In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s Gideon vs. Wainwright decision, the 2013 DC Judicial and Bar Conference will explore the impact of the decision that recognized a right to counsel for indigent defendants.  Keynote speaker Stephen B. Bright, President of the Southern Center for Human Rights and lecturer at Yale Law School, will speak on the topic “Redeeming Gideon: Access to Counsel 50 Years Later.”  The one-day conference will feature seminars and forums coinciding with the theme.  In addition, sessions to assist attorneys throughout their career, including the DC Courts judicial application and nomination process, featuring Christopher Kang, Special Counsel to the President and members of the DC Judicial Nomination Commission.  

WHAT:  2013 District of Columbia Judicial and Bar Conference 
 
WHEN:  Friday, April 19, 2013  9:30 am – 5:30 pm 
 
WHERE:  Ronald Reagan Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 
 
WHO:   Chief Judge Eric Washington, DC Court of Appeals   Chief Judge Lee Satterfield, Superior Court of DC   Thomas Williamson, Jr., DC Bar President  Judge Emmet Sullivan, US District Ct – DC, Chair, DC Judicial Nomination Commission  Stephen Bright, President, Southern Center for Human Rights, lecturer, Yale Law School  James Sandman, President, Legal Services Corporation  Christopher Kang, Senior Counsel to the President 
 
PRESS: Media passes are available for the plenary sessions and the luncheon remarks. A full schedule of events is available at http://www.dcbar.org/conference/index.cfm.