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Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Friday
TIME | SESSION NAME | SPEAKER(S) |
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Breakfast | |
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Plenary 4: The Collective-Action Constitution | Hon. J. Michelle Childs |
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | BREAK | |
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM | Break-out 1: Ten Years After Ferguson – What’s Changed? |
9:15AM – 10:15 AM | Break-out 2: Playing Chess: How Appellate Lawyers Can Shape the Record Long Before Appeal |
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | BREAK | |
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Plenary 5: Keynote | |
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM | BREAK | |
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM | Plenary 6: Sound off the alarm! DEI is not officially dead—at least not in the legal profession! | |
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Free Time – Optional Tours – Local Events/Hospitality |
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Council of Appellate Lawyers (CAL) Meet and Greet (All AJEI attendees invited) | |
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM | CAL Dine-Around for Lawyers and Judges (Optional/additional charge) | |
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM | CASA T-Shirt Dinner – The Hub Pub 18 Province Street Boston, MA |
Saturday
TIME | SESSION | SPEAKER(S) |
6:00 AM | Fun Run/Walk | |
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast and Optional CAL Roundtable Discussions | |
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Plenary 7: Interaction Between Today’s Media and the Judiciary – Harmful or Helpful? | Hon. Robert J. Torres |
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | BREAK | |
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | Break-out 3: Questions You Should Ask Before, and Must Be Able To Answer During, Appellate Oral Argument |
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | Breakout 4: Can’t Take My Eyes off of You: Transparency and the Judiciary— Views from the Bench and the Bar | |
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM | Plenary 8 – SCOTUS Update | Dean Erwin Chemerinsky |
12:30 PM – 2:15 PM | Lunch and CAL/CASA Business Meetings |
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Break-out 5: Criminal Law Update | Erwin Chemerinsky |
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Break-out 6: It’s Past Time for Real e-briefing | |
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | BREAK | |
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM | Plenary 9: Sua sponte decision making and supplemental briefing: balancing appellate judges’ decisional discretion and parties’ interests | |
6:00 PM – 10:30 PM | Saturday Night Reception, Dinner, Entertainment |
Sunday
TIME | SESSION | SPEAKER(S) |
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | BREAKFAST | |
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Recognizing Our Veterans | |
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM | Plenary 10: John Adams and Thurgood Marshall: Running Against the Wind to Gain Liberty and Justice for All |
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM | BREAK | |
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Break-out 7: When Justice Fails – Threats to an Independent Judiciary | |
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Break-out 8: Legal Writing – A Workshop in Practical Linguistics |
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | BREAK | |
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM | Plenary 11: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Reflection on Its Legacy |
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM | Conclusion and Preview of 2025 Summit |