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Greetings,
Homecoming
is fast approaching. For all alumni who graduated
in years ending in 0 or 5 -- from 1920 to 2010 -- it is
your reunion year! In this issue we've included a
quick summary of the activities that each of the reunion
classes has planned.
As
part of Homecoming-Centennial Week, all alumni
are invited to a special "Back to the Classroom" presentation on
Friday, October 23, at the college from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
The event will feature Arizona Law professors David Marcus (Procedure), Jason Kreag (Criminal Law), and Vanessa Buch (Justice Project: Wrongful
Conviction Clinic).
And if you have a high school
or college student in your household, we are extending
the invitation to them as part of Arizona Law Day for
budding lawyers, featuring admissions presentations,
information on the accelerated law program and the Bachelor of Arts in Law, and a panel of
current JD and undergraduate law students. High school
and college students can sign up for Arizona Law Day here.
Please encourage your children to take part and then
bring them to Saturday's BBQ and game.
Next
Monday, September 21, we celebrate Constitution Day with our annual
Supreme Court review hosted by the Rehnquist Center.
The 2014 term was filled with interesting topics
from the Affordable Care Act to same-sex marriage to
property rights and congressional redistricting.
The event will be moderated by Professor Dave Marcus, and a panel of legal
experts will provide insight and commentary on the
cases. This is always an interesting and
informative event. See details below and plan to join
us.
Don't
forget that our Career Mixer is tomorrow night,
Thursday, September 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the
college. All alumni are welcome.
Until
the footnotes,
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Class
of 1965 (50-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 1970 (45-Year Reunion)
Friday, Oct. 23,
12:30 - 2 p.m., Reunion luncheon hosted at the
Arizona Inn. $45 per person. RSVP here.
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.
And, don't
forget to swing by the All-alumni Reception at the College of
Law patio on the evening of Friday, October 23, 6:30 - 8
p.m., either before or after your other plans, to catch
up with even more Arizona Law
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The Affordable Care Act, same-sex marriage,
property rights, and congressional redistricting are
some of the high-profile issues from the 2014 Supreme
Court term to be reviewed by legal experts during the
University of Arizona's 17th annual Constitution Day program. Read more here.
Date: Monday, Sept. 21,
2015
Time: 1 - 4:30
p.m.
Where: Ares
Auditorium (Room 164), James E. Rogers College of Law,
1201 E. Speedway Blvd.
Who may attend: The
event is free and open to the public.
Space is limited, and registration is recommended. CLE credit
may be available.
Hosted by the William H. Rehnquist Center in
the UA James E. Rogers College of Law, the event will
feature a panel of legal experts reviewing notable cases
decided by the United States Supreme Court during the
2014 term:
The Rehnquist Center is
dedicated to encouraging scholarship about, and public
understanding of, the separation of powers, the balance
of powers between the federal and state governments, and
judicial independence.
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Centennial
Snapshot -- Alumnus Mercer "Woody"
Bouldin |
This week we bring you the story of one of
our many musical alums.
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"Tucson Publicized by Radio Singer, UA
Law Graduate Woody Mercer Gives Old Pueblo Many a
Plug on Program," The Star
10/09/55. | Mercer
Bouldin graduated from the College of Law in 1950 and
quickly established himself as a successful Tucson
attorney. Yet to the countless people he has
entertained with his country singing and guitar playing,
he is better known as Woody Mercer.
Born in Douglas, Arizona, in 1926,
Bouldin attended the UA as an undergraduate,
interrupting his studies to serve in the Navy during
World War II.
He learned to play the guitar at age 11
and joined his first western band by 16. Ads and
articles in local newspapers from the late 1940s and
1950s show that he played venues throughout the city,
including the Open Door Bar on Benson Highway, where
every Tuesday night was known as "Woody Mercer Nite."
He continued to entertain throughout college and
law school, using the money to help pay his
tuition. In 1953, Woody achieved greater
prominence, earning a daily show on Chicago radio
station WLS and a regular spot on "National Barn Dance,"
a country music program broadcast each Saturday night
across the country. Before Woody left for the
Windy City, Tucson Mayor Fred Emery appointed him the
city's "official cowboy ambassador to the
Midwest."
After five years in Chicago, Woody
returned to Tucson and to the practice of law. However,
he continued to perform locally, and even started a
record company, Tucson Records, with his wife in
1960. In the 1970s, he owned a Tucson restaurant
called Woody Mercer's Cowboy Lounge on North First
Avenue.
Do you have photos or memories
from your time at Arizona Law? We would love to hear
from you. Please contact Emily McGovern,
Centennial Coordinator, to share your images and
stories.
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Arizona
Law Career Mixer
Please join us at the 2015 Arizona Law Career
Mixer! The mixer will be held Sept. 17, 2015, from 5 to
7 p.m. at the College of Law in the Lewis Roca
Rothgerber Lobby.
Arizona Law's Career Development Office will
bring together lawyers, judges, law firms, government
agencies, non-profit organizations, alumni, faculty, and
students from across the state for an evening of
conversation, connections, and camaraderie.
Catered with locally sourced food by Feast and beer from
Tucson's own Dragoon Brewery, it will be an evening of
great food and even greater company. We'd love to see
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Public
Interest Speaker Series this
Fall
Professor Nina Rabin has organized a series of
speakers on public interest law this fall. The series
kicked off this week with a packed room to hear from a
panel on the TUSD Ethnic Studies litigation.
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Panelists at this week's
discussion. |
- Sept. 28, Holistic
Representation - An Interdisciplinary
Approach to Legal Services, Facilitator
Shayna Kessler, UA, Bacon Fellow and
former attorney at the Bronx Defenders. Register here.
- Oct. 12,
Representing Unpopular Clients
I: Guantanamo,
Facilitator Kristine
Huskey, Director, UA Veterans'
Advocacy Clinic and former attorney for Guantanamo
detainees. Register here.
- Oct. 26,
Issues in Indian
Education and Tribal Courts,
Melody McCoy, Staff Attorney,
Native American Rights Fund, co-sponsored with IPLP
and NALSA. Register here.
- Nov. 9, Legal
Responses to Genocide, Facilitator
Najwa Nabti, Director, Undergraduate
Law and Master of Legal Studies Programs and former
appeals prosecutor at the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, with guest
facilitator Clint Williamson, former U.S. Ambassador
for War Crimes (invited). Register here.
- Nov. 16, Representing Unpopular Clients
II,
Facilitator Vanessa
Buch, Director, UA Wrongful Convictions
Clinic, former staff attorney at Southern Center for
Human Rights. Register
here.
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Homecoming-Centennial
Week, October 18-25
Make
plans to return to Tucson and connect with other alumni
during this year's special Homecoming-Centennial Week! Highlights
will include:
- McCormick
Society Lecture, Tuesday, Oct. 20
- Gutter Bowl - Homecoming
Edition, hosted by Tucson Recent Grad Committee,
Wednesday, Oct. 21
- Arizona
Law Lifetime Achievement Awards Ceremony and
Reception, Thursday, Oct. 22, 4 p.m.
- 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 UA 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
- Arizona Law seating
at Arizona v. Washington State, Saturday, Oct.
24
- All-alumni Brunch
with former deans, hosted by Dean Miller, Sunday, Oct.
25, 10 a.m.
- Reunion-year events
(Classes of 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995,
2000, 2005, and
2010)
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Alumni
Directory
Our alumni directory is fully up and running, and
all alumni have now been invited to join. This tool is
meant to be a resource for all Arizona Law alumni. If
you run into classmates or colleagues who do not know
about the directory, please help us spread the word. Let us
know if you have questions or need
assistance.
TIP
Some
of our alumni have asked about how to reach the
directory after their initial visit to set up their
password and profile.
The URL is https://law-arizona-community.symplicity.com.
Feel
free to bookmark it. We have also added a direct link to
the directory from our website. You will find it in the
"Alumni & Giving" dropdown menu,
accessible from any page.
The Cats are now 2-0, daytime temperatures
are down to around 90, and nighttime temperatures in the
mid-60s. We are now well into the semester,
with classes and clinics and students settling in to
patterns that are the main educational highway to
degrees. Every week brings multiple opportunities for
lectures and discussions, around the college, and around
the university.
Only a month from now we will enter
Homecoming-Centennial Week -- so if you have not done so
already, make your plans now.
Come back. Come home.
Celebrate.
Warmly,
Dean
& Ralph W. Bilby Professor of Law
Shaping
the next century of legal
education
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