The Appellate Judges Education Institute (AJEI) is holding its fourteenth annual nationwide appellate Summit at the Westin Hotel in Long Beach, California, on November 2 through 5, 2017. The summit, presented in coordination with the Center for Judicial Studies at Duke University School of Law, 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, as in previous years, the four day gathering will offer attendees some of the best appellate practice-oriented CLE available anywhere. The Summit will feature a writing program presented by Chief Judge Diane Wood and Bryan Garner, a talk by attorney/writer Jonathan Shapiro, and a program on Courts in the Age of New Media, moderated by appellate attorney and noted blogger Howard Bashman. The Summit also will include programs on such topics such as appellate editing, oral argument, appellate ethics, and the role of foreign law in U.S. courts, as well as a 75 year retrospective on the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. In addition, attendees can look forward to Dean Erwin Chemerinsky’s engaging review of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions and programs on a host of other subjects of great interest to appellate lawyers, judges, and staff attorneys. Check out the Summit’s schedule of programs for a complete overview of the available appellate CLE opportunities.
In addition to excellent speakers and programs, there will be numerous social events, including a can’t-miss cocktail reception at the Aquarium of the Pacific, and off-site tours of RMS Queen Mary and other attractions, as well as breakfasts, lunches, cocktail mixers, a Summit dinner, and dine-arounds. These events will provide plentiful opportunities to meet appellate judges and lawyers from around the country. In past years, more than 300 appellate judges, appellate attorneys, and appellate staff attorneys have attended the Summit. This year’s summit is expected to be well attended. So register early.