C09 - The Common Flaw: Needless Complexity in the Courts and 50 Ways to Reduce It (2024CLC-C09)

Monday, June 10, 2024

2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

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Trial - Appellate Track

Presented by the Litigation Section

About the Program

Needless complexity is a lawyer's bread and butter.  But what if it didn't have to be that way?    The Honorable Thomas G. Moukawsher brings 50 suggestions for reforming our court system, derived from his time within it.  Both provocative and commonsense, his proposal challenges how we do business and offers a road to a brighter, more humane legal future.  Join us for a panel discussion on this timely issue.

The first 50 attendees of this seminar will receive a free copy of Judge Moukawsher's book: The Common Flaw: Needless Complexity in the Courts and 50 Ways to Reduce It.

You Will Learn

About suggestions for reforming our court system
About opportunities for a more humane legal future 

Who Should Attend

Attorneys interested in court reform and a more humane legal profession.

Credit

CT: 1.5 CLE Credit (General)
NY: 1.5 CLE Credit (AOP)

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits. 

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml.

Speakers

judge-elizabeth-bozzuto Hon. Elizabeth A. Bozzuto
Connecticut Judicial Branch, Hartford

Moukawsher1 Hon. Thomas G. Moukawsher
Connecticut Superior Court (Ret.)

Kathleen Nastri1 Kathleen L. Nastri
Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC, Bridgeport

Moderators

Aaron Arias1 Aaron Arias
Butler Tibbetts LLC, Southport

Corinne Burlingham1 Corinne Burlingham
Barry Taylor & Levesque, Manchester