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2004

The Advocate (Vol. 1, Issue 12)

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vocate WILLIAM & M.ARY SCHOOL OF LAW

Congratulations Class of 2004! The time has come for the class of team brought in awards from nearly tinue to work for organizations such as The 3L class has excelled outside 2004 to complete their studies at the every competition it entered. The trial these after they graduate. Many others ofacademicsaswell.Lawschoolteams Marshall-Wythe School of Law. There team also enjoyed unprecedented suc- will work in the private sector for law inintramuralsportsforthecampuswon were a great deal of firsts for this year's cess in its competitions. The Advocate firms ranging in size from solo practi- the independent points championship, graduating students; they were the first increased readership and interest in the tioners to some of the world's largest co-ed softball championship, men's A class to use the new wing, the first class publication, entered the national ABA law firms . The members of the class in league football championship, co-ed to be recruited and attend law school contest for law school newspapers for private practice will be representing a footballchampionship,men'sAleague completely in the new millennium, and the first time in at least a decade, and range of clients from individual citizens basketball championship, three on the first class with an 86-credit graduation two staff members won the journalism to multinational corporations. three basketball championship, and the requirement and a retroactive pass-fail. awards for the campus for the first time The annual Bone Marrow Drive at co-ed hockey championship. Let it be These and possibly many other firsts in at least as many years. the law school raised a record amount of said that the class of2004 knows how mark this class as unique. The graduating Over the course of the last three money and had the largest amount raised to have fun; the group of students from class can also be characterized by some years, the Public Service Fund (PSF) and most donors registered per capita on the 3L class who participated in the very definitive lasts as well. This may raised a record amount of money and the W&M campus. The campus-wide surnmerprogram in Spain were the first well be the last class to have a majority funded a record number of students for drive as a whole is the largest Bone class in the history of the program to of its members born in the 1970's, or the internships in public service. The intern- Marrow Drive in the state of Virginia. run outof alcohol during the final party, last class to have experienced the great ships funded through both PSF and other The Black Law Student Association in causing the caterer to make a liquor run air-conditioning outage ofApril 2002. On sources ranged from the international, the last three years has enjoyed con- half way through the event. The class of2004 witnessed 9-11 , a much more serious note, the class of including: Legal Aid of Cambodia, tinued success, with 3L support. These 2004 was the last class to enter law school International Justice Mission in India successes include the annual Oliver Hill the war on terrorism, Afghanistan, and in a pre-September 11 th world. Through against child labor, and the South Pauli Banquet, Thanksgiving food drive and Iraq, the deployment of many of their all these firsts and lasts, and in a time of Attorney General's Office; to national basket contest, a clothing drive to benefit class mates, and one of the worst legal economic and social upheaval, the 3L reform groups involving issues such as: needy families in Williamsburg, Blood job markets in a decade. Through it class maintained an astounding level of Human Rights, Aids and HIV, protec- Drives, and many other civic contribu- all the 3L class persevered with good excellence in academics, civic contribu- tion of the Environment, Employment tions the organization makes annually. cheer, hard work, and much success. tions, and extra-curricular activities. Rights, Disability Law, Victim Witness The Military Law Society, the Asian As Dean Reveley stated, "You all have For the first time in the history of Rights, Homelessness and Poverty, and Law Student Alliance, the Christian been, it seems to me, glued together Dean Reveley's tenure, all of the Law Community Mediation; and finally, to Legal Society, the student division of and cheerful as well as obviously very Journals were published on time this positions in Legal Aid organizations and the Institute for Bill of Rights Law, able. Now I want you to go pass the year. The Dean added: "And they did it District Attorney and Public Defender and many others all made significant bar, all of you." with lots of qualitative material. It was offices with federal , state, and local contributions throughout the class of G dI kt u all' a banner journal year." The Moot Court governments . Many students will con- 2004 's time at W &M. 00 UC 0 yo .

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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES JURIS DOCTOR August 2003 KYLE OMAR EVERETT, Mt. Vernon, NY B.A., North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, 1999 KRISTEN IRENE FROELICH, Fargo, NO B.S, North Dakota State University, 1999 RYAN MICHAEL RAFFERTY, Burke, VA B.S, George Mason University, 2000 ANDREW M. YOUHAS, Falls Church, VA B.SB.A., University of Richmond, 1996 MB.A. , College of William & Mary, 2003 December 2003 KEVIN MICHAEL BARNES, Auburn, AL B.S, United States Air Force Academy, 1994 MB.A., College of William & Mary, 2003 CHRISTOPHER KERMIT KALEBA, Williamsburg, VA B.A., College of William & Mary, 1998 COURTNEY DAYNA LYNCH, Fairfax, VA B.A., North Carolina State University, 1995 EMILY BRONWEN ZrrrER-SMITH, Wonderuu, CO B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1996

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GARY LEE ABBOTT, Newport News, VA B.S, Christopher Newport University, 2001 JOHN JOSEPH ALLEN, Larchmont, NY B.A. , American University, 1998 PETER GR1FFITH ALLEN, Takoma Park, MD B.A., University of Virginia, 2000 RUSSELL FREDERICH ANDERSON, Mountain View, CA B.A., University of Virginia, 2000 SADA REBECCA ANDREWS, Glen Ellyn, IL B.A., Gordon College, 2001 KENDRA DAWN ARNOLD, Bassett, VA B.A., University of Richmond, 2001 HEATHER LEE ARPIN, Sheboygan, WI B.S, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001 JOSEPH EDWARD AsHMAN, Warrensburg, MO B.A., University of Missouri, 1996 MA., Louisiana State University, 2001 J. ANDREW AUSTIN, Roanoke, VA B.A., Wake Forest University, 1992 MA., University of Virginia, 1994 Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2000 ROBERT ELLIOTT BARNSBY, Torrington, CT B.S , United States Military Academy, 1996 JASON MITCHELL BAXTER, Albany, NY B.A. , University of Rochester, 2000 JENNIFER LYNN BECKER, Fleetwood, PA B.A., Syracuse University, 2001 LINDA E. BEEBE, Saugerties, NY B.A., Georgetown University, 2001 SARAH ANNE BELCHER, Richmond, VA B.A. , University of Virginia, 2000 EDWARD WALTER BERG, Tiger, GA B.A., Emory University, 1995 MA., Georgia State University, 1998 MARK RICHARD BERLICK, Ft. Myers, FL B.B.A., Stetson University, 2001 JENNIFER S. BERNDT, Green Bay, WI B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001

SUSAN EILEEN BILLHEIMER, Portola Valley, CA B.A ., University of California, Davis, 1997 DAVID SAUNDERS BLESSING, Cincinnati, OH B.A., College of William & Mary, 2001 JOSEPH WELDON BOATWRIGHT IV, Richmond, VA B.A., George Mason University, 2001 IAN MATIHEW BOLLING, Virginia Beach, VA B.A., Virginia Wesleyan College, 1999 MS, Florida State University, 2001 DANA R. BOWLING, Mt. Laurel, NJ B.A., Rutgers University, 2001 JAMES HODO BoYKIN ill, Virginia Beach, VA B.A., University of Virginia, 1997 DANIEL LEWIS BROOME-RAINES, Lovettsville, VA B.A., Georgetown University, 2001 MATIHEW EDWARD BROWN, Philadelphia, PA B.A., La Salle University, 2001 ERIN JOANNA BUTLER, Apalachicola, FL B.A., University ofFlorida, 2000 BENJAMIN S. CANDLAND, Potomac, MD B.A. , Brigham Young University, 2001 LINDSEY ANNE CARNEY, Newport News, VA B.A., Christopher Newport University, 2001 SHERRY LEIGH CARPENTER, Queensbury, NY B.S, Cornell University, 1990 CHRISTINA YVETTE LABRO CARROLL, Arlington, VA B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1999 MB.A. , College of William & Mary, 2004 ELIZABETH CARTER CHANDLER, Mechanicsville, VA B.A., University of Virginia, 1999 BRENDAN H. CHANDONNET, Manchester, NH B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2001 GUNTHER CHAPPE CHESNUT, Santa Barbara, CA B.A., Reed College, 1998 CASEY LOUIS CHMIELEWSKI, Sellersville, PA B.S, United States Coast Guard Academy, 1996 NATHAN MICHAEL CIHLAR, Arlington, VA B.S, Georgetown University, 1999 CHRISTOPHER Ross CLEMENTS, Annandale, VA B.A., College of William & Mary, 1997 JEFFREY MATTHEW CONNER, Denver, CO B.S, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1999 ERIC DAVID COOK, Oneonta, NY B.S, State University of New York at Oneonta, 2000 JESSICA TREANETTE COOK, Ferrum, VA B.A., Oakwood College, 2001 IIARMON LAMONT COOPER, Hemingway, SC B.A. , Georgetown University, 2000 MPP, College of William & Mary, 2004 HELEN MAYA CRliMBAUGH, Fairfax, VA B.A. , College of William & Mary, 1999 MARIANA TERESA CRUZ, Annandale, VA B.A., College of William & Mary, 2001 THOMAS TULLIDGE CULLEN, Richmond, VA B.A., Furman, 2000 T. EDWARD CUNDICK JR., Salt Lake City, UT B.A., University of Utah, 2001 MARy CAROL DALY, Chicago, IL B.B.A., Saint MalT's College, 1985 M B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1989 BRUCE SCOTT DAVIS, Seattle, WA B.A., University of Washington, 1999 DEREK CHARLES DEGR.~SS , Wakefield, Rl B.A., Wake Forest University, 2001 MICHAEL JOHN DELUCA, Albany, NY B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1992 JENNIFER LOUISE DESCHENES, Williamsburg, VA B.A. , University of Connecticut, 1991 MS, Syracuse University, 1995

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The Advocate is proud to announce

Raj Jolly won the Charles-McDowell Award and Shannon Hadeed the Rex Slllith Award for excellence in journalislll. Huzzah!

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