Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer to Speak on ‘Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice’ at New York Law School

MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact: Edith Sachs, Office of Public Affairs, 212.431.2187, esachs@nyls.edu

Note: This event will be Webcast live at www.nyls.edu.

DATE:
Tuesday, May 2, 2006

TIME:
12:30 p.m.

LOCATION:
New York Law School, 47 Worth Street (between Church Street and West Broadway), New York, N.Y. 10013

DESCRIPTION: 
United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer will be the guest speaker at the 2006 Sidney Shainwald Public Interest Lecture at New York Law School. Justice Breyer’s topic is “Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice.”

The Sidney Shainwald Public Interest Lecture Series, established in 2004, has attracted notable and distinguished speakers: Kenneth R. Feinberg, special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, who gave the inaugural lecture, “The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: Public Law and Private Pain,” and United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who spoke on the topic “Justice—What’s Ahead?”

The lecture series is a tribute to Sidney Shainwald, an impassioned advocate for social justice who worked for Consumers Union from 1937 to 1982. The series honors Mr. Shainwald’s life and work by bringing public interest and consumer advocates together, and is also intended to encourage students to consider public interest work as a viable and exciting career choice.

WEBCAST: 
Live, from www.nyls.edu. Video will subsequently be archived on the Web site.

DIRECTIONS: 
Via Subway: 1 to Franklin Street; 2, 3, A, C to Chambers Street

REGISTRATION:
Advance registration required for press. Please contact Edith Sachs at 212.431.2187 or esachs@nyls.edu.  

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