Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute Schedule

Thursday, March 17
7:30	Shuttle bus departs from hotel
8:00	Registration & Continental breakfast at Pepperdine
9:00	Welcome - Dean Tom Bost, Professor Shelley Saxer & Judge Barbara Rothstein
9:15	Role of the Law Clerk - Judge Charles Breyer, Judge Sandra Ikuta, Judge Steven Rhodes Career Clerks: Section 1983 Actions - Judge Jackie Corley*
10:15	Judicial Law Clerks: Judge Corley, Dr. Aaron D. Ford, Michael Rice Career Clerks - ERISA Professor Colleen Medill*
11:15	Break
11:30	Litigation of High Profile Cases: Chief Judge Royce Lamberth & Chief Judge Vaughn Walker
12:30	Tours of the Law School (optional) and Lunch
1:45	Judicial Clerkship Ethics: Judge Carol Bagley Amon
2:45	Handling Habeas Corpus Petitions: Judge Sandra Ikuta and Judge Barbara Rothstein Bankruptcy Current Developments - Judge Margaret Mahoney*
3:45	Break
4:00	Psychology of Litigation: Judge Jeremy Fogel & Judge Mitchel Goldberg
5:00	Break
5:15	Shuttle pick up for Dinner
5:30	Dinner at Drescher: University Professor Ed Larson
7:00	Shuttle bus departs from Pepperdine for hotel

Friday, March 18
7:30	Shuttle bus departs from hotel
8:00	Continental breakfast at Pepperdine
8:45	Important Recent & Pending USSC Cases -- Dean Erwin Chemerinsky & President Ken Starr
10:15	Break
10:45	Federal Jurisdiction - Judge William Duane Benton & Professor Jon Varat Bankruptcy Jurisdiction - Judge Steven Rhodes* Career Clerk Discussion - Brenda Baldwin-White*, Senior Judicial Education Attorney, FJC
12:00	Lunch: Keynote Speaker - Judge Deanell Reece Tacha
1:30	Bankruptcy Appeals - Judge Steven Rhodes
2:15	Legal Writing for District Court: Judge Karon Bowdre* Appellate Court: Judge Tacha* Bankruptcy Court: Judge Margaret Mahoney*
3:15	Break
3:30	Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr. Annual Lecture: The Individual Healthcare Mandate -Professor Jack Balkin, Professor Bob Pushaw, John Varat, and President Starr as Moderator
5:00	Shuttle bus departs for Special event for students
5:30	Dinner for Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute Faculty and Special Guests

Saturday, March 19
8:00	Shuttle bus departs from hotel
8:30	Continental breakfast at Pepperdine
9:00	Pleadings After Twombly and Iqbal: Chief Judge Lamberth & Professor Trey Childress Bankruptcy Evidence Issues - Judge Barry Russell*
10:00	Break
10:15	Judicial Discretion: How Judges Decide Hard Cases and How Their Clerks Can Help Them - Judge Kimberly Wardlaw and Professor Trey Childress Understanding Financial Information in Bankruptcy Cases - Professor Jack Williams*
11:15	Career Choices and Lessons Learned -- Judge Brett Kavanaugh
12:00	Lunch "Louis Brandeis: Law Clerk, Lawyer, Professor, & Supreme Court Justice" - Professor Bob Cochran
1:30	Shuttle bus departs from Pepperdine for hotel

*Denotes breakout session