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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and U.S. Attorney General Sessions on the program for Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference in Des Moines

by Rox Laird | May 2, 2018

Iowa lawyers and judges attending the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference in Des Moines Aug. 15-17 will have an opportunity to hear from three major newsmakers in the legal world.

• U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was assigned by Chief Justice John Roberts as the circuit justice for the Eighth Circuit, will speak to the conference Aug. 17.
• U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will speak Aug. 17. 
• Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson will appear on a panel discussion on legal issues surrounding sports gambling Aug. 16.

Other speakers will include former Iowan Stephen Rapp, visiting fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and former Assistant Iowa Attorney General Theresa O’Connell Weeg. They will appear on a panel on the prosecution of international war crimes.

U.S. Senators Charles Grassley of Iowa and U.S. Representative Robert Goodlatte of Virginia, chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees have been invited.

The Eighth Circuit Conference rotates among the seven states in the circuit. This year’s conference is the first to be in Des Moines since 1995. It will be held at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center and the new Hilton hotel, which recently opened adjacent to the convention center.

Go to the Eighth Circuit website for more details on the conference and registration.

Tags: AG Jeff Sessions, Eighth Circuit, Justice Neil Gorsuch