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April 30,
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Greetings,
This week we feature
new Student Bar Association President Harry Aaron
('15), new Director of Development Kelly Holt, and
alumna Robin Quarrier ('08).
Until
the footnotes,
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Harry
Aaron '15
Last week, our students elected rising
3L Harry Aaron as the 2014-2015 Student Bar
Association President.
Harry,
a native of the Berkshires in Massachusetts,
received his undergraduate degree from Union
College in Schenectady, NY. When it came time to
choose a law school, Harry applied to a number of
schools across the country. He explained that
"after the acceptances came, I began to think
about what schools fit my needs. I went to a
liberal arts college so I didn't want to be a
number in a large class, and I preferred to be in
a community setting that fostered academic
thought." Arizona Law met the mark in all
categories, drawing this Northeasterner to the
desert. It didn't hurt that Harry's godfather,
William Wanago, is a two-time alumnus of the U of
A (1967, M.D. 1971) with fond
memories of his time in
Tucson.
Last
summer Harry clerked with Judge Sam Myers in the
Maricopa County Superior Court's Family Division.
This summer he will be working for the public
defender in Clarke County, Nevada. While still
contemplating his post-graduation plans, Harry
hopes that his future includes work in
constitutional law, saying that, "I have been
fortunate to have Professor Massaro for Con Law I
and II, and I really love the subject."
I
can understand how he feels: as the new SBA
President Harry had the honor of announcing
yesterday that this year the students have voted
Professor Massaro the John Strong Teaching Award
for what I believe is her eighth time since
joining the Arizona Law faculty. Awesome.
I
asked Harry about the SBA and his goals for next
year. His highest priority is helping more
students connect with Arizona Law alumni.
"Networking is key to landing jobs, and in this
uncertain economy I feel it's important to make
sure that students are able to meet alums who can
help."
Harry,
I couldn't agree more. I look forward to working
together to connect Arizona Law students with our
7000 Arizona Law alums.
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Robin
Quarrier '08
After
graduating from Dartmouth in 2003, Robin Quarrier
worked as a utility consultant in Boston for two
years before coming to Arizona Law.
"I
knew I wanted to become involved in more socially
responsible work. I made the difficult choice
whether to apply to law school, business school or
a master's program in public policy. I believe a
law degree offers the most expansive array of
options for future work opportunities. You really
can do anything with a law degree."
At
the encouragement of her father, Robin applied to
Arizona Law. "The U of A admissions team was by
far the most friendly and helpful, and offered me
a scholarship, further cementing my
decision." One trip to Tucson and
Robin knew it was the place for her. "It was so
beautiful that I took photos of the mountains from
the Target parking lot to show my
parents!"
Robin's
start to law school was auspicious:
"As
I neared Tucson in my Toyota Corolla at midnight
in August 2005 to begin my first year, a series of
thunderstorms broke out across the landscape of
vast desert and sky. I knew I had made the right
choice as adrenaline pumped through me - tingling
like the electrons in the sky."
When
she graduated in 2008, she knew she wanted to live
in San Francisco, ideally working in renewable
energy and intellectual property. Many of the big
firms weren't hiring due to the recession and
those that were hiring weren't offering the kind
of work Robin was dreaming of, so she looked
around for creative options. She applied for all
kinds of jobs at companies that she felt positive
about, it didn't matter if they were hiring for
attorneys, directors, consultants or analysts. The
non-profit Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) was
hiring for a Green Energy Analyst. At the
interview, she offered to do that job, and also to
be their in-house counsel for just a nominal
amount more. She was their first paid attorney on
staff and while they were leery at first, Robin
says "I demonstrated the value I added." Of course
she did! And six years later, she is the Chief
Counsel and has a job she enjoys immensely. Robin
puts it nicely: "I didn't wait to find my ideal
job, I created it."
Robin
is involved in certification mark licensing, state
and federal renewable energy policy work, and a
small amount of employment and nonprofit law. She
regularly deals with state and federal officials
in her day-to-day work. She has guest-taught
classes on Introduction to Energy Law at Berkeley
Law and Certification Marks at University of San
Francisco. Along the way, she has become an expert
in a niche field.
In 2012, the
State Department invited Robin on a fully-funded
trip to Mongolia for the International Women's
Leadership Forum to meet with government and
industry leaders to discuss the nexus between
women's rights and renewable energy.
Robin
is passionate about helping others carve their own
paths. The Center for Resource Solutions offers
robust internship opportunities including
opportunities in Robin's office.
In
addition to a great job, Robin is thrilled with
the opportunities she has found in San Francisco.
" I work a 9 to 5 job in a building located in a
national park--The Presidio, enabling me to be
active in outdoor activities, like bike racing and
training for an Ironman, which I completed a few
years ago." Robin is very active on a number of
volunteer boards, including Women of Wind Energy
and the Woman's Environmental Network, and she is
currently training five days a week in Aikido.
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Director of
Development Kelly Holt
There is a brand
new face at Arizona Law this week. Please join me
in welcoming the newest member of our Alumni and
Development team - Director of Development Kelly
Holt, who will help us expand our outreach to
those 7000 alums. While her home is in Tucson,
Kelly will spend the majority of her time in the
Phoenix area, engaging with our more than 3000
alumni and many friends there. Kelly will help to
remind the legal community in Phoenix that we are
the University of and for all of
Arizona.
While
Kelly is new to the Arizona Law team, she is not
new to the University. She comes to us from the
University of Arizona Foundation where she has
spent the past eight years on the GIFT
Center/Foundation Development team and was
Director there before transitioning to the College
of Law.
Kelly
is also a U of A alumna (BA Theatre Arts, '01),
and has two children, Brittany (23) and Nicolas
(17), and a charming Bassett-Dachshund mix,
Hamlet. Kelly brings 13 years of development
experience and deep connections in the campus and
local community. She is originally from Tennessee,
but has lived, worked, and traveled numerous
places before settling back in southern Arizona 18
years ago.
Kelly--welcome!
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Honoring
Jim Anaya
Last
Friday, the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy
Program honored Regents' Professor Jim Anaya for
the completion of his second term as United
Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples
and Human Rights. Jim's tenure in this role over
the past six years has been transformative on a
global scale, and here at the College of Law. The
faculty joined with conference participants from
around the work to celebrate Jim and his work.
(see pictures below)
Coming
soon!
College
of Law Commencement Ceremony and
Reception
Saturday,
May 17
5:30
pm - 8:00 pm
Centennial
Hall
We
are delighted to announce that the graduation
speaker will be Judge Andrew Hurwitz of the US
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Arizona
Law Alumni Reception in LA
Arizona
Law will be in LA May 29th. For more information
contact Marissa White at 520-626-8132 or mailto:mwhite@email.arizona.edu.
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SAVE
THE DATE - PLAN AHEAD - Centennial Homecoming
Weekend
November
7-9, 2014
For
more information, CLICK HERE to visit
our Homecoming 2014 website.
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Arizona
Law Week in DC
AZ
Law will be in DC June 23rd - June
27th
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Volunteer
Lawyers Needed to Help Asylum
Seekers
Catholic
Social Service of Tucson seeks a volunteer lawyer
willing to make a half-time commitment of at least
one year to represent immigrants seeking
asylum. No background in immigration law is
required; Spanish proficiency is preferred.
Contact Professor Lynn Marcus at lmarcus@email.arizona.edu with
the subject line, "CSS Volunteer Attorney
Position."
Marc L.
Miller
Dean & Ralph W. Bilby Professor of
Law
James E. Rogers College of Law
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