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Greetings,
This is another exciting week at Arizona Law as we
announce the newest member of the Arizona Law community,
Professor Barbara Bergman, and celebrate the generosity
of our current students.
Recently, two groups of students made demonstrative
gifts to the college, and the 2016 class gift is
underway. This year, the Class Gift Committee is asking
graduating students to give $20.16 in honor of someone
who has assisted them in law school. The gift will go
toward the SBA travel fund as a way to "pay it forward"
to future students. The Class of 2016 has challenged the
Class of 2001, who also gave money toward a student
travel fund, to match the class gift.
While we celebrate the generosity of our students,
we also challenge you, our alumni, to consider making a
gift to the college. This year we set a lofty goal
of 20%
alumni
participation.
We have made good progress. I ask everyone reading
this right now to please help us reach our goal. Every
gift counts. Whether you want to help the students by
participating in the class gift or support an
organization that was meaningful to you in law school,
please consider participating and helping us to attain a
20% giving rate by the end of June.
Alumni support has been increasing in recent years,
and last year we reached a 12% giving rate. Let's go
higher! Help us break the thermometer by making a donation today! Until the footnotes,
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The Next Generation of
Advocacy at Arizona Law |
Barbara joins Arizona Law from the University of
New Mexico School of Law, where she served on the
faculty for 29 years, including four years as associate
dean for academic affairs and one year as interim
dean.
Barbara is a noted defense attorney who previously
served with the Public Defender Service in Washington,
D.C., and who spent a year as associate counsel to
President Jimmy Carter. She was also on the defense team
in The State of Oklahoma v. Terry Nichols,
a state death penalty case following the bombing of the
Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma
City.
Barbara's extensive experience, national
reputation in advocacy, leadership in and deep
connection with the bar, and enthusiasm for teaching
will continue the evolution of our respected advocacy
program -- a program that serves many of our students
and consistently earns acclaim among practitioners,
judges, and our peers.
As director, Barbara will teach and work
closely with Arizona Law students who participate in
intercollegiate and intramural advocacy
competitions.
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Two Arizona Law teams
at the regional round of this year's ABA National
Appellate Advocacy
Competition. |
 Though Tom Mauet
passes the leadership baton, he will teach in the
program he founded and built, support Barbara through
her transition, mentor our students, and continue
contributing to a field of study that he helped to
pioneer.
The program strongly reflects Tom's guiding
principle -- that all students need advocacy training to
prepare themselves for long and productive careers. It
also reflects new realities that the settings in which
advocacy skills are required are multiplying, that
advocacy skills are unlikely to be replaced by a
computer algorithm, and that there is a growing global
demand for advocates from Mexico to
Mongolia.
The advocacy program is the centerpiece of
the college's Civil Justice Initiative, which also
includes research and policy engagement, and a series of
events and guest speakers. One highlight of the school
year is the newly named Peter Chase Neumann Lecture on Civil
Justice, which brings in leading civil justice
advocates from around the country.
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Peter Chase Neumann ('64) speaking as
part of a
Civil Justice Initiative event for
students. |
Our advocacy program has been growing in the
past few years with increased participation and support
for trial, appellate, negotiation, and other skill
competitions, new resources such as the two courtrooms
downtown, and the dramatic growth of the Civil Justice
Initiative.
As we honor both the history and future of
our advocacy program, please join me in congratulating
Barbara and Tom on their new roles.
Barbara will be on campus beginning July 1.
We look forward to introducing her to the Arizona Law
community and including you -- our alumni and partners
-- as we advance our advocacy program into its next
generation.
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SBA
Gala Proceeds
Through the annual SBA Gala held last weekend
Arizona Law students raised $2,500 to benefit Arizona
Law's clinics. The Gala was held on what you can see in
the photos was a beautiful evening at JW Marriott Tucson
Starr Pass Resort.
SBA officers Nate Curtisi and Derek Graffious
presented a check with the proceeds of the Gala to the
college. The SBA has
even more fundraising planned to benefit the college's
superb and wide-ranging clinics -- details are in the
Footnotes.
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The
Business of Giving
Students in Professor Mona Hymel's Financial Accounting class this
semester learned accounting by running real businesses.
The businesses, each started with $25 of seed money from
Professor Hymel, ran the gamut from snack and beverage
sales to shoe shines.
Remarkably, despite
supply issues, theft loss that involved storage in a
communal fridge, and spoiled merchandise kept in a car,
every business turned a profit. The four groups,
pictured below, donated their profits to the
college.
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Going
the Distance
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Ian with his daughter, Shaylee, and wife,
Courtney. |
Alumnus Ian Burrell, of the Class of '13 placed ...
13th at the Boston Marathon on April 18! He logged a
time of 2:22:22. Ian was featured by NBC Sports prior to the
race, and you can read more about his preparation here. Ian ran 25-30 hours a week throughout his time at
Arizona Law. He is an attorney at Stinar, Zendejas & Gaithe in
Colorado
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SBA
Fashion Fundraiser, May 7
The Student Bar
Association is excited to host a fundraiser on the day
before Mother's Day to benefit the UA Law clinics. You
are invited to join the SBA for an afternoon of
shopping, tasty treats, and good company at the Kendra
Scott store at La Encantada Mall on Saturday, May 7th,
from 1 - 4 p.m. Kendra Scott will be donating 20 percent
of all the proceeds to the UA Law clinics. Kendra Scott
is a jewelry store that offers classic and contemporary
jewelry
pieces.
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Distinguished Scholars' Day of
Service
College of Law Distinguished Scholars, students
Slade Smith, Renee Gantert, Doug Imperi, Rhonda Martin,
Sami Farhat, and Lauren Beall, and Professor Chris
Robertson, spent last Saturday volunteering on a Habitat
for Humanity project. With temps in the nineties, it was
a sweaty job well done.
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(l-r)
Rhonda
Martin, Christopher Robertson,
Doug Imperi,
Sami Farhat, Slade Smith,
Lauren Beall, and
Renee Gantert.
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Volunteers Sami Farhat
(l) and Doug Imperi (r)
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Online
Alumni Directory
Please take the time to join your online alumni directory. We are
creating a shared resource to support our students and
our alumni. If you need us to resend your personalized
invitation, please email or call (520)
621-8430.
The latest weekly Arizona Law T-shirt drawing
winner from among new directory members is Christopher
Breitkreitz ('05). Congratulations, Christopher, and
thank you for
joining.
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We look forward to having Barbara Bergman at the
helm of our vibrant advocacy program.
Our advocacy program is just one part of the rich
tapestry of legal education at our college. Your giving
and engagement recognize this and strengthen us every
day.
So many people give to our community in so many
ways. We are at the point in the year when we again ask
everyone who cares about college -- about the what and
who and how we teach, about our role in creating
knowledge and training a new generation of lawyers -- to
show their support.
We would especially like to
encourage recent graduates to stay connected and support
those who follow you. Help us reach our
goal.
Warmly,
Dean
& Ralph W. Bilby Professor of Law
Shaping
the next century of legal
education
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