Julia Ernst to speak on Women’s Rights Treaty at WSU Law Jan. 26
Wayne State University Law School’s Program for International Legal Studies and the International Law Students Association will host a lecture by Julia Ernst, visiting associate professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, at 12:15-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, in the Law School’s Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium. Ernst’s lecture is titled “U.S. ratification of the Women’s Rights Treaty: Fabulous, horrendous or meaningless?”
“The United States has not ratified the Women’s Rights Treaty more than 30 years after it was drafted,” said Professor Gregory Fox, director of the Program for International Legal Studies. “This is puzzling, to say the least. Julia Ernst is the ideal person to help us understand the debates surrounding the treaty and the prospects for U.S. ratification.”
Ernst directs the Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program at the Georgetown University Law Center, which provides fellowship opportunities for public interest lawyers to work for a year in Washington, D.C., on legal and policy issues affecting women and girls. She also leads the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa Fellowship Program, which trains lawyers from Africa who have dedicated their careers to advancing women’s human rights in their countries. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School.
The event is free and open to the public, and lunch will be provided.
Miller Canfield attorney to present on e-discovery at webinar
Miller Canfield principal Jay Yelton will give an E-Discovery Update for 2011 at an upcoming Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 15, from 1-3 p.m.
Yelton, along with the Honorable Joseph G. Scoville, United States District Court – Western District of Michigan (Grand Rapids) and Derek S. White, professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School will discuss the dos and don’ts and strategic planning of e-discovery motion practice.
The program includes: A Dissection of a Motion to Compel Discovery/Sanctions; Alternative Ways to Quickly and Effectively Control E-Discovery; and An Update of Negligent and Grossly Negligent Spoliation in the Wake of Banc of America Securities, LLC.
Yelton leads Miller Canfield’s electronic discovery and records management team and over the past 16 years, has gained extensive experience assisting clients with their records management programs, litigation readiness and e-discovery plans and strategies. He is named a Best Lawyer in America for his work in Commercial Litigation. He received his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and his B.A. from Michigan State University.
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