Gonzaga students won the “Best SBA Project Award” for the Public Sector Labor Law Conference.

Gonzaga Law Review hosted the National Conference of Law Reviews at the Davenport Hotel.

First organized chapter of the Gonzaga Law Alumni Association formed.

Initiated the Law School Annual Fund.

Pictured: 1978 Student Bar Association

Ted Clements was appointed tenth dean of the law school.

Gonzaga Law initiated the post-graduate study program leading to degree of Master of Science in Taxation.

The Law School faculty moved to Chardin Hall while Law School Administration, the Clinical Law Program, University Legal Assistance, and Law Review moved to the former Health Center.

Gonzaga Law won the “Best SBA Project Award” by the American Bar Association Student Law Division for Conference on Unfair Trade Practices.

Pictured: 1976 Law Cocktail Party

U.S. Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist delivered the fifth annual William O. Douglas Lecture.

The first edition of Alumni News was published.

Gonzaga Law established the American Bar Association Student Law Division.

The Gonzaga Summer Study Abroad in India was initiated under the direction of Professor Gerald Solk.

Pictured: Law students in 1975.

Smithmoore Myers begins his second term as dean of the law school.

Yakima Valley Legal Services Clinic was established in Granger, Washington, making it the first comprehensive clinical law program by Gonzaga University School of Law.

The Placement Office was established and the law school became a member of the National Association for Law Placement and charter member of Pacific Northwest Law Placement Consortium.

Gonzaga University School of Law awarded “Most Outstanding Student Project” by American Bar Association Student Law Division.

Gonzaga University School of Law was awarded the “Most Outstanding Student Project Funded by the ABA” for the 1974 National Symposium on Law and the Environment. This marked the first time in the history of the ABA that any law school received two first-place awards for the same project.

Gonzaga-in-Rio de Janeiro Summer Program was initiated by Gonzaga Professors Hardina Roe and Gerald Solk.

Pictured: 1973 Women's Law Caucus

Father Frank Conklin was appointed the ninth dean of the law school.

The law school graduated sixty-three day division students in its first class.

Phase II of the law school building expansion was completed at a cost of $250,000 for the new wing (including “The Pit”) and $40,000 to remodel the existing area.

In August, the first edition of the Law School Student Handbook was printed.

The fall semester marked the beginning of the post-graduate study program, leading to the Master of Science in Commerce and Legal Studies.

The Gonzaga Child Development and Day Care Center was initiated with a $2,000 allocation by the Student Bar Association in the basement of the Holy Names Elementary School.

The Gonzaga University School of Law Foundation was established.

The first student newspaper, Class Action, for the law school community was published.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas delivered the inaugural lecture in the series that now bears his name.

Gonzaga Law wins the “Most Outstanding Student Project Award” by the American Bar Association Student Law Division for the student-funded-and-operated clinical law program.

The law school established a day division for the first time.