Faculty Appointments
Washington And Lee University
This coming fall, the Law School welcomes eight professors to the permanent faculty. They include experts in domestic and international law, as well as distinguished interdisciplinary scholars. Several have served as visiting professors at W&L this year. Benjamin Spencer is one of the nation’s rising stars in the field of civil procedure and federal jurisdiction. He was appointed to the West Publishing Company Law School Advisory Board and last year received the Virginia State Council of Higher Education Rising Star Award, given to the most promising junior faculty member among all academic fields at all colleges and universities in Virginia. Joshua Fairfield is an expert in e-commerce, video game regulation and virtual worlds and has written extensively on how private-law contracts have become the new public law of virtual worlds. Sean Seymore, who also holds a Ph.D. in chemistry, has strong handson experience as a patent lawyer. He will teach a new course exploring how the intersection of law and science is critical to the formation of public policy. A former criminal defense lawyer, R u s s e l l M i l l e r is an expert in comparative law and international legal theory. Miller co-founded the online German Law Journal, and his book, Progress in International Law, was the focus of a panel discussion during the 2008 American Society of International Law Conference.
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L aw A l u m n i A s s o c i at i o n
A. Carter Magee Jr. ’79, Pr e si d e n t (Roanoke) W. Hildebrandt Surgner Jr. ’87A, ’94, Vic e P r es i d e n t (Richmond) J. I. Vance Berry Jr. ’79, Immediate Past P r es id ent (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) Darlene Moore, E x e c u t i v e S e c r e ta ry (Lexington)
Johanna Bond teaches and researches in the areas of international human rights law, and gender and international law. In 2001, she traveled to Uganda and Tanzania as a Senior Fulbright Scholar to conduct research for her book, Voices of African Women: Women’s Rights in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania.
Law Council
Eric A. Anderson ’82 (New York City) Peter A. Baumgaertner ’83A, ’86 (New York City) T. Hal Clarke, Jr. ’73A, ’76 (Charlotte, N.C.) Michael P.A. Cohen ’90 (Washington) Thomas E. Evans ’91 (Rogers, Ark.) James J. Ferguson Jr. ’88 (Dallas) Thomas J. Gearen ’82 (Chicago) Betsy Callicott Goodell ’80 (Bronxville, N.Y.) Nathan V. Hendricks III ’66A, ’69 (Atlanta) Thomas B. Henson ’80 (Charlotte, N.C.) A. John Huss ’65 (St. Paul, Minn.) Chong J. Kim ’92 (Atlanta) The Hon. Everett A. Martin, Jr. ’74A, ’77 (Norfolk, Va.) The Hon. Mary Miller Johnston ’84 (Wilmington, Del.) Andrew J. Olmem ’96A, ’01 (Arlington, Va.) David T. Popwell ’87 (Memphis, Tenn.) Lesley Brown Schless ’80 (Old Greenwich, Conn.) Richard W. Smith ’98 (Washington) Stacy Gould Van Goor ’95 (San Diego) Andrea K. Wahlquist ’95 (New York City)
S u s a n F r a n c k ’s teaching and scholarship relate to the resolution of international disputes, including alternative dispute resolution and claims made under investment treaties. This year, Franck received the New Voices Award from the American Society of International Law. H a r i O s o f s k y is a pioneer in the field of legal issues regarding global climate change and is one of the emerging scholarly voices addressing this important issue at the intersection of law, politics and science. In addition, her scholarship focuses on the ways in which geographic perspectives may contribute to legal approaches to cross-cutting problems such as the war on terror. Timothy MacDonnell will take the helm of the Black Lung Clinic. His most recent position with the U.S. Army was as regime crimes liaison officer to the Department of State, acting as an attorney/ advisor to the Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad, Iraq. He also will be involved with the Rule of Law Practicum, which will engage students in public defender work in the Iraqi national courts.
Law Council Emeritus
Robby J. Aliff ’91A, ’97 (South Charleston, W.Va.) Kimmberly M. Bulkley ’95 (Maplewood, N.J.) Christine Champlin Adams ’90A, ’93 (Somerset, Ky.) Francis C. Clark ’76 (Davidson, N.C.) David P. Falck ’78 (Ridgewood, N.J.) John L. Griffith Jr. ’72 (Princeton, N.J.) Jenelle Mims Marsh ’81 (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Susan Ballantine Molony ’00 (Charlotte, N.C.) James E. Nicholson ’77 (Edina, Minn.) William H. Oast, III ’71A, ’74 (Portsmouth,Va.) Robert W. Ray ’85 (Long Branch, N.J.) Jerrald J. Roehl ’71 (Albuquerque, N.M.) Carla J. Urquhart ’96 (Alexandria, Va.) David G. Weaver ’81 (Roanoke) William A. Worthington ’76 (Houston)
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