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November 10 – 13, 2022, Scottsdale, AZ
Register now for the 2022 AJEI Summit, the nation’s premier appellate educational event.! Typically attended by almost 400 appellate judges and practitioners, the Summit will feature 20+ panel discussions on emerging trends, challenges, and legal issues affecting appellate practitioners and the judiciary. Confirmed panelists to date and session topics are noted below with more announcements to come.
The Summit is organized by the National Judicial College and the Appellate Judges Education Institute, with participation of the American Bar Association Judicial Division’s Appellate Judges Conference, Council of Appellate Lawyers, and Council of Appellate Staff Attorneys.
Sessions:
- Supreme Court Preview – October 2022 Term
- Qualified Immunity
- Legislative Redistricting After Rucho v. Common Cause
- Law and Linguistics
- The Legacy of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
- A Comparison of Military & Civilian Justice Procedures
- Perspectives on Stare Decisis
- Threats to Judicial Security and the Dark Web
- Legal Writing: Striving for Clarity
- Public Confidence and the Courts
- 1984, Big Brother, & Facial Recognition
- The Reign of Three Sovereigns: Jurisdictional Puzzles in Indian Country
- Key U.S. Supreme Court Decisions of the October 2021 Term
- Appellate Court Pro Bono Program
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Dissent & Concurrence
- Em😊jis and the Law: The New Digital Language In a Courtroom Near You
- Insights on Amicus Brief Writing
- Bias, Discrimination, and Harassment: The Ethics Rules for Lawyers and Judges
Panelists:
- Keynote Address by Hon. J. Michelle Childs (D.C. Cir.)
- Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, U.C. Berkeley
- Hon. Esther Salas (D.N.J.)
- Hon. Robert Bachrach (10th Cir.)
- Ret. Four Star Admiral Harry Harris (former US Ambassador to South Korea)
- Deepak Gupta
- Prof, Stephen Vladeck, Charles Alan Wright Professor, U. Texas Law School
- Prof. Robert Miller, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- Former Arizona Chief Justice Scott Bales
- Hon. James Wynn (4th Cir.)
- Prof, Nathaniel Persily, Stanford Law School
- Ret. General John S. Cooke, Director, Federal Judicial Center
- Hon. George C. (“Buck”) James, Supreme Court of South Carolina
- Hon. Thomas R. Lee, Assoc. Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court
Dress code:
Business / business casual during the day. For the Thursday reception and Saturday dinner, the dress code is business or cocktail attire.