AJEI news & free programs

Greetings, attendees, participants and sponsors of the Appellate Judges Education Institute: As you are all aware, the AJEI Summit, originally scheduled for November 12 – 15, 2020, in Austin, Texas, has been postponed and will now take place November 11 – 14, 2021, in Austin, Texas. For over two decades, AJEI has been the premier institute for the education of appellate judges and lawyers. We did not want to let a year go by without connecting with you and providing the quality education that you have come to expect. We are pleased to offer two upcoming webinars, described below. Please register and join us. These CLE webinars are offered at no cost in partnership with the National Judicial College (NJC) and the American Bar Association Judicial Division Appellate Judges Conference (AJC)

 

Hon. James E. Lockemy Chief Judge, South Carolina Court of Appeals Chair, Virtual Education Committee Hon. Albert Diaz Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Chair, Appellate Judges Education Institute

 

 

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Least Biased of Us All? Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11 a.m. Pacific / Noon Mountain / 1 p.m. Central / 2 p.m. Eastern  |  Duration: 90 minutes As our nation grapples with the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion, there has never been a more opportune time to take an honest look at the implicit biases we each have undoubtedly inherited. Please join a social scientist and appellate lawyers and judges for an introspective and frank talk on how implicit bias, racial anxiety, and stereotyping infect the bar and the courts, including at the appellate level, and how we can improve the public’s trust and confidence in our systems. Moderator:  Justice Luz Elena D. Chapa, Texas Fourth Court of Appeals, San Antonio, TX Panelists: Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Richmond, VA; Gerald H. Goldstein, Goldstein & Orr, San Antonio, TX; Yolonda Harrison, Deputy Director of Programs and Assessment, Perception Institute, Phoenix, AZ

 

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Supreme Court Review: Civil and Criminal Thursday, November 12, 2020 Noon Pacific / 1 p.m. Mountain / 2 p.m. Central / 3 p.m. Eastern  |  Duration: 2 hours (a 15-minute break is scheduled between the civil and criminal updates) What are the most important civil and criminal opinions of the United States Supreme Court this year? Join Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, renowned scholar of constitutional law as he reviews the significant cases, in his informative and exciting style, and explains what every appellate judge and lawyer needs to know. In 2017, National Jurist magazine again named Dean Chemerinsky as the most influential person in legal education in the United States. Speaker: Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Duration: 2 hours (a 15-minute break is scheduled between the civil and criminal updates)

 

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