This panel of distinguished Justices, Judges, court personnel and experienced practitioners will provide you with tools for improving your brief-writing and oral presentation skills.  Persuasive writing and oral arguments skills are essential to being a proficient attorney and at this CLE panel discussion you will learn what the Justices and Judges are looking for in a compelling case.  This program will help you better represent your clients and secure more favorable results for them.  Approved by the Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission for 2.0 hours of credit.

Panelists are:

• Justice Jay Mitchell, Alabama Supreme Court
  
• Justice Sarah Stewart, Alabama Supreme Court
  
• Megan Rhodebeck, Clerk of the Alabama Supreme Court
  
• Moderated by Alabama Supreme Court Justice Candidate Greg Cook
  

• Judge Andrew Brasher, U S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Prim Escalona, U. S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama
• John Neiman, Maynard Cooper & Gale
• Moderated by Stanley Blackmon of Bradley Arant
  

Register now - space is limited - and you must be preregistered to attend!  Lunch will be provided at 11:30am, CLE begins at 12:00 Noon and concludes at 2:00pm.

Registration fees:

• $10.00 for current members of the Birmingham Bar Association (you must be signed into your member profile to register - payable by credit card)
• $25.00 - Non-Members (payable by credit card)

NOTE:  This program is being presented by the BBA Court Liaison Committee in conjunction with the November 10 Appellate Court Oral Arguments being held in Birmingham at the Wright Center on Samford University's campus.  Please contact Jennifer for more information about the Oral Arguments at jbuettner@birminghambar.org.