The Third Circuit has scheduled the next Third Judicial Conference for May 13-15, 2020 at the Penn’s Landing Hilton in Philadelphia. As discussed here, the Court had previously announced a Spring 2020 Judicial Conference in Philadelphia, but now actual dates and location have been set. This Judicial Conference will be open to attorneys, the first such Judicial Conference to be a “Bench-Bar” since 2017. The Third Circuit had been opening its Judicial Conferences to attorneys every other year for a period of time, but has now reverted to its previous practice of doing so...

Most Appellate Division oral arguments occur in Trenton, Newark, Morristown, and Hackensack, though in recent years, panels have been sitting regularly in places such as Jersey City, New Brunswick, and Toms River. Periodically, however, the Appellate Division goes on tour to other locations, in order to allow the public in different parts of New Jersey easier access to oral arguments in person. As stated here, on October 22, the Appellate Division will be sitting in the Old Gloucester County Courthouse in Woodbury, making use of the distinguished ceremonial courtroom there. The hearing panel...

This morning, the first Monday in October, the Supreme Court of the United States gets back in business. The “Guide for Counsel in Cases to be Argued Before the Supreme Court of the United States,” available here, has been revised to state as follows: “The Court generally will not question lead counsel for petitioners (or appellants) and respondents (or appellees) during the first two minutes of argument. The white light on the lectern will illuminate briefly at the end of this period to signal the start of questioning. Where argument is divided and counsel represents an...