Wednesday, October 21, 2009

First Annual Conference on the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Pne of the many reasons blogging has been light to nonexistent here is that I have been organizing a CLE seminar on the Wisconsin Supreme Court which will take place at Marquette University Law School on October 30. If you are a lawyer, we're applying for five CLE credits for 40 bucks - lunch included. If you haven't signed up yet, now is the time.


Conference on the Wisconsin Supreme Court:
Review and Preview
Sponsored by
Marquette University Law School and
Appellate Practice Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin

Friday, October 30, 2009
Marquette Law School – Sensenbrenner Hall, 3rd floor
8:15 a.m., registration and coffee
8:45 a.m., program begins
3 p.m., program ends

$40 per person
Lunch will be provided

Limited space
Reserve your spot by October 16.
5 CLE credits applied for

This conference will review the 2008-09 term of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, preview the term just begun, and address ongoing matters concerning the role of the Court and the impact of campaign speech and finance on its work.

Panels will address the Court’s past term in the areas of business law, torts, and product liability; substantive and procedural criminal law; and public law. Separate panels will address the ongoing debate concerning the Court’s jurisprudence and questions of judicial independence in the context of recent election cycles and the United States Supreme Court’s developing jurisprudence on due process and free speech, including the 2009 decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company. The tentative schedule follows here.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE—MORNING
8:45 a.m., Welcome, Dean Joseph D, Kearney

Session 1—Plenary

Speak Up and Stand Down?
Judicial Elections and Independence After Caperton

Moderator
Hon. Diane S. Sykes, L’84
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Panelists
Richard M. Esenberg
Marquette Law School

Robert R. Henak
Henak Law Office, S.C.

Chad M. Oldfather
Marquette Law School

Session 2—Concurrent Sessions

Business Cases During the 2008-09 Term

Moderator
Edward A. Fallone
Marquette Law School

Panelists
Thomas L. Shriner, Jr.
Foley & Lardner
Adjunct Professor of Law

Leonard G. Leverson
Leverson & Metz SC

Criminal Law Cases During the 2008-09 Term

Moderator
Michael M. O’Hear
Marquette Law School

Panelist
Michael B. Brennan
Gass Weber Mullins LLC

Greg Weber
Wisconsin Department of Justice

Session 3—Plenary

Whither Activism and Restraint: Has the Court Changed and How?

Moderator
Michael B. Brennan
Gass Weber Mullins LLC

Panelists
Hon. Lynn S. Adelman
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Richard M. Esenberg
Marquette Law School

Lester A. Pines
Cullen Weston Pines & Bach LLC

LUNCH (noon, to be provided)
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE—AFTERNOON (begins at 1 p.m.)
Session 4—Concurrent Sessions

Liability Cases in the 2008-09 Term

Moderator
John J. Kircher
Marquette Law School

Panelists
Timothy S. Trecek, L’93
Habush Habush & Rottier SC
Adjunct Professor of Law

Ralph A. Weber
Gass Weber Mullins LLC
Adjunct Professor of Law

Civil Rights and Liberties

Moderator
Dean A. Strang
Hurley Burish & Stanton
Adjunct Professor of Law

Panelists
Daniel R. Kelly
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C.

Karyn L. Rotker
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Wisconsin

Session 5—Plenary

A Preview of the 2009-10 Term

Moderator
Richard M. Esenberg
Marquette Law School

Panelists
Anne Berleman Kearney
Appellate Consulting Group
Adjunct Professor of Law

Lester A. Pines
Cullen Weston Pines & Bach LLC

Thomas L. Shriner, Jr.
Foley & Lardner
Adjunct Professor of Law

No comments: