91�鶹�� opens registration for October legal continuing ed seminar

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STARKVILLE, Miss.—For the fifth year, 91�鶹��’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 91�鶹��. 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 91�鶹�� General 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 91�鶹�� alumni except Rosenblatt and Griffis, though Griffis attended 91�鶹��-Meridian.

In addition to various sessions, the provided lunch will feature remarks by 91�鶹�� Men’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 91�鶹�� Pre-Law Society, P.O. Box PC, 91�鶹��, MS 39762. 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 91�鶹�� political science instructor, said his department established the seminar in an effort to “create a network of 91�鶹�� alumni 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 91�鶹�� alumni 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 91�鶹��’s political science and public administration department is found at .

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