Author Scott Turow
Ethics Reform in Illinois: An Oxymoron?

Date: Thursday, May 14, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Highland Park Country Club, 1201 Park Avenue West, Highland Park
Instructor: Scott Turow, Writer, Attorney & Illinois Executive Ethics Commissioner

Admission is free, but reservations are strongly encouraged. Email reservations to [masked].

Best-selling author and lawyer Scott Turow teaches a Tenth Dems University class about the state of politics and ethics in Illinois. Pre-registration for this class is strongly encouraged. Seating is limited, and preference is given to those who register in advance.

Turow is uniquely qualified to talk about the state of ethics in Illinois. He is a Member of Illinois' Executive Ethics Commission. He was one of the 14 members of a commission appointed by Governor George Ryan to consider reform of the state’s capital punishment system. From 1978-1986, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago. He was a prosecutor in the trial of Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott, who was convicted of tax fraud. Turow was also lead government counsel in a number of the trials connected to Operation Greylord, a federal investigation of corruption into the Illinois judiciary.

He is the author of seven best-selling novels: Presumed Innocent (1987), The Burden of Proof (1990), Pleading Guilty (1993), The Laws of Our Fathers (1996), Personal Injuries (1999), Reversible Errors (2002) and Ordinary Heroes (2005). Also of note is his nonfiction book called Ultimate Punishment (2003), a reflection on the death penalty.
Tenth Dems University courses are free, and open to all. To register in advance, go to http://tdu.tenthdems..... For more information you can call 847-266-VOTE (8683).