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L. Lynn Hogue

Class of 1974

"I think that kind of faculty investment is what really made this a different place."

Lynn Hogue talks about his relationship with Professor Robinson Everett.

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• Evelyn Cannon
  "We were supposed to read five or six pages. And my reaction was, 'I thought they said that Law School was hard.'"
• Evelyn Cannon
  "We really needed each other to be able to get through."
• Evelyn Cannon
  "Every time the issue of jurisdiction arises, as a judge, I think, 'If I don’t have jurisdiction, I have no power.'"
• Evelyn Cannon
  "Nixon’s picture used to hang in the courtroom and was stolen several times."
• Jim Berry
  "I thought I might be a patent lawyer or do something to use my engineering background."
• Joan Erwin
  "He just turned to them and said, 'I didn't have to. She went to Duke.'"
• Joan Erwin
  "[It] opened up so many ways of thinking for me. It was an absolutely marvelous experience."
• Joan Erwin
  "Back then they did take secrecy in a grand jury seriously."
• Joan Erwin
  "All of us were looking awful in our blue jeans and scraggly stuff, because we had been studying."
• Joan Erwin and Lynn McClain
  "One of the women in the class above us finally said, 'You know, I wish I could have a wife, just for Law School.'"
• Joan Erwin and Lynn McClain
  "We were told to wear coats and ties."
• Joan Erwin and Lynn McClain
  "It was a backhanded compliment."
• Joan Erwin and Lynn McClain
  "I’m not sure I would go to any of my classmates for legal work, because you know them foibles and all."
• Joan Erwin and Lynn McClain
  "He got through Vietnam and moot court could have killed him."
• Joan Erwin and Lynn McClain
  "Your Law School friends are your lifetime friends."
• L. Lynn Hogue
  "He said, 'You know, sometimes in life, you realize what the right thing to do is and the smart thing to do is to do it right then.'"
• L. Lynn Hogue
  "The worst thing about Duke Law School was its building."
• L. Lynn Hogue
  "The tension in the class was palpable and he seemed unwilling to relent. Finally, I thought, 'Well, somebody’s going to have to throw themselves under the bus,' and I stuck my hand up."
• Lynn McClain
  "It is a tremendous bonding experience."
• Lynn McClain
  "I found it incredibly discouraging. The implication there is that we should be studying 24 hours a day."