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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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