The Wiener-Rogers Law Library Hosts Civil Rights Exhibit at the Nevada Legislature

From April 26^th through May 13^th, the Wiener-Rogers Law Library at the William S. Boyd School of Law is hosting an exhibit at the Nevada Legislature in Carson City. Titled Civil Rights in Nevada: The Experience of African-Americans in Southern Nevada, the exhibit celebrates the African-American community’s unique contributions to Nevada’s cultural, economic, and political history, as well as the challenges and victories of the struggle for equality in the state.   

The exhibit brings together archival material maintained by both the Wiener-Rogers Law Library and UNLV’s Lied Library, including collections of oral history interviews and historical photographs. The exhibit was developed and its display coordinated by Andrew Martineau, Digital Services and Research Librarian at the Wiener-Rogers Law Library. The exhibit would not have been possible without the contributions of Professor Rachel Anderson, who kindly loaned her Purposeful Spaces, Living History banners and whose scholarship provided much of the source material for the exhibit, and Claytee White, Director of the Oral History Center at UNLV, who conducted many of the interviews referenced in the exhibit.

The Wiener-Rogers Law Library is the largest law library in the State of Nevada. Its mission is to serve the William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, and the state by providing access to law-related materials, supporting the scholarship of students and faculty, and reaching out to the community to share resources. Working with the Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association, Professor Anderson, and Ms. White, the Wiener-Rogers Law Library has collected an archive of materials that relate to the contributions of African-Americans to Nevada law and government and to the history of civil rights in Nevada. That archive includes oral histories of a number of prominent African-American jurists in the State. The Law Library is committed to preserving all nature of materials that reflect Nevada history.

Andrew Martineau is a member of the law library faculty at the William S. Boyd School of Law; he coordinates many of the law library’s digital initiatives and supports faculty and student scholarship.

Professor Anderson Publishes Special Series in the National Bar Association Magazine

The Boyd School of Law is very pleased to announce that Professor Rachel Anderson recently published four new articles in issue 3, volume 18, of the National Bar Association Magazine (Fall 2012/Winter 2013).

Part of "Nevada 2012: A Special Series on African Americans in Nevada Politics - Past and Present," Professor Anderson's pieces are titled "A Short Road to Statehood, A Long Road to Washington" (page 16), "Blacks and Voting Rights in Nevada" (page 17), "Blacks in the Nevada Legal Profession" (page 19), and "Blacks in Nevada Elections" (page 21).

Congratulations, Rachel! 

Professor Anderson to Receive State Bar of Nevada Medal of Justice

The Boyd School of Law is very pleased to announce that Professor Rachel Anderson (right), along with Kathleen J. England, Beau Sterling, and the Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association, will be honored by the State Bar of Nevada with the Medal of Justice for their work in creating the February 2012 issue of the Nevada Lawyer.

The February 2012 issue of the Nevada Lawyer presented comprehensive, state-wide research on the experience of African-American lawyers and the history of civil rights in Nevada. Feature stories include Professor Anderson's "Timeline of African-American Legal History in Nevada (1861-2011)," Claytee D. White and Geralda Miller's "Charles L. Kellar: Legal Trailblazer in Nevada," Professor Joanne L. Goodwin's "Nevada Civil Rights Act of 1965," Richard F. Boulware's "Dedicated to Excellence: National Bar Association, Las Vegas Chapter," and Geralda Miller's "Bar None: Pioneer African-American Lawyers in Northern Nevada."

The Nevada Lawyer is the official publication of the State Bar of Nevada, has a circulation of approximately 10,000, and is sent to all Nevada judges and attorneys admitted to practice law in Nevada. The members of the February 2012 issue's Steering Committee included Professor Anderson; Richard F. Boulware, Assistant Federal Public Defender, LVNBA Past President (2009-11); Senator Richard Bryan, Shareholder at Lionel Sawyer & Collins, former Nevada Attorney General, Governor, and U.S. Senator; Kathleen J. England, Civil Rights Lawyer, Past President of the State Bar of Nevada, former Member of the State Bar Board of Governors, and LVNBA Member; Professor Joanne L. Goodwin, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Women's Research Institute of Nevada, UNLV; U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert J. Johnston, Nevada Lawyer Editorial Board Member; Professor Kay P. Kindred, Professor of Law, Boyd School of Law, and LVNBA Member; Geralda Miller, Reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal; Guy Roch, Retired State Archivist for the State of Nevada; Beau Sterling, Managing Member of Sterling Law LLC and Nevada Lawyer Editorial Board Member; and Claytee D. White, Historian and Director of the UNLV Oral History Research Center and Past President of the Southwest Oral History Association.

Professor Anderson is a graduate of Reed High School in Sparks. She joined the faculty in 2007, bringing expertise in Business Law, Civil Rights, Corporate Governance, Human Rights, Law and Social Change, and Private International Law. At Boyd, Professor Anderson teaches Business Organizations, Human Rights, and International Business Transactions, and her recent scholarship has appeared in prominent journals such as Denver University Law Review, Hastings Women's Law Journal, and Michigan State Journal of International Law.