The November 9, 2009, article, which can be read here, covers Mr. Wilson's new activities in the radio industry.

Posted: 11/16/2009

Mr Burke was sworn in as Arizona’s newewst U.S. Attorney on September 16, 2009. Read more about him and his responsibilities in this article from the Yuma Sun.

Posted: 11/16/2009

Ernest Calderón ('82) became president of the Arizona Board of Regents on July 1, 2009, after serving on the Board since 2004. Read the profile here.

Posted: 11/12/2009

Congress enacted legislation on October 21, 2009, to enhance the Udall Foundation, located in Tucson, Arizona, and simultaneously honor one of the great public servants and foremost environmental visionaries of the era, Stewart L. Udall. The bill renames the federal agency the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, in recognition of the historic Interior Secretary's contributions. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Raul Grijalva in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator Jeff Bingaman U.S. Senate, passed both houses by unanamous consent. Read more about Stewart Udall and the foundation here.

Posted: 10/22/2009

Roxana Bacon, a longtime supporter and friend of Arizona Law, has accepted an appointment as Chief Counsel to the Citizenship and Immigration Service, the office in the Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. Ms Bacon will supervise the 150+ attorneys in the office and their staff as well as participate in developing the administration’s comprehensive immigration reform proposals.

Ms Bacon was the first woman to serve as president of the State Bar of Arizona, the first woman to serve as General Counsel for both the 7,000 member American Immigration Lawyers Association and its Foundation, and the first woman lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She received the 2001 Sarah Herring Sorin Award (highest award give to a woman attorney) and the 2003 State Bar Distinguished Service Award (highest award given to a Arizona State Bar member). From 2000 to 2003, she chaired the James E. Rogers College of Law Board of Visitors. In 2007, she received the ABA's Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award for her leadership and service to the profession. She endowed the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program at Arizona Law.

Posted: 10/19/2009

President Obama announced his intent to nominate Christina Schulz Reiss ('89) to the United States District Court for the District of Vermont on October 9, 2009. Judge Reiss currently serves as a State Judge in the Lamoille District of the Vermont Superior Court and Vermont District Courts. Read more here.

Posted: 10/09/2009