Former independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr, now dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law, will speak Oct. 2 at Duke Law School.

The event, at 12:15 p.m. in Room 3041, is free and open to the public. The school is at Towerview Road and Science Drive.

A Duke law school graduate, Starr served as a federal judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals from 1983 to 1989, as U.S. solicitor general from 1989 to 1993, and as Whitewater independent counsel. The report of his investigation into President Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky led ultimately to the president's impeachment.

Starr's speech is the latest in the student-organized "Practical Politics and the Law" series, which offers students insight into the political process.

A live Webcast of Starr's address will be available at www.law.duke.edu/webcast/.