DATE AND LOCATIONS: 10 a.m. Sept. 11 at Hill Auditorium; 2 p.m. at the southeast corner of State and Monroe streets. Map: http://www.umich.edu/~info/maps.html

EVENTS: “A Conversation with Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.” will be held at Hill Auditorium at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Law School Dean Evan Caminker will moderate an informal question-and-answer session. This is a ticketed event, without charge. Only members of the Law School community may obtain tickets for this event. Members of the news media must be properly credentialed.

The chief justice also will attend a 2 p.m. groundbreaking ceremony at the southeast corner of State and Monroe streets. The groundbreaking marks construction of the Law School’s new academic building and Law School Commons, the first classroom expansion of the Law School’s iconic buildings since 1933. University President Mary Sue Coleman and other U-M officials are expected to attend.

CHIEF JUSTICE FACTS: Nominated as chief justice of the United States by President George W. Bush, Roberts assumed that office on Sept 29, 2005. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979-1980, and as a law clerk for then-Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1980 Term. He served as a special assistant to the attorney general of the United States from 1981-1982, as associate counsel to President Reagan from 1982-1986, and as principal deputy solicitor general from 1989-1993. From 1986-1989 and 1993-2003, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. He served as a judge on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2003-2005.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

? Flash photography should be completed in the first five minutes during the “Conversation” event.

• Media will not be allowed to participate in the “Conversation” question-and-answer session.

• The chief justice won’t be available for interviews during his U-M visit.