Media Advisory: UC Irvine School of Law to Host Supreme Court Term in Review Program

07-05-2011

IRVINE, Calif., July 5, 2011—The University of California, Irvine School of Law will hold a program on July 13 to discuss the close of the current Supreme Court term.

WHAT:  The hour and a half event features an all-star panel of journalists and academics providing an enlightening review of the October 2010 Supreme Court term.

WHO:  The panelists are Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Irvine School of Law; John Eastman, Chapman University School of Law; Dahlia Lithwick, Slate; Laurie Levenson, Loyola Law School; and David Savage, Los Angeles Times. The panel is moderated by Rick Hasen, UC Irvine School of Law.

WHEN: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm.

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

TO REGISTER: The event is free and open to the public. Register online now, as space is limited.

The event will be webcast with a link available at www.law.uci.edu, and questions will be accepted via Twitter, using the hash tag #ucilawscotus at the end of your question. CLE credit is available. For more information, contact Brittany Rodriguez, brodriguez@law.uci.edu, (949) 824-0941.

Event details in Calendar format.

MEDIA CONTACT: Rex Bossert, assistant dean for communications, (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 ninth 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.