2025 Annual Conference

CONFERENCE Agenda

Information subject to change. All times are listed in Eastern Time and room locations are in parentheses.

Thursday \| October 23, 2025
11:30 AM - 3:30 PM	Board of Directors Meeting
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Registration Open (Georgian Foyer)
4:00 PM - 5:15PM	Pathway to a Legal Career Program - Planting the Seed (Park/Scollay)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	New Member and First Time Attendee Gathering (Copley/Kenmore)
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Resource Board Meeting (Berkeley/Clarendon)
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Welcome Reception - All attendees welcome (Georgian)
Friday \| October 24, 2025
7:45 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration and Exhibit Hall Open (Georgian Foyer)
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast (Georgian)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	District Meetings (Georgian)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Introductions (Georgian)
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary Session - Balancing Justice and Well Being: A Candid Conversation (Georgian)
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Breakout Sessions Take It Down: Nonconsensual Dissemination of Intimate Images (Copley/Kenmore) Presentation Judging in the Spotlight: Managing High Profile Cases (Berkeley/Clarendon) Resources Innovations in Justice: Exploring Restorative Approaches in the Courtroom & Beyond (Park/Scollay) Resources Presentation Emerging Trends in Emerging Adults: Adolescent Brain Development and the Law (Cambridge) Presentation
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Awards Luncheon (Georgian)
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Breakout Sessions AI Challenges and Opportunities for the Judiciary (Copley/Kenmore) Presentation Judging in the Spotlight: Managing High Profile Cases (Berkeley/Clarendon) Resources Safeguarding Justice: Judicial Independence in a Changing World (Park/Scollay) Emerging Trends on Emerging Adults: Adolescent Brain Development and the Law (Cambridge) Presentation
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM	Plenary Session - A Passion for Justice Guided by Reason (Georgian)
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Where Women Lead Reception (John Adams Courthouse)
Saturday \| October 25, 2025
7:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Registration Open (Georgian Foyer)
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Breakfast (Georgian)
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM	Committee Meetings (Georgian)
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	NAWJ Annual Meeting (Georgian)
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Breakout Sessions Balancing the Scales: Judicial Security in an Evolving Landscape (Berkeley/Clarendon) Resources Presentation Justice in the AI Age: Supporting Self-Represented Litigants (Cambridge) Presentation Safeguarding Justice: Judicial Independence in a Changing World (Copley/Kenmore) Federal Courts: A View from the Bench (Park/Scollay)
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM	Plenary Session - SCOTUS: Year in Review (Georgian)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Discover Boston!
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Gala Reception (Ballroom B)
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM	Gala and Dancing (Ballroom A)

BRONZE

	Gibbs Heinle Maiona, LLP
	Lee & Rivers LLP

		Tracey, Roman & Ramos
Turco Legal

SMALL FIRM and INDIVIDUAL
	Davison Law
Hon. Andrew D'Angelo		Meehan Boyle Black & Bogdanow
	Norman Jacobs

GOLD

SILVER


	Massachusetts Bar Association

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CONFERENCE Agenda