On Nov. 26, Brigadier General Dirk Backen will deliver the keynote for Washington and Lee’s 2012 German Law in Context Program, discussing the role of the military in contemporary Germany. The keynote and discussion will take place at 5:00 p.m. in the Pogue Auditorium in the Marshall Museum on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute. The event is open to the public. General Dirk Backen is currently the Military Attaché to the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. In that post he oversees relations between the U.S. Department of Defense and the German Ministry of Defense. The Germany Army, Navy and Air Force are represented on his staff.Sponsors:German Law JournalWashington and Lee School of LawVMI -Biggs '30 Cincinnati Chair in Military HistoryW&L German and Russian Department-Grasty Fund