2011-2012 Center for Law and Government Speakers and Events
2011-2012 Upcoming Events
Monday, April 2, 2012
Lunch & Learn: Understanding SOPA (The Stop Online Piracy Act)
Practitioner in Residence Marla Poor, '90, is Corporate Counsel - Policy and Government Affairs with Nintendo of America, Inc.
She will present a Lunch & Learn presentation at noon in Room 102.
Poor has been with Nintendo since 2008. She guides the legal department, operations/compliance, and corporate communications in developing and implementing a broad range of legal and policy issues.
Prior to joining Nintendo, Poor was the Policy Planning Advisor and Senior Attorney with the U.S. Copyright Office, Office of Policy and International Affairs. She has also worked as an attorney for the Motion Picture Association and in the Music Industry.
Poor is a 1990 graduate of Washburn University School of Law.
Thursday and Friday, October 20-21, 2011
Breaching Borders:
State Encroachment into the Federal Immigration Domain?
September 20-22, 2011
Washburn Constitution Day Celebration
September 20: Kansas Court of Appeals Hearings, Robinson Courtroom, 9:00 a.m.
September 21: Kansas Court of Appeals Hearings, Kansas Room, Memorial Union, 9:00 a.m.
September 21: Presentation by Robin B. Wright, Washburn Room, Memorial Union, 7:00 p.m.
Washburn University's Constitution Day Celebration presents Robin B. Wright, an internationally recognized journalist, author and foreign policy analyst, will discuss her newest book, "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World," 7 p.m., Washburn Room-Memorial Union (no charge), sponsored by the Washburn University School of Law Center for Law and Government, Kansa Institute of Politics, Washburn Student Government Association, Washburn President's Office, History Department, and the Political Science Department.
September 22: Presentation by Robin B. Wright, Room 114, Law School, Noon
Robin B. Wright will make a presentation to law students.
