The student ACS chapter at the University of Texas School of Law will present a discussion with John Vail, vice president and senior litigation counsel for the Center of Constitutional Litigation. He litigates issues regarding mandatory arbitration. He is counsel to Jamie Leigh Jones in Jones v. KBR.

Jamie Leigh Jones was 19 and working for Halliburton/KBR in Houston when she volunteered to go to Iraq. Four days after she arrived, she was allegedly drugged and gang-raped by KBR employees. Jamie filed suit to hold KBR accountable. KBR filed to handle the case pursuant to the company's mandatory arbitration clause. The plaintiff wanted a jury trial. On May 9, 2008, a Houston federal judge ruled that a jury, not an arbitrator, would decide the claims. The case is currently on appeal to the 5th Circuit.

Food will be provided.