Apologies in advance for the quality, as they were taken without the opportunity to control lighting, distance from subjects, or position -- and, not incidentally, by someone who makes no pretense of being even an amateur photographer.

They do, however, capture some of the spirit of the place: the good fun that can be had by a group of collegial law professors who are at the same time among the most productive and well regarded of any in the country.

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No individual or event has been deliberately omitted. Out of at least partial respect for individuals' privacy, however, names are not indicated -- with the exception of presenters' names necessary to identify the event. And, of course, if there is anyone who wishes to have any picture removed from this collection a simple e-mail to Nicholas Johnson will be respected and the picture removed as soon as reasonably possible. He would also welcome express permission to use names with any of these pictures if anyone is willing to e-mail that along. -- N.J., March 3, 2002 (See below for dates of updates.)

Faculty Seminars
Conferences
Law Family Community Events
Meals
Colleagues and Other

Here's a shot of the attentive faculty at Bill Buss presentation on November 9, 2001. The red socks are in tribute to Dave Vernon, whose memorial service was held later that day.

On November 16, 2001, Robert Post was the invited presenter. Here is a picture at the luncheon table, making the public presentation, and an after-event posed shot.

Randy Bezanson presented on February 8, 2002. Here is a shot of the room, and of a particularly attentive, if slightly skeptical, member of the audience.

Josie Gittler organized a visit and presentation by Vermont Governor Howard Dean to a mixed group of law, medical and public health professionals on February 22, 2002. Here is a picture of the Governor, another, and his audience.

On March 1, 2002, Randy Bezanson returned to present along with Chris Bohannan.

Richard Falk was the presenter on March 29. Here he is warming up on David Baldus, at the table with introducer Burns Weston.

Dave Baldus appears again, on April 12, with our presenter, Peter Edelman.

Our Austrian visitor, Alexander Somek, presented to an attentive audience May 2. The energy behind his presentation and gestures were such that all photos were blurred except this one.

Fortunately, when our own faculty present, as Ken Kress is doing in this picture from May 3, we have an Associate Dean available to whisper in their ear what it is they should say so as to appear appropriately scholarly.

On May 8, 2002, Marcella David made a presentation on "The Law of the Sea (Turtle)." In this picture she is describing the size of the fish that got away when she was in Costa Rica last summer. The audience, though skeptical, enjoyed the story.

May 15, 2002, was Harold Rocha's turn. He spoke on "Concentric Circles or Hubs-and-Spokes: Towards a Theory of Western Hemispheric Integration." (A copy of his outline of that presentation is available.) Here is a picture of Harold at the podium, and another of a portion of his attentive audience. (And see "Conferences," below, for a report of his Free Trade Area of the mericas Conference, April 5 and 6.)

Law students organized a National Lawyer's Guild three-day conference March 1-3, 2002. These pictures are from the Saturday, March 2, 2002, sessions. Professor Alexander Somek and student organizer John Barry. Professors Sally Frank and Peter Erlinder. And scenes from the luncheon meeting, at which the International Socialist Review Editor,  Ahmed Shawki, was the keynote speaker. The day was capped off with an Iowans for Peace in Iraq benefit concert in the Wesley Building auditorium in downtown Iowa City at which Charlie King and Karen Brandow delighted a packed room with their extraordinary talent.

Faculty Fellow, Professor Harold Rocha, organized a very impressive conference April 5 and 6 on "Western Hemispheric Integration, Democracy and the Rule of Law: A Critical Discussion of the Proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)." There were over 30 speakers at 15 sessions over three days, many from overseas. The keynote address was presented by Dean Claudio Grossman, Washington College of Law, American University. Here is a picture of Harold with Dean Grossman and John Reitz, and another of a few of the many faculty gathered for Dean Grossman's presentation at a faculty seminar Friday noon.

A part of what makes the law school a warm and welcoming place is the extent to which there seems to be a genuine interest in and caring for not only one's colleagues, but their children and parents as well. On November 9, 2001, a memorial service was held to celebrate the life of a very special member of the UI Law family, David Vernon. A separate David Vernon Memorial Web Page captures not only the pictures and text from that day, but some of the details from his life and publications.

Our beloved Sandy Boyd -- onetime University president and longtime law professor for whom the building is named -- enjoyed a birthday recently (the number of which we will leave to him to reveal). The faculty lounge was packed for the occasion, but here is a picture of Sandy with his birthday cake at one end of the room. Dean Arthur Bonfield had done some research for the occasion which he is here shown presenting. The picture also reveals the beam of light from Arthur's head that many students testify to having seen, but has never before been pictured.

The 11:30 lunch call is open to all faculty. Thus the makeup of the group, and their favorite places to eat, change from day to day. Most of the time there is an effort to come up with a "topic" worthy of the intellectual power arranged around the table. Anyone can nominate the subject and the debate is on.

One of the many nice features of Iowa City is that it is possible to walk from the law school to town in less than 10 minutes. Among the places to eat there is this Thai restaurant, a group visited on February 15, 2002.

Hillary Sale promoted the idea that at least once a week an informal luncheon should be held in the faculty lounge. The responsibility to bring the cookies is rotated and, for the most part, taken seriously. Here are shots of such a gathering on February 19, 2002 -- suggesting a measure of the faculty's seeming ability to conduct more simultaneous conversations than there are people around the table.

A short walk across the street is a student dorm cafeteria with the widest selection of quite edible food in Iowa City, all-you-can-eat for $5.00 on a meal plan ticket. It is called Hillcrest; but there is a competition to come up with a French version of "crest of the hill" that will make it sound a little more impressive to be eating there. Here is the group at Hillcrest on a snowy March 1, 2002.

Of course, restaurants aren't the only place the group gathers. Here is a picture of the late Friday afternoon seminar on March 29, including the group guarding the money on the table. By April 5 only three strong survivors were left to carry on the tradition.

Hillcrest is sometimes the site for the planning of interdisciplinary collaboration, as on this occasion April 30, 2002.

Here are a couple of shots of colleagues coming into Room 433. And, count them, one, two, three, four professors' assistants who resisted having their pictures taken. Occasionally one escapes from the law school into a promotion in another university unit or elsewhere; the degree of sadness this creates on the face of the escapee is revealed in this picture taken April 12.

My distinguished cyberlaw friend, Mark Lemley, of my old law school in Berkeley, has a problem. Although he, Mark Janis and Herb Hovenkamp are co-authors, Mark has a lingering concern that Herb Hovenkamp, whom Mark has never seen, may in fact not actually exist. While he has no objection to sharing authorship with someone as productive and highly regarded as Herb, he would feel better about it if he had some solid evidence that there actually is such a person. With the help of the producers of "Wag the Dog," Mark Janis has succeeded in creating two photos bearing the likeness of Herb. One illustrates why Mark and Herb have the kind of stature that makes one naturally look up to them. Since that picture leaves some question as to which one is Herb, Mark created another one with Herb clearly labeled.

Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randall Holland kindly took on the responsibility of becoming virtually the entire UI College of Law faculty during spring break week. Student support for this substitution was so overwhelming as to preclude its being quoted here. Notwithstanding his extensive responsibilities during this time he modestly occupied only one office where he is here pictured at work on March 18, 2002. It should be noted that the poll establishing his overwhelming popularity was even completed before he established the policy of personally feeding lunch to all law students, pictured here on March 20. So successful was the "feed the Iowans" program that this distinguished Delaware jurist expanded it to include a hungry and grateful faculty as well the following day.

Occasonally a student returns to pay a call. Here is Alex Klett, a recent Iowa grad who is already a very successful German lawyer. Jon Carlson and the Webmaster took him to lunch at Hillcrest on April 4 to catch up with his progress and discuss international trade issues.

One of the traditional fall events is the picnic with our MCL students at the home of one of the ICLP professors. Here you will find a small sampling from the gathering at the Carlson's home on Labor Day, September 2, 2002. (Just click on a picture's filename in the list and it will load.)