Save the Date - Fed Cir Bar "Training the Next Generation of Lawyers" - January 21, 2016, Plano, TX

Please save the date of January 21, 2016 for a very interesting program to be held in Plano, Texas.   I have been fortunate in recent weeks to be working with Natalie Bennett of McDermott, Will & Emery's Washington office and others with the Federal Circuit Bar Association on a program, tentatively entitled “Training the Next Generation of Lawyers,” which will discuss (1) the role of more junior attorneys - such as the exemplar Texarkana Young Lawyers Association pictured above - in arguing before the Court (i.e., developing more/better opportunities for junior attorneys to speak during proceedings) and (2) diversity in the courtroom—especially during trial. (Actually, there probably should be limits on Texarkana young lawyers in courtrooms, but that's really more of a local issue.  They look like they're having entirely too much fun there on the courthouse steps).  The FCBA intends to target a national audience for…