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LOYOLA LAW
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW 2020
Creating
Connections
for New Americans
Nubia Willman (JD ’10) serves
Chicago’s communities
Loyola’s Business
Law Clinic prepares
students for practice
On the Border:
How students assist
immigrants
LOYOL A L AW
2020 ISSUE
CONTENTS
Editor-in-Chief
Kristi Turnbaugh
MESSAGE
Graphic Design
Taylor Bruce Design Partnership Chicago
FROM THE DEAN 8
Contributors Creating
Writers: Scott Alessi, Carla Beecher,
Megan Kirby, Hannah Lorenz,
I hope you and yours are staying safe and well during Connections for
this challenging time. Over the past few months,
Gail Mansfield, Liz Miller
the School of Law rapidly put in place new learning
New Americans
Proofreader: Evan Eckerstrom In her mayor-appointed role,
formats and resources in response to the COVID-19
Photographers: Natalie Battaglia, Nubia Willman (JD ’10) serves
Mark Beane, Charles Cherney, Lukas
pandemic. You’ll find stories about these efforts
Chicago’s immigrants.
Keapproth, Mike Kelly, Mamta Popat, throughout this issue.
Charlie Westerman This summer, the University made the wise
Cover Photo decision to place almost all fall classes online, rightly
Natalie Battaglia prioritizing the health, safety, and well-being of all
members of our community. Our school’s strong
tradition of online education is serving us well,
allowing us to train our professors in best practices for
School of Law Administration
remote learning. We’re also providing extra help for
Michael Kaufman, Dean
student connectivity and learning space issues, and
James Faught (JD ’76), Associate Dean we’re continuing to serve clients through our clinics.
for Administration
With creative approaches, we continue to deliver
Zelda Harris, Associate Dean
an extraordinary legal education that emphasizes
for Academic Affairs
knowledge in the service of others.
Nora Kantwill (BA ’84, MBA ’87), Associate
Based on input from students, alumni, faculty,
Dean for Advancement Faught’s Business On the
administrators, and staff, we’ve also revised the
Matthew Sag, Associate Dean First 40 with a Heart Border
for Faculty Research and Development School of Law’s mission statement to make clear
our calling to help dismantle the structures that James Faught (JD ’76) At Loyola’s Business Law Loyola law students
Ann Talbot, Senior Assistant Dean celebrates quadruple Clinic, students sharpen assist immigrants
for Enrollment Strategy generate and sustain racism and all forms of
decades at Loyola. their skills while serving being held in Arizona
Maya Crim, Assistant Dean oppression. You can read the new mission statement community clients. detention centers.
for JD Admission and Scholarships at LUC.edu/law/about/mission. 12
Lindsay Dunbar, Assistant Dean This fall, we’re delighted to welcome three 14 20
for Graduate and Online Education extraordinary new faculty members: Carmen G.
Maureen Kieffer (JD ’02), Assistant Dean Gonzalez, Dean Strang, and Charlotte Tschider. Learn
for Career Services about their impressive careers on page 7. Challenging a Student Lessons in
Giselle Santibanez-Bania (JD ’99), Assistant As always, we’re grateful for the ongoing Changing System Spotlight Lawyering
Dean for Student Services engagement of our alumni and friends. Many of you Tess Feldman (JD ’12) First-generation law At the ACLU of Minnesota,
Dora Jacks, Registrar have extended a hand in this difficult employment helps clients whose very student B. Alvarez aims David McKinney (JD ’11)
Patricia Scott, Director of the Law Library environment by contributing to a student hardship lives are endangered in to be a community- fights to defend constitu-
fund or placing students in internships and other their home countries. minded lawyer in tional liberties for all.
everything she does.
professional opportunities (see page 34). Thank you so 25 28
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Dean and Professor of Law LEGAL BRIEFS 2 ALUMNI UPDATE 35
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LEGAL BRIEFS
Loyola announces
Career Services developed micro- initiatives to address
racial injustice
CORONAVIRUS CORONAVIRUS
internships and apprenticeships
to help graduating students find
meaningful work opportunities.
Many alumni also responded to AS A JESUIT INSTITUTION, Loyola
the school’s requests to connect University Chicago has long been
with students and graduates committed to the cause of social justice.
seeking internships and jobs. This summer, after the killing of George
(For more information on these Floyd and in the wake of increasing calls
initiatives and how you can support for ending systemic racism and racial
them, see “Gifts” on page 34.) violence across the globe, the University
In early July, with the pandemic and the School of Law recommitted
showing no signs of slowing down, themselves to help uproot persistent
the University announced that racism and dismantle systemic racial
most fall classes and activities will injustice. Among the organized efforts
be delivered online. In-person are three new collegewide initiatives to
courses will be limited to those address racism and racial injustice:
Student Peter McCool, MD, is an emergency physician. Alumnus Jim Argionis helps his firm’s clients
absolutely requiring face-to- navigate pandemic challenges.
face, on-campus activity, such as 1 The newly established Anti-Racism
portions of clinics and externships Initiative will identify the steps
that may require in-person client Students and alumni serve others that Loyola must take to move toward
becoming a fully inclusive, anti-racist
during coronavirus crisis
interaction. The University will
continue to follow evidence-based institution, including implementing
safety requirements set by health anti-racist pedagogies in all classes.
OVER THE SPRING AND SUMMER, School of (BA ’92, JD ’95), a commercial litigator These action steps will build upon the
The Corboy Law Center will look much different this academic year. Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, most professionals to protect the health
fall classes at Loyola will be online. and well-being of all members of Law students stepped up to help others with law firm Cozen O’Connor, volunteers thoughtful work being done by Assistant
the community. amidst the COVID-19 crisis, often working on the firm’s coronavirus task force, Dean Josie Gough in the law school’s
face to face with clients and others in providing advice and support to clients Office for Inclusion, Diversity, and
With flexibility and creativity: School
Even though the fall semester
will unfold unlike any other in need. Shannon Glover is an overnight care dealing with coronavirus-related disruptions Equity and by administrators, faculty,
Loyola’s history, Kaufman says staffer at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, in their businesses. Emily Coffey (JD students, and alumni who have been
of Law responds to COVID-19 the School of Law remains a residential treatment facility for young ’14), housing justice staff attorney at the directing the Professional Identity
committed to providing the best people in Chicago. Her responsibilities Shriver Center on Poverty Law, works Formation class.
include helping youth manage anxiety, for legal and policy changes to provide
I
possible educational environment
for all students. reduce exposure, and improve hygiene. comprehensive relief and protections for An initiative devoted to increasing
N MID-MARCH, when canceled, the law school burden for those most in need. 2
“We can continue to provide Peter McCool, MD, is an emergency individuals and families who are even more faculty diversity and improving the
the COVID-19 pandemic creatively reconfigured many The school also established physician at the Carle Richland Memorial vulnerable now. She also is focused on and
forced the University to an excellent legal education by climate among faculty of color at Loyola.
of them. Summer school a bridge program, which Hospital in Olney and Crawford Memorial advancing long-overdue systemic change
close its campuses and move continued in an online format, provides a comprehensive array remote means this fall,” he says.
“The student evaluations for Hospital in Robinson, both in downstate that ensures health care, paid sick time, An initiative focused on developing
the remainder of spring classes and a virtual commencement of educational, financial, and 3
our spring online classes were Illinois. “There has never been a situation access to secure housing, and support for a transformative University
online, the School of Law ceremony was pushed to August. professional resources designed this dire in my lifetime, where doing my affected communities. Niya Kelly (BA ’07,
extraordinarily high, our summer institute dedicated to uprooting racism,
acted quickly. Within nine (At press time, an on-campus to address employment scarcity job well is this important,” he says. Maggie MA ’10, JD ’13), director of state legislative
online classes and enrollment dismantling systemic racial subjugation,
days, the law school had shifted commencement for 2020 grads and the economic turbulence Pfeiffer worked as a registered nurse in the policy, equity, and transformation at the
were very strong, and our and promoting racial justice, healing,
nearly all of its 200 classes to is slated for spring 2021.) brought on by COVID-19. These COVID intensive care unit at Amita Health Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, is
dedicated law school faculty has and reconciliation. This institute will
an online format, ensuring that To assist students and new include additional fellowship Saint Mary’s Medical Center. “I had five working on behalf of one of the most
become even better trained to draw upon the transformative work
students could continue their graduates, the School of Law opportunities within the law years of nursing experience before coming vulnerable populations during a pandemic:
deliver online education using best being done by faculty, students, staff,
educations from safe, remote created an emergency relief school’s clinics and centers. to law school, including ICU experience, but people experiencing homelessness. She
practices in course delivery and administrators, and alumni through law
locations. “I was extremely proud fund to lessen the financial In addition, the Office of nursing during the pandemic has been very advocates for funding for quarantine
online learning. The School of school programs, centers, clinics, and
of the effort shown by every different,” she says. housing, permanent housing solutions, and
Law is prepared for another research and policy achievements. ■
person to ensure continuity and
minimal disruption,” says Dean
“The School of Law is prepared for another successful academic year as a Alumni also redoubled their efforts to additional funding for the statewide
Michael J. Kaufman. successful academic year as a warm, supportive, warm, supportive, adaptable, and help during the pandemic. Jim Argionis homelessness prevention program. ■ The School of Law has a new mission statement.
Read it at LUC.edu/law/about/mission.
Although on-campus events for adaptable, and engaged community grounded in engaged community grounded in Are you helping others by doing work specifically related to the coronavirus pandemic?
the spring and summer had to be our Jesuit mission and values.” our Jesuit mission and values.” ■ Please let us know! Email us at LawAlumni@LUC.edu.
2 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW LOYOLA LAW 2020 3
LEGAL BRIEFS
WISE WORDS PROGRAM BOOST
Retired
Veterans Practicum awarded
foundation funds
THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
CHICAGO VETERANS PRACTICUM
recently got a boost, thanks to
gifts totaling $95,000 from the MILESTONES
Illinois Equal Justice Foundation,
Longtime faculty
the Illinois Bar Foundation,
and the Robert R. McCormick
Foundation. The practicum, a
THOMAS HANEY
member of the Illinois Armed
members retire
Forces Legal Aid Network, Joined the School of
Pamela Howard shows off her School of Law graduation ball cap. Law in 1975
provides pro bono legal services
Congrats, class of 2020 and extensive case management
to honorably discharged veterans
and their family members. Emily Vaughan (JD ’14)
THE CLASS OF 2020 experienced an unprecedented Directed by Emily Vaughan (JD This summer, three faculty members retired after decades of
final semester. The Office of Alumni Relations asked
School of Law alumni to provide a few words of
’14), the practicum also provides the three foundations will allow distinguished and dedicated service to the School of Law
holistic services designed to the practicum to continually
encouragement and congratulations to graduates. address the roots of problems provide increased services as well
veterans may face. Support from as expand the program. ■
“Think back to why you decided to become a lawyer.
You are now in a position to advocate for clients and
Professor THOMAS HANEY, from 1984 to 2005. In 2010, Associate Dean LAWRENCE
create positive and long-lasting changes.”
the Judge Hubert Louis Will he published a book about the SINGER joined the law school
–The Honorable Young Kim (JD ’91)
Professor of Law, joined the history of the law school, First in 1992. Before coming to
“Your inability to control the current situation may be School of Law in 1975 with rich 100 Years: The Centennial History Loyola, Singer was a partner in
making you crazy, but your ability to overcome the experience in a wide variety of of Loyola University Chicago the health law department of
crazy is what is going to set you apart.” ACCOLADES firms and practice areas. For School of Law. McDermott, Will & Emery and JANE LOCKE
–Sarah Levee Nau (JD ’07) the past 45 years, he has taught national practice head of the Joined the School of
contracts to first-year students Professor JANE LOCKE joined firm’s Catholic health care Law in 1980
“Loyola’s deans, faculty, and students will remain your U.S. News & World Report once again has ranked Loyola University
Chicago among the top law schools in the country in several specialty as well as elective courses in the School of Law in 1980. practice. He is a nationally
closest friends and be with you through the ups and
areas. (Rankings are for 2021 and were published in March 2020.) comparative law, international Before coming to Loyola, she recognized expert on legal and
downs of life and the law.”
03
human rights, and international was in private practice with a strategic issues surrounding the
–Lisa Madigan (JD ’94), former Illinois attorney general
law and practice. In 1982, with large Chicago firm in the areas organization of health care
12
“Life contains so many twists and turns. Keep great No. Professor Anne-Marie Rhodes, of taxation and banking. For institutions. He taught classes in
friends, find a great therapist, and subscribe to a he co-founded the School of 40 years at the School of Law, the area of corporate and regu-
great podcast.” No. Law’s Summer Abroad Program Locke taught in the areas of torts, latory health law, and he served
–Niya Kelly (JD ’13) at Loyola’s John Felice Rome advanced torts, conflict of laws, Loyola as the associate dean
TRIAL ADVOCACY
Campus. The Rome program consumer law, family law, inter- of online learning. Since 2003,
“Be flexible and realize there is less satisfaction in GRADUATE PROGRAM
has become one of the nation’s national and comparative family Singer has served as the director
following the herd than in striking out on your own!
most distinguished international law, and products liability. For of the Beazley Institute for
Be daring!”
programs and opened the door decades, she served as the facul- Health Law and Policy. Under
14
–Brad Johnson (JD ’02)
to many other international ty advisor to Loyola’s Consumer his leadership, the institute is
“May your work inspire. May your work contribute to a experiences for law students. Law Review. Since 1985, she has ranked third in the country in the
better society. May you indeed be a person for others, Haney served under Dean Nina served as a professor/reporter for field of health law (U.S. News & LAWRENCE SINGER
in the spirit of the Loyola law school community.” No. Appel as the associate dean of numerous programs of the Illinois World Report). ■ Joined the School of
–Mary Meg McCarthy (JD ’89) HEALTH CARE LAW GRADUATE PROGRAM PART-TIME JD PROGRAM the School of Law for 21 years, Judicial Conference. Law in 1992
4 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW LOYOLA LAW 2020 5
LEGAL BRIEFS
Welcome
AWARDS BEGINNINGS
Here are the top
Students take top
awards taken home
Loyola welcomes
new professors
by the School of Law:
honors at competitions
LOYOLA’S STRONG ADVOCACY TRADITION results in regional, national, and international 2019 Chicago Bar Association Moot
wins in moot court, mock trial, dispute resolution, and transactional competitions. During Court Competition
the 2019–20 academic year, 125 students participated on 28 teams and in 33 competitions. Best Oralist The School of Law welcomes three new professors this fall: Carmen G.
A number of competitions were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 International Trademark Association Gonzalez, Dean Strang, and Charlotte Tschider
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Best Oral Argument CARMEN G. GONZALEZ
CARMEN G. GONZALEZ is a co-founding a criminal defense (University of Wisconsin Press,
world-renowned expert in interna- firm; serving as assistant U.S. 2019) and Worse than the Devil: Expert in international
2020 National Black Law Students environmental law, human
tional environmental law, human attorney in the Eastern District Anarchists, Clarence Darrow, rights and the environment,
Association Constance Baker Motley
Mock Trial Competition
rights and the environment, of Wisconsin; and working as a and Justice in a Time of Terror environmental justice, and
National Champions environmental justice, and food litigation associate in a civil law (University of Wisconsin Press, food security
security. She has taught at presti- firm. Strang was lead counsel or 2013). He has written more than
2019 National Board of Trial Advocacy gious academic institutions around co-counsel in two United States 20 academic articles and essays.
Tournament of Champions the globe and participated in envi- Supreme Court cases and has Strang is a distinguished professor
National Champions ronmental law capacity-building argued in five federal circuits. in residence.
Best Final Round Advocate projects in Asia, Latin America, He is an outspoken opponent of
and the former Soviet Union. systemic injustice and advocates CHARLOTTE TSCHIDER is an
2019 National Health Law Moot Gonzalez is co-editor of ways to pursue both justice and expert in information privacy,
Court Competition
the critically acclaimed books safety. In 2017, he co-founded the cybersecurity law, and artificial
Best Oralist Overall
Best Preliminary Round Oralist Presumed Incompetent: The Center for Integrity in Forensic intelligence, with a focus on the
Intersections of Race and Class Sciences, a nonprofit focused on global health care industry. In
2019–20 National Moot Court Competition for Women in Academia (Utah strengthening forensic sciences as addition to her many academic
Regional Champions State University Press, 2012) and a way to improve the reliability of articles, she is the author of DEAN STRANG
Presumed Incompetent II: Race, criminal prosecutions. International Cybersecurity and Expert in criminal justice
1 2020 National Moot Court Competition Class, Power, and Resistance of Prior to coming to Loyola, Privacy Law in Practice (Wolters and advocate for reforming
in Child Welfare and Adoption Law Women in Academia (Utah State Strang was a visiting professor Kluwer, 2018) and has appeared in the criminal justice system
Best Brief University Press, 2020). Recent at the University of San Francisco a variety of news outlets including
publications include International School of Law and a visiting NPR’s All Things Considered, USA
2020 Philip C. Jessup International Law
Environmental Law and the Global fellow at the School of Law Today, and Forbes.
Moot Court Competition
Regional Best Memorial South (Cambridge University at the University of Limerick. Prior to her time in academia,
Press, 2015) and Energy Justice: He also was an adjunct Tschider served in upper
2020 Texas Young Lawyers Association U.S. and International Perspectives professor at the law schools of management and consultative
National Trial Competition (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018). the University of Virginia, the roles in information technology,
Regional Champions Named a Morris I. Leibman University of Wisconsin, and cybersecurity, privacy, and
Professor of Law at Loyola, she is Marquette University. legal compliance for Target
2019 Thomas Tang National Moot teaching Torts and International In 2006 and 2007, Strang Corporation, Carlson Wagonlit
Court Competition Environmental Law. represented Steven Avery, a Travel, and Medtronic
Best Brief
Wisconsin man accused of Corporation. Today she advises
2 3 Regional Champions
Regional Best Oralist
DEAN STRANG is a globally murder—a case that received a number of government entities
CHARLOTTE TSCHIDER
Regional Best Brief recognized criminal defense worldwide attention after the 2015 and professional associations on
1. Brian Baloun, Miya Saint-Louis, Madeline Beck, and Joseph Tennial: national champions of the 2019 Expert in information
National Board of Trial Advocacy Tournament of Champions. 2. Y’Noka Bass, Kerease Epps, Arielle lawyer with more than 30 years of release of Netflix’s documentary legal matters related to privacy,
privacy, cybersecurity law,
McPherson, and Barbara Meneses: national champions of the 2020 National Black Law Students Association 2019 William W. Daniel National Invitational experience. Strang’s professional series Making a Murderer. cybersecurity, and artificial and artificial intelligence,
Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition. 3. Francisca Wolfenson, Shelby Kost, and Prathyusha Mock Trial Competition experience includes five years as Strang has authored two books, intelligence. She is an assistant with a focus on the global
Matam: regional champions of the 2019–20 National Moot Court Competition. National Champions Wisconsin’s first federal defender; Keep the Wretches in Order professor in the School of Law. ■ health care industry
6 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW LOYOLA LAW 2020 7
“I love what I’m
doing now to help
new Americans
access programs,
get the support they
need, and become
more civically
CREATING
engaged.”
– NUBIA WILLMAN
CONNECTIONS
FOR NEW AMERICANS
Nubia Willman (JD ’10) represents vulnerable communities in her
mayor-appointed role serving Chicago immigrants
BY CARLA BEECHER
WHEN CHICAGO MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT violence, human trafficking, and
appointed Nubia Willman (JD ’10) direc- employment discrimination. Today,
tor of the city’s Office of New Americans Willman helps set immigration policies
in May 2019, she hired someone uniquely and works with city partners—including
qualified for the job. community organizations, academic
Willman, the first lawyer to hold institutions, and the private sector—to
the position, has spent her career strengthen economic development,
representing and empowering some increase civic engagement, and protect
of the city’s most vulnerable residents: the well-being of the city’s more than
people affected by poverty, domestic 560,000 immigrants and refugees.
8 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW LOYOLA LAW 2020 9
CREATING CONNECTIONS
FOR NEW AMERICANS
20.7%
IMMIGRANTS’ SHARE OF
Notes on
Nubia
CHICAGO’S POPULATION, 2016
BORN IN MONTERREY, MEXICO,
Nubia Willman at age 4 moved
22.4%
to Indiana with her mother and
eventually settled in Indianapolis.
After earning a degree in sociol-
ogy with a focus on criminology
FOREIGN-BORN HOUSEHOLDS in 2007, she attended Loyola
HELD 22.4% OF ALL SPENDING University Chicago School of
POWER IN CHICAGO, MORE Law as a first-generation law
THAN THEIR 20.7% SHARE OF
2 student. She interned at Latinos
CHICAGO’S POPULATION
Progresando in Little Village, pro-
viding legal assistance to domestic
violence survivors, and in the Law
$659.2 M Office of the Cook County Public
Defender. She also completed an
externship at Legal Aid Chicago
AMOUNT GENERATED
IN BUSINESS INCOME (then the LAF), providing free
FOR CHICAGO BY 39,130 legal assistance in noncriminal
IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS cases to people living in poverty
in the metropolitan area.
Source: New Americans in Chicago, “It really opened my eyes to
New American Economy the importance of free legal aid,”
1 3 4 she says. “My clients mostly were
survivors of domestic violence
1. In her role, Willman helps immigrant entrepreneurs navigate policies related to owning a business. In Chicago, immigrants are 67.4 percent more likely to be who were fighting for child
entrepreneurs than their U.S.-born counterparts. 2. At a press conference with U.S. Representative Chuy Garcia and other community leaders, Willman speaks out against
custody and immigration rights.
the federal administration’s announcement that it was sending border patrol agents to Chicago. 3. Willman and volunteers promote participation in the 2020 Census at a
women’s march. 4. Willman speaks at an event in Little Village to reveal a mural sponsored by AARP. Source: New Americans in Chicago, New American Economy I saw how attorneys gave them
a sense of security and how
representing them in court made
all the difference in whether they
“Essentially, if there is a new policy, childhood arrivals (DACA), access to remote to coordinate a response to the latest DACA designation as a sanctuary city, Willman’s communities know that they do not have to were able to keep their children,
ordinance, program, or initiative that should learning, and school enrollment. On one decision from the Supreme Court. office helped draft Chicago’s Accountability forgo necessary health care for fear it might safely leave abusive situations, or
be created by the city to help immigrants, day she may meet with community leaders The coronavirus pandemic in many ways on Communication and Transparency (ACT) affect their residency status,” she says. “The stay in the country.”
my job is to research the framework and at a neighborhood chamber of commerce exacerbates difficulties facing immigrants, ordinance, which prevents police and fire issues are complex.” After graduating in 2010,
logistics, and meet with community partners to discuss solutions to challenges affecting especially those who own small businesses. departments, public schools and colleges, and Willman sees her role as instrumental in Willman spent nine years at Legal
to ensure there is support and that it is the best immigrant and refugee communities; on For example, undocumented workers other city agencies from sharing information improving the lives of all Chicagoans “by Aid Chicago, first as a senior
solution,” Willman says. “Then, I draft a brief another day, she may connect with national and business owners cannot file for with Immigration and Customs Enforcement connecting them on a deeper level to their attorney representing clients
with an action plan for the mayor to review.” partners on other major issues, such as how unemployment or apply for other federal officials seeking to deport immigrants or communities, building stronger relationships facing employment discrimination
As head of the Office of New Americans—a government benefits—“even though they are conduct raids. within neighborhoods, and removing barriers or suffering from domestic abuse
one-person office—the Mexico-born Willman and have been an important part of the city’s Willman also cited recent changes to to government and city agency services and or sexual assault. She spent her
also acts as a clearinghouse for issues “If there is a new…initiative economic wheel,” Willman says. “So I press the federal “public charge” rule affecting assistance,” she says. last year as a supervising attorney
surrounding language barriers, food access, that should be created by the city my colleagues who create plans for relief and immigrants by restricting their visas or “I love what I’m doing now to help new for immigration and asylum,
housing assistance, immigrant rights, business to help immigrants, my job is to… access to review those plans through the lens denying them U.S. entry because of a Americans access programs, get the support human trafficking, criminal
ownership, health care, legal assistance for ensure there is support and that it is of immigration,” she says. disability or insufficient funds. “I work with they need, and become more civically victimization, and employment
immigrants granted deferred action for the best solution.” In addition, in keeping with Chicago’s my city partners to let immigrant and refugee engaged,” she says. “Information is power.” ■ discrimination cases. ■
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Faught’s
imagined working here until I Learning in London FAUGHT FACTS
did—and at first, my classmates
were chuckling about the fact that One of Faught’s premier • Before attending law school,
I was hired. I’d had a very positive accomplishments is establish- James Faught played on the
First 40
experience as a student, and all of ment of the popular London University of Notre Dame tennis
team and traveled throughout
a sudden these great teachers were Comparative Advocacy Program, Europe on a professional team.
my colleagues. Then-dean Bud which was offered for the He twice gave tennis lessons to
Murdock pulled me aside and told 32nd time in January. “It all legendary actor Charlton Heston.
me, ‘Jim, I want you to call them started on a whim,” says Faught,
by their first names. Stop calling explaining that his law school • A lifelong music lover, Faught
grew up in Detroit, a.k.a.
them “Professor.”’ classmate Lorna Propes (JD ’75)
Motown. At London’s Heathrow
The law school was smaller had the original idea for a Airport in 1971, he noticed the
Beloved law school administrator James Faught (JD ’76) then, and administrators wore London program. Four Tops’ Levi Stubbs 25 feet
celebrates quadruple decades at Loyola more hats. Faught, who served as Faught sometimes acted as a away. Stubbs waved and walked
dean of students for many years, courier for DHL, accompanying over, thinking that Faught was
musician Glen Campbell.
BY GAIL MANSFIELD quickly established a reputation as important documents as they
an outstanding listener who gets traveled overseas, and he • Faught served as a roadie
to know students personally and promised then-dean Appel he’d for the Buckinghams, a Chicago
IN 1987, FRESHLY RETURNED TO CHICAGO from a ceremony at is deeply invested in their success. combine a courier trip with an pop band that charted five
the Supreme Court of the United States inducting Loyola into the Appel notes that one of the impromptu tour of London courts Top 40 hits in 1967. Faught
American Inns of Court, School of Law administrator James Faught met guitarist Carl Giammarese
greatest testaments to Faught’s and legal institutions. when they were neighbors
(JD ’76) got a panicked call from a student. effectiveness is the respect stu- From strong friendships he in Evanston.
“It was the time of year when we clean out lockers, and Loyola dents show for his judgment. formed with London legal figures
had emptied hers and thrown away her passport and airline tickets,” “I’ve seen him wrestle with early on, the program has become
Faught recalls. “She was beside herself.” difficult decisions and have a fixture of the law school’s
Eager to help, Faught rushed to the University’s central dumpster, watched in some awe as students winter break. “Our colleagues
only to learn its contents had just been taken to the city dump. He accepted those decisions, favor- in London really indulge our
went home, got gloves, boots, and a rake, and rushed to the dump, able or not, often thanking him students, giving them access to James Faught served as dean of students for many years and established a reputation as an outstanding listener who is deeply invested in students’ success.
eventually finding the student’s precious documents among the for his wise counsel,” she says. things they’d never see otherwise:
flotsam. “In four days in Washington and Chicago, I went from the Over four decades, many of the visits to the Middle Temple Inn of
sublime to the ridiculous,” Faught remembers, laughing. issues facing law students have Court and Old Bailey to observe
shifted, and Faught is constantly the courts at work, and meetings with substance abuse, addiction, “The commission was a mandatory ethics training for all part of a supportive, loving Loyola
This no-job-too-odd attitude is and attention to students ensure modifying his communication with barristers, judges, and court and mental health issues. The revolutionary development in state employees,” he says. family,” says Madigan. “He’s much
emblematic of Faught’s approach that Loyola law students learn to approach to accommodate an administrators,” Faught says. LAP also protects clients from Illinois,” Faught explains. “We more than an administrator.
impaired judges and lawyers developed a comprehensive code Jim is a true friend who is always
to his work. Competent and love the law.” evolving learning environment. “They also get to delve into some
and educates the Illinois legal of ethics and used it to investigate
Staying connected available to answer a question,
caring, humble and humorous, “I’ve known Jim for over 40 “Our profession is changing. of London’s incredible history
Faught—now associate dean for and culture. It’s a wonderful community about addiction and and determine the consequences The number of students Faught give advice, or share a story.”
years, first as a student, and The expense of law school is
administration—is profoundly experience every year.” mental health. of various ethical violations that has known grows year by year— “He’s been an inspirational model
then as a beloved colleague,” much greater, career paths aren’t
admired by the students and “The program’s dedication to were reported.” but he’s a master at staying for generations of our students and
says Dean Emerita Nina Appel. as clear as they were 10 or 15
alums he’s served and the faculty “For me, he embodies all that we years ago, and students are people’s health and recovery has Although his term was set connected and keeping alums alumni,” adds Appel. “I’m proud to
who have worked alongside him.
Service to the always been inspiring,” Faught to expire in 2009, Faught was close to their alma mater, so the be his friend and to add my thanks
hope our graduates will become. under much more pressure,” he
In 2019, he celebrated his 40th He’s truly ‘a person for others.’ says. “Today, students used to profession says. “The LAP saves lives, asked to stay on—and ended Faught fan club only increases as to those of so many others.”
anniversary on the law school In addition to his intelligence, being at the top of their classes families, and careers, so it feels up spending 14 years on the time passes. Faught, always uncomfortable
As busy as his Loyola work keeps like holy work.” commission. “During that time, with praise, demurs by noting
administration team. integrity, and compassion, Jim has sometimes have a hard time “Jim works to keep people
him, Faught has always made time In 2004, Faught was appointed we’ve been able to institute a lot that he’s surrounded by other
“In so many ways, Jim is the an unshakable understanding of adjusting to being surrounded engaged with Loyola, and lets
to contribute to the profession by then-Illinois comptroller of positive changes, including administrators and faculty who
heart and soul of Loyola’s law justice and fairness.” by other very high achievers. It’s students and alums know they’re
through volunteer service. Daniel Hynes (JD ’93) to serve are also devoted to humanizing
school,” says Lisa Madigan (JD said that nobody has a bad day
Since the late 1980s, he’s served on the new Illinois Executive the law school experience.
’94), former Illinois attorney on Facebook or Instagram, and
general and current litigation From student to staff that can make it easy for students
on the board of the Illinois Ethics Commission established “It’s been really easy to do what
Lawyers’ Assistance Program, a
partner in the Chicago office
A 1976 graduate of the School
to think everyone else is doing
nonprofit organization that assists
in the wake of several corruption
scandals involving state employees
“In so many ways, Jim is the heart and I do,” he says, “when it’s part of
of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. “His better than they are.” the Loyola culture.” ■
enthusiasm for legal education
of Law, Faught says he “never lawyers, judges, and law students and elected officials. soul of Loyola’s law school.”
12 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW LOYOLA LAW 2020 13
Business
with a
Heart
At Loyola’s Business Law Clinic, students sharpen
transactional skills while serving clients who are
reshaping their communities
BY GAIL MANSFIELD
NATRINA KENNEDY ONCE DREAMED of becoming a neonatolo-
gist. During her early college years, she took a job at a medical
office that treated primarily affluent women.
“I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, and
I realized that my family and friends did not have access to
quality care or resources like the women I came across every
day in my work,” she recalls. “I quickly learned there were
other ways to help improve health outcomes in my community
beyond being a physician.”
The School of Law’s Business Law Kennedy started the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), a
Clinic assists social change- and 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to decreasing
health-focused clients, including the health disparities while empowering women through education
Women’s Health Initiative, Youth and supportive services. She is one of 120-plus clients per year
Development Center of America, and
who receive high-quality pro bono legal services from students
Project Decibel. It serves more than 120
clients per year and has a waiting list. participating in Loyola’s Business Law Clinic (BLC).
14 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW LOYOLA LAW 2020 15
BUSINESS WITH A HEART
Practical skills,
real-life clients
notes Lee. “Our student clinicians
work on their transactional skill
organizational and financial
document drafting, and zoning
concerned about the lack of
accessible and engaging education Professors help
A transactional law clinic that
sets, reflect on their own career
goals, become comfortable
and license applications.
In keeping with Loyola’s
about hearing protection, she
jumped into the breach. students build
maintains a long waiting list of
clients, the BLC gives students
meeting with clients, and learn
about the financial and other
mission of serving society’s most
vulnerable populations, the BLC
Her for-profit business, Project
Decibel, helps other audiologists
client skills
the chance to develop essential constraints often faced by people has always specialized in assisting teach people in high-noise jobs
trying to effect change in their social change- and health-focused not covered by U.S. Occupational “THROUGHOUT MY WHOLE
lawyering skills in an interactive,
communities,” she says. clients. Among the Chicago- Safety and Health Administration CAREER, I’ve wanted to help people
live-client environment.
create health, wealth, and happiness
“We’re empowering law The BLC includes both a area organizations that seek regulations—like music industry
in their communities,” says Professor
students to advocate on behalf seminar—sometimes featuring BLC assistance, many are taking professionals, bar staff, and Patricia H. Lee, co-director of the
of their clients,” says Professor Loyola law alumni as guest creative approaches to addressing airline industry employees—to Business Law Clinic and executive
Patricia H. Lee, who joined speakers—and a client service specific challenges they see in protect their hearing. Project director of the Business Law Center.
Loyola’s faculty last fall and component. Under the guidance their communities. Decibel creates and disseminates Lee, who is also Loyola’s Randy
serves as co-director of the BLC of supervising attorneys, each educational materials and hearing L. and Melvin R. Berlin Professor of
student usually handles between protection equipment with the Business Law, joined the School of
and executive director of the
Business Law Center. eight and 12 clients, at least one Saving hearing, one support of partners such as the Law in fall 2019 from Saint Louis
University (SLU) School of Law, where
While it helps clients who of whom is a new client. pair of ears at a time National Academy of Recording she served as director of the SLU Law
might not otherwise afford Student clinicians handle Arts and Sciences’ MusiCares Legal Clinics and faculty supervisor of
Audiologist Jenna Paley calls
legal counsel, the BLC also has entity formation and Foundation and the music rights the Entrepreneurship and Community
herself a blue-sky thinker and
multiple benefits for students, registration, tax exemptions, organization BMI. Development Clinic and the Business
innovator, so when she became Law and Innovation Clinic. She also
labor and employment matters, Students at the BLC helped
Paley reincorporate her business served for 10 years as in-house cor-
porate counsel and staff director at
and, with the pro bono co-counsel
McDonald’s Corporation.
of alum Justin Gingerich (JD In addition to Lee, BLC supervising
’15) of Chicago firm Howard &
1999
faculty members include Mary Hanisch
Howard, drafted a website privacy and Joe Stone. Hanisch, Lee’s co-direc-
policy for Project Decibel. tor, has a background as an attorney
Dual JD/MBA student Joe and paralegal in private practice, holds
YEAR THE BUSINESS Oliver brought his business an LLM in business law from Loyola,
and teaches in that program and the
LAW CLINIC expertise to helping Paley’s
WAS FOUNDED Master of Jurisprudence in Business
thriving business grow. Oliver Law program.
advised Paley on a unique project: Stone, who has a background in
collecting ear measurements private practice, founded the clinic
from a wide range of people to in 1999 in response to what he saw
120+ help companies that manufacture as a lack of preparation for serving
earbuds and similar products to startups, coupled with a growing need
improve their fit and design. for pro bono legal services for entre-
preneurial clients. Since his retirement,
NUMBER OF CLIENTS “We measure what’s called Stone has stayed on as a part-time
PER YEAR WHO ear geometry—the physical consultant to provide additional
RECEIVE HIGH- dimensions of the external supervision to students.
QUALITY PRO BONO
LEGAL SERVICES
parts of the ear—in people Lee says she and the other super-
THROUGH THE from all over the world” who Through her business
vising faculty enjoy watching students
BUSINESS LAW CLINIC vary in age, gender, and ethnicity, find their footing with clients as the
Project Decibel,
Paley says. Because manufacturers semester goes on. “They grow,” she
audiologist Jenna
says, “and it’s delightful to watch them
until recently have relied on Paley collects ear
progress. The BLC offers a rich experi-
measuring on-staff volunteers, measurements to help
companies improve ential education that’s unique to each
8 to 12
she says, most existing data the fit and design of student: one will become a specialist
are demographically limited. earbuds and hearing in a particular kind of contract; anoth-
“To collect this data, I have to protection equipment. er will learn about a specific area of
NUMBER OF CLIENTS physically see and touch each industry. The experience is driven
THAT EACH STUDENT person; it can’t be done remotely.” partly by students’ own goals.” ■
CLINICIAN HANDLES Business Law Clinic co-director Patricia Lee (center) joined the School of Law in 2019.
16 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW LOYOLA LAW 2020 17BUSINESS WITH A HEART
you do a lot of the same tasks
over and over, no two clients are
exactly the same. It instilled in me
how much time it takes to get to
know someone and their issues.”
Morris says he felt the students’
investment in helping him
succeed. “My antenna’s always
up when I talk to people: ‘Is this 1 2
person really excited about what
I’m doing?’ You don’t have to
motivate BLC students,” he says.
“They’re already interested in Students grow
what you’re trying to achieve.”
as they go
Taking aim at EVEN STUDENTS WHO HOPE for
health inequities careers in litigation, like Kate Jungers,
find the transactional skill practice
Natrina Kennedy, who founded 3 4 they get at the Business Law Clinic
the Women’s Health Initiative helpful for their career preparation.
1. Natrina Kennedy, founder of the Women’s Health Initiative. 2. Youth “If you don’t know how a contract
(WHI), earned a Loyola bachelor’s and teens learn about health issues through the Women’s Health Initiative. is structured, for example, how can
Through his not-for-
degree and is now a student 3. Student clinician Cameron Woolley. 4. Student clinician Joe Oliver. you litigate it?” asks Jungers, who
profit organization Youth in Loyola’s Master of Public counted the Youth Development
Development Center of Health program. The WHI’s Center of America among her clients.
America, Anthony Morris newest program, the Color of support through connection to culture and community,” “The clinic has been really helpful in
provides mentoring to kids CARE, is built on her capstone Kennedy says. putting the pieces together.”
and adolescents within Kennedy has worked with four BLC clinicians, who have Joe Oliver says his confidence
master’s project. CARE, which
structured settings like expanded exponentially over his
basketball nights. Thanks to stands for Culture, Active Self- performed tasks ranging from developing her website’s privacy
time with the clinic. “Picking up
the Business Law Clinic, he care, Resilience, and Education, policy and terms of service to filing required forms with the
the phone to call Jenna [Paley of
says, “I’ve gotten advice that is a five-year initiative that Internal Revenue Service to drafting vendor contracts for a Project Decibel] was my first time
would have otherwise cost addresses chronic and toxic fundraiser. “Each student had different strengths and brought ever reaching out to a client,” he
me thousands of dollars.” something unique and valuable to the table,” she says, “and I
stress, depression, and poor recalls. “I was nervous—clients
mental health outcomes among think they learned from me, too.” have real-life obligations and
African-American women aged Cameron Woolley, a 3L clinician this past spring, worked aspirations, and you’re jumping in
with businesses at all stages of development. “I worked with as a student. Knowing what I know
15 to 45 living on the South Side
now, I’d be much more relaxed on
of Chicago. one from the conceptual stage all the way through formation
Because the BLC helped Paley entrepreneurship into creating volunteer events, and Saturday stayed to ensure that his for-profit that call today.”
“The Color of CARE’s goal and creation of a management structure,” he says. “Natrina’s Chris Dempsey worked with
address legal issues necessary to opportunities for young people seminars. The YDCA’s goals are to public speaking business followed is to reduce the number of organization was already well established when she came to us, Natrina Kennedy’s Women’s Health
move forward on data collection, through his not-for-profit encourage entrepreneurship and legal requirements for remaining frequently stressed days among but we were still able to help with advanced matters,” he says. Initiative. He says conversing
“I saw 1,000 people I wouldn’t organization, Youth Development financial literacy; reduce crime; separate from the YDCA. African-American women by “I like that the BLC can help small businesses and not-for- with clients and translating their
have been able to see without the Center of America (YDCA). and boost social, educational, Clare McKeown, a 2L this past building resilience, encouraging profits at all stages of their development.” undefined problems into legal
clinic’s help,” she says. At a variety of locations and character development. “Our year, worked with Morris on a active participation in healthy Without the BLC’s help, Kennedy says, “I’d have been stuck solutions was the most valuable
across Chicago and the south high school graduation rate is 100 project that illustrates the BLC’s soft skill he acquired at the Business
self-care practices, mental health at square one and wouldn’t have accomplished half of what I’ve
suburbs, the YDCA provides percent, and three-quarters of value-added approach. She put Law Clinic.
Inspiring young education, and increased social been able to do.” ■ “Clients are smart and motivated,
mentoring and guidance for our students return to be mentors together a list of grant-writing
entrepreneurs children, adolescents, and themselves,” Morris says. resources that immediately
but not necessarily legally sophis-
ticated,” Dempsey explains. “They
Anthony Morris started working young adults within structured Morris originally came to the benefited Morris and also might say, ‘This is my mission and
odd jobs when he was only 8 settings like basketball nights, BLC for help revising bylaws. He became a resource for future here’s what I want to do.’ They’re
BLC clinicians. Editor’s note: Starting in March, the COVID-19 pandemic created a unique set of challenges for the BLC and its probably not going to tell you, ‘I need
years old. Now a successful
Clinic experience taught her clients. Many clients struggled with mandatory closures and sheltering in place. Some became difficult to reach you to file forms X, Y, and Z.’ So there
public speaker and life coach
with a background in counseling, “The BLC can help small businesses and not- “how nuanced client problems or, uncertain about their economic situation, asked to put their legal projects on hold. At government offices
such as the Illinois Attorney General and the IRS, communication methods changed and response times length-
has to be a translation between
what the client says and what the
are,” McKeown says. “Although
Morris is turning a lifetime of for-profits at all stages of their development.” ened. Working from home, BLC students persevered and continued to serve clients in their remote settings. law student-lawyer mind hears.” ■
18 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW LOYOLA LAW 2020 19“Each of us had a visceral reaction
to seeing the border wall in
Nogales. I don’t think we realized
how disturbing it would be to see
the layers of razor wire, cameras
everywhere, and armed Customs
and Border Protection officers.”
– KATHERINE KAUFKA WALTS
On the Border
During the first week of March, before the COVID- THE GLARING EARLY-MARCH SUN heats up the asphalt and
surrounding desert on the highway from Tucson to Eloy,
19 pandemic began to restrict person-to-person Arizona. It’s a bleak route for the Loyola law team traveling
contact in the United States, 11 Loyola law between two federal detention centers in the south-central
students spent their spring break volunteering to part of the state. But it’s nothing compared to the long and
harrowing journey most immigrants endure as they come to
assist immigrants being held in detention centers in
America’s borders in search of a better life.
Arizona. The social justice experience will have a “Our big-picture goal was to provide as much legal
lasting effect on their law careers and on the lives of assistance to as many as possible in a week’s time,” says
the people they helped. Professor Katherine Kaufka Walts, who, along with eight
student volunteers and a few professional colleagues,
spent spring break providing free legal aid to some of the
BY CARLA BEECHER state’s 7,000 immigrants—2,500 of whom are held at the
20 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW LOYOLA LAW 2020 21ON THE BORDER
Location, location,
location
Hands-on experience
“Judges have considerable dis- Students share their stories about
cretion over whether to grant or
deny asylum applications,” says working with immigrants and refugees
Kaufka Walts. She cited Syracuse
University’s 2019 Transactional
Records Access Clearinghouse
(TRAC) study, which revealed
that the location where an immi- FABIOLA VILLALPANDO
grant files for asylum and which HOMETOWN: AURORA, ILLINOIS
judge is assigned to the case
“can play an influential—even My parents are immigrants, so I have always felt a per-
2
determinate—role in the asylum sonal connection to immigration work. I assisted with
decision reached.” Immigration detained individuals’ asylum applications. The Florence
judges decided a record number Project provides free legal aid to detained immigrants
of asylum cases in 2019, and of the in Arizona, but due to the high volume of detainees, it is
67,406 cases decided, 69 percent unable to provide direct representation to everyone. The
were denied. individuals we helped during our week of service likely
would not have been assisted otherwise. No class lecture
In Eloy, for example, more can compare to doing immigration work on the ground,
than 85 percent of cases in 2019 especially so near the border.
were denied; in Chicago, the
denial rate was less than 50
percent. Some of the highest
rates of denials—more than
90 percent—were in Houston;
El Paso, Texas; and Louisville,
Kentucky. Both New York City ELVIS SALDIAS
and San Francisco denied less VILLARROEL
than 30 percent of cases. HOMETOWN: WAUSEON, OHIO
1 3 To prepare students for the trip,
Kaufka Walts, who also is director
1 and 2. Peter Neeley, S.J. (MDiv ’81) of the Kino Border Initiative leads the law group on a tour of Nogales, Arizona, where the state border meets My client was a young woman from Venezuela who fled
Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. “Crimes against migrants are common,” Neeley says. “Many encounter discrimination, corrupt government officials, and
of the law school’s Center for the after being kidnapped, tortured, and threatened with
deportation.” 3. Katherine Kaufka Walts leads the School of Law’s Immigration Detention Project. Human Rights of Children, and death for refusing to align her political views with the
her Immigration Law Practicum Maduro regime. We helped her fill out her Withholding
co-instructor Judge Beatriz of Removal application after the judge rejected her initial
Frausto-Sandoval provided a attempt. She said we gave her story breadth and felt much
Immigration and Customs immigrants have fled their immigration law. They saw how situation was disturbing. “It was During the one-week trip, the better about her odds in her upcoming hearing.
primer that included a brief history
Enforcement detention centers home countries due to unjust it is to ask asylum seekers really tough to see the desperate Loyola team in Arizona worked with My family came to America from Bolivia at the turn of
of immigration law and policy, an
in Eloy. horrendous circumstances, to represent themselves, not only situations refugees encounter five asylum clients, observed more the century on visas that expired three months into our
introduction to foundational law,
The primary purpose of the such as severe political unrest, against an immigration judge, while awaiting asylum at our than 50 immigration court hearings, stay. Unable to renew them, we became undocumented.
and information about some of We started our lives here in a second-story room of a
Immigrant Detention Project crushing poverty, and chronic but also against a Department of border,” he says. “The forms are and assisted with information intake
the skills they would need for their home that we shared with two other families. A tough
trip—generously funded by gang-related violence. Homeland Security trial attorney written in English, so unless for 15 detainees at a know-your-
visit. For example, students learned situation, but we nevertheless felt that we were given a
The John & Kathleen Schreiber “Because deportation is a civil, who presents the government’s there is a charitable organization rights presentation. Three additional
how to prepare clients for credible- chance to improve on that situation.
Foundation—was to assist lawyers rather than criminal, sanction, case against them—and in a assisting the refugees with students stayed on campus in With asylum law, it often feels like the executive branch
fear interviews in which detainees
at the Florence Immigrant & detainees are not afforded the foreign language.” translation, they can’t understand Chicago with a supervising legal is setting the rules of the game and also refereeing. Cases
before an immigration judge must
Refugee Rights Project, the only constitutional protection of For Elvis Saldias Villarroel, a them,” he says. scholar to develop a manual for that would have met the elements of a successful asylum
establish a “significant possibility”
organization in Arizona that representation under the Sixth student with Deferred Action for According to Kaufka Walts, immigration attorneys working with claim a year or two ago don’t anymore because of new
of being persecuted on the basis
provides free legal aid and social Amendment,” Kaufka Walts says. Childhood Arrivals status who detained immigrants, particularly detained children on how to report policies. These are policies that seem to make it as hard
of race, religion, nationality, as possible for an asylum seeker to win.
services to detained men, women, “Students could see how current spent the first nine years of his life those held in remote locations, abuses against children. “It was a
membership in a particular social
and children who are under immigration policies affect real in Bolivia before moving to Ohio face the additional obstacle pretty intense week for us,” says
group, or political opinion if Continued on page 24 ▶
threat of deportation. Many of the human beings and begin to learn with his mother and sister, the of accessing counsel from a Kaufka Walts.
about the complexities of U.S. secured facility.
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