Media Advisory: Judge Robert Henry to Deliver UC Irvine School of Law’s Mark P. Robinson, Jr. Lecture April 18

04-14-2011

WHAT: Judge Robert Henry, president of Oklahoma City University and former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, will deliver the Mark P. Robinson, Jr. lecture at UC Irvine School of Law. Henry will lecture on “Doing Justice: Postcards from the Lobby to the Limestone Palace.”

Henry, who has been a state legislator, state attorney general, federal appeals court judge, and university president, will talk about the meaning of justice from the perspective of each of those roles. How does one’s role affect how justice and mercy are perceived and carried out?

The Robinson lecture series was made possible by an anonymous donor in honor of Mark P. Robinson, Jr., senior partner at Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson of Newport Beach, and his generous support of UCI School of Law.

WHEN: The second annual Robinson lecture will be held Monday, April 18, noon to 1:00 p.m. One hour of CLE credit is available. The event is free and open to the public, with reception to follow.

WHERE: UC Irvine School of Law Auditorium, EDU 1111. Directions to the Law School

MEDIA CONTACT: Rex Bossert, assistant dean for communications, UCI Law, (949) 824-3063, rbossert@law.uci.edu

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Opened in August 2009, UC Irvine School of Law seeks to create the ideal law school for the 21st century by doing the best job of training lawyers for the practice of law at the highest levels of the profession. Recruited from prestigious schools, the faculty ranked 9th in the country in scholarly impact in a recent study. The first two classes of students have median grades and LSAT scores comparable to those of classes at top 20 law schools. The school’s innovative curriculum stresses hands-on learning, interdisciplinary study and public service.