Announcements
Watch All-Alumni Reunion Panel Discussions
Recordings of the 2009 All-Alumni Reunion panels are now available to view online! Just click on the following links to view the videos.
• Wine Law Master Class with Professor Richard Mendelson
• Rebuilding the U.S. Financial System: The Causes, Consequences and Regulatory Reform and Restructuring Responses to the Credit Crisis
• The Fiscal and Governance Crisis in California: Where Now?
Nominate your colleagues for the BHAA awards
The Boalt Hall Alumni Association annually recognizes the achievements of the law school community at a gala celebration each spring. You can help distinguish your peers by nominating individuals for the Citation Award, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award and Young Alumni Award. Just click here to learn more about the awards and to submit your nominations. The 2010 BHAA awards will be presented at the Citation Award Dinner on Friday, April 30, at the Intercontinental Hotel, San Francisco.
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Upcoming Events
November 19, Alumni Reception and CLE Talk, "Regulatory Barriers to Renewables in California", San Francisco
December 4, State Bar Swearing-In Ceremony, Berkeley (FAQ)
March 5, Scholarship Luncheon, Berkeley
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Photo Gallery
October 8-11, 2009 All-Alumni Reunion
October 10, 2009 All-Alumni Reunion Class Photos
Current classroom and building addition projects
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Class Notes
Professor Emeritus Stephen Barnett passed away on October 13, 2009. He died of cardiac arrest. A private service honoring Barnett’s life is being planned by the family. Donations in Barnett's memory may be made to the Parkinson Association of Northern California at (916) 489-0226.
Jeffrey L. Bleich ’89 was nominated by President Obama and has been confirmed as the new Ambassador to Australia. Currently, Mr. Bleich is serving as a special counsel to the President and was recently a keynote speaker at Boalt Hall’s reunion weekend.
Catherine L. Fisk ’86, Chancellor's Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine recently published her book, “Working Knowledge: Employee Innovation and the Rise of Corporate Intellectual Property, 1800-1930”.
Ann M. Lucas '91 passed away on October 22, after a brief illness with cancer. A celebration was held on November 15 in celebration of Ann's life. More information on the celebration can be found here.
Andrew J, Grotto ’02 left the Center for American Progress in September, where he served as a Senior National Security Analyst and had worked since 2003, to join the professional staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's (D-RI) designee. In that capacity, he serves as the Senator's senior advisor on national security and intelligence matters.
Kevin J. Mack '07 and Olga V. Mack (Kotlyarevskaya) ’06 are discovering the joys and challenges of parenthood with the arrival of Katie Marie Mack on August 31 at 3:51 am.
Melonie J. McCall ’93, a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, currently serves as president of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association. Ms. McCall began her term in January 2009, becoming the fourth woman and first African-American to head the association.
Heather Mewes '99, Boalt alumna and BHAA board member, published an article in the November 12 issue of Daily Journal. The full text of Heather's article on juries as fact-finders can be found here on the Fenwick & West website.
Ann O’Leary ’05 is the co-editor for “The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything,” a comprehensive study about women’s rising economic status and its effect on American life recently released by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress. In addition to being the report’s co-editor, O’Leary co-authored a chapter on the government’s role in supporting women with both working and caretaking responsibilities. O’Leary is the executive director of the Berkeley Center for Health, Economic and Family Security (Berkeley CHEFS). Read the full story here and check out the report here.
Adam Sachs ’86 was recently named managing partner at Folger Levin LLP in San Francisco.
Stephen Venable ’90 recently became the President of the Midwest Minority Supplier Development Council ("MMSDC") - an independent nonprofit affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council ("NMSDC") which facilitates the development of symbiotic business relationships between the corporate community and minority suppliers. He also was elected to the Board of Directors of The People's Center Medical Clinic at Cedar Riverside - a Minneapolis-based nonprofit community health center that offers high-quality, affordable health care to all (including countless members of local underserved, lower socio-economic communities).
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