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Glenn Gerstell will provide an overview of the National Security Agency and the Office of General Counsel, and will discuss the legal challenges it faces and professional opportunities for law students through the NSA’s Honors Program. Gerstell was appointed in August 2015 as general counsel of the NSA and Central Security Service. He is also an elected member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to joining the NSA, he practiced law for almost 40 years at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, where he served as the managing partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C.; Singapore; and Hong Kong offices. Gerstell served on the president’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council, which reports to the president and the secretary of homeland security on security threats to the nation’s infrastructure, as well as on the District of Columbia Homeland Security Commission. Food will be served. This event was rescheduled from Feb. 20 due to inclement weather.