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28th Annual Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute
May 1 and 2, 2008 • Chicago
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About the Garrett Institute
The Institute was established in memory of Ray Garrett Jr., chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, a member of the faculty of Northwestern University School of Law, and a partner in the Chicago office of Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP, now Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. The Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute is designed to provide private practitioners and corporate counsel with a timely analysis of current securities and corporate law developments confronting publicly and privately held corporations.
Registration and Tuition
Tuition for the Garrett Institute is $950 for one person and $850 per person for three or more registrants from the same firm or corporation. Additional discounts may be available for groups of six or more. Registration includes an extensive set of written materials distributed at the Institute as well as lunches, breaks, and a reception. On-site registration is only available as space permits and requires an additional $100 fee.
Course Materials
Registrants will receive an extensive set of course materials either in printed form or on a CD-ROM. For an additional fee of $50, registrants may receive the materials in both formats. Additional copies of the materials are available for purchase by registrants or non-registrants for $250. Registrants should indicate their preference for materials on the registration form.
Cancellation Policy
Full tuition refunds will be made for all written cancellations received by April 17. Refunds will have a $250 administrative fee deducted from tuitions on written cancellations received after April 17. No refunds will be given for cancellations made after April 24, 2008.
Special Hotel Rates
Registrants for the Garrett Institute are entitled to a special hotel rate at the Omni Chicago Hotel, 676 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago (312-944-6664 or toll-free 1-888-444-6664), which is only a short walk from the Law School. Subject to availability, the rate is $289 for a single or double room booked before April 16, 2008. Be sure to identify yourself as a Northwestern Law Garrett Institute participant.
Continuing Legal Education Credit
As a program sponsored by Northwestern University School of Law, the Garrett Institute is recognized for mandatory continuing legal education credit in most states. Northwestern Law is an Accredited CLE Provider in the state of Illinois.
Sponsor
Northwestern Law’s professional education department sponsors numerous continuing legal education programs designed to provide attorneys, both firm and in-house, with information and solutions to the complex questions that confront the legal community today. Timely and topical, the roster of programs addresses a variety of legal topics. For full information, visit our Web site at www.law.northwestern.edu/professionaled or e-mail us at professional-ed@law.northwestern.edu.
Location
The Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute is held in Thorne Auditorium, 375 East Chicago Avenue, the Chicago campus of Northwestern University and not the Evanston campus.
Affiliate Program
Affiliates of the Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute are law firms which recognize the value of continuing legal education and the Institute as a premier forum for corporate and securities law in the Midwest. For information and benefits of being an affiliate, please contact program director, Juliann Cecchi at 312-503-8932.
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