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Volume V Number 1

University of Richmond

June 1985

Reginald N. Jones, U68, Law School Association Board President, chats with Ms. Jean M. Tarpley, Director of Law School Admissions at the Annual Third Year Class Reception.

This event, sponsored by the Law School Association, welcomed the Class of 1985 as the newest members of the Alumni Association.

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Contents

Board of

Directors

Dean's Report

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Faculty

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University of Richmond Law School Association

Placement

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OFFICERS & DIRECTORS -1985

Library

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PRESIDENT: Reginald N. Jones

Students

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La", Fund Report

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Events

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VICE-PRESIDENT: The Honorable Donald H. Kent

Alumni Ne",s

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SECRETARY-TREASURER: Beverly D. Boone

In Memoriam

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Graduation

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PAST PRESIDENT: Henry A. Thomas

DIRECTORS: One-Year Term

Virginia Hackney The Honorable F. Bruce Bach Henry W. Jones, Jr. Two-Year Term

O. Leland Mahan Joshua Pretlow Stephen D. Busch Three-Year Term

Larry G. Browning Linda F. Rigsby Joseph R. Johnson,

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Many changes are occuring within the Law School and every effort is being made to report on these changes.

There are, however, a great many other developments, both within and without the Law School, that are of interest to alumni, friends, faculty and students. Readers are, therefore, encouraged to submit items of general interest, of either news or commentary value, for publication. =The Editor 2

Credits: Sylvia Hubbard, Joan Edwards, Photography Editor: Donna DiServio Lange, L'84 Contributors: Thomas A. Edmonds, Daniel T. Murphy, Steven D. Hinckley, Donald H. Stone, O. Stuart Chalifoux, Beverly D. Boone The Newsletter, of which this is Volume V, Number I, is published for the alumni/ae and friends of the T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond.

Postmaster: Send address changes to University of Richmond, Virginia 23173.

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Dean Thomas

A. Edmonds

My comments for this issue of the Newsletter will be brief in order to allow for full coverage of the many exciting events which have occurred here at T. C. Williams during the past year.

Certainly one of the highlights of the 1984-85 academic year was our inaugural Emanuel Emroch Lecture delivered by Harvard Law School Professor Arthur Miller on April 4, 1985.

Professor Miller spoke at length on "The Media vs. The Right of Privacy" to a diverse group of some 350 law students, faculty members, judges, practice attorneys, and media representatives. Following the lecture, Professor Miller entertained questions and then continued to interact with the crowd at a reception in his honor hosted by the Student Bar Associalion. It was a splendid event which did much to enrich our overall program and reflect favorably on the reputation of our law school, and we look forward to future Emroch lectures by nationally recognized figures

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in the field of civil trial advocacy each spring.

I am also pleased to report that our law firm scholarship program continues to expand, providing badly needed resources for deserving students who want to attend T. C. Williams. A total of 56 law firms throughout the Commonwealth are now sponsoring annually funded or endowed scholarships at the law school, with 14 of these having been added this year through the efforts of Ken Powell and Vince Mastracco, co-chairmen of our firm scholarship campaign for 1984-85.

Our law school is scheduled for its regular seven-year accreditation reinspection in October, 1985, by the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools.

We look forward to this process, which involves both self-evaluation and review of our academic program by a group of law teachers and practitioners from throughout the country. The result should be to further the continuing process of strengthening and enhancing our law school and its various programs and activities. To that end we also need your advice and counsel, and your suggestions and ideas are always welcome.

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Dual Degree Program Explained

by Daniel T. Murphy, Associate Dean

At present the law school participates in three dual degree programs. Two programs, the J.D./M.S.w. and the J.D. I M.u.R.P. programs, are offered in conjunction with Virginia Commonwealth University, and the other, the J.D. IM.B.A. program, is offered with the University of Richmond.

About five years ago the law school entered into arrangements with the School of Social Work and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at V.c.u. which established the terms under which students could receive a J.D. degree from the law school and a Masters of Social Work degree (M.S.w.) from the School of Social Work or a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning (M.U.R.P.) through the Department of Urban Studies. These programs are somewhat unique nationally inasmuch as they are jointly offered by a private and a public university. More recently similar arrangements were made with the Business School of the Uni(continued on next page)

New Assistant Dean Ann Setien Gibbs joined The T. C. Williams Administration as Assistant Dean in January, 1985.

A 1983 graduate of T. C. Williams, Dean Gibbs did her undergraduate work at the University of Virginia in Education and taught for a year before entering law school. She practiced law for one year with Browder, Russell, Morris & Butcher in Richmond before moving to Fredericksburg where she practiced with Phitzner and Marley. As Assistant Dean, Ann will be responsible for the admissions and financial aid programs. She will handle all recruiting and orientation affairs as well.

Ann Setien Gibbs

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Professor Ronald J. Bacigal spoke on March 13, at the Alumni Luncheon Program held at the Downtown Club. His topic covered the Proposed Virginia Rules of Evidence.

Dual Degree Program Explained (continued

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versity of Richmond to establish a joint J.D. and Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.)program.

Functionally all three of these programs are similar, and they are quite informal. Individuals interested in participating in any of these programs must first be admitted into each of the schools. The participants in the dual degree programs generally speaking must complete the same course of study and meet the same degree requirements as students seeking either degree. The schools have no separate courses or degree requirements for the dual degree students. The distinctive feature of these programs is that each school agrees to accept and apply toward satisfaction of its degree requirements one semester's work from the other. A student is thereby able to complete the requirements for both degrees in about one academic year less than if both degrees were pursued separately. For example, the M.S.W.program is generally a two year program, and law school is, of course three. Since in the joint degree program both the 4

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Professor W. Wade Berryhill addressed Alumni Luncheon April 16, on Recent Developments in Virginia Real Estate Law. His most reo cent book, Real Estate Closings (with forms) is available from the Harrison Co., Publishers, 3110 Crossing Park, Norcross, GA 30071.

law school and the School of Social Work will accept one semester of work from the other, a student can complete the requirements for both degrees in four years rather than the normal five. The other two programs function in the same way.

The two programs with v.C.u. are arranged so that the participant spends the first academic year at the school of his or her choice. The next year is spent at the other school. At the end of the second year, the participant will have completed the first year of both programs. Thereafter the participant rotates semesters, spending one semester at the law school and the next at v.c.u. The participant pays tuition each semester only to the school he or she is attending. The joint J.D. / M.B.A. program works somewhat differently. A student completes the first year of law school. Thereafter he or she takes several law school and M.B.A.courses each semester.

The advantages of the programs to the participants are obvious. The participants can obtain two degrees in about a year less time, and expense, than would otherwise be possible.

They will have acquired not only ex-

tensive knowledge in both disciplines but also the requisite professional credentials. Graduates of the dual degree programs can occasionally find employment in settings using both degrees. Alternatively, and perhaps more commonly, they find employment in one of the disciplines covered by the degrees and rely on the other as a background enabling them to better function in their position.

These programs also provide some real advantages for the law school.

Participants in these programs add a dimension to our student body. They bring into all of their classes, and to interactions with the other students and faculty, a different perspective.

In addition, the law school enjoys a significant broadening of its curriculum through these programs. The law school allows any student not participating in the joint degree programs to take, and count toward the hours necessary for graduation, up to ten hours of selected course work from these programs. By so doing any law student can obtain some background in the substantive areas covered by these programs. Moreover, the law school's curriculum is enriched by these offerings.

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Bryson Edits Book Containing Circuit Court Opinions Selected Virginia Circuit Court opinions have been compiled by W. Hamilton Bryson in his most recent book, Virginia Circuit Court Opinions. Professor Bryson has received 114 Circuit Court opinions from various lawyers and judges throughout the state which are included in Volume I. Volume II goes to press this summer.

The hardback, 500 page book, contains opinions on all subjects. Bryson says, "Due to the harmless error rule, procedural points are rarely appealed, so the procedural points contained in these cases are valid procedural authority:' A copy of Volume I may be obtained by contacting The Dietz Press, Inc., 109 E. Cary St., Richmond, VA 23219.

Law Professor Edits Bench Book Professor Michael J. Herbert has become the project reporter for the Virginia Circuit Court Judges Committee which is preparing a Bench book. This book will be published through the Supreme Court and it will include cases and rules which will provide a ready reference guide for judges' use on the bench. It is hoped that it will be made available to practitioners as well. Professor Herbert began editing the book in December, 1984, and hopes to have the first section completed by May, 1985. The complete task is expected to take approximately 18 months.

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Youth Advocacy Clinic

by Donald H. Stone

Third-year law students at the T. C. Williams School of Law are being given an increased opportunity to receive training in practical lawyering skills through the Youth Advocacy Clinic. The Clinic is an in-house legal assistance program specializing in youth advocacy. In August of 1984, the United States Department of Education provided funding to permit the Law School to hire me as Staff Attorney to the Clinic, with my main responsibility involving direct supervision of the law students involved in the Clinic as well as teaching a twohour classroom component.

As a Temple Law School graduate, I have worked for the past five years as Staff Attorney with Central Virginia Legal Aid Society. Previously, I was employed with the Virginia Developmental Disabilities Protection and Advocacy Office, a federally funded program to protect and promote the rights of the disabled. I held that position for 21,4 years. I currently serve on the Virginia Bar Association's Young Lawyer's Committee on Law and the Disabled and on the Advisory Board of the Very Special Arts/Virginia. Previously, I served on the Legal Rights Committee of the Virginia Association for Retarded Citizens.

Professor Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Director of Clinical Programs, is the Director of the Youth Advocacy Clinic. Professor Shepherd has been active in the youth advocacy field for many years; his involvements include being a member of the Board of Directors for the Learning Disabilities Council, recipient of "Outstanding Child Advocate" for 1980 by the Virginia Division for Children, and the

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recipient of the public service award, Virginia Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics for 1982. Professor Shepherd came to the University of Richmond in 1978 from the University of Baltimore where he founded the Juvenile Court Clinic. His publications include numerous law review articles and books in the juvenile law area including Juvenile Court Practice to be published by Michie/ Bobbs-Merrill.

My main responsibility with the Clinic involves my direct supervision of the law students on a day-to-day basis as well as teaching a two-hour classroom component that is a requirement of the Clinic.

The goal of the Youth Advocacy Clinic is to provide quality legal assistance to indigent juveniles in a variety of legal matters including juvenile delinquency, child custody, special education, and foster care. Additionally, a primary focus of the Clinic is to expose students and provide them with training in practice skills areas including interviewing clients, negotiating with opposing counsel, drafting pleadings and memoranda as well as handling actual courtroom hearings.

Since August of 1984, the Youth Advocacy Clinic has been involved in representing over 30 juveniles in a wide sprectrum of legal issues including child custody, foster care review, special education child support, visitation, adoption, child abuse and neglect, and juvenile delinquency matters.

An essential element of the Clinic is to provide close supervision to each law student enrolled in this six-credit semester course. Each student is required to meet on an individual basis to discuss their particular case load with me, attend a two-hourcomponent which involves lectures on substantive law as well as simulation, and handle an average of 8 cases per semester.

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by Beverly Boone, Placement Director

EMPLOYED Employed in full time jobs Employed in part time jobs

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UNEMPLOYED & SEEKING WORK UNEMPLOYED & NOT SEEKING WORK (No Bar) TOTAL EMPLOYMENT STATUS KNOWN

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WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN TOTAL NUMBER GRADUATES IN CLASS

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BREAKDOWN BY TYPE OF POSITION PRIVATEPRACTICE Self employed Very small firm (2-10) Small firm (11-25) Medium firm (26-50) Large firm (51-100) Very large firm (100 -r)

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY Accounting firms Banking /Financial Insurance ; Other Corporations Other

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TOTAL GOVERNMENT Government Employment by 'Iype of Position Administrative Agency Judicial clerkships Military Prosecution Thtals PUBLIC INTEREST Legal Services Public Defender

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IDTAL LEGAL SERVICES ACADEMIC Additional Law Degree Law School Administration TOTAL ACADEMIC

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TOTAL BUSINESS & INDUSTRY GOVERNMENT Federal State Local

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SALARIES-Of the 118 employed, 83 (70.3%) reported an annual salary. The median salary was $25,000, and the average was $24,069. The range was $15,000 to $37,000.

Annual Spring Recruitment Program Saturday,

3/30/85in Charlottesville,

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Law Weekend to Include Careers Discussion During Law Weekend, the Placement Office is planning a program for students to meet with alumni from various geographic areas and legal specialties to discuss the practice of law in that area or specialty. The program will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 9; 1985 prior to the pregame lunch and the Law School Association Business Meeting. Approximately 20 stations will be set up for the students to visit in three rotating twenty minute sessions.

Anyone interested in participating in this program, please contact Beverly D. Boone, Placement Director.

At this time the following stations are planned: Northern Virginia Tidewater The Valley Roanoke Southwest Virginia Small town / rural Washington, DC ew York Pennsylvania ew Jersey North Carolina Other state (please indicatel

Litigation Criminal Real Estate Judicial clerkships

Thx Estate planning Corporation /Business law Domestic Relations /Juvenile Environmental/Energy Labor Public Interest General practice

The 2nd Annual Spring Recruitment Program of the Virginia Law Schools was held VA. 50 employers attended, granting 161 interviews to more than 58 TCW Students.

Left to right: Sandra Philipps, W&,L; Steve Hopson, VA State Bar YLC representative.

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Boone, UR; Janie Whitt, McGuire, Woods &, Battle,

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The Law Library Staff seated left to right: Frances Slater, Betty Cassada and Susan English. Standing left to right: Brenda Sturman, Janette Alsworth, Debbie Anchors, 80b Weertman, Steve Hinckley, Joyce Janto and Sally Wambold.

New Library

Equipment

by Steven D. Hinckley, Associate Librarian

The Law Library is anxiously . awaiting the delivery of new videotaping equipment that will greatly upgrade the Law School's present inhouse audio/visual capabilities. The purchase of new equipment was

made possible by a grant of $5,000 from the J. Edwin Treakle Foundation, Inc. of Gloucester, Va. The most significant additions are three highquality color cameras that will replace the black and white equipment now in use. The improved pictures that the new cameras will produce are expected to greatly enhance the faculty's effective use of videotapes as tools to evaluate student performance

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in such courses as Trial Practice; Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation; Legal Writing; as well as the clinical programs. Accompanying these cameras will be a "special effects generator/switcher" which will be used to achieve elaborate effects and smooth switching from one camera to another for programs requiring multiple camera set-ups. This equipment will be used to create highly professional videotapes of special programs, such as Moot Court finals, where permanent copies of the event are desired. Also included in the new equipment package are two commercial-quality VHS video-recorders designed to withstand heavier use than the machines currently in service. The old videorecorders will be used as playback-only units in faculty offices.

Videotape usage by faculty and students has greatly increased during the 1984/85 academic year. The Law Library, which handles scheduling and set-up of the audio/visual equipment in the Law School, anticipates that the new equipment will prove to be invaluable in handling this everincreasing demand for video recording and playback.

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FINAL ROUND

BEST BRIEFS

SEMI-FINALS The The The Mr. Mr. Mr.

Honorable L. Paul Byrne Honorable Gregory L. Rupe Honorable Arlin F. Ruby Arch Wallace Robert Payne Robert Draim

FIRST ADVANCED ROUND Ms. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Ms. Mr. Mr. Ms. Mr. Mr. Mr.

Jessine Monaghan Gary Allen Jeff Edwards Charles C. Cosby Paul Childress Lynn J. Blain William Sands, Jr. Douglas Peyronnet Barbara Gayden Donald Piacentini Allen Buffenstein John Dozier

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Eric Jensen - Best Advocate William Monroe SECTION B: Kay Ely-Pierce - Best Advocate Julia Bennett The New Members of the Moot Court Board are: (1)Julia Bennett (2) Kay Ely-Pierce (3) Eric Jensen (4) William Monroe (5) Stacy Poulterer

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(6) Eric Schwartz Rhonda Simpson (8) Richard Williams

Thanks to the following alumni and friends of T. C. Williams who judged the Carrico Moot Court competition.

The Honorable Harry L. Carrico The Honorable Richard H. Poff The Honorable A. Christian Compton

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SECTION A: Eric Jensen Mark Paulin SECTION B: Janis Kirkland Elaine Weitzman BEST BRIEF Honorable Mention SECTION A: Malvin Brubaker John Squires SECTION B: Roger Glover Eric Schwartz

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Recognized

A second year T. C. Williams student will have an article published in The Juvenile and Family Court Journal, a magazine published by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

Elizabeth McLaughlin, Class of 1986, wrote the article, entitled "Barriers to the Adoption of Special Needs Children'; to give a Virginia overview of the implementation of federal legislation concerning foster care. In the article, she advocates the use of adoption subsidies to reduce foster care.

McLaughlin's interest in special needs children and foster care stems from her volunteer work in a Juvenile Justice Center in Colorado before law school and from raising her own four children. McLaughlin did her undergraduate work at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Students Kirk Levy and Michelle Levy with Emanuel Emroch, U31 enjoying pregame desser-t,

Dawn Bonham,

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William G. Thomas} E63 announces Law Fund Campaigrl at $154}392 with class participation at 41%1 The 1984-85 Annual Law Fund has exceeded the $150,000 goal with two months to go in the campaign. As of May 1, 1985, $154,392 has been pledged by 1,115 alumni. While the percentage of Law School's 2,720 alumni making a gift to the school is below the 60% participation goal, the Law Fund team expects to reach that goal by June 30, 1985, the date the campaign ends.

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Thanks to the energetic leadership of Vincent J. Mastracco, Jr., I..:64,in Norfolk and Kenneth E. Powell, I..:78, in Richmond, the Law School has added 14 new annual firm scholarships and two new endowed firm scholarships. They are listed below: ENDOWED Class agents

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The Honorable E. Ballard Baker Scholarship The Harry L. Lantz Scholarship ANNUAL

Left to right: E. Wayne Powell, U80i Barbara ttose, U81i Dean Bdrncmda] Sara Myers, U78 at recent telethon. 'lbtal telethon results - $43,393.00.

T. C. Williams Law Fund held six successful George & Virginia Andrews, U77, Deborah

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telethons thanks to efforts of Co-chairs Fletcher, U83, and Michael Ballato, U80

Cowan & Owen - Richmond Englisby & Barnes, p.c. - Chesterfield Griffin, Pappas & ScarboroughPortsmouth Hall, Fox & Atlee-Newport News Kelly & Lewis, P.C.-Richmond William E. Kirkland - Richmond Lacy & Mehfoud - Richmond McCaul, Grigsby, Pearsall, Manning & Davis - Richmond McSweeney, Stutts & BurtchRichmond Mezzullo, McCandlish & FrammeRichmond Parker, Pollard & Brown - Richmond Sands, Anderson, Marks & MillerRichmond Seawell, Dalton, Hughes & TimmsNorfolk Sondej & Whitlowe - Portsmouth

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Over the past decade as operating expenses of institutions of higher education have spiralled upward, increasing emphasis and awareness on the part of university development officers has been placed upon the cultivation and solicitation of deferred gifts. Deferred gifts-as opposed to outright cash awards that can be utilized immediately by the recipient university -are those gifts of cash or property that cannot be presently enjoyed, but instead are made available at some future time. Experience has revealed that universities cannot meet current operating expenses and at the same time properly plan for future expansion of educational programs and facilities solely through the results garnered each year in connection with annual campaign contribution efforts. The gap each year between needed contribution levels and actual annual contributions can best be covered by deferred gifts.

T. C. Williams School of Law of The University of Richmond has recently placed a large amount of concentration upon the deferred giving aspect of its Annual Law Fund campaign.

Great strides have been made by the Law School under the leadership of Dean Thomas A. Edmonds in terms of attracting quality students and law professors and instituting innovative and challenging methods of law study. Establishing a well-rooted and productive deferred giving program for the Law School will ensure that the necessary funding will be available to continue the great progress at T. C. Williams in recent years in

Frank N_ Cowan, 1162 addresses 81 Class Agents at Class Agent Meeting.

Left to right: Lewis Stoneburner, 1176; W.Birch Douglass, III, A_House, 1152 at Class Agent Meeting.

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terms of becoming one of the nation's premier private law schools.

The laws governing the area of deferred giving-tax statues and otherwise -are extremely complex but the Law School finds itself in the unique position of appealing to a base of potential donors that already have a certain familiarity and understanding of the steps needed to implement some form of deferred gift.

The Law School has coordinated its Deferred Giving Programs with the other aspects of its Annual Law Fund and with the remaining development efforts of the University of Richmond Annual Fund. Special appeals have been made not only to members of the Law School Association but also to members of the University of Richmond Estate Planning Council. Con-

crete efforts to date include several dozen personal calls upon potential donors that have expressed a desire to contribute, a solicitation made by Dean Edmonds to alumni and alumnae of the Law School and selective presentations to small groups of attorneys throughout Virginia that graduated from T. C. Williams.

Results to date include modification of several Significant bequests to the Law School having been included in graduates' estate plans.

As Chairman of the T. C. Williams School of Law Deferred Giving Program for 1985-86, I invite anyone with questions concerning the inclusion of a deferred gift to the Law School within their own estate plan to contact me at my office at (804) 643-6150.

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Third YearReception

Tentative Schedule Law Weekend 1985 Friday, November 8, 1985 The Times 9:30-11:00a.m.

Barnett Memorial GoU''lburnament The Crossings Golf Course, Glen Allen, Virginia Cost: $20.00 per golfer, includes greens fee and cart rental.

1:00 p.m.

J. Westwood Smithers Memorial Tennis 'lburnament Doubles Round Robin, Richmond College Courts Cost: $5.00 per player. Includes balls.

Refreshments in Alumni Hall.

Racquetball

'lburnament

Cost: $2.50 Includes refreshments 5:45-7:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

- Robins Center

in Alumni Hall.

Annual Fall Gathering Multi-Purpose Room-University Commons Building Annual gathering of alumni, faculty, and students. The presentation of the day's golf and tennis awards take place at this time.

Professor Andre Moennsens with Bonnie Stotsky, 1185 (left) and Donna Lange 1184_

Class Reunions (Either Friday or Saturday) 1925, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980

Saturday, November 9, 1985 10:00 a.m.

Careers Discussion

with Alumni and Students

11:00 a.m.

Pre-Game Lunch with Business Meeting - Law School Lounge

12:00 noon

Buses to Spider Stadium Parking lot between Maryland Hall and Business School.

1:30 p.m.

Football Game - U.R. vs. Brown University University of Richmond Stadium Tickets: $10.00 per ticket

4:30-7:00 p.m.

Alumni Student Party - Sponsored by Student Bar Association

7:00 p.m.

Class Reunions

Michael Rigsby, 1169 (left) and Reggie Jones, 1168.

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Arthur R. MilleT; Delivers First Emanuel Emroch Lecture Professor Arthur R. Miller of Harvard addressed a packed auditorium of approximately 350 people at the inaugural Emanuel Emroch Lecture Series event held April 4, 1985. Following a welcome by Dean Thomas A. Ed-

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monds, Professor Miller was introduced by Emanuel Ernroch, 1..:31. Professor Miller spoke without notes for 45 minutes about the conflicts between the right of the public to know and an individual's right to privacy.

While acknowledging that he was a journalist himself, Miller chastised the press for their sometimes overzealous pursuit of their story. Miller held a 15 minute question and answer session following his speech. A reception sponsored by the SBA's Legal Forum Committee followed.

/ Photo above, left to right: Judge Butzner, Judge Hall and William P_ Shaffer, Left photo: Emanuel Emroch, second from right, enjoys reception with fr-ierrds,

YoungLawyers Section The YoungLawyers Section of the Richmond Bar Association has planned a spring raffle to raise funds to add to the earnings of the newly endowed Y.L.S.Scholarship Fund.

The Y.L.S. also reports that their Model Judiciary Program concluded this year with a record number of volunteers participating to help high school students put on mock trials.

Many T.C.w. students participated.

Below are listed names of area participants:

Walter Dalton John E. Coffey Robert McL. Smith, III John Venner Herbert Simmons Anne M. Richard Ronald L. Lord Deborah L. Fletcher Jeffrey L. Everhart Charles F. McAleer Leonard W. Thck, Jr. Elizabeth T. Walker Edward B. Koehler Susan M. Cardenas Mark J. Welzenbach Norman Thomas R. Glen Morgan Richard Aufenger Kevin McGowan Jack Doyle Elwood V. Elliott George Albiston Alice Meadows Bob Frank William J. Boland Sam Meekins Frank Atkinson Larry Willis Marla Graff Michael Salasky Richard S. Wallerstein William Sands Cynthia V. Bailey Owen Shean Pamela Sargeant Lee Wilder Elizabeth F. Edwards Christina Meier Deborah M. Russell Roxie Rosemond

Kenneth F. Hart Jon A. Mueller Deborah S. O'1bole Thomas L. Rowe Michael H. Gladstone Douglas D. Callaway D. Kent Gilliam Beverly W. Snukals Arnold B. Snukals R. Paul Childress Douglas R. Peyronnet John M. Schilling Rebecca Minor Grisby R. Donald Ford Barbara Smith Picard Michael H. Young Donna D. Lange John C. Ivins, Jr. Steve Gravely Robert L. Brooke

John W. Ferrell Barbara Rose Virginia S. Duvall Michael B. Ballato W. F. Drewry Gallalee Shirley L. Hennesey Charles W. Hundley R. Craig Wood Benjamin C. Winn, Jr. John T. Jessee

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Thomas W.MossjJr.j [;56 and E.BallardBakeI; E47 Honored On May 10th four University of Richmond graduates received the Alumni of the University of Richmond Award for Distinguished Service. The awards are given annually to those alumni who demonstrate outstanding achievement in their business or profession or outstanding achievement in service to the University of Richmond. This year's recipients are Elisabeth Decker Kimball, WC'47, Robert E. Leitch, R'39, Thomas W. Moss, Jr., ~56, and Robert S. Ukrop, B'69. A

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Virginia residents at T. C. Williams to receive a grant of $975 to $1000 a year.

Moss is a member of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 32 degree Mason, Scottish Rite, Shrine, Steering Commit, I tee of the Democra. Ii"·'; I I tic Party of Norfolk, Young Democratic Club or Norfolk (president, past executive vice president), v.P.I. Chapter Alumni Association Past President, Sertoma of Norfolk, Lay Advisory Board of DePaul Hospital, Board of Tidewater Vocational Center, American Cancer Society past Crusade chairman.

posthumous award was given to E. Ballard Baker, ~47.

The two T. C. Williams alumni receiving the Award for Distinguished Service have served the University and their communities in many ways.

An article on Baker can be found on page 18. Moss is a partner in the Norfolk firm of Moss, Sizemore, Kelsey and Callahan. He has represented the 88th District in the Virginia House of Delegates since 1966. He is chairman of the Corporation, Insurance and Banking Committee and a member of the Courts of Justice, Rules and Nominations and Confirmation Committees. Moss introduced the bill to allow the Tuition Assistance Grant program to be extended to graduate students and was instrumental in the passage of the bill into law. This provides for

Alumni Host Events Dean Thomas A. Edmonds has visited many alumni in different areas this spring. Though his teaching of a Commercial Paper Class has prevented extendedtrips, Dean Edmonds has been to the following locations to update OUl' alumni on happenings at the school and to thank them personally for their record support of the Law School and its programs:

Lawrenceville Alumni Gathering, left to right: (back row) Clint Clary, 1183; Larry Jones, 1164; Reggie Jones, 1168; Judge Charles Perkinson, Jr., 1165; led Burr; 1169; (front row) L. J. Hammack, Jr., 1148; Dean Torn Edmonds and W. Curtis Outten, 1163.

The new Chief Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals, Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., 1165.

Fredericksburg, VA hosted by William H. Ledbetter, Jr., 1:66 Lawrenceville, VA hosted by W Curtis Outten, Jr., 1:63 Roanoke, VA hosted by Gen tIY, Locke, Rakes & Moore

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Norfolk, VA hosted by Vincent J. Mestrecco, Jr., 1:64 Alexandria, VA hosted by Judge Donald H. Kent, 1:63, and Thomas & Fiske Law Firm Pittsburgh, PA hosted by Peter Pross, 1:82 14

Roanoke Alumni Gathering, left to right: Karen McCutcheon, 1182 and Nan L. Coleman, 1182.

The Honorable Marvin F. Cole, 1148, newest appointment to Virginia Court of Appeals.

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Class Notes 1934 R. B. MacFarlane offers the following , words of wisdom: "The Irishman will tell you what he is going to do. The Englishman will tell him how it should be done. The Scotsman will go ahead and do it and nothing will be said:'

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J. Lewis Ames has been a Trustee for Randolph-Macon College since 1955.

Deputy Director of the Office of Public Liaison.

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E. L. Turlington, Jr. has been elected Executive Council of The Association of District Court Judges of Virginia and also elected as a member of The Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of Virginia for District Court Judges.

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J. Marker Dern and Susan M. Dern are associates in the firm of Dern & Dern. Susan is a graduate of W.&L. University.

1949 Mary F. Babb, daughter of Robert F. Babb, graduated in December 1984.

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1937 Lewis W. Martin was married 46 years last April. He went back to Washington & Lee for his 50th football reunion ..

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to be Special Assistant to the President and Her office is located in the White House.

Ms. Arey was previously Executive Secretary to the Department of Transportation. She was Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Transportation (1983-84);Special Assistant, Office of Public Affairs, Department

of Justice

(1982-83);and Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary, Department of Education (1981-82).She served as Assistant Dean at the University of Richmond School of Law from 1978-81 and was Project Director of the Mental Health Legal Studies Center at the University from 1977-78.

Ms. Arey graduated from the College of William and Mary (B.A., 1966), Wake Forest University (M_A.,1975) and the University of Richmond School of Law (J.D., August, 1977).

1960 Robert Davis Gleason was reappointed to the Pennsylvania Republican State Executive Committee by Republican State Chairman Robert Asher. He has served for the last eight years under the last five Republican State Chairmen ..

Joseph P. Johnson, Jr. was elected to the Emory & Henry CollegeBoard of Governors.

He also serves as Substitute Judge for the 28th General District Court.

1966 J. Thomas Burch, Jr. is head of The National Vietnam Veterans Coalition..

Mark C. Schnitzer formed the partnership of Hanover & Schnitzer on February 1, 1984.

1967 Robert W. Carter and his wife, Betsy Hurt Carter, have a son, Robert W.,Jr, age 19, attending the University of Virginia; a second son, William P. Carter, age 16; and two daughters, Elizabeth Guill, age 14; and, Rebecca Ann, age 11. He also has a niece, Mary Burkey, who is a second year student at T. C. Williams..

Alpha Christine Ward Walden, 1.:73,has joined the law department of The Connecticut Bank and Trust Company and has been elected assistant counsel.

Having joined CBT in February, Ms. Walden provides legal assistance for CBT Corporation and all its subsidiaries in the form of legal advice to CBT's operating departments and branches to enable them to comply with regulatory and other legal requirements. Her responsibilities also include drafting and reviewing documents and supervising litigation. Prior to joining CBT, Ms. Walden practiced law for the firm Walden and Walden, P.C. in Virginia.

1972 Stuart Eo Katz has been elected President of the 145 member Portsmouth Bar Association.

1973 Frederick H. Combs, II was appointed

on February 1st to a term as Judge of the 29th Judicial District, sitting primarily in Tazewell and Bland Counties.

1975 John C. Lumpkin is currently a partner in the firm of Nunnally & Lumpkin, p.e. in

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1976 David B. Beach has been appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Steven M. DelVecchio currently has his own law practice in Garden City, New York.

He specializes in criminal and matrimonial law.

Glenn W. Pulley is the 1984 President of the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce.

He and his wife, Pam, have two sons, Carson, 5 years, and Drew, 3 years.

Brad Waterman became a tax partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius on February 1, 1985. His firm of Cohen and Uretz, merged into MLB. Carl J. Witmeyer and his wife, Linda P., have a son, John Travis, age 2'/2.

1977 John W. Anderson and his wife, Dianne Donovan Anderson, now have two children, Nathan Webb Anderson, born on December 28, 1981 and Emily Elizabeth Graham Anderson, born on June 22, 1984. He is associated with the firm of Christian, Cocke & Dolbeare in Richmond, VA. O. Stuart Chalifoux is now a sole practitioner in Richmond, Virginia. He and his wife, Sue, t:80, announce the birth of their second child, a son, William A. Chalifoux, born in December, 1985.

R. B. Donaldson, Jr. has recently been made a partner in the law firm of Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, P.C. in Newport News, VA. Harris F. Trestman was married on November 25,1985 to Linda M. Thompson of Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is still associated with the firm of Rabinowitz, Rafal, Swartz & Gilbert, P.C. but has moved his office to NSC Credit Union in Norfolk, VA. 1978 Jeffrey R. Allen and wife, Cindi, take great pride and joy in announcing the birth of Elizabeth Colyer Allen, their second daughter, born August 17, 1984.

J. James Basgier became a partner in the firm of Glasser & Glasser in Norfolk, Virginia, on January 1, 1985.

Gordon Cooley announces the birth of a second child, Allison Leigh Cooley, born May 2, 1984.

Randy DuVall, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, became a member of Willcox & Savage on January 1, 1985.

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Harry C. Kaufman and Beth L. Kaufman have two daughters, Dina Rivka Kaufman, age 4% and Ariel Sara Kaufman, age 1%. He has opened his own general practice in Mount Vernon, New York. Beth is still working at Schoeman, Marsh, Updike & Welt in New York, New York.

1979 Paul B. Cromelin, III is an associate in the Washington, D.C. firm of Craighill, Mayfield & McCally, where he practices exclusively in the estate planning and probate field. He and his wife, Margaret, have a 14 month old daughter, Caroline, and recently purchased a house in Chevy Chase, MD. Ralph E. Kipp has been made a partner in the law firm of Lawson & Hood located in Fairfax, Virginia. This became effective January 1, 1985 ..

Les Miller and his wife, Hoselynn, had their second child, a son, Hunter, on December 10, 1984.

Robert L. Samuel, Jr. is the proud father of a son, R. L. Samuel, III, who turned two years of age on December 7, 1984.

1980 Temple Witt Cabell completed his third European tour in September of 1983. He was a Captain with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps. He has a son, TernpIe Witt, Jr., born September 8, 1982. He is now associated with the firm of Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller in Richmond, VA. Laura G. Dervishian is now associated with the Richmond law firm of Cabell, Paris, Lowenstein & Bareford.

1981 E. Jefferson James is currently Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney assigned to the Major Offender/Career Criminal Division of the Portsmouth Commonwealth's Attorneys Office.

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1982 Thomas E. Carr became a partner in the firm of Hirschler, Fleischer, Weinberg, Cox & Allen on February 1, 1985.

Kurt J. Pomrenke is with the firm of White, Elliott & Bundy in Bristol, Virginia.

He has two children, the second, Paul Wesley Best Pomrenke, was born on September 5, 1984.

William S. Sands became a partner in the firm of White, Johnson & Lawrence in Norfolk, Virginia, on January 1, 1985.

1983 Scott F. Breidenbach is now an Assistant Public Defender. He has also entered private practice as an associate with the firm of Binder, Kalis, Proctor and Breidenbach in Pottstown, PA. G. Carter Greer is practicing with his father, T. Keister Greer. The name of the firm is Greer and Greer and they have recently hired an associate, E. Jane Anderson.

John C. Ivins, Jr. was married February 2, 1985 to Kathleen Douglas Watkinson.

Walter C. Whitt, Jr. and his wife, Robin, had their first child, a daughter, Stephanie Michelle, born on September 21, 1984.

1984 Harold Bell and his wife, Jean, have a son, Harrison Edwards Bell, born November, 1984.

Suzanne Fadely Frye is associated in the private practice of Dennis L. Hupp. Suzanne was married on December 8, 1984, to James E. Frye, Jr., in Wardensville, West Virginia.

The above information submitted to the Law School Alumni Office prior to April 1, 1985.

India Early Keith and her husband, Greg, announce the birth of a daughter, Thylor Dowd, born on October 30, 1984. Dowd weighed 6 lb. 13 oz. India is taking a short leave of absence from work and is having a grand time!

Carlos A_ Peniche served as a prosecutor in the U.S. Army from June 1982-June 1984. He was admitted to the Texas Bar on November 1, 1984 and is now associated with the firm of Talbert, Giessel, Stone, Barker & Lyman in Houston, Texas. He concentrates on P.1. defense.

Mark S. Williams is now with the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy in Alexandria, Virginia, and is also working as a litigation attorney. He and his wife, Patti,

The Honorable E. Preston Grissom, (left) and Henry R. Pollard IV.

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Jon A. Mueller, U82

Judge Marvin F. Cole, U48 and Archibald Wallace III, U66

Left to right: Leslie D. Campbell, Jr., U51; Archer Yeatts III, U67 and Mrs. Campbell

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In Memorium

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Judge Baker

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Arthur James

Newport

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of the newly created

Virginia Court

Hugh P. Young

of Appeals, Baker stated in a letter dated January 2, 1985 to the University's President, Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, "I hope that I shall never forget that

Richmond,

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Roy B. Fox Newport

I have followed at the University of Richmond Law School. To the extent

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pleased:' his Alma Mater

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Association, and in 1984 received the Metro Richmond

Alumni Medal of

Thomas Hatz Richmond,

William L. Sturman

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Charlotte,

in memory of Baker. The Student Bar Association

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this scholarship

bearing

his name.

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Virginia

December 13, 1984

North Carolina

Hugh Parker Young J)1.2 1911-1985 J

Achievement.

The Law School Association has made an initial gift to establish an endowed scholarship at T. C. Williams

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Vienna, Virginia

past

of the Law School Alumni

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News, Virginia

Robert Skahan

many ways. He was past Vice President and President of The Richmond Alumni

February 27, 1985

Bluffton, Ohio

I got my beginning in the career which

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Virginia

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July 4, 1984

Virginia

E. Ballard Baker

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July 7, 1984

News, Virginia

Bowler's Wharf,

as Chief Judge

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Granger West

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President

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Ben Chapman Salem, Virginia

quished alumni, E. Ballard Baker.

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rector of Real Estate for the Naval District of Washington, D.C. He continued a private law practice after his retirement from the Navy Department. He was an artist of considerable talent, and at the time of his death, had completed portraits of more than 400 promminent individuals. He was also active on the Essex County Wetlands Board and was a member of the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation's Board of Trustees.

Mr. Young also edited the University of Richmond yearbook while a UR student, and provided a number of illustra tions for the book.

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Hooding Ceremony On Sunday, May 12, one hundred and thirty nine students graduated from T. C. Williams. At the Hooding Ceremony, a special event held prior to graduation just for law students and their families, the following awards were presented: Award

Explanation

Recipient

The Charles T. Norman Award

Selected by the facuIty as the best all around graduate

David T. Doot

J. Westwood Smithers Medal

Awarded to graduate with the highest cumulative average at the end of six semesters.

F. William Gue, III

Corpus Juris Secundum Student Award

Awarded to the student in the third year class who has made the most significant contribution to overall legal scholarship.

F. William Gue, III

Latin Honors

Students attaining designated cumulative grade point averages are graduated with honors.

Summa Cum Laude:

F. William Gue, III Magna Cum Laude:

David T. Doot Kevin J. Whyte Michele A. Wood

Dean Thomas A. Edmonds presides over Hooding Ceremony.

Cum Laude:

W. Mark Hillsman Raymond F. Kozlowski Nancy J. Litchfield Thrri Scott Lovelace Robert M. McAdam Amy Heinrich Tidey Edwin B. Yost

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The Edward W. Hudgins Memorial Scholarship Award for Character and Leadership

Established in 1976 by Edward W. Hudgins in memory of his father, an alumnus of the law school, and 'Trustee of the University of Richmond, who was Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court, 1957-1958.

John T. Tucker, III

Award of the International Academy of 'Trial Lawyers

For the student who has displayed outstanding advocacy skills in trial advocacy courses.

Maryse C. Allen

Virginia 'Trial Lawyers Association

For the student who has excelled in demonstrating the talents and attributes of the trial advocate.

Diane Langley

Order of the Barrister

Established for those displaying excellence in advocacy, either through participating on the National Moot Court teams, or as Chairs of the Moot Court Board.

Mary Katherine Costello Sharon Ann Fitzgerald William Wesley Heisey Diane Langley Elizabeth Anne Leonard Kimberly Brooke ODonnel Diane Trifari James Laurent Windsor

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