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Doing Well by Doing Good: Enhancing Your Career as a Trial Attorney With Pro Bono Service.

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AGENDA

Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker: 10 minutes

Susan Harriman (ACTL President)

Keynote Speaker: 30 minutes 

Michael Jones (Kirkland & Ellis LLP)—Mike will speak about his recently concluded, very successful federal court litigation wherein he represented four Maryland Historically Black Colleges and Universities to address and rectify the second-class, racially unjust treatment they had historically received from the State of Maryland as to programming and funding. Mike will also discuss how his pro bono service has enhanced his career as a trial lawyer.

Break: 5 minutes

Panel 1: 45 minutes

Title: Trial Lawyers of the Future: Helping the Next Generation Develop Their Skills Via Pro Bono Service

Moderator: Terri Mascherin (Jenner & Block LLP) 

Panelists: Diane Menashe (Ice Miller LLP); Barbara Butterworth (Finnegan); Dara Sheinfeld (Davis Polk, New York)

Description: The panelists will focus on and provide examples as to how pro bono/access to justice work can provide younger lawyers with valuable trial experience which is often not available to them through their normal billable work.  The panelists will also discuss pro bono opportunities that may be especially beneficial for younger trial lawyers.

Break: 5 minutes

Fireside Chat: 30 minutes

Feature: Kimball Anderson (Winston & Strawn LLP)

Moderator: Rachel Brown (Davis Wright Tremaine LLP)

Description: Kimball will discuss how his extensive pro bono and access to justice work has enhanced his overall legal career and, in particular, his skills as a trial lawyer.

Panel 2: 45 minutes   

Title: Corporate and Outside Counsel Partnering Together to Close the Access to Justice Gap 

Moderator:  Doug Mitchell (IMK/LLP)

Panelists: Veronica Davis (Assistant VP and Senior Legal Counsel, AT&T); Bergitta Trelstad (General Counsel, Zulily)

Description: The panelists will discuss the importance of and provide examples of partnering with their outside counsel on meaningful access to justice work.

Closing: 10 minutes Jointly presented by Mark Surprenant (Adams and Reese LLP) and Tiffany Graves (Co-President of APBCo)

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To open the 2022 Annual Meeting in Rome, guest musicians and singers from The Academy of Santa Cecilia, along with Fellows of the College, perform Ode to Joy.

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The program took place in Chicago on May 20-22, 2022, and was organized by the ACTL Teaching of Trial and Appellate Advocacy Committee. Registrants learned through a traditional trial advocacy training format, involving learning by doing. Attending lawyers presented opening and closing speeches, conducted direct and cross-examinations of witnesses and tried a case, all based on a tested case file. ACTL Fellows served as faculty, sharing their extensive experience trying difficult civil and criminal cases all across the country. 

Power Point Presentation created by the Attorney-Client Relations Committee addressing questions and circumstances that arise regarding Attorney Client Privilege for in-house Counsel.

This paper provides tips for advocates contemplating using technology in various pre-trial and trial contexts to make it most effective and persuasive. Updated in 2022.

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The General Session speakers from the 2022 Spring Meeting in Coronado include: Civil Rights activist and author Ruby Bridges, a special 9-11 presentation on every day heroism, a panel on Violence Against Judges and more.

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Discussion of the role, if any, that remote video technology might play in the administration of justice in civil justice (non-criminal) proceedings in the United States and Canada, including civil jury and non-jury trials, civil pretrial proceedings, small claims court proceedings and oral arguments on appeal of civil matters. In addressing that role, the paper considers issues such as the current state of public health; the court facilities; the equipment and training of judges and court staff; the complexity, costs and importance of the proceedings to the litigation; and the question of whether pro se litigants will be involved.

ACTL Denounces Comments About Judge