January
Dean Miles (2nd from right) hosted the Columbus School of Law's Alumni, Faculty and Friends Reception in conjunction with the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in New Orleans on Jan. 7, 2010. Left to right: CUA law professor Lisa Lerman; Dean Nell Newton, of the University of Notre Dame School of Law; Dean Joyce McConnell, University of West Virginia School of Law; CUA law professor Professor Sarah Duggin.
2009
Holiday gathering in Annapolis,Md., Dec.15, 2009. More than two dozen alumni and friends attended a party in the home of Mark D. Johnson, 1992, and his wife Kristi Bleyer (with the dean, above). This is the second time in recent years a CUA law alumnus has hosted a holiday party in Annapolis. The previous occasion in 2006 was in the home of Stanley Samorajczyk, 1967, a member of the Board of Visitors.
Dean Miles (2nd from left) hosted Reunion 2009 at the Columbus School of Law on Sept. 25-26, 2009. This year’s event reunited the class years from 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004. Reunion 2009 opened with a reception on the outdoor terrace of the Kennedy Center, and included class dinners and a class breakfast.
Dean Miles was a panelist for “The Legal Profession Today and for the Future,” held on Oct. 3, 2009 at the Georgetown University Law Center. The event was sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division. Fellow panelists included CUA law alumna Sara Walshe, 2006, senior staff attorney with the District of Columbia’s Office of Bar Counsel.
Dean Miles attended the ABA accreditation meeting in Aspen, CO from Oct. 22 -24. She also attended the subcommittee meeting on the Uniform Bar Examination of National Conference of Bar Examiners in Phoenix, AZ on Nov. 1-2.
The dean was prominently featured in an article, “Are They Religious Enough?” published in the Oct. 2009 issue of National Jurist, a magazine for law students. The article discussed the degree to which religious-affiliated law schools bring faith into the classroom.
The dean was appointed to serve on the board of directors of the Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, Maryland. Her term began in Oct., 2009. She will serve as a member of the Corporate Work Study Program Committee. Kathleen Asdorian, CUA law class of 1990, is a fellow member of the board.
Late Summer, 2009
Dean Miles' article on the role of law schools in the bar certification process, "Practice-Ready: A Law School Perspective on Bar Certification" was published in The Bar Examiner, the official magazine of The National Conference of Bar Examiners. She was also featured and quoted numerous times in the Sept. 2009 back-to-school edition of PreLaw, a publication of The National Jurist, which included an article focusing on religiously-affiliated law schools. Dean Miles was also on the cover of the April 16, 2009 issue of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
July 31-August 2
June
Dean Miles attended the 34th District of Columbia Judicial Conference at the Ronald Regan Building on Friday, June 19. The following morning she hosted a panel discussion for minority law school faculty at The Association of American Law School's Workshop for New Law Teachers. Dean Miles traveled to Montreal, Canada, to attend the June meeting of the ABA Accreditation Committee from June 24 - 27.
June 1 - Dean Miles (right) hosted a breakfast in Richmond before the orientation and swearing-in ceremony for the newest alumni members of the Virginia State Bar. Pictured are: Linda Loi Vu, 2004;Lee W. Heffner, Nicholas G. Hallenbeck, and Tamika Dawn Jones, all from the Class of 2008.
Dean Miles, Hon. Alfred Donald Cooper, Sr., 1983, and
Hon. Juanita Bing Newton, 1975.
May 14, 2009 - Dean Miles traveled to Brooklyn to attend the New York Metropolitan Black Bar Association’s 25th annual awards dinner honoring distinguished African-American lawyers, judges and leaders in law, government and business. CUA law alumna Hon. Juanita Bing Newton, 1975, was among three people to be honored with the Jurist of the Year Award. Judge Newton is deputy chief administrative judge for Justice Initiatives, Office of Court Administration, Criminal Court of the City of New York.
April, 2009
Dean Miles was chosen to be featured on the cover of the April 16 issue of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. The award-winning magazine focuses on issues of interest in higher education to minorities and other readers. Dean Miles also contributed to its lead article, “First Ladies of Law”that solicited opinions on a variety of issues from some of the nation’s women law school deans, including the five African-American women who currently serve as deans of ABA-accredited law schools. Miles shared her thoughts on the biggest challenges facing law schools today.
Dean Miles, 2nd from left, with Bar Examiners in Baltimore
On April 24, Dean Miles participated on a panel at the Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Bar Examiners in Baltimore to offer the legal educator’s perspective on the professional competencies students are expected to have upon graduation. The program, titled “What Should a Lawyer Be Equipped to Do?” drew upon the career experiences of the panel members to discuss what they observe and expect from entry-level lawyers. Audience members were also invited to share their views on the level of knowledge and skills that is appropriate to the bar examination. Nearly 300 legal professionals were in attendance, including 27 state supreme court justices.
From April 16-18, Dean Miles attended the spring meeting of the ABA Accreditation Committee in New Orleans.
In March and February, she hosted a meeting of the law school’s advisory Board of Visitors; attended a reception for admitted students at the law firm Jones Day; and attended receptions for CUA evening and day students at the law firms of Akin Gump and McKenna Aldridge, respectively.
Feb. 6, 2009 - Dean Miles was among the deans of four Catholic law schools who discussed the question, “Do Catholic law schools make sense in a secular world?” at a forum hosted by St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, TX. Joining her were the peers from the law schools of Villanova University, the University of St. Thomas, and St. Mary. Before the public, the group considered such topics such as whether a Catholic law school should try to have a theological influence on its students, and if so, how to implement such influence.
January, 2009 - Dean Miles and members of the law school faculty attended the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools in San Diego and held a reception for alumni and friends on Jan. 7. The reception also celebrated the achievements of CUA faculty members Margaret Barry, Faith Mullen and Sandy Ogilvy and their contributions to clinical legal education. Later in the month, Dean Miles headed west again to attend a meeting of the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ Special Committee on the Uniform Bar Exam in Tuscon, AZ, held on Jan. 17; and to Los Angeles on Jan. 22 to attend a meeting of the accreditation committee of the ABA section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar.
On July 18 and 19, Veryl Miles, dean of CUA’s Columbus of Law, participated in a conference on “Judicial Independence and Legal Education: Two Pillars of a Democratic Legal System” held in the
Jan. 16, Bethesda, MD
The Montgomery County Alumni & Friends Reception celebrated CUA Law's outstanding results on the July, 2007, Maryland Bar exam with members of the Montgomery County Bench and Bar.
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Dean Miles, Claudia Hrvatin, class of 2003 and her guest Gregg Buckler on the rooftop of the Kennedy Center Friday night. |
Dean Miles, Professor Beth Winston, Tom Madden, class of 1968 and his wife Irene. Madden is Professor Winston's Father. |
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2008
November 18, 2008 - Dean Miles joined area graduates at the Tower Club in Vienna, Virginia, to host the law school's reception As in Philadelphia the previous evening, alumni were pleased to learn of the latest bar exam results for their state. Virginia is the second most popular jurisdiction among CUA graduates taking the bar exam, and first-time test-takers last summer earned a 84 percent success rate, right on par with the state average. |
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Nov. 17, 2008 - Dean Veryl Miles, 1980, and Board of Visitors Member John P. Donohue, 1969, hosted a reception for P |
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September – 2008 September was a busy month, with Dean Miles attending to functions, events and professional obligations within and without of the law school. On Sept. 19-20, she welcomed ten alumni classes, with years ending in 8s and 3s, to Reunion 2008. Highlights included breakfast with alumni, faculty presentations, a law school community picnic and a welcome back celebration at the Kennedy Center. Dean Miles also began her work with the American Bar Association’s Accreditation Committee, which is tasked with assessing the educational offerings of the majority of the nation’s law schools. She traveled to Chicago for a retreat and committee meeting on September 25-27. Dean Miles was recently invited to serve a one-year term on the Special Committee on the Uniform Bar Examination for the National Conference of Bar Examiners, an invitation that she accepted. Her term of service is 2008-2009. |
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June - 2008 During the month of June, Dean Miles traveled throughout the country to speak at several professional conferences. Immediately after commencement, she traveled to Marco Island, Florida, to participate in the ABA New Deans Workshop (May 31 – June 3) as a faculty panelist, where she and other experienced deans advised the newest class of first-time law school deans on the nuances of law school administration. Dean Miles was also the vice chair of the planning committee for this year’s conference. |
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April 27, Public Leadership Education Network - Dean Miles spoke to a group of women college students participating in the Public Leadership Education Network’s “Women, Law & Public Policy Conference: A Public Leadership Career Conference.” PLEN provides a range of opportunities to women college students from across the country to participate in internships and programs in the nation’s capital where they can learn about the field of law and public policy from women lawyers who make and influence public policy. Dean Miles participated in a panel discussion on how to prepare for law school and beyond. |
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April 18, Dean Miles was the luncheon speaker at the Women’s Legal Forum sponsored by the Wyoming Bar Association. This was the first time a Women’s Legal Forum was sponsored by the Wyoming Bar Association in response to the growing number of women attorneys practicing in the state. The purpose of the program was to provide a forum for the state’s women attorneys of all generations and backgrounds to share practical ideas on how to succeed in their legal careers. Dean Miles was asked to provide the attendees with a view from the law school: a look at today’s generation of the women law students, as well as the views and perspectives from women law faculty and administrators who teach and mentor them. |
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Dean Miles was the speaker at the Law and Leadership Series at Hamline University School of Law. Her presentation was entitled "Pro Bono Service: A Professional Responsibility with an Abundant Yield." Dean Miles is pictured with Dean Jon Garon of Hamline. |
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Feb. 20, Columbus School of Law
Dean Miles delivered the 17th Mary, Mirror of Justice lecture in the law school's Walter S. Slowinski courtroom. Inaugurated in 1989, the annual address is intended to recognize and encourage lawyers and scholars who, through their research contributions and dedication to teaching, clarify and advance the pursuit of peace with justice through the law. Among the lecture's highlights: "The law school of The Catholic University of America should become the leading legal community in the nation where conversations concerning law, justice, reason, faith and conscience reverberate in the classrooms, the hallways and offices throughout the building in the spirit of the Catholic intellectual tradition.” The lecture series is sponsored by the Pope John Paul II Guild of Catholic Lawyers. |
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Feb. 7-11, Santa Monica, CA
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Jan. 6, New York City Dean Miles (right) joined Professor Ralph Rohner (holding award) as he was presented with the Tri-centennial Medal of Appreciation by Marek Bojarski, (2nd from right) dean of the law faculty at the University of Wroclaw, Poland, for his involvement in strengthening American-Polish educational collaboration. It was awarded to Rohner at a CUA law alumni reception in New York City in January, which was held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools. Professor Rohner's wife Monica is at far left. |
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for Northern Virginia Alumni & Friends.
Dean Miles attended the ABA Dean’s Mid-year Workshop in Santa Monica, California, where she was a speaker on a panel workshop entitled “The Stages of Deaning”. The law school also held an Alumni & Friends of the Law School Reception at the ABA Mid-year Meeting in Santa Monica and other alumni events in the San Francisco Bay area.
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