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Kirkpatrick seeks changes as new dean of law school ■ Professor Laird Kirkpatrick will become dean of the University law school after a competitive race for the office By LaBree Shide Oregon Daily Emerald After five years as dean of the University law school, Rennard Strickland is stepping down and longtime University law Professor Laird Kirkpatrick is stepping up. Kirkpatrick will officially be come the new dean Aug. 1 and has a lot of plans for the law school. “I want to help the law school continue to move forward to the top tier of public law schools,” Kirkpatrick said. To accomplish his goals, Kirk patrick has several ideas. “We need to continue our pattern of excellence in hiring new faculty. We need to publicize ourselves more and let the world know what outstanding faculty members and students we have. Finally, we need to do everything we can to increase private support to enhance our pro grams and offset the decline in state funding,” he said. Strickland, who will continue to teach at the University, said there are many things about Kirkpatrick that make him right for the job. “He is a distinguished graduate of this law school, a long-term fac ulty member, a major scholar, a highly regarded member of the Oregon legal community, as well as a caring and concerned individ ual,” Strickland said. Strickland is confident that Kirkpatrick will bring needed and welcomed changes to the Universi ty. Strickland said change is al ways needed at the law school. “Education about the law must change to keep pace with the changes in society. Many of our students will be practicing law in the year 2050 and beyond.” Kirkpatrick recently returned from Washington, D.C., after two years. He served as counsel to the head of the criminal division at the Department of Justice and a com missioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Before he started teaching at the University, Kirkpatrick was an as sistant U.S. attorney, executive di rector of Legal Aid Service in Port land and a trial attorney in Eugene. The search for a new law school dean was not an easy one. Jane Gordon, the associate dean for stu dent and program affairs and a member of the selection commit tee, said it was a very involved and detailed process. Each finalist was interviewed for a two-to three-day period. Gordon said each person was presented to several groups, including law school faculty, law school stu dents, the community, law school administration, alumni, as well as University students and faculty and administration. “[The candi dates] were interviewed by every constituency out there,” Gordon said. “Kirkpatrick was unanimous ly regarded as a great choice.” Gordon said she thinks one rea son for his selection is his recent real world experience. “It is great to bring in a practi tioner who has been outside re cently, someone who has served in the public,” she said. Gordon said she believes the connections Kirkpatrick brings to the University are numerous after several years in public service and teaching off and on over the past 20 years at the University. “He could walk into any law firm and know someone because of his years of teaching and serv ice,” Gordon said. Kirkpatrick originally didn’t plan to apply to be dean. “I sup ported a colleague who applied for the position. When he withdrew, “many faculty and alumni urged me to become a candidate,” he said. “I am deeply honored that I was ultimately selected.” E-mail reporter LaBree Shide at labreeshide@dailyemerald.com. News brief Singapore culture night aims to Amplify individual work The Singapore Students Associ ation Singapore Cultural Night 2002, Amplify, will showcase local artists with talents and trades from Singapore at 9 p.m. Saturday in the EMU Fir Room. A dinner and show will be held from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., followed by dancing from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. SSA President Lindsay Goh said the night is focused more on indi vidual contributions than achieve ments of the country as a whole. “The showcase will also high light aspects of the individuals be hind the production of these cre ative works, creating a sort of narra tive without a plot that captures the prevailing sociocultural forces in Singapore,” she said. She said this year’s team wanted to think outside the box and is gear ing up to expose the more creative side of the cultural arts. “Culture events held by inter national student organizations are traditionally focused on a limited sense of the term culture, incor porating historic features and as pects of customs and traditions,” she said. “This inclination [is] producing skewed portrayals of the present conditions of progres sive nations such as Singapore,” she said. The audience can expect enter tainment from musical guests, as well as skits, fashion design and visual and print media presenta tions before the dance party gets under way. Disc jockeys from the Singapore music scene Guerilla Collective are set to play the tunes for the evening. Goh said the crew brings an eclectic mix of original beats, hip-hop, acid-jazz, house music and other contemporary hits. Student admission is $5 and general admission is $7. Tickets can be purchased at the EMU Ticket Office. 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