Programs
Since its founding in 1952, the Dwight D. Opperman Institute of Judicial Administration (IJA) has excelled as one of the finest non-partisan judicial education and administration organizations in the country. IJA sponsors appellate judges' seminars, workshops on special topics in the law, the Brennan Lecture series honoring the state judiciary, and a biennial research conference.
The Institute conducts numerous programs throughout the year. Our 2009-10 programs include the following:
2009:
International Association of Procedural Law Conference (Toronto, June 3-5)
New Appellate Judges Seminar (July 12-17)
A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2008-2009 Term (Chicago, August 3)
2010:
16th Annual Brennan Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice (March 10)
The Hon. Roderick L. Ireland, Senior Associate Justice,
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Conference on Labor and Employment Law for Federal Judges (March 18-19)
(Attendance by invitation only; open only to members of the Federal judiciary.)
New Appellate Judges Seminar (July 11-16)