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Newsletter Archives — 2004

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December 2004/January 2005

  • The College's experiment with small first-year courses
  • Blackstone's new home in the Jenner Law Library, together with that of new faculty
  • Dr. Vladimir Luzin, this month's featured Visiting Scholar from Russia
  • The appointment of Paul Pless as the Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
  • Alumni volunteerism and the College's all-important Law School Fund

November 2004

  • Homecoming 2004 and Seven Alumni honored with Distinguished Alumni Awards
  • Intellectual Property Law Society Activities
  • Women's Law Society Initiatives
  • Our Visiting Scholar of the Month, Ms. Nyamosor Tuya, from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Facilities Developments (and Frustrations!)
  • Our New Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Affairs, Shon Herrick

October 2004

  • Professors Linda Beale, Margareth Etienne, and Bruce Smith receive promotions
  • The College of Law initiates the Illinois Legal History Program
  • Delegates of the sovereign Ho-Chunk Nation honor the College with a visit
  • Alumni make record-breaking investments in College projects
  • Opportunities for students to share their thoughts about College matters: Dean's Lunches, Open Forums, and the "Take a Faculty or Staff Member to Lunch Program"
  • Homecoming 2004!
  • A thank you for two very challenging years
  • October Events at the College of Law
  • Associate Dean Charles Tabb reports on faculty achievements

September 2004

  • the new J.D. Class of 2007 and the new LL.M. Class of 2005
  • the hiring season at the College of Law
  • the happy comings and sad goings of faculty and staff
  • the College's new Sports Law Program pioneered by Professor Steve Ross
  • the Fall "Firms on Film" movie and discussion series hosted by Professor Larry Ribstein
  • the long-term expansion and short-term refurbishment of the College's physical spaces

May 2004

  • The College's sixth very prominent faculty hire in a very successful hiring season
  • The College's newest clinical experiment--the creation of the Employee Justice Clinic
  • The College's appointment of Professors Kaplan and Colombo to prestigious faculty positions
  • The faculty recipients of College and Campus Excellence in Scholarship and Teaching Awards
  • The start of conversations about a major College remodeling and expansion project
  • The Class of 2004's very successful pledge campaign
  • The record-breaking close of this year's annual fund campaign
  • The creation of a new Law Alumni Association, with chapters around the globe
  • The College's scheduled summer events and programs

April 2004

  • The happy comings and sad goings of faculty and staff, including two fabulous new faculty hires
  • The College's second bi-annual Symposium on Law, Medicine, and Policy
  • The new China Leadership Program in Law
  • The Class of 2003 employment statistics
  • The College's clerkship successes to date
  • Three high-profile national conferences forthcoming in April
  • The Class of 2004's novel new pledge campaign
  • The second annual Spring Gala Dinner-Dance for all Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni
  • Summer opportunities: June European Alumni Reunion in Heidelberg, and the July Workshop on IP Law in Victoria

March 2004

  • The latest hobby that the faculty would like to share with you
  • The College's third terrific faculty hire of the year
  • The creation of a Native American Law Students Association at the College
  • The field-defining work by Professor Richard Kaplan and his students in Elder Law
  • The new life that has been breathed back into the College's very novel undergraduate LawMAP Program
  • The events forthcoming in March and April

February 2004

  • Newest faculty hire
  • Inaugural visit to Taiwan and South Korea
  • Seven year re-accreditation by the American Bar Association
  • Annual Alumni-Student Career Conference
  • Fiftieth Anniversary Commemoration of Brown v. Board of Education

December 2003/January 2004

  • High-profile faculty promotions and appointments
  • Exciting student clerkship successes
  • Public service career opportunities and the new Loan Repayment Assistance Program
  • Fabulous bottom-line gains in fundraising
  • Energetic student initiatives
  • Legal research and writing innovations

 

 

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