The Gene Balloun Legal CTE program is a program sponsored by the Kansas 1st Amendment Foundation and the Johnson County First Amendment Foundation.

The event has four objectives:

This event is for students from the grades 9-12 who may be interested in a career in the legal field.  

The schedule for the day is:

9:00-9:20        Opening Ken Thomas (KS1stAF) and Kevin Bronson (KSDE CTE Coordinator)
9:20-10:30     Judge Glenn Braun (retired 23rd District, Hays) w/ Glenna Burden (Hutchinson High School) What do we need to know about the court system?
10:30-10:40    Break
10:40-12:00    Kansas Leadership Center: When Everyone Leads with Dr. Jason Bosch
12:00-12:25    Lunch (Provided by QDOBA) (See dietary restrictions question below)
12:30-1:45      Panel Discussion: Legal Occupations; Presently scheduled: 

• Etta Walker, Attorney Sharon Springs KS, 

• Jennifer Foster, Chief of District Court Operations for the Kansas Courts, 

• Professor Wendy Rohleder-Sook, Director of the Legal Studies Program at Fort Hays State University.

• Lynelle Gottschalk, Official Court Reporter, Ellis County

• Alison Little, Clerk of Court, Logan County

• Chris Esquibel, Chief of Probation Services, OJA