All Resources
Schedule

Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday

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TimeSession NameSpeaker(s)
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.Check-in and registration
1:00 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.Presentation of Colors and Welcome Honoring Our Veterans
1:25 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.Opening Session: Hail to the ChiefsHon. James Lockemy*
Hon. Maureen O’Connor
Hon. Priscilla Owen
Hon. Loretta H. Rush
2:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Presentation of NJC’s Inaugural Sandra Day O’Connor Award
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.Managing Stress and Strengthening Resiliency: Practical Strategies for Judges and LawyersHon. Jeremy D. Fogel (ret.)*
Hon. Phyllis Hamilton
Prof. Terry A. Maroney
3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Page-turners: How Judges Read in an E-filing EraHon. J. Brett Busby
Bradley R. Kutrow*
Hon. Martha C. Warner
Hon. Rhonda K. Wood
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.The Ethics of Building and Growing an Appellate PracticeJay L.T. Breakstone
Hon. Albert Diaz*
Matthew Nis Leerberg
Robert A. Mandel
Hon. Elizabeth Lang Miers
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.Opening Reception – Bullock Museum

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TimeSession NameSpeaker(s)
6:00 a.m. -7:00 a.m.Yoga with Hon. Patricia O’Connell Alvarez 
7:15 a.m. -8:00 a.m.Breakfast
7:30 a.m. – 7:55 a.m.The Great Digital AcceleratorTom Leighton
Hon. Samuel A. Thumma
8:00 a.m. -9:00 a.m.Supreme Court PreviewRobert S. Peck
Jaime A. Santos
Jason P. Steed*
Kannon K. Shanmugam
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.Break
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Clients in the Courtroom: How In-House Counsel View Appeals & Appellate CourtsHon. Diane M. Johnsen*
Heather Bailey New
Kimberly R. Phillips
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Hidden Cause, Visible Effect:  Understanding the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Hon. J. Brett Busby*
Beth S. Brinkmann
Don Cruse
John P. Elwood
Stephen I. Vladeck
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.Writing from the Reader’s Perspective: How the English Language Really WorksProf. George D. Gopen
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Break
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, How Do We Dismantle Our Bias After All? Prof. Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Free Time — Optional Tours
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Council of Appellate Lawyers (CAL) Meet and Greet
(All AJEI attendees invited)
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.CAL Dine-Around for Lawyers and Judges
(Optional/self-pay)
Time - TBD.CASA T-Shirt Exchange for Staff Attorneys

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TimeSession NameSpeaker(s)
6:00 a.m.Fun Run/Walk with Hon. Steven David
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.Breakfast & Optional CAL Roundtable Discussions
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.United States Supreme Court Civil UpdateDean Erwin Chemerinsky
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Break
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.Curse or Blessing: How to Thrive Online Using Social Media in Today’s Legal WorldHon. Bridget Mary McCormack
Raffi Melkonian*
Hon. Roy Ferguson
10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.United States Supreme Court Criminal UpdateDean Erwin Chemerinsky
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Break 
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Storytelling for Advocates and Judges: How and Why We Should Incorporate Storytelling Techniques and Themes into our WorkHon. Jane Bland*
Kenneth D. Chestek
Hon. David W. Ellis
M.C. Sungaila
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.War Crimes – From the Battlefield to the CourtroomHon. Benes Z. Aldana*
James Durant, III
Melissa Mills
Richard Rosen
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.Lunch and CAL/CASA Business Meetings
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Preventing Wrongful Convictions by Ensuring the Reliability of Forensic Evidence Lynn Garcia
Hon. David B. Lewis*
Barry Scheck
Russell Wilson
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.Break
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.What Do Courts Do When Works of Faith Cross Works of GovernmentHon. Jimmy Blacklock
Steven T. Collis
Hon. Maureen Lally-Green
Alicia Hickok*
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.Top Tips for Top-Notch Oral Argument AnswersJoshua B. Carpenter
Hon. James Earl Graves, Jr.
Allyson N. Ho
Hon. Beth Watkins*
6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.Saturday Night Reception, Dinner, Entertainment

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TimeSession NameSpeaker(s)
6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.Yoga with Hon. Patricia O’Connell Alvarez 
7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.Courage: The Seminal Virtue in Advocacy and Judging Hon. Elizabeth T. Clement
Hon. Steven H. David
Hon. Marsha Ternus
Hon. Samuel A. Thumma*
9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.Break 
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.Canons of Construction: What is Their Role, if Any, in Modern Jurisprudence?Kirsten Castañeda*
Hon. Steve Leben
Eric J. Segall
Hon. David Schenck
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Certified Check or Erie Guess?Hon. Consuelo Maria Callahan
Bennett Evan Cooper
Hon. Nathan Hecht
Dana Livingston*
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.Break 
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.Legal Ethics 2.0:  How Emerging Technologies Are Creating Novel Ethical DilemmasProf. Gary E. Marchant
Hon. Robert Torres*
12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.Conclusion and Preview of 2022 Summit (Scottsdale, AZ)