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Thursday, November 14, 2019 |
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Time | Session Name | Speaker(s) |
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Check-in and registration | |
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Presentation of Colors and Welcome | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Keynote: A Conversation with Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Neil M. Gorsuch | Justice Neil M. Gorsuch Hon. John E. Sparks, Jr. |
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Break | |
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Parting the Burgundy Curtain: Press Coverage of the Supreme Court | Adam Liptak George Freeman Lisa S. Blatt Hon. Samuel A. Thumma* |
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Break | |
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Breakout I |
The Complete Appellate Advocate: Beyond Brief Writing | Hon. Bob Edmunds Deepak Gupta Heather New Deena Schneider* |
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Breakout II |
Poetry in Motion: How Judges Write | Hon. Jenny Rivera Hon. Randy Smith Hon. Al Diaz Ric Schickele* |
6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Opening Reception – Supreme Court of the United States |
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Friday, November 15, 2019 |
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Time | Session Name | Speaker(s) |
7:00 a.m. -8:00 a.m. | Breakfast | |
7:30 a.m. -7:55 a.m. | Applications of AI for Legal Practice (A Thomson Reuters Presentation) | Mike Dahn |
8:00 a.m. -9:00 a.m. | Say What? An Interactive Experience in Effective Legal Writing | Ross Guberman |
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Break | |
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Breakout I |
Let’s Get Personal: Evolving Approaches to Jurisdiction | Hon. Laurie McKinnon Neal Katyal Tom Goldstein Alex Albright* |
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Breakout II |
Recognizing Transgender Rights: How Federal and State Courts are Defining the Rights of Transgender Individuals | Prof. Tobias Wolff Casey Pick Sasha Buchert Katie Barrett Wiik* |
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Break | |
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Originalism vs. Living Constitutionalism: History, Theories, Tools and Trends | Joseph Ellis Kannon Shanmugam Prof. David Strauss Prof. Victoria Nourse* |
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Break | |
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | An Independent Judiciary: The Shield of a Free Society | Hon. Mark Martin Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby Hon. Andre Davis Prof. John Barrett* |
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Free Time — Optional Tours (additional charges)
(See Summit packet or website for more information.) |
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5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Council of Appellate Lawyers (CAL) Meet and Greet (All AJEI attendees invited) |
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6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. | CAL Dine-Around for Lawyers and Judges (Optional/additional charge) |
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7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. | CASA Dinner, T-Shirt Exchange for Staff Attorneys & Judges (Optional/additional charge) |
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Saturday, November 16, 2019 |
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Time | Session Name | Speaker(s) |
6:00 a.m. | Fun Run/Walk (Meet in the hotel lobby at 6:00 a.m.) | |
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast, Optional CAL Roundtable Discussions (View 2019 Roundtables) | |
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Supreme Court Review – Civil | Dean Erwin Chemerinsky |
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Break | |
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Breakout I |
Supreme Court Review – Criminal | Dean Erwin Chemerinsky |
10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Breakout II |
Thinking Like a Linguist | Stephen Mouritsen Neal Goldfarb Prof. Jill Anderson Jim Layton* |
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Break | |
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Breakout I |
The Culture of Bail in America: The Real Cost of Pre-trial Detention | Prof. Mary McCord Hon. Colleen O’Toole Elizabeth Ryan* |
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Breakout II |
When the Heat is on: Handling Bonds, Stays and other Appellate Emergencies | Hon. Mary Hannah Leavitt Ben Mesches Dan Huckabay Greg Castanias* |
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch and CAL, CASA Business Meetings | |
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Supreme Court Preview: Next Year’s Headlines Today | Paul Clement Prof. Pam Karlan Prof. Neil Siegel* |
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Break | |
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Breakout I |
Ethical Challenges for the Appellate Lawyer | Tom Spahn Laurie Daniel* |
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Breakout II |
A Peek Behind the Curtain: How Judges Collaborate with Law Clerks and Staff Attorneys | Hon. Consuelo Callahan Hon. Joseph Getty Hon. Charles Day Stephanie Snow* |
6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. | Saturday Night Reception, Dinner, Entertainment, and Just Desserts |
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Sunday, November 17, 2019 |
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Time | Session Name | Speaker(s) |
7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | |
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Honoring Our Veterans | |
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Has Chevron Run out of Gas? And Other Good Questions: Judging the Administrative State in 2019 | Hon. Geoffrey Slaughter Donald Verrilli Erin Murphy Tillman Breckenridge* |
9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | Break | |
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Breakout I |
Explicit and Implicit Bias | Hon. Bernice Donald Jeffrey M. Kelly Jin-Ho King Hon. Colleen O’Toole* Prof. Robin Conley Riner |
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Breakout II |
The Vanishing Oral Argument – Why It Matters and What to Do About It | Hon. Barbara Milano Keenan Hon. Douglas Nazarian Jim Martin Jim Layton* |
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Break | |
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Reel Appeal II: You Can’t Handle The Truth! Or Can You? (Legal Ethics and the Movies) | Prof. Paul Bergman Kirsten Castañeda Mark Kressel Hon. James Lockemy* |
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Conclusion and Preview of 2020 Summit (Austin, TX) | Hon. Eva Guzman |
*session moderator