Volume XIV, Issue I
January/February 2000

Another Great Issue

by Geoff Hymans

Thank you! You, gentle reader, have gotten De Novo off to a great start in 2000. We have another full issue, and I hope you will all continue to submit articles. I am particularly interested in receiving Book Reviews. If enough WYLD members submit book reviews over the next few months (please limit the reviews to books that have at least some connection to law, thought I am certainly not limiting reviews to the latest tax treatise), I will dedicate the last summer issue (August) to their publication -- perfect reading for the beach!

In the current issue, we welcome the return of Editor Emeritus Evan with another of his vaunted "advice columns" -- see if you can spot your favorite client in his field guide. We also have some advice for those who may be looking for a career change in the new year, which can be distilled to "go for it" if you are thinking of becoming a contract lawyer (see article Opportunity Knocks or What Do I Do Now? -- My Life as a Contract Attorney) and "don't even think about it" if you plan to embark on a life of crime (see article Is It Really A "Gift"?)

Many WYLD members, like myself, are graduates of the largest law school in the state, Seattle University School of Law. I received an announcement of some interest to those of us who attended this institution, or its predecessor, the University of Puget Sound School of Law. Dean Jim Bond is stepping down, and Seattle University has chosen as his replacement Rudolph Hasl. Hasl is the former Dean of St. John's University School of Law and St. Louis University School of Law, he thus has experience with the Jesuit educational mission that governs the "new" law school.

Dean Jim Bond will continue to teach part-time, but will also begin to enjoy the fruits of semi-retirement. I hope that all my fellow alumni will join me in saluting Dean Bond, a man who has been critical in the law school's growth and continued improvement. Dean Bond was a mentor to me in my law school days, and is one of the most honest, principled, yet gracious men I have ever had the privilege to meet. Though I don't know if I will ever forgive him for hammering me in my first semester of Con law, I am certain I would not be the lawyer I am today without his guidance and encouragement. I am certain that many other S.U. and U.P.S. law school alumni would echo my sentiments.

Salutations, Jim Bond, and best wishes for a joyful new millennium.

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