Oregon LawyerSPRING/SUMMER 2005 UPDATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEAMS WIN BIG “LIVES FOREVER” BATTERY AND ARESENIC CLEANUP BUSINESS PLANS ATTRACT INVESTOR INTEREST Law students Clayton Jones and environmental problem, “ Glasson Will Glasson will share over says, “The amount of arsenic $50,000 in cash awards with other contained in the predicted future members of two UO entrepreneur- volume of treated waste wood is ship teams that assess, develop enough to kill everyone on this and launch new high-tech startup planet.” businesses. The team claims benefits to Both teams placed in the 2005 waste management customers in- international Moot Corp. — a kind clude lower costs, greatly reduced of “Super Bowl” of world business liability, and a vehicle for being plan competitions — held at the more environmentally respon- University of Texas in May. The sible. 20-year old competition featured CleanSmart’s market entry is 40 teams from five continents. focused upon Norway, and then Jones and his team developed the European Union, where CCA a battery substitute that, in his is classified as hazardous waste words “lives forever.” Glasson’s with restricted use and disposal team will introduce an environ- and where companies already pay mentally-friendly technology that for cleanup. The team projects that removes arsenic from waste wood revenue will be based on treat- products. ment services, reselling compo- Jones and Glasson are nent materials and consulting. Clayton Jones with Will Glasson and Technology Entrepreneurship Glasson is interested in corpo- “Perpetua Harvester” “CleanSmart” technology Fellows, part of a four-year-old rate transactional work and wants collaborative effort between the power source for small devices. Jones is interested in entrepre- to nurture technology ventures UO business and law schools, In its business plan, Perpetua neurship and business law and that offer an alternative to harm- the UO Office of Technology focused on markets in which the plans a legal career working pri- ful or unsustainable industrial Transfer and Pacific Northwest total cost of battery ownership is marily with start-up and emerging practices. He said “ “I would love National Laboratories of Richland, exceptionally high. growth companies. to be one of the people who make Washington. Jones, who has a background in Oregon the next technology small biotechnology, engineering, and CLEANSMART business stronghold!” PERPETUA HARVESTER business is working on a joint Will Glasson and his teammates Law professor Barbara Aldave, Clayton Jones and team members J.D./M.B.A. degree at the UO. He from the business school, David directs the law school’s Center from the business school — Jed said, “The Perpetua Harvester will Grove and Eric Brunsvold, are for Law and Entrepreneurship and Cahill, Jon Hofmeister, Lars Juel, initially be installed in wireless addressing the problem of lumber co-designed the technology entre- and Mason Adair — have devel- sensor networks monitoring the pressure-treated with chromate preneurship program. She said, oped the Perpetua “Harvester”, a structural health of bridges and copper arsenic (CCA). Used in “It immerses our students in all of battery substitute that generates pipelines throughout the United decks, fences and the like, pres- the challenges — and frustrations electricity using naturally occur- States. From there, the possibili- sure-treated lumber all over the — of transforming a raw technol- ring differences in temperature ties are limited only by the imagi- world is decaying at a fast rate ogy into a market-ready business and offers an extremely long-life nation.” and entering land fills. “It’s a huge opportunity.” BUSINESS LAW PROGRAM ALL GROWN UP With a rich, vigorous and innovative cur- out how the UO stacked The business law riculum, a full complement of business up. They discovered program extends faculty — not to mention the Technology that the UO is the only beyond the classroom Entrepreneurship program, the Portland busi- school in Washington to include nation- ness program, new business externships and a and Oregon to offer ally known visitors lively student group — the business and com- classes on venture capi- such as John Coffee. mercial law program at the UO is officially all tal and private equity, Sneirson welcomed grown up. financial institutions Assistant Professor Judd Sneirson’s contracts class the Columbia securi- Of 22 business law courses offered next year and banking regulations, meets at the top of Mt. Pisgah in Lane County. ties law professor to — large and small — 18 filled up during pre en- and two semesters of the UO this spring as rollment. “This indicates a real jump in interest. securities law. the Coif Distinguished Lecturer, and he hopes to I think our efforts to expand the curriculum and A growing number of top schools offer semi- bring equally well-known corporate law speak- build student awareness are paying off,” said nars on post-Enron corporate governance and, ers to Eugene next year. Rob Illig, assistant professor and former transac- in some cases, a small business clinic. The UO “Here’s an expert commentator for the inter- tional attorney with Nixon Peabody. offers both. national business press speaking on Post-Enron Assistant Professor Judd Sneirson and Illig Illig said, “We have one of the richest and jurisprudence — and our students and alumni surveyed the 22 Pacific Northwest and top most innovative sets of offerings among our in Oregon had a chance to discuss current is- public and private law schools this year to find peers.” sues with him,” Sneirson said. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW • WWW.LAW.UOREGON.EDU SPRING/SUMMER 2005 • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW OREGON LAWYER UPDATE • SPRING/SUMMER 2005 LAIRD KIRKPATRICK TO RESUME TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP IN DECEMBER ACADEMIC DEAN AND CRIMINAL LAW PROFESSOR MARGARET PARIS WILL SERVE AS INTERIM DURING NATIONAL SEARCH FOR NEW DEAN By Laird Kirkpatrick, Philip H. Knight Dean Last fall in these pages you read about the forward progress the law school has made on many fronts, and more recently you may have read about the high national rank- ing of our natural resources and dispute resolution programs. We have a vibrant public law school that boasts three new programs, a Portland presence, a new busi- ness law clinic, five new tenure- track faculty members, seven new endowed professorships and fellowships, impressive new faculty publications, a dou- bling of scholarships available Dean Kirkpatrick talks with U.S. District Judge Owen Panner as Coos County Circuit Judge to entering students, ten new Richard Barron looks on at the March 10 O’Connell Conference. faculty offices, a new masters degree in dispute resolution, the estab- December in order to solidify our exter- my co-author, who has carried more than lishment of a loan repayment assistance nal fund raising and alumni relations his share of the load, we have been able program, the Oregon Innocence Project, efforts. Beginning January 2006, criminal to publish a fifth edition of our evidence the Oregon Review of International Law, law professor and Associate Dean Margie coursebook and a third edition of our evi- and much, much more. Paris will serve as interim dean until a dence hornbook in the last two years. But These achievements are the result of new dean takes office, almost certainly by now our publisher (West) wants a new the combined efforts of our faculty, staff, the end of the next school year. edition of our five-volume treatiseFederal students and alumni. All of us who care A dean search committee has been ap- Evidence. This is a project that will oc- about the school should be proud of the pointed by the provost that includes five cupy much of my post-deanship time. progress it is making, despite the continu- faculty members, one student, the chair of I fully expect the coming summer and ing challenge of lack of adequate state the Dean’s Advisory Council, and a mem- fall to be as productive for the law school funding. ber of the Alumni Association Board. and enjoyable for me as the last few years I have had the extremely good fortune The deanship at Oregon is a wonderful have been. I hope to see as many of you to lead the law school during the last opportunity, and given all the positive as possible. As always, my door is open three years. But we are now nearing the energy and extraordinary people here we to you, your ideas, and your advice. end of my three-year commitment to should be able to attract many outstand- serve as dean, and it is time for me to ing candidates for the position. transition back to teaching and scholar- I very much look forward to teaching ship as a member of the law faculty. again and will return to the faculty as the At the request of University President Hollis Professor of Legal Procedure. I also Frohnmayer, I have agreed to extend look forward to having more time for my my service for another six months until scholarship. Thanks to the dedication of DEAN’S ADVISORY COUNCIL OREGON LAWYER UPDATE Chair James Carter ’76 Kirk Johansen ’74 Paul Nelson ’74 Writer and Editor UNIVERSITY OF Rohn Roberts ’79 General Counsel, Nike, Inc. 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