David B. "Dave" Frohnmayer was an American attorney,politician,and academic administrator from Oregon. He was the 15th president of the University of Oregon,serving from 1994 to 2009. His tenure as president was the second-longest after John Wesley Johnson. He was the first native Oregonian to run the University of Oregon. Frohnmayer previously served as Oregon Attorney General from 1981 to 1991,and subsequently served as dean at the University of Oregon School of Law before serving as president of the university. He served in an "of counsel" attorney role with the Oregon law firm,Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.
Willamette University is a private liberal arts college with locations in Salem and Portland,Oregon. Founded in 1842,it is the oldest college in the Western United States. Originally named the Oregon Institute,the school was an unaffiliated outgrowth of the Methodist Mission. The name was changed to Wallamet University in 1852,followed by the current spelling in 1870. Willamette founded the first medical school and law school in the Pacific Northwest in the second half of the 19th century.
Nathan Roscoe Pound was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. He was a member of Northwestern University,the University of Chicago Law School and the faculty at UCLA School of Law in the school's early years,from 1949 to 1952. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century.
Stephen Erik Thorsett is an American academic and astronomer serving as the president of Willamette University. His research interests include radio pulsars and gamma ray bursts. He is known for measurements of the masses of neutron stars and for the use of binary pulsars to test the theory of general relativity. Thorsett was a professor and dean at the University of California,Santa Cruz,before becoming president of Willamette University in July 2011.
Willamette University College of Law is the law school of Willamette University. Located in Salem,Oregon,and founded in 1883,Willamette is the oldest law school in the Pacific Northwest. It has approximately 24 full-time law professors and enrolls about 300 students,with about 100 of those enrolled in their first year of law school. The campus is located across the street from the Oregon State Capitol and the Oregon Supreme Court Building;the College is located in the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center.
The Willamette University MBA (Atkinson) is the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program at Willamette University in Salem,Oregon,United States. It is one of only two MBA programs in the world accredited for both Business Administration and Public Administration (NASPAA). Atkinson was established by Willamette in 1974 and has an enrollment of approximately 312 students.
The University of Oregon School of Law is a public law school in the U.S. state of Oregon. Housed in the Knight Law Center,it is Oregon's only state funded law school. The school,founded in 1884,is located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene,on the corner of 15th and Agate streets,overlooking Hayward Field.
The Mark O. Hatfield Library is the main library at Willamette University in Salem,Oregon,United States. Opened in 1986,it is a member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance along with several library lending networks,and is a designated Federal depository library. Willamette's original library was established in 1844,two years after the school was founded. The library was housed in Waller Hall before moving to its own building in 1938.
Gatke Hall is the second-oldest building at Willamette University in Salem,Oregon,United States. A two-story structure,it was originally built in downtown Salem in 1903 across the street from the Marion County Courthouse and served as a post office. The Beaux Arts styled building was moved to the university in 1938 and first served as the home to the law school.
William Marion Ramsay was an American politician and judge in Oregon. He was the 43rd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court serving from 1913 to 1915. He was also the first dean of Willamette University College of Law and a mayor of Salem,Oregon,and McMinnville,Oregon.
Lance Liebman is an American law professor. He is the former Dean of Columbia Law School,and served as the Director of the American Law Institute from May 1999 to May 2014.
Peter Michael Coleman Courtney is an American politician,lawyer,and professor who is currently a Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate,representing the 11th District since 1999. He is currently President of the Senate,serving since 2003. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1981,1983,and from 1989 through 1998. Courtney previously taught at Western Oregon University.
The Willamette Law Review is a law review academic journal published by Willamette University College of Law in Salem,Oregon,United States. Founded in 1959 as a successor to an earlier publication,the triannual publication is housed in the Oregon Civic Justice Center. The journal is edited by students of the law school with oversight by the college's faculty. As of 2019,the Willamette Law Review has published a total of 55 volumes.
The Willamette Bearcats are the athletic teams of Willamette University in Salem,Oregon,United States. Competing at the non-scholarship National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III level,the school fields twenty teams. Most teams compete in the Northwest Conference with their primary rivals being Linfield College. The main athletic venues of the school are McCulloch Stadium,Cone Field House,and Roy S. "Spec" Keene Stadium. Willamette moved to the NCAA's Division III in 1998 after previously being a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) institution. The 1993,men's basketball team won the school's only team national championship,while the 1997 football team lost in the national championship game.
The American Journal of Comparative Law (AJCL) is a quarterly,peer-reviewed law journal devoted to comparative and transnational legal studies—including,among other subjects,comparative law,comparative and transnational legal history and theory,private international law and conflict of laws,and the study of legal systems,cultures,and traditions other than those of the United States. In its long and rich history,the AJCL has published articles authored by scholars representing all continents,regions,and legal cultures of the world. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Comparative Law. As of 2014,it is co-hosted and administered by the Institute of Comparative Law and the Georgetown University Law Center. It has been hosted in the past by institutions such as University of California,Berkeley School of Law,Columbia Law School,and the University of Michigan Law School. The current Editors-in-Chief are Georgetown University Law Center’s Franz Werro,and McGill University's Helge Dedek.
The Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is considered one of the most prestigious Greek law schools. It is ranked first among the Greek law schools and is considered one of the 200 best law schools in the world.
Santiago Legarre is an Argentine intellectual and a professor of law at Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina.
Philip H. Knight endowed chairs and professorships were established at the University of Oregon in 1996,when Penny and Phil Knight donated US$15 million for 27 endowed chairs and professorships,"to provide academic areas with a source of funds for recruiting and retaining faculty of superior academic quality". Chairs and professorships must be awarded on merit only,not longevity. Collectively,the Knight endowed chairs and professorships receive over US$325,000 in bonuses per year. The award for a Knight Chair is US$50,000,and US$25,000 for a Knight Professorship.
Joseph Dainow (1906-1978) was a Canadian-American Professor of Law. He was born and grew up in Montreal,Canada and received a law degree from McGill University but spent most of his life in Baton Rouge,Louisiana where he was Professor of Law at Louisiana State University.
