Registration is now live for Bench Bar 2024 May 17, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at Kalahari Resorts, 3001 Kalahari Blvd. Round Rock, TX 78665.
The conference has been approved for 5 CLE hours and 1.25 ethics hours.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Go online to register at austinbar.org, where you can register as either an attendee with a sponsorship option or as an event sponsor only.
The Austin Bar has also reserved a room block at the Kalahari. The deadline to reserve a room is April 17.
Discounted waterpark passes are also available. Please email delaine@austinbar.org if you plan to purchase waterpark tickets, so that we can get the group discount.
Schedule of Events:
- 8:30 – 9 a.m. Registration and Vendor Fair
- 9 – 9:30 a.m. Icebreaker/Welcome and Introduction
- 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. Post-pandemic Practice in the Travis County District Courts
Judge Jan Soifer, Judge Laurie Eiserloh , Judge Brad Urrutia, Warren Vavra
- 10:15 – 11 .a.m. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes: How the pandemic and population shifts have changed juries in Travis County
Moderator: Karen Burgess
Judge Amy Clark Meachum, District Clerk Velva Price, Jane Frasier,
Alison Tisdale
- 11 – 11:15 a.m. Break
- 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 a.m. Navigating Legal Intersections: Practical Strategies to Competently Handle Issues from Other Practice Areas (0.25 ethics)
Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle, Judge Selena Alvarenga, Tonia Lucio, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, Linda Garza
- 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. Vendor Fair
- 12:30 p.m. Lunch Served
- 12:45 – 1:45 p.m. A Family Affair: Lessons in Civility in Uncivil Time
Moderator: Judge Cliff Brown, Jami Turner, Scott Milner, Dan Richards, Clark Richards
- 1:45 – 2:15 p.m. You Can’t Handle the Truth: Winning Impeachment Strategies
Justice Chari Kelly, Judge Catherine Mauzy, Judge Jessica Mangrum, Rick Flores
- 2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Awards Presentation
- 2:45 – 4:15 p.m. Jungle Olympics
- 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. Main Character Syndrome: Ethics and Discovery Disputes (1.0 ethics)
Drew Harris, Erin Shinn Sreenivasan, Judge Brandy Mueller, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, Judge Dustin Howell
- 5:15 p.m. Happy Hour/Portrait Unveiling