Attorney General for Great Britain to give talk on 'Terrorism and the Rule of Law' Oct. 28
Dr. Barry and Roberta Cooper Ramo of Albuquerque have established the Ramo Lecture on International Justice at the University of New Mexico School of Law.
Dr. Ramo is a member of the New Mexico Heart Institute and clinical professor at the UNM School of Medicine and at Duke University. He serves on the Albuquerque Community Foundation board. Cooper Ramo is a lawyer at Modrall Sperling law firm and former president of the UNM Board of Regents. She was the first woman president of the American Bar Association.
The attorney general for Great Britain, the Honorable Lord Peter Goldsmith QC, will give the inaugural Ramo Lecture on International Justice "Terrorism and the Rule of Law" on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 5 p.m. at the UNM Law School, 1117 Stanford NE. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with guests Judge James A. Parker, Judge Harris L. Hartz, and Justice Pamela B. Minzner. Admission and parking are free.
The Ramo lectures will be held biannually. World-renowned speakers will give talks regarding the international impact of the Rule of Law “to inspire law students to recognize their special responsibilities in a complex world,” Cooper Ramo said.
“It's an ambitious project. This gift from the Ramos will have a profound effect on the intellectual life of the School of Law,” says Dean Suellyn Scarnecchia.
The Ramos noted, “It is our hope that this lecture series will be an occasion for discussion of the impact of the law on world issues with our most distinguished lawyers, judges and New Mexico citizens.”
The attorney general, appointed by Her Majesty and assisted by the solicitor general, is the chief legal advisor to the government. Goldsmith supervises the Treasury Solicitors' Department, public prosecution, Serious Fraud Office, Customs and Excise Prosecutions Office and public prosecutions in Northern Ireland. He also has many public interest functions.
Lord Goldsmith's advice to Prime Minister Tony Blair regarding the legality of the war in Iraq has garnered attention in the press.
Goldsmith earned a double first class honors degree from Cambridge. After earning a master degree at University College London he was called to the Bar, Gray's Inn in 1972. He was appointed Her Majesty's counsel in 1987. He was named a life peer in 1999 and a privy counselor in 2002.
Lord Goldsmith was chairman of the Bar of England and Wales, and also held a number of posts in international legal organizations.
In 1996, he founded the Bar Pro Bono Unit, which he chaired until 2000. Lord Goldsmith was the prime minister's personal representative to the Convention for the European Charter for Fundamental Rights.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, (505) 277-5915
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