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At the now-traditional afternoon "Awarding of the Colors"

ceremony at Monona Terrace Convention Center, students

and their families and friends heard a full slate of speakers:

Keynote Speaker CliffThompson (Law School professor and

Dean Emeritus); Faculty Speaker Jane Larson; and student

speakers RussellAinsworth, Vikram Barad and David Smith.

All were elected speakers by the graduating class.

Members of the UW Law faculty took their turns in

presenting the individual graduates with their "colors"

(the purple velvet hood representing the field of law).

Joining them in "hooding" the students was alumnus

David S.Ruder '57, who was in Madison to receive an

honorary degree from the University at the Kohl Center

Commencement ceremony that evening. Ruder, who is a

professor of law and former dean at Northwestern University

Law School, served as chairman of the federal Securities and

Exchange Commission from 1987 to 1989. The university

selected him to receive an honorary degree in recognition of

his substantial influence on the legal system under which

American capital markets must operate.

After the Monona Terrace ceremony, graduates and

audience returned to the Law School for a reception,

followed by another now-traditional Commencement event:

the walk-in full academic garb-from the Law School to

the Kohl Center, for the University Commencement

exercises in which degrees are conferred. •

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schools around the country are ofnational concern, and not just thesmall town news of the small worldthat is legal academia.

In the alchemy of turning bright,sophisticated, and ambitious peopleinto lawyers, law schools teachstudents a new language and awhole new way of thinking aboutthemselves, their futures, and theworld. Every law graduate hereknows the feeling of having losttouch with the person they oncewere, or the feeling that "learning tothink like a lawyer" is like nothing somuch as a "Vulcan mind meld." But ifTocqueville was right that lawyers arerulers, the law schools are directlydetermining not only who will ruleour nation, but how they understandtheir power and what they do with it.

And so the world rightly asks thelegal academy:Are you training highlyskilled technicians who use weapons

majority of current state governorsare lawyers. Even the u.s. SupremeCourt-can you believe it?-has afew lawyers on board. Lawyers alsogovern the most powerful academicinstitutions in the country: Stanford,Harvard,Yale,Columbia, and Michiganall have had lawyer-presidents inrecent years.

As any ruling class deserves,the public is suspicious. This isbecause they see what Tocquevillesaw,that lawyers have both the"enlighten[ment] and skill[]" forpolitical rule, but are "not of the

... the public is bothfascinated and horrifiedby the sight of lawyersat their work.

Law school is not just "big college."When you leave here, you acquire anew social identity. You are sharpof mind and tongue. You are ableto make a living, even a good one.People take you seriously. Doctorslaugh nervously when you tell themyour profession. Landlords candiscriminate against you on thegrounds that you know too muchabout tenant rights. You can forgettrying to claim you didn't see thefine print on the contract. You area lawyer.

Alexis de Tocqueville, in fact,

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to the graduating class on version of an aristocracy: He wrote, fascinated and horrified by the sightbehalf of the faculty. "[w)hen the rich, the noble, and of lawyers at their work. A very nice

Although this is Lake Monona we the prince are excluded from govern- man seated next to me on an airplanesee outside, I picture myself today ment, the lawyers then step into their a few years ago explained thestanding on the shores of Lake full rights, for they are then the only popularity of courtroom dramas onMendota, where the University is men both enlightened and skillful,but television and in film as "kind of likelocated, waving a handkerchief as not of the people, whom the people watching a boa constrictor eat micethe ship pulls away. can choose." In America,Tocqueville whole." And what else but a potent

You and your families have been says, the status of a lawyer is a proxy mix of respect and contempt couldthrough a lot of graduations in your for the status of ruler. explain why lawyer jokes routinelylife. And for most of you, this one The idea that lawyers are a ruling compare lawyers to snakes, or towill be the last. But this one is class is not hyperbole: Two-thirds of sharks, rats, vermin, and everydifferent, just like law school was all presidents in our national history other kind of bottom-dweller ordifferent from any other educational were trained as lawyers. Half the pestilential swarm.experience. current members of Congress and the Given this mistrust, the public is

rightly concerned about what the lawschools are teaching-that is, how weare preparing society's rulers. Issuessuch as struggles over affirmativeaction in law school admissions at

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of adversarial gamesmanship todefend the highest bidder? Haveyou traded their conscience forinstrumental reason? Or have youinstead taught your students that lawis not a stratagem of war but thesocial technology of peace? Thatthe lawyer's imagination, conscience,wisdom, and empathy are the masterand not the servant of conceptualwebs of doctrine?

Until now, each one of yougraduates has been among thoseoutside looking in. It is sobering torecognize that today, as you cross thisstage, you switch sides in what havebeen for three years your love-haterelationships with those powerfulexemplars, your professors.Everything that you have felt aboutus, other people are now going tofeel about you. You will face similarquestions from the world about howyou exercise the skill, responsibility,and power you leave with today.

Tocqueville had further insightsinto America's rulers, cautionarywords that I leave you with.Tocqueville marveled at what hesaw as the peculiar national characterof Americans, which he described,admiringly I might add, as "intractable,selfish, even irrationally aggressive."American intractability, he argued,guaranteed a love of independencethat would prevent any return to thedespotism and servitude of Europe. /'But Tocqueville also warned that theself- loving American might just aseasily destroy this unique experimentin human freedom. Such people, hecautioned, easily tolerate inequality,often sacrifice morality for presentgain, and may be unwilling tocontemplate a broader horizon of

interests beyond their own welfare.So treat the confident, aggressive,

fluent professional persona that youhave acquired during your years atWisconsin like a spirited horse. Keepa strong hand on the reins or it willtake over and run where it chooses,with you clinging without controlonto its back. Fast and strongrequires the tempering capacities ofgenerosity, patience, moral integrity,intuition, empathy, responsibility,self-awareness, and humor. With thesehuman gifts, you will lend yourconsiderable gifts and years oftraining to the task of defending thosewho need your strength and speed.You will build and strengthen theremarkable social project that is ourcommitment to the rule of law. And,thereby, you will be men and womenof justice, the most important identitya lawyer can have.

Today the faculty passes you out ofits care and control. From now on, itis up to you to define the profession'sresponsibilities and aspirations as oneofTocqueville's lawyer-rulers. Yet asWisconsin graduates, you forevercarry the family name. Whether youbecome the next Supreme Courtjustice to graduate from this lawschool,' or you go down in flames inscandal, every time one of you makes

I0/news as a lawyer, the world willcall upon the Law School to explainhow it is you got that way.

Graduations are thus properlyceremonious and grave in tone.They mark a rite of passage of someconsequence, not just for those takingdegrees, but importantly, too, forthose of us conferring them, and forthe world at large. I am honored tomark this occasion with you. •

Awards were presented to theseoutstanding students at the Law School'sannual Honors Brunch precedingCommencement Ceremonies atMonona Terrace in May.

American Academy ofMatrimonial Lawyers AwardFor outstanding interest in and dedicationto FamilyLaw

Jennifer Van Kirk

American Bar Association/Bureau of National Affairs AwardFor outstanding scholarship in IntellectualProperty Law

Sirajuddin AhmedSandra DollKirk Hogan

American Bar Association/Bureau of National Affairs AwardFor outstanding scholarship inLabor and Employment Law

Charles DomerPaul ShermanMelissa Thiel

American Indian Alumni AwardFor academic achievement

J .R. BluehouseWilliam CorneliusSarah LawsonJames Washinawatok II

Association for Women LawyersFor outstanding commitment tocommunity service

ManeeMoua

Bruce F. Beilfuss Memorial AwardFor outstanding service to the Law School

Raphael ChoiEric DefortAllison LynnMichael Stirrup

Joseph Bercovici PrizeFor the best students in Jurisprudenceand LegalPhilosophy For scholarship andservice to the community

Daniel ChanenMichael PhillipsEllen ShinRichard Wicka

Brown v. Board of Education AwardFor student with outstanding commitment toequal educational opportunity and social justice

Leticia Smith-Evans

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Ray and Ethel Brown AwardFor character, leadership andservice by firstor second year students

LouAnnBohnJorge CastroJ enigh GarrettCharles HalversonAmber LucsayJohn OlsonBinuPalalJini RabasCatherine West

Constitutional Law PrizeFor the student excelling inConstitutional Law

Karl Runft

Salmon Dalberg AwardTo an outstanding memberof the graduating class

Amanda Antholt

Joseph E. Davies AwardErik Guenther

Barbara B. Crabb AwardFor promoting the ideals ofhonesty, fairness and equalityunder the law

Katherine Houston

Abner Brodie AwardFor outstanding contribution tolife at the Law School

Anthony Baer

Ruth B. Doyle AwardFor student contribution to theLaw School community

Mark McCabe

Sonnet SchmidtEdmonds PrizeFor excellence in the studyof Energy Law

Aaron Green

Leon FeingoldMemorial AwardFor outstanding commitmentto the Law School and greatercommunity

Anastasie Senat

MelvinJ. Friedman AwardFor outstanding contribution tothe Innocence Project

Jessica Harry

Daniel B. Grady AwardTo the top ranking student inthe graduating class

Sarah Le Cloux

William G. Hagenah AwardFor service to the WisconsinLawReview

Robert Clarke

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James HanksMemorial AwardFor excellence in the study ofCorporate Law

Jonathan Allen

Katherine Held PrizeFor outstanding contributionsto the Wisconsin Women'sLawJournal

Emilia SiciliaKatharine Scrivner

International Academy ofTrial Lawyers AwardFor excellence inTrialAdvocacy

Daniel Meylink, Jr.

George Laikin AwardFor outstanding contributionto the Wisconsin LawReviewin special fields

Laurel Kent

Larkin AwardFor excellence in the studyof Patent Law

Jeremy Laabs

Loan Repayment AssistanceProgram GrantsTo support graduates workingin the Public Interest

Anthony BreidenbachAxel Candelaria RiveraKelly CotterMichael KeberleinTerry KentJessica LaneAdnan LatifLaRasz MoodyJeremy PattersonJanice PintarEmilia SiciliaFarrah Wilder

Catherine ManningMemorial AwardFor outstanding contribution tothe LegalAssistance to Institu-tionalized Persons Program

Michael GreiveldingerPamela MacalMichele PerreaultAmy Weber

Mathys Memorial Award forAppellate AdvocacyTo outstanding oralists in MootCourt Competition

Wino CollinsCarolina StarkCandace White Halverson

Gwynette Smalley AwardFor scholarship and service tothe Wisconsin Law Review

Tracey BerryGabrielle BinaAndrew Ketter

DonA. OlsonMemorial AwardFor an outstandingstudent leader

Darius Davenport

William Herbert Page AwardFor outstanding contribution tothe Wisconsin LawReview

Edward Rue

National Association ofWomen Lawyers AwardFor commitment to advancingwomen in the profession of law

Nora Kersten

Vicki and Brent OrricoScholarshipFor leadership, character,initiative and service to the LawSchool and greater community

Annie HuangStephanie Lovinger

Phillip OwenMemorial AwardFor scholarship andcommunity service

Emily LewisAnne Sweeney

William Herbert Page AwardFor outstanding contribution tothe Wisconsin LawReview

Edward Rue

Mary Kelly QuackenbushMemorial AwardFor outstanding student articlesin the Wisconsin InternationalLawJournal

Adnan Latif

Andre Saltoun PrizeFor academic excellence

Michael AshtonAvram BerksonMargaret DaunBrian LarsonSarah MaguireMichele PerreaultVictoria SelkoweJessica Shoemaker

Abe Sigman AwardFor scholarship, character, andcontribution to the Law Schooland greater community

Carlos BarrazaAlvin ChuCullen GoretzkeJuan Ramirez

Wisconsin Public InterestLaw Foundation AwardFor demonstrating exceptionalcommitment to PublicInterest Law

Russell Ainsworth

State Bar of Wisconsin AwardFor excellence in CorporateFinance Law

Erik Guenther

Julie Strasser ScholarshipFor scholarship, character, andcontribution to the Law Schooland greater community

Michelle Wehnes

Fred Suhr AwardFor dedication to communityservice & equal access to the law

Neil BylRichard HollandManeeMouaAdam Nathe

University League AwardFor student serviceand scholarship

Ali AbtahIngrid AltVikram BaradTracy HayesNora KerstenMichael LauxAlia RoufMark SchroederStephanie Stone

Wisconsin Association ofAfrican American LawyersFor outstanding scholarship

Andrae Reneau

Wisconsin Black Law AlumniAssociation AwardFor an outstandingfirst year student

Katryna Childs

Wisconsin Law AlumniAssociation AwardFor outstanding contributionto life in the Law Schooland service to the greatercommunity

Nilesh Patel

Wisconsin Law AlumniAssociation AwardFor service to Moot Court

Joseph Meiers

Wisconsin Lawyers MutualInsurance CompanyFor the top ranking student inProfessional Responsibilities

Christopher Hoppe

George YoungMemorial AwardFor service to theLaw School community

Craig DavisMichael HallAmber HymanKurt Klomberg •

Law School Creates Program to HelpPublic Interest Law Graduates

ANEW PROGRAM at the LawSchool is under way to helpgraduates who want to work

in public interest law but whose largestudent loan repayments prevent themfrom accepting the relatively lowsalaries earned by public interest attor-neys. The prospect of loan repaymentassistance should also help the LawSchool in the nation-wide competitionto attract top students.

In recent years, rising tuition costshave been driving the amounts of stu-dent loans and student debt ever high-er, and have deterred many excellentattorneys from going into public inter-est law. The Law School is working toaddress this problem by establishing aLoan Repayment Assistance Program(LRAP), to help support attorneyscommitted to public interest legal ca-reers. The LRAPwill repay a portion ofa graduate's debt if the individualworks in a public interest job with asalary below a designated amount.

In fall 2001, a committee of students,faculty, and administrators renewed aneffort to establish an LRAPat the UWLaw School that had begun more thana decade ago. In recognition of the im-mediate need for assistance with stu-dent debt, the committee focused bothon the long- term goal of institutional-izing a fully-funded LRAP and on ashort-term goal of providing someassistance to this year's graduates. TheLaw School helped the group realizetheir short-term goal by committing$25,000 to be awarded as LRAPgrantsto May 2002 graduates, and made thecommitment to provide funding untila permanent LRAPis established.

"The Law School's support of thisprogram exemplifies its commitmentto public interest and is the first stepin the development of a permanent

LRAP,"saysAnne Sweeney, 2L,a studentmember of the LRAPCommittee. AddsCullen Goretzke, 2L, also a studentcommittee member, "With this money,we expect to provide graduates whosecure a public interest job with agrant covering their loan payments forsix months. The grant, combined withthe automatic six-month grace periodfor federal loan repayment, will pro-vide short-term relief from the finan-cial burdens associated with the startof a public interest law career."

Sixteen of the law schools ranked inthe top 20 by us. News and World

Report have LRAPs,and 19 of the top20 public interest law programs havethem, Sweeney and Goretzke pointout. Dean of Admissions Beth Krans-berger elaborates, "In addition to thebenefits an LRAPaffords students andindividuals in need of legal services, anLRAPwill also improve our ability torecruit top students to the UW LawSchool. In order to compete success-fully with other top schools and main-

tain our reputation and tradition forpublic service, the UW Law Schoolmust support graduates who pursuepublic interest careers by creating anLRAPAlthough scholarships are excel-lent for current students, the needs ofgraduates are just as critical."

The primary challenge facing theLaw School in establishing the LRAPisfunding. While money will most likelycome from multiple sources, the com-mittee emphasizes the fact that alumnisupport is crucial. Anyone who wouldlike to contribute to the UW LawSchool LRAPis encouraged to make agift to:

UW Foundation-Law School LRAP

PO. Box 8860Madison, WI 53708-8860

For more information about this ini-tiative at the UW Law School,

how to become involved, or LRAPsgenerally, please send an e-mail to

uwlawlrap@hotmail.com .•

Over the last decade, bothstudent debt and tuition atthe University of WisconsinLaw School have more thandoubled. In the year 2000,average in-state tuition was

$6,804, average out-of- statetuition was $18,346, averagestudent debt at graduationwas $50,864, and the averagepublic interest law salary was$31,714. Based on these figures,a 2000 graduate who worksat a public interest job takeshome $1,903 per month, pays

$624 per month toward loandebt, and is left with a monthlydisposable income of $1,279.

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More than 300 guests attended the Law

School's 2002 LEO Banquet in March.

Keynote speaker was attorney Keith

Harper, a member of the Cherokee Nation

of Oklahoma and a senior staff attorney at

the Native American Rights Fund.

Harper, a graduate of New York University

School of Law,discussed his work on a

multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the

United States government for failure to

properly manage Indians' trust funds.

Harper is President Emeritus of the

Native American Bar Association of

Washington, D.C. and teaches federal

Indian law at Catholic University

Columbus School of Law and American

University Washington College of Law.

Harper also discussed some of the unique

challenges facing tribes, including forced

inclusion into society and loss of control

over their communities. •

Photos by Derek Jennings

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Mitchell Wins FordFoundation Grant to

Study Black Land Loss

ASSISTANT PROFESSORThom-as Mitchell has received a$230,000 grant from the Ford

Foundation in support of his project"Forced Sales of Black-Owned Land inthe Rural South: Assessing Impacts onBlack Wealth and Effects of African-American participation in CivilSociety."

The grant will cover a three-yearperiod, beginning February 1, 2002.The goal of the project is to examinethe impact that partition sales havehad on black wealth in selected com-munities of the Rural South, and also toassess the non-economic impact onthese communities.

Collaborating with Professor Mitch-ell on this project will be ProfessorsRichard Green and Stephen Malpezziof the Real Estate and Urban Land Eco-nomics Department of the UW-Madi-son School of Business.

A further aim of the project is totrace the developments that have ledcourts to adopt rules in partition ac-tions that make partition sales thenorm, despite the fact that state stat-utes indicate that such sales shouldoccur only in unusual cases .•

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Louise Trubek

Professor Louise Trubek'sWork Wins National Award

LOUISETRUBEK,Director of theLaw School's Center for PublicRepresentation, has been award-

ed the William Pincus Award for Out-standing Contributions to Clinical Le-gal Education by the Association ofAmerican Law Schools. TheAALSpres-ents the award annually to one ormore individuals or institutions, basedon service, scholarship, program de-sign and implementation, or for otheractivities beneficial to clinical educa-tion or the advancement of justice.

Trubek's co-recipient is BernidaReagan of Boalt Hall Law School CUe-Berkeley). Both were cited for "tire-lessly promoting innovative and uni-que models in clinical legal education,advancing the interests of clients, andchallenging us in how we think aboutour lawyering, our teaching, and ourroles within our institutions."

The Awards Committee additionallystated that Trubek "has advanced theinterests of clinical legal educationthrough her leadership with the Inter-university Consortium on Poverty Law,her prolific scholarship, and her ongo-ing efforts to explore new and innova-tive clinical teaching models and pub-lic interest lawyering models." •

Conference 'Access toMedicines for Developing

World' Draws Praise

THE CONFERENCE "Access toMedicines for the DevelopingWorld: International Facilita-

tion or Hindrance?" was held at theUniversity ofWisconsin Law School onSaturday and Sunday, March 9 and 10,organized by the Wisconsin Interna-tional LawJournal and Professor HeinzKlug. Many who attended praised theconference for its substantive discus-sion of complex issues.

Featured speakers, who convenedin Madison from all over the world, in-cluded experts in intellectual propertylaw and international trade law,amongthem law scholars, economists andmembers of non-governmental organi-zations.

Access to medicine has become amajor public policy issue both domes-tically and internationally. The TradeRelated Aspects of Intellectual Proper-ty (TRIPS) agreement, specifically, hasbrought this issue to the forefront andwas discussed in light of its implica-tions for the availability of pharmaceu-ticals in developing nations, whoseown ability to produce life-saving med-icines is severely abridged for eco-nomic and other reasons.

Conference panels explored ways inwhich governments can work to en-sure adequate and affordable drugswithin an international trade regimedesigned to offer protection for phar-maceutical patent rights. Among thespecific issues analyzed were differentmeans by which access could be facili-tated, technology transfer, research anddevelopment, and litigation strategiesthat have been employed in attemptsto gain access to particular medicinesor to restrict the adoption of particularstrategies .•

Gail Holmes Retires After 38 Years

AFTER A CAREERof 38 years at the Law Schoolworking in the area of finances and personnel,Gail Holmes retired this April. She has a full list of

plans, including church work, travel and time spent withher new granddaughter. At a luncheon for the Law Schoolfaculty and staff in Holmes's honor, one of the highlightswas a surprise visit from her predecessor, office managerNellie Davidson ("Mrs. D"). In the "rebuttal time" prom-ised her after speeches by administrators and faculty,Holmes shared tales of memorable times at the Law Schoolsince her first day on the job: July 20, 1964 .•

Law School SeeksLegal Writing Director

The University of Wisconsin Law School is hiring anew director for its Legal Research and Writing Program.The new director will playa leadership role in workingwith other faculty in developing and implementing an inno-vative research and writing curriculum covering all threeyears of law study, and meeting the expectations of stu-dents, faculty, alumni, and employers.

The Director will be appointed to the clinical facultytrack, joining more than 25 other clinical faculty, who sharein the governance of the Law School. The 12-month salarywill be a minimum of $65,000; the anticipated startingdate is spring or summer 2003.

The successful candidate will have a strong academicbackground and a demonstrated commitment to legalwriting, research, and teaching. He or she will have workexperience that exhibits excellent legal writing, research,and analytical skills; will demonstrate a broad understand-ing of effective ways to teach legal research and writing;and will demonstrate strong interpersonal, managementand leadership skills, excellent teaching ability, and creativeapproaches to teaching and problem solving.

Extensive writing experience is required. A J.D. degree,leadership, management or supervisory experience,teaching experience, and at least two years of legal practiceexperience are strongly preferred.

Applications must include a 1,000 to 2,000 word,double-spaced statement outlining what the candidate seesas the goals of an outstanding legal research and writingprogram, some of the ways those goals might effectivelybe implemented, and the aspects of the candidate'sexperience that would make him or her an effective leaderin their implementation.

To guarantee consideration, applications must bereceived by September 3,2002; however, the committeewill review applications until the position is filled.

To apply, send cover letter, resume, and requiredstatement to:

Office of the DeanUniversity of Wisconsin Law School975 Bascom Mall, Madison WI 53706-1399

Phone: 608-262-0618The position is formally announced at

http://www.ohr.wisc.edulpvllpv_042029.htm/

R.Alta Charo John Kidwell

well beyond what they originally bar-gained for." He welcomed Deans Kid-well and Charo to the Law School'sadministrative team, commenting thathe knows the Law School will be verywell served by their leadership." •

Charo and KidwellNamed Associate Deans

PROFESSORSJohn Kidwell andR.Alta Charo have been namedassociate deans for the Law

School, effective this summer. JohnKidwell succeeds Thomas Palay as As-sociate Dean for Academic Affairs, andR.Alta Charo follows Peter Carstensenas Associate Dean for Faculty Researchand Development.

John Kidwell is the Law School'sHaight Professor of Law. He has beenon the faculty since 1972, and histeaching areas include contracts, copy-rights, trademarks, and remedies. He isco-author with three UW Law col-leagues of the casebook Contracts:Law in Action.

R.Alta Charo, Professor of Law andMedical Ethics, holds a joint appoint-ment with the Law School and theSchool of Medicine. She is a nationalauthority on bioethics. She has been amember of the Law School facultysince 1989, and teaches courses inbioethics and law, biotechnology law,legislative drafting, biopolitical topics,and torts.

In announcing the two new ap-pointments, Dean Kenneth B.Davis,]r.thanked Associate Deans Palay andCarstensen for service "that extended

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Fairchild Lecture HighlightsWisconsin Democratic Party

THE FOURTEENTHThomas E.Fairchild Lecture, held Friday,April 19,2002 in Godfrey &

Kahn Hall ( Room 2260), presented an"all-star" panel discussing the topic,"Revitalization of the Democratic Par-ty of Wisconsin in the Mid-20th Cen-tury." Presenters were Governor Pat-rick Lucey, Senator Gaylord Nelson,Mrs. Ellen Proxmire, and the Hon.Thomas E. Fairchild, for whom thisannual event is named. All four sharedreminiscences of their experiences asfounding members of the state's Dem-ocratic Party in the days when theparty began to play a prominent rolein Wisconsin political life.

Historical commentary was contri-buted by Alexander Shashko, who ismaking a study of this topic in graduatework at the University of Michigan.

This was the first time that JudgeFairchild has been on the program atthe Fairchild Lecture. The lectureship,which was initiated in Judge Fairchild'shonor by his past and present lawclerks, brings distinguished members ofthe legal profession-from the bench,bar, or academia-to speak at the LawSchool on a topic of importance to theprofession .•

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