Press Release Archive: Miguel Angel Rodriquez, Former President of Costa Rica, to be Featured Speaker at GW Law School Enrichment Lecture Series November 14

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	MEDIA CONTACT: Paul Fucito
October 29, 2002	(202) 994-0616 Matthew Nehmer (202) 994-6467

MIGUEL ANGEL RODRIQUEZ, FORMER PRESIDENT OF COSTA RICA, TO BE FEATURED SPEAKER AT GW LAW SCHOOL ENRICHMENT LECTURE SERIES NOVEMBER 14

Rodriquez will Discuss Recent Changes in Human Rights Law in Costa Rica

EVENT:
Miguel Angel Rodriquez, former president of Costa Rica and J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor at The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, will discuss recent changes in human rights law in Costa Rica as part of the GW Law School Enrichment Lecture Series.

WHEN:
Thursday, November 14, 2002

4:00 p.m.

WHERE:
The George Washington University Law School
Moot Court Room, 2000 H Street,
Washington, D.C.

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.

President Rodriguez’s experience with the Costa Rican government includes his term as president (1998-2000); presidential candidate and leading member of the Social Christian Party (1994-98); congressman in the Legislative Assembly (1990-94); president of the Legislative Assembly (1991-92); minister of the presidency (1970); and minister of planning (1968-69).

Rodriguez also has a distinguished academic background. He was a visiting professor of economics at the Institute for International Studies, University of California, Berkeley (1969), and has been a professor of economics at the University of Costa Rica since 1963 and at the Universidad Autonoma de Centro America since 1978.

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. For more news about GW visit the GW News Center at www.gwnewscenter.org.

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