New Dean Peter Pitegoff - University of Maine School of Law ...

CONTENTS
2 Feature Article:
Maine Law: A Place of Great
Opportunity
10 Around Campus: Dean Pitegoff
12 Coffin Lecture: Eliot Spitzer
15 Commencement 2005
19 Faculty Notes
22 Focus on Alums:
Alice Persons ’86 and
Nancy Henry ’86
24 Class News
2005-2006
Alumni Association Board of
Directors
OFFICERS:
Timothy H. Norton ’88, President
Michael K. Martin ’89, Vice President
Janet Vivar Britton ’98, Secretary
Elizabeth Eddy Griffin ’92, Treasurer
DIRECTORS:
Miles F. Archer ’00
John F. Bisson ’93
Michael R. Bosse ’96
Rachel L. Bouchard ’96
Eugene C. Coughlin III ’70
Ronald J. Cullenberg ’71
Thomas G. Diebold ’92
Alfred C. Frawley III ’76
James B. Haddow ’86
Katherine R. Knox ’04
Mark G. Lavoie ’78
Nancy Savage Marcus ’91
Elaine M. Michaud ’93
Anne E. O’Donovan ’91
Michael J. Quinn ’88
Ronald W. Schneider Jr. ’96
Susan M. Schultz ’89
Heather M. Seasonwein ’01
Ryan S. Stinneford ’88
John R. Veilleux ’99
EX OFFICIO:
Peter Pitegoff
Dean
Professor Melvyn Zarr
Faculty Representative
Joshua Wernig ’06
SBA Representative
M. Thomasine Burke ’90
Past President
John Gundersdorf
Director of Alumni Relations
& Development
Allison Leslie Bowman
Assistant Director of Alumni
Relations & Development
FROM THE DEAN
Still in my first months as dean, I am
discovering what you already know—
that the University of Maine School of
Law is a unique and excellent law
school. Of course, I was aware of Maine
Law in the past and learned much more
during the dean search process. But that
was from away. Now that I have had the
opportunity to meet and talk with
numerous alumni/ae and civic leaders, to
work with faculty and staff, and to greet
our students, the rich character of this
law school community is ever more
apparent. I appreciate the warm welcome
I have received and am encouraged by a
shared will to make this remarkable law school even greater.
As Maine Law sustains momentum in its teaching, research, and public service, a consistent
theme going forward is engagement. A great law school has a faculty and student
body engaged collaboratively in an innovative and challenging process of learning the law.
A great law school is engaged in creative scholarship in concert with other academic and
intellectual centers here and throughout the world, advancing knowledge and grappling
with societal problems. A great law school contributes to social justice through legal services
and engagement in public policy development.
And, a great law school includes graduates engaged in a wide array of work and serving
in leadership roles in law, business, government, and community. This issue of Maine Law
magazine recounts the stories of alumni/ae who took risks and succeeded in charting satisfying
career courses.
The wide-ranging careers of Maine Law graduates are an important element of our
enterprise, giving further definition to the character of the Law School. More concretely,
our graduates contribute generously to the Law School through mentoring and job placement
for our students, through participation in curricular initiatives and other law school
endeavors, and through crucial financial support. I am pleased to join a law school with
such an energetic and involved alumni/ae community.
The University of Maine School of Law is a valuable asset for the state, and it is well
positioned to achieve a higher profile nationally. Colleen Khoury has done a fantastic job
as dean for the last seven years. I look forward to working with you to build on her good
work, helping the Law School advance even further at this formative and dynamic moment
in the history of Maine Law.