Learning Objectives
1. Learn about how NASPO promotes collaboration and cross-education between legal and procurement in the states.
2. Understand how cross-education and communication can improve the procurement process and lead to
3. Lawyers are people too! Find new confidence in approaching the attorneys who support procurement and bringing them into the process early and often.

Course Description
In this webinar, join NASPO’s 2024 Law Institute Chair and Deputy State Procurement Administrator, Jessica Klein, J.D. (State of Arizona), NASPO Deputy Chief Cooperative Procurement Officer Zachary Christensen, J.D. and NASPO’s Director of Legal Education, Megan Smyth, J.D. will share what NASPO is doing to 1) bring together procurement and legal professionals in our states to improvlege the efficiency and efficacy of procurement procedures throughout the state; 2) elevate the public procurement profession by including attorneys and state procurement officials; and 3) ultimately provide the best value for each tax dollar spent in our states.

Presented by

• Jessica Klein, Deputy State Procurement Administrator, Deputy Assistant Director for Compliance, Procurement Council, State of Arizona
• Zachary Christensen, Procurement Officer, NASPO
• Megan Smyth, Director of Legal Education, NASPO

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