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Orrin G. Hatch Distinguished Trial Lawyer Lecture Series at BYU Oct. 26-27

October 21, 2007

This weekend (Oct. 26-27), trial lawyers from across the nation will participate in the Orrin G. Hatch Distinguished Trial Lawyer Lecture Series at Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School.

Admission is free to all BYU law students and $100 for non-students. The conference will be held Friday afternoon and Saturday morning in the Moot Courtroom of the law school.

The keynote address, “Why I’m a Trial Lawyer,” will be given by David S. Casey Jr., a past president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and Consumer Attorneys of California. Panel members for the various forums will include eminent practitioners from corporate, public and private law.

For more information or to register for the conference, visit law.byu.edu or call (801) 422-4274.

Writer: Marissa Ballantyne

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