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Volume 9, Number 1 Summer 2013www.law.gmu.edu/alumni/

A Newsletter for Alumni, Students, and Friends of the School of Law

Mason Law News

Inside This Issue...Here, There and Everywhere .................... 2

Celebration of Distinction ....................... 3

Meeting our Goals ................................... 4

Supremely Challenging........................... 5

Law School Launches New Center ......... 6

The Music Man ......................................... 9

Judicial and Legislative Reception ......... 10

The Class of 2013 ..................................... 15

Mark Your Calendar ................................. 15

Faculty News ............................................. 18

A Message From the Dean ...................... 20

A Message From the President............... 23

Alumni News ............................................. 24

In Memoriam ............................................ 28

Law School Launches Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property

The Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg was one of three eminent judges participating in a panel discussion sponsored by Mason Law’s newest center, the Center for the Protection of Intellec-tual Property (CPIP). See story on page 6.

Judge Ginsburg also joined the law school’s fac-ulty as a professor of law in July, while continu-ing to serve as senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. See story on page 18.