This annual CLE seminar provides opportunities for young lawyers to engage with three experienced and diverse panels about what young lawyers should expect when

practicing law. The first panel provides insight into how the 19th JDC’s Civil, Criminal, Recording and Jury Management Divisions operate and how to negotiate within each division. The second panel provides young lawyers with the do’s and don’ts of legal practice, work-life balance and stress management. The third panel provides insights into courtroom operations and judges’ expectations of attorney conduct in the courtroom, in a procedural conference and in conversations with judicial support staff.

Speakers:

8:30 - 9:45 a.m. — CLERK OF COURT PANEL - Clay Duke, Recording Division Supervisor; John Swearingen, Civil Division Supervisor; Donny Caldera, Criminal Division Supervisor and Mona Gills Collins, Jury Management Coordinator

10 - 11:15 a.m. — ATTORNEY PANEL - Marcus Plaisance, Plaisance Law; Candace B. Ford, U.S. Attorney’s Office; Adam Kwentua, EBR District Attorney’s Office; Ryan Thompson, EBR Public Defender’s Office & Thompson Justice Institute, LLC, Director

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.— JUDICIAL PANEL - Judge Kelly Balfour, 19th JDC Deputy Chief - Civil; Judge William Jorden, 19th JDC - Civil & Criminal;Judge Ronald R. Johnson, 19th JDC - Civil & Criminal; Commissioner Kinasiyumki “Kina” Kimble, 19th JDC Commissioner’s