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On the Record

Top Story: Dean's Report: ABA Accreditation

Bridgeman Receives John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award

CLE on History and Law of Polygamy at the College of Law

CLE: Legal Research Crash Course for Attorneys

College Welcomes Ninth Kerr-Nicholas Rotary Fellow

Dean's Advisory Board Member Profile: Don Prehoda

Dean's Advisory Board Member Profile: Judge Fred Dollison

Dean's Advisory Board Member Profile: Tim Kirven

Law Review Symposium 2008: Health Care Reform and Patient Safety

Mock Interviews at College of Law

PAD News: Banter with the Barrister, Judge Donnell; New Leaders and Members

PLC Sponsors Spring Panel / CLE - Reinstating Wyoming’s Joint & Several Liability Paradigm

Students Travel to Namibia for Spring Break for Human Rights Course

12th Annual Shepard Symposium on Social Justice: Life at the Margins

UWNA Breakfast Series Features Dean in April


Off the Record

Alumni Wall Completion

Bas Reliefs Preserved from Old Law School

Blood Drive

Denver Alumni Event a Success

Jessup Cup Competitors

Law Students Attend Career Day at Laramie High School

Law Student, Dean to Participate in Women's Law Forum

Law Students Gear Up for Law Review Symposium

Legal Research Review Session CLE this Month: for Students and Alumni

PACE Competition

Recent Law Graduate Kerens Featured in NM Paper

Russian Scholar Studies at the UW College of Law

Silent Auction Success for Class of 2008

Take a Trustee to Class Day: Warren Lauer

UW Gets a Taste of Presidential Politics


Upcoming Events

03/17-21/2008, Mon.-Fri. ~ Spring Break. No classes. University open.

03/24/2008, Mon. ~ PLC Officer Weekly Meeting, Room 146, UW College of Law, Noon to 1 p.m.

03/24/2008, Mon. ~ CLE: Spring Panel -Reinstating Wyoming’s Joint & Several Liability Paradigm, Room 144, UW College of Law, 7:15 p.m. Sponsored by PLC. 1.5 hours general CLE credit.

03/24/2008, Mon. ~ Mock Interview Program, 5 - 7 p.m., UW College of Law.

03/26-30/2008, Wed.-Sun. ~ 12th Annual Shepard Symposium on Social Justice, University of Wyoming.

03/28/2008, Fri. ~ CLE: Holy War: Secular Humanism and Women's Legal Activism in the 1980s, Speaker: Prof. Sarah Barringer Gordon, Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of History, Room 144, UW College of Law, Noon to 1 p.m. Cosponsored by the UW Religious Studies Program. 1.0 general hour CLE credit. Free and open to the public.

03/28/2008, Fri. ~ Mock Interview Program, 2:30 - 5 p.m., UW College of Law.

03/29/2008, Sat. ~ CLE: Legal Research Review Session, UW College of Law. 4.0 general hours of CLE credit. Free. Pre-registration required.  Open to attorneys and law students.

03/31/2008, Mon. ~ IP Guest Speaker: Mr. Clark Cheney, Patent Attorney, Careers in Patent Law, Room 144, UW College of Law, Noon to 1 p.m.  Sponsored by the UW Intellectual Property Club.

04/01-03/2008, Tues.-Thurs. ~ Law Review Symposium: Health Care Reform and Patient Safety: Challenges and Opportunities for Medicine and the Law, UW Conference Center / Hilton Garden Inn. CLE credit: 11.75 including 5.0 ethics credits.

04/05/2008, Sat. ~ Law Ball. Ticket prices: $25 per person. Cocktail hour at 6 pm, dinner at 7 pm. Semi-formal/Formal. Contact PLC for more information. 

04/16/2008, Wed. ~ UWNA Breakfast Series, Denver, CO, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Speaker: Dean Jerry Parkinson.

04/17/2008, Thurs. ~ Preparing for the Colorado Bar Exam, Lecturer Scott Johns, Room 144, UW College of Law, Noon to 1 pm. Pizza provided.

04/14-18/2008, Mon.-Fri. ~ Brown, Drew & Massey Moot Court Competition.

04/22/2008, Tue. ~ Bar Loans & the New Loan Forgiveness Enhancements, Presenter: Dana Mignogna from Access Group, Room 144, UW College of Law, Noon to 1 pm. Pizza provided. Mignogna will meet privately with students following the presentation.

04/30/2008, Wed. ~ Interviewing Success Strategies: What to Expect During a Large Firm Interview, Presenters: Tim Henderson & Miriam Connor, Holland & Hart LLP, Room 144, UW College of Law, Noon to 1 pm. Lunch provided.

05/02/2008, Fri. ~ Last Day of Classes.

05/05-06/2008, Mon.-Tues. ~ Study Days.

05/07-16/2008, Wed.-Fri. ~ Finals.

05/17/2008, Sat. ~ UW College of Law Commencement

05/17/2008, Sat. ~ Groundbreaking Ceremony of the new William N. Brimmer Legal Education Center, 12:30 p.m., UW College of Law, South Lawn (immediately following the UW College of Law Commencement).

 


Alumni & Friends

Firm Announcements

Groundbreaking Ceremony of the new William N. Brimmer Legal Education Center

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