Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr., Judicial Clerkship Institute Schedule March 16-18, 2016 Wednesday, March 16 6:00 pm Reception and Dinner for JCI Faculty at Dean Deanell Tacha s Home (Pepperdine University Campus) Thursday, March 17 Speakers and Panelists Location 7:15 am Shuttle Bus departs from Hotel 8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast at Pepperdine 8:45 Welcome Dean Deanell Tacha Welcome Desk Atrium 9:00 Break 9:10 Role of the Law Clerk Judge Jacqueline Nguyen Judge Beverly Reid O Connell Career Law Clerks: Opening Remarks 9:30 Federal Jurisdiction Brenda Baldwin-White Sr. Judicial Education Attorney Director Jim Wagstaffe Partner, Kerr and Wagstaffe Page 1 of 5
10:10 Break Thursday, March 17 Speakers and Panelists Location 10:20 Judicial Law Clerks Panel Kelsey Stapler Morris Jeremy Rosen--Moderator Stephen White Career Law Clerks: Summary Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley Judgment Motions: Tips & Tricks on Evaluation & Drafting of Orders 11:20 Break 11:30 Bankruptcy Appeals (Joint Session) 12:15 Lunch pm 1:30 Breakout Session 1: Legal Writing for District and Magistrate Courts 2:30 Break Breakout Session 2: Legal Writing for Appellate Courts Breakout Session 3: Legal Writing for Bankruptcy Courts Career Law Clerks: Top Ten Dos and Don ts: Effective and Efficient Management of the Judge and Chambers Judge C. Ray Mullins Judge Barry Russell Judge Karon Bowdre Judge Duane Benton Judge Martin Barash Judge Victoria A. Roberts Cafeteria Room B 2:45 Psychology of Litigation (Joint Session) 3:45 Break 4:00 Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr. Annual Lecture: Impact of the 2016 Presidential Election on the Supreme Court and Lower Federal Courts (Joint Session) 5:00 Break Tony Mauro Supreme Court Correspondent for The National Law Journal and Legal Times Page 2 of 5
Thursday, March 17 Speakers and Panelists Location 5:15 Shuttle bus departs for dinner 5:30 Dinner (Duke s Malibu) Participants and Faculty 7:30 Shuttle Bus departs to Hotel Friday, March 18 Speakers and Panelists Location 7:15 am Shuttle Bus departs from Hotel 8:00 Continental Breakfast at Pepperdine Atrium 8:45 Recent and Pending U.S. Supreme Court Cases (Joint Session) 9:45 Break Dean Erwin Chemerinsky Ambassador (ret.) & Professor Douglas W. Kmiec 10:00 Judicial Clerkship Ethics Chief Judge Carol Bagley Amon 10:45 Break Career Law Clerks: Update on the Law of Incarcerated Persons 11:00 Breakout Session 1: The Litigation Process Breakout Session 2: Current Bankruptcy Case Law Career Law Clerks: Ethics in an Election Year 12:00 Break Professor Alexander A. Reinert, Benjamin N. Cardoza School of Law, Yeshiva University Judge Therese Dancks Judge Philip Gutierrez Judge Milan Smith Jr. Judge Martin Barash Professor Laurie Levenson Loyola Law School 12:15 Lunch Keynote Speaker: Judge Cafeteria Page 3 of 5
Friday, March 18 Speakers and Panelists Location 1:20 Breakout Session I: Handling Habeas Corpus Petitions 2:05 Break Breakout Session 2: Bankruptcy Jurisdiction Career Law Clerks: Social Security Fundamentals and Updates Robert Katzmann Judge Sandra Ikuta Judge Barry Russell Judge David A. Sanders 2:15 Legal Writing, Revisited Judge Jennifer Dorsey Judge John Walker 3:00 Break Career Law Clerks: Preparing for Sentencing Chief Judge Richard W. Roberts Alan Dorhoffer, Deputy Dir., U.S.S.C. Office of Educ. & Sentencing Practice 3:15 Role of the Law Clerk, Revisited Judge Andrè Birotte Jr. Judge Jimmie Reyna Breakout Sessions (Choose One) Career Law Clerks: Maintaining Hiring Profiles and Application Processes in OSCAR Pro Se Litigation Issues 4:00 End of Program Career Law Clerks: Federal Judicial Center Resources, Court Web and Attorneys/Judges Discussion Laura Simon OSCAR Program Manager Administrative Office of the United States Courts Judge Charles Pyle District of Arizona Brenda Baldwin-White Sr. Judicial Education Attorney Page 4 of 5
Friday, March 18 Speakers and Panelists Location Forums, Adjournment and Program Evaluation 4:15 Shuttle Bus departs to Hotel Page 5 of 5