Emory University School of Law has announced that former President Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote address at the school’s Centennial Gala, 6:30 p.m. April 29 at The St. Regis Atlanta. Former United States senator and Emory Law alumnus Sam Nunn will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
The gala is the culmination of a weekend of reunion and Centennial-themed events, and the final event in a series of nationwide events celebrating Emory Law’s founding. Other speakers at events in Atlanta and across the country have included NAACP President Cornell Brooks; civil rights leader and member of Congress John Lewis, D-Ga.; Emory faculty members and the CEOs of Moody’s, GlaxoSmithKline and MetLife.
Former President Jimmy Carter, University Distinguished Professor at Emory, joined that roster April 6 as speaker at the law school’s annual David J. Bederman Lecture.
“Emory is honored President Clinton will join us as we celebrate advancing the rule of law for a century,” said Robert Schapiro, dean and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law. “For the last 100 years, Emory Law has educated and inspired some of the century’s greatest legal minds and leaders like Senator Sam Nunn. We celebrate a rich history, as well as the beginning of a new century of Emory leaders who, like President Clinton and Senator Nunn, will confront global challenges head on and, in the process, advance our shared society.”
Information: news.emory.edu
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