Welcome to the January 2009 issue of The Docket, a digest of news briefs about the University of Wyoming College of Law. Want to have The Docket delivered to an alternate e-mail address or to unsubscribe? Send a message to aparks1@uwyo.edu. If your e-mail is not set to receive HTML messages, you can also visit www.uwyo.edu/law/newsletter for a Web version of this issue. To view archived editions of The Docket, go to http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/law/newsletter/archives.asp.


On the Record

Top Story: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Days of Dialogue Events

Alumni Profile Mel Fillerup

Alumni Profile Richard Mullens

Governor Appoints Prof. Harvey Gelb to ULC

Prof. John Burman Publishes New Book


Off the Record

Hirst Applegate Sponsors Event at the Law School

Law Students: Volunteer Opportunity - Tax Assistance Needed for Low Income and Elderly

Lawlapalooza Photos

Student News


Upcoming Events

01/19-01/23/2009, Mon.-Fri. ~ MLK Days of Dialogue Schedule of Events.

01/19/2009, Mon. ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Wyoming Equality Day. University closed. No classes.

01/19/2009, Mon. ~ MLK Days of Service 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. See http://www.uwyo.edu/uwvolunteers/ for details.

01/19/2009, Mon. ~ MLK March and Community Supper, 4 p.m. march begins at Albany County Courthouse with community supper immediately following in the Wyoming Union Ballroom.

01/19/2009, Mon. ~ Portraits of Latina Leaders in Albany County will be on display at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Supper in the Union Ballroom. Thanks to Connie Coca to loaning the display for this event.
01/20/2009, Tue. ~ Inauguration Celebration. 10 a.m. in the Union Family Room.
01/20/2009, Tue. ~ GLBTQ Panel Discussion. Noon (free lunch). Union Family Room.
01/20/2009, Tue. ~ Irvin Mayfield - Jazz Talks Social Justice. 4 p.m. Union Ballroom
01/20/2009, Tue. ~ Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Concert Hall
01/21/2009, Wed. ~ ABSL Brown Bag Lunch Panel on "Airing Dirty Laundry". Noon Union Family Room.
01/21/2009, Wed. ~ Diversity Through Art Film #1. 4 p.m. Union Family Room.
01/22/2009, Thu. ~ Lunch with Dawn Turner Trice. Noon. Multicultural Resource Center (Union 103).
01/22/2009, Thu. ~ Diversity Through Art Film #2. 4 p.m. Union Family Room.
01/22/2009, Thu. ~ Chicago Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice - The 'R' Word: Using Journalism to Open a Civic Dialogue on Race and Culture. 5 p.m. Union Family Room.
01/22/2009, Thu. ~ A Celebration of Cultural Diversity. Washakie Dining Center.
01/22/2009, Thu. ~ Margie McDonald Diversity in Sports: Title IX. 7:30 p.m. Union Ballroom.
01/23/2009, Fri. ~ The Kite Runner book discussion. Noon - 1:30 p.m. Senate Chambers.
01/23/2009, Fri. ~ Keynote: Former ACLU President Nadine Strossen. Social Justice Through Advocacy and Activism: Conversations about Current Civil Liberties Challenges and Controversies. 5 p.m. Union Ballroom.
01/23/2009, Fri. ~ Screening of The Kite Runner. 6:30 and 10:00 p.m. (Discussion to follow).
01/23/2009, Fri. ~ Friday Night Fever Comedy Night featuring Eliot Chang. 9 p.m. Union Ballroom. (Followed by a diversity Q&A).

02/12/2009, Thu. ~ PAD Dress for Success, 4 p.m. UW College of Law. Speakers include Delissa Hayano of Holland & Hart, LLP, and Leigh Anne Manlove, Wyoming State Bar Foundation: What to wear and what not to wear in various settings (e.g., interviews, lunch with a senior partner, etc.). $3 cover for students. Please bring a gently used item of professional attire to donate to low-income clients of the legal clinics.
02/23/2009, Mon. ~ Speakers Billie L.M. Addleman and Lindsay Woznick, From Law School to Private Practice: What to Expect, 12 noon, Room 142. Lunch provided.
03/02/2009, Mon. ~ Speaker Leslie Lawson, Distinguished Alumna, 12 noon, Room 142. Lunch provided.

03/11/2009, Wed. ~ Prof. Scott Johns, DU Sturm College of Law, Colorado Bar Prep, and Jim Huemoeller, Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, Colorado Bar Association Attorney Admissions and Law School Committee, answers your questions about the Colorado bar exam application process, 12 noon, Room 142.

03/16-03/20/2009, Mon.-Fri. ~ Spring Break. No classes.


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