Georgia Symposium of Law and Politics

The Georgia Association of Law & Politics Proudly Presents: The First
Annual Georgia Symposium of Law & Politics

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Larry Walker Room (4th Floor Dean Rusk Center)
Breakfast and lunch served with RSVP

Are you interested in the critical issues that drive Georgia politics? Do you want to learn more
about those issues from both academic and practical perspectives? If so, we invite you to join us
for policy driven discussions on four topics crucial to Georgia’s political future.

Saturday, October 22nd on the 4th Floor of the Dean Rusk Center, the Georgia Association of Law
& Politics will host The First Annual Georgia Symposium of Law & Politics. The Symposium will
feature four panels with topics including: Immigration, Judicial Budgetary Issues, Congressional
Redistricting, and the new Georgia Evidence Code. We are proud to feature prominent speakers
with expertise in their respective fields for each of these panels. If you are interested in these
topics, you simply cannot afford to miss this opportunity to learn from some of Georgia’s most
prominent legal, judicial, and political figures.

Want to get involved, or to learn more? Contact Alan Poole at abp357@uga.edu.
If you plan to attend and want to reserve breakfast and/or lunch contact profdev@uga.edu NO
LATER THAN OCTOBER 14TH. Law students please go to My Georgia Law and register under
“Events”.

SCHEDULE & SPEAKERS
9:30
10:30am: Sign In/Breakfast

10:30
11:30am: Judiciary Budget Panel (Speakers include: Chief Judge John Ellington, Georgia
Court of Appeals Chief Judge Lawton Stephens, Athens‐Clarke County District Attorney Ken
Mauldin & Moderator Professor David Shipley of the University of Georgia School of Law)

11:30
12:00pm: Pick up Lunch (For those who register, you will pick up your lunch and
proceed to the Evidence Panel where you can eat at your leisure.)

12:00
1:15pm: Evidence Panel (Speakers include: U.S. Attorney Edward Tarver, Deputy Chief
Assistant District Attorney (Stone Mountain) Mike Carlson, State Senator Jason Carter, Fulton
County Superior Court Judge Shawn Ellen LaGrua & Moderator Professor Stephen Harper of The
Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia)

1:30
2:30pm: Redistricting Panel (Speakers include: State Senator Hardie Davis, Senate Pro
Tempore Tommie Williams, State Representative Mike Jacobs & Moderator Dr. Charles Bullock of
the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs)

2:45
3:45pm: Immigration Panel (Speakers include: Professor Neil Kinkopf from Georgia State
University’s College of Law, State Senator Jack Murphy & Moderator Teri Simmons of Arnall
Golden Gregory LLP)

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