Tennessee Supreme Court Justices E. Riley Anderson and Cornelia Clark and Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Cottrell attended an invitation-only National Conference on Appellate Justice in Washington, DC.
The meeting, Nov. 4-6, focused on what changes may be necessary to accommodate a steady rise in appellate cases nationwide. Other issues participants discussed included the changing nature of the appellate workload, decreasing financial support for the judicial branch, the impact of technology and the decline in the number of case dispositions by trial.
The Tennessee judges received conference scholarships from the State Justice Institute (SJI). In addition, Clark received funding from the National Conference on Appellate Justice Foundation.
Anderson, Clark and Cottrell were among 200 judges, lawyers, legal scholars and court staff from across the country invited to participate. The working conference was co-sponsored by the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, the Federal Judicial Center, the Institute of Judicial Administration and the National Center for State Courts.