Winter 2012

Pitt Law Alumni Spotlight

Walter Blenko, Jr., Law, '53

“Too often people get carried away with the intricacies of their own specializations. I’ve always thought that was a mistake. For myself, I would rather be known as a good lawyer who happens to deal with IP than a good IP lawyer.”

This is the kind of experienced advice that Walter Blenko Jr. has to offer law students. Read More >

News and Notes

Bryan Neiderhiser, ’97, Selected for National Trial Lawyers Association Top 40 Under 40

Gary Amelio, ’81, Appointed CEO

Mark Hornak,’81, Sworn in as U.S. District Court Judge

Bruce R. Beemer, ’95, is Lead Attorney in Sex-Abuse Case

Alan Meisel's Health Law Students Join the Public Debate

David Harris on How a Death in Police Custody Changed Police Use of Force

Upcoming Pitt Law Events

Pitt Law Dinner in Harrisburg
March 13, 2012 - 6:00pm
Bricco, 31 South Third St, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 17101

Pitt Law on the Main Line
March 14, 2012 - 12:00pm
333 Belrose Bar & Grill, 333 Belrose Lane, Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States, 19087

Pitt Law in Philadelphia
March 14, 2012 - 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Comcast Corporation, 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
43rd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19103

Intellectual Properties Law Lecture: Are Patents Good for Science?
March 22, 2012 - 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Speaker: Rochelle Dreyfuss
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Room 109, 3900 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15260

From Its Birthplace: A Symposium on the Future of Nuclear Power
March 27, 2012 - 1:00pm – March 28, 2012 - 8:00am
Presented by the University of Pittsburgh Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy and the Swanson School of Engineering
University of Pittsburgh William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15260