2002-2003 Year in Review
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Oregon Lawyer 2 0 0 3 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW Since 1884, Oregon’s Public 2002-2003 Law School YEAR IN REVIEW NEW STUDENTS Academically Impressive, Geographically Diverse— and More Applicants PROFESSORS Federal Prosecutor, Corporate Attorneys Join Faculty PROGRAMS Appropriate Dispute Resolution and Environmental Law Programs Expand, Portland Business Program Grows. Public Interest/Pro Bono Champs Again! PICTURES Four Seasons at the Knight Law Center, 2003 Commencement and Frohnmayer Award Banquet KUDOS Volunteers Transform Law Students into Lawyers WWW.LAW.UOREGON.EDU U O S C H O O L O F L A W MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN NEW FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS, are using our new space in the Portland Center STRENGTHENED PROGRAMS AMONG building owned by the UO for summer school FIRST YEAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS classes, student recruitment, and career services activities. It has been an exciting and eventful first year, and We continue to add energetic new faculty with I am very pleased with the steps forward that the impressive academic and practice credentials to law school has taken. our ranks. Tom Lininger, who previously worked This year we had 1,900 as a federal prosecutor in Oregon and with the applicants for 180 places law firm of Skadden, Arps in San Francisco, will in our entering class, be teaching evidence and legal profession. Judd and the students we Sneirson, who previously worked for Willkie, admitted as the Class of Farr & Gallagher in New York and as a law clerk 2006 are among the best for a federal judge, will be teaching contracts credentialed and most and business associations. Andrea Coles-Bjerre, diverse in the school’s who previously worked for Milbank, Tweed in history. New York and as a federal judicial clerk, will be Three outstanding teaching Creditors’ Rights and Chapter 11. new administrators As you look through Oregon Lawyer, I think joined me this year; you will be as impressed as I am with the school’s Margie Paris as associate accomplishments — an expanding Appropriate dean for academic Dispute Resolution program that has received affairs, Jamie Moffitt national recognition, thanks to Director Jane as assistant dean for Gordon and Associate Director Michael Moffitt; finance and operations, an extraordinarily strong Environmental and and Jane Gary as Natural Resources program headed by Professor director of development. Mary Wood; a series of seminars and conferences All are doing superlative on urgent issues of corporate law sponsored by jobs. Margie has been the Center for Law & Entrepreneurship directed on our faculty since by Professor Barbara Aldave; a restructured 1992 and is a nationally Public Interest and Public Service program recognized scholar in the field of criminal law. spearheaded by Professor Dom Vetri. I could go Jamie is a Harvard Law graduate with advanced on. business training who previously worked for I have found that one of the most enjoyable the international consulting group McKinsey & aspects of being dean is the opportunity it Company in Boston. Many of you will remember provides to meet with our alumni throughout Jane, who led the successful Knight Law Center the state and the nation. It is impressive and building campaign. The university development gratifying to see the many accomplishments of office has made it possible for us to secure her our graduates. So many of you are providing excellent fundraising skills once again. outstanding service not only to your clients This year we established a Portland program but also to your communities and to the legal directed by Professor Steven Bender which profession. We are proud of you! As another provides lawyers and judges in the state’s largest school year begins, I look forward to seeing more metropolitan area with an opportunity to attend of you at tailgates, homecoming events, trips, CLE programs on cutting-edge legal issues conferences and our annual Frohnmayer award presented by our outstanding faculty. We also dinner. Laird Kirkpatrick, Philip H. Knight Dean Oregon Lawyer2 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 3 : FACULTY A Year in the Life 20 Former federal prosecutor, Milbank Tweed, and 8 of Oregon’s Willkie Farr attorneys join faculty. Empowering cities, Public Law School citizen diplomats, PEW Oceans Report, international From the Night at the Knight child abductions and more. party to the Post Enron Era DEVELOPMENT symposium—there’s Development Director Jane Gary is back… something for everyone. Plus a special thanks to our 26 with a new giving plan for alumni donors. coaches, mentors, and volunteers! 27 HONOR ROLL OF ANNUAL GIVING NEWS 2 Class of 2003 Celebrates, Restoring Economy ALUMNI conference features Oregon’s VIPs, Dispute Resolution 30 Frohnmayer Award goes to Hardy Myers ’64, web portal unveiled, Family law conference brings Heather Decker ’96 tracks alumni around the world plus international scholars and more. Class Notes. DEAN’S ADVISORY COUNCIL Chair Don Corson ’85 Thomas Landye Daniel Ousley ’73 Nicholas Rockefeller Partner, Johnson, Clifton, Larson Partner, Landye, Bennett, District Attorney, Wallowa County Partner, Perkins Coie LLP & Corson, PC Blumstein LLP Enterprise, Oregon Santa Monica, California Eugene, Oregon Portland, Oregon Laura E. Rackner ’84 MEMBERS Deirdre Dawson ’86 The Hon. Edward Leavy Partner, Stahancyk, Gearing, Partner, Cassidy, Cheatham, Senior Judge, U.S. Circuit Court Rackner & Kent The Hon. Ann Aiken ’79 Shimko & Dawson, PC Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon U.S. District Court Judge San Francisco, California Eugene, Oregon Kenneth Lewis Robert Richmond ’70 Gary Galton ’70 Retired President, Lasco Partner, Richmond & Quinn Howard Arnett ’77 Principal, Accord Mediation Shipping Co. Anchorage, Alaska Partner, Karnopp, Petersen, Palm Desert, California Portland, Oregon Noteboom, Hansen, Arnett & Rohn Roberts ’79 Sayeg, LLP The Hon. Alfred “Ted” Paul Loving ’93 Partner, Arnold, Gallagher, Bend, Oregon Goodwin ’51 Of Counsel, Davis Wright Saydack, Percell & Roberts Senior Judge, Ninth U.S. Circuit Tremaine LLP Eugene, Oregon B. Kent Blackhurst ’50 Court of Appeals Portland, Oregon Medford, Oregon Pasadena, California Kenneth Stephens ’67 Richard Mollison ’69 Partner, Tonkon Torp LLP The Hon. David Brewer ’77 Paul Kelly Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon Portland, Oregon Oregon Court of Appeals General Counsel, Nike Inc. LLP Salem, Oregon Beaverton, Oregon Washington, D.C. William Wiley ’75 Principal, Wiley & Company Lori Houck Cora ’89 Christopher Kent ’85 Hardy Myers ’64 Lake Oswego, Oregon Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. Partner, Kent Custis LLP Oregon Attorney General Environmental Protection Portland, Oregon Salem, Oregon Ex officio Agency, Region 10 The Hon. Doug Mitchell Seattle, Washington ’83 President, Law School Alumni Association OREGON LAWYER Matt Roberts Colleen McKillip University of Oregon Assistant Dean for External Executive Assistant School of Law Relations Oregon Lawyer assistant editor Office of External Relations Knight Law Center Jane Gary Mike Lee 1221 University of Oregon Director of Development Oregon Lawyer Designer 1515 Agate Street www.MikeLeeAndMe.com Connie Tapp Eugene, Oregon 97403 (541) 346-3865 Assistant Director of Jack Liu Oregon Lawyer annual 2003 Development Photographer the University of Oregon School www.law.uoregon.edu of Law annual magazine for Eliza Schmidkunz alumni and friends. Assistant Director for © 2003, University of Oregon Communications [email protected] Oregon Lawyer editor UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW NEWS COMMENCEMENT 2003 LITIGATOR DAVID BOIES SPEAKS AND JUDGE ELLEN ROSENBLUM HONORED AS 160 GRADUATES CELEBRATE AT HULT CENTER IN MAY David Boies, the high-pro- Oregon for five years and file litigator who repre- worked as an assistant sented Vice President Al U.S. Attorney for the Gore during the hotly District of Oregon for contested 2000 presiden- eight years. She earned tial election, addressed both her law degree and a the 160 members of the bachelor’s degree in soci- 2003 graduating class of ology from the University the University of Oregon of Oregon. School of Law and their Rosenblum has served families last May 18 at the Judge Ellen Rosenblum ’75, Meritorious Service Award in a number of elected Hult Center in Eugene. recipient, prepares to address the Class of 2003. positions for the Oregon Ellen Rosenblum, a State Bar and the ABA. noted Oregon judge who is secretary of the 400,000- She began her long relationship with the ABA as a member American Bar Association, received the child in Chicago, when she attended meetings with top law school award for meritorious service at the her father, a Northwestern law professor. afternoon commencement ceremonies. She received the law school’s meritorious service Called a “courtroom magician,” and named award, given each year to recipients who have made 2000 attorney of the year by the National Law extraordinary contributions to legal education and Journal, David Boies served as special trial coun- the law. Dean Laird Kirkpatrick, a longtime law sel on the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust case faculty member who took office as dean last August, against Microsoft. In another famous case, he won presented the award. a reprieve for music-sharing site Napster. Earlier, Richard Jarvis, chancellor of the Oregon Boies was counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance University System since 2002, addressed the class Corporation in its litigation to recover losses for and Lorraine Davis, UO Vice President for Academic failed savings and loan associations. The firm he Affairs, conferred the degrees. The UO Brass founded has defended Adelphia Communications, Ensemble, conducted by professor of trombone Jeff Tyco International and Qwest Communications Williams, played. International and other corporate giants accused of Student Bar Association President Jodee L. Scott suspect accounting and insider dealing. Boies is a greeted the graduates. Last year, she served as pub- graduate of Northwestern and Yale Law School who licity co-chair of Land, Air, Water, the oldest student was a long-time partner in the venerable New York environmental law society in the world. law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore.