May 27, 2010
Oregon Law Headlines: A Year in Review
It’s hard to believe another school year has already come to a close, but a look at some of the top headlines from 2009-10 serves as a reminder that although the time flew by, it certainly was filled with wonderful stories and accomplishments.
Take a couple minutes to peruse some of the memorable moments from the most recent school year:
Law School
Oregon Law Welcomes Class of 2012
Oregon Law’s Bar Passage Rate Soars Past Statewide Average
PIPS to Present Catherine Carr With Dom Vetri ‘Champion of the Public Interest’ Award November 5
‘Dead Man Walking’ author to speak at Oregon Law
Pulitzer Prize-Winner Seymour Hersh to Discuss ‘The Question of Torture’
28th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference Takes Place February 25-28
Leonard Weinglass Discusses the Case of the Cuban Five
Oregon Law Announces Commencement Speaker Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina
Education, Business Pioneers Mary Lawrence and Carolyn Chambers to Receive Meritorious Service Award
U.S.News & World Report Ranks Three Oregon Law Programs Top Ten
Employment Report for the Class of 2009 Remains Encouraging
Oregon Law’s Peer Assessment Score Remains Solid
Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center Celebrates Ten Years
Oregon Law Green Mile Challenge Exceeds Goal
Students
Fun, Friendship, and Kilts
Kyle Daley: Law Student, Competitive Highland Athlete
OLSPIF Stipend Recipients Reflect on Summer Experiences
Oregon Law Student Takes On United Nations Externship
3L Tim Ream Files “Dispatch” On His Personal Impressions of the Copenhagen Summit
3L Tim Ream Files Second “Dispatch” On His Personal Impressions of the Copenhagen Summit
3L Tim Ream Files Third “Dispatch” On His Personal Impressions of the Copenhagen Summit
Oregon Law Announces 2010 Loan Repayment Assistance Program Recipients
3L Casey Gillham Earns Top Award at National Moot Court Competition
Bowerman Fellowships Expand Environmental Education
Venture Team Students Compete at 2010 Cardinal Challenge
Oregon Law Students Named Public Honors Fellows by Oregon State Bar
Rachael Kim is 2009-10 Outstanding Student in Law and Entrepreneurship
Six Law Students Named Technology Entrepreneurship Fellows
Venture Team Takes Second at New Venture Championship
OLSPIF Announces 2010 Stipend Recipients
Wayne Morse Center
Wayne Morse Center Welcomes Dale Jamieson as 2009-10 Chair of Law and Politics
Speaker Series to Focus on President Obama and the Politics of Reform
Wayne Morse Center to Host Governor Ted Kulongoski April 14
Faculty and Staff
Professor Adell Amos Appointed Deputy Solicitor for Land and Water Resources
Professor Rebecca Tsosie Welcomed as Inaugural Oregon Tribes Professor of Law
Faculty Coordinate Northwest Regional Legal Writing Conference
Professor Steven Bender Appointed to Commission on Hispanic Affairs
Professor Rob Illig’s ‘The Oregon Method’ to Appear in Journal of Legal Education
Professor Mary Wood to Address Eugene Residents at Worldwide Climate Change Event October 24
Professor Mary Wood Delivers Keynote Address to Power Shift Western 2009 Conference
Professors Eric Priest and Kyu Ho Youm Win Global Scholars Program Grants
Larry Seno is Recipient of UO Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
Professor Joan Rocklin Named to Legal Writing Institute Board of Directors
Professor Tom Lininger to Receive 2010 Orlando Hollis Teaching Award
Oregon Law Welcomes New Competition Not Conflict Director Joshua Gordon
Professor Steven Bender Debates Immigration Reform on PCM’s ‘Populations’ [Watch Video]
Three Oregon Law Professors Receive Promotions
Three Law Professors to Receive Research Innovation Awards May 17
Alumni
Where Law and Media Collide
Kelly Matheson ’99 uses video advocacy to change the law
Globe Trotter
Mark Johnstad ’94 learned that a law degree could take him anywhere
John Frohnmayer ’72: Champion Rower
Returning the Favor- Law alumni start campaign to ‘give back’ tuition they paid in 1974
Suzanne Chanti ’88 to be Inaugurated as Lane County Circuit Court Judge February 22
Dale Penn ’76 Appointed to Marion County Circuit Court Bench
Hon. Ellen Rosenblum and Richard Meeker to Receive 2010 Frohnmayer Award for Public Service April 16
Hon. Ellen Rosenblum ’75 Chairs ABA Commission Releasing Diversity Report
Valerie Sasaki ’01: A Steward of the Profession
