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Law school touts outstanding faculty scholarship
Dean Kellye Testy sent postcards highlighting new faculty members Deborah Ahrens, Deirdre Bowen, Tayyab Mahmud, Rafael Pardo, Norman Printer and Andrew Siegel; rising scholars Mark Chinen, Carmen Gonzalez, Christian Halliburton, John Kirkwood, Catherine O’Neill and Russell Powell and senior faculty Jan Ainsworth, Margaret Chon, Henry McGee, John Mitchell and David Skover. Those five senior faculty members have published 14 articles and two books in the past three years. Among their recent scholarship:
For a complete list of their publications, as well as to see an updated list of all the excellent scholarship by these and all Seattle University School of Law faculty, visit www.law.seattleu.edu/faculty/publications. Staff, students and alumni help create breast cancer guide Joan Tierney '01, an associate director in the Center for Professional Development, was president of Washington Women Lawyers and served as editor-in-chief of the guide, distributed throughout the state and online. She enlisted help from lawyers throughout Washington, including several people affiliated with the law school. The comprehensive guide covers issues such as housing, insurance and informed consent, and includes an exhaustive list of resources. Among the contributors were Carla Lee '05, Washington Women Lawyers co-vice president and a co-editor on the guide; Joslyn Donlin '89 and Dana Hess '04, co-editors; chapter authors Diana Singleton '98, director of the Access to Justice Institute; Kelly Kenn '01, Lucinda Dunlap '05; Jenni Frere Volk '04, Evonne Zook '00; student authors 2L Caroline Bundy, 2L Ling Ly, 3L Anne van Leynseele; and substantive editors Stacey Lara Kerr and Amy Light, Center for Professional Development; Paula Lustbader '88, associate professor; Ada Shen-Jaffe, distinguished practitioner in residence; and students 2L Laura Knight and 2L Jessica Rosenberg. The guide is available online at www.wsba.org/breastcancerlegalresource.pdf. Social Justice Week encourages lives of service One of the highlights was a session in which Adjunct Professor John McKay and former Judge Don Horowitz shared personal stories of their career paths in the first of four symposia encouraging students and lawyers to find a place for public interest or pro bono work in their lives, no matter what kind of law they practice. “Making a Difference: Using Your Law Degree to Make the World a Better Place No Matter Where You Go in Your Career – and Life,” will run throughout the academic year. Both told stories about cases and moments that defined their careers and made them committed to doing public interest work, no matter where they were in their professional lives. PILF plans annual auction, reaches out to alumni PILF’s Fall Pledge Drive runs on campus Oct. 15-19 with the theme “PILFapalooza.” Proceeds help fund the summer grants program for students in volunteer public interest law internships. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Public Interest Law Foundation annual auction, and students are bringing it back to campus. Campion Ballroom will be the site of the auction on March 1, 2008. Watch for information regarding ticket and table sales. For more information, or to help with the planning and procurement, e-mail Brandi Ross at rossb@seattleu.edu. For further updates, visit www.law.seattleu.edu/pilf. Center on Corporations, Law & Society names distinguished faculty fellow Greenfield is professor of law and Law Fund Research Scholar at Boston College Law School, where he teaches and writes in the areas of business law and constitutional law. His articles are widely cited, and he has been called “the leading figure” and “the most creative thinker” in the “stakeholder” school of corporate law scholarship. He is the author of “The Failure of Corporate Law: Fundamental Flaws and Progressive Possibilities,” in which he argues that corporations have lost their previous sense of civic responsibility and potential as vehicles for positive social change. “We are honored to have a scholar of Kent's caliber working with the Center,” CCLS Director Dana Gold said. “He has already given much to the Center and the law school through his presentations and scholarship, and we are excited about collaborating with him on multiple projects over the coming year." Greenfield, who as a leader among progressive corporate law scholars has worked informally with the Center on Corporations, Law & Society since its inception, will engage in scholarship efforts and special projects to amplify the Center's mission of fostering dialogue and scholarship on the role law plays in understanding the relationship between corporations and society. He will make periodic visits to Seattle throughout the year. Conference gives underrepresented groups tips for pursuing deanships Law Review issues cover First Amendment conference, U.S. attorney firings Organized in collaboration with noted First Amendment scholar and Seattle University School of Law Professor David Skover and the Seattle University Law Review, this conference brought together nationally recognized legal scholars, attorneys, policymakers and activists to explore how corporations, corporate law and First Amendment jurisprudence influence an active democracy. Sessions included: Corporations & the First Amendment: A Historical Overview, featuring Professor Adam Winkler of UCLA School of Law; A debate on “Should Corporations Have First Amendment Rights?” between law professor Dan Greenwood, now of Hofstra University School of Law, and lawyer Erik Jaffe, contributing blogger to The Volokh Conspiracy; Corporations & Commercial Speech, featuring Ron Collins of the First Amendment Center; David Vladeck, professor of law at Georgetown and former director of the Public Citizen Litigation Group; Tamara Piety, law professor at University of Tulsa College of Law; and Mark Lopez, senior staff counsel with the head office of the American Civil Liberties Union. Corporations & Political Speech: Should Speech Equal Money?, featuring Professor Martin Redish, noted constitutional law scholar at Northwestern School of Law; Scott Thomas, former chairman of the Federal Election Commission; and Lisa Danetz, staff attorney with the National Voting Rights Institute. The Corporatization of Communication, with Lawrence Soley, professor of communication and journalism at Marquette University and author of Censorship, Inc.; Professor Adam Candeub, former attorney-advisor to the Federal Communications Commission; and Jeffrey Chester, director of the Center for Digital Democracy. Protecting the Polity: Strategies for Reform, with Charlie Cray, Director of the Center for Corporate Policy, Solange Bitol-Hansen, National Programs Director for Public Campaign, and Bruce Freed, Co-Director of the Center for Political Accountability. Mark Crispin Miller, Professor of Culture and Communication at NYU and author of Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them), gave the keynote address. The upcoming issue of Seattle Law Review will highlight the law school's spring forum U.S. Attorneys: Roles and Responsibilities. This issue will feature articles by two former U.S. Attorneys as well as prominent scholars, including:
For more information or to receive either issue, go to www.law.seattleu.edu/lawrev or e-mail sulawrev@seattleu.edu. Read more about these stories in the winter issue of the Lawyer.
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