91̳opens registration for October legal continuing ed seminar
DzԳٲ:Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.—For the fifth year, Mississippi State’s political science and public administration department is sponsoring the Bulldog Lawyer Continuing Legal Education Seminar.
The daylong Oct. 9 program for university alumni will take place in Ballroom C of The Mill at MSU. Those interested in attending should be aware that the event occurs a day prior to the Bulldogs’ Saturday [the 10th] home football game with the Troy University Trojans.
The seminar offers six hours of continuing legal education credit, including one credit hour in ethics. The flat-rate registration fee is $225, and early sign-ups are encouraged.
In addition to attorneys Joan Lucas and Brandon Jolly of the 91̳General Counsel’s office, this year’s speakers include:
—Judge Kenny Griffis of the Mississippi Court of Appeals;
—Lee Hill, a member of the State Public Policy Practice and Real Estate and Finance Practice groups at the Jackson law firm of Baker Donelson;
—Judge Jim Pounds of the First Circuit Court District of Mississippi;
—Professor Jim Rosenblatt, dean emeritus of the Mississippi College School of Law; and
—Michael Williams, registered patent attorney and associate with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, also in Jackson.
All are 91̳alumni except Rosenblatt and Griffis, though Griffis attended MSU-Meridian.
In addition to various sessions, the provided lunch will feature remarks by 91̳Men’s Head Basketball Coach Ben Howland.
Complete seminar details, including a registration form, are available at .
Completed forms and registration payments should be mailed in care of the 91̳Pre-Law Society, P.O. Box PC, 91̳. Mississippi Bar identification numbers should be listed on the checks.
Forms and fees should be submitted prior to Friday’s program that begins at 8 a.m.
Whit Waide, an attorney now serving as an 91̳political science instructor, said his department established the seminar in an effort to “create a network of 91̳alumni attorneys and use that network to enhance our pre-law advising efforts.”
“We now have an entire class in our pre-law minor program taught exclusively by 91̳alumni attorneys, and we could not have accomplished that without the continuing legal education seminar,” the Pre-Law Society adviser emphasized.
For more information, contact Waide at 662-325-7860 or wwaide@pspa.msstate.edu.
Information on MSU’s political science and public administration department is found at .
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