UC Irvine School of Law -- Oct. 24: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky to Debate Dean Kenneth Starr on the Supreme Court

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UC Irvine School of Law:

EVENT: A luncheon debate over the future of the U.S. Supreme Court between Dean
Erwin Chemerinsky of the University of California, Irvine School of Law and Dean
Kenneth Starr of Pepperdine University School of Law is the culmination of a
two-day conference, "Courtroom Solutions for Today`s Lawyers." Some of
California`s premier judges, attorneys and legal scholars will address new
challenges in modern courtroom practice during the conference, which is
sponsored by Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, American Board of Trial
Advocates, and UCI School of Law.

WHEN: Saturday, noon, Oct. 24, 2009. (The conference starts Friday, Oct. 23 at
6:00 a.m.)

WHERE: UC Irvine Student Center. For directions, www.uci.edu/campus_maps.php

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: Justice Ming Chin of the California Supreme Court is the
keynote speaker at the 8:15 a.m. Saturday breakfast.Howard Miller, president of
the State Bar of California for 2010, is the keynote speaker at the Friday noon
luncheon.A number of other prominent California judges, lawyers and academics
will also speak at the conference on a variety of topics, including business
litigation, ethics, juror perspectives, and judicial viewpoints.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The luncheon and breakfast events are open to the press.
Registration for the two-day conference is available through OCTLA,
janet@octla.org. For more information about the program and registration fees,
see www.octla.org/events.asp. 14.75 MCLE credits are available through UC Irvine
Extension, an approved State Bar of California CLE provider; for credit,
register at the event.

PRESS CONTACT: Rex Bossert, assist. dean of communications,
rbossert@law.uci.edu; 949-824-3063.

Background on UC Irvine School of Law: UC Irvine seeks to create the ideal law
school for the 21st century by doing the best job in the country of training
lawyers for the practice of law at the highest levels of the profession. The law
school`s inaugural class has a median grade point average and LSAT scores
comparable to those of classes at top 20 law schools. Recruited from prestigious
schools, the founding faculty has been ranked in the top 10 in a recent study.
The student-faculty ratio is about 3:1, which is the best in the country. The
law school`s innovative curriculum stresses hands-on, interdisciplinary study
and public service. www.law.uci.edu

UC Irvine School of Law
Rex Bossert, Assist. Dean of Communications
949-824-3063
rbossert@law.uci.edu

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