ON THE DOCKET
2014 – 2015
Mercer Law Review Symposium in Honor of Jack Sammons
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he 2014 Mercer Law Review Symposium on Friday, Oct. 3, focused on the scholarship and teaching of Jack Sammons. Sammons taught at Mercer Law School for more than 30 years and retired in 2013. The symposium featured speakers from across the U.S. who came together to discuss Sammons’ scholarly contributions to law and legal education and how it influenced their own work. “Jack Sammons has contributed broadly to the legal profession, legal education, and Mercer Law School. This is an exciting opportunity to celebrate one of our own whose work will continue to affect the lives of lawyers for years to come,” said Dean and University Professor of Law and Ethical Formation Daisy Hurst Floyd. As a professor, Jack Sammons held the Griffin B. Bell Chair of Law, and was the former director of clinical education and the former associate dean at Mercer Law School. A prolific scholar, his academic work spans the fields of clinical education, legal discourse, ethics, professionalism, religion and rhetoric. His teaching in these fields has had an impact on three generations of Mercer Law students. The symposium allowed mentors, peers and devotees of Sammons to discuss and celebrate the breadth and depth of his scholarship.
• Eugene Garver, Professor of Philosophy, St. John’s University • Sarah Gerwig-Moore, Associate Professor of Law, Mercer Law School • Harold Lewis, Professor Emeritus, Mercer Law School • Mark Jones, Professor of Law, Mercer Law School
Speakers Included:
• Patrick Longan, William August Bootle Chair in Professionalism and Ethics, Mercer Law School
• Richard Dawson, an interdisciplinary and independent scholar in New Zealand
• David Ritchie, Professor of Law and Philosophy and Director of International Initiatives, Mercer Law School
• Linda Edwards, E.L. Cord Foundation Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
• Gary Simson, Senior Vice Provost for Scholarship and Macon Chair in Law, Mercer Law School
• Daisy Hurst Floyd, Dean and University Professor of Law and Ethical Formation, Mercer Law School
• Joseph Vining, Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Michigan School of Law
• Timothy Floyd, Tommy Malone Distinguished Chair in Trial Advocacy and Director of Experiential Education, Mercer Law School
• James Boyd White, L. Hart Wright Collegiate Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Michigan School of Law
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MERCER LAWYER | Spring 2015
Atlanta area alums joined current students, faculty and staff at a networking event in the Offices of Burr Forman LLP in October 2014. Pictured left: Allison Strazzella Brantley (’97), Professor Tony Baldwin, and Michelle Robinson Tyde (’96); right: Anton Mertens (’87), president-elect of the Law School Alumni Association, and third-year student Adriana Ibarra Vazquez.