Washington is a third-year law student. He is primarily interested in environmental legislation and sustainable development. Throughout his time as a law student, Washington has clerked for the United Nations in Den Haag, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and the Bonneville Power Administration in Portland. In addition, Washington focused on his fellowship research, which is a study of why federal legislation has failed to adequately address climate change. Outside of school, Washington enjoys running, orienteering in the woods and target shooting.

Oregon Law congratulates Washington on his commission.

In an announcement to the Oregon Law community, Dean Michael Moffitt noted Professor Lininger’s outstanding service to the school.

Prof. Lininger addresses Oregon Law graduates during the 2011 Commencement Ceremony

“Given Tom’s exceptional record of teaching, scholarship, and service, this is a development so entirely predictable as to call into question its status as ‘news,’” Moffitt said.

Professor Lininger grew up in Southern Oregon. He earned his undergraduate degree at Yale, and his law degree at Harvard. He has worked as a federal prosecutor, as counsel to a subcommittee in the U.S. Senate, and as a litigation attorney with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom in San Francisco.

Professor Lininger joined the School of Law faculty in 2003. He directs the school’s Public Interest Public Service Program.

In 2004, Governor Ted Kulongoski appointed Lininger to chair the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. The Commission plans Oregon’s criminal justice policy and drafts sentencing guidelines used in Oregon’s courts.

In 2006, Professor Lininger received the Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching. In 2008, he received the Lokey Award for Faculty Excellence. In 2010, he won the Hollis Teaching Award.

In 2011, Professor Lininger worked with colleagues in other departments to design UO courses for high school students to take on furlough days and other days when the local schools are not in session.

The fall term 2012 course offerings are: 

Law and Film
LAW 410. 4 credits. CRN 17638. Class Enrollment Cap: 100.
Thursdays 4:30-7:20, Knight Law Center 175
This course will explore the American legal system through its representation in film. Topics include the role and perception of lawyers in American culture, the similarities and differences between legal and cinematic storytelling, and and basic questions of justice. Taught by Forrest Reynolds, law school adjunct instructor.

Introduction to Criminal Law
LAW 199. 4 credits. CRN 17639. Class Enrollment Cap: 100.
Monday/Wednesday 9:00–10:50, Knight Law Center 175
Why does the United States criminalize the possession and individual use of some plants and
drugs? Should it? How is that some states still criminalize certain forms of consensual adult
sexual activity? These questions and others will be explored in this class through readings,
film, and other media. Students will learn legal skills, including how to read legal opinions and
United States Supreme Court rulings. The class will explore the foundations of criminal law, the
evolution of criminal legal doctrines, and the application of these sometimes archaic doctrines to
today’s world. Taught by Margie Paris, former UO law school dean and criminal defense attorney.

Congratulations to:

Shelley Aschenbrenner 

Adam Schenker

Robin Bostwick

Douglas Kincaid

Gordon Platt

Jennifer McGinn

Alexandra Gibney

Laurie Ann Ledger

Miranda Larson

Prof. Jen Reynolds delivers opening remarks at the 2012 Oregon Law Review Symposium

Professor Reynolds earned her law degree cum laude from Harvard Law School, a master’s degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago. While at Harvard, Professor Reynolds served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review; as a research assistant for Professor Arthur Miller on his treatise, Federal Practice and Procedure; and as a teaching assistant, researcher, and Harvard Negotiation Research Project Fellow for the Program on Negotiation.

Professor Reynolds teaches civil procedure, mediation and negotiation. Her research interests include organizational dispute systems design, problem-solving in multiparty scenarios, judicial decision making within the context and constraints of rules of procedure, and cultural influences and implications of alternative processes.

The Law School Personnel Committee selected Professor Reynolds for this year’s award based on the criteria of peer teaching reviews, student teaching evaluations, committee members’ knowledge of the nominee’s teaching, numbers of nominations and the substance of the nominations.

As one nominator enthused: “She is incredibly well organized, very thorough, and she actually managed to make Civ Pro [Civil Procedure] fun!”

Professor Reynolds will receive the Hollis Award during the law school’s commencement exercises

on Saturday, May 19.

Miller has shaped his practice to be results-driven and solution-based advocacy on behalf of clients in all aspects of family law. A firm believer in creative approaches, he campaigns passionately and tirelessly to consistently find the best results for his clients and their families.

“It has been through the excellent leadership, training and support structure this firm possesses that has opened the door to this opportunity for me and I look forward to becoming a part of that leadership and doing the same for others,” Miller said. “I am very grateful to Ms. [Jody] Stahancyk [a 1973 alumna of Oregon Law] and the other shareholders and look forward to continuing to work on behalf of our clients.”

SuperLawyers Magazine has named Miller a Rising Star for the past three years, a distinction given to no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys state-wide annually. His passion for helping his community has led him to previously serving on the Multnomah County Bar Young Lawyers Section Pro Bono Committee as well as currently volunteering his time as a pro bono attorney for children in contested dissolution cases.

Ideally situated in the southern end of the Willamette Valley, Eugene is perfectly positioned between the Cascades and the Pacific coast and is the host city for this summer’s U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. It’s the perfect complement to your summer studies.

Summer course offerings include Evidence, Legal Procedure, Business Associations, Family Law, Federal Tax, and Tax Planning and Drafting.

Registration for summer courses is currently open online at law.uoregon.edu/registrar/summer/.
For additional information, visit law.uoregon.edu/registrar/summer-courses/.

Nick earned his BA in political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder where he worked in several political roles, including campaign strategy and private funding research.

Before attending Oregon Law, Nick worked on an Alaskan Congressional campaign, taught high school, and helped bring the Obama primary campaign to his hometown of Anchorage, Alaska.

He is interested in transactional law, specifically corporate governance and mortgage foreclosures. During law school Nick developed his interest in business law by participating in the Small Business Clinic and externing at the U.S. Trustee Program. This summer he will participate in the newly formed Lane Country Pro Bono Bankruptcy Clinic while studying for the bar exam.
As noted in a nomination letter, “Nick has demonstrated a strong interest in law and entrepreneurship” serving as co-director of the Law and Entrepreneurship Student Association (LESA). He was also an executive board member of the Green Business Initiative Student Association, a faculty research assistant, an editor of the Oregon Law Review, and an intern at Lane County Legal Aid through the Civil Clinic.

In honor of his achievement, Kiewik will receive an award valued at $1,000 and have his name inscribed on the permanent plaque in the Chambers Center.

Work Groups are formed once a reform project has been presented and approved for study and development. As an advisor, Rocklin will present the views and experiences of those affected by the areas of law in question. Rocklin joins a membership of 11 advisors to the workgroup, including Professor Paula Abrams, Lewis & Clark Law School; Chief Judge David Brewer, Oregon Court of Appeals; former Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson, Jr.; Professor Alison Gash, University of Oregon; Brad Nicholson; Marla Rae, Rae Group Inc.; Ed Trompke, Jordan Ramis PC; Stephen Trout, Secretary of State’s Office, Elections Division; Justice Martha Walters, Oregon Supreme Court; and Professor Norman Williams, Willamette University College of Law.

Rocklin formerly was a staff attorney at the Oregon Court of Appeals and a senior assistant attorney general at the Oregon Department of Justice, and currently is pursuing his Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Oregon.

The new board is as follows:

President
Catherine Jedlicka

Vice President
Sam Dotters-Katz

Business Officer
Breanna Pollard

3L Representatives
Ariel Nelson
Anna Freidhoff

2L Representatives
Mike Blankinship
Dustin Littrell

SBA represents the student voice by expressing concerns to faculty, administration, community members and alumni. Throughout the year SBA organizes and co-sponsors student-planned events and serves as a liaison to the undergraduate university.