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Laying down the lawIn 2006, Margaret Paris became the first female dean of a law school in Oregon, and for the first time in the law school's 123-year history, she heads an administration where all senior leadership positions are filled by womenby Jason ReedMargaret Brent lived in a male dominated world where men outnumbered women 6 to 1, females had no voting rights, and formal schooling for girls was a rarity. Colonial America in the mid-seventeenth century was oppressive for women to say the least. Brent helped evolve the perception of women with her tenacious spirit and pioneering attitude. |
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Phil Knight donates $100 million to Oregon athleticsThe donation will found the Oregon Athletics Legacy Fund, and will primarily fund the construction of a new basketball arenaby Doug BonhamFor the University's athletic department, Monday, Aug. 20 might just as well be Christmas in August. University President Dave Frohnmayer and Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny announced a $100 million donation from Phil and Penny Knight to found the Oregon Athletics Legacy Fund. |
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Graduates receive one last lessonAt summer commencement Dean Margaret Paris urged graduates to change the worldby Mike O'BrienUniversity School of Law Dean Margaret Paris believes thumbs will rule the future. As she delivered the commencement address, entitled "How you will change the world," at Summer Commencement on Saturday, August 18, Paris told a story in which she went to the supermarket and ran into Eden, an old high school friend of her 20-year-old son, Michael. |
Sustainability a priority at School of LawThe new Sustainability Committee is coming up with ways to make the law school environmentally friendlyby Jason N. ReedEnvironmental sustainability has been a big priority at the University for a long time. The University's School of Law was the first public law school in the nation to establish an environmental law program, and now it is in the early stages of making upgrades to the award-winning law center. |
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Scholar criticizes labor law in U.S.by Jill AhoMembership in labor unions is declining in the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The number of people belonging to a union fell by 326,000 from 2005 to 2006 to 15.4 million. Somewhere between 25 and 60 million workers report they want union representation but do not have it, Gordon Lafer one of two Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics resident scholars, said. |
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A closer look at the 14th Amendmentby Jill AhoThe 14th Amendment ended the days of the second-class citizen in the United States, at least that was the idea. With immigration and citizenship at the top of politicians' priorities, how to secure America's borders and deal with illegal immigrants are two issues currently being debated. |
Law clinic turns students into attorneysIn the law school's Small Business Clinic, students gain first-hand knowledge of practicing lawyersby Jason ReedThe 14th Amendment ended the days of the second-class citizen in the United States, at least that was the idea. With immigration and citizenship at the top of politicians' priorities, how to secure America's borders and deal with illegal immigrants are two issues currently being debated. |
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High schoolers get college knowledge at campThe Summer Academy to Incite Learning promotes planning for college earlyby Mike O'BrienWhen University alumna and successful business woman Carolyn Chambers donated $1 million to the University's School of Law, her gift established the Center for Law and Entrepreneurship, but the offering came with a stipulation: She wanted students to learn how to be deal makers, not deal breakers. |
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