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William French Smith Memorial Lecture Series Hosts the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy

Pepperdine University School of Law will host the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, for the fourth annual William French Smith Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 3 in Henry J. and Gloria Caruso Auditorium at 4 p.m. 

Justice Kennedy will speak in conversation with Ken Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law; Babette Boliek, assistant professor of law; Donald Earl Childress III, associate professor of law; and alumna Mary Huebert Lang, associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Topics of conversation include the career of Justice Kennedy and the role of the Supreme Court.

In 1975, Justice Kennedy was appointed to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Ford, at the time making him the youngest appellate judge in the nation and the third youngest in history. He served for years as a member of the Committee on the Codes of Judicial Conduct of the Judicial Conference and has chaired its Pacific Territories Committee, which assists emerging judiciaries in the West Pacific. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Reagan in 1988 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate.

The lecture series honors the late William French Smith (1917-1990), who served as the 74th Attorney General of the United States (1981-1985). A towering figure in the Los Angeles legal community, Smith was appointed Attorney General by President Ronald Reagan where he refashioned antitrust law and advanced the president's efforts to streamline government regulation.

For more information, contact Margaret Barfield at (310) 506-4653, or visit the School of Law Web site to reserve a seat.