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In today's Wildcat Wednesday -- Letter of the
Law, we shine a spotlight on the six individuals
receiving awards for their lasting impacts on the
profession and their communities at the
42nd Annual Law College Association
Appreciation Dinner.
Today is the last day of early-bird pricing for the
dinner.
Be there or be
square.
Until the footnotes,
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Six Honored at
Upcoming Annual Dinner |
Each spring, the Law
College Association's Appreciation Dinner brings the
Arizona Law community together to toast and boast about
the achievements of our alumni and friends of the
college. This year, we will gather at the Arizona
Historical Society Museum at Papago Park in
Tempe.
Below is a glimpse of this year's honorees -- each
of them committed and connected to their community, the
legal profession, and the University of
Arizona.
Join us on April 16th and be inspired.
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The Honorable Roxanne Song Ong
('78)
UAAA Public Service Award
Judge Song Ong (ret.) served the Phoenix
Municipal Court beginning in 1991 and was
appointed Chief Presiding Judge in 2005. She is a
leader in judicial education and is recognized as
the first Asian woman judge in
Arizona.
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Ryan C. Flynn ('06)
UAAA Young Professional Achievement
Award
Ryan C. Flynn is Secretary of Environment and
the Natural Resources Trustee for the State of New
Mexico, appointed to both positions in 2013. He is
also an Assistant Judge Advocate General in the
United States Air Force Reserves at Schriever Air
Force Base.
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C. Max Killian ('49)
UAAA Professional Achievement
Award
C. Max Killian is an expert real-estate and
probate attorney who has practiced in the Mesa
area since the 1940s. Over a long and
distinguished career, he has handled some of the
most complicated real-estate matters in the
Phoenix area.
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Nicole F. Stanton
('00)
UAAA Professional Achievement
Award
Nicole F. Stanton is managing partner at
Quarles & Brady, Phoenix and the associate
general counsel of Quarles & Brady as a whole.
She is a broadly experienced litigator and
corporate attorney and a committed civic
servant.
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Gary L. Stuart ('67)
UAAA Professional Achievement
Award
Gary L. Stuart spent 32 years at Jennings,
Strouss & Salmon and now practices part time
as Gary L. Stuart, P.C. He was on the Arizona
Board of Regents for eight years and its president
in 2004-2005. He has published extensively and
taught at both the James E. Rogers College of Law
and the Sandra Day O'Connor College of
Law.
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Peter W. Likins
Law College Association
Award
Dr. Peter W. Likins, an accomplished
aeronautics engineer, was president of the
University of Arizona from 1997 to 2006. Both
during his presidency and since, the College of
Law has consistently benefitted from his
leadership, advice, and
support.
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When:
Saturday, April 16, 2016, 6 - 9 p.m.
Where:
Arizona Historical Society Museum
1300
North College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281
$125 per
person ($150 after March 16)
$1100
for a table of ten ($1500 after March 16)
Register
Today
For more
information and to purchase tickets, please
visit
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Jessup International Law Moot
Court Competition |
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Team members James Florentine, Parker
Bunch, Jackie Kafka,
Troy Anderson, and David Lundmark
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In a busy competition season, our students continue
to make us proud in legal-skills tournaments across the
country.
Congratulations to our Jessup International Law
Moot Court Team for winning the Third Best Memorial at
the Pacific Regional Competition in Portland, Oregon,
where 20 schools participated.
The team, including 3L Jackie Kafka and 2Ls Troy
Anderson, Parker Bunch, James Florentine, and David
Lundmark, has worked since September conducting in-depth
research and preparing written and oral pleadings to
present before a mock International Court of
Justice.
This year's complicated and
real-world issues included mass surveillance, the right
to privacy, treaty interpretation, preventive detention,
and cyber attacks. Kudos to the team, whose depth of
understanding of these issues was demonstrated by their
winning memorial, and many thanks to Professor of
Practice and moot court advisor Julie Ferdon, who
coached the team to
success.
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Las Vegas Alumni
Reception |
Arizona
Law's reception at the Pac-12 Men's Basketball
Tournament last week was a ball. We met up with Rob
Bujarski ('01) and a slew of other alumni. Professor
Billy Sjostrom and our Distinguished Scholars held down
a Wildcat table.
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2016 Outstanding Women in
Business
Two Arizona Law alumni are included in the 2016
Phoenix Business Journal's list of Outstanding Women in Business. We
congratulate Melissa S. Ho ('04) and January Contreras
('96) on this much-deserved recognition.
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January
Contreras ('96) is the founding CEO and
managing attorney of Arizona Legal Women and Youth
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PCLP Speaker
Series
Last week the Program in Criminal Law and
Policy (PCLP) hosted San
Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, the
only elected public defender in the state of California,
and one of only a few elected public defenders in the
United States. He
presented at PCLP's weekly speaker series and met
with members of Tucson's defense bar.
You
can learn about future PCLP speakers here.
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Next
Mundheim Speaker, March 21
 Joel Friedlander,
Partner at Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., will
participate in the Bob Mundheim conversation series on
March 21 from noon to 1:15 in room 237. Find out more and register
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Online
Alumni Directory
Please take the time to join your online alumni directory. We are creating
a shared resource to support our students and our
alumni. If you need us to resend your personalized
invitation, please email or
call (520) 621-8430.
The latest weekly Arizona Law T-shirt drawing
winner from among new directory members is Kevin Zinke
('13). Congratulations, Kevin, and
thank you for
joining.
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Las Vegas is one of our many homes-away-from-home.
And the Pac-12 Tournament is one of our several events
that feels like a homecoming each year. The MGM Grand
Arena and the hotel halls are awash in red. We build our days in Las Vegas
around the tournament, seeing alumni and friends, and
helping our students make meaningful connections with
our many Arizona Law alums there.
But as we share the news from the
Jessup moot court competition, as the Phoenix
Business Journal recognizes our amazing alumni, and
as we recognize our alumni and friends for their
profound contributions to the profession over the years,
we take note of something even more fundamental: the UA
is at home and in the lead
everywhere.
Warmly,
Dean
& Ralph W. Bilby Professor of Law
Shaping
the next century of legal
education
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