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Greetings from Tucson,
As the monsoons continue to roll
through Tucson, including a dramatic, small
lightning-caused fire in the foothills, we are
preparing to welcome our 100th incoming
class.
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Via KVOA News; Photo by Pedro
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On Monday we welcome our international
students and a week from today I
will greet all of our students at the start of a
three-day orientation. Few moments are as thrilling as
when new members of our law school community walk
through the door.
Looking ahead to Homecoming, we are still
looking for reunion volunteers from the Classes of 1980,
1995, and 2000 -- email Chris Gast
to find out how to participate.
This week, we share the remarkable story of
alumna and longtime friend of the college Daisy
Jenkins.
Until
the footnotes,
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Daisy Jenkins' path to law school began in the
1960s, when she became intrigued with the legal
decisions of the civil rights era. It took another 30
years, a white paper, and support from her employer
before Daisy found her way to law school, and that story
is best told in her own words:
 "I was born in the
deep South (Bainbridge, Georgia) in the late '40s and
experienced the worst forms of segregation. My family
relocated to Sacramento, California, when I was 11 years
old, after my father was laid off from his job when the
local Air Force Base closed. My two sisters and I
rode the bus for three days traveling from Bainbridge to
California. I was told that California would be
the end of the prejudice I faced in the South and I was
so excited. But once I began attending integrated
schools with low expectations for black students, I
realized that many of those prejudices had traveled with
me to California.
I started at the
very bottom of the ladder in corporate America and
worked my way to a senior executive level. At one
point, when the concrete ceiling was
too overwhelming for me to break through, I
encouraged my company, Hughes Aircraft Company, to
sponsor me in law school. They were initially opposed to
sponsoring a law student when engineers were king, but I
was persistent and finally wore them down. I even
wrote a white paper on the merits of sending me to law
school with the expected return on that investment.
All would agree that the investment paid
off.
I was the first
woman of color vice president in Raytheon Company's
70-year history at the time of my promotion in 2000.
This ascent was not without its challenges, but I
persevered and kept my eyes on the prize of becoming a
valued and respected leader. I
can't say enough good about the opportunities and goals
achieved at both Hughes Aircraft and Raytheon, as well
as Carondelet Health
Network."
Though she did not practice conventionally, Daisy
says her legal education was central to her professional
success.
"I've been very
blessed to have accomplished much, which is why I
feel compelled to give back. Although I decided against
active law practice, I utilized my law degree daily in
my leadership roles. In fact, my law school
education helped me transition from emotional, reactive
responses to more rational, objective critical thinking,
and thus more effective decision-making. It's also
amazing how achieving a law degree validates that you
have some degree of intellectual prowess, which was
especially important for me as a black female in the
predominantly white male defense
industry."
Recently retired from the Carondelet Health
Network, Daisy is now the president of Daisy Jenkins & Associates, LLC,
providing developmental and executive coaching and HR
business solutions. In addition, Daisy is a
leadership advisor with the THEO Executive Group out of
Irving, Texas, where she advises C-suite healthcare
executives in major healthcare organizations across the
country.
When not working, Daisy loves spending time with
her family. She and husband Fred are about to celebrate
their 49th wedding anniversary. Daisy has two sons and
six grandsons whom she enjoys doting over.
Daisy has a long history of service and activism in
the community and state, serving as chair of the board
of directors of the United Way of Tucson and Southern
Arizona; as chair of the diversity subcommittee of the
City of Tucson Human Relations Commission; as a member
of the Tucson Airport Authority, the College of Law
Board of Visitors, the UA President's African American
Community Council, the Tucson Unified School District
(TUSD) African American Task Force; and as an education
advocate for African American student
achievement.
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Centennial
Snapshot -- An Alum Recalls Dean Lyons
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Last week,
we brought you a few words and images marking John D.
Lyons' tenure as
dean of the College of Law from 1947 to 1966. We
received notes from alumni with their own reflections on
Dean Lyons. Anthony B. Ching ('65), pictured here as a
student, added to the story:
I have the
fondest memory of Dean Lyons. Starting UA Law School in
1960 while still working as a geologist at Duval Mining
south of Tucson, I was asked to meet with Dean Lyons. He
took an interest in my law school pursuits and told me
that with a science background, I tended to be too terse
in my law school exams. He said the best way to learn
legal writing was to read court opinions and follow the
format of stating the facts, questions before the court,
reasoning and conclusion. I followed his advice and it
worked all the way to my winning cases in SCOTUS in
1970-71. I also believe that all the law students in
those day knew well his driving his old Plymouth to
work.
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Anthony Ching (back row, far right) is
pictured as a
student with some of his classmates in
the Phi Alpha Delta
fraternity in
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Further:
I also want to point
out that I believe that I was the first foreign student
at the law school.* I had to wait until my
naturalization in 1964 before I could apply for the
Arizona state bar's 1965 February bar examination
because of a rule requiring citizenship. The irony is
that in 1971, I argued and won the case of Graham v.
Richardson, 403 U.S. 365 (1971), which held that under
the equal protection clause, a state cannot discriminate
against resident aliens absent a compelling state
interest. Less than two years later, the court decided
the case of In re Griffiths, 413 U.S. 717 (1973) holding
that Connecticut's bar rule requiring U.S. citizenship
for bar admission violated the equal protection clause,
citing Graham, 413 U.S. at 721. 
Another fact worth
mentioning is that I was the second Asian law student at
UA law school. The first was Wing Ong from Phoenix, who
graduated many years before me, but Professor Barnes
remembered him well and often made remarks in the
criminal law class comparing me with Mr.
Ong.
Sincerely,
Anthony B.
Ching
We so appreciate this letter from Anthony, and all
the letters and emails we receive, which add to our
understanding of the Arizona Law
legacy.
Do you have photos or memories
from your time at Arizona Law? We would love to
hear from you. Please contact Emily
McGovern, Centennial Coordinator, to share your
images and stories.
Also
see our call for contributions to the Digital
Time Capsule, below.
*We
previously reported that we believed Desmond Kearns ('72) was the first
international student. It is clear that Anthony Ching
('65) predates Mr. Kearns and may be the first
international student.
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Congratulations
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Bambauer won the first-ever
Stonecipher Award from the Law and Policy division
of the Association for Education in Journalism and
Mass Communication (AEJMC). The award recognizes
top scholarship in communication and free speech
law. Professor Bambauer received the award for her
article "Is Data
Speech?" published in 2014 in Stanford
Law Review. Read more about the award here. |
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and former Dean Lawrence Ponoroff has been awarded the
Editors' Prize from the American Bankruptcy Law
Journal for best article of 2014 (Volume
88). The article, entitled "Constitutional Limitations
on State-Enacted Bankruptcy Exemption Legislation
and the Long Overdue Case for Uniformity," discusses the division
of authority between state and federal law in
bankruptcy cases, focusing specifically on
application of the Uniformity and Supremacy
Clauses of the Constitution on the states' ability
to define exemptions that apply only in
bankruptcy. Larry will accept the award at the
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges annual
meeting in Miami this September. |
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Call
for Contributions to the Digital Time Capsule
Do you remember your first small section
get-together? Your favorite study group? A moot court
victory? How about your first throw at the Gutter Bowl?
Or even your first professional event as an attorney? We
want to show the relationships that come from being an
Arizona Law alum.
We are looking for a photo of you with another
Arizona Law alum. It could be a photo from law school.
It could be a recent snapshot. From the bar convention
to the intramural fields, we want your photos. It does
not have to be work related, but it can
be.
We will display the photos and collect additional
contributions on-site during the Homecoming-Centennial
Week celebrations in October, after which we will add
these visual memories to the College of Law archive as a
digital time capsule.
Check through your albums, scour Facebook, and
please email us a copy
of your favorite photo. Please include your name,
graduation year, and short description of the photo
(who's in it and roughly when it was taken) in the
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Homecoming-Centennial
Week, October 18-25
Make plans to return to Tucson and connect with
your fellow alumni during this year's special Homecoming-Centennial Week!
Highlights will include:
- McCormick Society Lecture, United States Supreme
Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Tuesday, Oct. 20,
5:30 pm
- Arizona Law Lifetime Achievement Awards Ceremony,
Thursday, Oct. 22, 4:00 pm
- All-alumni Centennial Reception in the courtyard,
Friday, Oct. 23, 6:00 pm
- All-alumni Homecoming-Centennial Barbecue, prior
to football game, Saturday, Oct. 24
- Arizona Law group seating at Arizona v. Washington
State, Saturday, Oct. 24
- All-alumni Brunch with former deans, hosted by
Dean Miller, Sunday, Oct. 25
- Reunion-year events (Classes of 1965, 1970, 1975,
1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and
2010)
Visit https://law.arizona.edu/arizona-law-centennial-celebrationundefined to
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Last week, we invited the 11 most recent classes of
alumni (2005-2015) to join the alumni directory.
The response has been excellent. Alums throughout
the globe are adding photos, joining groups, and sharing
their contact information. Today, we are
sending emails to members of the classes of 1990-2004.
If you are a member of one of those classes and do not
receive an invitation, please let us
know.
In continuation of our series of tips from last
week, here is another way to make the most of the alumni
directory.
Wondering what to be
looking out for in your inbox? Here is a screenshot of
the welcome email that is being sent to all alumni.
Simply click on the embedded link (the green circle) and
you will be taken to the alumni directory to set up your
new password.
I hope you take the time to join the alumni
directory and help us connect and reconnect the Arizona
Law community.
And
soon -- just days from now -- we'll have more than 150
new people, and all of their extraordinary knowledge,
experience and diversity, to add to and draw upon the
relationships that are the lifeblood of what it means to
be part of our College.
Warmly,
Dean
& Ralph W. Bilby Professor of Law
Shaping
the next century of legal
education
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