For several years, Paul Sarbanes was a guest at the Legislation class that I co-teach at the University of Baltimore Law School.

He engaged the students in his methodical approach to legislation – from the Watergate impeachment inquiry to the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley accounting reform.

When the class ended, he would work the room – introducing himself to each student.

I also co-teach the Legislation class at the University of Maryland Law School.

Congressman John Sarbanes has spoken to the class every year since he was elected to the Congress and offered the same approach to legislating – from incentives for public service to health care reform.