Credentials will be issued at the door. Mr. Cohen has served as the nation's Secretary of Defence since January 1997. In the Senate, he was a member of Armed Services Committe, the Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Select Committee on Intelligence. Please see the attached biography for more details. Other Law School Alumni Weekend events of interest to the media include a lecture and a panel discussion, both open to the public.
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There, he fought for full democratic elections, opposed press censorship and sought to safeguard the rule of law. A former chair of the United Democrats of Hong Kong, the colony's first political party, Mr. Lee founded the Democratic Party in 1994. When Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule on July 1 of this year, Beijing disbanded the elected Legislative Council and replaced it with an appointed Provisional Legislature. The discussion will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday in the Law School's Levinson Auditorium. The panel will be moderated by Professor Robert A. Burt of the Law School.