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.
Oregon Law is proud to announce Magistrate Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai, JD ’96, has been confirmed by the United States Senate as US District Court Judge for the District of Oregon. The vote makes him the first Asian American lifetime judge and first Muslim lifetime judge in the District of Oregon. Kasubhai is the third Muslim lifetime judge in our nation’s history.
The Business Law Clinic is celebrating 20 years providing free legal services to entrepreneurs around the state, giving students a chance to put their law school training into action while benefiting small businesses. This year the clinic added trademarks and established Oregon Law as one of 64 schools in the US certified to provide free legal services to the public for trademark matters.
Taking place virtually from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM PST on Thursday, October 24, 2024, the 18th Annual Rennard Strickland Lecture will feature Mr. Charles F. "Chuck" Sams III (Cayuse and Walla Walla), the Director of the National Park Service, with his talk, "Fulfilling a Covenant: Stewardship of America's Best Idea -- The intersection of Indigenous Knowledge and the 1916 Organic Act."
Judges at all levels should use emotional intelligence as their rhetorical framework in writing opinions and orders. Associate Dean Anne Mullins, the 2024-25 Galen Distinguished Guest in Legal Writing, made this argument in presenting her current article to the faculty on Monday, September 23, 2024.
Oregon Law welcomes Professor Orli Oren-Kolbinger as the newest member of our nationally-recognized business law faculty. Orli’s journey to academia has been shaped by a deep commitment to teaching and a profound interest in the intersection of tax law, economics, human behavior, and access to justice.
Oregon Law announces the recipients of the John E. Jaqua Distinguished Alumni Award, Minoru Yasui Justice Award, and the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award.
Joan Rocklin, a clinical professor in Oregon Law’s top-ranked Legal Research and Writing (LRW) program, was formally presented with the 2024 Influential Teaching Award at the Legal Writing Institute’s 2024 biennial conference in July.
The University of Oregon School of Law welcomed 18 graduates into the prestigious Order of the Coif national honor society.Considered one of the highest honors a law student can receive, elected students must earn a juris doctor degree and a grade-point average that places them in the top 10 percent of their graduating class.
