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VOLUME XXV NUMBER 1

From the Dean

President's PageJohn Skilton

1995 Distinguish Service Awards Presented:Rodney O. Kittelsen ('40)by Emeritus Professor Stuart GullicksonEmeritus Professor James E. Jones, Jr. ('56)by Harold Jordan

An Argument in the Making: Moot Court ProgramsMay It Please the Courtby Paul S. DraynaCompetition ResultsFirst Annual Evan A. Evans Moot Court Tournamentby Lisa Kaiser

Lawyer with 'Drive to Give Back' Drives Back to Teachadapted from The Chicago Lawyer

Featured Alumnus: William T. Rieser ('57)by Lisa Kaiser

Ruth B. Saaf Retires

Have YouHeard?

In Memoriam

Editor's Note

Mystery Picture

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Cover Photo: By mid-July 1995 the majority of newconstruction had been roughed in. Work was beginningon dosing in the Bascom Hill side. The new, main read-ing room for the Law Library, on the top floor, will fea-ture floor to ceiling windows, offering a spectacular viewof Bascom Hill.

Twelve months to go! One more year of construction untilthe new, improved Law building welcomes its first stu-dents and looks forward to a Grand Reopening for all itsfriends! Even though this summer is, perhaps, the hardesttime of all, we can see the proverbial "light at the end ofthe tunnel."

Talk about difficult times! There is no airconditioninganywhere in the building this summer, except for a fewsmall units we have tried to install to prevent the staff frommelting altogether. During several hot spells this summer,some areas inside the Law Library, which continues to

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function during construction, hit 97 degrees. The facultytower has no elevator and no restrooms, so the few whohave to work, climb to the fifth or sixth floor, drink sodato quench their thirst, and then have to climb back downto use the remaining restroom before starting the cycle allover again. However, generally, faculty have the option towork at home during the summer. On the other hand, sec-retarial and support staff have had to endure these hard-ships because they do not have the option of workingelsewhere. I want to take this opportunity to commendand thank them for their patience and cooperation duringthese arduous times.

I am also fortunate because I have to spend a gooddeal of my time visiting with alumni as we seek to wrapup the fund-raising for the building. These visits alwaysinvolve meeting interesting people in pleasant and com-fortable surroundings. To those of you whom I have seenand who have made a commitment to the building pro-ject-thank you. To those of you who I have yet to meetwith - please accept my call or invitation to one of ourmany alumni events,

Recently the State Building Commission gave us somegood news and some bad news. The good news is that theCommission approved a request to restore some fundingwhich was cut last summer and increased the funding toconduct asbestos abatement. However, the bad news isthat the Commission also raised our share of the projectfrom $5 million to $6 million, which means that we stillhave to raise $1.3 million to reach our goal.

Most contributions have been in the form of five-yearpledges and have come from individuals and those givingthrough law firm or class gifts, We are working to con-clude the fund raising with regional fund-raising efforts,several of which are now under way in Wisconsin. Localcommittees have been formed and are reaching out toalumni throughout the larger communities in the state. Wehope to expand these regional efforts outside Wisconsin toareas where significant concentrations of alumni exist.

The final phase will include phone calls and mailings to

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New construction facing Bascom Hill

every Law School graduate who has not yet contributed tothe building project. This phase is scheduled for summerand fall of 1996 and will give each alumnus a final opportu-nity to make a commitment to the future of the Law School.

One of the benefits of the alumni funds for the project,however, is that it allows us to upgrade some of the mostpublic areas in the building. As Tom Palay, chair of our fac-ulty building committee, says, "We need a building that rais-es expectations rather than dampens them. We need abuilding at least as good as the quality of our students, fac-ulty and alumni." With your help, we will soon have it.

While construction goes on around us, the Law Schoolcontinues its business. We welcomed Steve Barkan as ournew Law Librarian, replacing Blair Kauffman who took a

similar position at Yale Law School. Michael Smith, a schol-ar at the Vera Institute of Justice, has joined us as a profes-sor in the criminal justice area. After both have settled in,we will interview them for this publication and share theiraccomplishments with you. As you will read in this issue,long-time duplication czar, Ruth Saaf, has retired. In addi-tion, Nancy Hubacher, who worked here for more than 25years, the last 19 in Career Services, also retired. While youmight think that I, as Dean, run the Law School, those of uswithin the School know it is really the people who teachthe courses and engage in outstanding research and publicservice as well as those people who keep the paper flow-ing, the students registering, and the budget balanced whoare really in charge.

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John S. Skilton ('69)

The first time I set foot in theUniversity of Wisconsin LawSchool was in September, 1951.Then, as a seven-year-old, Iaccompanied my father, RobertSkilton, and my brother, Bob,then nine, as we proceeded upBascom Hill and into that oldRed Law Building. I close myeyes, I still sense it.-theleather dust from old books-spiced with the unmistakablesmell of old pipe smoke-thesqueaks of old wooden floors.I liked that building. I felt wel-come there and I believe Iknew at the time that I wouldsome day grow up to be a lawyer. Fromthat time on, I held on to that dream. Istill have that dream and I hope that I willnever grow up.

In 1966, I was admitted into the U\VLaw School Class of 1969. I accepted-butnot without some trepidation. My fatherwas then in his prime as a teacher. Andthat, of course, presented us both withsome "special challenges." After muchsoul-searching about attending Northwest-ern, the day came for me to confirm mydecision to attend, or lose my spot. Gor-don Baldwin was then Dean of Admissionsand had known my brother Bob well.Now Bob had just graduated from the UWLaw School and had done very well: Orderof the Coil Law Review, blah, blah, blah. Ientered Gordon's office and placed myacceptance on his desk; he reviewed itsilently (puffing on his pipe); he thenlooked up and without cracking a smile

or, I might add, opening his jaw, asked:"When's your sister coming through?"

Nor did my father help the situation.(Those who knew him may well rememberhis unique sense of humor and how muchhe enjoyed his own jokes.) He particularlyliked to poke fun at vanity: "We will cast atwenty-foot-high bronze statue, in yourperfect likeness-place it on a pedestal inthe middle of the town square-and on thepedestal of that monument we will inscribein gold embossed letters: "NO TALENT."(Humor, he said, was like a bunch ofnaked barbarians standing around a fireuproariously laughing when one of theirpeers stepped on a hot coal.)

And so it was that he could not resisttelling me on the day I started law schoolabout Bill Foster's irreverent account of thefirst pair of faculty sons to go through theUW Law School. (For good reason, theirnames shall remain anonymous.) The first

son, Bill said, had had great diffi-culty; he barely passed, and tookfive years to graduate. And thesecond son, Bill causticallynoted, was "even dumber thanthe first."

Nevertheless, I persevered-and, I daresay, so did my father.Indeed, in a perverse way wecame to enjoy each other'smutual predicament, and alsoshared many precious hourstogether during that intensivethree-year period.

And I always knew when myfather was in the building-youcould smell the pipe smokealmost as you entered the build-ing.

I became a lawyer in 1969. After clerk-ing for a year, I entered the practice. OnAugust 7, 1995, I will have completed 25years as a practicing attorney-13 years inMilwaukee and 12 years in Madison-notthat I'm counting. And yes, I am veryproud of this accomplishment. (I can hearmy father: "That, and 25<1: will get you acup of coffee at Horn & Hardart's.")

The practice of law has changed great-ly in that 25 years. To begin with, thereare many, many more lawyers-c-fightingfor what seems like relatively fewerclients. Law firms have become bigger.Clients have become pro-active and some-times hostile; the rising cost of representa-tion is of paramount concern.

No doubt the practice of law hasbecome much more bottom-line oriented-and less fun. Billable hours drive the day.(When I started in 1970, I asked Marv Klit-sner, my boss and mentor, how many

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hours the firm expected of me. He replied,"between 1,400 and 1,500 hours." Todayour film, like virtually every other finn inthe country, requests our associates to billbetween 1,900 and 2,000 hours a year.) In1970, bills were sent quarterly and wereone line statements. Today, the detailrequired is enormous; and bills are oftenscrutinized with painful precision by clients.

In 1970, professionalism and civilitywere assumed, perhaps more accurately,taken for granted, although, I will confess,sometimes honored in the breach. Today,we hear about what some label as a "cri-sis"-in civility, in ethics, in professional-ism. There is some truth in this, but, Ibelieve, there is also some hyperbole.

And there is a profound change inwho is practicing law, or, even more tothe point, who will be practicing law inthe future. My class, for example, graduat-ed four women and no minorities. Today,as many women as men enter the prac-tice. And so we confront serious issues ofgender bias and "glass ceilings."

But for all of this, we have yet to solvethe problems of under-representedminorities and still fail to provide ade-quate legal services to large segments ofour population-not only the poor, butalso to the middle class. This seems sadlyparadoxical in light of the fact that todaywe have more lawyers.

No recounting of the history of thepractice of law in the last 25 years, nomatter how summary, can ignore the"information" and technology explosion.This explosion has necessitated increasedspecialization, not to mention a host ofproblems swirling around the question ofunauthorized practice of law. If lawyerscannot or will not provide services at areasonable price, others will step in anddo it for us. Thus, we now see the everincreasing encroachment of non-lawyerdelivery of "legal services," for example,in the forms of businesses, or morerecently in computer "Kiosks."

I am pleased to note that increasinglythe legal profession, as it must, is aggres-sively responding to this state of affairs.The ABA has been particularly proactive.Two recent reports-that of the TaskForce on Law Schools and the Profession:Narrowing the Gap (known as the "Mac-Crate Report") and the 'just SolutionsReport" bear special mention. The Mac-

Crate Report, issued in July 1992, suggeststhat the profession-s-the bar and theacademy-has not been wholly successfulin providing needed tools: that newlawyers, for example, are not given ade-quate skills-and-values training and thatboth the academy and the bar should takesteps to improve this situation. It pays par-ticular attention to the differences in prac-tice settings that lawyers find themselvesin, and focuses on different needs thatflow therefrom. Its basic conclusion is stat-ed at page 320:

. . . Increasing concern has beenexpressed as to the competence oflawyers and as to their adherence toprofessional values. Despite theincreased attention in the law schoolsto preparing lawyers for practice andwide-ranging efforts by the organizedbar to enhance lawyer competence andprofessional responsibility, calls havepersisted for a more comprehensiveresponse focused upon the entire pro-cess, from before law school, duringlaw school and throughout lawyers'professional lives, by which lawyersacquire and refine their lawyering skillsand professional values.

We have concluded that the time hascome to focus upon the interrelation-ships and the linkage between the sev-eral phases of lawyers' education andalso upon the interdependence of lawschools and the practicing bar.

The MacCrate Report concludes withnumerous recommendations as to how toimprove legal education and professionaldevelopment. I will mention but a few:

1. Recommendation CA. The interpre-tation of [ABAAccreditation] standard302(a)(iii) should expressly recognize thatstudents who expect to enter practice in arelatively unsupervised practice settinghave a special need for opportunities toobtain skills instruction.

2. Recommendation Cg Each lawschool should undertake a study to deter-mine which of the skills and valuesdescribed in the Task Force's Statement ofSkills and Values are presently beingtaught in its curriculum anddevelop a coherent agenda of skillsinstruction not limited to the skills of"legal analysis and reasoning," "legalresearch," "writing" and "litigation."

3. Recommendation C19. Law schooldeans, professors, administrators and staffshould be concemed to convey to stu-dents that the professional value of theneed to "promote justice, fairness andmorality" is an essential ingredient of thelegal profession; the practicing bar shouldbe concerned to impress on students thatsuccess in the practice of law is not mea-sured by financial rewards alone, by alawyer's commitment to a just, fair andmoral society.

4. Recommendation C.24. Law schoolsshould assign primary responsibility forinstruction in professional skills and val-ues to permanent full-time faculty whocan devote the time and expertise toteaching and developing new methods ofteaching skills to law students. In addition,law schools should continue to makeappropriate use of skilled and experi-enced practicing lawyers and judges inprofessional skills and values instructionwith guidance, structure, supervision andevaluation of these adjunct faculty by full-time teachers.

The "Just Solutions" conference lookedat broader, but related, questions concern-ing the delivery of legal services and sug-gested that each state shape and deter-mine its own solutions to what the "JustSolutions" conference clearly identified asa crisis.

I have had the privilege of serving onAlumni Boards of this law school since1980. In 1988, I chaired the Law School'sBoard of Visitors. At that time the Visitorswere asked to comment on the LawSchool's "Futures Report." We did so. Youmay remember that Report. For some ofus-the alumni-some of the FuturesReport's proposals seemed "radical." Nev-ertheless and, I might say, with some lin-gering concerns, we concluded (1988 Visi-tor's Report, at 17-18):

What do the Visitors view as the mis-sion of the Law School? No Visitorwants the Law School to be turned intoa "trade" school (if that be defined as aschool whose sole mission is to trainstudents how to practice law). On theother hand, the Visitors are concernedlest the Law School be "academized"or "criticized," i.e., that it becomeanother "graduate school" committedto the study of abstract (or even so-

called empirical or normative) con-cepts of social justice and fairness.

Law is decisional: it resolve disputes.Students must continue to be thor-oughly grounded in the rules of law asdeveloped and applied by the courts:Stare decisis is not irrelevant. What theVisitors advocate is balance-balancebetween the "core" and the "frontier"-the "classroom" and the "clinic"-caselaw and "law-in-action."

It is our view that the Law Schoolhas historically succeeded in maintain-ing that balance-however imperfectand imprecise-certainly while wewere privileged to attend it. And it isour hope and firm recommendationthat a similar balance-appropriatelymassaged and adjusted to accommo-date changes in the law and thetimes-will be maintained in the future.

For in the end, the Law School, likethe Law, cannot be all things to allpeople. The student body is nothomogenous. The Faculty is nothomogenous. Times change. Causeschange. Values change. Powerchanges. If the Law School can contin-ue to train a student to "think like alawyer," and equip him or her to beable to effectively deploy this specialskill, the rest will follow: it has donequite enough.

(As an aside, I will tell you that I haverecently read the book Poisoned luy-apurported study of the problems at Har-vard Law School in the last four years. Irecommend this book to each person inthis room. Regardless of the book's obvi-ous shortcomings, I believe it displays aprofound difference between this LawSchool's approach to issues of gender andracial diversity and that of a so-called"more prestigious" institution-rankednumber 1 or number 2 by u.s. News &World Report. Not here, thank you verymuch. Not herel)

In separate meetings last spring, thisLaw School was confronted by lawyermembers of the University of WisconsinBoard of Regents with fairly strident criti-cism-largely founded on anecdotal evi-dence-to the effect that it, the LawSchool, was failing in its duty to properlytrain law students to become practicinglawyers. As president of the WLAA, I was

invited to attend these meetings to hearthe criticism and to offer my perspectives.I also heard the forceful and appropriateresponses of Dean Bernstine and StewartMacaulay, among others.

Because of the intensity of this criti-cism, I felt that the Regents' concernsneeded to be communicated to the LawSchool's alumni. Thus, at their 1994 meet-ing, our Visitors considered a list of criti-cisms gleaned from the Regents' meetings,talked with faculty and students andissued a report. That report is now pub-lished in the most recent Gargoyle and, Ibelieve, you, the faculty, will find it large-ly supportive of your efforts.

Last spring, at the time of the firstmeeting of the Regents, I was running forPresident of the State Bar. By the time ofthe second meeting, I had been elected.At the second meeting, I told the Regentsthat as State Bar President I would form acommission which would also address theissues and recommendations of the Mac-Crate Report, many of which seemed tobe similar to the concerns expressed bythe Regents.

Thus, and as a result of the coincidentconfluence of the recommendations in theMacCrate Report and the concernsexpressed by the Board of Regents, lastsummer I appointed a 30 member StateBar Commission on Legal Education. ThisCommission is chaired by Chief JusticeHeffernan; the Vice Chair is Judge PatGorence; the Reporter is Erica Eisinger.Three UW law faculty member serve asmembers: Gerry Thain, Stuart Gullicksonand Ralph Cagle. Three Marquette law fac-ulty members also serve, including PastDean Frank DeGuire; distinguished mem-bers of the judiciary, the academy and thebar fill out the ranks.

This Commission has undertaken its taskwith great enthusiasm and commitment.Triggering on the MacCrate Report's format,it is examining and will articulate a state-ment of skills and values, and how theseskills and values can be taught to prospec-tive and current members of the bar. Itsstudy includes training at the law schoollevel but it is not limited to that. Commit-tees are studying and will make recommen-dations concerning post-graduate training.

This Commission will issue its prelimi-nary report in March, 1996. That report, inturn, will be submitted to the State Bar

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Board of Governors for comment at itsApril, 1996 Board meeting. The finalreport will be issued in June, 1996

I predict that the final report will beconstructive and supportive of the workthat is already going on in this law schooland at Marquette. Hopefully, too, it willoffer meaningful, concrete recommenda-tions on how to improve upon what theMacCrate Report aptly styles as the "com-mon enterprise" of the development oflawyers. Like the MacCrate Task Force, theunderlying premise of this Commissions'swork is that of shared responsibility.

Conversely, I do not expect anyattempt to micromanage the law schoolsor encroach upon the appropriate prerog-atives of their faculties.

I believe that you will also be interest-ed to know that I have also appointed aCommission on the Delivery of Legal Ser-vices which, under a similar track, willmake recommendations as to how Wis-consin lawyers can improve the deliveryof legal services. I chair that Commission.Pam Barker (a member of the WLAABoard) is Vice Chair. Maureen McGinnityis the Reporter. Justices Abrahamson andGeske are Commission members and arejoined by other distinguished members ofthe bar including Lane Ware (anothermember of the WLAA Board) and LouiseTrubek, of this faculty.

As with the Legal Education Commis-sion, it is my expectation that this com-mission will ultimately offer constructiveand creative recommendations which willimprove the access to, availability andaffordability of, legal services to the citi-zens of the State of Wisconsin.

My term as State Bar President will endJuly 1, 1996. By then, hopefully, the twoCommissions will have issued theirreports. By that time, too, hopefully, mydaughter, Laura, will have completed hersecond year at this law school. And bythat time, God willing, when she starts herthird year, it will be in a completed, state-of-the-art law building.

And by that time, I hope to be stillwelcome to visit that building. And if Iam, I will search out Gordon Baldwin'soffice-to see whether he will ask me,"When's your other daughter comingthrough" and, I might add, to sniff just alittle bit of his pipe smoke.

Thank you very much.

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It is a privilege for me to sketchthe career of my friend RodneyKittelsen that earns him thisyear's Distinguished ServiceAward for a judge or practicinglawyer.

Our Alumni have presentedthat award for twenty-eightyears. During that time, it hasgrown into a most significantsymbol of professional excel-lence. Its stature reflects themajor achievements of the priorrecipients of it. Some of thoseillustrious honorees are in theaudience this evening.

One who celebrates RodneyKittelsen must include a touchof levity because he's blessedwith such a great sense ofhumor-usually the self deprecating kind.When I called him to congratulate him onreceiving this honor, I told him, "I thinkit's a special one because of the excellentreputations of previous honorees." Rodreplied, "If they give it to me, it just showsyou how far they have slipped this year."

In a similar vein, Rod tells of hisexploits as a bench warmer on his highschool basketball team. Early in a biggame, some fans chanted, "WE WANTKITTELSEN-WE WANT KITTELSEN."They repeated that chorus intermittently asthe game wore on. They roared it at a cru-cial moment near the end when his team'sstar player fouled out. Over the din, his

harried coach glared down the bench andshouted, "Kittelsen!" Rod leapt to his feeteager to save the day. The coach rasped,"Kittelsen, go over there and see whythose crazy people want you."

Rod is a Wisconsinite to the core. Hewas born on a farm in Green County,worked his way through undergrad andlaw school at the lJW-Madison, and mar-ried Pearle upon graduation in 1940. Thecouple are justly proud of their three out-standing sons, only one of whom, Roddrolly explains, failed and became alawyer. In 1940, he practiced briefly inMilwaukee and then joined the F.B.I. for asix-year stint. He returned to his homecounty in 1946 to establish the law firm in

Monroe that is now Kittelsen,Barry, Ross, Wellington andThompson.

Our honoree has beenadmitted to the bar of the Unit-ed States Supreme Court, elect-ed to membership in the Ameri-can College of Trust and EstateCounsel, presented the StateBar's Charles Goldberg Awardfor public service, and giventhe Wisconsin School Attorney'sAssociation's Distinguished Ser-vice Award for this contribu-tions to school law.

Rodney is a leader, and hegenerously gives of himself forlong stints of public service.He's a former state president ofthe Future Farmers of America,president of the State Bar ofWisconsin, and president of theWisconsin Bar Foundation. He

taught in our General Practice Course forthree years, and served as District Attorneyof Green County for six years, as GeneralCounsel for the national Ex-FBI AgentsAssociation for the last nine, as a memberof the Monroe Board of Education for fif-teen-twelve of them as president, and asa member of the Monroe Police and FireCommission for forty-eight years-the lastthirty of them as its chairperson.

While he presided over the MonroeSchool Board, he directed the constructionof four new school buildings.

When his city needed a new library, heworked behind the scenes to enable it toreceive a gift of a prime site on its down-

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town square. Then he quietly helped toraise private funds and to secure referen-dum approval of the electorate.

Monroe recently expressed its appreci-ation for his public service when theJaycees honored him as the community'soutstanding senior citizen.

Good lawyers contribute to theimprovement of society through their pro-fessional work, as well as through publicservice. To me, such efforts are the mostsignificant of all. I'm indebted to CarlRoss, my confidant and one of Rod's part-ners, for telling me how Mr. Kittelsen,with the help of his firm, once saved Mon-roe's telephone company.

They represented a group of ownerswho challenged the utility'S chief execu-tive for mismanagement. They succeeded.The deposed executive reacted by plung-ing the company into bankruptcy. Mr. Kit-telsen presented the bankruptcy courtwith an imaginative plan to continue tele-phone service and to pay the creditors infull. It pivoted upon obtaining approval of

tile Public Service Commission for, of allthings, a rate hike requested by the con-sumers! The Commission scheduled ahearing in Monroe on the petition for theincrease. The proponents had to showthat the customers actually wanted to paymore to have the benefit of tile Kittelsenplan. He, in turn, devised conduitsthrough which that support could bemade known. He explained the merits ofhis proposal to the local newspaper. Itwrote a front page editorial that justifiedthe raise. He informed the local radio sta-tion and it presented a call-in show toeducate the citizenry. He arranged forsupporters to attend the hearing. Theypacked the auditorium. That unified com-munity action resulted in a favorable PSCruling. Telephone service continued, butwith new, competent management. Allcreditors, most of whom were local,received payment in full.

The area benefited immensely from theskilled professional services of those goodlawyers,

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Rodney Kittelsen, the jester, happensto be Norwegian. His son, Jeff, practiceslaw in Korea. Rod visited Jeff during thesummer Olympics in Seoul. He returnedto the U.S. shores proudly bearing a goldmedal. "I won it," he explained, "as amember of the Norwegian javelin team. Iwas their catcher!"

Being a heroic Viking, he is the unfor-tunate victim of occasional disparaging"pillaging and plundering" jibes fromsome of his roguish friends. He defendshimself well with his rapier-like wit. Onvarious occasions, he has declared that,"Jack DeWitt could walk into an emptyroom and blend right in"; that "MyronLaRowe looks better in cheap clothingthan anyone I know"; and that "GeorgeSteil's rise to fame and power came as asurprise to all who knew him!"

Rodney, on behalf of our more thanten thousand alumni, I am honored topresent to you our 1995 Distinguished Ser-vice Award.

Harold jordan (1) with Professor jones (r).

The purpose of the University ofWisconsin according to the facul-ty mission statement "is to pro-vide an environment in whichfaculty and students can discover,examine critically, preserve, andtransmit knowledge, wisdom,and values that will help ensurethe survival of the present andfuture generations with improve-ment in the quality of life.

I have the distinct privilegetonight to present the Distin-guisbed Service Award to Pro-fessor James E. Jones, Jr., theembodiment of its mission, anda true son of this institution.

Professor Jones was born inLittle Rock, Arkansas, in 1924.After serving in the Navy during WorldWar II, he matriculated at Lincoln Univer-sity and in 1950 graduated Magna CumLaude. He then attended the University ofIllinois, where in 1951, he was awarded aMasters Degree from the Institute of Laborand Industrial Relations.

Upon leaving the University of Illinois,Professor Jones began a career in laborrelations that has spanned five decades.He took a job as an Industrial RelationsAnalyst at the U.S. Wage StabilizationBoard for Region Seven, where he workedbetween 1951 and 1953.

Leaving the Stabilization Board in 1953,Jim continued his slow academic treknorthward which finally brought him to

Wisconsin and the University of WisconsinLaw School. During his years as a law stu-dent, Jim distinguished himself and wasthe first black student selected to serve onthe Law Review.

After graduating from the law school,Jim, impelled by his personal love andinterest, continued to pursue the practiceof labor law. That interest led him to thepuzzle palace on the Potomac that I callmy home, Washington D.C.. He took a jobas Legislative Attorney for the U.S. Depart-ment of Labor in 1956 and served in thatposition until 1963, interrupted briefly in1958 to serve on the Research staff of thePulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers ofthe AFL-CIO.

During his service as Legislative Attor-

ney, Jim had the good fortune,or the misfortune, to have beengiven the task of drafting theregulations concerning affirma-tive action goals and timetables.He has been dealing with thatissue in one way or anotherever since.

In 1963, Jim was tapped toserve as Counsel for Labor Rela-tions for the Department ofLabor. He continued his rise instatus at the Labor Department,and in 1966, was named theDirector of the Office of LaborManagement Policy Develop-ment. In 1967, Lyndon Johnsonnamed him Associate Solicitorof Labor in the Division ofLabor Relations and Civil Rights.

In 1969, Washington gotRichard Milhouse Nixon, and

the University of Wisconsin Law Schoolgot James Earl Jones, Jr. In my totallyunbiased opinion, Wisconsin got the farbetter deal.

Jim has served this institution in a greatnumber of ways since joining the facultiesof the Law School and the Industrial Rela-tions Research Institute. Although the listof all of his contributions are too numer-ous to mention tonight, a few are particu-larly notable.

In the area of University governance,Jim served on the Presidential Search andScreening Committee in 1979 and theSearch Committee for the Vice Chancellorfor Executive and Legal Counsel. Heserved eleven years in the University Sen-

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ate, and over twenty years on the AthleticBoard. He was the Ombudsman for theU\'VPolice and Security Department andon the Board of Regents Ad Hoc Commit-tee on Minority and Disadvantaged Stu-dents. This service was in addition to theyeoman's work that he performed on lawschool and institute committees.

Inside the law school, Jim served asthe Faculty Supervisor of Clinical LegalEducation for Labor Law clinicals and Fac-ulty Supervisor for the NAACP LegalDefense Fund Jackson Fellows.

During his tenure, he found time toeducate a generation of labor lawyers.Jim, along with Nate Feinsinger, AbnerBrody and others, established the Univer-sity of Wisconsin Law School as an intel-lectual center for the study of labor law.

Jim has been a much sought-after lec-turer around the country and has madesignificant contributions to literally dozensof conferences and workshops.

In addition, Professor Jones was instru-mental in establishing two programs at theLaw School which have had a significanteffect upon this institution.

First, Professor Jones was the fine handbehind the creation of the Legal EducationOpportunities (LEO) program, throughwhich literally hundreds of minority stu-dents have become attorneys, myselfincluded.

Second, and not unrelated to the needscreated by the first, he conceived theHastie Fellowship, a program which hasbrought outstanding minority law gradu-ates to the UW Law School to pursueadvanced degrees, providing a strong basisfrom which to pursue careers in teaching.The success of this program is in no smallway evidenced by the fact that the firstHastie Fellow currently serves as the Deanof this law school. Many others have alsogone on to successful academic careers.

Jim is one of the nations's foremostauthorities on Affirmative Action. He has abody of work that I would strongly rec-ommend to anyone who has an interest inthe subject beyond the sound bites andpolitical posturing. He goes about provingsomething that we all know but some-times do not want to acknowledge, andthat is that for every complex problem,there is a simple solution that is usuallywrong. Jim, through his scholarly work,

has been able to make the intellectualcase for affirmative action. His workshould be instructive to those out therewho do not yet realize that the plural ofanecdote is not data.

Jim has served the public beyond theconfines of the academy. In Madison, hehas served on the School District Affirma-tive Action Advisory Committee and thePolice and Fire Commission, two years asPresident.

At the state level, he has served on theManpower Planning Council, the Gover-nor's Task Force on Comparable Worthand the Wisconsin Federal NominatingCommission.

Nationally, Jim has served as a memberof the Public Review Board InternationalUnion, of the United Auto Workers, theNational Advisory Board of the IR LawJournal, and as a member of the AdvisoryCommittee of the National Research Coun-cil of the National Academy of Science.He has served as a member of the FactFinding Panel, National Mailhandlers andU.S. Postal Service Dispute in 1984. And,Jim has been a member of the FederalMediation and Conciliation ArbitrationPanel since 1973. Under the Carter admin-istration, he was a consultant to the Presi-dent's Reorganization Task Force on CivilRights. The list of his service activitiesgoes on, but from this short list, you canget a taste for the breadth of Jim's contri-butions to society.

He has received numerous awards forhis teaching, including the UW-LEO Stu-dents Professor of the Year Award in1986. The Hilldale Award for 199-91, asthe outstanding professor in the Social Sci-ence Division of the University and the C.Clyde Ferguson Award, of the AALSMinority Section as the teacher of the yearfor 1993, were also granted to him.

I never took a course from ProfessorJones because I never had an interest inlabor law. And now that I own businesseswith several hundred employees, I haveeven less interest in labor law. No, hisimpact on me was similar to that which hehad on many students, both black andwhite, but especially black. He served as arole model, a cheerleader and a hardtaskmaster.

The word among the black law stu-dents of my day was that Professor Jones

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was extremely demanding of black stu-dents, and some suggested that perhaps hewas unnecessarily harsh. But Jim's form oftough love conveyed to us, regardless ofwhether we acknowledged it or not, thathe expected a lot of us and from us. Heconveyed to us his belief that we werecapable of fulfilling his expectations.

I always thought that I was somethingof a disappointment to Jim because Inever really showed the intellectual inter-est in the law that he thought I was capa-ble of. I insisted on treating law schoollike a trade school. He would always talkto me about putting on the hair shirt, andI would talk to him about almost anythingelse. Yet his persistence was not totallylost on me, and although I never pursuedan academic life, I still measure many ofmy successes in light of the high standardsthat he always urged.

When I measure my accomplishmentsby his standards, I usually come up want-ing. However, on the rare occasion whenI think I have fulfilled some of thepromise he saw in me, I, like so many ofmy contemporaries, give Jim a call andwithout saying so directly, say thank youfor believing in us. And, thanks for beingthe role model that you have been.

Moreover, Jim, you have always foughtthe good fight, whether it be againstracism, sexism, homophobia or any othermanifestation of ignorance. You havebeen a tireless worker for labor justice,civil rights and human rights.

If someone were to ask me how I, andmany others, are able to stand chest deepin the metaphorical troubled waterscaused by the current rising tide of smallminded, and mean-spirited policies andactions. I would have to answer that thewaters are not too deep because I amstanding on the shoulders of Jim Jones.

So, as a representative of the Alumni ofthe University of Wisconsin Law School, Ipresent to you, Professor James E. Jones,jr., the 1995 Distinguished Service Awardas a partial recognition of a life of serviceto this institution, which I know you love,and in anticipation of many more years ofservice.

May It Please The Court:

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The University of Wisconsin Moot Courtteams enjoyed a highly successful seasonof competition during the 1994-95 schoolyear. Seven of Wisconsin's ten teamsadvanced to the quarter final level, andthree teams to the final rounds of theircompetitions. In addition, three studentsearned "Best Oralist" honors, and oneteam was recognized for "Best Brief."(Seesidebar for complete results),

While many lawyers complain that lawschools provide inadequate practical train-ing, Moot Court gives students extensiveexperience in research, appellate briefwriting, and oral argument skills whilethey are still in school. The program earnspraise from practitioners, judges, and fac-ulty alike for its unique contribution to thelaw school experience.

Nationally, the Moot Court programgoes "way back," said Professor CarinClauss, who formerly served as facultyadvisor to the Moot Court program from1981-1993. Clauss said the National MootCourt competition -one of the largest andmost prestigious tournaments -has beenaround for at least forty to fifty years.

The first Moot Court teams formed atthe UW nearly 30 years ago. Before a for-mal structure existed, individual facultymembers would volunteer to coach loose-ly organized teams, Clauss said. At thattime, the UW participated in only twocompetitions -the Jessup International tour-

Oscar Herasme and Dixon Gabnz, Classof 1995

nament, and the National Competition. Forfive years Clauss supervised the teams, andimplemented a formal tryout process thatinvolved careful review of writing samples,transcripts, and oral presentations.

As more and more students expressedinterest in the activity three more competi-tions were added. The program was rapid-ly growing into more than one personcould manage, Clauss said, and a commit-tee was formed to examine Moot Courtprograms at other schools, and propose asolution for the UW. Upon recommenda-tion of this Committee, the Law Schoolfounded a Moot COUltBoard in 1985. Thestudent Board has a formal constitutionand bylaws, and is run by an ExecutiveCommittee comprised solely of third yearlaw students elected to five executiveboard positions. In 1986, the Moot CourtBoard added five competitions bringingthe total UW teams to ten, Clauss said.

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The UW's program is distinguishable fromthat of many schools where Moot Court isa loosely organized activity and any stu-dent may participate. Admission to theUW's Moot Court board is granted onlythrough formal tryouts, and isconsidered a very high honor, said currentBoard president Laura Dunek. The Boardendures today, and now administers aprogram recognized nationally for itsexcellence and innovation.

Students gain admittance to the boardthrough three formal tryout processes. Firstyear students may try out during the springsemester by submitting a Sh01t brief, andpresenting an oral argument before apanel of judges. Generally 150 to 200 firstyears compete for only about 30 spots onthe board, so competition is fierce.

Second year students who did notmake it first year, or were unable to com-pete in the spring process, can try outthrough an intramural oral advocacy com-petition during the fall semester. For thefall competition, participants present aseries of arguments based on a pre-writtenbrief. Unlike the first years who tried outin the spring semester, competitors mustargue both as petitioner and respondent.The two finalists in the Fall competitionare admitted to the Moot Court Board, andcompete during their third year.

Finally, second year students not yetadmitted to the board may participate in asemester-long appellate writing and argu-ment seminar, which culminates in the

Gerald Fox and William Boulware, Class of 1995 Maureen Boyle ('94) and Lisa judson ('94)

Heffernan competition, named after ChiefJustice Nathan S. Heffernan of the Wiscon-sin Supreme Court. The top two to fourfinalists are admitted to the Board, andcompete during their third year.

Once admitted to the board, membersare assigned to one of ten teams and com-pete in just one specific competition. Thetournaments attended by UW teams areheld throughout the country. The subjectmatter of each competition is focused to aparticular topic, and ranges from environ-mental law, to products liability, to evi-dence, to constitutional law. Members areallowed to select which competition theyprefer to attend, based on their individualinterests.

Preparing for a competition is a work andtime-intensive undertaking, usuallyabsorbing the participants for t\VOmonths.The problem for a competition is general-ly mailed to participants one monthbefore briefs are due. Problems are some-times hypothetical cases, and sometimesreal cases which are working their waythrough the appellate system at the time.After one month of intensive research andwriting, the briefs are served upon thecompetition organizers, and all other com-peting teams. After serving their briefs,participants usually have about one monthto prepare their oral arguments.

While preparing for competition, team

members are coached by third year stu-dents who competed the year before. Thispractice of students coaching students israre, and distinguishes the UW's programfrom that of most other law schools wherethird year competitors are coached by fac-ulty or practitioners. The UW's structuredoes not disadvantage its teams, says presi-dent Laura Dunek. "The student coachesprovide very practical advice about howthe competitions are run, and what isexpected. They are able to sympathize withmuch of what the competitors face, havinggone through it just a year earlier." Duneksays other competitors are often surprisedto learn that the UW teams are secondyears with student coaches. "The quality ofour teams often surprises other schools,especially when they learn that most of ourcompetitors are only second years,coached by other students. Most schoolssend third years to these competitions, andthey just don't expect to be given a run fortheir money by second years."

The practical experience shared by stu-dent coaches is augmented by substantivefeedback from faculty members and areapractitioners, who also serve as judgesduring the extensive oral argument prac-tices. All competitions require that theteams argue not only from the side theybriefed, but also the opposing side as well.

Finally the competition arrives, andparticipants put their skills to the testagainst other students from across thecountry. Wisconsin teams have historically

done very well, and this year's competi-tors were no exception. See the sidebararticle for results.

When all is said and done, Moot COUltparticipants gain much more than a line ontheir resumes. The experience of becom-ing immersed in an issue, and arguing acase before judges is quite different fromthe usual law school experience. "Themost exciting part of the competition waswhen it finally all came together," saidChristina Plum, a 3Lwhose team won bestbrief at the Administrative Law Competi-tion this year. "We felt confident, and wewere lawyers arguing before the court."

Plum continued, "One of the most valu-able parts of the competition came afterwe completed our oral arguments. It wasthen that the judges and practitioners gavetheir feedback. It's immediate feedback -something that is rare in law school."

The lessons of moot court are not leftbehind upon graduation, however. Teammembers carry their experiences into realcourt rooms, and say the skills they devel-oped transfer directly into the practice oflaw. Discussing oral advocacy, MaureenBoyle, '94, Assistant District Attorney forWalworth County, Wisconsin said, "It's ahard thing for people to do, actually. Mostpeople think that all lawyers can juststand up and speak eloquently. They

Chicago Bar Moot Court Competition. UW Law Students Lisa Judson and Elizabeth Donley hold the trophy

can't. And that's where Moot Court train-ing is essential."

Boyle continued, "Most of what 1 do isoral argument. Every day I have to thinkon my feet and answer questions from thejudge, other attorneys, and members ofthe jury. Thus for me, Moot Court skillstranslated directly into practice."

Faculty members also recognize thevalue of moot COUlt in enriching the lawschool experience. Prof. Clauss, a formerSolicitor General of the United States, saysthat the skills developed by Moot Courtparticipants are impressive.

Employers who hire moot court mem-bers agree that practice makes perfect.Many law firms interviewing on campusnow request applicants with Moot Courtexperience. "Top 30%, Law Review orMoot Court" is a common sight on the

bulletin board outside the placementoffice today. While many law firms recog-nize Moot Court as an equal to lawreview, some people still consider it arunner-up. Not so says Maureen Boyle."For me it was such a clear choicebetween Moot Court and Law Review.With Moot Court I could sink my teethinto skills which 1 knew I would applylater in my career. For people who wantto litigate, Moot Court is invaluable."

Through research, writing, oral advoca-cy, and coaching the UW Moot CourtBoard helps prepare students to entercourt rooms as competent and polishedadvocates. Recognized by the bench, thebar, and the faculty for its outstandingcontribution to legal education, MootCourt has earned a firm place in the over-all law school experience.

Board President Laura Dunek is bothproud and optimistic. "1 am particularlyproud of the fact that our students gainnationwide exposure through our compe-titions. Not only are they developing legalskills which will directly translate into thepractice of law, but students developthese skills with guidance from judges andlawyers who practice in nearly every fed-eral district in the country. The opportuni-ty and exposure for UW law students isgolden."

Although the law school's current con-struction project is draining funding, witha new appellate court room planned inthe renovated law school, the UW"s MootCourt teams will be pleasing courts wellinto the 21st century.

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Despite a three-day snowstorm that pre-vented one of the expected teams fromarriving, the first Evan A. Evans Moot CourtTournament was a resounding successthanks to the top-notch competitors, presti-gious judges and a challenging constitu-tionallaw problem.

William Boulware and Gerald Fox ofthe University of Wisconsin Law Schoolcaptured the prize for Best Oral Argumentedging out the team from San Joaquin Uni-versity School of Law in the final roundheld at the Wisconsin Supreme CourtChambers. Boulware and Fox also won theaward for the Best Brief.

Ann Whalen of the University of DaytonSchool of Law won Best Oralist and OscarHerasme and Dixon Gahnz of the UW LawSchool won third place in oral arguments.

The UW Law School placed two teamsin the competition, as did the University ofDayton. George Mason University Schoolof Law, John Marshall School of Law andSan Joaquin University School of Law eachsent one team.

The team from Vanderbilt UniversitySchool of Law was unable to reach Madi-son in the cross-country snow storm thatforced the San Joaquin team to spend anunexpected night in Cincinnati and arrivein Madison a day later than planned.

The final round of competition wasjudged by four Wisconsin Supreme CourtJustices: Chief Justice Nathan Heffernan,and Justices Roland day, janine Geske andJon Wilcox. The justices grilled the UWteam of Boulware and Fox along with theircompetitors from San Joaquin, Steve Els-

berg and Mark Pasculli"You could tell that the

justices were prepared forthe competition becausethey knew the prob-lem inside and outand asked us goodquestions duringthe arguments,"said Fox. "Itshowed a highlevel of commit-ment on their part."

The justicesinvited the finalistsinto their chambersafter the round to dis-cuss their arguments andpresentations.

"They were warm,humorous and generous," saidElsberg about the time spent with thejustices. Being able to argue in front of thejustices was the reason why the SanJoaquin team decided to enter the Evanscompetition and Elsberg said that it was anhonor to be a part of the finals.

Boulware said that he learned fromtheir comments, "Their critiques were reallyconstructive without being degrading,"

The justices were not the only judgesinvolved in the competition, however.Judges of the preliminary rounds included:Senior Circuit Judge of the Seventh CircuitCourt of Appeals Thomas Fairchild; Sev-enth Circuit Court of Appeals JudgeRichard Cudahy; Dane County Circuit CourtJudges Jack Aulik, Richard Callaway, MoriaKrueger and George Northrup; U.S, Magis-trate Judge Stephen Crocker; Wisconsin

COUltof Appeals JudgesDaniel Anderson, Daniel La

Rocque and Charles Dyk-man; and MilwaukeeCounty Circuit CourtJudge LaurenceGram, J1'.

Prominent attor-neys from Madisonand Milwaukeealso judged pre-liminary rounds,including WaltZimmerman, nowwith Foley & Lard-

ner in Milwaukee,who conceived the

idea of honoring Evanswith a moot court compe-

tition a few years ago. PatRoggensack of DeWitt Ross &

Stevens, a moot court alumna whohelped set up the tournament also judgedone of the early rounds.

The awards were presented by EvansVice President Maureen Boyle at a banquetfollowing final arguments. Moot Court Pres-ident Lisa Judson said that Boyle's effortsresulted in a great start for the annual tour-nament.

"We were extremely happy with Evans,"Judson said. "We got lots of complimentsfrom all the participants, they thought itwas really well done and well organizedand had an interesting problem. Our goalwas just to get through it in the first yearand work out the kinks next year, but weactually did well. I think we exceeded ourexpectations. "

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It happens every payday. The checks goout to the Law School faculty and Instruc-tor Harry Ruffalo ('67) gets zip.

But Ruffalo is not being slighted. Heteaches a weekly course on a pro bonobasis as a way to meet an old debt.

"If you want to get mushy about this,the Law School provided me with a won-derful career, and this is my way of pay-ing it back," said Ruffalo, managing part-ner of tax for the worldwide operation ofArthur Andersen & Co.

Once a week during the fall semester,Ruffalo leaves his Deerfield, Illinois, homeat about 5:00 am and drives to Madison toteach.

"I get to Madison between 7:00 and7:10 am," he said. "I prepare for class,then teach from 8:50-10:50. I usually getback to the office around 1:15."

Not only does Ruffalo teach for free,he also doesn't ask to be reimbursed forthe 280 miles that he logs each week driv-ing to and from Madison.

"It's totally free," he said.If his compensation-or lack thereof-

is unusual, so is his course. Called TheBusiness of Practicing Law, it focuseson how to manage a law firm.

The course syllabus includes managingfor profitability, practice development,ethical and professional considerations,defining a firm's vision, marketing strate-gy, client segmentation, communications,understanding client psychology, estab-lishing client referrals, networking andengaging new clients.

"A dose of reality is what it is," Ruffalosaid. "The students tell me that this isprobably one of the more practical cours-es they've had."

College courses that concentrate on thebusiness side of law are relatively rare andoften are addressed only in non-creditworkshops or seminars.

The course, which Ruffalo said couldhave been called The Business of Beingin the Professional Services Business isdesigned to be interactive.

"I give them reading the week before,"he said. "Then, I make up some vignettes,hand them out, and get them to tkinkabout it. It's really a discussion on whatthey would do and how they would han-dle it. We talk about the fact that theyhave to be practice developers, they haveto create relationships. We talk about theconcept of how to serve your clients or atleast meet their expectations.

"A typical student's reaction to thecoursework is 'My God, how can one per-son be expected to do all this stuff?" Ruf-falo said.

Ruffalo said his students are hungry forwar stories and as Arthur Anderson's man-ager of tax operations, he has plenty.

"We have 7,000 tax professionals inabout 90 countries. My job is making sureour standards of practice are upheldworldwide."

Because of his global responsibilities,Ruffalo occasionally misses class.

"I'm on an airplane about 60 percentof my life," he said. "That's another factorthat comes into play. Fortunately, my part-ners have substituted for me. It thinkthat's good for the students to get differentperspectives. "

''I'm in the process of packaging thiscourse," he said. "I'm packaaging it as acourse that prepares people to work in aservice environment. This can be a proto-type that could be taught by our people injust about any major law school."

Dean Daniel O. Bernstine, who helpedbring the course into being now ispleased with its benefits.

"Law schools need to help introducestudents to all the various 'real worlds' thatlawyers will practice in. Harry's course is agreat introduction for the majority that willbe engaged in private practice. And, ofcourse, no one minds getting a qualitycourse and instruction for free!"

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"I had no intention of becoming alawyer after I knew how hard myfather worked," said William T,Rieser ('57), son of Robert M, Rieser,who received his law degree fromthe Law School in 1914.

Although the two Riesersbecame lawyers, they went about itin different ways. Robert becameintrigued by the law when he was14 years old and had some time tokill while visiting Baraboo in 1902.He wandered into the courthouseand saw a case argued by two ofWisconsin's most prominent attor-neys-John Olin and Robert LaFol-lette. He then decided he wanted topractice law.

"The interesting thing is that my fatherended up being a partner with John Olin in1923, in the finn Olin & Butler," Riesersaid. The firm was one of the largest andmost prestigious in the state. "It was asmall world for this kid from a farm."

Rieser remembers his father talkingabout his experiences in law school, hisefforts as the only one in his rural Black-hawk area family who was able to get aneducation.

"He used to tell us about law schoolwhen we were young," Rieser said. "It tookhim a long time to get through law schoolbecause he was working at the same time.He also took time off to sell books, travel-ling around the midwest."

Bill Rieser studied geography for awhile, switched to economics, and focusedon business courses in the hopes of

becoming a stock counsellor, It was notuntil Rieser was in the military that hedecided to become a lawyer. He wasdefense counsel in a COUlt martial despitehis lack of legal knowledge-the prosecu-tion and the judge were not lawyers anddid not know anything about the laweither. The proceedings were a mess. "Thejudge kept ruling against me and I wasfrustrated because I thought he waswrong," Rieser said.

He later found a manual for court mar-tials with its highly praised evidence sec-tion, found he was right after all and washooked. "I just became fascinated with it,"Rieser said. He entered law school and wasquite successful, earning Order of the Coifand being selected for the Law Review.

Rieser said that his father did not try toinfluence him in deciding on a career. "Hehad a stand-off attitude when it came to mycareer," Rieser said. "My brother hied law

school and he didn't enjoy it. I thinkmy father decided that pressurewasn't the way to go. He was pleas-antly surprised when I decided tobecome a lawyer, and when I suc-ceeded in law school. There are nat-ural inclinations for things, and I justfound I could do well in the law."

His father's career only affectedhim when he was looking for hisfirst job. "I had trouble finding ajob because everybody assumedthat I would work for my father,even thought I didn't expect to,"Rieser said. Eventually he acceptedthe offer made to him by hisfather's partner at the firm ofRieser, Mathys, McNamera &Stafford in Madison, now Stafford,

Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen."We worked together for five years,"

Rieser said. "He never looked over myshoulder. I was amazed. It was great,though. I could ask him questions at anytime and he was always there to help."

Rieser and his wife Gretchen are alsocontributing to the Law School by settingup a scholarship fund through a charitableremainder trust-the Robert M. and William1. Rieser Fund-for law students who camefrom a rural background or would like tostudy legal issues that affect rural areas.

Rieser said that contributing to theSchool still surprises him. "The interestingthing about my involvement with the LawSchool is that I've always wanted to beinvolved and participate but I neverthought that I'd be doing it in the capacitythat I am," Rieser said. It's just another sur-prise in his career,

This spring a bit of history disap-peared from the Law School. Forthe first time since the 1940's, nei-ther Nellie Davidson nor herdaughter, Ruth Saaf, could befound working in the Law School!

Ruth Saaf, who worked for theLaw School full time since 1958and had run the School's Duplica-tion Service for many years, retiredon March 31st. But, let's let Ruthtell her own story:

As I have had something incommon with the Law School sinceabout age five, I have always con-sidered the School a "home awayfrom home". I remember coming tothe School on Saturday mornings toplay on the Hill while my mother,Mrs. Davidson, worked. It was always funand yet a learning experience as well.While still in high school, I passed the CivilService test so that I could work in the LawLibrary during the summer months,

During the summer of 1958 a full timeposition opened, I learned that I wouldhave to take another test for the new posi-

tion. After passing it, I had to be inter-viewed, This meant going through the Per-sonnel Department. I was interviewed byVerna Baertscby, the Librarian, and byDean Ritchie, The third interviewer shouldhave been my mother but she sent medirectly to the Dean, Dean Ritchie wasstern and business-like. I will never forget

his last question, "How would youaddress Mrs, Davidson, who will beyour supervisor?" I was surprisedand hesitated before saying, "'"'\fIrs,D', just like eve1Jone else, "Hesmiled for the first time and told meI had the job,

Over the years I have worked forseven Deans and four Supervisors,That's enough! Along the way Idecided that I wanted to uore forthe Law School longer than mymother had, I reached that goaland then some,

Retirement looks much better onthe outside looking in, I'll haveplenty of fresh air and be able to seeoutside whenever I want, Travel inWisconsin will be high on my list ofthings to do, The prospect of being

able to pick up and go without askingsomeone for permission to take vacationwill be a new experience,

We all wish Ruth bon voyage andhope to see her somewhere along theroad,

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Marlin M. Voltz ('40, SJD '45), a pro-fessor at the University of Louisville LawSchool, has been elected for inclusion inW'ho's Who in the ~Vorld.Prof. Voltz was amember of our faculty from 1946--1950.

Catherine Cleary

Catherine Cleary ('43), former chairof the Board of First Wisconsin Trust, hasestablished the Michael J. Cleary Scholar-ship Fund at the UW Law School to honorher father, a 1901 Law School graduate.Chief'justice Nathan S. Heffernan

('48), retired from the bench on August 1,1995. Heffernan joined the court in 1963and became Chief Justice in 1983. He washonored by the State Bar of Wisconsinrecently with the Charles Goldberg Distin-guished Service Award.Alvin F. Friedman ('59), has been

appointed Chair of the National Commit-tee of Hadassah Associates. The Commit-tee represents 26,000 men throughout theUnited States, and supports various medi-cal projects at the Hadassah Medical Cen-ter in Jerusalem, Israel.

Richard Krooth ('62) has received the1994 Outstanding Book on Human Rightsaward from tl1e Gustavus Myers Center forthe Study of Human Rights in North Amer-ica. Krooth co-authored Race and the JUlYwith Hiroshi Fukuai and Edgar W. Butler.

Daniel W. Hildebrand ('64), a partner

at the Madison firm DeWitt Ross &Stevens, has been elected to membershipin the American Law Institute.

David ], Hase ('65) has joined the Mil-waukee firm Cook & Franke as a partner.

Walter W. UbI ('67), vice presidentand head of the mutual funds departmentof New York Life Insurance Company,New York, New York, has been promotedto senior vice president. He is also vicepresident of ~1.'LIFESecuities Inc.'s boardof directors, and president and CEO ofThe MainStay Family of Funds.John C. Klotsche ('67) has been nom-

inated Chairman of the Executive Commit-tee of Baker & McKenZie, the world'slargest law firm. Klotsche, a tax practition-er, is currently Senior Partner of the firm'sPalo Alto office.

Wayne E. Babler, Jr. ('67), a partnerat the Milwaukee office of Quarles &Brady, has been elected a Fellow of theAmerican College of Trial Lawyers. Babler,a past president of the Milwaukee BarAssociation and the Wisconsin Bar Foun-dation, is currently in his sixth term in theHouse of Delegates of the American BarAssociation.Jon P. Axelrod ('68), a partner at the

Madison firm of DeWitt Ross & Stevens,has been appointed to a three-year termon the Board of Attorneys Professional

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Responsibility. The appointment wasmade by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.James R. Cole ('69) has joined the

Madison office of Quarles & Brady as apartner. His practice emphasizes intellec-tual property, construction, communica-tions and negligence law.

Lawrence Ljost ('69), a partner in theMilwaukee office of Quarles & Brady, hasbeen included in the latest edition of TheBest Lawyers in America. Jost made the listin the real estate category.

Fran Ulmer

Fran Ulmer (72) has been electedAlaska's first female Lieutenant Governor.Ulmer had previously served as Mayor ofJuneau and four terms in the AlaskaHouse of Representatives.

W. John Pritchard (72) has joinedthe Columbus, Ohio, firm of Proter,Wright, Morris & Arthur as a partner.Prichard will concentrate in business,commercial and finance law. He previous-ly practiced in Milwaukee.

Mark Nordenberg ('73) is the interimChancellor at the University of Pittsburgh.Nordenberg is a member of the faculty atthe University's Law School and had previ-ously served as interim Provost.

Erica Moeser (74), formerly directorof the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners,has been selected as President and Chief

W.John Pritchard

Executive Officer of the National Confer-ence of Bar Examiners. She is also servingas the Chair of the ABA Council of theSection of Legal Education and Admisionsto the Bar, the policy-making arm of thegroup that accredits law schools.Howard B. Tolkan ('75) has joined

the Milwaukee firm of McCarty, Lenz,Doyle & Tolkan: His practice includesdealership law, business and consumerfinance, real estate, employments andgeneral litigation.Robert Cattanach (75), a partner at

the Minneapolis firm of Dorsey & Whit-ney, has co-authored The Handbook ofEnvironmentally Conscious Manufactur-ing. The book shows companies how todesign and market environmentally soundproducts.Ann Walsh Bradley ('76), a Circuit

Court Judge in Wausau, Wisconsin, hasbeen elected to the Wisconsin SupremeCourt. Judge Bradley will take office inAugust and will become the third femalejustice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Barbara K. Polich (76) has beennamed Private Lawyer of the Year by theFederal Bar Association of Utah. Polich isa litigation partner at the Salt Lake Cityfirm of Parsons Behle & Latimer.William K. Fahey ('77) has been re-

elected vice-president of Foster, Swift,Collins & Smith, a Lansing, Michigan, lawfirm.Nancy K. Splain ('77) has been elect-

ed president of the Board of Directors ofthe 200-member Scottsdale Bar Associa-tion. Splain is a solo practitioner in Scotts-

Anne Walsh Bradley

dale, Arizona, where she practices in thearea of estate planning and probate.Pierce A. McNally (78) has been

named chairman of the Board of Directorsof Nicollet Process Engineering, Inc., inMinneapolis. McNally has been a memberof the board for three years.Howard S. Erlanger ('81), Voss-Bas-

com Professor at the UW Law School, hasbeen elected as a national officer of theLaw and Society Association, a major pro-fessional association of scholars interestedin socia-legal studies.Greg D. Richardson ('81) has accept-

ed the position of National Director forPolicy Development of Justice Fellowship,a national criminal justice policy reformorganization based in Washington, DC.Richardson has been with the Fellowshipfor eight years in various capacities inboth the Washington and Chicago offices.Benjamin Waisbren ('82), a partner

at Lord, Bissell & Brook in Chicago, hasbecome managing director of the invest-ment banking department and head of therestructuring group at Salomon Brothers inNew York.Laud D. Moms ('82) has joined the

Madison office of Quarles & Brady whereshe will practice labor and employment,land use and zoning, and estate planning.Thomas M. Pors ('82) has become Of

Counsel to the Seattle firm of Foster Pep-per & Shefelman. Pors practices in the landuse, environmental and litigation areas.John D. Pranzini ('83), a partner in

the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady,has been listed in the latest edition of The

Thomas M. Pors

Best Lawyers in American in the intellectu-al property category.Richard L. Bolton ('84) has joined the

Madison office of Quarles & Brady wherehe will practice intellectual property, con-tracts and discrimination law.Christopher J. jaekels ('86) has

become a partner at Cook & Franke inMilwaukee.

Carl D. Fortner ('86) has become apartner in the Milwaukee office of Foley &Lardner. Fortner concentrates his practicein the area of tax law.Julia A. Oas ('86) has joined the Wash-

ington, DC, office of McCutchen, Doyle,Brown & Enersen. She specializes inadvertising and trade regulation law. Oaswas formerly with the Federal Trade Com-mission.

John D. Pranzini

Mark Butterfield ('86) has beensworn-in as the first tribal judge for theHe-Chunk Nation in Wisconsin.Daniel S. Schneider ('87), a lawyer in

the Criminal Division of Litigation Section,US Department of Justice, has received a1995 Fulbright Award for study in Russia.Noah Paley ('87) has become a part-

ner at Dinse, Erdmann & Clapp inBurlington, Vermont.

Maria K. Myers ('87) has been electeda shareholder at the Milwaukee firm Davis& Kuelthau. Myers practices litigation.Melville W. Washburn ('87) has

become a partner in the Chicago office ofSidley & Austin.

Barbara Tretheway ('88) has becomea principal at the Minneapolis office ofGrav, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett. Shepractices employee benefits and healthlaw.Patricia 1. Quentel ('88), of the

Charleston. South Carolina, firm of Buist,Moore, Smyte & McGee, has been namedto the Roper Cancer Center AdvisoryBoard. She also serves on the AmericanCancer Society's Charleston Project Advi-sory Committee.David ], W. Klauser ('88) has joined

the Madison firm of DeWitt Ross &Stevens. His practice focuses on govern-mental and employment relations.Kenneth Meister ('89) has joined the

Milwaukee office of Foley & Lardnerwhere he will practice corporate securitieslaw.Kenneth 1. Port ('89), a visting assis-

tant professor of law at lIT-Kent Collegeof Law, has received a 1995 FulbrightAward for study in Japan.

Leslyn Erickson ('90) is a seniorinstructor in the legal division of the Fed-eral Law Enforcement Training Center inGlynco, Georgia where she teaches crimi-nal and constitutional law and procedure.Erickson also edits the FLETC's nationallezal newsletter and travels extensivelyb

providing training to Federal Land Man-agement Agencies.

Barbara Tretheway

Michael B. Schaedle ('92) has joinedthe Philadelphia-based firm of Blank,Rome, Comisky & McCauley as an associ-ate in its Financial Services Department.Christopher 1. Rexroat ('93) has

joined Meissner & Tierney in Milwaukee,Wisconsin.Jerold M. Gorski ('94) has joined

Haley Law Office in Middleton, Wiscon-sin, where he will practice business andemployment law and business litigation.Scott H. Richter ('94) has become an

associate with the Washington, DC, firmof Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick. He willpractice in corporate, securities and bank-ing law.Arthur Gollwitzer ('94), Steve E.

Hansen ('94) and Sverre David Roang('94) have joined Jenner & Block in theirChicago office.Jeanette Lytle ('94) has joined the

Madison firm Solheim Billing & Grimmerwhere she will pactice general businesslitigation and employment law.Elizabeth 1. R. Donley ('94) has

joined the Madison office of Quarles &Brady where she will practice generalbusiness and corporate law.Craig Fieschko ('94) has joined

DeWitt Ross & Stevens, in Madison, wherehe will concentrate in intellectual propertylaw.

Philip K. Robinson ('20), Atlanta, Georgia,at the age of 101.

Ralph E. Axley ('25), Denver, Colorado, alongtime Madison attorney.

Charles A. Winding ('31), Elmira,New York.

Floyd Wheeler ('31), Madison, Wisconsin.

Robert P, Pike ('33), San Antonio, Texas,US Army JAGC, Retired.

Max H. Karl ('33), Miami, Flordia, founderof Mortage Guarantee InsuranceCorporation in Milwaukee.

John H. Shiels ('33, SJD '34), Madison,Wisconsin.

Leonard F. Roraff ('33), La Crosse,Wisconsin.

Floyd W. McBurney ('33), Madison,Wisconsin.

Samuel Miller ('36), Washington, DC.

Kenneth M. Orchard ('37), Madison,Wisconsin.

Robert A. Bablitch ('38), Stevens Point,Wisconsin.

Maurice B. Pasch ('38), Madison,Wisconsin.

Edward Weinberg ('41), Washington, DC,former Solictor at the Department of theInterior.

William Bradford Smith ('42), Madison,Wisconsin.

Howard B. Woodside ('48), Stevens Point,Wisconsin.

George Shampo ('49), Bloomfield Hills,Michigan.

Irving S. Bemmann ('49), Waukesha,Wisconsin.

Robert K. Robinson ('52), Columbus,Ohio.

Joseph c. Kucirek ('56), Wausau,Wisconsin.

Forrest Brimmer ('58), Madison,Wisconsin.

Dean Grant ('58), Green Valley, Arizona.

Richard V. Graylow ('69), Madison,Wisconsin.

James A. Schwefel (73), Beaver Dam,Wisconsin.

Professor Allen Redlich, a member of theUW Law Faculty in the late 1960's andearly 1970's, passed away in Albany, NewYork, where he was teaching at AlbanyLaw School. Professor Redlich was a grad-uate of Harvard Law School.

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At 7:00 am it was 85 degrees in my office,which I reached by climbing four flightsof stairs but I am NOT complaining. Nowin my eighth office in a year, it looks likeI can stay here, with a closable door and awindow on Bascom Hill, until construc-tion is complete.

To anyone who was not here the pastyear, the building would be unrecogniz-able now. Of course, B25 and 225 aregone and replaced by the new additionwhich features the Grand Reading Room.Recently I stood on the newly pouredfloor. Grand is the right name for theroom. It is about 65 feet by 140 feet and28 feet to the bottom of the trusses. Onthe north wall, the Bascom Hill end, thewall will be ceiling to floor glass allowingthe most magnificent view on campus. Tothe left, Bascom Hall and the Lincoln stat-ue. Across the Hill, Education (or, as someof you will remember it from the 'olddays', Engineering) and the castle-like Sci-ence Hall (did you know that Frank LloydWright worked as a draftsman on thatbuilding and allegedly signed his name toone of its revolutionary steel roof truss-es?). From the northeast comer of ourroom, windows face almost directly downState Street. Right now you can't see itbecause of the leaves, but from Octoberto April the Capitol will be clearly visible.

The fifth floor of the "new wing" of theLibrary has also changed dramatically. Thecirculation desk has moved to the northend of the room while the remainder ispartitioned into Library staff offices. Stacksand seating from this area will be relocat-ed to the Grand Reading Room. New ele-vators and interior stairways are takingshape in the Library as well.

The only classroom that has not yetcome under the hammer is 136, a smallroom across the hall from what was, andwhat will be, the Career Services Office.Every other room is in some stage ofremodeling. Gaping holes dot the floors inmany places as new HVAC and electricalservice are strung through. A layer of dustcovers everything making dark suits defi-nitely not recommended. Every corridor istom up and somewhat dark since the ceil-ings and the lights have both beenremoved. Strings of temporary "festival

lighting" provide a weak glow throughwhich move a dedicated and casuallydressed group of staff who toil to keepservices going under adverse conditions.

The Library staff receives the first directbenefit of the project. By late August theywill be occupying the new offices on thefifth and sixth levels, albeit without air-conditioning. Duplication moves to itsnew home about November 1, allowingreconstruction of their temporary area forthe new Career Services Office, completewith seven interview rooms. After Christ-mas, most administrative staff will moveinto new space on the north side of thebuilding to allow reconstruction of theirspace. Remodeling of the Library belowthe fifth floor will continue throughout therest of the construction schedule, hopeful-ly concluding next July.

As the steel work comes to a close, aswalls and windows begin to close in thestructure so that work can continue insidethroughout next winter, we are beginningto see the clear advantages of goingthrough all this disruption. I have greatcompassion for the third-year studentswho had to endure the noise and dust lastSeptember. They experienced the prob-lems without even a glimpse of whatwould rise, Phoenix-like, from the rubble.

Mystery Picture

I hope many of them, and many of therest of you, will be able to come backnext fall when we have our Rededicationor anytime after construction is finished tosee what we have all done. From the stu-dents, faculty and staff who have enduredthe problems to the senior alumni whonever set foot in the last building but nev-ertheless contributed the funds necessaryto create the next building, we will allhave had a part in re-establishing the tra-dition of excellence in the University ofWisconsin Law School.

The mystery picture from Vol. 24, No.4,taken in the courtroom (Room 150)brought just one letter. Kenneth Fall ('90),of Madison, wrote that it must have beenduring his second or third year, placingthe probable date at 1988-1990. He recog-nized classmates Kathryn Struck, JanetHerzog, Gene Kirschbaum and ElliotLevine, and noted that, considering Elliot'shairline, it must have been closer to 1990.

For this issue, let's go back to GeorgeYoung's deanship (1958-68). I am reason-ably sure that this is the Alumni Associa-tion's Board of Directors and Board of Vis-itors, perhaps in the Wisconsin Center fora Spring Program meeting. Can you recog-nize any of this distinguished group?

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