WESTLAKE : THOUSAND OAKS : Seminar to Focus on Legal System
The World Affairs Council will be tackling the legal system in a seminar Thursday that will consider ways to break legal gridlock and make the system “more user friendly,” organizers said.
Arthur Miller, a Harvard professor and legal editor for ABC News, will moderate the discussion at the Rockwell Science Center in Thousand Oaks from 5:15 to 9:30 p.m.
“People are really frightened about the legal system,” said Cindy Cook, executive director of the council, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that offers programs on foreign and domestic relations. “People have just had it.”
Cook said the forum will address all aspects of the legal system, including medical malpractice, the cost of insurance and environmental lawsuits.
Among the 10 panelists will be John Garamendi, California insurance commissioner; Barry Keene, executive director of California Tort Reform; Randy Lowery, director of the Pepperdine Institute for Dispute Resolution, and Harvey Saferstein, president of the California Sate Bar Assn.
Tickets for the program, which includes a light buffet dinner, cost $50 for non-members and $25 for members. A World Affairs Council membership costs $35. The Rockwell Science Center is at 1049 Camino Dos Rios in Thousand Oaks.
For more information, call (805) 648-1882.
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