Alumni
Mr. DuPont
“Being in law school in America gives you a different perspective,” said Yuanxing Chen JD’90, senior legal counsel at DuPont China Holding Co. Ltd. in Shanghai. He is standing in front of a display case filled with seemingly unrelated products — Teflon® cooking pans, military flak jackets, Corian® cutting boards, flameproof hoods and cans of auto refinisher. They illustrate applications of the more than 200 products that DuPont manufactures and sells in China. They also represent the breadth of Chen’s busy job.
Students
Service to Others
Joshua M. Kindred, editor in chief of the Willamette Law Review for the Class of 2005, hails from Alaska. Although he attended law school in Oregon, he always planned to return to his native state.
Kindred distinguished himself early in his home state. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Anchorage, where he majored in American history and minored in political science. Following college, he considered a doctorate in history until his favorite professor gave him some good advice. “He told me that if I went to law school, I would be able to do just about anything I wanted to,” Kindred said.
Faculty
Lawyering for the Greater Good
Public interest law is an area more students should consider,” said Keith Cunningham-Parmeter, who joined the College of Law in 2006. “At our very best, all lawyers are public interest lawyers. From pro bono work to poverty law practice to innumerable methods of service in between, lawyers are called upon to enhance access to justice by serving the most marginalized among us.”
