Public Square Lecture sponsored by the League of Women Voters

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This event is free and open to the public. Application will be made for one standard CLE credit.

Registration for this event taken through the Alumni Office:

(651) 290-6370
alumni@wmitchell.edu

For more event information contact St. Paul League of Women Voters:

(651) 789-0118
mail@lwvsp.org

Three Branches, One Vote

Separate Branches, Balanced Powers

Monday, May 1st, National Law Day

William Mitchell Auditorium, 7-8:30 p.m., reception to follow

Co-sponsored by the St. Paul League of Women Voters and William Mitchell College of Law.

Recognizing Law Day 2006, �Three Branches, One Vote� brings citizens together to debate and discuss how the judicial, legislative and presidential branches of government work together for the common good. Panelists representing each branch will discuss the relationship between their branch and a citizen's vote.

This event made possible by a grant from the League of Women Voters Education Fund and the Program on Constitutional and Legal Policy of the Open Society Institute.

More about Law Day

About the Speakers:

Kris Eiden (executive branch)
Minnesota Attorney General

Kris Eiden graduated from St. Cloud State University, magna cum laude in 1980 with a B.A. in public administration. She attended William Mitchell College of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 1988. After graduating from college, Kris Eiden worked as a legislative assistant in the Minnesota Senate. In 1983, Kris Eiden was appointed assistant to the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce, and she became deputy commissioner in 1984. Kris Eiden served in that position until 1991, when she entered private practice, representing clients primarily in regulatory matters. In 1999, Kris Eiden was appointed Deputy Attorney General and she became Chief Deputy Attorney General in 2002.

Minnesota Attorney General's Website

Esther Tomljanovich, '55 (judicial branch)
Minnesota Supreme Court (ret.)

Esther Tomljanovich served as a Minnesota Supreme Court Justice between 1990 and 1998. Prior to the that, she was a district court judge in the 10th Judicial District for 13 years. She has been involved in many organizations, including the Legal Rights Center board of directors, the Medica board of directors, William Mitchell's board of trustees, the Itasca Community College Foundation board, and the Landmark Center board.

Esther Tomljanovich's biography

Chris Georgacas (legislative branch)
President, Goff & Howard Public Relations/Public Affairs

Chris Georgacas provides strategic consultation and manages clients' lobbying, grassroots, media and community relations efforts. Before joining Goff & Howard, he served as a political party chair, a senior legislative aid, a think tank analyst, and an executive-branch administrator. In 2002, Georgacas was Governor Pawlenty's campaign chairman.