The 2014 Wootten Lecture to be presented by Professor Richard L Abel (UCLA)

25/02/2014

At the lectern

The annual Hal Wootten Lecture will be held on Thursday, 13 March 2014 at The Law Theatre, UNSW Law School, Kensington Campus.The topic will be "How to be a 'good lawyer': Lessons from the American 'war on terror'". The lecture commences at 6.30pm, with a cocktail reception afterwards. Guests should register to reserve their seats.

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About the lecture

The American response to the 9/11 attacks has posed the greatest threat to the rule of law in the United States during the last half century. This talk will explore what it has meant to be a “good lawyer” in the “war on terror” by presenting stories of two kinds of lawyers: those who betrayed the rule of law, and those whose experience of injustice inspired them to a courageous defense of the rule of law.

About the speaker

Richard L. Abel is the Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA. He has written extensively about the legal profession (most recently “Lawyers on Trial” (2010) and “English Lawyers between Market and State” (2003)) and the role of law in the struggle against apartheid (“Politics by Other Means” (1995)). He is writing a book on the defense of the rule of law in the United States in the “war on terror” and conducting empirical research (with two collaborators) on what encourages California law graduates to become and remain public interest lawyers.

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p> For more information, or to register visit the UNSW website.

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