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CHASE N O R T H E R N K E N T U C K Y U N I V E R S I T Y S A L M O N P. C H A S E C O L L E G E O F L A W | WINTER 2021 An Ambassador’s Gift Patricia and Robert Herbold link her experience at Chase to service as a U.S. ambassador and champion for the future of the law school ALSO Chase Takes on the Pandemic | Alumni Endow Student Scholarships
CONTENTS
In this issue
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Cover Story | 8 - Alumni
Patricia Herbold, former United States ambassador, and her husband, Recently elected Justice of
the Supreme Court of
Dr. Robert Herbold, establish the largest endowment in Chase history, Kentucky Robert Conley is
the second Chase graduate
to support the work of the dean currently serving on the
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Dean’s message Education
Alumni facing a pandemic- 25
weakened economy can look
Chase is expanding its to strategies developed out ———
The Master of Legal
programs and offering new of the Great Recession to Alumni – Kenneth Kinder II,
Studies degree program is
opportunities overcome uncertainty Daniel Mecklenborg, W.
expanding with an entirely
1 online Digital Law and 19 Lee Scheben, Kenneth
Peller and Sara Peller –
Technology track
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6 scholarships
News from Chase Faculty
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Three new professors join Professor John Bickers Professor Anthony Chavez
the faculty, the Alumni engages students in has taken on a global ———
Council has new leaders, Constitutional Law through mission to show how lawyers Alumni and friends of
Chase headlines an insights … and bits of can help develop policies Chase help support the
American Bar Association whimsy to combat global warming college through lifetime
and annual gifts
event and a professor 7 20
influences a landmark 28
decision by the Supreme ——— ———
Dean Judith Daar looks Professor Jennifer Kinsley ———
Court of the United States
back on her first year, which explains how a childhood Class Action
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includes the in-perpetuum experience at a minor league 32
——— endowment of the dean- baseball game set her on a
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The newly created Center ship as the Ambassador course for social justice
In Memoriam
on Addiction Law & Policy Patricia L. Herbold Dean of 22
will focus on solutions for a Chase College of Law 36
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vexing problem 13 ---------------------
Faculty Scholarship &
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College of Law, through the Office of
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The Law + Informatics Covid-19 pandemic with Dean. Please send change of mailing
address and alumni news to CHASE
Institute has a new focus, on planning and nimbly ——— magazine, Salmon P. Chase College of
legal issues of privacy and shifting from in-person to Professor Steve Stephens Law, Northern Kentucky University, 100
Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41099
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Emeritus William Jones, in
5 programming CHASE is edited by Kerry Klumpe,
an appreciation
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Chase director of communications,
and designed by Paul Neff of
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CHASE MAGAZINE
From Dean Daar
In Challenging Time, Chase
Continues on Course
AS PROGRAMS Greetings Chase Alumni and Friends,
HAVE ADAPTED
This issue of our biannual Chase happenings
TO A PANDEMIC,
reaches you at a most unusual time in all of our
NEW INITIATIVES
lives. I hope you are faring well, and finding
HAVE ADDED TO
pockets of joy during this elongated period of
THE COLLEGE’S
global pandemic. While not devoting the entire
SUCCESSES
issue to Covid, we do preview a few ways in
which we are responding to the limitation on
in-person gatherings, including in the class-
room, to apprise you of how we have responded
to meet the challenges of the time.
Our chief purpose remains one of celebration. In
the pages that follow, we celebrate the transfor-
mative gift bestowed upon the law school by
Patricia and Robert Herbold with the establish-
ment of the Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold
Dean of Chase College of Law. As you learn We also began a new chapter in Chase’s emerging
more about her background and accomplish- focus on health law and policy with the opening
ments, I know you will be as impressed as I am of the Center on Addiction Law & Policy. Ably
with her gracious manner, impactful service and headed by our newest faculty member, Professor
intelligent perspective on the role of law in Alex Kreit, the center will convene leaders and
today’s society. Her storied career and philan- thinkers from across campus, the region and the
thropic devotion are an inspiration to all who nation to educate and advocate around the public
have passed through in Nunn Hall and its health scourge of addiction that continues to
predecessor Chase spaces. afflict too many lives.
This academic year we also celebrate the arrival Our ambitious agenda for the academic year
of an impressive cadre of new learners. The 2020 includes continued focus on our core competen-
entering class once again elevates our school’s cy of preparing Chase students for productive,
LSAT and GPA credentials for the fourth year in fulfilling and successful careers in law. Your
a row, while bringing creativity and adaptive continuing support and hallowed pathways lead
skills to the hybrid learning environment we are the way for the newest members of our commu-
now embracing. While just under half of our nity who will shape our bright future for years to
classes have been face-to-face, every student come.
could elect to join any class remotely to accom- With warmest wishes,
modate their personal circumstances.
Over the past year, we have made enhancements
to our curriculum to position our graduates for
success in a variety of emerging legal specialty
areas. This year, we will launch our fully online
Master of Legal Studies in Digital Law and Judith Daar
Technology, breaking new ground in the law AMBASSADOR PATRICIA L. HERBOLD DEAN
school arena with this unique specialized degree. OF CHASE COLLEGE OF LAW
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Briefs
New Faculty Members Bring Teaching,
Publishing Experience to Chase
Chase College of Law has three new faculty members this academic year: Alex Kreit is assistant professor of law and
director of the newly created Center on Addiction Law & Policy, Tan Boston is visiting assistant professor of law and
Tobe Liebert is law library assistant director for user services and assistant professor of law library services.
Professor Kreit is Professor Professor
a recognized Boston was an Liebert returned
expert in areas of assistant profes- to Kentucky from
law involving sor of law and positions at law
illegal drugs and director of the school libraries in
marijuana. He has Master of Law Chicago, Los
written case- and Master in the Angeles and
books and law Study of Law Austin, Texas. In
review articles on programs at the Chicago, he was
the subjects, and speaks regularly at University of Dayton (Ohio) School of with Chicago-Kent School of Law and
related symposia. At Chase, he teaches Law prior to joining the Chase faculty to the University of Illinois at Chicago
Criminal Law and Healthcare and the teach Property and Uniform Commer- John Marshall Law School; in Los
Law and he is establishing the center cial Code courses. She had previously Angeles, Loyola Marymount University
that focuses on how law and policy can worked in the governance and general Loyola Law School and the University of
help reduce the human toll of addiction. counsel departments of the National Southern California Gould School of
Collegiate Athletic Association and at Law; and in Austin, the University of
Prior to joining Chase, he was a visiting
Wyndham Worldwide, a hotel and Texas at Austin School of Law.
professor at The Ohio State University
resort operator, where she was involved
Moritz College of Law, in affiliation with Following graduation from the University
in matters such as privacy and informa-
the Drug Enforcement and Policy of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law,
tion security and information technolo-
Center. Before that, he was a professor he was a lawyer in a Louisville, Kentucky,
gy litigation.
at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San law firm where he conducted research in
Diego, and director of the school’s Her most recent law review article, “As areas such as products liability,
Center for Law and Social Justice and California Goes, So Goes the Nation? A employment law, workers’ compensa-
co-director of its Center for Criminal Title IX Analysis of the Fair Pay to Play tion and labor law. He subsequently
Law and Policy. Act,” is being published this year in the earned a Master of Library Science
Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil degree at Indiana University. He holds a
He wrote the books Criminal Law in
Liberties. It examines the significance Bachelor of Arts from Centre College.
Focus and Illegal Drug and Marijuana
for female student-athletes of California
Law and co-wrote the books Marijuana His most recently published book is
legislation that allows student-athletes
Law and Policy and Drug Abuse and the Texas Water Law: A Research Guide. His
to be compensated for use of their
Law Sourcebook. His numerous law other published works include accounts
names and likenesses.
review articles have appeared in of recent United States Supreme Court
journals such as Boston College Law Professor Boston holds a Master of confirmation hearings and articles on
Review, Ohio State Law Journal and UC Laws from the University of Dayton electronic court filings and online
Davis Law Review. School of Law, a Juris Doctor from the digital verification of case citations in
University of Virginia School of Law and legal briefs and research.
Professor Kreit holds a Juris Doctor
a Bachelor of Arts from Florida Atlantic
from the University of Pennsylvania As assistant law library director he assists
University.
School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts students and professors in legal research;
from Hampshire College. as assistant professor he teaches legal
research to first-year students.
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U.S. Supreme Court Alumni Council
Adopts Professor’s Analysis has New Officers
The Chase Alumni Council, which
governs the Chase Alumni Association,
has new officers. Randy Blankenship
’86 is chair and Judge J.R. Schrand ’97
is vice chair.
Ashley
Siemer
Support Program Professor
Jack Harrison
Provides Opportunity to
Increase Diversity An amicus curiae brief Professor Jack
Harrison co-wrote provided the basis for
reasoning the Supreme Court of the United Randy Blankenship Judge J.R. Schrand
Chase College of Law launched an
States adopted in extending employment Mr. Blankenship is a partner in
initiative this academic year to
protection to transgender persons. Blankenship, Massey & Associates,
graduate a more ethnically and
economically diverse student body into The amicus brief in EEOC, et. al v. R.G. & G.R. Erlanger, Kentucky, where his focus is
the legal profession. All Rise is a Harris Funeral Homes was part of his civil litigation, including personal
three-prong program of increased continued focus on legal issues involving injury, employment law, consumer pro-
financial aid, profession-related skills LGBT persons and discrimination against tection, business litigation and family
development and coverage of bar exam them in education and employment. In this law. He is a member of the Erlanger
expenses. case, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision City Council and boards of the
this past June, adopted his argument that Erlanger Housing and Development
The program, created by Ashley Siemer,
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Corporation, Envision Learning
director of student affairs and
protects LGBT persons from employment Center, an enrichment program for
enrollment management, with a grant
discrimination. children, and Baptist Life Communi-
from Northern Kentucky University,
ties, a nonprofit for housing and health
pays for books and academic support The brief argued that because the text of care for seniors in Northern Kentucky.
materials for selected first-year Title VII clearly prohibits the type of
students, gives second-year students employment discrimination plaintiff Aimee Judge Schrand serves on the Kentucky
who participated in skills-development Stephens suffered because of her sex there Circuit Court for Boone and Gallatin
programming a stipend to cover most was no reason for the court to speculate counties in Northern Kentucky. He
book costs and pays for third-year about whether Congress had intended for was appointed to the court in 2007 and
students’ bar review courses and bar transgender individuals to be included under he subsequently won election that year.
examination application fees. Title VII or to be excluded from it. Even He was re-elected in 2014, without
though sexual identity was not at the opposition, for a term that expires
The program seeks to have first-year
forefront of public awareness when the Civil January 1, 2023. Prior to his appoint-
students achieve a median grade point
Rights Act was adopted in 1964, Professor ment to the bench he had been the
average above the 25th percentile of the
Harrison contended that members of elected Boone County Attorney since
entire class, to have at least 75 percent
Congress would have been aware of 2002 and had practiced in the Boone
of them obtain law-related summer
transgender persons and would have County firm of Jones, Dietz & Schrand.
jobs, and eventually to have at least 85
understood that a prohibition of discrimina- Judge Karen Thomas ’85 of Campbell
percent of them graduate, and at least
tion based on sex would include them. County (Kentucky) District Court is
70 percent of those pass a bar exam on
a first attempt. immediate past chair.
Chase is the Leader at an ABA Event
Chase College of Law had a big role in the Director of Advancement, Centers and
Women of Legal Tech Summit at the Institutes Jeannine Lambert was co-chair of
American Bar Association TechShow for the planning committee and 13 students
law-related technology during February were involved in organizational activities.
2020 in Chicago.
The summit included presentations by
The W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, women involved in developing or consulting
Business + Technology at Chase was the in legal technology, recognition of 21
sponsor, Dean Judith Daar delivered women who are successful in the field, a
Program attendees opening remarks, Adjunct Professor Helen luncheon and a concluding workshop.
Bukulmez was a presenter, Chase Assistant
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Education
A New Center Focuses on Law and
Policy Issues in Addiction Fight
THE CENTER ON ADDICTION LAW & POLICY IS A FORUM FOR
DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO HELP COMMUNITIES REDUCE THE
expertise and leadership to a vexing social, health and
HUMAN COSTS
justice problem that impacts so many within our greater
community.”
On one hand, to have the
How it is being started during a pandemic “As with
planned launch of the
everything these days, the coronavirus has thrown a bit of a
Center on Addiction Law
wrench into plans,” Professor Kreit says. “I finalized the
& Policy at Chase College
formal proposal for the center a few weeks before everything
of Law occur during an
shut down [in March 2020], and the faculty voted to approve
overshadowing coronavi-
it not long after that.”
rus pandemic might seem
like unfortunate timing; Even though in-person programs are delayed, organization
on the other, it might be and planning are going on. “I am very excited about
just the right time. opportunities for the center once life is closer to normal. I’ve
had positive conversations with a few foundations about
Even as the nation
funding, and the opioid epidemic has spurred a lot of
struggles most visibly
interest from funders, for good reason,” Professor Kreit says.
with the death toll of
Covid-19, it continues to What is ahead, short-term “The big item on the center’s
face an opioid-driven agenda is a symposium on drug decriminalization, to be held
epidemic of sub- in cooperation with the Northern Kentucky Law Review. It is
Professor Alex Kreit
stance-abuse deaths. scheduled for spring 2021, and will be held remotely.”
More than 40 states reported increases in opioid-related Professor Kreit says. “Other programming plans include an
deaths during the first months of the pandemic. ongoing lecture series on addiction law and policy, a white
paper series with recommendations for policymakers on
While timing can sometimes be everything, in the case of
addiction and the law and continuing legal education for
the Center on Addiction Law & Policy and a global pandemic
alumni on topics like representing clients with a substance
it is only coincidental, yet still connected for the implementa-
use disorder.”
tion of the center. The idea originated months before the
pandemic and took shape with appointment of Professor The long view “The political discussion about drug policy
Alex Kreit, a widely recognized expert in the area of addic- has changed dramatically in recent years,” Professor Kreit
tion law, as director and an assistant professor, teaching says. "We’re seeing policy innovations that were politically
health care law and criminal law. untenable five or 10 years ago, like safe injection sites or
drug decriminalization, generating a lot of interest among
What the center does The focus is on developing new
policymakers. My hope is for the center to help further
approaches to ways in which law and public policy can help
academic thinking about these innovations, and to do so in
reduce the toll of addiction. It is a venue for exchanges of
a way that helps connect academics with policymakers.”
ideas, through academic research, lectures and forums, that
policy-makers and addiction specialists can adopt or adapt The impact for Chase and the metro area “As a public
in their communities. institution, serving the community is an important part of
the school’s mission, and the center’s mission along with it.
Why it is needed “Recent studies reveal that the Northern
There is a great opportunity for the center to help link
Kentucky/Southwest Ohio region stubbornly remains in the
experts on these topics with the local community,”
grip of an addiction epidemic, leading the nation in the use
Professor Kreit says.
of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine,” says Dean
Judith Daar, Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold Dean of Chase
College of Law. “The center emerges as new treatments are Professor Kreit adds experiences as a professor, casebook
being developed and new approaches to law enforcement author and expert in drug-abuse and marijuana law to the
are being considered. This is the right time to apply our Chase faculty, Page 2
4 C H A S E M A G A Z I NE
The Chase Law + Informatics Institute
Releases Its Own Version 2.0
A TIGHTER FOCUS ALIGNS THE INSTITUTE WITH THE EVOLVING
LEGAL ISSUES OF PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION
“In today’s global, dispersed economy, firms more than ever
are looking for talented individuals who can guide them
through the complexities created by the intersection of law
and information,” he says. But where there is a need, there is
not always available talent. And that is where the Law +
Informatics Institute steps in.
“I think students will quickly find the value of this niche and
will be surprised at how interesting it is and how interested
firms are in them as a result of their education in it,” Mr.
Briggs says. “As a board member of the Association of
Corporate Counsel in Cincinnati, I see this demand in real
time at our CLE events, which more and more are about law
and informatics, regardless of the practice area. Employment
Zach Briggs
lawyers deal with sensitive employee information on laptops,
Like the technology industry it embraces, the Law + Informatics for example, insurance lawyers are crafting cyber-liability
Institute at Chase College of Law is upgrading to a new version. insurance packages and contract lawyers are negotiating
cloud-based software packages that can make or break their
“The Law + Informatics Institute is being reimagined and
companies.”
reinvigorated to spotlight the import of data gathering,
protection and dissemination in the modern business ecosys- As with other initiatives during a global pandemic, the launch
tem,” says Dean Judith Daar, Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold of Law + Informatics Institute programming has been virtual
Dean of Chase College of Law. The institute was created in 2011 (but, then, that is the technology for which it exists). Among
– a year after the arrivals of Instagram as a social media its first offerings this past autumn was a series of “Ask Me
platform and the now ubiquitous iPad – with a broad focus on Anything” online sessions, in which participants could pose
how law and information technology intersect. A lot has questions to such panelists as the senior counsel of the maker
changed since then, both in technology and at Chase. of Purell hand sanitizer, the assistant general counsel of
Buzzfeed internet news and entertainment company, and a
Three years after the institute was created, Chase launched
co-chair of the privacy and data security practice at Taft,
the W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business + Technol-
Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati.
ogy, with a gift from alumnus W. Bruce Lunsford, to enhance
instruction in fields increasingly interrelated in law practices. Coming up will be cybersecurity and data privacy courses as
Now, the reimagined Law + Informatics Institute and the part of the Chase curriculum. The Information and Corpora-
Lunsford Academy operate in tandem, yet with distinct tions course will survey the relation of information and law,
approaches. Digital Privacy and Security will explore existing law and
needed laws, and Information and Data Privacy will look at
“The Lunsford Academy’s emphasis on multidisciplinary
rights to control personal data in situations such as health care
aspects of law, business and technology will be enhanced by
and financial services.
this branch program’s expertise and analysis of the science of
information,” Dean Daar says. Beyond the classroom, the institute has plans to develop a
student team to compete with other law schools in cybersecu-
Programming for the institute is directed by Zach Briggs, a
rity and privacy law competitions.
2016 Chase graduate who oversees data protection, privacy
and compliance at Paycor, a Cincinnati-based human capital Unlike software upgrades that are often needed to fix security
management software company, and who serves as special flaws, the upgrade of the Law + Informatics Institute is
adviser to the institute. He is approaching his role with a designed to prepare students and program participants to
big-picture perspective and a focus on easy access for operate flawlessly in a field that has changed dramatically
participation. since the institute was launched a decade ago.
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Master of Legal Studies Program Is Adding
an All-Online Track THE DIGITAL LAW AND TECHNOLOGY SPECIALTY
WILL BE AMONG THE FIRST IN THE NATION
How the program will work Students will be able to take
as few as one course a term, or they can take a cluster of
courses each term. The six seven-week terms during an
academic year will give students flexibility to enter the
program or to take breaks from it as they choose.
How law and technology merge in courses Just as a
traditional law school course in criminal law, for example,
introduces students first to the basics, such as statutory
elements of crimes, a digital crimes class will introduce
students to what constitutes a crime, say theft, whether from
a brick-and-mortar store or an online store. With an under-
standing of that type of basics, students could then explore
how existing elements of crimes may or may not be recog-
nizable, or need to be redefined, for digital crimes, such as
cyberstalking, cyberbullying or cyberterrorism.
The types of students who might enroll online Like the
In an increasingly digital world, Chase College of Law is
broader MLS program that allows students to tailor courses to
expanding its Master of Legal Studies program with new
what they think might be valuable in their careers, the online
courses that combine law and technology, and putting those
track will allow students to be as general or specific as they wish.
courses entirely online to reach students anyplace they
That means, for example, a student who works for, or wants to
might be in the physical world.
work for, a company with significant online functions might
The concentration on the intersection of law and technology want to take courses related to data privacy and security, while
will launch this year with courses such as Digital Crimes and a student involved in sales or who has visions of becoming an
Torts, Legal Boundaries in the Digital Age and Digital online retailer might take courses focused on digital commerce.
Commerce and the Law as a track within the graduate-level
Where newly gained knowledge might lead Like law and
program for students who want to be able to understand
technology that are continuously evolving, the online track will
legal issues but do not want to become lawyers.
be a building block for developing skills and problem-solving
“In today’s high-tech world, knowing both the available in fields that exist and ones that will emerge from those fields.
technology and the laws that apply to it is essential,” says Among them are blockchain technology, in which information
Professor Lawrence Rosenthal, associate dean for academ- is stored in blocks that are chained together, Artificial Intelli-
ics. “There is a technology (and legal) component behind gence, self-driving vehicles and the Internet of Things, which
almost everything these days, and knowing that information allows the interconnection of everyday devices.
will be tremendously advantageous in the workplace.”
An innovation among innovations The online Digital Law and
The addition of the online Digital Law and Technology track Technology track will be one of the few programs of its type at an
will give students, in effect, three ways in which to earn an American Bar Association-approved law school, and will comple-
MLS degree at Chase: entirely online, in-person in traditional ment law-and-technology programs for Juris Doctor students at
law school courses or a combination of traditional in-person Chase. The W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business +
classes and online digital law courses. Students will be able Technology was established eight years ago with a gift from
to complete the online track in 10 to 20 months, depending alumnus W. Bruce Lunsford to prepare students for practices in
on how many courses they take each of six academic terms the merging fields of law, business and technology and the Chase
in the online program. Law + Informatics Institute was reimagined this past year to focus
on legal issues of privacy and data security. For MLS students, the
new track adds an innovation to the five-year-old program to
allow them to choose to attend Chase from anyplace in the world.
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Professor John Bickers is a Popular
Vote Winner HIS TEACHING STYLE HAS MADE HIM THE PROFESSOR OF THE
YEAR SELECTION OF FOUR RECENT GRADUATING CLASSES
The way Professor John Bickers students finish the classes
teaches at Chase College of Law, surprised by the new ways they
most alumni would wish they were can think and the new things that
back in school: thought-provoking they can do.
lectures in Constitutional Law,
“One form that takes in Constitu-
student-led mock oral arguments
tional Law is oral arguments. Most
and, oh, yes, theme music for the
classes begin with two 10-minute
start of class and dressed in
arguments by students represent-
costume when class is on
ing the parties before a mock
Halloween.
Supreme Court, which consists of
It is an approach that emphasizes students (and me). I prepare short
substance, and, as he explains it, a opinions of lower courts using
bit of entertainment to keep issues that the current court had
students engaged. It is also an not resolved, and which either
approach students like and side might win and lots of answers
respect. This past spring, for the are possible. The students who
fourth time in 11 years, the are justices write opinions
graduating class selected him as answering the questions present-
its Chase Professor of the Year. ed to the court.”
Professor John Bickers
“Professor Bickers makes the Constitution come alive,” says
2020 graduate Marian Graves. “From its origins, to the
debates over amendments, and the cases that evolved the His touches of whimsy (with a purpose) “A colleague in
law we know today, he weaves the history like a great the Army [Professor Bickers taught at the U.S. Military
storyteller. He brings the cases alive by selecting theme Academy at West Point prior to Chase] used to say, ‘Educa-
music at the beginning of class, asking students to argue tion is entertainment.’ He wasn’t really claiming that teachers
before the ‘Supreme Court’ and dressing in his famous can be Beyoncé or Stephen Colbert; he was noting that if we
‘plague mask’ at Halloween. He not only teaches the law with don’t have the attention of our students, we are teaching
remarkable passion, but instills in students the gravity of only for ourselves – and presumably we already know the
their future responsibility to uphold it.” material. The use of little devices, movie scenes, portraits of
parties to the cases – and yes, I teach in costume if I have a
Behind it all – including the mask, and more on that later –
class on Halloween – is part of that.
are his efforts to engage students in journeys of exploration
and discovery. “The music intros are similar attention-grabbers. Each class
begins when a song ends, and I hope that years later
Where he begins “I try to create a classroom environment
students might remember that the test we call ‘rational basis
and learning plan in which students, in and out of class, will
review’ is an easy one because they recall hearing Bob Dylan
have moments when light bulbs turn on for them.
advise, ‘don’t think twice, it’s all right.’”
“My favorite professors, in law school and undergrad, taught
And about that “plague” mask “I bought one in Venice
courses in which I felt I was discovering ideas that I had never
while I was stationed in Europe with the Army. When
had before. I plan each class to have enough questions raised
bubonic plague hit Renaissance Europe, people believed it
along the way that the students are continuously grappling
was carried by foul-smelling air. So doctors wore masks that
with the law in their own heads.”
look sort of like menacing birds, with flowers and herbs in
What his classes are like “Mostly the classes are the the beaks. When I teach on Halloween, I do so in costume. I
standard discussions every lawyer remembers. I try to have also done a wizard and Goofy, but the winner is
introduce enough challenges into those discussions that probably the plague doctor.”
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Cover Story
As a Graduate of the Chase
Evening Program Who Went on
to Serve as a U.S. Ambassador,
Patricia Herbold
Makes a Lasting
Connection with
the College
A $2 MILLION
ENDOWMENT SHE
AND HER HUSBAND
CREATED SUPPORTS
THE WORK OF THE
DEAN AS THE
AMBASSADOR
PATRICIA L. HERBOLD
DEAN OF CHASE
COLLEGE OF LAW
Ambassador Patricia Herbold
and Dr. Robert Herbold
8 C H A S E M A G A Z I NEatricia Herbold had recently arrived at College of Law, where she graduated in 1977, by Ambassador Herbold walks
with then-Northern Kentucky
her diplomatic post as United States giving the law school a $2 million endowment. University President James
Ambassador to the Republic of Singa- Their gift supports the dean, as the Ambassador Votruba at the 2008 NKU
commencement at which
pore, and saw an opportunity to help Patricia L. Herbold Dean of Chase College of she received an honorary
resolve a two-year-old standoff. The island Law, in such endeavors as expanding curriculum doctorate.
city-state in Southeast Asia had banned the and academic programs, supporting teaching
importation of beef from the United States after and research, recruiting faculty and students and
a case of mad cow disease had been detected in initiating new opportunities for students.
Washington state.
The endowment, which is the largest in the
Ambassador Herbold talked with embassy staff, history of Chase, is part of a continuum of
studied information on U.S. production and support from Ambassador Herbold and Dr.
safeguards, and took up the issue with Singapore Herbold: She has funded two student
officials. “I worked with the Department of scholarships, given annual financial support,
Commerce folks in the embassy to compile data served on the Chase Board of Visitors and
that argued for lifting the ban, then met with delivered the Northern Kentucky University
various ministers who had control over the commencement address. The NKU Alumni
decision, and argued the U.S. case,” she recalls. Association in 2006 recognized her with its
“Eventually, I was able to convince them, the ban Outstanding Alumna of Chase College of Law
was lifted, and we had a celebration featuring Award, and in 2008 NKU awarded her an
every variety of beef, supplied by the U.S. Beef honorary doctorate at commencement.
Council and enjoyed by many Singaporean
“Establishing this endowment is an expression
officials,” she says.
of my hope that Chase will create opportunities
Like her work to expand United States commerce, for others to share their blessings in ways that
Ambassador Herbold and her husband, Dr. Robert are meaningful to them and beneficial to others,”
Herbold, have expanded opportunities at Chase she says.
WINT E R 2 0 2 1 9Her 2005 appointment by President George W. “Given the go-ahead, I met with the Defense
Bush as ambassador to Singapore, and subse- Minister, stressed Singapore’s strengths in
quent Senate confirmation, makes her the only non-military areas and asked for their help. The
Chase graduate to serve as a United States Defense Minister discussed the issue with the
ambassador. This distinguished appointment Prime Minister and they agreed that Singapore
followed her career as a lawyer in southwest would send two groups to Afghanistan, one
Ohio, and governmental and political activity in medical and the other to assist in rebuilding
Washington state, where she and Dr. Herbold infrastructure.”
moved to the Seattle area in 1995. She served as
Her ongoing work as Ambassador included
ambassador from November 2005 until the
calendar pages of meetings – meetings with
change of administrations in 2009, as is tradi-
embassy staff, Singapore government ministers,
tional for non-career diplomats.
other ambassadors, and traveling to the United
“I could write pages about all the contacts and States for meetings of Singaporean officials with the
involvement I had during the years I served as President, Vice President or Cabinet Secretaries.
ambassador,” Ambassador Herbold says. Her
Her ceremonial role as Ambassador included
work ranged from strategic to ceremonial to rela-
hosting and attending diplomatic events. “I
tional. In addition to the lifting of the ban on
attended the national day celebrations of other
beef imports, the strategic included securing
countries and invited their ambassadors and
Singapore’s support for the international
high commissioners to attend ours,” she says.
Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan,
There were also luncheons, receptions and
created after military action in response to the
dinners she hosted for Singaporean and visiting
2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
dignitaries, ground-breaking and ribbon-cutting
“The Defense Department folks in the embassy, ceremonies and performances by American
working with their counterparts in Singapore, entertainers. In November 2006, she welcomed
had requested that Singapore provide troops to President and Mrs. Bush to the Embassy and
help the U.S. in Afghanistan, but they had Ambassador’s residence.
reached a stalemate. I suggested that they go up
Her relationship building involved both the
the chain of command in the Defense Depart-
institutional and the individual. “I worked
ment and ask if I could approach the Singapore
Ambassador Herbold closely with the American Chamber of Com-
introduces President George Defense Minister with an alternative plan that
W. Bush and First Lady Laura merce in Singapore and participated in many of
wouldn’t involve boots on the ground,” Ambas-
Bush at the U.S. Embassy in its activities, such as its annual Community Day,
Singapore sador Herbold recalls.
during which I visited local organizations, such
as hospice, a Muslim orphanage and a home for
the disabled – meeting with the residents and
sometimes doing activities with them. I partici-
pated in regional trips with the American
Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Association
of Southeast Asian Nations Business Council,
which were opportunities for members to
discuss business possibilities with the leaders of
other countries.”
She also gave almost weekly speeches, such as a
keynote address at the Chinese Women’s
Association luncheon, many talks to various
groups about the U.S. election in 2008 and
remarks on occasions such as the opening in Sin-
gapore of an American-owned manufacturing
plant or retail store. And while much of her
relationship building focused on an internation-
al audience, there were also opportunities to
show the 260 Embassy employees that they were
appreciated, such as by presenting awards at
1 0 C H A S E M A G A Z INEAmbassador Herbold shakes
hands with a U.S. sailor in
Singapore in 2006 who, while
on shore leave, had saved
the life of a Singaporean man
who had been stabbed.
promotion ceremonies for members of the
Marines Security Detail, and participating in the
annual Chinese New Year celebrations.
The Endowed Deanship
Since returning to the United States, she and Dr. The donation of $2 million by Patricia and Robert Herbold to
Herbold have remained involved in the philan- endow the Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold Dean of Chase College
thropic work of the Herbold Foundation they of Law is the largest gift to the college in its 127-year history.
created in 2002, focused heavily on education. In ______
addition to Chase, they have provided scholar-
The endowment helps fund the work of the dean in such areas
ships, fellowships or general support to institu-
as faculty and student recruitment, expansion of curriculum and
tions to which they have connections and ones
academic programs, teaching and research and creation of new
that reflect the foundation’s mission.
opportunities for students.
“Youth are the future of our country, and ______
education is an important key to success,”
Ambassador Herbold says. “Bob and I have been It places Chase among about 15 law schools in the nation with
blessed in many ways and want to share our an endowed dean’s position. It is the first endowed named
success so that others can benefit. We started our position at Chase and the first endowed named deanship at
foundation to offer scholarships because without Northern Kentucky University.
a scholarship I wouldn’t have been able to attend ______
college, and I wanted deserving students to have “Ambassador Herbold’s transformative gift to Chase will
the opportunity for a college education.” enhance our program of legal education for generations to
By endowing the Chase deanship, she hopes the come,” says Dean Judith Daar, Patricia L. Herbold Dean of
college will be able to provide more opportuni- Chase College of Law. “Her exemplary work in the legal arena
ties for students. “Everyone has to follow his or as well as her impactful service to our country make her an
her own path to success, but my hope is that inspiring role model for our entire community. It is an incredible
those who benefit from the endowed deanship honor to steward the endowment during my deanship, knowing
will use their talents to do good in legal, civic the enduring impact it will have on Chase well into the future.”
and/or political arenas.”
WINT ER 2 0 2 1 1 1A Journey from Chase
to Practicing Law to Serving
as Ambassador
Ambassador Herbold with Supreme
Court of the United States Justice
Clarence Thomas in 2014 at the Horatio
Alger Association of Distinguished
Patricia Herbold had been an Americans ceremony at which she
received the association's award to
analytical chemist and had an individuals who achieved notable
important decision before her: success despite adversity.
Should she enroll at Chase College
of Law and become a lawyer? Nationally, she was a member of
the President’s Council on the
She chose to enroll at Chase
21st Century Workforce, created
because “it had an evening
by President George W. Bush to
program, and I could be home
address development of a future
with my young children during the
workforce, and was a founding
day. My legal education at Chase
member of the Club for Growth,
provided me with a lifetime of
which promotes free enterprise,
career choices – private practice,
limited government and
corporate counsel, politics –
pro-growth public policy.
each of which I pursued when the
opportunity presented itself.” President Bush nominated her
Beginning after graduation, in 1977, with private practice and as an ambassador in January 2005 and, after Senate confirma-
as a part-time assistant Clermont County, Ohio, prosecutor to tion in October, she arrived in Singapore that November. She
becoming United States Ambassador to the Republic of remained as Ambassador until the change of administrations
Singapore in 2005 – and everything between – Ambassador in January 2009.
Herbold can look back and say, it all started with Chase. Her
Her civic involvement has included previously serving on the
career path began in the hilltop building Chase occupied in
boards of St. Joseph Orphanage in Cincinnati, the Seattle Art
Park Hills, Kentucky, before the college moved to the main
Museum, the Performing Arts Center Eastside, in Bellevue,
Northern Kentucky University campus in Highland Heights.
Washington, and Intercollegiate Studies Institute. She is
Following private practice and work as an assistant prosecutor, currently a board member of Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara,
she was Associate Regional Counsel for Prudential Insurance California.
Co., in Cincinnati, General Counsel for Bank One, in Dayton,
Her work with St. Joseph Orphanage was deeply personal: After
Ohio, and an attorney with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, in
her father deserted the family in 1950, the orphanage was home
Cincinnati. “The variety of courses at Chase allowed me to
to her and her four siblings until graduating from the eighth
adapt to these several careers,” she says.
grade. In her senior year of high school, Ambassador Herbold
While working at Prudential, she began her involvement in received a full scholarship to Edgecliff College in Cincinnati,
government in Greater Cincinnati, as a city council member now part of Xavier University, with a plan to major in art.
and Mayor of suburban Montgomery and she later served as a Needing income to help pay for books, she got a job in the
Hamilton County Rural Zoning Commissioner. She added to college’s Chemistry Department. Her focus then changed and
her political and governmental resume after she and her she instead majored in Chemistry, with a minor in Biology.
husband, Dr. Robert Herbold, moved to the Seattle area in With a life story that ranges from an orphanage to law school to
1995. In Washington state, she held a gubernatorial appoint- corporate practice to Ambassador, at a ceremony in Washington,
ment to the Washington State Gambling Commission and was D.C., in 2014, she received the Horatio Alger Association of
chair of the King County Republican Party in 2002-2004, with Distinguished Americans Award, given to individuals who
the goal of strengthening the party in the Seattle area. have achieved remarkable success in spite of adversity.
1 2 C H A S E M A G A Z INEFresh Starts Highlight First Year for
Dean Daar A MAJOR ENDOWMENT, NEW PROGRAMS — AND A PANDEMIC —
MARK THE BEGINNING OF HER TENURE
During her first year as dean of Chase College The new Center on Addiction Law &
of Law, Judith Daar gained a new title – the Policy involves students in research and
Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold Dean of Chase forums to help them understand legal
College of Law – and saw her work framed matters and strategies in the public
within a global pandemic. health issue of addiction. The center
also makes Chase part of plans at
“Having the opportunity to serve as dean
Northern Kentucky University to expand
during the pandemic provides precious insights
health care-related programs. “The
that will enable us to meet inevitable new
center is a step into the future for the
challenges in the years to come,” she says.
law school to partner across our campus
Obviously, it had not been planned that way.
with health-oriented entities, including
During her first year as dean – which had begun the Institute for Health Innovation and
July 1, 2019 – the college announced that the new University of Kentucky College
former United States Ambassador Patricia of Medicine at Northern Kentucky
Herbold, who graduated from Chase in 1977, University,” Dean Daar says.
and her husband, Dr. Robert Herbold, had Two programs that had been in
created a $2 million endowment to support the development when she arrived moved
work of the dean in areas such as educational to implementation. The Center for Law
programs, student and faculty recruitment and & Entrepreneurship helps students
faculty development. With the endowment, develop skills for working with entre-
Dean Daar became the first Ambassador preneurs in startup ventures or for starting their Dean Judith Daar,
Ambassador Patricia L.
Patricia L. Herbold Dean of Chase College of own. The established Master of Legal Studies Herbold Dean of Chase
Law and one of about 15 law school deans in program enters a digital era with creation of the College of Law
the nation to hold an endowed deanship. fully online Digital Law and Technology track
Both before and during the time of the largest for individuals who want to understand the
endowment in the history of Chase and a relationships of law and technology in a variety
disruptive pandemic, Dean Daar led the of applications, without becoming a lawyer.
initiation of new programs and steered When the pandemic required Chase to shift
implementation of ones previously planned. classes back and forth from in-person to online
Among the new: two scholarship funds and a and to cancel or modify other activities, the
public-health-focused legal research and team-building and perspectives Dean Daar had
training center. And implemented: an entrepre- been developing prior to an initial temporary
neurial law-focused center and expansion of a closing of the NKU campus this past March
master’s degree program. took on added importance. “Leadership
lessons for me include the value of frequent
With new and now ongoing funding, The
and open communication, especially when the
Dean’s Merit Scholarship provides highly
news is unwelcome or likely to spark controver-
qualified students with scholarship support in
sy,” she says. “Likewise, being open to hearing
addition to what they initially receive (and is
all ideas is a gateway to information, introspec-
awarded on recommendations from alumni
tion and innovation.”
interviews) and The Finish Line Fund provides
new graduates with funding for commercial bar While developments during a first year as dean
review courses and offsets financially some of – a major endowment and new programs – cer-
their time away from employment in order to tainly make it memorable, the intrusion of a
focus on studying. pandemic definitely makes it unforgettable.
WINT ER 2 0 2 1 1 3Education
Chase Links People and Technology to
Control a Pandemic
Quick planning
and relentless
follow through
have allowed
professors and
students to stay
connected with
the normal sides
of law school
Professor Chris Gulinello
teaches during the pandemic,
E
in autumn 2020.
ven as the trajectory of Covid-19 cases The switch from in-person operations to virtually
rose relentlessly throughout the nation, all-virtual operations at Chase and Northern
Chase College of Law tracked a steady Kentucky University occurred during a few days
strategy for flattening the disruption of in mid-March 2020. A slightly extended winter
the pandemic. break allowed extra time for professors to adapt
to technology that took them from teaching in
Classes this past spring semester were shifted
classrooms to teaching on laptops.
quickly online and subsequent fall semester
classes offered both online and in-person The Quick Change
options; student services and recruiting moved
“One of the more difficult issues was making
into ongoing virtual worlds; traditional spring
sure all of our students and faculty had access
commencement was replaced with an online
to, and familiarity with, the platforms neces-
recognition of graduates; and a long-running
sary for remote learning,” says Professor
cybersecurity program the college co-sponsors
Lawrence Rosenthal, associate dean for
was modified for an online format.
academics. “The pandemic forced several of
With infection rates still pulsating through the our students and faculty members to quickly
nation and vaccination programs ramping up, learn how to use the available technology in a
Chase continues to operate with one eye on relatively short period of time.” Among that
what had been the longtime normal and technology is the now ubiquitous Zoom and
another on a new normal in a global pandemic. similar platforms.
1 4 C H A S E M A G A Z INENot only were classes shifted to online, so were students, as sometimes we just could not make “As teachers,
final exams, using software that confirms the technology do what we wanted.” we had to learn
students’ identity and acts as an online proctor.
But learning occurred. “I was amazed at the quickly that some
“With exams being remote, we had to update continued engagement and hard work of methods that
our electronic exam-giving capabilities,” Dean students throughout this period,” he says. worked in the
Rosenthal says. “Also, it was difficult to in-person class-
coordinate all exams, as faculty members took
For some students, the virtual experience room did not work
different approaches to how to test students’
included intrusions of reality. “You are at the in the virtual
understanding of the material covered in the
whim of your internet connection, and some classroom.”
students have situations at home that make it
classes.” Some, for example, required all –Professor Jack Harrison
harder to pay attention, such as children who are
students to take an exam at the same time;
not in school,” says Michael Justice, a third-year
others allowed students to choose when to
student and Student Bar Association president.
sign-in to an exam during a specified time
In addition, casual interaction with professors
period.
and classmates is not what it had been.
One Semester and then the Next “Overall, it has been a unique challenge to
The initial switch to online instruction was adapt to learning law in this format. However,
planned to continue through summer session, there are positives, as well,” he says. “Courses
with fall semester having a mix of online-only are typically recorded, which can be helpful for
and online-and-in-person classes, and all those who miss or wish to review a lecture.
classes being only online after Thanksgiving Additionally, I’ve been told that some people
break, as part of an NKU strategy to avoid have an easier time speaking in front of the
having students who had travelled for Thanks- class in this format than they do in person.”
giving congregate. A spike in regional Covid-19
cases shortly before Thanksgiving, though, Beyond the Classroom
shifted Chase and NKU classes to online sooner Not only did classroom instruction shift to
than planned. online, so did experiential learning and student
activities.
When students and professors first met for
optional in-person fall semester classes in “Spring brought unique challenges to experien-
August, they met in a Nunn Hall – and some- tial learning, which largely takes place in person,
times in other NKU buildings – dramatically in the field,” says Professor Jennifer Kinsley,
different from what they had left in March. associate dean for professional development and
Facial coverings were required, classroom director of field placement. “Some students
seating was spread out, online options were continued to work on-site as essential employ-
available for every class taught in-person, ees, while others participated in remote work
drinking fountains were covered to prevent use projects and online hearings.”
and Plexiglas shields hung above podium-style
Among them was third-year student Kaley
desks in office reception areas.
Thompson. She had a double lesson in law as
Faculty and Student Assessments an intern with the Kentucky Commonwealth’s
Attorney at Albany – prosecuting cases and
The abrupt change from the way in which
practicing virtually.
classes had been taught since the founding of
Chase to one that required use of sometimes “I conducted research, interviewed victims and
unfamiliar technology – although, some witnesses over the phone, drafted legal
professors have taught online classes for a few documents and spent time with the victim’s
years – had a few hiccups, but overall rated as advocate and the commonwealth detective.
better-than-expected. Due to social distancing, we spent very little
time in the courtroom. We utilized Zoom to
“As teachers, we had to learn quickly that some
speak with incarcerated defendants and to hold
methods that worked in the in-person class-
competency hearings.”
room did not work in the virtual classroom,”
Professor Jack Harrison says. “The period from For mock trial teams, the change meant moving
March to May required creativity on the part of from an in-person courtroom setting to
teachers and great patience on the part of individual locations wherever students and their
WINT ER 2 0 2 1 1 5Social distancing in the law library.
computers might be, whether in separate The 30-minute online ceremony May 8 recog-
classrooms or distanced apartments. nized 120 Juris Doctor and three Master of
Legal Studies graduates with virtual elements
“In fall semester, all of our mock trial competi-
of what in-person commencement would have
tions were taking place virtually, like many court
been: Professor John Bickers, whom graduates
proceedings across the country,” says Professor
had selected as Professor of the Year, was there
Harrison, who is faculty coordinator for the
from home as grand marshal; Professors
teams. “This has meant a new set of challenges,
Michael Mannheimer and Krista Burton,
as our students have had to learn how to
selected as marshals, were there from their
conduct a trial remotely.” homes to read names of graduates; and Dean
That has meant practicing technology as well as Judith Daar, Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold
“Our [mock trial] Dean of Chase College of Law, was there with
practicing opening statements and closing
coaches are helping remarks from her home, in front of a virtual
arguments. “Our coaches are helping us prepare
us prepare with background of springtime on the NKU campus
with pre-competition scrimmages using the
pre-competition
scrimmages using Zoom platform. We get to see how the competi- Other events and student activities were similarly
the Zoom platform. tion will really feel, and the coaches help us cancelled, with expectations they would return
make appropriate adjustments so that we can online fall semester. The Office of Student Affairs
We get to see how put our best selves forward when we actually launched its services online when the semester
the competition will compete,” says team member Devin Perry. began. “We encouraged phone conferences and
really feel, and the
Zoom meetings when students needed to meet.
coaches help us For the Class of 2020, the pandemic forced
We planned to host several virtual workshops
make appropriate cancellation of a commencement ceremony not
throughout the semester to address student
adjustments so just once, but twice. Spring commencement
wellness and student involvement outside of
that we can put was replaced by an online ceremony, with the
the classroom,” says Ashley Siemer, director of
our best selves plan for graduates to participate in person in
student affairs and enrollment management.
forward when we the traditional NKU December commence-
actually compete.” ment. That ceremony was cancelled because of While the pandemic disrupted procedures for
— Devin Perry, 2L a regional surge in Covid-19 cases. everyone, it had the greatest potential to
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