SELECTING FEDERAL COURT OF APPEALS AND DISTRICT COURT JUDGES: AN AJS SYMPOSIUM EXAMINING THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES

September 13, 2001

The Madison Hotel 15th and M Streets Washington, D.C. 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

The first part of this symposium will feature a historical overview of the federal judicial selection process, informed by the experiences of past and present White House counsel and Justice Department officials.The second half of the program will provide an examination of the Senate's role of advice and consent and of the formal and informal procedures used by senators during the nomination phase.The program will conclude with a luncheon address by the Honorable Jon O. Newman, Senior Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and a question and answer session between program participants and the audience from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Moderator NINA TOTENBERG, Legal Affairs Correspondent for National Public Radio

Speakers ELLIOT SLOTNICK, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at the Ohio State University

STEPHEN BURBANK, David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania and co-chair of AJS's Judicial Independence Task Force

Panelists* ELEANOR ACHESON, Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Policy Development during the Clinton administration

VICTORIA BASSETTI, Judiciary Committee counsel to Senator Richard Durbin and Senator Herb Kohl

HON. JAMES L. BUCKLEY, former U.S. Senator and Senior Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

WALTER DELLINGER, Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel during the Clinton Administration

TIMOTHY FLANIGAN, Deputy Counsel to the President

C. BOYDEN GRAY, counsel to George H. W. Bush during his terms as Vice President and President

HON. ABNER J. MIKVA, White House counsel during the Clinton administration

*The list of panelists is still in formation due to the uncertainties of the legislative agenda.

The program is open to the public.There is a prepaid cost of $50 to attend the luncheon.For more information, please contact Malia Reddick, mreddick@ajs.org or (312) 357-8822.