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Office of External Communications

Houston, TX 77204-5017 Fax: 713.743.8199

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 7, 2005

Contact: Eric Gerber
713.743.8189 (office)
713.617.7130(pager)
egerber@uh.edu

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR TO SPEAK
AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER FUNCTION

The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will speak in Houston at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 10, at an event sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center.

No specific subject has been announced for the justice’s remarks. The dinner event is called “An Evening with Sandra Day O’Connor.”

O’Connor, a native of El Paso, is the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, she took office in 1981.

Her appearance is sponsored by the UH Law Center’s Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law, in cooperation with the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association and the Federal Bar Association. Admission is by pre-registered ticket only. For additional information, call 713-743-2201.

WHAT: “An Evening with Sandra Day O’Connor”
WHEN: 7 p.m., Thursday, March 10
WHERE: Imperial Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Hotel
1200 Louisiana
Houston
WHO: The University of Houston Law Center

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