Miller-Becker Center to Host Professor Burnele Powell

On April 8 at 4 p.m., the Akron Law Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Center for Professional Responsibility welcomes Professor Venable Powell, Miles and Ann Loadholt Professor of Law, from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Professor Powell is visiting Akron Law as part of the Miller-Becker Center’s Distinguished Lecturer Series. Powell’s lecture is titled “What Counts When We Count on Lawyers Being Good? Preliminary Thoughts on the ABA National Lawyer Regulatory Data Bank.” It will focus on thoughts about lawyer discipline generated by his examination of the ABA’s national registry of reported incidents of disciplinary actions taken against lawyers in relation to suggestions about what the legal profession might do differently to increase ethical lawyer behavior.  For more details visit here .