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A PRIVACY LEADER Santa Clara Law’s new Privacy Certificate, which includes courses taught by Silicon Valley veteran Scott Shipman J.D. ’99, prepares our students to excel in this rapidly evolving legal field. Page 12
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SKIP HORNE Senior Assistant Dean, External Relations
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ELIZABETH KELLEY GILLOGLY B.A. ’93 Editor
hey say that April showers bring May flowers. If that is true, then what do January, February, and March showers bring? As in many parts of the Golden State, we have experienced lots of wet weather these past few months. While this has meant many days with umbrellas, rain slickers, and extra careful driving, it has resulted in some absolutely beautiful sights around campus with all of the roses, snapdragons, and wisteria in bloom! Even with the rain, the construction crews continue to make excellent progress on our new Law School building, the Howard S. and Alida S. Charney Hall of Law. If you have driven by the Santa Clara University campus lately, you have seen the enormous steel structure that has risen like a phoenix from the construction site. In just a few short months we’ve gone from an empty dirt field to an imposing three-story structure that is quickly taking shape. And if you haven’t been to campus recently, I encourage you to follow the progress of Charney Hall on our 24-hour webcam accessible from our Law School website. I admit that I check the webcam several times a day! In January, we marked another important Charney Hall milestone with our official beam signing and topping off ceremony. While the ritual itself dates back over a thousand years, today as workers prepare to put the last steel beam into place in a new building, they pause for a few minutes to celebrate their achievement by signing their name on the beam—thereby ensuring that their contributions will forever be part of the structure. More than a hundred students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and friends of Santa Clara Law and Santa Clara University attended the outdoor ceremony. Once we added our names to the last beam, the crew hoisted it high above with a crane and welded it into place to a hearty round of applause from all in attendance. We are on track to open the building early next year and plan to hold a few classes in the building so that our 2018 graduates will have the opportunity to experience the new facility before they become alumni. Staff and faculty will relocate over Spring Break, and by next fall we plan to have a number of events commemorating our new home—including an official dedication ceremony to which you’re all invited!
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Santa Clara University School of Law, one of the nation’s most diverse law schools, is dedicated to educating lawyers who lead with a commitment to excellence, ethics, and social justice. Santa Clara Law offers students an academically rigorous program including certificates in high tech law, international law, public interest and social justice law, and privacy law, as well as numerous graduate and joint degree options. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara Law is nationally distinguished for its faculty engagement, preparation for practice, and top-ranked programs in intellectual property. For more information, see law.scu.edu. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the Law Alumni Office by phone at 408-551-1748; email lawalumni@scu.edu or visit law.scu.edu/alumni. Or write Law Alumni Relations & Development, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053. The diverse opinions expressed in Santa Clara Law magazine do not necessarily represent the views of the editor or the official policy of Santa Clara University. Copyright 2017 by Santa Clara University. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
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Santa Clara Law’s new home, the Howard S. and Alida S. Charney Hall of Law, will include a major outdoor plaza named for Leon E. Panetta B.A.’60, J.D. ’63, and his wife, Sylvia.
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Santa Clara Law’s new Privacy Certificate prepares our students to excel in this rapidly evolving legal field.
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Cover: Scott Shipman J.D. ’99, now general counsel for the Smart Communities division of Verizon, started working at eBay right after earning his law degree. There he created some of the first dot-com privacy policies and protocols, and he trained a global team to enforce these rules to protect the privacy of eBay users. He has been a guest speaker in Santa Clara Law classes for many years and became an adjunct professor in 2013, teaching a privacy law course. Photo by Joanne H. Lee.
A Half Century of Peanuts Q & A BY ELIZABETH KELLEY GILLOGLY B.A, ’93
Jason Mendelson J.D. ’08, MBA ’09, and his production company won a 2016 Emmy for a 50th Anniversary Charlie Brown Christmas Special.
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A Privacy Leader
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Jason G. Weiss J.D. ’92 has spent nearly two decades gathering digital evidence for the FBI.
Study Law with Reason and Heart Luis Arriaga, S.J., joins Santa Clara Law as chaplain and human rights scholar.
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2017 Celebration of Achievement Each year, the extended Santa Clara Law community gathers to honor individuals who have made a difference for Santa Clara Law and the greater legal community. Meet this year’s honorees. D EPART M ENT S 2 6 26 31 32
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Above: We couldn't resist sharing this shot from our archives: Leon Panetta B.A. ’60, J.D. ’63, celebrates at 1996 Santa Clara Law Commencement with his son, James Panetta J.D. ’96. Today, there is still a lot to celebrate. Panetta will return to Santa Clara Law to give the 2017 commencement address, a new Law School building will be opening soon with a plaza in honor of the Panettas (see page 8), and James "Jimmy" Panetta was recently elected as a congressman for California’s 20th District.
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n March, the 2017 Katharine & George Alexander Law Prize was awarded to Paul Hoffman, one of the leading human rights lawyers in the United States. He has been involved in many of the most important cases brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), including the cases brought against Ferdinand Marcos and against corporate defendants including Exxon, Chevron, IBM, Ford, and many others. He argued the Sosa v Alvarzez-Machain and Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. He has argued ATS cases in the D.C., Second, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits and in many District Courts. From 1984 to 1994, Hoffman was the legal director of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California. He was lead counsel in Coalition Against Police Abuse v. Board of Police Commissioners (the “police spying” cases), which challenged unlawful surveillance of community activists by the Los Angeles Police Department, and in Wilkinson v. FBI (a challenge to the FBI’s COINTELPRO operation against the National Committee To Abolish HUAC). In 1984, he received the Clarence Darrow Award for outstanding First Amendment advocacy for work in the police spying cases. “Paul Hoffman is a beacon for lawyers everywhere,” says Lisa Kloppenberg, professor and dean of Santa Clara Law. “His work is inspiring the next generation of lawyers who will fight for human rights around the globe. We are thrilled to honor him with this award.” Since 1994, he has been in private practice and since 1999 he has been a partner in Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP. His practice focuses on constitutional and civil rights litigation, including First Amendment, discrimination and privacy litigation, civil and criminal appeals, and international human rights litigation. He is currently the director of the International Human 2 SANTA CLARA LAW | SPRING 2017
Rights Litigation Clinic at U.C. Irvine School of Law where he also teaches in the Civil Rights Litigation and Appellate Litigation Clinics. He has long been active in Amnesty International (AI), including serving as the chair of Amnesty International-USA’s Board twice and serving as the Chair of AI’s International Executive Committee from 2002-04. He is also the cofounder of the Center for Justice and Accountability. He is the author of numerous articles on civil and human rights subjects and is the coauthor of an International Human Rights casebook. A graduate of New York University School of Law, he earned an M.S. degree from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and a B.A. from the City College of New York.
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2017 Alexander Prize Awarded to Leading Human Rights Lawyer
In March, Paul Hoffman received the 2017 Katharine & George Alexander Law Prize, including a cash prize, in honor of his work in human rights.
ABOUT THE PRIZE The first Katharine & George Alexander Law Prize was presented in March 2008 and has been awarded annually thereafter. This award has been made possible through the generosity of Katharine and George Alexander to bring recognition to legal advocates who have used their legal careers to help alleviate injustice and inequity. The hope is that recognition of such individuals will improve the image of lawyers around the world. The winner receives a substantial cash award, visits Santa Clara University to be honored at a ceremony, participates in lectures and classes, and may choose to serve as a teacher, mentor, and scholar for a limited period at Santa Clara Law.
Katharine Alexander practiced law for 25 years as a public defender for Santa Clara County and taught law courses for several years at San Jose State University. The late George Alexander served as professor of law at Santa Clara University for 34 years and as dean of its School of Law for 15 years. Both Katharine and George have dedicated their lives to instilling in students and lawyers a commitment to justice. Their service to humanity serves as a model for other lawyers, and they created the Alexander Prize to inspire future lawyers to fight injustice. For more information, including a list of past recipients and how to nominate a future recipient, see law.scu.edu/ alexanderprize.
Colleen Chien Awarded Young Scholar Medal by The American Law Institute
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on the use of patents to extract money from others rather than commercialize technology—has been the basis of studies and policy initiatives by the White House, the Federal Trade Commission, and Congress (in the America Invents Act), and the term has been referred to thousands of times by academic and news sources. Policy recommendations that she and her co-authors, in law review articles and other fora, have been adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court, in Congressional bills, at the US Patent and Trade Office, and by 32 states. Chien joined the Santa Clara Law faculty in 2007. Prior to that, she was an associate and then special counsel at
Fenwick & West LLP in San Francisco. She has been a fellow at the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences, and visiting senior scholar at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law and Technology. She also worked as a strategy consultant at Dean and Company, a spacecraft engineer at NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab, and an investigative journalist at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (as a Fulbright Scholar). She earned her J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, and an A.B. and B.S. in engineering from Stanford University, with distinction and honors.
Santa Clara Law Professor Colleen Chien focuses her scholarship on domestic and international patent law and policy issues, and she has already played an important role in helping to formulate public policy on intellectual property and innovation, privacy, open government, and civil liberties.
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anta Clara Law Associate Professor of Law Colleen V. Chien has been named a Young Scholar by The American Law Institute (ali.org). The American Law Institute is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and improve the law. The ALI drafts, discusses, revises, and publishes Restatements of the Law, Model Codes, and Principles of Law that are enormously influential in the courts and legislatures, as well as in legal scholarship and education. Professor Chien was named one of two recipients. The award is presented every other year at the Institute’s Annual Meeting to one or two outstanding early-career law professors whose work has the potential to influence improvements in the law. “These two extraordinary professors have already had an impact on important legal issues,” said the chair of the Young Scholars Medal Selection Committee, Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar of the California Supreme Court. “Professor Chien’s work in intellectual property law has already helped shape governmental policy around innovation.” Chien’s scholarship focuses on domestic and international patent law and policy issues, and she has already played an important role in helping to formulate public policy on intellectual property and innovation, privacy, open government, and civil liberties. From 2013-15, she served as a Senior Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer of the United States on Intellectual Property and Innovation in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where her work ranged from advancing open data policies to increasing access to pediatric AIDS medicines. Having testified twice before the House Judiciary Committee and numerous times before other federal agencies, Chien coined the now-ubiquitous term “patent assertion entity” in 2010. Her work on patent assertion business models—which rely
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Santa Clara Law Graduate Receives National Award in IP
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“I learned early on that our alumni carry the SCU values to their practice and are approachable and open to mentoring and coaching the students.... Santa Clara Law’s excellent reputation in Silicon Valley’s legal community has been developed over many years by the hard work, skill, and intelligence of its alumni. This is a priceless advantage for the students.”
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n October, Santa Clara University School of Law graduate Azadeh Morrison J.D. ’16 was named the winner of the annual Jan Jancin Award for the top intellectual-property law student in the nation. The award is given by the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation (AIPLEF) of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) to the top law student in the nation who has most excelled in the study of IP law. Morrison is the third Santa Clara Law graduate to receive the award since AIPLEF began awarding it in 1998. Sarah Mirza J.D. ’15 won the award in 2015, and Linda Wuestehube Kahl J.D. ’10 won in 2010. In addition, Nancy Cheng J.D. ’11 won the Past President’s Award from AIPLEF in 2011 (considered to be the runner-up to the Jan Jancin). Santa Clara Law Dean Lisa Kloppenberg congratulated Morrison on the award. “We are so proud of Azadeh for this outstanding achievement, and we congratulate her on her continued success and wish her all the best in her career,” said Kloppenberg. “Santa Clara Law is proud that so many of our graduates have been honored with this award, and I deeply appreciate the faculty, staff, alumni, and donors who have worked diligently to keep our IP program a robust training ground and one of the best in the nation.” Morrison holds an M.S. in chemical engineering from San Jose State University, and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Iran. Morrison earned her J.D. in 2016 from Santa Clara Law, where she served as a fellow in the Academic Success Program and also served as the Associate Editor of the High Tech Law Journal. While a law student, she was on the Dean’s List and received several other awards, including the CALI Excellence for the Future Award, the Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, the High Tech Excellence Award, and the
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Inez Mabie Award for the Outstanding Graduate in 2016. She also worked as an intern in the Entrepreneurs’ Law Clinic and as a judicial extern for the Hon. Lucy H. Koh, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. On November 1, Morrison joined the patent litigation group at Cooley in Palo Alto. Morrison says she is grateful for her experience at Santa Clara Law. “Santa Clara Law is not just a law school—it’s a community of people dedicated to your success. If you are willing to work hard and use the resources available to you, the sky is the limit. “The unique practical courses offered under the high tech program are invaluable in preparing students for a real-life career in IP,” adds Morrison. “In short, Santa Clara Law students learn by
doing, a fact that many employers are aware of and appreciate. In addition, our IP faculty are not only well-recognized scholars in their fields, they take time to get to know students, mentor them, and provide guidance in law school and even after graduation.” In addition, Morrison says she appreciates the extensive Santa Clara Law alumni network. “I learned early on that our alumni carry the SCU values to their practice and are approachable and open to mentoring and coaching the students,” she says. Plus, she adds, “Santa Clara Law’s excellent reputation in Silicon Valley’s legal community has been developed over many years by the hard work, skill, and intelligence of its alumni. This is a priceless advantage for the students.”
Updated Advisory Board to Boost Leadership, Networking
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ith the completion of Charney Hall scheduled for 2018 and a number of new initiatives on the horizon, Santa Clara Law has transitioned its Board of Visitors into a new Law Advisory Board, a more vital and active advisory group to help the Law School address the many challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. The Law Advisory Board held its first meeting on April 27 under the leadership of a newly appointed Executive Committee. Colleen T. Davies-Ronan J.D. ’83 is serving a three-year term as Chair, and Paul L. “Chip” Lion III J.D. ’82 is Vice Chair. The Executive Committee also includes The Honorable Edward J. Davila, Donald J. Eaton B.S. ’59, J.D. ’64, Andrew Kryder B.S. ’74, MBA/J.D. ’77 and Dr. Carol Stratford J.D. ’95. “During my tenure as Dean, I have benefited greatly from the advice, ideas, and support of the members of the Board of Visitors,” said Santa Clara Law Dean and Professor Lisa Kloppenberg. “As we LAW ADVISORY BOARD Chair Colleen T. Davies J.D. ’83* Reed Smith San Francisco Vice Chair Paul ‘Chip’ L. Lion III J.D. ’82* Morrison & Foerster Palo Alto, CA Dorian E. Daley J.D. ’86 Oracle Corporation Redwood Shores, CA The Honorable Edward J. Davila* United States District Court, Northern District of California San Jose, CA Donald J. Eaton B.S. ’59, J.D. ’64* Seros Medical, LLC Palo Alto, CA Gary M. Galton Accord Mediation LLC Palm Desert, CA
move forward, our new vision calls for a much leaner Law Advisory Board with more defined responsibilities, committee work, networking, fundraising, and leadership.” Law Advisory Board members will serve as volunteers, advisors, and ambassadors for the Law School: advising on key initiatives, providing leadership and service for strategic fundraising priorities, serving as a bridge to the legal and business communities of Silicon Valley, and advocating for a holistic, Jesuit-centered approach to legal education and service to humanity. “We also hope to have Law Advisory Board members participate in a number of activities involving students, faculty, and staff that increase the visibility and reputation of Santa Clara Law in the community and beyond,” said Skip Horne, Senior Assistant Dean for External Relations. Kloppenberg and Horne will be working closely with the Executive Committee to establish a number of
standing and ad hoc committees focusing on high priorities for the Law School, including scholarships, employment opportunities, and outreach to prospective students. In tandem with the launch of the Law Advisory Board, the Law School has created an Emeritus board consisting of many former members of the Board of Visitors. “These individuals have faithfully served us for many years—in some cases decades—and we want to continue to honor their commitment to the Law School,” said Kloppenberg. Emeritus members are among a distinguished group of long-serving and highly supportive members of the Law School community. “We will continue to engage this exceptional group of alumni and friends by inviting them to join us at select Law School functions and activities throughout the year,” said Horne. For more information, see law.scu.edu/ about/law-advisory-board/.
Omar Habbas J.D. ’85 Habbas & Associates San Jose, CA
Dr. Carol A. Stratford J.D. ’95* Stratford Law Los Altos, CA
Andrew L. Kryder B.S. ’74, J.D./MBA ’77* NetApp (retired) Saratoga, CA
Stephen H. Sutro J.D. ’94 Duane Morris LLP San Francisco
Frank D. Nguyen J.D. ’94 Intuitive Surgical Inc. Sunnyvale, CA
Margarita Chavez Tatro B.S. ’94, J.D. ’97 AbbVie Biotech Ventures Chicago, IL
The Honorable Risë Jones Pichon B.S. ’73, J.D. ’76 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara San Jose, CA
David J. Tsai J.D. ’06 Vinson & Elkins LLP San Francisco and Taipei City, Taiwan R.O.C.
David A. Rishwain B.S. ’88, J.D. ’91 Rishwain & Rishwain Stockton, CA
Gordon T. Yamate J.D. ’80 Knight Ridder (retired) Los Gatos, CA
Scott R. Shipman J.D. ’99 Verizon Sunnyvale, CA
Ex Officio Michael L. Gencarella J.D. ’97 President, Law Alumni Association Womble Carlyle Palo Alto, CA
Terrance L. Stinnett J.D. ’69 Fremont Bank Fremont, CA
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Lisa Kloppenberg, professor and dean of Santa Clara Law, and Michael Engh, S.J., president of SCU, were the first of many faculty, staff, students, and alumni to sign the beam before it was placed in the new Charney Hall.
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n late 2014, the generous $10M gift from Alida Schoolmaster Charney and Howard Charney MBA ’73, J.D. ’77, launched the Charney Challenge to inspire additional gifts for the law school building project fund from alumni, donors, and friends of Santa Clara Law. The Charneys agreed to match all gifts and pledges to the new Law School building to a sum of $5 million. “We are so grateful to our many alumni donors, friends, faculty, staff, businesses, and firms who contributed to the Charney Challenge, and we are thrilled that as of October 2016, we have met and completed the challenge,” says Lisa Kloppenberg, professor and dean of Santa Clara Law. “The leadership gift from the Charneys was truly inspiring 6 SANTA CLARA LAW | SPRING 2017
to our entire community, and we are so grateful for their investment in the future graduates of Santa Clara Law.” The construction of Charney Hall is well underway, and the school celebrated a topping off ceremony on January 27, where the final top beam was put into place. Santa Clara University President Michael Engh, S.J., was in attendance as well as faculty, staff, donors, and alumni, many of whom had the honor of signing the beam before it was placed. “What a thrill it is to see this building take its place in the professional neighborhood near the Leavey School of Business,” says Kloppenberg. “The excitement for this new beginning is palpable. We can already feel the enthusiasm and energy that this new building will bring
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to all of our programs, and we look forward to making it our new home in early 2018.” To watch the building’s progress, visit our web site for a link to the Charney Hall webcam: law.scu.edu/sclaw.
An Immigrant Alumna Gives Back in Gratitude Margarita Chavez B.S. ’94, J.D. ’97 Makes a Financial Gift and Donates Her Time on the Law Advisory Board.
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everal months ago, Margarita Chavez B.S. ’94, J.D. ’97 received a call from a Santa Clara University undergrad through the SCU Call Center. The call came at a time when Margarita and her husband, Mark Tatro, were looking for the right vehicle to give back in a way that would have a meaningful, positive impact in other people’s lives. Recognizing that SCU made an investment in Margarita that had a powerful and lasting impact, Mark and Margarita decided to make an investment in SCU, through a generous gift to the Santa Clara Law Faculty and Staff Scholarship Fund. Margarita’s family emigrated from the Philippines to San Francisco right after its People’s Revolution. It was the end of a 25-year dictatorship and “the country was a mess,” she says. Because her great-grandfather was from Bowling Green, Kentucky, the family was able to get residency and ultimately citizenship in the U.S. She was a senior in high school when they moved. “I had no clue how I could ever to go to college, much less law school. I worked full-time after graduating from high school and took a couple of years off between my sophomore and junior years of college to help pay the bills. Frankly, I did not look that great on paper. SCU nonetheless gave me a chance as an undergraduate and Santa Clara Law invested in me. My husband, Mark, and I believe that, if we provide our support, it will enable SCU to give another hopeful immigrant like me the chance at making a difference for themselves and their community.” Margarita is currently managing director at AbbVie Ventures in Chicago. She began working at Abbott Pharmaceuticals in 2004, as senior counsel. She was then asked by Abbott’s head of business development to join their Business Development and Acquisitions group in
Margarita Chavez B.S. ’94, J.D. ’97, and Mark Tatro at home with their rescue rockstars, Coco & Q.
Chicago. After several years in that role, she was then given the opportunity to join the newly formed Abbott Biotech Ventures in 2010. She has been in the venture group since, although now as part of AbbVie. Before joining Abbott, Margarita practiced as a corporate and securities lawyer in Silicon Valley with Brobeck Phleger & Harrison. Margarita says she enjoys being part of a small venture team within a Fortune 100 biopharma company, investing in biotechs with “novel science and the potential to deliver transformational therapies to patients with cancer, autoimmune, and neurodegenerative diseases.” She treasures the relationships she made at Santa Clara Law. “I met these three awesome women who have become my dearest friends, Madeleine Randal, Susan (Smith) Masetti, and Megan Comport, all from the Law School class of 1997,” she says. She also greatly enjoyed working on the Small Business
Consulting Group with the East San Jose Law Center (now the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center). “We got initial funding and started working with a couple of family-owned small businesses. It gave me the chance to work with people who probably had it even harder than I did and who were trying to make a better life for themselves. It also made me realize that I liked the creativity that you get to exercise more on the business side.” In addition, she is a member of the newly restructured Law Advisory Board (see page 5). “I am looking forward to the opportunity to work with Dean Kloppenberg and other Advisory Board members towards enabling the next generation of Santa Clara Law grads to not just be capable lawyers but be compassionate partners for their clients,” she says. “I am also hoping I get the chance to work with some of the students.”
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PANETTA PLAZA Gathering Space Honors Two Longtime Supporters BY ELIZABETH KELLEY GILLOGLY B.A. ’93
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he Howard S. and Alida S. Charney Hall of Law, a 96,000-square-foot facility that will soon be the new home of Santa Clara Law, will include a major outdoor plaza named for Leon E. Panetta B.A. ’60, J.D. ’63, and his wife, Sylvia, who have been longtime supporters of the school. Located at the south entrance to Charney Hall near the gateway to the SCU campus, Panetta Plaza will serve as a prominent gathering point for the Law School community including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends. The new facility is under construction now and is slated to open in early 2018. “I am so proud that Santa Clara Law’s new building, Charney Hall, will have this beautiful plaza named for one of our school’s most distinguished and supportive graduates, Leon Panetta, and his wife Sylvia,” said Santa Clara Law Dean and Professor Lisa Kloppenberg. “We are so grateful to the Panettas for their bold and ongoing support of Santa Clara University and the Law School, 8 SANTA CLARA LAW | SPRING 2017
including strong leadership and vision for our future, service on our leadership boards, teaching our law students about public policy, mentoring our students through the Panetta Institute Fellowships, and generous financial support of our programs.” “Leon and Sylvia are models of public service for all our graduates,” says SCU President Michael Engh, S.J. “One of Santa Clara University’s most outstanding alumni, Leon Panetta has dedicated his life to public serviceas a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and in high-ranking leadership roles under two U.S. presidents. Sylvia has been his stalwart partner by his side throughout his career. We are fortunate to count L eon and Sylvia among Santa Clara’s treasured friends, and we are honored to name this new plaza in honor of t hem.” Leon Edward Panetta began his long and distinguished public service career in 1964 as a U.S. Army intelligence officer, receiving the Army Commendation
Medal. Upon his discharge, he served in Washington as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senate minority whip Tom Kuchel of California. In 1969, Panetta was appointed director of the U.S. Office for Civil Rights, and later he served as executive assistant to the mayor of New York City. He returned to Monterey, where he practiced law until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, and he represented his district for 16 years. Under President Clinton, Panetta served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993-4) and White House Chief of Staff (1994-7). He returned to California in 1997 and, with his wife, Sylvia, established The Panetta Institute for Public Policy, based at California State University, Monterey Bay (panettainstitute.org). He served in the Obama Administration as U.S. Secretary of Defense from 2011-13, and as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2009-11. The recipient of hundreds of awards and honors, Panetta has been a member
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of numerous boards and commissions during his career, including his current service on the boards of directors for Oracle and Blue Shield of California. He previously served as Distinguished Scholar to Chancellor Charles B. Reed of the California State University System and professor of public policy at Santa Clara University, and he served on SCU’s Board of Trustees from 1988 to 2009. He is the author of Worthy Fights (Penguin, 2014), a memoir about his life in public service. Panetta earned a B.A. in political science and a J.D., both from Santa Clara University. Sylvia, who is the driving force behind the Panetta Institute, studied prenursing and humanities at Dominican College in 1958-59, and she graduated from St. Joseph’s College of Nursing in San Francisco in 1962. She later studied humanities at Monterey Peninsula College in 1973-74 and went on to study as a humanities major at Sonoma State University in 1974-75. From 1977 to 1993, she directed five Congressional
“Leon and Sylvia are models of public service for all our graduates,” says SCU President Michael Engh, S.J. “One of Santa Clara University’s most outstanding alumni, Leon Panetta has dedicated his life to public servicea s a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and in high-ranking leadership roles under two U.S. presidents. Sylvia has been his stalwart partner by his side throughout his career. We are fortunate to count Leon and Sylvia among Santa Clara’s treasured friends, and we are honored to name this new plaza in honor of them.” district offices in the 16th (now 20th) Congressional District as a volunteer for Leon Panetta. She also directed each of his re-election campaigns from 1980 to 1992. Leon and Sylvia Panetta have three sons, Christopher, Carmelo, and James J.D. ’96 (who was sworn in to Congress representing Monterey County in January), and six grandchildren. “Santa Clara University is a place that is very close to my heart,” said Leon Panetta. “I spent many wonderful years at SCU as a student and, during the five
decades since then, my family’s connection to this great University has only grown stronger. Sylvia and I are honored to have this plaza named for us in this bold and exciting new home for Santa Clara Law. We look forward to gathering and celebrating with our community when the new building opens and at the many milestones in the future.” For more information on the new law school building and the latest strategic plan, see law.scu.edu/about-us-a-boldvision/.
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Study Law with Reason and Heart Luis Arriaga, S.J., Joins Santa Clara Law as Chaplain and Human Rights Scholar. BY ELIZABETH KELLEY GILLOGLY B.A. ’93
“Study the law not only with reason but also with heart,” says Luis Arriaga Valenzuela, S.J., who has joined Santa Clara Law as chaplain and as a human rights scholar. “We are delighted to welcome Fr. Arriaga to our community,” said Santa Clara Law Dean and Professor Lisa Kloppenberg. “He has already made a positive impact on students with the ‘Jesuit Values’ series, and he is a tremendous resource on human rights issues.” A Jesuit priest, licensed as an attorney at law in Mexico by Iberoamerican University, Tijuana, Arriaga has a master’s degree in social philosophy from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (known in English as the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education) in Guadalajara, Mexico, and a master’s degree in international law from Fordham University School of Law. He is licensed in religious sciences by Iberoamerican University, Mexico City, and also holds a doctorate degree in education for social justice from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. Arriaga has worked to defend and promote human rights with various organizations, including the Center of Reflection and Action of Labor, Cultural and Educational Standards in Guadalajara, Jalisco; The Ignatius Loyola Migrant and Refugee Association; the Legal Rights Center for the Indigenous in Chiapas; and the Center of Justice and International Law in Washington D.C. He was the Director of the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center from 2006 to 2011 in Mexico City. He has published numerous articles in periodicals dedicated to human rights issues and has served as lecturer and member of the International Human 10 SANTA CLARA LAW | SPRING 2017
Rights Clinic at the Loyola Law School of the Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In addition to his work at Santa Clara Law, he also holds the position of Post-doctoral Fellow at the Human Rights Center of the Stanford University Law School. In October 2016, Arriaga was honored with the Center for Reconciliation and Justice Hidden Heroes Award by Loyola Marymount University, which honors faculty, staff, students, and alumni who exemplify justice and reconciliation in their lives. Each recipient is honored through the telling of their story in a dramatic performance which highlights their mission of building bridges to repair human relationships. Q&A WITH LUIS ARRIAGA How are you spending your time at Santa Clara? This is really a great community and I feel very grateful to have the opportunity to interact with students, faculty, and staff here. I am combining my postdoctoral research studies here with the position at the Stanford Human Rights Center. The continuing violations of human rights worldwide demand that humanity makes serious efforts to stop or at least attempt to curtail these violations. I am only one in the sea of humanity, but personally I can make a more meaningful difference if I can acquire more effective tools. I plan to publish academic articles about human rights as well as articles that address the contributions of the Jesuits to human rights in Mexico. Also, I have agreements with Seattle University and Loyola Law School in Los Angeles to serve as a guest lecturer, to assist during
seminars, and to dialogue with professors in my field. Also, I have been invited to participate in the XII Forum of Human Rights of the Jesuit University System in Mexico. If possible, I would like to organize with the law students some presentations about the work of the Jesuits in social justice. What intrigues you about working with law students? I very much enjoy working with law students. I have done this for many years, working in Mexican universities and law schools, and my own wellbeing has been enriched by their contributions. It is work that I believe is part of my vocation as a Jesuit, as I feel I make contributions by sharing the Ignatian Spirituality Exercises with the students. The professor does not try to transmit knowledge or a doctrine, but a method of thought, and the possibility of growth for which the student can assume personal responsibility for his/her own personal history. I believe a major challenge I have as a chaplain is the need for offering personal support and developing an environment of trust to enhance the knowledge of the law so that it may bloom within the students. It is important to study the law not only with reason but also with heart. Which areas of human rights challenge you the most? Which areas have you focused on in your work? Human rights are instruments to fight against all that renders vulnerable human dignity: for example the right to an education or the rights of those of various groups which are oppressed
“I am especially moved and challenged by those who have been affected by poverty and inequality in the world,” says Luis Arriaga, S.J. J O A N N E H . L EE
such as women, the indigenous, youth, and children. Within all these groups there is constant exposure to pain by those who are discriminated against of every category: gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or economic status. But above that, it is most important that we prevent or repair the damage which those in these groups suffer to their dignity. I have worked in the field of human rights for approximately 20 years. I am especially moved and challenged by those who have been affected by poverty and inequality in the world. In my earlier years, as a Jesuit, I had pastoral assignments in Southern Chiapas near the Mexican and Guatemalan border, and I assisted the indigenous people, Tseltales, in the development of a minor crimes criminal justice system in their own language. As Director of Center Prodh for five years, I carried out some legal cases that contributed to Mexico’s democratic society. I have coordinated diverse strategic litigation for human rights violations cases at domestic and international levels, including before the Interamerican Court. Three cases in which I have significantly participated are the cases of Cabrera and Montiel, San Salvador Atenco, and Jacinta Francisco Marcial. Cabrera and Montiel were ecological peasants who were tortured by the Mexican army. The court again ordered the Mexican government to change its practices that violate human rights, including the use of military jurisdiction and policing of the lay population. In the Atenco case, the evidence proved sexual torture of women and exemplified the practice of the criminalization of social protest. Finally, in the case of the indigenous woman, triple discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, and social status was demonstrated as inherent in the criminal justice system.
What do you feel are the advantages and challenges of this region—Silicon Valley? I think that for us, as educators of future generations, this area represents a great challenge. That is the urgency that I try to address together with other Jesuits and non-Jesuits, to work toward helping to build a just society that includes the legal field. We are blessed by the fact that many, if not all, of the students here are greatly motivated to make significant contributions to the United States and to the world as a result of their education. I believe that being in this area, we face a special challenge of helping to build such a just society by encouraging the use of the law toward justice, not just for commercial purposes. We Jesuits must encourage the use of great technological advances to be used also to address social inequality.
Why do you feel called to be a chaplain? What do you find most rewarding about that work? My vocation, in summary, is the defense of human dignity and to put my talents at the service of this community. I believe that being a chaplain or professor is a medium to be able to realize my vocation of loving and servicing a community, which in my case is the community of law students and attorneys. What do you like to do for fun? I don’t have a lot of time for fun, but when I have some time, I like to read novels, to travel or walk in areas of beautiful nature, and I enjoy the practice of yoga.
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“The kind of unusual thing about privacy as a legal subject is that it’s also a political subject. There are a lot of ethical and moral
views about the importance of the individual, and why individuals need to have privacy in order to be creative and innovative. To the extent that privacy is not protected, society loses in terms of individual thought and creativity.”
—SANTA CLARA LAW PROFESSOR DOROTHY GLANCY, from “How a Law Seminar Inspired a Student to Bring a Case to Europe’s Top Court,” an interview in the Chronicle of Higher Education, October 7, 2015
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A PRIVACY LEADER Santa Clara Law Trains Privacy Law Professionals. BY ELIZABETH KELLEY GILLOGLY B.A. ’93
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PRIVACY TRAINING GROUND In 1975, the Internet as we know it was not yet born, but Santa Clara Law students began studying privacy law that year, when Professor Dorothy Glancy brought one of the first privacy law courses in the country to Santa Clara. She had come from working on privacy in the context of the Watergate investigations by the United States Senate, where she was privacy counsel who specialized in technological threats to privacy. Her privacy mentor was Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr., who chaired the Watergate hearings in the Senate. (see sidebar, page 17.) Fast forward to the early 2000s, and Scott Shipman J.D. ’99, then corporate counsel at eBay, says he realized “there just weren’t enough privacy experts to go around.” Shipman had taken technology courses at Santa Clara Law such as Cyberspace Law and Digital Law.com, but Internet privacy wasn’t something being taught anywhere. Based on the needs of eBay, he self-taught by researching global privacy laws and subsequently implemented one of the earliest in-house privacy programs for a digital economy company. He created some of the first dot-com privacy policies and protocols while at eBay and trained a global team to enforce these rules to protect the privacy of eBay users.
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Scott Shipman became a frequent guest in Professor Dorothy Glancy’s Privacy Law class at Santa Clara Law, where he, along with other Silicon Valley privacy lawyers, would share with students his frontline experience as a chief privacy officer at a major, global company. “After each of my talks, students always approached me and asked: ‘Do you have internships? How do I learn what you do?’” Shipman recalls. “I started recommending that students join the International Association of Privacy Professionals. It is not restricted to lawyers—you can join as a student, and there is a lot of good legal content there.” Zoom ahead to 2007-08. “I now have a dedicated privacy team at eBay,” recalls Shipman, “and I am losing people to other technology companies because eBay has a great reputation for privacy. So I am serving as the training ground for the privacy field…but I needed a training ground for my training ground.” Shipman-trained eBay privacy alumni have gone on to lead or manage privacy programs at top companies such as Skype, PayPal, Gap, WorkDay, Westfield, Rakuten, QVC, UpWork, Facebook, TD Bank, Target, and many others. RIGHT PROGRAM IN THE RIGHT LOCATION Shipman and Eric Goldman, Santa Clara Law professor and co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, had been talking about creating a privacy training program at Santa Clara Law. Goldman, an internationally recognized expert in Internet, IP, and advertising law, teaches and has authored casebooks on Internet law and advertising and marketing law, both of which cover privacy.
SANTA CLARA LAW PRIVACY LAW FACULTY • Professor David Friedman, a law and economic scholar • Professor Dorothy Glancy, nationally known for her extensive work in the area of privacy law and transportation law (see page 17) • Professor Eric Goldman, internationally recognized expert in Internet, IP, and advertising law • Professor Allan Hammond, director of the Law and Public Policy Program at SCU’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society and director of the Broadband Institute of California • Professor Michelle Oberman, who teaches Health Law and Criminal Law • Professor Tyler Ochoa, co-author of the casebook, Celebrity Rights: Rights of Publicity and Related Rights in the United States and Abroad • Professor Catherine Sandoval, who served as a Commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and teaches the school’s Broadcasting course
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He frequently addresses Internet privacy on his Technology and Marketing Law blog (blog. ericgoldman.org). With privacy thought leaders on the faculty (see box below left), and a respected legal program with a top-notch high-tech specialization located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara Law seemed to be the perfect place for a privacy law program. As Goldman says, “We are at the epicenter of the dot-com revolution, and this revolution is powered by data. There are a lot of questions about how that data can be disseminated and used, and every employer in our community is struggling with those questions. Our market was demanding more specialists in privacy. Our employers were pushing for it.” First offered in the 2014-15 academic year, the Privacy Law Certificate requires that students complete extensive coursework; participate in professional fieldwork on privacy issues (more on that below); publish a paper on privacy topics; and obtain a certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). THE EXPLODING MARKET FOR PRIVACY PROFESSIONALS Privacy has always been an important part of life, but now privacy issues and data breaches are in the news every day. The more smart technology we have and the more personal data we share with technologies and online entities, the greater the likelihood this data will be compromised, misused, or stolen. Due to the evolution of the new digital economy, where companies manage massive amounts of personal data, the job market for legal professionals who specialize in privacy is one of the fastest growing fields in law. But that job market is about to explode, thanks to the increasing amount of privacy legislation being enacted in the United States and abroad. For example, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a major and complex new regulation that is designed to strengthen and unify data protection in the EU, with a host of new and stricter rules, including a requirement that businesses that process personal information have a data protection officer on staff. Because so many U.S.-based companies are global, this regulation will apply to thousands of domestic companies, and it may even become a de facto global standard. The IAPP estimates that the GDPR will create the need for 28,000 new data protection officers in Europe and the U.S. by 2018.
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Scott Shipman J.D. ’99 says he loves teaching and working with students. “It is an absolute joy and pleasure for me to help students find something they love to do in a field where they have a high likelihood of landing a job quickly out of school,” he says. “Santa Clara Law’s Privacy Law Certificate helps students be at the front of the queue for any position that opens up,” says Goldman. “Our students can tell a more persuasive and coherent story about their privacy experience than other students.” (For more on what makes the certificate unique, see page 32.)
When Santa Clara announced the new certificate, Omer Tene, vice president of research and education for the IAPP, said, “We’re excited about Santa Clara Law’s efforts. At a time when data is becoming the most valuable currency in the information economy, the need for well-qualified professionals who understand global information management practices and the need to safeguard data is growing exponentially. Our members are eager to welcome these students to the privacy community.” Santa Clara Law has recently announced that LL.M. candidates can also earn the Privacy Law Certificate while supplementing their legal education with an LL.M. in Intellectual Property or International and Comparative Law (see back cover for details). MENTORING IS CRITICAL Scott Shipman spent 16 years at eBay and until recently was general counsel and chief privacy officer at Sensity Systems. Since Sensity was
Scott Shipman J.D. ’99, now general counsel for the Smart Communities division of Verizon, started working at eBay right after earning his law degree. There he created some of the first dot-com privacy policies and protocols, and he trained a global team to enforce these rules. He has been a guest speaker in Santa Clara Law classes for many years and became an adjunct professor in 2013, teaching privacy law to the next generation. He also serves on the Santa Clara Law Advisory Board.
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acquired by Verizon, Shipman is now general counsel for the Smart Communities division of Verizon. And he still makes time to teach privacy courses at Santa Clara Law, playing his part in the training ground for the next practice-ready privacy professionals. An adjunct faculty member since 2013, Shipman taught Comparative Privacy Law this spring. “I begin my first class with a question: How many people have jobs lined up when you graduate? Often the result is roughly two out of 20 students. Then I ask: How many want a job when you graduate? Good news. You are in the final class of earning your privacy law certificate, and this field can’t hire enough privacy people fast enough.”
“Santa Clara Law’s Privacy Law Certificate helps students be at the front of the queue for any position that opens up. Our students can tell a more persuasive and coherent story about their privacy experience than other students.” —ERIC GOLDMAN , Santa Clara Law professor, co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, and supervisor of the Privacy Law Certificate
Then Shipman makes his students a promise: “If you commit to come see me and work with me, I will get you a job. I have been very successful in placing my students in internships in many leading companies in the Bay Area.” Shipman says he loves teaching and working with students. “It is an absolute joy and pleasure for me to help students find something they love to do in a field where they have a high likelihood of landing a job quickly out of school,” he says. Shipman himself was fortunate to receive this kind of strong mentoring himself while a law student. “Santa Clara Law introduced me to intellectual property and privacy law, fueled my passion for high-tech, and connected me with companies in Silicon Valley like eBay, which laid the cornerstone for my legal career,” says Shipman. Santa Clara Law professor Eric Goldman
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had Shipman as a student, and Goldman helped Shipman land that first and pivotal job at eBay. “Scott is the dean of the privacy law practitioner community,” says Goldman. “He has been doing it longer than just about anyone in the Valley. He is a major node in the privacy network in our local community and across the globe. Everyone knows him! We rely on him to be our eyes and ears as to what is going on in the privacy community.” As Shipman’s own experience shows, enabling students to have the deep and practical experience and networking that one can only gain in an internship is a critical piece of any career, and that is why it is built into the requirements for the Privacy Law Certificate. Certificate candidates are required to complete 150 hours of experiential learning in privacy, through an intern/externship, clinic, or paid work that focuses on privacy issues. Recent Santa Clara Law student internship placements include TRUSTe, Adobe, Mozilla, New Relic, Smaato, BoosterFuels, Sony Playstation, Oracle, Sensity Systems, and Facebook. STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES Santa Clara Law offers many other groups and programs that enhance the educational opportunities for law students earning their Privacy Law Certificate, including the Student Intellectual Property Law Association, the Computer and High Tech Law Journal, and student chapters of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and American Civil Liberties Union. In addition, privacy law students can also join the Privacy Law Student Organization (PLSO), a vibrant student organization founded in 2014 and dedicated to the study and discussion of modern issues of privacy law. As it promotes interaction and debate about privacy topics, the PLSO enables Santa Clara Law students to pave their way to a career in privacy through deepening their knowledge and networking with attorneys and specialists. Perhaps not surprisingly, in super-connected Silicon Valley style, the Privacy Law Certificate Program also has a Facebook page, a LinkedIn group, a Twitter feed, a web page, and an email list. Glancy, Goldman, the High Tech Law Institute staff, and others ensure that students have a wealth of resources and information available to them on privacy issues, networking events, and internship and job leads.
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PROFESSOR DOROTHY GLANCY “Teaching privacy law at Santa Clara Law has involved working with some of the brightest minds in technology, who also happen to be our graduates and law students.”
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Professor Dorothy Glancy, who holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a B.A. from Wellesley College, has taught at Santa Clara Law since 1975, but she was focusing on privacy long before that. “I started working on privacy law issues while I was in law school,” says Glancy. “Professor Charles Nesson offered a seminar in reaction to government surveillance of opponents to the Vietnam War. I also studied privacy jurisprudence with Professor Charles Fried. At that time, what was known as ‘automated data processing’ was in its infancy, but some of us were certain that it would radically change our analog ways of doing things into a digital world.” Glancy is nationally known for her extensive work in the area of privacy law and transportation law. For example, under a grant from the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, she directed a legal research project regarding privacy and intelligent transportation systems. She has also been a consultant to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
(MTC) in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked with the United States Department of Transportation regarding privacy policy issues, and served as a consultant regarding legal and regulatory issues for the United States Department of Transportation’s Rural Interstate Corridor Communications Study Report to Congress (2007). “Dorothy is an influential pioneer in the privacy community. She has taught privacy law to virtually every Santa Clara Law alum working in the field,” says Professor Eric Goldman, co-director of the High Tech Law Institute. “Her scholarly work addressed privacy matters before most people even recognized the privacy discipline, and she is making globally important and cuttingedge contributions to transportation privacy policy.” Glancy says she enjoys her work with students. “Teaching privacy law at Santa Clara Law has involved working with some of the brightest minds in technology, who also happen to be our graduates and law students,” she says.
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Among the first Santa Clara Law graduates to earn the Privacy Law Certificate are (from left) Emily Yu J.D. ’15, Sona Makker J.D. ’16, and Joseph Mazzella J.D./MBA ’15. All three have landed jobs in the privacy sector.
MEET THE GRADUATES “The real heroes in this story are the students,” says Goldman. “As of 2016, there were eight individuals who have earned the Privacy Law Certificate, and they are really remarkable individuals who have gone out and already become leaders in the field.” Here are three recent Santa Clara Law alumni who earned the Privacy Law Certificate. EMILY YU J.D. ’15, Privacy Solutions Manager, TRUSTe “The Privacy Law Certificate prepared me with a strong understanding of data privacy laws and regulations, which I apply on a regular basis at my job,” says Emily Yu, a privacy solutions manager at TRUSTe, a company that advises on and certifies organizations’ data privacy practices. “My work experience with TRUSTe includes assisting companies with certifying that they comply with all pertinent regulations,” says Yu, adding “I have also managed internal privacy impact assessments on behalf of a healthcare client as part of our managed services offering.” Yu says she valued the frequent information from the privacy law program on externships, internships, fellowships, and employment opportunities that she received while she was a student, and
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that is how she found out about the externship opportunity with TRUSTe. “With General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) slated for 2018, right now is a great time to enter the privacy law field. The Privacy Law Certificate provides you with an advantage over other candidates in the legal job market. By completing the requirements for the certificate, you will have one publication, experience from a privacy-focused extern/internship, and the scholastic knowledge of privacy frameworks and current issues. The job market for lawyers can be rough; new graduates sometimes struggle to find jobs in the fields of their choice. For privacy, many of the alums that I have spoken to were able to obtain positions in privacy after graduation.” Yu says she is grateful for the many ways in which the Office of Career Management helped her. “They had a great program that would pair you with SCU alumni in various legal positions. I still keep in touch with those attorneys regarding my career interests,” she says. “I also highly recommend the externship program. TRUSTe has had great success working with Santa Clara Law students, and I know that I would not be working at TRUSTe had I not participated in this program.”
SONA MAKKER J.D. ’16, Privacy and Public Policy Specialist, Facebook After law school, Sona Makker says she was eager to work in-house and focus her practice in the privacy and data protection arena. She started off at a startup, Sensity Systems, working directly with the chief privacy officer to build a privacy compliance program, and then she landed a position as a privacy and public policy specialist at Facebook, where she leads reviews for consumer products and advises various teams on privacy and policy issues. “Santa Clara Law’s Privacy Law Certificate provided me with the substantive knowledge I needed to hit the ground running at a company,” she says. “For example, having taken classes in tech licensing and international privacy law, I knew how to spot privacy issues across different markets, and this made me a valuable asset to my team. The certificate also helped me build a name for myself in this new and evolving space. By publishing an article and working with scholars and practitioners in privacy, I was able to make the right connections that helped me land successful internship and job opportunities.” Some people told Makker that she was pigeon-holing herself by selecting a privacy focus very early on in law school, but she believes it was the right approach for her. “There is a tremendous opportunity to become a subject matter expert in this new area,” she says. “If you are passionate and curious about the complicated and nuanced issues surrounding data collection and ethical uses of data, I recommend you explore the privacy classes SCU offers and build connections with alumni. “The High Tech Law Institute (HTLI) supported my interest in privacy law from the very beginning,” adds Makker. “The HTLI faculty and staff encouraged me to attend conferences and even speak at events to contribute my opinion and make new connections in the field. I am incredibly grateful for the vast alumni network and I am excited to give back to the Santa Clara Law community now that I am an attorney.” JOSEPH MAZZELLA J.D./MBA ’15, Associate Corporate Counsel, GitHub, Inc. “I had the great fortune of completing the Privacy Law Certificate in its first year of existence and my last year in law school,” says Joseph Mazzella, adding that it made for a very busy year, squeezing in all the requirements into that timeframe. “During that year, I was taking privacy courses, working at Playstation as a privacy intern, preparing for the
IAPP certification test, and doing in-depth privacy research. That combination of work, study, and research closely resembles a privacy professional’s day-to-day practice,” he says. In the fall of 2015, after graduating from law school, Mazzella was a legal analyst for Sony Playstation, working directly for their director of privacy. He later moved to GitHub as a legal analyst and then, after passing the bar, was promoted to associate corporate counsel, where he works in intellectual property, privacy, and contracts. Mazzella has high praise for the certificate program. “On paper, the Privacy Law Certificate looks very good to employers. But, the certificate isn’t something that just looks good on paper. Once you’ve done all that work, you will have the experience and knowledge necessary to hit the ground running as a privacy professional, which is something I found out first hand. “If privacy law is your intended field of study, the Privacy Law Certificate program will prepare you for a successful career,” he says. “Not only is the program excellent, but you will be in an area—Silicon Valley—where you can get incomparable experience in privacy law. To be able to intern at any of the tech companies in the area will give you a head start in the field. Many students intern at companies during the school year and are able to get in-depth projects and exposure, as opposed to students who may only have two to three months of experience during a summer internship, if they don’t go to school in the area. Furthermore, you will be joining Santa Clara Law’s network of privacy professionals who are well established in the industry.” Mazzella also greatly valued his experience participating in the Entrepreneurs Law Clinic (ELC), where he partnered with another student to provide legal assistance to two small businesses, under the guidance of Professor Laura Norris J.D. ’97, ELC director. “Between the training we received through the clinic and the hands-on experience of working with clients, I obtained valuable skills and experience that helped prepare me for life as an attorney,” he says. “Since graduation, I have had to do similar work, and the fact that I had already done it provided me with the confidence and knowledge to properly advise my clients.” For more information on the Privacy Law Certificate, see law.scu.edu/privacy-law.
ELIZABETH KELLEY GILLOGLY B.A. ’93 has been editor of Santa Clara Law magazine since 2004.
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Staying Ahead in Tech for the FBI Jason G. Weiss J.D. ’92 Has Spent Nearly Two Decades Gathering Digital Evidence for the FBI. BY ELIZABETH KELLEY GILLOGLY B.A. ’93
“I sometimes call the Internet the eighth wonder of the world,” says Jason G. Weiss J.D. ’92, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation based in Orange County. “The Internet brings us so much opportunity and information. Technology is wonderful. In some ways it has made us safer. But in some ways it makes the world much more dangerous…. Some people end up doing things they might have never done if it was not made so easy on the Internet. People think, incorrectly I might add, that they are somehow anonymous while using the Internet. They are wrong.” That is where Weiss and his team come in. Weiss is the founding laboratory director of the Orange County Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (OCRCFL), a compilation of federal, state, and local computer forensic examiners. When investigations include cell phones, computers, or other devices, the items are sent to one of these 15 labs in the U.S., which includes Weiss and his colleagues at the OCRCFL. Weiss currently serves as a senior computer forensic examiner at the OCRCFL, and he says his Santa Clara Law experience is something he is quite grateful for in his line of work. “The FBI enforces 300 different statutes, so every case can be very different. It is critical to be able to understand the federal criminal codes and the elements of the crime, to be able to go to court and understand the process, and to be able to testify.” Weiss also had a few years of lawyering under his belt before joining the FBI—he served as a trial attorney in Central California doing civil litigation, insurance defense, and medical malpractice defense, and he also served as a judge pro tem for San Joaquin County Superior Courts. In addition to his forensic lab work, Weiss also helps train others in his field by participating in the FBI’s moot court process as a mock prosecutor and mock defense attorney. “When we train new computer forensic examiners, they have to go through a moot court trial process. It is a critical part of our training,” Weiss says, adding that he enjoys the courtroom work and helping other examiners learn the ropes. CONSTANT CHANGE AND CHALLENGE “It is impossible to stand still when you work in technology,” says Weiss. In the almost 20 years he has worked in this field, Weiss says, “computer crime has changed dramatically because technology has changed so much and so fast. We are constantly 20 SANTA CLARA LAW | SPRING 2017
working on keeping up with the latest technology, the new operating systems, and the new encryption algorithms. Any time things change, we have to figure out how it works so we can extract data from it in a format that is admissible to court and helpful to investigators. “You always trade privacy for security,” says Weiss. And despite the constant challenge of keeping up, Weiss says the FBI is “very good at what we do.” He compares the full court press of an FBI investigation to “turning the eye of Mordor” on a criminal (a Lord of the Rings reference). “If we turn our eye on you, and apply our full spectrum of resources, we will find everything,” he says. He cites the Boston Marathon bombing as one example. “There was no digital stone left unturned,” he says.
“The Internet brings us so much opportunity and information. Technology is wonderful. In some ways it has made us safer. But in some ways it makes the world much more dangerous…. People think, incorrectly I might add, that they are somehow anonymous while using the Internet. They are wrong.”
—JASON G. WEISS J.D. ’92
One of the more difficult areas of his work involves crimes against children. “It is by far the most heartbreaking thing I do,” he says. “Even though we catch many of these people and put them in jail, we can’t ever undo what they have done. I am still shocked by the growth of this type of crime. At one point crimes against children represented almost 40 percent of our laboratory case load.” At the end of the day, Weiss says he is grateful to go home to his wife (of 25 years) Cammy and his two teenage children. In his free time, he says he loves to watch his daughter play soccer and his son perform in theater. And, he adds, he also still loves to play video games.
“You always trade privacy for security,” says Jason G. Weiss J.D. ’92, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation based in Orange County. K E ITH SU TT ER
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A Half Century of Peanuts Jason Mendelson J.D. ’08, MBA ’09, and His Production Company Won a 2016 Emmy for a 50th Anniversary Charlie Brown Christmas Special. BY ELIZABETH KELLEY GILLOGLY B.A. ’93
When it comes to Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang, it is all in the family for Jason Mendelson J.D. ’08, MBA ’09, whose father, Lee, has worked on the popular programs since their birth in 1965. Jason grew up voicing Peppermint Patty, and after college, he came back to work for his father’s production company, Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc. Jason now serves as chair, co-president, CFO, CLO, and producer, writer, director, and editor for the company. Working with his brother and co-president, Glenn, Jason says they run “the day-to-day business of creating new entertainment properties and shepherding various entertainment properties, including the Charlie Brown specials, the Garfield specials, and more than 50 years of documentaries and other properties that my father helped to create.” “We also publish the Vince Guaraldi music including the jazz music associated with Peanuts,” he says, adding that his days are split between business management and the development of entertainment and documentary film and television productions. In September 2016, Lee Mendelson Productions won its 12th Emmy for “It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown!” which was named the Outstanding Children’s Program. It was Jason’s first Emmy. His office wall must be crowded: besides his two degrees from SCU, Mendelson also earned his B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University in political science and political history sociology. In addition to his work for Lee Mendelson Productions, he has had a solo practice since 2009. Please tell me more about the project for which you won the award. How long was it in development? How did you get involved? In 2016 we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the television special “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” which originally aired in December of 1965, by creating a new TV special we called “It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown!” We worked on preparing the project for ABC Television for a couple years. My family has worked on all the Peanuts television specials for the last 50 years, starting with my father, Lee Mendelson, who was the original producer of those specials in partnership 22 SANTA CLARA LAW | SPRING 2017
with Charles Schulz (the writer and creator of the Peanuts gang) and Bill Melendez (the animator and director). When I was three years old, my father employed me to voice some of the cartoon characters, including voicing Peppermint Patty, until puberty ended my run. That was how I originally got involved in this project. Since graduating college I have worked on putting together several of the Peanuts specials as well as producing/writing/directing other entertainment
“When I was three years old, my father employed me to voice some of the cartoon characters, including voicing Peppermint Patty.... I have worked on putting together several of the Peanuts specials as well as producing/ writing/directing other entertainment properties.”
—JASON MENDELSON J.D. ’08, MBA ’09
properties. I was one of the executive producers on this special “It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown!” that also celebrated the sixty years of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the gang’s cultural impacts in our country and beyond. Did you draw on your legal degree during this work? If so, how? I was also the production attorney securing the music licenses, insurance, releases, and all the union involvement. It was quite an education for this unique special. I had produced specials like this before (even being nominated for an Emmy in the past), but it was my first real experience as counsel for a production, and it was indispensably helpful to me as a producer to also be so well trained as a lawyer. It let me really understand how all the pieces fit together behind the scenes and in a business sense. I also was able to do some of the sound and camera on parts of the documentary pieces to save some of our budget for the more lavish parts.
Santa Clara Law graduate Jason Mendelson, left, and director Paul Miller accept the award for Outstanding Children’s Program for “It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown!” during the Television Academy’s 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, in Los Angeles. PH IL Mc C ART EN/ INVISION F OR T HE T ELEVISION ACA D E M Y / A P I M A G E S
What was most fun about the project? What was the biggest challenge? What surprised you the most? This project was a labor of love, and we were thrilled when the TV network asked us to create this special. We were able to pull together a ton of celebrity fans to talk about their relationship with Charlie Brown. We weren’t able to use about 75 percent of what we shot/received, because we just had an overwhelming amount of material. Our special was hosted by Kristen Bell, and featured musical performances by Sarah McLachlan, Kristen Chenoweth, Matthew Morrison, David Benoit, Boyz II Men, and Pentatonix, performing the music of Vince Guaraldi, plus all the highlights from 50 years of Snoopy and the gang on television. One of the most fun parts of the project was actually shooting the musical acts all over the country—in Los Angeles, and Brooklyn, and Las Vegas—and hearing from people all over the country (and the world) about their love for “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” I also loved searching for a bunch of the former voice actors to get their permission to reuse their original performances from the last 50 years. Many of those actors/ former actors were the people I had done voice work with back in the eighties when we were all children. I think my favorite moment was when President and First Lady Obama contributed their beautiful sentiments about their genuine love of the show
and its tradition for our special. They were so good and went completely off script (which my father had written) that it influenced and shaped some of our final editing choices for the special. One of our biggest challenges was to create this new modern special by using 50 years of material and mixing it with brand new pieces. Technically this is not often done, and the network didn’t really have a lot of precedent for our show. It was a musical variety show, made for children and families, but also mixed in animation from the past 50 years. I think we invented some new ways to make it all look good together and not be too jarring, and I spent a lot of my pre-production time trying to come up with a plan for this, and in the end I was excited about the result. Obviously, we were thrilled and humbled to win the Emmy a year later for Outstanding Children’s Program. It was my first Emmy, but to share it with Paul Miller (our director) and my father was an amazing surprise. My father has now won 12 Emmys on 39 nominations over the last 50 years, so in my household, it is not that big of a deal (mostly kidding). For more information, visit mendelsonproductions.com.
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The Santa Clara Law community gathered to honor the 2017 awardees at the Celebration of Achievement Awards ceremony: (left to right) John M. Ottoboni B.A. ’69, Jennifer Y. Leung J.D. ’08, Julie Mar-Spinola J.D. ’87, and Donald J. Polden, professor and former dean.
In March, Santa Clara Law alumni, faculty, students, and friends gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose to honor individuals who have made a difference for Santa Clara Law and the greater legal community. “We are honored to gather and celebrate some of the truly outstanding alumni and friends of Santa Clara Law,” said Dean Lisa Kloppenberg. “We are grateful to all those who help foster our mission to educate lawyers who lead with a commitment to excellence, ethics, and social justice.” THE ALUMNI SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
JULIE MAR-SPINOLA J.D. ’87
This award publicly recognizes outstanding achievements of Santa Clara Law alumni who have distinguished themselves in their profession, community, and in service to humanity. Julie Mar-Spinola is chief intellectual property officer and vice president of legal operations for Finjan Holdings, Inc., where she oversees revenue-based and legal operations, including those relating to the Company’s IP and cybertechnology innovations, enforcement programs, best practices, public policy initiatives, and mentorships. In 2016, Mar-Spinola was appointed to the board of directors for subsidiary Finjan Mobile, Inc. With her 24 SANTA CLARA LAW | SPRING 2017
deep knowledge and experience in all things patents, she has dedicated more than 25 years of her career in patent law to representing high technology companies of all sizes and business models. She has served as general counsel or VP of legal for several Silicon Valley companies, including Kleiner Perkinsbacked solar startup Alta Devices, Inc. She is chairman of the board for ChIPs, (“Chiefs in IP”), a nonprofit corporation dedicated to advancing women at the confluence of law, technology, and regulatory policy (chipsnetwork.org), and since 2011, she has served as a court-appointed mediator, specializing in patent disputes, for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. In 2014, she was appointed to Santa Clara Law’s High Tech Advisory Board. In 2015, Mar-Spinola was appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to serve on the prestigious Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC), which reviews the policies, goals, performance, budget, and user fees of the USPTO operations and advises the director on these matters. Most recently, Mar-Spinola was named a Woman of Influence 2016 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. She is a member of the California State Bar and a licensed patent attorney. In addition to her J.D. from Santa Clara Law, she earned a B.A. in chemistry from San Jose State University and an MBA for In-House Counsel from Boston University. Julie and her husband, Sal, are proudly preparing their son, Jake (and themselves), for university.
THE EDWIN J. OWENS LAWYER OF THE YEAR:
DONALD J. POLDEN
This award honors a distinguished member of the law school community who is devoted to the highest ideals of the profession and has made significant contributions to the University, the community, and the law. The award is named for Edwin J. Owens, a longtime dean of the law school who was later a superior court judge. Professor Donald Polden served as dean of Santa Clara University School of Law from 2003-13. During his tenure, Santa Clara Law completed its first major capital campaign, and he initiated the second major campaign emphasizing funding for the new Law School building (slated to open in 2018). As dean, Polden hired nearly a third of the current full-time faculty, secured the gift and launched the annual Katharine & George Alexander Prize, launched the tremendously successful annual Jerry Kasner Estate Planning Seminar, helped guide the school’s initiation into the national Order of the Coif, and grew the summer international programs to ten. He was also instrumental in developing the curriculum for leadership education, a movement that is growing in significance in American legal education. He served as chair of the American Bar Association’s Standards Review Committee during the ABA’s revisions to the accreditation policies for American legal education. Before joining SCU, he served as dean and professor of law at the University of Memphis (1993-2003). A well-known scholar in the areas of employment law and legal education, Polden has practiced law, principally in the areas of federal antitrust law and employment law, in the federal and state courts. He is co-author (with U.S. District Court Judge Mark Bennett) of Employment Relationships: Law and Practice. He was elected to membership in the American Law Institute in 1992, selected for membership in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and serves as chair of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Sports Law and Ethics at SCU. He earned a B.B.A. in economics from George Washington University and a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law, cum laude. He is grateful for the support of his wife, Susie; his children, Andy, Laura, and Emma; and the students and alumni of Santa Clara Law. THE SANTA CLARA LAW AMICUS AWARD:
JOHN M. OTTOBONI B.A. ’69
This award is given to a true friend of the law school, someone who has demonstrated the highest level of leadership in the legal profession and the community, and who has significantly advanced the mission and reputation of Santa Clara Law. John Ottoboni was the first in-house general counsel of Santa Clara University and has served in this capacity for the past 10 years. As chief legal officer of the University, he oversees a wide range of legal matters related to the University. He also serves as staff liaison to the Board of Trustees and staffs a number of
Board of Trustee committees. Prior to joining Santa Clara University, John was both partner and founding member of Ferrari, Ottoboni, Caputo & Wunderling in San Jose, where he represented a wide variety of clients and was responsible for the firm’s trial practice. He earned his B.A. from Santa Clara University, magna cum laude, and received the Nobili Medal. He earned his law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law, U.C. Berkeley. He has practiced law for 44 years and is admitted to practice in all courts of California as well as certain federal district courts in California, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal (Ninth Circuit), U.S. Court of Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is the 2014 recipient of the St. Thomas More Award from St. Thomas More Society of Santa Clara County. He and his late wife, Nancy, are the parents of five children (all of whom received degrees from Jesuit universities) and grandparents of ten. John lives in Monte Sereno, California. THE YOUNG ALUMNUS RISING STAR AWARD:
JENNIFER Y. LEUNG J.D. ’08
This award recognizes a Santa Clara Law graduate who has distinguished him/herself after less than ten years in practice and has demonstrated impact in the community through service and commitment to the law. Since graduating in 2008, Jennifer Leung has developed her career in the labor and employment field while also devoting considerable energy to promoting diversity and inclusion in the legal field. As co-chair of the Bay Area Minority Summer Clerkship Program, she provides diverse first-year law students with mentorship and paid summer internships in a wide variety of legal fields. This year, she is the chair of the Labor & Employment Section of the Santa Clara County Bar Association (SCCBA) and is leading the charge to develop compelling MCLE programs, including a day-long wage and hour workshop for employment law practitioners. She has also served as a board member of Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley (APABA-SV) as well as serving as a board member of its associated 501(c)(3) charity. As scholarship committee co-chair for APABA-SV, she has helped award tens of thousands of dollars to law students, including awarding the long-standing joint scholarship funded by APABA-SV and the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom to a student who is committed to both the Asian-American and the LGBTQ communities. Last year, she was awarded the SCCBA’s Unsung Hero Award for her efforts. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science, cum laude, from U.C. San Diego and her J.D. from SCU. After law school, she clerked for The Honorable Garland E. Burrell, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. She is currently employment corporate counsel for Juniper Networks, Inc. Prior to Juniper, she was an employment litigation associate at Berliner Cohen, LLP. She and her husband, Spencer Chen, reside in San Jose. SPRING 2017 | SANTA CLARA LAW
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1959 Robert Hoover
has practiced family law in San Jose for 56 years. He recently celebrated his 85th birthday.
1972 Hon. Philip
Pennypacker received the Silicon Valley Innovator Award from the Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley.
1974 James Quillinan Alumni and friends of the Law School gathered in March for the Celebration of Achievement. Above counterclockwise: Ron Malone J.D. ’71 and Sara Malone; Julie MarSpinola J.D. ’87 and Laura Norris J.D. ’97; and left to right: Spencer Chen J.D. ’08, Christopher Boscia J.D. ’08, and Jennifer Leung, J.D. ’08.
has retired from full-time practice at Hopkins & Carley in San Jose and is a mediator in the firm’s Alternative Dispute and Mediation Practice Group.
1975 Janet Portman
is executive editor of Nolo Press. She specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law, legal issues related to courts,
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and criminal law. She has authored or co-authored eight books. Prior to joining Nolo in 1994, she was a public defender. Daniel Selmi B.A. ’72 was appointed to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board by Gov. Jerry Brown. He has been a professor of law at Loyola Law School since 1983.
1978 Howard Peters and his wife, Sally, received an award for outstanding public outreach from the American Chemical Society.
1980 Joseph Capurro
received the 2016 Steve Jimenez Memorial Special Recognition Award from the California State Bar for his work as an applicants’ attorney in the workers
compensation field. He practices law in San Jose. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association. Patricia Mahan was re-elected to the Santa Clara City Council, where she previously served three terms. She was also the city’s mayor. She specializes in tax and estate planning in her law practice. Steve Smith has launched Legal Ally, a Chicago-based law firm specializing in small businesses and entrepreneurship. He focuses on startups, women-owned businesses, and LGBT entrepreneurs. Previously, Smith practiced law at large firms such as Sidley, McGuireWoods, and Bryan Cave.
1982 Laura Casas
Frier was re-elected to the Foothill-DeAnza Community College Board of Trustees.
Tooliatos, where he is a certified specialist in probate, estate planning, and trust law.
1983 Denis G. O’Neal
1985 Kurt Lipanovich is
a special investigator for the law firm of Husch Blackwell in Kansas City. He retired in 2016 as a special agent with the FBI in Kansas City, after over 26 years of service.
1986 Peter Suhr MBA practices business law at Doty, Barlow in Palo Alto.
1987 Julie Mar-Spinola
was named one of the Recorder’s 2016 Women Leaders in Tech Law. She is chief intellectual property officer and VP of Legal Ops at Finjan. Peter C. Califano is president of the Commercial Law League of America. In 2011, Califano testified in Congress and
1988 Mary J. Novak is
associate director for Ignatian Formation at Georgetown University’s Law Center. She also chairs the board of the Catholic Mobilizing Network which works to end the death penalty.
1989 Edward Kwok is
a partner at the VLP Law Group in the intellectual practice group. Previously he was a partner at Hogan Lovells. His practice focuses on patent prosecution and IP litigation.
CO URT ES Y O F NICKO LA S T OO LIAT O S
serves on the Santa Clara County Personnel Board and as a hearing officer for Santa Clara County’s Department of Planning and Development. He is also a commissioner on the board of the Housing Authority of Santa Clara County. He retired as deputy county counsel for Santa Clara County in 2004, and is now in private practice. He lives in Morgan Hill. Nickolas Tooliatos B.S.C. ’80 retired from the Army Reserve after 36 years, where he was a major general. He was commanding general of the 63rd Regional Support Command for three years. He practices law in Pleasanton with Randick O’Dea and
has since organized the CLLA’s effort for bankruptcy venue reform. He has more than 30 years of experience representing parties in all aspects of insolvency-related matters, including bankruptcy and state law insolvency proceedings, litigation, and related business transactions.
Major General Nickolas Tooliatos B.S.C. ’80, J.D. ’83, retired after 36 years with the Army Reserve.
1991 Kathleen Roberts
is a shareholder at Stander Reubens Thomas Kinsey. Previously, Roberts was associated with a successful Northern California defense firm, specializing in workers’ compensation, subrogation, and fraud.
1992 Suzanne Curtis
has worked for Charter Communications in Stamford, Conn., for 10 years, supporting operations and government affairs. She was recently promoted to group vice president, law, regulatory–video and broadband. Hon. Robert J. Higgins B.A. ’80 is the presiding judge for Navajo County, Arizona. He was appointed to the bench in 2012.
1993 Anthony
DeCristoforo is founding and managing shareholder in the Sacramento office of Ogletree Deakins. He previously was an employment partner at Stoel Rives. He has served as judge pro tem for Sacramento County Superior Court and done pro bono work for the Voluntary Legal Service Program of Northern California. Nahal IravaniSani received the Diversity Award at the Santa Clara County Bar Association’s Judge Night. Ruth Silver Taube received a Pro Bono Recognition Award from the Santa Clara County Bar Association. Among the organizations she works for are the South Bay Coalition to End Human Trafficking and the Wage Theft Coalition as well as the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center.
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1994 Rob Bohn B.A.
’86 plays the bagpipes as a hobby. He recently performed for the president of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. Steve Clinton B.S. ’87 is a partner with Womble Carlyle in Palo Alto. He mentors law students in the Entrepreneurs Law Clinic and SCU undergraduate athletes in the Bronco Network. He is a board member of Hope Services, which works with people with developmental disabilities. Robert Greeley is a member of the advisory board of the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center. Elizabeth O’Callahan was named one of the Recorder’s 2016 Women Leaders in Tech Law.
1998 David Chun handles workers’ compensation defense in the Fresno office of Stander Reubens Thomas Kinsey, where he is a shareholder. Andrew C. Kim has been appointed a
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1997 Rob Boyd B.A.
1995 Heidi Keefe was
named one of the Recorder’s 2016 Women Leaders in Tech Law. Bridget Mackay is past president of the board of directors of the Petaluma Educational Foundation. Michael Weiss is a partner at Akerman in Los Angeles,
judgeship in the L.A. County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown. Kim has served as a deputy district attorney at the county’s District Attorney’s Office since 1999. Michael Reiter is the president of the San Bernardino County Bar Association. He practices code enforcement and municipal law in Redlands. He writes that he “is the second alumnus to be president (Dennis Christy ’75 was the first.)”
after previously working at Lewis Brisbois and as a deputy attorney general for California. He focuses on real estate litigation, commercial and business disputes, and complex insurance insolvency matters.
’91 and Ram Fletcher J.D. ’05 moved their law practice, Bohn & Fletcher LLP, to West Santa Clara Street in San Jose. They continue their civil litigation practice pursuing justice for people seriously injured or killed as a result of the wrongdoing of others. Terry Carroll is copyright counsel for IBM in San Jose. Lucas Chang is vice president and general counsel at Senhwa Biosciences in San Diego. Previously, he was a senior partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Juan Lopez was one of nine recipients of the California Peace Award for the 30th Assembly District in 2016. In 2014, he founded We The People, an organization that defends civil rights of Morgan Hill residents and promotes multicultural events in the community. A board member of the Community Agency for Resources and Services, he has worked for the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office since 1996. Lawrence Rosen is a founding partner of Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a technology law firm that specializes in intellectual property protection, licensing, and business transactions for technology companies. He also served for many years as general counsel and secretary of the nonprofit Open Source Initiative.
Elizabeth O'Callahan J.D. ’97
1999 Tina Griffin is
supervising deputy city attorney for the litigation unit in Fresno, where she has worked since 2006. She and her husband are raising three children. Ryan Jones handles workers’ compensation matters at Singer & Benjumea in Long Beach. Peter Coe Verbica B.A. ’82 published Left at the Gate and Other Poems in June 2016. He continues to work in the wealth management group of an investment bank, providing credit facilities as well as portfolio advisory services. He serves as president of the South Peninsula Area Republican Coalition, and
vice president of the Pine Ridge Association at Henry W. Coe State Park. He has taught Principles of Investments in the economics department of San Jose State University.
2000 Mary Feldman is
the supervising attorney for the Pro Bono Project’s Family Law Program in San Jose. Previously, she has worked for the Legal Aid Society of Silicon Valley, in a family law office, and the Dependency Advocacy Center. She is certified as a child welfare law specialist by the National Association of Counsel for Children. Robert Hayden is a patent attorney for the Royse Law Firm in Menlo Park. He previously worked at Peters Verny. Dori Rose Inda is CEO of Salud Para la Gente, a network of clinics providing low-cost, highquality health care in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. She also founded the Watsonville Law Center and developed the Agricultural Workers Access to Health Care Project.
2001 Daniel Stellenberg
M.S. ’97 is an employment law partner at Paul Hastings in Palo Alto. Previously he was at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and at Shearman & Sterling. He handles executive compensation issues, helping employers transition their employees and benefits during mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions.
2002 Khoi Dang has
joined Duane Morris’ Los Angeles office, after working as a partner at Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren. His clients include banks, startup
technology companies, and mining businesses. Andrea Fujii is a CBS2/KCAL9 reporter in Los Angeles as well as a self-described wife, mother, dog lover, and food enthusiast. She is married to Whit Johnson, who anchors at NBC4. Kristina Daniel Lawson was appointed to the Medical Board of California by Gov. Jerry Brown. Duncan McCreary is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Liner in its business litigation group. He represents corporations, public entities, nonprofits, and homeowners associations. Bart Volkmer is general counsel at Dropbox. He is also on the advisory board of the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center.
2003 Patricia Ball Alberts B.A. ’98 married Erik Alberts on February 20, 2016, in Santa Monica, California. SCU Broncos who helped them celebrate included “bridesman” Jarvis Murray J.D. ’03, Erica Gomes B.A. ’98, Jennifer Pitts B.A.’98, Joe Delucchi B.A. ’98, Erik Johnson B.A. ’98, Steven Armstead B.A. ’98, Daniel Womac B.A. ’98, Nikki Womac B.A.’00, Carolyn (Lees) Metnick J.D. ’03, and Amanda Fornwalt J.D. ’03. Patricia and Erik both practice law in Los Angeles and reside in Santa Monica. Dori Yob Kilmer was named to Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list for 2016, after being named one of Silicon Valley’s Women of Influence the year before. Dori is the youngest shareholder at Hopkins & Carley, where she represents clients in complex real estate, land use, business, and commercial litigation matters.
2004 Aila Malik is
a founder of Venture Leadership Consulting. Among many accolades, Aila was a recipient of the ABA Child Advocate of the Year Award in 2011. Her ultimate dream is to eliminate gaps of disparity so that all children have opportunities to live a healthy and fulfilling life. She also authored a children’s book titled Pocket Mommy, available at pocketmommy. org. Allison Pitigoi joined Newmark Cornish & Carey’s Santa Clara office in 2016 as a managing director. Pitigoi leverages her strong client service and negotiation skills to obtain favorable results for her clients in commercial real estate transactions. Previously, Pitigoi had practiced employment law at some of the largest and most reputable law firms in the world.
2005 Donald Choi is
director of employment law for Ross Stores in Dublin, Calif. Previously he was senior corporate counsel for Aderans America Holdings in Beverly Hills. C. Andrew Gibson is a partner at Stoel Rives in Portland. He represents commercial developers and companies in the wine, beer, and cider industry. James Huie is a partner at Wilson Sonsini in Palo Alto, working on general corporate matters. Kyle Wood is senior counsel at Perkins Coie in Dallas. He focuses on complex transactional technology, IP, data protection, and cybersecurity matters. Previously, he was counsel at Andrews Kurth.
2006 John Dorame is a
senior associate at Archer Norris in Sacramento. He focuses on construction defects litigation. Previously, he was an associate with Ford Walker Haggerty & Behar in Las Vegas. Sheeva J. Ghassemi-Vanni was named to Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list for 2016. The 33-yearold is a senior associate in Fenwick & West’s Mountain View office, advising on a multitude of labor and employment issues. Lilanthi Ravishankar is a principal at Littler Mendelson. Previously she was a knowledge management counsel at the San Jose firm. She manages the methodology and processes that maintain the firm’s library. Kate Wilson B.S.C. ’97 is president of the Santa Clara County Bar Association. She is director and associate general counsel of commercial litigation and global employment law at Extreme Networks in San Jose. Previously, she had a solo law practice, and also worked at Berliner Cohen for seven years.
2007 Alaleh Kianerci was the prosecuting attorney in the Brock Turner case. She works for the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Leta Sanchez practices law in Mount Vernon, Wash. Sanchez is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She is an active member of the Skagit County Bar Association and helps organize pro bono immigration clinics and outreach programs in the Skagit Valley. Previously she
worked for an immigration law firm in San Jose.
2008 Jennifer Leung
received the 2016 Unsung Hero Award from the Diversity Committee of the Santa Clara County Bar Association. Rosanna Moreno received a certificate from the state bar after more than 50 hours of pro bono work. She volunteers in the Operation Veterans Re-entry program in Orange County. Moreno practices construction law. Anthony Soldato B.S. ’05 is an associate attorney in the Seattle office of Klinedinst, where he is a litigator focused on public entity and insurance defense. Previously he worked for a real estate litigation firm in San Francisco and a litigation defense firm in Seattle.
2009 Effective January 1,
2017, Crystal N. Riggins has been elevated to shareholder at Hoge Fenton in San Jose. She works on appellate issues and recently taught appellate advocacy at the School of Law. An active member of the community, Crystal serves on the Board of Directors of the Happy Hollow Foundation supporting Happy Hollow Park and Zoo in San Jose.
2010 Yudong Kim is an
attorney in the Boise, Idaho, office of Holland & Hart. He is a patent attorney, focusing on IP protection. Previously he worked for over two decades at Intel as a process R&D engineer and manager.
2011 Mahmoud Fadli
is a litigator in South San Francisco. He is a member of the Lawyers-Pilots Bar
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Association. Jason Maples LL.M. ’12 is a legal data expert for legal analytics and patent data science company Lex Machina. He previously served as a paralegal in the U.S. Army during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, where he handled military, criminal, administrative, and humanitarian law issues and managed journalists embedded with combat units. Gideon Myles combats patent trolls by spearheading a patent pool program called the LOT Network. He works for Dropbox. Britten Sessions was listed among the Top 40 Under 40 in the Silicon Valley by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Britten is the director of the only intellectual property pro-bono clinic in the Valley, manages the IP department at Lincoln Law School, and is a patent attorney with Zilka-Kotab. Jessica Sloan is mayor of Mill Valley.
2014 John Thomas Ryan
is an associate at Campbell & Associates, a personal injury law firm in Eden, N.Y.
2016 Nnennaya Amuchie
published an article in the Seattle Journal for Social Justice. Sarah Chronister is an attorney for Legal Services for Seniors in Seaside, Calif.
In Memoriam We publish news of the passing of our Law School alumni as we learn of it. Family members may submit obituaries and photos for publication online and in print at lawalumni@scu.edu.
1949 William Christy
B.A. ’44, Dec. 3, 2016. He served in the Army in World War II as a member of SCU’s “Fighting Forty.” He practiced law in Santa Clara for over 50 years. Survivors include four children, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
1957 Vincent West
Reagor, May 3, 2016. Born in 1929, he was an Army veteran, a police officer, and a prosecuting attorney. Throughout his legal career, he practiced and taught other prosecuting attorneys their responsibility under the case Berger v. U.S., which holds prosecutors to a higher standard than other attorneys. He is survived by Kati, his wife of 45 years, a daughter, two grandsons, and a great-grandson.
1958 Michael J. Virga
B.S.C. ’53, July 9, 2016. He attended SCU on a baseball scholarship and served in the U.S. Army. He practiced law in his hometown of Sacramento and worked as a deputy district attorney and as city attorney. He was appointed to be a judge at age 38 by Gov. Ronald Reagan. Survivors include his wife, four children—including Michael G. B.S.C. ’78, J.D. ’81—five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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1964 Alan Parker, Sept.
2, 2016. He worked for U.S. Rep. Don Edwards and became the general counsel for the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, playing a central role in the impeachment effort against President Richard Nixon. He served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1947, entertaining troops as a disc jockey in the South Pacific. He began to work with lawyers in 1958 as a state inheritance tax appraiser. He was encouraged to go to law school, despite never having attended college. He studied for a year at San Francisco College of Law, then completed a full threeyear course at SCU. He practiced law in San Jose with John Chargin. After becoming Edwards’ legislative director in 1971, he was appointed general counsel for the Judiciary Committee in 1973, where he helped draft the articles of impeachment against Nixon approved by the committee in 1974. Parker also participated in the expansion of the Voting Rights Act, the defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion, and the investigation into the Kent State shootings. He served briefly as assistant attorney general during the Carter Administration. Survivors include his wife and four children.
1969 Frank Iwama,
Sept. 23, 2016. He was incarcerated during World War II at a Japanese American internment camp, an experience that inspired him to become a lawyer. He later successfully represented the Japanese American
Citizens League in its effort to obtain redress from the U.S. government. He first worked as a deputy attorney general for the California Department of Justice, then went into private practice in 1977 where he worked on trade issues between California and Japan. He was the first Asian-American elected to the California State Bar Board of Governors, and was a co-founder of the California State Bar Foundation. He was also a member of the Board of Visitors of the School of Law. Survivors include his wife, a son, a daughter, and two stepdaughters.
1980 Jeffrey A. Little,
Jan. 9, 2017. He graduated from Stanford University in 1977, began his litigation career in San Francisco, but relocated to Central Ohio in 1994 and became general counsel of Safe Auto Insurance Company. He coached youth sports and reported on the Columbus Blue Jackets NHL team for various hockey news services. Survivors include his wife and a son.
1982 Richard Toomey,
October 30, 2016. He served in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1971. He earned his B.A. and MBA degrees from St. Louis University. He came to California in 1974 to work at SCU and stayed for 42 years, retiring as dean of University Financial Aid Services. In retirement he lived in Texas, and spent summers in Santa Cruz. Survivors include his wife, three children, including David E., J.D. ’07, and four grandchildren.
ALUMNI 2017 UPCOMING EVENTS MAY 2017
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SANTA CLARA Public Interest and Social Justice Law Celebration and Graduation, Adobe Lodge
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SANTA CLARA High Tech Law Institute Graduation, Santa Clara University Campus
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SANTA CLARA Baccalaureate Mass, Mission Santa Clara
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OAKLAND Alumni Reception, TBD
SANTA CLARA Law Commencement, Mission Gardens
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SEATTLE Alumni Reception, Amazon
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SANTA CLARA Jerry A. Kasner Estate Planning Symposium, Santa Clara Convention Center
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SANTA CLARA Vintage Santa Clara, Mission Gardens
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SAN JOSE Justice Edward A. Panelli Scholarship Golf Classic, Silver Creek Country Club OCTOBER 2017
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SAN JOSE Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center Annual Celebration, Hotel Valencia SANTA CLARA SCU Grand Reunion Weekend, Santa Clara University Campus
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CLOSING ARGUMENTS
WHAT MAKES THE PRIVACY LAW CERTIFICATE SPECIAL? B Y E R I C G O L D M A N , P RO F E S S O R , S A N TA C L A R A L AW, A N D S U P E RV I S O R , P R I VA C Y L AW C E RT I F I C AT E
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ou might think that law school certificates are all the same, and for the most part, you’d be right. Usually, law school certificates require students to take specified courses and maybe write a paper. These certificates help students organize their electives and send a signal to future employers about the student’s area of interest. However, they don’t necessarily “certify” the student’s actual capabilities to employers. In 2014, the law school adopted the Privacy Law Certificate, the first of its kind in the nation. The Privacy Law Certificate differs from traditional certificates in important ways. Like other certificates, it requires students to complete specified coursework, including courses on domestic and international privacy law plus several electives. However, the Privacy Law Certificate also requires students to: • complete an externship or internship in the privacy field. • pass a certification exam administered by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). • publish (not just write) a paper on privacy topics in a periodical read by other privacy professionals. Thus, student progress towards the certificate isn’t measured merely by courses completed, and students can’t check off
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certificate requirements simply by enrolling in more courses. Instead, compared to their peers, students invest hundreds of additional hours beyond their coursework (and some money for IAPP membership fees) to complete the Privacy Law Certificate. The early data suggests that Privacy Law Certificate students get good returns on these investments. We’ve seen strong employer response to Privacy Law Certificate students. Some possible reasons why: Student Sorting. The Privacy Law Certificate’s requirements attract students who are motivated and organized enough to take on a rigorous challenge. As a result, these students demonstrate that they possess some of the “soft skills” that prospective employers desire the most. Demonstrated Commitment to Privacy. By declaring for the certificate, students expressly prioritize privacy over other career tracks. Typically, law students think they maximize job opportunities by hedging their bets. However, students with demonstrated specializations often are more attractive to employers and end up having more job options than students who cast wide nets. By embracing the certificate and its requirements, Privacy Law Certificate students clearly signal their commitment to prospective employers.
Building Student Resumes. As they complete its requirements, Privacy Law Certificate students are constantly adding new privacy-related accomplishments to their resumes. Each new item makes their resumes stand out even more compared to their peers. This can create a great “laddering” effect. Each newly added resume item (such as IAPP certification) helps open the door for the next resume item (a great internship). When repeated over the course of their law school career, the laddering effect can help students reach a fairly advanced professional level. Community Integration. As students complete certificate requirements, they become integrated into the community of privacy professionals. For example, when students join the “club” of IAPP certified professionals, they start looking to prospective employers more like peers than newcomers. This creates networking and referral opportunities for students. Furthermore, when employer-interviewers view student candidates as their peers, those interviews tend to go well. We might measure the Privacy Law Certificate’s efficacy by seeing if it helped students achieve outcomes they wouldn’t have otherwise achieved. With increasing frequency, certificate students are dropping by my office to tell me about a new internship they got because they perfectly matched the employer’s specifications.
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We might measure the Privacy Law Certificate’s efficacy by seeing if it helped students achieve outcomes they wouldn’t have otherwise achieved. With increasing frequency, certificate students are dropping by my office to tell me about a new internship they got because they perfectly matched the employer’s specifications.
Eric Goldman is a Santa Clara Law professor, co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, and supervisor of the Privacy Law Certificate.
Usually, as they tell me what the employer was looking for, it’s clear that the Privacy Law Certificate’s structure guided the student to make the choices that positioned them for success. As a law school, we seek to enhance our students’ professional value, and the success stories of our certificate students make me think we’re making progress towards that ambitious goal.
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Study Privacy Law in Silicon Valley Privacy law is one of the fastest growing segments in the legal market. Santa Clara Law is pleased to announce that a Privacy Law Certificate is now available to candidates for the LL.M. in Intellectual Property or International and Comparative Law. We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2017 admission. Scholarship assistance is available to Santa Clara Law graduates. For more information please contact the Law Admissions and Financial Aid Office at lawadmissions@scu.edu or call (408) 554-5048. Note: Candidates for the LL.M. in U.S. Law at Santa Clara Law are not eligible to earn a Privacy Law Certificate.
“Santa Clara Law’s Privacy Certificate provided me the substantive knowledge I needed to hit the ground running at a company. The High Tech Law Institute faculty and staff encouraged me to attend conferences and even speak at events to contribute my opinion and make new connections in the field.” —SONA MAKKER J.D. ’16 Privacy and Public Policy Specialist, Facebook
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