NOT FOR RELEASE -- FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY                  AG
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1997                          (202) 514-2008
                                               TDD (202) 514-1888

         ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ADDRESS MIDWEST LAW SCHOOLS

    Acting Deputy Attorney General to hold weekly availability
                                 
     WASHINGTON, DC -- Attorney General Janet Reno will travel to
Columbus, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois for Law Day addresses to
Capitol Univeristy and the University of Chicago on May 1, 1997.

     Reno will address the Capitol Univeristy Law School at 9:30
a.m. in the Meese Auditorium.  Capitol Univeristy is located at
665 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio.

     Her address to the Univeristy of Chicago Law School will
begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Law School Auditorium.  The Univeristy
of Chicago is located at 1111 East 66th Street, Chicago,
Illinois.

     Acting Deputy Attorney General Seth Waxman will conduct the
Justice Department's weekly news media availability Thursday, 
May 1, at 9:30 a.m. in room 4111.

     The availability is open to federally credentialed reporters
only.  T.V. coverage will consist of a network pool arrangement. 
A live feed is available through a mult box in the Andretta Room,
located on the first floor of the Main Justice Building.

     NOTE:  The network pool camera crew will not be allowed to
enter the building before 8:00 a.m.

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