Best Practices in Court Administration: What We’ve Learned from COVID-19

Courts, lawyers and judges are accustomed to moving deliberately. The pandemic has challenged courts to do things in ways that are unfamiliar and the effects of which often are uncertain. Judge Jeremy Fogel will moderate a discussion about those challenges with leading alumni judges of both state and federal courts.

Participants:

• Moderator: Hon. Jeremy Fogel, Executive Director, Berkeley Judicial Institute, Berkeley Law School, former Director, Federal Judicial Center and former Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California
• Hon. Charles Breyer ‘66, Senior District Judge, US District Court, Northern District of California
• Hon. Michael Fitzgerald ’85, District Judge, US District Court, Central District of California
• Hon. Trina Thompson ’86, Presiding Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

CLE Materials 

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/berkeley-judicial-institute/news-from-bji/;

All U.S. Appeals Courts Embrace Argument Streaming Due to Covid:
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/all-u-s-appeals-courts-embrace-argument-streaming-due-to-covid;

Will the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally remake the legal industry? https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/will-the-covid-19-pandemic-fundamentally-remake-the-legal-industry