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August 9th 2006 • Printer version 
The school year got a jump start in July when a royal princess came to visit.
Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand earned two law degrees from
Cornell.
Fall 2006 Events Preview
Welcome, Class of 2009! National Museum of the American Indian director visits, Indians and Museums symposium, All-Class Reunion Weekend, Tribal Water Rights conference, Hollis Lecture on "Democracy Reborn," Portland conference on representing small business plus tailgates, fireside conversations, the Legal Theory Workshop series and more August through December 31
EXHIBIT: Faces and Faraway Places
Second floor gallery. Photographer Kristin Loya was born in Oregon and has lived
and
traveled in Japan, France, Nepal and Southeast Asia. See those people
and places through the lens of the New York artist's camera at at a free exhibit.
August 14-18
Welcome Law Class of 2009!
Monday and Tuesday, August 14-16
Summer Jam Session
Are you a "non-traditional" law student? (It covers a lot of territory
- including minority students who want to get to know others before
school starts and those who have been out of school for a long time and
want to ease back in.) Come early for Summer Jam Session!
Monday, August 14th
Ice cream social
3:45 P.M. - 4:30 P.M., Wayne Morse Commons. Everybody eats!
Wednesday, Friday August 16-18
Class of 2009 Orientation
Wednesday, August 16
Law School Convocation
8:30-10:00 A.M., Room 175. University President Dave Frohnmayer and
Dean Margie Paris, faculty, staff and students assemble to open the
2006-7 academic year of the University of Oregon School of Law.
Monday August 21
Classes begin.
Thursday, August 24
Law school picnic
5:00 P.M., Courtyard. Bring kids, friends and family for this annual
hosted event - hot dogs, hamburgers, clowns, music, and more. INFO
Thursday, August 31
FIRESIDE CONVERSATION: Geography of Climate Change Litigation
4:30 P.M., Many Nations Longhouse. The law school's newest faculty
member, Hari Osofsky, will discuss climate change litigation now
underway at all levels, from the regional to the global. She will focus
on the geography of this litigation and the complex, three-dimensional
map of power relationships that it represents. The Fireside
Conversation series, sponsored by the Environmental Law Center,
features law faculty and distinguished visitors in informal talks
around the longhouse fireplace.
INFO: (541) 346-3845 or
enr@uoregon.edu.
Saturday, September 2
Tailgate: UO vs. Stanford
Mallard Park Estates on the east side of Autzen Stadium. (Two hours
before kickoff- check www.goducks.com for updated game schedules.
Events hotline details and RSVP (541) 346-3970
Monday, Sept 4
CLOSED for Labor Day holiday
Friday, September 8
LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP: Mike Seidman
Noon, Lewis Lounge. Faculty workshop with constitutional theorist Mike Seidman.
He is the
Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown. He
clerked for the late Justice Thurgood Marshall and is a former
Washington D.C. public defender.All UO faculty welcome. INFO
Thursday, September 7
WELCOME: Morse Professor Rick West
4:30 P.M.-6:00 P.M., Knight Law Center Courtyard.W. Richard West,
Jr. is the founding director of the Smithsonian's
National Museum of the American Indian and partner in the Albuquerque
Indian-owned law firm of Gover, Stetson, Williams and West. The 2006-7
Morse Professor will be in residence during September and early October
and will teach a class with law professor Rennard Strickland on 'Native
American Cultural Rights and Intellectual Property.'
National Museum of the American Indian
Sunday, September 10
LAW LIBRARY CLOSED (electrical testing)
Wednesday, September 13
FIRESIDE CONVERSATION: The Three Threats to Private Property
4:30 P.M., Many Nations Longhouse. University of Illinois law professor
Eric Freyfogle has published widely on land ownership, environmental
ethics and the surprising history - and possible future - of private
property. His latest book, Why Conservation is Failing and How It Can
Regain Ground, is just out from Yale University Press.
The
Fireside Conversation series, sponsored by the Environmental Law
Center, features law faculty and distinguished visitors in informal
talks around the longhouse fireplace. INFO: (541) 346-3845 or
enr@uoregon.edu.
Thursday, September 14
PORTLAND: UO Alumni Networking Event
World Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon Street, Portland.Time tba. Portland Program director Steve Bender
will greet alumni at this annual UO event. Free one-hour CLE tba. INFO
Thursday-Friday, September 14-15
SYMPOSIUM: Indians and Museums
Many Nations Longhouse and Knight Law Center. A two day conference,
Preserving Our Pasts, Telling Our Stories: Indians, Museums, and the
Management of History, features special guests Rick West, Susan Shown
Harjo and Johnpaul Jones.
The event is sponsored by the Morse Center and the UO Museum of Natural
and Cultural History. Registration
Wednesday, September 20
FIRESIDE CONVERSATION: Nature's Trust
4:30 P.M., Many Nations Longhouse with law professor Mary Wood. The
Fireside Conversation series, sponsored by the Environmental Law
Center, features law faculty and distinguished visitors in informal
talks around the longhouse fireplace. INFO: (541) 346-3845 or
enr@uoregon.edu.
Thursday, September 21 LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP: Mariano-Florentino Cuellar
Noon, Lewis Lounge. Faculty workshop with Mariano-Florentino Cuellar. The Stanford
law professor
teaches administrative law and regulatory policy and legislation. All UO faculty
welcome. INFO
Sunday, September 24
University Convocation with poet Billy Collins
3:30 P.M., MacArthur Court. Former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins
will deliver the 2006 UO convocation address. Annie Proulx says Collins
is easy to love. John Updike says his poems are more serious than they
seem. The New York Times calls him "accessible" - Collins prefers the
term "hospitable." He is one of the world's prime defenders of
poems, particularly against the injuries often done to them in
classrooms.
Tuesday, October 3
MORSE PUBLIC ADDRESS: Native America in the 21st Century
7:00 P.M., Room 175. Morse Professor Rick West speaks on "Native
America in the 21st Century: Out of the Mists and Beyond Myth," at a
free public lecture. Reception follows in the Wayne Morse Commons. INFO: (541) 346-7000
Friday, October 6
PIPS SYMPOSIUM: Working for the Public Interest 11:45 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Morse Commons and classroom. Public Interest/Public Service Program puts on its annual symposium Against the Grain: Working for the Public Interest. Keynote speech, lunch and post-conference reception in the Wayne Morse Commons. Breakout sessions in Knight Law Center classrooms. INFO Monday, October 9
LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP: Christina Rodriquez
Noon, Lewis Lounge. Faculty workshop with Cristina Rodriquez, New York University
law school. She
will speak on immigration, assimilation, and anti-discrimination. All UO faculty
welcome. INFO
Thursday, October 12
HOLLIS CHAIR LECTURE: Democracy Reborn with Garrett Epps
Room 175, time tba. Law professor Garrett Epps will deliver the first
Hollis Chair Lecture on October 12. His speech is based
on his new book, Democracy Reborn:The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil
War America.
"More than the Declaration of Independence, more than the original
Constitution, more than even the Bill of Rights, it is the 14th
Amendment that makes America a democratic country," Epps said.
Friday and Saturday, October 13-14
All Alumni Weekend
Come back, everyone! Join all alumni for fall reunion activities.
Targeted years are '56, '61, '66, '71, '76, '81, '86, '91 and '96.
Friday 4:30-5:30 P.M. Building tours and news from the law school
business program with professors Rob
Illig and Judd Sneirson .
Tuesday, October 17
PANEL: Legal Writing in the Real World Room 110, 10:30-11:30. A panel of attorneys working in a variety of settings share their experiences on writing in the real world. Sponsored by the Legal Research and Writing Program. INFO: (541) 346-3885 Friday, October 20
LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP: Robert Schapiro
Noon, Lewis Lounge. Faculty workshop with Robert Schapiro, Emory Law School.
He will speak on constitutional
law. All UO faculty welcome. INFO Speaker website
Wednesday, October 25
FIRESIDE CONVERSATION: Indian Law
1:00 P.M., Many Nations Longhouse with guest speaker Lottie
Cunningham-Wren. The Fireside Conversation series, sponsored by the
Environmental Law Center, features law faculty and distinguished
visitors in informal talks around the longhouse fireplace. INFO:
(541) 346-3845 or enr@uoregon.edu.
Thursday-Friday, October 26-27
CONFERENCE: Beyond Conflict: Tribal Water Rights
Knight Law Center. The third Northwest Tribal Water Rights conference
integrates environmental law and appropriate dispute resolution. On
Thursday, panelists discuss the global perspective and the growing
water crisis. On Friday, they discuss water disputes, water rights
settlements, and new dispute resolution approaches.
Registration required. Cost is $275 before September 30, $325 after.(Free for
students).
Friday, November 3
SYMPOSIUM: Indigenous Peoples and the Fair Trade Movement
Room 175, all day. A symposium organized by
the Morse Fellows.
INFO: (541) 346-3700
Friday and Saturday, November 3-4 Saturday, November 4
TAILGATE: UO vs. Washington
Mallard Park Estates on the east side of
Autzen (two hours before kickoff- check goducks.com for updated
game schedules)
Events hotline details and RSVP 346-3970
Thursday, November 9
FIRESIDE CONVERSATION: Ocean environmental sustainability
4:30 P.M., Many Nations Longhouse. Law professor Dick Hildreth
discusses the Ocean and Coastal Law Center and ocean environmental
sustainability. Hildreth directs the OCLC. The Fireside Conversation
series, sponsored by the Environmental Law Center, features law faculty
and distinguished visitors in informal talks around the longhouse
fireplace. INFO: (541) 346-3845 or enr@uoregon.edu.
Friday, November 10
Wednesday, November 15
FIRESIDE CONVERSATION: Public Voice in Environmental Treaties 4:30 P.M., Many Nations Longhouse. Law professor Svitlana Kravchenko speaks on
"Giving the Public a Voice in Compliance with Environmental Treaties." The series, sponsored by the Environmental Law Center, features law faculty
and distinguished visitors in informal talks around the longhouse
fireplace. INFO: (541) 346-3845 or enr@uoregon.edu.
Thursday, November 23
CLOSED for Thanksgiving holiday
Monday, December 25
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