OCTOBER 2003 Back Row: Professor Neil Gold, Provost and Vice President, Academic University of Windsor; John Mellen (Detroit Law '81), Ford Motor Company; Father Gerald Stockhausen, President, University of Detroit Mercy; Jay Kellerman (Windsor Law '86), Stikeman Elliott LLP; Professor Leon Lysaght, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law; Judge Kathleen Jansen, Michigan Court of Appeals (Detroit Law '78); and Dean Bruce Elman, University of Windsor Faculty of Law. Middle Row: Dean Mark Gordon, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law; Randy Wright, Esq, Berry Moorman P.C.; Peter Farmer, Denison Mines; and Jeff Slopen, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (Detroit Law '83) . Front Row: Cara DeMatteis Mager, Esq, Butzel Long; Justice Eleanor Cronk (Windsor Law '75), Court of Appeal for Ontario; Virginia Shea (Windsor Law '02), Director of J.D./LL.B. Program; and Professor George Stewart, University of Windsor Faculty of Law. Missing from Photograph: Lori Shalhoub (Windsor Law '86), DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc.; and Tom Ryan, Esq. The newly constituted J.D./LL.B. Advisory Board recently held its initial meeting at the University of Windsor Law School. The members of the board elected Peter Farmer '74, CEO of Denison Energy, as the Chair of the Board. The meeting focused principally on three topics: Curriculum, Recruitment, and Career Services. Various faculty and staff from the University of Windsor and University of Detroit Mercy Law Schools presented board members with information on the current state of the program in each of these areas and the challenges being faced. A useful and frank discussion followed each presentation. Dean Bruce Elman noted: "The discussion was extraordinarily useful. It is always good to get a frech perspective on the challenges we face in developing this program." The joint J.D./LL.B. Program was established in 2000 under a Collaboration Agreement between the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. This Collaborative Agreement called for the establishment of an Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is composed of academics, lawyers, and members of the judiciary from both Canada and the United States. The purpose of the board is to provide the parties with important guidance on academic matters and/or matters relating to the legal profession. The location of the meetings will rotate between the two law schools and the Chair of the Board will also rotate from a representative of one school to a representative of the other. Dean Elman noted: "The exceptional quality of the individuals we were able to attract to serve on the advisory Board speaks volumes for the importance that we, and they, place on the program and the importance of trans-border legal education generally." The meeting of the J.D./LL.B. Advisory Board was followed by a Welcome Reception in order to provide board members with the opportunity to meet and speak with the J.D./LL.B. students as well as the faculty members and staff of both law schools. Presently, there are 75 students in the joint program, including 34 first-year, 20 second-year and 21, third-year students. MEMBERS OF THE J.D./LL.B. ADVISORY BOARD: Justice Eleanore Cronk (Windsor Law '75) - Court of Appeal for Ontario Dean Bruce Elman - University of Windsor Faculty of Law Peter Farmer (Windsor Law '74) - President and Chief Executive Officer, Denison Mines Professor Neil Gold - Provost and Vice-President, Academic, University of Windsor Dean Mark Gordon - University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Judge Kathleen Jansen (Detroit Law '78) - Michigan Court of Appeals Jay Kellerman (Windsor Law '86) - Stikeman Elliot LLP Professor Gary Maveal - University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Cara DeMatteis Mager, Esq. - Butzel Long John Mellen (Detroit Law '81)- Ford Motor Company Tom Ryan, Esq. Lori Shalhoub (Windsor Law '86) - DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc. Virginia Shea (Windsor Law '02) - Director of J.D./LL.B. Program Jeff Slopen (Detroit Law '83) - Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. Professor George Stewart - University of Windsor, Faculty of Law Dr. Barbara Schirmer - Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Detroit Mercy Randy Wright, Esq. - Berry Moorman P.C.