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On the Record

Top Story: Rudolph Lecture:  Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Oregon Experience Delivered by Prof. Art LaFrance

William N. Brimmer Legal Education Center Donor Honor Roll

Attorneys Cathy MacPherson and John MacPherson to Deliver CLE in October on Law Firm Management

Prof. Burman's Contributions to the Rule of Law

UW Clinics' Pro Bono Efforts Lauded

UW Alumna Shirley Kingston Honored at Wyoming Bar Meeting

UW Recent Graduate Travis Kirchhefer Wins Award

UW Law Students in Clinics Sworn In to Practice

Law Student Diana Wempen Takes Third in National Writing Contest

Best-Selling Author Ron Franscell Visits Law School


Off the Record

Judges Needed for Rothgerber Competition Next Week

Law Students in the Summer: From Wyoming to Europe

Law Student Vinita Laroia: My Summer in Tokyo

Congrats to New Women's Law Forum Officers

Congrats to New 1L Reps

PAD International Law Fraternity and the NRELC host Tailgate BBQ at the UW College of Law


Upcoming Events

9/26/2007, Wed. ~ Terry Armitage and Kristi Radosevich to Speak at Law School About Careers in the Wyoming Attorney General's Office, Room 144, UW College of Law, Noon to 1 p.m. Pizza provided.

9/26-27/2007, Wed.-Thurs. ~ Money Matters, 7th Annual Consumer Issues Conference, Union and the Arts & Sciences auditorium, UW Campus, Laramie, Wyoming.

10/1-6/2007, Mon.-Sat. ~ Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons Trial Advocacy Competition: Judges Needed!

10/15-19/2007, Mon.-Fri. ~ Law Week

10/16/2007, Tues. ~ Roadless Rule Panel (part of Law Week) sponsored by the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Club, Room 144, UW College of Law, 6 p.m. CLE credit: 1.5 general, including 1.5 ethics.

10/17/2007, Wed. ~ William D. Griffith Lecture by Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Kite, Education Auditorium, UW Campus, 1 p.m. Contact Laurie Sanchez in the Criminal Justice Dept. for more info: (307) 766-2988.

10/26/2007, Fri. ~ Law Firm Management, CLE, Speakers Cathy MacPherson and John MacPherson, Room 142, UW College of Law, 3:30-4:30 p.m., CLE credit: 1.0 general, including 0.5 ethics.

10/26/2007, Fri. ~ Honors Banquet

11/07/2007, Wed. ~ Rudolph Lecture:  Physician-Assisted Suicide, Room 142, UW College of Law, 6 p.m. Reception to follow. CLE credit pending.


UW College of Law Alumni and Friends Reception in Anchorage, Alaska

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