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Advancing Innovation: A National Summit and Webinar Series on Judicial Leadership
Wednesday
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EXCLUSIVELY FOR JUDGES Session 1: Cultivating Public Trust through Innovation In a time of evolving public perceptions, how can judicial innovation strengthen trust in the courts? This session will explore tangible ways judges can lead change that fosters greater public confidence in our legal system. Gain actionable strategies from experienced judicial leaders and innovators on how to build a more equitable and accessible justice system for all. |
2024 – 2025 Law & Literature
Friday
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Session 6: Shakespeare | Macbeth Using great works as text, these programs provide participants the opportunity to reflect on how literature provides insight into contemporary issues. All are welcome to register to participate; we ask those participating to be prepared to discuss the readings during out time together. |
Chambers’ Culture: Civility Not Sterility
Friday
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EXCLUSIVELY FOR JUDGES It is important that individuals in chambers, starting with the judge, interact with one another with respect, dignity and civility. This includes avoiding harassing, retaliatory, abusive and other inappropriate conduct. At the same time, chambers’ relationships are not solely professional. They often have a personal dimension, too. Indeed, some judges refer to their clerks and assistants as part of their “judicial family.” Using scenarios to guide the conversation, this program will consider:
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JUSTICE ABANDONED
Friday
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Location: Zoom Join Berkeley Judicial Institute as we host Judge Brett Alldredge (ret.) in conversation with Professor Rachel Barkow about Barkow’s new book, Justice Abandoned.
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Nationwide Injunctions – Positives, Problems, and Possibilities
Thursday
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Location: Zoom Applications for nationwide injunctions against government programs and regulations present difficult challenges for both district and circuit judges and are the subject of continuing public controversy. This panel will explore: the history of nationwide injunctions; the legal doctrines upon which parties seeking and opposing such injunctions rely: some of the practical considerations judges are called upon to weigh, including applicants’ choice of forum, the nature and extent of the relief sought: the appropriate role of judges in shaping public policy; and what possible options might address current concerns.
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Judges Talking
Friday
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EXCLUSIVELY TO JUDGES Location: Zoom Imagine what good things could happen if more judges just talked to each other?
Please join Berkeley Judicial Institute, Denise Neary, and Michele Statz for an informal, freewheeling discussion for judges about all things judging.
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Judges and the Press: the Southern District of New York experience
Friday
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Location: Zoom Join Berkeley Judicial Institute, Judge Jennifer Rochon, SDNY District Executive Ed Friedland, ABC’s Aaron Katersky, and NY Times’ Ben Weiser as we:
Public Affairs Specialist Charles Hall will moderate the conversation. |
Cultivating Healing and Health in the Judiciary
Friday
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EXCLUSIVELY TO JUDGES Session 5: Concluding Conversations This five-part virtual series recognizes this impossible context and the unique vulnerabilities that many judges carry, however privately. Premised on a model of mutual accompaniment, it honors judges’ wounds and weariness not as a liability but as a shared reference point from which to come together as judges, to learn, and to heal [SESSION 1, February 14]. It exposes judges to practices and paradigms [SESSIONS All judges, at all levels, are welcome to register; we ask that judges plan to participate in all five 75 minute sessions. After each session, participants can anticipate reading materials for the next session and a Google document with some questions. Please let us know your interest in participating by registering by December 13, 2024. (Earlier applications encouraged!) |
Cultivating Healing and Health in the Judiciary
Friday
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EXCLUSIVELY TO JUDGES Session 4: How we learn: values and judging This five-part virtual series recognizes this impossible context and the unique vulnerabilities that many judges carry, however privately. Premised on a model of mutual accompaniment, it honors judges’ wounds and weariness not as a liability but as a shared reference point from which to come together as judges, to learn, and to heal [SESSION 1, February 14]. It exposes judges to practices and paradigms [SESSIONS All judges, at all levels, are welcome to register; we ask that judges plan to participate in all five 75 minute sessions. After each session, participants can anticipate reading materials for the next session and a Google document with some questions. Please let us know your interest in participating by registering by December 13, 2024. (Earlier applications encouraged!) |
2024 – 2025 Law & Literature
Friday
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Session 5: Walter Van Tilburg Clark | The Ox-Bow Incident Using great works as text, these programs provide participants the opportunity to reflect on how literature provides insight into contemporary issues. All are welcome to register to participate; we ask those participating to be prepared to discuss the readings during out time together. |
Cultivating Healing and Health in the Judiciary
Friday
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EXCLUSIVELY TO JUDGES Session 3: Judging and (or in) Joy This five-part virtual series recognizes this impossible context and the unique vulnerabilities that many judges carry, however privately. Premised on a model of mutual accompaniment, it honors judges’ wounds and weariness not as a liability but as a shared reference point from which to come together as judges, to learn, and to heal [SESSION 1, February 14]. It exposes judges to practices and paradigms [SESSIONS All judges, at all levels, are welcome to register; we ask that judges plan to participate in all five 75 minute sessions. After each session, participants can anticipate reading materials for the next session and a Google document with some questions. Please let us know your interest in participating by registering by December 13, 2024. (Earlier applications encouraged!) |
Judges Talking
Friday
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EXCLUSIVELY TO JUDGES Location: Zoom Imagine what good things could happen if more judges just talked to each other?
Please join Berkeley Judicial Institute, Denise Neary, and Michele Statz for an informal, freewheeling discussion for judges about all things judging.
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AALJ 2025 Symposium
Tuesday
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Location: In-Person, Booth Auditorium
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Cultivating Healing and Health in the Judiciary
Friday
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EXCLUSIVELY TO JUDGES Session 2: Judging as Healing and Restoration This five-part virtual series recognizes this impossible context and the unique vulnerabilities that many judges carry, however privately. Premised on a model of mutual accompaniment, it honors judges’ wounds and weariness not as a liability but as a shared reference point from which to come together as judges, to learn, and to heal [SESSION 1, February 14]. It exposes judges to practices and paradigms [SESSIONS All judges, at all levels, are welcome to register; we ask that judges plan to participate in all five 75 minute sessions. After each session, participants can anticipate reading materials for the next session and a Google document with some questions. Please let us know your interest in participating by registering by December 13, 2024. (Earlier applications encouraged!) |
Cultivating Healing and Health in the Judiciary
Friday
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EXCLUSIVELY TO JUDGES Session 1: What brings us here? This five-part virtual series recognizes this impossible context and the unique vulnerabilities that many judges carry, however privately. Premised on a model of mutual accompaniment, it honors judges’ wounds and weariness not as a liability but as a shared reference point from which to come together as judges, to learn, and to heal [SESSION 1, February 14]. It exposes judges to practices and paradigms [SESSIONS All judges, at all levels, are welcome to register; we ask that judges plan to participate in all five 75 minute sessions. After each session, participants can anticipate reading materials for the next session and a Google document with some questions. Please let us know your interest in participating by registering by December 13, 2024. (Earlier applications encouraged!) |
Listening for Lawyers: Effective Communication Across Differences
Saturdays
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EXCLUSIVELY TO BERKELEY LAW STUDENTS TWO DAY PROGRAM This hands-on small group program, designed to attract students across a broad spectrum of viewpoints, provides practical exercises and information to help you hone your listening and communication skills by leading you through ways to engage successfully in even the most difficult conversations. |
How the Supreme Court is Reshaping Our Everyday Lives: Air, Water, Medicine, Food, Fishing, Credit Cards, and Much More
Friday
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Location: (Hybrid) In-person: Duke Law Rom 3041; Online: Zoom Join us for a wide-ranging discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court’s dramatic reshaping of the law governing regulatory agencies. From the panelists’ respective viewpoints, they will discuss the possible downstream effects of recent landmark administrative law rulings and how they may reshape nearly all areas of American life, from environmental regulation to public health and economic policy.
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Friday
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Session 4: Ian McEwan | The Children Act Using great works as text, these programs provide participants the opportunity to reflect on how literature provides insight into contemporary issues. All are welcome to register to participate; we ask those participating to be prepared to discuss the readings during out time together. |