CNN analyst, 'The Nine' author, to speak at Northwest

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Jeffrey Toobin, CNN legal analyst
and best-selling author, will present
the next Northwest Distinguished
Lecture at 8 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 17, in the Performing Arts Center.

Author and CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin will give this fall's final Distinguished Lecture at Northwest at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, in the Performing Arts Center's Mary Linn Auditorium.

Through his network television reports, articles in "The New Yorker" magazine and best-selling books, Toobin has explored some of the most provocative legal and political of events of recent years, including the O.J. Simpson trial, the Martha Stewart trial, the impeachment of President Bill Clinton and the disputed Florida recount following the 2000 presidential election.

Among his numerous books are "A Vast Conspiracy," an investigation into the Clinton White House sex scandals, and "The Run of His Life," which profiled the Simpson murder trial. The best-selling "Too Close to Call: The 36-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election" is considered by many critics to be the definitive report on the Bush-Gore presidential recount controversy.

His latest book, "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court," was released by Doubleday this fall.

Toobin earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where he also attended law school and served as editor of the "Harvard Law Review." After a six-year tenure at ABC News, where he received an Emmy for his coverage of the Elian Gonzales custody case, he made the switch to CNN.

As a staff writer for "The New Yorker," Toobin penned articles about such public figures and events as former Attorney General John Ashcroft, the Paula Jones sexual harassment case, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the trial of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

His article "An Incendiary Defense" broke the story that O.J. Simpson's defense team planned to "play the race card" and accuse Detective Mark Fuhrman of planting evidence.

Prior to joining "The New Yorker," Toobin was as an assistant U.S. attorney in Brooklyn and associate counsel in the office of Independent Council Lawrence Walsh. The latter experience provided the basis for his first book, "Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer's First Case: United States v. Oliver North."

Toobin's appearance at Northwest is the final Distinguished Lecture of the fall trimester. The 2007-'08 series concludes at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, in the Performing Arts Center with writer/director/producer Barbara Martinez Jitner, whose credits include the documentary "La Frontera" and work as an executive producer on the PBS television series "American Family."

For more information, please contact:

Anthony Brown,
News Bureau Manager
E-Mail: abrown@nwmissouri.edu
Phone (660) 562-1704
Fax (660) 562-1900

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