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Table of Contents

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F E AT U R E S :Making A Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 17

$1 Million Gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - 21

Leading By Example – Recent Endowments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - 23

Speakers at Washburn Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 - 53

D E P A R T M E N T S :Letter from the Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Letter from the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Close-Ups

Ron Pope ‘84 - Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Professor Alex Glashausser - Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Signature Programs

Center for Excellence in Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 - 29

Business and Transactional Law Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 - 31

Children and Family Law Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 - 33

Washburn Law Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 - 35

In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 - 37

News & Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 - 48

Class Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 - 57

Events Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0

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From the

D E A NDear Alumni and Friends,

Technology is changing the way facultyteach and law students learn. The speedat which technology progresses is unde-niably swift. As soon as we master onenew tool, it seems another takes itsplace. How many remember the intro-duction of the original overhead projector or the bulky but groundbreaking answer-ing machine? Now we have document cameras, such as ELMO, and cell phonesthat not only take messages but pictures as well. Sometimes the new technology issuperior to its predecessor; other times its application is not suitable for all needs.

At Washburn Law, we continuously search for new technology that will enhance the law school experience for our students while maintaining the goals of our curriculum. There is a delicate balance to be achieved when incorporating newtechnologies into the classroom or ancillary law school services. The use of any new technology must be tested and proven relevant to the law school’s mission of providing a superior law school education and experience.

This issue of the Washburn Lawyer focuses on the law school’s current use of tech-nology in the classroom, courtroom and library. We are teaching a new generation

of law students, and to reach and engage them in this endeavor we are striving to use their preferred medium. I think you will be impressed with how our

faculty members use the latest technology available to engage their studentsin and outside of the classroom. The addition of the Bianchino TechnologyCenter in the Robinson Courtroom provides a new dimension of technolo-gy for our trial advocacy students to explore and master, crucial skillsneeded to succeed in the future courtroom.

Our library services, consistently ranked high among law schoollibraries, have been on the cutting edge for years in using the Internetand other technologies that support legal research. When not workingone-on-one with students or faculty with current technology uses, thelibrary technology staff continues searching for innovative technologythat enhances and supports the law school’s legal research and curricu-lum. I doubt there is a better technology team anywhere else in legaleducation!

Yes, we have come a long way since blackboards and chalk, yet we knowthat what we think of as cutting edge today will be “eight-track” technology

not long from now. Thanks to your continued support, you can be assuredthat we will remain at the forefront of classroom, courtroom and library

technology. At the same time, we will ensure that the technologies we integratewill enhance our student’s law school experience rather than distract us from our

core mission of educating the next generation of great Washburn lawyers!

Sincerely,

Dennis R. HonabachDean

Dennis R. Honabach

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Washburn Law School Association

Board of Governors■

D. Duke Dupre, President ‘73

Steven G. Cooper, President-Elect ‘73

Stephen W. Cavanaugh, Vice President ‘80

David E. Pierce, Secretary Treasurer ‘77

Linda D. Henry Elrod, Executive Secretary ‘72

Bernard A. Bianchino, Past President ‘74

H. Allan Caldwell, Foundation President ‘73

Lillian A. Apodaca ‘85

Mark Beshears ‘76

Rita J. Bicknell ‘95

Hon. J. Patrick Brazil ‘62

William D. Bunten ‘56

Nancy Landis Caplinger ‘85

Bart A. Chavez ‘85

H. Phillip Elwood ‘71

Richmond Enochs ‘63

Stewart L. Entz ‘65

David A. Fenley ‘79

Carol G. Green ‘81

Winton M. Hinkle ‘68

Paul R. Hoferer ‘75

Ward E. Loyd ‘68

Terry Mann ‘86

Gary McCallister ‘75

Carol Duffy McDowell ‘75

Shoko K. Sevart ‘73

Sabrina K. Standifer ‘99

Stephen J. Torline ‘97

Hon. Gregory L. Waller ‘73

Roger W. Warren ‘88

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Each year, new technologyis incorporated into thelaw school curriculum andancillary law school serv-ices but only after it’stested and proven to havepractical application thatenhances the students’ lawschool experience.

In some law schoolsand courtrooms, thisis the classroom of thefuture. For WashburnUniversity School ofLaw, this is technologybeing used by stu-dents today.

Some of Washburn Law’stechnology has been inplace for a while, like high-

speed wireless throughout the build-ing for ease of Internet access by stu-dents, alumni and visitors, whileother technology is in its infancy orin some cases only a rough sketchon a notepad.

Each year, new technology is incor-porated into the law school curricu-lum and ancillary law school servic-es but only after it’s tested andproven to have practical applicationthat enhances the students’ lawschool experience.

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Courtroom, classroom andlibrary technologies readystudents, law school for thefuture Chalk and erasers have given way to delete keys and

laptops. Projection screens and interactive software areused in place of flip charts and handouts. A plasmascreen and a document camera allow counsel to “show” rather than just “tell.”

WASHBURN LAWCLASSROOMTECHNOLOGY

Interactive lecterns allowprofessors to access DVD,Laptop, VCR and documentcamera

The Sympodium consolecombines an interactivescreen with SMART Boardsoftware and a stylus for aninteractive writing surfacethat allows professors towrite electronic notes overthe top of computer applica-tions, Web site or video andthen save, print, E-mail orpost the notes on-line.

Professors use the systemfor delivering prepared orimpromptu material, high-lighting information orbringing up images andWeb sites to enhance theclassroom experience.

Remote control responsepads allow students to par-ticipate in ClassroomPerformance Systemquizzes.

One hundred percent ofclassrooms are wired (desk-top Internet ports andpower outlets)

CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY

With the addition of Internet access, laptop com-puters, video displays and conferencing, andother visual presentation software, WashburnLaw faculty are better able to meet the needs ofstudents while enhancing class preparation, cre-ativity and convenience.

No matter the professor or the technology used,the overriding reason many are incorporatingmore technology into the classroom is toimprove student engagement to reach a newgeneration of law student.

Washburn Law professors engage their studentswith a variety of tactics, and each continues tofine-tune his or her current techniques while dis-covering new ways, with the assistance of tech-nology, to reach their students.

Professor Ali Khan’s classroom teaching philoso-phy is simple – class time is valuable so use itwisely. Professor Khan is able to live that philos-ophy by taking advantage of the technology avail-able at Washburn Law.

“Class time is so important to me that I don’twant to waste a single minute,” Professor Khansaid. “The students must feel that the class isvaluable. In a one-hour class, wasting one minuteof my time wastes 17 minutes collectively of mystudents’ time,” he said.

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PowerPoint presen-tations assistProfessor Khan inmanaging classroomtime while the visualmaterials engage thestudents in the classdiscussion.

“With PowerPoint, the information is pre-served forever, saving a lot of time,”Professor Khan said. “I’ve never written aword on a board – ever. If I write, thenerase, the message is gone forever.”

By using the visual properties of aPowerPoint presentation, Professor Khansaid he also connects better with the stu-dents. “If I were to write on a blackboard,I would have to turn my back on theclass. When you attend a performance,no one takes their eyes off the stage, andtechnology can help me have a seamlessclass.”

Using PowerPoint, he minimizes any dis-connection with the students, minimizesthe amount of text, and inserts images “tobring focus to the discussion,” he said.

Professor Khan uses Internet technologyand offers his teaching materials on-linefor his students, as well. Through a pass-word-protected portal, his students canaccess his “e-books” for the cost of print-ing the information to a printer.

The benefits for Professor Khan? “I canupdate it, design it and change it in atimely manner,” he said.

E-mail has also improved the efficiency ofcommunications between students andprofessors when an in-person meeting isnot feasible. Professor Khan emphasized,though, the need for a delicate balancebetween the two.

“Technology is great but not at theexpense of eliminating all human con-tact,” he said.

Law students filing into Professor NancyMaxwell’s criminal law class in fall 2005may have wondered if they took a wrongturn upon hearing the following lyrics fillthe room:

I hear the train a comin’It’s rollin’ ‘round the bend, And I ain’t seen the sunshine, Since, I don’t know when, I’m stuck in Folsom Prison, And time keeps draggin’ on, But that train keeps a-rollin’, On down to San Antone.

When I was just a baby,My Mama told me, “Son, Always be a good boy,Don’t ever play with guns,” But I shot a man in Reno, Just to watch him die, When I hear that whistle blowin’, I hang my head and cry.

“I decided I was going to do somethingfun, something related to the class. Ifound Folsom Prison Blues very tangen-tial,” Professor Maxwell said, reflectingon her choice of Johnny Cash’s classic asstudents entered her Criminal Law class-room.

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Professor Maxwell incorporates musicthat’s relevant to the planned discussioneach day. She researches lyrics of songsbased on the cases the class will be read-ing for a particular day. At the end of thesemester, Professor Maxwell posts the“play list” so students can have a collec-tion of the songs played during thatsemester.

She believes the music not only grabs theattention of students but also helps makean impact on a generation of law studentswho are tech-savvy and hungry for classengagement.

At the end of the fall 2005 semester, BobDylan’s “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” fil-tered throughProfessor Maxwell’sclassroom providinga powerful impres-sion as studentsarrived that day for areview session. “Idedicated the song toall law enforcementofficers who died inthe line of duty.”

Review sessions are enhanced by theClassroom Performance System (CPS), a technology professors use to engagestudents while reviewing course material.CPS allows instructors to ask studentsmultiple-choice questions and receiveimmediate, in-class feedback using com-puter projection equipment, studentremote control response pads, a portable8

receiver and response analysis soft-ware.

CPS can be used for class interac-tion, class quizzes or formal exams,and the software will generate per-centages and graph totals of eachquestion’s answers.

The use of the CPS assists profes-sors in reviewing material, measuring stu-dents’ comprehension and bridging thegeneration gap with technology that isrelevant to today’s law students.

P rofessor Alex Glashausser, who uses theCPS system, has discovered it not onlym e a s u res the students’ understanding but

also creates a buzz in thec l a s s room by engagingthe students in the discus-sion that day.

“I use CPS for review twotimes per semester. Onthe day we re v i e w, thelevel of excitement ande n e rgy is as high as itgets,” he said. “It’s com-

petitive, which the stu-dents like, but in a non-t h reatening way. ”

Instant feedbackfrom using CPS canmake a significantdifference in cor-recting the stu-

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“I get immediate feedback about whatthey do or don’t understand,” ProfessorGlashausser said, which proved valuablewhen one of the quizzes he administereddemonstrated that a procedural twist in aquestion resulted in the entire class miss-ing the question.

“There is a delay factor with writtenquizzes. (The CPS) is a dramatic exampleof how immediate feedback can make abig difference. I was able to correct it tothe whole class. Otherwise, I blindlywould have thought they got it,” he said.Answers to the quiz may then be postedon-line and used by students as supple-mental review material. Wa s h b u rn Lawp rofessors use three diff e rent sites -TWEN, LEXIS/NEXIS and My Wa s h b u rn .These on-line services are extensions ofthe law classroom where students canaccess course materials, participate inc l a s s room discussions, receive and submitonline assignments and perf o rm a host ofother class-related functions.

Professors may post class syllabi, coursematerials, questions to help direct stu-dents to materials prior to class discus-sion, statutes hyperlinked to researchservices, and other information theybelieve to be helpful for the students toaccess at any time of the day.

Professor Maxwell has used TWEN’scommunication features to conduct a livechat with her students to review coursematerial while she was in theNetherlands.

“I set up at an Internet Café at 9 p.m. inthe Netherlands and was chatting withstudents on-line at 2 p.m. their time,” shesaid. Once Professor Maxwell concludedthe one hour and 45 minute-review ses-sion, a transcript of the session was avail-able on TWEN for her students to use forreview.

Glen McBeth, who is in charge of instruc-tional technology at Washburn Law and isthe “go-to” person for the professors’classroom and courtroom technology

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questions, transformed a simple classroomvideotape request into a high-demandstreaming video service requested by bothprofessors and students.

Professor Maxwell had asked McBeth tovideotape her classes because new facultyasked to see her teaching style.

It turned out that students requested accessto the videos to supplement their educationalexperience. McBeth began transferring thevideotape into streaming video for on-lineviewing, assigning password protection foraccess while initiating safeguards to preventusing technology as a substitute for classattendance. On-line video is available for stu-dents when they are too ill to attend classand to help review for exams.

“It spread like wildfire,” Professor Maxwellsaid. “I had no idea it would be important tostudents educationally.” She recalled a studentwho, after attending the class, also listened tothe videotape of that class while cleaning herhouse to help her review the material that wasgoing to be on the midterm exam.

Each professor incorporates technology inhis or her own way into the classroom basedon what is best for the students in concertwith the professor’s goals. At the beginningof the fall 2005 semester, Professor Maxwellprohibited students from using laptops andother electronic devices while in her class-room. Her goal was to maintain a connectionwith the students by using her own technolo-

gy rather than competing for the attentionof the students.

As for Professor Maxwell’s use of technolo-gy in the classroom, “It has allowed me tonot only revise my material more quickly,but increase my creativity as well.”

“When you use any kind of technology –interactive quizzes, movie clips, music andother visuals – you’ve created a fun atmos-phere, you’ve created a buzz and studentswill engage and talk more,” ProfessorGlashausser said.

“Using technology is a way of varying thepace and feel of what you are doing. Visualsact as guideposts for the students whenremembering the material,” he added.

COURTROOM TECHNOLOGYIncreasingly, courtrooms at all levels pro-vide litigants with an array of technologiesto assist with case presentation. By offeringtechnology consistent with that found incourtrooms across the United States,Washburn Law students gain experienceand are prepared to operate and use court-room technologies upon graduation fromlaw school.

Dedication of the Bianchino Te c h n o l o g yCenter at Wa s h b u rn University School ofLaw in October 2002 ushered in a new era ofthe Robinson Court room and Wa s h b u rnLaw with the latest in court room technology.


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Bianchino Technology Centerincludes:

Flat-screen display monitors at thejudge’s bench, counsel tables and witnessstand to assist with the viewing of evi-dence;

A 65-inch plasma screen providing highdefinition viewing of evidence;

An interactive attorney’s podium contain-ing a control panel touchscreen, flat-screen display, and document camera toassist with the presentation of evidence;

An interactive whiteboard to assist withjury viewing of evidence;

Video cameras in the Courtroom and theattached Robing/Jury Deliberation Roomto provide recording and viewing of pro-ceedings; and

Technology that provides the capabilityfor video teleconferencing and remotebroadcasts, digital court reporting andelectronic legal research.

Trial Advocacy classes use RobinsonCourtroom & Bianchino TechnologyCenter to train students how to presentevidence using the technologies nowavailable.

Professor Michael Kaye, Director, Centerfor Excellence in Advocacy, finds the newtechnology invaluable to his students.“With the technology we have available atWashburn Law, we are able to preparelaw students for what they mayencounter,” he said.

LIBRARY TECHNOLOGYCOMMITTEE

Under the leadership of DennisHonabach, Dean of Washburn UniversitySchool of Law, the Library/Technologycommittee conducts strategic planning fortechnology. The mission of the committeeincludes obtaining consensus and direc-tion from the Law Faculty concerningimplementing relevant legal educationtechnology that enhances the law schoolexperience for Washburn Law students.The specific mission is to provide a blueprint that 1) Makes Washburn Lawnationally competitive in the use of newteaching technology to enhance class-room experiences and 2) Provide nationalleadership in the area of designing andimplementing law-related Internetresearch tools.

Members of the Library TechnologyCommittee are:

Professor James Concannon, chair Professor John Christensen Professor Alex Glashausser

Plus one student representative

Third-year law student, Tony Hunter,agrees. “Being able to practice with thetechnology available at Washburn Law isvery valuable. You never know when youmight need to use it in a courtroom.”

The electronic cour t-room complete with allthe bells and whistlesmay not be fully integrat-ed across the country atthis time, but specificelements of courtroomtechnology are usedevery day in court-rooms.

According to theHonorable CharlesStokes, 68th DistrictCourt, Civil DistrictCourt in Dallas, and aWashburn Law alumnus,technology in the cour t-room is being used a fairamount in his courtroomand other courtrooms inDallas, but that “ELMO(document camera) isused in every trial,” hesaid.

Judge Stokes said he’swatched some casesbring in whole audiovisual crews and set uptheir technology needsin the courtroom beforea trial. In one intellectual property case inDallas, the parties completely rewired thecourtroom and added Internet access,plasma monitors for judges, jurists andwitnesses, as well as computer equipmentfor counsel and then donated the technol-ogy upgrade to the 193rd District Court.

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The time-saving element of using court-room technology is one important reasonsome counsel use it. “Sometimes a fairlycomplicated motion can be streamlinedby pulling up digitally stored informationessential to the case instead of having to

dig through hundreds ofpaper documents,”Judge Stokes said.

From searching cour tcases via on-line data-base files to offeringremote testimony,Washburn Law studentshave the opportunity toprepare for the cour t-room of the future,which is becoming morevisually oriented eachday.

At Washburn Law’sRobinson Courtroom, inlieu of reading a wit-ness’s deposition, a doc-ument camera may beused to show the wordsand point out possibleinconsistencies from pre-vious testimony. With atouch of a button, attor-neys can display paperdocuments and physicalevidence projecting theimage onto the 65-inchplasma screen at thefront of the courtroom.

Judge Stokes believes that this type ofvisual presentation is much more effec-tive with juries. “People are very visual,plus juries don’t want to look at docu-ments in the jury room. They want to seethem visually in the courtroom eitherenlarged or highlighted,” he said.

❝The resources wehave here are phe-nomenal,” she said.“My job is to ensurestudents know howto use the resources

effectively andbecome familiar

with the content wehave to offer.

All the technologyin the world doesn’t

do you any goodunless you knowhow to use it and

teach it . . .❞– Barbara Ginzberg

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Robinson Courtroom& BianchinoTechnology Centeralso provides flat-screen display monitors at the judge’sbench, counsel tables and witness stand,which allows for additional viewing of evi-dence.

The audiovisual equipment enhancementsin the court room can offer a much morep o w e rful and persuasive presentation. Inaddition to standard programs such asPowerPoint in which presentations arelinked to laptop computers, the interactivewhite board allows the presenter toaccess and display information from theI n t e rnet, run video, and deliver CD-ROMp resentations that offer sounds andimages counsel may want the court to“experience” rather than just see or hear.

Hard-copy printouts of what has beenillustrated or highlighted on the screencan be available for handouts in seconds.

Videotaping equipment is used to recordstudent performances of mock trial exer-cises so they may be critiqued by TrialAdvocacy instructors.

Judge Stokes’ one caution concerning theuse of technology in the courtroom iscounsel preparation. “Learn how to usethe equipment before the trial. You needto have your ducks lined up when itcomes to using the equipment,” he said.

Washburn Law trial advocacy classesusing the Robinson Courtroom &Bianchino Technology Center will lear njust that. Through small group hands-oninstruction, the students will understandhow to use the technology and incorpo-rate it into a presentaion, ensuring their“ducks” are lined up for the courtroom ofthe future.


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computer-mediated legal instruction andsupports institutions and individuals usingtechnology and distance learning in legaleducation.

In fact, McBeth last year presented a ses-sion about videotaping class presentationsand the benefits of using streaming videovs. VHS for the students’ convenience. Inaddition, staff regularly present at theannual meeting of the AmericanAssociation of Law Libraries.

“Staff can perform a host of technologyservices at the drop of a hat,” saidFolmsbee who credits the library technol-ogy staff for the library’s consistent rank-ing in the top 10 of law schools for itstechnology.

The successful integration between tech-nology and the law school’s mission, aswell as technology’s practical usage forstudents and faculty in and out of theclassroom are always paramount whendetermining new project lists.

“Our mission is to be law school centricand more specifically, to support curricu-lum,” said Folmsbee.

How to effectively support curriculumwith ever-changing technology and inte-grating it into the law school’s mission isthe main focus at all times, but the sum-mer months provide a specific timeframefor staff to tackle and test new projectsand ideas that may one day find their wayinto the classroom, library or courtroom.


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LIBRARY

Washburn Law’s law library has beenconsistantly ranked high among lawschool libraries because of its extensivecollection, innovative use of technologyand high praise by students and othersusing the library’s services.

John Christensen, Library Director,Professor of Law, is the driving forcebehind the Washburn Law Library’s suc-cess. Under Professor Christensen’s guid-ance, Washburn Law Library has enjoyeda national reputation for leadership in theuse of Internet and information technolo-gy to support legal research.

One of the first to offer a web-basedonline catalog, the Washburn LawLibrary continues to adopt new technolo-gy and provide additional resources toenhance its research capabilities.

“It’s been our shared goal to be a leaderin technology,” said Mark Folmsbee,Associate Dean for Computer Services. Maintaining that leadership role requiresthe ingenuity of highly skilled staff at theWashburn Law Library who actively seekways to incoporate technology for the bet-terment of the law school, its studentsand faculty.

Washburn Law technology staff presentsessions for the annual meeting of theCenter for Computer-Assisted LegalInstruction (CALI), a consortium of lawschools that researches and develops

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Barbara Ginzberg, assistant instructionaltechnology librarian at Washburn Law,works one-on-one with students to helpthem master the electronic and standardresearch tools available to them at thelaw school.

“The resources we have here are phe-nomenal,” she said. “My job is to ensurestudents know how to use the resourceseffectively and become familiar with thecontent we have to offer. All the technolo-gy in the world doesn’t do you any goodunless you know how to use it and teachit,” she added.

Each year the Washburn Law Librar yadds more than 8,000 volumes to its col-lection, which now includes more than340,000 total volumes.

Law students, faculty and on-site usershave access to electronic researchresources at the Washburn Law Libraryincluding:

■ U.S. and Kansas governmental materials■ citation services■ periodicals■ directories■ indexes to periodicals■ books and catalogs■ references for foreign and internationallaw ■ specialized topical resources includingPike and Fischer’s Internet Law andRegulation, Religion Case Reporter,Telecommunications Reports and theRocky Mountain Mineral Law FoundationDigital Library.

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information about careers and educationafter the completion of law school.Includes bar preparation, seminars, con-tinuing legal education, post-law schoolopportunities, and job opportunities.

● Law Journals - A list of law-related elec-tronic law journals.Includes some full textsearching.

●Law Library Catalogs- Provides connections

to over 100 law (or law-related) librarycatalogs. Includes descriptions of specialcollections, telefax numbers, phone num-bers, and street addresses.

●Law Schools and Legal Organizations -A list of all law school and legal organiza-tion sites. Includes addresses.

●Discussion Group Information - Thisincludes access to all law-related discus-sion groups maintained at WashburnUniversity School of Law.

●StateLaw - A comprehensive set of statelaw links in the United States.

●Subject Index/Access to Law relatedmaterials - Includes links to all law spe-cialty sites and is organized according tothe “section” breakdown for theAmerican Association of Law Schools(AALS).

WashLaw, a legal research portal, pro-vides users with links to all known law-related materials on the Internet. It is oneof the premier legal Internet researchservices available to a worldwide audi-ence of practicing and academic legalexperts. It also hosts a large number oflaw-related dicussiongroups.

Highlights ofWashLaw includeaccess to:

● More than 50 legal directories for lawschools, law firms and law-related organi-zations

●DocLaw –access to all know federal lawand law-related government documentresources

●ForIntLaw –Provides comprehensiveInternet access to foreign, international,and United Nations legal materials. Thisweb site contains links to primary andsecondary sources in many countries.

●Kansas WEB - Offers links to Kansasinformation including historical materials,state colleges and universities, cities, andbusiness information.

●Law Firms - a list of regional, nationaland international law firm web sites.

●LawJobs -A source for anyone seeking


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In 2001, Washburn Law was namedamong the 30 “Most Wired LawSchools,” according to a survey published in The National Juristmagazine. Law school’s informationtechnology resources were evaluatedbased on six criteria:

1.Use of information technology in coursesand classrooms (availability of internalnetwork for faculty/students; percent ofcourses using advanced online resources;percent of classrooms with half the seatsnetworked); 2.Network access (number of network con-nections as a percent of enrollment; wire-less network access); 3.Student access (Web space for clubs, bul-letin boards, online registration and jour-nals, free E-mail); 4.Hardware resources (computer worksta-tions and online research stations, bothas a percentage of enrollment; researchresources); 5.Career placement resources (web site;job postings and research; links to alum-ni; interview scheduling; resume posting; e-mail contact; advanced software); and 6.Other resources.

Washburn received high marks for net-work resources, student access and otherresources.

The law school has three computer labswith the largest located on the secondfloor of the librar y. It houses a 30-stationcomputer lab that is used to train stu-dents and staff on various research serv-ices, software, CD-ROM resources andother Internet uses.

A mobile computer lab offers the use oflaptops for training sessions, class meet-ings and workshops. Each of the 20 laptopcomputers is configured with several soft-ware applications and is automatically con-nected to the Washburn University wire-less network for instant Internet accessfrom anywhere in the law school building.

Videoconferencing adds another dimen-sion to the law school’s communications.It’s used for joint meetings of studentorganizations with other law schools, trialadvocacy remote dispositions, computerand law continuing education, and student job interviews.

THE FUTURE OF WASHBURN LAWTECHNOLOGY

Never content to be part of the statusquo, the Washburn Law technology staffcontinues to forge ahead with new ideasand concepts to incorporate into theclassrooms, courtroom and libraryservices.

With direction from the LibraryTechnology Committee and input fromlaw faculty and students, Washburn Lawwill continue it efforts to reach a newgenerations of law students by continual-ly evaluating and implementing relevantlegal education technology that enhancesthe Law School experience for students.


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P re s i d e n t

Time and Technology – two ever-changing concepts that today seem to be moving faster andfaster. I often feel I am behind and will be behind forever. No matter how fast I go, thereare times when I just cannot seem to get everything done. I would guess that I have beenconcerned about “time” since the school bell rang on my second day of school and I was stillhalf-a-block away.

The speed at which technology is changing our world is even more frightening. How manyupgrades of what was known first as “word processors” and now “PCs” have we seen in thepast 20 years, or 10 years, or just the past five years? Each advancement, each “upgraded”version, brought us the promises of more speed, more efficiency, more memory. In a recentseminar, the group was asked to list the items that would disappear in five years. I was surprised at the responses. Included were a couple of Fortune 500 companies, VCRs, movietheaters, paper checks, and the list went on and on. The changes/upgrades to existing tech-nology were even more fascinating.

Technology is reshaping the practice of law. The CLE programs are filled with courses deal-ing with the use and application of technology to the practice of law. Electronic discovery,Internet searches, and electronic court filings are common today. Publications aboundpromising to help you and your firm “get ahead of the emerging technologies curve and discover the benefits of adopting…” these new information tools.

Today’s Washburn University School of Law graduate is well-prepared to meet the challengeof the “emerging technologies curve.” From the classroom, through the Law Library, to thelaw school’s courtroom, today’s graduates are familiar with the challenges brought on bytechnology.

If you haven’t visited Washburn Law recently, drop by and see these changes; changes thatalumni like yourselves have helped become a reality at Washburn Law.

The Class of 2006 will be the 100th class to graduate from Washburn University School of Law. To usher in the next centur y, a Centennial Finale will be held May 6, 2006, inTopeka. That would be a great time to make a return visit and see how Washburn Lawhas changed. I look forward to seeing you in the future.

Sincerely,

Duke

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Norman Pozez ’80 recentlyestablished the Norman R. Pozez Chairin the Business and Transactional LawCenter at Washburn University School ofLaw. The $1 million gift by Pozezwas announced Dec. 7, 2005, byDennis R. Honabach, Dean,Washburn UniversitySchool of Law and Dr.Jerry Farley, President,Washburn University, inthe Robinson Courtroomand BianchinoTechnology Center atWashburn Law.

The law center chair will permit the lawschool to attract an additional expert inthe field of transactional law to the facul-ty of Washburn Law.

“The mission of the Business andTransactional Law Center at WashburnUniversity School of Law is to providetoday’s law students with the analyticaltools they will need to succeed as prob-lems solvers, especially in the fields ofbusiness and commerce. It is our expec-tation that students who participate inthe Center’s activities will distinguishthemselves as transactional lawyers andas law-trained leaders in all fields of com-merce,” said Dean Honabach.

Pozez knew when he entered law schoolthat his future endeavors would lie in thefield of business and not in the practiceof law. He also realized that a law schooleducation would provide him the bestanalytical training available. Pozez hassince learned how meaningful his legaleducation has been in his career.“It has been a tremendous help in the

Business and Transactional Law CenterReceives $1 Million Gift

success of my business,” stated Pozez,who has compiled a record of consider-able success in many fields of business.

In making this gift, Pozez believed it wasimportant to offer students a pro-

gram that focuses on negotia-tion and deal making, not justlitigation, and the Businessand Transactional LawCenter does just that.

“This gift will help furtherfacilitate that goal,” said

Pozez. Pozez agreed to becomea member of the founding Board

of Advisors for the Business andTransactional Law Center and his advicein that capacity will prove invaluable tothe Center.

The success of the Center’s programs is dependent upon the School of Law’sability to bring together the best, mostaccomplished legal scholars in the fieldof transactional law and the best andbrightest students who become the lead-ing problem solvers of the next genera-tion. Pozez realized that to achieve thatgoal, the Business and TransactionalLaw Center would require an infusion of new resources. Pozez stepped up and provided a lead gift for that purpose.Pozez has always been a generous sup-porter of the School of Law through hisphilanthropic gifts to the Norman R.Pozez Unrestricted Endowed Fund.


“I wanted to show my continued supportfor Washburn University School of Lawand the impact that my legal educationand the law school has had on my life,”said Pozez.

Washburn Law is eternally grateful toPozez for this newly created chair. Thisgift comes at a most opportune time asthe entire Washburn Law community isin the midst of the law school’sCentennial Celebration.

Pozez is a native of Topeka who nowlives in Washington, D.C. He isChairman of the Uniwest Group, LLC,Uniwest Construction, Inc., UniwestCommercial Realty, Inc, andUniwest1031, LLC. Previously, he wasthe Chief Operating Officer of The HairCuttery, Falls Church, Va., and is cur-rently on the firm’s Board of Advisers.From early 2004 to early 2005, Pozezserved as Chairman of the Board of

Fidelity and Trust Corporation. He hasalso served as a Regional Director ofReal Estate and C o n s t ruction for PaylessS h o e S o u rc e, a retail company foundedby his father, Louis Pozez. During histenure at Payless and for some yearsthereafter, Norm Pozez served on theboard of directors of Bookstop, Inc.,which sold to Barnes and Noble in 1989.Since 1979, Pozez has been an activemember of the Intern a t i o n a l Council ofShopping Centers and is a board mem-ber of five not-for-profit organizationsserving community needs in and aroundthe Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.He and his wife, Melinda, have threesons.

Dr. Jerry Farley and Dean Dennis R. Honabach

Rita ‘95 and Gene Bicknell Law Scholarship“I’m proud to say I’m a Kansas girl. I was born, raised and educated in Kansas. I wasblessed with the opportunity to attend Washburn University School of Law as a non-tra-ditional student, following a career with Kansas Powerand Light Company.

“Since graduation, Gene and I have supported scholar-ships at Washburn Law annually and believe that manyoutstanding and qualified students would miss the oppor-tunity of attending Washburn Law without the aid ofscholarships.

“We decided to establish an endowment for our scholar-ship fund, which will benefit countless students in thefuture. Our goal is simple: to enable Washbur nUniversity School of Law to offer, to fellow Kansans, achance to receive a first rate legal education and the nec-essary training for a successful future.”

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G i v i n g Back...Throughout the law school’s Centennial, we will highlight alumni, faculty and friends who have stepped up to support the law school by endowing professorships, scholarships and other funds during our CentennialCelebration. These dedicated individuals help ensure the future success of Washburn Law.

Phil Harley ‘74 Advocacy Law Fund“I am a person who grew up dreaming of becoming a trial lawyer. WashburnUniversity School of Law made my dream a reality and for over 30 years Ihave been fortunate enough to love how I earn a living. In addition, everydayI have the opportunity to help sick and dying individuals and their familiesbecause of the education I received at Washburn University School of Law.

“It is my hope that this endowment will help others attain their dreams andfacilitate the education of new lawyers, who aid in the preservation our jurysystem.”


Leading by Example...

RECENT ENDOWMENTS

John R. ‘84and KristinaD. DietrickLawScholarship“It is with a wonderful sense of gratitude and heartfeltappreciation that my wife, Kristina, and I have chosen tocreate the John and Kristina Dietrick Law Scholarship forthe benefit of future Washburn Law students.

“As with many Washburn Law graduates, the law schoolserved as a pivotal point for me in my professional develop-ment, and the knowledge I obtained continues to benefitme today in my business practices. I am genuinely indebt-ed for the excellent education I received from a trulyremarkable faculty. This scholarship is my way of thankingthe law school, the faculty and my fellow classmates for an extraordinary educational experience.”

Paul ’75 and Jeanne HofererLaw Scholarship

“I graduated from Wa s h b u rn Law School 30 years agoand have been fortunate to spend those 30 years re p re-senting the Santa Fe and the BNSF railroads in a care e rthat has fulfilled all the dreams and expectations I had ongraduation day in 1975. On this 30th a n n i v e r s a ry, I amhappy to be able to endow a scholarship directed at stu-dents attending law school while they support a family.

“When I started law school in 1972, I was a veteran,married with one child, and primarily concerned withsupporting my family. The faculty and administrationat Washburn offered wonderful support and encour-agement, but there were few scholarships available forstudents who hadn’t matriculated through college on atraditional path. In creating this scholarship, I hope tomake it a little easier for a student with a family tomake the decision to attend law school and to chooseWashburn Law. As I reflect on my education and 30years of law practice, I can say, without reservation,that my degree from Washburn Law was worth morethan the ‘price’ and the benefits have been ‘priceless.’

“I encourage my classmates and other Washburn Lawalums to share the fruit of their success by creatingscholarships and supporting educational programs atWashburn Law.”

M.Kathryn Webb ’83Law ScholarshipFund“I know that the excellent educationI received at Washburn UniversitySchool of Law has opened manydoors for me and provided opportu-nities that I could not have enjoyedotherwise. I hope to contribute tothe richness of the lives of future lawyers with this endowedfund. In the words of Winston Churchill, ‘We make a livingby what we get, but we make a life by what we give.’”

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Washburn Law wishes to express itssincerest regret for several incorrectentries in the Donor Honor Roll for July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005. The fol-lowing alumni of Washburn Law weremisrepresented in the categories ofgiving. Listed below are those alumniwith their correct level of giving.Washburn Law wishes to express our regret in the printing error and our sincerest apology to those alumniwho were incorrectly listed.

Dean’s Cabinet $10,000 +Donald D. ’65 & Margorie A. BarrySteven G. ‘73 & Janet M. Cooper Paul R. ’75 & Jeanne M. Hoferer

Dean’s Advisors $5,000 - $9,999.99Michael L. Snider ‘85

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have gotten less. What matters is what you are doingtoday, right now, for your client. Your past verdicts havenothing to do with your client’s current case. Thereforetalking about big cases does not serve a useful purpose,”said Pope.

Working with people and helping them with real pro b-lems is what Pope finds re w a rding. “These are real peo-ple with real problems. Their lives have been turn e dupside down, and for some it is the decision to buy pre-scriptions or food, or the decision to provide one childwith an operation or let the family eat. I have the oppor-tunity to help these people during their darkest momentsand it feels wonderful.”

Pope is an adjunct professor at Washburn Law who hastaught Pre-Trial Procedure, Trial Advocacy, LitigationStrategies and has lectured on nearly every subject inthe clinic. Pope engages his students in class. If theywon’t come to him, he goes to them. “In class everyonesits at the back. I like to walk around, but since theclassrooms are set up so I can’t walk around among thestudents and interact with them, I walk on top of thedesks.” Pope loves teaching and the interaction with lawstudents. “Washburn Law has a great quality of studentswho are thirsty for knowledge; that makes it fun toteach,” he said.

Pope believes Washburn Law turns out the best triallawyers. “I have tried cases in over 13 states with someof the best attorneys, in some of the biggest and so-called most prestigious firms, in New York, Chicago, andLos Angeles. Some of the most competent and mostrespectful attorneys come from the Midwest. We arelucky to have that reputation here,” said Pope. He is alsoquick to point out that not only does the law school havea great full-time faculty, but they have adjunct professorswho are certainly in the top five percent of trial lawyers,not only in the region, but nationally. “You have peoplelike Tom Wright ‘64, Mike Francis ‘75, Curt Waugh ‘87and Wayne Stratton ‘58, just to name a few, teaching lawstudents. It is no wonder Washburn Law turns out somany successful trial lawyers.”

Pope, by all definition has a passion for what he does andfor the people he serves. He is a strong advocate forWashburn Law and the advocacy programs it provides itsstudents. He is a successful trial lawyer and appreciatesevery day that he works at what he loves. Pope is alsocommitted to and proud of his family, wife Shawna, andchildren RJ, 17, Harley, 4, and Jett, 1.

Ron Pope gradu-ated from highschool seriouslyc o n t e m p l a t i n g

studying Theology at Ottawa University in Kansas.“Because I wanted to play football and their team was‘ h o rrible’, I decided to go to Emporia State Universityinstead,” Pope said. Pope played football and graduatedwith a bachelor’s degree from Emporia in 1980. Aftergraduation, he considered medical school but thought thep rogram was too long and difficult. He decided instead,to become an attorney and applied only to Wa s h b u rn Law.

Pope attended law school with his then wife, Judy. “Iworked to make us money, and Judy is the one who gotboth of us, especially me, through law school.” Pope wasa commercial pilot and flew an air ambulance and stillflies today. He has taught more than 1,000 students to fly.

Through law school, Pope wasn’t sure what area he want-ed to practice or the direction his career would take.Pope said he fell into trial work in medical malpracticeand personal injury. As he quoted Harry Potter, “’Thewizard does not choose the wand, the wand chooses thewizard.’ I was fortunate and had some early success.The area of law chose me.” Pope practices in the area ofmedical malpractice, personal injury product liability. Hehandles some general practice work “if friends or familyneed assistance, or if someone needs legal representa-tion and can’t afford help elsewhere. Then I do generalpractice work.” Pope is quick to point out the interest-ing coincidence that he once considered med school, butended up practicing law in an area that focuses on medialissues.

Pope wholeheartedly believes that practicing law is “themost fun thing you can do.” He loves to go to workevery day and finds each day challenging and rewarding.Pope believes he has been “blessed” with finding acareer that he loves and enjoys and one where he hasbeen fortunate enough to be successful. He describes aday of practice as “organized anarchy – it is organizedchaos.” Pope believes his success comes not fromalways being able to out-think opposing counsel, but defi-nitely being able to out-work them; words he fondlyremembers hearing from Judge Ter ry Bullock duringlaw school.

Pope is quick to point out that he doesn’t like to talkabout his verdicts. “I have had some million dollar ver-dicts and some zero dollar verdicts. It’s not about whatyou won or received in the past. Maybe another attorneywould have received more, maybe someone else would

He believes the most important aspect of being a professoris to show students how to be comfortable with the uncer-tainty of the law and the ways to deal with those uncertain-ties. “They should be able to approach a legal situation,learn what there is to learn about it, and construct argu-ments of why the situation ought to be resolved in one wayor another,” Glashausser said.

For Glashausser, preparation is key for the law. “It may notbe glamorous, but neither is falling on your face. If you pre-pare for things as much as reasonably possible, then even ifthey don’t work out, you won’t kick yourself for what youmight have done,” he said. He believes learning the law islike learning a new language. “It doesn’t come all at once,but if you work hard and are willing to dive in and makemistakes, you can eventually meet and even exceed yourgoals.”

“Seeing the transformation of students who begin lawschool unsure of themselves and of legal terminology, tostudent’s who graduate with the confidence that they areready to succeed,” is what gives Glashausser the most satis-faction. “When I hear from alums who have been out ofschool for a few years and they tell me about the value ofsome point I got them to learn in class, well, that’s wherethe big payoff for me is personally,” he said.

Glashausser teaches Civil Procedure, Remedies and Tortsand is active with several student organizations. Along withProfessor Steve Ramirez, Glashausser proudly boasts main-taining an undefeated record in 2-on-2 basketball with stu-dents. Albeit he confesses they use the Ramirez “homecourt rules” to their advantage, but “only because our force-ful arguments about interpretations of the rules have per-suaded the judge (who happens to be Ramirez).”

In June 2006, Glashausser will become the new AssociateDean at Washburn Law replacing Professor Bill Rich whowill return to teaching fulltime. Glashausser is unsure whatto expect of his new position but quickly states, “Going intothe unknown is always a challenge, but it’s also what makespeople grow – which is where the reward is.”

“Personally, I’m just happy that I still have the passion forteaching that drew me to this profession. I hope to be say-ing the same thing 30 years from now.”

Growing upwith parentswho wereteachers, a

mother who was an artist and a father who was, and still is, aphysicist, more than likely paved the way for Alex Glashausserto enter the teaching profession as well. “I grew up in a familywhere both parents taught. I think that from a young age I hadthe idea in my brain that what one did in life was become agrownup and then teach. Their evident professional satisfactionmade it seem like a natural path to take,” said Glashausser.

Prior to law school, and after graduating in 1990 with a bache-lor’s degree from Harvard, Glashausser went to Tokyo. Whilethere he studied at the Yoshida Institute of Japanese Languageand taught English. Subsequently, Glashausser studied theJapanese legal system at Santa Clara University School of Law’sInstitute of International and Comparative Law, in Tokyo, andinterned at Ishii Law Office.

Glashausser then went to Duke University School of Law wherehe was Executive Editor of the Duke Law Journal. After gradu-ating from Duke in 1995, Glashausser clerked for the HonorableAlbert J. Engel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, inGrand Rapids, Mich. He then became a Litigation Associate atVorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, L.L.P. in Ohio. While in Ohio,he was also an Adjunct Professor at Ohio State UniversityCollege of Law before joining Washburn University School ofLaw in the fall of 1999.

Glashausser has pushed himself his entire life. He decided toleave home and go away to college. He then decided to expandhis horizons after undergraduate school and live in Japan.Without anyone pushing him, he attended law school. Once outof law school and practicing law Glashausser felt he had hit adead-end road, especially when he saw partners in the firm whohad been doing the same work for 30 years. At that point, herealized he didn’t have the passion for practicing law that hewanted to display in his work, so again, he took steps to dosomething different. Glashausser ultimately found himselfteaching at Washburn Law.

Glashausser is a natural at teaching; it is his passion. While anadjunct teacher at Ohio State and working at his law firm, heremembers opening his E-mail one day. There was one from aclient and one from a law student. “I had no desire to respondto the client’s message, even though, of course, I had to. But Icouldn’t wait to respond to the student’s message. It was thenthat I realized I had to leave the firm and go into full-time teach-ing,” he said.

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This fall, the Center for Excellence in Advocacylaunched programs for improving litigation skills andstudying the profession of the advocate. It continuedthe lunchtime lecture series featuring skill demon-strations, educational talks and informal meetingswith outstanding lawyers; it hosted the Kansas Courtof Appeals as they held oral arguments at the lawschool; the third Building the Mitigation Case DeathPenalty Defense Conference was held in November2005; and Professor Dan Manville, a litigator and lawclinic instructor at Wayne State University and anationally known expert in prisoner rights, was theAdvocate in Residence.

The Center continued its educational alliance withthe National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA). InSeptember 2005, the second joint Washburn Law-NITA Deposition Skills Training Program was held.The Center also sent a trial advocacy competitionteam to Santa Fe, N.M., to compete in the NationalAssociation of Criminal Defense Lawyers InvitationalTrial Advocacy Tournament.

Other trial advocacy, negotiation, client counselingand moot court teams will compete during the springsemester. These teams are coached by law schoolfaculty and practitioners. The joint effort of facultyand practitioners (overwhelmingly alumni) fuel andsustain the Center’s energy and success. The enthu-siastic work of these alums enable the law school tohost the National Trial Competition RegionalAdvocacy rounds in Topeka, which bring law schooladvocacy teams from across the Midwest to Topeka.Judges and lawyers from across the state will join theCenter in making the trial competition a success. Thetournament was coordinated by law students, JamesOrth ‘06 and Lindsey Patmon ’07, and was heldFebruary 9 through 11, 2006.

In April, Washburn Law and the Center will againhost a visit of a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals forthe 10th Circuit who will hear arguments in theRobinson Courtroom and Bianchino TechnologyCenter.

One significant program the Center hosted was theWestern Kansas Public Service Lawyers OutreachProgram in Hays, Kan., from October 14 through 17,2005. The enthusiasm generated by the EasternKansas Program last summer was so strong thatWashburn Law headed to the western region of thestate to continue its outreach training. The PublicService Lawyers Outreach Advocacy Training

Program is a public service of Washburn LawCenter for Excellence inAdvocacy and NITA. It is designed to provideparticipants a quick andeffective way to improve their courtroom skills. Theemphasis of the program is based on “learning bydoing.”

Public Service Lawyers Outreach is designed to reachpublic sector litigators who are unable to attend trialadvocacy training seminars because of the high tuitionrate usually charged by these programs. Recognizingthe importance of training persuasive advocates work-ing in public service, Washburn Law and NITA agreedto offer advocacy training free of charge to publicservice lawyers. Many from the western portion of thestate may not be able to travel to Topeka for training,so Washburn Law scheduled two outreach programs;one in western Kansas and one in eastern Kansas.

The Ellis County Commissionersand District Judge Tom Toepfer‘75 allowed the program to usethe courthouse for the final benchtrial. Additionally, the law firm ofGlassman, Bird, Braun andSchwartz provided the conferenceroom in their new law offices forfaculty training before the pro-gram began. Twenty lawyers par-ticipated in the program. Volunteer faculty for the pro-gram were from Hays, Colby, Olathe, Topeka and afew from out of state. The lead trainers were BillOssmann ‘77 and Major Chris Behan of the U.S. ArmyJudge Advocate General Trial School located inCharlottesville, Va. Other program faculty includedByron Cerrillo ‘74, Mike McCulloch, Carol Cline, DonHoffman ‘77, Glenn Braun ‘81, John Bird ‘74, PaulOller ‘86, Cal Williams ’78 and Dave Starkey ’75.Participants in the program included county attorneys,public defenders, assistant attorneys general andlawyers for state agencies.

Ellis County Courthouse

Faculty in the pro-gram use a numberof different teachingtechniques.Instructors demon-strate each impor-tant trial skill andexplain the purposebehind each skilldemonstration.Participants performthat skill in groupbreak-out sessions

and receive feedback for improvement. Each time aparticipant performs, the instructor makes sugges-tions to help the participant become a more effectiveadvocate. Suggestions are constructive and includespecific recommendations to help improve the partic-ipant’s presentation to be more successful in repre-senting his or her side of the case. Performances are videotaped and later individually reviewed withthe participant. Program sessions and workshopswere held on the campus of Ft. Hays State University.The state-of-the-art facilities allowed the program touse video, PowerPoint and document cameras toenhance the presentations.

Program participants are grouped together based ontheir areas of practice. Instructors are prosecutors,public defenders, and governmental agency lawyers.All of the exercises are conducted in a courtroom set-ting simulating an actual trial. Courtroom attire isrequired of all participants so that simulations are asrealistic as possible.

The focus of the program is to gain experience inusing basic trial skills: openings and closings, directand cross examination, offering and using exhibitsand communication skills lawyers need in the court-room. Simulated cases are selected that have a factpattern similar to what many lawyers in publicservice see regularly. Participants choose a casetheory and the case is tried in a courtroom as abench trial at the end of the program.

A typical program day begins at 8 a.m. with a 30-minute meeting of all program instructors.Participants and instructors then meet in plenarysessions for a brief discussion of the day’s education-al objectives. Participants then break into groups toperform as direct or cross examiner. Faculty demon-strate a trial skill, which will be performed later thatday. Another group session follows using drills onobjections. The program continues through the after-noon on other skills techniques such as impeachmentand redirect examination. Wrap-up for the day is at 6 p.m. Participants then work with mentors or on

their own to prepare for the next day’s exercises.The intensive practice over a two-day training periodconcluding with a bench trial on the third day is avaluable, confidence-building experience. Teams oftwo faculty members assigned to a breakout groupprovide participants the needed attention to developpersuasive case theories and useful case strategies.

By faculty providing helpful feedback on participant’sskill performance, direct examinations becamesmoother, cross examiners made their points swiftlywhile clearly keeping control of the witness, openingswere factually and legitimately persuasive withoutbeing argumentative, and closings addressed keypoints in the case.

Participant evaluations and satisfaction with the pro-gram were high. One participant wrote:

“The bench trials were a valuable part of the trainingseminar. After learning about all the individual partsof the trial, it only makes sense to put it all togetherand conclude with a bench trial. The bench trialsgive the students a feel for the speed, complexity, anduncertainty of a real trial. In the practice sessions onthe individual topics, students get to practice thedrills without worrying about anything else, but inthe bench trial, students must do everything at once... listen to the testimony, take notes, make notesabout additional questions for cross, and object …just like a real trial. This, in and of itself, presents anew aspect of trial work that is not otherwise coveredin the lectures/drills. It is invaluable. Thanks somuch to you and everyone else for the training. Itwas a great experience!”

Alumni support makes Washburn Law’s outreachprograms a successful and stimulating edu-

cational experience. Cal Williams recruit-ed faculty with hands-on experience in

trying cases, experience that was rel-evant to the needs and aspirations ofthe participants. The firm ofGlassman, Bird, Braun andSchwartz made the faculty trainingsession a success, and Bill Ossmann

provided incredible energy, talentand administrative ability to the suc-

cess of the program.

Look for Washburn Law to provide addition-al training programs later this year.

If you wish to learn more about the Center or if youwould like to volunteer, please contact Director,Professor Michael Kaye, at 670-1370 [email protected]


Cal Williams ‘78

Bill Ossmann ‘77

2005 WASHBURN LAW BUSINESS CAMP:PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUSINESS ANDLEGAL COMMUNITY ENHANCES LEGALEDUCATIONThe Business and Transactional Law Center (BTLC)is a partnership of the law school, alumni, and thebusiness and legal communities. The 2005 WashburnLaw Business Camp is an example of the potentialthis partnership creates. In this inaugural event, 19law students and 24 business and legal professionalsparticipated in a week-long intensive program. Thestudents visited the business offices of several localbusinesses, received instruction from numerous com-munity legal and business professionals, worked ingroups on a sophisticated business acquisition prob-lem and presented the results of their efforts to cor-porate officers of AmerUs Annuities Group.

THE BUSINESS CAMP CONCEPTIt is sometimes difficult to pinpoint the source of anidea. Business Camp is no exception. Those whodirect in the BTLC are constantly looking for ways toimprove its program offerings. One place the Centerlooks for ideas is other centers at the law school. TheCenter for Excellence in Advocacy is a pioneer inoffering programs to law students. Multiple timeseach year, it offers a week-long intensive trial pro-gram (appropriately called Intensive Trial AdvocacyProgram or ITAP). Recognizing ITAP’s success, theBTLC began thinking of possible week-long businessand transactional law programs, hatching the idea ofBusiness Camp. The goal of Business Camp was tooffer an intensive week-long program immediatelyprior to the fall semester that focused on the businessand accounting concepts, instead of legal issues.To make Business Camp successful the Center need-

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ed help from partners outside of the law school. Inconsidering possible partners, Chris Conroy ’98,Assistant Counsel at AmerUs Annuity Group andsomeone who had participated in other BTLCevents in prior years, seemed to be a perfect fit.With a law degree, MBA, extensive corporate expe-rience and proximity to the law school, Conroy wasan ideal choice to help brainstorm about BusinessCamp and help get the program off the ground.

During the initial meeting, Conroy indicated thatother alumni at AmerUs Annuity Group, Mark Heitz’77, CEO, and Mike Miller ’91, General Counsel,also wanted to help make Business Camp a success.Conroy offered to prepare a case study of an acqui-sition, make available the corporate headquarters of AmerUs Annuities for an entire day and organizea mock board of directors to listen to the studentpresentations of the case. With this support,Business Camp had a foundation to build upon.From the foundation provided by Conroy andAmerUs Annuities, the Center began to contactother business andlegal professionalsto help completean impressive ros-ter of instructors.Incidentally,Conroy announcedon the first day ofBusiness Campthat AmerUsAnnuities Groupwould present aplaque and a$1,000 cash prizeto the team thatdid the best job ofanalyzing and pre-senting the case study.

THE BUSINESS CAMP STUDENTSSome of Washburn Law’s most talented studentsparticipated in Business Camp. Most of theBusiness Camp students intend to become businessand transactional lawyers. Some, however, realizedthe benefit business knowledge would provide in alitigation practice and attended Business Camp toobtain that extra knowledge. Because this was theinaugural Business Camp e n rollment was limited to20 students. That number allowed the program to

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have four teams of five, allowingeach team member to make sig-nificant contributions to the teamp roject and allowing the teamsadequate time to present to themock board of directors. It sohappened that 20 studentsapplied, and after one had tof o rgo Business Camp because ofa family illness, 19 students ultimately participated.

One aspect of Business Camp that most reflectedpractice was the time pre s s u re the schedule imposed.Each of the first three days of Business Camp wasbooked from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. with instruction ses-sions. Somewhere between all of the sessions, teamshad to find time to meet to analyze the case study andp re p a re their presentations. Despite the time pre s-s u re, the students did an excellent job analyzing thep roblem and presenting their re c o m m e n d a t i o n s .They received excellent reviews from the mockb o a rd of directors.

The work effort and commitment demonstrated bythe Business Camp students are indicative of thetype of students at Washburn Law. Each studentattended Business Camp voluntarily knowing theywould receive no academic credit for their participa-tion. Without academic credit or grades to motivatethem, the students put in tremendous effort andproduced an excellent product. The students’ effortdemonstrates their interest in learning and theircompetitive natures, which will serve them well asfuture lawyers.

THE BUSINESS CAMP INSTRUCTORSThe Center’s objectives in contacting instru c t o r sw e re to (1) create an instructor roster of people whodo not teach at the law school and (2) line up a ro s t e rof instructors with varied experiences and back-g rounds. Many very talented professionals donatedtime to help achieve those objectives. As the list ofi n s t ructors and topics covered demonstrate, not onlydid the instructors generally come from practice,they re p resent the best professional talent and ac ross-section of the business community that transac-tional lawyers often encounter in practice. They werebusiness executives from large and small companies,a t t o rneys, accountants, bankers, trust officers, actuar-ies, government officials and entre p reneurs. Beingexposed to these professionals, law students wereable to learn the substantive material presented andrub shoulders with the type of professionals withwhom they will be practicing very short l y. The Center thanks the instructors for the time theydonated to Business Camp. Some drove from

Kansas City, Wichita and even Denver to participate.The Center also thanks Susan Tucker ’92 fromPayless ShoeSource, and Stephen Page ‘77 and DarylCraft ’77, from GTrust for inviting students to theirheadquarters for some of the Business Camp ses-sions. The contribution of time and resources madeBusiness Camp possible.

BUSINESS CAMP IN REVIEWFeedback received from students and instructorsindicates that the inaugural Business Camp was suc-cessful. Students said it was a considerable amountof work but that they learned from the experience.They also appreciated the opportunity to interactwith professionals. Some of the students made con-tacts that led to job interviews. All of them had theopportunity to spend time in the business environ-ment and prepare themselves for situations that willarise in law practice. The instructors, after donatingtheir time and resources to make Business Camp asuccess, indicated they enjoyed the experience andappreciated the opportunity to serve.

LOOKING AHEADThe Center learned much from the inauguralBusiness Camp, perhaps most significant is thatwhen Washburn Law partners with alumni, otherlawyers and the business community, great thingscan happen for students. In the future, BusinessCamp and other BTLC programs will continue to bea success as Washburn Law’s dedicated alumni andothers in the community join together to providequality programs for Washburn Law students. Effortsin this direction continue to make Washburn Law agreat law school.

If any Washburn Law alum would like to get involvedwith the Center, please contact Steve Ramirez at 785-670-1668 or [email protected] or BradBorden at 785-670-1857 or [email protected] look forward to hearing from you, and thank you inadvance for your continuing support.

Business Camp at Payless ShoeSource

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THE 18TH ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE

The Washburn Law Children and Family LawCenter held its 18th Annual Family Law InstituteFriday, Sept. 16, 2005. The program examined theproblem of “no fault” divorce with “at fault” peo-ple. The law appears to be fault neutral, howeverthe participants do not always see it that way. Theprogram explored the various types of tort actionsavailable to divorcing parties and looked at theuse of negligent and intentional infliction of emo-tional distress in family systems.

In addition, asfamilies havebecome morefragmentedand varied,children alsohave tortaction possibili-ties. The pro-gram looked attorts and caus-es of actionfrom thechild’s perspec-tive and dis-cussed currentproposals forrepresentationof children.Regarding children, one of the most complex andcontroversial topics is the issue of relocation.Across the countr y, appellate decisions are look -ing at the appropriate legal standards to apply inrelocation cases. In addition, the program alsodiscussed the increased complexity of family lawand how it requires lawyers to stay abreast of mal-practice issues.

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Two nationally recognized experts presented dur-ing the program. Professor Robert Spector, theGlenn Watson Centennial Professor of Law andLegal Director of the Interdisciplinary GraduateTraining Program in the Prevention of ChildAbuse and Neglect at the University of Oklahoma,keynoted the program with his presentation, “TheWorld of Marital Torts.”

Spector served as the Reporter for the UniformChild Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

and as DeputyHead of theUnited State’sDelegation to theHagueConvention onPrivateInternationalLaw’s SpecialCommission onthe Protection ofIncapacitatedAdults. He alsoserves as anExpert Memberof the UnitedState’s Delegationto the HagueConvention on

Private International Law’s Special DiplomaticCommissions for the Convention on theProtection of Minors. He is a member of theGoverning Council of the American BarAssociation Family Law Section where he chairedthe Committee on Marital Torts and served asVice-chair of the Law School CurriculumCommittee. He has published more than 80 arti-cles on family law.

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Ann Haralambie, a Certified Family Law Specialistin private practice in Tucson, Ariz., explained thenumerous tort actions availableto children and discussed newproposals for lawyers who repre-sent children. Haralambie’spractice is restricted to familyand juvenile cases, with anemphasis on custody and childabuse. She is a formerPresident of the NationalAssociation of Counsel forChildren, and charter life mem-ber of the AmericanProfessional Society on theAbuse of Children. She foundedand serves as President of theArizona Association of Counselfor Children. She has authored four books on rep-resenting children and parents.

Several Washburn Law faculty also presented.Distinguished Professor Linda Elrod discussed,“Balancing the Interests of Parents and Childrenin Relocation Cases.” Professor Sheila Reynoldspresented recent cases on lawyer malpractice, andProfessor Robert Rhee discussed the intentionaland negligent infliction of emotional distress infamily matters. Family law students also had theopportunity to meet with both Spector andHaralambie in small group sessions during lunch.The 18th Family Law Institute which was held onthe Washburn University campus had more than45 participants.

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In addition to the Institute, the Family LawStudent Society, under the leadership of DallasBauer ‘06, Stefanie Benson ‘06 and Sara Martin’06, brought in numerous speakers throughout thesemester who participated in the lunch time learn-ing series in the Children and Family Law Center.

During the fall semester, 16 law students servedon the student staff for the Family Law Quarterly,a publication of the American Bar AssociationFamily Law Section, which is edited at Washbur n

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L a w. The issues this year included a special issue ondomestic violence, a comparative custody sympo-

sium detailing the custody lawsin countries on five continentsand a symposium on assistedre p roductive technologies.

In addition, the Washburn LawClinic offered 20 students“hands on” experience withfamily law cases and liveclients. Professors AlizaOrganick, Lynette Petty andSheila Reynolds each super-vised several interns workingon family law cases. InNovember, Rachel Pirner andScott Curry ‘97 presented a

moot court-type of presentation of their argumenton a case.

A variety of opportunities existed for students tolearn about and become involved in family lawactivities throughout the semester. In addition toseveral family law specialty courses and clinicopportunities, students were encouraged tobecome involved by watching court cases, attend-ing continuing education programs and meetingwith alumni and family law practitioners.

In January 2006, 30 students completed a coursein child advocacy to prepare them to be effectiveadvocates for children and to provide high qualitylegal representation of child clients. In addition,the Children and Family Law Center hopes tostart a Child Advocacy Fellows Program to attractstudents interested in child and family advocacy.

To learn more about the Center, or to volunteer, con-tact Director, Professor Linda Elrod at 785-670-1838or [email protected]

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WASHBURN LAW CLINIC CELEBRATES35TH ANNIVERSARYThe weekend after Labor Day, alumni of theWashburn Law Clinic gathered to celebrate theClinic’s 35th anniversary. When the clinical pro-gram at Washburn was unveiled in 1970, clinicallegal education was not yet a widely embracedmethod of teaching at law schools. However,Washburn Law staked its claim as a pioneer inlegal education by committing itself to the practi-cal benefits of teaching law students by givingthem the opportunity to represent real people inreal cases. Thirty-five years later, clinical legaleducation is recognized as an important part of aquality law school education.

Since the Clinic is renowned for teaching practi-cal knowledge, the 35th anniversary event com-menced with a complimentary CLE program pre-sented by Clinic Director John Francis andProfessor Sheila Reynolds. After the instruction-al component, alumni and friends of the Clinicgathered at the Bradbury Thompson AlumniCenter to reminisce about days spent in the LawClinic. A dinner and program of speakers followed.

Highlights of the evening included commentsfrom Professor Concannon and two Law Clinicalumni. Concannon, the Law School’s historian,spoke about the history of the Law Clinic and theimportant national role Washburn Law played inthe early days of clinical legal education.Concannon recognized the vision and hard workof two men who were integral in the Clinic’s earlysuccesses, Professors Raymond Spring and DonRowland. Surviving family members of Spring andRowland were in attendance as the assembly hon-

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ored both men for their important contributions tothe Washburn Law Clinic.

Two alumni also on the evening’s slate of speakerswere Billy Rork ‘79 and Teri Canfield-Eye ‘02.Rork spoke about how his participation in theClinic during its earliest days influenced the workhe currently does. He also noted the importantrole that the Law Clinic plays in preparingWashburn Law students to practice law and inserving the legal needs of the Topeka community.Canfield-Eye punctuated this point by sharing herClinic experience of arguing an important legalissue before the Kansas Supreme Court on behalfof a Clinic client. When Canfield-Eye argued thecase, she was reportedly the only law studentgiven permission to appear before Kansas’ highcourt.

The evening con-cluded with danc-ing to music of alive band andmore opportunityto visit withfriends. Thanksgo out to ClinicCoordinator DebiSchrock, whosegreat planningand organizationalskills helpedmake the event

run smoothly. Thanks also to all the alumni andfriends of the Clinic, whose participation in the35th anniversary event made the evening a hugesuccess.

THE MIDWEST CONFERENCE ON CLINICALLEGAL EDUCATION COMES TO WASHBURNThe Law Clinic hosted another major event in fall2005. In early October, law clinic Professors fromacross the region and the nation came toWashburn Law to learn from each other, shareteaching techniques and discuss the future of clin-ical education. The event, which brought them toTopeka, was the annual Midwest Conference onClinical Legal Education.

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The theme of this year’s conference was“Carrying Brown’s Legacy Forward: Justice,Service, Teaching.” The conference focused onhow law school clinical programs can use theirunique position in legal communities to help carryforward the promise of social and economic jus-tice embodied in the Brown v. Board of Educationdecision. Speakers at the conference specificallyaddressed teaching methods that facilitate obtain-ing justice for diverse client populations.

The first panel, which was anchored by ProfessorsAliza Organick and Lynette Petty, addressedmethods that can be used to increase cross-cultur-al understanding in the clinical class room and inthe court room. Also on the panel were BridgetteCarr from Ave Maria School of Law and ToniJohnson from the University of Kansas School ofSocial Work. Keeping with the theme of the con-ference and tying into Washburn Law’s commit-ment to integrating skills with theory, the secondpanel, headed by Professor Sheila Reynolds,addressed how to teach law students storytellingas an advocacy skill. Judith Fox from Notre DameLaw School and Kim Thomas from the Universityof Michigan School of Law were also presenters.

The keynote speaker of the conference, ProfessorVictor Goode, from CUNY Law School, is a highlyrespected clinical professor and advocate for fairhousing. With issues such as access to educationand economic opportunity being tied to housingissues, Professor Goode was an especiallypoignant speaker.

The final conference panel traced the shared his-tory of legal services initiatives and clinical legaleducation, also addressing how law clinics cancarry the ideals of Brown into the 21st century forour students and communities. Professor JanetThompson Jackson moderated this panel. Otherpresenters on the panel were Bryan Adamson

from the University of Seattle School ofLaw, Sandy Ogilvy from CatholicUniversity School of Law and KimO’Leary from Thomas Cooley LawSchool.

Conference events wrapped up with a tourof the Brown v. Board of EducationNational Historic Site. Attendees of theconference carried home to their institu-tions important information on promotingclinical legal education and helping under-

served people in their communities with theirlegal needs.

WASHBURN LAUNCHES THE SMALLBUSINESS AND TRANSACTION CLINICConsistent with Washburn’s history of being onthe leading edge of the clinical legal education,this fall the Clinic unveiled a new program whichprovides real world experience in transactionalmatters. Underscoring the theme promoted at theMidwest Clinical Conference, this new clinical pro-gram promotes economic justice in the Topekacommunity. The Small Business and TransactionalClinic, which is headed by Professor JanetThompson Jackson, accomplishes this by provid-ing legal assistance and counseling in the areas ofbusiness and transactional law to qualifying for-profit entities, community associations, and non-profit organizations. Qualifying businesses andorganizations include those that are financially dis-advantaged and those located in or providing serv-ices to underrepresented communities.

The Transactional Clinic’s opening semester pro-vided its four legal interns with the opportunity towork on a variety of client projects including theincorporation of a nonprofit organization andassisting with its application for tax-exempt status,drafting formation documents and operatingagreements for limited liability companies, andgiving presentations to Chamber of Commerceand Washburn Small Business DevelopmentCenter clients on choice of legal entity. Projectsfor the spring semester include assisting a clientwith obtaining copyright protection for a design,and counseling a client on the purchase of anexisting business.

For more information on the Law Clinic, contactDirector, Professor John Francis, at 785-670-1191 or [email protected]

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1930’s

Keith F. Quail ‘37, Prescott, Ariz., died Oct. 6,2005, at the age of 92. While in law school, Quailserved as law clerk to the presiding judge of U.S.Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and law clerk to ajustice of the Kansas Supreme Court.Immediately after law school, he moved toAlbuquerque, N.M., where he became law clerk toJudge Sam Bratton, the Chief Judge of the U.S.Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Quail became atax trial attorney for the New Mexico Bureau ofRevenue and also entered the private practice oflaw. In 1937 he moved to Prescott, Ariz., to estab-lish the law firm of Favour and Quail. From Oct.1, 1947 to Jan. 1, 1999, Quail practiced law inPrescott. He was President of the Yavapai CountyBar, served on the Board of Directors of theArizona State Bar and was President of theArizona State Bar from 1956 to 1957. Quail wasArizona State Chairman of American TrialLawyers Association, a fellowship member in theInternational Academy of Trial Lawyers and fel-lowship member of the International Society ofBarristers.

1940’s

Charles W. Hill ‘48, Charlotte, N.C., died Oct.11, 2005, at the age of 84. Hill graduated fromWashburn Law cum laude in 1948 and entered pri -vate practice in Pittsburg, Kan. He also served asDeputy County Attorney. He served on the staffof The Judge Advocate General in Washington,D.C., during the Korean War and after active duty,he became Counsel to the Atomic EnergyCommission at Paducah, Ky. and later ChiefCounsel to the agency, The Energy Research andDevelopment Agency, and to the Department ofEnergy at Oak Ridge, Tenn. Upon retirementfrom the Federal Service in 1979, Hill becameCounsel and later General Counsel of BattelleMemorial Institute’s Pacific Northwest Division atRichland, Wash. He was Special Counsel toBattelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, in1987, from which he ultimately retired in 1989.

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Charles W. McDermott ‘48, Colorado Springs,Colo., died Sept. 5, 2005, at the age of 82.McDermott was an attorney for several affiliatedoil and gas companies in Wichita, Denver,Colorado Springs and Houston including ColoradoInterstate Gas and Coastal States Gas Company.He entered private practice in Denver in 1976,eventually leading the natural resource depart-ment of Gorsuch Kirgis. He retired as Presidentof Salmon Resources, a division of Shell Canada in1992.

Norbert R. Dreiling ‘49, Hays, Kan., died Aug.1, 2005, at the age of 80. Dreiling was SeniorPartner in the law firm of Dreiling, Bieker andHoffman in Hays, Kan. He served two terms asEllis County Attorney, served as Kansas StateDemocratic Chairman from 1966 to 1974 and ledseveral delegations to National DemocraticConventions. Dreiling served on the WashburnLaw School Board of Governors.

1960’s

The Honorable Charles “Chuck” A. Elliott III’65, Olathe, Kan., died Dec. 1, 2005, at the age 66.Elliott was elected Magistrate Judge in JohnsonCounty, Kan., in 1968 and 1972 and AssociateDistrict Judge, Johnson County, Kan., in 1976. Hewas also involved in legal practice in Mission,Kan., Kansas City, Mo., and Olathe, Kan. and wasAssistant General Counsel for MarionLaboratories from 1980 to 82, Kansas City, Mo.Since 1988 Charles served as a Hearing Officerfor District Court, Johnson County, Kan. He wasadmitted to the state and federal courts of Kansas;the Supreme Court of the United States and thestate and federal courts of Missouri. Elliott was amember of the American, Missouri, Kansas andJohnson County Bar associations, Association ofTrial Lawyers of America and Kansas TrialLawyer’s Association.

Bill V. Hampton, Jr. ‘65 Pratt, Kan., died July14, 2005, at the age of 66. Hampton was a lifetimePratt resident, practicing law with the firm ofHampton and Hampton and was a retired munici-pal court judge.

Kathleen Sebelius reappointed him to the commissionin 2002 and as chairman in 2004. While President ofKBA, Sevart and his wife were sworn into the UnitedStates Supreme Court.

Stephen D. Kruse ‘76, Jackson Hole, Wyo., diedOct. 27, 2005, at the age of 61. Kruse worked for theWyoming Department of Transportation since 1978,was a certified blaster and a member of the AmericanAssociation of Avalanche Professionals.

W. R. “Rod” Ludwig ‘76, Beloit, Kan., died Nov. 21,2005, at the age of 54. Upon completion of law school,Ludwig returned to Beloit where he joined the firm ofNoah and Harrison, P.A. He established a solo prac-tice in 1981 shortly after being elected CountyAttorney and served the people of Mitchell Countyuntil 2004. Ludwig formed the firm of Miller andLudwig in 1984. He was a member of the Kansas BarAssociation, the Mitchell County Bar, and the KansasCounty and District Attorneys Association. He arguedmany cases before the Kansas Supreme Court and theKansas Court of Appeals.

1980’s

Rebecca S. Green ‘81 Wichita, Kan., died Nov. 21,2005, at the age of 61. Green served as the Managerof Compensation for Pizza Hut, Inc., General Counselfor NAF Inc. and NEF Inc., and was also involved inthe private practice of law. Green gave up her careerwhen her daughter was born to devote herself tobeing a full-time mother.

1990’s

Joann M. Cook-Tehan ‘82 Morgan Hill, Calif., diedSept. 22, 2005, at the age of 53. Cook-Tehan was botha lawyer and schoolteacher.

Joy C. Aukema ‘92 , Tallahassee, Fla., died Nov. 28,2005, at the age of 46. Aukema was a Senior Attorneyfor the Florida Attorney General’s office.

Kristine R. Kutz ‘92 , Orlando, Fla., died Aug. 19,2005 at the age of 38. Kutz was a lawyer in Orlando, FL.

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John C. Tillotson ‘65,Leavenworth, Kan., died Nov. 4,2005, at the age of 86. Tillotson wasa lawyer in Leavenworth having prac-ticed there for 40 years. He servedas Leavenworth County Attorneyfrom 1969 to 71 and served as a part-time U.S. Magistrate Judge from

1981 to 1997. Tillotson served on the Washburn LawSchool Association Board of Governors and theKansas Bar Association Board of Governors. He was afellow of the Kansas Bar Foundation and a member ofthe Kansas Judicial Council Criminal Code AdvisoryCommittee. He served as Vice President andPresident Elect of the Kansas Bar Association. In 1994he received the KBA Outstanding Service Award andin 2005 received its Lifetime Service Award.

1970’s

Stephen J. Curtis ‘75, Tulsa, Okla., died Aug. 17,2005, at the age of 61. Curtis served in the U.S. AirForce as Captain and had commanded the Titan IImissile. He was a professional tax attorney with bothCPA and JD credentials.

Daniel J. Sevart ‘75, Wichita,Kan., died December 16, 2005, atthe age of 61. Sevart receivedboth his undergraduate degreeand law degree from WashburnUniversity. Sevart was a partnerin the law firm of Sevart & Sevartwith his wife, Shoko. Sevart was

heavily involved in negotiation, arbitration and media-tion in a variety of civil areas. Sevart has served onthe Board of Governors of the Wichita BarAssociation, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, KansasBar Association and the Wichita Bar Foundation.Sevart served as President of the Wichita BarAssociation from 1993 to 1994 and the Kansas BarAssociation from 2003 to 2004. Sevart also served onthe Board of Directors for the Wichita SymphonySociety and the Washburn University AlumniAssociation. He was appointed by Governor BillGraves to the Kansas Governmental EthicsCommission in 1996 and was reappointed in 1998 and2000. He became chairman in 1999. Governor

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The Hon. Christel Marquardt ‘74, Joanne Altman, Jack Kaplan ‘02, Teri Canfield-Eye ‘02, Robert Eye ‘80 and Bruce Plenk

DecemberGraduatesThirty-four law school students graduated inDecember. A recognition ceremony was heldDec. 3, 2005, in their honor at the BradburyThompson Alumni Center on campus. JusticeHarold Herd ’42, was the keynote speaker for the ceremony. Washburn Law School AlumniAssociation Board of Governors member, SteveCavanaugh ‘80, welcomed the students into theWashburn Law School Alumni Association andtold them of the great history of the school andsuccessful reputation of other graduates. After the recognition ceremony, students, family, friendsand faculty attended a reception in the graduateshonor.

BankruptcyLaw Reform:What Every FamilyLawyer Needs To KnowThe Children and Family Law Center sponsored acontinuing legal education program on BankruptcyLaw Reform, which was held Nov. 4, 2005. TheBankruptcy Abuse Prevention and ConsumerProtection Act of 2005 went into effect Oct. 17, 2005.The numerous changes include pitfalls for the familylaw practitioner in drafting property settlement agree-ments. This CLE discussed the important changes ofinterest to family lawyers, including discussion of thenew definition for a “domestic support obligation,”exemptions, priorities and new rules for dischargeabil-ity. In addition, it discussed changing rules forlawyers who advise clients about bankruptcy.

Presenting was Jill Michaux ’82, who practices withthe firm of Neis & Michaux, P.A., of Topeka, Kan.Michaux graduated with Dean’s Honors and has hadher own law practice since graduating from WashburnLaw. She is board certified in consumer bankruptcyby the American Board of Certification. She is afounding member and former Director of the NationalAssociation of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, ispast President of the Kansas Bar AssociationBankruptcy and Insolvency Section and a Director ofthe Topeka Area Bankruptcy Council.

Also presenting was Ruth Graham ’80, a sole practi-tioner in Topeka, Kan. working primarily in bankrupt-cy and probate. Graham is Past President of theTopeka Bar Association and the Bankruptcy Sectionof the Kansas Bar Association. She currently serveson The Board of Directors of the Topeka AreaBankruptcy Council. 39

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ProfessionalDevelopment– NewsThinking of a career change? Let the WashburnLaw Professional Development Office help you.You may access job postings at htpp://washburn-law.edu/career and click on “EmploymentOpportunities”. As with many on-line job postingsites, our site is password protected so onlyWashburn Law students and alumni may access tothe information. To obtain the password, contactthe Professional Development Office at 785-670-1184. In addition, Margann Bennett, Director ofProfessional Development, is available to discussyour career plans, help you identify careerresources and review your resume.

If you are an employer looking to post an openposition the Professional Development Office canhelp you as well. Log-on to their site athtpp://washburnlaw.edu/career, click on“Employer Services,” and complete the job-postingform.

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Distinguished Service Award was awarded to JamesR. Roth ‘66 for his support and service to not onlyWashburn Law but also to Washburn University as aRegent.

The newly created Distinguished Alumni Award wasawarded to the late Justice Robert L. Gernon ‘69for his endless support of Washburn Law and his dedication to his profession. During the presentation of Gernon’s award, Hinkle noted that, unfortunately,Justice Gernon left us all too soon. However, JusticeGernon had received confirmation before he passedaway that he was the recipient of the DistinguishedAlumni Award. Hinkle read aloud a letter he received,dated March 23, 2005, from Gernon regarding theaward he had been selected to receive:

Dear Winton:

I received your letter and I was movedbeyond measure at the honor thatWashburn is willing to bestow on me.There are not enough thanks for me to giveyou.

My goal of course, is to be there at the(KBA) meeting so that I can thank you inperson. Whether I achieve that goal isanother matter, but that is my intendedgoal.

Please express to everyone my thanks, mygratitude and my love to the Associationfor this event.

Sincerely,Robert L. Gernon, Kansas Supreme Cour t

Gernon’s Distinguished Alumni Award was accepted posthumously on his behalf by his two daughters, Rebecca and Kristin.

Washburn Law SchoolAssociationAlumni AwardsThe Washburn Law School Association held itsannual awards presentation in conjunction with theDean’s Circle Dinner in October. These awards aretypically presented at the Kansas Bar Association’sAnnual Meeting during the Washburn Law lunch-eon, but due to varying circumstances, award win-ners were unable to attend that meeting, which washeld in June 2005.

Awards given each year by the Washburn LawSchool Association are the Honorary Life MemberAward which goes to a non-alum; the DistinguishedService Award; and new this year, the DistinguishedAlumni Award, both of which go to Washburn Law

alumni. The DistinguishedService Award goes to analum who has provided anabundance of service toWashburn Law. TheDistinguished AlumniAward goes to an alumwho has distinguished himor herself in their career.

Winton Hinkle ’68, a mem-ber of the Washburn LawSchool Association Boardof Governors, made theaward presentations onbehalf of the Washburn

Law School Alumni Association. The Honorary LifeMember Award was awarded to Dr. Jerry Farley,President of Washburn University, for his unwaver-ing support of the School of Law. The

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Winton Hinkle ‘68, James R. Roth ‘66 and Dean Honabach

AlumniFellow AwardChief Justice Kay McFarland ’64, received theWashburn University Alumni Fellow Award for theSchool of Law on Oct. 14, 2005. The AlumniFellow Award recognizes alumni who have distin-guished themselves in their careers. Fellows areinvited back to campus to interact directly withstudents and faculty. Justice McFarland receivedthe Alumni Fellows Award at a luncheon that day,as other members of the Kansas Supreme Courtlooked on. Prior to the awards luncheon,McFarland addressed a group of law school stu-dents in Robinson Courtroom and BianchinoTechnology Center at the law school. She spoketo the group about her career, how she ultimatelyarrived in the position of Chief Justice of theKansas Supreme Court and her many firsts andobstacles she encountered as a woman not only inthe private practice of law, but also in the courtsystem. McFarland’s remarks were given with agood dose of humor. The audience was intriguedby her accomplishments and were equally enter-tained by her wit and sense of humor.

Justice McFarland has held the position of ChiefJustice of the Kansas Supreme Court since 1995.She is the first woman to serve in that capacity. Infact, her career has been a remarkable series of“firsts.” Following law school, she was in privatepractice in Topeka until 1971, when she chal-lenged the incumbent judge of the ShawneeCounty probate and juvenile courts and won theelection. She was the first woman elected to ajudgeship in Shawnee County. She delivered thecourt reforms pledged in her campaign andreduced serious juvenile offenses by more thanhalf in the two years she held the office. In 1973,she became Judge of the newly created FifthDivision of the District Court in Topeka, therebybecoming the first woman to be a District Judge inthe history of Kansas. She was appointed by thegovernor to be a Justice of the Kansas SupremeCourt in 1977, and she remained the only womanto hold that office until the appointment of JusticeMarla Luckert in January 2003.

Justice EricRosen ‘84Justice Eric Rosen joined the ranks of the KansasSupreme Court Nov. 18, 2005, when he was offi-cially sworn in. The Washburn Law SchoolAlumni Association hosted a reception in hishonor at the Bradbury Thompson Alumni Centeron Washburn’s campus Dec. 8, 2005. ManyTopeka area alumni, lawyers and members of theKansas Judiciary attended the reception to honorJusticeRosen on his past accomplishments and towish him well in his new position. Justice Rosenwas surrounded by his family members at thereception including his wife Libby; parents Irwinand Betty Rosen and sons Mark and Tom, amongother family members. Justice Rosen’s additionto the Kansas Supreme Court places fourWashburn University School of Law alumni on thebench of the Kansas Supreme Court out of theseven seats. Other alumni sitting on the KansasSupreme Court include Chief Justice KayMcFarland ’64, Justice Marla Luckert ’80 andJustice Donald L. Allegrucci ’63. Rosen replacesthe late Justice Robert L. Gernon ’69, also aWashburn Law alumnus.

Justice Rosen became a District Judge in April1993. He previously held positions as PublicDefender from 1983 to 1985; Assistant DistrictAttorney from 1985 to 1988; Associate GeneralCounsel for the Kansas Securities Commissionerfrom 1988 to 1990; Attorney in private practicefrom 1990 to 1993; and District Court Judge from1993 to his recent appointment to the KansasSupreme Court. In addition, Justice Rosen hasbeen a part of Washburn Law serving as anAdjunct Professor from 1989 to 1994. 41

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Professor Nancy Maxwell, Justice Eric Rosen and Dean Honabach

Dean’sCircleDinnerThe annual Dean’s Circle Dinner washeld Oct. 22, 2005, at the FairmontHotel, Kansas City. Supporters of thelaw school including alumni andfriends enjoyed a wonderful evening ofconversation, camaraderie and enter-tainment. Attendees heard updates onthe law school from Dean Dennis R.Honabach. Other speakers includedDr. Jerry Farley, President ofWashburn University, and SteveCooper ‘73, Vice-President, WashburnLaw School Alumni Association.

Members of the Dean’s Circle give$1,000 or more annually to WashburnLaw. Members are invited to the Dean’sCircle Dinner and also receive special invi-tations for premier events and programsthroughout the year. For more informationabout how to become a member of the Dean’sCircle, contact the Law School AdvancementOffice at (785)-670-1100.

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Judy Jewsome ‘07, Prof. Linda Elrod ‘72, Aaron Jewsome, Prof. Joyce McCray Pearson ‘89

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Ann and Tom ‘69 Adrian

Gary Mathews ‘77 and Deb Huff

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Dean Dennis Honabach, Prof. Steve Ramirez, Henry Butler, Cheryl Wade and Lawrence Hamermesh

Tony Hunter, Prof. Nancy Maxwell, The Hon. Sergey Baranov,Assoc. Dean Kelly Anders, The Hon. Larisa Sudnyachenkova, Dean Dennis Honabach, The Hon. Inessa Volkova, The Hon. Vadim Pavlov and The Hon. Aleksandr Borshch

Smith v.VanGorkom20 YearsLaterA continuing legal education program regardingSmith v. VanGorkom was held Sept. 20, 2005, atWashburn Law.

The 1985 Delaware Supreme Court decision inSmith v. Van Gorkom defined the meaning of theduty of care for directors in most public corpora-tions that led to a nationwide effort to relax thestandards facing board directors as a matter ofstate statutory law. Since the Smith decision, exec-utive compensation has soared, Enron and a hostof other high-profile corporations have succumbedto scandals, and a litany of top executives has land-ed in jail. Lawmakers have responded by creatingmore crimes, imposing longer criminal sentencesand imposing vast new corporate governance stan-dards pursuant to legislation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Yet the duty of care for corporate direc-tors remains remarkably undemanding. Indeed,very recently the Delaware courts demonstratedjust how easy it is for directors and officers tocomply with the duty of care in the context of theDisney shareholder litigation. The symposiumexamined the legacy of the Smith decision 20years later, in an effort to explore the policydynamics underlying the directors’ duty of careand to understand the proper role of the board ofdirectors.

Presenters included Henry N. Butler, the JamesFarley Professor of Economics at ChapmanUniversity; Lawrence A. Hamermesh , Professor ofLaw and Director of the Widener Institute ofDelaware Corporate Law in Wilmington,Delaware; Dennis R. Honabach, Professor of Lawand Dean of Washburn University School of Law;Steven Ramirez, Professor of Law at WashburnUniversity School of Law ; Cheryl L. Wade, the“Dean Harold F. McNiece” Professor of Law at St.John’s University School of Law; and Robert Rhee,Professor of Law at Washburn University Schoolof Law who served as mediator.

Fifty-six people attended the CLE and Jim Haines,President and CEO of Westar Energy, spoke toparticipants at the end of the program.

Russian JudgesWashburn University School of Law hosted five judges fromRussia Aug. 2, 2005. The judges visited the United States andTopeka as part of an Open World Program. The programenables emerging Russian leaders to experience U.S. democ-racy and free enterprise. Participants also learn about theroles and interrelationships of the three different branchesand levels of the U.S. government. The Judges, SergeyBaranov, Aleksandr Borshch, Vadim Pavlov, LarisaSudnyachenkova and Inessa Volkova, received an overview ofthe American legal education system from Professor NancyMaxwell. After touring the Law Library and Law Clinic, thejudges learned about the trial advocacy program at the lawschool from Professor Aida Alaka and recent graduateDuston Slinkard ‘03. Anthony Hunter ‘06 demonstrated forthe judges the trial presentation technologies available inRobinson Courtroom and Bianchino Technology Center.

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2005 Distinguished Tax Law Visitor

The Honorable Juan F. Vasquez, presented “ThePerspectives from the Bench of the United StatesTax Court,” Oct. 27, 2005, at Washburn Law.

Judge Vasquez presented his perspectives fromthe bench to tax practitioners at a special lunchmeeting. With more than 10 years of experienceas a judge on the Tax Court and almost 30 yearsin the tax profession, Judge Vasquez providedinsight and perspective on numerous issues. Hediscussed his experiences while serving on thebench and the rules and culture that govern prac-tice before the Tax Court.

Vasquez was nominated as a Judge to the UnitedStates Tax Court by President William J. ClintonSept. 14, 1994, and confirmed by the SenateFinance Committee March 17, 1995. He wassworn in as a Judge May 1, 1995.

Prior to his appointment, Vasquez was in privatepractice representing clients in tax controversiesbefore the Internal Revenue Service and theUnited States Tax Court. He worked with theOffice of Chief Counsel, IRS, Houston office from1978 to 1982.

In 1984, Vasquez became the first Hispanic attor-ney to be certified in tax law by the Texas Boardof Legal Specialization. He received a CPA certifi-cate from the States of Texas and California. Hehas been a member of the Austin IRSDistrict/Practitioners Liaison Committee and wasits chairperson in 1991. He served as treasurer ofthe San Antonio Mexican American BarAssociation (MABA) from 1982 to 1994, and statechapter of NABA from 1986 to 1988.

Fall 2005Advocate in ResidenceDaniel E. Manville was the Center for Excellencein Advocacy’s Fall 2005 Advocate in Residence. He is aP rofessor at the Constitutional Rights Clinic at Wa y n eState University. During his 25 year legal care e r, Manvillehas worked tirelessly to improve conditions in Americanprisons. He co-authored Prisoner’s Self-Help LitigationM a n u a l, which has helped countless prisoners pro t e c ttheir own rights. As a former prisoner himself, Manvillehas focused his work on using the legal system to re m e-dy the deficiencies of the correctional system.

While at Wa s h b u rn Law, Manville addressed students onthe topic of litigating prisoners’ rights in a clinical settingduring a noon lecture, spoke on criminal law to Pro f e s s o rFrancis’ class and had dinner with a small group of stu-dents. He also shared some of his personal experiencesas a form e r - p r i s o n e r - t u rn e d - l i t i g a t o r. He acknowledgedthat leaving prison in the 1970’s, he had tre m e n d o u sadvantages over others released at the same time, andc e rtainly more going for him than most prisonersreleased since. As the beneficiary of educational pro-grams in prison, he left state custody with more educa-tion and skills than he possessed on arrival. Despite hisadvantages, he confessed that the scariest night of his lifewas the first night out of prison after three years. Theh u rdles he faced as a convicted felon were serious. Itwould be three more years before he could enroll in lawschool. It would be seven additional years after law schoolb e f o re admission to the Michigan Bar.

Manville says his story highlights the need for change inre-entry and rehabilitation programs in the currentprison system. As education and training programs inprison have dwindled, recidivism rates have skyrocketed.Inmates given a change of clothes and $75 upon releasesoon become guests of the state again at the cost of$30,000-$50,000 per year. If inmates with college degreesface years of hardship attempting to build a life afterrelease, what challenges await those with no educationor skills, asks Manville.

Manville also met with members of the Center forExcellence in Advocacy to discuss his personal experi-ences in the legal and correctional systems, his workwith the ACLU, and the legal issues surrounding theremand of Jacklovich v. Simmons, 392 F.3d 420 (10th Cir.2004), a case heard in October 2005 by the Tenth CircuitCourt of Appeals in Washburn Law’s RobinsonCourtroom and Bianchino Technology Center.

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Washburn Law Students ReceiveNation’s Largest LegalEducation Scholarships

Joletta Friesen ‘06 ,Roarke Gordon ‘06and Eric Pauly ‘08were among eight stu-dents recognized as J.L. Weigand Jr. NotreDame Legal EducationTrust scholarshiprecipients at an openhouse held at theBradbury ThompsonAlumni Center Oct.18, 2005. Scholarships

are for the 2005-2006 school year.

Friesen is a third-year student at Washburn Law. She graduat-ed from McPherson High School in 1998 before receiving aBachelor of Arts in History and Spanish from Bethel College in2002. While a student at Bethel, Friesen earned a 4.0 G.P.A.,served as Student Body Senator, and was a Bethel CollegeDean’s Scholar and a Veterans of Foreign Wars & KansasRegistrar Scholar. Despite her many successes, she lists theWeigand scholarship as one of her most meaningful accom-plishments. Friesen is Editor-in-Chief for Volume 45 of theWashburn Law Journal .

Gordon is a third-year student at Washburn Law. He graduatedfrom Kapaun Mt. Carmel in 1999 before receiving a B.S. inBusiness Administration from the University of Kansas in 2003.Gordon has been a teaching assistant for Professor LynGoering and is a Comments Editor for Volume 45 of theWashburn Law Journal . He has accepted a position with theWichita firm Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. follow-ing his graduation from Washburn Law in May, 2006.

Pauly is a first-year student at Washburn Law. He was previous-ly a Technology Consultant at CIO, Inc., in Shawnee, Kan. Hegraduated from Conway Springs High School in 1999 beforereceiving a B.S. in Business Administration from ColoradoState University in 2003. While a student at Colorado State,Pauly was a three-year starter and two-year captain on the Ramfootball team. He was presented with the C.S.U. ScholarAthlete Award and was named Verizon Academic All-American.He graduated Cum Laude and was the Fall CommencementStudent Speaker for the College of Business.The Weigand Scholarships — the largest legal education schol-

arships in the country — were established to offer assistanceto law students from the state of Kansas. The scholarshipsprovide for full tuition, fees, books, and a room and boardallowance for selected students who have been legal residentsof Kansas for 10 years prior to their admission to law school.The Weigand Trust was established to actively promote excel-lence in legal education and to encourage the most scholasti-cally qualified Kansans to remain in or return to Kansas topractice law.

Karla Beam, Director of Admissions at Washburn Law, saidthe scholarships will play an important role in keepingKansans in their home state.

“Washburn Law has a rich tradition of educating Kansaslawyers. I have no doubt that the legacy of the WeigandScholarships will be felt for many years to comein the Kansas communities in which Washbur nWeigand Scholars will live and practice law.”

White HouseInternsWashburn Law students Molly McMurray ‘07 and MatthewHolcomb ‘07 both interned in Washington D.C. this past sum-mer. Their official title and capacity was Legal Intern, Officeof the General Counsel, Office of Administration, ExecutiveOffice of the President, Summer 2005.

Both McMurray and Holcomb worked independently on proj-ects assigned by the General Counsel; completed substantivelegal research in the areas of administration law, procurementlaw, and appropriations law; and drafted legal memoranda forthe Office of Administration as it provided direct support tocomponents of the Executive Office of the President.Holcomb was in D.C. for nine weeks; McMurry for six.

Both students had the privilege of attending a Senate ArmedForces Committee Hearing, Judiciary Committee hearingsand a Foreign Relations Committee Hearing. They attendedthe arrival ceremony for the Prime Minster of India on theSouth Lawn and took a tour the inside of the Pentagon includ-ing a brief conversation with Donald Rumsfeld. During theirinternship they met and worked with individuals within theBush Administration and met and visited with state represen-tatives and senators.


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Kansas Courtof AppealsThe Kansas Court of Appeals held appellate arguments for the third consecutive semester inRobinson Courtroom and Bianchino TechnologyCenter Oct. 25, 2005. The full day of hearings was accompanied by a luncheon attended by Chief Judge Rulon ‘71, Judges Pierron and Hill ‘75, and 20 law students. All first year law students attended at least one argument as a partof their Legal Research and Writing class. Manysecond- and third-year law students attended arguments to gain further insight into a particulararea of the law.

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Building theMitigation CaseThe Third Annual Building the Mitigation Caseseminar was held Nov. 11 to 12, 2005. The pro-gram covered recent developments in capital pun-ishment law, both legal developments and empiri-cal studies, and continues its annual focus ontraining mitigation specialists and building the

most effective miti -gation case.Speakers and par-ticipants examinedpending federal leg-islation on habeascorpus relief, strate-gies for effectivepost con-victionpractice,racialaspectsof capitalpunish-ment law,methodsof pre-

senting an effective mitigation case andlegislative strategies to end capital pun-ishment.

Bill Kurtis ’66, author, death penalty opponent andhost of the A&E Series American Justice, was thekeynote speaker. Kurtis spoke on “What I havelearned abut the death penalty.” The programhosted the following additional speakers: RuthFriedman, Washington DC; Deborah Fleischaker,Washington, D.C.; Christina Swarns, New York;Professor John Francis, Washburn Law; RebeccaWoodman, Topeka, Kan; Cheryl Pilate, KansasCity, Mo.; Professor Jeffrey Jackson, Washbur nLaw; Dick Dieter, Washington, D.C.; Sean O’Brien,Kansas City, Mo.; Jenny Merrigan, Kansas City,Mo.; Jim Ellis, Albuquerque, N.M.; Pat Berrigan,Kansas City, Mo.; and Sam Gross, Ann Arbor,Mich.

Sean O’Brien, Executive Director of the non-profitPublic Interest Litigation Clinic in Kansas City,Mo., and Professor Michael Kaye, Director,Center for Excellence in Advocacy at Washbur n

Law, coordi-nated the program.More than 40 peopleattended theprogram.

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Rebecca Woodman, a KansasCapital Appellate Defender and 1987Washburn Law graduate, recently trav-eled to Washington, D.C., for oral argu-ment in the United States SupremeCourt. The experience was the pinnacleof her fifteen year career as an appellateattorney, but also a mixed blessingbecause of the grave issues at stake.Woodman noted, “For any appellate attor-ney, the opportunity to argue before thenation’s highest court is a great honor. At the sametime, it could not be overlooked in this case that theCourt was going to review the Kansas SupremeCourt’s decision invalidating the state’s death penaltylaw — a momentous decision that we believe shouldstand.”

Woodman’s long road to argument before the highc o u rt began in 1998, when she was appointed lead coun-sel in Michael Marsh’s appeal from a capital murd e rconviction. In 2004, Woodman convinced the KansasS u p reme Court to invalidate Kansas’ death penalty sen-tencing scheme because of a constitutional flaw identi-fied in a previous ruling of the Court. The Court’s ru l-ing in Mr. Marsh’s case temporarily invalidated thedeath sentences of all eighto ffenders sitting on Kansas’death ro w. But the United StatesS u p reme Court later granted theKansas Attorney General’s peti-tion for a writ of certiorari, set-ting the stage for an hour-longoral argument on the merits ofthe state’s weighing equation inimposing death sentences, aswell as issues pertaining to theC o u rt’s jurisdiction to review thec a s e .

Neither Woodman, nor AttorneyGeneral Phil Kline, had previous-ly appeared before the UnitedStates Supreme Court, and theendeavor was a bit intimidating.The Court generally grantsreview in only one percent of thecases where petitions for writs of certiorari are filed,and expects the litigants chosen for oral argument tobe meticulously prepared. “The time and effortinvolved in preparing for the argument was unlike anyargument preparation I have experienced. It wasuniquely stressful as well, simply because the UnitedStates Supreme Court is the final arbiter of the law.There is no appeal from the decision,” said Woodman.

Even with her preparations for the argument reachinga fever pitch, Woodman still found time to remainactive in Washburn Law activities. In November, shespoke about her impending oral argument at the thirdannual “Building the Mitigation Case: Advocating forLife” conference sponsored by Washburn UniversitySchool of Law. She also presented a luncheon lectureto Professor Webb’s Criminal Appeal Advocacy class,where she urged the student interns working on casesin Washburn’s appellate practice clinic to conscien-tiously devote themselves to the task of ensuring theirclients’ constitutional rights had been honored. WillDrexler, ‘06, remarked that “Rebecca’s comments onthe appellate process were really insightful. It’s not

everyday that you get to questionan attorney preparing to argue inthe Supreme Court. I was nerv-ous just listening to her talkabout the upcoming argument.”

When Woodman eventuallyappeared for oral argument onDecember 7, 2005, the nineSupreme Court justices lived upto their reputation as keenly inci-sive inquisitors. Woodman fieldedquestions on a wide range oflegal issues; from EighthAmendment cruel and unusualpunishment jurisprudence tojurisdictional irregularities.According to Professor Webb,who traveled to Washington toobserve the arguments, “the levelof discourse between the justices

and both Woodman and Kline was quite impressive;the Court appeared to be satisfied with the presenta-tions of both parties, and prepared to render a deci-sion.” While Woodman was pleased with the argument,she noted that it was “impossible to tell how the Courtwill rule based on the oral arguments.” A decision isexpected this spring.

*Professor Nathan Webb contributed this article afterwitnessing Woodman’s argument to the U.S. SupremeCourt.

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Prof. Nathan Webb and Rebecca Woodman

Each semester, Washburn Law is fortunate to havenumerous speakers at the law school. Most speak overthe lunch hour to groups of students and faculty.Speakers are invited to the law school by various studentgroups, faculty members and other law school depart-ments. Washburn Law appreciates all speakers who taketime out of their busy schedule to provide a variety ofexpertise and insight in their respective field of practiceor business. If you are interested in speaking at the lawschool on a certain topic, please contact Julie Olson,Alumni Coordinator, at 785-670-2013.

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Beth Forwalder‘85, Director ofEmploymentLitigation andCounseling in theSprint Nextel LegalDepartment, spokeSept. 16, 2005, aboutthe attorney’s role as

in-house counsel. Forwalder was sponsored byThe Washburn Business Law Society.

Tom Stratton ‘84 and Bethany Roberts spokeSept. 20, 2005, as par tof the brown-bagspeaker series forstudents and facultysponsored by theFamily Law StudentSociety. Stratton dis-cussed elder lawissues, including thedrafting of advanced

directives and living wills. Roberts talked aboutgrandparent’s rights and grandparentadoptions/guardianships in Kansas. Stratton andRoberts are attorneys at the Kansas LegalServices Topeka office.

Dan Lykins ‘72, spoke Sept. 21,2005, sponsored by the Center forExcellence in Advocacy. Lykinsspoke about trial preparation andthe two main aspects of personalinjury cases: choosing a jury andwinning a case.

Charles Graves ‘91of the InternalRevenue ServiceChief Counsel’sOffice spoke Sept. 23,2005. He was hostedby the Tax and EstatePlanning Association.Graves worked for 14

years as a docket attorney representing the IRS,trying numerous cases before the Tax Court. Hediscussed the operation of the Chief Counsel’sOffice, specialty areas of tax practice and providedguidance about obtaining a position in the Office.

Joanna Penn, Resource Development Director ofCASA of Shawnee County, Inc., spoke Sept. 6,2005, sponsored by the Children and Family LawCenter. Penn talked to law students who wereinterested in learning more about the CASA(Court Appointed Special Advocate (for Children))program. CASA organized an additional fall 2005training series to accommodate interested stu-dents. Thirteen Washburn Law students havesigned up for training so far.

Professor LinoGraglia,DistinguishedProfessor of Law atthe University ofTexas at Austin,spoke Thursday,Sept. 8, 2005, spon-sored by theFederalist Society for

Law and Public Policy Studies. Graglia, a recog-nized expert in Constitutional Law, sharedremarks about the death of the Constitution bydue process. Noting that the activism of theUnited States Supreme Court, when combinedwith much of the recent constitutional litigation,revolves around only four words in the FourteenthAmendment — “equal protection” and “dueprocess” — Graglia observed the court shouldrarely find a law unconstitutional and often creates‘rights.’ Washburn Law’s Associate Dean andConstitutional Law Professor Bill Rich reactedto Professor Graglia’sremarks by comment-ing that the Cour tmerely enacts thefounders’ intent-– pro-tecting the minority insociety from the tyran-ny of the majority.

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Professor StephenB. Presser, theRaoul BergerProfessor of LegalHistory atNorthwesternUniversity School ofLaw, spoke Sept. 27,2005, sponsored by

the Federalist Society for Law and Public PolicyStudies. Presser explored the topic, “Are JudgesReally like Umpires? Judicial Ideology and theState of the Court” with more than 70 students,faculty and staff attending.

Jeremy Moseleyfrom Foulston Siefkinin Wichita, Kansas,spoke Oct. 4, 2005.Moseley spoke tomore than 40 stu-dents about,“Maintaining aChristian Perspective

through Law School,” and was hosted by theChristian Legal Society.

Jason Stone ‘00,Associate at Davis,Brown, Koehn, Shors& Roberts in DesMoines, Iowa, spokeOct. 7, 2005, spon-sored by theWashburn BusinessLaw Society and Tax

and Estate Planning Association. Stone discussedtransactional tax practice and his work as a trans-actional tax attorney. Stone earned an LL.M. fromNew York University in 2001.

Mira Mdivani,Attorney at Law,spoke Oct. 12, 2005.Ms. Mdivani dis-cussed “Current U.S.Immigration Law andPolicy,” which washosted by theHispanic American

Law Student Association.

Dr. Donald Pojman, Shawnee County DeputyCoroner, continued the Center for Excellence inAdvocacy’s Lunch and Litigation series Oct. 12,2005. He helped students understand the legalbasis for the coroner’s work in Kansas, the respon-sibilities of the coroner’s office and when autop-sies must be conducted. Pojman gave a photo-graphic tour of the morgue and showed some pho-tos of interesting examinations his office had con-ducted.

Major Chris Behan,U.S. Army andAssociate Professorof Law at the JudgeAdvocate GeneralSchool, delivered alunch and litigationtopic for the Centerfor Excellence inAdvocacy Oct. 13,

2005. Behan’s lecture, “My Due Process, YourDue Process: Contemporary Issues in MilitaryJustice,” explained the differences in procedurebetween civilian and military justice systems.Behan also discussed the practical and philosophi-cal differences between handling misconduct in acombat zone versus in civilian life.

C. Todd Navrat ‘95 ,Senior Attorney atHallmark Cards, Inc.,spoke Oct. 14, 2005,hosted by theWashburn BusinessLaw Society. Navratspoke about confiden-tial disclosure agree-ments.


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David Kopel, Research Director of theIndependence Institute and Associate PolicyAnalyst at the Cato Institute, spoke Oct. 26, 2005,hosted by the Federalist Society for Law andPublic Policy Studies. Kopol’s presentation wasbased on a forthcoming article that posits victimsof genocide have a human right to resist and abasic right to arms. His presentation was attendedby more than 50 students and faculty.

Jeremy Southall ‘02, Mike Sell ‘85, and JeffNourse ’00, discussed different perspectives ona career as a corporate attorney Oct. 28, 2005,sponsored by the Washburn Business LawSociety. All three Washburn Law alumni are cur-rently in-house counsel for the Brook Corporationof Kansas City. Brook Corporation is an insuranceagency that buys independent insurance agenciesand then sells to franchisees. Entrepreneur maga-zine ranks Brook number one in insurance fran-chise companies.

Craig Shultz ’78,spoke Nov. 2, 2005,hosted by theChristian LegalSociety. Shultz is asole practitioner fromWichita, Kan., anddiscussed “Moralityand the Law.” He

expanded how to balance your morals when theyconflict with the law and should morality be legis-lated. Shultz graduated cum laude from WashburnLaw and is a member of the Kansas Trial LawyersAssociation and the Fellow in the AmericanCollege of Trial Lawyers.

Pedro Irigonegaray’73, spoke Oct. 18,2005, sponsored bythe Washburn LawACLU group to acapacity crowd of stu-dents about the vitalrole lawyers play inthe ongoing fight for

civil rights and justice. Irigonegaray, a Topekaattorney, spoke of a recent pro bono case inwhich his transgendered client was denied equaltreatment and was brutalized while in police cus-tody. Irigonegaray subsequently received theKS/MO ACLU’s “Advocate of the Year” award forhis work on the case.

Kimm AlyaneWalton spoke to astanding-room-onlycrowd of WashburnLaw students Oct. 24,2005. An attorneyherself, Ms. Walton isa national speaker onlegal career planning

and is the author of Guerrilla Tactics for Gettingthe Legal Job of Your Dreams and several otherbooks related to legal career planning. Waltonconcentrated her discussion on strategies for find-ing legal career opportunities other than through“traditional” methods such as on-campus inter-views and responding to job postings.

Joyce Grover ‘94,of the KansasCoalition AgainstSexual and DomesticViolence, was a guestspeaker for theFamily Law StudentSociety Oct. 25, 2005.Grover discussed

domestic violence, how it can impact a domesticattorney, and she also led an interactive discussionthat illustrated for the audience how complicatedit can be for a victim to get help and navigatethrough the system

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Lee Barnett ’79, spokeNov. 3, 2005, hosted by theWashburn Law ACLUgroup. Barnet spokeabout Section 1983 civilrights claim cases as wellas popular misperceptionsof plaintiffs’ trial lawyersproffered through the

media. Barnett illustrated the importance of juries,and good trial skills, in seeking civil justice.

Angela McGuire ‘ 99 and Brian Stanley ’99, spokeNov. 8, 2005, sponsored by the Washburn BusinessLaw Society. They discussed obtaining a position as in-house counsel. McGuire is Senior Corporate Counselof Marketing and Contracts for H&R Block. Stanley isan intellectual property associate with Sonnenshein,Nath & Rosenthal in Kansas City. McGuire also spokeabout the Midwest Association of Corporate Counsel, abar association created specifically to support in-houseattorneys, where she currently serves as President.

Professor Lynn Wardle from Brigham YoungUniversity J. Reuben Clark Law School and ProfessorLinda Elrod from Washburn Law debated about“Same Sex Marriage and the Federal MarriageAmendment” Nov. 8, 2005. The debate was sponsoredby the Federalist Society for Law and Public PolicyStudies. Wardle and Elrod presented their argumentsto more than 120 students, faculty and staff. Wardle’sposition stemmed from a belief that men and womenare different in ways that make heterosexual marriagea unique institution that should be protected. Elrod’sposition was that homosexual marriage should be per-mitted in part because the restriction of marriage toheterosexuals is a vestige of paternalism and genderhierarchy.

Mario Verna ’96,currently an agentwith the FBI inKansas City, dis-cussed opportunitieswith both the FBIand the JAG Nov. 15,2005. TheProfessional

Development Office and the Veterans LawAssociation of Washburn sponsored the event.Verna spent several years with the Marine CorpJAG before joining the FBI last year.

Don Pattersonspoke Nov., 16, 2005,sponsored by theHispanic AmericanLaw StudentAssociation and theChristian LegalSociety. Patterson,co-founder of Fisher,

Patterson, Sayler and Smith, L.L.P., discussed,“Expert Testimony: The Requirement ofReliability in State and Federal Courts.” Pattersonis a highly experienced trial attorney in areas suchas real estate, antitrust, trade practices, vehicularaccidents, medical malpractice, fair employmentpractices, products liability, civil rights and gov-ernmental defense.

Ruben Krisztaldiscussed,“Successful Tips forProsecuting NursingHome Civil Casesfrom a Plaintif f ’sPerspective,” Nov. 28,2005, sponsored bythe Hispanic

American Law Student Association and the FamilyLaw Student Society. Krisztal, a former presidentof the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, is also apioneer in the field of nursing home litigation andadvocates for the well being of elderly individualsresiding in nursing homes.

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John E. Shamberg ‘37, OverlandPark, Kan., received the KansasTrial Lawyers AssociationHumanitarian Award for his morethan 60 years as an exemplarylawyer and advocate for the disad-

vantaged.

1 9 5 0 ’sLouis F. Eisenbarth ’54, Topeka, Kan., retiredafter being a longtime partner in the law firm ofSloan, Eisenbarth, Glassman, McEntire and JarboeL.L.C.

Vincent L. Bogart ’55, Wichita, Kan., was recog-nized by the Kansas Bar Association for practicinglaw in Kansas for 50 years or more.

Wayne T. Stratton ’58, Topeka, Kan., of the lawfirm Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer L.L.P.,was presented the Silver Helmet Award, which rec-ognizes significant contributions in the legislativearena by the Kansas Association of DefenseCounsel.

1 9 6 0 ’sEugene B. Ralston ’66, Topeka,Kan., of Ralston, Pope & DiehlL.L.C., was named to the 2005Kansas Super Lawyers list by Law

and Politics magazine.

Winton M. Hinkle ’68,Wichita, Kan., was named thestatewide business organization’sChief Legal Counsel by the KansasChamber of Commerce. Hinkle is

Senior Partner at Hinkle ElkouriLaw Firm L.L.C.

Richard F. Hayse ’69, Topeka, Kan., was installedas President of the Kansas Bar Association.

1 9 7 0 ’sPaul R. Boeding ’72, Seneca, Kan., was installedas the new Chairman-elect of the CommunityBankers Association of Kansas at its recent 27thAnnual Convention.

John W. Johnson ’73, Eastborough, Kan., hasjoined Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy Chtd.,

Wichita.

The Hon. Gregory L. Waller ’73,Wichita, Kan., was keynote speakerat the 25th Anniversary FreedomFund Dinner at HutchinsonCommunity College, sponsored by

the Hutchinson Chapter of National Association for the

Advancement of Colored People.

John D. Kemp ’74 , Washington,D.C., has been selected by a juryof his peers as the 2006 HenryB. Betts Award recipient, themost prestigious award withinthe national disability commu-nity. This award is given tohonor an individual whose workand scope of influence have signifi-cantly improved the quality of life forpeople with disabilities in the past, and will be aforce for change in the future.

Retired Maj. Gen. Michael W. Ryan ’74, ClayCenter, Kan., was inducted into the Kansas NationalGuard Hall of Fame.

The Rev. Victoria M.Kumorowski ’75, Warren,Ohio, became the InterimMinister at HowlandCommunity Church. She willteach a class in bioethics andfaith.

H. D. Starkey ’75, Colby, Kan., was elected toserve as President of the Kansas Bar Foundationfor one year.

John M. Davies ’76, Lawrence, Kan., was promot-ed to Senior Vice President for trust and investmentmanagement services at Douglas County Bank.

Gerald L. Green ’76, Hutchinson, Kan., was elect-ed to serve as District Representative of the KansasBar Association Board of Governors. Green is as h a reholder with the firm of Gilliland and Hayes P.A.

Theodore D. Roth ’76 Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.,was appointed to the Board of Directors for Orange21 Inc.

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Cl a ssA c t ion sThomas L. Theis ‘76, Topeka, Kan., Partner at Foulston Siefkin L.L.P., was

named to the 2005 Kansas SuperLawyers list by Law and Politics maga-

zine.

The Hon. David W. Urbom ’77, Arapahoe,Neb., was appointed District Court Judge for the

Eleventh Judicial District.

Lawrence L. Hess ’78, Dulles, Va., was reassignedto the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia, as the

Management Counselor.

Dr. Howard N. Ward M.D. ‘79,Topeka, Kan., received the 2005 BalJeffrey Award. The award is present-ed annually to an individual or organi-zation for distinguished contributions

to health care in northeast Kansas.

1 9 8 0 ’sThe Rev. Michael F. Blevins ‘80, North Miami,Fla., was awarded the 2005 Best Student PaperAward by the Institute of Policy Sciences at YaleUniversity Law School for his LL.M.—InterculturalHuman Rights thesis entitled “Slaver y, Race and theSoul of America: A Policy-Oriented InterculturalHuman Rights Approach to the Question ofReparations.”

Joseph E. Cosgrove, Jr. ‘80, Austin, Texas, hasaccepted the position of General Counsel-Austin forAT&T Texas (formerly SBC Texas), with responsibil-ity for providing legal counsel on state regulatory andlegislative matters in Texas.

Randall D. Grisell ’80, Garden City, Kan., is ser v-ing as a member of the Board of Directors for theCity Attorney’s Association of Kansas. He was alsorecently named City Attorney of Deerfield.

Bradley E. Haddock ’80 , Wichita, Kan., wasnamed to the American Arbitration Association’sBoard of Directors.

Glenn R. Braun ’81, Hays, Kan., has been appoint -ed to the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission byGov. Kathleen Sebelius. Braun will serve a four-yearterm.

Lucy A. Daniels ’81 , Nashville, Tenn., is VicePresident, Legal at Logan’s Roadhouse, Inc.,Nashville. Daniels will be responsible for allaspects of the restaurant company’s legal function.

John F. Bergner ’82, Dallas, Texas, Shareholderand Chairman of Winstead’s Wealth PreservationSection was one of three Dallas attorneys who madethe “100 Top Attorneys” list in Worth magazinewhich recognized professionals who combinedexceptional legal expertise with outstanding inter-personal skills and great tact.

Ronald P. Pope ’84, Topeka,Kan., of Ralston, Pope & DiehlL.L.C., was named to the 2005Kansas Super Lawyers list byLaw and Politics magazine.

Anita M. Tebbe ’86, OverlandPark, Kan., was named Chair of the

Paralegal Approval Commission at theABA National Meeting in August.

Debra A. Vermillion ’86,Overland Park, Kan., joinedMartin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace& Bauer L.L.P., Overland Park.

Deryl W. Wynn’86, Kansas City,Kan., received the DistinguishedAlumni award by Emporia StateUniversity, which recognizesoutstanding professional accom-

plishments.

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Cl a s sA c t ion sAnthony J. Romano ’87, Kansas

City, Mo., was appointed to theJackson County Sports Complex

Authority by Gov. Matt Blunt.Romano is an attorney andChairman of the Labor and

Employment Practice Group atPolsinelli, Shalton, Welte and Suelthaus.

Jeffrey W. Rockett ’89, Hardtner, Kan., hasopened a law office in downtown Hardtner.

Charles R. Shirley ’89, The Woodlands, Texas,was promoted to Chairman of the Board and CEOof the new Window Rock Capital Corporation.

Eric Witkoski ’89, Las Vegas, Nev., was namedstate consumer advocate by Attorney GeneralGeorge Chanos. Witkoski will also serve as ChiefDeputy Attorney General overseeing the division inthe attorney general’s office responsible for enforce-ment of antitrust and deceptive trade practices laws,securities fraud, charities fraud and telemarketingfraud.

1 9 9 0 ’sDouglas P. Witteman ’91, Burlington, Kan., isPresident of the Kansas County and District

Attorneys Association.

Gary D. White, Jr. ’91, Topeka,Kan., was elected President ofthe Kansas Trial LawyersAssociation.

Paul E. Ailslieger ’92, Wichita,Kan., an Army Reserve Captain, served

as the Command Judge Advocate of the 561st CorpsSupport Group at Al Asad, Iraq.

Elsie A. Faciane ’92, KansasCity, Mo., was named as one ofthe area’s “Black Achievers” bythe Southern ChristianLeadership Conference.

William R. Thornton ’92, Atchison, Kan., VicePresident of Quality Management at MGPIngredients, Inc., has been elected Chairman of theBoard of Directors of the Kansas Chamber ofCommerce for 2005-06.

Commander Bertrand C. Harry ’93, Marlton,N.J., was selected to attend the Liberty MutualInsurance Group’s Attorney Management TrainingProgram in July 2005; selected as Diversity Chairmanfor the law offices of Styliades, Jackson & DiMeo;elected Basileus [President] of the Pi Kappa Kappachapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; andselected as “2005 Omega Man of the Year.”

Cheryl R. Kingfisher ’93, Topeka, Kan., wasappointed as an Associate Topeka Municipal CourtJudge in September.

Craig P. Henderson ’94, Fruita, Colo., was appoint-ed as County Court Judge for Mesa County byColorado Gov. Bill Owens.

Craig A. Posson ’95, Sioux City, Iowa, was award-ed the professional designation of CharteredProperty Casualty Underwriter by the AmericanInstitute for Underwriters.

Brian J. Thomas ’95 , Lenexa, Kan., joinedPreferred Physicians Medical in Shawnee Mission.

Johnny L. Yeary, Jr. ’95, Topeka, Kan., hasexpanded his practice to include Social

Security disability claimants.

David P. Dewick ’96, Green Bay,Wis., has formed Hager, Dewick &Zuengler, S.C. focusing on businessplanning, mergers and acquisitions,

real estate law, commercial transac-tions, banking law, estate planning and

probate and trust administration.

Todd R. Stramel ‘96 , Colby, Kan., is one of 28 attor-neys selected statewide to help update The KansasCriminal Law Handbook.

Deena M. Bailey ’97, Wichita, Kan., has joinedRaytheon Aircraft Co., Wichita.

Joseph S. Passanise ’97,Springfield, Mo., was selected andrecognized among the SpringfieldBusiness Journal’s 2005 Class of “40Under 40.” Passanise practices lawas a Junior Partner with Dee WamplerLaw Offices, focusing on criminal law infederal, state and municipal courts.

WINTER 2005

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Wade H. Bowie, Jr. ’99, Topeka, Kan., hasbecome an Assistant District Attorney for DouglasCounty.

Sabrina K. Standifer ’99, Wichita,Kan., has become a Shareholder in

the firm of Adams & Jones,Chartered in Wichita, Kan..Standifer was also named Chair ofthe Kansas Governmental EthicsCommission by Gov. Kathleen

Sebelius and will serve a two-yearterm. She replaces Dan Sevart ‘75, who

died in December.

2 0 0 0 ’sZelda F. Schlotterbeck ’00, Dodge City, Kan.,joined the Ford County Attorney’s Office, DodgeCity.

Chane C. Carpenter ’03, Wichita, Kan., hasjoined Raytheon Aircraft Co., Wichita.

Blaine B. Finch ’03 , Ottawa, Kan., has become aPartner with Robert W. Green Chtd., Ottawa, whichnow is Green & Finch Chtd.

Elizabeth C. Schleicher ’03, Kansas City, Mo.,was hired as Managing Attorney for the KansasCity office of Kramer & Frank, P.C.

Molly J. Staab ’03, Topeka, Kan.,joined Stinson Morrison Hecker asan Associate in the firm’s Tax,Trusts and Estate Division.

Justin A. Barrett ’04, Colby, Kan.,is serving as the Cheyenne County

Attorney.

Wade H. Bowie II ’04, Iola, Kan., is AssistantCounty Attorney for Allen County, handling misde-meanor, traffic, juvenile violator and child in need ofcare cases.

Clint W. Floyd ’04, Johnson, Kan., opened hisown firm in Johnson.

Tracy M. Gullickson ’04, PrairieVillage, Kan., joined BlackwellSanders Peper Martin’s Kansas City,Mo., office as an Associate.

Laura H. Lewis ’04, Dodge City,Kan., opened the Law Office of LauraH. Lewis, L.L.C., with primary practiceareas in family law, limited civil actions,mediation and court-appointed Guardian Ad Litemwork.

Elizabeth M. Myers ’04 , Junction City, Kan.,joined the Kansas Department of Social andRehabilitation Services in Manhattan.

Brad A. (Bo) Oliver ’04, Barnwell, S.C., hasjoined the nationally recognized plaintif f’s law firmof Motley Rice, L.L.C. in Barnwell, focusing on mat-ters involving environmental and natural resourcelaw, occupational diseases and toxic torts.

Gregory D. Parker ’04, Laurel, Md., was namedSpecial Assistant, Community Liaison for the State’sAttorney for Prince George’s County Maryland. Heis responsible for exploring ways to reduce the

present crime rate in the county.

Joshua P. Perkins ’04, KansasCity, Mo., joined Bryan Cave L.L.P.,Kansas City, Mo.

Meaghan M. Dalton ’05, Topeka,Kan., joined the firm of Palmer,

Leatherman and White in Topeka.

Charles G. Harris ’05, Bartlesville, Okla., joinedConcordia Benefits Group.

Brette S. Hart ’05, Unionville,Mo., joined the firm of HarrisMcCausland, P.C. as anAssociate focusing on insurancedefense litigation.

John T. Hiatt ’05, Lawrence,Kan., is an Associate with the firm ofRalston Pope and Diehl L.L.C., Topeka, Kan..

Carolyn L. (Oelkers) Payne ’05,Topeka, Kan., joined Cavanaugh,Smith & Lemon P.A., Topeka, as anAssociate practicing in the areas offamily law, landlord and tenant law,subrogation appellate practice, and

business litigation.

Brett J. Shirk ‘05 , Kansas City, Mo., isthe new Executive Director of The American CivilLiberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri.

Keen A. Umbehr ’05, Alma, Kan., has opened ageneral practice law office in Topeka.

The Washburn Lawyer

Dean’s Circle

Judge Sam Crow ‘52, Ruth Crow, Carol Honabach and Dean Dennis Honabach

Join us in celebrating the conclusion of our

Centennial Celebration and the beginning of a second century for

WASHBURN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

DEAN DENNIS R. HONABACH

cordially invites you and a guest to the

Black-Tie Centennial Celebration

Saturday, May 6, 2006FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER

AMBASSADOR DELANO LEWIS, CLASS OF 1963

Cocktails - 6 p.m. Dinner - 7 p.m.

Music and dancing following the program

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L AW SCHOOL EVENTS

June 11 – Supreme Court/DC Alumni Reception 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Hotel WashingtonWashington, DC

June 12 – US Supreme Court Swearing In – 8:30 a.m.US Supreme CourtWashington DC

June 12 – US Supreme Court Swearing In Luncheon Noon, Zola RestaurantWashington, DC

J u l y 2 0 0 6

July 20 – Alumni Reception at KWAAAnnual Meeting5 p.m. – 7 p.m.0l Stuga Lindsborg, KS

A u g u s t 2 0 0 6

Aug. 18 – 1L Alumni BBQ – 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Sunrise Optimist ClubTopeka, KS

Aug. 25 – 2 & 3 L Alumni Reception – 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Bradbury Thompson Alumni CenterTopeka, KS

Aug. 26 – Board of Directors Meeting – 9:00 a.m.Bradbury Thompson Alumni CenterTopeka, KS

A p r i l 2 0 0 6

April 1 – Kuether Memorial Golf Tournament – 9a.m.Lake ShawneeTopeka, KS

April 8 – BLSA Black Tie Banquet – 5:30 p.m.Capitol Plaza – Sunflower BallroomTopeka, KS

April 10 – Trial Ad & Competition Team Awards Banquet – 6 p.m.Bradbury Thompson Alumni CenterTopeka, KS

April 12 – 10th Circuit Court of AppealsRobinson Courtroom and Bianchino Technology Center, Topeka, KS

April 18 – Law Journal & Family Law Quarterly AwardsBanquet – 6 p.m.Bradbury Thompson Alumni CenterTopeka, KS Topeka, KS

M a y 2 0 0 6

May 6 – Centennial Gala Event – 6 p.m.Keynote Speaker — Delano Lewis ‘63 Capitol Plaza HotelTopeka, KS

May 13 – Law School Graduate Luncheon — NoonAG Hall – Kansas ExpoCentreTopeka, KS

May 14 – Law School Graduation – 2 p.m.Washburn University – Lee ArenaTopeka, KS

J u n e 2 0 0 6

June 8 – Washburn Law Alumni Reception at KBAMeeting – 7 p.m.Overland Park Marriott HotelOverland Park, KS

June 10 – Board of Governors Meeting – 7:30 a.m.Overland Park MarriottOverland Park, KS

June 10 – Law School Luncheon at KBAMeeting — Noon, Overland Park MarriottOverland Park, KS

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