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TALKS ON URBAN AMERICA HIGHLIGHT LAW SCHOOL REUNIONS

Urban America will be examined from the perspectives of Law School alumni, Yale faculty and administrators, two mayors and former Law School Journalism Fellows who have made careers of reporting about the nation's cities during this year's Law School Reunion Weekend, taking place Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19.

"Our Cities, Our Selves: Urban America as We Know It" is the theme of this year's reunion, which brings 10 Law School classes and a group of former Law School Journalism Fellows and back to campus for talks and a variety of social events. Highlighting the reunion will be a series of talks on urban issues that are free and open to the public. They are:

• "New Haven: A Virtual Tour of Yale's Hometown," which will feature talks by Fred H. Koetter, dean of the School of Architecture; Douglas W. Rae, the Richard Ely Professor of Management, who served as chief administrative officer for former New Haven mayor John C. Daniels; and Daniel J. Ryan, coordinator of the New Haven City Room at the Yale Institute for Social and Policy Studies. This event will take place on Friday at 2 p.m. in Levinson Auditorium of the Law School, 127 Wall St.
• "New Haven: Where Do We Go from Here?" is a question that will be explored by New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr.; Robert C. Ellickson LAW '66, the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law; Henry Fernandez LAW '94, director of the Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership LEAP program for urban youth; and Hugh Price LAW '66, president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League. Linda K. Lorimer LAW '77 , vice president and secretary of the University, will moderate the discussion, which will be held on Friday at 4 p.m. in Levinson Auditorium.
• "Public Education in America's Cities" will be discussed by four prominent individuals: Richard Blumenthal LAW '73, attorney general for the State of Connecticut; Diane S. Ravitch, historian of education at New York University; Benno C. Schmidt LAW '66, president of The Edison Project and former Yale president; Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke, who is also a member of the Yale Corporation; and Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers. The discussion, which will take place on Saturday at 10:15 a.m. in Levinson Auditorium, will be moderated by John G. Simon LAW '53, the Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law.
• "Covering Urban America: Reflections by Two Decades of Yale Law School Journalism Fellows" will be the topic of a discussion by Diane G. Camper '77 M.S.L., a member of the editorial board of The New York Times; Adrian Nicole LeBlanc '93 M.S.L., a freelance writer; Davan R. Maharaj '95 M.S.L. of The Los Angeles Times; and Michael P. McGough '77 M.S.L., editorial page editor for The Pittsburgh Gazette. Their talks will begin at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday in Rm. 127 of the Law School.

As part of reunion festivities, Mr. Price will be awarded the Medal of Merit at an alumni luncheon on Saturday. The award will be presented by Drew S. Days III '66, the Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law.

For more information, call 432-1690.