Chapter Exchange
Mississippi Chapter: Left to right: Dean Emeritus Jim Rosenblatt (FBA Executive Director), McKenna Stone Cloud (FBA President), Robert Gibbs (Mississippi Bar President), Gabrielle Wells (BLSA President), and Professor Frank Rosenblatt (Director, MC Law Litigation and Dispute Resolution Center)
FIFTH CIRCUIT Mississippi Chapter
Mississippi Bar president Robert Gibbs spoke at Mississippi College School of Law (MC Law) on how mediation and arbitration can serve to settle litigation and disputes. The program was sponsored by MC Law’s Student Division of the FBA, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), and the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Center. President Gibbs is a former trial judge and an experienced litigator and has a robust national mediation practice.
of the legal market: former government lawyers who successfully transitioned to private practice. The panelists discussed their career paths, their journeys to private practice, and considerations for lawyers looking to transition their practice from
public to private or private to public. The panel further explored how working on the “inside” can help shape your practice on the outside.
SIXTH CIRCUIT Eastern District of Michigan The FBA and Honigman LLP hosted a virtual panel discussion, “Public Servant to Private Practitioner: A Roadmap for Transitioning Out,” to explore a discrete segment
Eastern District of Michigan: Panel discussion titled "Public Servant to Private Practitioner: A Roadmap for Transitioning Out."
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