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“Inside Washington” forum<br />
draws crowd<br />
Two <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> alumni with broad experience inside the Beltway<br />
v<strong>is</strong>ited the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> on March 14 to share their experiences.<br />
Chuck Fle<strong>is</strong>chmann and Jo-Marie St. Martin gave attendees a glimpse<br />
“Inside Washington.”<br />
Fle<strong>is</strong>chmann <strong>is</strong> a member <strong>of</strong> the US House<br />
<strong>of</strong> Representatives and St. Martin <strong>is</strong> general<br />
counsel and director <strong>of</strong> leg<strong>is</strong>lative operations<br />
for the Speaker <strong>of</strong> the US House <strong>of</strong> Representatives,<br />
John Boehner.<br />
Fle<strong>is</strong>chmann, who received h<strong>is</strong> law degree in<br />
1986, <strong>is</strong> a Republican who represents the eleven<br />
counties that make up the Third D<strong>is</strong>trict <strong>of</strong><br />
Tennessee. Before being elected to Congress,<br />
he ran a business in Chattanooga.<br />
In her role, St. Martin, who received her law<br />
degree in 1985, develops and implements leg<strong>is</strong>lative plans for the House <strong>of</strong> Representatives.<br />
She was selected as a John C. Stenn<strong>is</strong> Congressional Staff Fellow for the 110th Congress<br />
after being nominated by Speaker Boehner.<br />
In addition to d<strong>is</strong>cussing the specifics <strong>of</strong> her roles in Washington, St. Martin enc<strong>our</strong>aged<br />
law students to realize the value <strong>of</strong> their education, saying, “It’s a big world out there. Even if you never do one<br />
thing that <strong>is</strong> related to legal (<strong>is</strong>sues), you will use th<strong>is</strong> education for the rest <strong>of</strong> y<strong>our</strong> life.”<br />
Above left: Jo-Marie St. Martin speaks at the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> in March.<br />
She was joined by Congressman Chuck Fle<strong>is</strong>chmann (at right).<br />
www.law.utk.edu<br />
SPRING 2012<br />
nEws and notes<br />
SUMMERS wyATT SyMPoSiUM<br />
TACKlES CURRENT AffAiRS<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> Center for Advocacy and D<strong>is</strong>pute<br />
Resolution and the Tennessee J<strong>our</strong>nal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> and Policy<br />
recently hosted the 2012 Summers-Wyatt Symposium—<br />
“Cr<strong>is</strong>es, Coverage, and Communication: Advocacy in a 24/7<br />
News World.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> symposium featured lawyers, j<strong>our</strong>nal<strong>is</strong>ts, and communication<br />
experts who addressed the topic <strong>of</strong> legal advocacy<br />
as well as legal and j<strong>our</strong>nal<strong>is</strong>m ethics in the world <strong>of</strong> 24/7<br />
news coverage. Speakers with legal, media, and public relations<br />
backgrounds shared their personal and pr<strong>of</strong>essional experiences related<br />
to media coverage <strong>of</strong> legal proceedings.<br />
Speakers included Pamela Mackey (pictured at left), who represented NBA player<br />
Kobe Bryant; Joseph Cheshire, who defended the Duke Lacrosse case; John<br />
Seigenthaler, who founded USA Today and the First Amendment Center; former<br />
CNN anchor and White House and Capitol Hill correspondent Joie Chen; President<br />
and CEO <strong>of</strong> the Freedom Forum James Duff; ABA Legal Affairs writer Mark<br />
Curriden; and Al Tompkins, senior faculty member at the Poynter Institute.<br />
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