Washburn Law Journal
Editor's Note
Volume 42, No. 4 (Spring 2003) (Centennial Issue)
The Volume 42 Washburn Law Journal Editorial Board and staff are very pleased to present this special Centennial Issue commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the Washburn University School of Law. A one-hundredth birthday is very special, and this is no different for the Washburn University School of Law. The Law School has seen many changes throughout its history and will surely see many more in the years to come. It is around this theme of change that we have centered our content in a variety of contexts. We open the issue with the Commencement Address 2004 Washburn University School of Law delivered by the Honorable Paul L. Brady. Judge Brady reflects upon the evolution of racial equality following the momentous Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision and shares some of his personal insights. Professor Brian J. Moline explores the foundations of legal education in the United States in Early American Legal Education. Professor Moline traces the progression of legal education from colonial days to the dawn of the Twentieth Century. Professor James M. Concannon takes an in-depth look at the genesis of our Law School in "The ideal place . . . . for the establishment of a great Law School" – The Early Years of Washburn University School of Law. This article chronicles our School's history from its foundation through the 1920s. Professor Linda Diane Henry Elrod in Washburn Law School Celebrates a Century of Welcoming Women provides a personal view of women at the Washburn University School of Law. Professor Elrod explores the role of women in legal education in general before turning her attention to the travails and accomplishments of Washburn women from the Law School's inception to the present. Professor David E. Pierce provides another historical perspective in a slightly different context in The Renaissance of Law in the Law of Oil and Gas: The Contract Dimension. Professor Pierce analyzes implied covenants under oil and gas leases from a historical perspective and evaluates whether specialized “oil and gas” rules are necessary in this area.
We are also pleased to present the perspectives of one of this School's first female, minority graduates, Linda P. Jeffrey, in Once upon a Time. Ms. Jeffrey offers her reflections and observations both as a minority, female law student at Washburn and as a legal professional. Finally, Dean Dennis R. Honabach takes a view toward the future in And Now What?: An Essay Contemplating a Course for the Second Century of the Washburn University School of Law. Dean Honabach speculates about what the future may hold for legal education as a whole and for Washburn specifically.
Our sole student-written contribution is a Note by Volume 42 Research Editor Jeremiah C. Humes. In Macroeconomic Analysis of the Law: The Missing Piece of the Law and Economics Puzzle, Mr. Humes asserts that macroeconomic principles should have a more expansive role in law and economics discussions.
Aside from the diligence of the Volume 42 Editorial Board and staff, special thanks must go to the Volume 43 Editorial Board and staff. The publication of this issue would not have been possible without their ongoing support and willingness to devote extra time and energy to the project. Volume 43 Editor-in-Chief Robin Carlson was very gracious throughout this process, and we had no qualms leaving this issue in her capable hands. Her Executive Editor, Cathleen Hobson, was invaluable to the issue's ultimate success after we departed from campus. This issue would quite simply not have been completed without her tireless dedication. We also thank the Volume 43 staff for their devotion of many long hours to the source and citation checks for the content.
After assuming our editorial positions in January 2002, we bring our law journal careers to a close. Our volume illustrates what can be accomplished when good people come together with good ideas.
G.C.G.
A.R.G.
