This release this afternoon from the Indiana Supreme Court:
CHIEF JUSTICE SHEPARD APPOINTED TO NATIONAL STEERING PANEL FOR APPELLATE JUSTICE IN THE 21st CENTURYPosted by Marcia Oddi at September 2, 2004 03:26 PMIndiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard has been appointed to the Steering Committee for the 21st Century Conference on Appellate Justice, it was announced last week.
The committee is organizing the 21st Century Conference on Appellate Justice, which will be held in Washington, D.C. in November 2005.
He joins a distinguished panel of jurists, law school deans, and lawyers that is co-chaired by former Florida Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. England, Jr., Russell Wheeler of the Federal Judicial Center, and Gene Flango of the National Center for State Courts. Chief Justice Shepard was appointed to represent the Chief Justices of the state supreme courts.
This conference will examine the future role of appellate courts and follows a similar event held in 1975. The 2005 conference will feature a review of the predictions made 25 years ago and the future role appellate courts will play, particularly in regard to the “supply” and “demand” of the court system. The conference will also examine the current challenges facing appellate courts with a focus on the issue of growing litigation volume and the promise offered by emerging technologies.