Morse’s legacy lives on at UO
■ i ne wayne Morse center for
Law and Politics provides an
avenue for research and debate
on key issues
By Kara Winters
for the Emerald
He believed in fighting for his
principles despite conventional
thought, and above all else he be
lieved people should rise above
politics to find the greater good.
Today, deceased U.S. Sen.
Wayne Morse’s legacy lives on
through the Wayne Morse Center
for Law and Politics at the Univer
sity School of Law.
“The slogan that really sums
Wayne Morse up is ‘principle
above politics,’” said Margaret Hal
lock, the faculty director of the
Wayne Morse Center. “We operate
in the tradition of Wayne Morse, so
we try to incorporate that.”
Hallock added that she thinks
Morse would be proud of the center.
“As long as we’re taking on im
portant topics, taking strong moral
and principle stances that are in his
tradition of progressive politics, I
think he’d approve,” she said.
The Wayne Morse Center for Law
and Politics officially opened its
doors in November 2000. Short of
being a year old, the independent
center devotes itself to interdisci
plinary research on critical issues
of law and politics. The center ex
pands upon the Wayne Morse
Chair of Law and Politics that, es
tablished in 1981, serves as a living
memorial to the former dean of the
University School of Law.
“Wayne Morse was unquestion
ably a man who was not afraid of
tackling a difficult question,” law
school Dean Rennard Strickland
Schedule
The Wayne Morse Center for Law and
Politics will offer several public events
this fall for its two-year theme, “Race,
Class, and the Criminal Justice
System.”
Oct. 5-8:
Eugene Weekly Film Festival
Bijou Art Cinemas, 492 E. 13th Ave.
Oct. 23:
Symposium: Understanding the
Context of Race and Criminal Justice
— The New Reparations Movement
said. “I don’t think there’s any ques
tion that he casts a very long shad
ow over the law school and center’s
activities.”
Through inquiry and debate,
Strickland said Morse left Univer
sity members with a willingness to
“The center is very effective
at extending Morse’s legacy.
Through their activities,
attention is brought to
current critical issues that
impact lives.”
Jennifer Greenough
graduate student
ask the questions that needed to be
asked and to challenge commonly
accepted dogmas.
“The center is very effective at
extending Morse’s legacy,” said
Jennifer Greenough, a University
graduate who will start law school
this fall at Cornell University.
“Through their activities, atten
7-9 p.m., Knight Law Center, Room 175
Oct. 26:
Forum: Racial Equity in the Criminal
Justice System
9 a.m.-4 p.m., Portland State
University
Nov. 1:
Community Roundtable Discussion
7-9:30 p.m., Churchill High School,
Eugene
For more information:
(541)346-3700
morsechair.uoregon.edu
tion is brought to current critical
issues that impact lives.”
Greenough, who worked for the
Wayne Morse Center as a student li
aison, said during Morse’s political
career, he voted in accordance with
his conscience rather than along
political party lines.
The center offers a revolving pro
fessorship to teach on key topics.
Past themes have examined global
labor issues, human rights, consti
tutional law and the role of repre
sentative government.
“We want to make sure that the
center rotates among disciplines
and that we constantly update it
with new themes and activities,”
Hallock said. “That’s why we creat
ed this type of center. It’s somewhat
unique.”
During the academic years 2001
02 and 2002-03, the center’s theme
will be “Race, Class, and the Crimi
nal Justice System.”
One of the Morse Center’s guests
will be Charles Ogletree, a scholar
from Harvard University and a crit
ic on race and justice who works to
explore issues within the American
justice system.
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