The La Verne Law Mission Statement is a powerful statement of our commitment to the College of Law, to legal education, and to the university as a whole. The last part of the COL\u2019s Mission Statement refers to the University\u2019s core values:<\/p>\n
Our mission is grounded in the core values of the University of La Verne \u2013 life-long learning, ethical reasoning and decision-making, diversity and inclusivity, and community and civic engagement. Difference-making is our legacy.<\/p>\n
This month\u2019s article about faculty focuses on our community and civic engagement\u2014what we do to give back to others. Our faculty is generous with their time and talents.<\/p>\n
Many are involved in local bar associations. Professor Charles Doskow is a past president of the San Bernardino County Bar Association, and the West End San Bernardino County Bar Association. He also serves as a board member to the Inland Empire Chapter, Federal Bar Association, and is a past chapter president. Dean Gilbert Holmes was recently sworn in as a board member for the West End San Bernardino County Bar Association. Professor Ashley Lipson is active in the Beverly Hills Bar Association, and encourages many students to participate. Dean Exon is a long-time member of the Riverside County Bar Association (RCBA), including its Legal Education Committee. As part of that committee, Dean Exon serves as liaison between RCBA and La Verne Law. She has coordinated scholarly presentations by our faculty, including Professors Doskow, Lipson, Michael O\u2019Connor, and Kenneth Rudolf. Exon also has spoken at RCBA functions and other bar associations on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n
On the national front, Dean Exon has been actively involved in the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. She is a former co-chair of the Section\u2019s Ethics Committee, and serves on its coveted Ethical Guidance Committee, participating in the drafting of ethical opinions relating to mediation. Dean Exon also serves on the Section\u2019s Legal Education, ADR and Practical Problem Solving Project (LEAPS) to provide guidance regarding Civil Procedure pedagogy to faculty nationwide.<\/p>\n
Professor Placido Gomez is actively involved with the Indian Law Center at the University of New Mexico, especially the Center\u2019s Pre- Law Summer Institute. This summer he judged in the program\u2019s moot court presentations and attended the program\u2019s banquet.<\/p>\n
Many faculty members actively participate in nonlegal philanthropy. For example, some are active in their churches. Professor Doskow has been a long-time member of the Claremont Sunrise Rotary and prepares its weekly newsletter. For years, he has served as the Co-Chair of the Rotary\u2019s American Cancer Society Relay for Life fundraising activity. Doskow also fundraises for the annual Turkey Trot (Claremont Thanksgiving Day run), and coordinates a team from the College of Law. Dean Exon was a member of Soroptimist International of Riverside for 18 years, serving as its president during 1994-95. After a hiatus for a few years, she is rejoining the organization, to continue efforts to help women and children.<\/p>\n
Every faculty member is generous with his or her monetary donations and indeed too numerous to mention. However, one professor stands out in his support of the University of La Verne. Last year, Professor John Hultman created The Robert Warren Hultman Distinguished Professorship of the College of Arts and Sciences, in gratitude for the outstanding undergraduate education he received there, and also to honor his father\u2019s legacy and distinguished service in World War II. Hultman donates $10,000 a year to this Distinguished Professorship.
\nLipson is extremely generous with his donations of the Objection! computer simulation series that he created. He donates the game to many silent auctions and schools nationwide.<\/p>\n
As can be clearly seen by the foregoing, the La Verne Law faculty is generous with its time and efforts. Faculty members give back out of the goodness of their hearts, and back because their efforts really make a difference. Although they never ask for anything in return, it is an incredible accolade when others express their appreciation. Perhaps the best illustration of appreciation is a poem that students at the Strayberry High School Mock Trial Team (in Marietta, Georgia) sent to Professor Lipson as a big thank you for his donation of the Objection! Game:<\/p>\n
Thank you so much for donating the computer programs
\n(Though to some it feels like extra classroom exams!)
\nWe cannot wait to learn all about Hearsay Objections
\nAnd all those wonderful Evidentiary Foundations
\nWhether it is ok to simply ask a question?
\nOr whether it is not fact but mere speculation?
\nWhether you can challenge beliefs which are religious?
\nWhen do statements guarantee trustworthiness?
\nAnd when they are lacking responsiveness?
\nWhen is the leading question appropriate?
\nAnd when is cross beyond the scope?
\nAm I qualified to give a Present Sense Impression?
\nIs a pertinent trait of the Witness relevant?
\nAnd, hey! Can my OWN witness be incompetent?
\nCan my calendar be a business record?
\nWhat if it\u2019s something I saw, not just heard?
\nIf my MOTHER told me, isn\u2019t it so?
\nShe knows EVERYTHING, so of course she must know!
\nIf you forget can we refresh your memory?
\nOr just say it over and over and buzz like a busy bee?
\nIf at first the answer is wrong for me,
\nCan I ask again, and then go for three?
\nAnd while we are not suggesting an answer, we are asking an opinion
\nFor which, we thank you in advance, in fact thanks a million
\nIf you would kindly keep your good thoughts for us going strong\u2026
\nAs a talisman of sorts, and maybe even more!
\nAnd may we say to you\u2026
\nTHANK YOU\u2026for all that you have done\u2026and do!
\nYour Friends,
\nSTRAYBERRY HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL TEAM 2011-2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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