October 12, 2006 (Dallas) — Vinson & Elkins LLP is proud to be a sponsor of the 14th annual Southern Methodist University Corporate Counsel Symposium, taking place Friday, October 13 at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Dallas, TX.   The symposium will give lawyers an opportunity to earn seven hours of CLE credit and will feature a talk on the use of special committees in mergers & acquisitions by Dallas V&E; partner Jeff Chapman.  The program, sponsored by the Dedman SMU School of Law will also feature keynote speakers, Kurt Eichenwald, author of Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story, Norman Veasey, former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court and Judge Gerald E. Rosen, former U.S. district judge for the eastern district of Michigan and author of Treatise, Federal Employment Litigation.  For more information, please click here.