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March 9th 2005 • Printer version
News and Events of the University of Oregon School of Law
Life@Law March 7 March 20, 2005
HIGHLIGHTS: Four years in a row for OSB Pro Bono Award! Oregon Supreme
Court Visits, Jeffrey Fisher keynotes the OÃConnell Conference, Estate
taxes and the lottery, Entrepreneurship team wins $10k prize...and more
March 7 - March 18 Prepare for Public Service Day
Sign-ups each day at noon in the Commons for the second (perhaps even
the annual) public service day on April 2. Opportunities abound - You
can paint, build and maintain trails, dig in organic gardens, restore
streams, and EVEN make festive table centerpieces. Talk about
variety.... sign up right now! INFO:
Tuesday, March 8 OÃFALLON LECTURE: Red Roadsides
8:00 P.M., 177 Lawrence. Lucy Lippard, author of On the Beaten Track:
Tourism, Art and Place (1999) will talk on Native Americans, tourism,
art, and the relationship of culture to place. The Colin Ruagh Thomas
OÃFallon lectures alternate between the topics of art and law and are
named in memory of the son of UO law professor Jim OÃFallon and his
wife, artist Ellen Thomas. Free and open to the public. INFO
Thursday, March 10
CONFERENCE: Bench and Bar Come Together
8:30 A.M.-4:15 P.M., Knight Law Center. Judges and attorneys share the
stage at this yearÃs OÃConnell Conference. The keynote Revolution: How
a Northwest Lawyer Transformed Criminal Procedure in the U.S. features
Jeffrey Fisher,
who
became a partner in the Seattle office of Davis White Tremaine after he
had won two U.S. Supreme Court cases in four months his first
criminal trials. Crawford v. Washington reframed the right of
confrontation, and Blakely v. Washington challenged the legality of
federal sentencing guidelines.
FULL STORY
Thursday, March 10 PORTLAND: Pro Bono Challenge Awards
They did it again! Associate Director Jane Steckbeck will accept our
fourth award in a row for student pro bono contributions in the Oregon
State Bar Pro Bono Challenge from Oregon Supreme Court Justice Tom
Balmer at the downtown Marriott Hotel in Portland. See News
Friday, March 11 VISITORS: Oregon Supreme Court
Oral arguments at the law school. Sponsored by Legal Research and
Writing program. The Lane County Bar is sponsoring a lunch in the
commons ($15 for bar members and students.) A reception for the
justices and invited guests will be held in the Lewis Lounge after the
last case is heard.
INFO
FULL STORY
Friday, March 11
LECTURE: What happens when lottery winners die?
Noon, Room 141. Well, what about the estate tax implications of winning
the lottery? Expert Wendy Gerzog, who has testified before the Senate
Finance Committee and the Treasury Department on estate tax matters,
will deliver a version of the lecture she gave as a University of
Washington distinguished scholar. Gerzog is a tax professor at the
University of Baltimore School of Law and comes to us as a guest of the
faculty Lecture and Awards Committee. Host Judd Sneirson said, The tax
implications are serious. I, for one, have refrained from winning the
lottery for this very reason. Wendy GerzogÃs
Tuesday, March 15 VISITORS: Board of Bar Examiners
Noon, Room 110: The board meets with third-year students.
1:00 p.m., Lewis Lounge. Lunch meeting with the faculty.
INFO
Tuesday, March 15 Working for the Big Guys
Noon, Room 141. Career Services sponsors a seminar on practicing in
medium and large law firms. Law professors who know all about it will
speak:
Carl Bjerre (Clearly Gottlieb, New York City), Andrea Coles-Bjerre
(Milbank Tweed, NYC), Judd Sneirson (Willkie Farr & Gallagher, NYC)
and Robert Illig (Nixon Peabody, NYC and London). Assistant Dean Merv
Loya says, This is particularly important for 2Ls who want to work for
firms outside of Oregon.
(541) 346-3847.
Wednesday, March 16 Federal Court Clerkships
Noon, Room 141. Tom Carter, career law clerk for Ninth Circuit
Court Judge Otto Skopil, speaks about federal court clerkships. (541)
346-3847.
Friday, March 18 Bye
Good-bye, everyone, Have a great spring break. Time to get away from
this eternally dull sunshine, dry pavements and dozing on the lawn.
Time to go where thereÃs REAL weather.... like Southern California.
NEWS
Four years in a row for Pro Bono Award!
Jane Steckbeck, the Mother Jones of the OSB Pro Bono Challenge, said,Our students submitted
over 10,500 hours a tremendous contribution.
The 2005 graduating class, who volunteered more than 8000 hours last
year and more than 4000 hours this year, have broken all prior records
for a 2L and 3L class pro bono contribution!
SMASHING!
Entrepreneurship Team Wins $10,000 Prize
Law student Clayton Jones, who is working on a joint J.D./M.B.A.
degree, celebrated yet another win as a member of the UO "Perpetua"
business plan team. Jones is part of the Technology Entrepreneurship
Fellows program, co-sponsored by the law school's Center for Law and
Entrepreneurship.
Jones, who has a background in biotechnology, engineering, and
business, said of his teamÃs product, The Perpetua Harvester, a
battery that never dies, will initially be installed in wireless sensor
networks monitoring the structural health of bridges and pipelines
throughout the United States. From there, the possibilities are limited
only by the imagination.
FULL STORY:
Michael Moffitt helps Corvallis School District avoid strike
After thirteen months of tense negotiations and several all-day
mediation sessions with UO law professor Michael Moffitt, teachers in
Corvallis, Ore. reached a bargaining agreement with the school board.
FULL STORY
Tom Lininger drafts law on domestic abuse
Assistant professor Tom Lininger, who chairs the Oregon Evidence
Commission, has drafted a Bill that deals with the laws around domestic
abuse court hearings, reported in the Feb. 22 Register-Guard.
FULL STORY:
KUDOS
The Turnaround Kings
Legal Research and Writing director Suzanne Rowe writes, Oregon made
its best showing ever at the National Appellate Advocacy Competition's
regional meeting in San Francisco. Chris Ledford and Jason Busch were
one of four teams to advance to the national competition in Chicago in
March. Justin Hepworth and Adrian Urquhart advanced to the semi-final
round. Chris and Jason wrote the third best brief, while Justin and
Adrian received an award for the fifth best. Chris was named the best
advocate of over 100 competitors.
This is quite a turn-around. Just a few years ago, Oregon's NAAC coach
was told that our teams were so weak that they were looked on as a
first round "bye." We were matched against top teams and always lost in
the first round. One change in our showing was the agreement a few
years ago to begin using LRW brief grades - graded by LRW professors -
as the gateway to the NAAC competition. The top writers in each LRW
section engage in an oral argument to select the team members. The fact
that both of our teams won awards for their briefs is impressive.
An Awkward Conception
HereÃs a legal problem that our grandparents could not have conceived
(no pun intended)...Associate Professor Susan Gary, who is a fellow of
the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel, is the author of
"Posthumously Conceived Heirs: Where the Law Stands and What to Do
About It Now." The article appears in the March/April 2005 issue of
Probate & Property, the practice-oriented magazine published by the
ABA section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law. Probate &
Property Magazine website:
Gary has also been working for the past two years with lawyers and
bankers around the state as cochair of a group that is working on a
trust code for Oregon. She testified last month on SB 275, the Oregon
Uniform Trust Code, at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee in
Salem.
COMING UP
March 21-25 Spring Break
Wednesday, March 30 Pro Bono Open House
Noon, Room 141. INFO
Wednesday, March 30 SALEM: University of Oregon Day
Join UO President Dave Frohnmayer and other advocates as they meet with
legislators throughout the day to discuss higher education and your
alma mater. Tim Black, of the UO Office of Public and Government
Affairs, swears itÃs fun. After youÃve done your part, the UO will host
a reception in the Capitol from 4:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Let the
organizers know if you plan to attend.
March 31-April 1 CONFERENCE: Homeland INSecurity
A free, two-day public discussion of race, immigration and labor in
post-September 11 U.S.A. As the response to the terrorist bombing of
the World Trade Center and the Pentagon changed into a permanent War on
Terror, some American residents have experienced more drastic changes
than others. Find out how refugees, guest workers, and minority
communities experience the new policies at this scholarly conference
sponsored by Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics and CODAC.
Keynoter Roberto Lovato is a Los Angeles writer for Pacific News
Service whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Salon, the
Nation, La Opinion and other national media. Presenters include UO law
professors Keith Aoki and Steve Bender. INFO
Friday, April 1 Oregon Law Review Banquet
6:00 P.M., Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Guest speaker: Oregon
Supreme Court Justice Paul DeMuniz. INFO
Saturday, April 2 Public Service Day
Breakfast in the Commons, 8:30 A.M., into the community by 9:00 a.m.
and back at noon for lunch... Agencies served include Habitat for
Humanity, FOOD for Lane County Raptor Center, Friends of Buford Park
and Mt. Pisgah, ARC of Lane County, Committed Partners for Youth, Mt.
Pisgah Arboretum and Prevention and Recovery NW. Sponsored by Public
Interest Public Service Program (PIPS.)
Thursday, April 7 Pro Bono Awards
5:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M., Wayne Morse Commons INFO
Saturday, April 9 Visiting Day
1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Our stealth researcher recently divulged
information that suggests admitted students become matriculated
students by talking to current students. So, current students, please
do your bit.
The Sophisticatos, one of the incarnations of our fabulous faculty and
student band, will play the reception late in the afternoon.
Saturday, April 9 Minority Law Day
Featuring undergraduate preparation for law school and other useful information.
INFO
Thursday, April 14 Breaking the Mold: The Big Firm & Beyond
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Room 142. Sponsored by the Minority Law Student Association.
INFO
Friday, April 15 MEETINGS: DeanÃs Advisory Council, Alumni Board
Both groups will meet in Portland before the Frohnmayer Award banquet.
INFO
Friday, April 15 BANQUET: Frohnmayer Award for Public Service
6:00 P.M. Reception, 7:00 P.M. Dinner. Embassy Suites Hotel, Portland.
The fourth annual public service award honors Lawrence A. Aschenbrenner
Ã57. From 1960s Mississippi to 21st century Alaska, he has defended the
poor and disenfranchised with energy and zeal. Aschenbrenner was
OregonÃs first public defender in the early 1960s, director of the
Mississippi office of the LawyerÃs Committee for Civil Rights in 1968
and a partner in OregonÃs first public interest law firm in the 1970s.
An expert in Indian law, he spent the last twenty years as head of the
Native American Rights Fund in Anchorage, Alaska. Lare Aschenbrenner
was born in Baker, Oregon and graduated from the law school in 1957.
The Frohnmayer Award is sponsored by the UO Law Alumni Association.
INFO
FOOTNOTE:
Ducks, Drakes and Ducklings
The whole Aschenbrenner family are Ducks of one sort or another John
L. graduated from the law school in 1992 and is an attorney in Chuglak,
Alaska. Ted graduated from the law school in 1983. Daughter Connie,
also a lawyer, got her undergraduate degree from the UO and her law
degree from Thomas Cooley in Michigan. Lare met his wife Katy, a
teacher, at the UO. Son Dan followed in his motherÃs footsteps, earning
his undergraduate degree at the UO and his degree in education from the
University of Alaska. All of the family - including DanÃs wife Sandy
and several grandchildren - will help Lare celebrate at the Frohnmayer
Award Banquet.
April 22 Last day of spring semester classes
April 25-May 9 Spring semester exams
Sunday, May 15 COMMENCEMENT: Class of 2005
1:00 P.M., Hult Center, 6th and Willamette in downtown Eugene, followed
by a reception in the Commons. INFO
All events are free and open to the public at the Knight Law Center
(1515 Agate Street, Eugene), unless otherwise noted. Dates and times
are subject to change best to check the contact number or email just
to make sure.
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