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<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Magazine<br />
Spotlight on<br />
<strong>ENVIRONMENTAL</strong><br />
<strong>LAW</strong><br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Dave owen<br />
and sarah schindler<br />
inside<br />
Race and <strong>Law</strong><br />
International Reach<br />
Judge Frank C<strong>of</strong>fin<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> school <strong>of</strong> law sUMMer 2011
FROM THE DEAN<br />
A center <strong>of</strong> excellence and a force for justice<br />
Dear Friends,<br />
Edward S. Godfrey, founding dean <strong>of</strong> the modern <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, predicted in 1965, “The future <strong>of</strong> the<br />
school looks bright . . . . [I]t should become a powerful force<br />
for good in the life <strong>of</strong> the state.” He wrote further that the school was<br />
designed not just to provide a sound legal education, “. . . but also to<br />
contribute the benefits <strong>of</strong> scholarly research to the university world,<br />
agencies <strong>of</strong> government, and the community in general.”<br />
I am pleased to report that, almost 50 years later, <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> has<br />
realized Dean Godfrey’s vision and more.<br />
The arc <strong>of</strong> history<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> has come a long<br />
way over the past century. It was<br />
founded initially as the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> in Bangor<br />
in 1898 when only 45 other law<br />
schools existed in the U.S., and<br />
was followed by a series <strong>of</strong> successor<br />
institutions until its merger<br />
with the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
System in 1970. <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> has<br />
emerged today as a nationally recognized<br />
institution competing effectively<br />
with more than 200 other<br />
law schools nationwide.<br />
The 1964 entering class <strong>of</strong> 22<br />
students came from seven states<br />
and 12 different colleges. The<br />
2010 entering class <strong>of</strong> 95 students<br />
came from 20 states and 60 different<br />
colleges, joined by exchange<br />
students from overseas. Applications<br />
to the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> increased<br />
in 2010 by more than 60 percent<br />
from the previous year, compared<br />
with a 7.4 percent increase<br />
in applications to all law schools<br />
nationwide. Consistent with national<br />
trends, applications in 2011<br />
decreased modestly from last year’s<br />
high, but the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> continues apace in attracting strong applicants<br />
from near and far.<br />
The Princeton Review rated our <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> among the top five<br />
nationally this year as most welcoming to older students, and pre<strong>Law</strong><br />
magazine placed us among the 40 best law schools nationally for public<br />
interest. As the legal pr<strong>of</strong>ession experiences rapid change, we are<br />
2 MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SPRING 2011<br />
preparing our students for a wider range <strong>of</strong> careers in multiple arenas<br />
and expanding our institutional role in informing public policy, contributing<br />
to economic development and promoting justice.<br />
Faculty excellence and impact<br />
The cover story for this issue <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Magazine reflects this<br />
vibrant vision <strong>of</strong> today’s <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. Pr<strong>of</strong>essors<br />
Dave Owen and Sarah Schindler are in the eye <strong>of</strong> the storm <strong>of</strong> environmental<br />
sustainability. Their teaching and research in environmental,<br />
property, administrative, land use, and natural resources law have a direct<br />
and constructive impact in addressing <strong>Maine</strong>’s challenges, while informing<br />
policy on a national stage.<br />
This robust combination <strong>of</strong><br />
academic excellence and practical<br />
application to societal needs resonates<br />
throughout the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
community. In these pages, you<br />
will read about Clinical Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Christopher Northrop and our Juvenile<br />
Justice Program, which plays<br />
a leadership role in improving the<br />
juvenile justice system in <strong>Maine</strong><br />
and gave rise to the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>’s<br />
designation as the New England Juvenile<br />
Defender Center; Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Lois Lupica’s timely national study<br />
<strong>of</strong> the impact <strong>of</strong> bankruptcy law in<br />
this era <strong>of</strong> foreclosures; a cutting<br />
edge new book by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Jennifer<br />
Wriggins on the intersection <strong>of</strong><br />
race and torts; and work around the<br />
world by Pr<strong>of</strong>essors David Cluchey,<br />
Martin Rog<strong>of</strong>f and Charles Norchi,<br />
connecting the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> and our<br />
Marine <strong>Law</strong> Institute to collaborations<br />
in France, Russia and Hong<br />
Kong. In a record year for faculty<br />
scholarship, our pr<strong>of</strong>essors have<br />
published five books this year, in<br />
addition to numerous articles and<br />
presentations, as described in the<br />
faculty accomplishments section <strong>of</strong><br />
this magazine.<br />
We are pleased to welcome Malick Ghachem (JD Harvard, PhD<br />
Stanford), who joined our faculty in September, 2010. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Ghachem<br />
practiced law in Boston from 2005 to 2010 in criminal defense, employment<br />
discrimination, and commercial litigation, and served as a<br />
lecturer in political science at the Massachusetts Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology.<br />
We were joined as well for the fall 2010 semester by Dr. Laura Un-
derkuffler, the J. DuPratt White Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> at Cornell <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> and an expert in property law and theory. Appointed<br />
as the Edward S. Godfrey Distinguished Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Underkuffler continued her multi-year run as serial visitor at <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> and a wonderful mentor to students and faculty colleagues.<br />
Stellar students and career challenges<br />
Our students continue to step up as civic leaders whose public<br />
service makes a tremendous difference in <strong>Maine</strong> and beyond. Ryan<br />
Royce (’11) was recently accepted into the highly competitive U.S.<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Justice Honors Program. Morgan Maxwell (’10) is<br />
a U.S. Presidential Management Fellow, a two-year paid fellowship<br />
sponsored by the U.S. Office <strong>of</strong> Personnel Management. Andrew<br />
Clearwater (’09) was appointed as our inaugural <strong>Law</strong> & Innovation<br />
Fellow, after receiving his LLM in Global <strong>Law</strong> and Technology at Suffolk<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> and completing his work as a research assistant<br />
at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.<br />
In April 2010, we honored former <strong>Maine</strong> Chief Justice Vincent<br />
McKusick and celebrated the launch <strong>of</strong> the McKusick Diversity Fellowship,<br />
with two fellowships awarded thus far. Our first two Mc-<br />
Kusick Fellows—Justin Costa (2L) and Danielle Cardona (1L)—are<br />
student leaders with a commitment to building on <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s progress<br />
in diversity. Our enrollment <strong>of</strong> minority students has increased<br />
dramatically in the past few years, reinforced by our faculty and student<br />
exchange program with Howard<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>. The <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
aspires to be a model for <strong>Maine</strong> at a time<br />
<strong>of</strong> dramatic demographic change.<br />
The economic downturn and changes<br />
in the legal pr<strong>of</strong>ession present a challenging<br />
job picture for our students. Our<br />
Placement Task Force is addressing this<br />
issue and developing strategies to support<br />
our students and recent graduates. Our Board <strong>of</strong> Visitors has joined this<br />
effort through its placement working group. With philanthropic support<br />
from friends and alumni, we <strong>of</strong>fer a summer fellowship program<br />
for students working in the public interest. Our wide-ranging externship<br />
program places students in a range <strong>of</strong> work settings for credit and<br />
formative outreach.<br />
The <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>’s institutional relationships, such as our evolving<br />
relationship with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), give<br />
rise to networking support for our students and recent graduates in<br />
launching their legal careers, as described in this issue by two <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> student interns at the USPTO. With support from David Kappos,<br />
USPTO Director and U.S. Undersecretary <strong>of</strong> Commerce, the<br />
<strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> is working with the agency on pilot programs that will<br />
enhance our recruitment, job placement, and educational program. We<br />
are broadening our curriculum and encouraging our students to use<br />
their law school education as a springboard to a wide array <strong>of</strong> work opportunities<br />
in law, government, business and the nonpr<strong>of</strong>it community.<br />
Looking ahead<br />
We marked the passing last year <strong>of</strong> Judge Frank M. C<strong>of</strong>fin, a remarkable<br />
man who leaves an inspiring legacy to the lawyers <strong>of</strong> tomorrow.<br />
In this issue are warm and thoughtful reflections from Jeffrey<br />
Lehman, Chancellor and Dean <strong>of</strong> the Peking <strong>University</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Transnational <strong>Law</strong> in Shenzhen, China, and a former clerk for Judge<br />
C<strong>of</strong>fin. The <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Review has published a symposium issue dedi-<br />
cated to the Judge’s legacy, and the <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Library is working<br />
collaboratively with others to publish a treasure trove <strong>of</strong> Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin’s<br />
public speeches. Although we mourn the loss <strong>of</strong> a dear friend, we also<br />
celebrate Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin’s amazing life and keep moving ahead with energy<br />
and optimism, as he certainly would have us do.<br />
As a public law school, we take our service mission seriously, and<br />
our students play a central role. An ethic <strong>of</strong> public service is pervasive.<br />
Students and faculty in the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic make<br />
a huge difference in people’s lives, while the <strong>Maine</strong> Patent Program<br />
and Intellectual Property Clinic together assist inventors, facilitate<br />
technology transfer, and contribute to state research and development<br />
policies. At a time <strong>of</strong> turmoil in financial markets and regulation, our<br />
Governance and Ethics Symposium Series at the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> engages<br />
national experts and regional leaders from the private sector and the<br />
nonpr<strong>of</strong>it community. With generous support from attorney and civic<br />
leader Catherine Lee, we have established the International Justice for<br />
Women Lecture Series, an endowed program that will bring speakers<br />
to <strong>Maine</strong> annually to discuss good work and strategies to benefit<br />
women and girls in the developing world.<br />
Our extended <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> community keeps us engaged and looking<br />
ahead. The Honorable Leigh Saufley (’79), Chief Justice <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Maine</strong><br />
Supreme Judicial Court, shares some personal thoughts in her interview<br />
for this magazine. As part <strong>of</strong> a continuing series, we place a spotlight<br />
on several <strong>of</strong> our alumni in a selected area <strong>of</strong> practice. For this issue,<br />
In the midst <strong>of</strong> financial challenge and uncertainty<br />
in higher education, the state <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> is<br />
strong and our trajectory is exciting.<br />
in sports and entertainment, they are Gary Thorne (’73), Paul Greene<br />
(’07), Matt Lane (’09), John W. Bride (’64), and Peter Carlisle (’94).<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Foundation, together with<br />
our Board <strong>of</strong> Visitors, is stepping up efforts in seeking long-term finance<br />
and major gifts to support our students and enable us to achieve<br />
our vision. The Alumni Association continues its active participation<br />
in the Annual Fund, so central to our current operation in supporting<br />
student scholarships, summer fellowships, faculty research, and disting-<br />
uished visitors. We extend our sincere thanks to so many alumni and<br />
friends for your consistent and generous support.<br />
We are advancing steadily toward our goal <strong>of</strong> an even greater <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>—a center <strong>of</strong> intellectual excellence,<br />
a top-notch teaching and research institution, a pivotal player in<br />
<strong>Maine</strong>’s economic development and public policy, a destination point<br />
for students and faculty from around the state and around the world,<br />
and an engine for justice. In the midst <strong>of</strong> financial challenge and uncertainty<br />
in higher education, the state <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> is strong and<br />
our trajectory is exciting.<br />
I hope you enjoy this issue <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Magazine.<br />
Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Dean, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
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<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Magazine<br />
Summer 2011<br />
Dean<br />
Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Magazine committee<br />
elena Brandt<br />
christopher Knott<br />
Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Jennifer wriggins<br />
Managing editor<br />
elena Brandt<br />
Editor/design<br />
Peter weed<br />
Copy editing<br />
J. Julie welch<br />
Photography (including cover)<br />
rené Minnis<br />
Special thanks<br />
Michelene Decrow<br />
Jack Montgomery<br />
alexandra Moras<br />
n. Joel Moser<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
12 20 22<br />
FEATURES<br />
6<br />
12<br />
17<br />
20<br />
22<br />
24<br />
Remembering Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin<br />
The ways <strong>of</strong> an ideal judge.<br />
Environmental <strong>Law</strong><br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Owen & Schindler tackle real-world problems.<br />
Going Global<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> increases its international reach.<br />
Bankruptcy <strong>Law</strong><br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Lupica looks at the costs <strong>of</strong> bankruptcy law.<br />
Race and <strong>Law</strong><br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Jennifer Wriggins discusses her new book.<br />
Juvenile Justice<br />
The Juvenile Justice Clinic <strong>of</strong>fers work that matters.<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
0<br />
2 From the Dean<br />
5 Opening Arguments: Chief Justice Saufley<br />
8 Student Spotlight: Exploring a career in patents<br />
9 Alumni Focus: Entertainment & Sports<br />
10 News & Events<br />
26 Faculty Accomplishments<br />
29 Philanthropy Report
Opening Arguments:<br />
Chief Justice Leigh Saufley<br />
The Honorable Leigh Saufley is Chief Justice<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Maine</strong> Supreme Judicial Court. After<br />
graduating in 1980 from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, Chief Justice Saufley<br />
served as deputy attorney general, <strong>Maine</strong> District<br />
Court Judge, and then <strong>Maine</strong> Superior Court<br />
Justice. She was appointed as an Associate Justice<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Supreme Judicial Court in 1997 and as<br />
Chief Justice in 2001.<br />
What aspects <strong>of</strong> the job do you enjoy<br />
the most?<br />
As an appellate justice, nothing compares<br />
with an intense oral argument followed by<br />
lively discussion with my colleagues. As an<br />
administrator, I find it most rewarding to work<br />
across branches <strong>of</strong> government and within<br />
communities to solve problems.<br />
How do you balance your administrative and<br />
Judicial Branch responsibilities with your role<br />
as an appellate justice?<br />
Balance is overrated! Like many <strong>of</strong> my<br />
colleagues, I work long hours, and I enjoy almost<br />
every minute <strong>of</strong> it. Because administrative<br />
responsibilities demand my time during regular<br />
courthouse hours, I do much <strong>of</strong> the reading and<br />
writing for the appellate work at night and on<br />
weekends.<br />
What is one thing you learned when taking the<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Court on the road to <strong>Maine</strong> high schools<br />
and, occasionally, middle schools?<br />
The students’ interests are not confined to<br />
sensational cases; students have had lively<br />
discussions on issues <strong>of</strong> land use, the common<br />
law <strong>of</strong> torts, and even administrative law.<br />
Who has been your greatest inspiration?<br />
My parents, Jan and Dick Ingalls. They modeled<br />
for my brothers and me the importance <strong>of</strong> hard<br />
work and commitment to community. They<br />
remain involved in local business, community, and<br />
government, and they still manage to put family first.<br />
I have always said that I was brilliant in my choice<br />
<strong>of</strong> parents.<br />
Finish this sentence: You wouldn’t catch me<br />
dead without . . .<br />
Diet Mountain Dew . . . and an ability to<br />
laugh. Laughter keeps us from negativity, binds<br />
us together, and makes even the toughest days<br />
bearable.
REMEMBERING JUDGE COFFIN<br />
The Ways <strong>of</strong> an Ideal Judge<br />
6 MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011<br />
{Story by Jeffrey S. Lehman/Photo by Jack Montgomery}<br />
To have served as one <strong>of</strong> Frank C<strong>of</strong>fin’s<br />
law clerks is to have received<br />
the finest imaginable apprenticeship.<br />
For an entire year, my co-clerks and I were<br />
his students, helping him do his work and<br />
all the while absorbing life-changing lessons<br />
from his example. Here are six attributes <strong>of</strong><br />
Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin that penetrated deeply into my<br />
consciousness, so deeply that I was moved to<br />
share them with a group <strong>of</strong> Chinese law students<br />
the week after he passed away.<br />
PERFECTIONISM. Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin wanted<br />
every bit <strong>of</strong> work he produced to be his<br />
best. He dreaded deciding a case wrongly,<br />
writing a bad opinion, even writing a bad<br />
sentence in a good opinion.<br />
Some perfectionists aggressively impose<br />
this value on others, but Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin followed<br />
a different tack: Whenever we law<br />
clerks produced inadequate work, he acted<br />
as if we had tried our best but had come up<br />
short because we were incapable <strong>of</strong> better.<br />
He would always praise our effort. Then<br />
he would gently ask a question that laid bare<br />
our failings, prompting us to revise our work<br />
voluntarily. When we were beyond that stage,<br />
he would in the privacy <strong>of</strong> his chambers undertake<br />
a painstaking edit, in an immaculate<br />
if tiny hand.<br />
The technique was a remarkable motivator.<br />
We did not want him to think that we<br />
lacked ability; we wanted him to think that<br />
we were great.<br />
Accordingly, we raised our level <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
care in order to increase the likelihood that<br />
he would conclude both that we were talented<br />
and that we shared his standards <strong>of</strong> quality.<br />
HaRD WORk: Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin stayed up late<br />
at night, and he woke up early in the morning.<br />
He did whatever he needed to ensure that<br />
his work was perfect.<br />
As was the case with his perfectionism,
“Perhaps the greatest measure <strong>of</strong> the man is that our<br />
sense <strong>of</strong> wonder and appreciation has grown ever<br />
deeper with the passage <strong>of</strong> time.”<br />
– Jeffrey s. lehman<br />
Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin never told us to work hard.<br />
Quite the contrary: he told us that we were<br />
his guests for the year in <strong>Maine</strong> and we should<br />
take time to explore and enjoy its many delights.<br />
And once again, we each chose to increase<br />
our level <strong>of</strong> work effort, as we came to<br />
emulate the Judge’s sense <strong>of</strong> duty to our work.<br />
LaNgUagE: Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin loved words.<br />
Funny words, strange words—he loved finding<br />
the perfect word to capture his ideas. He<br />
read widely, and it delighted him whenever an<br />
author <strong>of</strong>fered up a new word to incorporate<br />
into his repertoire.<br />
We all loved the way the Judge wrote. We<br />
did our best to learn to write like him. We<br />
sought out les mots justes to express our (or<br />
his) thoughts. And we came to see the value <strong>of</strong><br />
taking pains to write in ways that our readers<br />
would enjoy reading.<br />
PEOPLE: Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin believed that all<br />
people are important, and he believed that<br />
sometimes important people are less important<br />
than ordinary people. He was pr<strong>of</strong>oundly<br />
interested in what other people thought and<br />
Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin excelled as a painter and<br />
sculptor. (Photo courtesy <strong>of</strong><br />
Barbara Riegelhaupt)<br />
said—especially those who seemed to be living<br />
more challenging lives. He was deeply<br />
concerned that the justice system might not<br />
hear the poor as clearly as it hears the rich,<br />
and he did his best to guard against that bias<br />
in his personal as well as his pr<strong>of</strong>essional life.<br />
Every C<strong>of</strong>fin clerk was touched by this aspect<br />
<strong>of</strong> our mentor. He taught us that listening—real<br />
listening—requires concentration<br />
and effort, but repays those investments many<br />
times over. And by his example he inspired<br />
us to commit some portion <strong>of</strong> our energies to<br />
making the world a little more just towards<br />
those less fortunate than we.<br />
FUN: Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin loved to laugh. He<br />
thought life was funny and people were silly.<br />
He believed that the importance and seriousness<br />
<strong>of</strong> his work did not require him to take<br />
himself too seriously.<br />
And so we took up the Judge’s invitation<br />
to play jokes on each other, and on him. We<br />
played ridiculous games at his home. And<br />
we came to appreciate how unbecoming the<br />
quality <strong>of</strong> self-importance really is.<br />
BREaDTH: Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin developed all different<br />
aspects <strong>of</strong> himself. He was not only a<br />
great thinker, a great judge, and a great writer,<br />
but he was also a great painter and a great<br />
sculptor.<br />
Alas, artistic talent cannot simply be emulated.<br />
Concerning this quality, some <strong>of</strong> us had<br />
to draw a different lesson. Even if we could<br />
not create art ourselves, we came to value that<br />
talent in others and to want to make space in<br />
our lives to appreciate it when we saw it.<br />
To have spent a year as Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin’s<br />
law clerk is to have received a priceless gift.<br />
Throughout the year, we marveled daily at<br />
how much we were learning. But perhaps the<br />
greatest measure <strong>of</strong> the man is that our sense<br />
<strong>of</strong> wonder and appreciation has grown ever<br />
deeper with the passage <strong>of</strong> time.<br />
a life in law<br />
The Honorable Frank M. C<strong>of</strong>fin,<br />
a distinguished member<br />
<strong>of</strong> the United States judiciary,<br />
passed away in December, 2009.<br />
Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin was a role model to<br />
so many and a committed friend<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. His wisdom and intelligence,<br />
his commitment to social<br />
justice and public service, his<br />
kindness and wit, his personal<br />
warmth—we remember and<br />
aspire to all these attributes.<br />
Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin was appointed<br />
to the U.S. Court <strong>of</strong> Appeals by<br />
President Lyndon B. Johnson in<br />
1965, and served as Chief Judge<br />
from 1972 to 1983. He assumed<br />
senior status in 1989 and retired<br />
from the bench in 2006. His<br />
commitment to public service<br />
spanned a wide-ranging career,<br />
including roles as a member <strong>of</strong><br />
Congress, Deputy Administrator<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Agency for International<br />
Development, Chair <strong>of</strong> the Committee<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Judicial Branch for<br />
the U.S. Judicial Conference,<br />
and an active member <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Board <strong>of</strong> Visitors.<br />
We are honored here to<br />
publish reflections from Jeffrey<br />
S. Lehman, who served as clerk<br />
to Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin in 1981. Lehman<br />
currently is Chancellor and Dean<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Peking <strong>University</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Transnational <strong>Law</strong> in Shenzhen,<br />
China. After clerking for Judge<br />
C<strong>of</strong>fin, he clerked for former<br />
Associate Justice John Paul Stevens<br />
<strong>of</strong> the U.S. Supreme Court<br />
and then practiced law in Washington,<br />
D.C. He joined the faculty<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Michigan in<br />
1987 and was named Dean <strong>of</strong><br />
Michigan <strong>Law</strong> in 1994. In 2002,<br />
he became the 11th president <strong>of</strong><br />
Cornell <strong>University</strong>.<br />
– Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f,<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Dean<br />
MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011 7
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT<br />
Exploring a Career in Patents<br />
{By Kate Kolosowski-Gager (‘12) and Jennifer Hess Tichy (’12) / Photo by René Minnis}<br />
We started at the Intellectual Property Clinic as soon as possible<br />
after our 1L year. We both had a particular interest in<br />
the area, the requisite backgrounds (science degrees), and<br />
we were both eager for some hands-on experience after surviving our<br />
first year <strong>of</strong> law school.<br />
the agency in Alexandria, Va., and interview for spring or summer<br />
externships.<br />
Suddenly a combination <strong>of</strong> finding a contact person for the intern<br />
program and JetBlue <strong>of</strong>fering inexpensive flights created an opportunity<br />
for us to plan a visit to<br />
The school’s participation<br />
in the U.S. Patent<br />
and Trademark Office’s<br />
Pilot Program provided<br />
Jennifer Hess Tichy (left) and<br />
Kate Kolosowski-Gager,<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> students.<br />
the agency.<br />
We learned that working<br />
for the USPTO has excellent<br />
perks. Upon being<br />
us with a unique oppor-<br />
hired, all examiners attend<br />
tunity to become limited-<br />
the Patent Academy for four<br />
representation agents with<br />
months to learn how to use<br />
the USPTO <strong>of</strong>fice for both<br />
the USPTO’s unique search<br />
patent and trademark cases.<br />
programs.<br />
We were able to complete<br />
After this training, ex-<br />
prior art searches, draft proaminers<br />
go to work with<br />
visional patents, respond to<br />
their respective art units.<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice actions, search and<br />
The USPTO uses a flex-<br />
file trademarks, and mantime<br />
system, in which exage<br />
our own files with suaminers<br />
are not required to<br />
pervision from Pr<strong>of</strong>. Rita<br />
be in the <strong>of</strong>fice 9-5, Mon-<br />
Heimes and Pr<strong>of</strong>. Leonard<br />
day to Friday, but instead<br />
Agneta.<br />
must log a certain number<br />
Toward the end <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>of</strong> hours, and meet certain<br />
summer, we both became<br />
production goals over a<br />
interested in interning with<br />
two-week period.<br />
the USPTO. We were able<br />
At the one-year mark,<br />
to find an outdated posting<br />
examiners are no longer on<br />
for a since-discontinued<br />
probation, and can begin<br />
intern program, but that<br />
to telecommute from home<br />
was it. For the next two<br />
one day per week. After<br />
months, we sent a barrage<br />
more training, examiners<br />
<strong>of</strong> emails and spent at least<br />
are given the option <strong>of</strong> relo-<br />
two hours in the USPTO<br />
cating anywhere they want,<br />
phone tree.<br />
and telecommuting from<br />
In October, USPTO<br />
home.<br />
Director and Undersecre-<br />
Both <strong>of</strong> us obtained<br />
tary <strong>of</strong> Commerce David Kappos visited the law school and spent the spring externships that we were able to convert into summer ex-<br />
entire day meeting with students, faculty and members <strong>of</strong> the pubternships that started in June <strong>of</strong> this year.<br />
lic. Upon his return to Washington, the Intellectual Property Clinic The agency is hiring up to 1,000 patent examiners over the<br />
started getting emails from people at the USPTO eager to help us tour next few years, and we both intend to join the agency, if we can.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT<br />
In each issue <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, we take a look at alumni<br />
specializing in different fields. Our focus in this issue:<br />
Entertainment<br />
& Sports<br />
“<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> provided me with the environment I needed to graduate, pass the Bar and work at the FCC<br />
in Washington as a staff attorney in 1964. My goal was to own television and radio stations, and I built<br />
three facilities—WPXT-TV, WJBQ-FM and WJAB-AM here in Portland. The <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> was critical in<br />
developing the structure for my entrepreneurial endeavors in both <strong>Maine</strong> and elsewhere.”<br />
John W. Bride (‘64), retired<br />
Peter Carlisle is the driving force behind the success <strong>of</strong> Octagon’s Olympic & Action Sports division. An<br />
expert at the forefront <strong>of</strong> the booming action sports industry for more than a decade, he has emerged<br />
as a leader in the representation and marketing <strong>of</strong> Olympic and action sports athletes. He oversees a<br />
global business that provides career management for Olympics and action sports clients through contract<br />
negotiations, endorsements, licensing, merchandising opportunities and more. Before joining Octagon,<br />
he founded Carlisle Sports Management and served as an attorney for Preti, Flaherty, Believeau, Pachios.<br />
He has also served as an adjunct pr<strong>of</strong>essor at <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>.<br />
Peter Carlisle (‘94), Octagon<br />
Paul J. Greene focuses his sports law practice on protecting athletes’ rights. He handles anti-doping and<br />
eligibility arbitrations, rights <strong>of</strong> publicity matters, cybersquatting cases and immigration issues for athletes.<br />
He has successfully represented, among others, the gold-medal winning U.S. Men’s Olympic Bobsled<br />
Team and the Michael Phelps Foundation. Paul credits the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, where he<br />
took a course in sports law, for giving him his start as a sports lawyer.<br />
Paul J. Greene (‘07), Preti Flaherty<br />
“As a pr<strong>of</strong>essional runner, I competed against the world’s best. <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> gave me the training and vision<br />
to explore new challenges in track and field. My sports practice is focused on representing individuals<br />
and entities performing at the highest levels. My clients include the American Milers’ Association, NJNY<br />
Track Club, and Andrew Wheating, a 2008 Olympian. I serve as legal correspondent for Letsrun.com, the<br />
premier internet site for track and field news and results.”<br />
Matthew E. Lane (‘09), Preti Flaherty<br />
Gary Thorne says he has been fortunate in his broadcast career to have covered events such as the<br />
Olympics, the Stanley Cup Finals, the World Series, MLB All Star games and a host <strong>of</strong> baseball, football,<br />
basketball and hockey games. “The joy <strong>of</strong> the games survives despite the very big business nature <strong>of</strong> all<br />
sports,” he says. “My law background has helped me understand much <strong>of</strong> the business aspects <strong>of</strong> the<br />
game and integrate that knowledge into broadcasts. Most importantly, the law background provides the<br />
thinking process that I hope gives a broadcast cohesiveness.”<br />
Gary F. Thorne (‘73), sportscaster<br />
MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011 9
MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> NEWS<br />
Catherine Lee Justice for Women<br />
Lecture Fund<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Foundation is pleased to announce the creation<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Catherine Lee Justice for Women<br />
Lecture Fund. It enables <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> to host a<br />
distinguished speaker annually who will focus<br />
primarily on issues related to justice for women<br />
and girls in the developing world.<br />
This endowment was made possible by the<br />
generous support <strong>of</strong> Catherine Lee, and we will<br />
work to grow the Fund in the coming years.<br />
Catherine Lee is an attorney and founder <strong>of</strong><br />
Lee International Business Development. She<br />
advises clients globally, with her current practice<br />
around greenhouse gas emissions trading.<br />
Prior to establishing Lee International, she was<br />
in private practice at a major law firm and concentrated<br />
on environmental law. A graduate <strong>of</strong><br />
Barnard College and Cardozo <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>,<br />
she has been a leader in support and advancement<br />
<strong>of</strong> women lawyers in <strong>Maine</strong>.<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> is working with Catherine Lee<br />
to establish a diverse Advisory Council that<br />
will identify distinguished speakers for the Justice<br />
for Women Lecture series. In addition to<br />
presenting a public lecture, each invited speaker<br />
will spend time with <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> students<br />
in classes, workshops, or other programs. The<br />
Women’s <strong>Law</strong> Association at the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
will play an active role in the Justice for Women<br />
Lecture series.<br />
Governance and Ethics Symposium<br />
In April 2011, the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> presented<br />
its third annual Governance and Ethics Symposium:<br />
Doing Well by Doing Good – The<br />
‘Mega-Trend’ <strong>of</strong> Organizational Sustainability<br />
and Social Responsibility. This timely program<br />
marked a continuation <strong>of</strong> the Symposium’s<br />
2009 and 2010 highly successful exploration<br />
<strong>of</strong> cutting-edge governance and ethics issues.<br />
Participants included leaders in business and<br />
nonpr<strong>of</strong>it corporations with experience in<br />
sustainability, social responsibility, and stakeholder<br />
issues on regional, national and global<br />
fronts.<br />
The series is co-chaired by Daniel Boxer,<br />
former Chief Administrative Officer <strong>of</strong> Fairchild<br />
Semiconductor and <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Adjunct<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Governance, and by <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Dean Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f. This year’s Symposium<br />
panelists were: Charlie Broll, Vice President<br />
and General Counsel <strong>of</strong> Nestlé Waters <strong>of</strong><br />
10 MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011<br />
2011 selected events<br />
Data Security & Management<br />
in Global Commerce:<br />
thursday, July 28, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> school <strong>of</strong> law.<br />
First-year Orientation:<br />
thursday & friday, aug. 25-26.<br />
Fall Term Begins:<br />
Monday, aug. 29.<br />
Constitution Day Lecture:<br />
friday, sept. 16, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> school <strong>of</strong> law, Moot<br />
court room.<br />
The Olympic Movement:<br />
Legal & Business<br />
Perspectives: thursday, sept.<br />
22, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> school<br />
<strong>of</strong> law.<br />
19th Annual Frank M.<br />
C<strong>of</strong>fin Lecture on <strong>Law</strong> and<br />
Public Service: Presented<br />
by Jonathan lash, president<br />
<strong>of</strong> hampshire college and<br />
former president <strong>of</strong> the world<br />
resources institute. thursday,<br />
oct. 20, abromson center,<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> southern <strong>Maine</strong>.<br />
for additional information on these<br />
and other events, please contact<br />
the Dean’s <strong>of</strong>fice at 207-780-4344.<br />
North America Inc. (parent <strong>of</strong> Poland Spring);<br />
Paul Delva, Senior Vice President and General<br />
Counsel <strong>of</strong> Fairchild Semiconductor;<br />
Ellen golden, Managing Director <strong>of</strong> CEI<br />
Investment Notes, Inc. (affiliate <strong>of</strong> Coastal Enterprises,<br />
Inc,); Eileen Skinner, President and<br />
CEO <strong>of</strong> Mercy Hospital; and Lisa k. Toner,<br />
Vice President <strong>of</strong> Legal Affairs at Delhaize<br />
America (parent <strong>of</strong> Hannaford). Daniel Boxer<br />
and Tom Dunne, retired partner at Accenture,<br />
moderated the discussion, following an introduction<br />
by Dean Piteg<strong>of</strong>f.<br />
Welcome to Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Ghachem<br />
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Malick ghachem<br />
to the <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> faculty. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Ghachem<br />
holds undergraduate and law degrees<br />
from Harvard <strong>University</strong> and a PhD in history<br />
from Stanford <strong>University</strong>. For a number<br />
<strong>of</strong> years in Boston, he practiced law in the areas<br />
<strong>of</strong> criminal defense, employment discrimination,<br />
and commercial litigation, and served<br />
as a lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute <strong>of</strong><br />
Technology. He is author <strong>of</strong> the forthcoming<br />
book entitled, The Old Regime and the Haitian<br />
Revolution, published by Cambridge <strong>University</strong><br />
Press. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Ghachem teaches courses in<br />
criminal law, criminal procedure, race and the<br />
law, and legal history.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Howard Retires<br />
After 25 years <strong>of</strong> association with <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong>, H. Cabanne (“Cab”) Howard retired at<br />
the end <strong>of</strong> the 2010-2011 academic year. He<br />
joined the adjunct faculty in 1986 and, since<br />
1997, has been Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. He<br />
concurrently has served as Executive Secretary<br />
to the <strong>Maine</strong> Judicial Committee on Judicial<br />
Responsibility and Disability, a position he<br />
will retain in the coming years. Prior to joining<br />
the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>, he worked for more than two<br />
decades as Assistant Attorney General at the<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Attorney General’s Office. He graduated<br />
from Cornell <strong>University</strong> and earned his<br />
J.D. at Georgetown <strong>University</strong>, then clerked<br />
for Hon. Edward T. Gignoux, U.S. District<br />
Judge for the District <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong>. At <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>,<br />
he taught a wide range <strong>of</strong> courses including<br />
constitutional law, pr<strong>of</strong>essional responsibility,<br />
appellate advocacy, and public policy.<br />
Harvey Fellowship<br />
Devin Deane (’12) was selected as the inaugural<br />
Harvey Fellow. The Charles Harvey<br />
Fellowship Fund was created in memory <strong>of</strong><br />
Chuck Harvey, an esteemed lawyer and 1974<br />
graduate <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, by his family, colleagues, and many<br />
friends following his untimely death in 2009.<br />
The fund supports a new program that provides<br />
a month-long trial practice immersion<br />
experience for a selected <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> student<br />
each May and June. Devin Deane will work<br />
closely with Mark Lavoie (’78) <strong>of</strong> Norman<br />
Hanson & DeTroy who is serving as mentor<br />
for the first year <strong>of</strong> the program.
Ryan Royce in DOJ Honors Program<br />
Graduating student Ryan Royce (‘11) was<br />
accepted into the highly competitive Honors<br />
Program at the U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Justice.<br />
This program places a select group <strong>of</strong> recent<br />
law school graduates in positions nationally<br />
with the Department <strong>of</strong> Justice.<br />
The prestige and experience <strong>of</strong> the Honors<br />
Program provides participants with a valuable<br />
rung on a legal career ladder. He will spend<br />
his next two years with the DOJ Honors Program,<br />
clerking for an Immigration <strong>Law</strong> Judge<br />
in Dallas.<br />
National Rankings<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
was named this year as one <strong>of</strong> the best public<br />
interest law schools and as welcoming to older<br />
students, two signature elements <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong>.<br />
Pre<strong>Law</strong> magazine listed <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
among the 40 top law schools in the nation<br />
for public interest law. Princeton Review listed<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> as No. 4 in the nation as most<br />
welcoming to older students. And, the American<br />
Institute for Economic Research ranked<br />
Portland among the best college cities for<br />
students, listing Portland at No. 20 among<br />
metropolitan regions with a population <strong>of</strong> at<br />
least 250,000.<br />
Record Increase in Applications<br />
In 2010, student applications to the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> increased by<br />
more than 60 percent over the previous year.<br />
This compared with a 7.4 percent increase in<br />
applications to law schools nationwide.<br />
The diverse entering class included students<br />
from 20 states and 60 undergraduate<br />
institutions. Applications in 2011 slipped<br />
slightly, consistent with national trends, but<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> continues to attract attention and<br />
applicants nationwide and abroad.<br />
Honorary Degree for Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Rog<strong>of</strong>f<br />
The Université du <strong>Maine</strong> in Le Mans,<br />
France, has awarded <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>. Martin Rog<strong>of</strong>f with a<br />
Doctor Honoris Causa (honorary doctorate).<br />
This is a well-deserved recognition <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Rog<strong>of</strong>f’s many years <strong>of</strong> work with French legal<br />
institutions and cooperative programs with<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>.<br />
IN MEMORIAM<br />
• Christopher kevin Boyle, legal scholar<br />
and barrister, died <strong>of</strong> cancer on Dec. 25,<br />
2010. Boyle, who was a visiting pr<strong>of</strong>essor at<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> in 2000, was born on May 23,<br />
1943. An internationally respected human<br />
rights lawyer, activist and academic leader, he<br />
served as Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and Director <strong>of</strong><br />
the Human Rights Centre at the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Essex in Colchester, England. As Dean<br />
and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> at <strong>University</strong> College<br />
Galway in Ireland, he was instrumental in<br />
establishing <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s exchange program<br />
in Galway.<br />
• Louis B. Butterfield (’88) died on<br />
June 29, 2010. He was born on May 19,<br />
1963 in Charleston, S.C. While he practiced<br />
in all areas <strong>of</strong> law, including civil litigation<br />
with an emphasis on employment law, he<br />
had extensive experience in anti-discrimination<br />
cases. In addition to his law practice,<br />
he developed a course <strong>of</strong> study and taught<br />
employment discrimination law at <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong>. He graduated magna cum laude from<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> in 1988 and was ranked second<br />
in his class. While at <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, he was a<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the staff and board <strong>of</strong> editors <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Review, and he worked as a<br />
legal writing instructor.<br />
• Richard <strong>Law</strong>rence Clawson (’67)<br />
died on June 21, 2010 in Scarborough. He<br />
was born in Portland on Nov. 2, 1934. He<br />
served in the U.S. NATO forces in Europe<br />
in the late 1950s. After he was discharged<br />
from the Army, he attended the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> Portland, where he received his BA<br />
in business. He then attended <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>.<br />
After completing law school, he practiced law<br />
at the <strong>Maine</strong> Pine Tree Council, and then<br />
served as a contracts administrator in the<br />
legal department at Hamilton Standard in<br />
Connecticut. After leaving Hamilton Standard<br />
he joined a law firm in Camden.<br />
• amy keck (’99) died on Feb. 12,<br />
2011, at Hospice House in Auburn. She was<br />
born on Sept. 4, 1974. She graduated from<br />
Brunswick High <strong>School</strong> in 1992, Mount<br />
Holyoke College in 1996 and <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
in 1999. She worked as an attorney at Pine<br />
Tree Legal Assistance in the Bangor and<br />
Lewiston <strong>of</strong>fices. She was the 2009 recipient<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Thomas P. Downing Award, which<br />
recognizes those who work tirelessly to make<br />
significant contributions to <strong>Maine</strong>’s lowincome<br />
citizens.<br />
• Emily Roosevelt (’96) died on April<br />
11, 2010, at home in Park City, Utah. She<br />
was born in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug.<br />
13, 1969. She graduated from Whitby<br />
<strong>School</strong>, the Millbrook <strong>School</strong>, the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Virginia, and <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. She<br />
clerked for Judge Monroe McKay <strong>of</strong> the<br />
United States Court <strong>of</strong> Appeals for the 10th<br />
Circuit in Salt Lake City, where she served<br />
with distinction. In 2000, she joined the<br />
United States Department <strong>of</strong> the Interior<br />
Office <strong>of</strong> the Solicitor General, where she<br />
worked tirelessly on behalf <strong>of</strong> public land<br />
issues.<br />
• Hon. James S. Russell (’78) died on<br />
July 21, 2010. He was born on Dec. 20,<br />
1948. He joined the U.S. Army and served<br />
in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg.<br />
He graduated from <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and served<br />
27 years as a JAG <strong>of</strong>ficer in the U.S. Army.<br />
He then became an administrative law judge<br />
with the Social Security Administration for<br />
13 years until he retired.<br />
• andrew g. Siket (’83) died on Aug.<br />
2, 2010, in Florida. He was born on June<br />
15, 1949 in Bangor. He graduated from the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> in Bangor, St. Mary’s<br />
Seminary in Baltimore, and <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. He<br />
was an accomplished attorney admitted to<br />
practice in <strong>Maine</strong>, Florida, North Carolina,<br />
Colorado and Tennessee, as well as before<br />
the United States Supreme Court, United<br />
States Courts <strong>of</strong> Appeal for the First and<br />
Eleventh Circuits, and U.S. District Courts<br />
for the Districts <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong>, Colorado, Middle<br />
District <strong>of</strong> Florida, and Southern District <strong>of</strong><br />
Florida.<br />
• Schuyler g. Steele (’83) died on<br />
March 8, 2010. He was born on June 16,<br />
1958. He earned a BA at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> in history, with highest honors and<br />
highest distinction. He received his law<br />
degree at <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> in 1983.<br />
• David N. Weinstein (’71) died on<br />
Dec. 21, 2009 after a lengthy battle with<br />
brain cancer, in Bozeman, Mont., where he<br />
had lived since 2008. He graduated from<br />
Middlebury College in 1968 and from<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> in 1971. Before retiring in 2008,<br />
he practiced law in the private and public<br />
sectors in Vermont for nearly 40 years.<br />
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Dave owen and sarah<br />
schindler are focused on<br />
real-world problem solving<br />
{story by Rita Heimes/photo by René Minnis}<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Dave Owen and Sarah Schindler at Portland’s East End Beach.<br />
A passion for<br />
Environmental <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> law Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Dave owen and sarah schindler<br />
are focused on real-world problem solving.<br />
{story by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Rita Heimes / photo by René Minnis}<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
is surrounded by communities committed<br />
to a healthy environment, clean<br />
air, fresh water and locally grown food.<br />
Thus, it is only fitting that two <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>’s youngest faculty members (“rising<br />
stars,” to quote Dean Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f) draw<br />
on real-world experience and examples while<br />
<strong>of</strong>fering students a broad<br />
range <strong>of</strong> courses in environmental<br />
sustainability.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Dave Owen<br />
and Sarah Schindler dedicate<br />
their teaching and<br />
scholarship to the intersection<br />
<strong>of</strong> environmental,<br />
natural resources, property and land-use law.<br />
Leveraging their recent experiences in law<br />
practice and their mutual interest in helping<br />
communities solve problems, their work ex-
plores how cities and towns can promote economic<br />
and commercial development while<br />
taking care <strong>of</strong> the environment.<br />
Bringing environmental experience<br />
Before joining the faculty in 2007, Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Owen practiced environmental, land-use<br />
and water law with Rossmann and Moore, a<br />
small law firm in San Francisco. A graduate<br />
<strong>of</strong> Berkeley <strong>Law</strong>, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen drew upon his<br />
prior career as a geologist to pursue his interest<br />
in water quality and scarcity.<br />
“Water resource management involves a<br />
fascinating mix <strong>of</strong> law, science, history, and<br />
politics,” he says. “It all gets intertwined in<br />
interesting and complex<br />
ways. Water law, which<br />
is my favorite subject to<br />
teach in law school, is one<br />
<strong>of</strong> the most intellectually<br />
stimulating and rich areas<br />
<strong>of</strong> the law.”<br />
“I’m teaching water law<br />
in a way no one else is,” Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen continues.<br />
“We do business-school-style case studies, based<br />
on real, complex, water-law scenarios, and students<br />
are encouraged to solve problems together.”<br />
His students appreciate that approach.<br />
“Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen’s passion and experience in<br />
the field <strong>of</strong> environmental law really motivates<br />
his students to match his level <strong>of</strong> enthusiasm<br />
in the classroom every day,” says Peter<br />
Glaser (’10). “The amount <strong>of</strong> preparation he<br />
puts into his classes inspired me to work as<br />
hard as he has, and I think that is a reflection<br />
<strong>of</strong> his energy and devotion to the school and<br />
the students.”<br />
“The problem-based approach that<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Owen uses when teaching his<br />
smaller seminars leads to a more thorough<br />
understanding <strong>of</strong> the interplay between<br />
different stakeholders in environmental<br />
disputes, and fosters a deep level <strong>of</strong><br />
discussion that is not always present in the<br />
case-based approach common in larger<br />
classes.”<br />
– David Kallin (’09), associate attorney,<br />
Drummond & woodsum, Portland<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler also uses her unique background<br />
as a land-use attorney with Morrison<br />
and Foerster in San Francisco to help her students<br />
understand how property and land-use<br />
decisions affect their daily lives. For instance,<br />
her land-use students were required to attend<br />
planning commission hearings in small<br />
towns in <strong>Maine</strong>, where they encountered<br />
debates about the very issues taught in Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Schindler’s class.<br />
“My students realized that not just as lawyers,<br />
but as citizens, they can have an impact<br />
on the development process. They took from<br />
the class that land-use decisions are community-building<br />
decisions in their purest sense.”<br />
Patrick Venne (’10) was so inspired by<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler’s class that he launched his<br />
own land-use law practice in Portland.<br />
“Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler’s recent experience working<br />
for a big-city law firm gives her a fresh<br />
perspective on hot topics in land use law,<br />
from classic eminent domain issues, to emerging<br />
trends in land development like ‘new urbanism’<br />
and ‘smart growth’,” Venne says. “She<br />
is both inspirational and an immeasurably<br />
valuable pr<strong>of</strong>essional resource.”<br />
Both pr<strong>of</strong>essors have excelled in engaging<br />
students in real-world environmental issues,<br />
while conducting their own valuable research.<br />
New approach to water planning<br />
When one <strong>of</strong> his students wrote a paper<br />
on an innovative new approach to water quality<br />
planning, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen realized the student<br />
was on to something.<br />
“He had written a smaller piece <strong>of</strong> a bigger,<br />
interesting story that involved trying to<br />
deal with water pollution and the impact <strong>of</strong><br />
development upon urban watersheds. I poked<br />
around and discovered that the Long Creek<br />
watershed community was developing some<br />
<strong>of</strong> the most innovative solutions to urban water<br />
pollution anywhere in the country.”<br />
The Long Creek watershed is located in<br />
South Portland, which is “Anywhere USA” in<br />
they are dedicated to the intersection <strong>of</strong> environmental,<br />
natural resources, property and land-use law.<br />
many respects. Its airport, hotels, “big box”<br />
retail stores, roads, and parking lots support<br />
the shopping and travel demands <strong>of</strong> the<br />
greater Portland urban region. But meeting<br />
those demands comes with an environmental<br />
cost. Long Creek, a small stream that winds<br />
its way through the heart <strong>of</strong> this commercial<br />
development and into Casco Bay, is heavily<br />
polluted. Stormwater running <strong>of</strong>f the many<br />
roads, ro<strong>of</strong>s, and parking lots in the Long<br />
Creek watershed was bringing heavy loads <strong>of</strong><br />
salt, heat, metals, and other pollutants into<br />
the stream, and Long Creek did not meet<br />
state water quality standards. The problem,<br />
“Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Schindler is in large part why<br />
I made the decision to establish my own<br />
practice dedicated solely to land use issues<br />
directly out <strong>of</strong> law school. I consider her one<br />
<strong>of</strong> the best pr<strong>of</strong>essors I have ever worked<br />
with – at <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> or anywhere.”<br />
– Patrick venne (’10), law <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
<strong>of</strong> Patrick J. venne, Portland
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s<br />
environmental options<br />
Over the last decade, a renewed commitment to environmental<br />
stewardship by corporate clients has led more law firms<br />
to specialize with practice areas called “green building,” “clean<br />
tech” or even just “sustainability.”<br />
With the courses <strong>of</strong>fered by Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Dave Owen and Sarah<br />
Schindler, as well as Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Charles Norchi, Director <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Marine <strong>Law</strong> Institute, <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s students are now more prepared<br />
than ever to succeed in these fields.<br />
Courses in administrative law, water law, environmental law,<br />
land use, real estate transactions, property law, animal law,<br />
natural resources and marine law are all taught by full-time<br />
faculty-scholars with practical experience in the field. Students<br />
can explore many subjects and perspectives in preparation for<br />
private or government practice, or consulting work.<br />
“The suite <strong>of</strong> courses and the environmental externships I had<br />
access to at <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> provided me with an immediately relevant<br />
skill set,” says David Kallin (’09), an attorney at Drummond<br />
Woodsum in Portland.<br />
“Even in my first year <strong>of</strong> practice, I was able play a substantial<br />
role in the representation <strong>of</strong> a number <strong>of</strong> the land trusts, municipalities<br />
and environmental non-pr<strong>of</strong>its that my firm represents.<br />
The tools I learned at <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> helped me shape my practice<br />
<strong>of</strong> law around sustainability issues from the moment I began<br />
practicing.”<br />
Another former student, Nicholas Lund (’10), is now a fellow<br />
with the National Sea Grant <strong>Law</strong> Center at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mississippi.<br />
A passionate environmentalist and outdoorsman, Lund<br />
found that his interests in environmental and property law were<br />
more than satisfied at <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>.<br />
“Adding pr<strong>of</strong>essors on the front lines <strong>of</strong> their disciplines—not<br />
only closely following and analyzing developments, but also<br />
contributing to them—is an exciting achievement for the school,”<br />
he says.<br />
“Because <strong>Maine</strong> is a state with a whole lot worth protecting,”<br />
Lund adds, “incoming students expect <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> to have a<br />
strong environmental law program. The school could not have<br />
made a better choice than Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Dave Owen to lead our<br />
environmental law program.”<br />
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which scientists <strong>of</strong>ten refer to as “urban stream<br />
syndrome,” recurs across much <strong>of</strong> the American<br />
landscape.<br />
“There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, <strong>of</strong><br />
urban watersheds in the United States that fall<br />
into the same circumstance,” says Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen.<br />
“It’s a local example <strong>of</strong> a national problem.”<br />
With no individual pipe or single source <strong>of</strong> pollution<br />
to focus regulatory attention on, it also is<br />
a difficult problem to solve.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen acquired funding to study South<br />
Portland’s community-driven water quality initiative,<br />
and the student, Peter Glaser (’10), went<br />
on to serve as his research assistant.<br />
The initiative has an interesting history.<br />
While many communities had struggled to find<br />
legal mechanisms to address their polluted urban<br />
streams, the Conservation <strong>Law</strong> Foundation, a<br />
New England-based environmental group, had<br />
uncovered a little-known provision in the Clean<br />
Water Act that required multiple property owners<br />
contributing to the stream’s poor water quality<br />
to obtain Clean Water Act permits. Rather<br />
than fight that requirement, and face a lawsuit<br />
that would take years to resolve, the City <strong>of</strong><br />
South Portland, along with local businesses, the<br />
chamber <strong>of</strong> commerce, the state environmental<br />
protection agency and environmental advocacy<br />
groups, developed a “collective permit” to cover<br />
the entire developed area threatening water quality<br />
<strong>of</strong> the local urban stream.<br />
It was, as Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen observed, an example<br />
<strong>of</strong> “good, smart people behaving well.”<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen’s first paper on the subject, “Urbanization,<br />
Water Quality, and the Regulated<br />
Landscape,” which will be published this year in<br />
the Colorado <strong>Law</strong> Review, tells the Long Creek<br />
story and considers some <strong>of</strong> the broader implications<br />
for urban, water-quality protection. He<br />
continues to follow the Long Creek initiative,<br />
and is now working with a multi-disciplinary<br />
team <strong>of</strong> researchers to consider urban, waterquality<br />
issues across the state.<br />
Converting blight to beauty<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen’s project was designed to impact<br />
the way local communities take responsibility for<br />
their own environmental and land-use decisions.<br />
He has many reasons and opportunities to share<br />
ideas with Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler, who approaches her<br />
scholarship in a similar way. She, too, proposes<br />
local solutions to problems replicated nationwide.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler’s desire to help cities improve<br />
their land-use governance systems arose while she<br />
was in private practice, representing commercial<br />
property developers. She loved the plans arrayed<br />
on her desk, the idea that in a short time some-
GIS, Maps and Regulatory Cooperation<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Dave Owen is puzzled. When he researches articles on<br />
environmental and land use law, he sees almost no mention <strong>of</strong><br />
Geographic Information Systems. Yet land use planning is crucially<br />
tied to maps and geo-coded data.<br />
“Few people have really stopped to think about implications <strong>of</strong><br />
a GIS-driven environmental planning and policy world for some<br />
<strong>of</strong> our legal debates,” Owen observes. “It really matters to urban<br />
stream protection, which involves linking land use planning with<br />
water quality concerns, and has implications for air quality, wildlife<br />
habitat protection, and other areas <strong>of</strong> environmental preservation or<br />
restoration.”<br />
A map can be a powerful tool to help planners visualize areas<br />
and express multiple layers <strong>of</strong> data in one visual image. As regulators<br />
work to integrate myriad environmental laws at local and<br />
national levels, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen predicts, “mapping can help identify<br />
locations where development works with all their purposes and<br />
goals, and locations where it doesn’t work with any.”<br />
It can also help temper potential conflicts between local land<br />
use decisions and enforcement <strong>of</strong> federal environmental laws.<br />
“Mapping could give state and local land use planners the tools to<br />
talk to federal regulators about how to meet their various goals all<br />
at once,” says Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen, who intends to direct future research to<br />
GIS mapping issues and environmental planning.<br />
thing new would be created, and the impact a<br />
new development can have on a community’s<br />
sense <strong>of</strong> place. For Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler, “It’s about<br />
the dirt.”<br />
At the same time, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler was<br />
unsatisfied with helping her clients succeed<br />
without also giving back.<br />
“I would think about what we could do<br />
to help the community in which we were<br />
building. Communities have a lot to gain by<br />
becoming involved in development projects,<br />
by becoming aware <strong>of</strong> what’s going on around<br />
them.”<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler observed local governments<br />
interested in creating “green” building<br />
standards simply adopting the Leadership in<br />
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)<br />
standards without tailoring them to local<br />
conditions. Those LEED standards were created<br />
by the U.S. Green Building Council, a<br />
non-pr<strong>of</strong>it organization comprising builders<br />
and industry groups. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler noted<br />
that the LEED standards were created as a<br />
voluntary marketing mechanism, and were<br />
not designed to act as sound municipal law.<br />
In an article published in the Florida <strong>Law</strong><br />
Review, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler asserted that instead<br />
<strong>of</strong> merely adopting these industry-generated<br />
standards, cities should create their own green<br />
building ordinances keyed to their own par-<br />
ticular building-related environmental externalities.<br />
“In Las Vegas, there is a water shortage;<br />
in Manhattan, there is a heat island effect<br />
from the miles <strong>of</strong> pavement and black-topped<br />
ro<strong>of</strong>s; in <strong>Maine</strong> we have issues with our heating<br />
systems,” she says. “If cities are going to<br />
require green buildings, they should adopt<br />
locally tailored ordinances that are subject to<br />
public, local review processes.”<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler’s most recent work examines<br />
how town ordinances can (and should)<br />
work to alleviate the blight and community<br />
degradation caused by abandoned “big box”<br />
retail stores. The issue plagues cities all across<br />
the U.S., as retail giants like Circuit City and<br />
Borders head into bankruptcy, and behemoth<br />
Wal-Mart closes its older, smaller stores and<br />
opens new superstores within a few miles <strong>of</strong><br />
the former ones.<br />
“In many communities, when these big<br />
boxes fail, they leave a hole in the social fabric<br />
<strong>of</strong> the community,” Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler explains.<br />
“People are less likely to enjoy their neighbor-<br />
“Pr<strong>of</strong>essors owen and schindler integrate theory and<br />
practice in the best sense.” – Dean Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f<br />
hood and care about it when it’s blighted. A<br />
single broken window will draw more broken<br />
windows.”<br />
The solutions are elusive, as private lease<br />
agreements may prevent new tenants from<br />
competing with the abandoning one, or com-<br />
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“Locavores” and the <strong>Law</strong><br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Sarah Schindler has found a way to combine her love <strong>of</strong> and respect for animals<br />
with her passion for property law.<br />
In addition to teaching a course on Animal <strong>Law</strong>, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler is investigating the conflict<br />
between local zoning laws and “locavores” – people who want to leave a lighter impact, and<br />
eat primarily what is grown or raised near where they live.<br />
“In a lot <strong>of</strong> ways, food law and policy are inherently tied to the land and land use,” she says.<br />
“Consider how zoning ordinances relating to urban agriculture and the size and placement <strong>of</strong><br />
vegetable gardens impact a person’s ability to grow her own food.”<br />
Other examples are zoning laws or neighborhood covenants that impact whether people<br />
can raise chickens in their backyards, or hang laundry out to dry. These are issues she hopes<br />
to pursue in her future scholarship.<br />
mercial landlords may have difficulty filling<br />
the space with a similar retail giant and even<br />
more difficulty renovating the vast, windowless<br />
space for multiple tenants.<br />
Big box developers and commercial tenants<br />
may desire to be good citizens, but remain<br />
beholden to the bottom line and at the<br />
mercy <strong>of</strong> market forces.<br />
Local governments, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler believes,<br />
are therefore obliged to make sound<br />
development decisions in the first place, and<br />
then deal proactively<br />
with vacant stores<br />
to turn blight into<br />
beauty.<br />
In an article she<br />
is writing on the subject,<br />
she examines<br />
when local governments<br />
should consider<br />
adaptive re-use <strong>of</strong><br />
the space, and when<br />
they should consider<br />
demolition and<br />
reconstruction, or<br />
demolition and “regreening,”<br />
turning the<br />
lot into a park or other<br />
public open space<br />
for people to gather.<br />
“Cities have a<br />
huge opportunity to<br />
build community if<br />
“in many communities,<br />
when these big boxes<br />
fail, they leave a hole in<br />
the social fabric <strong>of</strong> the<br />
community.<br />
– Sarah Schindler<br />
they’re smart about it. They can create new<br />
open space, or build a public garden. Their<br />
choices can have a tremendous positive impact<br />
on property values and the citizens’ sense<br />
<strong>of</strong> place.”<br />
A commitment to students<br />
Both pr<strong>of</strong>essors bring youthful energy,<br />
passion for their subjects, and a blend <strong>of</strong> the-<br />
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ory and pragmatism that make their courses<br />
uniquely enriching for students, who also appreciate<br />
their accessibility.<br />
“Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen really cares about the subjects<br />
he teaches, and genuinely hopes to instill<br />
in others a level <strong>of</strong> fascination similar to his<br />
own,” says Patrick Venne (’10).<br />
“And I consider Schindler one <strong>of</strong> the best<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essors I have ever worked with, at <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> or anywhere. Any school would be more<br />
than lucky to count them both among their<br />
faculty.<br />
“Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler<br />
was always more than<br />
willing to discuss topics<br />
in or out <strong>of</strong> the<br />
classroom, and Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Owen’s availability to<br />
discuss matters outside<br />
<strong>of</strong> the lecture hall<br />
is also unrivaled.”<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s ap-<br />
pointment <strong>of</strong> two<br />
full-time pr<strong>of</strong>essors<br />
devoted to these issues<br />
reflects the<br />
school’s commitment<br />
to preparing students<br />
for meaningful careers<br />
in environmental<br />
law. It amplifies the<br />
school’s robust role in<br />
the wider community,<br />
studying and enhancing local policy with an<br />
opportunity for national impact.<br />
As Dean Piteg<strong>of</strong>f says, “Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Owen<br />
and Schindler, along with colleagues in our<br />
Marine <strong>Law</strong> Institute, inform and influence<br />
policy on a national and global level. Contributing<br />
locally and using <strong>Maine</strong> as a laboratory,<br />
they integrate theory and practice in the best<br />
sense.” ML<br />
Dave Owen is Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. Appointed in 2007,<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen worked previously in private practice<br />
in San Francisco specializing in environmental,<br />
land use, and water law and, before his legal career,<br />
as a geologist for an environmental consulting<br />
firm. He currently is lead researcher on an<br />
interdisciplinary project examining water quality<br />
impacts <strong>of</strong> urbanization and a faculty member<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong>’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen earned his JD from <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> California, Berkeley, <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> (Boalt<br />
Hall) and clerked for Judge Samuel Conti <strong>of</strong> the<br />
U.S. District Court for the Northern District <strong>of</strong><br />
California.<br />
Sarah Schindler is Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. Appointed<br />
in 2009, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler previously was a visiting<br />
faculty member at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Georgia<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and practiced in the area <strong>of</strong> land<br />
use and environmental law in San Francisco.<br />
Her research focuses on emerging trends in<br />
municipal land use law and sustainable development.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Schindler earned her JD summa<br />
cum laude from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Georgia <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and clerked for Judge Will Garwood <strong>of</strong><br />
the Fifth Circuit Court <strong>of</strong> Appeals.<br />
Rita Heimes is Clinical Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and Director <strong>of</strong><br />
the Center for <strong>Law</strong> & Innovation. Since 2001,<br />
she has played a lead role in building the Center<br />
for <strong>Law</strong> & Innovation and the <strong>Maine</strong> Patent<br />
Program as vibrant programs for public service,<br />
teaching, and research and as a state resource.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Heimes, who previously practiced law in<br />
Seattle, Boulder, and Portland, founded and<br />
oversees the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>’s nationally recognized<br />
Intellectual Property Clinic. She earned her JD<br />
with honors from Drake <strong>University</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
and clerked for Judge Robert Beezer <strong>of</strong> the U.S.<br />
Court <strong>of</strong> Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Franco-American Legal Seminar pr<strong>of</strong>essors and students at the Château de Rochambeau. (Photo courtesy <strong>of</strong> Amber Collins)<br />
Why did 15 <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> students<br />
spend their spring break at<br />
France’s Senate, at the castle <strong>of</strong><br />
the Count <strong>of</strong> Rochambeau, at France’s oldest<br />
restaurant, Le Procope, and at many other<br />
historic and significant sites in France?<br />
These students, along with three faculty<br />
members and <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> partners in<br />
France, were participating in this year’s<br />
Franco-American Legal Seminar, just<br />
one example <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s commitment<br />
to making connections around the<br />
world in order to prepare students for an<br />
increasingly global legal market.<br />
The Franco-American Legal Seminar, now<br />
in its 16th year, is the brainchild <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>. Martin<br />
Rog<strong>of</strong>f, who first negotiated this scholarly<br />
and student exchange and continues to di-<br />
Global reach<br />
{By Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Christopher Knott}<br />
rect the program. Seminar participants (from<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and the Faculté de Droit <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Université du <strong>Maine</strong>, at Le Mans, in France)<br />
set a topic each year and invite interested<br />
students in each institution to enroll in a se-<br />
mester-long seminar culminating in scholarly<br />
papers drafted and presented by each student.<br />
This year’s topic <strong>of</strong> study was “Environmental<br />
Catastrophes: Prevention and Response.”<br />
In March, the 15 participating <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
students and pr<strong>of</strong>essors Rog<strong>of</strong>f, Charles Norchi<br />
and Sarah Schindler traveled to France<br />
to meet their French counterparts. Stopping<br />
first in Paris for meetings with dignitaries<br />
and tours <strong>of</strong> significant government sites, the<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> law is building worldwide connections for<br />
faculty and students.<br />
group then traveled to Le Mans for several<br />
days. There, students and faculty from both<br />
schools shared the results <strong>of</strong> their research.<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> students and pr<strong>of</strong>essors travel<br />
to France every second year, with students<br />
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At the center <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s<br />
global outreach efforts:<br />
David Cluchey is Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> at the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. Appointed initially in 1979<br />
after six years <strong>of</strong> legal practice in <strong>Maine</strong>, he served as<br />
Associate Dean from 1987-1991 and from 2000-2004. Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Cluchey specializes in law and the economy and teaches<br />
antitrust, economic regulation, business associations,<br />
international trade law, and pr<strong>of</strong>essional responsibility. He<br />
has a long-standing interest in the people, culture and<br />
economy <strong>of</strong> Russia. He spent three months in Moscow in<br />
1994 as a Fulbright Lecturer at the Finance Academy <strong>of</strong><br />
the Government <strong>of</strong> the Russian Federation, and he served as Director <strong>of</strong> the<br />
ABA-accredited St. Petersburg Summer <strong>Law</strong> Program during five subsequent<br />
summers in St. Petersburg. He has traveled to Russia as a consultant to the<br />
U.S.A.I.D. Rule <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> program and to teach courses in American/Russian<br />
Business and Trade <strong>Law</strong>. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Cluchey is a graduate <strong>of</strong> Yale <strong>University</strong>,<br />
received his Masters degree from the State <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> New York at Albany,<br />
and earned his J.D. at Harvard <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Charles Norchi is Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and Director <strong>of</strong><br />
the Marine <strong>Law</strong> Institute at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. He teaches public international law and<br />
oceans law. His current research focuses on law and<br />
nation-building, international boundary delimitation,<br />
maritime security, and ocean and sovereign claims <strong>of</strong><br />
China. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Norchi manages comparative marine law<br />
projects with the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nantes in France, the Centre<br />
for Maritime and Transport <strong>Law</strong> <strong>of</strong> the City <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Hong Kong, and the International Maritime <strong>Law</strong> Institute in<br />
Malta. He is a Research Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance<br />
in the Kennedy <strong>School</strong> at Harvard, Chair-elect <strong>of</strong> the Admiralty and Maritime<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Section <strong>of</strong> the Association <strong>of</strong> American <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>s, and a National<br />
Fellow <strong>of</strong> the Explorers Club. He earned an A.B. from Harvard College, a J.D.<br />
from Case Western Reserve <strong>University</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, and an LL.M. and a<br />
J.S.D from Yale <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Martin Rog<strong>of</strong>f is a <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Foundation Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. Since<br />
joining the <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> faculty in 1972, he has taught and<br />
published extensively in the area <strong>of</strong> international law with<br />
particular attention to France. He founded and directs<br />
the annual French-American Legal Seminar, engaging<br />
students and faculty from both nations in an intensive<br />
exchange <strong>of</strong> ideas and meetings with leaders in the<br />
bench and bar in France and the United States, and<br />
played a lead role in establishing exchange programs<br />
with several universities in Europe. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Rog<strong>of</strong>f has been active in<br />
public policy at both the state and national levels. He graduated from<br />
Cornell <strong>University</strong> and Yale <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>, and earned a masters degree at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California at Berkeley.<br />
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from France visiting the U.S. in the <strong>of</strong>f years.<br />
Next year’s seminar, which will focus on law<br />
and religion, will include a visit to Washington,<br />
D.C., before students meet in <strong>Maine</strong> for<br />
scholarly presentations. Many students describe<br />
the seminar as the most valuable and<br />
enjoyable part <strong>of</strong> their studies.<br />
Global commitment<br />
Exposing students to foreign legal systems,<br />
exploring legal topics comparatively with<br />
peers from other nations, and simply traveling<br />
to Europe for scholarly exchange, all demonstrate<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s commitment to global<br />
engagement by its faculty and students.<br />
Along with the Franco-American Legal<br />
Seminar, <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s foreign exchange program<br />
for students is one <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>’s<br />
most popular <strong>of</strong>ferings. Students compete each<br />
term for a limited number <strong>of</strong> seats in partner<br />
law schools around the world. In addition to<br />
exchange agreements with two law schools<br />
in France (at Le Mans and Cergy-Pointoise),<br />
students can choose among law schools in<br />
Canada (Dalhousie, New Brunswick), Great<br />
Britain (Buckingham), Hong Kong (City <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Hong Kong), and Ireland (Galway).<br />
Typically, a <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> student is in residence<br />
at a partner law school for one semester,<br />
living among the students there, taking a representative<br />
course load, and integrating with<br />
the students and faculty in all aspects <strong>of</strong> law<br />
school life. This opportunity grows in popularity<br />
every year, as returning students spread<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> student Laura Rideout (‘12)<br />
in Paris.
the word about the value <strong>of</strong> the educational<br />
and social experiences.<br />
A prime example <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s efforts<br />
has been its use <strong>of</strong> a multi-year grant from<br />
the Government <strong>of</strong> France Partners <strong>University</strong><br />
Fund. This generous grant has allowed<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> to strengthen student and faculty<br />
exchanges between <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and its French<br />
partners. The grant is focused on developing<br />
a comparative marine law program, building<br />
upon one <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s curricular and research<br />
strengths. Even at the early stages <strong>of</strong><br />
the lifetime <strong>of</strong> this grant, the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> and<br />
its French counterparts have collaborated in<br />
a number <strong>of</strong> ways; conferences, faculty exchanges,<br />
student work in a variety <strong>of</strong> settings,<br />
all designed to bear future fruit in the form <strong>of</strong><br />
more formalized joint programs <strong>of</strong> study for<br />
students from the participating law schools.<br />
The ultimate goal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s participation<br />
is to capitalize on the opportunities to establish<br />
mutually supporting programs which<br />
will benefit the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> by increasing both<br />
the depth and breadth <strong>of</strong> its global presence.<br />
And new exchange programs will allow<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> to <strong>of</strong>fer more students this valuable<br />
semester away. In return, partner law<br />
schools send <strong>Maine</strong> a number <strong>of</strong> students every<br />
year. These students add a great deal to<br />
the life <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>, and many students<br />
have made lifelong friends and colleagues<br />
through these visits.<br />
Program leaders<br />
At the heart <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s global efforts<br />
are pr<strong>of</strong>essors Martin Rog<strong>of</strong>f, David Cluchey<br />
and Charles Norchi.<br />
In addition to leading the Franco-American<br />
Seminar each year, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Rog<strong>of</strong>f has,<br />
for many years, been <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s leader in<br />
international, comparative and foreign law.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Rog<strong>of</strong>f teaches a wide variety <strong>of</strong> courses,<br />
most <strong>of</strong> which focus on other legal systems,<br />
other nations, or comparing approaches to<br />
legal problems in different countries. In his<br />
scholarship, too, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Rog<strong>of</strong>f demonstrates<br />
his broad range, publishing in several different<br />
languages and in the leading legal journals<br />
in the U.S., France and Italy. He has been the<br />
driving force behind many <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s exchanges<br />
and programs, and has forged close<br />
ties around the world. This year, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Rog<strong>of</strong>f<br />
is receiving a rare distinction. The Université<br />
du <strong>Maine</strong> is awarding him the Doctor Honoris<br />
Causa (Honorary Doctorate) degree. His<br />
efforts throughout his career have resulted<br />
in many opportunities for study and work<br />
around the world for <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> students.<br />
Summer <strong>of</strong>ten finds Pr<strong>of</strong>. David Cluchey<br />
in St. Petersburg, Russia, teaching international<br />
trade law. Three U.S. law schools jointly<br />
administer the St. Petersburg Summer <strong>Law</strong><br />
Program, and Pr<strong>of</strong>. Cluchey, who speaks Russian,<br />
has taught in and directed the program<br />
on many occasions since 1995. A number <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> students have participated in the<br />
program, and this summer two <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
students will join Pr<strong>of</strong>. Cluchey in St. Petersburg.<br />
Occasionally, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Cluchey’s close connections<br />
to the Summer Program and to the<br />
Russian-American Legal Education Foundation,<br />
on whose board he sits, have resulted in a<br />
Russian law student choosing to spend a year<br />
visiting <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, which is slated to welcome<br />
one such visitor in the 2011-12 academic year.<br />
From left, <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essors Sarah<br />
Schindler and Martin Rog<strong>of</strong>f, and Myriam<br />
Roussille, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> at the Université du<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> (Le Mans, France), at the Gala Dinner<br />
for this year’s Franco-American Legal Seminar,<br />
held in Rennes.<br />
In addition to obtaining and managing<br />
the French Partners <strong>University</strong> Fund grant,<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Charles Norchi has led <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s<br />
efforts to forge closer ties with Asia. Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Norchi has served as a visiting faculty member<br />
and on the advisory board <strong>of</strong> the City<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hong Kong <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. A<br />
very popular student exchange program with<br />
that school is entering its third year, and students<br />
have established lasting connections<br />
with their counterparts in Hong Kong. This<br />
term, for the first time, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Norchi is using<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s improved technological capabilities<br />
to bridge physical distances by <strong>of</strong>fering<br />
a seminar to students in both law schools<br />
simultaneously. In practical terms, that means<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> students starting class quite early<br />
in the day, and students in Hong Kong beginning<br />
class very late in the evening—in order<br />
to take the time difference into account. By<br />
all accounts, this joint examination <strong>of</strong> oceans<br />
law issues has proven successful, and is but a<br />
hint <strong>of</strong> closer collaborations to come. Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Norchi is also an expert on Afghanistan and<br />
the Congo, and that expertise has resulted in<br />
increased opportunities for students to engage<br />
in meaningful work internationally.<br />
The future<br />
What’s next for <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> as it seeks to<br />
open up the world’s legal opportunities to its<br />
students? The <strong>School</strong> is deeply committed to<br />
expanding its presence around the world. Building<br />
upon past successes, and finding new ways<br />
to create connections with lawyers, scholars and<br />
students in other nations is a high priority. Already,<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> graduates study and practice<br />
in many different countries. The <strong>School</strong>’s goal is<br />
to continue to create those opportunities, and to<br />
prepare students to take their place as leaders in<br />
the new global legal marketplace.<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> is currently planning the establishment<br />
<strong>of</strong> a post-pr<strong>of</strong>essional LL.M.<br />
program. Focused primarily on attracting<br />
foreign-trained lawyers to study for a year<br />
at <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, the LL.M. (Master <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>s)<br />
program will strengthen ties with foreign law<br />
schools, law students and law faculties. Once<br />
the program has been fully approved by the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> System and the American<br />
Bar Association, <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> intends to<br />
<strong>of</strong>fer the degree first to a small number <strong>of</strong> foreign-trained<br />
lawyers and students each year.<br />
The <strong>School</strong> is also working diligently to<br />
increase the number and kind <strong>of</strong> global opportunities<br />
open to students. In the near future,<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> will have at least two additional<br />
student exchange agreements, with law schools<br />
in Rennes and Nantes, France. As the practice<br />
<strong>of</strong> law becomes increasingly global, <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
will prepare its students to compete and to succeed<br />
anywhere in the world. Every year that<br />
passes, every successful exchange, every <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> alum working in Africa, India or Switzerland,<br />
enriches the <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> experience for<br />
each new class <strong>of</strong> students. ML<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Chris knott is Vice Dean and Director<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Garbrecht <strong>Law</strong> Library at the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. He joined <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
in 2006 after serving as librarian and adjunct<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor at Columbia <strong>University</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
and the Georgetown <strong>University</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Center,<br />
and he currently serves as President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Law</strong><br />
Librarians <strong>of</strong> New England. He previously engaged<br />
in the private practice <strong>of</strong> law with a focus<br />
in corporate transactions and commercial litigation.<br />
Dean Knott is a graduate <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Iowa and the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Michigan <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>, and he earned his masters degree in library<br />
science from Indiana <strong>University</strong>.<br />
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<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Lois Lupica.<br />
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Measuring the cost<br />
<strong>of</strong> bankruptcy law<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Lois Lupica is<br />
studying the impact <strong>of</strong> changes<br />
made to bankruptcy law in 2005<br />
{By Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Jennifer Wriggins / photo by René Minnis}<br />
A<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor’s initial research on the<br />
impact <strong>of</strong> 2005’s bankruptcy law<br />
changes reveals a more expensive<br />
consumer bankruptcy system.<br />
According to the Congressional Record,<br />
the sweeping changes made to bankruptcy<br />
law in 2005 were intended to improve bankruptcy<br />
law by “restoring personal responsibility<br />
and integrity in the bankruptcy system and<br />
ensur[ing] that the system is fair for both debtors<br />
and creditors.”<br />
However, these changes were made without<br />
consideration <strong>of</strong> empirical data about<br />
their likely effects on consumers. In fact, preliminary<br />
empirical research by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Lois<br />
R. Lupica finds that the consequences <strong>of</strong> the<br />
2005 amendments, such as increased consumer<br />
costs and decreased distributions to unsecured<br />
creditors, may have been contrary to<br />
what was intended.<br />
Charting the 2005 Act’s impact<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica has been working since early<br />
2010 as the principal investigator on a national<br />
study, sponsored by the American Bankruptcy<br />
Institute Foundation and the National Conference<br />
<strong>of</strong> Bankruptcy Judges Endowment for<br />
Education, on the effects <strong>of</strong> the Bankruptcy<br />
Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection<br />
Act <strong>of</strong> 2005. The study, known as The National<br />
Consumer Bankruptcy Costs Study, grew out<br />
<strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica’s work as a Robert M. Zinman<br />
Scholar-in-Residence at the American Bank-
uptcy Institute inWashington, D.C. in 2007.<br />
With the assistance <strong>of</strong> an economist/<br />
statistician (Dr. Michael Donihue, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
<strong>of</strong> Economics at Colby College) and seven<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> second- and third-year students,<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica has been coding and analyzing<br />
the data gleaned from about 10,000 consumer<br />
bankruptcy cases. In addition, she has conducted<br />
more than a dozen focus groups, and<br />
administered survey instruments to consumer<br />
bankruptcy lawyers, trustees and judges, in order<br />
to gather qualitative data that will aid in<br />
making connections between various quantitative<br />
variables.<br />
Lupica’s study was described by the American<br />
Bankruptcy Institute as “the most extensive<br />
empirical measurement to date <strong>of</strong> the additional<br />
burdens placed on consumer debtors<br />
by the 2005 amendments.” The final report is<br />
expected to be available in December 2011.<br />
Before embarking upon the National<br />
Consumer Bankruptcy Costs<br />
Study, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica conducted a Pilot<br />
Study <strong>of</strong> Consumer Bankruptcy<br />
Costs in 2009. The Pilot Study, using<br />
exacting statistical analysis and<br />
focusing on federal districts in six<br />
states, indicates that costs have risen<br />
—especially attorney fees—while<br />
payments to unsecured creditors<br />
in both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13<br />
bankruptcy cases have actually decreased<br />
since the enactment <strong>of</strong> the<br />
legislation.<br />
In considering the Pilot Study’s<br />
findings Lupica noted, “I was not surprised<br />
that it costs consumers more to file for bankruptcy<br />
after the amendments, but I was surprised<br />
at how much more. Given that consumer<br />
bankruptcy is a zero-sum game, the<br />
policy question is whether having consumers<br />
pay more to access bankruptcy system is the<br />
best use <strong>of</strong> their finite pool <strong>of</strong> assets.”<br />
In the past year, the Pilot Study findings<br />
have been presented to judicial and attorney<br />
audiences around the country.<br />
When Congress considered the legislation<br />
that eventually became the 2005 Bankruptcy<br />
Act, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica was one <strong>of</strong> the leaders who<br />
warned <strong>of</strong> the potential consequences <strong>of</strong> the<br />
new law. Central to her analysis was the failure<br />
<strong>of</strong> Congress to legislate based on sufficient<br />
data about the law’s impact on consumers.<br />
So, when the bankruptcy amendments<br />
were passed in 2005, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica was perfectly<br />
positioned to evaluate the effects <strong>of</strong> the<br />
new law. Her time as Resident Scholar at the<br />
American Bankruptcy Institute gave her the<br />
national visibility to propose and design the<br />
national study <strong>of</strong> the effects <strong>of</strong> the legislation.<br />
A leader on debtor-creditor issues<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica has long been a national leader<br />
on debtor-creditor issues. During her 17year<br />
career at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, she has published numerous articles<br />
examining different aspects <strong>of</strong> debtor-creditor<br />
relationships.<br />
Starting with her 1998 article in the Texas<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Review, which sounded one <strong>of</strong> the first<br />
warnings <strong>of</strong> the risks inherent in asset securitization<br />
transactions, she has continued to<br />
focus her scholarly research on the important<br />
intersection <strong>of</strong> bankruptcy, complex financing<br />
techniques and consumer protection—all<br />
courses that she teaches.<br />
Her scholarly career has focused on the<br />
effective regulation <strong>of</strong> complex markets with<br />
a concentration on consumer protection.<br />
Her most recent articles<br />
have documented how her concerns<br />
about securitization and related issues<br />
came to fruition during the<br />
financial crisis <strong>of</strong> 2008-2009. She<br />
has also proposed solutions to help<br />
ameliorate the worst <strong>of</strong> the damage.<br />
Dealing with the consequences<br />
<strong>of</strong> the financial crisis closer to home,<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica has provided trainings<br />
and presentations for attorneys and<br />
mediators through <strong>Maine</strong> Attorneys<br />
Savings Homes, which is a joint<br />
project <strong>of</strong> Pine Tree Legal Assistance<br />
and the Volunteer <strong>Law</strong>yers Project.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica’s work is a perfect example<br />
<strong>of</strong> how prescient, passionate scholarship and<br />
teaching translate into service and public policy.<br />
Legal scholarship like hers has significant<br />
practical and public policy dimensions. Her<br />
work will inform the continuing debate about<br />
financial regulation and consumer protection,<br />
particularly in the bankruptcy setting. ML<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lois Lupica is a <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Foundation<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. Appointed in 1995, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica previously<br />
worked in private practice in New York<br />
City on domestic and international transactions<br />
and developed a clinical program in affordable<br />
housing development at Seton Hall <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. She is a national expert in<br />
bankruptcy law and policy and is currently<br />
principal investigator for a major study on the<br />
impact <strong>of</strong> the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lupica earned her JD with high honors<br />
from Boston <strong>University</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Lupica’s work<br />
is a perfect<br />
example <strong>of</strong><br />
how prescient,<br />
passionate<br />
scholarship<br />
and teaching<br />
translate into<br />
service and<br />
public policy.<br />
MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011 21
At issue:<br />
Race & <strong>Law</strong><br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Jennifer Wriggins‘ The Measure <strong>of</strong> Injury looks at<br />
the evolution <strong>of</strong> race and tort law in the United States<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Jennifer Wriggins, the Sumner T. Bernstein Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and<br />
Associate Dean for Research at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>,<br />
specializes in Torts, Insurance <strong>Law</strong>, and Family <strong>Law</strong>. Upon receiving<br />
her JD, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Wriggins served as Clerk to the Hon. Edward T. Gignoux,<br />
U.S. District Judge in Portland, <strong>Maine</strong>. Her book, “The Measure <strong>of</strong><br />
Injury: Race, Gender, and Tort <strong>Law</strong>” (NYU Press 2010, co-authored<br />
with Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Martha Chamallas <strong>of</strong> Ohio State<br />
<strong>University</strong>) was published in spring 2010. She<br />
has published articles in the areas <strong>of</strong> torts, insurance,<br />
and family law, with a focus on race and<br />
gender. She graduated magna cum laude with<br />
distinction in philosophy from Yale College and<br />
cum laude from Harvard <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Q<br />
: Torts is a subject that includes<br />
personal injury law, products liability,<br />
defamation and malpractice. What does it<br />
have to do with race?<br />
A<br />
: Given how law is steeped in history,<br />
and given how U.S. history is steeped<br />
in race and racism, I think it is fair to say<br />
that every law school subject has aspects that<br />
relate to race. Torts is no exception. African-<br />
Americans brought tort claims for personal<br />
injuries in this country from the end <strong>of</strong><br />
slavery on.<br />
As tort plaintiffs, they had access to<br />
the legal system, which is surprising, given<br />
how racist law and social practices were<br />
in different ways up until about 1950.<br />
Virtually no legal scholars have written<br />
about this, although courts consistently<br />
identified the race <strong>of</strong> the plaintiff bringing<br />
a tort lawsuit if the plaintiff was not seen as white, up until the<br />
1950s. However, black plaintiffs were not treated equally. A variety<br />
<strong>of</strong> evidence shows that their claims were devalued on the basis <strong>of</strong><br />
race. A “race-based discount” <strong>of</strong>ten was applied to their claims —<br />
in settlement, at trial, and on appeal. It is a complex story that is a<br />
part <strong>of</strong> our history.<br />
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{By Elena Brandt / photo by René Minnis}<br />
Q<br />
: What is an example <strong>of</strong> this “race-based discount” in torts?<br />
A<br />
: One example is a case from about a century ago. Henry Griffin<br />
was a black Pullman porter. Daniel Brady was the President<br />
<strong>of</strong> Brady Brass Company, and brother <strong>of</strong> Diamond Jim Brady, one<br />
<strong>of</strong> the richest financiers <strong>of</strong><br />
the “gilded age” – white <strong>of</strong><br />
course. Brady accused Griffin<br />
<strong>of</strong> stealing his wallet and Griffin<br />
was put in jail, probably<br />
overnight. The theft charge<br />
turned out to be false, and<br />
Griffin was set free.<br />
Griffin then sued Brady<br />
for false imprisonment, and<br />
won a $2,500 verdict before a<br />
jury, in New York City, which<br />
would have been all-white<br />
since blacks weren’t allowed<br />
on juries at the time. This<br />
was about $52,000 in today’s<br />
dollars. Then the trial judge,<br />
Judge Dugro, told Griffin and<br />
his lawyer that the verdict was<br />
too high. The judge said in<br />
open court: “[I]n one sense, a<br />
colored man is just as good as<br />
a white man, for the law says<br />
he is, but he has not the same<br />
amount <strong>of</strong> injury under all<br />
circumstances that a white man<br />
would have . . . . In [NYC], the<br />
amount <strong>of</strong> evil that would flow<br />
to the colored man from a charge like this would not be as great<br />
as it probably would be to a white man.” He slashed the award to<br />
$300 and this was upheld on appeal.<br />
Q<br />
: That’s one example, but it could be an isolated case. Are there<br />
others?
A<br />
: Sure. I have read hundreds <strong>of</strong> tort cases that have to do with<br />
race, and it is a complex picture. I tried to create a collective<br />
picture by reading all the appellate wrongful death cases from<br />
Louisiana from 1865-1950 that discussed damages. This was a total<br />
<strong>of</strong> 152 cases, 26 <strong>of</strong> which were brought by African-Americans. The<br />
average award for loss <strong>of</strong> a white family member was more than twice<br />
the average award for loss <strong>of</strong> a black family member – $8,245 for loss<br />
<strong>of</strong> a white family member; $3,559 for loss <strong>of</strong> a black family member.<br />
Similarly, the median award for loss <strong>of</strong> a white family member was<br />
more than twice the median award for loss <strong>of</strong> a black family member.<br />
This and other material make me think there was a widespread racebased<br />
discount for African-Americans’ tort claims.<br />
Q<br />
: How did you become interested in the intersection <strong>of</strong> race and<br />
torts?<br />
A<br />
: First, I got questions from<br />
students in my <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> torts<br />
classes about race and tort law that<br />
I could not answer without doing<br />
research. The articles that I wanted to<br />
find so that I could give the information<br />
to my students did not exist! So, I<br />
researched and wrote the articles – and<br />
then, the book.<br />
Another impetus came from<br />
practicing law, which I did for 12 years<br />
before becoming a law pr<strong>of</strong>essor. I<br />
represented many children in Massachusetts<br />
who had been exposed to lead<br />
paint in lawsuits against their landlords,<br />
at a law firm in Cambridge, Mass., Pressman & Kruskal. Massachusetts<br />
had a strict liability statute for lead paint poisoning.<br />
Many if not most <strong>of</strong> the children were African-American, Haitian,<br />
or Latino/a. Several surprising things happened in those lawsuits<br />
that affected my scholarship. First, occasionally defense lawyers<br />
would explicitly bring up the race <strong>of</strong> the injured children, like this:<br />
“A jury would not award Haitian kids that much money.” This seems<br />
like a race-based discount.<br />
Second, lead paint can cause cognitive injury; in sufficient quantities<br />
lead exposure lowers the IQs <strong>of</strong> children. In the lawsuits, what<br />
happened was this: lawyers for landlords would <strong>of</strong>ten get permission<br />
from judges to test the IQ <strong>of</strong> the children’s mother and also perform<br />
psychological tests on her. They were arguing that the child’s low IQ<br />
was caused by the mother rather than by the illegal lead paint. This<br />
was common, and was operating under the radar screen in pretrial<br />
discovery. In virtually every instance, the mother was a member <strong>of</strong> a<br />
racial minority.<br />
To me, this was an extraordinary intrusion into the mother’s<br />
privacy. After all, the mother was not suing for anything. I thought<br />
this probably would not happen if the mothers had been white; it<br />
tied in with a long history <strong>of</strong> racism in connection with IQ testing.<br />
Also, I thought this raised gender issues because the mothers were<br />
being blamed for the children’s IQ, while there wasn’t a similar focus<br />
on the fathers. I wrote a law review article about this as soon as I got<br />
to <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. It was published in the Boston <strong>University</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Review.<br />
One <strong>of</strong> my most thrilling moments as a scholar was a few years later<br />
when I got a letter from a judge in Washington D.C., Stefan Graae,<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Jennifer Wriggins<br />
who had written a very influential opinion allowing such tests. In<br />
my article, I had dissected his opinion and tried to show how very<br />
wrong it was. His letter to me said that my article had caused him<br />
to change his mind. He enclosed an opinion he wrote not allowing<br />
those unconsented IQ tests any more. Many judges followed his<br />
example and stopped allowing such tests.<br />
Q<br />
: What about now? The widespread perception, I think, is that<br />
race and gender are no longer such an issue.<br />
A<br />
: One way in which race and gender still matter in torts is that<br />
race-based and gender-based tables are routinely used to estimate<br />
lost future earnings <strong>of</strong> tort plaintiffs in some situations. For example,<br />
when a person is seriously injured who does not have a specific earnings<br />
history – like a child for example<br />
– part <strong>of</strong> her tort damages may be lost<br />
future earnings. Expert economists<br />
will testify about lost earnings, and<br />
these have to be estimated, essentially<br />
predicted. Such experts <strong>of</strong>ten turn to<br />
earnings tables from the Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Commerce or other sources which are<br />
divided by race and gender.<br />
The earnings tables show that men<br />
overall earn more than women, and<br />
that whites earn more than blacks.<br />
Experts will then match the race and<br />
gender <strong>of</strong> the injured plaintiff to the<br />
tables and use that as a basis to predict<br />
the lost future earnings <strong>of</strong> the injured<br />
plaintiff. I think this is using race and gender in court in a way that<br />
is unconstitutional, because it is using a race-based and gender-based<br />
classification to affect an individual without any compelling reason.<br />
It’s essentially a continuation <strong>of</strong> the race-based discount, in my<br />
view. My co-author, Martha Chamallas, and I have been writing<br />
about this for years. In Canada, there has been lots <strong>of</strong> discussion <strong>of</strong><br />
these issues and also some in Israel.<br />
Q<br />
: Has your criticism made a difference?<br />
A<br />
: In one high-pr<strong>of</strong>ile case, yes. There was a terrible accident involving<br />
the Staten Island Ferry in 2003, in which 11 people were<br />
killed. New York City, which operated the ferry, was quite clearly<br />
negligent and violated its own safety regulations. Only one pilot had<br />
been on the bridge, contrary to the rules, and he passed out, leading<br />
to the crash. One passenger was James McMillan, an African-<br />
American man. The accident caused him to be a quadriplegic. The<br />
city, because it was clearly negligent, was liable for his future medical<br />
expenses. So the issue <strong>of</strong> his life expectancy arose. The city <strong>of</strong>fered<br />
life expectancy tables <strong>of</strong> African-American quadriplegics, arguing that<br />
he would live a shorter time because he was black and male and that<br />
therefore they owed him less.<br />
Federal District Judge Jack Weinstein <strong>of</strong> the Eastern District<br />
<strong>of</strong> New York wrote an opinion citing my scholarship and that <strong>of</strong><br />
Martha Chamallas, deciding that using the race-based tables was<br />
unconstitutional. We hope that the tide is turning. ML<br />
MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011 23
Juvenile Justice Clinic<br />
Hands-on work that matters<br />
From left to right: Matthew Peacock, Joseph Zamboni (standing), Meghan Ogren, Amber Collins (standing), Jeffrey Shafto, Michael Dixon (standing)<br />
and Elyse Apantaku (standing). Matthew, Joseph, Meghan, Amber and Michael are student attorneys (third-year students) in the Juvenile Justice<br />
Clinic. Jeffrey is a former Juvenile Justice student attorney who is working in Portland as a solo practitioner. Elyse is a second-year-student who is<br />
the clinic’s summer Juvenile Justice Policy intern.<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s<br />
Juvenile Justice Clinic <strong>of</strong>fers students,<br />
difficult, high-stakes work that provides<br />
valuable hands-on lessons and forms the<br />
genesis <strong>of</strong> policy work.<br />
In 2006, the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> responded to challenges set forth in an<br />
assessment by the American Bar Association<br />
that detailed statewide problems <strong>of</strong> access to<br />
counsel and quality <strong>of</strong> representation in delinquency<br />
cases. (The assessment, “<strong>Maine</strong>: An<br />
Assessment <strong>of</strong> Access to Counsel and Quality<br />
<strong>of</strong> Representation in Delinquency Proceedings,”<br />
was published in 2003.)<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Deirdre Smith and James Burke<br />
decided to expand <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s clinical <strong>of</strong>ferings<br />
to include a program dedicated to improving<br />
representation <strong>of</strong> children. The result:<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s Juvenile Justice Clinic.<br />
With generous help from the Sam L. Cohen<br />
Foundation, the <strong>Maine</strong> Bar Foundation,<br />
many alumni and other supporters, <strong>Maine</strong><br />
24 MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011<br />
{By Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Christopher Northrop / photos by René Minnis}<br />
<strong>Law</strong> committed the resources to build this<br />
clinical program, which is focused on combining<br />
juvenile defense practice with policy<br />
development.<br />
The purpose <strong>of</strong> the Juvenile Justice Clinic<br />
is to teach our student attorneys to provide the<br />
highest quality representation for their clients<br />
in the delinquency system, while working for<br />
systemic change.<br />
Learning in the trenches<br />
And the program has proven successful in<br />
providing participating students with invaluable<br />
hands-on experience and a firm understanding<br />
<strong>of</strong> the delinquency system.<br />
“In my time at the Juvenile Justice Clinic<br />
I was able to work on policy and directly represent<br />
children,” says Rebecca Headen (’07).<br />
“Now that I work primarily in policy, I realize<br />
how important that experience was – in a legal<br />
universe where the people who practice and<br />
the people who strategize are <strong>of</strong>ten detached<br />
and sometimes divided, learning and practicing<br />
as I did at the clinic prepared me for fluency<br />
in both worlds.”<br />
Clinic students represent children charged<br />
with criminal activity in <strong>Maine</strong>’s juvenile<br />
courts.<br />
Each semester five student-attorneys take on<br />
the responsibility <strong>of</strong> trying to make their clients’<br />
lives safer and more successful by addressing the<br />
underlying causes <strong>of</strong> the alleged conduct. It is<br />
difficult work, but our students always exceed<br />
every expectation <strong>of</strong> the courts and the families.<br />
The lessons learned and the problems observed<br />
in the trenches <strong>of</strong> delinquency court form the<br />
genesis <strong>of</strong> our policy work.<br />
Tackling policy issues<br />
A few examples <strong>of</strong> the policy issues the<br />
clinic takes on each semester include disproportionate<br />
minority contact with law enforcement<br />
and the ongoing legal problems<br />
encountered by homeless youth.
Once students identify a problem area,<br />
the next step for them is to look for partners<br />
in the community. For example, to help serve<br />
Portland’s significant population <strong>of</strong> homeless<br />
youth, students reached out to Preble<br />
Street and Pine Tree Legal Assistance to create<br />
the “Street <strong>Law</strong>” program, through which<br />
clinic students provide legal advice every<br />
other Wednesday on a drop-in basis at Preble<br />
Street’s Teen Center.<br />
Some issues can be addressed with a quick<br />
consult; other teenagers with more complex<br />
problems wind up as full-representation clients.<br />
For our work with disproportionate minority<br />
contact issues, students partnered with<br />
the Muskie <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Public Service.<br />
Now in the fifth year <strong>of</strong> the partnership,<br />
and students have helped Muskie staff<br />
design and publish a comprehensive assessment,<br />
“Disproportionate Minority Contact<br />
in <strong>Maine</strong>: DMC Assessment and Identification,”<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Southern <strong>Maine</strong> Muskie<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Public Service, 2009.<br />
The assessment defines disproportionate<br />
minority contact problems and potential solutions.<br />
Clinic students continue to work toward<br />
further assessment, as well as the implementation<br />
<strong>of</strong> potential solutions to this difficult<br />
issue.<br />
And, once again, the experience has been<br />
valuable for <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> students: “My work<br />
to address and eradicate racial discrimination<br />
within the juvenile justice system in <strong>Maine</strong><br />
gave me a deep appreciation <strong>of</strong> how positive<br />
social change happens – it is incremental<br />
and demands perseverance – but it is possible<br />
through collaboration and hard work,” says<br />
Robyn Merrill (’08). “My time at the clinic<br />
inspired me to continue working toward systematic<br />
change, instilling a belief that the system<br />
can be improved to work better for all<br />
people.”<br />
A child’s best interest<br />
The clinic added two more policy projects<br />
this academic year. Mike Dixon (’11) noticed a<br />
crisis <strong>of</strong> conscience in many attorneys defending<br />
juveniles. Although good defense work relies<br />
on defenders zealously representing their<br />
clients’ expressed interests, the desire to advocate<br />
for a child’s best interests is strong. In order<br />
to help make sure that juveniles, especially<br />
those in the most unfortunate circumstances,<br />
have a “best interest” voice in court, Dixon<br />
helped form a group <strong>of</strong> volunteer guardian ad<br />
litems. He worked with the Child Protective/<br />
Juvenile Justice section <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Maine</strong> State Bar<br />
Association to identify volunteers, and he is<br />
currently serving as a guardian ad litems on<br />
two delinquency cases.<br />
Clinical Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Christopher Northrop.<br />
Another significantly underserved group <strong>of</strong><br />
adolescents are those who, due to cognitive disabilities,<br />
mental health issues and/or immaturity,<br />
cannot understand the delinquency process or<br />
assist in their own defense. With the explosion<br />
<strong>of</strong> quality research about adolescent brain development<br />
in the last decade, the issue <strong>of</strong> juvenile<br />
competency has emerged across the country.<br />
As in many states, <strong>Maine</strong>’s Juvenile Code<br />
does not directly address this problem. The<br />
Criminal <strong>Law</strong> Advisory Committee is in the<br />
process <strong>of</strong> drafting legislation to close this gap.<br />
Joe Zamboni (’11) has joined the working<br />
group responsible for assisting the committee.<br />
He is working with leaders from the defense bar,<br />
prosecutors’ <strong>of</strong>fices, Attorney General’s <strong>of</strong>fice,<br />
State Forensic Service, and <strong>Maine</strong> Commission<br />
on Indigent Legal Services. He hopes to see this<br />
legislation signed into law by graduation.<br />
Making it a career<br />
Although many clinic alumni go into<br />
private practice, quite a few have decided to<br />
continue their work in the policy world and<br />
public interest law. Clinic graduates over the<br />
last four years have landed jobs at the National<br />
Juvenile Defender Center, ACLU <strong>of</strong> North<br />
Carolina, Rights Working Group (Washington<br />
D.C.), Disability Rights Center <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong>,<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Equal Justice Project, KIDS Legal,<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Justice Advisory Group and the <strong>Maine</strong><br />
Legislature.<br />
This fall I had one <strong>of</strong> the great thrills <strong>of</strong><br />
my pr<strong>of</strong>essional life at the Juvenile Defender<br />
Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. This<br />
annual event is an invitation only summit<br />
where grizzled veterans (like me) get to present<br />
to the nation’s most dedicated and promising<br />
young lawyers advocating for children. I was<br />
delighted to see two <strong>of</strong> my former students in<br />
attendance.<br />
“The rewards I have reaped from my time<br />
as a student attorney at the Juvenile Justice<br />
Clinic are many and richly layered,” says Caroline<br />
Wilshusen (’07), a former student who<br />
was at the event, along with Rebecca Headen<br />
“I experienced how critical a zealous advocate<br />
is in the life <strong>of</strong> a child in that it empowers a<br />
child, and enables the court to hear the child’s<br />
story. I understand how critical these elements<br />
are to the goals <strong>of</strong> the juvenile code in order to<br />
craft a result that serves the child and society as<br />
a whole. The Juvenile Justice Clinic provided<br />
a foundation <strong>of</strong> information and experiential<br />
learning that continues to inform my practice<br />
with each child I serve.” ML<br />
Christopher Northrop is Clinical Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>. He<br />
was appointed initially in 2006, and founded<br />
and directs the Juvenile Justice Clinic. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Northrop is President <strong>of</strong> the New England<br />
Juvenile Defender Center (housed at the <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>) and a nationally recognized expert in<br />
juvenile justice.<br />
“In my time at the Juvenile Justice Clinic I was able to work on policy and directly represent children. Now<br />
that I work primarily in policy, I realize how important that experience was – in a legal universe where the<br />
people who practice and the people who strategize are <strong>of</strong>ten detached and sometimes divided, learning<br />
and practicing as I did at the clinic prepared me for fluency in both worlds.” – Rebecca Headen (’07)<br />
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FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
“The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> has emerged<br />
nationally as a<br />
center <strong>of</strong> intellectual<br />
excellence and<br />
expertise, thanks<br />
to robust research,<br />
publication, teaching,<br />
and service by our<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essors.”<br />
– Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f, Dean<br />
26 MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011<br />
PROF. DavID<br />
CLUCHEY published<br />
a review <strong>of</strong> the book,<br />
Climate Finance:<br />
Regulatory and Funding<br />
Strategies for Climate<br />
Change and Global<br />
Development (Richard<br />
B. Stewart et al., eds,<br />
NYU Press 2009)<br />
entitled “Seeking a Unified Field <strong>of</strong> Climate<br />
Finance,” in the Ocean and Coastal <strong>Law</strong><br />
Journal (2010).<br />
PROF. CHRISTINE<br />
gaLBRaITH’S article,<br />
“Access Denied: Improper<br />
Use <strong>of</strong> the Computer<br />
Fraud and Abuse Act<br />
to Control Information<br />
on Publicly Accessible<br />
Internet Websites,”<br />
was listed in October<br />
on the Social Science<br />
Research Network’s Top Ten download list<br />
for Intellectual Property: eJournal. As <strong>of</strong><br />
October, the article had been downloaded<br />
247 times. The article originally was<br />
published in 63 Md. L. Rev. 320 (2004).<br />
PROF. MaLICk<br />
gHaCHEM’S book,<br />
The Old Order and the<br />
Haitian Revolution<br />
will be published by<br />
Cambridge <strong>University</strong><br />
Press in 2011. He<br />
published “Of ‘Scalpels’<br />
and ‘Sledgehammers’:<br />
Religious Liberty and<br />
the Policing <strong>of</strong> Muslim Charities in Britain<br />
and America Since 9/11” in the UCLA<br />
Journal <strong>of</strong> Islamic and Near Eastern <strong>Law</strong>. He<br />
delivered the keynote speech, “Race, Reentry,<br />
and Immigration” at a conference entitled<br />
Corrections, Community, and Reentry,<br />
co-sponsored by the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>, the<br />
NAACP Portland, the <strong>Maine</strong> Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Corrections, and the Crime and Justice<br />
Institute at Community Resources for Justice<br />
in Portland in October, 2010. His article,<br />
“Prosecuting Torture: The Prudential Ethics<br />
<strong>of</strong> Slavery in Eighteenth-Century Haiti,” has<br />
been accepted for publication in the <strong>Law</strong> and<br />
History Review.<br />
PROF. RITa HEIMES,<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> the Center<br />
for <strong>Law</strong> & Innovation,<br />
spoke in November on<br />
Intellectual Property<br />
Rights at the Invention<br />
to Venture Conference at<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong>.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Heimes’ article,<br />
“Ocean Management<br />
& Planning in the United States: From<br />
Competition to Cooperation,” based<br />
on presentations she made in 2010 at<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nantes in France, will<br />
appear in the journal Annuaire de Droit<br />
Maritime et Oceanique in 2011. Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Heimes published “Ocean Planning and<br />
the Gulf <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong>: Exploring Bi-National<br />
Policy Options” in Vol. 15 <strong>of</strong> the Ocean<br />
and Coastal <strong>Law</strong> Journal, co-authored<br />
with Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lucia Fanning <strong>of</strong> Dalhousie<br />
<strong>University</strong>. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Heimes chaired a panel<br />
in November on intellectual property<br />
clinics and pro bono legal services at the<br />
Intellectual Property Empowerment Summit<br />
hosted by the Intellectual Property and<br />
Social Justice Institute <strong>of</strong> Howard <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Heimes and the Center for<br />
<strong>Law</strong> and Innovation hosted a sold-out<br />
conference on data privacy and security<br />
issues (Data Security and Management in<br />
Global Commerce) in Portland in August.<br />
Featured speakers included law school<br />
alum and adjunct pr<strong>of</strong>essor Trevor Hughes,<br />
Magistrate Judge John Facciola, and<br />
Woods Abbott, counsel to Raytheon Corp.<br />
The event signaled the launch <strong>of</strong> the law<br />
school’s collaboration with the International<br />
Association <strong>of</strong> Privacy Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals to <strong>of</strong>fer<br />
educational content and training in privacy<br />
law to students, businesses, and the local<br />
legal community.<br />
PROF. LOIS R.<br />
LUPICa has continued<br />
her work as principal<br />
investigator on a<br />
national study <strong>of</strong> the<br />
consumer bankruptcy<br />
system sponsored by the<br />
American Bankruptcy<br />
Institute (ABI). She<br />
published “The Costs <strong>of</strong><br />
BAPCPA (the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention<br />
and Consumer Protection Act <strong>of</strong> 2005): The<br />
Pilot Study” in the ABI <strong>Law</strong> Review, Volume<br />
18 (2010). (See the story on Page 20 to learn<br />
more.) She was the keynote speaker
FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
at the ABI Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy<br />
Conference in November on “The Costs<br />
<strong>of</strong> BAPCPA-Empirical Evidence <strong>of</strong> How<br />
the Bankruptcy System is Working.” In<br />
January, she spoke on “The New Consumer<br />
Bankruptcy System” as the keynote speaker<br />
at the ABI Northeast Consumer Bankruptcy<br />
Conference in Boston. She spoke on a panel<br />
on the topic <strong>of</strong> “Seismic Shifting: Bankruptcy<br />
in a Time <strong>of</strong> Change,” with the Hon. James<br />
B. Haines, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, at a<br />
conference <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Maine</strong> State Bar Association<br />
in Augusta in September. She presented<br />
“The Impact <strong>of</strong> BAPCPA on High Volume<br />
Consumer Bankruptcy Practice” before the<br />
American Consumer Bankruptcy College in<br />
Las Vegas in September. She presented “Data<br />
from the Costs <strong>of</strong> BAPCPA Study: The Best<br />
and the Worst <strong>of</strong> BAPCA” at the National<br />
Conference <strong>of</strong> Bankruptcy Judges Annual<br />
Meeting in New Orleans in October.<br />
PROF. JEFFREY<br />
MaINE published the<br />
Second Edition <strong>of</strong> his<br />
book, The Fundamentals<br />
<strong>of</strong> Federal Taxation,<br />
Carolina Academic Press<br />
2010. Pr<strong>of</strong>. <strong>Maine</strong>’s<br />
article, “The History<br />
<strong>of</strong> Intellectual Property<br />
Taxation: Promoting<br />
Innovation and Other Intellectual Property<br />
Goals” was accepted for publication in the<br />
Southern Methodist <strong>University</strong> - Dedman<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Review. His article, “Equity<br />
and Efficiency in Intellectual Property<br />
Taxation,” co-authored with Pr<strong>of</strong>. Xuan-<br />
Thao Nguyen, was published in the Brooklyn<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Review in December 2010. Pr<strong>of</strong>. <strong>Maine</strong><br />
published a supplement to his treatise<br />
Intellectual Property Taxation: Transaction<br />
and Litigation (BNA BOOKS) in late 2010.<br />
His article “The Fundamentals <strong>of</strong> Wealth<br />
Transfer Tax Planning: 2011 and Beyond,”<br />
co-authored with Pr<strong>of</strong>. John A. Miller, has<br />
been accepted for publication in the Idaho<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Review. His article “The Unequal Tax<br />
Treatment <strong>of</strong> Intellectual Property” has been<br />
accepted for publication in Tax Notes, a<br />
leading magazine on tax policy, commentary,<br />
and news. He presented his article, “Equity<br />
and Efficiency in Intellectual Property<br />
Taxation,” at the 10th Annual Intellectual<br />
Property Scholars Conference, hosted by the<br />
Berkeley Center for <strong>Law</strong> & Technology in<br />
Berkeley, Calif., in August, and at the John<br />
Marshall <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Chicago in October.<br />
PROF. CHaRLES<br />
NORCHI, Director <strong>of</strong><br />
the Marine <strong>Law</strong> Institute,<br />
presented in Hong<br />
Kong at the Second<br />
Annual Conference on<br />
the New Haven <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Jurisprudence cosponsored<br />
by the City<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hong<br />
Kong <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and Yale <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
on “International Agreements and the<br />
New Haven <strong>School</strong>: Territorial Disputes<br />
and Colonial Boundary Instruments,” in<br />
November. He lectured on Afghanistan to<br />
the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team<br />
in the program, “Leader Development and<br />
Education for Sustainable Peace” held at the<br />
Naval Post-Graduate <strong>School</strong> in Monterey,<br />
Calif. in November. He spoke on “Customary<br />
<strong>Law</strong> and the Formal Legal System” at the Rule<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> in Afghanistan: Whose <strong>Law</strong>, Whose<br />
Authority? Conference at Boston <strong>University</strong> in<br />
September. He spoke on “Afghanistan: Decline<br />
and Renewal?” at the World Affairs Council <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> in September. He presented a paper,<br />
“World Order and Failed States: Strategy<br />
and the Common Interest,” at a conference<br />
at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport,<br />
R.I. in July. He presented “Sovereign and<br />
Maritime Claims in the East Asia Sea” at the<br />
History and Asia: Policy Insights and Legal<br />
Perspectives Conference in September at the<br />
Center for Strategic and International Studies<br />
in Washington D.C. He spoke in October<br />
on “Appraising Dokdo: Collective Memory<br />
and Boundary Claims” and chaired a panel,<br />
“Values and Leadership,” at the Annual Policy<br />
Sciences Institute at Yale <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
CLINICaL PROF.<br />
CHRIS NORTHROP<br />
presented “Holding the<br />
Juvenile Justice System<br />
Responsible to Youth <strong>of</strong><br />
Color” at the Juvenile<br />
Defender Leadership<br />
Summit in Washington,<br />
D.C. in October. This<br />
presentation included<br />
discussion <strong>of</strong> the work that clinic students at<br />
the law school have done over the past four<br />
years on the project on Disproportionate<br />
Minority Contact that he is working on<br />
with the Muskie <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Public Policy. He<br />
served on the faculty for the Mississippi Youth<br />
Defender Conference and helped develop the<br />
curriculum for that conference in September.<br />
PROF. DavE OWEN’S new article,<br />
“Critical Habitat and the Challenge <strong>of</strong><br />
Regulating Small Harms,” will be published<br />
in the Florida <strong>Law</strong><br />
Review in fall, 2011. His<br />
article, “Urbanization,<br />
Water Quality, and the<br />
Regulated Landscape,”<br />
which is forthcoming in<br />
Colorado <strong>Law</strong> Review,<br />
was selected from a<br />
competitive field for<br />
the environmental law<br />
panel for the Stanford/<br />
Yale Junior Faculty Exchange, which took<br />
place in New Haven in June, 2010. Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Owen had an article accepted in the peerreviewed<br />
inaugural issue <strong>of</strong> the Watershed<br />
Science Bulletin. The article, “Collaboration,<br />
Residual Designation Authority, and<br />
Collective Permitting: A Case Study <strong>of</strong> Long<br />
Creek,” was co-authored with Curtis Bohlen,<br />
Zach Henderson, Christopher Kilton, and<br />
Peter Glaser (’10). Pr<strong>of</strong>. Owen presented<br />
“The Curious Case <strong>of</strong> Critical Habitat”<br />
and “Urbanization, Water Quality, and<br />
the Regulated Landscape” at Vermont <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> in October, 2010.<br />
DEaN PETER<br />
PITEgOFF, with <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> Board <strong>of</strong> Visitors<br />
Chair Dan Boxer,<br />
published an article on<br />
June 20, 2010 in the<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Sunday Telegram<br />
on the front page <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Insight section, entitled,<br />
“Big Business: Losing<br />
the fight to do right,” on the importance<br />
<strong>of</strong> corporate ethics. (www.pressherald.<br />
com/opinion/big-business_2010-06-20.<br />
html.) Dean Piteg<strong>of</strong>f and Boxer are cochairs<br />
<strong>of</strong> the law school’s Governance and<br />
Ethics Symposium Series. Boxer is an<br />
adjunct pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the law school and<br />
former chief administrative <strong>of</strong>ficer for<br />
Fairchild Semiconductor. Dean Piteg<strong>of</strong>f,<br />
with Meghan Higgins, the 2010 Linda<br />
Smith Dyer <strong>Law</strong> Fellow at the <strong>Maine</strong><br />
Women’s Policy Center (<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Class<br />
<strong>of</strong> 2012), published an opinion piece on<br />
June 24, 2010 in the Portland Press Herald,<br />
entitled “Supreme Court justice’s job so<br />
important, everyone should care.” (www.<br />
pressherald.com/opinion/supreme-courtjustices-job-so-important-everyone-shouldcare_2010-06-24.html).<br />
MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011 27
FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
PROF. MaRTIN<br />
ROgOFF received an<br />
Honorary Doctorate<br />
from the Universitè<br />
du <strong>Maine</strong> in Le Mans,<br />
France in 2011.<br />
His book, French<br />
Constitutional <strong>Law</strong>:<br />
Cases and Materials<br />
(Carolina Academic<br />
Press 2011) was published in December,<br />
2010. He published an article “La théorie<br />
du droit et l’histoire du droit aux États-<br />
Unis: Une conciliation?” in 51 Archives<br />
de philosophie du droit 420-441 (2010).<br />
His article in Italian on conflict <strong>of</strong> laws,<br />
“L’approccio delle Corti statunitensi alla<br />
scelta della legge applicabile” was published<br />
in the journal Diritto e Politiche dell’Unione<br />
Europea. His article in Italian on the 2008<br />
U.S. presidential election, “Riflessioni sul<br />
sistema elettorale presidenziale statunitense<br />
e sull’elezione presidenziale del 4 novembre<br />
2008” appeared in a collection <strong>of</strong> essays<br />
entitled <strong>Law</strong> presidenze Obama nel<br />
sistema constutionale statunitense: novita e<br />
riconferma published by the journal Ressegna<br />
di diritto pubblico europeo. He published<br />
a review <strong>of</strong> the book, Maritime Boundary<br />
Disputes, Settlement Processes and the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
the Sea (Seoung-Yong Hong and Jon Van<br />
Dyke, eds., Leiden & Boston, Martinus<br />
Nijh<strong>of</strong>f Publishers. 2009) entitled “An<br />
Overview <strong>of</strong> Existing Maritime Boundary<br />
Disputes and Recommendations for their<br />
Settlement” in the 2010 Ocean and Coastal<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Journal.<br />
PROF. SaRaH<br />
SCHINDLER’S new<br />
article, “The Future <strong>of</strong><br />
Abandoned Big Box<br />
Stores: Legal Solutions<br />
to the Legacies <strong>of</strong> Poor<br />
Planning Decisions,”<br />
has been accepted by the<br />
Colorado <strong>Law</strong> Review.<br />
She also finished a policy<br />
paper, “Encouraging Private Investment<br />
in Energy Efficiency,” for the Center for<br />
Energy and Environmental <strong>Law</strong> at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Connecticut <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, in<br />
January, 2011.<br />
28 MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011<br />
PROF. DEIRDRE M.<br />
SMITH, Director <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Cumberland Legal Aid<br />
Clinic, will publish her<br />
new article, “Diagnosing<br />
Liability: The Legal<br />
History <strong>of</strong> Posttraumatic<br />
Stress Disorder,” in the<br />
Temple <strong>Law</strong> Review in<br />
fall, 2011. She recently<br />
completed the 2010-2011 Supplement to the<br />
book, Psychiatric & Psychological Evidence,<br />
(3d), by Daniel W. Shuman (Thomson<br />
Reuters).<br />
PROF. THOMaS<br />
WaRD’S book<br />
Intellectual Property in<br />
Commerce, 2010-2011<br />
ed. was published by<br />
West in 2011. The book<br />
explores the intersection<br />
<strong>of</strong> commercial law and<br />
intellectual property law<br />
by analyzing four main<br />
areas. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Ward examines intellectual property<br />
as a commercial asset. Next, he evaluates<br />
intellectual property as collateral, and how<br />
intellectual property law can pose artificial<br />
impediments to efficient debt financing for<br />
technology-based enterprises. Then, he covers<br />
the complexities <strong>of</strong> foreclosure and creditor<br />
realization on intellectual property. Finally, he<br />
considers bankruptcy issues and their affect on<br />
intellectual property assets.<br />
PROF. NaNCY<br />
WaNDERER has been<br />
instrumental in guiding<br />
the revisions <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Uniform <strong>Maine</strong> Citations,<br />
2010 Edition, which are<br />
now entirely online and<br />
posted at the following<br />
site on the <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Review website: mainelaw.<br />
maine.edu/academics/maine-law-review/<br />
uniform-maine-citation.html. Attorneys<br />
Charles Leadbetter, Michael Seitzinger, and<br />
Justice Donald Alexander also were involved<br />
in this project.<br />
PROF. JENNIFER<br />
WRIggINS made a<br />
presentation on her book,<br />
The Measure <strong>of</strong> Injury:<br />
Race, Gender, and Tort<br />
<strong>Law</strong> (NYU Press 2010),<br />
co-authored with Martha<br />
Chamallas, in January to<br />
the State-Federal Judicial<br />
Council in Augusta. Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Wriggins delivered <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s annual<br />
Constitution Day lecture, “Constitutional<br />
<strong>Law</strong> and Tort <strong>Law</strong>: Injury, Race, and Equal<br />
Protection,” in September. The lecture has<br />
been published in Vol. 63 <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Review. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Wriggins gave a presentation<br />
entitled “Including Race in the First-Year<br />
Torts Curriculum” at the Association <strong>of</strong><br />
American <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>s’ Mid-Year Workshop<br />
on “Post-Racial Civil Rights <strong>Law</strong>, Politics<br />
and Legal Education: New and Old Color<br />
Lines in the Age <strong>of</strong> Obama,” in New York<br />
City in June. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Wriggins was part <strong>of</strong> an<br />
Author-Meets-Reader Panel at the Annual<br />
Meeting <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Law</strong> & Society Association in<br />
Chicago in May that discussed The Measure<br />
<strong>of</strong> Injury.<br />
PROF. MEL ZaRR<br />
continued his work on<br />
the <strong>Maine</strong> Supreme<br />
Judicial Court’s Advisory<br />
Committee on the Rules<br />
<strong>of</strong> Criminal Procedure.<br />
In summer 2010, they<br />
drafted and reviewed<br />
rules and amendments<br />
to accommodate the<br />
increasing unification <strong>of</strong> criminal dockets<br />
in District and Superior courts <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong>.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Zarr has served on this committee<br />
for the past 35 years. He also served as a<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Maine</strong> Legislature’s Criminal<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Advisory Commission, which reviews<br />
pending bills, <strong>of</strong>fers amendments to conform<br />
to the basic structure and purposes <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Criminal Code and engages in special<br />
projects at the legislature’s request. They have<br />
been engaging in a systematic review <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Criminal History Record Information Act.
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
annual Philanthropy report 2009-2010
Alumni<br />
Honors<br />
Three esteemed <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> alumni received welldeserved<br />
honors from their<br />
alma mater this year. The <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> faculty selected David<br />
Evans, (’78), partner at the<br />
law firm Clifford Chance and<br />
President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Foundation,<br />
as recipient <strong>of</strong> the L.<br />
Kinvin Wroth Distinguished<br />
Alumnus Award.<br />
The <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Alumni<br />
Association presented<br />
Rosalyne Bernstein (’86),<br />
philanthropist and community<br />
leader, with its Distinguished<br />
Service Award.<br />
The Women’s <strong>Law</strong> Association<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> presented<br />
its 2010 Outstanding<br />
Alumna Award to Alice Clifford<br />
(’88), Assistant District Attorney<br />
for Penobscot and Piscataquis<br />
Counties in <strong>Maine</strong> and an<br />
expert in domestic violence<br />
prosecutions.<br />
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Officers<br />
David J. Evans ’78’<br />
President<br />
Partner, Clifford Chance<br />
Washington, DC<br />
Jean M. Deighan ’76<br />
Vice-President<br />
President, Deighan Associates<br />
Bangor, ME<br />
Michael R. Currie ’80<br />
Treasurer<br />
Managing Director,<br />
HM Payson & Co.<br />
Portland, ME<br />
Peter C. Mckenney ’77<br />
Secretary<br />
Retired,<br />
Cumberland Center, ME<br />
Directors<br />
Eleanor M. Baker ’78<br />
Principal, Baker Newman<br />
& Noyes<br />
Portland, ME<br />
Rosalyne Bernstein ’86<br />
Retired, Portland, ME<br />
James M. Bowie ’77<br />
Partner, Thompson & Bowie<br />
Portland, ME<br />
Martha Casey ‘82<br />
Partner, O’Neill Athy & Casey<br />
Washington DC<br />
Officers<br />
Cornelia Fuchs ’90<br />
President<br />
kelly H<strong>of</strong>fman ’08<br />
Vice President<br />
Bruce Mcglauflin ’96<br />
Treasurer<br />
M. Thomas Trenholm ’08<br />
Secretary<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Foundation<br />
Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
Peter J. DeTroy III ’72<br />
Partner, Norman Hanson<br />
& DeTroy<br />
Portland, ME<br />
Ben Devine, ‘87<br />
Great Island Development<br />
Group<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Hon. Caroline D. glassman<br />
Retired Associate Justice,<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Supreme Judicial Court<br />
Portland, ME<br />
John W. gulliver<br />
Partner, Pierce Atwood<br />
Portland, ME<br />
Steven a. Hammond ’77<br />
Partner, Hughes Hubbard<br />
& Reed<br />
New York, NY<br />
David B. Hawkes ’69<br />
Owner and Consultant,<br />
Triplehawk, Inc.<br />
Winter Harbor, ME<br />
James a. Houle ’81<br />
Partner, Bernstein Shur<br />
Portland, ME<br />
Robert a. Lask<strong>of</strong>f ’70<br />
Senior Partner, Lask<strong>of</strong>f<br />
& Associates<br />
Lewiston, ME<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Alumni Association<br />
Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
Directors<br />
Sarah E. ashby ‘02<br />
andrew J. Bernstein ‘80<br />
Frank H. Bishop, Jr. ‘06<br />
Sarah McCready Boston ‘03<br />
J. Bradford C<strong>of</strong>fey ‘92<br />
Peter J. DeTroy III ’72<br />
Domna giatas ‘88<br />
Paul J. greene ‘07<br />
Beth Harris H<strong>of</strong>fman ‘08<br />
Steven g. Saunders ‘92<br />
Wil Smith ‘06<br />
Ilse Teeters-Trumpy ‘06<br />
Christine C. vito ‘93<br />
Pasquale F. Maiorino ’73<br />
Of Counsel, Trafton<br />
& Matzen<br />
Auburn, ME<br />
Craig H. Nelson ’69<br />
Senior Partner, Doyle<br />
& Nelson<br />
Augusta, ME<br />
kenneth S. Spirer<br />
Retired, Portland, ME<br />
Paula D. Silsby ’76<br />
Retired, Portland, ME<br />
Ira J. Waldman ’76<br />
Partner, Cox, Castle<br />
& Nicholson<br />
Los Angeles, CA<br />
Ex Officio<br />
Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Dean, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Elena Brandt<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Development &<br />
Alumni Relations<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Cornelia S. Fuchs ’90<br />
President, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> Alumni Association<br />
Ex Officio<br />
Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Dean<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Melvyn Zarr<br />
Faculty Representative<br />
Elena Brandt<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Development &<br />
Alumni Relations<br />
Mary Roy<br />
Assistant Director <strong>of</strong> Development<br />
& Alumni Relations<br />
Tina Claypoole<br />
Financial Manager<br />
victoria Silver ‘12<br />
President, SBA
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
and <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Foundation Funds<br />
American College <strong>of</strong> Trial <strong>Law</strong>yers<br />
(ACTL) Trial Advocacy Fund<br />
Kenneth and Marjorie C. Baird<br />
Memorial Scholarship<br />
Dudley Baldwin Book Fund<br />
Laurie L. Balmuth Scholarship<br />
Fund<br />
Israel and Sumner Bernstein<br />
Memorial Scholarship Fund<br />
Sumner T. Bernstein Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Bernstein District Court<br />
Fellowship Fund<br />
William Bingham Scholarship<br />
Fund<br />
Bride Family Fund for Business,<br />
Entrepreneurship and the <strong>Law</strong><br />
Class <strong>of</strong> 1971 Memorial<br />
Scholarship Fund<br />
Class <strong>of</strong> 1973/Glassman Faculty<br />
Research Scholar Fund<br />
Class <strong>of</strong> 1976/David D. Gregory<br />
Library Acquisition Fund<br />
Class <strong>of</strong> 1979/David D. Gregory<br />
Scholarship Fund<br />
Frank M. and Ruth C<strong>of</strong>fin Fund<br />
for <strong>Law</strong> and Public Service<br />
Philip M. Dusini Scholarship<br />
Fund<br />
Elliott Family Scholarship Fund<br />
Richard H. Fay Memorial<br />
Scholarship Fund<br />
Donald L. Garbrecht <strong>Law</strong> Library<br />
Endowment Fund<br />
Justice Harry P. Glassman<br />
Memorial Scholarship Fund<br />
Edward S. Godfrey Fund<br />
Morris and Sylvia Greenberg<br />
Scholarship Fund<br />
Charles A. Harvey Jr. Fellowship<br />
Arlana K. and Pierce B. Hasler<br />
Memorial Fund<br />
Horace S. Libby Memorial Fund<br />
Alumni Association Scholarship<br />
Fund<br />
Richard H. Armstrong Scholarship<br />
Henry N. Berry III <strong>Law</strong> Student<br />
Loan Fund<br />
Cumberland Bar Association<br />
Fellowship<br />
George P. Davenport Loan Fund<br />
Mary Smith Dyer Fellowship Fund<br />
Endowed Funds<br />
Non-Endowed Funds<br />
Libra Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship Fund<br />
Gov. James B. Longley Memorial<br />
Scholarship Fund<br />
Macdonald Family Scholarship<br />
Fund<br />
Merle W. Loper Fund for<br />
International Programs<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Foundation<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship Fund<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Foundation<br />
Scholarship Fund<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> State Bar Legal Education<br />
& Trust Fund<br />
Vincent L. McKusick Diversity<br />
Fellowship<br />
David Santee Miller Memorial<br />
Scholarship Fund<br />
New Hampshire Scholarship Fund<br />
Osher Scholarship Fund<br />
Pierce Atwood Scholarship Fund<br />
Justice Harold J. Rubin<br />
Scholarship Fund<br />
Justice Abraham M. Rudman<br />
Scholarship Fund<br />
Shur Frinsko Award for Municipal<br />
<strong>Law</strong> and Local Governance<br />
Charles W. Smith Memorial Fund<br />
Levi M. Stewart Fund<br />
TD Banknorth Scholarship Fund<br />
Thompson Fund<br />
Lewis V. Vafiades Scholarship Fund<br />
Verrill Dana Public Service<br />
Fellowship<br />
Justice Elmer H. Violette Fund for<br />
International Programs<br />
Violette/Lombard Scholarship<br />
Fund<br />
Daniel E. Wathen Writing Prize<br />
Wernick Legal Writing Prize<br />
Betsy and Peter Wiley Scholarship<br />
Fund<br />
Woodcock Family Scholarship Fund<br />
Gignoux Special Collection Library<br />
Fund<br />
Edward T. Gignoux Memorial Fund<br />
Edward S. Godfrey Loan Fund<br />
Merle W. Loper Loan Fund<br />
Norwood Loan Fund<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Public Interest Fellowship<br />
Fund<br />
Simmons Emergency Loan Fund<br />
selected speakers (2010-2011)<br />
Generous supporters <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> helped make<br />
the following presentations possible at <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>.<br />
Julius “Jack” Getman. Sept. 13, 2010. Renowned labor law scholar<br />
and activist and the Earl E. Sheffield Regents Chair Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Texas at Austin <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Jennifer B. Wriggins. Sept. 17, 2010. The Sumner T. Bernstein<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
—Constitution Day Lecture.<br />
Jeffrey A. Thaler. Sept. 22, 2010. Environmental <strong>Law</strong> Expert and<br />
shareholder at Bernstein Shur in Portland.<br />
Stephanie Showalter & Melissa Trosclair Daigle. Sept. 27, 2010.<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> the National Sea Grant <strong>Law</strong> Center, and Legal Director at<br />
the Louisiana Sea Grant Center, respectively.<br />
USPTO Director David Kappos. Oct. 8, 2010. U.S. Undersecretary<br />
<strong>of</strong> Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director <strong>of</strong> the U.S. Patent<br />
and Trademark Office.<br />
Dr. Christina H<strong>of</strong>f Sommers. Oct. 18, 2010. Resident Scholar at<br />
the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.<br />
Governor Angus King. Oct. 20, 2010. Former two-term Governor <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Maine</strong> and an attorney at Bernstein Shur Government Solutions.<br />
Laura Underkuffler. Oct. 22, 2010. J. DuPratt White Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> at Cornell and the Distinguished Edward S. Godfrey Visiting<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> in Fall 2010.<br />
Stephen Oleskey. Oct. 26, 2010. Boston-based partner in the<br />
international law firm WilmerHale, and 18th Annual Frank M. C<strong>of</strong>fin<br />
Lecturer on <strong>Law</strong> and Public Service.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Odile Delfor & Valerie Bore Eveno. Oct. 27, 2010.<br />
Environmental and public law pr<strong>of</strong>essors at Nantes <strong>University</strong> in France.<br />
Dr. Harris Gleckman. Nov. 1, 2010. Consultant to the United Nations<br />
and a project director for the Institute for Environmental Security.<br />
Greg LeRoy. Nov. 16, 2010. Founder and executive director <strong>of</strong> Good<br />
Jobs First, which promotes corporate and government accountability<br />
in economic development.<br />
David Ray. Feb. 9, 2011. Shareholder at Bernstein Shur and chair <strong>of</strong><br />
the firm’s Construction Group.<br />
Megan Hannan. Feb. 16, 2011. Public Affairs Director for <strong>Maine</strong> for<br />
Planned Parenthood <strong>of</strong> Northern New England.<br />
Dana Totman. March 15, 2011. President and CEO <strong>of</strong> Avesta Housing.<br />
Panel Discussion: Egypt in Transition. March 28, 2011. <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
hosted a World Affairs Council panel discussion on Egypt in Transition:<br />
What does it mean for the Arab World and for US Policy? Panelists: Dr.<br />
Selma Botman, President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Southern <strong>Maine</strong>, Mahmud<br />
Faksh, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the Department <strong>of</strong> Political Science at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Southern <strong>Maine</strong>, Charles Dunbar, retired US Ambassador, and Kathleen<br />
Kinawy Sutherland, researcher on Egyptian society.<br />
David Littell. April 1, 2011. Former Commissioner <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Maine</strong><br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental Protection and current Chairman <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Public Utilities Commission.<br />
Tim Sandefur. April 6, 2011. Adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute<br />
and a Principle Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation in<br />
Sacramento.<br />
David Shaw. April 13, 2011. Managing partner at Black Point Group.<br />
Eric Biber. May 9, 2011. Environmental law expert and pr<strong>of</strong>essor at<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California at Berkeley Boalt Hall <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>.<br />
Cynthia Mabry. May 15, 2011. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at Howard <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong>, and an expert in family law.<br />
Judge D. Brock Hornby. May 21, 2011. Federal judge in the United<br />
States District Court for the District <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong>, delivered the keynote<br />
address at this year’s <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Graduation.<br />
MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011 31
2009-2010 Annual Fund<br />
The sustained and growing support <strong>of</strong> the Annual Fund from our Alumni and Friends allows us to provide scholarship aid, summer<br />
fellowships, clinical programs and vibrant student life at the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>. In 2009-2010, more than $487,000 was raised by 790<br />
donors for the Annual Fund.<br />
Support for the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>, 2009-2010<br />
Total Giving (Capital Gifts, Annual Fund Gifts and Program Grants): $487,094<br />
Annual Fund<br />
Results for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2010::<br />
Annual Fund Goal $365,000<br />
Annual Fund Raised $487,094<br />
Total Number <strong>of</strong> Donors 790<br />
Average Gift $545<br />
Total Giving<br />
Results for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2010:<br />
Donors % Giving %<br />
Alumni 609 77 $150,373 31<br />
Friends 128 16 $40,554 08<br />
Foundations & Corps 12 02 $79,532 16<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Firms & Other<br />
Organizations<br />
41 05 $216,635 45<br />
Totals 790 $ 487,094<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Firms and<br />
Other Organizations<br />
Alumni<br />
Foundations<br />
and Corporations<br />
This report delineates gifts and pledges received between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. Any gifts or pledges received<br />
after June 30, 2010 will be included in the 2010-11 Philanthropy Report. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy<br />
<strong>of</strong> this report. We regret any errors or omissions and request that you contact <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong>’s Development and Alumni<br />
Relations <strong>of</strong>fice at 207-780-4342 or at lawalumni@usm.maine.edu with any changes so that we can correct our records.<br />
32 MAINE <strong>LAW</strong> MAGAZINE SUMMER 2011<br />
Annual Fund Donors<br />
Alumni<br />
Foundations<br />
and Corporations<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Firms and<br />
Other Organizations<br />
Friends<br />
Total Giving by Donor Categories<br />
Friends
2009-2010 Donors<br />
Chairman’s Club<br />
$10,000 and above<br />
French American Cultural<br />
Exchange<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Bar Foundation<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Civil Legal Services Fund<br />
Pierce Atwood LLP<br />
TD Charitable Foundation<br />
Ira J. Waldman ’76<br />
Barrister’s Club<br />
$4,000 – $9,999<br />
Dollie E. Ash<br />
Laurie L. Balmuth ’80<br />
Berman & Simmons PA in<br />
memory <strong>of</strong> Charles A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Bernstein Shur<br />
Campaign for Justice<br />
Steven A. Hammond ’77<br />
Hollings Center for International<br />
Dialogue<br />
Robert A. Lask<strong>of</strong>f ’70<br />
Solicitor’s Club<br />
$2,000 – $3,999<br />
Aroostook County Bar Association<br />
Boeing Matching Gift Program<br />
James M. Bowie ’77 and Sarah<br />
Downs Bowie ’77<br />
Daniel Boxer<br />
Covington & Burling LLP<br />
Paul F. Driscoll ’81 and Hon. Beth<br />
Dobson ’80<br />
Drummond Woodsum &<br />
MacMahon<br />
David J. Evans ’78<br />
Thomas W. Hennen ’73<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> Joe Bornstein, Joe<br />
Bornstein and Deborah Aronson<br />
Bornstein ’81<br />
Hon. John R. McKernan Jr. ’74<br />
Amy N. Moore<br />
Corrections to the 2008-<br />
2009 annual Report:<br />
• Beth Bernstein Schneider<br />
and Michael Schneider<br />
should have been listed in<br />
the Dean’s Club, not in the<br />
Third Decade Club.<br />
• The Elliott Family<br />
Scholarship Fund was<br />
inadvertently omitted from<br />
the list <strong>of</strong> Endowed Funds<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> Foundation.<br />
• The Macdonald Family<br />
Scholarship Fund was<br />
inadvertently omitted from<br />
the list <strong>of</strong> Endowed Funds<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> Foundation.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Christopher Northrop<br />
Francis J. O’Toole ’70<br />
Dean Peter Piteg<strong>of</strong>f and Ann<br />
Casady<br />
Unum Matching Gifts Program<br />
Hon. John K. Veroneau ’89<br />
Dean’s Club<br />
$1,000 – $1,999<br />
Eleanor M. Baker ’78<br />
Ronald S. Battocchi ’74 and Mary<br />
T. Bell ’74<br />
Rosalyne Bernstein ’86<br />
Stearns J. Bryant Jr. ’68<br />
Parke Burmeister ’10<br />
James W. Case ’74<br />
Martha L. Casey ’82<br />
Cloutier Conley & Duffett PA<br />
Maddy G. Corson<br />
Charles L. Cragin ’70<br />
Jean M. Deighan ’76 and Glen L.<br />
Porter ’78<br />
Peter J. DeTroy III ’72 and Mary<br />
R. Roy<br />
Robert S. Frank in memory <strong>of</strong><br />
Charles A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Barbara E. Gauditz ’87<br />
Hon. Caroline D. Glassman<br />
Francis M. Jackson ’77<br />
Deborah A. Keefe ’77 and John E.<br />
Sedgewick ’77<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Colleen A. Khoury and<br />
David Karraker<br />
Margaret Cushing Lavoie ’87<br />
Support<br />
790 donors<br />
contributed<br />
more than<br />
$480,000 to<br />
the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
in 2009-2010.<br />
Thank You<br />
On behalf <strong>of</strong> all<br />
<strong>of</strong> our students<br />
at <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> who<br />
benefit from<br />
annual gifts<br />
and grants,<br />
we thank<br />
you. Your<br />
leadership,<br />
commitment<br />
and financial<br />
support helped<br />
us continue to<br />
provide access<br />
to educational<br />
opportunities<br />
for our current<br />
and future<br />
students.<br />
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Mark G. Lavoie ’78 in memory <strong>of</strong><br />
Charles A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Annmarie Levins ’83<br />
Kevin G. Libby ’79<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> State Bar Association<br />
Michael K. Martin ’89<br />
John A. McCauley ’87<br />
Peter C. McKenney ’77<br />
Micros<strong>of</strong>t Corporation<br />
Carol L. Mitchell ’88<br />
Craig H. Nelson ’69<br />
Robert V. O’Brien Jr. ’79<br />
Anne E. O’Donovan ’91 and<br />
Dennis J. O’Donovan ’91<br />
Gregory W. Powell ’80<br />
Heidi M. Pushard ’10<br />
Roger A. Putnam<br />
Hon. Paul L. Rudman<br />
Beth Bernstein Schneider and<br />
Michael Schneider in memory<br />
<strong>of</strong> Sumner T. Bernstein and in<br />
honor <strong>of</strong> Rosalyne Bernstein<br />
Deborah Shaw ’91<br />
Kathryn E. Shorr ’10<br />
Ryan K. Stafford ’94<br />
Jay F. Theise ’70<br />
Gary F. Thorne ’73<br />
Mrs. Marian Vafiades<br />
Vafiades Brountas &<br />
Kominsky LLP<br />
Kurt E. Vragel Jr. ’73<br />
Peter M. Weatherbee ’68<br />
Ms. Cerita Wilson in memory <strong>of</strong><br />
Stuart Wilson<br />
Hon. John A. Woodcock Jr. ’76<br />
Third Decade Club<br />
$500 – $999<br />
Michael C. Augustini ’95 and<br />
Hope Hall Augustini ’94<br />
Brett D. Baber ’85<br />
Monica M. Bigley ’91 and Andrew<br />
L. Black ’94<br />
Daniel Billings ’03<br />
Hon. George N. Bowden ’74<br />
Michael Burian ’10<br />
Anne M. Carney ’90<br />
David A. Chase II ’88<br />
James Christianson ’10<br />
Janis Cohen ’80<br />
Robert H. Conkling ’96<br />
Neal C. Corson ’79<br />
Michael R. Currie ’80<br />
Edward David M.D. ’87<br />
Edward F. Day Jr. ’73<br />
Bernard M. Devine Jr. ’87<br />
Arthur R. Dingley D.O. ’79<br />
Hon. Wayne R. Douglas ’79<br />
Diane Dusini ’87<br />
Joseph A. Farrell ’89<br />
Friedman Gaythwaite Wolf &<br />
Leavitt in memory <strong>of</strong> Charles A.<br />
Harvey Jr.<br />
John W. Gulliver<br />
Kristin A. Gustafson ’87<br />
David B. Hawkes ’69<br />
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John A. Hobson ’83<br />
Ge<strong>of</strong>frey H. Hole ’72<br />
J. Trevor Hughes ’95<br />
Rendle A. Jones ’67<br />
Charles J. Kean III ’76<br />
Jeffrey Knuckles<br />
Norman S. Kominsky ’94<br />
Donald M. Kreis ’93<br />
Lambert C<strong>of</strong>fin<br />
Catherine A. Lee<br />
Anne Lucey ’91<br />
Robert F. Macdonald Sr. ’69<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Jeffrey A. <strong>Maine</strong><br />
Patrick C. Maxcy ’99<br />
Gerard S. McAuliffe ’71<br />
Elek Miller ’10<br />
Monaghan Leahy LLP<br />
Thomas A. Mullen<br />
Tina H. Nadeau ’10<br />
Robert A. Nagy ’72<br />
Norman Hanson & DeTroy LLC<br />
Petruccelli Martin &<br />
Haddow LLP<br />
Jonathan S. Piper ’76<br />
Preti Flaherty<br />
Peter H. Priest ’80<br />
Hon. John H. Pursel ’70<br />
Robert B. Ravenelle ’87<br />
Kathryn A. Reid ’92<br />
Peter J. Richard Jr. ’10<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Alison Rieser<br />
Robinson Kriger & McCallum<br />
Heather B. Sanborn ’07<br />
Jacqueline Sartoris ’10<br />
Susan M. Schultz ’89<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Deirdre M. Smith ’94<br />
Kenneth S. Spirer and Joan<br />
Leitzer M.D.<br />
Joanne B. Steneck ’87<br />
James S. Stolley Jr. ’93<br />
Louise K. Thomas ’77<br />
Thompson & Bowie LLP<br />
Thomson Reuters<br />
Christine C. Vito Ph.D. ’93<br />
Arlyn H. Weeks ’81<br />
Dorothy M. Wentworth ’94<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Melvyn Zarr<br />
Gerard V. Zarrilli<br />
Barry Zimmerman ’70<br />
Challenge Club<br />
$250 – $499<br />
Leonard Agneta<br />
Thomas G. Ainsworth ’74 and<br />
Kathryn Monahan<br />
Ainsworth ’76<br />
John B. Andrews ’71<br />
Anonymous<br />
Louise Arkel ’94<br />
Krista E. Atwater ’01<br />
David B. Auclair ’84<br />
James P. Aucoin ’91<br />
Ritchie E. Berger ’81<br />
Ellen S. Best ’81<br />
Robert J. Bocko ’85<br />
Deborah A. Buccina ’81<br />
Paul S. Bulger ’85<br />
M. Thomasine Burke ’90<br />
Hon. Michael P. Cantara ’81<br />
Everett B. Carson ’77<br />
Edgar S. Catlin III ’81<br />
Christian T. Chandler ’89<br />
Philip M. C<strong>of</strong>fin III ’81 and Susan<br />
E. Peck ’81<br />
Hon. Roland A. Cole ’68<br />
J. Michael Conley III ’70<br />
Eugene C. Coughlin III ’70<br />
Anne H. Cressey ’88<br />
Ronald J. Cullenberg ’71<br />
Ge<strong>of</strong>frey K. Cummings ’82<br />
Richard L. Currier ’80<br />
Donnelly S. Douglas ’78<br />
R. Terrance Duddy ’80<br />
Patricia McDonough Dunn ’76<br />
Mary Lou Dyer ’80<br />
Rebecca H. Farnum ’77<br />
Gregory L. Foster ’73<br />
Douglas P. Franklin ’71<br />
Friends and Colleagues at AGH<br />
Oncology in memory <strong>of</strong> Charles<br />
A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Steven R. Gerlach ’06<br />
Germani Martemucci Riggle &<br />
Hill<br />
Nicholas M. Gess ’81<br />
Laurie A. Gibson ’84<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gignoux Jr.<br />
Phyllis G. Givertz ’74<br />
Hon. Peter J. Goranites ’73<br />
Hon. Ellen Gorman<br />
Ronald J. Graff ’87<br />
Michael S. Haenn ’79<br />
Jonathan S. Handelman ’05<br />
William H. Hanson ’82<br />
William P. Hardy ’73<br />
Erik J. Heels ’95<br />
Stephen Hessert ’77<br />
Joseph M. Hochadel ’74<br />
Hon. D. Brock Hornby and<br />
Helaine C. Hornby<br />
Martha W. Howell ’74<br />
J.B. Brown & Sons<br />
Jackson & MacNichol<br />
Dina A. Jellison ’92 and John J.<br />
Wall III ’92<br />
Michelle Bushey Jensen ’93<br />
Bruce M. Jervis ’77<br />
Kelly Remmel & Zimmerman<br />
Frank S. Kipp ’74 in memory <strong>of</strong><br />
Charles A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Edward W. Klein ’79<br />
Thomas R. Kolb<br />
Lask<strong>of</strong>f & Associates<br />
Thomas G. Leahy ’74 and Kathryn<br />
Longley-Leahy ’82<br />
Thomas A. Loureiro ’97<br />
Macy’s Inc. Matching Gifts<br />
Program<br />
Pasquale F. Maiorino ’73<br />
John P. Maley ’68<br />
Barbara J. Mantegani ’80<br />
Nancy C. McBrady ’07<br />
Marcia Metcalf ’92<br />
Elaine M. Michaud ’93<br />
Paul H. Mills ’77<br />
Carolyn DeGrinney Mitchell ’96<br />
and Daniel J. Mitchell ’96<br />
Clifford J. Moore Jr. ’84<br />
Robert A. Moore ’74<br />
Joy Moore ’07<br />
Stephen W. Moriarty ’78<br />
Peter L. Murray in memory <strong>of</strong><br />
Charles A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Timothy H. Norton ’88<br />
Gary J. Norton ’74<br />
Marc C. Owen ’73<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dennis M. Patterson<br />
Richard M. Peirce ’71<br />
Susan A. Pereira ’97<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Gerald F. Petruccelli<br />
Roy T. Pierce ’92<br />
Hon. Paul T. Pierson ’72<br />
Ruth E. Plagenhoef ’80<br />
Anne Bowen Poulin ’73<br />
Michael J. Quinn ’88<br />
Patricia Reynolds Regan ’83
Richardson Whitman Large &<br />
Badger<br />
Chris Ruge ’01 in memory <strong>of</strong><br />
Stuart Wilson<br />
Hon. Ronald D. Russell ’72<br />
Hon. James S. Russell ’78<br />
Michael V. Saxl ’98<br />
Mary L. Schendel ’76<br />
Ronald W. Schneider Jr. ’96<br />
Lei Shi ’98<br />
Hon. Paula D. Silsby ’76<br />
Hon. Warren M. Silver<br />
Skelton Taintor & Abbott<br />
Chadbourn H. Smith ’70<br />
Terry N. Snow ’73<br />
Sonnenschein Nath &<br />
Rosenthal LLP<br />
Hon. Marilyn E. Stavros ’80<br />
Graydon G. Stevens ’77<br />
Joan Sturmthal ’86<br />
F. Mark Terison ’78<br />
James E. Tierney ’74<br />
Norman G. Trask ’88<br />
Vincent P. Veroneau ’06<br />
Bing Wang ’94 in honor <strong>of</strong><br />
Christine Wang<br />
Hon. Daniel E. Wathen ’65<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Jennifer Wriggins<br />
Yiping Yang ’92 in memory <strong>of</strong><br />
Merle Loper<br />
Century Club<br />
$100 – $249<br />
Sherry L. Abbott ’04<br />
Steven W. Abbott ’91<br />
Albertson’s Inc.<br />
Jill P. Allen ’89<br />
Hon. & Mrs. Thomas H. Allen<br />
Michael G. Anderson ’10<br />
John A. Anderson ’93<br />
Charles S. Andrews ’69<br />
Miles F. Archer ’00 and Jennifer A.<br />
Archer ’00<br />
Elizabeth A. Armstrong ’86<br />
Jordan Arthur ’10<br />
John E. Baker ’79<br />
Courtney Barnett ’10<br />
Marya Baron ’10<br />
John R. Bass II ’78<br />
John Bean ’03<br />
Vickie Caron Bell ’91<br />
Timothy P. Benoit ’85<br />
Henri A. Benoit II ’85<br />
Margaret A. Bensinger ’84<br />
Roger F. Blake ’59<br />
Sarah McCready Boston ’03<br />
Rachel L. Bouchard ’96<br />
Andre D. Bouffard ’86<br />
Timothy H. Boulette ’99<br />
Joel F. Bowie ’72<br />
Dylan Robert Boyd ’10<br />
Elizabeth L. Boynton ’74<br />
Hon. Carl O. Bradford ’62<br />
Elena Brandt<br />
Richard F. Breen Jr. ’67<br />
Christina Valar Breen ’91<br />
Hon. G. Arthur Brennan<br />
John W. Bride ’64<br />
Robert S. Briggs ’73<br />
Hon. William S. Brodrick ’72<br />
David A. Bronson ’74<br />
Nathan Brown ’10<br />
Mary Kay Browne ’91<br />
Nathaniel Bryans ’08<br />
Virgilia W. Bryant ’00<br />
Brenda M. Buchanan ’90<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. E. James Burke<br />
Natalie L. Burns ’87<br />
Kelly Busby ’05<br />
Elizabeth R. Butler ’79<br />
Rita N. Calamari ’80<br />
Hon. Susan W. Calkins ’70<br />
James M. Callahan ’85<br />
Matthew E. Campbell ’91<br />
Chelsey Carrier ’10<br />
Ian M. Catlett ’00<br />
Paula Caughey ’90<br />
Alexandra E. Caulfield ’91<br />
Paul W. Chaiken ’74<br />
Joceline D. Champagne ’99<br />
Peter L. Chandler ’76<br />
Michael Chiaparas ’79<br />
Alisa Christopher ’10<br />
Eve Hlavaty Cimmet ’81<br />
Monica A. Ciolfi ’86<br />
Jeffery J. Clark ’80<br />
Roger A. Clement Jr. ’91 and Amy<br />
Tchao ’93<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. David P. Cluchey<br />
Joanne F. Cole ’81<br />
Joseph W. Corrigan ’00<br />
James L. Costello ’91<br />
Robert L. Couturier ’70<br />
Theodore S. Coxe Jr. ’92<br />
Kevin T. Crilly ’88<br />
Curtis Thaxter<br />
Hon. Howard H. Dana Jr.<br />
Martha L. Day ’96<br />
Armanda Beal Day ’96<br />
Dorcas H. Deans ’82<br />
John P. DeGrinney ’95<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Orlando E. Delogu<br />
Mary A. Denison ’01<br />
David A. DiMuzio ’73<br />
Dennis M. Doiron ’90<br />
Douglas Denham Buccina<br />
& Ernst<br />
Jeremy Dowell ’10<br />
Thomas R. Downing ’78 and<br />
Margaret R. Downing ’78<br />
Robert G. Driscoll ’76<br />
Stephen F. Dubord ’73<br />
Hon. James P. Dunleavy ’68<br />
Jane Campana Earley ’74<br />
Robert L. Eddy Jr. ’69<br />
Hon. E. Paul Eggert ’78<br />
Kris J. Eimicke ’06<br />
Richard W. Elliott ’65<br />
Frederick C. Emery Jr.<br />
Elliott L. Epstein ’78<br />
Ronald A. Epstein ’77 and Eileen<br />
M.L. Epstein ’78<br />
Genevieve Watson Faherty ’04<br />
Fairchild Semiconductor<br />
Corporation<br />
Deborah A. Fauver ’90<br />
Edward F. Feibel ’82<br />
Hon. Joseph H. Field ’76<br />
Ge<strong>of</strong>frey M. FitzGerald ’85<br />
Martin J. Foley ’78<br />
Edmund R. Folsom ’84 and<br />
Lauren C. Folsom ’84<br />
Jeanne A. Foy ’90 and William B.<br />
Scarpelli ’91<br />
Alfred C. Frawley III ’76<br />
Cornelia Fuchs ’90<br />
M. Elizabeth Gallie ’87<br />
Ariel Gamble ’10<br />
Nell-Garwood M. Garvey ’06<br />
John P. Gause ’95<br />
Daniel Gayer ’10 and Sarah<br />
Gayer ’08<br />
Kristina Gefvert ’10<br />
Shaun M. Gehan ’02<br />
Sidney H. Geller ’63<br />
Domna Giatas ’88<br />
Thomas R. Gibbon ’74 in memory<br />
<strong>of</strong> Dean Emeritus<br />
Edward S. Godfrey<br />
Donna M. Gingerella ’84<br />
Robert Girvan III ’10<br />
Sharon Gwinn Gobat ’98<br />
Donna J. Godish in memory <strong>of</strong><br />
Charles A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Jonathan L. Goldberg ’97<br />
Russell J. Goldsmith ’90<br />
Seth Goodall ’05 and LeAnn<br />
Greenleaf ’05<br />
Vicki J. Gordan ’80<br />
Paul R. Gosselin ’76<br />
Martha A. Grant ’81<br />
Katherine Greason ’79<br />
Stephanie Green ’10<br />
Greenhut Galleries <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> Inc.<br />
in memory <strong>of</strong> Charles<br />
A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Henry W. Griffin ’91 and<br />
Elizabeth Eddy Griffin ‘92<br />
Gordon F. Grimes<br />
Darya Haag ’10<br />
Harold C. Hamilton II ’76 and<br />
Hon. Margaret J. Kravchuk ’76<br />
Robert and Dagmar Hamilton<br />
John L. Hammond ’75<br />
Evan M. Hansen ’84<br />
Andrew Hastings ’10<br />
Reid Hayton-Hull ’10<br />
Charles C. Hedrick ’98<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Rita Heimes<br />
Andrew Helman ’10<br />
Peter C. Herbst ’73<br />
David L. Herzer Jr. ’92 and Dana<br />
Gillespie Herzer ’00<br />
Melissa A. Hewey ’87<br />
Michael H. Hill ’88<br />
Heidi Hoefler ’97<br />
Paul D. H<strong>of</strong>fman ’93<br />
Mary L. Holm ’84<br />
Donald S. Hornblower ’91<br />
James A. Houle ’81<br />
Paula House ’88<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. H. Cabanne Howard<br />
William H. Howison ’75<br />
Sherry F. Huber<br />
Richard A. Hull III ’74<br />
Susan E. Hunter ’76<br />
Jonathan B. Huntington ’87 and<br />
Anne LaCombe Huntington ’86<br />
Hon. Joseph M. Jabar Sr. ’71<br />
John James ’84<br />
Neil D. Jamieson Jr. ’88<br />
Margaret T. Jeffery ’92<br />
Rupert J. Jennings III ’80<br />
Norine C. Jewell ’87<br />
Robert E. P. Jones ’91<br />
Robert A. Jutras ’88<br />
Steven H. Kang ’06<br />
Janet K. Kantz ’91<br />
Marikate E. Kelley ’89<br />
Hon. E. Mary Kelly<br />
John N. Kelly<br />
Hon. MaryGay Kennedy ’80<br />
Katherine A. Kerkam ’06<br />
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Phillip M. Kilmister ’63<br />
Karen G. Kingsley ’79<br />
Kyle Kirby ’10<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Christopher Knott<br />
Katherine R. Knox ’04 and Jess B.<br />
Knox ’04<br />
James S. Kriger ’63<br />
Kristina Kurlanski ’10<br />
William O. LaCasse ’83<br />
David J. Lakari ’84<br />
Leonard W. Langer ’78<br />
Wendell G. Large<br />
John G. Lemoine ’88<br />
Patricia A. Lerwick M.D. ’90<br />
Alan J. Levenson ’59<br />
David J. Levesque ’97<br />
Hon. Jon D. Levy<br />
Joseph Lewis ’10<br />
Jonathan Liberman ’10<br />
Susan H. Livingston ’88<br />
Bruce R. Livingston ’72<br />
Carrie M. Logan ’07<br />
Richard A. Lord ’65<br />
Nicholas Lund ’10<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lois Lupica<br />
Malcolm L. Lyons ’70<br />
Andrew B. MacLean ’91<br />
Ignatius MacLellan ’85<br />
Carter H. Manny III<br />
John P. March Jr. ’92<br />
Thomas S. Marjerison ’93<br />
Carol A. Martel ’92<br />
Simone D. Masse ’84<br />
Cdr. Kent W. Mathews ’71<br />
Vicki M. Mathews ’93<br />
Timothy P. McCormack ’01<br />
Darcie N. McElwee ’98<br />
Bruce A. McGlauflin ’96<br />
Hon. Vincent L. McKusick and<br />
Nancy G. McKusick<br />
Elizabeth McLaughlin ’93<br />
Patricia B. McNamara ’92<br />
William H. Meanix Jr. ’79<br />
Samuel H. Merrill ’75<br />
William Milasauskis ’10<br />
Connie Fern Miller ’75<br />
Charles E. Miller ’79<br />
S. Peter Mills III ’73 and Hon.<br />
Nancy Mills ’82<br />
Barry K. Mills<br />
Mills & Mills LLP<br />
Ann H. Mohnkern ’79<br />
Peter Monahan ’92<br />
David C. Morse ’10<br />
N. Joel Moser ’10<br />
<strong>Law</strong>rence J. Mullen ’81<br />
Erin Murphy ’10<br />
Hon. Ann M. Murray ’82<br />
Murray Plumb & Murray<br />
Tracy Nale ’10<br />
Jeffrey A. Nathanson ’87<br />
Mary and Kenneth Nelson<br />
Leonard and Merle Nelson<br />
C.J. Marie Newman ’10<br />
Hon. John C. Nivison II ’85<br />
Northeast Utilities<br />
Murrough H. O’Brien ’75<br />
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Orla C. O’Callaghan ’96<br />
Joseph M. O’Connor ’90<br />
Charles W. Olcott ’03<br />
Mary Saunders Oneglia ’03<br />
Heidi S. Osborn ’83<br />
Harold C. Pachios<br />
Pearce & Dow LLC<br />
John D. Pelletier ’85<br />
Mark Peltier ’10<br />
Robert C. Perkins ’77<br />
Rachael K. Pierce ’05<br />
Russell B. Pierce Jr. ’91<br />
David C. Pierson ’93<br />
John J. Polak Jr. ’81<br />
James D. Poliquin ’81 and Beth<br />
Anne Poliquin ’82<br />
Thomas J. Poulin ’88<br />
Thomas E. Powers ’84<br />
Hon. Keith A. Powers ’73<br />
Roger P. Prince ’85<br />
Nathaniel S. Putnam ’95 and<br />
Virginia Kozak Putnam ’91<br />
Jane Surran Pyne ’85<br />
Shawn Quinn ’10<br />
Leslie Raber ’10<br />
Joshua Randlett ’10<br />
Alistair Y. Raymond ’06<br />
Margaret B. Reid ’10<br />
Samuel R. Reid III ’82<br />
Roberts & Shirley<br />
Hon. John V. Romei ’75<br />
James Ross ’10<br />
Roderick R. Rovzar ’73<br />
Samuel K. Rudman<br />
Ellsworth T. Rundlett III ’73<br />
Ge<strong>of</strong>frey A. Rushlau ’79<br />
Thomas A. Russell ’79<br />
Donna M. Ryan ’88<br />
Frederick S. Samp ’75 and<br />
Cushing Pagon Samp ’77<br />
Andrew R. Sarapas ’98<br />
Joanne S. Satal<strong>of</strong>f ’77<br />
Steven G. Saunders ’92<br />
George C. Schelling ’79<br />
Hon. Louis Scolnik<br />
Severson Hand & Nelson PA<br />
Charles M. Sexton ’76 in memory<br />
<strong>of</strong> Charles A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Jeffrey Shafto ’10<br />
Melinda P. Shain ’98<br />
Justin G. Sharaf ’65<br />
Barbara G. Shaw ’94<br />
Heidi Shealy ’92<br />
Bruce N. Shibles ’87<br />
Richard A. Shinay ’80<br />
David H. Shove ’82<br />
Adam Shub ’10<br />
Hon. Herbert T. Silsby II<br />
David S. Silsby ’58<br />
David Sinclair ’10<br />
Hon. George Z. Singal<br />
Paula N. Singer ’78<br />
John W. Sitarz ’72<br />
Wilbur Smith ’06<br />
Elizabeth H. Smith ’10<br />
Frances Dee Smith<br />
Elting H. Smith Jr. ’87<br />
Steven R. Smith ’81<br />
Brenda C. Smith-Weiss ’84<br />
Joshua E. Spooner ’00<br />
Kristin St. Peter ’00<br />
Heather Staples ’10<br />
Timothy Steigelman ’10<br />
Daniel J. Stevens ’88<br />
William T. Stewart ’74<br />
Maryellen Sullivan ’94<br />
Nathan S. Szanton ’90<br />
Edmond Tang ’90<br />
Gina Tangney<br />
Annee H. Tara ’73<br />
Paul R. Tardif ’93<br />
Carol Taylor<br />
Jeffrey A. Thaler and Karen<br />
Massey<br />
Alan Thorndike ’76<br />
Sarah Allison Thornton ’76 in<br />
memory <strong>of</strong> Charles A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Kevin J. Tierney ’76<br />
Michael B. Trainor ’79<br />
Michael Thomas Trenholm ’08<br />
Hon. Ralph L. Tucker Jr. ’74<br />
Darby C. Urey ’99<br />
Hon. Vendean V. Vafiades ’85<br />
Michael F. Vaillancourt ’00<br />
Richard E. Valentino ’60<br />
Verrill Dana LLP<br />
Kathryn L. Vezina ’90<br />
Nicole Vinal<br />
Matthew J. Walker ’01<br />
Heather Seasonwein Walker ’01<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Nancy A. Wanderer ’90<br />
Joseph A. Wannemacher ’77<br />
Warren Currier & Buchanan<br />
LLC PA<br />
Mrs. Helen Wasserman<br />
Brian W. Weber ’07<br />
Delwyn E. Webster ’10<br />
Peter B. Webster<br />
John H. Weigold III ’96<br />
J. Julie Welch<br />
David West ’10<br />
John M. Whalen ’71<br />
John G. Wheatley ’07<br />
Sharon M. Wheeler ’98<br />
Chad Wilcox ’10<br />
Lynn Wilcox<br />
Elyse Wilkinson ’10<br />
Mark J. Winter ’98<br />
Gary C. Wood ’75<br />
Amanda Wood ’01<br />
John A. Woodcock III ’06<br />
Elizabeth C. Woodcock ’88<br />
Hon. Patricia G. Worth ’79<br />
Wright & Mills PA<br />
Jean D. Wulff ’93<br />
Christopher A. Wyskiel ’80<br />
John H. Zane ’93<br />
Nancy C. Ziegler ’80 and Hon.<br />
Kermit V. Lipez<br />
Advocate’s Club<br />
Up to $100<br />
Beth N. Ahearn ’88<br />
Barbara Reid Alexander ’76<br />
Michelle Allott ’89<br />
John D. Alsop Jr. ’78<br />
Anonymous<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Angela Crossman Arey ’05<br />
Sarah E. Ashby ’02<br />
Gene Auty ’88<br />
Timothy J. Bailey ’99<br />
Madge Baker ’75<br />
Bank <strong>of</strong> America Matching Gifts<br />
Program<br />
Capt. James W. Bass ’06<br />
Hannah L. Bass ’06<br />
Krisna M. Basu ’92 and Joshua D.<br />
Krell ’92<br />
Gretchen M. Bath ’81<br />
Jonathan S.R. Beal<br />
Heidi A. Bean ’89<br />
Lisa Fitzgibbon Bendetson ’94 and<br />
Eric Bendetson ’94<br />
David R. Beneman ’85<br />
Louise A. Berlin ’95<br />
Donald A. Bertsch<br />
Frank H. Bishop Jr. ’07<br />
Christopher A. Blier ’07<br />
Michael R. Bosse ’96<br />
Daniel W. Boutin ’80<br />
Thomas C. Bradley ’92<br />
Sylvia F. Brewster ’88<br />
Christopher M. Bride ’01<br />
Robert C. Brooks ’91 and Michele<br />
Dorsey Brooks ’93<br />
Andrew Brown ’76<br />
Dr. Jill L. Bubier ’78 and George<br />
W. Stone III ’78<br />
Sonia Buck ’05<br />
Paul W. Cadigan ’90 and Marcia<br />
G. Cadigan<br />
Jason S. Campbell ’05<br />
Julie Carp ’08<br />
Catherine L. Claypoole<br />
Hon. Robert W. Clifford<br />
Alice E. Clifford ’88 and Terence<br />
M. Harrigan ’88<br />
James F. Cloutier ’79<br />
Mark A. Cloutier ’81<br />
Susan B. Cole ’79<br />
Gerard P. Conley Jr. ’79<br />
William H. Coogan Ph.D. ’88 and<br />
Kim Matthews ’75<br />
Clifford B. Corson ’86<br />
Carmen L. Coulombe<br />
Dan Coyne ’05 and Stephanie<br />
Williams ’05<br />
Philip D. Cross ’86<br />
Denis T. Culley ’03<br />
Alicia F. Curtis ’06<br />
Xing Dai 94 and Shanshan<br />
Zhou ’93<br />
Thaddeus V. Day ’97<br />
Thomas G. Diebold ’92<br />
Morse W. Doane ’97<br />
Amanda J. Doherty ’08<br />
Carmen M. Dorsey ’89<br />
Martica Sawin Douglas ’77<br />
James A. Dowd II ’97<br />
Andre Duchette ’05
Neale A. Duffett ’80<br />
William R. Dunn ’79<br />
Thomas A. Dyhrberg ’83<br />
David J. Ekelund Jr. ’00<br />
Robert L. Ellis Jr. ’86<br />
Lauren H. Epstein ’04<br />
John C. Everett Jr. ’76<br />
Peter C. Felmly ’03<br />
Debra Ferguson ’85<br />
Julia A. Finn ’90 and A. Robert<br />
Ruesch ’90<br />
Mark J. Fischler ’97<br />
Mary M. L. H. Flint ’80<br />
Martha E. Freeman ’80<br />
N. Paul Gauvreau ’75<br />
Leonard Giambalvo<br />
Kenneth F. Ginder ’91 and Claire<br />
Adami Ginder ’91<br />
Matthew S. Goldfarb in honor <strong>of</strong><br />
Hon. J Brock Hornby<br />
Mary K. Gonya Brennan ’71<br />
Mary Jane Good ’99<br />
Michael H. Griffin ’73<br />
Katherine Griffin ’08<br />
Margaret S. Groban<br />
Jon Haddow ’90<br />
David J. Halperin<br />
Floyd L. Harding<br />
Lorna J. Harmuth ’91<br />
Mary Bradley Hawkes ’92 and<br />
Blaine R. Hawkes ’92<br />
Matthew C. Hayden ’01<br />
Frank G. Helman<br />
Eric R. Herlan ’87<br />
Michael S. Hirshberg ’69<br />
David E. Hirtle ’07<br />
Kenneth T. H<strong>of</strong>fman ’78<br />
Kelly H<strong>of</strong>fman ’08 and Elizabeth<br />
Harris H<strong>of</strong>fman ’08<br />
Jennifer Holmes-Griffin ’99<br />
Naomi H. Honeth ’80<br />
Philip P. Houle ’70<br />
David S. Humphries Sr. ’67<br />
Stephen P. Hyde ’77<br />
David Kallin ’09<br />
James N. Katsiaficas ’84 and<br />
Donna M. Katsiaficas ’84<br />
Katherine Kayatta ’09<br />
Mary N. Kellett ’92<br />
Thomas R. Kelly ’92<br />
Arthur J. Lamothe ’87<br />
Elizabeth LaPierre ’09<br />
Pamela Knowles <strong>Law</strong>rason<br />
Bruce A. Libby ’64<br />
Bradley M. Lown ’85<br />
William N. Lund ’80<br />
Lisa C. Lunn ’88<br />
Faye E. Luppi ’85<br />
M. Katherine Lynch ’02<br />
Kyle T. MacDonald ’09<br />
Jonathan T. Mann ’94<br />
Nancy Savage Marcus ’91<br />
Daniel W. Marra ’02<br />
Patricia M. Mathers ’98<br />
Justina A. McGettigan ’91<br />
Allison McLaughlin ’06<br />
Lisa M. McMullin ’75 and<br />
Kimball R. McMullin ’74<br />
Matthew T. Mehalic ’07<br />
Patrick J. Mellor ’98 and Rebekah<br />
J. Smith ’98<br />
Philip G. Mohlar ’90<br />
Moncure & Barnicle<br />
Richard G. Moon<br />
Sarah S. Murdough ’94<br />
Katherine M. Murray ’00<br />
Hon. Robert E. Murray Jr. ’88<br />
Steven D. Najarian ’90<br />
Edward Jeffrey Newcombe ’93<br />
Charles L. Nickerson<br />
Mary Frances O’Brien ’03<br />
Melissa Reynolds O’Dea ’96<br />
Laura M. O’Hanlon ’92<br />
Michael J. O’Toole ’85<br />
James H. Ouimette ’77<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor David Owen<br />
Keith R. Patterson ’92<br />
Brice C. Paul ’98<br />
Roger O. Pederson ’98<br />
Edmund M. Pitts<br />
Harvey Prager ’94<br />
Katherine M. Ralston ’89 and<br />
Matthew Ralston<br />
Frederic C. Rand ’01 and<br />
Katharine I. Rand ’03<br />
Caroline V. Rider ’74<br />
Joel B. Russ ’74<br />
Felicity A. Ryan ’07<br />
Karla Black Salomao ’02<br />
Mary M. Sauer ’94<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Sarah Schindler<br />
Science and Art Inc.<br />
Henry I. Shanoski ’98<br />
Kirk G. Siegel ’97<br />
David P. Silk ’85<br />
Joshua Silver ’05<br />
Gregory H. Smith ’73<br />
Kenneth E. Snitger ’71<br />
Hon. Valerie Stanfill ’85<br />
Jon C. Stanley ’95<br />
Jennifer S. Sternick ’90<br />
Peter H. Stewart ’80<br />
Telecom Pioneers <strong>of</strong> America in<br />
memory <strong>of</strong> Charles A. Harvey Jr.<br />
Jason Robert Tiballi ’96<br />
Karin R. Tilberg ’84<br />
Marshall J. Tinkle<br />
Laura E. Tobin ’92<br />
Jill Kaplan Tupper ’94<br />
Thomas G. Van Houten<br />
Anne W. Van Lonkhuyzen ’73<br />
Patrick Venne ’10<br />
Lise R. Wagner ’93<br />
Alexander J. Wall ’06<br />
Molly Watson ’09<br />
Laura K. Welles ’04<br />
Lisa Whittier ’05<br />
K. Isaac Wilhelm ’04<br />
Judith A. Fletcher Woodbury ’80<br />
Karen L. Wright ’00<br />
Julia Wyman ’07<br />
F. Richard York ’53<br />
Thad B. Zmistowski ’89<br />
Gifts in Memory<br />
<strong>of</strong> Hon. Frank M. C<strong>of</strong>fin<br />
2007-08 <strong>Law</strong> Clerks <strong>of</strong> Hon.<br />
Kermit V. Lipez<br />
Jonathan and Nancy Aldrich<br />
Hon. Donald G. Alexander<br />
and Barbara Reid<br />
Alexander ’76<br />
Douglas Baird<br />
Nicole M. Bouvier<br />
(made in the name <strong>of</strong><br />
her aunt Mignonne B.<br />
Bouvier, Judge C<strong>of</strong>fin’s<br />
administrative assistant)<br />
Muriel W. Britton<br />
Hon. William S. Brownell<br />
’71<br />
David C. Burkey Zembsch<br />
Clerks <strong>of</strong> Hon. Frank M.<br />
C<strong>of</strong>fin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard F.<br />
Coughlin<br />
Catherine Farrell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley L.<br />
Freeman Jr.<br />
Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg<br />
John C. Gundersdorf<br />
Virginia D. Hayden<br />
Merton Henry<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Colleen A. Khoury<br />
and David Karraker<br />
Ralph I. Lancaster Jr.<br />
Jeffrey S. Lazarus<br />
Joseph M. Levesque<br />
Loveitts Field Home Owners<br />
Association<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> State Bar Association<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Trial Judges<br />
Association<br />
Hon. and Mrs. Vincent L.<br />
McKusick<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E.<br />
Nicoll<br />
Norman Hanson &<br />
DeTroy LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert<br />
M. O’Neil<br />
Penobscot County Bar<br />
Association<br />
Arlene C. Pomeroy<br />
Hon. Justin L. Quackenbush<br />
Edward Raftery<br />
Barbara V. Randall<br />
Eileen M. Reynolds<br />
Barbara F. Riegelhaupt<br />
Esther M. Schleifer<br />
Rev. Ann Robb Smith<br />
Hon. Deanell R. Tacha<br />
Gina Tangney<br />
Mr. Cameron Tucker<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor L. Kinvin Wroth<br />
Paul M. Zimmerman<br />
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Class <strong>of</strong> 2010<br />
Graduation Gift<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> graduating class <strong>of</strong> 2010<br />
demonstrated impressive leadership.<br />
Fifty-five individuals (67 percent) pledged a<br />
total <strong>of</strong> $18,175 to be paid to the law school<br />
over the next three years, which set a record<br />
for the highest participation rate ever by a<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> graduating class.<br />
Most <strong>of</strong> these pledges are to support our<br />
vision for a new law building, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong>’s priorities in the years ahead. All <strong>of</strong><br />
these pledges bolster the law school’s Annual<br />
Fund effort and reflect the strength <strong>of</strong> its<br />
extended community.<br />
We gratefully acknowledge the following<br />
individuals <strong>of</strong> the graduating class <strong>of</strong> 2010<br />
for their support and generosity.<br />
Michael G. Anderson<br />
Jordan Arthur<br />
Courtney Barnett<br />
Marya Baron<br />
Dylan Robert Boyd<br />
Nathan Brown<br />
Michael Burian<br />
Parke Burmeister<br />
Chelsey Carrier<br />
James Christianson<br />
Alisa Christopher<br />
Betty J. Bailey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W.<br />
Blatter<br />
Daniel Boxer<br />
Mrs. Frances S. Chaiken<br />
Hon. Thomas E.<br />
Delahanty II ’70<br />
Jeremy Dowell<br />
Ariel Gamble<br />
Daniel Gayer<br />
Kristina Gefvert<br />
Stephanie Green<br />
Darya Haag<br />
Andrew Hastings<br />
Reid Hayton-Hull<br />
Andrew Helman<br />
Kyle Kirby<br />
Kristina Kurlanski<br />
Gifts in Memory <strong>of</strong> Dorothy Rubin<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Edward M.<br />
Friedman<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart G.<br />
Gilbert<br />
Mrs. Daphne H.<br />
Glassman<br />
Jane C. Krone<br />
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Joseph Lewis<br />
Jonathan Liberman<br />
Nicholas Lund<br />
William Milasauskis<br />
Elek Miller<br />
David C. Morse<br />
N. Joel Moser<br />
Erin Murphy<br />
Tina H. Nadeau<br />
Tracy Nale<br />
CJ Marie Newman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard<br />
A. Levy<br />
Leonard and Merle<br />
Nelson<br />
Arlene C. Pomeroy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E.<br />
Prawer<br />
Mark Peltier<br />
Heidi M. Pushard<br />
Shawn Quinn<br />
Leslie Raber<br />
Joshua Randlett<br />
Margaret B. Reid<br />
James Ross<br />
Jacqueline Sartoris<br />
Jeffrey Shafto<br />
Kathryn E. Shorr<br />
Adam Shub<br />
Roger A. Putnam<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James<br />
Riecks<br />
Ruben-Fortier &<br />
LaCourse Agency<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Curt<br />
Shoyer<br />
David Sinclair<br />
Elizabeth H. Smith<br />
Heather Staples<br />
Timothy Steigelman<br />
Patrick Venne<br />
Delwyn E. Webster<br />
David West<br />
Chad Wilcox<br />
Elyse Wilkinson<br />
Hon. George Z. Singal<br />
Pauline J. Thibodeau<br />
Constance P. Webster<br />
Whole Foods Market<br />
Northeast Region
The3<br />
Faces<br />
<strong>of</strong><br />
Philanthropy<br />
Annual Fund<br />
Annual Giving sustains priority<br />
programs at the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
The annual fund provides crucial<br />
support for student scholarships,<br />
summer fellowships, esteemed<br />
lecturers, and other vibrant<br />
programs at the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Capital Gifts<br />
Gifts to build the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
permanent endowments and<br />
improve the <strong>School</strong>’s physical<br />
plant.<br />
The <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> Foundation’s<br />
ongoing major gifts program<br />
is building assets to strengthen<br />
student success, curricular and<br />
program innovation, faculty<br />
excellence, technology and<br />
facilities.<br />
Legacy Gifts<br />
Bequests and other planned gifts to<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> Foundation build perpetual<br />
endowments to sustain the <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>’s excellence.<br />
Legacy Gifts are a valuable<br />
complement to the Annual Fund<br />
and Capital Gifts, and have the<br />
potential for transformative<br />
impact.<br />
To make a gift to the Annual Fund, go to www.mainelawalum.org, call 207-780-4342, or send<br />
your gift to <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Annual Fund, 246 Deering Avenue, Portland, ME 04102.<br />
For more information on Capital or Legacy Gifts, please call Elena Brandt, Director <strong>of</strong><br />
Development and Alumni Relations, at 207-780-4521. She also can be reached at<br />
ebrandt@usm.maine.edu<br />
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