TOM MURPHY TO SPEAK AT UGA LAW SCHOOL

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Monday, October 11, 1999

Writer: Matt Haney, (706) 542-5172

Contact: Josh Moore, President, Student Bar Association, (706) 613-2513

TOM MURPHY TO SPEAK AT UGA LAW SCHOOL

ATHENS, Ga. - Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives Tom Murphy (D-Bremen) will speak Thursday, October 14, 1999, at the University of Georgia School of Law at 3:30 p.m. in Room K of the law school. A reception will follow at approximately 4:30 p.m. in the law school rotunda. Both events are open free to the public.

Speaker Murphy, a 1949 graduate of the UGA law school, will make remarks and respond to questions from the audience. The Speaker's visit is co-sponsored by two law student organizations, the Student Bar Association and the Georgia League.

"If you're trying to tell the story of modern Georgia history without Tom Murphy, that's like trying to tell the history of Georgia football without Vince Dooley," said SBA President Josh Moore, a former General Assembly aide who is organizing the Speaker's visit. "Speaker Murphy is a much more complicated man than you read about in the press. You hear about him being tough, driven and politically astute, but there also is a real sincerity and genuineness that most folks don't get to see. In addition, I hope our law students will appreciate how beneficial a legal education is to a legislator, particularly in developing critical drafting skills."

Student organizers hope Murphy's talk will be the first of several this academic year presented by prominent political leaders who are also UGA law alumni.

Murphy was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1961 from his home in Haralson County. After serving as both Floor Leader and Speaker Pro Tempore for the House, he was elected Speaker of the House in 1974. Murphy is the nation's longest-serving Speaker currently in office and is the longest serving Speaker in Georgia history.

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