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Greetings,
After a century of buildup --
Homecoming-Centennial Week has
arrived!
We are in the midst of activities, awards,
and receptions -- all designed to bring together the
Arizona Law community as we celebrate our 100th year.
Yesterday, students gathered for a Centennial group
photo and rally. We share some images of the festivities
below.
Everyone is welcome at the all-alumni
reception in the Snell & Wilmer Courtyard on Friday
evening, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The next day, bring the
family and join us for the Red & Blue BBQ from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. The football game is scheduled to kick
off at 1 p.m.
Even if you cannot make it back to Tucson for
this week's events, you can still be a part of the
celebration.
For 100 years, the College of Law has offered
opportunity for its students. In celebration of the
tradition of access and excellence, we have launched a
scholarship campaign to expand access to the next
generation of Arizona Law scholars.
I invite
you to give in favor of dreams realized, opportunities
created, and potential unlocked. Help us reach our goal
of 20 percent of alumni giving, and give In Favor of Students (read more here).
Until
the footnotes,
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Homecoming-Centennial
Rally
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Happy Homecoming
Week!
We were excited to kick off
the week-long celebration of Arizona Law's Homecoming
and Centennial on Tuesday with an all-student photo and
Homecoming rally. Students wore their red and blue, and
there was food, music, prizes, and activities hosted by
the library. This was a great moment and opportunity to
bring the student body together. This is the Arizona Law
community at its best!
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Centennial
Snapshot -- Ed Morgan
('45) |
Ed Morgan is being presented with a 2015 Lifetime
Achievement Award. The text of his plaque reads:
 W. Edward Morgan
graduated in 1945 from the University of Arizona College
of Law.
A civil liberties and criminal defense
lawyer for most of his career, Morgan often represented
individuals for free or in exchange for whatever they
could spare. In countless federal and state court
decisions, Morgan's legal work vindicated constitutional
guarantees and addressed injustices experienced by his
clients. Always a passionate and brilliant advocate, he
did not stop fighting on behalf of his clients until
every possible avenue of relief was exhausted. He
represented a broad range of people, including criminal
defendants, public employees, Selective Service
draftees, injured workers, candidates for political
office, and many inmates on death row.
Morgan's
most well-known victory was the landmark decision in
Elfbrandt v. Russell (1966) in which he represented a
public school teacher who had refused to sign Arizona's
loyalty oath because of her Quaker beliefs. The United
States Supreme Court struck down the loyalty oath
requirement as overbroad under the First Amendment.
That same year Morgan prevailed in another
Supreme Court case, Westbrook v. Arizona (1966), in
which a murder conviction was overturned on the ground
that the defendant, who had waived his constitutional
right to assistance of counsel, had never received a
hearing to determine his competence.
Once a
member of the Antioch School of Law faculty, Morgan has
always encouraged law students and young attorneys to
pursue civil rights work, and he has inspired many to do
so by his own formidable example. He has been a frequent
lecturer at the College of Law and for state and
national bar associations, regaling listeners with vivid
accounts of justice run amok. He has been honored by
many civil rights organizations over the years for his
unflagging and fearless devotion to fundamental
principles of equality, fairness, and freedom of
expression. The world is a more just place because of
Morgan's tenacious lawyering.
Morgan will be honored tomorrow at the Lifetime
Achievement Award ceremony. Register
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Centennial
Snapshot -- Burr Udall
('54)
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Burr Udall is being presented with a 2015 Lifetime
Achievement Award. The text of his plaque reads:
David Burr Udall
was born in 1929 in St. Johns, Arizona, to a legendary
pioneer family whose members distinguished themselves as
jurists, statesmen, public servants, and political
leaders. Burr Udall is no exception to this proud
tradition, although he achieved success in his own
unique way.
After serving in the United States
Army from 1946 to 1947, Udall earned a Bachelor of
Science degree in 1952 and obtained his LL.B. in 1954,
both from the University of Arizona.
Beginning
his law practice with McCarty & Chandler in Tucson,
Udall went on to specialize in insurance defense work
and became a founding partner in Chandler, Tuller &
Udall, one of the preeminent trial firms in the
Southwest.
He is known for his extraordinary
gifts as a trial and appellate lawyer and for his skills
in dispute resolution, particularly in the context of
mediation and arbitration. In law practice for over 60
years, Udall has built an outstanding reputation for his
honesty, absolute integrity, legal acumen, fairness, and
irrepressible sense of humor.
While maintaining
an exceptionally active law practice, Udall has
generously given his time to Bar-related pro bono
activities, including membership on the Arizona
Commission on Appellate Court Appointments and extensive
work for the Volunteer Lawyers Program. He has received
numerous awards in testament to his commitment to the
highest ideals of the legal profession. A Fellow in the
American College of Trial Lawyers, he received the
Walter E. Craig Distinguished Service Award from the
Arizona Bar Foundation in 1997 and was recognized as the
Defense Lawyer of the Year by the Arizona Trial Lawyers
Association in 2001. He received the Distinguished
Career Award from the Arizona State Bar in 2005.
Over the course of his long and distinguished
career, Udall has set the standard for professionalism
and has served as a role model for others engaged in the
practice of law.
Udall will be honored tomorrow at the
Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony. Register here.
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In
Memorium
 The Arizona Law
community was saddened to learn of the recent passing of
Ernest "Skip" Skinner ('02). Skip had a long and
successful career as a pilot in the United States Air
Force, as Vice-Commander at Davis Monthan Air Force Base
(1991-1994), and as Vice Commander of the Fifth Air
Force in Japan.
After serving as a law
clerk to Judge John Roll and several years at the Pima
County Attorney's Office, Skip devoted his time as a
volunteer attorney, including as a supervising attorney
in our Veterans Advocacy Clinic. Professor Kristine
Huskey, Director of the Veterans Advocacy Clinic, wrote
that "Skip was the BEST volunteer attorney
with the Vet Clinic, in addition to being a super nice
guy -- he loved supervising the students and the
students loved working with
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Congratulations
 Tony Caldwell
('15) has joined health-care law firm Hall, Render, Killian, Heath &
Lyman in its Indianapolis office. Tony
practices in the area of health care law with a focus on
health information technology, general business
transactions and services, privacy and security and
electronic health records. |
 Regina Nassen
('92) received the 2015 Distinguished
Public Lawyer Award from the State Bar of Arizona Public
Lawyers Section. Regina is currently with the Civil
Division of the Pima County Attorney's
Office.
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Homecoming-Centennial
Week is Here
 Join us in Tucson to
connect with other alumni during this year's special Homecoming-Centennial Week! Yet to come
this week:
- Arizona Law Lifetime Achievement
Awards Ceremony and Reception, Thursday, Oct.
22, 4 p.m.
- Arizona Law Day. Know an
undergrad or grad student interested in coming to law
school? There's still time to register for Arizona Law
Day this Friday. See https://law.arizona.edu/arizona-law-day
for details.
- Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy
(IPLP) guest speaker, Carywn Jones,
Victoria University of Wellington, New
Zealand-Aoteoroa, "Maori Rights and the Treaty of
Waitangi" on Friday, Oct. 23, at noon in the Faculty
Lounge
- UA Alumnus of the Year Ceremony,
presentation to Arizona Law alum Chuck Jeannes ('83), UA Student
Union, Grand Ballroom South, Friday, Oct. 23, 3
p.m.
- All-alumni Centennial Reception
on the patio, Friday, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m.
- All-alumni Red and Blue Barbecue,
prior to football game, Saturday, Oct. 24, at 11
a.m.
- Arizona Law seating at Arizona v.
Washington State, Saturday, Oct. 24, 1
p.m. Go Cats!
- Reunion-year events (Classes of 1965, 1970, 1975,
1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010) -- See
below!
Visit https://law.arizona.edu/arizona-law-centennial-celebration
to see the full schedule and
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Reunion
Rundown
Class
of 1975 (40-Year Reunion)
Friday, Oct. 23,
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Reunion luncheon hosted
at the Arizona Inn. $45 per person. RSVP here.
Class
of 1980 (35-Year Reunion)
Friday, Oct. 23,
6:30 - 8 p.m., Reunion reception hosted at
the College of Law. RSVP here.
Class
of 1985 (30-Year Reunion)
Friday Oct. 23,
5:30 p.m., Reunion reception at the home of Art
& Jean Gage . $25 per person. RSVP here.
Class
of 1990 (25-Year Reunion)
Friday Oct. 23,
5:30 p.m., Reunion reception at the Dusty
Monk Pub within La Cocina Restaurant. $15 per
person. RSVP here.
Class
of 1995 (20-Year Reunion)
Thursday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m.,
"Bar Review" at The Shanty (no host). RSVP here. AND
Friday Oct. 23,
7 p.m., Reunion dinner and dancing at
the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Resort. $75 per
person. RSVP here.
Class
of 2000 (15-Year Reunion)
Friday Oct. 23,
6:30 - 8 p.m., Reunion reception hosted at
the College of Law. RSVP here.
Class
of 2005 (10-Year Reunion)
Friday Oct. 23,
7:30 p.m., Reunion dinner at The Shanty.
$35 per person. RSVP here.
AND
Saturday, Oct. 24, 9:30 a.m.,
Family Fun
at the Park, Catalina Park on 4th Ave.
RSVP using
the same link as for the Friday evening
event.
Class
of 2010 (5-Year Reunion)
Friday Oct. 23,
7:30 p.m., Reunion reception at Bob Dobbs.
$10 per person. RSVP here.
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Thank you to the law firm of Gust Rosenfeld for giving In
Favor of Students. Your gift makes you a
Cornerstone Fellow.
All gifts of $1,000 or
more and all new endowed scholarships will be
acknowledged with a ceramic tile on the Rountree pillars
with the name of the donor(s) and a tile with the name
of a scholarship student.
This is a defining moment in legal
education, a moment that requires vision, innovation,
and participation. Expanding access to the most
deserving students through scholarships is a key part of
that innovation.
Please join us as
we celebrate the Centennial. Even if you cannot be here
in person, please consider joining the celebration by making a gift in favor of
students.
Warmly,
Dean
& Ralph W. Bilby Professor of Law
Shaping
the next century of legal
education
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