University of Denver Sturm College of Law 2009 - 2010 New & Visiting Faculty DU LAW NEW & VISITING FACULTY I am pleased to introduce our newest faculty members and visiting faculty at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law As you will see, they are highly accomplished as scholars, teachers and practitioners We are thrilled that they have joined us Interim Dean Martin J Katz New Chair Appointment: Eli Wald New Faculty: Rebecca Aviel, Raja Raghunath, Christopher Jung Visiting Faculty: Kristina Campbell, Michael Chang, Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Christine Klein, Ryan Vacca, Dan Abraham, Rosemary Dillon, Veronica Rossman, Jeremy Weintraub Clinical Fellows: Brittany Glidden, Kevin Lynch 2009 - 2010 ACADEMIC YEAR NEW CHAIR APPOINTMENT Associate Professor Eli Wald The Charles W Delaney Jr Professor of Law Eli Wald is a leading legal ethics and legal profession scholar His work has examined topics such as conflict of interests and attorney disqualification, increased lawyer mobility, attorneyclient communications, lawyers’ fiduciary duties to clients and the regulation of the corporate bar Professor Wald’s ongoing research into the causes and manifestations of prejudice at large law firms, as well as means of overcoming discrimination, has gained national attention Recent work has been published by the Stanford, University of Colorado and Fordham law reviews and by peer reviewed journals such as Legal Ethics and the Journal of Legal Education Professor Wald joined the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2002 He graduated from the Tel-Aviv University School of Law in Israel in 1997, where he was a law review editor and a visiting fellow at the Max Plunk Institutes in Hamburg and Heidelberg, Germany Prof Wald went on to earn masters and doctorate degrees at Harvard Law School, where he was a John Olin Fellow in Law and Economics, a fellow at the Center for Ethics and the Professions, and a Clark Byse Fellow Prior to joining DU Law, he was a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York City Prof Wald, in addition to being a CLE instructor, legal ethics expert commentator for LexisNexis, and expert witness, is also a member of the Colorado Supreme Court Standing Committee on the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct and a member of the Colorado Bar Association’s Ethics Committee He is the 2009-2010 Hughes-Ruud Research Professor at the Sturm College of Law, a year-long appointment dedicated to law and society research The Charles W Delaney Jr Professor of Law was established in 1971 with a gift from Mrs Elda Delaney, honoring her son, Charles Delaney, JD’35, who was killed during World War II Thompson G Marsh held the Delaney Jr Chair from 1971 until his retirement in 1987 when he was succeeded by William M Beaney David (Jake) W Barnes, currently the Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School, held the chair between 1993 and 2001 and was followed by Julie Nice, who was the Delaney Jr Professor from 2002 to 2009, until she joined the University of San Francisco Law School as the Herbst Foundation Professor of Law DU LAW NEW & VISITING FACULTY New Faculty Assistant Professor Rebecca Aviel BA, Yale College JD, Harvard Law School Rebecca teaches and writes in the fields of legal ethics and family law, focusing on the needs, rights, and interests of children Her most recent piece argues that social workers should be immune from suit for their decisions to initiate child protection proceedings, and she is currently seeking to articulate a theory of adult obligation toward juvenile offenders Assistant Professor Raja Raghunath BA, Duke University JD, University of Michigan Law School Raja was the Civil Rights Clinical Fellow of the Student Law Office from 2007 to 2009 He had previously practiced as both a commercial litigator and a labor and employment lawyer representing unions and individual workers He has written in the areas of labor law and constitutional law Christopher Jung, Lecturer BA, State University of New York, Potsdam JD, Albany Law School of Union University LLM, The George Washington University Chris is the new Assistant Director of the Legal Internship Program He comes to the University of Denver after twenty years of service as a Navy JAG Visiting Faculty Kristina Campbell, Visiting Lecturer BA, Saint Mary’s College JD, University of Notre Dame Law School Kristina was most recently a Staff Attorney with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in Los Angeles, Calif., where she engaged in impact litigation Her teaching and research interests focus on the intersection of immigration, employment, and constitutional law, with an emphasis on the rights of noncitizens 2009 - 2010 ACADEMIC YEAR Visiting Faculty Michael Chang, Visiting Lecturer BA, Vassar College MA, New School for Social Research PhD, University of California, Berkeley JD, University of California, Los Angeles Michael was most recently a civil rights attorney at the U.S Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and an Assistant Inspector General at the Office of the Executive Inspector General of the State of Illinois Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Visiting Lecturer AB, Harvard & Radcliffe Colleges JD, Harvard Law School Jamila joins the University of Denver from New Orleans, where she worked as a public defender while maintaining a private legal practice dedicated to the needs of small and minority businesses Her scholarship centers on the collateral consequences of incarceration, with particular emphasis on the socio-economic barriers faced by those with ex-offender status Christine Klein, Visiting Professor BA, Middlebury College JD, University of Colorado LLM, Columbia University School of Law Christine has taught Environmental Law, Land Use Law, Natural Resources Law, Property, Water Law and Wetlands Law During her early years of legal practice, she worked as legal counsel for Colorado’s instream flow program She has continued to write on the topic of water law and stream protection, and her work has been cited in support of the legality of instream flows by the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Montana This is the second time that she has been a visiting professor at DU Law Veronica Rossman, Visiting Lecturer BA, Columbia University JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law Veronica comes to law teaching after a decade working in private practice and for state and federal courts At UC Hastings College of the Law, she was Editor-in-Chief of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly After graduation, she served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Denver, and, most recently, was a staff attorney for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, focusing on civil rights and constitutional law DU LAW NEW & VISITING FACULTY Ryan Vacca, Visiting Lecturer BA, Amherst College JD, University of Missouri School of Law LLM, New York University School of Law Ryan specializes in intellectual property (patents, trademarks, and copyrights) He focuses on the intersection of these areas, emerging technologies, and efficiencies Ryan previously taught at the University of Oregon School of Law and practiced law in St Louis, where he represented entertainers and businesses in protecting their intellectual property rights Visiting Lawyering Process Faculty Dan Abraham, Visiting Lawyering Process Professor BA, University of Florida JD, New York Law School Dan was a Senior Court Attorney for the New York Supreme Court, where he advised judges on complex commercial actions filed in the Commercial Division Dan was also an adjunct professor of Legal Writing and Written and Oral Advocacy at New York University School of Law Rosemary Dillon, Visiting Lawyering Process Professor BA, Providence College MSJ, Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism JD, University of New Mexico School of Law Rosemary joins DU’s Lawyering Process Program as a visitor, on leave from Texas Tech University School of Law, where she is an associate legal practice professor Rosemary also has taught as a visitor at her alma mater, the University of New Mexico School of Law Jeremy Weintraub, Visiting Lawyering Process Professor BA, Yale University JD, New York University Prior to teaching, Jeremy practiced commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and criminal defense in New York Most recently, he was counsel at Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP In addition, Jeremy served as a mediator for New York’s Supreme Court and as an arbitrator for New York’s Civil Court 2009 - 2010 ACADEMIC YEAR Clinical Fellows Brittany Glidden, Lecturer BA, Stanford University JD, New York University School of Law Brittany previously worked at the Prison Law Office, a non-profit that represented California prisoners in individual and class action cases regarding the conditions of confinement in state facilities In addition, she was an adjunct professor at Golden Gate University Law School, teaching Legal Research and Writing Kevin Lynch, Lecturer BA, Rice University JD, New York University School of Law Kevin joins the Environmental Law Clinic after working in the Climate & Air program for the Environmental Defense Fund’s regional office in Boulder, Colorado Kevin has worked on a variety of clean air, climate, and energy issues at the state and federal level, including both litigation and regulatory practice University of Denver Sturm College of Law 2009 - 2010 New & Visiting Faculty