April 11/Peoria, IL: Mary Surratt: Exploring her Trial in Today's Legal World

Mary Surratt was the first woman executed in the United States after a military tribunal refused to let her testify in her own defense on charges she was a co-conspirator in Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.  Her story was told in the recent movie, “The Conspirator.”   Judge Burke will discuss the trial in light of the legal system of today and the one in place in 1865.
This lecture was planned by the Bradley University Pre-Law Center and is sponsored by the Center, the Women’s Studies Program, Legal Education Programs, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Total:
Mary Surratt: Exploring her Trial in Today's Legal World
When/Where:
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Light refreshments served from 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Presentation from 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Marty Theatre
Bradley University
Michel Student Center, lower level
915 N. Elmwood
Peoria IL   61606

Presenter:
Judge Anne M. Burke was born in Chicago and received her B.A. degree in education from DePaul University in 1976 and her J.D. degree from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1983. Justice Burke began a neighborhood law practice that included representing the interests of children and families involving issues of neglect, abuse, delinquency and parent custody.  She began her judicial career when she became the first woman appointed to the Illinois Court of Claims in 1987.  In April 1994, she was appointed special counsel to the Governor for Child Welfare Services. In August 1995, she was appointed to the Appellate Court, First District. In 1996, she was elected to the Appellate Court, First District, for a full term.  Justice Burke was then appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court in 2006. 
Before her appointment to the judiciary, Justice Burke was a leading supporter on behalf of Chicago’s most vulnerable of young people.  She founded the Chicago Special Olympics in 1968 and served as director of that organization as it grew to become the international Special Olympics, represented in more than 160 countries.
More Information:
FREE registrations are funded from a "Lagniappe" grant from The Bernard Osher Foundation. Though seating is plentiful, registration is required.
http://www.bradley.edu/academic/continue/public/surratt/index.dot