Leadership Weekend 2004
125 members of the Law School’s Board of Visitors, Law Alumni Association Board, and the Future Forum convened at the Law School October 7—9 for Leadership Weekend 2004.
The weekend began with the Scholars Dinner, which allowed Duke Law’s student scholars to meet their scholarship benefactors. After addresses by Mordecai Scholars Sara Citrin ’05 and Matthew Leerberg ’06, Emily Bingham, author of Mordecai: An Early American Family (Hill and Wang 2003), traced the fascinating history of Dean Samuel Fox Mordecai’s ancestors from their beginnings as Jews in colonial America, through their assimilation into the American South, and their achievement of particular distinction as lawyers and educators.
On Friday, in addition to Dean Katharine T. Bartlett’s report on the state of the Law School, Duke University President Richard Brodhead shared his vision for the University, including a University-wide initiative relating to global health. The alumni leaders heard about and discussed specific Law School initiatives and programs in admissions, student affairs, public interest/pro bono, and career services, and were updated on the progress of building renovations.
William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law James Boyle was the keynote speaker at Friday’s banquet at Durham’s Millennium Hotel, describing his involvement with Creative Commons, a digital, non-profit organization that provides online licenses that allow copyright owners to specify their intentions for the use of their works.