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May 9th 2005 • Printer version
 News and Events of the University of Oregon School of Law
Life@Law May 9-22, 2005
HIGHLIGHTS: Congratulations Class of 2005! Class of 1950 reunion, bad poetry,
Law and Entrepreneurship wine sale and more.
Commencement tickets!
This year, friends, supporters and relatives of graduates must purchase
$2 commencement tickets in order to attend the May 15 ceremony. (I
know, I know but theyÃre a bargain.) HOW TO GET TICKETS
Monday, May 9-Thursday, May 12 Class of 2005 Wine Sale
8:30 A.M.-2:00 P.M. L&E Center (2nd floor). 2002 Hinman Pinot Noir
with commemorative label Class of 2005 University of Oregon School of
Law. $14.00 per bottle, 10% case discount. Sales continue before and
after the commencement ceremony on May 15. Sponsored by the Law and
Entrepreneurship Center - When itÃs gone, itÃs gone get it now,
they say.
INFO
Thursday, May 12 REUNION: Class of 1950
Noon, Lewis Lounge (4th floor). Lunch followed by a tour of the William
W. Knight Law Center and a State of the Law School talk by Dean Laird
Kirkpatrick INFO.
Thursday, May 12 LUNCH: Professionalism
Noon-1:00 P.M., Faculty Lounge (3rd floor). How are ethical
lawyers made? Faculty will discuss the process with the Oregon State
Bar Commission on Professionalism. RSVP for lunch
Sunday, May 15 BREAKFAST: Environmental Law Center
9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M., Bowerman Center (2nd floor). Celebrate the
achievements of the Class of 2005 - and particularly its environmental
and natural law students at a continental breakfast. RSVP
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. The law school will confer the
meritorious service award on Eugene attorney Alice Plymell. The Hollis
award for teaching goes to commercial law professor Carl Bjerre. Joe
Metcalfe, who teaches criminal law and trial practice, is the
commencement marshall and Martha Pellegrino is class speaker. FULL
STORY
Sunday, May 15 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender
Jeff AdachiÃs parents and grandparents spent part of WWII in the
Japanese internment camps. His familyÃs experience was the impetus for
his career as one of the Bay AreaÃs most high-profile defenders. FULL
STORY
Monday, May 16-Friday, May 20 Court Café CLOSED
Thursday, May 19 Lane County Women Lawyers: Nancy Shurtz
Noon lunch meeting, Downtown Athletic Club (DAC), 999 Willamette. Tax
law professor Nancy Shurtz and former legal writing instructor Judy
Giers (now of Hershner Hunter) will join others on the topic "Women
Lawyers Achieving Success." INFO: Megan McAlpin
Monday, May 23 Court Café SUMMER HOURS
Monday through Friday, 7:30 A.M. 3:00 P.M.
KUDOS
Moving Up in the World
Dean Laird Kirkpatrick writes, Michael Moffitt and Suzanne Rowe have
both been granted indefinite tenure and promoted to associate
professor. We are proud to have both of them on the faculty.
Moffitt teaches mediation and negotiation and is associate director of
the Appropriate Dispute Resolution program. Rowe directs the Legal
Research and Writing program.
Measure 37
Second-year law student Rebekah Cook authored Working Paper Number 1
the first publication of the Sustainable Land Use project of the UOÃs
environmental law program. Her paper, The Fatal Flaws of Measure 37
analyzes the constitutional and statutory problems arising from the
Oregon initiative passed in November 2004. The new law gives owners the
right to compensation if land use regulations affect the market value
or restrict use of their property. READ THE PAPER
It was a dark and stormy night
The law schoolÃs newest journal Bad Law Poetry Journal is dedicated
to the inimitable torts professor Dominick Vetri. His poem in unrhymed
iambic pentameter about Socratic dialog over the centuries illuminates
the weary fin de siÃcle sensibilities of someone who has been around a
long time. Carefully parsing 204 centuries of the Socratic
Method, Vetri forces the reader, step by solemn step, to this
inevitable conclusion:
22nd Century Law School:
Alas! There is no dialogue with the new telepathic technologies.
Professors can sense empty minds (and vice versa).
Bankruptcy law professor Andrea Coles-BjerreÃs bildungsroman of the law
student pilgrimage, on the other hand, realizes its objective in quick,
deft strokes:
There once was a case called Pennoyer
that forever would law students annoy, or
make them addiction-al
to things jurisdictional
on their journey from layman to lawyer.
The journal, published by the Art & Law Forum and the brainchild of
Matt Lind, features contributions from students, faculty and staff.
It is available in the faculty lounge.
COMING UP
July PORTLAND CENTER: Wednesday afternoons CLE
Each Wednesday in July, our law professors will heat up Portland with
CLE presentations on hot topics of land use, the war on terror, and
bankruptcy reform. 4:00-6:00 P.M., July 6, 13, 20 and 27. $35 ($25 for
Alumni Association members). 2 CLE credits each. INFO
Life@Law takes a partial vacation, with monthly updates in June and
July. (THIS IS OUR YEARLY CHANCE TO SNEAK IN THE REALLY GOOD STUFF WHEN
NO ONE IS LOOKING.)
Beginning August 8, the UO School of Law E-newsletter will resume its regular
two-week schedule
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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