Mockingbird has influenced generations of college graduat graduates, aspiring to practice law like Atticus Finch to go to law school. Last year on the occasion of the books 50th anniversary we contacted harper lee who graciously authorized this award to honor an author whose work best exemplifies the positive role of warriors in society and their power to effect change. The prize is grounded in the character of a lawyer, lawyer, Atticus Finch, indispensable and courageous representation of tom robinson. On september 21, 2010 u. S. Attorney general eric holder honored our law school when he came to tuscaloosa, alabama to help celebrate half a century of to kill a mockingbird and to help us to establish this award. Our law school has a very special partner in this award and sponsor at the journal which is read by about half of the nations lawyers monthly about half million lawyers but we now call upon jack to make some remarks, jack is the executive director of the ada. [applause] thank
The flames spread quickly and cars that were stopped for traffic were caught in the middle of that wildfire. Fire crews got everyone out of their vehicles in what turned out to be a frightening and chaotic scene. 20 cars were destroyed and two people suffered minor injuries. Well, with similar drought situations, we wonder if situations like that could play out in the bay area. If so, what should you do . Cristina rendon is live in oakland with those details. Reporter heather, Officials Say what happened in Southern California is an unusual occurrence, but you can never say never in terms of it being a possibility here. Fastmoving flames torched cars and sent people running. It started over at that end, i believe, and then it slowly started to move forward. Then it jumped the lane. Reporter the dramatic images coming from Southern California, a reminder of how the drought is creating some of the worst fire conditions. Could that happen here in the bay area . Well, certainly, especially
Hair dirty and matted, homeless and struggling. He was a big dude. He came up to me and i was instantly on my guard. And he said where are you going and he said i am going to california and he said how much food do you have. I thought he wanted to rob me. He wanted me to open up my bag and i didnt know what was going to happen but i was jumpy about it. I said i have a little cheese. He was carrying a lunch box and said i lib in a broken down car and he said i walk out to the coal mine to see if anyone is sick and they can hire me. Most days they dont need to hire he and today they dont need me so i will not need my lunch. He had a baloney sandwich, apple and bag of potato chips and he said i want you to have my food because you will need all you can to get to california. You can imagine how bad i felt. It was my first lesson not in generosity but taking responsibility for another person you dont know. He looked at me on the highway and saw a brother. He saw someone on foot, homeless in
Host you hitchhiked. Guest yeah. And guys were throwing beer bottles at me from pickup trucks, and id hitchhiked from twin cities and here i am in gillette and id never seen the west before. I was awestruck by it but gillette was a tough town, and i saw someone walking towards me from town that looked like bad news. And im a young kid out in the great land and kind of jumpy. This guy is walking towards me and i remember he was in a carhartt canvas union suit that was filthy dirty and his hair was matted and he clearly was homeless and struggling. He was big dude. He came up to me, and i was instantly on my guard. And he said, hey, man, where are you going . I said, im going california. And he said, how much food you got . Now, i would give food to anyone who was hungry, but i didnt think thats what was going on. Thought he wanted to rob me. Wanted me to get me to open up my bag. I didnt know what was going to happen but i was definitely jumpy. So, i said, i just got a little cheese. An
I could tell you i had great insight of the backandforth that happened that bob left it at that as instructing obama on this issue. He would never get a president ial medal of honor which i thk he actually deserve frankly for what he did for his company but the heroism didnt mean the political establishment would. So you write this is just like leadership lessons and in the book i discovered it all comes down to what you mean by happiness up and down those phases nothing is forever not even life itself i reflect and hearing that back i hear him thinking about where his life is taking them end there is some regrets that he wouldnt ever get to spend the sunset years in the place that he loved far away from the United States in croatia where he spent a lot of time with his family and the people he loved. And there was that sacrifice that he made despite that it may have extended his life just to have it in his life with the adrenalin, who knows . But he was deeply aware of the fact that w