<img width="235" height="200" alt="2013GedidLecture235px" src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/2013GedidLecture235px.jpg" class="FloatRight">Widener Law will host one of the country’s leading academics on computer crime law at its Harrisburg campus on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday, April 15</span> for the seventh-annual <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesHbg/GedidJohnL.aspx">John L. Gedid</a> lecture.<br><br>Orin S. Kerr, the Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor at George Washington University  Law School, will deliver remarks titled, “The Need for a New Electronic Privacy Act.” The hour-long lecture will begin at <span style="font-weight: bold;">4:30 p.m.</span> in <span style="font-weight: bold;">room A180</span> of the campus <span style="font-weight: bold;">administration building</span> at 3800 Vartan Way, Harrisburg.<br><br>Before he began teaching in 2001, Kerr was an honors program trial attorney in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. He is a former law clerk for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court and he authored a law school casebook on computer crime law, now in its third edition. <br><br>Widener Law began the John L. Gedid lecture series in April 2007. The event honors Gedid, who has been a leading figure on the Harrisburg campus since it opened in 1989, and who serves as director of the campus’ signature <a href="/Academics/Institutes/LawandGovernmentInstitute.aspx">Law &amp; Government Institute</a>, which is dedicated to improving law that defines the structure and operation of government and the rights and duties of citizens dealing with government. He is a beloved professor, treasured mentor and active public servant. <br><br>The lecture is free and open to all. One continuing legal education credit is available at no cost for Pennsylvania and Delaware attorneys who attend.<br><br>The event is presented by the Law School with sponsorship from Wolters Kluwer.<br><br>For more information, contact Sandra Graeff at 717.541.3965 or <a href="mailto:slgraeff@widener.edu">slgraeff@widener.edu</a>.