Tuesday, March 23, 2021

AJEI this November in Austin

Mark your calendars for the 2021 AJEI Summit, the nation’s premier appellate educational event, to be held this year in Austin, Texas! 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.

 


Confirmed panelists to date include:

  • Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
  • Hon. Bridget Mary McCormack, Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
  • Hon. James Earl Graves Jr., Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Kannon K. Shanmugam, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • Stephen I. Vladeck, Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the Univ. of Texas School of Law
  • Robert Peck, Founder and President of the Center for Constitutional Litigation
  • Hon. Marsha Ternus, former Chief Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
  • Kimberly Phillips, General Counsel, Global Litigation, Shell Oil Company
  • George Gopen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Rhetoric, Duke Univ. & Consultant on Writing the English Language
  • Lisa S. Blatt, Partner, Williams & Connolly, LLP
  • Raffi Melkonian, Partner, Wright Close & Barger, LLP

Session topics include:

  • Supreme Court Update
  • Writing from the Readers’ Perspective
  • Preventing Wrongful Convictions by Ensuring the Reliability of Forensic Science
  • Ethics
  • Storytelling for Advocates and Judges: How and Why We Should Incorporate Storytelling Techniques into our Work
  • Courage: The Seminal Virtue in Advocacy and Judging
  • What Do Courts Do When Works of Faith Cross Works of Government?
  • Clients in the Courtroom: How In-House Counsel View Appeals & Appellate Courts
  • Wellness and Mindfulness for Lawyers and Judges
  • Shadow Docket

Visit the 2021 AJEI Summit page for the latest information. Registration will open in June. We look forward to seeing you in the fall!