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The Northwestern Law Alumni Association is pleased to present this edition
of Northwestern Law E-Briefs, an electronic newsletter for alumni and
friends of the Law School. We hope you enjoy this connection to Northwestern
Law, its alumni, and its students.
E-Briefs Features
* Stevie Wonder Delivers Keynote Address at Martin Luther King Day
Celebration
* Second Annual Lawyer as Problem Solver Conference a Success
* Thanks to firm representatives who hosted visits with the dean
* Faculty in the News
* Alumni in the News
* Upcoming Events
STEVIE WONDER DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
CELEBRATION
Stevie Wonder, the legendary artist, songwriter, musician, and
producer, reflected on the memory and the contributions of Martin Luther
King Jr. Monday, Jan. 20, at the Law School. To read Lawrence
Marshall's introduction of Wonder, click
here.
SECOND ANNUAL LAWYER AS PROBLEM SOLVER CONFERENCE A SUCCESS
The Second Annual Lawyer as Problem Solver program, an all-day
off-campus conference for first-year Northwestern Law students,
highlighted skills modern lawyers use to facilitate problem solving for
clients in settings outside the courtroom or boardroom. Northwestern Law
would like to thank sponsors Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon; Mayer,
Brown, Rowe & Maw; Baker & McKenzie; Latham & Watkins;
LexisNexis; M.R. Bauer Foundation; Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal;
and Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz. To learn more about the
conference, click here.
THANKS TO FIRM REPRESENTATIVES WHO HOSTED VISITS WITH THE DEAN
Thanks to all of our generous firm representatives for volunteering
to raise alumni participation at their firms and boosting NU Law
awareness by hosting a firm visit with Dean David Van Zandt. Thank
you Sharon Bowen '82, Latham & Watkins, New York; David Glickstein
'66, Piper Rudnick, Chicago; and Mike Garvey '78, Baker & McKenzie,
Chicago. If you are interested in hosting a visit with the Dean at
your firm or corporation, please contact Elizabeth Wheeler at (312)
503-3174, or e-wheeler@law.northwestern.edu.
For more information on the firm and corporate representative program, click
here.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS (click title to read full article or
interview)
Learning
from legos, students build skills
Lynn Cohn, Cynthia Wilson, and the Lawyer as Problem Solver Conference in
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 24, 2003
Dorothy Roberts and Jeffery Leving discuss the controversial ruling in a
California sexual assault case
Dorothy Roberts on NPR: Tavis Smiley, January 24, 2003
Judgin
the Judge
Anthony D'Amato in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 24, 2003
War: the human cost
Douglass Cassel in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 24, 2003
Medical
malpractice at a discount
Steven Lubet in Chicago Tribune, January 22, 2003
High
court needs fresh blood soon
Steven Calabresi and Ilya Somin in Newsday, January 21, 2003
Politics
drowns in sea of reforms
Newton N. Minow in USA Today, January 16, 2003
ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
Besieged
bankruptcy bench here headed back to full strength
A. Benjamin Goldgar, class of '82, in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January
24, 2003
Springer
considers run for U.S. Senate
Jerry Springer, class of '68, in Chicago Tribune, January 24, 2003
Spherion executives bring industry leadership to the American Staffing Association
John B. Smith, class of '64, in Business Wire, January 23, 2003
Savvis names Grier C. Raclin executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary
Grier C. Raclin, class of '78, in Business Wire, January 21, 2003
Lawyer learns finances along with his clients
Al Hofeld Jr, class of 2000, in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 20, 2003
Still divided; Roe v. Wade 30 years later
Carolyn Frazier, class of '02, in Chicago Tribune, January 17, 2003
To see more of Northwestern Law in the news, click here. If you have Northwestern Law media coverage to report, click here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Black History Month, February 5-27, 2003, Law School
Vernon Jarrett, one of the nation's foremost newspaper, television and radio communicators on race relations, politics, urban affairs, and African-American history, will deliver Northwestern Law's Black History Month keynote address Monday, February 10 at 12:15 in Lincoln Hall.
Effective Protocols for Fitness and Insanity Examinations: What Lawyers and Doctors Need to Know, February 7, 2003, Law School
The need for cooperation between lawyers, psychologists, and psychiatrists in conducting fitness and insanity evaluations will be the focus of a conference sponsored by the Bluhm Legal Clinic and Feinberg School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry.
Alumni Luncheon at Perkins Coie LLP, February 7, 2003, 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800, Seattle
For more information contact Shay Owens, Director of Alumni Relations, at 312-503-8175 or s-owens2@law.northwestern.edu.
Pope & John Lecture Series on Professionalism, February 11, 2003, Law School
Milton C. Regan, Jr., professor of law at Georgetown University, will deliver a lecture about the 1998 bankruptcy fraud conviction of a young partner at the law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.
Julius Rosenthal Lecture Series, March 4-6, 2003, Law School
Danielle Allen, associate professor of classical languages and literatures, political science and the committee on social thought at the University of Chicago, will deliver three lectures that are also the basis for her forthcoming book titled Talking to Strangers: on rhetoric, distrust, and citizenship.
Wigmore Follies 2003: Law Mi§erables, April 5, 2003, Law School
As part of the 2003 graduation celebration, we are pleased to invite all alumni to Wigmore Follies 2003: Law Mi§erables. The annual musical comedy revue features skits written and performed by students, except for the faculty skit, of course. Come join in the laughter as Northwestern Law pokes fun at faculty and staff as well as the field of law. For more information visit the Wigmore Follies website. If you would like to make a much needed contribution to help fund production costs, please contact Executive Director Peter Moore at pmoore@law.northwestern.edu, or call (312) 642-0718.
