Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2002-02-14
Birmingham attorney Stan Starnes has been chosen to serve as the inaugural
lecturer in a new Lawyer in Residence program at Cumberland School of Law, Samford
University.
Starnes will lecture to Cumberland classes in the areas of civil procedure
and medical liability on Tuesday and Wednesday (FEB. 19 and 20). A summa cum
laude graduate of Cumberland, where he was editor-in-chief of the Cumberland
Law Review, Starnes is senior partner in the law firm of Starnes and Atchison.
Cumberland's new Lawyer in Residence program recognizes the accomplishments
of Cumberland alumni, one of whom will be invited each year to lecture on a
specialty area of law. The program allows students to augment the traditional
curriculum with experiences of current practitioners.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second-highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.
