Thursday, March 19, 2026 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Member Pierre de Ravel d'Esclapon who will share his background as a French lawyer in New York and speak on his avocation - history. He has lectured at the New York Historical Society, the National Arts Club, the French Consulate and the Huguenot Society of America. His presentation: "From the Zenger trial to Cooperstown: Forgotten French Contributions to America” Beyond La Fayette and the Statue of Liberty, French immigrants have contributed much to the making of the United States. Yet most of those contributions have been forgotten. Pierre will bring back to life a sample of the people whose contributions have been forgotten.
Larry Newman will be this month's second speaker - his topic will be "Tales of Cross-Examination: Encounters with Witnesses in International Arbitration and Elsewhere."