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"Federal Indian Law 101, Including Indian Gaming" CLE

The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association announces:  "Federal Indian Law 101, Including Indian Gaming."  It will be held on February 3, 2012, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., in Courtroom 279 of the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Elizabeth Kronk, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law, will present an overview of Indian Law, including a discussion of political identity, tribal sovereign immunity, public law 280, the Marshall Trilogy, civil jurisdiction, criminal jurisdiction, and Indian gaming. 

The CLE has been approved for two (2) credit hours. 

For FBA members, the cost is free. For non-FBA members, the cost is $20.  You can register in advance by emailing Camille Zeller at the Attorney Conference Center at fbano@bellsouth.net or calling 504.589.7990, or you can register at the door.

Advocate 2012 Winter Edition

Download the New Orleans Chapter's award-winning Advocate, Winter 2012 edition here

Last Chance CLE - "Your Case Has Been Transferred" - December 7, 2011

    The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is excited to announce that its Last Chance CLE:  "Your Case Has Been Transferred" will be held on December 7, 2011, from 2:00 to 4:15 p.m., in Courtroom C501 of the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. The program will consist one (1) Professionalism hour and one (1) Ethics hour.

    For the first hour, the Hon. Nannette Jolivette Brown and the Hon. Jane Triche Milazzo, both recently confirmed to the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, will address issues such as helping new judges marshal existing cases through to resolution or trial, effectively dealing with very short scheduling deadlines and trial date, and use of status conferences to assist in informing the Court of the history of the case. Then, for the second hour, Dane S. Ciolino, the Alvin Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, will address ethical issues that arise for lawyers in transferred cases, and other recent ethics issues of note.

    For FBA members, the cost is $30/hour or $50 for the whole program. For non-FBA members, the cost is $60/hour or $100 for the whole program.  You can register by emailing Camille Zeller at the Attorney Conference Center at fbano@bellsouth.net or calling 504.589.7990.

Download Last Chance CLE Registration Form

YLD Annual Holiday Party

Come celebrate the Holiday Season

with the

Federal Bar Association - New Orleans Chapter - Young Lawyers Division

 Wednesday, November 16, 2011 

Five-thirty in the evening 

The W Hotel - 2nd Floor

333 Poydras Street

 New Orleans, Louisiana

Fall 2011 Edition of The Advocate

The Fall 2011 edition of the New Orleans Chapter's award-winning publication, The Advocate, is available for download here.

2011 Federal Judges' Reception

The New Orleans Chapter

of the Federal Bar Association

invites you to attend the

 Annual Judges' Reception

      The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association will again honor our judiciary with a reception on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 from 5:00 o'clock p.m. to 8:00 o'clock p.m. Please join us as we celebrate these judges' contributions to the New Orleans community, legal and beyond. The event will take place at the Great Hall of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 600 Camp Street in New Orleans.

Download 2011 Registration Form

 

Malcolm W. Monroe Federal Practice Seminar

The Younger Lawyers' Division (YLD) of the 

Federal  Bar Association - New Orleans Chapter 

proudly presents the annual

Malcolm W. Monroe Federal Practice Seminar

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - W Hotel New Orleans

(Registration at 12:30pm; program at 1:00pm followed by swearing-in; 5:30pm YLD party)

333 Poydras Street

The annual event is a wonderful opportunity to be sworn in to each of the United States District Courts in Louisiana (Eastern, Middle and Western Districts) as well as the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Registrants also receive four hours of CLE credit.

Registration begins at 12:30 and the event starts at 1:00 pm. At 5:30, after the swearing in, the FBA-YLD will hold its annual Holiday Party at the same location, and all Malcolm Monroe attendees are invited to attend.

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Nazi Looted Art in the Federal Courts: Recent Developments and the Case of Schiele's Dead City

The New Orleans Chapter and the Federal Litigation Section

of the Federal Bar Association

proudly invite you to 

Nazi Looted Art in the Federal Courts: 

Recent Developments and the Case of Schiele's Dead City

1.5 HOURS OF GENERIC CLE APPROVED

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011     1:00PM-2:30PM

Section N, Judge Engelhardt's Courtroom    500 Poydras Street, Rm 351

$15.00 (FBA Members)   $25.00 (All others)

     Federal courts are increasingly faced with claims from owners of Nazi looted art.  Meet Raymond Dowd, attorney for the heirs of Fritz Grunbaum, a Jewish cabaret performer who owned Dead City. Through a lively visual presentation, learn the fascinating tale of Dead City's provenance, the battles to recover art stolen from Jewish Holocaust victims, the undisclosed role of the Swiss in laundering looted art for the Nazis, and the implications for U.S. museums holding artworks of European origin.

Please R.S.V.P. by Friday, October 14, 2011 by fax at (504) 589-7995 or fbano@bellsouth.net.

Download CLE Flyer and Registration 

    The co-sponsor of this event, the FBA's Federal Litigation Section, exists to further the purposes of the FBA as stated in its Constitution and to concentrate on the fundamental practice of law in the federal courts. Federal Litigation Section committees monitor federal rules of procedure, trial and appellate practice, the federal tort laws and the practice of law relating to the military service. The Federal Litigation Section's webpage can be accessed here and the Section's quarterly publication, the SideBAR, can be downloaded for free here. 

Cocktails with the Court

The Younger Lawyers' Division of the New Orleans Federal Bar Association invites you to:

Cocktails with the Court

Thursday, September 29, 2011

5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Twist Cocktails at Mike's on the Avenue

628 St. Charles Avenue

"Cocktails with the Court" is a great opportunity to meet other young lawyers and members of the federal judiciary in our community.

New Rules for Liquids in U.S. Courthouse and Hale Boggs Federal Building

Please see the attached document, which takes effect August 1, 2011:

the amount of liquids, gels, creams, and aerosol products brought into the US Courthouse/Hale Boggs Federal Building shall be limited to five-3 ounce containers. This amount restriction includes, but is not limited to: water, soda, coffee, and other beverages as well as hand creams, lotions, perfume, incense, toothpaste, deodorant, liquid soap, etc. Visitors possessing liquids shall inform Court Security Officers of this fact, prior to screening. Download Liquids in Courthouse