Events Calendar
Calendars
Monday, November 2, 2009
NALSA Film Series
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Many Nations Longhouse
Contact: Naomi Rowden • Email • 206-391-8892
Please join the Native American Law Student Association for the next segment of "We Shall Remain."
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The Moral and Political Challenges of Climate Change
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
110 Knight Law Center
Contact: Elizabeth Weber • Email • 346-3700
Annual Morse Public Address by Dale Jamieson, Wayne Morse Chair.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy: What Works and What Doesn't
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Lewis Lounge
Contact: Jill Forcier • Email • 541.346.3845
Address by Lawrence Susskind, professor of urban and environmental planning at MIT. Part of the ongoing series, "Environmental Decision-Making in a Rapidly Changing Landscape: A Series of Fireside Conversations 2009-10." Cosponsored by the Environmental Studies Program, the Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center, and the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Kids: Should We Lock 'Em Up for Life?
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Room 184
Contact: Jill Forcier • Email • 346-3845
Website
On November 9th, the Supreme Court hears arguments in two cases challenging the constitutionality of sentencing minors to life without parole. Join the Child Advocacy Project for a discussion of the issues by a nationally-respected forensic child psychologist and an Oregon attorney who specializes in representing young people charged with major felonies. Pizza! For more information, including downloadable background materials, go to the above-referenced Website.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
"Teeth Marks on Stone, Teeth marks on Arrow" By Drew Viles
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
University of Oregon School of Law Room 141
Contact: Katie Staton • Email • 503-927-7403
The Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) presents: “TEETH MARKS ON STONE,
TEETH MARKS ON ARROW” by Drew Viles
Siletz (Joshua/Sixes/Lower Chinook), has worked for decades as an educator. A former Associate Judge in the Tribal Court of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and a graduate of the Tribal Law Session at the National Judicial College, Viles will share stories (some real and some made-up) that demonstrate the vanquishing power of words for Indians-in-law.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
“Health Reform: The Public Option vs. Market-Based Solutions”
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Room 110
Contact: Allison Jordan • Email • 541.344.4477
Website
Panel discussion on health reform. For details and list of panelists, please visit the event website.
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Perfect Moral Storm: Ethical Challenges of Our Climate Crisis
8:45 am - 2:45 pm
Many Nations Longhouse
Contact: Elizabeth Weber • Email • 346-3700
Symposium hosted by Ted Toadvine, Wayne Morse Center Resident Scholar; Steve Gardiner, University of Washington; Kathleen Dean Moore, Oregon State University; Jay Odenbaugh, Lewis and Clark College.
John E. Jaqua Distinguished Alumnus Award
5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
UO Erb Memorial Union Ballroom, 1222 East 13th Ave. Eugene Oregon
Contact: Rachel Johnson • Email • (541) 346-3970
Website
Join the legal community and friends in celebration at the third annual John E. Jaqua Distinguished Alumnus Award reception and dinner. We will be honoring class of 1977 alumnus, The Hon. David V. Brewer, for his dedication to the University of Oregon School of Law and the legal community.
Register online: www.uoregonlaw.com
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Miracles of Climate Change Law
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Lewis Lounge
Contact: Jill Forcier • Email • 346-3845
Address by Law Professor Richard Hildreth. Part of the ongoing series, "Environmental Decision-Making in a Rapidly Changing Landscape: A Series of Fireside Conversations 2009-10." Cosponsored by the Environmental Studies Program, the Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center, and the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program.
Friday, November 20, 2009
"Prisons and People: A Focus on Incarcerated Women and Their Children"
All Day
Room 142
Contact: Prof. Barbara Aldave • Email • 541-346-3985
On Friday, November 20, 2009, The Portia Project and the Women's Law Forum will cosponsor an all-day conference entitled "Prisons and People: A Focus on Incarcerate Women and Their Children." The conference, which will be held in Room 142 of the Knight Law Center, is free and open to the public. The invited speakers and participants include Max Williams, the Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections; attorneys and judges; counselors and administrators at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility; representatives of community organizations that assist women who are under post-prison supervision; and formerly incarcerated women and their family members.

For additional information, please contact Prof. Barbara Aldave by telephone at 541-346-3985 or by email at BaLaw98@aol.com.
You can also contact Beth Wooten by email at ewooten@uoregon.edu.

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