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567404_2.DOC To: From: Federal Bar Association Board of Directors W. West Allen FBA Vice Presidents for the Circuits, Chair Re: 2010 FBA Chapter Events By Circuit Report The Federal Bar Association Vice Presidents for the Circuits have requested all chapter leaders to maintain a history of the principal events held within their respective chapters. This year’s reports have been summarized and presented below for future reference as new FBA chapter presidents plan event and bar activities throughout the country. The FBA chapter presidents in 2010 have done an excellent job at planning and holding significant legal events that advance the objectives and mission of the Federal Bar Association. CIRCUIT CHAPTER EVENTS D.C. Chapter Capitol Hill Chapter The Capitol Hill Chapter is comprised of seven component units: (1) the House of Representatives; (2) the Senate; (3) the Library of Congress; (4) the Supreme Court; (5) the Government Accountability Office; (6) the Government Printing Office; and (7) a component unit consisting of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, the United States Sentencing Commission, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. This year’s programs included the following: October 29, 2010. Luncheon with William LaForge. Bill spoke to the group about his book Testifying Before Congress: A Practical Guide to Preparing and Delivering Testimony before Congress and Congressional Hearings for Agencies, Associations, Corporations, Military, NGOs, and State and Local Officials. November 18, 2010. Happy Hour co-sponsored with the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (EENR) Section November 29, 2010. Luncheon with Ari Shapiro - NPR White House Correspondent and former NPR Justice Correspondent Scheduled events for 2011 include a January 14, 2011 luncheon with Meryl Chertoff. Ms. Chertoff is Director of The Aspen Institute’s Justice and Society Program. She is an Adjunct Professor of Law at FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION VICE PRESIDENTS FOR THE CIRCUITS 2010 CHAPTER EVENTS REPORT

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Page 1: Final CVP Chapter Activities Report for 2010 · : E-Discovery Seminar on November 10, 2010; Bankruptcy seminar on December 2, 2010; and a “brown bag” lunch on ethical issues &

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he C

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hair

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BA

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pter

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y C

ircui

t Rep

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ar A

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n V

ice

Pres

iden

ts fo

r the

Circ

uits

hav

e re

ques

ted

all c

hapt

er le

ader

s to

mai

ntai

n a

hist

ory

of th

e pr

inci

pal e

vent

s he

ld w

ithin

th

eir r

espe

ctiv

e ch

apte

rs.

This

yea

r’s r

epor

ts h

ave

been

sum

mar

ized

and

pre

sent

ed b

elow

for f

utur

e re

fere

nce

as n

ew F

BA

cha

pter

pre

side

nts p

lan

even

t an

d ba

r ac

tiviti

es th

roug

hout

the

coun

try.

The

FBA

cha

pter

pre

side

nts

in 2

010

have

don

e an

exc

elle

nt jo

b at

pla

nnin

g an

d ho

ldin

g si

gnifi

cant

lega

l ev

ents

that

adv

ance

the

obje

ctiv

es a

nd m

issi

on o

f the

Fed

eral

Bar

Ass

ocia

tion.

C

IRC

UIT

CH

APT

ER

EV

EN

TS

D.C

. Cha

pter

C

apito

l Hill

C

hapt

er�

The

Cap

itol H

ill C

hapt

er is

com

pris

ed o

f sev

en c

ompo

nent

uni

ts: (

1) th

e H

ouse

of R

epre

sent

ativ

es; (

2) th

e Se

nate

; (3)

the

Libr

ary

of C

ongr

ess;

(4) t

he S

upre

me

Cou

rt; (5

) the

Gov

ernm

ent A

ccou

ntab

ility

Off

ice;

(6)

the

Gov

ernm

ent P

rintin

g O

ffic

e; a

nd (7

) a c

ompo

nent

uni

t con

sist

ing

of th

e A

dmin

istra

tive

Off

ice

of th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Cou

rts, t

he F

eder

al Ju

dici

al C

ente

r, th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Sen

tenc

ing

Com

mis

sion

, and

the

Judi

cial

Pan

el o

n M

ultid

istri

ct L

itiga

tion.

Thi

s yea

r’s p

rogr

ams i

nclu

ded

the

follo

win

g:

�O

ctob

er 2

9, 2

010.

Lun

cheo

n w

ith W

illia

m L

aFor

ge. B

ill sp

oke

to th

e gr

oup

abou

t his

boo

k Te

stify

ing

Bef

ore

Con

gres

s: A

Pra

ctic

al G

uide

to P

repa

ring

and

Del

iver

ing

Test

imon

y be

fore

Con

gres

s and

C

ongr

essi

onal

Hea

rings

for A

genc

ies,

Ass

ocia

tions

, Cor

pora

tions

, Mili

tary

, NG

Os,

and

Stat

e an

d Lo

cal

Off

icia

ls.

�N

ovem

ber 1

8, 2

010.

Hap

py H

our c

o-sp

onso

red

with

the

Envi

ronm

ent,

Ener

gy, a

nd N

atur

al R

esou

rces

(E

ENR

) Sec

tion

�N

ovem

ber 2

9, 2

010.

Lun

cheo

n w

ith A

ri Sh

apiro

- N

PR W

hite

Hou

se C

orre

spon

dent

and

form

er N

PR

Just

ice

Cor

resp

onde

nt

�Sc

hedu

led

even

ts fo

r 201

1 in

clud

e a

Janu

ary

14, 2

011

lunc

heon

with

Mer

yl C

herto

ff. M

s. C

herto

ff is

D

irect

or o

f The

Asp

en In

stitu

te’s

Just

ice

and

Soci

ety

Prog

ram

. She

is a

n A

djun

ct P

rofe

ssor

of L

aw a

t

FED

ER

AL

BA

R A

SSO

CIA

TIO

N

VIC

E P

RE

SID

EN

TS

FOR

TH

E C

IRC

UIT

S 20

10 C

HA

PTE

R E

VE

NT

S R

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he C

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010

Cha

pter

Eve

nts R

epor

t Ja

nuar

y 14

, 201

1

2

CIR

CU

ITC

HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

Geo

rget

own

Law

, whe

re sh

e te

ache

s abo

ut st

ate

gove

rnm

ent,

inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l aff

airs

and

stat

e co

urts

. �

Febr

uary

3, 2

011.

Buf

fet l

unch

and

tour

of t

he U

.S. S

upre

me

Cou

rt Li

brar

y.

D

istri

ct o

f C

olum

bia

Cha

pter

Ever

y m

onth

a m

embe

r of t

he D

C C

hapt

er is

on

the

prog

ram

for t

he n

ew a

dmitt

ees t

o th

e U

.S. D

istri

ct

Cou

rt fo

r the

Dis

trict

of C

olum

bia.

Tha

t per

son

wel

com

es th

e ne

w a

dmitt

ees a

nd is

abl

e to

invi

te th

em to

jo

in th

e ch

apte

r. A

fter t

he c

erem

ony,

ther

e ar

e re

fres

hmen

ts in

the

judg

es' d

inin

g ro

om.

The

refr

eshm

ents

ar

e sp

onso

red

by th

e C

t. an

d th

e D

C C

hapt

er.

�Th

e D

C C

hapt

er m

akes

a c

onsi

dera

ble

finan

cial

con

tribu

tion

to th

e Jo

bs-4

-Jag

s pro

gram

the

Pent

agon

C

hapt

er p

uts o

n an

nual

ly.

�In

May

201

0, th

e D

C C

hapt

er sp

onso

red

the

Leve

nson

Sym

posi

um.

That

pro

gram

has

a p

anel

of D

istri

ct

Cou

rt ju

dges

that

par

ticip

ate,

led

by th

e C

hief

Judg

e of

that

Cou

rt, Ju

dge

Roy

ce L

ambe

rth.

In a

dditi

on, a

pa

nel o

f atto

rney

s, w

ho p

ract

ice

in th

e ar

ea o

f sec

uriti

es a

nd e

xcha

nge

law

, dis

cuss

ed se

vera

l cas

es o

f im

porta

nce.

Din

ner w

as se

rved

and

CLE

cre

dits

wer

e of

fere

d, a

ll at

no

cost

to a

ttend

ees.

�O

n M

ay 3

, 201

, the

DC

Cha

pter

was

a c

o-sp

onso

r for

a se

min

ar th

at w

as h

eld

in th

e La

w L

ibra

ry o

f C

ongr

ess.

The

pro

gram

was

title

d, "

You

Be

The

Judg

e --

Cro

ss C

ultu

ral I

ssue

s in

The

Cou

rts."

Thi

s Law

D

ay p

rogr

am w

as o

rgan

ized

by

Judg

e D

elis

sa R

idgw

ay o

f the

U.S

. Cou

rt of

Inte

rnat

iona

l Tra

de in

New

Y

ork.

Pent

agon

Cha

pter

This

cha

pter

con

sist

s prim

arily

of J

udge

Adv

ocat

es (

mili

tary

law

yers

). It

par

tner

s with

the

Judg

e A

dvoc

ates

Ass

ocia

tion

(JA

A),

and

man

y m

embe

rs a

re in

bot

h or

gani

zatio

ns (a

s wel

l as J

AA

’s c

hapt

er o

f th

e A

mer

ican

Inns

of C

ourt)

. �

The

chap

ter l

aunc

hed

a ch

apte

r Fac

eboo

k pa

ge w

hich

has

bee

n in

stru

men

tal i

n sp

read

ing

the

wor

d ab

out

Jobs

for J

AG

s (se

e be

low

). �

End-

of-te

rm re

cept

ion

(eve

ry M

ay) a

t the

Cou

rt o

f App

eals

for t

he A

rmed

For

ces (

CAA

F): C

hief

Judg

e A

ndre

w E

ffro

n is

an

FBA

mem

ber a

nd h

osts

the

rece

ptio

n. T

he e

vent

is p

rimar

ily a

ttend

ed m

y m

embe

rs

of a

ll th

e se

rvic

e co

urts

of a

ppea

ls, w

hich

are

the

Arm

y C

ourt

of C

rimin

al A

ppea

ls, t

he A

ir Fo

rce

Cou

rt of

C

rimin

al A

ppea

ls, t

he N

avy-

Mar

ine

Cou

rt of

Crim

inal

App

eals

, and

the

Coa

st G

uard

Cou

rt of

Crim

inal

A

ppea

ls.

�Jo

bs fo

r JAG

s: P

ut o

n w

ith th

e fu

ll pa

rtner

ship

of t

he JA

A, t

his i

s a fu

ll-da

y of

pan

elis

ts/s

peak

ers w

ho a

re

form

er JA

Gs a

nd w

ho p

rovi

de jo

b-se

ekin

g ad

vice

to c

urre

nt JA

Gs.

This

yea

r the

re w

ere

appr

oxim

atel

y 70

at

tend

ees (

FBA

and

non

-FB

A).

Sept

embe

r 201

0 Ev

ent a

t the

Arm

y-N

avy

Cou

ntry

Clu

b in

Arli

ngto

n, V

irgin

ia. K

eyno

te sp

eake

r was

W

illia

m K

. Sut

er, C

lerk

of t

he S

upre

me

Cou

rt of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

1st C

ircui

t Pu

erto

Ric

o �

Con

tinui

ng L

egal

Edu

catio

n: E

-Dis

cove

ry S

emin

ar o

n N

ovem

ber 1

0, 2

010;

Ban

krup

tcy

sem

inar

on

Dec

embe

r 2, 2

010;

and

a “

brow

n ba

g” lu

nch

on e

thic

al is

sues

& c

ivili

ty in

mid

-Dec

embe

r 201

0. T

he

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he C

ircui

ts 2

010

Cha

pter

Eve

nts R

epor

t Ja

nuar

y 14

, 201

1

3

CIR

CU

ITC

HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

C

hapt

er a

lso

has q

uarte

rly se

ssio

ns re

latin

g to

the

effe

ctiv

e us

e of

the

tech

nolo

gy in

the

cour

t roo

ms.

Oth

er

plan

ned

CLE

topi

c ac

tiviti

es: (

1) T

he b

enef

its o

f ear

ly d

ispu

te re

solu

tion:

The

“In

’s &

Out

’s”

of C

ourt

-An

nexe

d M

edia

tion;

(2) P

anel

dis

cuss

ion

by Ju

dges

& M

agis

trate

Judg

es: S

peci

fic li

kes a

nd d

islik

es -

“D

o’s &

Don

’ts”;

(3) M

eet t

he Ju

dge’

s law

cle

rks:

pra

ctic

al p

oint

ers;

(4) W

ritin

g se

min

ar: K

eep

it pl

ain

and

shor

t! (5

) Fed

eral

Ple

adin

g St

anda

rds:

Dev

elop

men

ts a

fter T

wom

bly

and

Iqba

l; (6

) Rul

es o

f Evi

denc

e:

Mos

t im

port

ant i

ssue

s and

com

mon

mis

take

s; (7

) Ess

entia

ls o

f Mar

itim

e La

w; (

8) U

.S A

ttorn

eys O

ffic

e v.

Pu

blic

Def

ende

rs: D

iffer

ent P

ersp

ectiv

es o

n Pr

osec

utin

g an

d D

efen

ding

Cri

min

al D

efen

dant

s; a

nd (9

) C

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e Lo

cal R

ules

: Com

mon

mis

take

s and

ove

rsig

hts.

�Pu

blic

ity &

Pub

licat

ions

: The

Cha

pter

’s N

ewsl

ette

r is a

n im

porta

nt se

rvic

e to

our

mem

bers

. W

e ha

ve

form

aliz

ed a

Pub

licity

& P

ublic

atio

ns c

omm

ittee

to g

ive

the

nece

ssar

y su

ppor

t to

the

Edito

r of o

ur

new

slet

ter.

The

goa

l is t

o pu

blis

h 4

editi

ons o

f Fro

m th

e Ba

r and

to d

evel

op a

mon

thly

e-m

ail t

o ou

r m

embe

rshi

p w

ith n

otew

orth

y de

cisi

ons.

�Yo

unge

r Law

yers

& S

tude

nt C

hapt

ers:

We

held

an

indu

ctio

n ce

rem

ony

for t

he st

uden

t div

isio

ns o

n O

ctob

er 1

5, 2

010,

in w

hich

we

had

the

parti

cipa

tion

of th

e FB

A’s

Nat

iona

l Tre

asur

er, B

ob D

e So

usa.

One

of

the

stud

ent d

ivis

ions

als

o he

ld a

Leg

al W

ritin

g W

orks

hop

on O

ctob

er 2

6. W

e ar

e al

so c

oord

inat

ing

othe

r edu

catio

nal a

nd n

etw

orki

ng a

ctiv

ities

dire

cted

to th

e “y

oung

er”

law

yers

and

stud

ent d

ivis

ions

. Th

e ac

tiviti

es p

ropo

sed

so fa

r inc

lude

: (1)

Tec

hnol

ogy

in th

e C

ourtr

oom

Sem

inar

(Nov

embe

r); (

2) N

etw

orki

ng

activ

ity b

etw

een

“you

nger

” la

wye

rs a

nd st

uden

t div

isio

n m

embe

rs (F

ebru

ary

2011

); (3

) Jud

icia

l Pan

el o

n Iq

bal a

nd T

wom

bly

(Nov

embe

r 18)

; and

(4) a

sem

inar

on

ethi

cal i

ssue

s and

civ

ility

.�

Com

mun

ity-B

enef

it C

omm

ittee

: The

Cha

pter

has

act

ivat

ed th

is c

omm

ittee

to o

rgan

ize

an a

ctiv

ity fo

r the

be

nefit

of a

non

-pro

fit o

rgan

izat

ion.

In

addi

tion,

we

have

alre

ady

begu

n th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e SO

LAC

E Pr

ogra

m in

Pue

rto R

ico

(Sup

port

of L

awye

rs/L

egal

-Per

sonn

el A

ll-C

once

rned

Enc

oura

ged)

.�

Net

wor

king

and

Spe

cial

Act

iviti

es: T

he C

hapt

er w

ill h

ost i

ts tr

aditi

onal

Chr

istm

as p

arty

in e

arly

Dec

embe

r.

�Ba

r Rev

iew

Cou

rses

: Th

e C

hapt

er w

ill c

ontin

ue to

pro

vide

the

Bar

Rev

iew

Cou

rse.

�Th

e C

hapt

er sp

onso

red

and

parti

cipa

ted

in th

e 20

10 P

uerto

Ric

o Tr

ial A

dvoc

acy

Com

petit

ion,

whi

ch to

ok

plac

e on

Oct

ober

28-

30, 2

010.

�Th

e C

hapt

er is

a sp

onso

r of t

he F

BA

’s B

iann

ual L

abor

and

Em

ploy

men

t Law

Con

fere

nce

in S

an Ju

an

Puer

to R

ico,

whi

ch sh

all t

ake

plac

e on

Feb

ruar

y 20

10

�Pa

rtici

pate

d in

Adm

issi

ons t

o Pr

actic

e &

Nat

ural

izat

ion

Cer

emon

ies.

2nd C

ircui

t S.

D. N

ew Y

ork

�M

arch

1, 2

010

Ins

talla

tion

of n

ew o

ffic

ers a

nd a

rece

ptio

n w

ith th

e ne

wly

inst

alle

d of

ficer

s and

our

Chi

ef

Judg

e on

Mar

ch 1

, 201

0.�

May

10,

102

0 Th

e G

roun

d Tr

uth:

The

Unt

old

Stor

y of

Am

eric

a un

der A

ttack

on

9/11

so-s

pons

ored

with

th

e N

ew Y

ork

City

Bar

Ass

ocia

tion.

The

eve

nt fe

atur

ed, P

rofe

ssor

John

J. F

arm

er, J

r., a

mem

ber o

f the

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pter

Eve

nts R

epor

t Ja

nuar

y 14

, 201

1

4

CIR

CU

ITC

HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

Sept

embe

r 11

Com

mis

sion

and

Dea

n an

d Pr

ofes

sor o

f Law

at R

utge

rs S

choo

l of L

aw.

�M

ay 1

9, 2

010

Win

e ta

stin

g ho

sted

join

tly b

y th

e M

embe

rshi

p C

hairm

an a

nd th

e Y

oung

er L

awye

rs

Com

mitt

ee

�Ju

ne 8

, 201

0Br

ave

New

Wor

ld: F

iling

App

eals

in th

e Se

cond

Cir

cuit

Cou

rt o

f App

eals

Cat

herin

e O

’Hag

an W

olfe

, the

Cle

rk o

f the

Sec

ond

Circ

uit,

toge

ther

with

John

McC

arth

y an

d R

aym

ond

Dow

d of

our

C

hapt

er, d

id a

CLE

pre

sent

atio

n on

the

new

rule

s and

pra

ctic

es in

the

US

Cou

rt of

App

eals

for t

he S

econ

d C

ircui

t. M

s. W

olfe

des

crib

ed in

det

ail m

any

on th

e ne

w p

roce

dure

s in

plac

e fo

r app

ella

te p

ract

ice

in th

e C

ourt,

focu

sing

prim

arily

on

the

early

stag

es o

f app

eals

. �

July

27,

201

0 Re

cent

Tre

nds I

n Et

hica

l Iss

ues C

onfr

ontin

g Im

mig

ratio

n Pr

actit

ione

rs T

his p

rogr

am b

y R

icha

rd M

. Mal

tz, f

orm

er F

irst D

eput

y C

hief

Cou

nsel

, Dep

artm

enta

l Dis

cipl

inar

y C

omm

ittee

, Firs

t Ju

dici

al D

epar

tmen

t of t

he S

upre

me

Cou

rt of

the

Stat

e of

New

Yor

k, A

ppel

late

Div

isio

n, w

ill d

iscu

ss a

nd

anal

yze

the

ethi

cal p

itfal

ls a

nd d

ilem

mas

faci

ng im

mig

ratio

n pr

actit

ione

rs a

nd o

ffer

sim

ple

step

s to

help

th

em n

avig

ate

thes

e tre

ache

rous

wat

ers.

It w

ill a

lso

addr

ess w

hat t

o do

shou

ld a

pra

ctiti

oner

stum

ble

into

an

eth

ical

pitf

all.

�Ju

ly 2

8, 2

010

U.S

. Bra

nd a

nd IP

Pro

tect

ion

Sem

inar

"Bo

rder

Enf

orce

men

t of I

P Ri

ghts

in th

e U

.S."

– A

D

iscu

ssio

n w

ith th

e U

.S. C

usto

ms &

Bor

der P

rote

ctio

n an

d "T

he V

iew

from

the

USP

TO"

How

to

Effe

ctiv

ely

Wor

k w

ith E

xam

inin

g At

torn

eys i

n N

avig

atin

g th

e Tr

adem

ark

Appl

icat

ion

Proc

ess.

The

prog

ram

will

feat

ure

Dax

Ter

rill (

an A

ttorn

ey-A

dvis

or fr

om th

e U

S C

usto

ms &

Bor

der P

atro

l) an

d D

anie

l S.

Bro

dy (a

Sen

ior A

ttorn

ey fo

r the

USP

TO) a

ddre

ssin

g cu

rren

t iss

ues a

nd re

cent

dev

elop

men

ts in

the

inte

llect

ual p

rope

rty a

rea.

Thi

s bre

akfa

st p

rogr

am w

ill d

iscu

ss th

e pr

oces

s of t

rade

mar

k pr

otec

tion

in th

e U

.S. a

nd h

ow to

avo

id c

omm

on p

itfal

ls in

the

appl

icat

ion

proc

ess.

Cur

rent

tren

ds a

nd e

ffor

ts re

latin

g to

the

seiz

ure

of c

ount

erfe

it go

ods a

t the

U.S

. Bor

der,

as w

ell a

s IP

Rig

hts e

nfor

cem

ent a

lso

will

be

disc

usse

d.

�O

ctob

er 1

9, 2

010

CLE

– D

iscu

ssio

n by

Ted

Dav

is o

n cu

rren

t iss

ues o

f Tra

dem

ark

Law

Nov

embe

r 22,

201

0 M

eet t

he C

lerk

rece

ptio

n to

wel

com

e R

uby

J. K

rajic

k, th

e ne

w C

lerk

of C

ourt

of th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Dis

trict

Cou

rt fo

r the

Sou

ther

n D

istri

ct o

f New

Yor

k.

�D

ecem

ber 1

, 201

0 C

hapt

er h

ad a

Hol

iday

Par

ty/W

ine

Tast

ing

at Jo

’s R

esta

uran

t. 3rd

Circ

uit

Del

awar

e�

June

23,

201

0 --

Ann

ual L

unch

eon

-- se

e at

tach

ed p

rogr

am -

appr

oxim

atel

y 22

0 at

tend

ees

�Ju

ne 3

0, 2

010

-- A

ppre

ciat

ion

Din

ner f

or V

isiti

ng Ju

dges

-- se

e at

tach

ed fl

yer -

app

roxi

mat

ely

32 a

ttend

ees

�O

ctob

er 1

5, 2

010

-- Ju

dge

Leon

ard

P. S

tark

's In

vest

iture

-- D

elaw

are

Cha

pter

Pre

side

nt p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

cere

mon

y fo

llow

ing

Vic

e Pr

esid

ent B

iden

and

mem

bers

of C

ongr

ess;

the

Del

awar

e C

hapt

er sp

onso

red

the

rece

ptio

n fo

llow

ing

the

cere

mon

y �

Oct

ober

22,

201

0 --

Del

awar

e C

hapt

er c

o-sp

onso

red

a La

w E

nfor

cem

ent a

nd F

inan

cial

Inst

itutio

n tra

inin

g/C

LE p

rogr

am ti

tled

“Wor

king

Tog

ethe

r to

Com

bat I

dent

ity T

heft”

at T

heat

re N

, Firs

t Flo

or, 1

007

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e Pr

esid

ents

for t

he C

ircui

ts 2

010

Cha

pter

Eve

nts R

epor

t Ja

nuar

y 14

, 201

1

5

CIR

CU

ITC

HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

Ora

nge

Stre

et, W

ilmin

gton

, DE

1980

1.

�O

ctob

er 2

7, 2

010

-- D

elaw

are

Cha

pter

's Q

uarte

rly L

unch

eon

-- Ju

dge

Star

k w

as th

e sp

eake

r -

appr

oxim

atel

y 60

atte

ndee

s �

Nov

embe

r 3, 2

010

-- D

elaw

are

Cha

pter

co-

spon

sore

d an

eFi

ling

Tren

ds S

emin

ar --

see

atta

ched

flye

r -

appr

oxim

atel

y 80

atte

ndee

s �

Nov

embe

r 9, 2

010

-- D

elaw

are

Cha

pter

spon

sore

d an

eD

isco

very

CLE

-- se

e at

tach

ed fl

yer -

app

roxi

mat

ely

60 a

ttend

ees

�D

ecem

ber 9

, 201

0 --

IP S

ectio

n of

the

Del

awar

e C

hapt

er sp

onso

red

the

Ann

ual I

ntel

lect

ual P

rope

rty

Din

ner w

ith th

e D

istri

ct C

ourt

-- a

ppro

xim

atel

y 72

atte

ndee

s

Ric

hmon

d V

irgin

ia

Cha

pter

�Ja

nuar

y 28

, 201

0, th

e R

ichm

ond

Cha

pter

hos

ted

a re

cept

ion

in h

onor

of t

he U

nite

d St

ates

Dis

trict

Cou

rt an

d th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Ban

krup

tcy

Cou

rt (R

ichm

ond

Div

isio

ns).

The

rece

ptio

n w

as h

eld

in th

e at

rium

of t

he

Spot

swoo

d W

. Rob

inso

n II

I & R

ober

t R. M

erhi

ge, J

r., C

ourth

ouse

in R

ichm

ond,

Virg

inia

and

was

wel

l at

tend

ed b

y bo

th m

embe

rs o

f the

loca

l bar

and

the

fede

ral j

udic

iary

. A d

isco

unte

d ra

te w

as o

ffer

ed to

FB

A

mem

bers

who

atte

nded

this

eve

nt.

�N

ovem

ber 1

9, 2

010,

the

Ric

hmon

d C

hapt

er h

oste

d a

lunc

heon

and

swea

ring-

in c

erem

ony

with

The

H

onor

able

Will

iam

K. S

uter

, Cle

rk o

f the

U.S

. Sup

rem

e C

ourt.

Tw

enty

-eig

ht m

embe

rs o

f the

Virg

inia

bar

, in

clud

ing

The

Hon

orab

le Ja

mes

R. S

penc

er, C

hief

Dis

trict

Cou

rt Ju

dge,

Eas

tern

Dis

trict

of V

irgin

ia, w

ere

swor

n in

as m

embe

rs o

f the

bar

of t

he U

.S. S

upre

me

Cou

rt. T

he lu

nche

on a

nd sw

earin

g-in

cer

emon

y w

ere

held

at t

he B

ull &

Bea

r Clu

b in

Ric

hmon

d, V

irgin

ia. I

n ad

ditio

n to

the

swea

ring-

in c

erem

ony,

the

fifty

at

tend

ees a

t thi

s eve

nt e

njoy

ed re

mar

ks fr

om C

hief

Judg

e Sp

ence

r reg

ardi

ng th

e "S

tate

of t

he E

aste

rn

Dis

trict

of V

irgin

ia, R

ichm

ond

Div

isio

n,"

and

Gen

eral

Sut

er re

gard

ing

the

hist

ory

of th

e U

.S. S

upre

me

Cou

rt. A

dis

coun

ted

rate

was

off

ered

to F

BA

mem

bers

who

atte

nded

the

lunc

heon

por

tion

of th

is e

vent

. �

On

June

1,2

010,

the

Ric

hmon

d C

hapt

er sp

onso

red

a 2.

0 ho

ur C

LE p

rogr

am e

ntitl

ed "

The

Ethi

cs o

f Pre

trial

D

isco

very

." T

he sp

eake

rs fo

r the

pro

gram

wer

e Th

e H

onor

able

Hen

ry E

. Hud

son,

Dis

trict

Judg

e, E

aste

rn

Dis

trict

of V

irgin

ia, a

nd T

hom

as E

. Spa

hn, E

sq. a

Par

tner

with

McG

uire

Woo

ds, L

LP. T

he p

rogr

am w

as

held

at H

unto

n &

Will

iam

s, LL

P's o

ffic

es in

Ric

hmon

d, V

irgin

ia a

nd w

as a

ttend

ed b

y ap

prox

imat

ely

seve

nty-

five

mem

bers

of t

he R

ichm

ond

bar.

This

inte

ract

ive

CLE

pro

gram

use

d hy

poth

etic

als t

o ad

dres

s to

pics

of i

nter

est t

o lit

igat

ors,

focu

sing

on

the

ethi

cs o

f pre

trial

dis

cove

ry a

nd w

as a

ppro

ved

by th

e V

irgin

ia

Stat

e B

ar fo

r 2.0

hou

rs o

f CLE

eth

ics c

redi

t. A

dis

coun

ted

rate

was

off

ered

to F

BA

mem

bers

who

atte

nded

th

is p

rogr

am.

�O

n Se

ptem

ber 2

9, 2

010,

the

Ric

hmon

d C

hapt

er sp

onso

red

a 2.

0 ho

ur C

LE p

rogr

am e

ntitl

ed "

Proc

edur

al

Issu

es in

Civ

il Li

tigat

ion

in th

e R

ichm

ond

Div

isio

n of

the

Roc

ket D

ocke

t" T

he sp

eake

rs fo

r the

pro

gram

w

ere

The

Hon

orab

le R

ober

t E. P

ayne

, Dis

trict

Judg

e, E

aste

rn D

istri

ct o

f Virg

inia

, Dav

id N

. Ant

hony

, Esq

., a

partn

er w

ith T

rout

man

San

ders

LLP

, and

May

a M

. Eck

stei

n, a

par

tner

with

Hun

ton

& W

illia

ms,

LLP.

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e Pr

esid

ents

for t

he C

ircui

ts 2

010

Cha

pter

Eve

nts R

epor

t Ja

nuar

y 14

, 201

1

6

CIR

CU

ITC

HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

The

prog

ram

was

hel

d in

the

Jury

Ass

embl

y R

oom

of t

he S

pots

woo

d W

. Rob

inso

n II

I & R

ober

t R.

Mer

hige

, Jr.,

Cou

rthou

se in

Ric

hmon

d, V

irgin

ia a

nd w

as a

ttend

ed b

y ap

prox

imat

ely

fifty

mem

bers

of t

he

Ric

hmon

d ba

r. Th

e pr

ogra

m d

iscu

ssed

a v

arie

ty o

f com

mon

pro

cedu

ral i

ssue

s tha

t aris

e in

civ

il lit

igat

ion

in

the

Ric

hmon

d D

ivis

ion

of th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Dis

trict

Cou

rt fo

r the

Eas

tern

Dis

trict

of V

irgin

ia a

nd w

as

appr

oved

by

the

Virg

inia

Sta

te B

ar fo

r 2.0

hou

rs o

f CLE

cre

dit.

A d

isco

unte

d ra

te w

as o

ffer

ed to

FB

A

mem

bers

who

atte

nded

this

pro

gram

.

Sout

h C

arol

ina

�L

aw S

tude

nt D

ivis

ions

: Thi

s yea

r the

Cha

pter

star

ted

a ca

mpa

ign

to c

reat

e a

stud

ent d

ivis

ion

of th

e FB

A

at b

oth

law

scho

ols w

ithin

the

stat

e (U

nive

rsity

of S

outh

Car

olin

a &

Cha

rlest

on S

choo

l of L

aw).

Boa

rd

mem

bers

hav

e he

ld m

eetin

gs w

ith b

oth

scho

ols’

adm

inis

tratio

ns to

pre

pare

for e

stab

lishi

ng th

e di

visi

ons.

In

addi

tion,

boa

rd m

embe

rs h

eld

a pi

zza

lunc

h pr

esen

tatio

n at

the

law

scho

ols t

o in

form

the

stud

ent b

ody

abou

t the

FB

A, a

nd h

ow th

e st

uden

t div

isio

n w

ill b

e in

volv

ed in

the

Sout

h C

arol

ina

Cha

pter

’s

activ

ities

. The

Cha

pter

has

pla

ns to

fina

lize

the

crea

tion

of th

e st

uden

t div

isio

ns b

y cr

eatin

g tw

o ne

w n

on-

votin

g bo

ard

mem

bers

to se

rve

as re

pres

enta

tives

of t

he st

uden

t div

isio

n m

embe

rs fr

om e

ach

law

scho

ol.

The

stud

ent d

ivis

ion

will

dev

elop

new

mem

bers

hip

for t

he C

hapt

er a

nd b

uild

aw

aren

ess o

f the

FB

A in

So

uth

Car

olin

a.

�20

10 E

thic

s CL

E a

nd A

nnua

l Mee

ting:

Thi

s is a

n an

nual

CLE

and

is h

oste

d, o

n an

alte

rnat

ing

basi

s, in

on

e of

the

thre

e di

stin

ctiv

e ar

eas o

f Sou

th C

arol

ina.

In 2

010,

this

pro

gram

was

hel

d at

the

SC S

tate

M

useu

m in

Col

umbi

a, S

C o

n Se

ptem

ber 9

, 201

0. T

his p

rogr

am is

des

igne

d as

a h

alf-

day

educ

atio

nal

prog

ram

that

pro

vide

s the

SC

mem

bers

hip

with

ofte

n ha

rd-to

-get

eth

ics C

LE c

redi

t. W

e op

en th

is e

vent

up

to b

oth

mem

bers

and

non

-mem

bers

. Th

is a

llow

s us t

o sh

ow n

on-m

embe

rs w

hat t

he S

C C

hapt

er d

oes a

nd

how

mem

bers

hip

can

bene

fit th

eir p

ract

ice.

At t

he e

nd o

f the

day

, we

hold

the

Ann

ual M

eetin

g w

hen

we

swea

r in

the

offic

ers f

or th

e ne

xt te

rm.

Afte

r the

Ann

ual M

eetin

g, th

ere

is a

rece

ptio

n in

hon

or o

f our

Fe

dera

l Jud

icia

ry.

The

rece

ptio

n in

201

0 ho

nore

d C

hief

Judg

e of

the

4th C

ircui

t Cou

rt of

App

eals

, Will

iam

Tr

axle

r.�

Nat

iona

l Boa

rd R

ecep

tion:

In Ja

nuar

y 20

10, t

he c

hapt

er sp

onso

red

a R

ecep

tion

for t

he F

BA

nat

iona

l bo

ard

of d

irect

ors w

ho w

ere

visi

ting

Cha

rlest

on, S

C fo

r boa

rd m

eetin

g.

�Fe

dera

l Mar

shal

s Lun

ch: I

n Ja

nuar

y 20

10, t

he c

hapt

er sp

onso

red

a pi

zza

lunc

h ho

norin

g an

d th

anki

ng

the

Fede

ral M

arsh

als a

nd C

ourt

Secu

rity

Off

icer

s at

four

fede

ral c

ourth

ouse

s sta

tew

ide,

and

invi

ted

all

cour

thou

se a

nd c

lerk

’s o

ffic

e st

aff.

We

held

the

even

t on

the

anni

vers

ary

of th

e FB

A.

Fede

ral M

arsh

als

and

Cou

rt Se

curit

y O

ffic

ers a

re ra

rely

reco

gniz

ed, a

nd th

e co

urt a

nd se

vera

l jud

ges w

ere

thril

led

to se

e us

re

cogn

ize

thos

e w

ho m

ake

the

cour

thou

se ru

n on

a d

aily

bas

is a

nd k

eep

us a

ll sa

fe.

�Su

mm

er L

aw C

lerk

Sem

inar

s: E

ach

sum

mer

the

chap

ter h

olds

3 se

min

ars a

imed

at i

ntro

duci

ng su

mm

er

law

cle

rks a

roun

d th

e st

ate

to th

e fe

dera

l cou

rthou

ses,

judi

ciar

y, a

nd st

aff.

The

half-

day

sem

inar

incl

udes

va

rious

spea

kers

, a to

ur o

f the

faci

litie

s (in

clud

ing

a “b

ehin

d-th

e-sc

enes

” po

rtion

), lu

nch

with

som

e of

the

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hip

to th

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Cha

pter

. Th

is h

as b

een

a ve

ry su

cces

sful

pro

gram

for

man

y ye

ars.

W

este

rn D

istri

ct o

f N

orth

Car

olin

a �

The

char

ter f

or th

e W

DN

C C

hapt

er w

as g

rant

ed in

the

fall

of 2

009

and

pres

ente

d at

the

Ann

ual M

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g in

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arly

201

0, th

e ch

apte

r hel

d tw

o re

cept

ions

to sp

read

wor

d of

the

new

cha

pter

and

enc

oura

ge

mem

bers

hip.

As t

he D

istri

ct e

ncom

pass

es ro

ughl

y th

e w

este

rn 1

/3 o

f NC

, we

held

one

rece

ptio

n in

A

shev

ille

and

the

othe

r in

Cha

rlotte

.�

The

Cha

pter

hel

d tw

o ha

lf-da

y C

LE e

vent

s. Th

e fir

st to

ok p

lace

in A

shev

ille

and

focu

sed

on c

ivil

prac

tice

in th

e D

istri

ct. T

he p

rogr

am in

clud

ed a

pan

el o

f our

Mag

istra

te Ju

dges

and

pre

sent

atio

ns b

y va

rious

law

cl

erks

, priv

ate

atto

rney

s, an

d ou

r Cle

rk o

f Cou

rt.

�Th

e se

cond

CLE

took

pla

ce in

Cha

rlotte

this

pas

t Nov

embe

r and

cen

tere

d on

crim

inal

pra

ctic

e. T

hat

prog

ram

was

led

by a

pan

el o

f our

Dis

trict

Judg

es (m

oder

ated

by

our f

eder

al d

efen

der)

, fol

low

ed b

y a

pane

l of

our

Mag

istra

te Ju

dges

(mod

erat

ed b

y ou

r US

Atto

rney

), an

d la

ter b

y pr

esen

tatio

ns fr

om la

w c

lerk

s, A

USA

s, an

d as

sist

ant d

efen

ders

.5th

Circ

uit

San

Ant

onio

, Tex

as

Cha

pter

�R

ecog

nize

d Fo

x Te

ch st

uden

ts w

ho p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

FBA

's U

TSA

pro

gram

dur

ing

the

Cha

pter

’s

lunc

heon

.�

Men

tors

hip

prog

ram

with

St.

Mar

y’s.

El

Pas

o, T

exas

C

hapt

er�

Jan.

'10

- Bro

wn

Bag

Sem

inar

: CM

/EC

F W

orks

hop

& F

eder

al R

ules

Upd

ate.

Gue

st sp

eake

rs in

clud

ed

repr

esen

tativ

es fr

om th

e C

lerk

's O

ffic

e, a

nd C

ara

Rod

rigue

z an

d K

ristin

Con

nor,

both

law

cle

rks f

or U

.S.

Dis

trict

Judg

e D

avid

Brio

nes.

�Ja

n. '1

0 - F

BA

spon

sore

d an

d fa

cilit

ated

for t

he in

vest

iture

cer

emon

y fo

r U.S

. Mag

istra

te Ju

dge

Mar

gare

t Le

achm

an

�Fe

b.'1

0 - B

row

n B

ag S

emin

ar: M

edia

tion,

a P

anel

Dis

cuss

ion.

Gue

st sp

eake

rs, U

.S. M

agis

trate

Judg

e N

orbe

rt J.

Gar

ney,

and

atto

rney

s Mar

kBrig

gs, a

nd R

eed

Leve

rton.

Pro

vide

d 1

hour

of C

LE

�M

ar.'1

0 - F

eder

al C

ourt

Prac

tice

Sem

inar

, 4 h

ours

of C

LE, G

uest

spea

kers

incl

uded

judg

es, a

nd

gove

rnm

ent a

nd p

rivat

e pr

actit

ione

rs

�A

pr.'1

0- C

o-sp

onso

red

with

the

Fede

ral P

ublic

Def

ende

rs a

CJA

Tra

inin

g Pr

ogra

m

�M

ay 1

0 - B

row

n B

ag S

emin

ar: "

Imm

igra

tion

in th

e W

orkp

lace

, an

Ove

rvie

w a

nd U

pdat

es o

n Em

ploy

men

t El

igib

ility

Ver

ifica

tion

and

Ant

i-Dis

crim

inat

ion

Prov

isio

ns u

nder

the

INA

." T

he g

uest

spea

ker w

as

Anj

anet

te H

amilt

on, a

n at

torn

ey w

ith th

e Te

xas R

ioG

rand

e Le

gal A

id, I

nc.

�M

ay'1

0 - C

o-sp

onso

red

lunc

heon

with

the

El P

aso

Bar

Ass

ocia

tion

at th

e Ft

. Blis

s Cen

tenn

ial C

lub.

Gue

st

spea

ker,

CO

L. M

icha

el B

enja

min

pre

sent

ed "

How

the

Uni

form

Cod

e of

Mili

tary

Just

ice

Diff

ers f

rom

the

Civ

ilian

Just

ice

Syst

em."

The

eve

nt in

clud

ed a

n op

tiona

l bus

tour

of t

he b

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uest

spea

ker:

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los S

pect

or, i

mm

igra

tion

atto

rney

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'10

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rodu

ctio

n to

Fed

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Cou

rt Pr

actic

e, fo

r Sum

mer

Inte

rns a

nd N

ew A

ssoc

iate

s. Th

is p

rogr

am

incl

uded

"co

urt w

atch

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portu

nitie

s in

the

mor

ning

, and

subs

tant

ive

lect

ures

and

pan

el d

iscu

ssio

ns b

y ju

dges

and

atto

rney

s in

the

afte

rnoo

n, a

s wel

l as a

beh

ind

the

scen

es a

nd h

isto

rical

cou

rthou

se to

ur

�Ju

ly'1

0 - C

o-sp

onso

red

with

the

El P

aso

Bar

Ass

ocia

tion

and

El P

aso

Mus

eum

of A

rt a

prog

ram

for E

l Pas

o La

wye

rs o

f the

Arts

. The

gue

st sp

eake

r was

Ser

gio

Mun

oz S

arm

ient

o, a

n at

torn

ey a

t law

. The

pro

gram

was

he

ld a

t the

El P

aso

Mus

eum

of A

rt an

d in

clud

ed p

rese

ntat

ions

on

inte

llect

ual p

rope

rty la

w a

nd c

opyr

ight

Sept

. '10

- B

row

n B

ag lu

nche

on w

ith d

eleg

atio

n of

Col

ombi

an p

rose

cuto

rs a

nd ju

dges

that

cov

ered

the

rule

of

law

pro

ject

that

is ta

king

pla

ce u

nder

DoJ

's Pl

an C

olom

bia

�Se

pt. '

10 -

spon

sore

d re

cept

ion

for t

he n

amin

g of

the

new

, Alb

ert A

rmen

dariz

, Sr.,

U.S

. Cou

rthou

se in

El

Paso

, TX

Oct

. '10

- FB

A sp

onso

red

and

faci

litat

ed fo

r the

inve

stitu

re c

erem

ony

for U

.S. M

agis

trate

Judg

e D

avid

G

uade

rram

a �

Oct

. '10

- FB

A B

row

n B

ag lu

nche

on w

ith g

uest

spea

ker U

.S. M

agis

trate

Judg

e R

icha

rd M

esa

disc

ussi

ng

CJA

pan

el a

ppoi

ntm

ents

and

pra

ctic

e �

Nov

. '10

- FB

A B

row

n B

ag lu

nche

on w

ith g

uest

spea

ker w

ith p

erso

nnel

from

Wes

tern

Dis

trict

of T

exas

to

disc

uss c

ourt

room

tech

nolo

gy b

eing

use

d in

new

cou

rthou

se.

�D

ec. '

10 -

FBA

-El P

aso

Cha

pter

was

co-

spon

sor o

f Joi

nt H

olid

ay p

arty

that

was

wel

l atte

nded

by

mem

bers

of

num

erou

s loc

al b

ar a

ssoc

iatio

ns.

Aus

tin/S

outh

ern

Dis

trict

of T

exas

C

hapt

er

�A

pril

201

0 - S

outh

Tex

as fe

dera

l pra

ctic

e C

LE (2

day

s) h

eld

in M

cAlle

n, T

X. W

idel

y at

tend

ed (4

0+) n

ew

even

t with

spea

kers

incl

udin

g C

hief

Judg

e Jo

nes (

5th

Circ

uit).

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EV

ENT.

June

201

0 - r

ecep

tion

hono

ring

ten

(10)

Bla

sk F

ello

ws (

inte

rns w

ith ju

dges

and

U.S

. Atto

rney

who

wer

e pa

id $

2,00

0 st

ipen

ds b

y ou

r cha

pter

) at B

aker

& B

otts

. Num

erou

s mem

bers

of t

he ju

dici

ary

atte

nded

. NEW

EV

ENT.

�O

ctob

er 2

010

- Ann

ual d

inne

r hon

orin

g th

e ju

dici

ary

and

spec

ial h

onor

ee Ju

dge

John

Rai

ney.

Ove

r 30

0 pe

ople

atte

nded

inc

ludi

ng a

reco

rd n

umbe

r of f

eder

al ju

dges

. Key

not

e sp

eake

r was

Judg

e D

iane

Woo

d (7

th C

ircui

t).

New

Orle

ans,

Loui

sian

a C

hapt

er

�20

10 N

atio

nal M

eetin

g an

d C

onve

ntio

n

La

faye

tte/A

cadi

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uisi

ana

Cha

pter

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yette

/Aca

dian

a C

hapt

er sp

onso

red

the

FBA

's A

nnua

l Con

vent

ion

by u

nder

writ

ing

the

atte

ndan

ce

of L

ouis

iana

law

scho

ol st

uden

ts.

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Nor

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pter

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al B

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ssoc

iatio

n he

ld it

s ann

ual

intro

duct

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to th

e co

urt a

nd sw

earin

g in

cer

emon

y. A

t thi

s cer

emon

y, la

wye

rs h

ad th

e op

portu

nity

to b

e fo

rmal

ly in

trodu

ced

to th

e ju

dges

of t

he W

este

rn D

istri

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f Lou

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na a

nd g

et sw

orn

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Dis

trict

C

ourts

for t

he W

este

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aste

rn, a

nd M

iddl

e D

istri

cts o

f Lou

isia

na, a

s wel

l as t

he U

nite

d St

ates

Fift

h C

ircui

t. A

rece

ptio

n w

as h

eld

afte

r the

cer

emon

y.6th

Circ

uit

Nor

ther

n D

istri

ct o

f O

hio

Cha

pter

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wor

king

Eve

nt (J

anua

ry 1

4, 2

010)

: A

con

tinua

tion

of a

qua

rterly

“M

embe

rs O

nly”

serie

s whe

re

Cha

pter

mem

bers

(gen

eral

ly li

mite

d to

the

first

20

to re

spon

d) m

eet a

t an

early

bre

akfa

st m

eetin

g at

the

host

mem

ber’

s off

ices

to d

iscu

ss th

eir p

ract

ices

, int

eres

ts, a

nd n

etw

orki

ng a

mon

g C

hapt

er m

embe

r at

tend

ees.

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trod

uctio

n to

Fed

eral

Cou

rt P

ract

ice

Sem

inar

(Jan

uary

22,

201

0):

An

annu

al “

first

of t

he y

ear”

CLE

pr

ogra

m in

trodu

cing

atte

ndee

s to

vario

us a

spec

ts o

f fed

eral

pra

ctic

e, th

e w

orki

ngs o

f the

Uni

ted

Stat

es

Dis

trict

Cou

rt fo

r the

Nor

ther

n D

istri

ct o

f Ohi

o, e

lect

roni

c fil

ing,

use

of e

lect

roni

c co

urtro

oms,

diff

eren

tiate

d ca

se m

anag

emen

t pla

nnin

g, a

nd o

ther

are

as p

ertin

ent t

o pr

actic

e in

the

Nor

ther

n D

istri

ct o

f O

hio.

Thi

s pro

gram

is o

ffer

ed to

allo

w a

ttorn

eys t

o sa

tisfy

the

Nor

ther

n D

istri

ct o

f Ohi

o’s r

equi

red

train

ing

for a

dmis

sion

to p

ract

ice

in th

e di

stric

t. T

he p

rogr

am c

oncl

udes

with

a sw

earin

g-in

cer

emon

y.

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telle

ctua

l Pro

pert

y: In

sura

nce

Cov

erag

e &

Liti

gatio

n St

rate

gies

Sem

inar

(Feb

ruar

y 18

, 201

0):

CLE

pro

gram

focu

sed

on th

e is

sues

invo

lved

in in

telle

ctua

l pro

perty

insu

ranc

e co

vera

ge, “

best

pra

ctic

es”

for e

ntiti

es w

ith si

gnifi

cant

inte

llect

ual p

rope

rty in

tere

sts a

nd a

ttorn

eys e

ngag

ed in

adv

isin

g su

ch e

ntiti

es,

and

litig

atio

n is

sues

invo

lved

in h

andl

ing

inte

llect

ual p

rope

rty m

atte

rs.

New

Law

yer

Tra

inin

g Se

min

ar: W

hat T

hey

Did

n't T

each

You

in L

aw S

choo

l (M

arch

26,

201

0):

The

first

in a

CLE

Pro

gram

serie

s, of

fere

d an

nual

ly si

nce

2009

, to

allo

w n

ewly

-adm

itted

atto

rney

s to

the

Ohi

o ba

r to

satis

fy re

quire

men

ts in

stitu

ted

by th

e Su

prem

e C

ourt

of O

hio

in Ja

nuar

y 20

09 th

at a

ttorn

eys i

n th

eir

first

yea

r of p

ract

ice

satis

fy “

New

Law

yer T

rain

ing”

edu

catio

n ei

ther

thro

ugh

a 12

-hou

r pro

gram

of C

LE

educ

atio

n or

thro

ugh

a m

ento

rshi

p tra

inin

g pr

ogra

m (s

uppl

emen

ted

by c

erta

in in

depe

nden

t CLE

pro

gram

-on

ly re

quire

men

ts re

latin

g to

law

off

ice

man

agem

ent a

nd e

thic

al c

lient

fund

han

dlin

g, w

hich

the

Cha

pter

of

fers

in th

e se

cond

of i

ts “

New

Law

yer T

rain

ing”

serie

s).

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pro

gram

intro

duce

s new

law

yers

to th

ose

aspe

cts o

f “w

hat t

hey

didn

’t te

ach

you

in la

w sc

hool

,” su

ch a

s pra

ctic

al d

ay-to

-day

tips

in st

artin

g in

a n

ew

solo

, sm

all-f

irm, a

nd la

rge-

firm

pra

ctic

e, w

orki

ng w

ith o

ther

atto

rney

s (bo

th c

olle

ague

and

opp

osin

g co

unse

l), h

andl

ing

dead

lines

and

wor

k ba

lanc

e, a

nd e

stab

lishi

ng a

goo

d re

puta

tion

with

the

cour

ts a

nd le

gal

com

mun

ity.

�N

ew L

awye

r T

rain

ing

Sem

inar

: Pro

fess

iona

lism

, Law

Off

ice

Man

agem

ent &

Clie

nt F

unds

M

anag

emen

t (M

ay 7

, 201

0):

The

seco

nd in

the

“New

Law

yer T

rain

ing”

pro

gram

serie

s, w

hich

incl

udes

th

ose

subj

ects

that

are

requ

ired

to b

e ga

ined

thro

ugh

inde

pend

ent C

LE p

rogr

am e

duca

tion

for b

oth

new

at

torn

eys f

ollo

win

g th

e “C

LE tr

ack”

and

thos

e ad

optin

g th

e “M

ento

rshi

p tra

ck”

in sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

Ohi

o’s

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S

NLT

trai

ning

requ

irem

ent.

A T

ribu

te to

Jud

ges C

erem

ony

(May

25,

201

0):

This

firs

t tim

e ev

ent h

onor

ed U

nite

d St

ates

Chi

ef

Dis

trict

Judg

e Ja

mes

Car

r upo

n hi

s ass

umin

g Se

nior

Sta

tus,

and

hono

red

retir

ing

Mag

istra

te Ju

dges

Jam

es

Gal

las a

nd D

avid

Per

elm

an, r

ecog

nizi

ng e

ach

of th

ese

judi

cial

off

icer

s’ lo

ngtim

e de

dica

ted

serv

ice

to th

e N

orth

ern

Dis

trict

of O

hio

cour

t. �

Bro

wn

Bag

Lun

cheo

n w

ith S

ixth

Cir

cuit

Judg

e D

ebor

ah C

ook

and

Dis

tric

t Cou

rt J

udge

Sar

a L

ioi

(Jun

e 21

, 201

0):

A c

ontin

uing

inst

allm

ent i

n th

e C

hapt

er’s

mor

e-th

an-a

-dec

ade-

long

“B

row

n B

ag

Lunc

heon

” se

ries w

here

atte

ndee

s gat

her f

or a

lunc

htim

e pr

ogra

m fe

atur

ing

one

(or m

ore)

of t

he N

orth

ern

Dis

trict

of O

hio

resi

dent

dis

trict

, mag

istra

te, b

ankr

uptc

y, o

r circ

uit j

udge

s, co

urt o

ffic

ers (

U.S

. Atto

rney

, Fe

dera

l Pub

lic D

efen

der,

U.S

. Tru

stee

, etc

.), o

r cou

rt st

aff (

Cle

rk o

f Cou

rt, c

aree

r law

cle

rks,

etc.

), be

ginn

ing

with

an

info

rmal

lunc

h in

one

of t

he d

istri

ct c

ourtr

oom

s, fo

llow

ed b

y a

brie

f pre

sent

atio

n by

the

feat

ured

spea

ker,

then

cul

min

atin

g in

a w

ide-

rang

ing

ques

tion

and

answ

er se

ssio

n w

ith th

e fe

atur

ed

spea

ker(

s).

�R

ecep

tion

Hon

orin

g N

ew C

hief

Jud

ge S

olom

on O

liver

, Jr.

(Jun

e 25

, 201

0):

Even

t at t

he fe

dera

l co

urth

ouse

hon

orin

g th

e in

stal

latio

n of

Chi

ef Ju

dge

Solo

mon

Oliv

er, J

r., a

s new

Chi

ef Ju

dge

of th

e N

orth

ern

Dis

trict

of O

hio

cour

t.�

Bro

wn

Bag

Lun

cheo

n w

ith M

agis

trat

e Ju

dge

Geo

rge

Lim

bert

(Jul

y 15

, 201

0):

A c

ontin

uing

in

stal

lmen

t of t

he C

hapt

er’s

“B

row

n B

ag L

unch

eon”

serie

s, th

is o

ne h

eld

at th

e Y

oung

stow

n, O

hio

cour

thou

se, f

ocus

ed o

n th

e C

hapt

er’s

eff

orts

to in

crea

se p

artic

ipat

ion

in C

hapt

er a

ffili

atio

n in

the

Mah

onin

g C

ount

y (Y

oung

stow

n) le

gal c

omm

unity

.

�Su

mm

er A

ssoc

iate

Rec

eptio

n (J

uly

21, 2

010)

: C

ontin

uing

a tr

aditi

on h

eld

for m

any

year

s, th

e C

hapt

er

host

ed a

rece

ptio

n at

the

Cle

vela

nd “

Hou

se o

f Blu

es”

invi

ting

Nor

ther

n D

istri

ct o

f Ohi

o la

w st

uden

ts,

sum

mer

cle

rks,

law

cle

rks,

and

exte

rns t

o th

is S

umm

er e

vent

. A

ttend

ance

incl

uded

atte

ndee

s fro

m

thro

ugho

ut th

e di

stric

t, in

clud

ing

Cle

vela

nd, A

kron

, You

ngst

own,

and

Tol

edo.

New

Law

yer

Tra

inin

g Se

min

ar: S

tand

ing

Up

in C

ourt

(Jul

y 23

, 201

0):

The

third

in th

e C

hapt

er’s

“N

ew L

awye

r Tra

inin

g” se

ries,

focu

sing

on

issu

es re

latin

g to

in-c

ourt

prac

tice

help

ful t

o ne

wly

-adm

itted

at

torn

eys.

Mus

ic, L

aw a

nd F

rien

ds a

t Sev

eran

ce H

all (

Aug

ust 5

, 201

0):

A fr

ee “

Mem

bers

Onl

y” e

vent

(inc

ludi

ng

spou

se, f

amily

, and

gue

sts)

, fea

turin

g a

guid

ed b

acks

tage

tour

of S

ever

ance

Hal

l, th

e ho

me

of th

e w

orld

-re

now

ned

Cle

vela

nd O

rche

stra

, and

pre

sent

atio

ns (w

ith th

e at

tend

ees s

eate

d on

stag

e) in

clud

ing

the

hist

ory

of S

ever

ance

Hal

l and

a d

iscu

ssio

n of

mus

ic c

opyr

ight

law

by

loca

l atto

rney

and

form

er m

embe

r of t

he

mus

ic g

roup

"W

ild C

herr

y" (“

Play

Tha

t Fun

ky M

usic

Whi

te B

oy”)

. �

Iron

Law

yer

Com

petit

ion

II (A

ugus

t 13,

201

0):

A tw

o-ye

ar ru

nnin

g C

LE p

rogr

am fe

atur

ing,

this

yea

r fe

atur

ing

clos

ing

stat

emen

ts fr

om p

rom

inen

t tria

l law

yers

and

a p

anel

of j

udge

s.

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ITC

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PTE

RE

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NT

S

�St

ate

of th

e C

ourt

Lun

cheo

n, F

eatu

ring

Chi

ef J

udge

Oliv

er, a

nd C

hief

Ban

krup

tcy

Judg

e Sh

ea-

Ston

um (S

epte

mbe

r 13

, 201

0):

A c

ontin

uing

eve

nt o

f the

Cha

pter

, whi

ch g

athe

rs m

ore

than

500

m

embe

rs o

f the

lega

l com

mun

ity e

ach

year

.

�N

ew L

awye

r T

rain

ing

Sem

inar

: A W

hole

Tri

al in

3 H

ours

(Sep

tem

ber

17, 2

010)

: Th

e fo

urth

of t

he

CLE

inst

allm

ents

put

on

by th

e C

hapt

er to

allo

w n

ew O

hio

atto

rney

s to

fulfi

ll th

eir “

New

Law

yer

Trai

ning

” re

quire

men

ts.

As i

ndic

ated

by

the

title

, thi

s pro

gram

pre

sent

s a “

full

trial

” in

an

abbr

evia

ted

form

at, w

ith d

iscu

ssio

n af

terw

ard

on e

ach

of th

e el

emen

ts fo

r the

ben

efit

of th

ose

new

to th

e tri

al

expe

rienc

e to

lear

n fr

om se

ason

ed p

ract

ition

ers.

�In

stal

latio

n of

Cha

pter

Pre

side

nt, O

ffic

ers,

and

Boa

rd (O

ctob

er 1

3, 2

010)

: R

ecep

tion

held

at t

he

fede

ral c

ourth

ouse

for t

he in

stal

latio

n of

new

Cha

pter

off

icer

s. �

Dis

cove

ry R

efor

m: C

omin

g to

a C

ourt

hous

e N

ear

You

Sem

inar

(Oct

ober

14,

201

0): C

LE p

rogr

am

feat

urin

g U

nite

d St

ates

Dis

trict

Judg

e Ja

ck Z

ouha

ry, o

n di

scov

ery

refo

rm p

ropo

sed

by th

e A

mer

ican

C

olle

ge o

f Tria

l Law

yers

(AC

TL) a

nd th

e In

stitu

te fo

r the

Adv

ance

men

t of t

he A

mer

ican

Leg

al S

yste

m

(IA

ALS

).

CL

E S

emin

ar V

ideo

Rep

lay

Wee

k, C

leve

land

(Dec

embe

r 6-

10, 2

010)

: A

s an

acco

mm

odat

ion

to th

ose

who

nee

d bi

-ann

ual C

LE c

redi

t for

Sup

rem

e C

ourt

of O

hio

repo

rting

requ

irem

ents

, the

Cha

pter

vid

eota

pes

its C

LE p

rogr

ams f

or a

vid

eo re

play

that

can

be

atte

nded

for C

LE a

ccre

dita

tion

to m

eet s

tate

requ

irem

ents

(a

t eac

h re

play

, a li

ve “

proc

tor”

to a

nsw

er q

uest

ions

mus

t be

in a

ttend

ance

, ful

fille

d by

a C

hapt

er B

oard

m

embe

r).

�B

row

n B

ag L

unch

eon

with

Six

th C

ircu

it Ju

dges

Ket

hled

ge a

nd W

hite

(Dec

embe

r 13

, 201

0):

A jo

int

prog

ram

with

FB

A-N

DO

C a

nd T

oled

o B

ar A

ssoc

iatio

n Lu

nche

on, T

oled

o, w

ith S

ixth

Circ

uit U

nite

d St

ates

C

ircui

t Jud

ges R

aym

ond

Ket

hled

ge a

nd H

elen

e W

hite

.A

New

Tak

e on

Thr

ee (O

ld) T

opic

s, C

leve

land

(Dec

embe

r 17

, 201

0):

The

Cha

pter

’s a

nnua

l Pr

ofes

sion

alis

m, E

thic

s & S

ubst

ance

Abu

se se

min

ar (r

equi

red

by th

e Su

prem

e C

ourt

of O

hio

in e

ach

bien

nial

repo

rting

per

iod)

. W

hile

this

pro

gram

is o

pen

to a

ll (a

nd w

ell a

ttend

ed b

y al

l), it

is o

ffer

ed fr

ee to

FB

A-N

DO

C m

embe

rs.

Ea

ster

n D

istri

ct o

f M

ichi

gan

Cha

pter

App

ella

te D

o’s a

nd D

on’t

s: A

Pan

el D

iscu

ssio

n by

the

Peop

le W

ho K

now

(Jan

uary

7, 2

010)

: Th

is

prog

ram

was

join

tly sp

onso

red

by th

e C

hapt

er’s

App

ella

te P

ract

ice

and

Fede

ral L

aw C

lerk

Com

mitt

ees.

Th

e pa

nel f

eatu

red

Seni

or C

ircui

t Jud

ge R

icha

rd S

uhrh

einr

ich,

Circ

uit J

udge

Dav

id W

. McK

eagu

e, C

ircui

t Ju

dge

Ray

mon

d M

. Ket

hled

ge, a

nd C

ircui

t Jud

ge H

elen

e N

. Whi

te, e

ach

of th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Cou

rt of

A

ppea

ls fo

r the

Six

th C

ircui

t, an

d M

olly

Ham

ilton

, Car

eer C

lerk

to Ju

dge

Suhr

hein

rich.

The

pro

gram

was

m

oder

ated

by

Sara

h R

esni

ck C

ohen

, Ass

ista

nt U

.S. A

ttorn

ey fo

r the

Eas

tern

Dis

trict

of M

ichi

gan.

Mot

ion

Day

at W

ayne

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

Law

Sch

ool (

Janu

ary

20, 2

010)

: Th

e C

hapt

er h

oste

d Ea

ster

n D

istri

ct o

f Mic

higa

n D

istri

ct Ju

dge

Ber

nard

Frie

dman

’s re

gula

r mot

ion

call,

hel

d in

the

law

scho

ol’s

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PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

Spen

cer M

. Par

trich

Aud

itoriu

m.

�A

n A

fter

noon

of E

ffec

tive

Leg

al W

ritin

g, E

ffec

tive

Leg

al W

ritin

g in

Tw

o Pa

rts (

Janu

ary

25, 2

010)

:Pr

esen

ted

by th

e C

hapt

er’s

Rul

es &

Civ

il Pr

actic

e C

omm

ittee

. Th

e fir

st p

art o

f the

afte

rnoo

n w

as a

pan

el

disc

ussi

on e

ntitl

ed “

Pers

pect

ives

Fro

m th

e B

ench

,” w

hich

feat

ured

U.S

. Dis

trict

Judg

es A

vern

Coh

n,

Arth

ur T

arno

w a

nd D

avid

Law

son.

The

seco

nd p

art f

eatu

red

a "N

uts a

nd B

olts

Lec

ture

" at

torn

ey b

y C

arl

Von

End

e.

�T

rial

Adv

ocac

y &

Men

tori

ng P

rogr

am (F

ebru

ary

4, 2

010)

: Th

is p

rogr

am p

rovi

des “

new

er”

atto

rney

s (i.

e.,t

hose

in p

ract

ice

five

year

s or l

ess)

the

oppo

rtuni

ty to

obt

ain

hand

s-on

exp

erie

nce

in fu

ndam

enta

l lit

igat

ion

skill

s, w

orki

ng in

tand

em w

ith Ju

dges

and

seas

oned

atto

rney

s who

off

er v

alua

ble

guid

ance

on

dire

ct a

nd c

ross

exa

min

atio

n, o

peni

ng st

atem

ents

, and

clo

sing

arg

umen

ts.

The

2010

Men

torin

g Pr

ogra

m

focu

sed

on th

e tri

al o

f a c

ivil

case

from

ope

ning

s, th

roug

h th

e pr

esen

tatio

n of

witn

ess t

estim

ony,

and

co

nclu

ding

with

fina

l arg

umen

ts.

An

intro

duct

ory

sess

ion

on T

hurs

day,

Feb

ruar

y 4,

201

0, w

as fo

llow

ed b

y tw

o in

tens

e fu

ll-da

y se

ssio

ns o

n Fe

brua

ry 9

and

10,

follo

wed

by

a cl

osin

g re

cept

ion

in th

e C

ourth

ouse

. �

Wad

e H

. McC

ree

Aw

ard

Lun

cheo

n (F

ebru

ary

17, 2

010)

: N

early

400

atte

ndee

s wer

e pr

esen

t to

see

the

conf

errin

g of

the

2010

McC

ree

Aw

ard

for t

he A

dvan

cem

ent o

f Soc

ial J

ustic

e up

on K

athl

een

Stra

us, t

he

Pres

iden

t of t

he M

ichi

gan

Stat

e B

oard

of E

duca

tion,

and

to h

ear t

he k

eyno

te a

ddre

ss fr

om E

ric H

. Hol

der,

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

of t

he U

nite

d St

ates

.�

Cel

ebra

tion

of D

iver

sity

Rec

eptio

n (F

ebru

ary

18, 2

010)

: Th

e C

hapt

er p

artn

ered

with

a n

umbe

r of o

ther

lo

cal,

Spec

ial P

urpo

se b

ar a

ssoc

iatio

ns fo

r a c

eleb

ratio

n of

div

ersi

ty m

ixer

. �

Rou

ndta

ble

Dis

cuss

ion

on R

ecei

vers

hips

, Ass

ignm

ent f

or th

e B

enef

it of

Cre

dito

rs, a

nd R

elat

ed

Issu

es, I

nclu

ding

Ope

ratin

g in

Cha

pter

7 (M

arch

10,

201

0):

The

Ban

krup

tcy

Sect

ion

host

ed a

pan

el

disc

ussi

on in

whi

ch C

hief

Ban

krup

tcy

Judg

e Ph

illip

J. S

heff

erly

mod

erat

ed th

e di

scou

rse

of a

ttorn

eys G

ene

Kog

ut, D

avid

Fin

dlin

g, P

atric

k O

’Kee

fe a

nd Je

ff G

rasl

.�

Mot

ion

Day

at T

hom

as M

. Coo

ley

Law

Sch

ool (

Mar

ch 1

6, 2

010)

: Th

e C

hapt

er h

oste

d M

agis

trate

Judg

e V

irgin

ia M

orga

n’s m

otio

n ca

ll, h

eld

at th

e Th

omas

M. C

oole

y La

w S

choo

l’s A

nn A

rbor

, Mic

higa

n ca

mpu

s. �

FBA

Boo

k C

lub

Goe

s to

Gua

ntan

amo

Bay

(Mar

ch 1

8, 2

010)

:A

dis

cuss

ion

of “

The

Leas

t Wor

st P

lace

: G

uant

ánam

o’s F

irst 1

00 D

ays,”

by

Kar

en G

reen

berg

, the

Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or o

f the

Cen

ter o

n La

w a

nd

Secu

rity.

The

boo

k do

cum

ents

the

first

100

day

s of t

he n

otor

ious

det

entio

n ce

nter

in C

uba,

focu

sing

on

conf

licts

am

ong

offic

ials

con

cern

ing

trans

pare

ncy,

mili

tary

pro

toco

l, an

d de

tain

ee tr

eatm

ent.

�M

otio

n D

ay a

t Uni

vers

ity o

f Det

roit

Mer

cy L

aw S

choo

l (M

arch

22,

201

0):

The

Cha

pter

hos

ted

Judg

e D

enis

e Pa

ge H

ood’

s reg

ular

mot

ion

call

at U

DM

Law

Sch

ool.

�M

otio

n D

ay a

t Uni

vers

ity o

f Mic

higa

n L

aw S

choo

l (M

arch

31,

201

0):

The

Cha

pter

hos

ted

Judg

e G

eorg

e C

aram

Ste

eh’s

Mot

ion

Day

with

a p

izza

lunc

h af

terw

ards

, at w

hich

the

Judg

e ta

lked

with

stud

ents

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HA

PTE

RE

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NT

S

abou

t jud

icia

l int

erns

hips

and

cle

rksh

ips.

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cial

Med

ia &

Its I

mpa

ct o

n L

itiga

tion:

Fro

m D

isco

very

thro

ugh

Tri

al (A

pril

15, 2

010)

: A

late

af

tern

oon

pane

l dis

cuss

ion

and

rece

ptio

n ex

plor

ed c

urre

nt so

cial

med

ia is

sues

as t

hey

rela

te to

the

litig

atio

n pr

oces

s. U

nite

d St

ates

Dis

trict

Judg

e R

ober

t H. C

lela

nd g

ave

his p

ract

ical

per

spec

tive

on e

vide

ntia

ry

issu

es, j

ury

beha

vior

and

pos

t-liti

gatio

n sa

nctio

ns.

John

Birm

ingh

am, c

hair

of F

oley

’s N

atio

nal L

abor

and

Em

ploy

men

t gro

up, d

iscu

ssed

evi

dent

iary

rule

s, vo

ir d

ire

and

the

ethi

cal i

mpl

icat

ions

of p

rodu

cing

ev

iden

ce.

J. St

ott M

atth

ews,

fore

nsic

com

pute

r spe

cial

ist,

cove

red

the

evol

ving

pro

cess

es o

f sea

rchi

ng fo

r, ob

tain

ing,

and

aut

hent

icat

ing

info

rmat

ion

foun

d w

ithin

“th

e cl

oud”

and

oth

er in

tere

stin

g to

pics

that

aff

ect

the

litig

atio

n pr

oces

s. P

atric

k Se

yfer

th, f

rom

Bus

h, S

eyfe

rth &

Pai

ge P

LLC

was

pro

gram

Mod

erat

or.

�C

ompl

ex C

omm

erci

al L

itiga

tion

Sem

inar

(Apr

il 19

, 201

0):

Mor

e th

an 5

0 at

torn

eys g

athe

red

for a

two-

part

prog

ram

spon

sore

d by

the

Cha

pter

’s C

ompl

ex L

itiga

tion

Com

mitt

ee:

The

first

par

t was

ent

itled

“P

rese

ntin

g a

Big

Pic

ture

Und

erst

andi

ng in

Pre

trial

Pro

ceed

ings

” an

d fe

atur

ed p

anel

ists

Chi

ef Ju

dge

Ger

ald

E. R

osen

and

Mag

istra

te Ju

dge

Mic

hael

Hlu

chan

iuk.

The

seco

nd p

art w

as e

ntitl

ed “

Cre

ativ

e an

d Ef

ficie

nt

Pres

enta

tion

of th

e Ju

ry T

rial i

n C

ompl

ex L

itiga

tion,

” an

d fe

atur

ed Ju

dges

Ave

rn C

ohn

and

Rob

ert H

. C

lela

nd a

nd p

ract

ition

er Je

rry

Gal

ante

, and

incl

uded

a p

rese

ntat

ion

from

the

IAD

C Ju

ry T

rial R

esea

rch

Proj

ect.

An

info

rmal

rece

ptio

n fo

llow

ed a

t the

Wes

tin B

ook

Cad

illac

. �

Leo

nard

R. G

ilman

Aw

ard

Lun

cheo

n (A

pril

22, 2

010)

: D

etro

it M

ayor

Dav

e B

ing

addr

esse

d th

e C

hapt

er a

s key

note

spea

ker a

nd th

e 20

10 G

ilman

Aw

ard

was

pre

sent

ed to

crim

inal

def

ense

atto

rney

D

ougl

as M

ullk

off.

�W

alte

r Sh

aper

o Sy

mpo

sium

Din

ner

(Apr

il 28

, 201

0):

To h

onor

Judg

e Sh

aper

o an

d hi

s liv

ing

lega

cy o

f es

tabl

ishi

ng th

e Sy

mpo

sium

, Pet

er S

. Goo

dman

, Nat

iona

l Eco

nom

ic R

epor

ter f

or th

e N

ew Y

ork

Tim

es w

asbr

ough

t in

to sp

eak

on th

e to

pic

of h

is c

ritic

ally

acc

laim

ed b

ook,

“Th

e En

d of

Eas

y M

oney

and

the

Ren

ewal

of t

he A

mer

ican

Eco

nom

y.”

�L

aw D

ay a

t the

Lev

in C

ourt

hous

e, A

Dow

ntow

n T

radi

tion

(May

3, 2

010)

: W

elco

min

g st

aff,

clie

nts

and

othe

r dow

ntow

n ne

ighb

ors f

or li

ve d

emon

stra

tions

, suc

h as

bom

b-sn

iffin

g do

gs, a

nd to

urs o

f the

co

urth

ouse

. Th

is y

ear,

ther

e w

as a

spec

ial d

edic

atio

n of

the

“Pre

side

ntia

l Wal

l” in

the

first

floo

r lob

by o

f th

e C

ourth

ouse

, whi

ch h

as p

ortra

its o

f eac

h of

the

U.S

. pre

side

nts t

oget

her w

ith a

quo

tatio

n fr

om th

e pr

esid

ent b

earin

g on

the

Am

eric

an sy

stem

of j

ustic

e an

d its

judi

ciar

y. P

ast C

hapt

er p

resi

dent

s Mic

hael

C.

Leib

son

and

Bria

n D

. Fig

ot p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

lega

l res

earc

h te

am th

at b

roug

ht th

e pr

ojec

t to

frui

tion.

Law

Cle

rk C

omm

ittee

Ori

enta

tion

for

Sum

mer

Inte

rns (

June

3, 2

010)

:Th

e C

hapt

er’s

Law

Cle

rk

Com

mitt

ee, c

ompr

ised

of c

urre

nt a

nd fo

rmer

law

cle

rks

to fe

dera

l jud

ges,

cond

ucte

d a

sem

inar

for t

he

sum

mer

inte

rns w

ho w

ould

be

assi

gned

to c

ourtr

oom

s ove

r the

sum

mer

. �

CL

EO

Pro

gram

Lun

cheo

n (J

une

8, 2

010)

:Th

e C

ounc

il on

Leg

al E

duca

tion

Opp

ortu

nity

hos

ted

a So

phom

ore

Sum

mer

Inst

itute

at T

hom

as M

. Coo

ley

Law

Sch

ool’s

Aub

urn

Hill

s cam

pus.

The

Inst

itute

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arly

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deve

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gal

prof

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nd th

is w

as th

e In

augu

ral o

f the

SSI

in M

ichi

gan.

The

Cha

pter

spon

sore

d th

e SS

I’s J

une

8 lu

nche

on p

rogr

am b

y se

ndin

g 4

pane

lists

and

4 o

r 5 o

ther

mem

bers

to d

iscu

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spec

ts o

f fed

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pr

actic

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d th

e di

vers

ity o

f opt

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ava

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e, in

clud

ing

gene

ral p

ract

ice,

focu

sed

“bou

tique

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actic

e,

gove

rnm

ent e

mpl

oym

ent i

n ag

enci

es, t

he U

.S. A

ttorn

eys o

ffic

e an

d ju

dici

al c

lerk

ship

s. �

Bar

Lea

ders

hip

Foru

m (J

une

12, 2

010)

:A

s par

t of t

he C

hapt

er’s

div

ersi

ty o

utre

ach

to th

e A

ffin

ity B

ar

asso

ciat

ions

in M

ichi

gan,

seve

ral C

hapt

er le

ader

s pre

sent

ed a

nd p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

Stat

e B

ar o

f Mic

higa

n’s

year

ly re

treat

for i

ncom

ing

bar l

eade

rs, h

eld

on M

acki

nac

Isla

nd in

Nor

ther

n M

ichi

gan.

Cha

pter

Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or B

rian

Figo

t is i

n th

e fir

st y

ear o

f a th

ree-

year

term

on

the

Plan

ning

Com

mitt

ee fo

r the

For

um.

�T

he 3

1ST A

nnua

l Din

ner

(Jun

e 24

, 201

0):

Coc

ktai

l and

din

ner r

ecep

tion,

feat

urin

g th

e Th

ird A

nnua

l Ju

lian

Abe

le C

ook,

Jr. -

Ber

nard

A. F

riedm

an F

BA

Civ

ility

Aw

ard,

pre

sent

ed in

reco

gniti

on o

f a c

ivil

prac

titio

ner w

ho is

an

outs

tand

ing

exam

ple

of p

rofe

ssio

nal e

xcel

lenc

e an

d ci

vilit

y, a

nd e

nter

tain

men

t by

A

(Hab

eas)

Cho

rus L

ine:

Det

roit’

s Ow

n Pa

rody

Tro

upe.

Eig

hth

Ann

ual F

BA

Sum

mer

Ass

ocia

te/L

aw C

lerk

Pro

gram

(Jul

y 1,

201

0):

Lunc

h, so

cial

izin

g w

ith

the

othe

r sum

mer

ass

ocia

tes a

nd la

w c

lerk

s and

pre

sent

atio

ns b

y U

nite

d St

ates

Dis

trict

Cou

rt Ju

dges

Ave

rn

Coh

n an

d G

eorg

e C

aram

Ste

eh re

gard

ing

mot

ion

prac

tice,

brie

f writ

ing,

and

civ

ility

. �

The

Tho

mas

M. C

oole

y L

aw S

choo

l Cen

ter

for

Eth

ics,

Serv

ice,

and

Pro

fess

iona

lism

, Alu

mni

R

elat

ions

Off

ice,

and

the

Fede

ral B

ar A

ssoc

iatio

n of

the

Eas

tern

Dis

tric

t of M

ichi

gan

“Int

egri

ty in

O

ur C

omm

uniti

es”

Seri

es (J

uly

8, 2

010)

: H

eld

at th

e C

oole

y La

w S

choo

l, A

ubur

n H

ills C

ampu

s.

Key

note

Spe

aker

Bar

bara

McQ

uade

, Uni

ted

Stat

es A

ttorn

ey fo

r the

E.D

. Mic

higa

n an

d im

med

iate

pas

t-pr

esid

ent o

f the

FB

A E

.D. M

ichi

gan

Cha

pter

, pre

sent

ing

to la

w st

uden

ts o

n pr

ofes

sion

alis

m a

nd c

ivili

ty in

th

e le

gal p

ract

ice.

Stat

e of

the

Cou

rt L

unch

eon

(Sep

tem

ber

15, 2

010)

:C

hief

Judg

e G

eral

d E.

Ros

en p

rese

nted

the

annu

al

“Sta

te o

f the

Cou

rt” a

ddre

ss, t

he fi

rst o

f fou

r in

the

Lunc

heon

Ser

ies s

pons

ored

by

the

Cha

pter

; whi

ch a

lso

feat

ures

the

Cou

rt’s r

ecog

nitio

n of

the

atto

rney

s who

acc

epte

d pr

o bo

no a

ssig

nmen

ts fr

om th

e C

ourt

in th

e pa

st y

ear.

�St

ate

of th

e B

ankr

uptc

y C

ourt

Lun

cheo

n (O

ctob

er 2

0, 2

010)

:C

hief

Ban

krup

tcy

Judg

e Ph

illip

J.

Shef

ferly

pre

sent

ed th

e an

nual

“St

ate

of th

e B

ankr

uptc

y C

ourt”

add

ress

(spo

nsor

ed b

y th

e C

hapt

er’s

B

ankr

uptc

y Se

ctio

n).

�Ju

dici

al In

stitu

te a

nd S

econ

dary

Edu

catio

n W

orks

hop

(Oct

ober

22,

201

0):

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onju

nctio

n w

ith th

e D

istri

ct C

ourt

(and

mod

eled

afte

r the

Mon

tana

Cha

pter

’s P

rogr

am),

the

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con

duct

ed it

s firs

t sem

inar

de

sign

ed fo

r hig

h sc

hool

cur

ricul

um c

oord

inat

ors,

soci

al st

udie

s and

gov

ernm

ent t

each

ers o

n th

e ro

le o

f an

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Wor

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p co

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akow

Aw

ards

/His

tori

cal S

ocie

ty L

unch

eon

(Nov

embe

r 15

, 201

0):

The

prog

ram

feat

ured

the

pres

enta

tion

of th

e Fe

dera

l Bar

Fou

ndat

ion’

s ann

ual R

akow

Sch

olar

ship

Aw

ards

to st

uden

ts fr

om e

ach

of

Mic

higa

n’s l

aw sc

hool

s and

a sp

ecia

l His

toric

al S

ocie

ty p

rogr

am fe

atur

ing

Ros

s Par

ker,

auth

or o

f the

boo

k “C

arvi

ng O

ut th

e R

ule

of L

aw: T

he H

isto

ry o

f the

Uni

ted

Stat

es A

ttorn

ey’s

Off

ice

in E

aste

rn M

ichi

gan

1815

-200

8.”

Mr.

Park

er w

as th

e ch

ief o

f the

crim

inal

div

isio

n in

the

U.S

. Atto

rney

’s O

ffic

e in

Det

roit

for

8 ye

ars a

nd a

n A

USA

for 2

8 ye

ars i

n th

at o

ffic

e. R

akow

Sch

olar

ship

s tot

alin

g m

ore

than

$16

6,00

0 ha

ve

now

bee

n aw

ard

thro

ugh

the

Cha

pter

’s F

ound

atio

n.

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ew L

awye

rs S

emin

ar (D

ecem

ber

7-8,

201

0):

A “

nuts

and

bol

ts/h

ow to

do

it” 2

-day

sem

inar

for n

ew

law

yers

des

igne

d to

ass

ist r

ecen

t law

scho

ol g

radu

ates

in u

nder

stan

ding

cer

tain

are

as o

f sub

stan

tive

prac

tice

and

the

fund

amen

tal p

roce

dure

s fol

low

ed in

the

U.S

. Dis

trict

Cou

rt fo

r the

Eas

tern

Dis

trict

of

Mic

higa

n an

d in

the

Stat

e co

urts

in W

ayne

, Oak

land

and

Mac

omb

coun

ties.

In a

dditi

on to

two

days

of

pres

enta

tions

and

pan

el d

iscu

ssio

ns, t

he re

gist

rant

s rec

eive

d ac

com

pany

ing

outli

nes a

nd su

bsta

ntiv

e ar

ticle

s on

a C

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nd a

fede

ral c

ourt

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ring

in c

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pter

Hol

iday

Par

ty (D

ecem

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010)

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egin

ning

with

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nniv

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ratio

n in

200

7,

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pter

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ved

the

tradi

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of a

Cha

pter

Hol

iday

Soc

ial,

follo

win

g th

e se

cond

day

of t

he N

ew

Law

yers

Sem

inar

, with

nea

rly 1

50 C

hapt

er m

embe

rs e

njoy

ing

each

oth

er’s

com

pany

at t

he st

art o

f the

H

olid

ay S

easo

n.

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A B

ook

Clu

b –

“The

Sec

rets

of A

bu G

hrai

b R

evea

led”

(Dec

embe

r 14

, 201

0):

Sess

ion

led

by th

e bo

ok’s

co-

auth

or, C

hris

toph

er G

rave

line,

one

of t

he le

ad p

rose

cutin

g at

torn

eys f

or th

e U

nite

d St

ates

in th

e ca

ses i

nvol

ving

abu

se o

f Ira

qi d

etai

nees

by

U.S

. mili

tary

sold

iers

at t

he A

bu G

hrai

b pr

ison

. M

r. G

rave

line

is n

ow a

n A

ssis

tant

U.S

. Atto

rney

in th

e Ea

ster

n D

istri

ct o

f Mic

higa

n.

D

ayto

n C

hapt

er

�L

unch

eon

with

FB

A R

epre

sent

ativ

e B

ruce

Moy

er (N

ovem

ber

2010

): T

he D

ayto

n C

hapt

er h

oste

d a

lunc

heon

with

FB

A R

epre

sent

ativ

e B

ruce

Moy

er re

gard

ing

his l

obby

ing

effo

rts fo

r the

Fed

eral

Bar

A

ssoc

iatio

n.

�A

nnua

l CL

E S

emin

ar (D

ecem

ber

15, 2

010)

: Th

e A

nnua

l Cha

pter

CLE

Sem

inar

hig

hlig

hted

a n

umbe

r of

topi

cs p

ertin

ent t

o fe

dera

l pra

ctiti

oner

s. T

he 2

010

even

t inc

lude

d pr

ogra

ms o

n Pr

ofes

sion

al E

thic

s, pr

esen

ted

by S

enio

r Uni

ted

Stat

es D

istri

ct Ju

dge

Wal

ter R

ice

(S.D

. Ohi

o); F

eder

al S

ente

ncin

g G

uide

lines

an

d C

ompu

tatio

n, p

rese

nted

by

Trac

y G

earo

n of

the

Day

ton

U.S

. Pro

batio

n O

ffic

e; S

ubst

ance

Abu

se

Educ

atio

n, p

rese

nted

by

Mic

hael

Fla

nner

y, M

S, L

PC, L

SW, L

ICD

C; I

ntro

duct

ion

to C

JA P

anel

, pre

sent

ed

by U

nite

d St

ates

Mag

istra

te Ju

dge

Shar

on L

. Ovi

ngto

n (S

.D. O

hio)

; Ele

ctro

nic

Dis

cove

ry, p

rese

nted

by

Uni

ted

Stat

es M

agis

trate

Judg

e M

icha

el E

. Mer

z; a

nd T

he F

eder

al B

urea

u of

Pris

ons a

nd P

rison

er

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e Pr

esid

ents

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he C

ircui

ts 2

010

Cha

pter

Eve

nts R

epor

t Ja

nuar

y 14

, 201

1

16

CIR

CU

ITC

HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

Des

igna

tions

, pre

sent

ed b

y R

ick

Stov

er, S

enio

r Des

igna

tor,

U.S

. Des

igna

tion

and

Sent

ence

Com

puta

tion

Cen

ter.

�Sp

onso

rshi

p of

Att

enda

nce

at D

eath

Pen

alty

Sem

inar

(Spr

ing

2011

): T

he D

ayto

n C

hapt

er w

ill b

e sp

onso

ring

U.S

. Mag

istra

te Ju

dge

Mic

hael

Mer

z an

d hi

s dea

th p

enal

ty st

aff t

o at

tend

a d

eath

pen

alty

se

min

ar to

be

held

in L

as V

egas

in S

prin

g 20

11.

Som

etim

e af

terw

ard,

the

Cha

pter

inte

nds t

o m

arke

t and

ho

st a

hab

eas c

orpu

s CLE

sem

inar

with

Mag

istra

te Ju

dge

Mer

z as

the

mai

n pr

esen

ter.

Cha

ttano

oga,

Te

nnes

see

Cha

pter

E-D

isco

very

Wor

ksho

p (F

ebru

ary

4, 2

010)

: Pr

actic

e po

inte

rs fr

om a

n E-

Dis

cove

ry st

andp

oint

by

a U

.S.

Mag

istra

te Ju

dge,

a p

ract

ition

er a

nd a

n ou

tsid

e e-

disc

over

y co

nsul

tant

. Th

e pr

ogra

m a

ddre

ssed

scen

ario

s an

d ex

pect

atio

ns re

late

d to

e-d

isco

very

incl

udin

g du

ties a

nd p

enal

ties f

or e

-dis

cove

ry.

�Fe

dera

l Cou

rt P

ract

ice

Sem

inar

(May

27,

201

0):

The

Fede

ral C

ourt

Prac

tice

Sem

inar

is p

rese

nted

two

times

a y

ear t

o pr

ovid

e C

LE a

nd a

n in

trodu

ctio

n fo

r new

atto

rney

s to

the

East

ern

Dis

trict

of T

enne

ssee

.Th

e pr

ogra

m in

clud

es c

omm

ents

and

par

ticip

atio

n by

the

Chi

ef D

eput

y C

lerk

, a c

ivil

prac

titio

ner,

a cr

imin

al p

ract

ition

er, a

n A

ssis

tant

U.S

. A

ttorn

ey, a

n A

ssis

tant

U.S

. Tru

stee

, a M

agis

trate

Judg

e, a

B

ankr

uptc

y Ju

dge

and

a D

istri

ct C

ourt

Judg

e. A

t the

end

of t

he se

min

ar, p

artic

ipan

ts a

re a

ble

to a

ttend

the

swea

ring-

in c

erem

ony

for a

dmis

sion

to p

ract

ice

in th

e Ea

ster

n D

istri

ct o

f Ten

ness

ee.

In a

dditi

on to

the

CLE

pro

gram

, the

adm

issi

on c

erem

ony

pres

ents

an

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r the

pre

side

nt o

f the

Fed

eral

Bar

A

ssoc

iatio

n C

hatta

noog

a C

hapt

er to

wel

com

e th

e ne

w a

dmitt

ees a

nd m

ake

a pu

sh fo

r mem

bers

hip

and

parti

cipa

tion

in th

e Fe

dera

l Bar

Ass

ocia

tion.

�L

unch

and

Lea

rn B

ankr

uptc

y Se

min

ar (J

une

29, 2

010)

: Th

e Lu

nch

& L

earn

Ban

krup

tcy

Sem

inar

in

volv

ed th

e ch

ange

s to

the

Ban

krup

tcy

rule

s inc

ludi

ng ti

min

g ch

ange

s. In

add

ition

, it w

as a

n op

portu

nity

fo

r new

ly a

ppoi

nted

Judg

e Sh

elle

y D

. Ruc

ker t

o ad

dres

s mem

bers

of t

he b

ar a

nd fo

r the

bar

to a

sk

ques

tions

of J

udge

Ruc

ker a

nd Ju

dge

Coo

k, th

e C

hief

Ban

krup

tcy

Judg

e fo

r the

dis

trict

.

Mem

phis

, Te

nnes

see

Mid

-So

uth

Cha

pter

�A

nnua

l Im

mig

ratio

n Se

min

ar (M

ay 2

010)

: Th

e C

hapt

er c

o-ho

sted

the

Ann

ual I

mm

igra

tion

Sem

inar

al

ong

with

FB

A N

atio

nal.

Thi

s aw

ard

win

ning

CLE

invo

lved

a w

ho's

who

of i

mm

igra

tion

judg

es,

atto

rney

s and

aca

dem

ic e

xper

ts.

�C

LE

Pro

gram

(Jun

e 20

10):

The

Cha

pter

hel

d a

CLE

in Ja

ckso

n, T

N w

hich

invo

lved

man

y of

the

dist

rict

cour

t jud

ges a

nd m

agis

trate

judg

es fo

r the

Wes

tern

Dis

trict

of T

enne

ssee

.Th

e C

LE c

over

ed te

chno

logy

an

d th

e la

w, e

thic

s, an

d ju

dici

al ti

ps.

Parti

cipa

nts,

incl

udin

g th

e ju

dges

, atte

nded

the

JAX

X m

inor

leag

ue

base

ball

gam

e af

ter t

he e

vent

and

enj

oyed

a p

icni

c in

clud

ed w

ith th

e ev

ent.

�A

ppel

late

Adv

ocac

y Se

min

ar (J

uly

2010

): T

he C

hapt

er h

eld

a se

min

ar w

ith a

n em

phas

is o

n ap

pella

te

advo

cacy

in w

hich

seve

ral d

istri

ct c

ourt

judg

es a

nd st

ate

judg

es p

artic

ipat

ed. T

he e

vent

was

hel

d at

the

Fede

ral C

ourt

hous

e an

d w

e fil

led

the

room

to c

apac

ity.

Atte

ndee

s par

ticul

arly

like

d th

e in

volv

emen

t of

both

fede

ral a

nd st

ate

judg

es, c

rimin

al a

nd c

ivil

side

s.

�Fe

dera

l Pra

ctic

e an

d Pr

oced

ure

Sem

inar

(Oct

ober

201

0):

The

Cha

pter

hel

d its

ann

ual,

awar

d w

inni

ng

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he C

ircui

ts 2

010

Cha

pter

Eve

nts R

epor

t Ja

nuar

y 14

, 201

1

17

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CU

ITC

HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

Fede

ral P

ract

ice

and

Proc

edur

e Se

min

ar, w

hich

was

hig

hlig

hted

by

a U

.S. S

upre

me

Cou

rt Sw

earin

g-In

ce

rem

ony

cond

ucte

d by

Gen

eral

Will

iam

K. S

uter

. Gen

eral

Sut

er n

oted

that

it w

as th

e se

cond

larg

est

swea

ring

in c

erem

ony

he h

ad e

ver c

ondu

cted

. F

ollo

win

g th

e ce

rem

ony,

the

Cha

pter

hel

d a

day

long

CLE

pr

ogra

m w

hich

incl

uded

all

of th

e di

stric

t cou

rt ju

dges

, mag

istra

tes,

and

Cou

rt of

App

eals

Judg

es Ju

lia

Smith

Gib

bons

and

Jane

Bra

nste

tter S

tranc

h (w

ho h

ad ju

st b

een

conf

irmed

). Je

ffre

y R

osen

, pro

fess

or o

f la

w a

t the

Geo

rge

Was

hing

ton

Uni

vers

ity a

nd a

utho

r of T

he S

upre

me

Cou

rt: T

he P

erso

nalit

ies a

nd

Riva

lrie

s tha

t Def

ined

Am

eric

a, p

artic

ipat

ed a

s a k

ey p

rese

nter

.�

Ann

ual O

pen

Mee

ting

(Dec

embe

r 20

10):

Ann

ual o

pen

mee

ting,

whi

ch in

clud

ed a

soci

al lu

nche

on fo

r all

mem

bers

and

an

elec

tion

of in

com

ing

offic

ers a

nd b

oard

. 7th

Circ

uit

Chi

cago

, Illi

nois

C

hapt

er�

Chi

cago

Cha

pter

: Sig

nific

ant e

vent

s thi

s cal

enda

r yea

r inc

lude

d an

all-

day

Imm

igra

tion

Law

pro

gram

in

Nov

embe

r; an

afte

rnoo

n pr

ogra

m d

urin

g Ju

ly, i

nten

ded

for s

umm

er a

ssoc

iate

s and

less

-exp

erie

nced

law

fir

m li

tigat

ors,

feat

urin

g or

al a

rgum

ent r

elat

ing

to tw

o m

otio

ns p

endi

ng b

efor

e D

istri

ct C

ourt

Judg

e M

atth

ew K

enne

lly (N

.D.Il

l.) fo

llow

ed b

y a

criti

que

prov

ided

by

anot

her D

istri

ct C

ourt

judg

e an

d a

mag

istra

te ju

dge;

a fo

ur-h

our e

thic

s CLE

pro

gram

pro

vide

d in

May

to F

BA

mem

bers

with

out c

harg

e; th

e D

istri

ct C

ourt

Chi

ef Ju

dge's

ann

ual "

Stat

e of

the

Cou

rt" a

ddre

ss, a

lso

in M

ay; a

June

201

0 re

cept

ion

free

fo

r all

FBA

mem

bers

at w

hich

rece

ntly

dec

ease

d D

istri

ct C

ourt

Judg

e Ja

mes

Mor

an, a

long

-tim

e m

embe

r of

the

Cha

pter

's B

oard

of D

irect

ors,

was

rem

embe

red;

and

a M

ay p

rogr

am jo

intly

with

the

Dis

trict

Cou

rt to

ho

nor a

ttorn

eys w

ho p

rovi

ded

exem

plar

y pr

o bo

no se

rvic

e to

the

Dis

trict

Cou

rt.

8th C

ircui

t M

inne

sota

9th C

ircui

t A

lask

a C

hapt

er

�M

arch

201

0: M

eetin

g w

ith Ju

dges

re th

eir r

ecen

t jud

icia

l ser

vice

s trip

to A

fric

a �

Apr

il 20

10:

We

held

a lu

nche

on in

hon

or o

f cou

rt se

curit

y pe

rson

nel

�Ju

ne 2

010:

Mem

bers

par

ticip

ated

in H

abita

t for

Hum

anity

Bui

ld a

s par

t of o

ur “

Do

Som

ethi

ng

Con

stru

ctiv

e, Jo

in th

e FB

A”

Mem

bers

hip

Cam

paig

n �

July

201

0: C

ospo

nsor

ed th

e an

nual

“Q

& A

with

Nin

th C

ircui

t Cou

rt of

App

eals

” w

ith th

e St

ate

Bar

July

201

0: H

oste

d in

form

al “

brow

n ba

g” lu

nch

for m

embe

rs w

ith v

isiti

ng N

inth

Circ

uit p

anel

Aug

ust 2

010:

Mem

bers

aga

in p

artic

ipat

ed in

Hab

itat f

or H

uman

ity B

uild

as p

art o

f our

“D

o So

met

hing

C

onst

ruct

ive,

Join

the

FBA

” M

embe

rshi

p C

ampa

ign

�Se

ptem

ber 2

010:

Int

rodu

ctio

n to

the

Nin

etee

n C

andi

date

s for

the

Dis

trict

Cou

rt V

acan

cy.

We

did

a Po

wer

Poin

t pre

sent

atio

n w

ith p

ictu

res a

nd so

me

“hum

an in

tere

st”

and

biog

raph

ical

fact

s abo

ut e

ach

cand

idat

e�

Dec

embe

r 14,

201

0: T

oday

’s m

eetin

g to

focu

s on

the

upda

te to

the

Fede

ral R

ules

and

the

rece

nt a

ppel

late

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nts R

epor

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, 201

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S

argu

men

t in

the

Prop

. 8/ G

ay M

arria

ge c

ase

befo

re th

e N

inth

Circ

uit.

Tu

cson

, Ariz

ona

Cha

pter

�A

mer

ican

with

Dis

abili

ties (

AD

A) L

unch

Sem

inar

. Sp

eake

r was

Ran

dall

How

e an

AU

SA in

our

Dis

trict

(f

orm

er st

ate

Ass

ista

nt A

ttorn

ey G

ener

al) w

ho is

dis

able

d an

d ve

ry in

volv

ed in

AD

A le

gal i

ssue

s (Fe

brua

ry

18, 2

010)

. �

Civ

il La

w S

emin

ar (½

day

sem

inar

on

vario

us c

ivil

issu

es in

clud

ing

answ

erin

g ap

pella

te a

rgum

ents

and

fe

dera

l ple

adin

g un

der

Twom

bly

and

Iqba

l) (A

pril

15, 2

010)

. �

The

Lege

nds (

hono

ring

thre

e at

torn

eys/

judg

es w

ho h

ave

been

pra

ctic

ing

for o

ver 3

0 ye

ars)

(May

27,

20

10).

�B

ench

and

Bar

(Ann

ual e

vent

pan

el in

clud

ed C

hief

Dis

trict

Cou

rt Ju

dge

John

Rol

l, D

istri

ct C

ourt

Judg

e R

aner

Col

lins a

nd F

eder

al M

agis

trate

Judg

e Je

nnife

r Gue

rin) (

Sept

embe

r 16,

201

0).

�Pr

o/C

on D

iscu

ssio

n of

Ariz

ona’

s SB

107

0 be

twee

n Pr

ofes

sor J

ack

Chi

n (U

nive

rsity

of A

rizon

a) a

nd D

ean

Emer

itus J

ohn

East

man

(Cha

pman

Uni

vers

ity).

Thi

s was

con

duct

ed 2

wee

ks b

efor

e 9th

Cir.

Arg

umen

ts o

n th

e in

junc

tion.

(Oct

ober

14,

201

0).

�C

rimin

al L

aw S

emin

ar (1

/2 d

ay se

min

ar o

n va

rious

crim

inal

issu

es, i

nclu

ding

refle

ctio

ns fr

om D

istri

ctSe

nior

Judg

e Fr

ank

Zapa

ta o

n th

irty

plus

yea

rs in

fede

ral c

rimin

al la

w, a

cas

e la

w re

view

by

Dou

g W

ilson

, th

e au

thor

of T

he N

inth

Circ

uit C

rimin

al L

aw R

epor

ter a

nd F

eder

al S

ente

ncin

g G

uide

; an

d ,tw

o pa

nels

di

scus

sing

pre

serv

ing

the

appe

llate

reco

rd a

nd se

nten

cing

. (W

ill b

e he

ld N

ovem

ber 1

8, 2

010)

.�

FBA

Nut

s & B

olts

Ser

ies

(Thi

s a c

ontin

uing

pro

gram

that

we

bega

n in

200

9 th

at p

rovi

des t

rain

ing

atto

rney

on

var

ious

crim

inal

topi

cs –

we

try to

do

a 2-

3 ho

ur tr

aini

ng a

t lea

st q

uarte

rly a

nd th

is is

free

to a

ll at

torn

eys.

Our

hop

e is

to e

xpan

d th

is p

rogr

am to

the

civi

l pra

ctic

e as

wel

l.)

Phoe

nix,

Ariz

ona

Cha

pter

�A

nnua

l Law

Cle

rk R

ecep

tion

that

we

host

ed in

Sep

tem

ber.

We

host

ed a

ll th

e ne

w la

w c

lerk

s and

the

judg

es o

n th

e da

y th

at th

e cl

erks

had

thei

r orie

ntat

ion

�M

onth

ly C

LE L

unch

eons

as f

ollo

ws:

Janu

ary:

“Ex

perie

nces

of t

he U

.S. S

upre

me

Cou

rt C

lerk

” G

en. W

illia

m S

uter

, Cle

rk o

f US

Supr

eme

Cou

rt �

Febr

uary

: “St

ate

of th

e D

istri

ct”

Hon

. Joh

n R

oll,

Chi

ef U

S D

istri

ct Ju

dge

�M

arch

: “Fe

dera

l Ind

ian

Law

” Pr

of. R

ebec

ca T

sosi

e, A

rizon

a St

ate

Uni

vers

ity C

olle

ge o

f Law

Apr

il: “

Lette

r Siz

e vs

Leg

al S

ize:

The

Tra

nsiti

on fr

om P

rivat

e Pr

actic

e to

Gen

eral

Cou

nsel

” Jo

sé C

árde

nas,

Gen

eral

Cou

nsel

, Ariz

ona

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

May

: “A

nnua

l Sup

rem

e C

ourt

Upd

ate”

Pro

fs. P

aul B

ende

r and

Cat

hy O

’Gra

dy, A

rizon

a St

ate

Uni

vers

ity

Col

lege

of L

aw

�Ju

ne: “

Ann

ual B

ig C

ooki

e O

lym

pics

” H

on. R

osly

n Si

lver

, US

Dis

trict

Judg

e, D

avid

Ros

enba

um, a

nd Ji

m

Bel

ange

r�

Sept

embe

r: “A

Con

vers

atio

n w

ith th

e U

.S. A

ttorn

ey”

U.S

. Atto

rney

Den

nis B

urke

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�O

ctob

er:

“Ann

ual B

ankr

uptc

y U

pdat

e: 5

Har

d Q

uest

ions

abo

ut B

ankr

uptc

y” H

on. G

eorg

e N

eils

en, J

r., U

S B

ankr

uptc

y Ju

dge,

Don

Gaf

fney

, Jor

dan

Kro

op

�N

ovem

ber:

“How

Not

to L

ose

your

App

eal a

t Tria

l” H

on. W

illia

m C

anby

, 9th

Circ

uit J

udge

, Hon

. Fr

eder

ick

Mar

tone

, US

Dis

trict

Judg

e, T

hom

as H

udso

n �

We

also

hel

d ou

r Ann

ual H

olid

ay P

arty

on

Thur

sday

, Dec

embe

r 9 a

t the

Pho

enix

Art

Mus

eum

. W

e ho

nore

d Se

nior

US

Dis

trict

Judg

e Ea

rl C

arro

ll an

d ha

d ov

er 2

00 g

uest

s. E

very

sitti

ng a

nd re

tired

fede

ral

judg

e in

Ariz

ona

was

ther

e.

H

awai

i Cha

pter

Dec

embe

r 201

0 A

nnua

l FB

A C

LE a

nd re

cept

ion

Id

aho

Cha

pter

Febr

uary

5, 2

010

– Pa

rtici

pate

d in

and

ass

iste

d w

ith fu

ndin

g fo

r the

rece

ptio

n fo

r the

off

icia

l sw

earin

g-in

ce

rem

ony

of th

e ne

w C

lerk

of C

ourt

Eliz

abet

h Sm

ith.

�A

pril

9, 2

010

– Fe

dera

l Jud

ges:

The

ir A

ppoi

ntm

ents

, Per

spec

tive,

and

thei

r Rul

ings

. The

pro

gram

di

scus

sed

the

judi

cial

per

spec

tive

of C

lare

nce

Dar

row

by

natio

nally

-acc

laim

ed a

ctor

Gar

y A

nder

son

from

th

e C

lare

nce

Dar

row

Fou

ndat

ion,

whi

ch fe

atur

ed lo

cal a

ttorn

eys a

nd ju

dges

read

ing

cent

ral r

oles

. In

this

pr

ogra

m w

e ad

dres

sed

the

pers

pect

ive

that

Cla

renc

e D

arro

w’s

lega

cy w

as th

e di

rect

resu

lt of

the

judg

esw

ho c

ontri

bute

d to

this

icon

ic a

nd c

ontro

vers

ial f

igur

e. A

dditi

onal

ly, t

he p

rogr

am in

clud

ed a

pre

sent

atio

n by

aut

hor W

illia

m D

omna

rski

who

abo

ut h

is n

ew b

ook

abou

t fed

eral

judg

es th

at w

as re

cent

ly p

ublis

hed

calle

dFe

dera

l Jud

ges R

evea

led.

�M

ay 4

, 201

0 –

A C

onve

rsat

ion

with

the

Cou

rt h

oste

d by

the

You

ng L

awye

rs S

ectio

n of

our

FB

A C

hapt

er.

The

brow

n ba

g lu

nch

incl

uded

bot

h re

calle

d U

.S. M

agis

trate

Judg

e La

rry

M. B

oyle

and

Mik

el H

. Will

iam

s. �

May

18,

201

0 –

Our

Cha

pter

and

staf

f atto

rney

s of t

he Id

aho

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

’s O

ffic

e ho

sted

a C

LE

prog

ram

rega

rdin

g se

ctio

n 19

83 c

ivil

right

s cas

es, a

nd re

pres

enta

tion

of p

rison

ers p

ro b

ono.

Chi

ef U

.S.

Mag

istra

te Ju

dge

Can

dy D

ale

orga

nize

d an

d ho

sted

the

prog

ram

. Th

e pr

ogra

m w

as v

ideo

tape

d fo

r fut

ure

train

ing

purp

oses

. �

May

24,

201

0 –

We

parti

cipa

ted

and

held

the

rece

ptio

n fo

r the

ded

icat

ion

of N

inth

Circ

uit J

udge

N. R

any

Snm

ith’s

cha

mbe

rs d

edic

atio

n ce

rem

ony

in P

ocat

ello

, Ida

ho.

�Ju

ly 2

8, 2

010

– Th

e M

ulti-

Dis

trict

Liti

gatio

n Pa

nel (

MD

L) h

eld

its fi

rst e

ver h

earin

gs in

Boi

se, I

daho

, w

hich

cas

es in

clud

ed B

ritis

h Pe

trole

um O

il Sp

ill c

ases

. �

Aug

ust 6

, 201

0 –

Parti

cipa

ted

and

assi

sted

in fu

ndin

g th

e re

cept

ion

for t

he o

ffic

ial s

wea

ring-

in c

erem

ony

of

the

new

U.S

. Fed

eral

Mar

shal

Bria

n U

nder

woo

d.

�Se

ptem

ber 9

– 1

1, 2

010

– Pa

rtici

pate

d in

the

Tri-S

tate

Fed

eral

Bar

Ass

ocia

tion

prog

ram

(Wyo

min

g, U

tah

and

Idah

o) in

Sal

t Lak

e C

ity, U

tah.

�Se

ptem

ber 1

7, 2

010

– Pa

rtici

pate

d an

d as

sist

ed in

fund

ing

the

rece

ptio

n fo

r the

off

icia

l sw

earin

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cere

mon

y of

the

new

Uni

ted

Stat

es A

ttorn

ey W

endy

J. O

lson

. �

Sept

embe

r 20,

201

0 –

Mem

bers

of t

he E

xecu

tive

Boa

rd o

f the

Idah

o ch

apte

r of t

he F

eder

al B

ar a

ttend

ed a

m

eetin

g w

ith H

arve

y Jo

nes,

Dire

ctor

of t

he P

olic

y an

d In

itiat

ives

Off

ice,

and

Car

olyn

Pea

ke, S

uper

viso

ry

Adv

isor

y A

naly

st, b

oth

from

the

Adm

inis

trativ

e O

ffic

e of

t he

U.S

. Cou

rts re

gard

ing

the

Idah

o’s

judi

ciar

y’s f

undi

ngs i

ssue

s. �

Oct

ober

13,

201

0 –

Bro

wn

Bag

CLE

pro

gram

with

Nin

th C

ircui

t Jud

ge R

icha

rd T

allm

an fr

om S

eattl

e.

He

prov

ided

an

over

view

of t

he st

ate

of th

e N

inth

Circ

uit,

and

then

dis

cuss

ed e

ffor

ts to

bro

aden

pre

trial

cr

imin

al d

isco

very

und

er R

ule

16 in

ligh

t of U

nite

d St

ates

v. T

ed S

teve

ns, t

hat w

as d

ism

isse

d w

hen

evid

ence

favo

rabl

e to

the

accu

sed

was

with

held

by

fede

ral p

rose

cuto

rs d

urin

g tri

al

�D

ecem

ber,

2010

– T

he a

nnua

l FB

A C

omm

unity

Ser

vice

Pro

ject

hel

d by

our

Cha

pter

was

for t

he S

hosh

one-

Ban

nock

Trib

e Ju

nior

Hig

h Sc

hool

, we

colle

cted

boo

ks, s

choo

l sup

plie

s, an

d ca

ndy

for k

id’s

stoc

king

s. �

The

Dis

trict

and

Mag

istra

te Ju

dges

hav

e be

en o

rder

ing

sele

cted

pris

oner

pro

se c

ases

to m

edia

tion

in th

e D

istri

ct o

f Ida

ho.

Our

cha

pter

ass

ists

the

pris

oner

s pro

bon

o th

roug

h th

e C

ourt’

s AD

R /

Pro

Bon

o Pr

ogra

m.

�Th

e D

istri

ct h

as in

itiat

ed a

Tria

ge In

itiat

ive

Prog

ram

for o

ur P

rison

er L

itiga

tion

Uni

t (fo

rmer

ly c

alle

d Pr

o Se

Uni

t).

Nor

ther

n D

istri

ct o

f C

alifo

rnia

Cha

pter

Jan.

7 -

FBA

Med

ia R

oom

Unv

eilin

g (r

ecep

tion

co-s

pons

or) –

The

FB

A sp

onso

rs a

med

ia ro

om a

t the

N.D

. C

al. F

eder

al C

ourt

Hou

se, 4

50 G

olde

n G

ate,

San

Fra

ncis

co.

�Ja

n. 2

8 - P

anel

Dis

cuss

ion

on U

nite

d St

ates

v. R

uehl

e; p

anel

ists

incl

uded

the

form

er d

irect

or o

f the

Enr

on

Task

For

ce),

a fo

rmer

dire

ctor

of t

he S

an F

ranc

isco

Reg

iona

l Off

ice

of th

e SE

C a

nd a

mem

ber o

f the

de

fens

e ba

r and

mod

erat

ed b

y a

form

er A

ssis

tant

US

Atto

rney

Feb.

25

- Co-

spon

sor o

f e-d

isco

very

pan

el d

iscu

ssio

n on

“pr

otec

ting

You

r Age

ncy

with

E-d

isco

very

and

R

ecor

ds M

anag

emen

t Bes

t Pra

ctic

es”

with

U.S

. Nat

iona

l Arc

hive

s and

Rec

ords

Adm

inis

tratio

n. P

anel

ists

in

clud

ed o

ur C

hapt

er’s

Imm

edia

te P

ast P

resi

dent

, Chr

is S

ulliv

an.

�M

ar. 2

4 - T

hirty

-Sec

ond

Ann

ual N

inth

Circ

uit L

unch

eon

Hon

orin

g th

e Ju

dges

of t

he U

nite

d St

ates

Cou

rt of

A

ppea

ls fo

r the

Nin

th C

ircui

t. Th

is is

our

sign

atur

e ev

ent f

or th

e le

gal c

omm

unity

in th

e N

D C

alifo

rnia

ar

ea.

Ove

r 400

atto

rney

s and

judg

es a

ttend

ed.

The

prog

ram

feat

ured

a fi

lm h

onor

ing

the

Hon

. Jam

es

Bro

wni

ng, f

orm

er C

hief

Judg

e of

the

Nin

th C

ircui

t, fo

r who

m th

e co

urth

ouse

in S

an F

ranc

isco

has

bee

n na

med

. Ju

dge

Bro

wni

ng a

ttend

ed a

long

with

a g

roup

of h

is fo

rmer

cle

rks.

�A

pr. 2

9 - C

o-sp

onso

r of r

ecep

tion

for t

he in

duct

ion

of U

S M

agis

trate

Judg

e La

urel

Bee

ler,

USD

C N

DC

A.

MJ B

eele

r is a

pas

t Cha

pter

pre

side

nt.

�Ju

n. 2

5 - C

o-sp

onso

r with

USD

C, N

DC

A, o

f eve

nt h

onor

ing

Hon

Max

ine

Che

sney

(and

pre

sent

atio

n of

her

po

rtrai

t afte

r she

took

seni

or st

atus

) and

(new

ly a

ppoi

nted

judg

e) H

on. R

icha

rd S

eebo

rg.

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�Ju

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- Pa

nel d

iscu

ssio

n on

“Pa

tent

Ass

et V

alua

tions

: C

ourtr

oom

v. B

oard

room

,” fe

atur

ing

the

Hon

. Je

rem

y Fo

gel,

USD

C, N

D C

al.

Pane

lists

incl

uded

the

Dire

ctor

of S

tanf

ord

Uni

vers

ity’s

Pro

gram

in L

aw,

Scie

nce

and

Tech

nolo

gy a

nd p

rom

inen

t int

elle

ctua

l pro

perty

pra

ctiti

oner

s. �

Jul.

21 -

Pane

l dis

cuss

ion

on “

Rev

iew

of t

he S

upre

me

Cou

rt’s T

erm

201

0,”

feat

urin

g H

on. M

arsh

a B

erzo

n,

Nin

th C

ircui

t Cou

rt of

App

eals

.A

ll pa

nelis

ts in

clud

ing

Judg

e B

erzo

n, a

re fo

rmer

Sup

rem

e C

ourt

cler

ks.

Join

ing

Judg

e B

erzo

n w

ere

cons

titut

iona

l law

pro

fess

ors f

rom

U.C

. Ber

kele

y Sc

hool

of L

aw a

nd U

.C.

Has

tings

Col

lege

of t

he L

aw a

nd a

pra

ctiti

oner

. A

ttend

ance

was

off

ered

at n

o co

st to

judi

cial

cle

rks a

nd

law

stud

ents

. �

Sept

. 1 -

Din

ner p

rogr

am fe

atur

ing

a pr

esen

tatio

n by

Hon

. Vau

ghn

Wal

ker,

Chi

ef Ju

dge,

USD

C N

DC

A, o

n “C

amer

as in

the

Cou

rtroo

m:

Use

s and

Abu

ses.”

The

pro

gram

incl

uded

com

men

tary

on

the

rece

nt g

ay

mar

riage

cas

e ov

er w

hich

Judg

e W

alke

r pre

side

d.

�Se

pt. 2

1 - S

ixth

Ann

ual I

nfor

mal

Gat

herin

g of

the

Judg

es o

f the

nin

th C

ircui

t and

the

Fede

ral B

ar.

Info

rmal

din

ner e

vent

in lo

cal r

esta

uran

t for

Nin

th C

ircui

t and

USD

C N

DC

A Ju

dges

and

fede

ral

prac

titio

ners

.�

Sept

. 30

- Co-

spon

sor o

f rec

eptio

n fo

r the

indu

ctio

n of

the

Hon

. Luc

y K

oh, U

SDC

ND

CA

. �

Oct

. 18

- Pan

el d

iscu

ssio

n on

“Fe

dera

l hea

rings

: H

ow to

Adv

ance

You

r Cas

e at

dis

cove

ry C

onfe

renc

es a

nd

Cas

e M

anag

emen

t Con

fere

nces

,” fe

atur

ing

Hon

Cha

rles B

reye

r and

Hon

. Mag

istra

te Ju

dge

Laur

el B

eele

r, bo

th U

SDC

ND

CA

; eve

nt c

o-sp

onso

red

by Y

LD o

f our

cha

pter

and

Bar

Ass

ocia

tion

of S

an F

ranc

isco

B

arris

ters

’ Liti

gatio

n Se

ctio

n.

�N

ov,.

9 –

10 --

Nin

th C

ircui

t App

ella

te W

orks

hop.

Thi

s is a

two-

day

hand

s-on

wor

ksho

p on

app

ella

te

prac

tice

held

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith th

e N

inth

Circ

uit A

ppel

late

Law

yer R

epre

sent

ativ

es a

nd le

d by

Judg

es

from

the

Nin

th C

ircui

t Cou

rt of

App

eals

and

exp

erie

nced

pra

ctiti

oner

s. �

Nov

. 15

- Pro

gram

on

“Mee

t the

Mag

istra

tes,”

feat

urin

g tw

o re

cent

ly a

ppoi

nted

US

Mag

istra

te Ju

dges

, U

SDC

ND

CA

, Jud

ges L

aure

l Bee

ler a

nd D

onna

Ryu

. �

Dec

. 2 -

Co-

spon

sor o

f rec

eptio

n fo

r the

swea

ring-

in o

f US

Mar

shal

Don

ald

O’K

eefe

.

Sacr

amen

to,

Cal

iforn

ia C

hapt

er

�Fo

r FB

A-S

acra

men

to, 2

010

mar

ked

the

end

of o

ne e

ra a

nd th

e be

ginn

ing

of m

any

othe

rs.

In Ju

ly, w

e w

itnes

sed

the

twen

tieth

and

fina

l edi

tion

of th

e an

nual

Sup

rem

e C

ourt

Yea

r-in

-Rev

iew

pro

gram

with

Pr

ofes

sor A

lan

Bro

wns

tein

of K

ing

Hal

l and

Pro

fess

or C

lark

Kel

so o

f Pac

ific-

McG

eorg

e. F

BA

-Sa

cram

ento

is e

norm

ousl

y gr

atef

ul fo

r the

Pro

fess

ors'

com

mitm

ent a

nd se

rvic

e fo

r the

pas

t tw

enty

yea

rs.

Alth

ough

we

are

sad

to se

e th

em g

o, w

e ar

e ve

ry p

leas

ed th

at th

e pr

ogra

m w

ill re

sum

e ne

xt y

ear w

ith

equa

lly st

ella

r spe

aker

s – n

amel

y, P

rofe

ssor

Vik

Am

ar o

f Kin

g H

all a

nd P

rofe

ssor

Les

lie Ja

cobs

of

McG

eorg

e.�

In N

ovem

ber,

FBA

-Sac

ram

ento

hos

ted

wha

t we

hope

will

be

the

first

of a

new

ann

ual e

vent

in S

acra

men

to

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PTE

RE

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S

– “A

Nig

ht to

Hon

or S

ervi

ce.”

Jud

ges S

hubb

and

Mue

ller h

elpe

d us

than

k th

e Ea

ster

n D

istri

ct’s

Pro

Bon

o Pa

nel a

nd to

reco

gniz

e th

e w

ork

that

it d

oes.

We

all k

now

that

the

fede

ral c

ourt

syst

em fu

nctio

ns le

ss th

an

optim

ally

whe

n pr

o se

litig

ants

are

left

to th

eir o

wn

devi

ces.

Thu

s, th

e ta

lent

ed la

wye

rs w

ho se

rve

on th

e Pr

o B

ono

Pane

l are

per

form

ing

a tre

men

dous

serv

ice

for t

he C

ourt

and

the

adve

rsar

ial p

roce

ss.

Rel

ated

ly,

on D

ecem

ber 7

th, F

BA

-Sac

ram

ento

hos

ted

a lu

nch

hour

eve

nt fo

r the

pur

pose

of t

rain

ing

and

recr

uitin

g at

torn

eys t

o jo

in th

e pr

o bo

no p

anel

.

San

Die

go,

Cal

iforn

ia C

hapt

er

�A

nnua

l Sta

te o

f the

Dis

tric

t Lun

cheo

n: T

he F

BA

’s a

nnua

l Sta

te o

f the

Dis

trict

Lun

cheo

n to

ok p

lace

on

Mar

ch 1

8, 2

010.

The

eve

nt e

njoy

ed a

reco

rd c

row

d, w

ith a

ppro

xim

atel

y 21

0 at

torn

eys,

judg

es, a

nd o

ther

gu

ests

in a

ttend

ance

. A

fter a

n in

trodu

ctio

n by

FB

A P

resi

dent

Ted

Fat

es, k

eyno

te sp

eake

r Chi

ef Ju

dge

Irm

a E.

Gon

zale

z de

liver

ed h

er si

xth

Stat

e of

the

Dis

trict

Add

ress

. Ju

dge

Bre

wst

er th

en in

trodu

ced

Cou

rt A

rchi

tect

Dav

id A

llen,

who

gav

e an

inte

rest

ing

and

deta

iled

pres

enta

tion

on th

e hi

stor

y of

the

fede

ral

cour

thou

se in

San

Die

go a

nd c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e ne

w C

ourth

ouse

Ann

ex.

�O

pen

Doo

rs to

Fed

eral

Cou

rts:

The

FB

A h

elpe

d th

e C

ourt

spon

sor t

his a

nnua

l com

mun

ity o

utre

ach

prog

ram

on

Mar

ch 2

4, 2

010.

The

pro

gram

is d

esig

ned

to e

duca

te h

igh

scho

ol st

uden

ts re

gard

ing

the

oper

atio

ns a

nd fu

nctio

ns o

f the

fede

ral c

ourts

. Ea

ch g

roup

of s

tude

nts h

eard

a p

rese

ntat

ion

and

had

an

inte

ract

ive

disc

ussi

on w

ith a

dis

trict

cou

rt or

mag

istra

te ju

dge.

The

stud

ents

then

hea

rd a

pre

sent

atio

n an

d to

ok a

fun

pop

quiz

on

the

use

of c

redi

t car

ds a

nd e

stab

lishi

ng g

ood

cred

it w

ith a

mem

ber o

f the

Cre

dit

Abu

se R

esis

tanc

e Ed

ucat

ion

(CA

RE)

team

led

by R

etire

d B

ankr

uptc

y Ju

dge

John

J. H

argr

ove.

Fin

ally

, the

st

uden

ts h

eard

a se

ries o

f sho

rt pr

esen

tatio

ns fr

om v

ario

us c

ourt

pers

onne

l and

loca

l atto

rney

s abo

ut w

hat

thei

r job

s ent

ail,

and

the

train

ing

and

expe

rienc

e re

quire

d.�

Man

agin

g Pa

tent

Liti

gatio

n: V

iew

s fro

m th

e B

ench

and

Bar

: On

June

8, 2

010,

the

FBA

hos

ted

an

even

ing

prog

ram

in C

arm

el V

alle

y on

Pat

ent L

itiga

tion.

The

pan

el fe

atur

ed D

istri

ct Ju

dge

Dan

a M

. Sa

braw

, Mag

istra

te Ju

dge

Cat

hy A

. Ben

cive

ngo,

and

atto

rney

s Jua

nita

Bro

oks o

f Fis

h &

Ric

hard

son

and

Ran

dy K

ay o

f Jon

es D

ay.

The

pane

l dis

cuss

ed th

e Lo

cal R

ules

for p

aten

t cas

es, c

onsi

dera

tions

bef

ore

filin

g a

pate

nt c

ase,

ple

adin

g re

quire

men

ts, e

xper

t witn

esse

s, di

scov

ery,

tuto

rials

and

Mar

kman

hea

rings

, an

d tri

al.

The

pres

enta

tion

was

ver

y w

ell r

ecei

ved.

The

FB

A a

war

ded

our C

hapt

er a

Pre

side

ntia

l Cita

tion

Aw

ard

for t

his s

ucce

ssfu

l eve

nt.

�T

he In

ters

ectio

n of

Imm

igra

tion

and

Cri

min

al L

aw: O

n Ju

ly 1

4, 2

010,

the

FBA

hos

ted

an lu

ncht

ime

prog

ram

in th

e D

istri

ct C

onfe

renc

e C

ente

r on

the

Inte

rsec

tion

of Im

mig

ratio

n an

d C

rimin

al la

w.

The

pane

l fe

atur

ed D

istri

ct Ju

dge

Rog

er T

. Ben

itez,

Imm

igra

tion

Judg

e R

ico

J. B

arto

lom

ei, M

artin

D. S

oblic

k, C

hief

C

ouns

el fo

r Im

mig

ratio

n an

d C

usto

ms E

nfor

cem

ent's

San

Die

go o

ffic

e, a

nd w

ell-k

now

n im

mig

ratio

n pr

actit

ione

r Lili

a S.

Vel

aque

z. T

he p

anel

dis

cuss

ed th

e of

ten-

com

plex

issu

es th

at a

rise

whe

n an

alie

n is

co

nvic

ted

of a

stat

e or

fede

ral o

ffen

se, a

s wel

l as t

he p

roce

dura

l fra

mew

ork

thro

ugh

whi

ch fe

dera

l im

mig

ratio

n an

d di

stric

t cou

rts a

djud

icat

e im

mig

ratio

n-re

late

d is

sues

aris

ing

out o

f a c

rimin

al c

onvi

ctio

n.

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The

even

t dre

w a

subs

tant

ial c

row

d of

app

roxi

mat

ely

85 a

ttorn

eys.

�Si

xth

Ann

ual J

udith

N. K

eep

Fede

ral C

ivil

Prac

tice

Sem

inar

:O

n Se

ptem

ber 1

6, 2

010,

the

FBA

hos

ted

the

Sixt

h A

nnua

l Jud

ith N

. Kee

p Fe

dera

l Civ

il Pr

actic

e Se

min

ar.

The

orga

nizi

ng c

omm

ittee

for t

his y

ear’

s ev

ent w

as sp

earh

eade

d by

the

Hon

. Ant

hony

J. B

atta

glia

, the

Hon

. Jan

M. A

dler

, Hel

en Ir

za, F

BA

Pr

esid

ent T

ed F

ates

, Pre

side

nt-E

lect

Shi

reen

Bec

ker,

and

Imm

edia

te P

ast P

resi

dent

Alli

son

God

dard

. C

hief

Judg

e Ir

ma

E. G

onza

lez

gave

a w

arm

wel

com

e, n

otin

g Ju

dge

Kee

p's g

reat

impa

ct o

n th

e le

gal

prof

essi

on a

nd th

e So

uthe

rn D

istri

ct.

The

Judg

es o

f the

Sou

ther

n D

istri

ct o

nce

agai

n su

ppor

ted

the

prog

ram

with

ent

husi

asm

. Pr

esen

ters

incl

uded

Chi

ef Ju

dge

Irm

a E.

Gon

zale

z an

d Ju

dges

Mar

ilyn

Huf

f, M

. Ja

mes

Lor

enz,

Jeff

rey

T. M

iller

, Mic

hael

M. A

nello

, Dan

a M

. Sab

raw

, Lou

isa

S Po

rter,

Rub

en B

. Bro

oks,

Ant

hony

J. B

atta

glia

, Nita

L. S

torm

es, J

an M

. Adl

er, B

arba

ra L

. Maj

or, W

illia

m M

cCur

ine,

and

Cat

hy A

. B

enci

veng

o. H

elen

Irza

mod

erat

ed a

con

vers

atio

n w

ith C

lerk

of C

ourt

Sam

uel H

amric

k on

rece

nt

CM

/EC

F de

velo

pmen

ts a

nd u

sefu

l fili

ng ti

ps.

This

yea

r’s e

vent

feat

ured

vid

eota

ped

mem

oria

ls o

f Jud

ge

Kee

p fr

om c

lose

frie

nds V

irgin

ia N

elso

n, th

e H

on. L

ynn

Sche

nk a

nd B

rian

Mon

agha

n. E

very

one

was

ho

nore

d by

the

atte

ndan

ce o

f Jud

ge K

eep’

s dev

oted

hus

band

, Rus

ty B

lock

. Th

e se

min

ar c

oncl

uded

with

a

rece

ptio

n. T

he C

lerk

’s O

ffic

e st

aff a

lso

play

ed a

n in

stru

men

tal r

ole

in m

akin

g th

e ev

ent a

succ

ess.

�H

ow to

Set

tle Y

our

Cas

e on

App

eal i

n St

ate

or F

eder

al C

ourt

: On

Oct

ober

26,

201

0, th

e FB

A c

o-sp

onso

red

a pr

ogra

m e

ntitl

ed "

How

to S

ettle

You

r Cas

e on

App

eal i

n St

ate

or F

eder

al C

ourt"

with

the

App

ella

te C

ourt

Com

mitt

ee o

f the

San

Die

go C

ount

y B

ar A

ssoc

iatio

n. T

he p

rogr

am fe

atur

ed th

e H

onor

able

M. M

arga

ret M

cKeo

wn

of th

e N

inth

Circ

uit C

ourt

of A

ppea

ls a

nd th

e H

onor

able

Jam

es A

. M

cInt

yre

of th

e C

alifo

rnia

Cou

rt of

App

eal,

Four

th D

istri

ct, D

ivis

ion

One

, and

was

mod

erat

ed b

y at

torn

ey

Edw

ard

I. Si

lver

man

. Th

e pa

nelis

ts d

iscu

ssed

var

ious

exa

mpl

es o

f how

med

iatio

n ca

n re

solv

e co

mpl

icat

ed

appe

llate

cas

es, e

ven

afte

r ora

l arg

umen

t has

con

clud

ed, a

nd a

nsw

ered

tren

chan

t que

stio

ns p

osed

to th

em

by e

xper

ienc

ed st

ate

and

fede

ral a

ppel

late

pra

ctiti

oner

s reg

ardi

ng th

e N

inth

Circ

uit's

and

Fou

rth D

istri

ct

Cou

rt of

App

eals

' res

pect

ive

prog

ram

s. �

“Beh

ind

the

Scen

es”

Cou

rtho

use

Prog

ram

: The

FB

A h

oste

d its

ann

ual “

Beh

ind

the

Scen

es”

prog

ram

on

Oct

ober

15,

201

0. T

his p

rogr

am o

ffer

s a sp

ecia

l opp

ortu

nity

to le

arn

abou

t the

Sou

ther

n D

istri

ct’s

co

urth

ouse

ope

ratio

ns a

nd p

roce

dure

s in

a sm

all-g

roup

setti

ng.

Led

by F

BA

Boa

rd m

embe

r Kat

ie P

arke

r, ap

prox

imat

ely

twen

ty a

ttend

ees b

egan

at t

he C

lerk

’s O

ffic

e fo

r a to

ur a

nd p

rese

ntat

ion

by C

lerk

of C

ourt

Sam

Ham

rick

and

Chi

ef D

eput

y of

Ope

ratio

ns Jo

hn M

orril

l. M

agis

trate

Judg

e B

enci

veng

o th

en sp

oke

with

the

grou

p ab

out t

he ro

le o

f the

Mag

istra

te Ju

dges

. Th

e pr

ogra

m c

oncl

uded

with

a v

isit

to C

hief

Judg

e G

onza

lez’

s cha

mbe

rs a

nd c

ourtr

oom

and

a q

uest

ion-

and-

answ

er se

ssio

n w

ith th

e C

hief

Judg

e.

�B

row

n B

ag L

unch

Ser

ies:

The

FB

A c

ontin

ued

to c

o-ho

st a

Bro

wn

Bag

Lun

ch S

erie

s with

the

Ass

ocia

tion

of B

usin

ess T

rial L

awye

rs a

nd th

e Li

tigat

ion

Sect

ion

of th

e St

ate

Bar

. Th

ese

even

ts fe

atur

e in

form

al

disc

ussi

ons w

ith ju

dges

and

thei

r law

cle

rks r

egar

ding

thei

r cha

mbe

r rul

es, c

ourtr

oom

pro

cedu

res,

and

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S

rela

ted

topi

cs.

In 2

010,

the

Bro

wn

Bag

Lun

ch S

erie

s fea

ture

d Ju

dges

Will

iam

H. G

allo

(Mar

ch 2

3), J

effr

ey

T. M

iller

(Jul

y 21

), an

d B

erna

rd S

kom

al (N

ovem

ber 1

7).

Each

was

a w

ell-a

ttend

ed, i

nfor

mat

ive

even

t. �

Hol

iday

Law

Cle

rk R

ecep

tion:

The

FB

A w

rapp

ed u

p its

pro

gram

min

g ye

ar o

n D

ecem

ber 2

, 201

0, w

ith

its tr

aditi

onal

Hol

iday

Rec

eptio

n ho

norin

g th

e ne

w a

nd re

turn

ing

law

cle

rks o

f the

Sou

ther

n D

istri

ct.

The

rece

ptio

n to

ok p

lace

at A

then

s Mar

ket a

nd a

lso

serv

ed a

s the

FB

A’s

ann

ual m

embe

rshi

p m

eetin

g. A

s us

ual,

this

eve

nt w

as a

cel

ebra

tion

of th

e co

llegi

al sp

irit t

hat p

erva

des t

he fe

dera

l ben

ch a

nd b

ar in

San

D

iego

.�

San

Die

go C

hapt

er to

Hos

t 201

2 FB

A N

atio

nal M

eetin

g an

d C

onve

ntio

n: T

he C

hapt

er h

as a

gree

d to

ho

st th

e 20

12 F

BA

Nat

iona

l Mee

ting

and

Con

vent

ion

in S

an D

iego

. W

e ha

ve fo

rmed

a C

onve

ntio

n Pl

anni

ng C

omm

ittee

that

is b

egin

ning

to o

rgan

ize

CLE

and

soci

al a

ctiv

ities

for t

he C

onve

ntio

n. T

he

Con

vent

ion

is se

t to

take

pla

ce S

epte

mbe

r 19-

23, 2

012.

We

look

forw

ard

to h

ostin

g ot

her F

BA

mem

bers

in

Am

eric

a’s F

ines

t City

, and

hig

hlig

htin

g th

e w

ork

and

acco

mpl

ishm

ents

of t

he S

outh

ern

Dis

trict

.

Los A

ngel

es,

Cal

iforn

ia C

hapt

er

�C

hapt

er P

ro B

ono

Act

iviti

es: T

he C

hapt

er h

as b

egun

pla

cing

con

tact

info

rmat

ion

on o

ur w

ebsi

te fo

r loc

al

reco

gniz

ed p

ro b

ono

orga

niza

tions

; we

also

are

wor

king

with

the

Dis

trict

Cou

rt to

org

aniz

e tra

inin

g fo

r at

torn

eys i

n pr

ivat

e pr

actic

e to

par

ticip

ate

in th

e C

ourt’

s pro

bon

o ac

tiviti

es, i

nclu

ding

Sec

tion

1983

cas

es,

pro

bono

civ

il lit

igan

t clin

ic, a

ltern

ativ

e di

sput

e re

solu

tion,

and

ban

krup

tcy

clin

ic.

�C

ourt

hous

e A

ttor

ney

Lou

nge

Plaq

ue P

roje

ct:

The

Cha

pter

has

rece

ived

per

mis

sion

from

the

Cou

rt to

pl

ace

awar

ds p

rese

nted

to th

e C

hapt

er in

the

atto

rney

’s lo

unge

s at t

he D

istri

ct C

ourth

ouse

. W

e ar

e in

the

proc

ess o

f col

lect

ing

the

awar

ds fr

om p

ast p

resi

dent

s so

that

they

can

by

hung

in th

e co

urth

ouse

loun

ges.

�N

ovem

ber

3, 2

010

- Law

Cle

rk’s

Rec

eptio

n: A

nnua

l eve

nt, h

oste

d by

the

Cha

pter

for f

eder

al c

lerk

s, bo

th d

istri

ct a

nd c

ircui

t and

the

resp

ectiv

e ju

dges

for w

hom

they

are

cle

rkin

g. T

he e

vent

is h

eld

at th

e D

istri

ct C

ourt

and

this

yea

r we

had

a tre

men

dous

turn

out.

�D

ecem

ber

3, 2

010

– 7th

Ann

ual B

ankr

uptc

y Et

hics

: Ano

ther

ann

ual e

vent

, whi

ch is

a h

alf-

day

prog

ram

ar

rang

ed w

ith th

e B

ankr

uptc

y C

ourt

and

priv

ate

atto

rney

s to

prov

ide

adva

nced

eth

ics t

rain

ing.

Upc

omin

g Pr

ogra

ms &

Pro

ject

s: S

tate

of t

he C

ircu

it/D

istr

ict:

Ann

ual e

vent

at w

hich

the

Chi

ef Ju

dges

of

the

Nin

th C

ircui

t, C

entra

l Dis

trict

of C

alifo

rnia

, and

Ban

krup

tcy

Cou

rt pr

ovid

e co

mm

ents

and

insi

ghts

on

the

stat

e of

issu

es c

onfr

ontin

g ea

ch c

ourt;

IP P

rogr

am: I

n pl

anni

ng st

ages

and

mos

t lik

ely

will

add

ress

le

gal i

ssue

s dea

ling

with

soci

al n

etw

orki

ng.

Pane

l will

incl

ude

IP a

ttorn

eys,

Dis

trict

Cou

rt Ju

dge

and

in-

hous

e co

unse

l; Ju

dici

al R

ecep

tion

at C

ity H

all:

Ann

ual r

ecep

tion

held

at L

A C

ity H

all f

or th

e N

inth

C

ircui

t and

Dis

trict

Cou

rt Ju

dges

; App

ella

te P

rogr

am: P

rogr

am h

eld

ever

y ot

her y

ear a

s a tr

aini

ng

prog

ram

for p

rivat

e at

torn

eys i

nter

este

d in

app

ella

te w

ork.

Writ

ten

hypo

thet

ical

dis

tribu

ted

to p

artic

ipan

ts,

who

pre

pare

a b

rief a

nd p

rese

nt o

ral a

rgum

ent t

o a

pane

l of N

inth

Circ

uit J

udge

s; N

ew C

alifo

rnia

Rul

es o

f Pr

ofes

sion

al C

ondu

ct:

Prop

osed

pro

gram

to p

rovi

de im

med

iate

trai

ning

whe

n th

e N

ew C

alifo

rnia

Rul

es

of P

rofe

ssio

nal C

ondu

ct a

re a

dopt

ed; T

akin

g th

e St

ep: A

nnua

l ½ d

ay tr

aini

ng p

rogr

am fo

r you

ng

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Cha

pter

Eve

nts R

epor

t Ja

nuar

y 14

, 201

1

25

CIR

CU

ITC

HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

atto

rney

s who

wou

ld li

ke to

dev

elop

a c

ivil

fede

ral p

ract

ice;

Imm

igra

tion

Com

plia

nce

& E

nfor

cem

ent:

In p

lann

ing

stag

es; J

udic

ial B

row

n B

ag L

unch

es: S

mal

l gro

up lu

nche

s with

Dis

trict

Cou

rt an

d M

agis

trate

Ju

dges

, hel

d in

the

cour

troom

to p

rovi

de y

oung

er a

ttorn

eys w

ith p

erso

nal c

onta

ct w

ith th

e ju

dges

; M

ento

rshi

p: F

BA

Boa

rd m

embe

rs a

re p

aire

d w

ith y

oung

er a

ttorn

eys i

n th

e ar

ea w

ho a

re in

tere

sted

in

deve

lopi

ng a

fede

ral p

ract

ice;

Ban

krup

tcy

Ora

l His

tory

Pro

ject

: Th

e C

hapt

er is

org

aniz

ing

train

ing

to

initi

ate

an o

ral h

isto

ry p

roje

ct.

O

rang

e C

ount

y,

Cal

iforn

ia C

hapt

er

�A

nnua

l Jud

ges N

ight

Din

ner:

Prog

ram

hon

orin

g th

e Ju

dges

of t

he C

entra

l Dis

trict

with

pre

sent

atio

n of

the

FBA

/OC

's A

nnua

l Jud

ge S

totle

r Aw

ard.

Alm

ost 4

00 a

ttend

ees.

Oct

ober

, 201

0, Ir

vine

, CA

. �

Pro

Bon

o Lu

nche

on -

iden

tifie

d fe

dera

l pro

bon

o op

portu

nitie

s for

law

yers

. N

ovem

ber 2

010,

Cos

ta M

esa,

C

A.

�A

nnua

l Crim

inal

Eve

nt o

n cy

bers

pace

law

issu

es fo

r crim

inal

law

yers

. C

osta

Mes

a, N

ovem

ber 2

010,

A

bout

100

atte

ndee

s �

Ann

ual C

ivil

Sem

inar

Pro

gram

on

prel

imin

ary

rem

edie

s in

the

fede

ral c

ourts

. Ir

vine

, CA

, Ove

r 200

at

tend

ees

�A

nnua

l Int

elle

ctua

l Pro

perty

Pro

gram

: one

-day

eve

nt o

n pa

tent

law

at t

he n

ew U

C la

w sc

hool

in Ir

vine

, C

alifo

rnia

�B

ench

& B

ar L

unch

eon

1: J

udge

Sel

na sp

oke

on p

ract

ical

do'

s and

don

'ts.

Abo

ut 2

00 p

eopl

e at

tend

ed.

June

201

0, C

osta

Mes

a �

Ben

ch &

Bar

Lun

cheo

n 2:

Judg

e G

uilfo

rd sp

oke

on p

ract

ical

writ

ing

tips.

Abo

ut 2

00 p

rese

nt.

July

201

0,

Cos

ta M

esa

�B

ehin

d th

e W

indo

ws -

an

even

t foc

used

on

the

Cle

rk's

offic

e w

ith b

ehin

d th

e sc

enes

info

rmat

ion

abou

t how

th

e C

lerk

s Off

ice

oper

ates

Swea

ring-

in C

erem

ony

for n

ew b

ar a

dmitt

ees

�B

ill o

f Rig

hts P

rogr

am --

atto

rney

s tea

ch h

igh

scho

ol st

uden

ts a

bout

the

Bill

of R

ight

s. S

epte

mbe

r, D

ecem

ber 2

010.

Inla

nd E

mpi

re,

Cal

iforn

ia C

hapt

er

�Ja

nuar

y 22

, 201

0 --

Ann

ual M

eetin

g, O

ffic

er In

stal

latio

n, a

nd Ju

dges

App

reci

atio

n D

inne

r at t

he M

issi

on

Inn

in R

iver

side

. W

e in

stal

led

our n

ew o

ffic

ers f

or th

e 20

10 te

rm a

nd h

eard

a sp

eech

by

Jam

es B

rosn

ahan

en

title

d "I

n D

efen

se o

f Jud

ges:

Why

Eve

ry Ju

dge

is a

n A

ctiv

ist J

udge

" �

Febr

uary

24,

201

0 --

"20

10 A

nnua

l Fed

eral

Civ

il Pr

actic

e Se

min

ar"

pres

ente

d by

Judg

es V

irgin

ia P

hilli

ps,

Osw

ald

Para

da, a

nd D

avid

Bris

tow

, mod

erat

ed b

y K

enda

ll M

acV

ey.

Hel

d at

the

Cou

rthou

se

�M

arch

24,

201

0 --

"O

rigin

al Ju

risdi

ctio

n in

the

U.S

. Sup

rem

e C

ourt"

by

Rod

eric

k W

alst

on.

Hel

d at

the

Cou

rthou

se�

Apr

il 21

, 201

0 --

"Th

e N

uts a

nd B

olts

of P

ro S

e Li

tigat

ion"

by

Hon

. Osw

ald

Para

da, T

om B

uck,

Ter

esa

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pter

Eve

nts R

epor

t Ja

nuar

y 14

, 201

1

26

CIR

CU

ITC

HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

McG

owan

, and

Jane

t Lew

is.

Hel

d at

the

Cou

rthou

se

�M

ay 2

5, 2

010

-- "

Elev

enth

Ann

ual C

onst

itutio

nal L

aw F

orum

" by

Dea

n Er

win

Che

mer

insk

y, a

nd

pres

enta

tion

of th

e 20

10 E

rwin

Che

mer

insk

y D

efen

der o

f the

Con

stitu

tion

Aw

ard.

Hel

d at

the

San

Ber

nard

ino

Hilt

on

�Ju

ne 8

, 201

0 --

New

-atto

rney

adm

issi

on c

erem

ony

at th

e C

ourth

ouse

. Ju

dges

Virg

inia

Phi

llips

, Osw

ald

Para

da, a

nd D

avid

Bris

tow

(all

mem

bers

of o

ur B

oard

) ind

ucte

d ne

w a

ttorn

eys i

nto

the

bar o

f the

Cen

tral

Dis

trict

of C

alifo

rnia

June

23,

201

0 --

"W

hat M

akes

a 'L

awye

r's Ju

stic

e?'

A P

anel

Dis

cuss

ion

Abo

ut th

e Q

ualit

ies T

hat

Prac

titio

ners

Wou

ld L

ike

to S

ee in

a U

.S. S

upre

me

Cou

rt Ju

stic

e" fe

atur

ing

Laur

ie L

even

son

and

Tim

othy

C

oate

s. H

eld

at th

e C

ourth

ouse

Sept

embe

r 22,

201

0 --

A re

cept

ion

hono

ring

And

re B

irotte

, Jr.,

U.S

. Atto

rney

for t

he C

entra

l Dis

trict

of

Cal

iforn

ia�

Nov

embe

r 10,

201

0 --

"A

ltern

ativ

e D

ispu

te R

esol

utio

n in

the

Dis

trict

Cou

rt: A

Dis

cuss

ion

of th

e Pr

oced

ures

Ava

ilabl

e to

Get

You

r Cas

e Se

ttled

!" H

eld

at th

e C

ourth

ouse

and

pre

sent

ed b

y G

ail K

illife

r, A

DR

Pro

gram

Dire

ctor

for t

he C

entra

l Dis

trict

of C

alifo

rnia

Dec

embe

r 9, 2

010

-- N

ew-a

ttorn

ey a

dmis

sion

cer

emon

y at

the

Cou

rthou

se.

Judg

e D

avid

Bris

tow

indu

cted

13

new

atto

rney

s int

o th

e ba

r of t

he C

entra

l Dis

trict

of C

alifo

rnia

.

Mon

tana

Cha

pter

In 2

010,

MT

Cha

pter

hel

d br

own

bag

lunc

h di

scus

sion

in M

isso

ula

with

Judg

e D

on M

ollo

y, M

agis

trate

Je

rry

Lync

h, a

nd n

ew U

S A

ttorn

ey M

ike

Cot

ter.

N

evad

a C

hapt

er

�Fe

brua

ry 1

9, 2

010:

Wel

com

e re

cept

ion

for t

he H

onor

able

Rob

ert C

. Jon

es, U

nite

d St

ates

Dis

trict

Judg

e,

Dis

trict

of N

evad

a, to

the

unof

ficia

l Nor

ther

n D

ivis

ion

�Fe

brua

ry 2

2, 2

010:

Wes

t Alle

n pr

esen

ted

a co

ngra

tula

tory

lette

r to

Judg

e G

eorg

e on

beh

alf o

f the

FB

A fo

r hi

s 80t

h "b

irthd

ay p

arty

."

�A

pril

29, 2

010:

Ann

ual C

hapt

er D

inne

r, he

ld a

t the

con

clus

ion

of th

e U

.S.D

.C. f

or th

e D

istri

ct o

f Nev

ada's

an

nual

con

fere

nce.

Our

feat

ured

spea

ker w

as L

arry

A. M

acke

y, a

par

tner

in B

arne

s & T

horn

burg

's In

dian

apol

is, I

ndia

na o

ffic

e, c

once

ntra

tes o

n w

hite

col

lar c

rime

defe

nse

and

com

plex

litig

atio

n. M

r. M

acke

y w

orke

d as

a fe

dera

l pro

secu

tor f

or e

ight

een

year

s and

as a

stat

e pr

osec

utor

for t

hree

yea

rs.

He

conc

lude

d hi

s Dep

artm

ent o

f Jus

tice

serv

ice

on th

e pr

osec

utio

n te

am re

spon

sibl

e fo

r the

con

vict

ions

of t

he

Okl

ahom

a C

ity b

ombi

ng d

efen

dant

s. M

r. M

acke

y tri

ed b

oth

case

s and

del

iver

ed th

e pr

osec

utio

n's c

losi

ng

argu

men

t in

U.S

. v. T

imot

hy M

cVei

gh .

Mr.

Mac

key

gave

a p

ower

pre

sent

atio

n on

the

evid

ence

as

sem

bled

for t

he O

klah

oma

City

bom

bing

tria

ls.

�A

ugus

t 6, 2

010:

Rec

eptio

n fo

r new

ly a

ppoi

nted

Dis

trict

Cou

rt Ju

dge,

the

Hon

orab

le G

loria

Nav

arro

.

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nts R

epor

t Ja

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y 14

, 201

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PTE

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VE

NT

S

�Se

ptem

ber 1

5, 2

010:

U.S

. Sup

rem

e C

ourt

adm

issi

on c

erem

ony,

con

duct

ed b

y G

ener

al W

illia

m K

. Sut

er,

Cle

rk o

f the

Uni

ted

Stat

es S

upre

me

Cou

rt. G

ener

al S

uter

als

o pr

esen

ted

a br

ief p

rogr

am o

n th

e Su

prem

e C

ourt'

s his

tory

. 10

th C

ircui

t U

tah

Cha

pter

The

Uta

h C

hapt

er h

eld

its a

nnua

l Ron

ald

N. B

oyce

Fed

eral

Cou

rt Li

tigat

ion

Prac

tice

Sem

inar

aga

in th

is

year

, fea

turin

g pr

esen

tatio

ns b

y ne

arly

all

our l

ocal

fede

ral j

udge

s, ba

nkru

ptcy

judg

es a

nd m

agis

trate

s.

This

yea

r's sp

eake

rs in

clud

ed C

hief

Judg

e Te

na C

ampb

ell,

Dis

trict

Cou

rt Ju

dges

Dee

Ben

son,

Dal

e K

imba

ll, T

ed S

tew

art,

Cla

rk W

addo

ups a

nd B

ruce

Jenk

ins,

Ban

krup

tcy

Judg

es W

illia

m T

hurm

an a

nd Jo

el

T. M

arke

r, an

d M

agis

trate

Judg

es S

am A

lba,

Bro

oke

Wel

ls a

nd P

aul W

arne

r. W

e ha

d 14

0 at

tend

ees a

t the

ev

ent,

and

our l

unch

time

spea

ker w

as P

rofe

ssor

Jim

Hol

broo

k, o

n Le

sson

s fro

m Ir

aq:

Ref

lect

ions

on

the

Rul

e of

Law

.�

The

Uta

h C

hapt

er h

oste

d its

Thi

rd A

nnua

l Sou

ther

n U

tah

Fede

ral L

aw S

ympo

sium

, whi

ch a

ttrac

ted

reco

rd

atte

ndan

ce a

nd fe

atur

ed M

agis

trate

Judg

es P

aul M

. War

ner

and

Rob

ert T

. Bra

ithw

aite

, as w

ell a

s U.S

. B

ankr

uptc

y C

ourt

Judg

e W

illia

m T

hurm

an a

nd H

on. W

illia

m N

ixon

from

the

U.S

. Im

mig

ratio

n C

ourt.

We

field

ed a

ppro

xim

atel

y 80

atte

ndee

s and

sign

ed u

p ne

w m

embe

rs fr

om S

outh

ern

Uta

h�

Thi

s yea

r the

Uta

h C

hapt

er a

gain

hos

ted

its fo

urth

ann

ual C

rimin

al L

aw S

emin

ar w

ith th

e su

ppor

t of o

ur

loca

l fed

eral

judg

es.

The

Sem

inar

feat

ured

pre

sent

atio

ns b

y D

istri

ct C

ourt

Judg

es D

ale

A. K

imba

ll an

d C

lark

Wad

doup

s and

man

y pr

omin

ent l

ocal

pra

ctiti

oner

s.�

The

Uta

h C

hapt

er h

oste

d th

e Si

xth

Ann

ual T

ri-St

ate

Sem

inar

in S

epte

mbe

r in

Park

City

, whi

ch fe

atur

ed

elev

en fe

dera

l jud

ges f

rom

Uta

h, Id

aho

and

Wyo

min

g. S

peak

ers i

nclu

ded

Chi

ef D

istri

ct C

ourt

Judg

es B

. Ly

nn W

inm

ill a

nd W

illia

m D

owne

s; D

istri

ct C

ourt

Judg

es D

ee B

enso

n, D

ale

A. K

imba

ll, a

nd C

lark

W

addo

ups;

and

Mag

istra

te Ju

dges

Dav

id N

uffe

r, La

rry

Boy

le, a

nd W

illia

m B

eam

an, a

s wel

l as t

he c

lerk

s of

cou

rt fo

r the

Dis

trict

s of U

tah,

Idah

o an

d W

yom

ing,

and

four

car

eer l

aw c

lerk

s fro

m e

ach

of th

e di

stric

ts

as w

ell.

�Th

e U

tah

Cha

pter

aga

in h

oste

d ou

r ser

ies o

f lun

chtim

e C

LE p

rogr

ams c

alle

d "S

ide

Bar

Lun

cheo

ns"

feat

urin

g ou

r loc

al fe

dera

l jud

ges.

This

yea

r's sp

eake

rs h

ave

incl

uded

Dis

trict

Cou

rt Ju

dge

Tena

Cam

pbel

l an

d Ju

dge

Dee

Ben

son,

bot

h on

tria

l ski

lls, w

hich

was

one

of o

ur th

emes

for t

his y

ear.

�Th

e U

tah

Cha

pter

just

hel

d its

Ann

ual A

war

ds D

inne

r, w

hich

hon

ors a

fede

ral j

udge

for h

is o

r her

serv

ice

to th

e fe

dera

l cou

rts.

This

yea

r's h

onor

ee w

as U

nite

d St

ates

Dis

trict

Cou

rt Ju

dge

Dal

e A

. Kim

ball,

who

has

se

rved

as t

he U

tah

Cha

pter

's ju

dici

al li

aiso

n fo

r 14

year

s. W

e al

so h

onor

ed A

ss't

US

Atto

rney

Dav

id

Schw

endi

man

for h

is w

ork

pros

ecut

ing

war

crim

inal

s in

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Crim

inal

Cou

rt in

Bos

nia

and

Her

zego

vina

, and

Jane

t Hug

ie S

mith

, a 3

0 ye

ar e

mpl

oym

ent l

itiga

tor,

mem

ber o

f the

AC

TL, a

nd o

ne o

f the

"f

irst 1

00"

Uta

h w

omen

to b

e la

wye

rs.

�A

s par

t of t

he C

hapt

er's

Pro

Bon

o Pr

ojec

t, th

e U

tah

Cha

pter

inst

itute

d th

e "H

ELP

RIS

E" p

ro b

ono

prog

ram

, w

hich

pai

rs u

nem

ploy

ed la

wye

rs w

ith C

LE tr

aini

ng, a

men

tor,

and

then

ass

igns

them

to p

rovi

de p

ro b

ono

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pter

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nts R

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HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

lega

l ser

vice

s to

parti

cipa

nts i

n th

e D

istri

ct o

f Uta

h's R

ISE

men

tal h

ealth

and

dru

g re

entry

cou

rt pr

ogra

m,

one

of th

e on

ly o

nes o

f its

kin

d in

the

coun

try.

The

Cha

pter

rece

ived

the

Ilene

and

Mic

hael

Sha

w P

ublic

Se

rvic

e G

rant

for t

he p

roje

ct.

�O

ur Y

oung

Law

yer L

iais

on a

nd o

ur F

eder

al C

lerk

's O

ffic

e Li

aiso

n ho

sted

a lu

ncht

ime

CLE

for n

ew

law

yers

and

thei

r men

tors

at t

he fe

dera

l cou

rthou

se e

ntitl

ed, "

Intro

duct

ion

to th

e Fe

dera

l Cou

rt: A

Pro

gram

fo

r New

Atto

rney

s and

thei

r Men

tors

." T

he n

ew p

rogr

am in

clud

ed fi

ve b

rief p

rese

ntat

ions

from

Mag

istra

te

Judg

e B

rook

e C

. Wel

ls a

nd Ju

dge

Dal

e A

. Kim

ball.

The

Uta

h St

ate

Bar

is o

ne o

f onl

y a

hand

ful o

f ju

risdi

ctio

ns in

the

US

that

is re

quiri

ng n

ew a

dmitt

ees t

o be

pai

red

with

men

tor a

ttorn

eys,

and

the

FBA

U

tah

Cha

pter

pro

vide

d th

is v

alua

ble

prog

ram

whi

ch q

ualif

ied

for t

heir

men

tor/m

ente

e C

LE re

quire

d tra

inin

g ho

urs.

�Fi

nally

, thi

s yea

r, th

e U

tah

Cha

pter

par

tner

ed w

ith in

com

ing

Chi

ef Ju

dge

Ted

Stew

art a

nd th

e D

istri

ct o

f U

tah

to a

utho

r a su

rvey

of f

eder

al p

ract

ition

ers a

bout

thei

r exp

erie

nces

, goo

d an

d ba

d, in

the

fede

ral c

ourt.

The

surv

ey w

as c

ompl

eted

by

mor

e th

an 6

00 la

wye

rs a

nd Ju

dge

Stew

art p

rese

nted

the

resu

lts a

t the

Ron

ald

N. B

oyce

Sem

inar

. Pa

st P

resi

dent

Jon

Haf

en a

nd B

oard

Mem

ber a

nd A

ss't

Cle

rk o

f Cou

rt Lo

uise

Yor

k w

ere

inst

rum

enta

l in

prep

arin

g th

e su

rvey

.

Okl

ahom

a C

ity

Cha

pter

�Fe

brua

ry 1

8, 2

010

-- T

hird

Thu

rsda

y Lu

nche

on –

with

Ban

krup

tcy

Judg

es N

iles J

acks

on o

f the

Wes

tern

D

istri

ct o

f Okl

ahom

a.

Each

“Th

ird T

hurs

day

Lunc

heon

” w

as in

form

al a

nd li

mite

d to

20

atte

ndee

s. T

he

casu

al lu

nche

ons f

acili

tate

can

did

conv

ersa

tions

bet

wee

n at

tend

ees a

nd ju

dges

. �

Mar

ch 1

8, 2

010

-- T

hird

Thu

rsda

y Lu

nche

on w

ith Ju

dge

Will

iam

J. H

ollo

way

, Jr.

of th

e U

.S. C

ourt

of

App

eals

for t

he T

enth

Circ

uit.

�A

pril

1, 2

010

– Le

gal S

ecre

tary

/Par

aleg

al S

emin

ar.

The

chap

ter s

pons

ored

a h

alf-

day

sem

inar

for l

egal

se

cret

arie

s and

par

aleg

als i

nvol

ved

with

fede

ral c

ourt

prac

tice.

The

sem

inar

exp

oses

atte

ndee

s to

Cou

rthou

se p

erso

nnel

and

loca

l Cou

rt pr

oced

ures

. �

Apr

il 15

, 201

0 –

Third

Thu

rsda

y Lu

nche

on w

ith Ju

dge

Step

hen

Frio

t of t

he W

este

rn D

istri

ct o

f Okl

ahom

a.

�A

pril

27, 2

010

– Ju

dici

al R

ecep

tion

Hon

orin

g th

e Fe

dera

l Jud

ges o

f the

Wes

tern

Dis

trict

of O

klah

oma

and

the

Tent

h C

ircui

t, an

nual

Judi

cial

Rec

eptio

n to

hon

or th

e lo

cal f

eder

al ju

dici

ary.

The

rece

ptio

n in

clud

ed a

“S

tate

of t

he C

ourt”

add

ress

from

Chi

ef Ju

dge

Vic

ki M

iles-

LaG

rang

e, a

nd a

“Fi

resi

de C

hat”

with

out

goin

g C

hief

Judg

e R

ober

t H. H

enry

of t

he U

.S. C

ourt

of A

ppea

ls fo

r the

Ten

th C

ircui

t. �

May

20,

201

0 –

Third

Thu

rsda

y Lu

nche

on w

ith Ju

dge

Rob

in C

auth

ron

of th

e W

este

rn D

istri

ct o

f O

klah

oma.

May

26,

201

0 –

Ban

krup

tcy

“Sm

ackd

own”

III –

a lu

ncht

ime

CLE

pro

gram

to d

iscu

ss c

urre

nt b

ankr

uptc

y is

sues

. �

May

27,

201

0 –

New

Adm

ittee

Pro

gram

for t

he U

.S. D

istri

ct C

ourt

for t

he W

este

rn D

istri

ct o

f Oka

laho

ma.

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nts R

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, 201

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HA

PTE

RE

VE

NT

S

The

You

ng L

awye

rs C

hairs

and

cha

pter

mem

bers

coo

rdin

ated

the

afte

rnoo

n pr

ogra

m a

nd re

cept

ion

for n

ew

adm

ittee

s. �

June

17,

201

0 –

Third

Thu

rsda

y Lu

nche

on –

with

Judg

e Jo

e H

eato

n of

the

Wes

tern

Dis

trict

of O

klah

oma.

June

29,

201

0 –

Sum

mer

Cou

rthou

se T

our –

of t

he fe

dera

l cou

rthou

se fo

r sum

mer

law

cle

rks.

Stud

ents

met

w

ith ju

dges

and

cou

rthou

se st

aff t

o le

arn

mor

e ab

out f

eder

al p

ract

ice.

June

29,

201

0 –

“The

Life

and

Wor

k of

Just

ice

John

Pau

l Ste

vens

.” –

Pro

fess

or Jo

e Th

ai, a

form

er la

w

cler

k of

Just

ice

Stev

ens,

pres

ente

d a

one-

hour

CLE

revi

ewin

g th

e lif

e an

d ju

rispr

uden

ce o

f the

retir

ing

Just

ice.

July

17,

201

0 –

Third

Thu

rsda

y Lu

nche

on w

ith Ju

dge

Tim

DeG

iust

i of t

he W

este

rn D

istri

ct o

f Okl

ahom

a.

�Ju

ly 2

6, 2

010

– FB

A S

umm

er Y

outh

Pro

gram

– th

e ch

apte

r arr

ange

d fo

r thi

rty fi

fth-g

rade

stud

ents

(fro

m

loca

l non

-pro

fit re

adin

g en

richm

ent p

rogr

am) t

o co

me

to th

e C

ourth

ouse

. Ins

ide

a co

urtro

om, t

he st

uden

ts

read

out

a m

ock

pers

onal

-inju

ry tr

ial i

nvol

ving

Hum

pty

Dum

pty;

oth

er st

uden

ts w

ere

juro

rs.

The

stud

ents

al

so h

eard

from

Chi

ef Ju

dge

Vic

ki M

iles-

LaG

rang

e, o

ur U

.S. M

arsh

al’s

Off

ice,

and

U.S

. Pro

batio

n O

ffic

e.

�A

ugus

t 19,

201

0 –

Third

Thu

rsda

y Lu

nche

on w

ith Ju

dge

Rob

ert B

acha

rach

of t

he W

este

rn D

istri

ct o

f O

klah

oma.

Sept

embe

r 16,

201

0 –

Third

Thu

rsda

y Lu

nche

on w

ith Ju

dge

Jero

me

Hol

mes

of t

he U

.S. C

ourt

of A

ppea

ls

for t

he T

enth

Circ

uit.

�Se

ptem

ber 2

3-25

, 201

0 –

Ann

ual F

BA

Con

vent

ion

in N

ew O

rlean

s �

Sept

embe

r 27,

201

0 –

The

Fifth

Ann

ual W

illia

m J.

Hol

low

ay, J

r. Le

ctur

e. A

nnua

l lec

ture

serie

s in

hon

or

of Ju

dge

Will

iam

J,. H

ollo

way

, Jr.

of th

e Te

nth

Circ

uit.

This

yea

r’s l

ectu

re w

as d

eliv

ered

by

Judg

e D

iane

W

ood

of th

e U

.S. C

ourt

of A

ppea

ls fo

r the

7th

Circ

uit.

�O

ctob

er 2

1, 2

010

– Th

ird T

hurs

day

Lunc

heon

with

Judg

e B

ana

Rob

erts

of t

he W

este

rn D

istri

ct o

f O

klah

oma.

Nov

embe

r 4, 2

010

– N

ew A

dmitt

ee P

rogr

am fo

r 6th

e U

.S. D

istri

ct C

ourt

for t

he W

este

rn D

istri

ct o

f O

klah

oma.

The

You

nger

Law

yers

Cha

ir an

d ch

apte

r mem

bers

coo

rdin

ated

the

mor

ning

pro

gram

and

lu

ncht

ime

rece

ptio

n fo

r new

adm

ittee

s to

the

dist

rict c

ourt.

Nov

embe

r 29,

201

0 –

“The

Spe

edy

Tria

l Act

and

Eth

ics i

n C

rimin

al L

aw P

ract

ice.

” A

two-

hour

CLE

in

conj

unct

ion

with

the

Loca

l Crim

inal

Rul

es C

omm

ittee

, pre

sent

ers i

nclu

de tw

o A

ssis

tant

U.S

. Atto

rney

s an

d tw

o A

ssis

tant

Fed

eral

Pub

lic D

efen

ders

. �

Dec

embe

r 28,

201

0 –

Tent

h C

ircui

t Yea

r in

Rev

iew

. Th

e ch

apte

r is o

ffer

ing

a fiv

e-ho

ur C

LE p

rogr

am I

whi

ch sp

eake

rs d

iscu

ss 2

010

publ

ishe

d de

cisi

ons f

rom

the

Tent

h C

ircui

t. J

udge

Jero

me

Hol

mes

from

the

U.S

. Cou

rt of

App

eals

for t

he T

enth

Circ

uit w

ill a

lso

disc

uss a

ppel

late

adv

ocac

y.

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11th

Circ

uit

Atla

nta,

Geo

rgia

C

hapt

er�

Atla

nta

Lunc

heon

Ser

ies:

A C

onve

rsat

ion

with

The

Hon

orab

le P

hylli

s A. K

ravi

tch,

Judg

e, E

leve

nth

Circ

uit C

ourt

of A

ppea

ls; A

Con

vers

atio

n w

ith T

he H

onor

able

Hor

ace

T. W

ard.

�Th

e R

ober

t S. V

ance

For

um o

n th

e B

ill o

f Rig

hts,

this

yea

r ent

itled

Hill

ary

the

Mov

ie: t

he F

inal

Act

for

Cam

paig

n Fi

nanc

e R

efor

m; T

echn

olog

y in

the

Nor

ther

n D

istri

ct C

ourtr

oom

(pre

sent

ed in

con

junc

tion

with

th

e U

S D

istri

ct C

ourt,

Nor

ther

n D

istri

ct o

f Geo

rgia

).

Nor

th A

laba

ma

Cha

pter

�8t

h A

nnua

l Lab

or &

Em

ploy

men

t Law

Sym

posi

um, 3

8th

Ann

ual S

ympo

sium

on

Gov

ernm

ent A

cqui

sitio

n.

Bot

h of

thes

e Sy

mpo

sium

s foc

us o

n is

sues

impa

ctin

g at

torn

ey's

who

wor

k fo

r the

fede

ral g

over

nmen

t or

thos

e th

at re

pres

ent c

lient

s bef

ore

an a

dmin

istra

tive

foru

m (M

SPB

, EEO

C, e

tc) o

r in

fede

ral c

ourt.

The

Sy

mpo

sium

s are

ope

n to

non

atto

rney

labo

r spe

cial

ists

, and

con

tract

ing

offic

ers.

M

ontg

omer

y,

Ala

bam

a C

hapt

er

�M

ontg

omer

y: F

eder

al P

ract

ice

Sem

inar

, Rec

eptio

n fo

r the

Fed

eral

Judi

ciar

y ho

norin

g: S

enio

r Jud

ge

Trum

an M

. Hob

bs a

nd Ju

dge

Myr

on H

. Tho

mps

on.

Ta

mpa

Bay

, Flo

rida

Cha

pter

�Ta

mpa

Cha

pter

--Fe

dera

l Sen

tenc

ing

Gui

delin

es S

emin

ar (M

ay, 2

011)

Orla

ndo

Cha

pter

--Su

prem

e C

ourt

War

Sto

ries (

from

thos

e w

ho h

ave

argu

ed o

r cle

rked

, lik

ely

mod

erat

ed b

y Ju

stic

e B

lack

man

's da

ught

er

Sally

) So

uth

Flor

ida

Cha

pter

--B

row

n B

ag L

unch

eons

with

loca

l Jud

ges

11th

Circ

uit J

udic

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