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JAMES E. ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW |
AUGUST 17, 2022 | | |
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Greetings,
There’s nothing quite like the first week of school.
For those members of the college community with kids, you may see the
thrill (or chill) of toting a new set of sharpened pencils and shiny folders to the classroom in a new backpack (and their parents experience the mix of happiness and a sense of the steady passage of time of watching them go after a long summer).
The experience might not be quite the same for law students, but the feeling of a fresh start can be just as exciting.
This week, I am delighted to welcome new and returning students to the 2022-23 school year.
In this, the first newsletter of the fall semester, we introduce Student Bar Association President Sarah Gerstel and some of the excellent new faculty joining us this fall. We also recognize a generous gift by Rick Fried (’63, ’66) to the “A New Day in Court” initiative, which marks another kind of new beginning at our school.
What it means to be back in school differs among our students here in Tucson and on our partner campuses around the world, as well as for our remote learners. But no matter where they are, we hope the new school year is a chance for students to embrace new challenges and opportunities.
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Until the footnotes,
Marc
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Q&A with Incoming SBA President Sarah Gerstel | |
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We are pleased to introduce Sarah Gerstel, incoming Student Bar Association for the 2022-23 school year. Read on to learn about her University of Arizona Law experience.
What are your goals as SBA president?
In my role as SBA president, I want to breed a culture of community and transparency.
What are you looking forward to this year?
I am looking forward to applying the courtroom skills that I’ve developed over my summer internship at the San Diego Public Defender’s office to my work on the mock trial team.
What three words come to mind when you think of Arizona Law?
Welcoming, challenging, bustling.
What do you think everyone should experience living in Tucson?
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum!
Favorite restaurant in Tucson? What do you order?
Barista Del Barrio! I get a potato, egg, and bean breakfast burrito with soyrizo and guacamole.
What are your career plans?
I plan to pursue a career in indigent defense through public defense and wrongful conviction work.
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Welcome to Our New Faculty! | |
This fall, we are welcoming five new and visiting faculty members joining the University of Arizona Law. This week and next, we will be introducing them to our newsletter readers. | |
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Stephanie Stern
Stephanie Stern joins us as a professor of law teaching courses in Environmental Law. Her research focuses on how residential protections in property and land use law can frustrate environmental sustainability, affordability and inclusion. Stephanie’s scholarship has been published in the Michigan Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Virginia Law Review and leading peer-reviewed journals. She is the author of “The Psychology of Property Law.”
Prior to joining the faculty at University of Arizona Law, Stephanie taught at Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Institute of Technology. Stephanie also practiced property and environmental law at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP and clerked for Judge Kermit Lipez on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She also served as a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School and a research fellow at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. She holds a BA from Brown University and JD from Yale Law School.
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Jordan Woods
Jordan Woods joins us as professor of law and will teach courses in the areas of criminal law & procedure, law & sexuality, family law and legal ethics. Jordan is a trained criminologist and legal scholar. His areas of research focus on the regulation of law enforcement, criminal justice issues affecting LGBTQ populations, and the legal regulation of youth in family and child welfare contexts. His scholarship has appeared in the Stanford Law Review, Michigan Law Review, California Law Review, UCLA Law Review and Minnesota Law Review, among others. In 2021, Jordan was recognized by the National LGBT Bar Association as one of the Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 and was also elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Before joining the University of Arizona, Jordan served as a professor of law and director of the Richard B. Atkinson LGBTQ Law & Policy Program at the University of Arkansas School of Law. He also served as a fellow at the Williams Institute, a research institute on LGBT law and public policy at UCLA School of Law. Woods clerked for Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He holds an AB from Harvard College, JD from UCLA School of Law, and MPhil and PhD in criminology from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Gates Scholar.
Welcome, Stephanie and Jordan!
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Alumnus Rick Fried Contributes $50,000 to ‘A New Day in Court’
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We gratefully announce that University of Arizona double Wildcat and James E. Rogers College of Law alumnus Rick Fried (’63, ’66) has contributed $50,000 to the “A New Day in Court” fundraising initiative in support of University of Arizona Law’s Advocacy program.
Rick’s gift will go toward remodeling the college’s existing courtrooms to create two modern, flexible, dual-purpose practice courtrooms and classrooms.
The $6 million “A New Day in Court” initiative is raising funds for capital projects, faculty expansion and student experiential learning. The initiative also includes renaming the program to the Thomas Mauet Advocacy Program, in honor of Professor Emeritus and renowned trial expert Thomas Mauet, who stepped down as advocacy program director in 2016.
“It is always a thrill to see members of our alumni community dedicating time and resources to advance opportunities for future Arizona Law students,” noted Barbara Bergman, director of the advocacy program. “To have a highly respected and skilled advocate like Rick join us as a supporter speaks to the importance of creating top-of-the-line advocacy spaces for our students.”
Rick is a founder of Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks, a firm specializing in personal injury litigation based in Hawaii.
Outside of his legal practice, Rick has also been the champion of a different court. A lifelong tennis player, Rick was captain of the University of Arizona men’s tennis team before completing his LLB at the College of Law. In 2008, he was inducted into the USTA Hawaii Pacific Section Tennis Hall of Fame, receiving the Player Award for his outstanding competitive achievements. Last year he earned the top spot in the U.S. tennis men’s 80-year-old division.
An active member of the University of Arizona Law community, Rick delivered the 2015 Peter Chase Neumann Lecture on Civil Justice where he discussed the role of a plaintiff’s lawyer in improving the lives of victims. In 2012, he was honored by the Law College Association with the UA Alumni Association’s Professional Achievement Award.
See here for the full story.
For more information on “A New Day in Court,” including fundraising goals and how to donate, visit law.arizona.edu/court or contact Senior Director of Development Megan O’Leary at moleary@arizona.edu or 520-626-1330.
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Join Us for Lifetime Achievement Awards | |
Registration is now open for this year’s University of Arizona Law Lifetime Achievement Awards October 28. We look forward to honoring the extraordinary careers of Robert Hirsch (’64), Judge Margaret Houghton (’76) and Daisy Jenkins (’96). Please join us by Zoom or on campus!
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Every week and often every day at our College has some distinctive feature or event. But some days and weeks stand out, in our annual cycle of life. Orientation, where we welcome the new students to our community, and the first week of classes, are, always, among the most energizing times of the year, full of hope.
Among the many things we look forward to in the weeks and months ahead is introducing our new students to what is one of the greatest communities of alumni and friends, compared to any law school, anywhere.
But first – the 600 or so students, staff and faculty will now get acquainted, or reacquainted, as we are back, in person, here on our Tucson campus.
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