Acclaimed writer and attorney Scott Turow will deliver the Elon University School of Law fall 2010 Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture on Wednesday evening, Oct. 13. Turow's books have been translated into more than 25 languages, sold more than 25 million copies world-wide and have been adapted into a feature-length film and two television miniseries.
The lecture will be held in downtown Greensboro at the Carolina Theatre beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Turow has written eight fiction and two nonfiction books. In 1977, after finishing his first year at Harvard Law School, Turow wrote One L, a book about his first-year law school experience. From 1978 to1986, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago and served as lead counsel in a number of prosecutions related to corruption in the legal profession connected to Operation Greylord, a federal investigation of corruption into the Illinois judiciary.
Turow’s legal thrillers include, Presumed Innocent (1987), Burden of Proof (1990), Pleading Guilty (1993), Law of Our Fathers (1996) and Innocent (2010), the sequel to Presumed Innocent. Time Magazine named his book Personal Injuries as the Best Fiction Novel of 1999. Additionally, Turow’s books have won a number of literary awards, including the Heartland Prize in 2003 for Reversible Errors and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award in 2004 for Ultimate Punishment.
“Not all lawyers are capable of translating legal speak into compelling fiction,” said BookPage, a monthly book review publication. “One of the remarkable exceptions is Scott Turow.”
Since 1996, Turow has been a partner in the Chicago law office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, concentrating on white collar criminal defense while also devoting a substantial amount of time to pro bono matters.
The Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series is an integral part of Elon University School of Law’s commitment to develop lawyers who are also leaders. Endowed through a generous gift from the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation of Greensboro, N.C., the Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series brings accomplished leaders from a variety of disciplines to Elon to share their experiences and perspectives with students and faculty.
This event is free and open to the public.
By Danielle Appelman, L’12