Miller
to offer major speech at law school next week
School will host Judge Eric Stockdale on
same date
APRIL 3, 2008 -- New York University School of Law Professor
Arthur R. Miller next week at the Charleston School of Law
will offer a major address that explores the myth that lawsuits
are flourishing in the United States.
Later the same day, Judge Eric Stockdale, a distinguished
English jurist and author, will discuss his historical book
that highlights how Charleston aristocrats of the 18th century
studied law in London.
"To have one of these noted scholars in Charleston to
speak to our students and the legal community is a great honor,
but to have two on the same day is almost beyond belief,"
said Interim Dean Andy Abrams.
Miller will offer remarks entitled "The Myth of the Litigation
Explosion" at 5 p.m. April 10 at the Charleston
Museum Auditorium, 360 Meeting Street. Miller is nationally
known for his work on copyright, privacy, unfair competition
and court procedure, a subject on which he has authored or co-authored
more than 40 books. He is senior author of Federal Practice
& Procedure, a key legal text.
At 9 a.m. April 11, Miller will offer the keynote address,
"Privacy: Is there any left?" at a major privacy symposium
at the school sponsored by the Federal Courts Law Review
at the Charleston School of Law, the Federal Magistrate Judges
Association, and the Federal Bar Association (South Carolina
Chapter). To learn more about Miller and the symposium, go to:
http://www.fclr.org/symposium/index.html.
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In a separate April 10 event sponsored by the law school and
S.C. Historical Society, Stockdale will discuss his 2007 book,
Middle Temple Lawyers and the American Revolution. Stockdale's
research revealed that more than 60 South Carolinians - including
leaders of the American Revolution and founders of the country
- studied law at the Middle Temple Inn of the Court of London
in colonial times.
The lecture, supported in part by a grant from the Post and
Courier Foundation, is scheduled for the Charleston Museum auditorium
at 7 p.m. April 10. A reception will follow.
The public is invited to attend.
