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Law and Literature: Oct. 29–30, 2010
Haden, joined the Cleveland Browns as the 7th pick in the 2010 NFL draft. He lives in Washington.
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In its 18th year, the Law and Literature Seminar will turn to another American classic, Native Son, by Richard Wright. This is the story of a young black man, Bigger Thomas, whose flight from an accidental crime leads to more serious crimes for which he is eventually caught, charged and condemned to death. As one of the seminal works on racial segregation in America, Wright’s novel illustrates the psychological predicament of the racially disadvantaged and the systematic injustices that lead, with tragic inevitability, to further impoverishment or, in Bigger’s case, to mayhem and despair. Wright is often credited with inventing modern African-American literature, and Native Son is regarded as the novel that first raised the plight of the black underclass to the nation’s consciousness. It remains one of the most powerful portrayals of racial strife and its implications in American literature. The program will again be led by Dave Caudill and Marc Conner, with two guest faculty from the W&L Law School. As a bonus to practicing attorneys, the program will again seek approval for two hours of Continuing Legal Education ethics credit. The program is open to anyone interested in law and literature. For more information go to www.wlu.edu/x38352.xml.
Broderick C. Dunn joined
the business and professional litigation practice at the Richmond office of Sands Anderson.
2008 Ernani J. DeAraujo is the
east Boston liaison in the Office of Neighborhood Services for Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston.
2009 Daniel H. Ennis joined
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs L.L.P. in Atlanta. He is an associate with the firm’s commercial finance practice group, where he will focus on representing banks and other lending institutions in connection with the documentation and closing of corporate financing transactions.
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Honor Jerrald Roehl ’71L (right)
From l. to r.: Jim Beller; John Wolf ’69, ’72L, best man and brother to Chris; and Chris Wolf ’80L. P h o t o
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wrote, “In 1995 I established the Roehl Circle of Honor for Trial Lawyers at the New Mexico State Bar Center here in Albuquerque in honor of my father, Joseph E. Roehl, longtime New Mexico trial lawyer. Every year, distinguished trial lawyers from the state are selected for induction based upon a long career that exemplifies the best traditions of trial advocacy. In Nov, Jackson Akin ’40 (left) was one of four new trial lawyers inducted. He received his A.B., summa cum laude, from W&L and his J.D. from Harvard. He had been a partner in Rodney, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, one of the state’s largest firms, for over 50 years until his retirement.” 26
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