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JAMES E. ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW |
OCTOBER 25, 2023 | | |
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Greetings,
This week, we recognize the late Gordon Waterfall (’65), one of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award honorees. In addition to being a well-respected tax and estate attorney, Gordon was a longtime friend of University of Arizona Law and a trusted advisor to several deans. And he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro at age 77!
We hope to see you next week, as we kick off the weekend of Homecoming activities with the Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony on Friday, November 3. And, we now know the kick off time of Saturday’s Homecoming Football Game against UCLA is 7:30 p.m., so there is plenty of time to stop by the College of Law’s Red & Blue BBQ as part of the day’s events before the game. The College of Law has purchased a small block of football tickets, and if you would like to join us, please complete this short interest form.
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Until the footnotes,
Marc
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University of Arizona Law to Honor Three Distinguished Alumni at 2023 Lifetime Achievement Awards During Homecoming | |
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The University of Arizona Law James E. Rogers College of Law will honor Richard Davis (’72), Ann Kirkpatrick (’79) and Gordon Waterfall (’65) with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Lifetime Achievement Award recipients are selected by faculty for their distinguished and exemplary careers, contributions to the legal profession, support for public causes and law reform, and commitment to the pursuit of justice.
This week, we feature long-time tax and estate lawyer Gordon Waterfall.
Gordon Waterfall, Class of 1965 (posthumous)
Gordon Waterfall was known for his exceptional legal acumen, his rock-solid ethics, his wry sense of humor and his core decency.
Born in 1934, he spent his childhood in Southern California. After graduating from UC Berkeley, he served as Captain in the Air Force for two years, stationed in Marrakech. He moved to Tucson, Arizona, to attend the University of Arizona College of Law, graduating in 1965.
Three years later Gordon and his partners founded the Tucson firm of Waterfall, Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw, Villamana P.C. Becoming one of Arizona’s most respected tax and estate lawyers, Gordon rose to prominence in state and national professional associations. He was president of the Pima County Bar Association and later served as president of the Arizona State Bar. He was a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and was Arizona State Chairman of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
As testament to his stature in the legal profession, Gordon was honored by the University of Arizona College of Law with the Convocation Distinguished Alumni Award in 1990. He retired in 2017 after an exemplary legal career lasting 52 years.
Gordon’s commitment to higher education and to public service was legendary. He was a trusted counselor and friend to many Law College deans, serving for years as treasurer and financial advisor for the Law College Association. He played a critical role in enabling the College of Law to continue growing and thriving despite reductions in state funding for public education.
Gordon also held leadership positions in myriad community organizations, including the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, the Kino Learning Center, the Primavera Foundation and the Murphey Foundation. He deeply enjoyed spending time with family and friends, whether in Tucson, at his home in Montana or on travels to beautiful locations throughout the world. Always eager for challenges, he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro at the age of 77.
See below for information on the Lifetime Achievement Awards and other Homecoming events.
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Homecoming Schedule of Events and a Special Announcement | |
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Homecoming 2023 is next weekend, November 3 and 4. Please submit your RSVP so we can plan for you. It will be another great year together, and we look forward to seeing you.
An opportunity for all Wildcats to tune in from around the world: The University of Arizona Foundation and President Robbins will be making a big announcement at a live press conference on Friday, Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. We hope you’ll join us for the livestream!
This year’s law school events include:
Friday, November 3, 2023
Event: University of Arizona Law’s Lifetime Achievement Awards
Honoring: Richard Davis (’72), Ann Kirkpatrick (’79), and Gordon Waterfall (’65) (posthumously).
Where: The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Lewis Roca Lobby and Snell & Wilmer Courtyard
When: 4:30–6:30 p.m.
RSVP: Requested
Event: Class of 2003 Dinner
Where: El Charro, 311 N. Court Ave. Tucson, AZ 85701
When: 7 p.m.
RSVP: Please contact Carlene Lowry at clowry@swlaw.com to RSVP and for more information.
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Event: Arizona Law’s Red & Blue BBQ
All are invited to this free family-friendly annual homecoming tradition.
Where: The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Snell & Wilmer Courtyard
When: 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
RSVP: Requested
Questions? Call (520) 621-7409 or email corrinaeklund@arizona.edu.
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Tomorrow: A Lifelong Journey Through Trial Law: Neumann Lecture by Attorney James S. Rogers | |
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Attorney James “Jimmy” S. Rogers (’72) will deliver this year’s Peter Chase Neumann Lecture on Civil Justice tomorrow, Thursday, October 26.
His talk, “Passion and Justice: A Lifelong Journey Through Trial Law,” will discuss the evolution of civil trial litigation with a focus on plaintiff’s tort litigation and, based on his law practice, will allude to the Rule of Law and the importance of values and belief systems in the practice of law.
When: Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, 12–1:15 p.m. MST, lunch included
Where: The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 1201 E. Speedway Blvd., Ares Auditorium, Room 164, and by Zoom. Campus map: map.arizona.edu
Who may attend: The lecture is free and open to the public.
For the full story, see here.
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2023-24 Darrow K. Soll Memorial Criminal Justice Lecture: Constitutionalizing Racial Inequality
Please join us for the 17th Annual Darrow K. Soll Memorial Lecture. Prof. Devon Carbado will present in person on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at noon in Room 164. Please note this event will not be livestreamed or recorded.
Scholars have long debated some of the ways in which law perpetuates racial inequality. Professor Carbado will advance an even stronger claim: namely, that racial inequality has been constitutionalized. He will foreground the specific doctrinal regimes through which that has been accomplished.
About Devon Carbado
The Honorable Harry Pregerson and Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, Devon Carbado earned his BA in History from UCLA and his JD from Harvard Law School. Carbado has served as both an associate vice chancellor and an associate provost at UCLA, and his scholarly expertise resides at the intersection of employment discrimination, criminal procedure, constitutional law and identity.
About the Soll Lecture
Friends and colleagues of the late Darrow K. Soll established this lecture as a memorial to his life’s work by creating an endowment at the James E. Rogers College of Law. Through the efforts of Jennifer Simmon Woods (’99) and other generous donors, University of Arizona Law students and members of the larger community will hear from practitioners, scholars and other distinguished speakers about a variety of criminal justice topics.
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Registration Open for 2024 January in Tucson Accelerated Indigenous Governance Courses | |
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January in Tucson (JIT) – the flagship accelerated educational event for the University of Arizona’s Indigenous Governance Program (IGP) – is back for 2024 with established experts and a few fresh faces offering up some of the most in-demand courses on Indigenous governance and sovereignty in a compressed format and peer-driven learning environment unlike any other.
Each year since 2012, students, Tribal professionals, elected leaders, government officials, Indigenous community members and allies from around the world have gathered in Tucson for three weeks of masters-level learning from top experts in the field.
CLE is available. Learn more here.
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Co-Founded by Prof. Atwood, Antigone Books Turns 50
Before she was a lawyer, Professor Emerita Barbara Atwood (’76) was a bookstore owner. In 1973, she founded feminist bookstore Antigone Books with two other co-founders. The bookstore recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, with coverage of the anniversary recognizing Barbara’s role in founding the store.
As Barbara’s entry at the University of Arizona Women’s Plaza of Honor notes, while she has not been formally involved in the shop since the late 1970s, she has kept in contact with the owners and “admires the creative feminist spirit that has kept the store alive.”
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This Weekend, Join Little Amal’s Journey | |
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Arizona Arts invites the community to Amal Walks Across America on Saturday, Oct. 28, welcoming Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, to the Old Pueblo as part of her 6,000-mile journey in search of family and friends. There will be events around Tucson, including on the University of Arizona campus.
An “international symbol of human rights” (The Guardian, 2022), Amal’s walk is a celebration of art, hope and shared humanity that aims to unite communities while refocusing attention on the urgent needs of refugees and highlighting the rich cultures immigrants bring. The walk began in Boston on September 7 and is scheduled to reach San Diego on November 5.
Learn more here.
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Do you have news?
Your success is the college’s success and we want to celebrate with you! If you have landed a new job, received an award or recognition, stepped into a leadership role or have good news in general, let us know.
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This time of year we blend a welcome connecting past and present, and, as with Gordon Waterfall and our other Lifetime Achievement honorees, celebrating great alumni, their careers, their character and their impact. We take note of Barbara Atwood’s deep impact on our larger community, in helping create Antigone Books. And we welcome the reflections of Jimmy Rogers at the Peter Chase Neumann Lecture on Civil Justice.
At the same time, at Homecoming, we celebrate the deep and engaged community now, at our College and the University of Arizona, and look forward to the future. At the University of Arizona, the many daily stories about OSISIS-REx are a reminder of the transformative science and education across the campus.
For those who can, we hope you will join us, to celebrate past, present and future, and reconnect with the people who make the University such a special place.
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