On January 30, 2009, the Tarrant County Appellate Section is sponsoring a Brown Bag Seminar at Texas Wesleyan Law School in Fort Worth entitled "Fighting the Forum: Avoiding Litigation in Texas State Court."  Topics will include Special Appearance, Forum Non Conveniens, Arbitration, Forum Selection Clauses, and Removal and Remand–all topics that are near and dear

The State Bar of Texas is sponsoring its 2009 Practice Before the Supreme Court on April 17, 2009, in Austin Texas.   The one-day course will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center located at 1900 University Avenue.

The course will cost $325 ($275 for early bird registrants) and is worth approximately 5.5 hours

We want to announce some upcoming continuing education opportunities of interest to Appellate Practitioners. 

The Dallas Bar Association, Appellate Law Section will have its monthly noon CLE on Thursday, November 20, 2008.  The keynote speaker is David Horan of Jones Day who will speak about Federal Interlocutory appeals.  Casey Kaplan of the K&L Gates firm will be the introductory speaker.  The meeting will occur at the Belo Mansion in Dallas, Texas.

The Collin County Bar Association will meet at noon on Friday, November 21, 2008.  The speaker will be Greg Lensing, Staff Attorney for the Dallas Court of Appeals, who will speak on Special Appearances and Personal Jurisdiction in Texas.  The meeting will be held at Ralph & Kacoo’s on Central Expressway in Allen, Texas.

Other upcoming seminars for Appellate Practitioners are listed below:Continue Reading Continuing Education Opportunities