5:00 pm–7:00 pm

Registration

5:30 pm–7:00 pm

Opening Reception

7:30 pm

Dine Around (Optional)
Join other AAAL fellows and guests for dinner at excellent restaurants in Scottsdale. Sign up for a dine around.

7:30 am–3:15 pm

Registration

7:30 am–9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

7:45 am–8:45 am

New Fellows Orientation

9:00 am–9:05 am

Welcome Remarks

9:05 am–10:00 am

Fellows Forum on the Future Focus of the Academy

The Academy officers and board of directors will share their thoughts on AAAL’s five-year strategic plan, which made great strides in New Orleans. We hope to foster a lively discussion and benefit from your ideas on four key topics: the Academy’s ongoing work, membership and leadership development, visibility and reputation, and communication among our fellows.

10:00 am–10:15 am

Break

10:15 am–11:30 am

Flexibility vs. Finality: Policy and Practicality in Interlocutory Appeals

Professor Bryan Lammon, 2015 recipient of the Howard B. Eisenberg Prize, will share his current research on patterns in appellate courts decisions to grant or deny interlocutory relief. We will then turn to a discussion of specific practices that courts have adopted to assess finality or authorize interlocutory appeals in frequently recurring contexts, including unique practices that have arisen in our host state of Arizona.

11:30 am–1:00 pm

Lunch—In re Gault
In June 1964, 15-year-old Gerald Gault was sent to a prison for kids after a brief off-the-record session in a Globe, Arizona, judge’s chambers. How did his parents end up finding their intrepid lawyer in Sun City who would then take the case from Globe to Phoenix and then Washington, D.C.? Was this the way juvenile justice was dispensed before the seminal In re Gault decision by Justice Fortas in 1967? What lessons do events in the summer of 1964 tell us about access to justice, fundamental fairness, and who would have made a difference that fateful day, June 15, 1964, when a routine hearing in Gila County, Arizona, set the stage for the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that changed juvenile justice in America forevermore.

1:00 pm–3:00 pm

Splitting Circuits: Past Results and Present Prospects

This panel will discuss the issues that arise from splitting a federal circuit. The panel will discuss the experience of the Fifth Circuit in splitting into the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. It will then consider the history of efforts to split the Ninth Circuit and the arguments for and against such a split. It will also seek the input from the fellows on the benefits or detriments of a split.

3:00 pm–3:15 pm

Academy Annual Meeting

3:15 pm

Adjourn

5:30 pm

Induction Ceremony

6:00 pm–7:00 pm

Reception

7:00 pm–9:00 pm

Dinner

8:00 am–Noon

Registration

8:00 am–9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am–10:30 am

#USTOO? How Federal Appellate Courts Are Addressing Harassment Concerns

The panelists will discuss the impact of the Me Too movement within the appellate courts and what actions the courts have been taking or plan to take to address harassment claims.

10:30 am–10:45 am

Break

10:45 am–Noon

The Appealing Online Dialogue: Social Media and Law Practice—Social Media for Appellate Lawyers

The panelists will discuss and demonstrate the use of social media platforms for research; how appellate attorneys can use social media to follow and analyze legal discourse; how to use social media to create and sustain an effective personal brand; and how the legal community uses social media for entertainment.

Noon

Adjourn