LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum on Thursday, Jan. 21, will feature Maine Attorney General Janet Mills with a lecture titled “A Week in the Life of a Maine Attorney General.”

The program runs from noon to 1 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library.

Mills is serving her third term as attorney general. She was first elected by the Maine Legislature in December 2008 as the 55th attorney general and she is the first woman to serve in that office.

Public service has been a hallmark of Mills’ career, which ranges from work as an assistant attorney general, district attorney and member of the Maine Legislature, in addition to her legal practice in Skowhegan and Portland. Over the past several years she co-founded the Maine Women’s Lobby and has served as an active member of a number of organizations, including the Margaret Chase Smith Foundation Board.

Under Mills’ leadership, her office has confronted issues of domestic violence, heroin and opiate abuse, and the protection of elders in Maine. In her forum presentation she is expected to review some of the recent successes of her office on these and other fronts.

Admission is free to all forum events and no reservations are required. This program is a bring-your-own-brown-bag lunch event. Coffee, tea and bottled water will be available at the library.

The Great Falls Forum is co-sponsored by Bates College, Lewiston Public Library and the Sun Journal.

The Lewiston Public Library is at 200 Lisbon St. at the corner of Pine Street.

More information on Thursday’s lecture, or other upcoming events in the Great Falls Forum series, is available by contacting the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3135 or www.LPLonline.org.

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