The Appellate Judges Education Institute (AJEI) is holding its eleventh annual nationwide appellate Summit at the Marriott City Center in Dallas, Texas, on November 13 through 16, 2014. The summit is co-sponsored by the Appellate Judges Conference of the ABA and its constituent organizations, the Council of Appellate Lawyers and the Council of Appellate Staff Attorneys.
This year’s AJEI Summit will present excellent speakers on topics of interest to appellate practitioners, including: a U.S. Supreme Court review and preview; actual innocence; privacy issues; the evolution of personal jurisdiction jurisprudence; oral argument from both sides of the bench; legal writing; the business of appellate practice; and the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, together with legal writing expert Professor Bryan Garner, will be speaking on Reading, Interpreting, and Writing about the Law. All timely registrants will receive a complimentary copy of their book Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts. Other confirmed speakers include prominent state and federal appellate judges, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of the U.C. Irvine School of Law, and NBC News 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty. Check out the Summit’s program for a complete overview of the available appellate CLE opportunities.
In addition to the top-notch speakers and programs, there will be several social events, including breakfasts, lunches, cocktail mixers, a Summit dinner, and dine-arounds. The Summit’s Opening Reception will be “A Taste of the Arts,” an evening of performances by acclaimed artists at Dallas’s renowned Winspear Opera House. These events will provide plentiful opportunities for mixing with appellate judges and lawyers from around the country. Each year, approximately 100 appellate judges, 100 appellate attorneys, and 75 appellate staff attorneys attend the Summit. (Full disclosure: Horvitz & Levy partner Brad Pauley is Chair-Elect of the ABA’s Council of Appellate Lawyers.)
