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 ASU - Jonesboro: Lecture-Concert Series presents Shon Hopwood, convicted bank robber turned Supreme Court practitioner, Nov. 18 Shon Hopwood, a convicted bank robber turned Supreme Court practitioner, will lecture in the ninth event of Arkansas State University’s 2010-2011 Lecture-Concert Series on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m., at Reng Student Services Center/Student Union Auditorium, 101 N. Caraway Road, Jonesboro. Additional funding support is provided by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Department of Political Science, the ASU Moot Court Team, and the Craighead County Bar Association. Shon Hopwood's unusual journey with the law began not in law school, but in federal prison. Hopwood served more a decade for bank robbery charges committed while he was admittedly an immature young adult. He learned the law without the benefit of a college education, and ultimately, prepared two petitions that were granted by the United States Supreme Court. Hopwood was the subject of a New York Times article by Adam Liptak, appearing Feb. 8, 2010, “A Mediocre Criminal, but an Unmatched Jailhouse Lawyer,” (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/us/09bar.html?_r=2). Hopwood is now a consultant on Supreme Court matters with Cockle Law Brief Printing Company--the largest producer of Supreme Court briefs. Shon Hopwood also owns his own company, Precedential Paralegal LLC, where he researches and writes legal briefs for attorneys across the country. Hopwood is currently finishing a memoir that will be published by Random House in 2011; writing a law review article on indigent prisoner issues for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review; and serves as the editor of a legal blog called “The Cockle Bur.” (See “The Cockle Bur” online at http://www.thecocklebur.com/.) Shon Hopwood plans to attend law school in the fall of 2011. He is married to Ann Marie Hopwood, and the couple has one son, Mark Raymond Hopwood. ASU’s Lecture-Concert Series Schedule is online at http://www2.astate.edu/a/finearts/lecture concert/LCschedule_2010-2011.dot. All Lecture-Concert Series events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Tim Crist, chair, Lecture-Concert committee and professor of music (tcrist@astate.edu), (870) 972-2094.
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