9th Cir. Judicial Conference in Big Sky

The 2022 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference will be held July 18-21, 2022, at the Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Montana. The theme of the conference, which was last held in Big Sky in 2016, is “The Future of “Being Back”: Technology, Transparency and the Administration of Justice.” Inspired by the changes driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and other forces, the program includes several sessions focusing on how newly introduced technology is shaping our future, our rights and the law. Also prominent on the agenda are climate change litigation, ethics, free expression, innovations in law school teaching and managing offender reentry philosophies. The conference concludes with the traditional “Conversation with the Justice” featuring United States Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.