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During William L. Dwyer's fifteen-year tenure as a U.S. District Court judge, he presided over many complex and groundbreaking cases. In one of his most controversial rulings, he engaged environmentalists and the timber industry in a heavily publicized and emotionally fraught battle over the territory of the northern spotted owl, ultimately approving the bird for "threatened species" status and forcing the Forest Service to substantially reduce logging in owl-habitat areas.
Before his appointment to the district court in 1987, Dwyer had spent more than thirty years as a trial lawyer, never shying away from the most difficult cases. He argued the libel suit of accused Communist sympathizer John Goldmark; he represented newspaper employees in the contested proposal for a joint-operating agreement between the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer; and he brought a suit against baseball's American League that resulted in the return of the Mariners to Seattle.
The fifteen speeches in this volume cover a span from 1978 to 2002 and reveal the breadth and scope of Dwyer's legal wisdom. He championed libraries as keepers of our language, ideas, and history; he taught students the history and philosophy of litigation; and he challenged members of the legal profession to do more pro bono work. His respect for the rule of law and his belief in the necessary contribution of lawyers to society come through clearly in his own words, whether he was speaking to the American Library Association, the Federal Bar Association, or first-year law students. The volume includes several speeches that express Dwyer's hopes for the American legal system. "If we use our heads," Dwyer avers, "we have the collective ability to survive and to let the rest of life survive with us."
Contents
Foreword by Meade Emory
Introduction by Stimson Bullitt
Preface by William Dwyer
Remarks at the Federal Bar Association / Banquet Honoring Judge George H. Boldt
New Dimensions / University of Washington Law School Judges and Librarians
The Declaration of the Rights of Man - 200 Years Later / Seattle-Nantes Sister City Association
Optimism for Lawyers / Annual Banquet, The Order of the Coif, University of Washington School of Law
The Practical Value of Ethics / The Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington
Finding the Center / Alumni Recognition Banquet, University of Washington School of Law
Remarks on Semi-Retiring / Federal Bary Association Banquet
Lincoln Then and Now / Lincoln Day Banquet, Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
Centennial Expectations / School of Law Commencement, University of Washington
Stimson Bullitt / Seattle-King County First Citizen Award
Remembering Chuck Goldmark / Goldmark Award Luncheon, Legal Foundation of Washington
Emmett Watson Memorial
The Future of Litigation / First Annual Judicial Appreciation Dinner, Seattle-King County Bar Association; East King County Bar Association; South King County Bar Association
Rumpole Was Right: How the World Looks to a Federal Judge, and How the American Legal System Will Be Saved / The Monday Club
Pro Bono's Triple Win / Speech Presented for Judge Dwyer by Joanna Dwyer / Goldmark Award Luncheon, Legal Foundation of Seattle
Appendix: Published Material by and about William L. Dwyer compiled by Meade Emory
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