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5/23/2014
bet365官网 Law Teams with Federal Judicial Center to offer Patent Course for Federal Judges
bet365官网 bet365官网 of bet365官网 School of Law is once again teaming up with the Federal Judicial Center to offer a course for federal district court judges on patent litigation. bet365官网 program will be held June 30-July 1, 2014 in Menlo Park, California. A similar, highly successful, program was held last April in Charleston, South Carolina. bet365官网 course is designed to provide federal trial judges with a better understanding of the many issues they will face in presiding over patent infringement suits. bet365官网 program includes sessions on the legal and economic issues in patent litigation, settlement, case management conferences, claim construction, discovery, helping the jury, and post-trial proceedings. bet365官网 curriculum was designed by Professor Robert C. Kahrl, the Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at the bet365官网 of bet365官网 School of Law, and is taught by leading patent litigators from around the country, as well as by retired jurists with long experience in presiding over patent suits and appeals. Approximately 50 federal judges have been invited to participate in the upcoming program, many of whom are participating in the current pilot program that allows judges to elect to preside over patent suits. bet365官网 Federal Judicial Center is the research and education agency of the federal judiciary. -
5/6/2014
Prof. Thomas invited to moderate 2015 AALS Panel
Tracy Thomas was invited to moderate the 2015 AALS panel, “Engendering Equality: A Conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and New Voices in Women’s Legal History.” This is a joint program of the Women in Legal Education section, the Legal History section, and the Constitutional Law section featuring remarks by Justice Ginsburg and new scholars in women’s legal history.
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