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Fall 2005

  DEAN SCHIZER PRESENTS DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD AT AALS   
More than 100 Grads and Friends Celebrated at Alumni Reception
  
  ACLU FILES FIRST-EVER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMPLAINT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES   
Caroline Bettinger- López '03 worked on the ACLU's petition on behalf of domestic violence victims
  
  DENISE BACKHOUSE '98 WINS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRO BONO WORK   
Sanctuary for Families award honors attorneys for pro bono work on behalf of domestic violence victims
  
  SHAVAR JEFFRIES '99 IS CHANGING KIDS' LIVES IN NEWARK   
Newark native leaves six-figure salary behind for job at Newark Boys & Girls Club
  
  EVA L. JEROME '94 NAMED PARTNER AT BRYAN CAVE LLP   
Eva L. Jerome has been named partner at the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP effective January 1, 2006. She joined the firm in 2002 and currently practices in the New York City office.
  
  ANTIQUITIES TRADE IS SUBJECT OF ESSAY BY HARVEY KURZWEIL '69   
Who owns the Elgin marbles, removed from the Parthenon 200 years ago? The long-running debate and other matters surrounding ownership of antiquities is covered in a series of essays in Who Owns the Past?: Cultural Policy, Cultural Property, and the Law (Rutgers University Press, 2005).
  
  IRA MILLSTEIN '49 EARNS SPOT IN 2006 WHO'S WHO LEGAL USA - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE   
Ira Millstein '49, Professor John C. Coffee and Professor Harvey J. Goldschmid have been selected for inclusion in Who's Who Legal USA - Corporate Governance 2006, an upcoming guide to legal experts on corporate governance.
  
  PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2005 PUBLIC INTEREST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD   
Columbia Law Alumna receives Award for outstanding public service
  
  IN THE NEWS: KATHY SURACE-SMITH '84 and BRAD SMITH '84   
Husband and wife may be country's only 'two-GC' family
  
  WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP ANNOUNCES HIRING OF TWO COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI IN DALLAS OFFICE   
Krishna Veeraraghavan earned his J.D. at Columbia Law School, with honors, in 2002, where he was a member of the Columbia Business Law Review. He also earned an A.B. at Princeton University, magna cum laude. Lesley Morisset earned her J.D. at Columbia Law School in 2000, where she was the articles editor of the Columbia Business Law Review. She also earned a B.A. and B.B.A. at The University of Texas at Austin.