Reporters covering politics and the presidential election
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.
WHERE: Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco.
WHO: The roundtable will be moderated by Christopher Edley, dean of Berkeley Law; former domestic policy adviser in former President Jimmy Carter's White House; special counsel to former President Bill Clinton and leading member of the 2008 Obama transition team. Panelists will be:
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Jennifer
Granholm, distinguished practitioner of law and public policy at UC
Berkeley, host of The War Room on Current TV and former Michigan governor
·
Robert
Reich, Chancellor's Professor of public policy at UC Berkeley and former
U.S. secretary of labor
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Dan
Schnur, political strategist and former director of communications for
Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign
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Pete
Wilson, former governor of California, Berkeley Law Class of ’62,
distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and former chairman of
Meg Whitman’s gubernatorial campaign.
DETAILS: Reporters interested in covering the roundtable should RSVP to Susan Gluss, deputy director of communications at Berkeley Law, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu. The event is free for journalists. General admission tickets are available online. Tickets are $50 for adults and $35 for students.