The Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law this spring will present the symposium, “The Role of Corporate Counsels in the New Reality,” which will explore the various aspects that the corporate counsel position entails and how it operates in the worlds of business and law.

The symposium is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, March 1, in the Worrell Professional Center. The event is open and free to the public.

According to Symposium Editor Matt Wigton, distinguished participants include Alton L. Absher III (’07), of Kilpatrick Townsend; Burt Arrington, of the BB&T legal department; Elizabeth Southern, of the Hanesbrands Inc. legal department; Chris Bosken (’06), of the Orgspan legal department; Clara Cottrell (’07), of the law firm Smith Moore Leatherwood; Justin Nifong (’07), of the Olive Law Group; and keynote speaker Thomas Sager (’76), General Counsel for DuPont.

CLE credit for up to four hours is pending approval from North Carolina Bar Association.

For more information, visit http://ipjournal.law.wfu.edu/symposia/

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