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Ethics Materials Available for 21st Annual Rubin Symposium

Download Professor Smith's ethics outline in .PDF

Download Professor Smith's ethics outline in WordPerfect

 

FBA-NO E.D.La. Trials for Publication; week of May 13, 2013

Linked is a .pdf of the schedule for this coming week (May 13, 2013). Please circulate it at your firms - it's a good opportunity for young lawyers and summer clerks to see how a jury trial works. 

The list does NOT necessarily include all jury trials; and does NOT include bench trials, evidentiary hearings, non-trial criminal proceedings, oral arguments, or other court proceedings occurring in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Moreover, these matters are subject to late settlement, continuance or other deferral which might prevent trial from commencing as scheduled. 

Download 2013_05_13 E.D.La. Trials for Publication

21st Annual Alvin B. Rubin Symposium (May 23, 2013)

Memorial to Judge Rubin’s Contribution to Federal Jurisprudence and Legal Scholarship.Topics: Legal Ethics: Some Dilemmas and Some Thoughts About Them

(1 hour Ethics) (pending)
Revisiting Judge Rubin’s Decisions (1 hour CLE) (pending)

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Ceremonial Courtroom, 5th Floor
United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
500 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

Speakers: Professor N. Gregory Smith, LSU Law Center
The Honorable Stephen Higginson, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
Rubin Symposium.

Download 2013 Rubin Registration Form

Spring edition of the FBA's award-winning Advocate publication is now available for download.

Download 2013 Spring Advocate

Current Trends in E-Discovery & Diversity in the Federal Judiciary CLE (April 25, 2013)

Please join the NO Chapter of the FBA for a riveting seminar on April 25, 2013 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm.  Sitting federal magistrate judge  and e-discovery expert, the Honorable John Facciola from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, will join Andrew Lee of Jones Walker for a discussion of recent developments in E-Discovery.  The program's second hour highlights an esteemed panel of federal magistrate judges discussing diversity in the federal judiciary. 

Download 2013 Mag CLE Registration

 

Jury trials in the Eastern District of Louisiana for the Week of 3/04/13

As a service to young lawyers seeking to observe jury trials, the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association will, by permission of its board members on the bench, post each Friday on or around 3PM a schedule of the coming week's jury trials. Lawyers are encouraged to observe, provided they understand the following message from the participating judges:

[This does NOT necessarily include all jury trials; and does NOT include bench trials, evidentiary hearings, non-trial criminal proceedings, oral arguments, or other court proceedings occurring in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Moreover, these matters are subject to late settlement, continuance or other deferral which might prevent trial from commencing as scheduled.]

Download Jury Trial information for 2013_03_04 Week of - 02

Jury trials in the Eastern District of Louisiana for the Week of 2/24

As a service to young lawyers seeking to observe jury trials, the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association will, by permission of its board members on the bench, post each Friday on or around 3PM a schedule of the coming week's jury trials. Lawyers are encouraged to observe, provided they understand the following message from the participating judges:

[This does NOT necessarily include all jury trials; and does NOT include bench trials, evidentiary hearings, non-trial criminal proceedings, oral arguments, or other court proceedings occurring in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Moreover, these matters are subject to late settlement, continuance or other deferral which might prevent trial from commencing as scheduled.]

Download Jury Trials 2012_02_24 Week of - 01

 

Materials available from the 1/25/13 CLE Preparing for the Storm: The Legal Framework Governing Cultural Heritage in Natural Disasters

Preparing for the Storm: The Legal Framework Governing Cultural Heritage in Natural Disasters CLE materials are available here. 

2013 Winter Advocate Available for Download

The award-winning periodical produced by the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is now available for download. 

Download 2013_Winter_Advocate

Preparing for the Storm: The Legal Framework Governing Cultural Heritage in Natural Disasters

The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association proudly presents

Preparing for the Coming Storm:

The Legal Framework Governing Cultural Heritage in Natural Disasters

Please consider attending this 3 hour CLE, which will take place on Friday, January 25, 2013, from 9:30AM to 12:30PM at the Historic New Orleans Collection, Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street, in the French Quarter. 

Please see the attached for more details and to register.

Cultural Heritage CLE Flyer and Registration

FBA Last Chance CLE (December 13, 2012)

Federal Bar Association - New Orleans Chapter

presents

"LAST CHANCE CLE"

Professionalism and Ethics, Courtroom C501, 500 Poydras Street

3-4PM: Professionalism and Email (Dane S. Ciolino, Loyola University College of Law)

4:15-5:15PM: Ethics and Social Media (Hon. Jane Triche Milazzo and Hon. Susie Morgan, E.D.La.)

Download Registration form - FBA Last Chance CLE 2012