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SUMMARY:Law Student Series: Office of Inspector General Career Panel
DESCRIPTION:Law Student Series: Office of Inspector General Career Panel\nThe Career Panel will feature four distinguished OIG attorneys with a breadth of experience from: U.S. Office of Personnel Management\, U.S. Government Publishing Office\, U.S. Agency for International Development\, and the Farm Credit Administration. The format will be a moderated discussion with questions designed to elicit practical advice for law students and young lawyers. \nRegistration is Closed \nPresented by: Law Student Division & Younger Lawyers Division \nThe Law Student Series provides students\, legal interns\, and recent graduates with the opportunity to participate in a variety of presentations hosted by various FBA leaders\, federal agencies\, and other notable speakers. These free webinars allow attendees to learn directly from practitioners about career development\, missions and operations\, employment opportunities\, and more! Check the program page for updates as programming is added. \n\nAbout the Presenters\nSarah Wahl\, Recruiting Officer\, Attorney-Advisor\, Office of the Inspector General\, U.S. Office of Personnel Management (Co-Moderator) \nFritz Swartzbaugh\, Deputy Counsel\, Office of the Inspector\, General U.S. AbilityOne Commission (Co-Moderator) \nPaul St. Hillaire\, Assistant Inspector General for Legal and Legislative Affairs\, U.S. Office of Personnel Management \nPaul St. Hillaire was appointed Assistant Inspector General for Legal and Legislative Affairs (AIGL) in October 2019.  He is responsible for overseeing the Office of Legal and Legislative Affairs (OLLA)\, which provides legal advice and guidance to the Inspector General and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) components and interacts with Congress on behalf of the OIG.  He also serves as the Debarring Official\, who is responsible for debarment and suspension actions of health care providers participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.  Prior to his appointment to the AIGL\, Mr. St. Hillaire served as senior counsel and Acting AIGL in OLLA\, and Acting Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Management in the OIG.  He previously served as Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Office of the General Counsel and in several other roles in the OPM organization formerly known as Retirement and Insurance Services.  He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Baltimore. \nSusan Ruge-Hudson\, Counselor to the Inspector General\, U.S. Government Publishing Office \nSusan L. Ruge-Hudson serves as the Counselor to the Inspector General.  In this role\, she provides legal and policy advice to the Inspector General on a wide variety of topics\, including issues related to protecting the office’s independence.  Her primary duty is to support and assist the Inspector General as he executes his oversight responsibilities under the GPO Inspector General Act of 1988 and the Inspector General Act of 1978.  She also works closely with the Assistant Inspector’s General on matters related to audits\, inspections\, investigations\, and other oversight activities. \nRuge-Hudson has been in the Inspector General Community since 2010\, when she joined the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Office of the Inspector General.  While at OPM OIG\, she was the Senior Counsel for Legislative and External Affairs and oversaw all Congressional and media outreach efforts.  She left OPM OIG in 2019 to join the Defense Digital Service\, a small office reporting directly to the Secretary of Defense\, charged with bringing IT practices from the private sector to the Department of Defense. \nPrior to joining the Federal Government\, Ruge-Hudson worked at private law firms\, specializing in tax law.  She has a Bachelor of Science in Politics from Washington & Lee University\, a J.D. from Columbia Law School\, and an LL.M in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. \nTanner Horton-Jones\, Senior Counsel with U.S. Agency for International Development OIG’s Office of General Counsel \nAs senior counsel with USAID OIG’s Office of General Counsel\, Tanner leads a team of three attorneys with a primary focus on meeting the legal needs of the Office of Audit and Office of Management.  The team supplies research and advice to each audit from its inception through the closure of its recommendations\, along with support for OIG’s contracting unit\, learning and development program\, IT team\, internal policy management\, and other core administrative functions.  Additionally\, Tanner is the legal liaison for USAID OIG’s unique work providing oversight of U.S. overseas contingency operations in partnership with the Inspectors General for the Departments of State and Defense.  He also serves as the OIG’s Whistleblower Protection Coordinator\, ensuring that the OIG fulfills its obligation to educate employees about whistleblower rights and properly respond to retaliation complaints.  He is actively involved in the OIG community\, including teaching courses through the CIGIE Training Institute. \nTanner holds a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and is licensed to practice law by the State of Maryland.  He completed his undergraduate studies at Sewanee\, where he studied French and Political Science. \nKevin Miller\, Counsel to the Inspector General\, Farm Credit Administration \nKevin T. Miller serves as Counsel to the Inspector General at the Farm Credit Administration\, an independent agency tasked with regulating and supervising the Farm Credit System\, a nationwide network of borrower-owned financial institutions that provide credit and related services to agriculture and rural America. He provides legal and other advice to the Inspector General and Office of Inspector General staff concerning audits\, inspections\, evaluations\, investigations\, and other matters relevant to the office’s oversight responsibilities. \nBefore joining the FCA OIG in 2018\, Miller worked as an attorney-advisor in the U.S. Office of Personnel Management OIG. He is a graduate the George Washington University Law School and the University of Virginia and is a member of the Virginia and New Jersey Bars. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration for this event will close July 26 at 2 PM ET.  \nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Members & Nonmembers: Complimentary Registration\n\nThis session will be hosted using Zoom. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note CLE will not be offered for this event.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nQ: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event? \nA: This session will be hosted by an external entity\, and a recording will not be available. \nQ: Who do I contact for more information?\nA: Please contact sections@fedbar.org for any other questions. \n\nEmail Communication Policy\nBy registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/law-student-series-office-of-inspector-general-career-panel/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Law Student Division,Younger Lawyers Division
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SUMMARY:TTSL Section: Meet John E. Putnam\, DOT Acting General Counsel (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:The Transportation & Transportation Security Law Section invites FBA members and special guests to join Department of Transportation Acting General Counsel John E. Putnam for this program to learn about DOT priorities and his role in working with senior DOT leadership and DOT attorneys to advance the mission of the Department. \n\nThis program will be on MS Teams and in moderated Q&A format. The moderator for the program will be David Y. Bannard\, Partner\, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP and TTSL Section Chair 2018-2019. \n\nSponsored by: Transportation & Transportation Security Law Section \n  \nRegistration is Closed \n\nAbout the Speakers\nDavid Bannard\, Partner\, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP (Moderator) \nJohn Putnam\, Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation \nJohn E. Putnam has been appointed as the Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation\, and will serve as the Acting General Counsel.  In this role\, he works closely with the Department’s senior leadership and nearly 500 attorneys to manage legal and policy matters concerning all of the Department’s operating administrations. \nPrior to joining the Biden Administration\, John worked most of his career as a transportation\, environment\, and energy attorney in Denver and Washington\, DC. He represented State departments of transportation\, local governments\, transportation agencies\, and private entities in Colorado and nationwide on a range of transportation\, energy\, environmental issues under the Federal transportation laws\, the Clean Air Act\, the National Environmental Policy Act\, and the Clean Water Act. \nMost recently\, John was the Director of Environmental Programs for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). He was responsible for overseeing the air\, water\, waste\, and environmental health and sustainability divisions\, as well as coordinating with the Air Quality Control Commission\, Solid and Hazardous Waste Commission\, and Water Quality Control Commission. While at CDPHE\, he also served as a Commissioner on the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and Trustee for the Natural Resource Damages Trustees.  John worked closely with the Colorado Department of Transportation\, Colorado Energy Office\, Department of Natural Resources\, Department of Agriculture\, and other agencies to develop Colorado’s Roadmap for Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap\, clean truck plans\, critical infrastructure COVID-19 support\, and other programs for the State of Colorado. \nJohn also served as chair and member of the Regional Air Quality Council\, which is the lead air quality planning agency for the Denver metropolitan area and North Front Range\, as well as chair of the Boulder Planning Board and Boulder Board of Open Space Trustees.  He also served as a consulted expert or committee member for projects for the United States Government Accountability Office\, the Transportation Research Board\, the National Academies\, and Airports Council International. \nJohn received his law degree from the University of Chicago and Bachelor’s degree from Williams College. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration for this event will close July 27 at 4 PM ET.  \nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Members & Nonmembers: Complimentary Registration\n\n\nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact sections@fedbar.org 
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/ttsl-section-meet-john-e-putnam-dot-acting-general-counsel-virtual-event/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The First Amendment and Federal Courts
DESCRIPTION:This program will provide an overview of some of the current First Amendment issues pertinent to federal court practitioners\, including access to coverage of court proceedings\, the rise of “anti-SLAPP” statutes\, and implications of false information and disinformation in the defamation context. \nPresented by the Civil Rights Law Section and Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee \n\nAbout the Presenters\nLeita Walker\, Partner\, Ballard Spahr LLP \nLeita Walker is a litigator and trial lawyer in the Media and Entertainment Law Group of Ballard Spahr LLP in Minneapolis. Leita has nearly 15 years of experience defending media organizations in libel litigation and helping them obtain access to governmental and judicial records. Most recently\, she served as counsel for media outlets covering the trial of officer Derek Chauvin  in the death of George Floyd\, obtaining what Law360 described as “extraordinary access” to members of the public.  “Let people watch the process\, because they will trust it more if they can see it\,” Walker said. \n \nAshley Messenger\, Senior Associate General Counsel\, National Public Radio (NPR) \nAshley Messenger is Senior Associate General Counsel at National Public Radio (NPR)\, specializing in First Amendment and Media Law.  She has been a media lawyer for over 25 years at various news organizations\, and was formerly a commercial radio talk show host.  She has taught First Amendment law at the University of Michigan Law School and media law at American University\, The George Washington University\, and George Mason University.  She is also the author of a textbook\, Media Law: A Practical Guide\, as well as numerous law review articles. \nEric Weslander\, Attorney\, Stevens & Brand LLP (Moderator) \nEric Weslander is a litigator and former journalist with Stevens & Brand LLP in Lawrence\, KS. Eric uses his investigative and storytelling skills to advocate for clients in a variety of lawsuits involving tort claims\, business disputes\, media law and governmental regulation. He has teamed with the ACLU of Kansas to bring a First Amendment lawsuit challenging school restrictions on the contents of student protests\, and has successfully defended lawsuits under Kansas’ recently enacted Public Speech Protection Act\, an “anti-SLAPP” statute which aims to deter meritless lawsuits that chill public speech. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration is now closed.\nRegistrants will receive webinar access information via calendar invitation approximately 24 hours prior to the session. \nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Member: $0\nNonmember: $75\n\nLive Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts. \nCancellation Policy: No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on July 21\, 2021. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests. \nInternet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.  \n\nCLE\nCLE: 1 CLE Credit (60min state) / 1.2 CLE Credit (50min state) \nCLE Credit will be processed/reported approximately 4-6 weeks after the event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. You must attend the live broadcast\, answer engagement polls\, and accurately enter your bar number in our database to receive credit. Certificates and required documentation for self-reporting states will be issued via email\, upon state bar approval. Thank you in advance for your patience\, as state bars are experiencing significant delays with virtual program processing. \nClick Here for more information on CLE Attendance and Reporting. \n\nEmail Communication Policy: By registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nRecording Disclaimer: By registering for an FBA webinar\, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same\, do not register for the event. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Caitlin Rider\, Sr. Conference Manager.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-firstamendment/
LOCATION:Online\, US
CATEGORIES:Civil Rights Law Section,Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210729T120000
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SUMMARY:Law Student Series: Federal Bureau of Investigation Career Panel
DESCRIPTION:Law Student Series: Federal Bureau of Investigation Career Panel\nThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is the nation’s premier law enforcement and intelligence agency. Our mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States. We seek individuals from a diverse array of personal and professional backgrounds who are committed to applying their skills\, talents\, and integrity to join our team and help us fulfill our mission. Hear from the FBI’s division counsel team at the Washington Field Office who will discuss their path and career opportunities within the bureau. \nRegistration is Closed \nPresented by: Law Student Division & Younger Lawyers Division \nThe Law Student Series provides students\, legal interns\, and recent graduates with the opportunity to participate in a variety of presentations hosted by various FBA leaders\, federal agencies\, and other notable speakers. These free webinars allow attendees to learn directly from practitioners about career development\, missions and operations\, employment opportunities\, and more! Check the program page for updates as programming is added. \n\nAbout the Presenters\nAllison K. Lawter\, Chief Division Counsel\nMary Jo Ervin\, Associate Division Counsel\nSally Anne Moyer\, Associate General Counsel\nDennis J. Kamph\, Unit Chief\nRoland C. Draughn III\, Special Agent \n  \n\nRegistration\nRegistration for this event will close July 28 at 2 PM ET.  \nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Members & Nonmembers: Complimentary Registration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLive Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts. \n\n\nInternet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note CLE will not be offered for this event.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nQ: How do I access the virtual webinar?\nA: Each webinar will have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a calendar invitation prior to the webinar. \nQ: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?\nA: Approved sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the webinar. \nQ: Who do I contact for more information?\nA: Please contact sections@fedbar.org for any other questions. \n\nEmail Communication Policy\nBy registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nRecording Disclaimer\nBy registering for an online FBA program\, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same\, do not register for the event.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/law-student-series-federal-bureau-of-investigation-career-panel/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Law Student Division,Younger Lawyers Division
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