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Since 1978 the Wichita law firm of Foulston Siefkin has generously sponsored the Foulston Siefkin Lecture Series. This lecture series brings a prominent legal scholar to Washburn University School of Law to challenge and enhance the legal thinking of our students and faculty. The visiting scholar delivers a lecture and also provides an article for the next volume of the Washburn Law Journal.
2024 Lecture: Reimagining a River
Speaker: Holly Doremus, Associate Dean at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
The John D. Ensley Memorial Writing Award is presented semi-annually to the top memo writer in the Washburn Law Journal writing competition, honoring John D. Ensley, a 1983 graduate whose dedication to legal writing had a lasting impact on the profession. Established in 2000, the award commemorates Mr. Ensley’s distinguished career and contributions to commercial, government, real estate, securities, and educational law. As a partner at Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds and Palmer, and a member of various bar associations, Mr. Ensley’s legacy continues to inspire excellence in legal writing at Washburn Law.
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