Opening at UNH Law Fall 2013!
The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy will provide scholarship, training, and opportunity for a new generation of leaders who cherish public service. The Rudman Center and its programs also will serve as a living monument to Senator Rudman and the other leaders of his political generation whose values and examples it seeks to foster, transmit and preserve.
In creating the Rudman Center, UNH Law is embarking on a bold course to shape a new generation of leaders. They will be selected for their experience and potential to carry forth the key values of Warren Rudman's career in public service: a commitment to justice, a capacity for leadership, and a devotion to common sense, common purpose, and the common good.
It's truly an honor to have an academic center named after me, especially since I can think of no greater mission than to train our next generation of leaders to seek justice, serve their country, and work together for the common good.
The hallmark of the Rudman Center will be the Rudman Fellows program, which will select two entering law students each year and develop their interest and skills in public policy. The Rudman Fellows will be granted tuition exemptions, summer scholarships, and one-year post-graduate fellowships that will place them in organizations that exemplify the mission of the Rudman Center, such as the Concord Coalition and the New Hampshire Attorney General's office. In exchange for these opportunities, Rudman Fellows will work for at least three years in government or public interest positions.
The Rudman Center will also provide summer fellowships for at least 20 students working in public service or with underserved populations. These experiences will pave the way for many to become public interest lawyers or to make pro bono work an essential element of their legal careers. An additional eight UNH School of Law students will be selected for one-year post-graduate fellowships to be completed at organizations that fulfill the Rudman Center's mission.
The Warren B. Rudman Chair for Public Policy and Justice will be a leading legal scholar of legislative policy and administrative law, who will have a major voice in policy discussions and will oversee the training of the Rudman Center's law students.
Donations in support of the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy may be made online at: alumni.law.unh.edu/rudman. Donations may also be sent to the Office of Institutional Advancement at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, 2 White St., Concord, NH 03301.
The Inaugural Rudman Center Conference
The Federal Budget and the Law: Finding a Way Forward
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The first class of UNH Law Rudman Center Summer Fellows met Senators Bob Kerrey, Kelly Ayotte, John McCain, and Phil Gramm at the inaugural Rudman Center conference. |
Sen. Olympia Snowe was presented with the inaugural Warren B. Rudman award. |
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Dean John Broderick with Senator Olympia Snowe and her husband, former Maine governor Jack McKernan. |
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen provided her perspective on the life and career of Warren Rudman. |
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Ari Shapiro, NPR's White House Correspondent, presided as master of ceremonies at the kickoff dinner and moderated the conference panels. |
Sen. John McCain appeared on the panel "Current Realities and Political Challenges." He also provided a moving tribute to Warren Rudman at the kickoff dinner. |
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The conference's first panel, "Current Realities and Political Challenges," featured Senators Ayotte, McCain, Gramm, and Kerrey, as well as Alice Rivlin, the former director of the OMB. Ari Shapiro, NPR's White House Correspondent, moderated. |
Sen. Pete Domenici appeared on the second panel, "Tough Choices and Possible Solutions." Bill Hoagland, of the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Alice Rivlin look on. |
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Sen. Phil Gramm speaking as Alice Rivlin and Sen. Bob Kerrey listen. |
Pete Peterson, former Commerce Secretary and founder of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, spoke at the luncheon and was thanked by Dean Broderick for the Peterson Foundation's generous sponsorship of the conference. |
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Photos by Perry Smith, UNH Photographic Services. |
April 22, 2013
8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
The Warren B. Rudman Center at UNH School of Law
Concord, NH
The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy at UNH Law presents its inaugural conference on leadership and fiscal responsibility:
Senator Rudman sought to govern in the country’s best interests, and his legacy of advancing sound public policy and generationally responsible fiscal policy are the themes at the center of this conference.
The conference will focus on our nation’s current fiscal challenges and how through bipartisan cooperation and political leadership from our elected leaders we can find solutions. The topics will include a review of recent developments with the current budget situation, the debt ceiling and future spending and tax policy. Additionally, speakers will discuss the longer-term budget challenges and the political choices that need to be made to find bipartisan reform plans.
Moderator:
Ari Shapiro, White House Correspondent, National Public Radio
Panel, “Current Realities and Political Challenges”:
U.S. Senators John McCain and Kelly Ayotte and former Senators Bob Kerrey and Phil Gramm.
Panel, “Tough Choices and Possible Solutions”:
Former Senator Pete Domenici; noted economist and national budget expert Alice Rivlin; former staff director of the Senate Budget Committee G. William Hoagland; and Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby.
Speakers:
The Hon. David Walker, former Comptroller General of the U.S.
Pete Peterson, Founder of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
The Hon. Olympia Snowe, former U.S. Senator
Questions: contact Marin Mathien at (603) 513-5267 or marin.mathien@law.unh.edu.
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The Peter G. Peterson Foundation is the generous sponsor of this conference.
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This conference is co-hosted by The Warren B. Rudman Center at UNH School of Law, The Concord Coalition, and New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR).
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For questions about the Rudman Center, please contact: rudman.center@law.unh.edu
IN THE NEWS:
Public Launch of UNH Law's Rudman Center Draws High-Profile Guests
McCain, Ayotte, Shaheen, Gregg, Gramm, Kerrey, Domenici among those gathered to remember Warren Rudman, discuss fiscal crisis
UNH Law’s Rudman Center Opens With National Conference on Fiscal Responsibility
UNH Law Announces the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy
Honoring the Legacy of Senator Warren Rudman
New Center at Law School to Honor Rudman’s Legacy, Concord Monitor, by Kathleen Ronayne