Announcements
James McManis '67 Named President of the Boalt Hall Alumni Association
James McManis '67 has succeeded Nan Joesten '97 as President of the Boalt Hall Alumni Association. Jim has been a member of the alumni board since 2002 and among his many leadership roles, served previously as Chair of the Reunion Campaigns (2007) and Chair of the Boalt Hall Fund (2005). New members to the BHAA Board of Directors include Greg Broome '90, Gail Dolton '86, Hector Huezo '08, John Kuo '88, Mark Lubin '77, Jay Shafran '63, Gail Title '70, Diane Yu '77 and Mitchell Zuklie '96. You can check out a complete roster of the 2009-2010 alumni board here.
A tremendous thanks is owed to Nan and newly retired board members Ray Amanquah '99, Jeff Bleich '89, Karen Boyd '96, David Djavaherian '99, Jami Floyd '89, Alex Hehmeyer '67, Beth Karren '66 and Adam Sachs '86.
Boalt Hall responds to economic climate
Dean Edley has developed several new initiatives to help students and graduates cope with the turmoil and uncertainty in the legal job market. Check out how Boalt Hall can assist you during these tough times by clicking here.
August 1 Accelerated LLM Admissions Deadline
There is still time to apply for Boalt Hall's accelerated summer LL.M. program. In the new program, students earn their LL.M. degree over two consecutive summer sessions of 10 weeks each and are eligible to sit for the California Bar Exam. The condensed schedule is ideal for foreign educated lawyers who prefer not to leave their jobs or families for a single nine-month stretch. More information can be found here.
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Upcoming Events
June 30, Live Webcast: Impact of Key Environmental Law Decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, View webcast here
July 28, Women's Celebration with Holly Fujie '78 and Eleanor Swift, Los Angeles
July 31, Alumni Reception at the American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Chicago
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May 16, 2009 Graduation Ceremony
May 1, 2009 Citation Award Dinner
Current classroom and building addition projects
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Class Notes
Stanley Anderson '53 passed away on May 26. Stanley earned his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley before attending Boalt and went on to teach international law, international organization, and American public law as a professor in the Department of Political Science at UC Santa Barbara. He will be greatly missed by the UC community. See full obituary here.
Naomi Vargas Banker '80 passed away on Monday, May 18 at the age of 54. Naomi will be greatly missed by the Boalt community. She is survived by her sons Alex, a sophomore at UCSB, and Nick, a sophomore in high school. See full obituary here.
Mario Barnes '95, Stephen Lee '05 and Christopher Leslie '93 have accepted law faculty positions with UC Irvine School of Law. Professor Barnes comes to Irvine from the University of Miami School of Law and specializes in the areas of criminal law, constitutional law, national security law, and race and the law. Professor Lee works on the intersection of administrative law and immigration law, and has been a Law Fellow and Instructor and Stanford Law School. Professor Leslie comes from Chicago-Kent College of Law, and teaches in the areas of antitrust law and intellectual property. See more information on new faculty at UC Irvine School of Law here.
Jeff Bleich '89 has been asked to provide legal advice and counsel to President Barack Obama. He will be on leave from Munger, Tolles & Olson, where he is a partner, while serving as Special Counsel to the Office of the President.
Jeff Falt '69 has worked for several decades in developing, war-torn countries of Asia, Latin America, and Africa to reestablish the rule of law and promote access to justice for disadvantaged groups. He and his wife, Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, now write. Their 2008 novel, The Green-Eyed Lama, won best book of the year in Mongolia, where they reside. The Green-Eyed Lama is the story of the people caught up in the 1937 Stalinist purge of Buddhism in Mongolia. Jeff and Oyungerel are now looking to publish it in the US most probably under the title Shadow of the Red Star.
Kenneth Kahn '65 passed away on Wednesday, May 27th, as a result of injuries he sustained from a fall while climbing at Machu Picchu, Peru. Kenny was a unique and well-loved member of the class of 1965. He will be very much missed. See full obituary here.
Jawwad Khawaja '75 has been appointed judge to the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Justice Khawaja served on the Lahore High Court before he resigned in protest during the 2007 constitutional crisis. He served on the faculty of Lahore University of Management Science from 2007 to 2009.
Salomon Quintero '72 has returned to his hometown, Redwood City, CA. Since then he has been in a private practice that is now exclusively focused on Family Law. Salomon was certified as a specialist in 1980 and has been recognized by Northern California Superlawyers Magazine for the past two years. His three-lawyer firm is completely multi-lingual. Salomon is fluent in Spanish; Associate Attorney Amy Yimei Gu is from Shanghai, China and speaks Shanghainese, Mandarin and Cantonese; and Associate Julie Zhalkovsky is a native Russian speaker. Perfect for the diverse Bay Area community.
Yuichiro Tsuji '05 is working with high court judges from Thailand, including Comwatchara Iangong '07, Judge of the Office of the President of Thailand's Supreme Court.
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