AALS program on jury instructions

At the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting in Washington D.C. this coming January, 2007, Scribes will sponsor a program: Writing Jury Instructions in Plain English

Presenters:

• Justice James Ward (chair of California's Committee on Civil Jury Instruction)
• Justice Carol Corrigan (chair of California's Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions)
• Professors Peter Tiersma, Wayne Schiess, and Joe Kimble (who have written about and been involved in jury-instructions projects)

Date and Time: Saturday, January 6, 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 a.m.

Place: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Hoover Room, Mezzanine Level