Annual WAU Attorney/Pre-Law Dinner Offers Networking Opportunities for Students

TAKOMA PARK, MD (September 15, 2014) The Sixth Annual Attorney/Pre-Law Dinner hosted by Washington Adventist University’s Center for Law and Public Policy will be held on Sunday, September 28 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Wilkinson Hall, 2nd floor Dining Hall, 7600 Flower Ave., Takoma Park, Md.

The annual event offers the university’s pre-law students the opportunity to meet practicing attorneys and members of the legal profession who can provide them with inspiration and guidance as they move forward into their careers. The event is also open to Adventist law students from other universities. This year’s theme is “Appeal,” and Attorney Todd R. McFarland will be the keynote speaker.
McFarland is an associate general counsel for The Office of General Counsel of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. His work focuses on church-state relations (first amendment) and religious discrimination (employment, zoning, land use and other religious rights issues), and his areas of expertise include religious liberty, parliamentary procedure and litigation.

Having received his B.A. (history) from Southern Adventist University in 1997 and his J.D. from the University of Illinois, College of Law in 2000, McFarland is a member of the Illinois, Missouri and Maryland bars, the American Bar Association, American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA), and National Employment Lawyers Association.  He was appointed to his current position as an associate general counsel in 2006.

Before joining the Office of General Counsel, McFarland practiced with a civil litigation firm in the St. Louis, Missouri area for more than five years.

Attendance at the Attorney/Pre-law Dinner usually numbers around 70, and both students and practicing Adventist attorneys who are interested in helping the next generation of lawyers are invited to attend. The dress is business attire, and an RSVP is requested by emailing prelaw@wau.edu or by calling 301-891-4572.

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Washington Adventist University is Montgomery County’s only four-year private college. Part of the Seventh-day Adventist system of higher education, Washington Adventist University has been educating college students since 1904 on a 19-acre campus in suburban Takoma Park, close to the nation’s capital. A total of 1,185 students of all faiths participate in the university’s eight graduate and 32 undergraduate programs. The 2014 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked Washington Adventist University among the best regional colleges in the north.

Media Contacts:
Angie Crews, 301-891-4134, acrews@wau.edu
Donna Bigler, 240-286-1169, dbigler@wau.edu