A More Perfect Jury: Seating a Fair and Diverse Panel

Thursday, April 6, 2023
8:45 am - 3:00 pm
University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Registration Fees
Remote Option - Zoom: $99.00 In-Person - ABOTA Members: $99.00 In-Person - Non-member Attorneys: $125.00 Judges, Clerks, Government Attorneys, Law Students: No Fee Please sign-in to register.
Non-ABOTA members welcome! If you do not have an ABOTA account, you must create one to register. Click "create a new account" to create a user profile. Email libertyj@abota.org with any questions. 
The right to a trial by jury is central to the justice system and our democracy. The function and proper use of the peremptory challenge sits at the center of that right. During this symposium, lawyers, judges, law students, and experts will work to understand and improve the exercise of this critical tool, explore where our jury pools come from, and understand why a diverse panel is so important.

This multi-year symposium will address challenges facing the American Jury System. Join us for the first installment, laying the groundwork for a discussion of the peremptory challenge.

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Speakers: Paula Hannaford-Agor Director of the Center for Jury Studies, National Center for State Courts Oscar Bobrow, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Solano County, CA Karen C. Burgess, ABOTA Foundation Trustee, Austin Chapter of ABOTA
Tracy McCormack, Program Co-Chair, ABOTA Foundation Professional Education Committee; Senior Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law Hon. Catherine Mauzy, 419th Civil District Court, Travis County, TX Thomas M. Melsheimer, Dallas Managing Partner, Winston & Strawn

Craig Peters, ABOTA Foundation Trustee, Program Co-Chair, San Francisco Chapter of ABOTA
Mary R. Rose, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas Austin
Elisabeth A. Semel, Chancellor's Clinical Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Hon. Craig Smith, Texas 5th District Court of Appleals 
Niki J. Solis, City and County of San Francisco Public Defender's Office, Attorney
The ABOTA Foundation will apply for up to six hour of CLE credit.