Guest Lecturer

Abbe Smith is Director of the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic, Co-Director of the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, and author of a new book, Guilty People. She joined the Georgetown faculty in 1996. Prior to Georgetown, Professor Smith was Deputy Director of the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School, and a Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law at Harvard. Professor Smith has also taught at the City University New York School of Law, Temple University School of Law, American University Washington College of Law, and the University of Melbourne Law School (Australia), where she was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in 2005-06. Professor Smith teaches and writes on criminal defense, legal ethics, juvenile justice, and clinical legal education. Read more.

Emcee TBA

Location — Outdoor Terrace: 900 Block of SW Third Ave (one-half block north of the Hatfield Federal Courthouse)

Program
4:00p Doors open & reception in memory of Nancy Bergeson and a celebration of defense attorneys.

5:00 Abbe Smith presents.
 
6:00 Lecture adjourns. Please stay for more food, talk and libations.

Sponsors

Andrew M. Kohlmetz, David McDonald, Of Counsel, Sherlag DeMuniz LLP, Levine & McHenry LLC, Levi Merrithew Horst PC, Ludwig Runstein LLC, Kauffman Kilberg LLC, Northwest Forensic Institute LLC, Pacific Northwest Law LLP, Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, U.S. District Court Attorney Admission Fund, , Uranga Law, Elk Cove Winery, Widmer Brewing

Program subject to change.