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John Copeland Nagle: A Man For All Seasons, Patricia O'Hara

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Many fine law schools have faculty members who are outstanding teachers, preeminent scholars, and generous colleagues. Few law schools are as blessed as we were at Notre Dame to have someone as singular as John Copeland Nagle—a person who was all those things professionally, but who was also a man without self-serving ego or guile; a man possessed of a moral compass that made him "true north" to so many of us; a person who consistently acted out of charity in an effort to do the right thing in all things.

John was genuine, authentic, self-giving, and humble with every …

Bon Voyage, My Friend, Amy Coney Barrett

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I met John in the fall of 2000, when he traveled to Washington to recruit new faculty at the annual hiring conference. Although I was not then on the teaching market, John heard that I intended to enter it in a year or two. He invited me to have coffee to discuss my plans, and so began a friendship that spanned nearly twenty years.

John wore many hats in the course of our relationship: mentor, colleague, co-author, and treasured friend.

Rather than putting his resources into himself, John put them into his family, friends, church, and work. And in each …

Who Is Wise Among You?, Bruce Huber

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Bruce Huber, Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, provides the eleventh and last essay in Notre Dame Law Review Reflections' special issue in memory and honor of John Copeland Nagle, also a Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, whom he considered a friend and colleague.

A Tribute To Frederic L. Kirgis, Thomas L. Shaffer

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Now, hearing of Rick's retirement, I find it hard to imagine Sydney Lewis Hall without him standing guard over the Law Center, or in the dean's office, or from some other nearby vantage point. If Washington and Lee is lucky, Rick will continue to play a role in the welcoming committee, making a welcoming place even warmer. Knowing Rick's commitment to the law school there, I have no doubt he would embrace the role.

While those of us that consider Rick a friend and colleague greet news of his retirement with a reluctant happiness, there is one group that cannot …

One Of A Kind - Professor Emeritus Charles E. Rice, Robert E. Rodes

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In the spring of 1959, when I was faculty advisor of the law review (then called the Notre Dame Lawyer), and my future colleague Bob Blakey was the student associate editor, we worked together on an article called A.I.D.—An Heir of Controversy. The subject, artificial insemination from a donor, was interesting, the treatment was at once lively, rueful, and orthodox, and the conclusion was an engaging shrug of the shoulders: "Upon that note . . . your writer respectfully throws in the towel.'' The author, a graduate of Boston College Law School taking an advanced degree at New York University, …

A Tribute To Andrew W. Mcthenia, Jr., Thomas L. Shaffer

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Uncas picked up a five-letter name when he was a boarding school student in Orange, Virginia. By now, it is the way his friends and colleagues, his students and his clients, his wife and his children and his neighbors, identify him. It works throughout the United States and in Canada. I would not be surprised to see it work in, say, the offices of the European Union in Salzburg or in the former Soviet Union. (It occurs to me that this universal name for Andrew W. McThenia, Jr., a name his boarding-school classmates borrowed from James Fenimore Cooper, shares brevity …

A Tribute To A Friend And Colleague: Frank Beytagh, Fernand N. Dutile

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I am delighted to say a few words on this wonderful occasion honoring Professor Francis X. Beytagh. He and I became colleagues at Notre Dame in 1971. In twenty-nine years of friendship, Frank and Diane have shared with Brigid and me much joy—and significant sadness. Today's ceremony brims with joy, and Brigid and I are so pleased that we could be here to share joy yet again with Frank and Diane.

His intellectual depth and practical wisdom find consistent expression through his indefatigable devotion to mission. I have known many people with some of these qualities, but it is rare …

In Memoriam: Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.—A Tribute, Kenneth F. Ripple

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In remembering Justice Powell, my memory invariably recalls three distinct images from the years I spent at the Supreme Court. Two of these memories are from my own work with him. The other is from my observation of him on the bench. In the days since his death this past autumn, all three have sparked a great deal of reflection about his enduring contribution to our jurisprudence and to our profession.

Edward J. Murphy: A Professor For All Seasons, David T. Link

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Ed Murphy taught more Notre Dame law students than any other professor in the history of the University. To his students, he was more than a teacher; he was mentor and even legend. A mainstay at the Law School, Professor Murphy died in July of last year at the age of sixty-eight.

I was privileged to be his student, his colleague and his friend. I miss him very much. We all do. But, of course, his example lives on. He continues to be a part of the great Notre Dame spirit. Our recently appointed contracts professor tells me that every …

Edward J. Murphy, Catholic Scholar, Charles E. Rice

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Permit me to explain, with some background, why Edward J. Murphy was an admirable Catholic man and why I and many others are in his debt for his friendship and example.

Dedication: Dean John O. Mudd, Thomas L. Shaffer

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Professor Shaffer writes this dedication to honor our former Dean Mudd. He highlights Dean Mudd’s contribution to the legal profession and public interest, as well as his ability to look around at what was going on around him and create change.

Memorial Tribute To Roger J. Kiley, Thomas L. Shaffer

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The editors and staff of the Notre Dame Lawyer pay tribute in this final issue of our fiftieth volume to the late Roger J. Kiley, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. In so doing, we honor him as the model of the Notre Dame lawyer.

Dedication In Memory Of William Dewey Rollison, Thomas L. Shaffer, G. Robert Blakey, Charles M. Boynton, Robert E. Sullivan

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William Dewey Rollison, Professor of Law Emeritus: University of Notre Dame 1897-1971