Professor Karl F. Jorda will attend the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) in Vancouver, Canada, today through Wednesday.

Dean John D. Hutson will be speaking at the Human Rights First Annual Dinner in New York City tonight as a distinguished guest. The event will be attended by 900-1000 invited guests and major donors to Human Rights First. This year's Human Rights First Award honors Iranian women's rights advocate Fariba Davoodi Mohajer. Dean Hutson is being recognized along with a group of more than forty retired generals and admirals "who are deeply concerned about U.S. policies that sanction torture and dishonor the values that American servicemembers fight to protect." The evening recognizes "the leadership of these extraordinary men and women whose commitment to human rights is grounded in the principles on which this country was founded." Others on the agenda include Sigorney Weaver, Meredith Viera, and Tom Waterston. 

 

Dean Hutson will give the annual State of the School address at 12:00 noon in the Rich Room.

 

Professor John Garvey will speak on developments in comparative negligence and contribution law in New Hampshire at the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers CLE in Bedford, NH.

 

Professor Richard A. Hesse will be speaking on Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451 at 7:00 p.m. at the Richards Public Library in Newport.

 

Judy Gire, Cindy Landau, and Kathy Fletcher of the Pierce Law Library will be attending the Northeast Regional Law Libraries meeting in Toronto, "Libraries Without Borders II."  The meeting will provide "a diverse and challenging program of over 40 sessions is being planned around the theme in all its senses -- the internationalization of law, the globalization of legal practice, and the role of libraries and librarians in an ever-changing world of information that recognizes no borders." Through Saturday.

 

Today is the deadline for signing up for the Social Justice Institute's prison tour on November 7th. Give Megan De Vorsey your name and date of birth to register.

 

As part of Concord Reads: Nickeled and Dimed, the Concord Public Library holds a panel discussion panel discussion on the issues facing both employers and low-income workers in New Hampshire, featuring Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farm; Maureen Beauregard, President of Families in Transition; and Rosemary Heard, President of CATCH. The event will be moderated by Professor John P. Resch, who will ask questions of the panelists to provide different perspectives on the same issues, and also facilitate participation by audience members. 7:00 p.m in the Concord Public Library Auditorium.

 

The Lambda Student Organization holds its first general meeting at 12:00 noon in room 205. 

 

Cecie Hartigan will discuss the new Lawyer's Assistance Program in NH and the confidential help it can provide for lawyers and law students. 12:00 noon in Room 200. Sponsored by the Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program. 

 

SIPLA board meeting 12:00 noon in Room 202. 

 

Faculty Meeting, at 1:00 p.m. in Room 200.

 

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) annual meeting begins today in Washington D.C. and lasts through Saturday. A large delegation from Pierce Law will attend.

 

Ann McCrackin will speak at AIPLA on "The LabCorp Dissent & the Federal Circuit's Patent Eligibility Decisions" as part of a 3-hour panel on patentable subject matter. Her fellow panelists include Chief Judge Paul Michel, Steve Kunin, and US Patent Office Representatives.  

 

At 12:10 in Room 227, the J. Reuben Clark Law Society will be hosting a short video presentation on "Rainmaking." Doughnuts will be provided and students are encouraged to bring their lunch.

 

Alumni reception in Washington DC in association with the AIPLA annual meeting. Faculty and staff attending include Dean Hutson, Tom Field, Ann McCrackin, Karl Jorda, Marcus Hurn, Laura Chaney, Gayle Mazalewski and Sharon Callahan. 5:00 p.m. at LeftBank bistro and lounge.

 

On this day in 1789, John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 

 

 

 

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