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How the legal profession is embracing predictive analytics to advance the law
We are increasingly living in an algorithmic world, where advanced analytical techniques are being used to predict human behavior across a spectrum of disciplines. The legal profession is hardly immune, and has started to embrace predictive analytics in litigation and in solving client problems associated with Big Data. Experts on how the law is advancing in our algorithmic era will discuss the topic at a Newsmakers news conference on March 24 at 3 p.m. in the Murrow Room. The panel will be headed by Jason R. Baron, an internationally recognized expert in e-discovery and co-chair of a new…
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This Week In National Press Club History
March 18, 1908: The National Press Club constitution is adopted at a meeting in the F Street Parlor of the New Willard Hotel. A heated debate follows about the advisability of granting credit to members. Some argue that it is beneath the dignity of a gentleman to be asked for cash by a waiter, for example. Over the years, adjustments to that policy have been made. March 18, 1992: H. Ross Perot’s speech at the National Press Club brings on an avalanche of ten thousand requests for the audiotape. Soon after, he becomes an independent candidate for the Presidency. March 20, 1914. President…
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Bob Schieffer/Marvin Kalb to speak at Hottelet Memorial Service March 21
CBS News senior correspondent Bob Schieffer and veteran retired CBS correspondent Marvin Kalb will be among the speakers paying tribute March 21 at the National Press Club to legendary journalist Richard C. Hottelet, the last of the "Murrow Boys" who invented broadcast news during World War II. Hottelet was hired at CBS by Edward R. Murrow in January 1944, and on D-Day he aired the first eyewitness account of the invasion of Normandy, flying in a bomber that attacked Utah Beach six minutes before H-Hour. Joining Schieffer and Kalb at the podium beginning at 11:00 a.m. are Murrow's son, Casey…
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The secret life of food, revealed by Shirley O. Corriher Oct. 22
The NPC Events Committee is offering an exciting opportunity to see the One, the Only, the Irrepressible Shirley O. Corriher in action at the Club on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6:00 PM!! Corriher is a James Beard award-winning cookbook author, renowned cook/baker and television personality. Even better, she is teaming up with NPC’s Executive Chef Susan Delbert, who is preparing five delicious appetizers and sangria for you to sample. After tasting the sangria and appetizers, Delbert will explain how they were made and Corriher will, simply and humorously, discuss the science involved. Open to…
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American Legion Post 20 to host Marvin Kalb at Vietnam War event Nov. 20
Longtime CBS and NBC journalist Marvin Kalb will discuss on Nov. 20 the ways in which the Vietnam War has impacted presidential decision-making. The event, to take place at 6:30 p.m. in the National Press Club's Murrow Room, is part of the official commemoration of the 50th anniversary of major events in the Vietnam War. Kalb is the author of two books on the subject, `The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed' and `Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama.' Kalb was the founding director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and…
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Will legal changes help or hurt voter turnout at mid-term elections: Oct. 16 Newsmaker
Two election experts will discuss the likely impact of recent court rulings, new state election laws and voter ID laws on the upcoming mid-term elections at a Newsmakers news conference on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. in the NPC’s Murrow Room. Arguing that recent actions could suppress voter turnout by making it more difficult for the poor, minority groups, the elderly and the physically challenged to go to the polls will be Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. She has served as an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, is a professor of Civil Procedure and…
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Silver Owls Fall Hoot coming up at NPC on Nov. 15
The National Press Club’s Silver Owls return for their Fall Hoot at noon Saturday, Nov. 15, with an insider’s account of a book in progress by author and reporter John Aloysius (“Jack”) Farrell. He is at work on a new biography of President Richard M. Nixon. Formerly a reporter, correspondent and editor for the Boston Globe, Farrell is the author of two critically acclaimed biographies, of House Speaker Thomas P. (“Tip”) O’Neill and famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow. The Fall Hoot is open to all Press Club members and their guests. Tickets are $35 each and include lunch, with a cash bar…
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PR Veteran Larry Weber to headline annual NPC Communicators Summit Oct. 24
Global communications expert and veteran public relations industry executive Larry Weber will headline the second annual NPC Communicators Summit on Friday, Oct. 24, at 8:30 a.m. in the Holeman Lounge. The theme of this year’s summit is “Brand Storytelling: Enhancing Communicator Strategies for the Digital Age.” In addition to a luncheon with Weber and NPC President Myron Belkind, the event will feature two morning panels examining how technological advancements, combined with effective storytelling, are helping companies and organizations convey messages and raise their visibility. Now in…
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Diets and men who cheat: Zuk reveals fantasies about evolution in NPC podcast Update-1
From popular diets that encourage us to eat like our ancestors to the idea that a man who cheats can blame his behavior on his DNA, misconceptions about evolution abound, evolutionary biologist Marlene Zuk said on the latest edition of the National Press Club podcast, Update-1. “I think we’ve all got, well, fantasies about what it was like in our earlier evolution, whether that has to do with what we ate or how we lived or what we wore or our health,” said Zuk, a professor of ecology, evolution and behavior at the University of Minnesota who was in Washington for the American Psychological…
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Reserve soon for top flight Duckhorn wine paired with Certified Angus Beef at Oct. 29 dinner
Highly-ranked wines and top flight Certified Angus Beef top the menu at a multi-course dinner Oct. 29 at the Fourth Estate restaurant at the National Press Club. The Second Annual Certified Angus Beef dinner pairs a variety of beef and seafood dishes with Duckhorn Vineyard’s Napa Valley wines. Certified Angus Beef specialists and a Maryland rancher will be on hand to walk you through the courses along with a Duckhorn representative to explain the perfect pairings. Last year’s dinner sold out, so reservations are essential. Click here to reserve. The dinner will begin with cocktails and…
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