Current Archive Jan. 18, 2002 Press Contact: Professor Charles Silver, Co-Director, Center on Lawyers, Civil Justice, and the Media, 512-232-1337, csilver@mail.law.utexas.edu Laura Castro, UT Law Communications Strategy Manager, 512-232-1229, lcastro@mail.law.utexas.edu The Center on Lawyers, Civil Justice, and the Media Hosts Major Conference National Legal Scholars to Debate the Impact of Legal Services on the Economy AUSTIN, Texas The University of Texas School of Law's new Center on Lawyers, Civil Justice, and the Media will host its first major conference, "What We Know and Don't Know About Lawyers, Civil Justice, and the Impact of Legal Services on the American Economy and Polity" on Feb. 1-2 in the Law School's Eidman Courtroom. The Texas Law Review is a co-presenter of the conference. More than 20 scholars from leading law schools and research institutes will speak at the conference on timely, important and controversial issues relating to the legal profession or the civil justice system. For example, two of the nation's top legal scholars on securities markets - John C. Coffee Jr. of Columbia University School of Law and Stephen Choi of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law - will discuss the impact of securities laws and litigation on the integrity of financial markets. With Enron's bankruptcy and allegations that Arthur Andersen destroyed important documents filling the news, the conference will provide an important opportunity to learn about legal arrangements that protect investors. | |
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