2023 APPELLATE ADVOCACY SEMINAR Sponsored by the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, St. Mary’s University School of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law and the University of Texas School of Law
CONFERENCE CENTRE ON 11
601 POYDRAS ST. 11TH FLOOR
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130
10 hours of CLE including one Professionalism and one Ethics in Mississippi and Louisiana. 9 hours of CLE including one Ethics in Texas
Monday, October 2, 2023
8:45 – 9:10am- Registration
9:15 am – Opening Remarks – Allison Jones – Program Chair
9:30 – 11:30 – Writing Workshop–
Empirical Research On Legal Writing
Songwriting Lyric Sheets Dylan Swift
Sing me a Story of ChatGPT
Edward C. Dawson, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
Tracy L. M. Norton, Professor, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Baton Rouge, LA
LUNCH
1:00 – 2:00 pm – The Clerk’s Office – Lyle Cayce, Clerk of Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
2:00 – 3:00 – Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Profession – David Coale, Lynn, Pinker, Hurst & Schwegmann, Dallas, TX
BREAK 3:00 – 3:15 pm
3:15 – 4:15 pm – Professionalism – “Professionalism Challenges” The professionalism panel will discuss civility and professionalism in oral and written advocacy, along with effective and professional client, counsel and court interactions.
Hon. Kurt D. Engelhardt, U.S. Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Dustin Benham, Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX
Thomas M. Flanagan, Flanagan Partners, New Orleans, LA
Tuesday October 3, 2023
Observe Oral Argument – Summary of Issues
John Minor Wisdom Courthouse
600 Camp St.
New Orleans, LA 70130 9:00 – 11:30 – Observe Oral Argument – John Minor Wisdom Building
OR
Conference Centre on 11
601 Poydras St., 11th Floor
9:15 – 11:15 am – Supreme Court Panel – Current Issues Before the Court
First Document
Tim Crooks, Attorney at Law, Houston, TX
Daniel Geyser, Haynes Boone, Dallas, TX
Jeffery Green, Sidley Austin, LLC, Washington, DC
Aaron Streett, Baker Botts, Houston, TX
LUNCH IN THE GREAT HALL
1:00 – 2:00 pm A Glimpse Behind the Curtain: Judges discuss the inner workings of how an appeal gets processed – from oral argument to mandate.
Thomas Flanagan will moderate a panel that includes active judges on the Fifth Circuit.
Hon. Jerry Smith, U.S. Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Hon. Jennifer Elrod, U.S. Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Hon. Catharina Haynes, U.S. Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
2:00 – 3:00 pm – Current Issues in Criminal Law –
Moderator – Deborah Pearce, Pearce & Associates, New Orleans, LA
Hon. Gregg J. Costa, Former Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Gibson Dunn, Houston, TX
Walter W. Woodruff, Chehardy, Sherman, Williams Law Firm, New Orleans, LA
OR
2:00 – 3:00 pm – Current Issues in Civil Law Moderator – Allison Jones, Downer, Jones Marino & Wilhite, Shreveport, LA
Martin Stern, Adams and Reese, LLP, New Orleans, LA
Michael J. Bentley, Bradley, Jackson, MS
Break 3:00 – 3:15
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm – Ethics – “The Lawyer’s Conscience” Michael Ariens, Professor of Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, TX
Dismissal – Michael J. Bentley – President of the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit