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FALL 2022 INDUCTEES HERE ARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT EACH OF OUR NEW INDUCTEES.
Thank you, Michael. Well done. Now, Michael put his remarks together by combing through the brief statements we asked each of the new inductees to give us – but he wasn’t given a full deck. When I asked the class to send in something unusual and interesting about themselves, most did. Some did not. They were warned. I told them “I have a vivid and vindictive imagination, and anyone who doesn’t give me a response should not be surprised to be written up as a former toe-fungus model.” So . . . the following bits of detail about each of our new Fellows are either true (at least as perceived by the Fellow) or whole cloth. You get to guess.
ALABAMA
Christine A. Freeman is the Executive Director of the Middle District of Alabama Federal Defender Program and the Alabama Post-Conviction Relief Project. Prior to joining the Fed- eral Defender’s office in Montgomery, Christine practiced law in Tennessee, Georgia and Ken- tucky, mostly in public interest and as a public defender. Christine has one son (who received his JD from Georgetown University in May 2022) and many foster children and grandchil- dren; there are now four public interest lawyers among her children and their partners.
Pat Shegon was adopted into a modest, middle-class family with parents who worked hard but had no college degrees. He knew early on he wanted to be a lawyer and worked in the mailroom and as a runner for a local law firm while in college. Pat enjoys coaching youth sports, serving on boards of charitable/non-profit organizations, flyfishing and hiking with his family.
ALASKA
Julie L. Willoughby is a second-generation Alaskan. A Stanford Law graduate, Julie lives and works in Juneau and practices exclusively criminal law. Julie has won the Iditarod Sled Dog Race four times using the pseudonym Susan Butcher.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Michelle Booker pursued her undergraduate degree while playing varsity basketball and spent her summers working as a lifeguard at the local outdoor pool. Following completion of her undergraduate degree, Michelle worked as an anti-racism educator for several years before attending law school, to which she commuted three hours a day, worked part-time as a legal researcher, competed as a mooter and landed a legal clerkship with the British Colum- bia Supreme Court, all as a parent of a young child. After eight years in commercial litigation,
Michelle transitioned to criminal law as a Crown Prosecutor, handling serious crimes – murder, attempted murder, man- slaughter, sexual violence and firearms offences.
Claire E. Hunter is a second-generation Fellow of the College. Her father John (now a BC Court of Appeal judge) is a former Regent of the College. Claire has received a number of awards for pro bono service in the US and Canada, including the Michael A. Cooper Award for Outstanding Public Service (named for our Past President). Over the past three years Claire has represented several transgender youths in matters relating to the right of minors to consent to gender affirming care, gender expression in schools and identification of minors without their consent in media publications. Claire has played trombone in community bands and orchestras in Vancouver, New York, California, Montreal and Toronto.
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