Fall 2005In This Issue...Cover StoryWillamette's Pioneering Law and Government Program10DepartmentsDean’s Message4News Briefs5New Faculty8The Washington Insider26Forging a Path for Others28A High-Flying Legal Career30The Senate’s Tax Man34The Judicious Balance of School and Family37WUCL Alumni with Positions in Government38Class News39In the Stacks46Law and GovernmentWillamette’s Pioneering Law and Government Program10Devout Defender of the First Amendment13Building Better Laws16Thinking About the Constitution21Law Reform and the Classroom22Public Policy Research24Federalism Symposium25