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Donald Aplin



 

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Adjunct Instructor Don Aplin is a graduate of Pomona College (Gov't) and the Antioch School of Law. He is the Legal Editor of BNA's Privacy and Security Law Report. Before becoming a legal journalist, Don practiced in a small Washington, D.C. law firm representing plaintiffs in EEO cases. For Ten years, Don was an attorney with the public interest group the Government Accountability Project representing federal employee whistleblowers in employment retaliation cases and First Amendment and FOIA litigation as well as working with federal agencies and Congress to seek resolution of the substantive issues that the workers disclosed. This is his 21st year teaching in the Legal Rhetoric: Writing and Research Program at the Washington College of Law. Don has three children ages 11, 13, and 15, who keep him happy and busy. His wife is a personal chef who keeps him happy and well fed!

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