TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Aharon Barak, who served as president of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1995-2006, will deliver the ninth Albritton Lecture at The University of Alabama School of Law on Thursday, Aug. 23, at noon in the Bedsole Moot Courtroom at the Law School. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Barak was appointed to Israel’s Supreme Court in 1978 and served for almost three decades. A member of the law faculty at Hebrew University from 1968-1975, Barak served as Israeli Attorney General from 1975 until he was named to the Supreme Court.
He participated in the preparation of an international treaty on bills of exchange in the framework of the United Nations Commission of International Trade from 1970-1972, and he was awarded the Kaplan Prize for excellence in science and research in 1973 and the Israel Prize in legal sciences in 1975. Barak is the author of The Judge in a Democracy (Princeton, 2006), Purposive Interpretation in Law (Princeton, 2005), and Judicial Discretion (1989).
In the past several years, the Albritton Lecture series has brought eight sitting justices of the U.S. Supreme Court to the UA School of Law. The series was established in 1996 by U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton III to honor several generations of lawyers from the Albritton family of Andalusia.
Note to editors/news directors: Media wishing to cover Barak’s lecture are asked to notify Cathy Andreen, UA director of media relations, at 205/348-8322 in advance. Photography, video and audio taping will be allowed ONLY during the first 10 minutes of the lecture and only if no additional lighting is required. No flash photography will be allowed.
Contact
Cathy Andreen, Director of Media Relations, 205/348-8322, candreen@ur.ua.edu