For Immediate Release
February 13, 2006

Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

Professor Kristin Henning

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Georgetown University Law Center Professor Kristin Henning has been selected as a fellow of the Emerging Leaders program of the United States – Southern Africa Center for Leadership and Public Values for the 2006-2007 academic year.

"The program is a highly competitive one, and few Americans are selected," according to Deborah Epstein, associate dean of Georgetown Law's clinical education program.  "We are delighted that Kris has been chosen for this prestigious honor."

The program, which is sponsored by the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University and the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town, annually chooses 20-25 rising leaders in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors from southern Africa and the United States.  Selections are based on each candidate’s leadership experience and potential.  The goal is to enhance the capacities of mid-career individuals, enabling them to better contribute to the improvement of their communities. 

During her yearlong fellowship, Henning will remain in residence at the Law Center, but will travel to South Africa for specialized training.  She will engage in a series of projects with other fellows, mentors and coaches that will explore topics such as ethics and accountability in public life, Western and African paradigms of leadership, and strategies for personal renewal.

Henning joined the Law Center's full-time faculty in 2004 after serving for three years as a visiting associate professor and deputy director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic, one of 14 programs in Georgetown's nationally recognized clinical education curriculum.  She teaches the two-semester, 14-credit hour clinic, which provides legal representation to adolescents charged with crimes and provides Law Center students with courtroom experience. Henning, who holds an LL.M. degree from the Law Center and a J.D. from Yale Law School, served as lead attorney for the juvenile unit of the Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia for several years before joining Georgetown.

About Georgetown Law

Georgetown University Law Center is one of the world's leading law schools. It has the largest full-time faculty in the nation and is pre-eminent in several areas, including constitutional, international, tax and clinical law. Drawing on its Jesuit heritage, it has a strong tradition of public service and is dedicated to the principle that law is but a means, justice is the end. With this principle in mind, the Georgetown Law has built an environment that cultivates an exchange of ideas and the pursuit of academic excellence. It brings together an extraordinarily varied group of teachers, scholars and practitioners, as well as an outstanding student body.

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