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M ay 3, 2006

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WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL HARRIET MIERS TO SPEAK
AT UH LAW CENTER GRADUATION

White House counsel Harriet Miers will serve as the keynote speaker at the University of Houston Law Center’s commencement ceremonies May 12.

“Being a good lawyer is in part science, but in large measure an art form,” Miers wrote in a 1993 column for the Texas Bar Journal. “A recognition of these facts and a recollection of some of the purposes and dreams many had in law school can produce better lawyers and happier, more satisfied individuals.”

Miers was recently nominated to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, but subsequently withdrew under mounting criticism. Prior to President Bush’s nomination, Miers led a successful career in local and statewide politics. In 1992, she became the first woman elected president of the State Bar of Texas, where she served from 1992 to 1993. Other positions held in Texas include an at-large member of Dallas City Council, chairwoman of the Texas Lottery Commission, and general counsel for the transition team of Governor-elect George W. Bush.

In 2001, Miers began her role in Washington, D.C. as assistant to President Bush and staff secretary. Two years later, she was promoted to deputy chief of staff where she served as counsel to the president since February 2005. She has also been named one of the nation’s top 50 woman lawyers.

Miers is scheduled to deliver the commencement speech at 2 p.m. Friday, May 12 at Hofheinz Pavilion.


WHAT:            UH Law Center commencement ceremony

WHO:              Harriet Miers, White House counsel

WHEN:            2 p.m., Friday, May 12

WHERE:          Hofheinz Pavilion

DIRECTIONS: http://www.uh.edu/campus_map/buildings/HP.html.

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