Sunday, May 4

Tuesday, May 6

Pierce Law's Bridget Anderson, a licensed massage therapist, will once again be offering chair massages to all students, faculty and staff on today and tomorrow. If you are feeling stressed, need a break from studying, or just want to relax, sign up for a 15 minute massage.  Cost is $10. 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 201. Sign-up sheets for specific time appointments will be placed on the door of room 201. 

Boston Area Alumni networking breakfast. Theo Vougias JD '03 hosts this gathering for Boston-area alumni at the offices of Gosselin & Associates in Winchester, MA.

Professor Marcus Hurn testifies before the NH Senate Judiciary Committee on House Bill 1270. This bill, of which Professor Hurn in the main author, involves a major reform of the law of future interests in real estate.  It has already passed the NH House without opposition.  

Wednesday, May 7

Still feeling stressed? For a second day, Bridget Anderson will be providing chair massages. Cost is $10. 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 201.

Friday, May 9

Exams end. One week 'til graduation! 

Campus Tour for prospective students. Admissions hosts visiting prospective students in th first of a series of friday tours.

Got news for the next Next Week @ Pierce Law? Send your events and notices to pbyfield@piercelaw.edu no later than 12 noon on the previous Wednesday. NW@PL is produced by the Pierce Law Communications Office and distributed to faculty, staff, and students towards the end of each week. 

With graduation over, the sheetrock has gone up, sealing off the central hub known as "Jan's Desk" and the lounge area of the Jury Box. (Jan's desk is now in the Rotunda, by the flags). What's going on back there?

Over the summer, the reception area and and the main entrance to the library will be transformed. Here's a sneak peak to give you an idea of what it will look like (click on the images to see a larger version).

The view as you enter from the Rines Building entrance.

A bird's eye view. 

Next Week at Pierce Law is on hiatus for the summer of 2008, but the Pierce Law Reporter will still keep you informed about important events happening in the Pierce Law community so you won't miss a barbecue.

Here's a quick run-down of some of what's happening the first half of the summer at Pierce Law:

May

The Advanced Topics in International Criminal Law and Justice Seminar in Washington D.C. runs from May 19th to 23rd.

Pierce Law will be closed Monday May 26th for the Memorial Day holiday. 

The Intellectual Property Summer Institute (IPSI) begins May 27th and runs through June 27th.

Professor Kimberly Kirkland will be speaking on a panel titled "Good Culture: Moving Beyond Loss Prevention in Law Firms", on May 29th at the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility 34th National Conference in Boston.  

The 3rd Annual New Hampshire Practice Series CLE Day is on May 30th.

June

On June 1st Professor Kirkland will present a paper titled " Firm Management's Influence on Lawyers' Ethics in Practice" as part of a session on Micro and Macro analysis of the Contemporary Legal Market at The 2008 Annual meeting of the joint meeting of The Law and Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association in Montreal. 

On June 6th, Pierce Law Alumni in Vermont will meet at the Burlington Community Boathouse for a reception with Dean Hutson.

Professor Albert “Buzz” Scherr will co-present two advanced sessions on the use of movie clips in the teaching of Evidence with Paul Bergman, an emeritus professor of law at UCLA at a three-day AALS conference on Evidence in Cleveland, OH from June 3-June 6. The conference, entitled "The Future of Evidence: How Science and Technology Are Changing Evidence Law,” highlights, through its panels and speakers, the major forces for change in evidence law today.  Integrated with the substantive panels will be concurrent sessions on teaching for both new and experienced participants. One half-day will be devoted to hands-on demonstrations and discussions of using technology in the classroom.

On June 12-13, Scherr will attend an invitation-only privacy law scholars conference in Washington, DC, co-hosted by George Washington University Law School and Boalt Hall at the University of California-Berkeley.

Friday, June 13th is the Pierce Law Staff Day. 

On June 18, Adjunct Professor of Law and Mental Health Eric Drogin will present a talk on “Stress in the Life of a Lawyer” at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Bar Association in Lexington, KY.  His entries on “Forensic Psychology” and “Proxy Decision Making” appear in the newly published Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law, and his co-authored paper on “Miranda Rights … and Wrongs: Myths, Methods, and Model Solutions” is the featured cover article for the Summer 2008 issue of Criminal Justice.

On June 19, Professor William Hennessey will participate in Temple University School of Law’s U.S. Legal System course in conjunction with the National Judicial College of the Supreme People's Court in a program for approximately 20 senior Chinese judges in Washington, DC.

Admissions will host an open house for prospective students on June 20th. 

On June 25th, the China Intellectual Property Summer Institute (CHIPSI) begins.

The New Hampshire Bar Association covers Friday's swearing-in ceremony in which this year's Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program graduates were admitted to the state bar, enabling them to immediately practice law in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire’s trailblazing legal education program, the Daniel Webster Scholars, graduated its first class of 13 law students, who were sworn in as members of the New Hampshire Bar on May 16, 2008, in a special session of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

These new attorneys, selected in the beginning of their second year of law school, have undergone rigorous training and evaluation to ensure, in the words of Program Director John Garvey, that they will be “client-ready” lawyers upon completion of the program.