Christian Legal Society, Advocates International, and Advocates North America, Announce the 2008 Christian Lawyer Global Convocation in Washington, DC
SPRINGFIELD, Va., Oct. 1 /Christian Newswire/ -- Beginning Monday, October 6, 2008, and continuing through Sunday, October 12, 2008, the Christian Legal Society, Advocates International, and Advocates North America, will co- host the 5th Christian Lawyer Global Convocation at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The historic conference will draw more than 1000 attendees, including 500 Christian attorneys, judges, law professors and law students from 100+ nations, 200 law students from 33 U.S. Law Schools, and hundreds of Christian attorneys, judges, law professors and their spouses from 35 states.
Regional Christian lawyer groups from six continents will also hold meetings, including: Advocates Africa, Advocates Asia, Advocates Europe, Advocates Latin America, Advocates North America and Advocates Oceania.
The Convocation will focus on six major global substantive issues: Religious Freedom, Peace and Reconciliation, Justice for the Poor, Laws of Life, Family & Community, and Integrity under the Rule of Law. On Wednesday, October 8, following a plenary address by Pepperdine University Law School Dean Kenneth W. Starr, there will be six Global Task Forces meeting to address these issues and discuss future plans and strategies.
On Thursday, October 9, 2008, 75 legal aid activists will participate in the annual Christian Legal Aid Leadership Conference. Legal Aid Clinic directors from cities throughout the U.S. will focus on a variety of topics including how to run a more efficient clinic, particularly through Justice Center Online, a state-of- the-art software for legal aid clinics. There will also be an all-day litigation seminar on communication sponsored by the Christian Trial Lawyers Association.
On Friday, October 10 and Saturday, October 11, 240 law students will hold their own meetings and a special Christian Legal Scholars' Symposium will feature talks by Professor Michael P. Schutt, Director of the Institute for Christian Legal Studies and author of Redeeming Law: Christian Calling & the Legal Profession, and Professor J Budzeszewski of the University of Texas.
Keynote speakers at the Convocation include Kenneth W. Starr, Dean of Pepperdine School of Law and former U.S. Solicitor General; Samuel E. Ericsson, Founder & President of Advocates International; Andrea Minichiello Williams, a British Barrister and Founder of Christian Concern For Our Nation; Bob Fu, Founder & President of China Aid Association; Roelf Meyer, former Member of Parliament of South Africa and a lead negotiator ending apartheid, and Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, President of Love & Respect Ministries, best- selling author and internationally well-respected marriage expert.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
About the Christian Lawyer Global Convocation: Please see www.globalconvocation.org.
About Christian Legal Society (CLS): Brent M. McBurney, Director CLS -- (703) 642-1070, ext. 3206; bmcburney@clsnet.org, www.clsnet.org.
About Advocates International (AI): Samuel E. Ericsson, President, AI – (703) 894-1084; samericsson@gmail.com, www.advocatesinternational.org.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
CEO Samuel B. Casey to Resign Effective October 15 and Join CLS' International Strategic Partner, Advocates International
CEO Samuel B. Casey to Resign Effective October 15 and Join CLS' International Strategic Partner, Advocates International
WASHINGTON, June 16 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Board of Directors of the Christian Legal Society, announced today that it has accepted the resignation of its Executive Director and CEO Samuel B. Casey effective October 15, 2008. Mr. Casey, who for 14 years has served as CLS' CEO, will on January 1, 2009 join Advocates International (AI) in a senior staff position. CLS and AI share related visions and on October 6-12 in Washington, DC will jointly sponsor the largest ever global convocation of Christian legal professionals under the theme "Redeeming the Law." Mr. Casey, who has also served for eight years as Vice-Chairman of AI's Board, in his new position will assist AI's Founder and President Samuel Ericsson to spread AI's vision of being a "worldwide fellowship of advocates bearing witness of Jesus Christ through the legal profession."
"CLS' work of defending religious freedom and the sanctity of life, providing legal assistance to the poor, and equipping Christian lawyers and law students to integrate their faith and their legal vocation has flourished during Sam Casey's 14 years of able service," said Law Professor James Davids, CLS's President and Chairman of the Board. "We are grateful for Sam's many years of inspiring service and look forward to working with him as he continues to serve within our movement at Advocates International."
Professor Lynn Buzzard, chair of AI's Board of Directors, said: "We are pleased Sam will be joining our team at Advocates International as we continue to serve national law fellowships like CLS, enlarge our global and regional advocacy activities, and expand the leadership of our organization through our Global Council that now links Christian lawyers, law students, jurists and law professors in about 150 nations."
The CLS Board has formed a search committee to select a new CEO with the help of a national search firm. The committee chair, CLS President-Elect Craig Shultz of Wichita, Kansas reports, "We are pleased by the number of able candidates already brought to our attention and look forward to God's leading as we work diligently through the process of finding the person best qualified to lead CLS's ministries in the years to come."
The Christian Legal Society, founded in 1961, is the largest professional membership association of Christian attorneys, judges, law professors, law students, and paralegals, as well as supportive laypeople throughout the United States, dedicated to inspiring, encouraging and equipping lawyers and law students, both individually and in community, to proclaim, love and serve Jesus Christ through the he study and practice of law, the provision of legal assistance to the poor and needy, and the defense of religious freedom and the sanctity of human life.
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WASHINGTON, June 16 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Board of Directors of the Christian Legal Society, announced today that it has accepted the resignation of its Executive Director and CEO Samuel B. Casey effective October 15, 2008. Mr. Casey, who for 14 years has served as CLS' CEO, will on January 1, 2009 join Advocates International (AI) in a senior staff position. CLS and AI share related visions and on October 6-12 in Washington, DC will jointly sponsor the largest ever global convocation of Christian legal professionals under the theme "Redeeming the Law." Mr. Casey, who has also served for eight years as Vice-Chairman of AI's Board, in his new position will assist AI's Founder and President Samuel Ericsson to spread AI's vision of being a "worldwide fellowship of advocates bearing witness of Jesus Christ through the legal profession."
"CLS' work of defending religious freedom and the sanctity of life, providing legal assistance to the poor, and equipping Christian lawyers and law students to integrate their faith and their legal vocation has flourished during Sam Casey's 14 years of able service," said Law Professor James Davids, CLS's President and Chairman of the Board. "We are grateful for Sam's many years of inspiring service and look forward to working with him as he continues to serve within our movement at Advocates International."
Professor Lynn Buzzard, chair of AI's Board of Directors, said: "We are pleased Sam will be joining our team at Advocates International as we continue to serve national law fellowships like CLS, enlarge our global and regional advocacy activities, and expand the leadership of our organization through our Global Council that now links Christian lawyers, law students, jurists and law professors in about 150 nations."
The CLS Board has formed a search committee to select a new CEO with the help of a national search firm. The committee chair, CLS President-Elect Craig Shultz of Wichita, Kansas reports, "We are pleased by the number of able candidates already brought to our attention and look forward to God's leading as we work diligently through the process of finding the person best qualified to lead CLS's ministries in the years to come."
The Christian Legal Society, founded in 1961, is the largest professional membership association of Christian attorneys, judges, law professors, law students, and paralegals, as well as supportive laypeople throughout the United States, dedicated to inspiring, encouraging and equipping lawyers and law students, both individually and in community, to proclaim, love and serve Jesus Christ through the he study and practice of law, the provision of legal assistance to the poor and needy, and the defense of religious freedom and the sanctity of human life.
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