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For Immediate Release					January 20, 1997
					
Legal, Economic Reforms in Russia Focus of Lawrence University Lecture
 
 
APPLETON, WIS. -- Kathryn Hendley, professor of law and political science at
the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will discuss the relationship between and
legal and economic reforms in Russia Monday, Jan. 27 in Lawrence University's
continuing lecture series, "Russia and Europe in Transition."  Hendley's
address, "Rewriting the Rules of the Game:  The Struggle to Build a Market
Economy in Russia," at 7 p.m. in Lawrence's Main Hall, Room 109 is free and
open to the public.  

A specialist on the process of privatization in Russia and the role of law in
business relations, Hendley has conducted extensive research on contractual
relations between Russian enterprises during the current economic transition. 
She recently completed a six-month appointment as a research associate at the
Kennan Institute for Advance Russian Studies and led a presentation on
privatized enterprise in post-Soviet Russia at a conference in Washington, D.C.

Hendley holds a master's degree in Russian Area Studies from Georgetown
University, a law degree from UCLA and a Ph.D. in political science from the
University of California, Berkeley.