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MEDIA CONTACT: Paul Fucito

October 18, 2002

(202) 994-0616
Matthew Nehmer
(202) 994-6467

�SELECTING FEDERAL JUDGES: WHOSE ADVICE, WHAT KIND OF CONSENT?�

Program Kicks off GW�s Law School 2002-03 Enrichment Lecture Series
October 22

EVENT:
The George Washington University Law School kicks off its 2002-03 Enrichment Lecture Series with �Selecting Federal Judges: Whose Advice, What Kind of Consent?�

WHEN:
Tuesday, October 22, 4:30 p.m.

WHERE:
The George Washington University Law School

Faculty Conference Center

2000 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

WHO:
Mary Cheh, Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law

Nan Aron, president, Alliance for Justice

C. Boyden Gray, White House Counsel to former President George Bush

Background:

Now in its 22nd year, the Enrichment Program was established to enhance the extracurricular intellectual life of the Law School. Previous speakers include Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony M. Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg; former Senator Bill Bradley; Congressman Barney Frank; columnist George Will; attorney Alan Dershowitz; and Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein.

Professor Cheh joined the Law School faculty in 1979 after being in private practice with Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Kampelman in Washington, D.C., and serving as a law clerk to the chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Since 1985, the Alliance for Justice has been extensively involved in the appointment process for federal judges. Through the Judicial Selection Project, the Alliance monitors and investigates judicial nominations at all levels of the federal branch and encourages public participation in the confirmation process.

C. Boyden Gray is a partner of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. His practice focuses on a range of regulatory matters with emphasis on environmental issues, including those relating to biotechnology, trade, clean air, and the management of risk.

Members of the media are welcome to attend the lecture and reception. For more information, contact Jeffrey Gutman at (202) 994-5797, jgutman@clinic.nlc.gwu.edu or Paul Fucito at (202) 994-0616, pfucito@main.nlc.gwu.edu.

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