ’96 has
been named
managing partner of
Sacks, Glazier,
Franklin & Lodise
LLP, a trusts and
estates litigation law
firm. McMurtrey
MATTHEW W. MCMURTREY
joined the firm in
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2001 and became a
partner in January 2012. He specializes in
probate litigation with an emphasis on trusts
and estates.
Jerilyn Mendoza ’96 was recently nominated
by President Barack Obama to become a member
of the Joint Public Advisory Committee of the
Commission for Environmental Cooperation.
She is the senior environmental affairs program
manager at the Southern California Gas Company, and previously served as a commissioner of
the Los Angeles Board of Public Works.
Brad Pauley ’96,
a partner at Horvitz
& Levy, has been
named the chair-elect
of the American
Bar Association’s
Council of Appellate
Lawyers. He will
oversee the
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organization’s
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numerous advocacy
and legal education initiatives.
David Sudeck ’96 was promoted to partner at
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP. He is a
senior member of the firm’s Global Hospitality
Group and Real Estate Department.
Ilene R. Eskenazi ’97 was appointed chief
legal officer and senior vice president of human
resources at True Religion Apparel, Inc.
Michelle A.
Hernandez ’97, a
shareholder at
Modrall Sperling, was
elected to a two-year
term on the board of
directors of the
Albuquerque Hispano
Chamber of
MICHELLE A. HERNANDEZ
Commerce. She
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currently serves on
the State Bar of New Mexico Committee on
Women and the Legal Profession and the New
Mexico Supreme Court Committee on Rules of
Civil Procedure. Hernandez concentrates her
practice in the areas of healthcare, litigation,
products liability, torts and personal injury.
Tirzah Abé Lowe ’98 was named to the Los
Angeles Daily Journal’s list of the Top 20 Under
40. She is an intellectual property lawyer
specializing in trademark, copyright and media
law at Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP in
Irvine, California.
Jeffrey Lowenstein ’98 was included in The
Best Lawyers in America 2014 and featured on
the “Texas Super Lawyers 2013” list. Lowenstein is the chair of Bell Nunnally & Martin’s
Litigation Section. He represents businesses and
individuals in a variety of complex commercial
matters and business disputes.
Fred Slaughter ’99 was appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Governor Jerry
Brown. Slaughter has served as deputy chief in
the Santa Ana Branch of the U.S. Attorney’s
Office since 2012, and previously served as an
assistant U.S. attorney in the office since 2010.
2000-2009
Lilit Asadourian ’00 has assumed the role of
counsel at Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.
Elizabeth A.
Bawden ’00 joined
the Los Angeles office
of McKenna Long &
Aldridge LLP as a
partner in the Private
Client Services
Group. Her law
practice focuses on
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estate planning,
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planned giving
and tax-exempt organizations.
Duane Beasley ’00 has been named partner
at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. He is a
member of the firm’s Structured Finance Group,
based in Los Angeles, and his practice focuses
on capital markets transactions. Beasley serves
on the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s
Diversity in the Profession Committee, and
also serves as the chairperson of the firm’s Los
Angeles Office Diversity Committee.
Judy Iriye ’00 was named a shareholder in the
Los Angeles office of Littler Mendelson PC.
Christina Melendi ’00 received one of M&A
Advisor’s 40 Under 40 Recognition Awards in
the Legal Advisor category. The award recognizes
the significant achievements of the next generation of M&A, financing and turnaround professionals. Melendi is a partner in the Corporate
Practice Group of Bingham McCutchen.
Ruth Holt ’01 was named counsel in the Los
Angeles office of Young, Zinn & Bate LLP. Holt
specializes in employment law, and has defended
several wage and hour class actions as well as
employment discrimination matters.
Scot Elder ’02 was recently promoted to vice
president and chief counsel at Medtronic, Inc.,
where he now leads the company’s global legal
functions.
Patrick Sutton ’02 joined the California Administrative Office of the Courts as a labor and
employment attorney in November.
Laura Godfrey Zagar ’02 has joined the San
Diego office of Perkins Coie as partner in the
firm’s Environmental, Energy & Resources
Practice. Before joining Perkins Coie, Godfrey
Zagar was a partner at Latham & Watkins in
San Diego, California.
Hailyn J. Chen ’03 was named a partner in the
Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson
LLP. Chen represents clients such as LG Display
in anti-trust, financial services and intellectual
property litigation matters.
Anne Swoboda
Cruz ’03 was named
by Super Lawyers as
one of the “Top
Women Attorneys in
Southern California”
in 2013. Cruz is an
attorney in the Los
Angeles office of
ANNE SWOBODA CRUZ
Tucker Ellis LLP,
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where she focuses on business and products
liability litigation.
Andrew C. Bell ’04
was promoted to
partner in the San
Francisco office of
Downey Brand LLP.
Bell practices in the
areas of land use and
energy law, with a
particular focus on
ANDREW C. BELL
utility-scale wind
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and solar projects
throughout the western United States.
Lindsay Carlson ’04, a partner at Alston &
Bird, has been named to the board of directors
of Girls on the Run Los Angeles, an organization
that uses the power of running to change the
way girls see themselves and their opportunities.
Carlson is also a member of the National Association of Women Lawyers, Women Lawyers of
Los Angeles and California Women Lead.
Cheryl S. Chang ’04 is now a partner in the
Los Angeles office of Blank Rome LLP. Chang
represents corporate and entertainment clients
in intellectual property, antitrust and class action
matters. She currently serves as president of the
Taiwanese American Lawyers’ Association.
TERESA CHOW
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Teresa Chow ’04 has
been named a partner
at BakerHostetler.
She is a member of
the litigation group in
the Los Angeles office
and focuses her
practice on complex
business and
commercial litigation.
Benjamin J. Hanelin ’04 was named counsel
in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins
LLP. Hanelin focuses on environmental law
matters, particularly major infrastructure
improvements and California Environmental
Quality Act litigation, as well as matters involving local and state administrative and legislative
decision-making.
Dan Koeppen ’04 was named partner in the
San Diego office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati PC. Koeppen represents life science and
technology companies.
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Guillermo Mayer
’04 was elected president and CEO of
Public Advocates Inc.
He has worked with
the Public Advocates
legal team for more
than nine years,
specializing in
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litigation and
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advocacy to improve
public transportation services in low-income
communities and communities of color. Prior
to joining the organization, Guillermo worked
in the California Senate as legislative director
for former State Senator Tom Hayden and as
a legislative aide for former State Senator
Hilda Solis.
Ireneo A. Reus III ’04 completed his tenure as
the chair of the board of directors of the State
Bar of California’s Young Lawyers Association
(CYLA). Reus was recently appointed to serve
on the State Bar’s Task Force on Admissions
Regulation Reform, which will develop an
action plan for implementing the State Bar’s proposals governing law school pre-admission and
post-admission regulatory reforms.
2010-
Elisha Weiner ’10 was named to the Los Angeles
Daily Journal’s list of the Top 20 Under 40.
She specializes in business litigation at Hobart
Linzer, LLP.
Nicholas Chan ’12 was part of a team at Irell &
Manella LLP that in December secured the first
resentencing under the recently enacted California Fair Sentencing for Youth Act (“SB 9”). The
team obtained a new parole-eligible sentence for
a pro bono client who had previously received a
sentence of life in prison without the possibility
of parole.
Janie Thompson ’13 has joined Hanson
Bridgett LLP as an associate in the firm’s San
Francisco office. She focuses her practice on intellectual property and litigation. She previously
served as a judicial extern for the Honorable
Arthur L. Alarcón of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit.
Mansi Shah ’04 joined the Los Angeles office
of Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP.
Shah spent many years as counsel for NBC
Universal, heading the company’s television
profit participation team. At Kasowitz, Shah
will represent artists and talent agencies in profit
participation disputes.
Landon Bailey ’05
has joined the
Sacramento office of
Hanson Bridgett as a
litigation associate. His
practice focuses on
corporate governance
and shareholder
disputes, copyright,
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trademark and trade
M.C. Sungaila
secret matters, and
commercial disputes involving contracts, business
torts and unfair competition laws.
In Memorium
Jack Avery ’73
Patti Scheimer Bednarik ’86
Chastity Bedonie ’08
Rachel Wilkes Barchie ’05 was voted into
partnership at Greenberg Glusker. Earlier this
year, she was named one of the “Top 5 Associates to Watch” in the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s
Top 20 Under 40. She is an employment/
business litigation attorney, and in 2012 she
launched a cross-department restaurant, food
and beverage practice group at the firm.
David Bernard ’58
Michael Brown ’05 was named a partner in
the corporate group at Fenwick & West LLP.
He provides strategic counseling to technology
and life sciences companies in a wide variety of
corporate transactions, including mergers and
acquisitions, initial and follow-on public offerings, venture capital financings, debt financings
and corporate reorganizations.
Arthur Sidney Freedman ’54
Craig Countryman ’06 is now a principal in
the Intellectual Property Litigation Group of
Fish & Richardson in San Diego. Countryman
manages patent cases in the trial court and
at the Federal Circuit in all areas of technology, including chemistry, pharmaceuticals, life
sciences, medical devices and electrical and
computer technology.
Neil Peretz ’06 joined the company BillFloat as
general counsel. He will support the development of new products and oversee compliance
and regulatory relations for the company. Previously, Peretz served in the Office of Enforcement
of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Kaiponanea Matsumura ’07 has accepted a
position on the faculty at Arizona State University. He was previously the Thomas C. Grey
Fellow at Stanford Law School.
Danielle Sherrod ’07 has been appointed senior legal counsel of The Aerospace Corporation
in El Segundo, California. Danielle joined Aerospace after serving as a launch services program
manager and chief of launch efficiencies for the
U.S. Department of Defense - Space and Missile
Systems Center.
Kevin Crisp ’08 has joined Pepper Hamilton
LLP as an associate in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Based in Orange County,
his practice encompasses commercial litigation
and government investigations.
Na’Shaun Neal ’08 recently joined the State
of California’s Office of the Attorney General as
a deputy attorney general in the Appeals, Writs
and Trials Section in San Francisco, California.
Jamison Power ’08 and his wife, Lan Dang
Power, welcomed their first child, a son, Kieran
Liem Power, on August 13, 2013. Power also
was recently elected to serve a four-year term
on the Westminster School District Board of
Trustees, which encompasses 16 schools in
Westminster, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach
and Midway City.
Morgan H. Condra ’09 recently joined Babst
Calland as an associate in the Energy & Natural
Resources and Title Groups. Condra counsels
various energy, oil, gas and mineral-related clients on transactional matters related to gas title
issues and opinions.
James Roger Bramble ’59
John Henry Carroll ’61
Paul E. Glad ’77
Steven Philip Goldman ’84
Keith L. Groneman ’62
Fritz B. Hax ’60
Anthony Cornelius Haynes ’84
Robert E. Jenks, Jr. ’69
Ronald S. Kehr ’69
Marvin L. Klynn ’55
Russell P. Kuhn ’68
Floyd M. Lewis ’54
Franklin M. Louda ’74
Ramon Magana ’74
Myron Meyers ’54
Sam S. Oh ’93
Milton E. Olin ’75
Roberta Ralph ’59
David I. Riemer ’66
James E. Schneider ’66
Patricia A. Shepherd ’81
Alan J. Stein ’64
Donald J. Stern ’55
Alfred L. Swanger ’59
Stephen C. Taylor ’60
Allan Wilk ’59
UCLA School of Law Receives Nearly $4 Million
in Gifts to Support Growth at the Williams Institute
CHUCK WILLIAMS
UCLA School of Law has received nearly $4 million
in gifts to support the growth of the Williams Institute—the first and only law school initiative dedicated to the study of sexual orientation and gender
identity law and public policy—and to expand the
institute’s long-term capacity to engage in international work.
A gift of $1 million from donor Stanley Newman
for general operating funding will help support the
institute’s core priorities and programs. By offering expertise, dedication and financial support, Mr.
Newman and his partner Brian Rosenthal have been
instrumental in founding and supporting a number
of key LGBT organizations and community institutions. The gift will allow the Williams Institute to
continue to publish public policy studies and law
review articles; file amicus briefs in key court cases;
provide expert testimony at legislative hearings; and
train judges in the area of sexual orientation and
gender identity law.
“Gifts for general operating support over a
number of years are really critical for the Williams
Institute,” said Brad Sears, assistant dean and the executive director of the Williams Institute. “They give
us the flexibility to respond nimbly to cutting-edge
Lowell Milken
Institute Hosts
Business Law
Breakfasts
In December, the Lowell Milken Institute for
Business Law and Policy sponsored a Business Law
Breakfast with Doug Rand, assistant director for
entrepreneurship in the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy. He talked about the
White House’s “Startup America” initiative, which
was launched to inspire and accelerate high-growth
entrepreneurship throughout the nation. Rand also
talked about the implementation of the Jumpstart
Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, a bipartisan bill
that was signed into law in 2012 and promotes access to capital to encourage the funding of
small businesses.
In October, Adjunct Professor Timothy Spangler, director of research at the Lowell Milken
Institute and a partner and chair of the Investment
Funds Group at Kaye Scholer LLP, gave a talk on
his new book, One Step Ahead: Private Equity and
Hedge Funds After the Global Financial Crisis, which
explores how the structures of alternative investment
funds enable them to adapt and react to global financial conditions. A panel of industry insiders participated in the discussion and offered comments.
policy issues and the security to build the capacity to
support our long-term success.”
In addition, a $1.5 million gift from philanthropist Charles R. “Chuck” Williams and an anonymous
gift of $1.38 million will build the institute’s ability
to conduct international research that will inform law
and policy developments on LGBT rights outside of
the United States. The gifts will help create a global
network of scholars and lawyers focused on LGBTrelated research, and will foster efforts to educate
judges, legislators, and government and NGO leaders
around the world on these issues.
Since its founding in 2001 with an inaugural
$2.5 million gift from Chuck Williams—at that
time the largest donation ever given to any academic
institution in support of a gay and lesbian academic
program, in any discipline—the Williams Institute
has gained national renown as an academic research
center dedicated to conducting rigorous, independent research on sexual orientation and gender
identity law and public policy.
Law Firm Challenge
Kicks Off 12th Year
The success of the Law
Firm Challenge, now in
its 12th year, continues to
grow. Under the leadership of UCLA Law Firm
Challenge Founding
Chair James D. C. Barrall
’75, 2013 was one of the
DOUG RAND
JAMES D. C. BARRALL
biggest and best years for
the Law Firm Challenge
with 78% of alumni at
a record-breaking 102 participating firms making a
gift to the school and an impressive 55 firms reaching 100% in their support. This year, the challenge
will continue to add more firms, increase alumni
participation percentages and set new records. The
challenge remains an important contributor to the
school’s growing excellence and national reputa-
tion, and the leadership of our representatives at the
firms is vital to the future of UCLA Law.
PROFESSOR TIMOTHY SPANGLER
To learn more about the Law Firm Challenge,
please visit www.law.ucla.edu/LFC.
UCLA Law Celebrates
Golden Years Reunion
The law school hosted the fourth annual Golden
Years Reunion in November, a special event for
alumni celebrating 50th or higher class reunions.
More than 70 people attended the reunion luncheon,
including representatives from the classes of 1952 to
1963. It was a festive event filled with shared stories
and fond memories of law school.
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MARION DONOVAN-KALOUST
THERESA ZHEN
Student and
Recent Graduate
Awards and Honors
Two UCLA School of Law students, Marion
Donovan-Kaloust ’14 and Theresa Zhen ’14, both
members of the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, have been awarded
prestigious Skadden Fellowships to pursue postgraduate public interest projects.
Marion Donovan-Kaloust will work with the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project in Los Angeles,
providing direct representation to undocumented,
abused, abandoned or neglected children facing
the juvenile justice system in the Inland Empire.
Theresa Zhen, a member of the law school’s Critical
KRISTEN JOHNSON
MAITRIA MOUA
Race Studies Program as well, will work with A
New Way of Life Reentry Project, also in Los Angeles, on community education and policy advocacy
efforts, as well as provide direct representation to
those with past criminal records, in order to help
remove barriers to reentry.
UCLA School of Law is ranked third, following only Harvard and Yale law schools, in terms
of the number of students who secured 2014
Skadden Fellowships.
Kristen Johnson ’13, who is currently clerking
for Judge Pregerson on the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit, has been selected as a 2014
Fried Frank/NAACP LDF Fellow. She will spend
two years as a Fried Frank litigator and two years
as a staff attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), a leading civil
rights advocacy organization.
JAMES RICHARDSON
Maitria Moua ’16 received a 2013 California
Bar Foundation Scholarship. Moua, a first generation Hmong American, was named the Munger,
Tolles & Olson LLP Scholar under the foundation’s
Diversity Scholarship Program. The scholarships
assist students with tuition and related education expenses, and are awarded to exceptional law
students who demonstrate a commitment to public
service and academic excellence.
A paper by James (Jake) Richardson ’14 was
chosen as a finalist in the GRAMMY Foundation’s
2014 Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition. James was honored at the foundation’s 16th
Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon &
Scholarship Presentation in January. In addition to
receiving an award of $1,500 for his article, “Create
A Compulsory License Scheme For On-Demand
Digital Media Platforms,” he received a ticket to
attend the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
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Save the Date for Reunions 2014!
Mark your calendars for this year’s class reunions,
which will be held on Saturday, May 31st.
Come join classmates, friends and professors as we celebrate the classes of ’64, ’69, ’74, ’79, ’84, ’89, ’94,
’99, ’04 and ’09. Attend a special reunion reception and intimate dinner with your class, as well as the
Alumni of the Year Award luncheon, which will be held on Friday, May 30th. Rich Parker ’74, a partner at
O’Melveny & Myers LLP, has been named the National Reunion Challenge Chair. Now entering its fifth
year, the Reunion Challenge is an opportunity for alumni to honor their reunion class with a financial
commitment to the law school. As national chair, Rich will work with reunion classes to increase
challenge participation and help to make the reunions a resounding success.
The Blue and Gold Standard
HIRING THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST!
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part-time or contract basis, turn to the UCLA Law
Office of Career Services to connect you to talented
UCLA Law students and alumni. The Office of Career
Services provides employers with an opportunity
to post job listings or collect resumes, free of charge,
for UCLA Law students and alumni.
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