Event Program:
11:30am - 12:30pm
12:30pm - 1:00pm
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Friday, September 22, 2023
Friday, September 22, 2023
Associate 101: How to Manage a Case Load and Make Partners Happy
Who is an Associate's client? What questions should an Associate ask when tasked with an assignment? Why should an Associate never bring a problem to a Partner without a proposed solution? This presentation will answer these questions and more to help young attorneys become Rock Star Associates!
Catch up with friends & colleagues during the welcome lunch. Free for all registered attendees
Continuing The Conversation: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Why is diversity still a discussion? Lawyers on the front lines discuss the broadness of diversity and the challenges of obtaining diverse applicants, diverse hires, and how to retain and elevate diverse leaders.
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The AADC Encourages Members to Return the Support of Our Sponsors!
Origin & Cause Investigations
2:00pm - 3:30pm
The PULSE platform empowers clients to understand the venue, the venire and the value of cases in a way no other form of social science research has been able to before. This presentation will share the results of an actual survey conducted in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area in the days leading up to this conference. This audience will be the first to hear these timely results and how the data from this PULSE survey and PULSE surveys like it can be applied to preparing and trying cases more effectively. Big Data - Big Advantage!
Stuart Simon is a principal founding partner at American Jury Centers. He has assisted attorneys and corporations in the development of trial strategies and tactics from a social science perspective for more than 25 years Mr. Simon speaks nationally and is the author of Witness Communication Training: Helping Witnesses Learn to Deliver and Defend the Truth Under Adverse Examination.
3:30pm - 3:45pm
Refreshments Hosted By Sponsors:
3:45pm - 5:00pm
AI is posed to fundamentally reshape the practice of law. While there is a long history of technological changes in how attorneys work, the recent introduction of language based AI systems allows access to technologies that can perform sophisticated tasks such as legal research and writing normally requiring highly skilled individuals. What does this mean for the future of the legal profession?
Gary Marchant, Ph.D., J.D., M.P.P. Regents' Professor Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Professor Marchant’s research interests include the governance of emerging technologies such as genomics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience and blockchain Prior to joining ASU in 1999, Professor Marchant was a partner at the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis. He has authored more than 200 articles, books and book chapters on various issues relating to emerging technologies. He has served on six National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine consensus committees. He also chairs the IEEE Working Group to create a governance standard for entities that develop or use artificial intelligence
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Organized
J P HARRINGTON BISCEGLIA, ESQ Christian, Dichter & Sluga
KARA KLIMA, ESQ Liberty Mutual Insurance
JASON KASTING, ESQ Broening, Oberg, Woods & Wilson
AMANDA BROWDER, ESQ Littler Mendelson STEVEN CROCCHI, ESQ Gordon Rees
DOREEN MYLES AADC Executive Director