2023 Judicial Conference Program

Thursday April 27, 2023 (Cont.)

Peer-to-peer Breakout Sessions Circuit Court, District Court, and Senior Judges facilitated groupings to discuss best practices for the modern bench and current trends across the trial courts. Supreme Court and Appellate Court presentation by Ronald Weich , Dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law and Roger Fairfax , Dean of the American University Washington College of Law , on trends in legal education and clerkships. Check your name badges for your peer-to-peer room assignment.

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Group 1 - Skipjack A Group 2 - Skipjack B Group 3 - Galleon A Group 4 - Clipper C

Group 5 - Choptank A Group 6 - Choptank C Group 7 - Cutter A Group 8 - Choptank B

Appellate and Supreme Court - Schooner A Break Chesapeake Foyer Peer-to-peer Breakout Sessions (continued) See room assignments above Lunch Chesapeake Ballroom

11:30 – 11:45 a.m.

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 P.M.

12:30 – 1:15 P.m.

1:15 – 1:30 p.m.

Transition toPlenary Chesapeake Foyer Plenary - Reflections on a career serving on the federal and state bench Hon. Matthew J. Fader, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Maryland Hon. Diana G. Motz (Sr.) , U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Chesapeake Ballroom Break and Transition toWorkshops Harriet Tubman Museum tour meets in hotel lobby by 3:05 p.m . Chesapeake Foyer Workshops Please attend the sessions for which you registered. These are one-hour workshops that run from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. and repeats from 4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

1:30 – 3:00 P.M.

3 – 3:30 p.m.

3:30 – 5:45 p.m.

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