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Plenary 1 - Historical Facts: Past Present & Future

Plenary 2: Fireside Chat

Plenary 3: Supreme Court Preview

Break-out 1: McCulloch v. Maryland: One-Stop Shopping for Textual Interpretive Methods

Break-out 2: Other Side of the Lectern: Trading Places

Plenary 4: Why BOTher Writing?

Break-out 3: Fine Art of Rebuttal

Break-out 4: The Importance and Impact of U.S. Appellate Courts of Special Jurisdiction

Plenary 5 - DEI: Bench & Bar Pipeline

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Plenary 7: Fireside Chat with U.S. Solicitor General

Break-out 5: The Supreme Court andthe American Constitutional System

Break-out 6: No Laughing Matter –Pop Culture References & Humor

Plenary 8: SCOTUS Update

Break-out 7: SCOTUS Criminal Update

Break-out 8: Building/Maintaining an Appellate Practice

Break-out 9: Lexicon is Not a Fortress – Law & Linguistics

Break-out 10: Changing Voir Dire Standards

Plenary 9: A Joinder of Inspiration and Greatness in Civil Rights Legislation: The Words of Lincoln and King on the Anniversaries of the Gettysburg Address and “I Have a Dream” Speech

Break-out 11: Making Non-Argument Sections of Brief Persuasive

Break-out 12: Victims’ Rights, Sentencing Reform, and a Civilian-Military Dialogue on the Implementation of Criminal Justice Initiatives

Plenary 10: Ethics of Recusal/Disqualification for Lawyers & Judges

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2023 Summit

Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2023
TimeSession NameSpeaker(s)Room
9:00 a.m. –
1:00 p.m.		Check-in and registrationFoyer
1:00 –
1:30 p.m.		Welcome &
Presentation of Colors		Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby
Hon. J. Michelle Childs
Hon. Sri Srinivasan		Salon
I – III
1:30  –
2:30 p.m.		Plenary 1:
Historical Facts: Past Present & Future		Laurie Webb Daniel
Hon. Mark E. Salter
Prof. Akhil Reed Amar
Karen Precella*		Salon
I – III
2:30 –
3:30 p.m.		Plenary 2:
Fireside Chat		Hon. Brett Kavanaugh
Hon. J. Michelle Childs*		Salon
I – III
3:30 –
3:45 p.m.		Break
3:45 –
4:45 p.m.		Plenary 3:
Supreme Court Preview		Deepak Gupta
Elaine J. Goldenberg
John P. Elwood
Jason Steed*		Salon
I – III
4:45 –
5:00 p.m.		Break
5:00 –
6:00 p.m.		Break-out 1:
McCulloch v. Maryland: One-Stop Shopping for Textual Interpretive Methods		Prof. Neil S. Siegel 
Hon. Laurie McKinnon
Hon. J. Michelle Childs
Cynthia Keely Timms*		Salon
I – III
5:00 –
6:00 p.m.		Break-out 2:
Other Side of the Lectern: Trading Places		Hon. Eric Magnuson
Hon. Thomas I. Vanaskie (Ret.)
Hon. Toby J. Heytens
Hon. Rachel Wainer Apter
Hon. William Boyce*		Salon IV
7:00 –
9:00 p.m.		Opening Reception at The Library of Congress
AJEI name badges required for admission.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2023
TimeSession NameSpeaker(s)Room
7:00 –
8:00 a.m.		Continental BreakfastCapital Ballroom
 8:00 –
9:00 a.m.		Plenary 4:
Why BOTher Writing?		Mark Davies
Prof. Joshua A.T. Fairfield
Emily Colbert
Hon. Herbert Dixon (Ret.)*		Salon
I – III
9:00 –
9:15 a.m.		Break
9:15 –
10:15 a.m.		Break-out 3:
Fine Art of Rebuttal		Hon. Shirley Troutman
Daniel Geyser
Kannon Shanmugam
Gaëtan Gerville-Réache*		Salon
I – III
9:15 –
10:15 a.m.		Break-out 4:
The Importance and Impact of U.S. Appellate Courts of Special Jurisdiction		Hon. Jennifer Choe-Groves
Hon. John E. Sparks Hon. Scott L. Laurer
Deanne E. Maynard*		Salon IV
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.Break
10:30 –
11:45 a.m.		Plenary 5:
DEI: Bench & Bar Pipeline		Hon. Amy St. Eve
Juvaria Khan
Nadeen Abou-Hossa, Esq.
Jay Breakstone*		Salon
I – III
11:45 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.		Break
12:00 –
1:00 p.m.		Plenary 6:
Law, Justice, & the Holocaust		Will Meinecke, Ph.D.Salon
I – III
1:00 –
 5:00 p.m.		Free Time — Optional Organized or Self-Guided Tours
6:00 –
7:00 p.m.		Council of Appellate Lawyers (CAL) Meet & Greet
(All AJEI attendees invited)		Penn Avenue Terrace
7:30 –
10:00 p.m.		CAL Dine-Around for Lawyers & Judges
(Optional – Self-pay)		Various Locations
7:00 –
9:00 p.m.		CASA Dinner & T-Shirt Exchange
(Registration and pre-pay required)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2023
TimeSession NameSpeaker(s)Room
6:00 a.m.Fun Run/Walk with Hon. Christopher Goff 
7:30 –
8:30 a.m.		Continental Breakfast & Optional CAL Roundtable DiscussionsCapital Ballroom
8:30 –
9:30 a.m.		Plenary 7:
Fireside Chat with
U.S. Solicitor General		Hon. Elizabeth Prelogar
Hon. J. Michelle Childs*
Hon. Robert Edmunds*		Salon
I – III
9:30 –
9:45 a.m.		Break
9:45 –
10:45 a.m.		Break-out 5:
The Supreme Court and
the American Constitutional System		Prof. Eric J. Segall
Prof. Stephanie Barclay
Prof. Samuel Moyn
Prof. Steven Vladeck
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden*		Salon
I – III
9:45 –
10:45 a.m.		Break-out 6:
No Laughing Matter –
Pop Culture References & Humor		Hon. James C. Ho
Hon. John B. Owens
Chad Baruch
Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen*		Salon IV
10:45 – 11:00 a.m.Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Plenary 8:
SCOTUS Update		Dean Erwin ChemerinskySalon
I – III
12:30 –
2:15 p.m.		Lunch  Capital Ballroom
2:15 –
3:30 p.m.		Break-out 7:
SCOTUS Criminal Update		Dean Erwin ChemerinskySalon
I – III
2:15 –
3:30 p.m.		Break-out 8: Building/Maintaining an Appellate PracticeJohn P. O’Herron
Elissa Haynes
Matthew Friedlander
Matt Leerberg*		Salon IV
3:30 –
3:45 p.m.		Break
3:45 –
4:45 p.m.		Break-out 9:
Lexicon is Not a Fortress – Law & Linguistics		Hon. Samuel A. Thumma Kirsten Castañeda
Prof. James Brudney
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden*		Salon IV
3:45 –
4:45 p.m.		Break-out 10:
Changing Voir Dire Standards		Prof. Nina Chertoff
Hon. Edwina Richardson-Mendelson
Hon. Greg Mize
Emily Coward
Lucy Inman*		Salon
I – III
6:00 –
6:45 p.m.		Saturday Night ReceptionBallroom Foyer
6:45 –
9:00 p.m.		Dinner & EntertainmentCapital Ballroom

Daylight savings time ends Nov. 5. Fall back one hour before going to sleep Saturday night.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2023
TimeSession NameSpeaker(s)Room
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.Continental BreakfastCapital Ballroom
8:30 –
8:45 a.m.		Honoring Our VeteransGettysburg FoundationSalon
I – III
8:45 – 9:45 a.m.Plenary 9:
A Joinder of Inspiration and Greatness in Civil Rights Legislation: The Words of Lincoln and King on the Anniversaries of the Gettysburg Address and “I Have a Dream” Speech		Prof. Bobby J. Donaldson
Hon. Frank Williams (Ret.)
Hon. Frank Sullivan, Jr.*		Salon
I – III
9:45 – 10:00 a.m.Break
10:00 –
11:00 a.m.		Break-out 11:
Making Non-Argument Sections of Brief Persuasive		Harker Rhodes
Samantha Chaifetz
Hon. Albert Diaz
Bennett Evan Cooper*		Salon
I – III
10:00 –
11:00 a.m.		Break-out 12: 
Victims’ Rights, Sentencing Reform, and a Civilian-Military Dialogue on the Implementation of Criminal Justice Initiatives		Jonathan Wroblewski
Capt. Stephen Reyes
Lt. Cmdr. Sara de Groot
Lauren Britsch Slater
Dwight Sullivan*		Salon IV
11:00 – 11:15 a.m.Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Plenary 10:
Ethics of Recusal/Disqualification for Lawyers & Judges		Prof. Marin Levy
Prof. James Sample
Hon. Mark Martin
Hon. Bernice Donald (Ret.)
Kip Nelson*		Salon
I – III
12:15 – 12:30 p.m.Conclusion and Preview of 2024 SummitSalon
I – III