Jonathan Newman Memorial Law Conferences
co-Sponsored with Lewis and Clark Law School
Since
its founding in 1983, the
Institute
for
Judaic
Studies
of
the
Pacific
Northwest has co-sponsored a number of Law Conferences. These have
dealt with a wide range of issues, and have attracted lawyers, law
students, and members of the general community.
Beginning
with
the
1992
conference
—
The Jewish
Stake in the Bill of Rights — the series permanently honors
Jonathan Newman (1927-1991). A graduate of Yale Law School, Judge
Newman moved to Portland in 1953 and practiced civil law here for
nearly 30 years.
He
was
a
founding
member
of
the
Oregon
American
Civil
Liberties
Union
and
its
first
secretary,
also
serving as a cooperating attorney in court
cases and legislative hearings. In 1982 the ACLU awarded him its
highest honor, the E. B. MacNaughton Civil Liberties Award,
In
1968,
he
was
elected
to
the
Portland
School
Board.
In
1982
Newman
was
elected
to
the
Oregon
Court
of
Appeals
and
re-elected
six
year
s
later,
serving with distinction on the bench until shortly
before his death.
It
was
particularly
appropriate
that
the
first
conference
memorializing
Judge
Newman,
himself
the
son
of
a
rabbi
and a distinguished civil
libertarian, should deal with the Jewish Stake in the Bill of Rights.
2007 Codes &
Commands: Emerging
Law & Religious Traditions in the Treatment of Animals
2005
Ethical Issues in
Reparations to
Aggrieved Groups: What Lessons Can We Learn from the Holocaust?
1992
The Jewish Stake in the
Bill of
Rights
1990
Law and Human Rights in
the West
Bank and Gaza
1988
Jewish Supreme Court
Justices
1986
Reverence for Life
1985
Death and Loss in
Contemporary
America: Psychological and Judaic Viewpoints
1984
The Roots of Common Law in
the Bible and Talmud
