Agenda
| 8:30 – 9:00 am |
Registration and continental breakfast |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am |
A conversation with the Chief Justice of California, Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, on the judiciary budget – Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye: Supreme Court of California – David A. Carrillo: California Constitution Center, Berkeley Law |
| 10:00 – 11:00am |
Practice, procedure, and oral argument in the Supreme Court of California – William H.D. Fernholz: Director, Appellate Programs, Berkeley Law (moderator) – Jeremy Rosen: Partner, Horvitz & Levy LLP – Myron Moskovitz: Professor of Law, Golden Gate University – Paul D. Fogel: Partner, Reed Smith LLP |
| 11:00 – 11:15 am |
Break |
| 11:15 – 12:15 pm |
Panel discussion reviewing major recent Supreme Court of California decisions – Aimee Feinberg: Director of the California Supreme Court Clinic, UC Davis School of Law (moderator) – Gerald F. Uelmen: Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law – J. Clark Kelso: Senior Counsel, Capital Center for Public Law & Policy – Lisa Jaskol: Directing Attorney, Appellate Law Program, Public Counsel – Tony J. Tanke: Civil Appellate Attorney, Senior Fellow, and Distinguished Research Lecturer, Santa Clara University Law School |
| 12:15 – 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm |
A conversation with Associate Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar – Associate Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar: California Supreme Court – Jesse H. Choper: Professor of Law and former Dean, Berkeley Law |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm |
Current status of Pruneyard following the decision in Ralph’s and the future of public speech jurisprudence under the California constitution – David A. Carrillo: California Constitution Center, Berkeley Law (moderator) – Dan Kolkey: Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP – Danny Chou: Assistant County Counsel, Santa Clara County Counsel’s Office |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 – 4:15 pm |
The impact of capital cases on the state high court’s docket and possible solutions for resolving the backlog – Dennis Peter Maio: Appellate Group of the Litigation Department, Reed Smith LLP (moderator) – Elisabeth Semel: Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Death Penalty Clinic – Ronald S. Matthias: Senior Assistant Attorney General, California Department of Justice – Gary L. Simms: Certified Appellate Specialist and Former Judicial Staff Attorney, Supreme Court of California – Steven Rosenberg: Director, Capital Central Staff, Supreme Court of California |
| 4:15 – 5:45 pm |
Reception at Boalt Hall |