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
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.”
