<p><img style="float: right;" src="irl://332//" alt="Bouchard" width="235" height="200" />Widener Law and its <a href="ipl://103//W10=">Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law</a>&nbsp;will welcome Delaware Court of Chancery Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard to the school as part of the Ruby R. Vale Distinguished Speaker Series.<br /><br />Bouchard&rsquo;s talk, &ldquo;The Inherent Flexibility of Equity,&rdquo; takes place Tuesday, March 24 at 4 p.m. in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom, 4601 Concord Pike. He is expected to explore the role of the equitable doctrine and principles in dispute resolution, particularly in matters of corporate and business law.<br /><br />Former Chief Justice Myron T. Steele was the inaugural speaker in the Vale Distinguished Speaker Series, which has also featured then-Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr., who replaced Steele as chief justice when Steele retired.<br /><br />The series brings judges, practitioners and other distinguished public servants to the law school to showcase their work and strengthen connections with the Widener community. It is designed to shine a spotlight on nationally known leaders within the Delaware bench and bar. Tuesday&rsquo;s event is open to the law school community and the general public. The media is invited and encouraged to attend.<br /><br />Bouchard has led the state&rsquo;s preeminent trial court on matters of corporate law and equity since May 2014. Before his appointment, he spent 28 years in private practice in Wilmington, including as managing partner of Bouchard Margules &amp; Friedlander P.A., a corporate and commercial litigation boutique firm he founded. He worked as a corporate litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom before forming his own firm. <br /><br />The chancellor received his law degree from Harvard Law School and his bachelor&rsquo;s degree summa cum laude from Boston College. He is a past chairman of Delaware&rsquo;s Judicial Nominating Commission and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.<br /><br />There is no cost to attend the lecture. Those planning to come are asked to RSVP to Carol Perrupato at <a href="mailto:caperrupato@widener.edu">caperrupato@widener.edu</a> or at 302.477.2178. <br /><br />Widener Law Delaware is grateful to the Ruby R. Vale Foundation for its generous support of this speaker series.</p>