Program Archive (pre-2020 conferences)

Mass-Tort MDL Certificate and Advanced Certificate Program
November 9-10, 2020 
via Zoom
Judicial Administration and Judicial Process Roundtable
December 12, 2019
Duke Law School
2019 AJEI Summit
November 14-17, 2019
Grand Hyatt Washington
*note about 2020 AJEI Summit
Civil Litigation Conference
November 7-8, 2019
Washington Duke Inn
Fees, Fines & Bail: Addressing the Destitution Pipeline
September 5-6, 2019
Washington Duke Inn & Duke Law School
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Evaluating 2015 Rule 26 Discovery-Proportionality Amendments and Bolch-Duke Guidelines and Best Practices
June 20-21, 2019
Washington, D.C.
Law and Technology for Judges
May 29-31, 2019
Duke Law School
Mass-Tort MDL Certificate Program
March 13-15, 2019
Duke Law School
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National Townhall Meeting Developing a Useful Framework to Address Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, and Anxiety/Depression Among Bench, Bar, and Related Professionals
Feb. 28–March 1, 2019
Miami, FL
Special-Focus Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Bench-Bar Experiences with the 2015 Discovery Proportionality Amendments
July 13, 2018
Washington, D.C.
Guidelines and Best Practices Addressing Chronic Failure to Diversify Leadership Positions in the Practice of Law
June 21-22, 2018
Denver, CO
Documenting and Seeking Solutions to Mass-Tort MDL Problems
April 26-27, 2018
Atlanta, GA
Special-Focus Meeting in San Francisco
Bench-Bar Experiences with the 2015 Discovery Proportionality Amendments
December 8, 2017
San Francisco, CA
Technology Assisted Review (TAR) Best Practices
September 7-8, 2017
Arlington, VA
Emerging Issues in Securities Class Actions
July 20-21, 2017
New York, NY
Special-Focus Meeting in Dallas
Bench-Bar Experiences with the 2015 Discovery Proportionality Amendments
May 5, 2017
Dallas, TX
Increasing the Number of Women and Minority Lawyers Appointed to
Leadership Positions in Class Actions and Mass-Tort MDLs

April 6-7, 2017
Atlanta, GA
Emerging Issues in Mass-Tort MDLs Conference
October 27-28, 2016
Washington, DC
Class-Action Settlement Conference
October 6-7, 2016
San Diego, CA
Duke Law/ABA Litigation Section Discovery Proportionality Programs
6.20.19 – 6.21.19
Alexandria, VA
Second Multidistrict Litigation Institute
November 9-10, 2015
Arlington, VA (near Reagan National Airport)
Mass-Tort MDL Program for Judicial Conference Committees (CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC)
October 8, 2015
Duke Law School, Durham, NC
Class-Action Settlement Conference
July 23-24, 2015
Arlington, VA (near Reagan National Airport)
U.S. Tax Court Judicial Conference
May 21-22, 2015
Durham, NC (Duke University)
Multidistrict Litigation Institute
April 9-10, 2015
Dallas, TX (near the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport)
Implementing Discovery Proportionality Standard
November 13-14, 2014
Arlington, VA (near Reagan National Airport) 
Multidistrict Litigation Best Practices
September 11-12, 2014
Arlington, VA (near Reagan National Airport)
Patent Law Institute
May 13-17, 2013
Duke Law School
Future of Multidistrict Litigation
May 2-3, 2013
Arlington, VA (near Reagan National Airport)  
Technology-Assisted Review: A Critical Analysis
April 19, 2013
Washington, DC
Protected-Privacy Data Conference
November 29-30, 2012
Durham, NC
Presidential and Judicial Oversight of Administrative Agencies
April 27, 2012
Duke Law School