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Colloquium Results in Climate Change Principles
Former Clinic Student Argues Before 8th CircuitKatherine H. Purdy, JD ’08, formerly a member of the law school’s Appellate Clinic and now an associate at Husch Blackwell Sanders, argued Serna v. Goodno before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The case concerns Fourth Amendment standards for visual body cavity searches of civilly committed patients. [More] Save the DatesAlumni and friends are invited to the installation of Marion Crain as the Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 30 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Anheuser-Busch Hall. Judge Arthur Alarcon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, will be a guest speaker. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Christine Karsh at Christine_Karsh@wustl.edu or (314) 935-7544. Six alumni will be honored at the Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 17 in the Crowder Courtyard, Anheuser-Busch Hall. The event honors alumni who have obtained distinction in their professional or academic careers. The 2009 recipients are Irl Baris, JD ’48; John Behnke, JD ’83; Nordahl Brue, JD ’70; Laura Dooley, JD ’86; Cassandra Flipper, JD ’66; and Alicia McDonnell, JD ’95. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Christine Karsh at Christine_Karsh@wustl.edu or (314) 935-7544. Alumnus SpotlightClassmates Pay Tribute to Cary Talbot
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The law school’s Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute recently sponsored a colloquium on “International Climate Change: Post-Kyoto Challenges,” which resulted in a call for international solutions. The conference was scheduled in anticipation of two, major international climate change negotiations—a summit in Poland, and Washington University’s McDonnell Academy conference in Hong Kong focusing on energy and the environment. [
Classmates of Cary Lawrence Talbot, JD ’97, share both a written tribute and a YouTube video in his memory. Talbot died on November 9, 2008 after a heroic struggle with a rare and extremely aggressive form of cancer. He was 38. [