Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Students invited to civil rights discussion Wednesday sponsored by Young Lawyers Section

Prof. Jason Brandeis
Jason Brandeis, Justice faculty, joins Erin Dougherty Lynch, senior staff attorney with the Native American Rights Fund, Eric Glatt, staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, and Hannah Newman, program coordinator for the SAME Justice AmeriCorps Program at the Alaska Public Defender Agency, in a panel discussion on Civil Rights in Alaska sponsored by the Young Lawyer's Section of the Anchorage Bar Association. The discussion, open to Justice and Legal Studies students, is Thursday, Feb. 22, noon to 1p.m. at the Boardroom, 601 W. 5th Avenue on the second floor.

The Young Lawyers Section (YLS) invites all students who are interested in a career in law, legal studies, and/or justice to join for free. For more information contact Audra Passinault, YLS co-president, audra.passinault@gmail.com. YLS hosts monthly lunch talks, mentor sessions, and social events.