Spotlight
Half Million Volume Celebration
This April the Paul L. Boley Law Library celebration of the addition of
its 500,000th volume culminates with our Meet The Author Series,
champagne reception, and a series of "study breaks" in the library during
exams.
Wednesday April 20, Noon - 2pm
Phillip Margolin, Portland attorney and writer, presents "How to Write Legal Thrillers in Your Spare Time for Fun and Profit". Mr. Margolin is the author of several books,
among them: Lost
Lake, Sleeping
Beauty, and Gone But Not Forgotten.
Where: Wood Hall, Room 7. Pizza will be served at Noon. Mr. Margolin's latest book Lost Lake will be for sale following the talk.
Sunday, April 24, 4 - 6pm
Professor Ron Lansing, author of Nimrod: Courts, Claims, and Killing on the Oregon Frontier (forthcoming) and Juggernaut - The
Whitman Massacre Trial, and the artist behind Lansing's Caricatures, and Jewel Lansing, author of Portland: People, Politics, and Power 1851-2001 will discuss early Oregon trials. Where: Student Lounge, Legal Research Center.
Followed by a Champagne Reception and the 500,000th volume presentation.
Please join us as we continue to celebrate the achievement of a significant milestone in the life of the Law School.
Kindly respond to lawevent@lclark.edu or 503-768-6789 with the date(s) you plan to attend.
About the Law Library
What is most remarkable about reaching the 500,000 volume milestone is how quickly it has been accomplished. Following the merger with Lewis & Clark College in 1965, the Law Library and its 7,000 volumes moved from Portland's Giesy Building to temporary quarters in Lewis & Clark College's Watzek Library. In 1967, the Law Library moved to its present location on the Law School campus. Under the directorship of Professor Peter S. Nycum the library collection has grown from 120,000 volumes in 1978 to 500,000 volumes in 2005.
While boasting a comprehensive collection of Anglo-American law materials, the Library also contains an unsurpassed collection of Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy materials - over 8,000 titles and 15,000 volumes.
It is important to note that while the Library's quantitative growth has been impressive, even more important is the quality that has been achieved in the process. The Library's collection has evolved from one of merely supporting the curriculum to its present status as a research facility. This transformation provides not only a wide range of research opportunities to our faculty and students, but also attracts attorneys and visiting scholars to the Law School.
