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Conference Itinerary

2008 District of Columbia Judicial & Bar Conference
Transitions: The Future of the Legal Profession

Timing for Thursday and Friday morning plenary programs are subject to change as programming develops.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
12:30 pm Conference Registration Opens
1:30-2:20 pm

Call to Order and Reports

2:30-3:45 pm Plenary: Treatment Courts/New Skills
3:45-4 pm Refreshment Break in the Amphitheater Foyer
4-5:15 pm Plenary: Impact Litigation
5:15-6:30 pm Evening Reception in the Amphitheater Foyer
Friday, April 11, 2008
8:30 am Conference Registration Opens
8:30–9:30 am Continental Breakfast in the Amphitheater Foyer

9:30–11:45 am

Plenary: Intergenerational Changes

11:45–12:15 pm Networking Break

12:15–2 pm

Keynote Luncheon featuring the presentation of the Beaterice Rosenberg Award for Excellence in Government Service to Charolotte Brookins-Hudson

2:15–5:30 pm Musical CLE: Embraceable Ethics: The Ballads of the Virtuous Lawyer (3.0 Ethics Credit Hours)
2:30–4 pm Seminar: Guns, Germs and Toxic Waste: Testing New State Laws in the District of Columbia
2:30–4 pm Seminar: Building a Pipeline to a Diverse Generation of Trial Attorneys
2:30–4 pm Seminar: The Future of Innocence: As DNA Exonerations Decline, Do Wrongful Convictions Still Matter?
2:30–4 pm Seminar: Fairness to Unrepresented Litigants in Civil Cases and Judicial Neutrality: Can These Interests be Reconciled? (Free Admission)
2:30–4:30 pm Seminar: Legal Ease: Simple Steps for Starting, Building and Maintaining a Successful Law Practice
2:30–4:30 pm Seminar: Wired in the Workplace: Challenges Posed by Electronic Communication Devices and New Media
3:45–4:45 pm Networking Break
4:15-5:45 pm Seminar: Defeating Terrorism with the Law: Civil Anti–Terrorism Litigation in the United States
4:15–5:45 pm Seminar: Increasing Diversity on the Bench: Navigating the Judicial Nomination Process
4:15–5:45 pm Seminar: After Gall and Kimbrough: The Impact on Judicial Discretion in Sentencing
4:15–5:45 pm Forum: The District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission: First–Term Accomplishments and a Look to the Future (Free Admission)
6–8 pm

Reception Honoring the Judiciary featuring the Presentation of the Jerrold Scoutt Prize by the D.C. Bar Foundation to Sandra Bernstein

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