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November 2
Alumni Breakfast in Hong Kong
Join fellow Boalt Hall classmates at an alumni breakfast
reception in Hong Kong on Monday, November 2, from 9-10 am at Orrick, Herrington &
Sutcliffe, 43rd Floor, Gloucester
Tower, The Landmark, 15
Queen's Road Central in Hong Kong.
Special thanks to Sook Young Yeu '80
and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe for hosting this event. RSVP at rsvp@law.berkeley.edu
or
call +1 510 643 6673.
November 4
Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative
Lawyer-Student Social in Berkeley
All alumni working in the fields of energy, climate and clean technology are invited to join the Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative (BERC) at an informal lawyer-student
social at Beckett's in Berkeley. The reception is on Wednesday, November
4 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Beckett's, 2271
Shattuck Avenue near the Downtown Berkeley
BART. Please RSVP and direct any
questions to Jared Fish at jared.fish@berkeley.edu.
November 4
Discover Cal Lecture
Series, New York
Hear from UC Berkeley professors of public policy Robert Reich and Henry E. Brady as they discuss "Bouncing
Back: Is Economic Recovery on the Way?" This discussion will take place on Wednesday,
November 4, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at McGraw-Hill Auditorium, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, NY. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the
door. Register here. For questions, please call 888.UNIV.CAL
(888.864.8225).
November 4
Discover Cal Lecture
Series, San Francisco
Hear from UC Berkeley professors Charis Thompson,
associate professor of gender and women's studies, and Stephen Hinshaw, professor
and chair of the psychology department, as they discuss "Impossibly Perfect:
The Pressures to Become Better Humans". This
discussion will take place on Wednesday, November 4, from 6-8:30 pm at Le
Meridien, 333 Battery Street,
San Francisco. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the
door. Register here. For questions, please call 888.UNIV.CAL
(888.864.8225). November 5Henderson Center GalaJoin the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at their 10th Anniversary
Celebration and Gala. The 2009 Trailblazer for Justice honoree is
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). Congresswoman Norton has
been at the forefront of every social justice cause in our lifetime.
The Thelton E. Henderson Social Justice Prize will also be presented to
a recent Boalt Hall graduate. The Gala will be on Thursday, November 5 at 6:00 pm at San Francisco City Hall. For tickets and more information, click here.
November
6
Faculty Recruitment Reception for Alumni in Washington,
D.C.
Join Boalt's
Faculty Recruitment Committee for a reception at the AALS Faculty
Recruitment Conference in Washington, DC. Come learn about teaching at
Boalt and network with fellow alumni in the area. The reception is on Friday, November 6 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Marriott
Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW, Washington, D.C. in Suite 5070. RSVP to Julia Flinker,
jflinker@law.berkeley.edu by
Monday, November 2.
November 10
Job Search Basics:
A Boalt Alumni Career Services Program in San Francisco
This free two-hour program is intended for alumni
who are just getting started with a new job search or career transition.
It will cover the basics of focusing your search, creating or updating your
resume and cover letter, some tips and guidelines on networking and a quick
review of the most frequently used job boards and resources for job
seekers. Please join us on Tuesday, November 10, at 6:00 pm at
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 555
California Street, San Francisco. To reserve a space for this program, please email
the Career Development Office at career@law.berkeley.edu
by Monday, November 9th, 5:00 pm (enrollment limited to 24 participants - no
walk-ins).
November 13
Caleb Foote Symposium
The Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice presents the 2009 Caleb Foote Symposium: "New
Directions for American Drug Policy?" The
Symposium will be on
Friday, November 13 from 1:00-5:00 pm at Boalt Hall in Classroom 105. Register here (registration required). For more information, contact BCCJ at 510.643.7025 or visit www.bccj.berkeley.edu.
November 19
SF Alumni Reception
and CLE Talk, "33% by 2020?: Regulatory Barriers to Renewable Energy in California"
You are invited to an alumni reception and panel discussion,
"33% by 2020?: Regulatory Barriers to Renewable Energy in California", moderated
by Steve Weissman, associate director of the Center for Law, Energy & the
Environment (CLEE), with speakers Bill Chamberlain '71, chief counsel of the
California Energy Commission, and Barbara Schussman '89, partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP. CLE
credit is offered. The reception will be
from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bingham McCutchen, Three Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor, San Francisco. Special thanks to Bingham McCutchen
for hosting. Please RSVP here, call 510.643.6673 or email rsvp@law.berkeley.edu.
December 4
State Bar Swearing-In
Ceremony at Boalt Hall
Save the date for the annual swearing-in ceremony for Boalt
Hall's newest graduates. The ceremony will be presided by California Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Werdegar
'62 and Judge Thelton Henderson '62 of the United
States District Court, Northern District. The reception will start at 2:00 pm and the ceremony will begin at
3:00 pm in Booth
Auditorium at Boalt Hall. RSVP by emailing rsvp@law.berkeley.edu or calling 510.643.6673.
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All-Alumni Reunion 2009
Earlier this month more than 300 alumni returned to Boalt for the annual
homecoming with faculty, students and friends. Among the many exciting and interesting programs held during the weekend, a highlight was the opportunity to enjoy
many of the law school's newly renovated facilities. From wine tasting on
the new West Terrace to CLE lectures in the renovated high-tech classrooms, it
was terrific to see the physical improvements that have accompanied Boalt's
rise to becoming the country's top public law school.
- Check out photos here and the recorded presentations here
- See the development of the new South Addition building here
Those
classes ending in 4 and 9 commemorated reunion milestones at special celebrations
throughout the long weekend. In honor of their reunion, over 550 alumni
have participated in their class campaign and have raised more than $1,097,000
to support Boalt Hall.
- Check out class reunion photos from the Saturday night gala at the Palace Hotel here
Complimentary copies will be mailed to those
pictured!
Stay connected with the Boalt community online through LinkedIn,
Facebook
and Twitter.
UC Berkeley's Oliver
Williamson Shares Nobel Prize in Economics
Oliver Williamson, the Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of
Business, Economics, and Law at UC Berkeley, has won a 2009 Nobel Prize in
Economic Sciences. The longtime Boalt faculty member was recognized for his
analysis of economic governance in examining how business firms could serve as
structures for conflict resolution. Professor Williamson, 77, is the university's fifth Nobel
winner in economics and 21st overall. For more information, please click here.
Professor Emeritus
and Renowned Scholar Stephen Barnett Dies at 73
 Stephen Barnett, professor emeritus at Berkeley Law, died of
complications resulting from cardiac arrest on October 13. He was 73.
A prominent authority on intellectual property law, First Amendment
issues, the news media, and California's
legal institutions--including the state's Supreme Court--Barnett joined the
Berkeley Law faculty in 1967. He taught Copyright and Trademarks, Torts, and
California Legal Institutions, was awarded the Elizabeth Josselyn Boalt Chair
in 1990, and retired in 2003. A memorial service for Professor Barnett will be held at Boalt in January, and information will be made available shortly. More
CHEFS Plays Key Role in Producing Shriver Report
On October 18, Maria Shriver and the Center for American
Progress released "The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything," a
comprehensive study about women's rising economic status and its effect on
American life. Berkeley's
Center for Health, Economic, and Family Security (CHEFS) Executive Director Ann O'Leary '05 was one of the report's two co-editors and co-authored a
chapter on the government's role in supporting women with both working and
caretaking responsibilities. CHEFS Faculty Co-Director Mary Ann Mason and Maria Echaveste '80, senior distinguished fellow at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity, also wrote chapters for the report. Click
here to read the full
article.
Getting that First Legal
Job - We Want to Hear Your Story!
How did you land your first legal job-through on-campus
interviewing (OCIP), on your own, or through other means? The Career Development Office
would like your help in showing students that many alums have gone on to very
successful careers beginning with jobs they obtained outside of the OCIP program. If this is your story and you'd like to share it (anonymously, if you prefer),
we would love to hear from you. Please send us a brief email describing
your career to career@law.berkeley.edu. We will set up interviews with a cross-section of alumni and tell your success
stories through the monthly e-newsletter. Thanks for helping the CDO
support and inspire other alumni and students.
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
in San Francisco.
Supreme Court of California to Hold
Special Session at Boalt on Nov. 3
 All alumni are invited to attend a special outreach session of
the California Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at
Boalt Hall. As part of the Court's
effort to improve public understanding of its role and function, the Court will
hear oral arguments in Booth Auditorium, marking the ninth year in a row that
the Court will sit outside of its usual chambers to educate and interact with
the local community. The morning program
will feature opening remarks by the Chief Justice of California, Ronald George, and Boalt Law
Dean Christopher Edley, Jr., followed by a question-and-answer session between
law students and the justices. Join
faculty and students at this special event. For more information, please contact Nancy
Donovan in the Dean's office at ndonovan@law.berkeley.edu. For more details about the individual
cases, click here. The California Channel, a public affairs
cable network, will broadcast oral arguments live. For local viewing information, click here.
Quadruple Your Gift
to Boalt - Matching Program for Recent Alumni
We are pleased to announce that Boalt Hall, the nation's
top-ranked public law school, benefits from a powerful new fundraising initiative
that will quadruple all gifts to Boalt made by recent alumni and students. The UC Berkeley Foundation Board of Trustees
recently instituted the New Alumni Challenge, which provides a 3-to-1 match for all money donated to
Boalt by new alumni. This means that for
every $1 you give to Boalt Hall, Boalt receives $4. Kick it up a notch and your
$1,000 gift to Boalt turns into $4,000.
Any recent Boalt graduate (Classes of 2005 to 2009), or any Boalt student
graduating in 2010, is eligible-and urged to participate in the match. All gifts
up to $1,000 qualify, and the program will run through June 30, 2010. Please give to Boalt right now,
and watch as your gift is quadrupled by the New Alumni Challenge! If you have
questions, please contact Andrew Kaufteil at akaufteil@law.berkeley.edu or
510-642-7574.
Professors Eric
Talley, Jonathan Simon '87 Awarded Faculty Chairs
Renowned professors of law Eric Talley and Jonathan Simon '87 have been awarded faculty chairs at Boalt Hall. Talley, a corporate law expert and faculty
co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law, Business, and the Economy, is the first holder of the
Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Chair. Simon, associate dean of the law school's Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program and faculty co-chair of the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice,
will occupy the Adrian A. Kragen Professorship of Law Chair. To read the full article, please click here.
Webcast: Global Financial & Economic Crisis: Global Unemployment
 Despite recent upticks in the economy, the U.S. and worldwide
employment picture continues to be bleak. Are we facing a "jobless
recovery?" Did the international economic collapse in 2008-09 alter the
labor market permanently? What employment patterns and prospects should
we expect as global markets and economies recover? A panel of
distinguished UC Berkeley scholars tried to answer these questions at recent event sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy. Watch video of the event here.
Aarti Kohli Warns
That Immigration Enforcement Efforts Are Misguided
A San Francisco Chronicle op-ed co-authored by Aarti Kohli of Berkeley Law's Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity warns that efforts to ramp up enforcement
of U.S.
customs and immigration laws will likely produce racial profiling and civil
rights violations. Kohli, director of immigration policy and legislative
counsel for the Warren Institute, wrote the op-ed with Antonia Hernández,
president and chief executive of the California Community Foundation. For more information, please click here. The op-ed is available here.
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Have you
moved to a new city or job? Do you have a baby on the way? Did you get
a promotion? Keep your fellow alums up-to-date with your important life
changes by submitting a Class Note. We'll publish your news on the web and/or the alumni magazine, Transcript. And if you don't have anything new to report, just browse our Class Notes page.
Stephen M. Bingham
'69, an attorney for Bay Area Legal Aid, lost his daughter, Sylvia Bingham,
in a hit-and-run bicycle accident in Cleveland,
OH in September. She was 22. A foundation has been created in honor of Sylvia to promote safety for
cyclists and pedestrians. Visit www.sylviabinghamfoundation.org
for more information.
Jeffrey L. Bleich '89
was nominated by President Obama as the next 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."
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.
Holly L.
Henderson-Fisher '07 and her husband Josh Fisher celebrated the birth of
their daughter, Bella Mirai Fisher, on February 15.
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 a.m.
Sajjad Matin '08 and
Ilham Hosseini '07 were married in the nation's capital on May 24. The two had spent the previous year planning
the wedding on opposite ends of the country, with Sajjad working in the San Francisco office of Kirkland & Ellis' intellectual
property group and Ilham clerking in Miami for the Honorable Adalberto Jordan. The civil ceremony was officiated by Judge Jordan,
and the religious sermon was offered by Professor Hatem Bazian. Sajjad and Ilham first met in Professor
Bazian's Islamic Law class at Boalt. Following her clerkship, Ilham plans to join Sajjad in San Francisco and begin work in Jones Day's
litigation group.
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.
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 & Kahn LLP in San Francisco.
Stephen Venable '90
recently became the President of the Midwest Minority Supplier Development
Council, an independent nonprofit affiliate of the
National Minority Supplier Development Council, 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).
Check out what many more of your classmates are up to and submit your own announcement here.
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