FBA Sixth Circuit Practice Institute 2024

You won't want to miss this 7 hour program (CLE applications pending for 7 hours in OH, KY, and 6.5 hours in TN )!

Speakers include Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton and seven other Sixth Circuit Judges.

Join us for a keynote lunch presentation by Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal, who serves as a Commissioner on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A Sixth Circuit judge along with a national appellate expert who writes on AI issues will discuss potential applications of AI in legal arguments and judging. Leading appellate experts and scholars from around the Circuit will discuss new Supreme Court decisions. And the Clerk's Office will give a training on providing services under the Criminal Justice Act.

Topics include

• How a Judge Decides a Case
• Artificial Intelligence in Advocacy and Judging
• Eyes on the Supreme Court
• Criminal Justice Act Training & Introduction to the Clerk's Office
• Dialogue between Circuit and District Judges
• Judges’ Views on Effective Advocacy
• Behind the Scenes at the Staff Attorney's Office

The detailed agenda is available at the link below.

If you are interested in being admitted to the Sixth Circuit, please apply for admission to the Sixth Circuit and pay the admission fee (which is in addition to registering to attend this program) before this event. Simply go to this link for additional information - http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/court-forms/Attorney%20Admissions

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON OCTOBER 21 AT 5:00 P.M.

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TIMED AGENDA

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Agenda:

8:00 Registration Opens

8:50 Welcome, Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

9:00 How a Judge Decides a Case

10:00 Artificial Intelligence in Advocacy and Judging

11:00 Morning Break

11:10 Eyes on the Supreme Court

12:15 Lunch with Kalpana Kotagal Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1:15 View from the Other Side: Dialogue Between Circuit and District Judges

2:15 Introduction to Sixth Circuit Clerk’s Office and Criminal Justice Act Training

3:15 Afternoon Break

3:30 Behind the Scenes at the Staff Attorney’s Office

4:30 Judges’ Views on Effective Advocacy

5:30 Swearing in and Cocktail Reception

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