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FACULTY NewsRecent MediaProfessor Helen Alvaré debated the U.S.head of Amnesty International about theorganization’s decision to support abortion.The discussion took place on Aug. 23, 2007,during an appearance in the Washington,D.C., studios of Middle East broadcaster AlJazeera television. Alvaré presented theVatican’s position in the debate. AmnestyInternational recently adopted a policy thataims to support the decriminalization ofabortion. From Nov. 8 to 11, ProfessorAlvaré participated in “Dialogues inDemocracy 2007,” jointly sponsored by Bythe People and the Colonial WilliamsburgFoundation. The exercise brought togethera random sampling of Americans fromacross the country in 11 communities todiscuss what America’s founding fathersmeant by the phrase “life, liberty and thepursuit of happiness.” Citizens discussedsuch issues as health care, immigration, theenvironment and many other issues. Thediscussions culminated in a national townhall meeting at the historic House ofBurgesses in Colonial Williamsburg, and areslated for broadcast on PBS in early 2008.Professor Robert Destro was an invitedpanelist for an Oct. 2 symposium about thelegal facts surrounding the death of TerrySchiavo, the brain-injured Florida womanwho died of dehydration in 2005 after herfeeding tube was removed as a result of acourt order obtained by her husband.Sponsored by the Georgetown ProgressiveAlliance for Life and Christian Legal Society,the discussion was broadcast on C-SPAN,and an account of it was also published inthe Albany, N.Y.-area’s North CountyGazette on Oct. 15. Destro was among thelawyers who represented the Schiavo familyduring the controversial case.Professor Clifford Fishman was interviewedin the Corning, N.Y., Star Gazette inmid-July 2007 for a story about the legalquestions surrounding the use of camerasin public spaces. A couple of weeks later, hespoke to the Private Education Law Reportfor its article about how far a school systemmay go in treating student cell phones ascontraband. Professor Fishman published acolumn in the Sept. 20 edition ofWashington Jewish Week titled “YomKippur Challenges and Cleanses Me.” Hewas also quoted in the September 2007issue of Classroom Management &Education Law Update about how andwhen school officials may search for (andhow to deal with) student cell phones. Inearly November, Fishman was interviewedby the Dallas Morning News for a storyabout the recent creation of a ConvictionIntegrity Unit and a new DNA convictionstandard by the Dallas County DistrictAttorney’s office.Professor Lisa Lerman was quoted for anarticle on law firm bullying that was featuredin the June 2007 electronic newsletterof the American Bar Association. Thearticle was titled “Bullying in Law Firms:Hard to Define, Easy to Spot” and exploredthe avenues open to young associates andothers who feel they are being takenadvantage of or mistreated by higher powersin the firm. In August, ProfessorLerman was interviewed by the ABAJournal about Frank Armani, a lawyer whohandled a famous case involving attorneyclientprivilege in 1973.Research Ordinary Professor MichaelNoone was interviewed by the NationalJournal on Sept. 14, 2007, about militaryrules of engagement. In May, he spoke to ajournalist with Sao Paulo, Brazil’s Estadaoabout military law. In late August, ProfessorNoone was guest on BBC World (Radio),discussing the preliminary hearing forMarine Sgt. Frank Wuterich, who wascharged with war crimes in Iraq. A day earlier,he spoke to the New York Times aboutthe same subject. On Oct. 11, ProfessorNoone was interviewed by Al Al Jazeera televisionabout a law suit just filed against theprivate security company, Blackwater USA.The interview came just a week after hewas interviewed by the Baghdad bureau ofThe New York Times for a story about themove to dismiss murder charges againstthree Marine infantrymen charged in theHaditha, Iraq killings.Professor Peter “Bo” Rutledge wasinterviewed by Alaska Public Radio onAug. 23, 2007, for a story about the filingof a petition by ExxonMobil that asked theU.S. Supreme Court to review the $2.5 billionpunitive damage judgment against thecompany in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spillcase. Rutledge was also quoted in the Oct.14, 2007, edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for an article about a massiveclass-action lawsuit against the U.S.Department of Interior brought by Indiantribal members. Titled “American Indiantrust suit could total billions,” the storyoutlined a case currently before a federaljudge that will determine how much thegovernment owes to some 500,000Indians whose land has been leased totimber, ranching, farming, oil and miningoperations.Professor Lucia Silecchia was a guestcolumnist for the Washington Post in itsSunday edition of May 20, 2007. Silecchia,who teaches property law, replied to a realestate question from a reader about how tobuy a condo in a building that is still underconstruction.Professor Karla Simon was interviewedby the Economist Intelligence Unit for anarticle on the Charity Law in China. The articlewas published in October 2007.34CUALAWYER /Fall–Winter 2007
FACULTY NewsConferences and SymposiaProfessor Helen Alvaré made several presentationson various aspects of women, thefamily and Catholic social thought throughoutthe summer and fall of 2007. She spoketo the Diocese of Charlotte’s EucharisticCongress on Sept. 22; at the KnoxvilleTennessee Diocesan Day on Aug. 25; at theCatholic Medical Association on Oct. 6; andbefore the Baltimore Diocese DiaconateConvention on Nov. 2.Professors Robert Destro and MarshallBreger were instrumental in organizing aconference, “Creating an Active Role forReligious Leaders in Bringing Peace to theHoly Land,” held at the Pope John Paul IICultural Center in Washington, D.C., onNov. 5, 2007. The event brought togetherthe Council of Religious Institutions of theHoly Land — religious leaders from theJewish, Christian and Muslim faiths — for adaylong discussion about ways to break theendless cycle of interfaith violence in theMiddle East. With the support of Secretaryof State Condoleezza Rice, the United StatesAgency for International Development fundspeace efforts, such as the Nov. 5 conference,as a part of its Interfaith CooperationInitiative. Catholic University’s InterdisciplinaryProgram in Law and Religion,which Professor Destro directs, is theadministrator of the ICI and provides it withexpert and technical advice and support.Professor Sarah Duggin presented one ofthree principal papers at GeorgetownUniversity Law Center’s Oct. 4, 2007, symposiumon corporate compliance. The academicgathering was sponsored by theGeorgetown Journal of Legal Ethics and theGeorgetown Center for the Study of theLegal Profession. The topic of ProfessorDuggin’s paper was “CorporateCooperation and Legal Ethics.”Professor A.G. Harmon delivered a paperon legal themes in the work of writer TobiasWolfe at the Southeastern Association ofLaw Schools conference in July 2007.Research Ordinary Professor WilliamKaplin made two presentations at theUniversity of Vermont’s 17 th Annual LegalIssues in Higher Education Conference inOctober. He addressed “Affirmative Actionin Admissions: Now Where Do We Stand?”and “Key Law and Policy Developments2006-2007 and Implications for Practice.”Visiting Associate Professor TamaraLawson presented a paper on Oct. 5 titled“Beyond the Verdict: The CSI Infection inCriminal Jury Trials,” at the Latina andLatino Critical Legal Theory 12 th AnnualScholarship Conference, in Miami.Professor Mary Leary attended and spokeat a conference, “Promoting Children’sInterests: Preparation, Practice & PolicyReform,” held April 13–15, 2007, inCambridge, Mass. The meeting was jointlysponsored by the ABA’s 12 th NationalConference on Children and the Law inpartnership with the Harvard Law SchoolChild Advocacy Program. Leary is also ascheduled speaker for “On the Dignity andVocation of Women,” a conference set forOct. 2008 in Washington, D.C., and cosponsoredby the Columbus School of Lawand Ave Maria Law School.Professors Lisa Lerman and Faith Mullenwere among the presenters on a panel titled“Challenging Students’ Assumptions aboutEthics,” which was part of the AALSWorkshop on Clinical Legal Education. Theconference was held in New Orleans May2–6, 2007. Professor Leah Wortham was alsoa speaker at a different session that week, discussing“Examining our Assumptions inDeveloping Clinics Abroad.”Professor Suzette Malveaux led a roundtablediscussion on Oct. 5 about “The Rolesof Law Schools in Fostering Commitment toPro Bono Publico,” a national conferenceheld at the Columbus School of Law. OnOct. 18, she served as a continuing legal educationinstructor for the Old Dominion BarAssociation in, Richmond, Va., where shediscussed “Statutes of Limitation: A PolicyAnalysis in the Context of ReparationsLitigation.” Professor Malveaux was also apanelist for an Oct. 22 discussion titled“Survivor Series Symposium: Terror in Tulsa— Part II,” sponsored by Temple UniversityBeasley School of Law, Harvard LawSchool’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institutefor Race & Justice & the Lomax Companies.Dean Veryl V. Miles was a presenter at theAALS 25 th Annual Workshop for New LawTeachers, held June 19, 2007, inWashington, D.C. Her panel topic for thegathering of new law faculty from across thecountry was “Assessing Faculty Performanceand Institutional Citizenship.” The workshopoffers new law teachers ideas aboutteaching techniques and scholarly development,and enables them to share excitement,experiences and concerns aboutentering the academic world. Dean Milesalso participated as a moderator for a meetingof the New Scholars program for theSoutheastern Association of Law Schoolsin Jacksonville, Florida, on July 29, 2007.Research Ordinary Professor MichaelNoone attended advisory board meetings ofthe Geneva Center for the DemocraticControl of Armed Forces in Geneva,Switzerland, in June 2007. More are scheduledfor December. In mid-September, hepresented a paper, “Legal Doctrines for WarAmong the People” at a conference sponsoredby the Combat Studies Institute at FortLeavenworth, Kan. A few days later, he traveledto Spain to discuss “Legal LessonsLearned from Operation EnduringFreedom” at a conference on justice andcooperation in criminal matters during internationalmilitary interventions. Near the endof the month, Professor Noone participatedFall–Winter 2007 / C UALAWYER 35
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