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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