The Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass will be the site for the 2016 State Bar of Arizona Convention.
Today, another in a series of posts describing legal seminars at the upcoming State Bar Convention. (All the detail is here. And the complete Convention brochure is here.)
What follows are questions I asked seminar chairs, followed by their responses.
Today, I share the responses of chairs for programs this Friday morning, June 17.
Click on the seminar title to read more detail as published in the Convention brochure. (Note: Not all seminar chairs responded.)
Friday, June 17, 8:45 a.m. – noon
Co-chairs: Hon. Sam Thumma, Mark Armstrong
Who should attend this seminar?
Trial lawyers, litigators and anyone who may deal with, or need to know about, litigation.
What is the main takeaway a lawyer will gain by attending this seminar?
Better knowledge of recent significant cases addressing the admissibility of evidence and a better appreciation of how the Arizona Rules of Evidence apply to real world situations.
How is this seminar timely?
Trials and evidentiary issues are ongoing, constantly, including through motion practice and in litigation strategy, including in guiding alternative dispute resolution strategies.
What is going on now in the world of law practice that makes this topic important?
That evidentiary outcomes are impossible to predict and that the Arizona Rules of Evidence do not provide helpful guidance in addressing evidentiary issues.
What is the most common misconception about this issue?
The view that the common law of water determines water rights in Arizona. Since the landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona v. California in 1963, which recognized the federal statutory allocation of Colorado River water, and continuing with the historic 1980 Arizona Groundwater Management, which established state administrative management of groundwater in Arizona, increasingly the state and federal regulators determine water rights.
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Co-chairs: Cole Schlabach
Who should attend this seminar?
Anyone whose clients work in regulated industries such as healthcare providers, accountants, and lawyers. Administrative lawyers and antitrust lawyers will have special interest.
What is the main takeaway a lawyer will gain by attending this seminar?
When do Arizona regulatory or licensing agencies overstep their bounds by engaging in anticompetitive behavior? What is next for regulated professions (including the Bar) in Arizona?
How is this seminar timely?
The seminar is timely because recent court decisions have spurred potential legislation affecting state agencies, including at least two bills this session—H.B. 2501 and H.B. 2613, involving the potential restructuring and elimination of certain licensing boards.
A record-number of legal seminars are on offer at the 2016 State Bar of Arizona Convention.
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