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| Sep 2, 2009 |
Presidential nominee to address USD Constitution Day audience |
| VERMILLION, S.D. -- The University of South Dakota School of Law invites the community to observe Constitution Day on Thursday, Sept. 17 by attending a keynote address at noon by Brendan Johnson at the Al Neuharth Media Center. |
| Johnson, an attorney from Sioux Falls, S.D., has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be South Dakota's next U.S. Attorney. He is scheduled to discuss the responsibilities of a U.S. Attorney as they relate to the Constitution. Johnson, 34, is a partner at Johnson, Heidepriem, Abdallah and Johnson, LLP, a law firm he joined in 2005. Prior to that, Johnson was a state prosecutor in the Minnehaha County State’s Attorney Office, where he tried a wide range of criminal felonies and misdemeanors. Following graduation from law school, Johnson clerked for Judge Karen Schreier on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. A 1998 graduate of The University of South Dakota (with a B.S. degree in history and political science); he graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2001. Constitution Day was established by Congress in 2004 to recognize the ratification of the United States Constitution. All colleges and universities that receive federal funding are required to host an educational event about the Constitution. For more information about the Constitution Day program, which is free and open to the public, please contact the USD School of Law at (605) 677-5443 or e-mail Law.School@usd.edu. A photo of Johnson is available at www.usd.edu/urelations/images/Brendan_Johnson.jpg. About The University of South Dakota School of Law The mission of the School of Law is to prepare the lawyers and judges who will administer the Federal, state and American Indian Tribal Justice systems in South Dakota and to provide a legal education to South Dakota residents, along with nonresidents who choose to attend the school, which will serve as a solid foundation for the practice of law or other professional careers anywhere in the world. For more information about the USD School of Law, please contact Associate Dean Tom Sorensen (Tom.Sorensen@usd.edu) by calling (605) 677-5393 or www.usd.edu/law. |
| About The University of South Dakota |
| Founded in 1862, The University of South Dakota is designated as the only public liberal arts university in the state and is home to a comprehensive College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, the state's only School of Law, School of Medicine, the accredited Beacom School of Business and the College of Fine Arts. It has an enrollment of more than 9,600 students taught by 400 faculty members. More information is available at www.usd.edu/press/news.
This material is available in an alternate format upon request. Please contact University Relations at 605-677-5759. If you are a person with a disability and need a special accommodation to fully participate in any university activity or event, please contact Disability Services at 605-677-6389 as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours before the event, so that appropriate arrangements may be made. |
MEDIA CONTACTS: |
| Phillip Carter |
| The University of South Dakota |
| 605-677-6258 |
| phillip.carter@usd.edu |
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