U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR TO SPEAK AT UO LAW BUILDING DEDICATION
September 7, 1999
Contact Maureen Shine (541) 346-3145
EDITOR’S NOTE: A reserved area for media will be located at the northwest corner of the law center’s Rear Courtyard in front of the speakers’ platform. Due to security considerations, media access will be restricted to this area. Multiplex distribution amps will be provided for the electronic media.
Media Passes will be required and may be picked up at the event from UO Office of Communications staff member Maureen Shine.
Reserved parking for media will be provided in Lot 32, at the southwest corner of East 15th Avenue and Agate Street; Lot 32B, south of Hayward field off of Agate Street; and, for satellite vehicles only, in the northwest corner of Lot 34E, directly east of the new law building.
Rain plan: In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in the Wayne Morse Commons on the ground floor of the new law building. A reserved area for media will be located in the south balcony of the commons.
WHAT U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will deliver the keynote address at the dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the University of Oregon School of Law’s new William W. Knight Law Center. The event is free and open to the public, but seating will be limited. A private reception will immediately follow the ceremony.
WHEN Noon Wednesday, Sept. 15
WHERE Rear Courtyard, William W. Knight Law Center, 1515 Agate St., Eugene. In the event of
rain, the ceremony will be held indoors in the center’s Wayne Morse Commons.
WHO • Sandra Day O’Connor, U.S. Supreme Court justice
• Dave Frohnmayer, UO president
• Rennard Strickland, dean, UO School of Law
• William Paul, president, American Bar Association
• John Jaqua, UO law school national capital campaign chairman and UO law school alumnus, Class of 1950
• Dominick Vetri, professor, UO School of Law
• Paul Wagner, president, UO School of Law Student Bar Association
BACKGROUND
Construction on the law center began in June of 1997 and it was officially opened in
May of 1999.
The 138,000-square-foot-facility contains eight classrooms, a 200-seat auditorium, three meeting rooms, 87 offices, one moot courtroom, eight group study rooms and 10 individual study rooms.
A state-of-the art computer lab and 1,000 computer hookups throughout the building provide connectivity to on-line information data bases, on-line classes and live video teleconferencing.
The new 35,000-square-foot library doubles the previous law library space, making it possible to store the entire law library collection.
Design and construction cost of the center, approximately $26 million, is privately financed with $10.3 million from the sale of state bonds and $15.3 million from gifts and grants.
The new UO law building is named in honor of 1932 UO law school graduate William W. Knight, whose son, Philip Knight, committed $10 million to the law school building project.
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