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Washburn University School of Law (Topeka, KS)
Posted on August 7, 2005

The delegates listen as Washburn Law Professor Aida Alaka and recent graduate Duston Slinkard speak about the Washburn Law Trial Advocacy Program.

Washburn Law hosted five judges from Russia on Tuesday afternoon, August 2, 2005. The judges are in the United States and visited Topeka as part of an Open World Program. The program enables emerging Russian leaders to experience U.S. democracy and free enterprise. Participants also learn about the roles and interrelationships of the three different branches and levels of the U.S. government.

The judges, including Sergey Baranov, Larisa Sudnyachenkova, and Vadim Pavlov, were given an overview of the American legal education system by Professor Nancy Maxwell. The judges also toured the Law Library and Law Clinic, and learned about the trial advocacy program at Washburn Law from Professor Aida Alaka and recent graduate Duston Slinkard. Other stops in Topeka included the Shawnee County District Court, a shopping trip at nearby stores, and the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. Read more about the judge's visit in the Wednesday, August 3, 2005, Topeka Capital-Journal (free registration may be required).

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