Seton Hall Law School Spring 2004 Magazine

Seton Hall Law SPRING TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR • VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 News for Alumni and Friends of the Seton Hall University School of Law

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A Celebration of Five Decades C O M E C E L E B R AT E A N I G H T T O R E M E M B E R !

Seton Hall University School of Law • 50th Anniversary Gala held at the Law School

Mass is at 6:00 p.m., the Celebration begins at 7:00 p.m. • $150 per person ($125 per person for the Classes of 1999-2003 and attorneys practicing in the public interest sector) • $40 per student • black tie For more information or to purchase a ticket, please contact the Office of Alumni and Development at (973) 642-8711 or lawalum@shu.edu

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Shannon Marcotte Assistant Dean for Alumni & Development (973) 642-8512 marcotsh@shu.edu fax (973) 642-8799 Deana Cynar Acting Director of Alumni Relations (973) 642-8711 cynardea@shu.edu Christine Bland Director of Law School Communications (973) 642-8724 blandchr@shu.edu

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Letter from the Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 50th Anniversary Lecture Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Distinguished Guest Lecture Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Karol Corbin Walker: Thinking Positive, Going the Distance . . . . . . . . . . 8 Leading with Heart & Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 It’s Been a Hard Day’s Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The Protection of Children and Young People: Catholic and Constitutional Visions of Responsible Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 A Catalyst For Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Faculty Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Merck Visiting Scholars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 New Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Flying High: An Alumnus Carves out a Niche in Aviation Tort Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The Health Care Compliance Certification Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Legal Education Opportunity Annual Dinner Honors Professor Brenda Saunders Hampden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Class News and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

LETTER FROM THE DEAN

What a year this has been! Many of you had the opportunity to attend our 50th Anniversary Lecture Series, presented by PSEG and the Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation. James Earl Jones, our first lecturer, talked about the importance of knowing your roots, and understanding and respecting other people’s cultures. He elaborated on the personal and political effects of such collisions of cultures in our increasingly globalized world.

Tim Russert, our next guest lecturer, shared his experiences as a leading political journalist, shedding new light on Capitol Hill, reflecting on the 2000 election, and prognosticating on 2004. He brought both deep insights and a sense of humor to his prepared remarks and some probing questions from the audience. He also brought his perspectives as a son and a father, talking about how young adults need to prepare for success in the world.

Bringing a climactic conclusion to the 50th Anniversary Lecture Series was Maya Angelou—a legendary poet, writer, and civil rights activist. Dr. Angelou moved us with her signature poetic speak. I could talk endlessly about the many riveting things that she said. Her message challenged each of us to take a step back and look at who we really are.

We hope that the tremendous success of this year represents the beginning of a long-term partnership with PSEG and the Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation.

Their financial support and their commitment to the Law School enabled us to bring together alumni, faculty, students and the larger community to hear these tremendous speakers.

In addition to these three exceptional speakers, Seton Hall also hosted a Distinguished Guest Lecture Series, with former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno as keynote

speaker at our first year students’ orientation. Attorney General Reno’s theme was family and professional responsibility, into which she wove her experiences as Attorney General and her philosophy of always being prepared, of taking responsibility for your decisions, and of the importance of public service. It was a remarkable way for students to begin the legal education, and I hope that they remember her message always.

The year has been focused on broadening our students’ horizons. In conjunction with First Monday, Constitutional Law maven Akhil Reed Amar, from Yale Law School, employed the opening episode of West Wing to introduce the students to the potential deficiencies of our system of presidential succession. A few weeks later, author and criminal defense attorney Scott Turow discussed how his experiences on the Illinois death penalty commission affected his views on capital punishment. His talk was followed by a book signing of his recently released book, Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer’s Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty. And a few weeks after that, the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, of the Second Circuit, spoke on the nuanced differences women and minorities brought to the bench.

I know that all of you have received the invitation for the 50th Gala on April 24, and I’m excited to see you. If you have not sent in your response yet, be sure to reply right away! I guarantee that it will be the most entertaining and elegant event that the Law School has hosted yet.

Until then, God bless you, your loved ones, and the Law School.

Patrick E. Hobbs,

Dean and Professor of Law

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50th anniversary

lecture SPONSORED BY PSEG AND THE BLANCHE & IRVING LAURIE FOUNDATION

ABOUT PSEG As New Jersey’s largest and oldest utility, PSE&G has provided safe, reliable electric and gas service for 100 years.With 3.6 million customers in more than 300 communities, we recognize the importance of investing and strengthening our communities.

For example, our partnership with Mercer County Community College (MCCC) and Trenton Central High School (TCHS) advances educational opportunities for those interested in a career in the utility industry or related field. MCCC’s degree program blends academic courses and work experience to prepare graduates for positions as entry-level technicians. A complementary program at TCHS improves students’ skills and serves as a bridge for them to take advantage of the company’s collaboration with MCCC.

ABOUT THE BLANCHE & IRVING LAURIE FOUNDATION The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation was established in 1983 by New Brunswick philanthropist Irving Laurie. The Foundation supports a variety of projects across broad issue areas. This year’s program of cultural support includes Lincoln Center Theatre’s production of Henry IV, the Roundabout Theatre’s revival of The Caretaker, the Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Richard Greenberg’s new play The Violet Hour, WNET’s “American Masters” series; and the Museum of Television and Radio’s seminar series “America Abroad: Perception, Persuasion, and the Media.” The Foundation also maintains an annual grant-making program designed to encourage the production of new plays by emerging American playwrights.

series September 25, 2003: James Earl Jones

November 17, 2003: Tim Russert

February 12, 2004: Maya Angelou

“Having an identity means that you can accept ideas and challenges from elsewhere.”

“The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.”

“Every person is a composer of his or her life.”

“What is considered ‘reasonable’ varies from country to country and culture to culture. There are often situations that are comfortable to cultural insiders, but strange to cultural outsiders.”

“We are journalists but also American citizens. I would never report anything that would put our troops at risk on the ground. You cannot take a chance when lives of fellow citizens are at stake.”

“As Terence reminds us, ‘I am a human being. Nothing familiar to human beings is alien to me.’”

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lecture Aug. 21, 2003: Janet Reno Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, at orientation for the incoming class.

“Build your life the right way.

Know the cases cold when you go to court… and most of all, tell it like it is. Don’t pussyfoot around.”

series Oct. 2, 2003: First Monday Akhil Reed Amar

Oct. 7, 2003: Ultimate Punishment Scott Turow

Oct. 28, 2003: The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor

Akhil Reed Amar, Professor of Law and renowned scholar in constitutional law—used the opening episode of West Wing (in which President Bartlett temporarily relinquishes the presidency when his daughter is abducted) to explore the constitutionality of current succession law providing that the Speaker of the House (often of a different party than the President) assumes office during presidential incapacity or at his death when there is no Vice President.

“There are a number of compelling rationales for capital punishment. And deterrence, upon examination, doesn’t appear to be one of them.”

Judge Sotomayor, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, explored the perspectives women and minorities bring to the bench and to the art of judging.

“When people asked, I referred to myself as a death penalty agnostic. Every time I thought I was prepared to stake out a position, something would drive me back in the other direction.”

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Karol Corbin Walker:

Thinking Positive, Going the Distance Contributed by: Denise Pinney

Karol Corbin Walker ‘86, never needed to look far for inspiration. Her role model was her best friend, Jeanette Corbin, her mother, who graduated in 1980 with her daughter from what is now New Jersey City University. While the young Karol Corbin completed her undergraduate degree in political science in four years, her mother had pursued this goal for almost 20 years of part-time study.

“My mother was an assistant teacher in Jersey City and took classes from the 1960s, when I was a child, until she graduated with me in 1980, at which time she received her bachelor of arts in education,” recalls Ms. Last April, Ms. Corbin Walker was named Corbin Walker.“I remember when I was young how much work it was for Distinguished Alumna of the year. her and how my grandmother watched me and my siblings sometimes when my mother was at school. What it taught me throughout my childhood was the importance of never giving up. I saw both of my parents give 110 percent in everything they did, and it made me proud.” Between her mother’s perseverance and ongoing quest for education and her father’s values—also centered on education, determination and the importance of overcoming all obstacles—Ms. Corbin Walker grew up thinking positively and working hard.

She has gone on to achieve many firsts in the state, both as an African American and as a woman.

In 2003, Ms. Corbin Walker became the first African American to lead the New Jersey State Bar Association, the largest organization of its kind in the state with more than 17,000 members. She initially joined the NJSBA as a student and continually increased her commitment, becoming a trustee, a member of various committees, as well as Chair of the Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments, Diversity, Finance and Long-Term Planning Committee. Her dedication to the State Bar culminated with her assuming the Presidency in 2003.

For Ms. Corbin Walker, sailing uncharted waters is as routine as driving to work each day. She takes a “can-do” attitude to an entirely new level.Vivian Sanks King ‘85,Vice President and General Counsel for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, a Trustee of the Garden State Bar Association, and a former President of the Seton Hall Alumni Association, has known Ms. Corbin Walker for close to 20 years, since they met in law school. “There is no challenge that Karol will not overcome,” she says. “She is absolutely focused and goal oriented. Her upbringing and her faith make her a strong person, but she has gone on to establish a solid support network that is like an extended family. Karol is friendly and accommodating to everyone, but she has also carefully constructed a network of close friends and advisors.” She emphasizes,“We are all here for her, and it’s this ability to motivate and lead people that is one of her greatest strengths. She’s a whirlwind of energy—and I mean this in the best possible sense.You get caught up by her momentum and move forward. For Karol, if there’s a mountain in the way, she’ll either climb the mountain, go around it, or knock it down.”

While Ms. Corbin Walker credits her family for her many accomplishments, a close second is Seton Hall Law School’s Monsignor Thomas Fahy Legal Education Opportunity Institute, known affectionately by its friends and alumni as LEO.“In my high school yearbook, I indicated that I would go on to medical school or law school,” says Ms. Corbin Walker.

“Then, as an undergraduate, I recognized that I had a low tolerance for blood and that law school would be a better choice. I was accepted at Seton Hall because of LEO, and I am constantly grateful for the opportunity that was given to me.

Pictured here are Ms. Corbin Walker, her family and her husband’s side of the family.

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Karol Corbin Walker:

Thinking Positive, Going the Distance “Seton Hall Law School not only allowed me to pursue my dreams career-wise, but it provided an educational and intellectual experience beyond my expectations. LEO was like a law school boot camp where professors demanded more and more of me.

They encouraged me to stretch myself beyond what I thought was my potential and to think out of the box.

For this reason, I am very committed to LEO and what it can offer to students,” says Ms. Corbin Walker.

Recognizing how various individuals, LEO and the NJSBA helped her, Ms. Corbin Walker spends much of her time mentoring others. Says Desha Jackson, Playing it up for the camera, Karol poses with some of the partners Deputy Attorney General, Office of State Police at her law firm, St. John & Wayne, L.L.C. Affairs,“When I came back to New Jersey in 1997 after pursuing my law degree in Florida, I met Karol at a State Bar function. I was impressed with her from the start. I was struck by her ability to get things done and to bring people together. At that time, she was a woman of color who was already a senior member of the bar leadership, so she stood out as someone I wanted to get to know.

“Not only was she helpful, but she went out of her way to make herself available to me, and that’s not that common for a person at her level.When you’re a young lawyer, coming up through the ranks like I am, it helps so much to have that kind of support,” says Ms. Jackson. “Karol has a good heart and a generous spirit. She is a compassionate, effective leader who is bright and articulate, and she is genuinely committed to helping others and serving the community. Her service to the bar has opened doors for many others.”With Ms. Corbin Walker as her mentor, Desha Jackson has gone on to become President of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey and is the Co-chair of the NJSBA Diversity Committee.

Associate Dean Kathleen Boozang relies on this generous spirit. “I have a network of attorneys upon whom I regularly rely to guide a student, help someone in crisis, or just give me a different perspective—Karol is absolutely one of those people—no matter how busy she is, she always says yes to a request for help.”

Today, Ms. Corbin Walker gets calls from young lawyers and law students that she doesn’t even know asking her opinion about their career moves. As President of the NJSBA, Ms. Corbin Walker sees mentoring as an activity that can take place both personally and on a wide professional scale. Last fall, she spoke at law school orientations to invite students to join NJSBA. “I grew with the organization, so I made a point of welcoming students to reap the many benefits that come from meeting others who have more experience and can share their knowledge.” In fact, Ms. Corbin Walker has made increasing membership a top priority and established the theme “NJSBA— Inclusive of You, Your Practice and Your Community” to welcome all attorneys into the organization.

Those who know Ms. Corbin Walker are not surprised by her successes and, indeed, anticipate further ground breaking.

“I don’t see my activities as personal triumphs. This isn’t about me, it’s about inclusion and making a better world.

Our lives are a gift and we are each a most precious resource in our society. All any of us can do is our very best,” she says. “After all, we’re all in this together.”

Heart& Mind Leading with

Contributed by: Denise Pinney

Seton Hall Law Alum responsible for the Independent 9/11 Commission.

It was the weekend before her friend and fellow September 11 Advocate, Mindy Kleinberg, was scheduled to testify in New York City, and Kristen Winterstella Breitweiser `96, couldn’t have been busier. The hearing was the first by the independent commission investigating the terrorist attacks of September 11, and among the first witnesses would be the team responsible for the creation of the commission in the first place. The September 11th Advocates were formed when four widows met after their husbands died in the World Trade Center. Ms. Breitweiser was one of these widows. The creation of the 9/11 Commission represents a victory for the September 11th Advocates; however, Ms. Breitweiser’s 18-month stint as the Advocate’s Co-Chairperson and legal strategist has taught her, among other things, that it is just one of many stepping stones on the long and unfamiliar path of Washington politics and bureaucracy.

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Their mission? To find out how and why September 11 ever happened, and to make sure nothing like it ever happens again.

A Seton Hall Law School Class of 1996 Alumna, Ms. Breitweiser is the only member of the Advocates with a legal background, and is, therefore, a critical strategist. In the last year, she has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, Time magazine, Congressional Quarterly, New Jersey Monthly magazine, The Washington Post, “48 Hours”, “Good Morning America”, and CNN. The attention has been a mixed blessing for her and the other Advocates who met and bonded in the months following September 11.

Their grief blended with outrage and an urgent need to find answers, both for themselves and the nationat-large, regarding the government lapses that allowed the disaster to occur. Together, Ms. Breitweiser and her friends tirelessly lobbied Capitol Hill and the White House for an independent commission. On September 18, 2002, Ms. Breitweiser testified before the Joint Senate and House Select Committees on Intelligence, requesting an investigation into the events that led up to the tragedy. Less than a week later, the Senate passed a version of the independent commission legislation and the White House publicly supported it.

by preparations for the bar exam, then marriage to her husband Ronald Breitweiser, her life was suddenly filled with her daughter, Caroline, and a home in Monmouth County. Legal aspirations no longer seemed so important. That is, until September 11, 2001.

WIDOWHOOD AND NEW FRIENDS When Ms. Breitweiser last heard from Ron, he was calling to assure her that he was all right, that the plane had struck the other tower. But like most Fiduciary Trust International employees, he perished when the second tower was hit by United Flight 175 and then collapsed.

LAW SCHOOL CAMARADERIE In many ways, Ms. Breitweiser is an unlikely candidate for this formidable challenge. She enrolled at Seton Hall Law School immediately after receiving her B.A. in English at Rutgers University. Despite being very bright, she was no bookworm. She made fast friends with a group of other students, who experienced school as a team. It was all for one and one for all as they crammed for exams together—sometimes for more than 24 hours straight—then celebrated after finals. Ms. Breitweiser looks back on this camaraderie as one of the best things about her legal education.

“What we learned during the process was how to work together, and how to succeed despite the stress. No one fell apart or said, ‘I can’t do this.’ And if one person was struggling, we would help him out.”

The experience foreshadowed the legal work she would do with her new circle of friends. Now, however, the stakes are no longer getting an A or a B, but, instead, furthering the Advocate’s mission in the murky depths of Washington politics.

Following graduation, Ms. Breitweiser worked just three days in a firm that concentrated in family law. She knew immediately that it was not for her. Sidetracked

Within the next few months, Ms. Breitweiser met other widows, four of whom would become fellow September 11th Advocates and her closest friends: Patty Casazza, Lorie Van Auken, and Mindy Kleinberg.

Their advocacy evolved as they faced widowhood together and waited to learn why the tragedy had happened. By January of 2002, however, it was apparent that no independent investigation was forthcoming.

Americans like themselves could never be confident that problems of intelligence and law enforcement were being addressed. Despite fierce opposition from the White House and Republican leadership in both

the House and Senate, the Advocates set to work.

Because of Ms. Breitweiser’s legal background, the responsibility for preparing their September 18 testimony fell primarily on her shoulders. Five years out of law school with no professional challenges in the interim, it took Ms. Breitweiser a little time to get back in the saddle and to “exercise her legal muscles.”

“There are a set of skills that one acquires in law school: critical thinking, the ability to write well, thinking on your feet and anticipating what will happen next, as well as the ability to dismantle arguments. These skills provided the foundation that I needed to make our case. I didn’t truly appreciate

“Washington is not what you read about in textbooks,” says Ms. Breitweiser. “We learned along the way and sometimes the hard way. Sometimes it feels like they all forget that we’re not professional lobbyists—just a bunch of single moms from New Jersey who are still raising young children and still very much in mourning.” Despite Ms. Breitweiser’s modesty, it’s safe to say that, together, this “bunch of moms” has already had a great impact. As Ms. Breitweiser points out, however, no matter how successful their lobbying efforts may be on Capitol Hill, there is still no happy ending to their story. “Our husbands were killed. We just want to ensure that no one else has to ever walk in our shoes. It’s just the right thing to do,”she says simply.

One person who is not at all surprised by Ms. Breitweiser’s advocacy work is Paul Bonavita `96, who is currently doing commercial litigation work for Levy Angstreich Finney Baldante Rubenstein & Coren in Philadelphia. “Kristen and I are very close friends and have been since law school,” he explains. “We were part of a tight-knit group in school, and within that group, she always was the most tenacious and determined person. She’s just naturally bright, and when we studied together, she was always at the forefront, leading our discussions. Things just came more easily to her.”

A MISSION TO FULFILL The shock and disillusionment of September 11 has resonated for Ms. Breitweiser. She will never resume her pre-September 11 routine. And her experience in Washington just validates her disillusionment. “That we have to push so hard for answers, for accountability and for reform is very disheartening,” she confides.

what a great education I received in law school until the last 18 months of my life,” she says.

Ms. Breitweiser’s testimony led to the establishment of an independent commission in December 2002, headed by former New Jersey governor Thomas Kean.The commission’s first hearing took place in late March 2003, and the Advocates prepared for weeks before the hearing to ensure that their testimony would have an impact.The commission also developed a website, www.911independentcommission.org.

Ms. Breitweiser is refreshingly honest and forthcoming.

“When all is said and done, what matters are your friends and your family,” she says. “We [the Advocates] lean on each other for support. Their children are my children and vice versa. It’s these personal relationships that have gotten me through. I have no regrets. It’s a worthy cause and I’m glad I have done my part, but it’s come time to strike a balance. My daughter Caroline is all I have now,” she says.“The sad thing is that I feel like it’s our job to stay on top of this, because if we don’t, no one will.”

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It’s been a hard day’s night Contributed by: W.M. Macey

Anyone who’s been a law school evening student can attest to the grueling hours, ever-present pressures and long list of sacrifices. Four years can seem like an eternity! Then why do it at night?

Because, for many, evening attendance is not merely the most practical option but the only way to achieve a life-long aspiration. For others, evening study integrates a career with a legal education in a way that enriches both pursuits.

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ROBERT DUBILL For Bob Dubill ’74, time in the evening program moved quickly—maybe because during the day Bob Dubill at the 2003 he was busy as Associated Rodino Law Society banquet.

Press (AP) bureau chief for New Jersey, the newsiest state in the country.

Getting a law degree seemed like a perfectly logical step, and Mr. Dubill casually made the decision to apply to law school.

“AP had me writing stories and filing bulletins on the governor’s office, the State Supreme Court and presidential elections. If my stories were going to give readers more than a passing glimpse of the legal and political issues in the state, I needed an inside edge.

I figured law school was a wise move. But there was no way law school was going to interfere with my first love—journalism—so attending classes in the evening was my only option.”

Luckily, financing his education was not a concern because Mr. Dubill was able to take advantage of the GI Bill. Once in school, he found himself sitting alongside other professionals—teachers, accountants, doctors— all doing the same thing: holding down a full-time job during the day, pursuing a law education at night. All had a keen ability to empathize and “read” people— skills Mr. Dubill feels are essential for any good lawyer.

“The legal training sharpened my analytical skills and allowed me to bring a new level of insight and expertise to debates with fellow reporters on defamation and libel. Based on my credentials, I got many plum writing assignments and entrée to some pretty high-powered First Amendment rights discussions beyond a reporter’s normal beat.”

The leap from journalist to lawyer wasn’t as difficult as some might expect for Mr. Dubill. “Journalists and lawyers must operate on the same basic principle: objectivity.

Whether you’re interviewing someone for a story or interviewing a prospective client, you have to fairly represent their side of the story.” His reporter training—fine-tuned research skills and tenacity in uncovering details—came to the rescue during his first moot trial experience. He argued an obscure case that hadn’t been

cited by either side earlier, turned the trial on its ear and surprised the judges, some of whom were affiliated with the State Attorney General’s office.

When the bar exam loomed, Mr. Dubill is convinced his journalism roots gave him the upper hand. “You’re up against a deadline. You have one shot at getting it right.

You need a clear head, strong stomach and the ability to compose your thoughts for a concise and comprehensive piece. This is true for a newspaper writer. And it’s true for a law student taking the bar exam—especially the essay section.”

“The legal training sharpened my analytical skills and allowed me to bring a new level of insight and expertise to debates with fellow reporters on defamation and libel...”

Once he left Seton Hall, journalism remained Mr. Dubill’s first love. Sticking with it for a total of 44 years, he helped Gannett News Service garner a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for investigating the financial improprieties victimizing the Pauline Fathers, an order of monks in Pennsylvania. He eventually became executive editor of USA TODAY. “I’m glad I had four years to complete Seton Hall because my days were quite full. In the newspaper business, you can’t believe how hectic things get. The wire service runs 24/7 and when you’re filing 20-30 stories a day, there’s a deadline every minute.” Even though Mr. Dubill spent many hours traveling up and down the state, he always made it to class—except on election nights when the Bureau needed him front and center.

Retired and living in Virginia, Mr. Dubill says, “When I went to law school, the timing was perfect, the location was convenient, finances were not an issue and, at that point in my life, I was able to enjoy every minute of the experience. Next to marrying my wife, it’s the best thing I ever did.”

DIANE SCHULZE Want to know how to tend to twin infants during the day, attend law school at night, Diane Schulze with her children at graduation. make Law Review and graduate summa cum laude? Perhaps you should get advice from Diane Schulze ’95, whose key to success was keeping obligations in their proper perspective and maintaining an upbeat attitude.

Earning a B.S. in Business Administration from Bloomfield College and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University while she worked full-time as a systems analyst and project leader for Prudential, Ms. Schulze says, “I was used to evening programs and actually enjoyed going to school at night.

The routine was comfortable—working and going to school—and I liked doing two things at once.”

This double-duty approach didn’t change when Ms. Schulze started a family. She gave birth to twin daughters, Elizabeth and Michele, in 1989 and multi-tasking immediately took on new meaning: bottles, baths, diapers and naps—all times two.“Eventually I found myself craving adult conversation and I missed being in school because it was an integral part of my life. The idea of law school and becoming a lawyer intrigued me.”

She had a supportive husband who could work flexible hours. If she was going to move ahead with her plan, night school was the only way to go. “Surprisingly, it never seemed impossible. I read while they napped and did assignments on weekends when my husband was around. I used every minute wisely and didn’t have a lot of down time. But nicely enough, some nights I even got home early enough to bathe the girls and put them to bed.

I was blessed with children who were even-tempered— and thankfully, so was my husband. We all did it together.”

Once she began school, she dove in without trepidation.

“I was one of the older members of the class, but I never felt intimidated or overwhelmed. We came from many different backgrounds and we were there for many different reasons but we all shared a common goal, a topnotch legal education. And through the interaction of our diverse perspectives and with the help of demanding professors, we accomplished that goal. And we accomplished that goal while juggling work and family pressures.

Because time was in short supply and we didn’t like to waste it, we were edgy and demanding—of each other and of our professors.” So many peers in the same boat, helped Ms. Schulze keep her own life in perspective.

Due to her family life, she felt limited in options for bolstering her resume with hands-on experiences from summer jobs and interning. “I wanted situations that complemented my home life. I lucked out with an assignment at the Housing Clinic, where I researched issues concerning housing discrimination, assisted at depositions at a trial, and even got to argue a motion in District Court. And the hours were manageable.”

“...The routine was comfortable— working and going to school—and I liked doing two things at once.”

In addition to the housing clinic Ms. Schulze found time for Law Review and for moot court competitions. "The moot court competitions, both intra-scholastic and interscholastic were a terrific experience for me. Winning Best Brief at the Wisconsin competition was really exciting. I think it is terrific that evening students are given the opportunity to fully participate in all these activities."

Looking back on her four years in law school, Ms. Schulze claims she wouldn’t change a thing. “I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. For four years, I had a small school feeling with big school advantages. My daughters formed a special bond with their father that endures to this day. And I accomplished what I set out to do—become an attorney. I’m very lucky someone invented night school.”

Ms. Schulze still maintains her knack for seeking out opportunities that fit her needs and propel her towards her goals. After a wonderful clerkship in the Appellate Division, she worked for a law firm and a security company.

Ms. Schulze then found her niche in public interest law as an Assistant Deputy Ratepayer Advocate for the State of New Jersey where she represents the interests of New Jersey citizens in rate proceedings before the Office of Administrative Law and the Board of Public Utilities.

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ALFRED KOEPPE The decision to enter law school was not an easy one for Al Koeppe ’75. Before he even Alfred Koeppe started, he knew that balancing family, career, and school would be extremely demanding. Even though he had a thirst for academics and was excited about earning a law degree, the timing had to be right.

“I’ve always been a firm believer in playing the cards you’re dealt. It was a question of knowing I had my family’s backing and the support of management at New Jersey Bell where I was working at the time. Once all the pieces fell into place, I jumped at the opportunity and never looked back.”

“...That ability to make quick decisions is invaluable in the legal profession— and in the business world. Night school helped me hone that skill.”

In school, he found his fellow classmates very mature, very motivated—and somewhat impatient. “Evening students are always running on a little less because they lead such busy lives. You develop a sense of urgency—always pushing to keep things moving along, always demanding decisions because there’s so little time to spare. Feeling the constraints of time, you learn not to overanalyze or study things to death. That ability to make quick decisions is invaluable in the legal profession—and in the business world. Night school helped me hone that skill.”

For the next four years, Mr. Koeppe constantly juggled the multiple demands on his time.“Completing the program at night was certainly challenging—physically, mentally and emotionally. During that time, I felt like a

sailboat delicately balanced, tacking from side to side.

And there were a lot of sacrifices like lost weekends and canceled vacations because I had to study.”

Fortunately, he made it work and, through it all, his number one priority remained the same—his family.

“You can miss class or fail an exam. You can get a disappointing review at work or get passed over for a key project. But you’ll recover and live to share many successes and milestones with your family in the future.

That’s what’s important. Family endures.”

After passing the bar and launching his law career, he wasn’t surprised at the competitiveness he encountered—or his preparation for it. “My education at Seton Hall was top notch. In fact, I always believed one advantage to going to law school at night was adjunct professors, who practiced law during the day and brought something special to the classroom with their anecdotal, real-life experiences and examples. I can say without reservation that I got the best training possible.

I’ve tried cases against some of the best regulatory attorneys in the game and I always felt more than equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to win.”

He feels he left Seton Hall with a very important nonacademic benefit.“Going to school at night, re-shuffling priorities was a way of life. I learned to manage conflicts and demands successfully and professionally. I’m convinced the experience makes better lawyers and better leaders.”

He should know. His successes in the legal arena include serving as trial attorney for the New Jersey Department of the Public Defender and for AT&T in the Department of Justice antitrust case. He was elected President and CEO of Bell Atlantic-New Jersey and later became President and COO of PSE&G. Koeppe was recently named President and CEO of the Newark Alliance, a nonprofit organization founded by a group of business leaders who are committed to supporting Newark’s rebirth as a regional center for business, performing arts and higher education.

K. ANTHONY THOMAS

K. Anthony Thomas

For Anthony Thomas ’95, law school itself had its share of revelations and life-altering moments.

“I entered law school with absolutely no intention of ever practicing law. I had high political aspirations—to be the first black mayor of Jersey City—and I felt law school was the best place to make connections and find backers.”

This remained Mr. Thomas’ game plan until 1994 when he made a successful bid for president of the Student Bar Association and rallied students to work for sweeping changes to the exam schedule. “Traditionally, exams were given after Christmas, which meant grades were posted later than other law schools. Seton Hall students felt this was a disadvantage in applying for jobs. Faculty members resisted adjusting the scheduling because the fall semester would start before Labor Day. In the end, we prevailed. It was quite a coup and very beneficial to the students. I’m proud of that accomplishment.”

But as a result of his presidency, Mr. Thomas realized he didn’t have the mettle for politics. He was frustrated by his inability to please all of the people, all of the time.

“Dean Riccio told me I was too idealistic—too eager to please.To some degree, I was really disappointed that my plans for a political career were blown out of the water.

But at the same time I was relieved.The experience saved me from making a huge mistake and investing my energy in a career that didn’t suit me.”

He admits he would have preferred to attend classes during the day. But evening classes were his only option because of his “day job” as project director for New Community Corporation, an affordable housing development venture with the Colgate-Palmolive Company.

“I had racked up some pretty significant student loans from my undergraduate schooling, and I didn’t want to add to my debt. So I had to work during the day to finance my education. And I wanted to eat, too.”

He maintained good grades, studied at lunchtime, at night, on weekends and gave up vacations. “I became adept at juggling a lot of balls in the air: career, education, social life. I never let the first two drop and occasionally the third one did. But it was only a small price to pay.”

As part of the evening program, Mr. Thomas learned study habits from his peers and truly appreciated the

camaraderie that developed while keeping each other motivated. He also remembers that he was constantly in awe of how others managed to prioritize.“I was lucky to be a single guy. There were women with children and spouses and homes to run. There were men with demanding careers and mouths to feed at home. Talk about pressure. I still think about that sometimes—that comparatively speaking, I had it pretty easy.”

Not that completing the program was easy for anyone, Thomas believes that professors didn’t cut evening students any slack. They used the same texts, had the same reading requirements, and had to perform at the same level of excellence as day students. But in return, they all got the same high-quality education. “My sheepskin is as good as anyone else’s. The fact that it was earned at night is irrelevant.”

“I was lucky to be a single guy. There were women and children and spouses and homes to run. There were men with demanding careers and mouths to feed at home.Talk about pressure. I still think about that sometimes—that comparatively speaking, I had it pretty easy.”

This belief was confirmed when Mr. Thomas began seeking employment after graduation. “Getting interviews was never hindered by the fact that I graduated as an evening student. It was never even mentioned during the interview process. But it stands to reason that, when firms hire a first year associate, they consider the individual’s ability to handle pressure, balance priorities, meet deadlines and work ridiculous hours. Who better than someone who did law school at night?”

It all worked out for Mr. Thomas in the end. He is currently an Assistant Federal Defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender—a job he loves. “Can you believe how the events of law school changed my life? I walked into law school an idealist and walked out a realist. My change of outlook prepared me for dealing more effectively with clients and, most importantly, it put me on the right career path—law. Luckily, I didn’t get sidetracked on the way to success and happiness.

For that, I’m eternally grateful to Seton Hall.”

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By Angela C. Carmella This article is an adaptation of an article that appeared in the Boston College Law Review SYMPOSIUM: THE IMPACT OF CLERGY SEXUAL MISCONDUCT LITIGATION ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. Copyright © 2003 by Boston College Law School Reprinted from Vol. 44:4/5 B.C. L. Rev. 1031 (2003)

The Protection of Children and Young People: Catholic and Constitutional Visions of Responsible Freedom For nearly two decades, and especially since 2002, the public has learned of irresponsible decisions made by Catholic leadership regarding priests accused of sexual abuse of children and young people, particularly the practice of reassigning abusive priests who subsequently harmed other minors. By treating these incidents as internal personnel matters, some church leaders proved astonishingly unaware of the state’s paramount interest in preventing what were, after all, criminal and tortious acts against minors.

States have begun to respond with a variety of measures to impose external accountability. In state legislatures, there are moves to add “clergy” to the list of professionals obligated to report suspected child abuse. Statutes of limitation have been extended in some states, and bills are pending in many others, to allow for criminal prosecution of abusive priests and for the filing of new tort lawsuits against dioceses.

Grand juries have been convened and have issued reports filled with scathing criticisms of church conduct.

And several dioceses have avoided criminal prosecution by entering into agreements with state authorities.

At their meeting in Dallas in June 2002, the American bishops focused their attention on the crisis and responded with disciplinary and preventive measures that create structural and procedural safeguards.The bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People Revised Edition creates a new office at the Bishops’ Conference, the Office of Child and Youth Protection, charged with implementing “safe environment” programs in each diocese, among other tasks. A National Review Board will monitor the work of the office, as well as other diocesan progress.

The Church’s response to the crisis has included the important acknowledgement that the sexual abuse of children is a matter properly within the state’s jurisdiction as well as a moral, pastoral, and disciplinary matter for the Church. The Charter, which is binding on all dioceses, requires each diocese to report any allegation by a minor to civil authorities, and to cooperate with investigations that follow. Beyond that, however, diocesan responses to heightened government scrutiny and aggressive prosecutorial stands have been mixed. No doubt there has been a tremendous spirit of cooperation and voluntary disclosure.

But some dioceses seem willing to place prosecutors in what Richard John Neuhaus has called “a position to give or withhold from Catholic bishops a clean bill of moral health.” By contrast, other dioceses, fearful that the state will intrude in Church affairs, continue to make claims of “autonomy” and “confidentiality” that in some cases are clearly inappropriate and unsupportable.

What is the appropriate relationship between church and state in this area of common concern? It is captured by the term “responsible freedom,” where the Church responds properly to the state’s legitimate authority in the matter of clergy sexual abuse, and, at the same time, undertakes its independent task of moral and institutional reform without interference from, or dependence upon, the state.

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I THE RELIGION CLAUSES AND RESPONSIBLE FREEDOM A. Institutional Freedom for the Church and Its Limits The religion clauses of the First Amendment to the Constitution provide that government “shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”John Courtney Murray, S.J., a Jesuit theologian and philosopher writing at midtwentieth century, thought this language captured the classic Christian understanding of distinct spheres of authority: the state with temporal authority, and the church with spiritual authority. The First Amendment’s text, history, and tradition have deep affinities with ancient Christian notions of the necessary freedom of the person in matters religious, and the necessary freedom of the Church from state control.

Judicial and legislative interpretations of these clauses (and their state constitutional counterparts) have attempted to recognize this jurisdictional separation, or distinction of spheres. Broad institutional autonomy has emerged from case law under the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause. A variety of legal principles work together to ensure that churches are able, as Professor Douglas Laycock notes, to “select their own leaders, define their own doctrines, resolve their own disputes, and run their own institutions.”

But, in this process of delineating the contours of the free religious sphere, courts and legislatures also mark the boundaries of the legitimate authority of law. No freedom is absolute, and churches are subject to the requirements of coercive law in situations where courts determine that the freedom and autonomy proper to the church are not threatened. Distressingly, the state

has become expansive in its claimed scope of authority over churches. The U.S. Supreme Court’s dramatic changes in the free exercise area, for instance, have left states free to treat churches like nonreligious entities, subject to neutral laws of general applicability. And judicial deference to internal church dispute resolution, once thought to be required, is now optional in certain situations. Civil courts can adjudicate internal church disputes if they can use “neutral principles” to resolve the dispute without resort to doctrinal or ecclesiastical standards. In fact, these jurisprudential movements toward “equal treatment” and “neutral criteria” have opened churches to a vast array of regulations and liability to an extent not thought possible thirty years ago.

This jurisprudential shift can be understood as the law’s attempt, albeit imperfect and at times alarming, to provide for responsible freedom. As Murray frequently noted, the rule of jurisprudence of a free society must always be “as much freedom as possible, as much coercion as necessary.”The question of ordered liberty— how much order, how much liberty—is both perennially present and perennially difficult, and each historical period attempts its own balance. Constitutional principles must protect the unique internal life of a religious institution, while also preserving critical social norms.

B. Institutional Freedom Regarding Clergy and the Imposition of Tort Liability Church decisions made concerning the church-clergy relationship are generally accorded great deference by civil courts and legislatures, under the principle of church autonomy. In fact, a substantial minority of jurisdictions applies such autonomy reasoning to bar tort litigation against the institutional church in cases of sexual misconduct by clergy. For these courts, any judicial inquiry about church decision making concerning clergy is considered an unconstitutional intrusion into the religious nature of this relationship.

But a growing majority of jurisdictions allows judicial scrutiny of church decision making in many tort actions.

The “neutral principles” approach, which justifies civil court jurisdiction over internal church disputes when religious issues can be avoided, provides the conceptual framework for these jurisdictions. In tort actions, the neutral principles approach permits a court to assess the reasonableness of church decision making regarding a clergy person who has engaged in misconduct, in a way

that purports to avoid religious issues.Thus, in a host of cases that overwhelmingly involve sexual misconduct of clergy, various theories, such as negligent supervision, negligent retention or transfer, or negligent hiring, have been used to provide redress to persons harmed by clergy behavior. Especially in cases involving the sexual abuse of minors, where clergy behavior itself is not religiously motivated and actually violates the church’s own teachings, courts have been more disposed to viewing the church’s decision making on such matters as falling outside any legitimate sphere of church autonomy.

Some legal theorists have even suggested that a strict liability theory (rather than negligence) is faithful to the religion clauses, because it avoids an intrusive judicial inquiry into a church’s decision-making process while still permitting the redress of harm. Robert F. Cochran, Jr. writes, “such liability should be imposed only when . . . clerical supervisors are on notice of the clergy member’s propensity toward sexual exploitation.” Further, the strict liability proposal is combined with damage caps in recognition of the fact that the financial effects of tort litigation can be devastating, and that large damage awards may be attributable in some cases to antireligious discrimination.

II

CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT AND RESPONSIBLE FREEDOM The Church’s social teachings explicitly develop the concept of responsible freedom. This is not surprising, given the emphasis in those teachings on the social nature of the person, the importance of communities, and the state’s role in protecting human dignity in its

personal and communal dimensions by enforcing correlative rights and duties. Catholic teachings embrace both the affirmative duty (owed not to the state but to God) of church leaders to behave morally and promote the common good in conditions of freedom, and the recognition of the legitimate role of the state to limit that freedom in some circumstances.

The Church’s own understanding of legitimate limits to its freedom is articulated in the 1965 Declaration on Religious Freedom (“Declaration”) of the Second Vatican Council.

The Declaration sets out the proper relationship between church and state. The state’s function is to ensure “public order,” defined as public peace, public morality, and the enforcement of civil rights and duties of all citizens, as it directs and coordinates social efforts in pursuit of the common good. Yet the state plays no theological role and is independent of religious institutions. It is charged with the protection of all aspects of human dignity. And, because the right to religious freedom is rooted in human dignity, the state is charged with its protection. No person or religious group can be coerced to believe or practice a faith or be restrained from its own belief or practice absent a threat to public order.

Under the Declaration, churches have broad freedom for public worship, teaching, and witness; for establishing and operating schools, charities, and other social organizations; and for public critique of issues of interest to the wider society. The Declaration states a general autonomy principle, that churches may “govern themselves according to their own norms . . . [and] have the right not to be hindered, either by legal measures or by administrative action on the part of government, in the selection, training, appointment, and transferal of their own ministers.” The Declaration, however, calls not simply for freedom, but for responsible freedom, and makes clear that all freedoms enjoyed by churches are subject to restriction whenever religious conduct violates the public order. If religious conduct of any kind violates the public order—the public peace, public morality, or the rights of others—legal intervention is warranted.

In the context of clergy sexual abuse of children, public order clearly is implicated. Dioceses have rebuffed tort litigation on the ground that decisions to reassign abu-

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sive priests were part of the free exercise of religion, involving matters of church doctrine and interpretation. But the practice of reassigning abusive priests implicated public order in all three of its dimensions: it violated the rights of others, the public peace, and the public morality.This practice made possible the continued sexual abuse of minors, which is criminal and tortious conduct. It threatened the public peace by providing safe haven, and even public stature, for abusers, and it enabled the continuation of conduct that was widely considered by the public to be immoral.The Declaration clearly states,“religious bodies rightfully claim freedom in order that they may govern themselves according to their own norms” with the critical proviso: only when “the just requirements of public order are observed.”

III

RESPONSIBLE FREEDOM IN ADDRESSING CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE A. Rethinking the Autonomy Defense to Tort Liability In cases where the allegations are false, or where the diocese acted in a truly defensible way, the Church should defend itself in court so that it can tell its story.

Where the allegations regarding the abuse and the clerical supervision of the abuser are credible, however, the focus ought to be on a peaceful and just settlement of the dispute, using a comprehensive response— pastoral, spiritual, emotional, and financial. The Church should not defend these claims by invoking the autonomy defense, for four reasons.

First, prudence counsels against an autonomy defense.

Second, in addition to a lack of support for such defense in the Church’s social teachings, the Declaration is clear

that the state must provide a forum for the settlement of disputes. The existence of a forum for peaceful settlement of conflicts is at the heart of the state’s public order role so that the rights of all citizens are “effectively safeguarded” and the public peace is preserved.

Third, constitutional law does not support the use of an autonomy defense. Even on the most generous reading of the doctrine, the element necessary for an autonomy defense is missing in the case of sexual abuse of children: voluntariness. Further, this matter involves the physical health and safety of children, which is traditionally considered a state interest of the highest order, capable of outweighing an autonomy claim.

Finally, the long-term jurisprudential effects of the inappropriate use of the autonomy doctrine could be disastrous. The doctrine is essential to the freedom of churches, particularly in situations where the church’s teachings do not correspond to prevailing societal opinions or norms. But, employing it in cases where wrongdoing is clear, and where there is no normative conflict with society, indicates a disregard for legitimate legal authority. Courts might respond by radically restricting the applicability of the doctrine.

B. Maintaining Institutional Boundaries in Individualized Agreements with the State There are and will be child protection laws that are generally applicable to churches, as well as individualized interaction between state and church officials, on this matter, as it is a matter of common concern to both institutions. The religion clauses of the First Amendment provide ample precedent for maintaining the integrity of the church-state boundary. There are two overriding limitations on state action. First, the state is prohibited from treating this problem as a Catholic problem. It must employ general approaches for the protection of children. Second, when there is necessary interaction between church and state on an individualized basis, the state must employ the “least intrusive alternative,” that is, an approach narrowly tailored to achieving its goals.

The U.S. Supreme Court has made clear that the religion clauses stand firm against laws that discriminate against, or single out, religion or religious groups and laws that discriminate among religious groups. Thus, the state is prohibited from treating the sexual abuse

of minors as a Catholic problem, or even as a “clergy” problem. Regrettably, such abuse occurs in families, schools, voluntary associations, and in other institutions public and private. When the state acts to make the Church accountable to society for its irresponsible decisions, it must do so in a way that takes into account the breadth of the problem, and avoids targeted regulation or selective prosecution of churches by ensuring that other institutions are subject to comparable scrutiny. One example of a general, broadly applicable measure is the mandatory reporting statute. At a minimum, such reporting (together with cooperation in any investigation) is necessary to ensure that the state can do its job.The bishops’ Charter already agrees to abide by such reporting requirements.

When the state deals with churches not by general regulation but by specific relationships created pursuant to tort and criminal laws, the possibility of unconstitutional overreaching is greatest. The religion clauses preserve the fundamental jurisdictional boundary between the temporal and spiritual spheres. The state cannot intrude so severely in internal operations that it remakes the church in its own image. The state is required to employ the least intrusive alternative available to it when promoting its interests. For instance, the neutral principles approach purports to do this in the tort context—permitting temporal jurisdiction over a church but not over those religious matters exclusively within the church’s domain. Further, tort litigation may be a less intrusive form of state jurisdiction than some forms of generally applicable regulation because post-litigation decisions regarding internal reforms remain in the hands of the church.

Individualized agreements between dioceses and prosecutors also are being used as measures to prevent sexual abuse of children. In their agreements with state authorities, the Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire and the Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona have (among other provisions) accepted state oversight of their compliance with their own child protection policies, and have invited the state to shape those policies through review and comment. The state obviously has much experience in the prosecution of child sexual abuse, can claim expertise in its prevention, and rightly shares this expertise with any group seeking to establish policies. But state participation in the development of internal church policies and state monitoring of

church compliance with those policies does not comport with a “least intrusive alternative” requirement. It may foster a relationship of church dependence upon the state, and lessen the urgency of the need for substantive internal reform. Further, it stands in marked contrast to the state’s traditional role of enacting a law, requiring a church to abide by that law, and monitoring the church’s compliance with that law. Agreements with state authorities, if used at all, should not put a church into a kind of moral receivership under the supervision of the attorney general or a state agency.

IV CONCLUSION

The religion clauses of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration on Religious Freedom of the Second Vatican Council offer visions of “responsible freedom”—that is, freedom tempered by the moral claims of others and by the laws necessary to the life of the society. Both visions contain a legitimate role for the state in the protection of children, even where this requires scrutiny by the state of some decisions of religious institutions.

In the context of clergy sexual abuse of minors, I have argued that the state’s role necessarily entails some limits on the Church’s autonomy through the imposition of tort liability, and necessarily calls for church-state cooperation on the common goal of protecting minors. In both constitutional and conciliar visions of responsible freedom, the Church has sufficient room for its own internal reforms, and must neither demand from the state total deference to its internal decisions nor relinquish to the state the task of moral renewal.

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A CATALYST FOR

SUCCESS Seton Hall faculty continue to be recognized for their accomplishments both in and out of the classroom. Kathleen M. Boozang, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law, was recently named the 2004 Distinguished Alumni by her alma mater, Washington University School of Law, an institution whose other Distinguished Alumni include young William Webster, former FBI and CIA Director, and Alan Dickson, former U.S. Senator of Missouri. In addition, she has just been elected President of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, the premier academic association dealing with Health Law. She also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, is a member of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, and is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Complementary and Alternative Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

At Seton Hall, Dean Boozang established the Health Law & Policy Program, which is consistently ranked among the top 10 health law programs by U.S.News & World Report. For the past four years, she has served as the law school’s Associate Dean. Dean Boozang continues to teach, publish, and serve in a variety of health law organizations, and has also taught in a visiting capacity at Houston Law School and Washington University.

Dean Boozang was recruited by Seton Hall to start its health law program, and lead the effort to win American Bar Association approval of the Law School’s first LL.M degree as well as establishing an MSJ program for those in health, pharmaceuticals, and science and technology who want to obtain a strong background in the law. She graduated from Washington University in 1984, where she was Managing Editor of the Law Quarterly, and was named to Order of the Coif.

Dean Boozang started her career in health law in the Health Law Group of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, where she primarily represented SSM Health Care hospitals. She earned her LL.M. at Yale before becoming a professor at Seton Hall.

28th Annual Health Law Teachers Conference Co-hosted by Seton Hall Law School Health Law & Policy Program and the American Society of Law Medicine & Ethics

June 3-5, 2004 Intended for professionals who teach health law or bioethics in schools of law, medicine, public health, health care administration, pharmacy, nursing and dentistry, this conference will feature nationally-recognized scholars addressing the most current topics in the field. It will include updates on substantive legal areas, work-in-progress presentations, a session on teaching health law, and plenty of good food and opportunities for networking. A poster session will give participants an opportunity to share ideas and get informal feedback on scholarship.

Since the conference will be hosted by Seton Hall this year, HeLPP alumni and students and New Jersey healthcare practitioners are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Tara Hapward, Coordinator for the Health Law Teachers Conference, at cjhap@aol.com.

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Faculty Appointments THOMAS HEALY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW Professor Healy joins Seton Hall from Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood in Washington D.C., where he practiced trial and appellate litigation and worked on several cases before the United States Supreme Court. His scholarship focuses on methods of decisionmaking in the federal courts and separation of powers. His most recent article, “Stare Decisis as a Constitutional Requirement” in the WEST VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW, explores whether stare decisis is a constitutional mandate or a judicial policy to be altered or discarded when the need arises. He also wrote “Is Missouri v. Holland Still Good Law: Federalism And The Treaty Power,” 98 COLUM. L. REV. 1726 (1998).

A 1999 graduate of Columbia Law School, Professor Healy was Book Review and Essay Editor of the COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW. He clerked for Judge Michael Daly Hawkins on the 9th Circuit and also worked for many years as a newspaper reporter, first in North Carolina and later as Supreme Court Correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. He received his undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1991. At Seton Hall, he will teach the first-year course in Constitutional Law and an upper-year elective on the First Amendment.

ANDREA MCDOWELL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW Professor McDowell comes to Seton Hall from the Yale Law School where she held the Ribicoff Research Fellowship in 2002-2003. This year she is teaching Torts and Estates & Trusts. In addition to this subject, her scholarship interests include property, legal history and comparative law. She is particularly interested in changing concepts of private property in American history and across cultures and is writing a series of articles on the informal property regime that emerged in the mining camps of the California gold rush. The first of this series appeared as “From Commons to Claims: Property Rights in the California Gold Rush,” 14 YALE J. L. & HUMANITIES (2002).

She is also writing on the foundational property fox-hunting case, Pierson v. Post, dealing with how unowned objects and animals become property.

After law school, Professor McDowell clerked for Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold on the 8th Circuit, and went on to teach at the University of Pennsylvania Law School as a Visiting Assistant Professor.

In addition to her J.D., Professor McDowell holds a Ph.D. in Ancient History with a specialty in ancient Egyptian law and society. Her book JURISDICTION IN THE WORKMEN’S COMMUNITY OF DEIR EL-MEDINA is a comprehensive study of legal procedure and practice in daily life. She has written two further books and numerous articles on related subjects and taught Egyptian history at the University of Leiden, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins. Her expertise in the first 3,000 years of human history gives her an unusually long perspective on the origins and history of private property.

THOMAS (TIM) GREANEY PROFESSOR OF LAW AND CO-DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR HEALTH LAW STUDIES SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Thomas (Tim) Greaney, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law, is a Visiting Professor at Seton Hall Law School in the Spring 2004 semester, teaching Health Care Access & Payment and Nonprofit Organizations.

At Saint Louis University, Professor Greaney also teaches Business Associations, Antitrust, Healthcare Financing and Business Planning, and Regulated Industries. He also is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the JOURNAL OF HEALTH LAW, published by the American Health Lawyers Association.

Professor Greaney is one of the nation’s foremost scholars of health care antitrust. His recent articles include Chicago’s Procrustean Bed: Applying Antitrust Law in Health Care, ANTITRUST L.J. (Spring 2004); The National Resident Matching Program and Antitrust Law, 289 JAMA 913 (2003) (with Francis H. Miller), A Perfect Storm on the Sea of Doubt: Antitrust and Physician Collaboration, 14 LOYOLA CONSUMER L. REV. 481 (2002), and Whither Antitrust? The Uncertain Future of Antitrust Law’s Application to the Health Care

Industry, 21 HEALTH AFFAIRS 185 (2002). He also has coauthored numerous textbooks and treatises on health law, including HEALTH LAW: CASES, MATERIALS AND PROBLEMS 4th ed. (West, 2001), HEALTH LAW HORNBOOK 2d ed. (West, 2000), HEALTH LAW TREATISE 2d ed.

(West, 2000), and HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION AND FINANCE 4th ed. (West Group, 2001).

Before teaching law, Professor Greaney served as Assistant Chief for the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, and Special Antitrust Counsel for the State of Missouri and the Federal Trade Commission. He has also received a Fulbright Fellowship to study European Union competition law. He received his J.D. from Harvard University and his B.A. from Wesleyan University.

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JEREMY A. BLUMENTHAL VISITING FELLOW Professor Jeremy A. Blumenthal earned his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University, where his dissertation and other research focused on moral decisionmaking and jury decisions. He earned his J.D. and graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. After law school, Professor Blumenthal clerked for Judge Maryanne Trump Barry on the 3d Circuit. He then was an associate with Latham & Watkins, LLP, of Newark, N.J., involved with class action, environmental, and appellate litigation.

Professor Blumenthal is currently teaching Property, with his other primary teaching and research interests including Law and Social Sciences, Evidence, and Comparative Law. Professor Blumenthal’s work is interdisciplinary, emphasizing the importance of a dynamic interaction between

law and the empirical social sciences. He has published widely on topics in psychology and law, including articles on demeanor evidence, the reasonable woman standard, and victim impact statements. He has also published in the areas of evidence and comparative law. His work in progress focuses on the role of emotions in the legal system and on issues of capital punishment.

Professor Blumenthal presented numerous papers at conferences of the American Psychology/Law Society, the American Psychological Society, and the National Institute of Justice. He is a reviewer for the American Psychology/ Law Society, as well as for the American Psychological Association Conference (Division 41), the JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, BASIC AND APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, and the JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE.

LORRAINE DORAN VISITING CLINICAL PROFESSOR, CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Professor Doran brings to the Center’s Civil Litigation Clinic a strong background in trial work in the government, public interest and corporate spheres. She has litigated in a wide variety of contexts, from successfully prosecuting a utility company for environmental contamination on behalf of a municipality to enjoining the theft of trade secrets in the broker-dealer industry. Professor Doran has also written or co-written a number of briefs on important issues of public interest law, such as a challenge to the application of the federal material witness statute to witnesses in grand jury proceedings.

Doran’s experience includes several years as an associate with the litigation department at Carter Ledyard & Milburn in New York, where she worked in the environmental and employment practice groups. Having developed special expertise in the enforcement of restrictive covenants in employment agreements, she has represented several corporations in employment and unfair trade practice

litigation and assisted in the organization of an annual conference on restrictive covenants in the financial services industry. Her pro bono work has concentrated on the areas of poverty law and tenants’ rights.

Doran served for several years as a member of the Social Welfare Law Committee of the Association for the Bar of the City of New York. She has also worked at Legal Services of New Jersey. While a law student at NYU, Doran served as Managing Editor of the ANNUAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN LAW and was awarded the Phillip Cohen Award for her contributions to the journal. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University.

JOMANAS EUSTACHE DEAN, CATHOLIC LAW SCHOOL IN HAITI VISITING PROFESSOR OF LAW The Rev. Jomanas Eustache is a Visiting Professor this year at Seton Hall Law School on leave from his permanent position as Dean of the Catholic Law School in Haïti— l’École Supérieure Catholique de Droit de Jérémie.

With Bishop Willy Romélus, Fr. Jomanas co-founded the law school in 1995 to advance a Haitian bar and judiciary dedicated to the rule of law and promoting the respect and protection of the human dignity.

From its opening in 1995, the law school has doubled in size with more than 100 law students taught by 15 fulltime faculty members and five adjunct professors. Each

year, l’École Supérieure Catholique sends the top three students to France to get their master’s degree in Human Rights at the Institut des Droits de L’homme de Lyon.

In addition to serving as Dean, Fr. Jomanas teaches Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, Introduction to the Law, and Roman Law. He is fluent in Creole and French and also speaks English, Spanish, and Italian. In 1985, he graduated with degrees in philosophy and theology at the Grand Séminaire Notre-Dame in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and was ordained a priest the same year. He attended École de Droit de Jérémie, Haiti, from 1986 to 1990, and then received his J.C.D. in Canon Law at the Pontifical Urbanian University in Italy in 1994.

IRIS GOODWIN VISITING FELLOW Professor Goodwin brings a rich background in political theory to both her teaching and scholarship. Before attending New York University School of Law, she earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University, where she was a Chamberlain Fellow and a member of the Columbia College faculty. Her doctoral dissertation centered on Protestant natural law theory.

Professor Goodwin currently teaches Property and Trusts & Estates. Her scholarship locates the field of Trusts & Estates within various traditional conceptions of the public good. She currently is working on an article titled “Making Our Peace with Inherited Wealth: What Place in a

Meritocracy?”in which she examines historical and contemporary efforts to reconcile the concept of inherited wealth with the fundamental values of a meritocratic social order.

Professor Goodwin brings to her teaching and research significant practice experience. She began her legal career as an associate in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Estates Group and later was Senior Vice President and Associate Fiduciary Counsel at Bessemer Trust Company.

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ANJUM GUPTA VISITING CLINICAL PROFESSOR, CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE As the 2003-2005 Center for Social Justice Clinical Fellow, Professor Gupta assists Professor Lori Nessel with the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and Professor Baher Azmy with the Civil Litigation Clinic. Professor Gupta earned her B.A. in Psychology and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan, with High Honors in Psychology. Prior to law school, she served as a staff member at Ozone House Youth and Family Services as well as an Associate Teacher at the University of Michigan Children’s Center. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School.

Professor Gupta’s past experiences and interests lie in immigrants’ rights and gender violence cases. Her past clinical experience includes work at Yale Law School’s Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization in the Immigration Legal Services Clinic (where she served as a Student Director and Supervisor) and in the Advocacy for Parents and Children Clinic. She has also worked at the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants’ Rights Project, the New Haven Legal Assistance Association, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Domestic Violence Project SAFEhouse, the National Science Foundation, and the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center. At Yale Law School, her public interest focus also included serving as Director of the Rebellious Lawyering Conference as well as the Temporary Restraining Order Project’s Domestic Violence Clinic.

NICOLE HUBERFELD ’99 HEALTH LAW FACULTY FELLOW Professor Huberfeld is the Health Law Faculty Fellow and will teach Health Care Fraud and Abuse in addition to other courses in the Health Law and Policy Program. Her scholarship has focused on regulatory and transactional topics in health care and understanding the importance of efficiency and quality in delivery of health care. In her forthcoming article “Be Not Afraid of Change: Time to Eliminate the Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine,” Professor Huberfeld argues that the outdated corporate practice of medicine doctrine should be eradicated and suggests that the best approach to unifying states’ disparate laws and regulations is federal legislation.

Professor Huberfeld is also the Director of the Health Care Corporate Compliance Training Program.

Before coming to Seton Hall as a Fellow, Professor Huberfeld advised clients on a variety of regulatory and transactional health care issues including anti-kickback law and Stark law; Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement

issues; HIPAA compliance; drafting and implementing corporate compliance plans; negotiating managed care agreements; and drafting and negotiating formative and corporate documents for health care entities. She also served on the New Jersey Commission on Pain Management and is an active member of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics and the American Health Lawyers Association.

Professor Huberfeld received her J.D., cum laude, from Seton Hall Law School, where she served as Book Review Editor of Seton Hall Law Review. Among other distinctions, she received the Award for Outstanding Female Graduate and the Raymond Del Tufo Constitutional Law Award. She also holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, where she received the Award of the Trustees Council of Penn Women.

DAVID W. OPDERBECK ’91 VISITING FELLOW ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF LAW, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Professor Opderbeck joins Seton Hall from McCarter & English, LLP, where he was a Partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Information Technology Group and represented hardware and software manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and the nation’s largest Internet service provider, in intellectual property transactions and litigation.

Professor Opderbeck’s research focuses on game theory analysis of the effect of patent laws on the availability of essential technologies in developing countries. He also maintains a log relating to law and technology subjects (www.davidopderbeck.com/log.html), which provides daily commentary on current intellectual property issues.

His past scholarship has focused on the intersection of

trademark and patent law as applied to product configuration trade dress and the regulation of prescription drug marketing on the Internet.

In addition to teaching intellectual property courses, Professor Opderbeck serves as Associate Director of Seton Hall’s Institute of Law, Science & Technology. In that role, he helps implement the Institute’s diverse academic programs.

He received his LL.M. in Trade Regulation, with a concentration in Intellectual Property, from New York University School of Law, his J.D. cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the SETON HALL LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL, and his B.A. from Gordon College.

Merck Visiting Scholars Last October, Merck Visiting Scholar Mary Anne Bobinski, Dean and Professor, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, presented “Women and Health Care:The Perils of Symbolic Reform.”Pictured here is Dean Bobinski lecturing to students, faculty and guests at the Law School. Dean Bobinski focuses her scholarship on health care financing, legal aspects of HIV infection and reproductive health issues.

In March 2004, Professor Arti K.Rai from Duke Law School presented "Models of Pharmaceutical Development: Separating Ideology from Evidence." Professor Rai is on the cutting edge of biotechnology, patent and health law.

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ADMINISTRATORS Lisa Bianculli ’97, J.D., LL.M. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR CAREER SERVICES

Lisa Bianculli joined the Office of Career Services in September after being a Director of Estate Planning and Associate Counsel for Vanguard National Trust Company, as well as a Senior Associate in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Personal Financial Services Group. She earned a B.A. in Political Science and Law & Society from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and a J.D. from Seton Hall Law School, where she was also Associate Editor of the SETON HALL LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL and served as President and Annual Dinner Chairperson for the Rodino Society.

She also earned an L.L.M. in Taxation from Villanova University School of Law.

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Karl C. Riehl ’96, J.D.

John C. Chang ’03, J.D.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICES AND STUDENT RECRUITMENT

SYSTEMS MANAGER FOR OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS AND OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Karl Riehl began his employment with the Law School in October of 2002 in the Office of Career Services at Seton Hall. He counsels students and coordinates programs in career services and also acts as the liaison between the Office of Career Services and student organizations.

John Chang joined the office of admissions and the office of financial resource management, designing and maintaining computing systems for both offices.

Prior to Seton Hall, Mr. Riehl was the Supervising Manager of the Legal Search Division of a National Employment Consulting Corporation and was a Certified Personnel Consultant. He clerked for the Superior Court of New Jersey in Ocean County in both the criminal, family and civil divisions. He worked for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom both during law school and upon the completion of his clerkship in the employment litigation arena. He graduated, with University Honors, from Susquehanna University in 1993 with a degree in Marketing & Finance and received his J.D. from Seton Hall Law School in 1996.

Mr. Chang earned a B.A. from Rowan University in economics in 1999 and graduated with a J.D. from Seton Hall Law School in 2003 where he worked as the Executive Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Dean of Legal Computing and Information Technology. He also served as Treasurer and Alumni Liaison for the Asian/Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA).

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Flying High: An Alumnus Carves Out a Niche in Aviation Tort Litigation Michel F.“Mitch� Baumeister, J.D. `72 has utilized his expertise, skills and goal-orientation to become one of the preeminent attorneys representing air crash victims and their families. A renowned trial attorney who has practiced for more than 30 years, Mr. Baumeister (a pilot for over 40 years) is well positioned to assist families seeking improvements in aviation safety and compensation for the deaths of their loved ones. His New York and Morristown, N.J., law firm, Baumeister & Samuels, P.C., has represented injured passengers, crew and the families of those killed in nearly every commercial airline disaster over the last 15 years.

Mr. Baumeister with his personal plane, a 1943 Stearman.

Some of the airline tragedies which Mr. Baumeister has litigated include the Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie, Scotland Disaster where he served as a lead trial attorney and recently acted as a lead negotiator in the settlement reached with the Libyan government. Mr. Baumeister currently represents the families of several of the heroes of United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed in Shanksville, Penn., on September 11, 2001, and he and his firm also represent the families of many other passengers killed on board the various hijacked aircraft that morning. He currently serves on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee and is responsible for overseeing all of the litigation arising out of the terrorist attacks of that day. In addition to his litigation efforts, Mr. Baumeister and members of his firm have negotiated substantial monetary awards from the Special Master appointed by the federal government to administer the statutorily created Victim Compensation Fund. Mr. Baumeister also serves as Co-Lead Counsel in the American Airlines Flight 587 disaster in Rockaway, Queens. Other recent litigation stemmed from EgyptAir Flight 990 Disaster off Nantucket Island; the Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash near Point Magu, California; the Swissair Flight 111 crash off Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia; the TWA Flight 800 crash off Long Island; and the ValuJet Flight 592 crash in the Florida Everglades. In addition to these commercial air disasters, Mr. Baumeister has also represented victims and their families in hundreds of accidents involving regional commuter airlines and general aviation aircraft.

Mr. Baumeister’s career in aviation law began after he returned from Vietnam and entered Seton Hall Law School. Upon graduation, he worked as an associate in private aviation litigation practice for three years.

Anxious to gain substantial trial experience, Mr. Baumeister sought out a position as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan where he prosecuted homicide, robbery and rape cases. After three years, he was appointed a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York where he conducted an international investigation that resulted in the first successful tax fraud conviction in the commodity futures field. Mr. Baumeister returned to his prior law firm as a partner in 1980 and, in 1988, founded Baumeister & Samuels.

Mr. Baumeister received his J.D. in 1972 from Seton Hall University Law School where he was an editor of the SETON HALL LAW REVIEW, and earned an LL.M. in International Law from New York University School of Law in 1978. In 1998, he was inducted into the Fairleigh Dickinson Athletic Hall of Fame for his undergraduate achievements on the lacrosse field. A few years later, Mr. Baumeister received The Pinnacle, Fairleigh Dickinson’s highest honor for humanitarian service. He is a contributing editor on aviation law for the NEW JERSEY LAW JOURNAL, a member of the editorial board of the AVIATION L ITIGATION R EPORTER , and an Adjunct Professor of Aviation Law at the Law School.

In addition, Mr. Baumeister is an active participant in and has served as Chair and Vice-Chair of several state and national bar association aviation committees. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Committee of Attorneys to the Grievance Committee of United States District Court Judges for the Southern District of New York and is an arbitrator for the International Court of Aviation and Space Arbitration.

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The Health Care Compliance

Certification Program To help pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing companies better structure their medical corporate compliance programs, Seton Hall Law School has launched a certification program that teaches compliance officers about the statutes, regulations, and other guidances that comprise “federal fraud and abuse law.” The Health Care Compliance Certification Program addresses issues faced by the pharmaceutical and medical device industries in their endeavor to comply with the OIG’s Compliance Program Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, the PhRMA Code, and the AdvaMed Code of Ethics.

The Health Care Compliance Certification Program, directed by Nicole Huberfeld `98, who also is a Faculty Fellow at Seton Hall, is an intense week-long educational experience. The first program was offered in January and was attended by approximately fifty compliance professionals from Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary companies.

“None of the existing certification programs address the unique needs of the compliance officers at pharmaceutical and device companies. To our knowledge, ours is the first program tailored to the pharmaceutical and device community, and we hope it will become the industry standard for their compliance officers and others who deal with compliance issues.”

The program was initiated by Matt D’Ambrosio `01, the director of Health Care Compliance at McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals. Mr. D’Ambrosio recognized that J&J employees needed formal training in the field, and immediately thought of Seton Hall Law and the Health Law and Policy Program to create and implement an original program.

During this week of intensive and interactive study, attendees learned about the federal laws and regulations that undergird the government’s oversight of fraud and abuse; the OIG’s Compliance Program

Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers; public policy objectives of the federal government’s oversight of fraud and abuse in the health care industry; the intersection between the FDA’s regulatory scheme and fraud and abuse laws; the ethical and legal principles that underlie a strong corporate compliance effort; state laws that have been enacted to address fraud in the pharmaceutical industry; and the procedure used when the federal government investigates and enforces the fraud and abuse laws.

Faculty for this program included government and private lawyers who are expert in pharmaceutical and device manufacturing fraud and abuse issues as well as Seton Hall faculty. Attendees received a certificate for attending the full week and a resource book to aid them in implementing their companies’ compliance programs. The Certification Program is expected to be offered twice per year and will educate a larger audience of pharmaceutical compliance officers and other employees in the future. For more information on the Health Care Compliance Certification Program, contact Professor Huberfeld at (973) 642-8885 or huberfni@shu.edu.

Linda M. Guecia In October 2003, Linda Marie Guecia, `00, asked one of her Seton Hall Law School professors, Robert Kerekes, to help her develop the LINDA MARIE GUECIA, ESQUIRE MEMORIAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST. This trust is designed to provide tuition assistance to women attending Seton Hall Law School: who are 40 or over at the time of commencing their law school study; with a 3.3 cumulative undergraduate average or a 3.0 law school average; whose combined family income is no more than one third the annual full-time tuition at Seton Hall.

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“Although it was difficult, trying to balance family, work, school and fun,my education at Seton Hall Law School was an incredible and worthwhile experience. Education is an extremely important asset. I only hope the LINDA MARIE GUECIA, ESQUIRE MEMORIAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST will help provide women law students with a means to attend Seton Hall Law School and the opportunity to learn from exceptional professors like Professor Kerekes.”

Linda M. Guecia `00 with Professor Robert Kerekes, Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall Law School.

After 13 years working in the field of human resources, a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Boston University and a master’s degree in personnel from the University of Akron, Ms. Guecia decided to become an attorney. Although she likes to say that she got her inspiration from Perry Mason, her real inspiration came from the desire to help others.

Ms. Guecia now works for American International Group, Inc. in New York City defending the company against employmentrelated lawsuits. Prior to her transfer into the Employment Litigation area, Ms. Guecia served as the Director of Compensation for domestic insurance. She was able to secure her legal position with the assistance of the company’s Executive Associate Program designed to promote career development.

“My new career is a dream come true and I would like to assist others realize their dreams.”

Ms. Guecia was a member of the evening division of Seton Hall Law School, attending four nights a week while maintaining a full-time management position in New York City.

About Testamentary Trusts As part of an overall estate plan, a testamentary trust is created within an individual’s will. Testamentary trusts can be an integral part of an individual’s gift plan and can be designed to meet the special needs of one’s heirs.

Possible benefits and features include: • Full or partial gift or estate tax deduction.

• Flexibility in planning one’s estate.

• Assets remain available to the donor during his or her lifetime • The trust remains revocable during the donor’s lifetime.

Special note: As with other deferred or planned gifts, testamentary trusts may be complex so one should always involve legal and financial advisors to implement a workable estate plan.

For more information about scholarships, testamentary trusts, or other deferred or planned gifts to benefit you and Seton Hall University School of Law, please contact Shannon Marcotte, Assistant Dean of Alumni and Development, at (973) 642-8512 or by email at marcotsh@shu.edu.

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Legal Education Opportunity Annual Dinner Honors Professor Brenda Saunders Hampden Award Recipient Recalls Racial Struggles during the Brown v. Board of Education anniversary For many of us, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas is a legendary event, one whose consequences we can appreciate on an intellectual level but which seems little more real than other events of the distant past, like Pearl Harbor or the Cuban Missile Crisis.

But there are those for whom the Jim Crow South and the Brown decision which signaled its end are more than a cautionary tale from a history book about the evils of hatred and exclusion. While the Supreme Court in Washington resoundingly declared the end to “separate but equal” in Brown, the consequences of its decision played out in a less abstract, more human way, across the South. In North Carolina, Associate Professor Brenda Saunders Hampden ’77, became part of the desegregation of America in junior high school. “The Brown decision is very personal to me,” commented Saunders. “When my family returned to North Carolina, my mother wanted my sister and me to attend a school which had not yet been integrated because the historically black public schools lacked the facilities and resources of the segregated white schools. We were the first two black students admitted to the public schools at High Point and were met with hostility from many of the town residents who did not want us there. Some of them painted derogatory statements on the school walls and shouted racial slurs at us.The situation was so tense that we had to be escorted by the police or members of the community to and from school nearly every day.”

After high school, Profressor Saunders received both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in music education from Howard University and was admitted to Seton Hall University School of Law in 1974.

As a student, Professor Saunders helped Seton Hall recognize the continuing lack of access to higher education for minority students, now two decades after Brown dismantled legal barrier. To address the problem, Seton Hall formed a commission to establish the Legal

Pictured here at the Annual LEO Award Dinner honoring Brenda Saunders Hampden are, from left, Professor Hampden, Shawn Merritt, Alicia Calaf, Abdelmageid Abdelhadi, all recipients of the continuing Kaplan Foundation Scholarship, and Dean Hobbs.

Education Opportunities Institute, known today by most in the Seton Hall community as the LEO Program.

Professor Saunders worked closely with faculty as a student representative.“As a third year student, I worked with school officials to develop a model for a program that would provide minority students with an opportunity. The Supreme Court had recently decided in Regents of University of California v. Bakke that admissions criteria based solely on racial classifications was unconstitutional so we needed to develop a program that would comply with this ruling.The result is a program that provides economically and educationally disadvantaged students with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to succeed and excel in law school,” said Professor Saunders.

When she returned to Seton Hall in 1981 as a teacher Professor Saunders continued her involvement with the LEO Program among her numerous other contributions to the school. In 1998, she was an instructor in the program and in 2001 she was named the program’s director.

On October 18, 2003 a group of LEO students honored Professor Saunders at the annual LEO dinner for her dedication to the success of the program and its students.

These efforts include mentoring, helping students through tough classes, preparing for the bar exam, and connecting them with alumni.

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1960s

Manville and South Bound Brook. Edward J. Fanning

Martin Greenberg ’60, of Linden, has joined Walder,

’72, of Springfield, has been named partner at

Hayden & Brogan, PA. James P. Cullen ’61, of Rumson,

McCarter & English. The Honorable Joseph Novak

has been named a Senior Member at Cozen

’73, of Clinton, has been appointed by Governor

O’Connor. Daniel M. Hurley ’67, of Mantoloking, has

McGreevey as the new judge of the Joint Municipal

been named Of Counsel to Strakey, Kelly, Blaney,

Courts of Milford, Frenchtown, Alexandria and

Bauer & White. David M. Wildstein ’69, of Scotch

Holland Townships, and has been awarded the “2003

Plains, has been named one of “The Ten Leaders” of

Professional Lawyer of the Year Award” by the New

Matrimonial and Divorce Law in Central New Jersey.

Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law and the Hunterdon County Bar Association. Anthony J.

1970s

Giuriceo ’74, of Brookside, has been elected Co-Vice

Francis X. Hermes ’70, of Basking Ridge, has been

Chairperson of the Construction and Public Contract

named President of the Somerset County Bar

Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Foundation. The Honorable Henry Rzemieniewski

Joseph A. Clark ’75, of South Orange, has rejoined

’70, of Hillsborough, has been appointed Judge of the

Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch as an associate. Douglas

Hillsborough Township Municipal Court and also

R. Henshaw ’75, of Morristown, has been named

serves as Municipal Judge for the Boroughs of

Partner at Porzio, Bromberg & Newman. Charles M.

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NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION For the third time in the 52-year history of the regional qualifier of the National Moot Court Competition, Seton Hall Law's National Moot Court team, John Leardi and John Zefutie, finished as Regional Finalists, earning them an invitation to the National Competition with 36 of the nation's finest. John Leardi was also awarded Second Best Oralist at the Regional competition.

The team was coached by Professor Jodi Anne Hudson, Director of the Interscholastic Moot Court Board.

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Forman ’77, of Essex Fells, has been awarded the

Community Service Award in Sussex County.

Director’s Award for Outstanding Achievements by a

Jacqueline A. DeGregorio ’82, of Caldwell, has been

Private Trustee by the U.S. Department of Justice’s

nominated to the Medical Practitioner Review Panel.

Trustee Program. The Honorable Ronald I. Parker ’76,

Carolann M. Aschoff ’83, has been named “Family

of Short Hills, has been named Of Counsel to Wells,

Law Practitioner of the Year” by the Hudson County

Dreifuss, Jaworski, Liebman & Paton. Nancy K. Creem

Bar Association. Walter G. Luger ’84, of Morris Plains,

’77, of Summit, has been honored with the United

has formed Luger & Miller. Mark S. Setaro ’84, of

Way Citizen of the Year Award. Peter G. Sheridan ’77,

Robbinville, has been named Partner at Weber,

of Princeton Junction, has been honored with a

Gallagher, Simpson, Stapleton, Fires & Newby. James

Distinguished Alumni Award from St. Peter’s College.

D.Wallace ’84, of Cherry Hill, has joined the D’Elia Law

Charles J. Harriman ’79, of Peapack, has been named

Firm as an associate. Michael Loprete ’85, has joined

Partner at McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney. Mary V.

Edwards & Angell, LLP as Resident Counsel. Richard

Mooney ’79, has joined Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman

Marano ’85, of Oxford, Conn., has written Vote Your

as an associate. Barbara Weisman ’79, of Cedar Grove,

Conscience: The Last Campaign of George McGovern

has been named to the Civil Division’s Bergen County

published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Deborah

Contract Arbitration list.

A. Reperowitz ’85, of Short Hills, has been named Partner at Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay. Michelle M.

1980s

Schott ’85, of Mountain Lakes, has joined Riker,

Robert J. MacPherson ’80, of Tinton Falls, has been

Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti as an associate.

named to the Governing Committee of the American

Catherine J. Flynn ’86, of Bedminster, has been

Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry.

named Partner at Lindabury, McCormick & Estabrook.

Maria Delgaizo Noto ’80, of Matawan, has been

Joanne M. Maxwell ’87, of Monroe Township, has

named President of the Association of Criminal

been elected a shareholder at Littler Mendelson.

Defense Lawyers, New Jersey. Arlene F. Albino ’82, of

Kevin T. McNamara ’87, of Spring Lake, real estate

Newton, has been awarded the Mary T. Stuart

partner at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Raven, Davis &

BLSA This year’s recipient for the Vivian Sanks King/Karol Corbin Walker award was Christina L. Bennett, Acting Director of Legal Research and Writing and Assistant Director of Academic Support. The award is given out each year by the Black Law Students Association. Pictured here at the award ceremony, from left, are Dean Patrick E. Hobbs; Karol Corbin Walker ’86; Professor Bennett’s daughter, Jordan; Professor Bennett; and Leroy Tice, President of BLSA.

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Himmel, was among the panelists presenting at the

1990s

seminar titled, “Commercial Real Estate Transactions:

Alan A. Arsenis ’90, of Linwood, has been named

From Handshake to Closing Table.” Henry O.Boenning

Partner at Weber, Gallagher, Simpson, Stapleton, Fires

’88, of Medford, has been named to the Board of

& Newby. Robert A. Burke ’90, has been named

Trustees of Businesses Committed to Burlington

Partner at Blank Rome. Peter Cipparulo, III ’90, of

County. Kevin P. Harkins ’88, of Nutley, has been

Neshanic Station, has been named partner at Sullivan

named Of Counsel to McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney.

and Graber, PA. Charles T. McCook, Jr. ’90, of Belleville,

Stephen P. McEvily ’88, of East Rutherford, has been

has been designated as a certified civil trial attorney.

named Partner at Ronca, McDonald & Hanley. Michael

Frederick C. Raffetto ’90, of Spring Lake Heights, has

L. Pescatore ’88, has been designated as a certified

joined Ansell, Zaro, Grimm & Aaron as an associate.

civil trial attorney. Loryn Riggiola ’88, of Paterson, has

Gregory J. Schwartz ’90, of Hampton, has formed

been named partner at Sills, Cummis, Radin,

Gregory J. Schwartz, Esq., LLC. Colin P. Hackett ’91, of

Tischman, Epstein & Gross. Robert M. Zaleski ’88, has

Chatham, has been named Partner at Wilson, Elser,

received the Martin S. Goldin Family Law Award from

Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker. Frank Imparato ’91, of

the Middlesex County Bar Association Family Law

Wayne, has joined Spinato, Conte & Larocca. Michael

Committee. David J. Cooner ’89, of Fair Haven, has

E. Patunas ’91, of Moonachie, has been named Of

been named Defense Attorney of the Year at

Counsel to Lite, DePalma, Greenberg & Rivas. Robert

Medmarc’s annual medical device seminar. Mark W.

J. Re ’91, of Montclair, has become a member at

Davis ’89, of Morris Plains, has joined Stark & Stark as

McElroy, Deutsh & Mulvaney. Daniel J. Cogan ’92, of

an associate. Joseph Maddaloni, Jr. ’89, of West

Westfield, has been named Partner at Hoagland,

Caldwell, has joined Porzio, Bromberg & Newman as

Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas. Lee Ann McCabe ’92,

Counsel. Nancy A. Washington ’89, of Basking Ridge,

of Bridgewater, has been named Of Counsel to

was named Partner at Saiber, Schlesinger, Satz &

Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer. Mark J. Oberstaedt ’92, of

Goldstein.

Cherry Hill, has been elected President of the Haddonfield School of Performing Arts. Salvatore

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PAULINE NEWMAN, ILST More than 150 people gathered together in November to listen to the Honorable Pauline Newman, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, provide “A Report from the Federal Circuit.”

Pictured here, from left, are Patrick E. Hobbs, Dean and Professor of Law; Judge Newman; R. Erik Lillquist, Director of the Institute of Law, Science and Technology and Associate Professor of Law; and J. Eric Thies, President of the New Jersey Intellectual Property Association.

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Siciliano ’92, of Haddonfield, of the law offices of

S. Servilla ’95, of Belmar, has joined Lerner, David,

Stark & Stark in Cherry Hill, was appointed Municipal

Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik as an associate. John

Prosecutor for the Borough of Mount Ephraim,

E. Cerza ’96, of Belleville, has opened The Law Office

Camden County. Linda Vele Alexander ’93, of

of John D. Cerza, in Bloomfield.The firm focuses on real

Allentown, was appointed to the Office of the

estate, commercial transactions, and insurance

Attorney General, State Police Affairs. Daniel B. Carroll

defense and plaintiffs. Generosa Chirichiello ’96, of

’94, of Liberty Corner, has been named Partner at

Ledgewood, has joined Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman

Drinker, Biddle & Shanley, LLP. Susan A. Lawless ’94, of

as an associate. Andrew Finkle ’96, of Yardley, Penn.,

Bethlehem, Pa., was named partner at Purcell, Ries,

has joined Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel as an

Shannon, Mulcahy & O’Neill. Brian J. Leddin ’94, of

associate. Charles W. Lefevre ’96, of Hamilton Square,

Fair Haven, was named partner at McCarter & English.

was named Senior Vice President and Chief

Brian D. Lee ’94, of Caldwell, has been named partner

Operating Officer for Princeton Insurance Company.

at Stanton, Hughes, Diana, Cerra, Mariani & Margello.

Michael S. Mirone ’96, of Budd Lake, has joined

Evan D. Baker ’95, of Hackensack, was made Partner

Scarinci Hollenbeck as a senior associate. Dominic A.

at the Law Office of Rosemarie Arnold. Paul A. Carbon

Tomaio ’96, of Caldwell, has become a member of

’95, of Flanders, has been named Partner at Morgan,

Cutler, Simeone, Townsend, O’Donnell & Tomaio.

Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski.

Colleen Tracy ’96, of Trenton, has been named

Jennifer Kinsley ’95, of New York, N.Y., has joined

Partner at Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto. Michelle

Pitney Hardin Kipp & Szuch as an associate. Gina

M. Bufano ’97, of Mountain Lakes, has joined Cole,

Mendola Lorgarzo ’95, of Whippany, has joined Hack,

Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard as an associate.

Piro as an associate. Michele C. Meyer Shipp ’95, of

Craig S. Demareski ’97, of New Providence, has joined

Princeton, has become the Director of the Office of

K.H. Marino & Associates as Of Counsel. Mark E.

Employee Management and Equity Services at the

Manigan ’97, of Roseland, was named Partner at Wolf,

New Jersey Department of Labor. Mark R. Peck ’95, of

Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen in the Health Law

Madison, has joined DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley,

Department. Alan A. Bornstein ’98, of Westwood, was

Yospin, Kunzman, Davis & Lehrer as an associate. Scott

appointed Assistant General Counsel—Patents, at the

HELPP DISTINGUISHED GUEST PRACTITIONER SERIES The Distinguished Guest Practitioner Series is designed to give advanced health law students an opportunity to discuss current health law issues with leading practitioners from the New York metropolitan area. This year’s Distinguished Guest Practitioner was Michael J. Kalison, a Principal and Director of Kalison, McBride, Jackson & Murphy in Liberty Corner, N.J.

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Unilever Patent Department in Edgewater. Marianne

Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman as an associate. Lynelle

Calabrese ’98, of Denville, has joined Norris,

Slivinski ’99, has joined Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman

McLaughlin & Marcus. Marci A. DiFrancesco ’98, of

as an associate.

Hoboken, has joined DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman, Davis & Lehrer as an associate.

2000s

Pamela M. Madas ’98, of Point Pleasant, has become

Stephen P. Warren ’00, of New York, N.Y., began a

associated with Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf. Jeffrey S.

clerkship for The Honorable Leonard I. Garth, Senior

Mandel ’98, of Parsippany, has been appointed a

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

member of the Morris/Sussex Dispute Resolution

Helen A. Franzese ’00, of Ewing, has joined Riker,

Committee. Mitzy R. Galis Menendez ’98, of Cliffside

Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti as an associate.

Park, has been appointed President of The Young

Steven Halpern ’00, of North Brunswick, has joined

Lawyers Division of the Hudson Bar Association.

the firm of Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel. Sanjay P.

Fruqan Mouzon ’98, of Elizabeth, has become an

Ibrahim ’00, of Belle Mead, has joined Duane, Morris &

associate at Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger &

Hecksher as an associate. Patrick Lucignani ’00, of

Vecchione. Scott Simpson ’98, of Fresno, Calif., has

Clifton, has joined Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. as an

moved to London to take the position of the Branch

associate. Angelo Bagnara ’01, of East Hanover, has

Head of the Naval Legal Service Office, London

become associated with Herten, Sheridan, Cevasco,

Detachment. Joseph Agostino ’99, of Secaucus, has

Bottinelli, Litt, Toskos & Harz. Nicole S. Perdoni Byrne

joined McCarter & English as an associate. Michelle A.

’01, of Helmetta, has been sworn into the Helmetta

Benedek ’99, of Union, has joined Cutler, Simeone,

Borough Council as Chair of the Public Safety

Townsend, O’Donnell & Tomaio as an associate.

Committee. Jodi L. Campbell ’01, of Hoboken, has

Jerome D. Jabbour ’99, of Morristown, has joined

become associated with Herten, Sheridan, Cevasco,

Alpharma Inc. as Commercial Counsel. Yann Lalande

Bottinelli, Litt, Toskos & Harz. Amy B. Dambeck ’01, of

’99, of Newark, has been named Vice President at

Brielle, has joined Cooper, Levenson, April, Nieldelman

Morgan Stanley. Jennifer A. Rygiel ’99, has joined

& Wagenheim as an associate. Nicholas J. Falcone ’01,

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28TH ANNUAL RED MASS–SEPTEMBER 28 Seton Hall Law School and the Saint Thomas More Association honored Bernard M. Hartnett, Jr. `55, Esq., with the Saint Thomas More medal at the annual Red Mass on September 28 at in the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of law, Mr. Hartnett was bestowed the medal by Reverend Frank J. McNulty during the Mass. Mr. Hartnett is Counsel to Connell Foley LLP, in Jersey City. The Red Mass is a Solemn Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit celebrated at the beginning of the judicial year to invoke God’s blessing and guidance in the administration of justice. The Red Mass is so named from the red vestments used in celebrating the Mass and from the red robes traditionally worn by judges in the Middle Ages. Pictured here, from left, are Father McNulty, Mr. Hartnett, and Patrick E. Hobbs, Dean and Professor of Law.

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of Allenhurst, has joined Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman

Tana Bucca ’02, of Hamilton, has joined Stark & Stark

as an associate. Ida C. Genova ’01, of Union, has

as an associate. Danielle Burd ’02, of Summit, has

joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman &

joined Brown, Rudnick, Berlack, Israels as an associate.

Goggin as an associate. Robert J. Girard ’01, of Los

Jhanice V. Domingo ’02, of East Brunswick, has joined

Angeles, Calif., has joined Jones, Bell, Abbott, Fleming

the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office as an assis-

& Fitzgerald as an associate. Kristen R. Hess ’01, of

tant prosecutor. Elizabeth A. Haggerty ’02, of Glen

Cedar Grove, has joined Starr, Gern, Davison & Rubin

Rock, has joined Castano Quigley as an associate.

as an associate. Alison C. Leslie ’01, of New

Matthew R. Kaplan ’02, of West Caldwell, has joined

Providence, has joined Cutler, Simeone, Townsend,

Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard as an associate.

O’Donnell & Tomaio as an associate. Paul B. Matey ’01,

Kellie A. Lavery ’02, of Morristown, has joined

of Washington, D.C., has joined Kellogg, Huber,

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel as an

Hansen, Todd & Evans as an associate. Chad B. Russell

associate. Joseph V. Leone ’02, of Edison, has joined

’01, of Lambertville, has joined Stark & Stark as an

Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas as an asso-

associate. Mark M. Wiechnik ’01, of Hamilton, has

ciate. Jordan A. Matthews ’02, of Mountainside, has

joined Stark & Stark as an associate. Nicole J.

joined Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman as an associate.

Bredefeld ’02, of Bedminster, has joined the Somerset

Paul McCormick ’02, of Bloomfield, has joined Lum,

County Prosecutor’s Office as an Assistant Prosecutor.

Danzis, Drasco & Positan as an associate.

YOUNG ALUMNI NIGHT Each year, the Law School hosts a young alumni reception where alumni who graduated within the past 5 years can reunite. Pictured here are alumni gathered at the Newark Club on November 13 for the annual Young Alumni Night.

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BIRTHS:

Hunt ’99 and Maureen Hunt, announce the birth of

Dina Sama Venero ’83 and Urbano Venero,

their daughter, Skyler Rose, on April 3, 2003. Yann

announce the birth of their son, Gabriel Sama, on

Lalande ’99 and Luciana Pecorino ’99, announce the

March 30, 2002. Alan S. Kline ’87 and Pilar G. Kline,

birth of their daughter, Annabella Reese Lalande.

announce the birth of their son, Henry Spencer, on

Donna Vigor Payesko ’99 and Robert Payesko,

August 24, 2003. Stephanie M. Kay ’92 and Robert

announce the birth of their son, Alexander Robert, on

Learner, announce the birth of their daughter,

July 28, 2003.

Madeleine, on June 28, 2003. Susan Brodbeck Agnew ’92 and John Agnew, announce the birth of their son,

MARRIAGES:

Kevin Thomas, on September 24, 2003. Steve

Victor Afanador ’98 to Dawn Wilczynski

Mannion ’93 and Sherrie Mannion, announce the

Melanie Cradle ’98 to Dr. Darryl A. Simms

birth of their daughter, Sydney Carolina, on October 2,

Maureen O’Neil ’98 to Michael Norris

2003. Susan Schleck Kleiner ’95 and Peter Kleiner,

Kelly Ann Harris ’00 to Matthew Jerkovich

announce the birth of their daughter, Margaret, on

Shannon Philpott ’00 to Joseph Marcotte

April 16, 2003. Gina Mendola Lorgazo ’95, announce

Lara Spingler ’00 to Eric Dittmann ’00

the birth of their daughter, Ava Rose, on October

Andrew White ’00 to Maria Bhende

2002. John E. Cerza ’96 and Danielle Devita Cerza

Jeffrey Loop ’01 to Crystal Slattery

’96, announce the birth of their son, Jack, on

Sharmin Arefin ’02 to Saiful Khan

September 10, 2001. Karen Prelich Passaro ’96 and

Stephanie Capps ’02 to Ken Clonts

Stephen Passaro, announce the birth of their daugh-

Brian Hughes ’02 to Anna Barys

ter, Caroline Louise, on November 21, 2003. James

Zoë Castro ’03 to Alejandro Perez ’01

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RODINO DINNER Four individuals were honored with three different awards during the Rodino Law Society’s Annual Banquet. This year’s recipients were, from left, the Honorable Michael R. Casale, Superior Court of New Jersey, Criminal Division, Essex Vicinage; Robert A. Dubill, former Executive Editor of USA TODAY; the Honorable Jaynee LaVecchia, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court; and Jason M. Santarcangelo, a second year law student and Student Bar Associate Treasurer. The Society enjoys the support and participation of Congressman Rodino, a distinguished member of the Seton Hall Law School family.

ADJUNCT RECEPTION Pictured here at the Annual Adjunct Professor Reception are, from left, Gary Nurkin, United States Environmental Protection Agency; JoAnne Hernia Jeffries, Private Practitioner; Terry Trantina, Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley; and Steve Rosenberg, Senior Attorney, Office of Thrift Supervision, U.S. Treasury Dept.

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