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Featured CLE Speakers |
| Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
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Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton, two of the authors from the New York Times Best Seller Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Justice and Redemption, will share their inspiring story. According to the book's website, " ... Jennifer and Ronald offer an unprecedented first-person glimpse into what happens when the system fails both the victim and the accused. Paced like the most riveting of thrillers and packed with page-turning twists and turns, this unforgettable book challenges our ideas of memory and judgment while demonstrating the profound nature of human grace and the healing power of forgiveness."
For more information on the authors and their publication, click here.
 
Jennifer Thompson Ronald Cotton
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| Jonathan Turley, a nationally recognized legal scholar whose articles appear regularly in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal, will serve as our featured speaker on Thursday, June 16. Turley also appears often on all of the major television networks, inclding such shows as Meet The Press, ABC This Week, Face The Nation, and Fox Sunday. He is also a frequent witness before the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate on constitutional and statutory issues as well as tort reform litigation. |
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Friday, June 17, 2010 |
 While organizing papers as a file clerk in a California law firm, Erin Brockovich discovered medical records that led to an investigation of Pacific Gas & Electric, a utility accused of leaking toxic Chromium 6 into the groundwater. In 1997, as a result of a lawsuit spear-headed by Brockovich and the late attorney Ed Masry on behalf of more than 600 Hinkley, Calif., residents, the utility giant paid a $333 million settlement. The lawsuit was dramatized in the 2000 film "Erin Brockovich," which earned Julia Roberts an Academy Award as Best Actress for her portrayal of Brockovich.
Since that time, Brockovich has used her notoriety to spread positive messages of personal empowerment and to encourage others to stand up and make a difference. As president of Brockovich Research & Consulting, she is currently involved in numerous environmental projects worldwide.
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For additional information contact:
Dianna Moore
Kentucky Bar Association
CLE Department
Phone: 502-564-3795, ext. 236
Email: dmoore@kybar.org
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