IN the NEWS Commissioner Joyce McCown Honored On April 15, 2011, Joyce McCown, commissioner for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, was awarded the 19th Annual Myra Bradwell Award. This award is named for the first female attorney in the United States. The award is presented each year by the Gonzaga Women’s Law Caucus to honor a Gonzaga Law School alumna who has worked to further women and children’s issues through the law. The Hon. Linda Tompkins was the keynote speaker and highlighted Commissioner McCown’s very successful career. Joyce McCown and Women’s Law Caucus
Judge Justin L. Quackenbush 2011 Lecture The Hon. Vaughn Walker, United States District judge (retired) presented the 2011 Judge Justin L. Quackenbush Lecture on April 21. Judge Walker’s speech was titled “Hauptmann’s Ghost,”a reference to Richard Hauptmann, who was convicted of kidnapping and killing the Lindbergh baby. Its subject is media in the courtroom, an issue of growing controversy in the federal courts. President George H.W. Bush nominated Judge Walker to the District Court for the Northern District of California, where he served from 1989 to 2010. He was appointed Chief Judge in 2004. The Honorable Vaughn Walker
The Justin L. Quackenbush Lecture Series is named in honor of the Hon. Justin L. Quackenbush, ’57, for his many outstanding contributions as a United States District Judge.
Retirement/Farewell Last spring we bid farewell to Professor Buck Sterling, Program Coordinator Pam Pschirrer and Professor Jim McCurdy. Staff, faculty, family and friends enjoyed a joyful lunch at McCarthey Athletic Center to honor them for their years of service at Gonzaga Law School. Buck Sterling, Pam Pschirrer, Jim McCurdy
Gonzaga School of Law Welcomes Kurt Meyer, Assistant Professor, Senior Reference Librarian Professor Kurt Meyer joins the Gonzaga Law community as the new Reference and Research Librarian for the Chastek Library. Meyer received his Bachelor of Arts degree from The Ohio State University. Kurt holds a Juris Doctor and a Master of Science in Library and Information Sciences, both from the University of Illinois.
Kurt Meyer
Before joining the Gonzaga University School of Law faculty in 2011, Kurt Meyer was a Research Librarian at the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Law. Professor Meyer is currently a member of the American Association of Law Libraries and WestPac. He has published articles in the Law Library Association of Maryland News, and wrote a book review on Google for Lawyers: Essential Search Tips and Productivity Tools.
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