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March 25th 2005 • Printer version News and Events of the University of Oregon School of Law
Life@Law March 28 - April 10, 2005
HIGHLIGHTS: Hans Linde on teaching constitutional law, conference on
Homeland Insecurity, Public Service Day II, Oregon Law Review banquet
with Justice Paul DeMuniz, The American All-WomenÃs Law School and
more
March 21 25 Spring Break
Hope you enjoyed it.... get ready to dive back in. . .
Wednesday, March 30 Pro Bono Open House
Noon, Room 141. INFO
Wednesday, March 30 WhatÃs New in Environmental Law
Noon, Bowerman Center for Environmental and Natural Resources Law
(Suite 225). ENR curriculum session on next yearÃs course offerings,
the proposal for an LL.M. in environmental law and more. INFO or drop by Mon-Thurs, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30
p.m.
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.
Thursday, March 31 LECTURE: Hans Linde on Teaching Constitutional Law
4:00 P.M., Room 110. Hans Linde, a retired Oregon Supreme Court justice
and a former UO law faculty member, has taught at Berkeley, UCLA, NYU,
and Stanford. He is now a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at
Willamette University College of Law and is one of the nation's
foremost experts on federal and state constitutional law. Sponsored by
the law faculty Lectures and Awards committee and open to the
university community. INFO
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.
Friday, April 1 All About Family Law
Noon, Room 184. Academic advising meeting for students interested in family law,
advocacy and elder law. 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
For the second glorious year in a row. . .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).
Tuesday, April 5 Business Law: An Introduction
4:15 P.M., Room 141. Find out about the UOÃs business law
classes, what they cover, the best order in which to take them and, of
course, how they pay off in the practice of business law. The law
schoolÃs superb business law faculty will guide you through this
process, before they join you for a wine and cheese reception at the
Law & Entrepreneurship Center. The talent: Rob Illig, Andrea
Coles-Bjerre, Judd Sneirson, Barbara Aldave, Steve Bender, Carl Bjerre,
Jim Mooney, Nancy Shurtz and Ted McAniff. The producers: Law and
Entrepreneurship Student Association, Minority Law Students Association
and WomenÃs Law Forum. INFO
Thursday, April 7 Pro Bono Awards
5:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M., Wayne Morse Commons. A gala celebration of UO law
studentsà sterling efforts. Wine and hors dÃoeuvres. 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. INFO
Saturday, April 9 Minority Law Day
Featuring undergraduate preparation for law school and other useful information.
INFO
KUDOS
Welcome to the Club
Steve Bender, who was just honored with the James and Ilene Hershner
law professorship, has more to add to the space after his name: member
of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. You canÃt ask to get
into this organization - current members must invite you based on
outstanding professional reputation, at least 10 years of substantial
experience in real estate law, substantial contributions to the
improvement of real estate law and practice, and creating a more
informed bar and public through writing, teaching, bar or legislative
activities or other public service. Congratulations!
Steve BenderÃs website
ACREL website:
The All-Woman Law School
Associate Dean Margie Paris writes, I recommend a read of Nancy
ShurtzÃs 'Lighting the Lantern: Visions of a Virtual All-Women's Law
School,' just out in the Hastings Women's Law Journal
(Vol. 16, No.1).
The article takes a virtual tour through the orientation program of The
'American All-Women's Law School,' and it includes in lengthy footnotes
the extensive research in which Nancy engaged. Great idea, fun text,
amazing scholarship!
Meanwhile, Shurtz will be traveling to California
this month to discuss an actual womenÃs law school at Mills College an Oakland womenÃs college that decided to stay that way after a
lengthy debate several years ago. They consider ShurtzÃs vision a great
match for theirs.
Nancy ShurtzÃs website
Hastings WomenÃs Law Journal Sample copy order form:
Hometown Hero
Law professor Leslie Harris writes, The Eugene Human Rights Program
recently named visiting law professor Svitlana Kravchenko a Hometown
Human Rights Hero at the celebration of the 56th Anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The award recognized her for her
"Human Rights for ALL" program. Kravchenko was the keynoter at the
celebration, speaking on A Precious Right to Voteà and the Orange
Revolution in Ukraine.
Svitlana KravchenkoÃs website
The Town Hall
Liane Inkster Richardson, our assistant dean for student affairs, will
be one of four new regional members of the Oregon State Bar House of
Delegates. She can carpool with Merv Loya, assistant dean and director
of career services, who is an elected delegate as well. The OSB House
of Delegates replaced the 'town hall' meeting of members in 1996.
Delegates decide on disciplinary rule changes, bar positions on major
legislative and policy issues, and member resolutions on a variety of
topics.
OSB Delegates website:
COMING UP
Thursday, April 14 BROWN BAG: Oregon Land Use Law
Noon, Room 110. Interested in practicing land use law? Wonder whatÃs
happening in Oregon? Law professor Tom Lininger moderates this
discussion sponsored by the ENR Sustainable Land Use Project. INFO
Thursday, April 14 LECTURE: Coif Distinguished Visitor John Coffee
4:00 P.M., Room 110. John Coffee is the Order of the Coif Distinguished
Visitor for the 2004-5 academic year; he will speak on corporate and
securities law. Coffee is the Adolf Berle Professor and director of the
Center on Corporate Governance at Columbia University Law School.
Sponsored by the law faculty Lectures and Awards committee and open to
the university community. 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, 319 SW
Pine St., 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. The Frohnmayer Award is sponsored by the UO Law Alumni
Association. Tickets cost $75 per person, $40 for attorneys and
employees of public service/public interest organizations. INFO: (541)
346-3970 or email
April 22 Last day of spring semester classes
Friday, April 22 LAW FACULTY WORKSHOP: Bernard Harcourt
Noon, Lewis Lounge. The law faculty will meet for lunch and a workshop
with Bernard Harcourt, who teaches criminal law at the University of
Chicago. His scholarship focuses on issues of crime and punishment from
an empirical and social theoretic perspective. INFO
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. Jeff Adachi, the elected San Francisco
Public Defender, will speak. 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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