April 18, 2013
Professor Mohsen Manesh is 2013 Hollis Teaching Award recipient
The University of Oregon School of Law congratulates Assistant Professor Mohsen Manesh, who was chosen to receive the 2013 Orlando J. Hollis Teaching Award. The Hollis Award is the law school’s highest teaching honor. The Law School Personnel Committee selected Manesh for this year’s award based on the criteria of peer teaching reviews, student teaching…
April 15, 2013
A just drug policy for the United States
The substantial social and economic costs of the drug war, which include more than a trillion dollars spent during the last forty years, have led many to question–and voters in Washington and Colorado in 2012 to answer–whether alternative regimes to criminalization are a worthy policy goal. The Oregon Law Review will examine the nation's drug…
April 12, 2013
LESA Announces 2013-14 Board Members
Oregon Law’s Law and Entrepreneurship Student Association (LESA) recently announced its 2013-2014 board members. LESA is a forum designed for students to develop an understanding and appreciation of the connection between law and business. LESA coordinates events/lectures and fosters social interaction for students by sponsoring activities with a focus on entrepreneurship. This year’s board members…
April 9, 2013
Beervana in Thailand
Thailand is getting a taste of Oregon legal and brewing talent. Last June, Oregon Law graduate Aaron Grieser partnered with another beer enthusiast to cofound Beervana, a start-up headquartered in Bang Na, Thailand, that imports craft beer from small-scale breweries and sells them to upscale bars and restaurants. Grieser made the decision to form the…
April 9, 2013
Oregon Law students to present at UO Climate Change Symposium
Three Oregon Law students are presenting research at the University of Oregon’s second annual Climate Change Research Symposium Wednesday, April 10, in the Erb Memorial Union Fir Room on the UO campus. Adam Walters, Elizabeth Brown and Dominique Rossi, along with representatives from across the University of Oregon campus, including faculty, graduate students and undergraduate…
April 5, 2013
‘Law Duck’ Sungho Bae teaches law in South Korea
Although it’s a popular belief that all law school students go into private practice after graduating, many students, such as University of Oregon School of Law alumnus Sungho Bae ’10, choose to follow a different path. Bae works as an assistant professor at the College of International Trade and Commerce at Hoseo University in Cheonan,…
April 5, 2013
Andrew Engel ’10 Embarking on New Career as Honors Attorney
This fall, Oregon Law graduate Andrew Engel will inhabit the role of Honors Attorney for the Solicitor’s Office at the U.S. Department of the Interior, located in Washington, D.C. Engel carefully designed his academic career at Oregon Law, taking active steps to develop his legal skillset through dedicated study and the completion of several internships,…
April 4, 2013
Technology Entrepreneurship Program Announces Summer 2013 Fellows
The Technology Entrepreneurship Program (TEP) has announced its 2013 summer fellows from the School of Law. This is the largest group of law students to be selected for the program since it launched in 2002. The program is a collaboration between the University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business and Oregon Law, the UO Office of…
April 1, 2013
Professor Eric Priest to speak on Asian pop market at National Music Conference
Amongst the list of panelists to speak at the upcoming ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo is one many within Oregon’s legal community will recognize. From April 18 through 20, Oregon Law Professor Eric Priest will be attending the nation’s leading conference for songwriters and composers as a panel participant amidst a sea of music label…
March 22, 2013
Concurrent Degree Student Travels to Pakistan
Will Johnson, a rising 3L and concurrent degree student, will be traveling to Pakistan in mid-April as a Research and Lecture Fellow with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS). While in Pakistan, Johnson will spend time at the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in Islamabad and meet with various scholars, lawyers, and government officials. His trip…
