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L AW BRieFS<br />

SCHOOL OF LAw<br />

events<br />

Former CIA Intelligence Officer Spoke<br />

on “The Law and Politics of warrantless<br />

Eavesdropp<strong>in</strong>g”<br />

Monday, October 2 — The American Constitution<br />

Society hosted former CIA Intelligence Officer, Ray<br />

McGovern, who discussed the legal and political<br />

implications of the Bush Adm<strong>in</strong>istration’s “warrantless<br />

eavesdropp<strong>in</strong>g” program.<br />

PILG First Monday<br />

Monday, October 2 — PILG’s First Monday annually<br />

marks the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of the U.S. Supreme Court term.<br />

In honor of this day, PILG presented a lecture and<br />

discussion explor<strong>in</strong>g the issue of immigration on a local<br />

level, by hear<strong>in</strong>g from local author and immigration<br />

expert, Angie O’Gorman.<br />

Sports and Enterta<strong>in</strong>ment Law Association<br />

welcomed Local Enterta<strong>in</strong>ment Lawyers<br />

Tuesday, October 3 — The Sports and Enterta<strong>in</strong>ment<br />

Law Association hosted Danica Mathes, an associate<br />

with Blackwell Sanders Peper Mart<strong>in</strong>, who specializes<br />

<strong>in</strong> Enterta<strong>in</strong>ment Law and is an adjunct professor of<br />

Enterta<strong>in</strong>ment Law at Wash<strong>in</strong>gton <strong>University</strong> School of<br />

Law, and Jay Kanzler, lawyer and filmmaker.<br />

President of Missouri Association of Trial<br />

Attorneys Spoke on Litigation<br />

Tuesday, October 3 — The American Trial Lawyers<br />

Association presented Tom Stewart, president of the<br />

Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and head of the<br />

School’s Trial Advocacy program, who spoke on his<br />

experiences as a litigator as well as provided advice to<br />

students <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> pursu<strong>in</strong>g a career <strong>in</strong> litigation.<br />

Guantanamo Roundtable<br />

Thursday, October 5 — Over 250 universities and law<br />

schools nationwide listened to a simulcast of experts<br />

discuss and expla<strong>in</strong> issues surround<strong>in</strong>g Guantanamo.<br />

As part of that broadcast, the School had a panel<br />

discussion, “Guantanamo and Physicians,” on the<br />

medical treatment of deta<strong>in</strong>ees. Follow<strong>in</strong>g the panel,<br />

there was a discussion with School Professors Sloss,<br />

Bloom, Kaufman, Goldste<strong>in</strong> and Greaney. A Q & A<br />

session followed.<br />

Missouri Stem Cell Initiative: Bad Law, Bad<br />

Medic<strong>in</strong>e, and Bad Ethics?<br />

Tuesday, October 10 — The Christian Legal Society<br />

and St. Thomas More Society hosted the talk, “Missouri<br />

Stem Cell Initiative: Bad Law, Bad Medic<strong>in</strong>e, and Bad<br />

Ethics?” Speakers <strong>in</strong>cluded Jim Cole, an attorney who<br />

specializes <strong>in</strong> bankruptcy and commercial litigation and<br />

is a volunteer general counselor for Missouri Right to<br />

Life and Dick Schamp, a family physician and associate<br />

Center for Health Law Studies Dist<strong>in</strong>guished<br />

Speakers Fall 2006<br />

Talk, “Is the Independent Director Necessary <strong>in</strong> the Non-Profit Sector?”<br />

Kathleen Boozang, associate dean for Academic Affairs at Seton Hall Law School, gave<br />

the talk, “Is the Independent Director Necessary <strong>in</strong> the Non-Profit Sector?” on Tuesday,<br />

September 19. She<br />

came to academic<br />

adm<strong>in</strong>istration after<br />

co-found<strong>in</strong>g Seton<br />

Hall Law School’s<br />

nationally ranked<br />

Health Law & Policy<br />

Program and Health<br />

Law, Science and<br />

Technology Graduate<br />

Programs. Dean<br />

Boozang practiced for<br />

several years, primarily<br />

represent<strong>in</strong>g a multistate<br />

Catholic health care system. In recent years, she has served on several hospital ethics<br />

committees and chaired the Bioethics Committee for the Association of the Bar of the City of<br />

New York. She currently teaches Health Law, The Law of Death & Dy<strong>in</strong>g, Alternative Medic<strong>in</strong>e<br />

and Non-Profit Organizations and writes and speaks extensively on non-profit and corporate<br />

issues, alternative medic<strong>in</strong>e, medical futility, end-of-life care and sectarian providers.<br />

Talk, “Theoretical Foundations of Medical Cost Effectiveness”<br />

On Wednesday, October 25, David O. Meltzer, associate professor <strong>in</strong> the Department<br />

of Medic<strong>in</strong>e and associated faculty member <strong>in</strong> the Harris School and the Department of<br />

Economics at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />

Chicago, gave the talk, “Theoretical<br />

Foundations of Medical Cost<br />

Effectiveness.” Meltzer’s research<br />

explores problems <strong>in</strong> health<br />

economics and public policy,<br />

with a focus on the theoretical<br />

foundations of medical costeffectiveness<br />

analysis, as well as<br />

the effects of managed care and<br />

medical specialization on the cost<br />

and quality of care, especially <strong>in</strong><br />

teach<strong>in</strong>g hospitals. Meltzer is currently complet<strong>in</strong>g a randomized trial compar<strong>in</strong>g the use<br />

of doctors who specialize <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>patient care (“hospitalists”) with traditional physicians <strong>in</strong> six<br />

academic medical centers.<br />

Talk, “Just Care: Ration<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a Public Health Crisis”<br />

The Center for Health Law Studies’ Dist<strong>in</strong>guished Speaker, James F. Childress, Ph.D.,<br />

presented, “Just Care: Ration<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a Public Health Crisis” on Friday, November 10. Dr.<br />

Childress is the Holl<strong>in</strong>gsworth Professor of Ethics and Professor of Medical Education at<br />

the <strong>University</strong> of Virg<strong>in</strong>ia, where he directs the Institute for Practical Ethics.<br />

Wefel Center for employment law Speakers<br />

millstone Lecture: Leav<strong>in</strong>g Stones<br />

Unthrown: Justice <strong>in</strong> nigeria<br />

Visit<strong>in</strong>g Professor Hauwa Ibrahim spoke<br />

about her experiences at the James C.<br />

Millstone Memorial Lecture on Sunday,<br />

November 19. Millstone, a long-time<br />

reporter for the St. <strong>Louis</strong> Post-Dispatch,<br />

covered the civil rights movement and,<br />

as an editor, conceived and supervised<br />

report<strong>in</strong>g on subjects such as police<br />

brutality and the bicentennial of<br />

the United States Constitution. The<br />

Millstone lecture series was designed to<br />

cont<strong>in</strong>ue his passion for civil rights and<br />

freedom of speech. For more <strong>in</strong>formation<br />

about Ibrahim, see story on page 12.<br />

Talk on Recent Developments at the<br />

National Labor Relations Board —<br />

On Wednesday, September 27, Ralph R.<br />

Trema<strong>in</strong>, regional director of the National<br />

Labor Relations Board, discussed recent<br />

developments.<br />

Issues <strong>in</strong> Employment Law:<br />

Represent<strong>in</strong>g the Individual Employee<br />

— On Wednesday, October 18, the Wefel<br />

Center for Employment Law Speaker Mary<br />

Anne Sedey, partner at Sedey & Harper,<br />

discussed, “Issues <strong>in</strong> Employment Law:<br />

Represent<strong>in</strong>g the Individual Employee.”<br />

Sa<strong>in</strong>t <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> Law Journal<br />

Ranked Among Top Law<br />

Reviews of 2006<br />

Congratulations<br />

to the Sa<strong>in</strong>t <strong>Louis</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong> Law<br />

Journal, which was<br />

ranked one of the<br />

top 100 general<br />

student law reviews<br />

<strong>in</strong> the ExpressO Law<br />

Review rank<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

for 2006.<br />

SCHOOL OF LAw<br />

events<br />

professor for Sa<strong>in</strong>t <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> School of Medic<strong>in</strong>e,<br />

Department of Community and Family Medic<strong>in</strong>e, and<br />

Department of Internal Medic<strong>in</strong>e, Division of Geriatrics.<br />

International Law Students’ Association<br />

Hosted Talk on International Trade Practice<br />

Wednesday, October 11 — The International Law<br />

Students’ Association was pleased to host John Sper<strong>in</strong>o,<br />

senior counsel with Emerson Electric, who gave a talk on<br />

International Trade Practice.<br />

Federalist Society Hosted Talk, “The Legacy<br />

of Buckley v. Valeo: The Court’s Incoherent<br />

Campaign”<br />

Monday, October 16 — Professor Allison Hayward,<br />

former chief of staff to the chairman of the Federal<br />

Election Commission, gave the presentation, “The<br />

Legacy of Buckley v. Valeo: The Court’s Incoherent<br />

Campaign F<strong>in</strong>ance Decisions.” Professor Alan Howard<br />

gave a response follow<strong>in</strong>g the lecture.<br />

School of Law Professor Spoke on Global<br />

warm<strong>in</strong>g Case<br />

Tuesday, October 17 — Professor Douglas Williams<br />

spoke to the Environmental Law Society about the<br />

global warm<strong>in</strong>g case on this year’s U.S. Supreme Court<br />

docket, Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection<br />

Agency, <strong>in</strong> which a coalition of environmental activists,<br />

states, cities and other groups are argu<strong>in</strong>g that the EPA<br />

should regulate greenhouse gases such as carbon<br />

dioxide.<br />

Attorney to Discuss Tobacco Initiative<br />

Wednesday, October 18 — The Health Law Association<br />

welcomed Scott Sifton, Esq., who discussed the Tobacco<br />

Initiative on the November ballot.<br />

Local Attorney Discussed Trial and Appellate<br />

Matters Involv<strong>in</strong>g Maritime Law<br />

Wednesday, October 18 — John Halpern, ’79, of<br />

Goldste<strong>in</strong> and Price, L.C., discussed trial and appellate<br />

matters <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g maritime law.<br />

Professor David Sloss Spoke on International<br />

Human Rights Topics<br />

Wednesday, October 25 — The School’s Professor<br />

David Sloss, former Foreign Affairs Analyst with the<br />

U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, spoke on<br />

International Human Rights topics of <strong>in</strong>terest, such as<br />

U.S. Foreign Policy and Proliferations of Weapons of<br />

Mass Destruction.<br />

Talk On Institutional Review Board<br />

Tuesday, October 31 — The Federalist Society hosted<br />

Richard Epste<strong>in</strong>, who gave the talk, “Over the Top: Your<br />

Institutional Review Board Today.”<br />

Sa<strong>in</strong>t <strong>Louis</strong> Brief Fall 2006 Fall 2006 Sa<strong>in</strong>t <strong>Louis</strong> Brief<br />

Jay Fram Photography<br />

Food for Thought Program<br />

The Office of Development and Alumni<br />

Relations has started a new program that<br />

allows students to discuss legal topics with<br />

practic<strong>in</strong>g attorneys. Charles Elbert, ’76,<br />

of Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis<br />

& Giljum, LLP was at the School on<br />

September 13 discuss<strong>in</strong>g the alternatives to<br />

practic<strong>in</strong>g at a large firm. John Halpern,<br />

’79, of Goldste<strong>in</strong> and Price, L.C., spoke on<br />

October 18 concern<strong>in</strong>g trial and appellate<br />

matters <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g maritime law. Bill<br />

Bolsterm, ’98, of Lewis Rice & F<strong>in</strong>gersh,<br />

L.C. spoke on November 15 about Real<br />

Estate Law.<br />

L AW BRieFS

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