Washburn Law Journal
Editor's Note
Volume 44, No. 3 (Spring 2005)
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The articles in this issue were developed as part of the Washburn University School of Law Symposium, Enron Three Years Later: A White Collar Crime Scoreboard. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Washburn Law School Center for Excellence in Advocacy and the Washburn Law School Business & Transactional Law Center. The issue features the work of panelists Professor Frank Bowman, Indiana University School of Law; Professor Kathleen Brickey, Washington University; Professor Stuart Green, Louisiana State University; and Professor Ellen Podgor, Georgia State University College of Law.
The issue also includes four student authored pieces. Rebecca Ness Ryhmer's Note discusses tuition breaks for undocumented aliens. Melissa Castillo's Comment considers whether deportation is a collateral consequence of a conviction. Katherine James questions the strip searching of juveniles. Finally, Amy Leisinger's Comment examines the exoneration rule and criminal defendants.
GNIP-GNOP Awards
In 1947, nine graduates of the Washburn University School of Law organized the Free Society of GNIP-GNOP, deriving the name from the members' love of ping-pong. Initially, the group recognized an outstanding law professor. Because the group lived in various states, the members eventually concluded that this determination was difficult and thus decided to grant two awards annually to the Washburn Law Journal student writers. The editorial board chooses three Notes and three Comments for consideration. The members then review this work and select the best Note and Comment. The prize is presented at the spring banquet. Writers must be present to claim the award.
As this year's best Note, the GNIP-GNOP members selected The PSLRA Decade of Decadence: Improving Balance in the Private Securities Litigation Arena with a Screening Panel Approach, written by Brian S. Sommer. The members selected How Similar is Similar?: Confusing the Similarity Standard for the Admission of Prior Crimes Evidence Under the Plan Exception in Child Molestation Cases, authored by Joletta Friesen, as the best Comment.
John F. Kuether Awards
The faculty advisory committee reviews each student-written work published in the journal and selects the best Note and Comment. The faculty award is named to commemorate long-time faculty advisor, John F. Kuether. The recipients of this year's awards were Ryan S. Vincent, for his Note, No Child Left Behind, Only the Arts and Humanities: Emerging Inequalities in Education Fifty Years After Brown, and Melinda Young, for her Comment, Discrimination for the Sake of the Children.
John D. Ensley Memorial Award For Excellence In Legal Writing
The Washburn Law Journal conducts a writing competition twice each year. The student who writes the top memo in each competition receives the John D. Ensley Memorial Award for Excellence in Legal Writing. James A. Bentley earned the Spring 2004 award. Eunice C. Peters earned the award in the Fall 2004 competition.
We would like to thank the many individuals who are integral parts of the journal process, including our secretary, the reference librarians, and those providing technological support. In addition, we would like to thank our faculty advisory committee. Professor Alex Glashausser served, for the first time, as faculty advisor for the Journal. Although he was learning the process alongside us, his advice was invaluable. Professors Mary Ramirez and Jeffrey Jackson joined our faculty advisory committee this year and we thank them for their assistance and support.
I would like to thank the staff writers and the editorial board for their work on the journal this year. It is amazing to watch a dedicated group of law students work together and achieve publication of three volumes of an academic journal.
Finally, I would like thank our spouses, children, partners, and families for their patience and understanding during the publication process. We are finally finished and can come home.
S.L.S.
Professor of the Year
Each year, the graduating class votes to honor a member of the Washburn University School of Law faculty as the William O. Douglas Outstanding Professor of the Year. Associate Professor of Law and Interim Associate Dean for Student Affairs Alex Glashausser was the recipient of this honor for the 2004-2005 academic year.
PROFESSOR ALEX GLASHAUSSER
Associate Professor of Law and Interim Associate Dean
for Student Affairs, Washburn University School of Law
William O. Douglas Outstanding Professor of the Year 2004-2005
Professor Glashausser received his B.A. from Harvard College in 1990 and his J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1995. Professor Glashausser's teaching responsibilities include Civil Procedure, Remedies, and Torts. In January 2005, Professor Glashausser was appointed Interim Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
Following graduation from Harvard, Professor Glashausser traveled to Tokyo, Japan, where he studied at the Yoshida Institute of Japanese Language and taught English. Subsequently, Professor Glashausser studied the Japanese legal system at Santa Clara University School of Law's Institute of International and Comparative Law, in Tokyo, and interned at Ishii Law Office.
While at Duke, Professor Glashausser was the recipient of the Herbey M. Johnson Memorial Writing Prize. He was also Executive Editor of the Duke Law Journal.
After graduating from law school, Professor Glashausser clerked for the Honorable Albert J. Engel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He served as a litigation associate for Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP and was an Adjunct Professor at the Ohio State University College of Law before coming to Washburn in the fall of 1999.
The class of 2005 selected The Honorable Terry L. Bullock, Shawnee County District Judge, Third Judicial District, as Adjunct Professor of the Year. Judge Bullock received his B.A. from Kansas State University and his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law. Judge Bullock teaches Professional Responsibility.
The Washburn Law Journal is pleased to recognize the contributions of Professors Glashausser and Bullock by acknowledging them in Volume 44, Issue 3.
