Note: If you would like to schedule time for an interview with Mrs. Edwards please call her press contact at: 1-603-540-4870

WHEN:      WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2004, 1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.

WHERE:    PACE LAW SCHOOL, WHITE PLAINS 
                   PRESTON HALL, STUDENT LOUNGE,
                   78 North Broadway  (Route 22)
                   For directions see: http://law.pace.edu/adm/visit/directions.html 

Mrs. Edwards is a passionate advocate for children and an accomplished attorney. Following law school, she clerked with the United States District Court Judge Calvitt Clarke Jr. in Norfolk, VA. She worked for the North Carolina Attorney General's Office in the early 1980's, where she did work for the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.    

From 1984 to 1996 Mrs. Edwards worked at the Raleigh Law Firm Merriman Nicholls and Crampton.  In the early 1990's, Mrs. Edwards taught legal writing as an adjunct instructor at UNC Law School for two years, and in 1996-1997 she was a member of the first group of Public Fellows at the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC. 

She shares her husband's commitment to serving the community and expanding educational opportunities for all children.  She volunteered with the Parent Teacher Associations at the children's schools, and has been active in their youth soccer leagues in several roles. 

In 1992, John and Elizabeth Edwards established the Vincent J. Anania Lacrosse Scholarship in honor of Elizabeth's father, a former lacrosse player and Assistant Coach at UNC - Chapel Hill. In 1996, they helped establish the Wade Edwards Foundation and helped build a computer learning center - the Wade Edwards Learning Lab - for youngsters in Raleigh. 

Mrs. Edwards is the proud mother of four children: Catharine, senior at Princeton University, a 5 year old daughter, Emma Claire, and a 3 year old son, Jack.  Her first child, Wade, died in 1996.  Despite the demands of raising two young children, she finds the time to participate in community service. She remains active in the Wade Edwards Foundation and is involved in a variety of charitable efforts, including fundraising for the March of Dimes benefit.  She also serves on several boards, including the UNC Board of Visitors and Books for Kids.

Elizabeth Edwards received her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her law degree at University of North Carolina Law School.

Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is a New York Law School with a suburban campus in White Plains, N.Y., 20 miles north of New York City. Part of Pace University, the school offers the J.D. program for full-time and part-time day and evening students. Its postgraduate program includes the LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees in Environmental Law and an LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated Environmental Law programs and its Clinical Education program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, environmental law, securities arbitration, criminal justice and disability rights. www.law.pace.edu 

Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville and White Plains, NY and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, NY. More than 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education, Lienhard School of Nursing and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu