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2018 Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference - August 15-17, 2018 - Des Moines, Iowa

Monday, May 14, 2018

Registration is now open. You may register for the conference at:
http://www.yesevents.com/8thCircuitJC

The judges of the Eighth Circuit courts invite you to join them August 15-17, 2018, at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, for the Judicial Conference. This is a full conference for all judges and members of the Bar.

In order to encourage attendance at this year’s conference, the Nebraska Federal Practice Committee is offering a $200 per-person rebate on the conference registration fee of $350 for the first 25 lawyers who register for the conference and submit proof of their attendance. Attorneys who are interested in the rebate should register for the conference and forward a copy of their registration to Susie_Cordero@ned.uscourts.gov. Following the conference, those attorneys should send proof of their attendance to Ms. Cordero.

The Honorable Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General of the United States, will address the conference on Friday, August 17. The agenda features many other distinguished speakers, including Stephen J. Rapp, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice in the Obama Administration, Theodore B. Olson of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Vikram Amar, Dean of the University of Illinois College of Law, and Duke University professor Nita Farahany, an appointee of President Obama to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Two native Iowans will join the conference as luncheon speakers: Internationally renowned opera star Simon Estes and Medal of Honor recipient Sal Giunta. A welcome reception will take place at the new Hilton Des Moines Downtown hotel on Wednesday evening, August 15. Thursday night will feature a reception, co-hosted by the Eighth Circuit Bar Association, at Iowa’s spectacular World Food Prize Hall of Laureates. The internationally-acclaimed Iowa State Fair will be underway throughout the conference for those who wish to visit during their free time.
 
Important Deadlines
​Hotel Reservations Cutoff Date is Tuesday, July 10, 2018.
On-line Conference Registration ends Tuesday, July 31, 2018.
No refunds for meals or events cancelled after Friday, August 10, 2018.

Thank you.

Jeremy Fitzpatrick 
Chair, Federal Practice Committee
District of Nebraska

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