U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gerald Rosen, Eastern District of Michigan, has announced the annual New Lawyers Seminar will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 3-4, in Room 115 of the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Detroit.
The program is a “nuts and bolts” how-to-do-it approach to practice in federal and state courts, designed to assist recent law graduates in understanding the fundamental procedures followed in those courts.
Along with the federal court, co-sponsors are the Federal Bar Association, and the State Bar of Michigan’s Young Lawyers Section.
The seminar is not a prerequisite for an individual to be admitted to practice in the courts, Rosen said, but rather a voluntary educational program that law school graduates are encouraged to attend.
The seminar begins at 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, with registration and presentations on federal courts.
The program continues on Wednesday, Dec. 4, with state court practice and a luncheon addressed by Wayne County Circuit Court Chief Judge Virgil Smith.
The faculty of the seminar is made up of attorneys, court personnel and judges.
Judges speaking on the first day include U.S. District Judges Patrick Duggan, Marianne Battani and Victoria Roberts, along with U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Whalen.
Attorneys speaking on the second day include Albert Dib of Dib and Fagan PC, Tim Wittlinger of Clark Hill PLC, Ann Tobin Levigne of Ann Tobin PC and Rich Hewlett of Varnum LLP.
Bob Agacinski, administrator of the Grievance Administration, also presents on the ethical practice of law.
Co-chairs for the seminar are attorneys Christine Dowhan-Bailey, Brian Figot, Grant Gilezan, Geneva Halliday, Theresa Serra and Cathrine Wenger.
The seminar costs $95.
Admission includes both days of the seminar, the luncheon on Dec. 4, and course materials on a CD-ROM containing form pleadings and memoranda expanding on the topics covered
by the speakers.
A special price of $170 includes the seminar plus membership in the Federal Bar Association (limited to attendees who have been admitted less than five years).
Reservation checks should be made payable to the FBA Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, and mailed to: New Lawyers Seminar, c/o FBA Executive Director, PO Box 20759, Ferndale, MI?48220.
Anyone with questions may contact Brian D. Figot at fbamich@fbamich.org or 248.594.5950.
On-line registration also is available at www.fbamich.org, under “Events and Activities.”
There will also be a ceremony admitting attorneys to practice in federal court coordinated with this program on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 4:15 p.m. in the U.S. Courthouse for all those who have been admitted to the state bar and meet requirements for admission to the bar of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
This is a separate ceremony with a separate admission fee of $226 payable to the Clerk, U.S. District Court.
Additional information is available at www.mied.uscourts.gov.
Although the focus of the program is on recent graduates, those experienced attorneys wishing to attend the seminar are welcome.
Attendance satisfies the federal practice seminar requirement for admission to the district court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Space is limited to 125 participants.
The Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan chapter’s number is 248.594.5950.
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