Speakers & Schedule
7:30 AM Registration and light refreshments
8:15 AM Opening Remarks
Henry C. Strickland, III, Dean, Cumberland School of Law
Brenton Thompson, Editor in Chief, Cumberland Law Review
8:30 AM Keynote Address: “‘Killer Apps’ and Appellate Advocacy: Past, Present, and Future”
Professor Janet Ainsworth, Professor, Seattle University School of Law
9:30 AM Panel Discussion #1: Automation and Appellate Advocacy
Judge John Carroll, Professor, Cumberland School of Law
Professor Janet Ainsworth, Professor, Seattle University School of Law
Travis Ramey, Attorney, Burr & Forman
Starr Turner Drum, Attorney, Maynard Cooper & Gale
10:30 AM BREAK
10:45 AM Panel Discussion #2: Contemporary Issues in Appellate Advocacy
Chief Judge Stephen Dillard, Chief Judge, Georgia Court of Civil Appeals
Deborah Alley Smith, Managing Partner, Christian & Small
Andrew Brasher, Solicitor General of Alabama
11:45 AM Closing Remarks and Dismissal
Sydney Willmann, Managing Editor, Cumberland Law Review
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