Homeland security chief at Pace

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will visit the  Pace Law School campus March 31 to deliver the school”™s 2014 Dyson Distinguished Lecture.

The lecture, free of charge and open to the public, will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday in the Gerber Glass Law Center on the North Broadway campus in White Plains. Johnson will field questions from students after his speech.

Appointed homeland security chief by President Obama in 2013, Johnson previously served as general counsel to the U.S. Department of Defense from 2009 to 2012. A former partner at Paul, Weiss in New York, he is a graduate of Morehouse College and Columbia University Law School.

The Dyson Distinguished Lecture is named for Charles H. Dyson, a 1930 graduate, trustee and benefactor of Pace University. The annual lecture, made possible through a gift from the Dyson Foundation, aims to make available scholarly legal contributions that further Pace Law School”™s educational mission.

Seating is limited. To make a reservation, contact Brenda Thornton at BThornton@law.pace.edu.