Henry C. Strickland III Dean & Ethel P. Malugen Professor of Law

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Tuesday March 3: • Kickball sponsored by Sidebar- George Ward

Park at 6:00 p.m. 331 16th Avenue South

Wednesday March 4: • Breakfast- Breezeway starting at 8:30 a.m.

Sponsored by Women in Law• Lunch- Brewer Plaza from 11:00 a.m.-1:15

p.m. -Off the Hook Food Truck (bring payment)• Cake and Snacks- Law Library from 2:00

p.m.-3:30 p.m.- in honor of the Lucille Stewart Beeson Law Library’s 20th Anniversary

• Cumberland Idol sponsored by P.A.D., Themis, and Barbri - Sidebar Café at 8:00 p.m. 2929 7th Ave S.

Thursday March 5: • Rascal Day- Angel Patio at 11:00 a.m.• Lunch- Angel Patio starting around 11:00 a.m.

(Hot dogs and sides) Steel City Pops will be selling Popsicles

• Rascal’s Night Out sponsored by Cumberland Republicans- Avondale Brewery at 7:00 p.m. 201 41st Street S. There will be games, a band, and Red Mountain Crawfish Co. Food Truck

Friday March 6: • Fifth Annual Cumberland Classic Golf

Tournament 8:00 a.m. Shotgun start, RTJ Oxmoor Valley

• Barrister’s Ball- Old Car Heaven 8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. 3501 1st Ave. S. Food and beverages will be provided. Formal Attire

SBA will be selling tickets and t-shirts:• Tuesday (SBA Office): 10-4• Wednesday (SBA Office): 10-4• Thursday (at Rascal Day festivities): 11-3

Events may be affected by weather. Updates will be provided via email.

Week of March 2, 2015

LAW WEEK AJTA VOL.39 EDITORS FACULTY NOTES THIS WEEK’S EVENTS CUMBERLAND CALENDAR WEEKLY PHOTO

On Thursday, March 5 at 11:00 a.m., the Law School will honor the memory of

Rascal, the only recipient of the Doctor of Canine Jurisprudence degree, at the annual Rascal Memorial Procession. Students, faculty, and friends of the Law

School (along with their dogs) will proceed behind a New Orleans-style jazz band from the foot of Samford’s Centennial Walk to the Angel Patio on the east side of Robinson Hall.

After a moving eulogy delivered by Judge John Carroll mourners and pets will enjoy a hotdog lunch served by Cumberland faculty. As always, judges will be awarding prizes in several categories, including the Best Dressed Dog, the Best Trick, the Dog Most Resembling Its Owner, the Smallest and Largest Dog, and the Dog That Most Represents the Spirit of Rascal. According to Cumberland tradition, Rascal was a mongrel pup who faithfully attended classes at the law school’s former home in Lebanon, Tennessee, beginning in 1933, and in 1937 he was presented the rare degree of Doctor of Canine Jurisprudence. Rascal passed away in 1940 and was buried with much ceremony beneath the window where he attended classes. When Cumberland moved to Birmingham in 1961, Rascal’s tombstone and a few spadefuls of dirt were brought to the Samford Campus, and again interred at Blackacre, on the west side of Robinson Hall. Make sure you and your dog come out for a great afternoon of live music, free food and prizes in this fun-filled tradition honoring Rascal, Cumberland’s own CJD.

Dogs Invited to Rascal DayLaw Week 2015 is Underway!

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• Helen Ball• Irene Blomenkamp• Judge Quentin Brown• Margaret Casey• William Caughran• Stewart Civils• Cedric Coleman• David Cowan• Joseph Dice• Kesa J. Dunn• Mike Ermert• Joseph A. Fawal• John M. Fraley• Lisa Hale• Gregory Hawley• Clair Holland• Chris Hood• Seth T. Hunter• Thomas R. Kinder • Nathan Mays• Terry McCarthy• Blake Milner• Bentley Patrick• Tae Phillips

• Mark D. Pratt• Sonny Resha• Tom Rue• Rita H. Scott• Steve Sexton• Allison Skinner• Angeline Sperling• Christie Strange• Ted Strong• Judge N. Mike Suttle• Stella K. Tipton• Brian Turner• Genevieve Turner• Kim West• Jamie Wilson

Special thank you to all the student volunteers of the Trial Advocacy Board.• Krista Cowley, Student Director of

the ABA Representation in Mediation Regional

• Caroline Pruitt, Chief Judge and Asst. Student Director of the ABA Representation in Mediation Regional

• Chris Mauck, Judge Recruitment• Hope Beaton• Mary Margaret Bielby• Baxter Bishop• Clayton Cain• Courtney Brown Dubberly• Nate Guin• Collin Hatcher• Amanda Herren• Marianne Hunter• Chip Manush• Adam McKinney• Lindsay Mims• Matthew Neely• Alice Nix• Priyanka Patel• Richard Sarrell• Kyle Scholl• Richard Tsao• Ashley Waldrop• Dhvanil Zaveri

Cumberland School of Law’s Trial Advocacy Board hosted the ABA Representation in Mediation Regional Competition on February 28 and March 1, 2015. Twelve teams

competed in our region representing Chicago-Kent College of Law, Cumberland School of Law, Faulkner University Jones School of Law, Mississippi College School of Law, Tulane University Law School, and University of Houston Law Center.

Chicago-Kent team members Jennie Balkas and Kevin Doran were the winning team and will represent our region at the national finals in April. They are pictured with the final round judges Stella Tipton, John Fraley, and Thomas Kinder.

Cumberland’s Trial Advocacy Board Thanks Volunteers

We would like to thank all our volunteer judges. Without their participation this competition would not have been possible:

The Volume 38 Editorial Board of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy is proud to announce selection of the editors who will lead the Journal in 2015-2016.

Volume 39 Editorial Board Editor in Chief Ashley L. Crank Executive Editor Jacob J. Key Research & Writing Editors Collin D. Hatcher Mark A. Kilgore Matthew P. Neely Symposium & Articles Editor Amanda H. Herren Articles Editor Asher L. Kitchings Student Materials Editor Elise K. McFall

Editors Announced for American Journal of Trial Advocacy

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• Chris Mauck, Judge Recruitment• Hope Beaton• Mary Margaret Bielby• Baxter Bishop• Clayton Cain• Courtney Brown Dubberly• Nate Guin• Collin Hatcher• Amanda Herren• Marianne Hunter• Chip Manush• Adam McKinney• Lindsay Mims• Matthew Neely• Alice Nix• Priyanka Patel• Richard Sarrell• Kyle Scholl• Richard Tsao• Ashley Waldrop• Dhvanil Zaveri

Faculty Notes

Professor Wendy Greene will speak at a Faculty Colloquium Tuesday, March 10 at 3:15 p.m. in the Bishop Conference Room. The topic of Greene’s presentation is: Hair Equality: Afro-descendant Women in the Americas and Their Struggles Against Hair Discrimination. Please RSVP to Laurie Zimmer by noon on Monday, March 9.

Professor Woodrow Hartzog’s research was recently featured on the website Tue/Night in the article “Hiding in Plain Sight: Why Obscurity Matters More Than Privacy” On Monday February 23, Hartzog moderated a panel on “The Emerging Policy and Ethics of Human-Robot Interaction” as part of a workshop he helped organize at the HRI 2015 conference in Portland, Oregon.

Faculty are invited to a Faculty Exchange event this Friday, March 6.

Mike Rich, a professor at Elon University’s law school, will be visiting Cumberland on Friday and presenting his paper, “Machine Learning, Automated Suspicion Algorithms, and the Fourth Amendment.” Rich’s paper is currently in draft form, so comments are encouraged and appreciated.

The event will begin at noon and lunch will be served. RSVP to Laurie Zimmer.

Faculty Exchange Friday

AJTA Privacy and Data Symposium a Success

Speakers at the event were:• Brian Levine, senior counsel, national CHIP

coordinator at U.S. Department of Justice (Washington D.C.)

• Sarah Hutchins, attorney, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP (Charlotte NC)

• Marc Jenkins, associate general counsel and executive vice president-knowledge strategy at Cicayda, LLC (Nashville Tenn.)

• Dera Nevin, director of ediscovery services at Proskauer Rose (New York, NY)

• James Silkenat, immediate past president, American Bar Association, and partner at Sullivan and Worcester, LLP (New York, NY)

• Carrie Goldbery, attorney, CA Goldbery, PLLC (Brooklyn, NY)

• Drew Simshaw, information security law and policy analyst at Indiana University (Indianapolis, Ind.)

The American Journal of Trial Advocacy held a successful symposium, “Practicing Law in the Age of Surveillance and Hackers: An Exploration of Privacy and Data Security” on Friday, February 27.

Symposium speakers, Cumberland’s Professor Hartzog (back right) who moderated the event, and the Symposium Editor of the Journal, Amanda Kisor. (third from left) celebrate a successful Symposium

Applications for Spirit of Service Award are now available online. Please electronically submit applications by Tuesday April 21.

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Law Library Celebrates Twentieth Anniversary

The Brock School of Business is hosting Michael Crook to give a presentation on Wednesday March 4, from

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in the Brock Forum. Crook is the head of portfolio and planning research with UBS Financial Services. Both Brock Business students and Cumberland Law students are invited to attend the presentation. There will also be time for a brief Q&A session with Crook following his presentation.

This Week’s Events

Lexis Professional Skills Certification training will be offered throughout the day on Wednesday, March 4 in

the Lexis Lab. Sessions will be held from 8:15-8:45 a.m., 10:30-11:30 a.m., 12:30-1:00 p.m., and 1:30-2:00 p.m. This session covers advanced techniques that are often used in practice, so it is a great overview for researching in summer jobs or after graduation. Students will earn 400 points for attending the session and another 400 points for passing the certification quiz. RSVP online.

A group of students (50 percent of whom are in Law School) have founded Samford University’s

Campus Veterans Association. Advised by Judge Carroll, the CVA seeks to grow a network of student veterans, dependents, and those interested in the military. As a campus-wide University organization, the CVA has been recognized for a preliminary semester. Currently the CVA has 18 members and is gaining more every week.

In addition to building a network of students, the CVA is also addressing veterans issues on campus, state and national levels. Furthermore, the group is in communication with the Office of House Representative’s Martha Roby, a Cumberland alumna, who is helping conquer those issues. If you’re interested in learning more, please email Lieutenant Jordan Thompson at jthomps5@samford.edu.

Campus Veterans Association Founded by Students

Brock School of Business Hosts Intellectual Property Presentation

Lexis Training Offered Wednesday

The Career Development Office invites students to attend: Utilizing Your Law Degree for Public Service, featuring Stephen Black, president and founder of Impact Alabama. The event will be held

on Monday, March 9 at 1:00 pm in the Great Room. Lunch will be served to registered participants. Register online.

Plan AheadCareer Development Hosts: Utilizing Your Law Degree for Public Service

Miss Monday’s Freshman Follies? Catch them online! Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Congratulations to Section 1 and Will Thompson for taking home Top Honors

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The Cumberland Society of the Arts is calling for submissions to start a Literary/Law Creative Review. The

Society is accepting works of short fiction, poems, nonfiction essays, creative articles about law or related topics, literature reviews/criticisms, plays, screenplays, musical compositions or reviews of albums and fashion industry related articles for Volume 1. The group is also seeking artists and photographers to design or submit a photo that will be featured on the cover of the review. All submissions are due by midnight on March 15 and can be e-mailed directly to Brittany Harris. Please include your name, what year law student you are, and where you are originally from before coming to law school. Attach files as a .doc or .docx.

Submissions Requested for Literary/Law Creative Review

Plan Ahead

Reunion Details

Students and faculty are invited to attend alumni receptions and luncheons. For students, these are good networking events for those with aspirations to work in a specific location. To confirm your attendance and for full details,

please contact Anne Marovich, director of alumni relations, at amarovic@samford.edu.

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND APRIL 10-11, 2015

Students May Attend Office of Alumni Relations Events

• Thu.,March19@6p.m.Washington, D.C., Cumberland/Brock/Samford Business Network Alumni Reception at PricewatershouseCoopers (1730 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington D.C.)

• Fri.-Sat.,April10-11-ReunionWeekendFri., April 10, all alumni reunion reception at the historic Tutwiler Details and Registration

Sat., April 11, Open House 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. • Tue.,April21@11:30a.m.-1p.m.

Montgomery Area Alumni Luncheon Honoring Judge Joel Dubina ‘ 73 , hosted by Beasley Allen, at Alley Station (130 Commerce Street, Montgomery, AL 36104)

• Thu.,April23@5:30-7p.m.Alumni Reception, Roswell, Ga., McCalla Raymer law firm

Apply to be a Caruthers Fellow

Applications to be a Judge Abraham Caruthers Fel-low for the 2015-16 academic year are now being

accepted. The deadline for application is March 13. Fellows have responsibility along with the L.L.R. fac-ulty in teaching research skills and citation. Successful applicants must be second or third year law students at Cumberland School of Law who have either a 3.0 cumulative gradepoint average or are in the top 35% of their class. Interested students should submit a resume and short application letter to Prof. Stoddard. The let-ter of application should include a statement of the reasons for the applicant’s interest in participating as a Caruthers Fellow.

Submit Applications by Fri., March 13

• Alabama Appleseed Center For Law & Justice • Alabama Poverty Project/ Alabama Possible

Annual Public Interest Career Fair Next Week

The Career Development Office is hosting the Annual Public Interest Career Fair on Tuesday,

March 10 from 10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the Great Room. Students will be able to meet with various public interest organizations from around Alabama. The organizations are here to answer questions and promote their summer internship opportunities to students. The following organizations will be at the event. Additional public interest groups will be announced soon.

• Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program • Baker Donelson Pro Bono Fellowship / Help Project • Birmingham Aids Outreach• Birmingham Volunteer Lawyer Program• Family Court Of Jefferson County• Legal Services Of Alabama• Legal Aid Society Of Birmingham• Southern Environmental Law Center• Young Women’s Christian Association• Gasp• Greater Birmingham Ministries• Alabama Department Of Labor

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This Week’s Events

Mon.-Fri., March 2–6 Law Week•See page 1 for event details

Wed., March 4 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Intellectual Property Presentation, Michael Crook, head of portfolio and planning research at UBS; Brock Forum, School of Business

Wed., March 4 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Law Library 20th Anniversary Celebration, Friendship Room

Fri., March 6 Faculty Exchange, BCR

Cumberland’s CalendarPlan Your Spring 2015 Semester Check each week’s newsletter for updates and additions!

Donotseeyoureventlisted? The first step is to confirm your room reservation with Mrs. Kathy Walton in the Dean’s Office.The second step is to send your event details to Mrs. Laura Taylor.

Thu., March 19 Office of Alumni Relations Washington, D.C. Cumberland/Brock/Samford Business Network Alumni Reception

Thu., March. 26 @ 9-11 a.m.Student ServicesAlabama Lawyer’s Assistance Program Director AvailableRobert Thornhill, Room 124

Thu., March 26 @ 11 a.m. Joint Degree Informational Meeting, Room 120, Anyone interested in participating in a joint degree program should make plans to attend Fri., March 27 Cumberland Law Review “Bullying and The Internet: The New Face of School Safety and Civil Liability” Symposium Free & Open to Public

Tue., March 31 Fall Registration Starts

Mon., March 9, from 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.Lunch with a LawyerStephen Black, Founder of Impact Alabama, Great Room

Tue., March 10Summer Public Interest Fellowship Application Available

Tue., March 10, from 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m.Public Interest Career Fair, Great Room

Tue., March 10, 3:15 p.m.Faculty Colloquium, Professor Wendy Greene, BCR

Thu., March 12Called to the Bar - Registration & Planning

Fri., March 13Caruthers Fellows Application Deadline

Sun., March 15Cumberland Society of the ArtsSubmission Deadline bharris@samford.edu

Mon.-Fri., March 16–20 Spring Break

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Tue., April 21 Spirit of Service Applications Due More information

Thu., April 23 @ 5:30 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. Office of Alumni RelationsAlumni Reception, Roswell, GA Tue., April 28 Classes End

Wed., April 29 Study Day

Thu., April 30Exams Start

MAY Wed., May 13 Exams End

Fri., May 15 Commencement

Tue., May 26 Summer Classes Begin

JUNEThu., June 18Office of Alumni RelationsAlumni Reception, Asheville, N.C.

Wed., June 24Office of Alumni RelationsAlumni Reception, Tampa, Fla.

Thu., June 25Office of Alumni RelationsAlumni Reception, Boca Raton, Fla.

Cumberland’s Calendar continued

APRILWed., April 1 Summer School Registration Begins Online

Thu., April 2 @ 1:30 p.m. Called-to-the-Bar: “Life as a Corporate Lawyer,” Lee Thuston, Moot Courtroom

Fri., April 3 Fall Registration Ends

Mon., April 6 Easter Holiday/Closed

Tue., April 7Summer Public Interest Fellowship Application Due Mandatory Meeting: Great Room @ 4:30 p.m.

Thu., April 9Cordell Hull Speakers Forum

Fri., April 10Spring Advisory Board Meeting

Fri. & Sat., April 10–11• Office of Alumni Relations

Reunion Weekend More Details• Office of Law Admission

Admitted Student Weekend

Thu., April 16 @ 11 a.m. Trial Journal & Law Review 1L Luncheon, Great Room

Tue., April 21 @ 11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. Office of Alumni RelationsAlumni Luncheon, honoring Judge Joel Dubina ‘73, Montgomery

JULYThu., July 16Office of Alumni RelationsAlumni Reception, Point Clear, Ala.During the Alabama State Bar Meeting

Fri., July 31 - Sat. Aug. 1Office of Alumni RelationsAnnual Military Law Symposium Sponsored by the Alabama State Bar Military Law

FALL 2015Thu.-Fri., Aug 6-7 ADLA Trial Academy

Mon. - Fri. Aug.10-14 First Year Orientation

Mon. Aug. 17Classes Begin

Wed. Nov. 4Supreme Court Oral Arguments, Wright Center

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Energy Forum Fri., April 17 @ 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Moot Courtroom

Photo of the Week

Samford’s Events• Samford University’s Public Events• Sporting Events• Performing Arts Calendar

Samford Arts Free for Samford Students, Faculty and Staff

Eisenhower Dance Motown in MotionTue., March 3 @ 8 p.m.Wright CenterMummenschanzFri., March 6 @ 8 p.m.Wright Center

Regina Carter and Southern ComfortMon., March 23 @ 7:30 p.m.Wright Center

The Skin of Our TeethMarch 26-28 @ 7:30 p.m.Wright Center

H.T. Chen & DancersSun., April 19 @ 3 p.m.Wright Center

Annie Moses BandThu., April 23 @ 7:30 p.m.Wright Center

Click on event titles for more information

The Lucille Stewart Beeson Law Library first opened its doors twenty years ago in 1995. A 20th anniversary celebration will be held on Wednesday, March 4 from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

in the Beeson Law Library — Friendship Room

Law Library Celebrates Twentieth Anniversary

The architect’s rendering of the Lucille Stewart Beeson Law Library closely matches the finished construction.

Construction on the Law Library was completed in 1995. Prior to construction, the Great Room served as the Law School’s library.

The interior space of the Law Library was much larger than the former space.