The Nineteenth Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture at the University of Wisconsin Law School was presented April 27, 2007, by the Honorable Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Seventh Circuit.

Judge Wood's topic was "Snapshots from the Seventh Circuit: Continuity and Change, 1966 to 2007." In the first Fairchild Lecture to take place after the death of Judge Fairchild, for whom the series was named, Judge Wood began with the year that Fairchild received his commission (1966) and reviewed the changes in the court in the 41 years that Fairchild was associated with it.

Judge Fairchild died in February 2007 at age 94.

The Fairchild Lecture series was established by Judge Fairchild's former clerks as a tribute to the judge, who was an alumnus of the UW Law School. The event brings a distinguished member of the legal profession to the Law School to speak on a topic of importance to the profession.

Submitted by on April 30, 2007

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