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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 />
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