Birmingham area attorneys and others in the legal profession will compete in the fifth annual UAB “Magic City” Chili Cook-Off sponsored by the UAB Pre-Law Advisory Board on Friday, April 3 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Regions/Harbert Center Plaza, corner of Sixth Avenue North and 20th Street North.

March 11, 2009

• Birmingham attorneys to compete in contest

• Court judges to pick winning recipe

• Event supports scholarships, Mock Trial team

Birmingham area attorneys and others in the legal profession will compete in the fifth annual UAB "Magic City" Chili Cook-Off sponsored by the UAB Pre-Law Advisory Board on Friday, April 3 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Regions/Harbert Center Plaza, corner of Sixth Avenue North and 20th Street North.

Birmingham area attorneys and others in the legal profession will compete in the fifth annual UAB "Magic City" Chili Cook-Off sponsored by the UAB Pre-Law Advisory Board.

The UAB "Magic City" Chili Cook-Off, formerly the UAB "Trial by Fire" Chili Cook-Off, was created to help support UAB's Pre-Law Program. Monies raised at the event will benefit scholarships for students in the Pre-Law Program and benefit UAB's award-winning, undergraduate mock trial team.

The Pre-Law Program, administered by the UAB Department of Justice Sciences, is an interdisciplinary program that prepares undergraduate students for the legal profession through its curriculum, mock trial program and other activities.

For more details, contact Mary Balfour Van Zandt at 205-975-9644 or at mvanzandt@uab.edu.