MEDIA ADVISORY

TO:                      News Editors, Business and Education Reporters

FROM:                 UAF Rasmuson Library

SUBJECT:            Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Opens Historical Exhibit

DATE:                 Friday, Sept. 22, 3 p.m.

LOCATION:         Regents Great Hall, UAF Campus

Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court Dana Fabe, the first woman to hold the highest judgeship in the state, will join UAF Chancellor Marshall Lind and his wife Lois this Friday to open the historical exhibit "Pioneering Paths: Photos and Excerpts from the Women in Law Archive." The public is also invited to participate in the opening, along with members of the Alaska legal community and UAF's pre-law students.

The Women in Law exhibit was commissioned by the Alaska Bar Association's Gender Equality Task Force, co-chaired by Justice Fabe. The exhibit recognizes the many contributions women have made to the legal profession and judicial system in Alaska. Featured in the exhibit is Sadie Brower Neokok. Although not a practicing attorney, Neokok served as magistrate in Barrow for many years. She received an honorary doctor of laws degree from UAF in 1987. Also featured in the exhibit is Grace Schaible, a 1949 UAF graduate and1959 Yale Law School graduate. Schaible was Alaska's first woman to hold the post of Attorney General.

The exhibit will be on display at the Great Hall from 3 - 5 p.m. during Chief Justice Fabe's visit and remarks. The exhibit will be relocated on Saturday to the main floor of Rasmuson Library, where it will remain through Sunday, Nov. 12.

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CONTACT: UAF Public Information Officer Debra Damron (907) 474-7122.

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