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Dean Anders Walker on his scholarship and has been a resource to many students interested in comparative criminal law. In further efforts to create new university partnerships in China, Professor Ira H. Trako, assistant director of CICL, and Dean Walker traveled to Shanghai and Nanjing, China. They reconnected with Chinese alumni and met with institutional leaders of Nanjing University School of Law and Hohai University School of Law in an effort to attract Chinese law students and create new study-abroad opportunities for SLU LAW students.
CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND EVENTS SLU LAW SPONSORS TWO NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES On Sept. 8, the law school joined the University, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in welcoming 798 individuals from more than 100 countries as they became American citizens in Chaifetz Arena. Dean Johnson gave the keynote address. In a smaller ceremony on Oct. 27 at Scott Hall (pictured), nearly 50 residents were naturalized, including Professor Lisa Sonia Taylor, director of the Office of Inclusion and Diversity Education, who gave the address. At both ceremonies, students, faculty and staff greeted attendees and made up the choir.
CHILDRESS LECTURE ADDRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM This year’s annual event, held Oct. 13, and organized by the Saint Louis University Law Journal, examined the role, rhetoric and practices of the United States’ criminal justice system using international human rights norms as perspective. Samuel R. Gross, the Thomas and Mabel Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, gave the keynote address, “The Death Penalty, Public Opinion, and Politics in the U.S.”
SCHOOL OF LAW WINS MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CUP TRIAL COMPETITION SLU LAW took home the top prize in October in Jefferson City, Missouri, at the AG Cup, a mock trial competition among Missouri’s four law schools. 3L Brandon Rahimi, 2L Bridget Boyle and 2L Dashawn Cason made up SLU’s winning team. They were joined by the second SLU team 3L Alex Turpin, 3L Gabe Crocker and 3L Evan Stewart and were coached by adjunct professors Chris Finney (’10), Patrick Mickey (’02) and Kayla Williams (’14). The competition gives students the chance to hone their courtroom skills and better prepare themselves for courtroom practice.
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SLU LAW DEDICATES HISTORIC ART DONATED BY ALUMNUS In November, the School of Law celebrated the dedication of the exhibit “Through These Doors” / “Per Has Fores,” featuring relief panels and carvings, which are original to the wooden pediments that framed the courtroom entrances in the St. Louis City Municipal Courts Building. Designed by architect Isaac S. Taylor, an 1868 SLU graduate, the building was completed in 1911 and served as a courthouse until the early 2000s when it was shuttered. In 2012, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. As lawyers or judges, thousands of SLU LAW alumni walked through these doors, which are now proudly displayed in Scott Hall adjacent to the Legal Clinics office, representing the shared tradition of which today’s students and faculty are a part. The pieces were donated by the Dennis C. Donnelly (’66) family, obtained from the city during the renovations in 1967. Thank you, Donnelly family!
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS LEANN UPTON HAILED AS UNSUNG HERO LeAnn Upton, Legal Clinics office assistant, was named one of Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s Unsung Heroes. For six years, Upton has been the first point of contact for potential clinic clients. This award recognizes those in the legal community who work tirelessly to better the profession by supporting others.
MARCIA MCCORMICK RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Marcia L. McCormick was awarded the Paul Stephen Miller Memorial Award for outstanding academic and public contributions to the field of labor and employment scholarship. She was presented the award at the 12th Annual Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law, where she was described by a member of the committee as “one of the most humble, wickedly smart, prolific, supportive and compassionate scholars in the labor and employment law community.”
YVETTE JOY LIEBESMAN ELECTED TO AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE Professor Yvette Joy Liebesman, who teaches intellectual property, trademark law and copyrights, was elected to the American Law Institute, the leading U.S. independent organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and improve the law.
AMANDA GOLDSMITH RECOGNIZED AS LEADER IN THE WORKPLACE Development director Amanda Goldsmith (’07) was selected by SLU’s Women’s Commission as one of eight women to be honored at the YWCA Leaders in the Workplace Luncheon in December. Additionally, the YWCA Metro St. Louis named nine women as “Leaders of Distinction,” and this year’s class included Tara Nealey, Ph.D. (’01), a shareholder at Polsinelli.
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