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Update OregonUniversity of Oregon Lawyer School of Law Winter 2003 Environmental and Natural Resources Law Great Academic Program and Beautiful Offices—New Director Simply Strengthens The Package The law school had the academic dialogue on restoring and pro- Wood said. credentials—one of the first en- tecting U.S. marine resources. His John Bonine and visiting profes- vironmental law programs and recent report on U.S and Interna- sor Svitlana Kravchenko are deeply law clinics in the country. It had tional fisheries law is part of the involved in the global aspects of the space—the Bowerman family scientific investigation on which human rights and environmental donated funds during the 1998 the commission’s national ocean law, “forging new ground in citizen building campaign for a roomy policy recommendations suite of offices in the Knight Law to Congress in April will Center. be based. “ENVIRONMENTAL What it lacked was a director. Rennard Strickland, of And now the dynamic wildlife Cherokee-Osage heritage, AND NATURAL and Indian law professor Mary is one of the founders of RESOURCES LAW Wood has stepped up to the job. the field of Indian Law. Two months into the direc- The former dean has pub- IS PART OF OUR torship, Wood has taken charge lished over 26 books and of everything from communica- has served as President of NORTHWESTERN tions systems to externships to the American Association HERITAGE” furniture. She has loaned the of Law Schools. ENR Director Mary Wood center a velvet sofa and walnut Wildlife and Indian Law Professor Mike Axline “was desk that graced the law offices Mary C. Wood one of the first to pioneer of her grandfather, Erskine Wood. complex litigation—landscape diplomacy at the international level,” The elder Wood lived with Chief Jo- Natural Resources Law (ENR) fac- level litigation—around old growth Wood said. Kravchenko was elected seph as a boy and practiced law in ulty are certainly distinguished in forests. He has been a leader in de- last fall by diplomats from 44 coun- Portland. their fields. veloping the scholarly and clinical tries to sit on the compliance commit- “I want this to look and feel like Wood herself is a fourth-genera- aspects of citizen suit litigation,“ tee for the Aarhus Public Participa- an old Oregon law office,” Wood tion Oregon lawyer. She is well tion Convention of the United said. “Environmental and natural known for major works on Nations. Environmental and resources law is part of our North- treaty rights, the Endangered Keith Aoki brings his exper- Natural Resources western heritage.” Species Act, and the federal Law Program tise in patent and property law The UO law faculty already ad- trust obligation towards tribes, to address issues of genetically Shaping the Law to Support dresses vital environmental problems and she is now working on a Sustainability on Earth modified foods and the world at the international, national and re- book that sets natural resources food supply. WHERE: Suite 225, Knight Law Center gional level, Wood said. “What the law into the broader framework Other professors enhance HOURS: Mon, Tue, Thu 10 A.M.-11 A.M. new structure enables us to do is of property law. Wed 10-11 and 3 P.M. –5 P.M. the environmental law cur- offer students a richer academic en- Colleague Richard Hildreth Fri 10 A.M.-6 P.M. riculum: Ibrahim Gassama in vironment and more placement sup- will take his turn as director of DIRECTOR: Mary Wood international law and human port. We will be more visible, which the program next year. Hildreth, STAFF: Joyce Drops, administration and rights law, Nancy Shurtz on will help the faculty reconnect with a leader in ocean and coastal 3L Jonathan Manton, Programs environmental taxation and alumni and reach out to prospective law, was one of the experts PHONE: (541) 346-1396 conservation easements, and students.” selected by the Pew Oceans EMAIL: [email protected] Susan Gary in non-profit cor- The ten Environmental and Commission for their national porations. Endowed Chair First to Honor Asian American 60th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066 Marks Start of Campaign On the sixtieth anniversary rights hero who was also the of the highest scores that year sor Keith Aoki presented the of Executive Order 9066—the UO’s first Japanese-Ameri- but was denied admission to law school’s Meritorious Ser- presidential order that led to can law school graduate. It the bar because of his crimi- vice Award to Yasui’s widow, the internment of 110,000 will be the first endowed law nal conviction. With the help True, at the annual Minoru Japanese Americans during school position honoring an of the ACLU, he was admit- Yasui Volunteer Awards in WWII—the law school an- Asian-American. ted to the Colorado bar in Denver last December. nounced a proposal for a Yasui, who graduated 1946, and became a noted Plans for the campaign to new Minoru Yasui Chair of in 1939, was imprisoned in Denver civil rights leader. raise support are being coor- Law. The February 19, 2002 1942 for testing the constitu- Yasui died in 1986. dinated by Matt Roberts and proposal signaled the start of tionality of the presidential Former dean Rennard Professors Strickland and Aoki. a campaign to create an en- order. In 1944, he passed the Strickland, assistant dean For information about the cam- Minoru Yasui ’39 dowment in honor of a civil Colorado bar exam with one Matt Roberts and law profes- paign, call (541) 346-2125. 2 OREGON LAWYER UPDATE WINTER 2003 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 3 Dean’s Advisory Council Nicholas Rockefeller, chair Partner, Perkins Coie LLP Hardy Myers To Receive Santa Monica, California Members The Hon. Ann Aiken ’79 UO Law School Public Service Award U.S. District Court Judge Eugene, Oregon Second Annual Frohnmayer Award Banquet to be held in Portland on April 4 Howard Arnett ’77 Partner, Karnopp, Petersen, Noteboom, Hansen, Arnett & Sayeg, Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers ‘64 Myers was selected by the law school LLP will receive the 2003 Frohnmayer Award alumni association from dozens of nomi- Bend, Oregon for Public Service at a dinner and recep- nations. Portland Trail Blazers vice presi- B. Kent Blackhurst ’50 Medford, Oregon tion at the downtown Portland Embassy dent and general counsel Mike Fennell Don Bourassa ’80 Suites, 319 Pine Street, on Friday, April 4. ‘83 chaired the awards committee. He Entrepreneur and Business The University of Oregon School of Law said, “Hardy Myers is the embodiment of Administrator Rancho Mirage, California annual award recognizes a graduate, what we expect for the recipients of the The Hon. David Brewer ’77 faculty member or friend whose public award.” Oregon Court of Appeals Salem, Oregon service brings honor to the school. Fennell said one of the many ways the Lori Houck Cora ’89 “Hardy Myers is one of Oregon’s shin- UO law school stands out is in its tradi- Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. ing examples of integrity and dedication tion of public service by alumni: “Law Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 to public service,” said UO president and school graduates comprise nearly half of Seattle, Washington former law school dean Dave Frohnmayer. this state’s judges, for example, and can Don Corson ’85 “Over a lifetime of distinguished profes- be found just about everywhere in Oregon Partner, Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Corson, PC sional achievement, he has continued to where good legal works are performed.” Eugene, Oregon devote himself to public service with the Hardy Myers, who is in his second Attorney General Hardy Myers Serena Cruz highest levels of energy and ethics. It has term as attorney general, represented NE Multnomah County Commissioner, District 2 been my privilege to work with Hardy on numerous projects and SE Portland during five legislative terms and was Ore- Portland, Oregon through the years. His name does honor to the award con- gon’s Speaker of the House from 1979 to 1983. Myers served Deirdre Dawson ’86 ferred on him.” on the Portland planning commission and the predecessor of Partner, Cassidy, Cheatham, Shimko & Dawson, PC The public service award was given last year for the first Metro and had a distinguished career with Portland’s Stoel San Francisco, California time to Frohnmayer who, like Myers, has served as Oregon Rives law firm. He has been a successful law and policy re- Gary Galton ’70 Attorney General and as a state legislator. The award sub- former throughout his career. Principal, Accord Mediation Palm Desert, California sequently was named in honor of Frohnmayer and he will To order tickets, call (541) 346-3865 or e-mail The Hon. Alfred “Ted” Goodwin present it to Hardy Myers at the April banquet. [email protected]. ’51 Senior Judge, Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Pasadena, California Paul Kelly Message from the Dean General Counsel, Nike Inc. Beaverton, Oregon Dean’s Advisory Council Meets Christopher Kent ’85 Partner, Kent Custis LLP By Laird Kirkpatrick, Philip H. Knight Dean Portland, Oregon Thomas Landye Partner, Landye, Bennett, Blumstein The first meeting of the Dean’s so. Don, past president of the Oregon Trial Lawyer’s As- LLP Portland, Oregon Advisory Council on January 31 sociation, is a partner in the Eugene firm Johnson, Clifton, The Hon. Edward Leavy was both a pleasure and an en- Larson and Corson. Senior Judge, U.S. Circuit Court lightening experience for me. The They join a distinguished 23-member board led by Portland, Oregon Kenneth Lewis law school council welcomed new members Don Corson Nicholas Rockefeller, whose sound counsel will support Retired President, Lasco Shipping ’85 and Chris Kent ’85, both former students of mine.

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