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Saint Louis University School of Law Fall 2006
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The Lifesaver
Serving Her Country
A Journey Toward Justice
Reunion 2006

dean’s
meSSAge
TThe ice and snowstorm of early December
in St. Louis ushered in winter, and presided
over the end of fall classes. As I write this
note, our students are taking examinations
and our faculty is beginning the laborious
task of reading hundreds of examinations
and papers.
As you will see in the pages that follow,
the fall semester provided a rich, textured
and diverse menu of extracurricular
offerings for our students. Take, for
example, Health Law Moot Court.
Students from our very own Health Law
Moot Court team won this year’s National
Health Law Moot Court Competition!
This was a fitting victory for a team fielded
by the nation’s best Health Law program!
This victory is just one of the many
that illustrate the ways in which the central
activity at the School is the academic work
of our 950 students and their 51 full-time
and 25 adjunct faculty. This is the heart of
the School of Law and it has never been
more vibrant.
Visiting professors are also included in
this list, and fall saw the arrival of Hauwa
Ibrahim, our colleague from Nigeria, who
photo by Kevin Lowder
taught our students about West African
Legal Systems. A remarkable woman, Ms.
Ibrahim’s story is profiled on page 12.
Scholars and visiting practitioners also
aid our students’ understanding of the law.
We were pleased to host one of our D.C.
alums, Mal Harkins, as this year’s Center
for Health Law Studies Practitioner-in-
Residence. Judge Raymond W. Gruender
of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th
Circuit served as Jurist-in-Residence,
visiting classes and meeting with students
and faculty, and our students benefited
from countless speakers in the legal field,
most of whom are listed on page 2. We
also had moments, like the one on October
19, where legal issues weren’t the focus.
Instead, a sizable crowd gathered in the
William H. Kniep Courtroom to share
stories about Judge Theodore McMillian,
’49, in a portrait ceremony held in his
memory. It was truly a touching occasion.
You may notice that this issue has
an international theme. The School has a
connection to so much — both here and
abroad — and we wanted to keep you up
to date. We introduce you, on page 8, to
our newly launched Summer Law Program
in Berlin, which is already generating
quite a bit of buzz. You’ll find profiles of
two international alums, Khavan Sok, a
researcher in the Office of Co-Investigating
Judges, Cambodian Genocide Tribunal,
and Don Anton, a professor at the
University of Melbourne Law School.
Also featured are profiles of Stephen
J. Murphy, ’87, and Jacqueline Albus,
’99, who are doing some great things in
Michigan and Chicago, respectively. I
think you’ll find this issue to be filled with
all sorts of interesting stories.
As a final note, I send my greetings
to all for a wonderful holiday season. We
appreciate your support of the School of
Law. You make a difference!
Sincerely Yours,
Jeffrey E. Lewis
Dean and Professor of Law
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On the Cover:
Remains of the Berlin Wall
Photo courtesy of Emily Barbara, 3L,
and Kent Bartholomew, 3L
Assistant Dean for
Communications
Kathleen Carroll Parvis
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The Lifesaver
You may not know Hauwa Ibrahim,
but she’s been busy shaking up her
little corner of the world by saving
people’s lives. She seems pretty
confident that the rest of us can, in
our own ways, do the same.
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Contributors
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T.J. Greaney,
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John Steffy
Photography
Emily Barbara,
Kent Bartholomew,
Dolan & Associates Photography,
Katie Fink, Jay Fram Photography,
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Special Thanks
Jacqueline Albus, Dina Althardt,
Don Anton, Karen Budde,
Danielle Caruso, Roger Goldman,
Hauwa Ibrahim, Mary Pat McInnis,
Colleen Murphy, Stephen J. Murphy,
Mohammed Omer,
Henry Ordower, Khavan Sok,
Lisa Thompson-Gibson
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In July, the School will inaugurate its
second summer study abroad program.
The Summer Law Program in Berlin will
teach students about international and
comparative law with an emphasis on
business and economics.
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16 Coming to America
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20 Faculty View
22 Faculty Profile
23 Alumni Profile
27 Alumni Q&A
28 Class Notes
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Serving Her
Country
Being in the FBI isn’t a cakewalk,
but alumna Jacqueline Albus, ’99,
was willing to put in the time.
“Serving my country appealed to
me,” she admits.
Reunion 2006
Good food, good times...sounds
like the recipe for the perfect
reunion. Judging by the pictures,
it sure looks that way.
A Journey
Toward Justice
It took a trip across the world to help
Khavan Sok, ’06, realize he wanted
to return to his home country of
Cambodia to help right the wrongs
inflicted upon his people during the
reign of the Khmer Rouge.

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First-year orientation
Students met professors and attended
lectures on case briefing and Legal
Research and Writing and were
grouped with several of the School’s
120 mentors during the School’s
orientation program this August.
There was a pre-orientation Kick-
Off Party on August 16, which
allowed students to mingle with their
future peers, as well as faculty, staff
and mentors. Food and drink was
served, and the live band, Serapis,
provided the evening’s entertainment.
Orientation was followed by a Street
Fair, where incoming students had
opportunities to learn about School
of Law organizations and area
businesses, by way of the booths set
up outside the School’s Vincent C.
Immel Atrium entrance.
SbA CAre-aoke Fundraiser
photo courtesy of SBA
The School of Law Student Bar Association’s
CARE-aoke Charitable Event was held on
Saturday, September 16 at Humphrey’s.
Proceeds from the event benefited Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri. Select student
organizations performed karaoke acts before a
panel of judges, with the winner and first runnerup
earning money for the law school student
organization of his or her choice. Open mic
karaoke for all students followed.
Judge Raymond W. gruender, U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit,
Served as Jurist-in-Residence
Judge Raymond W. Gruender (second
right) of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the 8th Circuit was the School’s
Fall 2006 Jurist-in-Residence. Judge
Gruender was at the School on
Wednesday, October 25 to visit classes
and meet with students and faculty.
School of Law Teams Win national Health Law moot Court Competition
Saint Louis University
students posted a
comprehensive victory at
the 15th annual National
Health Law Moot Court
Competition. Thirty-one
teams from 21 law schools
from around the country
competed at Southern
Illinois University
Carbondale, November
10-11. This year’s fictitious
case involved the constitutionality of staterequired
HIV testing and the imposition of
criminal penalties for unsafe sex practices.
The students were responsible for writing
briefs on the issue and then presenting oral
arguments through several rounds
of competition.
School of Law students Heather
McCollum and Brent Sumner were the
overall winners, with victories over the
University of Minnesota in the semifinal
round and Michigan State in the
Professors Claeys and Ordower
received Thompson Coburn Award
The 2003 Thompson Coburn Award Ceremony for
Faculty Writing was held on November 8, 2006.
Professor Eric Claeys was given the award for his
articles, “The Limits of Empirical Political Science
and the Possibilities of Living-Constitution Theory
for a Retrospective on the Rehnquist Court,” “The
Living Commerce Clause: Federalism in Progressive
Political Theory and Commerce Clause after Lopez
and Morrison” and “Takings, Regulations, and Natural
Property Rights.” Professor Henry Ordower was
awarded for his article, “Towards a Multiple Party
Representation Model: Moderating Power Disparity”
photo courtesy of Katie Fink
final round. The other SLU team, Katie
Fink and Catriona Nally, reached the
quarterfinals. The SLU teams swept the
best brief awards, McCollum and Sumner
taking first place, with Fink and Nally
taking second.
Dean Jeffrey Lewis praised the
students’ victories, saying that “the teams’
skills and work ethic were outstanding”
and their victory “a fitting celebration
of SLU’s excellent student body and
dedicated teachers.”
School of Law Welcomes Two new
Full-Time Faculty members
Anders Walker
Assistant Professor of Law
Wesleyan University,
B.A.; Duke University,
M.A., J.D.; Yale
University, Ph.D.
Molly J. Walker Wilson
Assistant Professor of Law
Wesleyan University, B.A.;
University of Virginia
School of Arts and Sciences,
M.A. in Psychology,
Ph.D. in Psychology;
University of Virginia
School of Law, J.D.
Childress memorial Lecture
general Counsel of St. Louis Rams Spoke at School
Bob Wallace, general counsel and executive
vice president of the St. Louis Rams, spoke
at the School on Wednesday, November
15, sharing advice and his experience in
strategies for searching for conventional and
non-conventional career paths. This past
year, Wallace was named one of the most
influential minority business leaders by the
St. Louis Business Journal. His leadership
within the sports world has translated to
the community where he is active in many
civic and charitable organizations, including
serving as president of the board of Giant
School of law Family Day
On Friday, October 13, parents, family,
spouses and significant others were
invited to Family Day at the School of
Law, which featured a panel discussion
and a mock law school class led by
School of Law Dean Jeffrey E. Lewis.
The annual Richard J. Childress Memorial
Lecture was held on Friday, October 13.
Richard H. Fallon Jr., the Ralph J. Tyler Jr.
Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard
University, delivered the keynote lecture,
“If Roe Were Overruled: Abortion and the
Constitution in a Post-Roe World.” Professor
Fallon’s lecture described some of the issues
our legal system may face in the areas of
constitutional law, federal courts, choice of
law and criminal law if Roe is overturned.
Steps of St. Louis, a school for autistic
children. He is also the chairman of the
board of the Urban League of Metropolitan
St. Louis, Inc., whose mission is to improve
the social and economic conditions and
opportunities for African-Americans and
other minority groups in St. Louis City,
St. Louis County and St. Clair County,
Illinois. Wallace has shared his legal
expertise as an instructor in sports law at the
School of Law and received a certificate of
recognition for law and education projects
from the St. Louis Public Schools.
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Recent School of Law Grad Spoke on
Practicing Health Law in D.C.
Tuesday, September 5 — The Saint Louis University
Health Law Association presented, “Practicing Health
Law in D.C.” Featured Speakers were Anna Spencer,
partner at Sidley Austin, LLP and Trevor Wear, ’05,
associate at Sidley Austin, LLP.
Talk on The Lost Promise of Immigration
Wednesday, September 6 — The Federalist Society
welcomed Dr. Matt Spalding from the Heritage
Foundation in Washington, D.C., who spoke on “The Lost
Promise of Immigration.”
Organ Retention In Pediatric Autopsies:
Parental Consent or Authorization?
Monday, September 11 — The Centers for Health
Law Studies and International and Comparative
Law hosted Professor Deirdre Madden, University
College Cork, who gave the presentation, “Organ
Retention In Pediatric Autopsies: Parental Consent or
Authorization?” A response was given by James M.
DuBois, chair of the Department of Health Care Ethics
at Saint Louis University.
Alternatives to Practicing at a Large Firm
Wednesday, September 13 — Charles Elbert, ’76,
of Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP
discussed the alternatives to practicing at a large firm.
Constitution Day 2006
Tuesday, September 19 — The School of Law
observed Constitution Day and hosted a panel
discussion featuring a retrospective on the 2005–2006
Supreme Court term. Panelists included Professors
Fred Bloom, Isaak Dore, Roger Goldman, Joel
Goldstein, Alan Howard, Sue McGraugh, Anders Walker
and Doug Williams. Professor Eric Claeys moderated.
Roundtable on Clinical Research
Wednesday, September 20 — The Health Law
Association held a brown bag roundtable on clinical
research to help students understand the various
aspects of clinical research and the diverse roles
available to attorneys interested in the area of clinical
research. Speakers included Professor Jesse Goldner,
who has vast experience in the area of research ethics
and protection of human subjects; Eve Holzemer, an
Advanced Nurse Practitioner and research nurse; Yi
Zhang, RN, J.D., who is responsible for regulatory
compliance and clinical research contract negotiations
for a major academic research center; and Sarah
Morabito, a current law student who spent seven years
working for the pharmaceutical industry in the area of
research protocol compliance.
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Former CIA Intelligence Officer Spoke
on “The Law and Politics of warrantless
Eavesdropping”
Monday, October 2 — The American Constitution
Society hosted former CIA Intelligence Officer, Ray
McGovern, who discussed the legal and political
implications of the Bush Administration’s “warrantless
eavesdropping” program.
PILG First Monday
Monday, October 2 — PILG’s First Monday annually
marks the beginning of the U.S. Supreme Court term.
In honor of this day, PILG presented a lecture and
discussion exploring the issue of immigration on a local
level, by hearing from local author and immigration
expert, Angie O’Gorman.
Sports and Entertainment Law Association
welcomed Local Entertainment Lawyers
Tuesday, October 3 — The Sports and Entertainment
Law Association hosted Danica Mathes, an associate
with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, who specializes
in Entertainment Law and is an adjunct professor of
Entertainment Law at Washington University School of
Law, and Jay Kanzler, lawyer and filmmaker.
President of Missouri Association of Trial
Attorneys Spoke on Litigation
Tuesday, October 3 — The American Trial Lawyers
Association presented Tom Stewart, president of the
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and head of the
School’s Trial Advocacy program, who spoke on his
experiences as a litigator as well as provided advice to
students interested in pursuing a career in litigation.
Guantanamo Roundtable
Thursday, October 5 — Over 250 universities and law
schools nationwide listened to a simulcast of experts
discuss and explain issues surrounding Guantanamo.
As part of that broadcast, the School had a panel
discussion, “Guantanamo and Physicians,” on the
medical treatment of detainees. Following the panel,
there was a discussion with School Professors Sloss,
Bloom, Kaufman, Goldstein and Greaney. A Q & A
session followed.
Missouri Stem Cell Initiative: Bad Law, Bad
Medicine, and Bad Ethics?
Tuesday, October 10 — The Christian Legal Society
and St. Thomas More Society hosted the talk, “Missouri
Stem Cell Initiative: Bad Law, Bad Medicine, and Bad
Ethics?” Speakers included Jim Cole, an attorney who
specializes in bankruptcy and commercial litigation and
is a volunteer general counselor for Missouri Right to
Life and Dick Schamp, a family physician and associate
Center for Health Law Studies Distinguished
Speakers Fall 2006
Talk, “Is the Independent Director Necessary in the Non-Profit Sector?”
Kathleen Boozang, associate dean for Academic Affairs at Seton Hall Law School, gave
the talk, “Is the Independent Director Necessary in the Non-Profit Sector?” on Tuesday,
September 19. She
came to academic
administration after
co-founding Seton
Hall Law School’s
nationally ranked
Health Law & Policy
Program and Health
Law, Science and
Technology Graduate
Programs. Dean
Boozang practiced for
several years, primarily
representing a multistate
Catholic health care system. In recent years, she has served on several hospital ethics
committees and chaired the Bioethics Committee for the Association of the Bar of the City of
New York. She currently teaches Health Law, The Law of Death & Dying, Alternative Medicine
and Non-Profit Organizations and writes and speaks extensively on non-profit and corporate
issues, alternative medicine, medical futility, end-of-life care and sectarian providers.
Talk, “Theoretical Foundations of Medical Cost Effectiveness”
On Wednesday, October 25, David O. Meltzer, associate professor in the Department
of Medicine and associated faculty member in the Harris School and the Department of
Economics at the University of
Chicago, gave the talk, “Theoretical
Foundations of Medical Cost
Effectiveness.” Meltzer’s research
explores problems in health
economics and public policy,
with a focus on the theoretical
foundations of medical costeffectiveness
analysis, as well as
the effects of managed care and
medical specialization on the cost
and quality of care, especially in
teaching hospitals. Meltzer is currently completing a randomized trial comparing the use
of doctors who specialize in inpatient care (“hospitalists”) with traditional physicians in six
academic medical centers.
Talk, “Just Care: Rationing in a Public Health Crisis”
The Center for Health Law Studies’ Distinguished Speaker, James F. Childress, Ph.D.,
presented, “Just Care: Rationing in a Public Health Crisis” on Friday, November 10. Dr.
Childress is the Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and Professor of Medical Education at
the University of Virginia, where he directs the Institute for Practical Ethics.
Wefel Center for employment law Speakers
millstone Lecture: Leaving Stones
Unthrown: Justice in nigeria
Visiting Professor Hauwa Ibrahim spoke
about her experiences at the James C.
Millstone Memorial Lecture on Sunday,
November 19. Millstone, a long-time
reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
covered the civil rights movement and,
as an editor, conceived and supervised
reporting on subjects such as police
brutality and the bicentennial of
the United States Constitution. The
Millstone lecture series was designed to
continue his passion for civil rights and
freedom of speech. For more information
about Ibrahim, see story on page 12.
Talk on Recent Developments at the
National Labor Relations Board —
On Wednesday, September 27, Ralph R.
Tremain, regional director of the National
Labor Relations Board, discussed recent
developments.
Issues in Employment Law:
Representing the Individual Employee
— On Wednesday, October 18, the Wefel
Center for Employment Law Speaker Mary
Anne Sedey, partner at Sedey & Harper,
discussed, “Issues in Employment Law:
Representing the Individual Employee.”
Saint Louis University Law Journal
Ranked Among Top Law
Reviews of 2006
Congratulations
to the Saint Louis
University Law
Journal, which was
ranked one of the
top 100 general
student law reviews
in the ExpressO Law
Review rankings
for 2006.
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professor for Saint Louis University School of Medicine,
Department of Community and Family Medicine, and
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics.
International Law Students’ Association
Hosted Talk on International Trade Practice
Wednesday, October 11 — The International Law
Students’ Association was pleased to host John Sperino,
senior counsel with Emerson Electric, who gave a talk on
International Trade Practice.
Federalist Society Hosted Talk, “The Legacy
of Buckley v. Valeo: The Court’s Incoherent
Campaign”
Monday, October 16 — Professor Allison Hayward,
former chief of staff to the chairman of the Federal
Election Commission, gave the presentation, “The
Legacy of Buckley v. Valeo: The Court’s Incoherent
Campaign Finance Decisions.” Professor Alan Howard
gave a response following the lecture.
School of Law Professor Spoke on Global
warming Case
Tuesday, October 17 — Professor Douglas Williams
spoke to the Environmental Law Society about the
global warming case on this year’s U.S. Supreme Court
docket, Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection
Agency, in which a coalition of environmental activists,
states, cities and other groups are arguing that the EPA
should regulate greenhouse gases such as carbon
dioxide.
Attorney to Discuss Tobacco Initiative
Wednesday, October 18 — The Health Law Association
welcomed Scott Sifton, Esq., who discussed the Tobacco
Initiative on the November ballot.
Local Attorney Discussed Trial and Appellate
Matters Involving Maritime Law
Wednesday, October 18 — John Halpern, ’79, of
Goldstein and Price, L.C., discussed trial and appellate
matters involving maritime law.
Professor David Sloss Spoke on International
Human Rights Topics
Wednesday, October 25 — The School’s Professor
David Sloss, former Foreign Affairs Analyst with the
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, spoke on
International Human Rights topics of interest, such as
U.S. Foreign Policy and Proliferations of Weapons of
Mass Destruction.
Talk On Institutional Review Board
Tuesday, October 31 — The Federalist Society hosted
Richard Epstein, who gave the talk, “Over the Top: Your
Institutional Review Board Today.”
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Food for Thought Program
The Office of Development and Alumni
Relations has started a new program that
allows students to discuss legal topics with
practicing attorneys. Charles Elbert, ’76,
of Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis
& Giljum, LLP was at the School on
September 13 discussing the alternatives to
practicing at a large firm. John Halpern,
’79, of Goldstein and Price, L.C., spoke on
October 18 concerning trial and appellate
matters involving maritime law. Bill
Bolsterm, ’98, of Lewis Rice & Fingersh,
L.C. spoke on November 15 about Real
Estate Law.
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Mal Harkins Served as Center for Health
Law Studies’ Practitioner-in-Residence
Week of November 6 — Mal Harkins, ’76, of
Proskauer Rose LLP, was this year’s Practitionerin-Residence.
Mr. Harkins represents numerous
institutional health care providers, including
hospitals, nursing homes and pharmacies, as well
as several state and national associations of health
care providers.
American Constitution Society welcomed
Senator-Elect Jeff Smith
Wednesday, November 8 — The American
Constitution Society hosted Senator-Elect Jeff Smith,
who recently won his race for the Missouri State
Senate. He discussed the relationship between
policy makers and the practice of law.
Environmental Lawyers Speaker Panel
Tuesday, November 14 — The Environmental
Law Society and the Career Services Office
co-sponsored a speaker panel composed of legal
professionals in various sectors of environmental
law. Speakers included: Bruce Morrison, general
counsel at Great River Environmental Law Center,
a non-profit environmental law firm based in St.
Louis; Uyless Dewberry, an associate attorney in
the Environmental & Regulatory Practice Group
in the St. Louis office of Husch & Eppenberger,
LLC; Cathleen Bumb, assistant general counsel
- Environmental for Solutia Inc.; and School of
Law Professor Douglas Williams, who teaches
Environmental Law, International Environmental
Law, Natural Resources, Land Use Control and
seminars on environmental law topics.
The Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993:
Making the Law work For You
Wednesday, November 15 — Wefel Center
for Employment Law speaker Kristen L. Maly of
McCarthy, Leonard, Kaemmerer, Owen, McGovern
& Striler, discussed, “The Family & Medical Leave
Act of 1993: Making the Law Work For You.”
Real Estate Law Discussion
Wednesday, November 15 — Bill Bolsterm, ’98,
of Lewis Rice & Fingersh, L.C., discussed
Real Estate Law.
Federalist Society Hosted Judge
Duane Benton
Wednesday, November 16 — The Federalist
Society hosted 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
Duane Benton.
Professor Tuchler retires
Professor Dennis J. Tuchler, who has
been with the School of Law since 1965,
retired in August of 2006. During his
academic career, he taught courses in
commercial transactions, administrative
law, federal courts, municipal
corporations, remedies, civil procedure,
legislation and conflict of laws.
Professor Watson, Legal Clinics
Key in Court’s Reconsideration
of medicaid violation
Congratulations to Professor Sidney
Watson for her work on a case involving
medical equipment for Medicaid recipients.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
in favor of Watson’s clients that the state
violated federal law by eliminating coverage
for things like wheelchair batteries and
feeding tubes for the poor. Watson did
much of the legal work on the case, and
the legal team included Watson, the
School’s Legal Clinics, Legal Services of
Eastern Missouri, the AARP and several
other national organizations.
Center for international and
Comparative Law: Talk on Sharia
Law and the Rights of Women
Professor Hauwa Ibrahim, a visiting
professor at the School of Law, gave
the talk, “Sharia Law and the Rights of
Women,” on Wednesday, September 27.
Client Counseling
Competition Winners
Congratulations to this year’s Client
Counseling Competition winners. This
year’s competition was held on October
14 and 21 and there was a tie between
two teams: Team 1 — Kristopher McKay,
2L and Gwen Delarm, 2L and Team 2
— Henry Vogelman, 3L and Melanie
Ohmes, 2L.
SLU Law Student Wins
national Writing Competition
Monica Devens, 3L, recently won the 13th
Annual Feminist Jurisprudence Writing
Competition. She will be recognized in a
ceremony at Washington College of Law
at American University. Congratulations
Monica!
Trivia night 2006
photos by Dolan & Associates Photography
The School of Law Trivia Night, sponsored
by the School of Law and the Student Bar
Association, was held on Friday, October
13. Forty-five tables with teams of eight
competed for a variety of prizes.
School of Law Hosts
Naturalization
Ceremony
The School of Law welcomed 75 new American citizens on Friday,
October 6, when it hosted a naturalization ceremony in the
Anheuser-Busch auditorium in the School of Business’ John and
Lucy Cook Hall. Members of the School of Law’s Public Interest
Law Group served as hosts and ushers for the new citizens.
United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of
Missouri, Henry E. Autrey, ’77, along with officials from the United
States Citizenship and Immigration Service and the U.S. Attorney’s
Office, conducted the ceremony. Dean Jeffrey E. Lewis gave the
keynote address, and a group of musically inclined law students
sang the national anthem.
photos by Dolan & Associates Photography
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The Center for International and Comparative
Law is pleased to announce the addition of the
Summer Law Program in Berlin. Students will
be able to experience, firsthand, the German
legal system by direct exposure to international
and comparative law courses, site visits to
legal institutions and interaction with professors
and legal scholars. Saint Louis Brief sat down
with Professor Henry Ordower, co-director of
the Center for International and Comparative
Law and director of the Summer Law Program
in Berlin, who provided an overview of the
Program, set to debut in July of 2007. >>
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The Study Abroad Program in Madrid is now in its 7th
year. How long have you been thinking about creating
an additional summer program like the one in Berlin?
Many possibilities have been discussed throughout
the years, including the creation of a summer program in
Cork, Ireland, since we have an existing relationship with
University College Cork. The more we began to explore
the idea, the less we thought Cork the right choice for us
right now. Maybe Cork will be our next location. For us, the
relatively small number of summer programs in Germany
was attractive. I knew that if we were ever going to do a
program in Germany, the city would have to be Berlin.
It’s truly a vibrant metropolis that blends the structural
characteristics of Berlin’s 45 years of repressive, communist
rule in its east with the thoroughly free market west. Though
modernizing and repairing deteriorated infrastructure
proved a costly challenge to unified Germany, it resulted in
a livable, safe city with outstanding public transportation.
Berlin has become not only the revitalized capital of
Germany, but also the center of German arts. English is
widely spoken — an added benefit.
You could say the idea really took form about a year
and a half ago and came to fruition in the spring of 2006.
The School of Law has a longstanding relationship with
Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, and we asked our
Ruhr colleagues if they’d like to take part in this program
with us. They thought it was a great idea. It surprised me
that the professors from Ruhr University were able to come
to Berlin to teach. What a great opportunity this has been
for us to build on an existing relationship.
How is the Program set up?
The Summer Law Program in Berlin offers five
weeks of coursework, and students may earn up to six
credit hours in course offerings that are international and
comparative in nature with a strong emphasis on business
and economic law.
Why the focus on international and comparative
business law?
We already have a program that is more general
in Madrid. Our principal contact at Ruhr is Professor Dr.
Roman Seer, who is the chair in taxation and a former
visiting professor at the School of Law. My specialty areas
include U.S. Taxation, Investment and Business Law and
International Transactions and we now have concentration
programs in Business Transactional Law and Tax, so I
thought it would make sense to place emphasis on this
aspect of legal study. The ABA requires that any study
abroad program be international and comparative in
nature, and with an emphasis on business, students
benefit from a more specific focus.
Who are some of the faculty chosen to teach courses
in Berlin? Why were they selected?
Ruhr University Professor Dr. Andrea Lohse and
Professor Dr. Adelheid Puttler will offer European Economic
Law, and Ruhr University Professor Dr. Rolf Wank, who
was a visiting professor at the School of Law in the fall
of 2005, will teach Comparative Employment Law in
the European Union and the United States. Saint Louis
University School of Law Professors Jesse Goldner and
Alan Weinberger will offer Comparative Health Law and
Comparative Property Law, respectively. Classroom
instruction is in English and the Program includes site visits
to various legal institutions based in Berlin. Our German
professors were chosen for their interest in teaching
American students, their willingness to teach in English and
the areas of law in which they specialize.
What is the benefit of studying in a city like Berlin as
opposed to other international locations?
Berlin is an exciting world city in transition. It’s a
city that keeps remaking its personality. It offers superb
cultural benefits and wonderful museums. What is known
as “Museum Island” is within walking distance of the
Guesthouse, where the Program is held, and students
have access to four major specialized museums, all of
which have just been renovated. The Guesthouse is
located in the majestic, historical heart of Berlin. We’ve
chosen our location for this reason, as well as its proximity
to restaurants, nightclubs, shops and galleries.
Can students attend the Berlin and Madrid Programs
during the same summer?
We arranged the dates of both programs with the
idea that students could choose which program they
wanted to attend — we don’t encourage dual enrollment.
The varying dates allow for flexibility in students’
schedules. If they aren’t able to attend the Madrid
Program in May due to scheduling conflicts, for example,
the Berlin Program is offered in July, which may serve as
a better option.
photos courtesy of Emily Barbara,
Kent Bartholomew and Ruhr University
additional
study abroad
opportunities
There are several programs of study,
in four other countries, available to
students throughout the year. They include:
MADRID PROgRAM
The Summer Law Program in Madrid is held on Saint
Louis University’s Madrid campus, located in the
northwest area of Madrid. Students spend five weeks
earning up to six credit hours of comparative law with
foreign and American professors who have extensive
experience in the fields of foreign and American criminal
law, civil law, health care law and global human rights.
Classroom instruction is in English and the program
includes site visits to various Spanish courts.
THE BRuSSELS SEMINAR
Offered through the University of Georgia, The
Brussels Seminar provides students with intensive
exposure to the law and institutions of the European
Community (EC) within the European Union (EU)
through lectures and briefings at the European
Parliament and the meeting of EU officials, professors
from universities of EU countries and members of the
practicing Bar.
STuDy IN ORLéANS, FRANCE
Students at the School of Law have the opportunity
to study law for one semester with the Faculte de
Droit d’Economie et de Gestion at Orléans in France.
Classes are taught entirely in French; therefore,
students wishing to study there must speak, read and
write French fluently. Recent graduates of the School
may also have the chance to study in Orléans. Those
who complete a prescribed program of thirty credit
hours at the Université d’Orléans may become eligible
to sit for the French bar examination upon completion
of an apprenticeship in France. This is an unusual and
highly rewarding opportunity to become qualified to
practice law in a second country.
STuDy IN PARIS, FRANCE
The School of Law has a cooperative agreement
with the Université de Paris-Dauphine, which makes
it possible for students to study for one semester in
France. Like the Université d’Orléans, this program
is open only to students and recent graduates of the
School. The Université de Paris-Dauphine specializes
exclusively in the areas of business and commercial law.
Classes are taught entirely in French. Recent graduates
of the School may also have the opportunity to study
at Paris-Dauphine. After receiving the J.D. degree,
graduates will be entitled to apply again during the
following year to complete the Master’s degree, which
makes one eligible to sit for the French Bar examination
upon completion of an apprenticeship in France.
STuDy IN BOCHuM, gERMANy
In cooperation with the School of Law, the Ruhr
University in Bochum, Germany, offers research
fellowships to School of Law students and new law
faculty. Each fellowship covers a period of up to three
months at the Ruhr University. To take advantage of
the fellowship, prospective fellows must have sufficient
command of the German language.
STuDy IN CORK, IRELAND
School of Law students may arrange to study for one
semester at University College Cork in Ireland through a
cooperative agreement between the School of Law and
the Faculty of Law of University College Cork. Founded
in 1845, Cork’s Faculty of Law includes full-time
faculty members who have expertise in the traditional
substantive subjects in Irish and European Union law, as
well as several specialty areas including health law.
Lisa Thompson-Gibson, assistant director of the
Center for International and Comparative Law,
contributed to this story.
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Hauwa Ibrahim
believes one person
can make a difference.
Here’s why you
should believe her.
the
lifesaver
You’ve never met Amina Lawal. She isn’t your neighbor and you didn’t
pass her in the grocery store. A poor woman from the state of Katsina
in northern Nigeria, she isn’t anyone you’d have any reason to know.
Yet because of one woman, the world became wrapped up in Amina
Lawal’s life, watching her fate unfold like a foreign soap opera. Because
of one woman, this otherwise faceless individual became an instant
poster child for injustice, bringing to light the suffering of countless
others just like her. Because of one woman, Amina Lawal did not die.
She could have, though. She was, after
all, sentenced to be buried up to her neck
and stoned to death for having a child out
of wedlock. Because she lives in a part of
Nigeria where Islamic Sharia law was adopted
for criminal cases in 2000, that’s what the
Sharia Penal Code of her state, Katsina, says
should happen. One woman, however, had
other ideas.
That woman is Hauwa Ibrahim, a human
rights attorney from Nigeria, and she had plans
to try and save Lawal’s life by finding provisions
in the law that would overturn the existing
sentence. The plan was easier said than done,
though. Ibrahim would not only have to stretch
the scope of her research to determine what
those provisions might be, but she would also
have to stretch the minds of those in charge of
upholding the laws by finding acceptance as a
woman attorney in a Muslim court.
Many people might cave under such
pressure, but Ibrahim approached the
BY STEFANIE ELLIS
challenges before her with an uncanny
resolve. She isn’t easily intimidated, though
when you first meet her, it’s difficult to
imagine she could have within her the
strength to stand up to thousands of years
of tradition. Perhaps it’s her unassuming
demeanor, her soft-spoken voice or the fact
that she never volunteers an opinion unless
asked. Nothing about her screams “listen to
me.” If anything, she is more interested in
helping others find their voice.
She has found some success in that
endeavor, devoting most of her professional
career to bettering the lives of those who, like
Lawal, have been sentenced to unimaginable
forms of punishment (and often death) under
Sharia law. Ibrahim has served as defense
counsel in over 90 pro bono Sharia-related
cases since 2000. Lawal’s case is, perhaps,
her most famous, as it was the severity of
the punishment that caught the attention of
human rights organizations across the world.
photo by Jay Fram
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“ My people fear they’ll lose their values and
culture like many people have in western society.
I’m showing them you can have a western
education and still be a part of your culture.
Soon, everyone from Texas to Tunisia learned about the
woman lawyer from Nigeria who wanted to save the
lives of people who had no voice. Opposition for Lawal’s
sentencing was so strong, that several campaigns were
launched in an effort to convince the Nigerian courts
to overturn their ruling. Even the Miss World beauty
contest, which was to have been held in Nigeria in 2002,
was cancelled as a form of protest. Despite having been
interviewed hundreds of times in national media, Ibrahim
has never kept a single clip. She doesn’t hang her hat on
past successes. She concerns herself, instead, with today
rather than yesterday.
Still, yesterday, for Ibrahim, is both far away and
uncomfortably close. Her upbringing in Hinnah, a village
in the northern Nigerian state of Gombe, and ultimate
rebellion from her prescribed way of life, follows her
everywhere she goes. The memory of her father kicking her
out at the age of 13, when she refused to marry in exchange
for a 50-pound bag of salt, is, at times, as vivid as if it had
just happened. So too is the day she realized, with aching
certainty, that she didn’t want to sell vegetables for the rest
of her life. Instead, she wanted an education — an elusive
concept for someone who was never even given a glimpse
into what a better life might look like. When her father
kicked her out, Ibrahim was sent to live with an uncle
who allowed her to attend elementary school and later, a
teachers college. Perhaps most vivid in her chronological
memory, however, is the day she went to live with her
sister in a town that had electricity — and a television.
One evening, while watching television, she saw a woman
(the state’s information commissioner) who mentioned an
interest in helping girls from Nigeria receive an education.
Armed early on with the knowledge that nothing
worth having would be easy, Ibrahim would end up
visiting the commissioner’s office more than 30 times. She
was never allowed inside. One day, though, after declaring
her a “nuisance,” the security guard granted her access
if she promised never to return. Once inside, Ibrahim’s
doggedness eventually convinced the commissioner
to send her, with a business card, bus money and no
promises, to the registrar at the University of Jos. Though
her grades in English were poor, she was relentless in her
ability to persuade university officials, just as she persuaded
”
the commissioner, to give her a chance.
She was accepted into a remedial program, then the
university, then law school. The credentials just kept
coming after that. So too have the accolades. Already she’s
become the first non-American woman lawyer to receive
the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement
Award from the American Bar Association’s Commission
on Women in the Profession, the Eleanor Roosevelt
Global Women’s Rights Award from the Feminist Majority
Foundation, the Italian Government Human Rights
Award and the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for
Freedom of Thought.
Still, a little persistence with information
commissioners and university officials proved no match
for those responsible for upholding northern Nigeria’s
strict Sharia penal code. Despite post-law school jobs as
a police detective, a prosecutor at the Ministry of Justice
and, later, as a solo practitioner serving the poor, Ibrahim
was still miles away from being accepted for her work
— particularly in Sharia court, where women are not
recognized as equals.
When she began work on her first case in 2000, she
wasn’t allowed to speak in court, so her defense was based
on notes she passed back and forth to a man who read her
words aloud.
After several weeks of frustration, Ibrahim did
something unheard of — she decided to speak.
The judge was dumbfounded, yet allowed her a
moment to make her point. Not wanting to push the
envelope, Ibrahim said something innocuous and then
sat back down, happy enough to know she was the first
woman lawyer ever to be recognized in a Nigerian court
under Sharia rule.
With time, and unprecedented acceptance addressing
the court, she was able to defend Lawal herself, arguing
that some of the charges against her were not fully proven
under the Sharia Penal Code. She made a case for the fact
that Lawal had not understood the charges since they were
not given in her dialect, had not been caught in the act of
adultery and was not represented by an attorney during
her trial. On September 25, 2003, the highest Sharia court
in the state of Katsina discharged and acquitted Lawal, and
she was a free woman.
Victories like this are what Hauwa Ibrahim lives for,
but even after all the lives she’s saved, her own must surely
be shadowed by a tiny black cloud. No one in her family
has ever acknowledged her efforts.
“I know I’m operating in an environment that
doesn’t accept what I’m doing,” says Ibrahim. “I’m quite
used to it. My family thinks what I’m doing is wrong.
I rebelled to go to school, to get something done in my
community. I rebelled and married a white man, an
act that has never been mentioned in my community
(it’s taboo because of the color of his skin). I have done
everything on the negative of what I was brought up to
do. If they don’t accept me, I perfectly understand.”
Despite her lack of acceptance, she refuses to turn her
back on her culture.
“I don’t spite my people,” she says. “When I go back,
I behave like a typical villager. I drink the water, eat the
food and dress like my people. I want them to know I
came from this place and have not changed. I want to
send a message to the girls there that they can become
something. My people fear they’ll lose their values and
culture like many people have in western society. I’m
showing them you can have a western education and still
be a part of your culture.”
Ibrahim’s message has not fallen on deaf ears.
“When I was growing up, when a woman gave birth,
the men would say, ‘Your wife has put to bed. Does she
have a prostitute or a soldier?’ A soldier is a symbol of
strength and that’s how people classified a male child. Now
you don’t hear that, which I think is a huge change. I’ve
even known a few people who have named their daughters
after me. Some have even been insulted by the fact that
they have boys. ‘Look at Hauwa,’ they say, ‘I wish I had a
girl like her.’ These are all slight, but powerful changes. I
hope that will help more of my people come to accept that
women are not bad as they were once thought to be.”
If just one thing can be learned from Ibrahim’s
tortuous path through life, it’s that anything is possible
with hard work and a lot of faith. And while everything we
know about the world seems contrary to her belief that all
of us are armed with the power to make the world a better
place, when you hear the words escape her mouth, the idea
seems perfectly possible.
“We, as individuals in any country, really do have
what it takes to change the world for the better,” she
asserts. “I believe I’m one of the billions of people across
the globe that can play my part. One part I’ve played is to
speak out. I act. I do. I don’t live for past glory. I always
ask myself, ‘What can I do today that is different?’ All of
us play different roles in our little corners of the world by
either making the world a good place or a bad place.”
You don’t need ten or two or three people to make
that difference, Ibrahim says. All you need is just one
person to change their perspective.
“If you just smile at a person, even if he doesn’t
smile at you, you can be responsible for giving someone
a good beginning to their day,” she notes. “We need to
know the power we have and we need to use it.
We all have it. When we keep on doing that, the world
will get better.”
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photo by Jay Fram

coming to
America
B Y T. J . G R E A N E Y
For one wiry, quick-to-smile Saint Louis University
School of Law LL.M. student, a trip across the
ocean has spanned much more than just the miles
in between.
Mohammed Saleh Omer of Eritrea, a small
country on Africa’s eastern horn, arrived in August
eager to earn a degree that will help him practice law
in his homeland.
“It’s a big opportunity for me as well as for my
family,” he admits. “I hope I can serve as a role model
for my younger brothers and sisters. I want to show
them that if they work hard, they can have similar
opportunities.”
Mohammed is the second of eleven children.
For most of his life he and his family have shared
dreams — and everything else — in a four-room
apartment in Asmara, Eritrea’s capital city.
His home is a good place to go for plentiful
smiles and enough food on the table to feed the
thirteen in his immediate family, in addition to any
aunts, uncles or neighbors who happen to stop by
at meal time. The only item in short supply is space.
Mohammed has grown up sharing everything he
owns — including the bed he and an older brother
have always partitioned.
As a child,
“Other
firsts have
included
brownies,
baseball
and a 70 mph
drive on a
four-lane
highway.”
Mohammed was forced
to be aware of politics.
Male relatives and family
friends would disappear
for years at a time to
toil as guerrilla fighters
in Eritrea’s struggle for
independence. In 1993,
after years of combat
in the mountains and
hundreds of thousands
dead, Eritrea gained
its independence from
Ethiopia. Today, the
country is still Africa’s
youngest.
Hope was on the rise then as Mohammed and
those of his generation went to school. Even after a
bloody three-year resumption of war with Ethiopia
shattered some dreams, things were looking up.
Mohammed entered law school at Asmara University
in 1999, one of the few lucky enough to bypass
extended military conscription for education.
There were thirty prospective lawyers in his
class and Mohammed, once again, found himself
dividing things. He partitioned books because
there were so few to go around, and he split time
between his studies and work as a translator for
his father, Saleh, who runs a business translating
legal documents into English, Arabic and Eritrea’s
dominant language, Tigrinya. Mohammed is fluent in
all three languages.
After graduating near the top of his class,
Mohammed was chosen to work as an attorney
for the Office of the Legal Advisor to the Office of
the President. He worked with a legal team made
up of Eritrean and American attorneys whose job it
was to compile information for a case to be heard
at the permanent court of arbitration in The Hague,
Netherlands. The case aimed to settle disputes over
liability, war crimes and redraw the disputed border
between Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is still ongoing.
Mohammed led trips into the field to locate and
interview witnesses for his legal colleagues. He also
did extensive work translating war-era documents into
English, the lingua franca of the International Court.
The work was a good distraction.
Over the last five years Eritrea has regressed
seriously in its avowed journey to democracy. It now
ranks second to last among nations for freedom of the
press, its constitution has never been implemented,
dissenters are jailed without due process and
elections are virtually non-existent.
Mohammed applied to the School of Law in
December of 2005 after he learned that my father,
Tim Greaney, is a professor here. At that time, I
was working as a legal aid for the Eritrean Legal
Advisor’s office.
For Mohammed, applying to law school was
a long process. After overcoming some significant
hurdles from Homeland Security, he arrived this
August — two days after classes began.
Since coming to the United States, Mohammed
has experienced some memorable “firsts,” such as
his first time riding an escalator in Atlanta’s Hartsfield
Airport. Unfortunately he rode it a bit too far, going
outdoors only to return back through security just in
time to catch his flight to St. Louis. Other firsts have
included brownies, baseball and a 70 mph drive on a
four-lane highway.
Through it all, Mohammed keeps dipping into
an endless reservoir of composure. He is also starting
to believe his presence is something of a good luck
charm. Since he has arrived, the Cardinals won
the World Series, Metro Link expanded to Clayton,
where he hops on every morning for school, and
an unseasonably warm start to the winter season
allowed the young man from a scorched land a bit of
reprieve from Jack Frost.
Surprisingly, the idea of snow wasn’t nearly
as shocking to Mohammed as was the idea of
interaction between professors and students at the
School of Law.
“At Asmara University there is not only a line
between professors and students, there is also a river
and maybe some mountains,” he says.
For this reason, he was surprised to be
casually invited for lunch and taken along on field
trips to Illinois Amish country and Busch Stadium
by professors.
He was also stunned that so much class time
here is devoted to student participation. Eritrean
culture generally discourages teachers from calling on
students at university.
“It’s nice,” he says with a signature smile. “Here
you learn a lot from each other and you learn to speak
in front of others. It’s an important skill to have.”
JUdgE THEOdORE M. MCMILLIAN
Portrait Ceremony
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photos by Kevin Lowder
On Thursday, October 19, family, friends, colleagues and former law clerks gathered
in the William H. Kniep Courtroom to share stories and view, for the first time,
a portrait of the late Judge Theodore McMillian. Speakers included the Honorable
Pasco M. Bowman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Christopher
J. Petrini, Petrini & Associates, the Honorable Jimmie E. Edwards, ’81, of the 22nd
Judicial Circuit, City of St. Louis, Harry B. Wilson Jr., ’74, of Husch & Eppenberger
and the Honorable Joseph J. Simeone, Professor Emeritus, Saint Louis University
School of Law. The portrait will grace the walls of the law library reading room.

Jacqueline Albus, ’99
Jacqueline, you graduated from college with an
accounting degree and passed the CPA exam.
After law school you worked for five years as an
associate with a large firm in St. Louis. What
spurred you to become an FBI special agent?
I came to realize that my practice area—
estate and gift tax—is a very complicated one.
I had not come close to learning all there is
to know about the practice, but I felt I had
learned as much as I wanted to know about it
at the time. I wanted to do something more
meaningful. Serving my country appealed to me.
And as a physically active person, I wanted to
do something that combined both physical and
intellectual challenges.
Was your family supportive of your decision to
become an FBI agent?
Absolutely. I think they are more proud of this
than anything else I’ve accomplished.
photo by Nathan Mandell
Tell me about the FBI application process. How
did you begin?
I applied online [at www.fbi.gov].
How long did the process take from start to finish?
It was about a year from the day I sent in the
online application until I arrived for training at the
FBI Academy in Quantico, Va.
Can you describe the application process step
by step?
After I applied online, I received a letter
inviting me to take the first test, which is called
Phase I. Phase I is a standardized multiple-choice
test that measures cognitive reasoning. I took Phase
I in St. Louis, which is where I’m from.
After I passed that, I had a screening interview
and moved on to Phase II, which involved a writing
test and an interview with a board of three agents.
After passing both phases, I received a conditional
offer of employment.
Jacqueline Albus is a special
agent with the Fbi, where
she started working last year.
Student Lawyer ’s Donna Gerson
learned how she got a job with
the agency and how she uses
her law degree to investigate
public corruption
“Serving Her Country” by Donna Gerson, published in
Student Lawyer, Volume 35, No. 2, October 2006. ©
2006 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with
permission. All rights reserved. This information or any
portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any
form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or
retrieval system without the express written consent of the
American Bar Association.
What happened next?
I had to take a polygraph test, submit to a
background check, and pass a physical fitness test,
which included push-ups, sit-ups, a mile-and-a-half
run, and a 300-meter sprint.
Did you have to relocate when you accepted your
job with the FBI?
Yes. I was processed through my hometown St.
Louis office, and my first assignment is in Chicago.
New agents cannot immediately work in the city
from which they were recruited, but they can
request their hometown for future assignments.
So once you become an FBI agent, you really don’t
have much say regarding where you’ll be posted?
Technically that’s true, but they do allow
trainees at Quantico to rank all the field offices in
order of preference. There are 56 offices to choose
from. Most people get the region they want, but
assignments are ultimately up to the bureau’s needs.
You need to be flexible and a bit adventurous?
Right, and that is articulated to you from the
first day.
Tell me about your training at Quantico.
It was 17 weeks long. The curriculum is 50
percent academic and 50 percent practical. The
practical component includes physical fitness,
defensive tactics, and firearms training. [All special
agents get firearms training and carry guns as part
of the job.] A large amount of the academic training
is legal training, with a focus on criminal law,
criminal procedure, and constitutional law.
How would you describe your overall training
experience?
It was great. Every recruit has a different
background—whether it’s legal, law enforcement,
or military—and brings a different set of skills to
the table. Everybody is learning something new.
For instance, I had never held a weapon or done
defensive tactics training before. It’s challenging
because you’re learning new things at a fairly rapid
pace. Most of us are perfectionists, but the training
is difficult. I learned a lot from my classmates as
well as my instructors.
Jacqueline Albus Resumé Highlights
Education
Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D. (1999)
Saint Louis University, B.A. in accounting (1996)
Work experience
Federal Bureau of Investigation, special agent,
Chicago Division, White Collar Crime Program,
Public Corruption Squad (2005–present)
Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, St. Louis (1999–2004)
Professional affiliations
American Bar Association
CPA certificate, Missouri State Board of
Accountancy (1996)
What were your classmates at Quantico like?
Probably more than half of them were
married, and many had young children.
Everybody talks about how the bureau is one big
family. I have some friends who are agents who
have parents who are agents, and that’s something
that everybody feels. I think that agents who have
spouses and children would agree that the bureau
is conducive to family life.
You won the Director’s Leadership Award. What
was that for?
That was when I was at Quantico. Each
class votes for a member who best demonstrates
leadership skills and the qualities that make a good
agent. It was incredibly flattering to receive that
award from my classmates. I think it was only the
second time that a female received the Director’s
Leadership Award.
You’re currently assigned to the White Collar
Crime Program Public Corruption Squad in
Chicago. What types of cases do you work on?
We handle investigations of bribery,
fraud, money laundering, extortion, and law
enforcement corruption.
How much desk work versus field work do
you do?
We do a lot of paperwork, and I enjoy that
because I like to write. That’s part of the reason
I enjoyed law school so much. It’s hard to assign
a percentage to how much time I spend doing
interviews or how much time I spend out on
arrests, performing searches, or doing covert
operations. It comes and goes in waves depending
on what stage of a case I’m in.
It sounds like you have lots of variety in your dayto-day
work.
Absolutely. In private practice, I sat at my
desk and talked on the phone all day. As a special
agent, I’m using my educational background and
legal skills to do things I never could have done in
practice. It’s definitely something that challenges
you and forces you to be creative.
What’s the work environment like?
There’s definitely a team approach. You can
always ask the agents on your squad for help or
bounce ideas off them.
Do you work with assistant U.S. attorneys?
Yes, I deal with them daily. So much of what
we do has legal implications. Each case is assigned
to at least one assistant U.S. attorney. Special agents
keep in touch with them to make sure all the legal
issues are ironed out.
Do you find your legal education is vital to your
work as a special agent?
Absolutely. A great deal of the job involves
working with the U.S. attorney’s office and
understanding law.
How many open cases do you handle at once?
Personally, I now have five open cases. I think
the agents on my squad typically carry five to eight
cases. Because our cases tend to be very complex
and very long term, we usually have only a small
number of cases compared with the other squads.
Have you handled any terrorism cases?
No, I haven’t. At this time, the FBI’s
counter-terrorism division is separate from its
criminal division.
Is lateral movement possible between divisions?
Yes. Each division has a preference list. You
can put your name on a list to get transferred
back home, for example. There are also transfers
for agents with backgrounds in specialty areas.
Do you find yourself using your accounting
background as an FBI special agent?
Yes, quite a bit. With public corruption
investigations, you are dealing with people who
are paying bribes, receiving bribes, and getting
kickbacks. We get subpoenas to look at financial
documents to try and figure out where these
people are putting the money that you know
they’re getting.
What tips do you have for law students who are
considering careers in the FBI?
I think it’s important to gain good experience
after law school, whether it’s in private practice or
government work such as prosecution. The bureau
doesn’t accept people for full-time positions straight
out of law school.
Are there summer internships for law students?
Yes. The FBI offers summer internships. Many
law students get their start that way.
Beyond the stated hiring criteria, what is the FBI
seeking in special agent applicants?
They are looking for people who are wellrounded
and adept at establishing and building
relationships. The FBI is about working with people
and building relationships, and we want people to
come to the table who can do that.
We want creative thinkers to come to us.
Get some life experience. Do something that you
think might expand your horizon. Being able to
interact with people is huge for our job. Special
agents are always interviewing people, whether
they are witnesses, subjects, sources, or whoever.
Where do you see yourself five years from now?
It’s hard to say. Eventually, I can start pursuing
other specialties and interests within the bureau.
I want to do some things that are completely
different from my background. That’s part of the
reason why I came to this job—to do something
different and be out of my comfort zone. At some
point it would be interesting to do more covert
work. I also think it would be interesting to get
more training in defensive tactics.
I don’t see myself working in public
corruption for the next 10 years. I would like to
try and move around within the criminal division.
It’s hard to say because I am so new. I just know
that there are so many options. That’s one of the
reasons the FBI appealed to me—you can become
as specialized and active as you want to be.
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FACULTy
vieW In 2002 I was invited to join AAHRPP’s
by Jesse A. goldner
John D. Valentine
Professor of Law
Jesse A. Goldner holds
secondary appointments in the
Departments of Psychiatry and
Pediatrics at the University’s
School of Medicine as well
as in both its School of Public
Health and the Center for Health
Care Ethics. Together with
three co-authors, in 2005 he
published Ethics and Regulation
of Research with Human
Subjects (Lexis). In addition to
his work with AAHRPP, in the
fall of 2005 he was appointed
to the 19 person Accreditation
Committee of the American Bar
Association’s Section on Legal
Education and Admissions to the
Bar, which is responsible for the
accreditation of law schools in
the United States.
Reducing the Perils of
Participating in Research
on Human Subjects
Nicole Wan was a 19-year-old freshman at the
University of Rochester in 1996. Ellen Roche
was a 24-year-old laboratory technician at Johns
Hopkins University’s Asthma and Allergy Center
in 2001. Jesse Gelsinger was an 18-year-old who
lived in Arizona in 1999. What the three had in
common was that each participated in a clinical
research study. Each died as a result.
Wan and Roche were “healthy
volunteers.” Gelsinger suffered from Ornithine
Transcarbamylase Deficiency, a genetic disorder
that causes excessive amounts of ammonia to
appear in the blood. While without treatment the
disorder can lead to behavioral disorders, mental
retardation, coma or even death, Gelsinger had
been doing well on his then current medication
regime. The study was a “leading edge” gene
transfer investigation, conducted at the University
of Pennsylvania, that the researchers thought
might ameliorate the condition. Though some
federal regulations mandate review of many
proposed studies such as these, little monitoring
occurs regarding how those reviews are conducted.
Investigations after the deaths in each situation
concluded that appropriate guidelines for the
conduct of the research had not been followed at
the institutions.
In 1965 leading veterinarians and
researchers organized what is now known as
the American Association for Accreditation
of Laboratory Animal Care International, as
a private, nonprofit organization. Over the
last 41 years it has accredited more than 670
operations worldwide (including organizations
such as Saint Louis University, Stanford
University, the National Institutes of Health and
GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals), elevating the
standard for research laboratory animal care to
new levels. Rather strangely (and cynically, some
might observe), it was only a mere five years ago
that a similar organization, the Association for
the Accreditation of Human Research Protection
Programs, Inc. (AAHRPP) was created to offer a
comparable program to institutions that conduct
or review biomedical, social and behavioral
science research in which human beings serve as
research subjects.
AAHRPP was established by seven founding
organizations, including groups such as the
Association of American Medical Colleges, the
American Association of Universities and the
National Association of State Universities and
Land Grant Colleges. A national organization
based in Washington, D.C., it developed in
the wake of a series of disciplinary measures
against research institutions taken by various
federal agencies, such as the Food and Drug
Administration and the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, which are
responsible for overseeing the manner in which
such research occurs. Those actions involved
stopping or severely limiting the conduct of
research at some of the country’s leading medical
centers including, among others, Duke, Johns
Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania after
the deaths of Wan, Roche and Gelsinger. As one
small example of the effects of the federal agencies’
actions, the annual budget for human subject
participant protection programs at Duke increased
from approximately $100,000 to over $1 million
in the course of a few months as it attempted to
meet requisite federal standards.
In response to the resulting public concern
for protecting research participants, AAHRPP was
established “not only to ensure compliance with
federal regulations, but to raise the bar in human
research protection by helping institutions reach
performance standards that surpass the threshold of
state and federal requirements.” The organization
also aims to “promote scientifically meritorious and
ethically sound research by fostering and advancing
the ethical and professional conduct of persons
and organizations that engage in research with
human participants.” AAHRPP achieves its mission
by using an accreditation process based on selfassessment,
peer review and education.
initial Council on Accreditation, which
determines the status of applicant organizations.
In 2005 I served as the Council’s first
chairperson and continue to participate by
serving as a member of the group and by
conducting site evaluation visits on its behalf.
The invitation to join the Council came about
for three reasons, each related to my work
at SLU: (1) For some eighteen years I had
been a member of (and, from 1998 through
2003, had chaired) SLU’s Institutional Review
Board (IRB). This is an interdisciplinary
group, including both scientists and nonscientists,
primarily comprised of faculty from
throughout the University, but also including
non-University-affiliated individuals. The
IRB, through a peer review process, evaluates
individual proposals to conduct research
involving human subjects by faculty, staff and
graduate students at the University. The purpose
is to ensure that ethical principles are followed,
primarily by seeing to it that investigators are
minimizing risks to research participants and
obtaining appropriate informed consent from
these subjects. (2) Much of my academic writing
in the last decade has focused on the regulation
of research. Most recently, I co-authored a law
school casebook on the subject. (3) Since 1988
I had regularly conducted site evaluations of
other American law schools for purposes of their
accreditation on behalf of the Accreditation
Committee of the American Bar Association’s
Section on Legal Education and Admissions
to the Bar. This familiarized me with the
accreditation process, albeit of a very
different type.
How does AAHRPP work? AAHRPP is not
affiliated with the government. It is institutions,
including universities, hospitals and free-standing
research facilities, that voluntarily apply to
AAHRPP for accreditation. Applicants must
complete a wide-ranging questionnaire and
submit extensive supporting materials, including
their policies and procedures, all relating to how
their institution goes about protecting the rights
of those who serve as research participants. This
is in an effort to evaluate that they meet some
twenty different standards that include seventyfive
separate elements. Among the issues explored
are the involvement of organizational leaders
and the adequacy of resources they provide
to the process. In reviewing the competency
and sophistication of the institution’s research
The purpose is to insure that
ethical principles are followed,
primarily by seeing to it that
investigators are minimizing
risks to research participants.
“
”
review units (typically the IRBs), we examine
their abilities to (a) assess risks and benefits; (b)
oversee the appropriate recruitment and selection
of subjects; (c) protect participants’ privacy and
the confidentiality of the data obtained; and
(d) monitor the process of obtaining informed
consent from participants and the content of the
information provided to them.
Another focus is that of the investigators
themselves: their familiarity with research ethics,
their abilities to follow applicable laws and
regulations and their understanding that the
protections of the rights and welfare of research
participants is their primary concern. Attention
also is paid to the nature of the contractual
relationship between the organization itself and
outside agencies such as pharmaceutical and
medical device companies that sponsor research.
This involves ensuring that there is appropriate
communication of information that might affect
the ongoing oversight of research protocols by
IRBs as well as maximizing the likelihood that
the benefits of the knowledge obtained through
research are realized and the interests of current
and future participants are protected. Finally, the
standards address how the organization responds
to concerns of research participants and engages
in outreach efforts by offering educational
opportunities to participants to enable them to
better understand research.
After the submitted materials are reviewed,
AAHRPP appoints a site evaluation team,
typically comprised of two to five members who
have training and experience in conducting
evaluations and who have no affiliations with the
applicant institution. They will spend between
two and five days at the institution, depending
on its size and number of research projects at the
institution. They then draft a lengthy and highly
detailed report describing what they encountered
at the institution, including an examination
of protocols and other records and interviews
with investigators, staff and members of the
IRB. Ultimately, these reports are reviewed by
the Council on Accreditation which determines
if the standards have been met so as to merit
accreditation. Not infrequently, institutions are
placed in an “accreditation pending” category
when the Council determines that additional
efforts need to be made by the institution. At the
present time some thirty-nine institutions have
met accreditation standards, though nearly four
hundred are “in the pipeline” and will be site
visited within the next year or two.
The process, both for institutions and
for those who conduct site evaluations and
participate in Council reviews, is an arduous
one. As critical as the development of ongoing
scholarship in this area may be, it is equally
important that those of us who spend much of
our time in the proverbial ivory tower, recognize
the need to “descend” and expend some of our
efforts in the hands-on work that may more
directly affect the ability of researchers and their
institutions to protect research participants like
Nicole Wan, Ellen Roche and Jesse Gelsinger. As
AAHRPP accreditation becomes more prevalent,
it is quite likely that the safety of research subjects
will increase and the lives and health of countless
others will benefit as well.
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PRoFiLe
Michael
Korybut
“ To be a happy,
fulfilled and contented
law student or lawyer,
an essential ingredient
is to know and
be true to yourself.
”
Resumé
• Associate Professor of Law
• Claremont McKenna College, B.A., 1985, Magna
Cum Laude; Stanford Law School, J.D., 1990,
Executive Editor, Stanford Law Review
• Lecturer, Stanford Law School, Fall 1997, Fall 1998,
Spring 1999
• Lecturer, Santa Clara University School of Law,
Spring 1998, Spring 1999
• Associate Attorney, Gray Cary Ware & Friedenrich,
Palo Alto, CA, January 1995-July 1996
• Associate Attorney, Heller, Ehrman, White &
McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, November 1990-May
1992
• Recipient, Student Bar Association Faculty Member
of the Year Award 2001 and 2002
Personal Reflections
We have a great law school. After ten years of
teaching, the last seven of which have been at the
School of Law, I cherish our collegial faculty and
earnest students. I regularly say to my wife how
lucky I am to be able to teach here, and I think my
genuine enthusiasm for our law school makes me a
better teacher and colleague.
Traditionally, law schools have not done a very
good job at preparing students for corporate and
commercial transactional work. I practiced for four
years as a transactional, commercial lawyer, and I
remember during my first year thinking how little I
had been taught in law school about the structure of
commercial transactions, the content of commercial
contracts and the drafting and negotiating of these
contracts. Dean Jeff Lewis, who arrived with me
and four other professors at the law school in 1999,
asked me to develop a course that would prepare
our students in these ways. For the last five years,
I have taught Advanced Secured Transactions
with the aspiration of giving our graduates the
knowledge and skills a new commercial or
corporate transactional lawyer would need during
his or her first year of legal practice. I think Dean
Lewis’ attention to this aspect of legal education
distinguishes our law school from many others.
How do I get good grades in law school? How do I
get a job in a good law firm? Throughout the years,
I’ve heard many students ask these questions,
and rightly so. What I have heard far less often,
however, are students asking how they can be
happy, fulfilled and contented lawyers; and that is a
shame. I have come to believe that one of my most
important roles is to encourage students to ask and
answer this question. I tell students that to be a
happy, fulfilled and contented law student or lawyer,
an essential ingredient is to know and be true to
yourself. What makes you passionate, what puts
a spring in your step? Pursue that thing in a legal
career and you will be successful in the sense that
you will enjoy what you do.
Secured enthusiasm
Michael Korybut’s ability to teach and his
enthusiasm for it are well recognized at the School
of Law. Since joining the faculty in 1999, he has
received the Faculty of the Year award twice.
“I’ve tried to create a methodology that recognizes
each student learns differently,” he says. “I also
tend to ground my teaching in problem solving. It’s
important students understand law in action. And,
it’s more fun to teach that way because it engages
students. I absolutely love being in the classroom.”
Professor Korybut is equally enthusiastic about his
scholarship. Intellectual stimulation was one of the
main reasons he was attracted to academia. His
principal research interest is secured transactions
— foreclosure sales in particular.
“What fascinates me most is what creditors do when
they repossess and sell collateral,” he says. “What
is their methodology for identifying efficient markets
and reasonable sale practices? Do they consult
lawyers? Do they look at legal precedent? Do they
go to the business community and ask, ‘How do you
guys normally sell these goods?’ We don’t know
because very little empirical investigation and writing
has been done in this area. If we try to implement
a law or policy about the most commercially
reasonable way to sell repossessed goods, these
would be good things to know.”
Right on Track
Each of us can appreciate how good it feels to
be recognized for a job well done, particularly
when we’ve dedicated a good part of our lives
to a profession that, at times, may be less than
forgiving. For Stephen J. Murphy III, on February
17, 2005, such recognition manifested itself in
the form of a presidential nomination to the
position of U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
of Michigan, and again during his June 8, 2005
confirmation by unanimous consent of the Senate.
Murphy speaks of his current post with
candor. “Nobody can plan for a presidential
appointment,” he makes clear, “but if you
conduct yourself academically, as well as in life,
in a certain way, things tend to work out.” He
credits his Jesuit education of ethics, honesty
and the legal tradition at Saint Louis University
as the enabling factors of his eligibility for
appointment as U.S. Attorney.
It was that Jesuit tradition that played a
role in Murphy’s selection of law school — both
his high school and college education were
steeped in the tradition. Yet another influence
was Murphy’s father. A 1972 graduate of Saint
Louis University School of Law, Murphy’s
father ran a sole proprietorship firm in south
St. Louis. “I grew up mirroring my father’s
role as an attorney,” Murphy reflects. Given his
father’s legacy, and his desire to continue his
education under the Jesuit framework, Saint
Louis University was the natural choice for his
legal education.
Murphy proved to be an active law student,
and identified his interest in public service
early. As a member of the moot court team,
Murphy asked the team’s adviser, Professor
Dennis Tuchler, “What do you think about the
prospects of working for the Department of
Justice as a public servant?” to which Tuchler
responded, “If you think you’re good enough
for it, it’s a terrific career path.” Determined,
Murphy accepted this implied challenge to do
better and get into the Department.
In realization of a personal goal, Murphy
found himself in Washington, D.C., shortly
after graduation, accepting a position with the
Department of Justice’s Civil and Tax Division.
Although having achieved his goal of joining
B Y J O H N S T E F F Y, 3 L
the DOJ, Murphy had no illusions about
his position as a new lawyer. “It’s the most
precarious time of our career,” he says. “I was
thrust into the D.C. market with some of the
best minds in the business where I was able to
hold my own with a SLU law degree.”
Far beyond “holding his own,” Murphy
remained a litigator with the Tax Division until
1992, when he became an Assistant United
States Attorney (AUSA) for the Eastern District
of Michigan, in which capacity he prosecuted a
wide range of cases including white collar crime.
After eight years as an AUSA, Murphy shifted
gears and accepted a position as counsel in the
legal department of General Motors, where he
remained from 2000 until 2005.
In 2005, Murphy was nominated and
confirmed as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern
District of Michigan, where he manages
an office of approximately 200 people,
communicates directly with the Attorney
General, works closely with the FBI and
works to protect over 6.5 million people and a
border with Canada, all while trying to remain
sensitive to the needs of the people he serves.
“The best thing I’ve done since becoming a U.S.
Attorney is develop relationships with local and
civil society,” he says. Indeed he has, and in a
novel way. Murphy, in conjunction with the
National Security Chief and their coordinator,
made the Eastern District of Michigan the
first federal district to bring in private sector
security managers to the Anti-Terrorism
Advisory Council, a division of their National
Security Unit (chaired by Murphy). By doing
so, he has extended his partnerships beyond
law enforcement to include the private citizens
under their protection who are often the first
true responders in an emergency.
With little over a year since his
confirmation, Stephen J. Murphy has already
proven himself to be an innovative leader and
public servant on the federal level who has
successfully maintained and strengthened his ties
to the community he serves. He never forgot the
challenge he made to himself as a student and,
today, continues to challenge himself, working to
make visible differences in the lives of others.
stephen J. Murphy, ’87
U.S. Attorney
for the eastern District
of michigan
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ALUmni SnAPSHoTS
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
LAW reunion
October 13
2006
Trivia Night
photos by Dolan & Associates Photography
October 14
2006
Class Dinners
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Q&A
Khavan sok, ’06
Researcher, Office of
Co-investigating Judges,
Cambodian genocide Tribunal
A Journey
Toward Justice
Khavan Sok came to the U.S. when he was just a freshman in high
school. He lived in Seattle with family acquaintances, attending a
bilingual high school, then moved to Richmond, Virginia, to live with
an uncle and complete his senior year of high school. He attended
the University of Virginia, graduating in 2002, and took a year off
to pursue work as a freelance writer. It was during this time that
he discovered a true connection to work dealing with reparations
from the Cambodian genocides of 1975–1979. Today, he acts
as a researcher for the Office of Co-Investigating Judges on the
Cambodian Genocide Tribunal in his home country. Saint Louis
Brief spoke with Sok about his journey.
When was the first time you knew you were interested in doing
work relating to the Khmer Rouge?
I took a course in Southeast Asia in the tenth grade and wrote a
paper on the Khmer Rouge. It piqued my interest in the subject and
eventually grew into a passion. After college, I decided to extend
my research on the topic and focused my work on it for a full year.
What did you do during your year as a freelancer?
I worked for a small NGO established by Sody Lay, a Cambodian
American from Columbia Law School. He started a Web site
designed to help other Khmer Cambodian scholars, and everyone
who contributed wrote about Cambodian issues.
How did you meet Sody Lay?
I met him through a mutual friend at a conference for a Cambodian
filmmaker. He quickly became my mentor. He had a real passion
for this work, and was devoted to getting the word out about
Cambodian issues.
When did people begin to understand what happened during
the Cambodian genocide?
No one knew exactly what happened until decades later. When the
movie “The Killing Fields” came out in 1984, many of the atrocities
were illustrated and people began to realize just how serious it was.
Had you done work on Cambodian issues prior to graduating
from college?
Yes. I interned with researchers in the Cambodian Genocide
Program at Yale the summer of my junior year in college. The
last year of the grant (2001), I worked with the Program’s director,
Susan Cook. From 1997-2003, the UN was negotiating with
the Cambodian government to form a tribunal to prosecute the
Khmer Rouge, which received a lot of national attention. I wrote
a research paper that kept track of the negotiation process. That’s
how I was discovered. Helen Jarvis, the adviser to the Cambodian
government and a crucial person in the negotiation process, knew
Susan Cook. Through her, Helen got to know my work. In January
of 2003, when the negotiation team from Cambodia came to the
UN in New York, I got to work with the team for a week.
They knew I was going to law school, but I still continued
working with the Cambodian government. After the first summer
of law school I went back to Cambodia and interned for those who
worked on the task force in charge of negotiations with the UN. I
worked for the secretariat to the task force, helping them draft the
code of procedure for the tribunal. This tribunal is a Cambodian
court set up within the Cambodian system with UN support. They
have to draft a compromise between Cambodian civil procedure
and the international civil procedure. The UN wanted a minimum
standard in the tribunal or they wouldn’t participate – so the
Cambodian government had to pass a new set of legislation to
create an extraordinary chamber (the Khmer Rouge court) and
come up with a new set of laws and procedures, separate from the
current Cambodian procedure.
I also went back the summer of my second year, doing similar
work. I’m fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time,
getting to know the right people.
Why did you choose to go to law school?
I always try to challenge myself. After my freelance work, I thought
of law school as another challenge. I’ve thought about the law since
my sophomore year in college. While in school, I loved studying
at the law school on campus. I loved being in an intellectual
community and talking with law students. They had a career night
and everyone talked about the work they did over the summer. A
student there went to Cambodia and worked with a family trying
to get their land back in a dispute. She worked with a NGO trying
to help them. I was amazed at what she’d done and wanted to go
back to Cambodia and be a lawyer and help others. That’s when I
decided to apply to law school.
I was offered a scholarship to Saint Louis University School
of Law and was glad to have a chance to live here the last three
years. I wanted to live in a bigger city than Richmond, and St. Louis
is one of the biggest cities in the Midwest. I spent a lot of time on
the east and west coasts, so living here was a nice change for me.
What are some of your best memories in this country?
I’ve practically grown up here and have thoroughly enjoyed
experiencing a different way of life and meeting so many new
people. I never saw anyone chew tobacco before coming to this
country. And I never saw a Cardinals game before.
What’s your advice to people who wish to pursue a passion,
even if it’s one that requires a great deal of sacrifice?
I would say that as long as you’re doing what you like, though the
short-term payment may seem minimal, you will often find that even
with sacrifice, it’s the right decision. It’s almost never a bad choice
to follow your passion.
— As told to Stefanie Ellis
Q&A
Don Anton’s life has
taken him far — literally.
A St. Louis native, he
spent the first 26 years of
his life in his hometown,
pledging allegiance to
the sports teams he still,
to this day, follows with
rapt attention.
Though his career has taken him to another continent, he
still remains connected in ways that would make his city
proud. He took some time to chat with Saint Louis Brief
about his journey from the Show-Me-State to the land of
kangaroos and didgeridoo, his passion for international
environmental law and his contributions to shaping future
generations of lawyers.
you’ve lived abroad a while. Do you still think
of St. Louis?
St. Louis is still in my bones. I have pictures of all the
sporting venues of my childhood (Sportsman’s Park, the
Arena, the old Busch Stadium) on the walls of my office.
I still consider the city my first home and continue to
religiously follow the Cardinals (naturally delighted with the
World Series win), Billikens and Blues via video and audio
streaming broadcasts.
What made you want to get into law?
I was born in 1960 and grew up watching Americans make
melioristic legal claims for equality, civil rights, greater
economic participation, environmental protection, etc. I
frequently watched and read news about lawyers helping
Americans make these progressive and socially beneficial
claims through law. As a result, like many, I came to
develop a view of the lawyer as “hero,” a champion for the
oppressed, a fighter for the public interest. I went to law
school because I wanted to be like that — to advocate
worthy causes on behalf of others.
Why did you choose to get into international/
environmental law?
I did not contemplate practicing either International
Law or Environmental Law when I entered law school.
donald K. anton, ’86
Professor, University of melbourne Law School
I did not take either subject while in law school. Even
when I graduated, these fields (and especially their
intersection) were not on my radar. Instead, after several
years of a scenic, but not very “heroic” practice of law
in Boise, Idaho — mostly defending the interests of
mining companies, polluters and insurance companies
— I made the decision to try to become an international
environmental lawyer. My decision was largely motivated
by prominent transboundary environmental incidents that
took place in the 1980s, like Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez,
Rainbow Warrior. It seemed to me that there was very
little applicable law and that there was an opportunity to
develop not only expertise, but the law itself, in an area
that the international community would increasingly need
and call on.
I was also personally restless at that time (1989-1990) and
decided to look at postgraduate legal education outside of
the United States. The government of Australia offered a
full scholarship to study International Environmental Law in
Sydney and I arrived in Australia in March of 1991. Within
months I met my future wife in Canberra (where we now
live and teach together). A year and a half after coming to
Australia, my still future wife and I traveled to Columbia
University School of Law in New York so she could pursue
her S.J.D. degree. I was eventually hired as a Research
Associate at Columbia University, working with two of the
world’s most influential international lawyers, Professors
Lou Henkin and Oscar Schacter. When we returned to
Australia in 1994, both of us were hired by the University
of Melbourne Law School. I created the first course in
International Environmental Law at Melbourne Law School
in 1995 and have been teaching and practicing it ever since.
Describe your work.
I teach law to aspiring lawyers in Australia. International
Environmental Law (IEL) is still my passion, but I have
taught across the curriculum, including Property Law
and Torts. The courses I regularly teach include: IEL,
International Law, Marine and Coastal Law, Human
Rights and the Environment, International Trade and the
Environment, and Federalism and the Environment. I also
continue to teach in the United States. In 2003, I was a
visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School,
where I taught a course on International Environmental
Law. In 2007, I will be a visiting professor at the University
of Alabama School of Law, where I will be teaching
courses on International Human Rights and Environmental
Justice and Rights.
What other work do you do in your field?
In addition to teaching, I continue to practice public
interest environmental law in Australia and around the
world through participation in the Environmental Law
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photo courtesy of Donald K. Anton, ’86
Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW). E-LAW is a group of public
interest environmental lawyers, scientists and academics
from 58 countries around the world that assist each
other in protecting the environment across borders. In
my teaching, I regularly have students assist my E-LAW
colleagues with real cases around the world. I used to
travel regularly to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon
Islands to assist in environmental litigation and training
and I have served as a course instructor for the United
Nations Environment Program in a course designed to
train high-level administrators from developing countries
in environmental law and policy. My research continues to
focus on International Law and Environmental Law.
What are the differences between legal education as well
as the practice of law between the u.S. and Australia?
The two most significant differences in legal
education here are:
1. Most students come to law school directly from high
school. No first degree is required. As a result, students
are much more immature and uncertain about the
future direction they want their lives to take.
2. “Lecturing” without a great deal of student participation
is still widely used as the primary means of
instruction as opposed to the use of Socratic or, more
contemporarily, modified Socratic techniques.
The three most significant differences in practice here are:
1. Instead of a bar exam, most would-be lawyers get
qualified to practice by doing a six-month “practitioners”
course following graduation from law school.
2. The profession is still, by custom, very much a split
profession with barristers doing the appearance work
and solicitors doing pretty much everything else.
3. Once admitted to practice in any jurisdiction in
Australia, you are automatically entitled to be admitted
in every other jurisdiction under the Mutual Recognition
Act 1992 (Cth).

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1966
Gerry Ortbals of Stinson
Morrison Hecker LLP in St.
Louis, was selected for inclusion
in The Best Lawyers in America
2007. He was recognized for his
first amendment law practice.
1974
James A. Coles, co-chair
of Bose McKinney & Evans
Intellectual Property Group in
Indianapolis, has been named
one of the best lawyers in the
United States by “The Best of
the U.S.,” an online referral
guide to service professionals
in the United States. He is
currently an adjunct professor
at Indiana University School
of Law.
Chip Misko of Stinson
Morrison Hecker LLP in
St. Louis, was recently selected
for inclusion in The Best Lawyers
in America 2007. He was
recognized in real estate law.
Edwin L. Noel, senior trial
partner at Armstrong Teasdale
in St. Louis, will assume the
position of the new chairman
of the board of the Attorneys’
Liability Assurance Society.
He will serve a two-year term
commencing with the 2006
annual general meeting in
Toronto, Canada, on June 23.
1975
George T. Byrnes received
the Silver Beaver award from the
Greater St. Louis Area Council
of the Boy Scouts. This is the
organization’s highest adult
volunteer award presented
locally, and requires approval
by the National Council.
Gerard T. Carmody,
principal partner at Carmody
MacDonald P.C. in St. Louis, has
been selected for inclusion in The
Best Lawyers in America 2007.
1978
Mark A. Schuering, a circuit
judge of the Eighth Judicial
Circuit and adjunct professor
at Quincy University, has been
elected first vice president of
the Illinois Judges Association
headquartered in Chicago.
1980
Carol Chazen Friedman, a
solo practitioner in St. Louis,
is a 2006 recipient of the
Michael R. Roser Excellence
in Bankruptcy Practice Award
from the Missouri Bar’s
Commercial Law Committee.
1981
Erwin O. Switzer, principal
at Carmody MacDonald P.C. in
St. Louis, has been selected for
inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America 2007.
1992
James R. Cantalin has been
named the president of the
Lawyers Association of St. Louis
for 2006-2007. He has been
with Carmody Maconald P.C.
since November 2004, where he
practices medical professional
defense litigation.
1993
Thomas E. Fagan has received
the 2006 Missouri Lawyers
Weekly Up & Coming Lawyers
Award. He has been with
Wuestling & James, L.C. in
St. Louis since 2001, where he
handles workers’ compensation
claims and civil liability cases.
1998
Ed Martin, chairman of the
St. Louis Board of Election
Commissioners, has been
appointed chief of staff to
Governor Matt Blunt. Martin,
a founding partner of the Saint
Louis general practice firm
Martin & Simmonds, relocated
with his family to the Jefferson
City area after beginning work
in his official capacity on
September 1, 2006.
2000
Sheryl L. Butler has been
promoted to manager of Labor
and Employee Relations for
Saint Louis Public Schools.
2001
Felicia Maynard earned her
master’s degree in library science
from Catholic University in
2005, and performed her library
practicum at the U.S. Supreme
Court. She recently left her
position at the law library of
Covington & Burlington to
work as a Research Information
Specialist at the American
Association of Retired Persons
(AARP) Headquarters.
Kelly A. Struhs of Stoll, Stoll,
Berne, Lokting & Schlachter
in Portland, Oregon, has been
elected new director for the
Multnomah Bar Association
Young Lawyers Section (YLS).
She has also served as chair of
the YLS Pro Bono Committee.
2003
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz
was featured on the Glenn
Beck Show on CNN headline
news on June 19, 2006,
where he addressed Indiana’s
deals leasing toll-roads to
overseas conglomerates, and its
nationwide implications.
2004
Daniel T. Simpson Jr. has
joined the civil practice group
of Evans & Dixon, LLC in
St. Louis. He is also a member
of the American Intellectual
Property Law Association and
the American Chemical Society.
2005
Katherin M. Cuneo,
a St. Louis native, has joined the
St. Louis office of Evans &
Dixon, LLC.
Sarah Pelud has opened
her own practice, Pelud Law
Firm, LLC. in Cheshire,
Connecticut, and focuses on
U.S. immigration law.
2006
April S. Haag has become
an associate at the firm of
Sandberg, Phoenix & von
Gontard P.C. in St. Louis.
Adrienne Price has joined
Sandberg, Phoenix & von
Gontard P.C. in St. Louis as
an associate.
Keli N. Robertson has taken
her extensive experience in the
mortgage industry to the St.
Louis office of Sandberg,
Phoenix & von Gontard P.C. in
her new position, “of counsel”.
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memoriam
John J. Flanagan Jr., 1939
Charles N. Welsch Jr., 1939
Thomas J. Krauska Sr., 1942
Hoyte C. Evans, 1950
John A. Travers, 1950
Harold Gruenberg, 1951
James L. Sullivan Jr., 1954
Phillip P. Doherty, 1956
Kenneth V. Byrne, 1964
Stephen F. Meyer, 1964
Helton Reed, 1974
Donald J. Gramke, 1985
Frances M. weir (Messmer), 1996
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