Spring
lecture series features major legal professionals
Adams,
Spangenberg to kick off series with talk on indigent defense
JAN. 16, 2007 -- Two leading authorities on providing
legal services for people who can't afford them on Thursday will
kick off the Charleston School of Law's spring lecture series
on professionalism.
Former Columbia Mayor T. Patton Adams, who has been head
of the S.C. Commission on Indigent Defense since 2005, will speak
at noon Thursday to students in the auditorium at the Charleston
Museum with colleague Bob Spangenberg of West Newton, Mass.
Spangenberg is widely regarded as a national expert on justice
delivery systems to the poor.
"With the school having a mission to instill a sense of
public service in the students we're teaching, it is quite a feather
in our hat to have these two outstanding speakers to appear together
in Charleston," Dean Richard Gershon said. "Reflections
on their experiences in helping the poor in the justice system
will be valuable to our students."
The school today also announced distinguished speakers for the
rest of the semester as part of the Professionalism Lecture Series.
Members of the public are welcome to attend. Seating is limited,
however, so please contact Graham
Ervin if you want to attend.
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Jan. 18, noon: Adams and Spangenberg
will talk about indigent defense.
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Jan. 31, 5 p.m.: Charleston attorneys
William B. Regan and Francis
Cantwell will discuss public service and professionalism.
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Feb. 14, noon: Three former state Supreme
Court chief justices will talk about their roles on the bench.
Featured are the Justices Ernest A.
Finney, C. Bruce Littlejohn and David
W. Harwell.
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Feb. 28, 5 p.m.: U.S. District Judge
Henry F. Floyd will talk
about the "trials and tribulations" of a trial judge.
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March 28, 5 p.m.: Corporate attorneys
Robert Beber and Donald
Cockrill will focus on professionalism and the ethical
responsibilities of corporate and defense lawyers.
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April 9, noon: U.S. District Judge David
C. Norton, a distinguished visiting professor at
the school, will focus on collegiality.
All lectures will be held at the auditorium in the Charleston
Museum, 360 Meeting Street, Charleston.
For more information on the Charleston School of Law, its foundation,
its mission and its application process, visit its Web site at
www.charlestonlaw.org.
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