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July 11, 2006

James Huffman, Class of 1969

The National Crime Victim Law Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School honored the work of three individuals, a law firm, and a county prosecutor's office on behalf of victims of crime. The institute presented the advocacy and service awards during its recent national conference titled "The Power of One, the Strength of Many: Advancing Victims' Rights." The institute honored the Cynthia Hora, a victims' rights attorney from the state of Alaska; James L. Huffman, Erskine Wood Sr. Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School; Diane Moyer, legal director, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Moses Lake, Wash., law firm Dano, Gilbert & Ahrend; Grant County, Wash., prosecutor's office and victim/witness unit.

James L. Huffman received the Service Award for his "commitment to crime victims' rights." Huffman joined Lewis & Clark Law School's faculty in 1973 and was appointed dean in 1994. In 2001, he became the school's first Erskine Wood Sr. Professor of Law. He is an expert in areas of constitutional law and history, natural resources law, and water law. He has been a visiting professor at Auckland University in New Zealand, the University of Oregon, the University of Athens in Greece and Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala. He was a fellow at the Humane Studies Institute and a Distinguished Bradley Scholar at the Heritage Foundation. Huffman serves on the boards of the American Judicature Society, the American Law Deans Association, the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, the Classroom Law Project, and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. He is a member of the Montana Bar Association and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. He is the author of more than 100 articles and chapters on a wide array of legal topics. Huffman earned his bachelor's degree from Montana State University, master's degree from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and his juris doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School. He stepped down as law school dean in July 2006 to returnto the classroom.

Posted by fletcher at July 11, 2006 04:58 PM