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Webinar: Order in the Court: Law Clerk Tips for Managing a Docket
2025-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
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Join us for an informative webinar focused on essential tips for law clerks in managing a docket effectively. Whether you’re new to the role or looking to refine your skills, this program will cover key strategies for organizing, prioritizing, and tracking cases, ensuring you stay on top of deadlines and tasks. Our experienced speakers, including federal judges and a representative from the Administrative Office of the Courts, will share practical advice on time management, handling complex caseloads, and ensuring cases are proceeding timely. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your docket management skills and boost your efficiency as a law clerk!
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Sponsored by the FBA’s Judiciary Division‘s Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee
Webinar registration is free for FBA members! Please also note that law students, term law clerks, and “Clerks of Court,” “Deputy Clerks,” “Divisional Clerks,” or “Executives” of Federal courts established under Article I or Article III of the Constitution are eligible for complimentary membership. In addition, any judge of the Federal courts established under Article III of the Constitution, any United States Bankruptcy Judge, any United States Magistrate Judge, any United States Immigration Judge, and any judge of a Federal court established under Article I of the Constitution who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate is eligible for honorary membership. Learn more and join here.

Presenters
(Moderator) Caryn Peterson, Career Clerk for Magistrate Judge Carmen Henderson, Northern District of Ohio
Caryn Peterson is the career law clerk for Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Henderson in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Prior to clerking for Judge Henderson, Caryn clerked in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Combined, Caryn has fourteen years’ experience clerking in the federal courts. Prior to joining the court, Caryn worked for four years as a litigation attorney in a mid-size law firm in Akron, Ohio. Caryn graduated cum laude from the University of Akron School of Law in 2007, where she also worked for two years at the Legal and Appellate Clinic assisting indigent criminal defendants with their federal and state appeals. Caryn graduated cum laude from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois in 2002 with a degree in mathematics.
Kelly W. Chadwick, DTS Training Branch – Training Division, Systems Development and Support Office, Administrative Office U.S. Courts
Kelly W. Chadwick is a member of the AOUSC-DTS-SDSO Training Division’s Microsoft Collaboration and Communication Training (MCCT) team in San Antonio, Texas and focuses on Microsoft Cloud Technology Consulting services. Through his work as an internal cloud technology consultant, he has developed working relationships and trust with judges, circuit executives, and assistant circuit executives for IT (ACEs) throughout the federal judiciary. He delivers Microsoft 365 technology presentations at judicial conferences, national judiciary IT conferences, and divisional conferences. Kelly graduated from Boise State University with a Master of Science in Instructional and Performance Technology. His past professional positions have included: instructional designer, computer application instructor, training media consultant, distance learning/media researcher, and project manager.

Hon. Landya McCafferty, U.S. District Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of New Hampshire
Hon. Landya Boyer McCafferty currently serves as Chief District Judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. In 2013, President Obama nominated and the Senate confirmed her to the federal bench, and she is the first woman to serve as a federal judge in N.H. Prior to that, she served for 3 ½ years as Magistrate Judge in the same court. Before joining the district court bench, Judge McCafferty served as Disciplinary Counsel for the N.H. Attorney Discipline Office (2004-2010). Most of her career was spent as a staff attorney for the N.H. Public Defenders Office (1995-2003), including two years as an appellate defender arguing appeals on behalf of indigent defendants before the N.H. Supreme Court. Judge McCafferty also worked briefly in private practice for the McLane Law Firm. Immediately out of law school, she clerked for the Hon. Norman H. Stahl at both the federal district and First Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge McCafferty graduated from Harvard University and Northeastern University School of Law.

Hon. Stacey D. Adams, U.S. Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, District of New Jersey
Magistrate Judge Stacey Adams was appointed to the Federal bench in 2024. She currently sits in the District of New Jersey, Newark vicinage where she presides over both civil and criminal matters, ranging from single plaintiff cases to class actions.
Judge Adams also served as a Superior Court Judge for the State of New Jersey from 2019 through 2024, where she sat in the Family and Civil Divisions.
Prior to her service in the judiciary, Judge Adams was a labor and employment litigator. From 2006 until joining the bench, Judge Adams was a shareholder at Littler Mendelson, P.C., the largest labor and employment firm in the country, where she had a thriving practice and also sat on several firm management committees – such as the Womens’ Leadership Initiative, Alumni Committee and the Client Investment Management Committee. From 2002 through 2006, Judge Adams worked at Decotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole & Wisler, LLP, where she was first elevated to partner. Judge Adams began her career at the New York City office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, where she worked as an associate from 1997 through 2002, in the labor and employment department.
In addition to being a seasoned litigator with significant trial and appellate experience (including arguing and prevailing before the New Jersey Supreme Court), Judge Adams frequently conducted diversity, anti-harassment, and other forms of training for her clients. Beyond her legal practice, Judge Adams served on several different boards and committees including the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, District Court of New Jersey’s Lawyers Advisory Committee, the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey and the Sidney Reitman Employment Inn of Court. Judge Adams graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1998 after receiving her undergraduate degree from George Washington University, both magnum cum laude.

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Chambers Ready: What Every Clerk and Intern Should Know
2025-06-10 12:00 - 13:00
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This webinar discusses what it takes to make the most of a clerkship and internship experience and be of impressive service to your judge. Covered topics will include the tasks of a judicial law clerk or intern, the role of judge’s staff and interpersonal dynamics, courthouse logistics, courtroom etiquette, research essentials, and an introduction to the types of legal writing duties for the judge. Our insightful speakers, including a law professor, federal judges, and a career law clerk, will also explore the different experiences and skills needed for clerking. This expert panel will provide key information, important tips, and recommended resources to help you succeed in your clerkship or internship!
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Presented by the FBA’s Judiciary Division and its Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee.
Webinar registration is free for FBA members! Please also note that law students, term law clerks, and “Clerks of Court,” “Deputy Clerks,” “Divisional Clerks,” or “Executives” of Federal courts established under Article I or Article III of the Constitution are eligible for complimentary membership. In addition, any judge of the Federal courts established under Article III of the Constitution, any United States Bankruptcy Judge, any United States Magistrate Judge, any United States Immigration Judge, and any judge of a Federal court established under Article I of the Constitution who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate is eligible for honorary membership. Learn more and join here.

Presenters

Hon. Michael J. Newman, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
Hon. Michael J. Newman is a United States District Judge in the Southern District of Ohio’s Dayton seat of court. He was appointed in 2020. He previously served as a United States Magistrate Judge, a position to which he was appointed in 2011, and reappointed in 2019 to a second eight-year term. Following law school, Judge Newman was a law clerk on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Newman graduated with honors from the Washington College of Law at American University and attended the Advanced Mediation Program at Harvard Law School. Prior to taking the bench, he was a partner at Dinsmore & Shohl in Cincinnati, where he chaired the firm’s Labor & Employment Appellate Practice Group. While in private practice, he was named a Leading Lawyer, an Ohio Super Lawyer, and one of the Best Lawyers in America in Labor & Employment Law.
Judge Newman’s bar service is extensive; he was the first Magistrate Judge in the United States to be appointed national president of the Federal Bar Association. He has also served as president of the Dayton Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association Foundation. His Civics and Service to Others initiative as FBA president resulted in thousands of young people from all across the country meeting with federal judges to learn about civics and the Third Branch of government. This civics work continues; Judge Newman was named the FBA’s first Judicial Ambassador for Civics Education, and he has been invited to speak on the topic of civics education by the Federal Judicial Center. He now co-chairs the Sixth Circuit’s Civics and Outreach Committee with Judge Curtis Collier, and chairs the Southern District of Ohio’s Civics Committee.
Hon. Talesha Saint-Marc, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of New Hampshire
The Honorable Talesha L. Saint-Marc is a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Hampshire and the first black person ever to sit on the federal bench in New Hampshire. A lifelong New Hampshire resident, Judge Saint-Marc completed her undergraduate studies at Franklin Pierce College, summa cum laude, and received her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 2009. Upon graduation, Judge Saint-Marc served as a law clerk in the New Hampshire Superior Court for two years, followed by one year in the New Hampshire Supreme Court. She then went on to specialize in labor and employment law with Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A. providing strategic advice to businesses regarding all aspects of state and federal workplace laws.
Judge Saint-Marc was recognized in Chambers USA for Labor & Employment Law and was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star each year between 2018 to 2022, and a Super Lawyer in 2023. She was also named to the New Hampshire Union Leader’s 40 Under Forty class in 2019, and in 2021, she was listed among New Hampshire’s 200 most influential business leaders by the New Hampshire Business Review. Judge Saint-Marc has been an active and engaged member of the New Hampshire Bar Association. Additionally, she previously served on the Board of Directors for the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association. Her community service endeavors are numerous and varied, including serving on the Board of Directors for New Hampshire Legal Assistance, Vice President of the Rivier University Board of Trustees, President of the Board of Directors for the Circle Program, and a former volunteer for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Nashua.

Ben Allums, Assistant Professor of Law, Loyola University’s New Orleans College of Law
Ben Allums is an assistant professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law where he teaches courses in maritime law and civil procedure. Ben earned his juris doctor from Tulane University Law School in 2007, where he served as the Senior Associate Editor of the Tulane Law Review, graduated Order of the Coif, and received the Charles Kohlmeyer, Jr. Award as the top graduate in maritime law. After law school, Ben clerked for three different judges at three different courts: Hon. Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. of the Louisiana Supreme Court (2007-2008), Hon. Carl J. Barbier of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (2011-2021), and Hon. W. Eugene Davis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2021-2022). Notably, Ben’s ten-year clerkship with Judge Barbier focused on the massive Deepwater Horizon multidistrict litigation. Ben has also practiced maritime law and commercial litigation for two law firms in New Orleans. In 2023, Ben joined Loyola’s law faculty as a full-time, tenure-track professor.

Anika Hardmon, Federal Career Judicial Law Clerk
Anika Royster Hardmon serves in her 16th year as the Federal Career Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Donald L. Graham, Senior United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida, in Miami Florida. In addition to her role as a Career Law Clerk, Anika is an Adjunct Professor at Florida International University College of Law and St. Thomas University, Benjamin L. Crump College of Law, in Miami, Florida.
Prior to joining Judge Graham’s chambers, Anika worked over four years as an Associate with the civil litigation law firm of Gary, Williams, Parenti, et al. in Stuart, Florida.

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CLE
Please note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.
MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.

Webinar: Legal Writing: Striving for Clarity
2025-09-25 12:00 - 13:00
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The Honorable Robert E. Bacharach of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit will share a judge’s perspective on legal writing. The program is designed to help attendees enhance the clarity in their legal writing. To enhance clarity, attendees will learn tools to provide context before detail. Attendees will also gain practical strategies to help readers relate new content to information that was previously provided.
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Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s Judiciary Division /Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee

Presenters

HONORABLE ROBERT E. BACHARACH Judge Bacharach has served for over twelve years as a United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
He graduated with High Honors from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in History and the Tom Lottinville Award for the Best Essay submitted in the History Department. He obtained his Juris Doctorate from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 1985, where he graduated order of the coif and was awarded the Breckenridge Scholarship for the second highest grade average in his senior year of law school. In law school at Washington University, he also served as the Developments Editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly (now named the Washington University Law Review) and was awarded the Mary Collier Hitchcock Prize for writing for the best Note (student article) in the law review.
Upon graduation from law school, Judge Bacharach clerked from 1985 to 1987 for Judge William J. Holloway, Jr., who was then the Chief Judge of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. After completing this clerkship, Judge Bacharach practiced civil litigation at Crowe & Dunlevy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1987 to 1999. He then served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Western District of Oklahoma until 2013, when he was appointed to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Bacharach is the author of Legal Writing: A Judge’s Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word, published by ABA Press. He has also authored “Section 1983 and the Availability of a Federal Forum: A Reappraisal of the Police Brutality Cases,” 16 Memphis State University Law Review 353 (1986); “Section 1983 and an Administrative Exhaustion Requirement,” 40 Oklahoma Law Review 407 (1987); “Motions in Limine in Oklahoma State and Federal Courts,” 24 Oklahoma City University Law Review 113 (1999); “Dirks v. SEC=s Footnote Fourteen: Horizontal and Vertical Reach,” 62 Washington University Law Quarterly 477 (1984); and “Post-Trial Juror Interviews by the Press: The Fifth Circuit=s Approach,” 62 Washington University Law Quarterly 783 (1985). In addition, he and Professor Lyn Entzeroth (now Dean Emeritus of Tulsa University School of Law) coauthored “Judicial Advocacy in Pro Se Litigation: A Return to Neutrality,” 42 Indiana Law Review 19 (2009).
Judge Bacharach is the recipient of the national Federal Bar Association’s Earl W. Kintner Award, the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Award of Judicial Excellence, and the Washington University School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award.

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MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.

Webinar: Common Issues and Best Practices Regarding Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction and FRCP 12(b)(1)
2025-10-29 12:00 - 13:00
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Wait, Are We Even in the Right Place? Common Issues and Best Practices Regarding Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction and FRCP 12(b)(1)
Because federal courts have limited jurisdiction, the issue of subject matter jurisdiction must be assessed by the parties and court at the earliest stage of litigation. This panel will explore common issues that arise when assessing subject matter jurisdiction and best practices for arguing for or against the existence of subject matter jurisdiction. The target audience includes law students considering clerkships, current judicial clerks, and young litigators.
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Presented by the FBA’s Judiciary Division‘s Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee

Presenters

Constantine P. Economides, Founding Partner, Dynamis LLP (Moderator)
Constantine has wide-ranging litigation experience, with expertise in securities, cryptoasset, international, and class action litigation. Over the past fourteen years, he has represented litigants in some of the most notable fraud-based disputes in United States history.
As a former judicial clerk to Judge William P. Dimitrouleas of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Constantine assisted the Judge in adjudicating over 100 civil cases. Before founding Dynamis, Constantine was a partner in an elite litigation boutique and also worked with large national firms in New York and Florida on numerous matters involving securities, international, and class action litigation.  He represented the Securities Investor Protection Corporation as part of the team that recovered over $11 billion on behalf of the victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.  He also recovered funds on behalf of investors defrauded by failed blood-testing company Theranos, Inc. and its infamous founder, Elizabeth Holmes.
Constantine currently represents an array of clients in complex domestic and international disputes involving cryptoassets, securities, and commercial contracts.
Additionally, Constantine recently became an arbitrator for Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), and in recognition of his work with securities litigation and class action litigation, he has been named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine for 2016 – 2022.
Constantine is the co-founder and co-chair of the Federal Bar Association’s Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee, which is designed to marshal and provide professional opportunities for the national network of current and former federal judicial clerks.

Lou Mulligan, Dean, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Lumen “Lou” Mulligan joined the UMKC Law faculty in 2023 where he proudly serves as the dean and professor of law.  A native Kansas Citian, Dean Mulligan is an award-winning classroom instructor, teaching doctrinal and simulation courses as well as supervising clinics.  He is also a prolific scholar.  He has authored, or co-authored, five books and treatises and numerous articles, focusing on civil procedure.  Indeed, the state and federal courts cited Dean Mulligan’s writings more than 80 times in 2022 alone, and he was awarded the 2017 Civil Procedure Article of the Year by the American Association of Law Schools.  Before taking on the decanal role at UMKC, Dean Mulligan held numerous administrative posts at other institutions, including interim vice provost for faculty affairs, associate dean for faculty, and center director.
Dean Mulligan’s legal experience includes co-founding Stowell & Mulligan, P.A., working as a litigation associate attorney at a large Kansas City-based law firm, and serving as a judicial clerk on the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Prior to joining UMKC School of Law, Dean Mulligan maintained a small practice representing clients in state and federal courts during his time in the academy.
In addition to his roles in the academy and in legal practice, Dean Mulligan serves as a senior fellow at the Rodel Leadership Institute – Judicial Project, a research fellow for the Council on Criminal Justice – Veterans Initiative, a member of the Kansas Judicial Council – Civil Rules Advisory Committee, and as a leader in other non-partisan organizations.
Dean Mulligan earned his J.D. (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif), from the University of Michigan Law School. He holds an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Colorado and a B.A. with honors from the University of Kansas.  Prior to UMKC School of Law, Dean Mulligan was on faculty at the University of Kansas Law School, Michigan State University College of Law, and the University of Michigan School of Business.

Kim Browneve ,Career Law Clerk, District Court Southern District of Florida.
Kim Brown Eve is a Career Law Clerk for the Honorable Robert N. Scola, Jr. at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She has served in this role since 2016, following six years as Career Law Clerk to Magistrate Judge Barry L. Garber in the same court. Before joining the judiciary, she practiced law as an associate at White & Case LLP in Miami, where she focused on complex commercial litigation.
Kim earned her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 2007. She also holds a Master of Science in Oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and a Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Columbia College in New York.
Judge Paul Levenson, Magistrate, United States District Court
Magistrate Judge Paul G. Levenson began his service to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in June 2022.
He began his legal career as a clerk for Judge Stanley A. Weigel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Thereafter he worked as an associate at law firms in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
In 1989, he joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, where he served for over 24 years. There he started in the Civil Division and later moved to the Criminal Division, working primarily in the Economic Crimes Unit and the Public Corruption Unit. He was Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit from 2007 to 2013.
From 2013 to 2022, Magistrate Judge Levenson was Director of the Boston Regional Office of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Magistrate Judge Levenson grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Albemarle County, Virginia. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in Social Studies, and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. In law school he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and was head teaching fellow for Professor Archibald Cox.

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CLE
Please note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.
MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.

Webinar: Legal Writing: Persuasion Through Clarity, Part II
2026-02-25 12:00 - 13:00
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
The Honorable Robert E. Bacharach of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit will share a judge’s perspective on legal writing. The program is designed to help attendees enhance the clarity in their legal writing. The program will address empirical studies showing how the use of plain language enhances clarity and will address how strategic chunking of material can enhance clarity.
This webinar builds on the CLE held on September 25, 2025; however, viewing Part I is not essential for participating in this standalone webinar.
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Presented by FBA’s Judiciary Division & Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee

Presenters

Honorable Robert E Bacharach
Judge Bacharach has served for over twelve years as a United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He graduated with High Honors from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in History and the Tom Lottinville Award for the Best Essay submitted in the History Department. He obtained his Juris Doctorate from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 1985, where he graduated order of the coif and was awarded the Breckenridge Scholarship for the second highest grade average in his senior year of law school. In law school at Washington University, he also served as the Developments Editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly (now named the Washington University Law Review) and was awarded the Mary Collier Hitchcock Prize for writing for the best Note (student article) in the law review.
Upon graduation from law school, Judge Bacharach clerked from 1985 to 1987 for Judge William J. Holloway, Jr., who was then the Chief Judge of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. After completing this clerkship, Judge Bacharach practiced civil litigation at Crowe & Dunlevy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1987 to 1999. He then served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Western District of Oklahoma until 2013, when he was appointed to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Bacharach is the author of Legal Writing: A Judge’s Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word, published by ABA Press. He has also authored “Section 1983 and the Availability of a Federal Forum: A Reappraisal of the Police Brutality Cases,” 16 Memphis State University Law Review 353 (1986); “Section 1983 and an Administrative Exhaustion Requirement,” 40 Oklahoma Law Review 407 (1987); “Motions in Limine in Oklahoma State and Federal Courts,” 24 Oklahoma City University Law Review 113 (1999); “Dirks v. SEC=s Footnote Fourteen: Horizontal and Vertical Reach,” 62 Washington University Law Quarterly 477 (1984); and “Post-Trial Juror Interviews by the Press: The Fifth Circuit=s Approach,” 62 Washington University Law Quarterly 783 (1985). In addition, he and Professor Lyn Entzeroth (now Dean Emeritus of Tulsa University School of Law) coauthored “Judicial Advocacy in Pro Se Litigation: A Return to Neutrality,” 42 Indiana Law Review 19 (2009).
Judge Bacharach is the recipient of the national Federal Bar Association’s Earl W. Kintner Award, the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Award of Judicial Excellence, and the Washington University School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award.

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CLE
Please note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.
MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.

Webinar: Demystifying Discovery: Fundamental Tools and Tactics for Law Clerks and New Lawyers
2026-04-29 12:00 - 13:00
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
This CLE course will provide a foundational overview of discovery in federal civil litigation, including the use of interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admission, and depositions. The program offers practical tips for drafting clear discovery requests and responses to minimize objections and disputes in court and also will address tips for navigating discovery disputes that do arise in litigation.
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Presented by the FBA’s Judiciary Division & Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee

Presenters

The Honorable Marty Fulgueira Elfenbein, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Marty Fulgueira Elfenbein was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Florida on March 11, 2024. Before joining the judiciary, from September 2018 to March 2024, Judge Elfenbein served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Miami, prosecuting cases in the Major Crimes and Economic and Environmental Crimes Sections. In her last year as a prosecutor, she was the Chief of the Collateral Litigation Section, overseeing all post-conviction litigation and filter reviews on a district-wide basis. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, she worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Beth Bloom in the Southern District of Florida. From 2006 to 2016, Judge Elfenbein was an associate and later a partner at Rumberger, Kirk, and Caldwell, P.A. where she focused her federal and state practice in the areas of aviation law, products liability, premises liability, and insurance defense. She earned a degree in newspaper journalism in 2002 and a Juris Doctor degree in 2005, both from the University of Florida.

Matthew Allen, Principal, Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.
Matthew P. Allen is a litigator and trial lawyer who has tried and arbitrated a wide variety of cases, ranging from felony matters in Detroit’s criminal courts to bet-the[1]company securities and international intellectual property cases. Over the past decade, Matt has been consistently voted by his peers as a leading lawyer in Michigan and the United States by the publications Best Lawyers in America, Michigan Super Lawyers, and Leading Lawyers. Matt has also been selected as a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. In addition to his commercial litigation practice, Matt has represented corporations, audit committees, and corporate officers and directors in civil and criminal investigations and enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Federal Election Commission. He has also tried numerous felony bench and jury trials, and conducted felony preliminary examinations, while serving as a Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Wayne County (Detroit) Michigan.

Prof. Debra M. Strauss, Professor of Business Law, Fairfield University
Debra M. Strauss is a Professor of Business Law at Fairfield University Charles F. Dolan School of Business, where she teaches international law, business law, and applied ethics. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University and Yale Law School, she clerked for the Honorable Charles L. Brieant, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and practiced commercial litigation at Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance LLP). Professor Strauss is the author of Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships (West Academic Publishing, 3rd ed. 2023), a leading resource on the courts and judicial clerkships. She previously served as the founding Director of Judicial Clerkship Counseling and Programs at Yale Law School and authored the National Judicial Clerkship Study for the American Bar Association and the National Association for Law Placement. She is a founder and officer of the Connecticut Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and serves as Co-Chair of the Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee of the FBA Judiciary Division. Professor Strauss frequently presents and consults on federal practice and effective advocacy in the courts, including practical guidance on litigation, legal writing, and judicial clerkship success.

Anoosheh Shaikh, Associate, Duane Morris LLP
Anoosheh Shaikh has developed a well-rounded practice focused on complex commercial litigation, securities, and employment litigation. She is well-versed in litigation strategy including managing discovery, drafting motions, and preparing for trial.
Prior to joining Duane Morris, Ms. Shaikh served as law clerk to the Hon. Embry Kidd of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Ms. Shaikh is a 2022 cum laude graduate of the University of Miami School of Law and a cum laude graduate of The George Washington University. During law school, she was Vice President of the Charles C. Papy Jr. Moot Court Board and member of the International and Comparative Law Review. Additionally, she was inducted into the Order of Barristers National Honors Society for excellence in oral advocacy and brief writing.

Kaitlin Farrell, Partner, Haug Partners
Kaitlin Farrell has extensive patent law experience, focused primarily on patent litigation and pre-lawsuit investigations in matters related to pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, cosmetics, food/beverage, automotives, and consumer products. Kaitlin has developed significant trial and appellate experience that informs all elements of her litigation and due diligence practice. Kaitlin has experience with a wide range of pharmaceutical products, including treatments for neurological, hematologic, dermatologic, gynecologic, and rare-disease conditions, as well as various extended-release, topical, subcutaneous, and biologic drug formulations. Kaitlin has litigated major patent disputes before the PTAB, the ITC, and in major patent venues across the country. She has also represented clients before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is an active contributor to local, national, and international intellectual property associations. She is a graduate of Notre Dame Law School and Fordham University.

Christina Dines, Law Clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Moderator)
Christina Dines is presently serving as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Adalberto Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She previously clerked for the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and for Justice John D. Couriel of the Florida Supreme Court, and serves on the Federal Bar Association’s Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee.
In addition to her clerkships, which have informed her advocacy, Christina has extensive litigation experience. As a senior associate in the Miami office of Baker McKenzie LLP, she was a member of the firm’s Litigation & Government Enforcement Practice Group. She has assisted clients in navigating high-stakes matters involving complex civil disputes, internal and external investigations, and federal civil RICO. She has worked on cases across several state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Notre Dame Law School, and a former Division I coxswain, Christina serves on the Notre Dame Monogram Club Board of Directors.

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