This year's Minoru Yasui Fellow, Alicia Shindo, is committed to the values reflected in Minoru's life. Yasui, JD '39, fought laws that directly targeted Japanese Americans during World War II.
Judge Nan Waller, JD ’79, a University of Oregon School of Law graduate and Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge, will be the distinguished speaker at the Oregon Law Commencement Ceremony honoring the 2025 Juris Doctor and Master of Laws graduates.
To help law students gain context and understanding of emerging legal issues at this moment in history, Oregon Law began hosting “Current Conversations,” said Jennifer Geller, managing director of Oregon Law’s Public Service and Policy program.
Jennifer W. Reynolds, JD, professor of law and interim dean at the University of Oregon School of Law has been selected as the new permanent dean and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law. University of Oregon Provost and Senior Vice President Christopher P. Long announced Reynolds assumed the role effective March 17, 2025.
For over four decades Land Air Water (LAW), an Oregon Law student organization, has organized, led, and hosted the oldest and largest Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) in the world.
Oregon Law announces Jane Gordon, JD ’79, an alumna, former Oregon Law associate dean, and current vice president for UO Portland as the 2025 Frohnmayer Award for Public Service honoree.
Not all lawsuits are as they seem. In the 2025 Derrick Bell Lecture, featured speaker Professor Kimberly West-Faulcon, James P. Bradley Chair in Constitutional Law, Loyola Marymount University, will address how some race-conscious affirmative action lawsuits hide a different goal.
Oregon Law Professor Greg Dotson was among a dozen leaders in law, policy, and community named by Oregon Attorney General-elect Dan Rayfield to a new advisory group curated to defend against potential federal impacts on the state and Oregonians.
