Lectures by three internationally known law professors and the likely next United States Ambassador to South Africa highlight the spring schedule at Washburn Law School.
On March 12, Professor William H. Rodgers of the University of Washington School of Law will deliver a presentation entitled "A History of Accidents: The Creative Moments in Environmental Law." He is the author of a one-volume handbook and a four-volume treatise on Environmental Law and previously published a textbook on Energy and Natural Resources Law. His appearance is made possible by an endowed lecture series created by Washburn Professor Myrl Duncan and his visit is co-sponsored by the Washburn Environmental Law Society.
On April 2, Professor Edward J. Larson will present the annual Foulston & Siefkin Law Journal Lecture. Professor Larson holds a joint appointment from the School of Law and the Department of History at the University of Georgia and won the Pulitzer Prize for History for his 1997 book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. He will also make remarks the prior evening at the annual Law Journal-Moot Court Awards Banquet. The Wichita law firm of Foulston & Siefkin annually underwrites the Law Journal lecture and Professor Larson's paper will appear next year in the Washburn Law Journal.
On April 7, Raymond Friel, Dean of the University of Limerick Law School in Ireland, will make a presentation entitled "Post Colonial Common Law: The Irish Experience." During his visit he also will make a presentation on "Unfair Contract Terms: Restoring the Faith in Contract Law."
The 1999 commencement speaker will be Delano E. Lewis, a 1963 graduate of Washburn Law School. He most recently served as President and CEO of National Public Radio, a position he held for four years. Previously, he was President of the C&P Telephone Company in Washington D.C. He was Peace Corps country director in Nigeria and Uganda in the late 1960s. In January, the Washington Post reported that Mr. Lewis has been selected by President Clinton to be the next United States Ambassador to South Africa.