Alumni
Forging a Path for Others
Norma Paulus LLB’62, H’99 keeps a small statue of a lion on a desk in her downtown Portland home. The statue, dated October 1981, was given to her by the northeast Portland Lions Club when she was inducted as their first female member. The next day, Paulus, who was Oregon’s secretary of state at the time, was visited in her office at the Oregon Capitol by the president of the statewide Oregon Lions Club. He had come to ask Paulus to return the Portland club’s gift. He did not think the statue – or membership into the club – should have been given to a woman.
Students
Valuing Diverse Perspectives
“A number of subjects in law school are very sensitive to ethnically diverse people,” said Naomi L. Levelle, president of the Multicultural Law Students Association (MLSA). “We study Brown v. Board of Education and the Dred Scott case. As a minority student, these are hard cases to read, so it is good to have a group to go to and sound off.”
Faculty
Coming Full Circle
Robin Morris Collin is a warrior. Her teaching, writing and public service all reflect her lifelong dedication to civil rights and her desire to protect the downtrodden. She’s written and lectured extensively on environmental issues. Her work is not just about protecting the earth but also about protecting the most vulnerable people living on it, those who are too young or too ignorant or too poor and powerless to effect change on their own. For her, it’s all connected, part of a great circle.
