Program Award Recipients

1229 King Street, 2nd Floor Alexandria, VA 22314 703-684-3590 Fax: 703-684-3607 www.innsofcourt.org Each year the American Inns of Court recognizes exceptional programs created and presented at Inn meetings. Through these awards, the American Inns of Court Foundation encourages innovative and creative program development at Inn meetings, as well as submission of programs to the national program library. The exchange of program ideas promotes the mission of the American Inns of Court.

2009-2010
First Place Oral Advocacy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Honorable William A. Ingram AIC San Jose, CA Second Place Civility Wars: The Umpire Strikes Back The Temple American Inn of Court AIC Philadelphia, PA Third Place two way tie The Reasonable and Ethical Conduct of Attorneys Using Social Media The Sagamore AIC Indianapolis, IN Whose Case is This Anyway? The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Outstanding Programs Trial in Style The Thomas S. Forkin Family Law AIC Cherry Hill, Camden County, NJ Binary Ethics: Where are the Grey Areas in Discovery? The University of Pennsylvania Law School AIC Philadelphia, PA Lawyer on the Rocks: The Substance Impaired Lawyer and YouAn Interactive Substance Abuse Program in Three Parts The Louis M. Welsh AIC San Diego, CA Issues in Evidence The Musical! The Hon. J. Clifford Wallace AIC San Diego, CA Death of PrivacyConfidentiality Confronts the Internet and Tell-All TV The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Are You One Too? The Alarming Spread of Incivility in Modern Society The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA The Ethics of Accuracy, Honestly The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Lighten Up!: Achieving a Sense of Proportion in an Era of Zealous Advocacy The American Inn of Court of Acadiana Lafayette, LA Best Special Project Bankruptcy Trial Skills Program Northern District of Texas The Hon. John C. Ford AIC Dallas, TX

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2008-2009
First Place Attorneys Say the Darndest Things The Villanova Law J. Willard O'Brien AIC Villanova, PA Second Place Discovery AbuseAn Intervention The Sagamore AIC Indianapolis, IN Third Place three way tie Insider Trading: Under the Microscope The New York AIC New York, NY The Difficult Client The Villanova Law J. Willard O'Brien AIC Villanova, PA WWLD? What Would Lincoln Do?An Interactive Program in Legal Ethics The Louis M. Welsh AIC San Diego, CA Outstanding Programs It is All in the Branding: The Art of Mediation in Todays World The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Its 2008: Do U Know Where UR Associates R?Civility, Liability and Privacy Implications of e-Communications The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Legal Jaywalking: The Comments, Perceptions and Biases of Your Potential Juror The American Inn of Court of Acadiana Lafayette, LA Name That Tainted Tune - Copyright Law Issues The Henry Woods AIC Little Rock, AR Prejudice: The Musical! The Earl Warren AIC Oakland, CA The Art of Cross-Examination The Centennial Chapter AIC Flint, MI The Case of the Lying Juror or, Why Didnt I ask about that on Voir Dire?Juror Qualifications and Grounds to Disqualify Jurors The C.H. Ferguson-M.E. White AIC Tampa, FL Writing for Lawyers The Honorable Fiorenzo V. Lopardo AIC Vista, CA

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2007-2008
First Place One Night In Baghdad The Ben S. Wendelken AIC Colorado Springs, CO Second Place Scamalot: Lawyers Gone Wild, The Musical The Earl Warren AIC Oakland, CA Third Place LOST: What Motivates Us to Lose Our Way? The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Outstanding Programs Legal issues in The Office The Ruth Bader Ginsburg AIC Oklahoma City, OK The Good, The Bad, The Lawyer The Ruth Bader Ginsburg AIC Oklahoma City, OK The Man in Black: Representing the Reprehensible The AIC of Acadiana Lafayette, LA You Be the Legal Ethicist: Drawing Lines in Areas of Ethical Ambiguity The New York AIC New York, NY The Final Journey: A Retrospect Into the Life of Max Balance The Joseph A. Ball-Clarence S. Hunt AIC Long Beach, CA The Internet: The Good, The Bad, and the Really Ugly The Garland R. Walker AIC Houston, TX The Plattsmier Awards The AIC of Acadiana Lafayette, LA Inside the Lawyers Studio: Learning From Each Other The Earl Warren AIC Oakland, CA Best Special Project Promoting Professional Courtesy The Justices Ray L. Brock Jr.-Robert E. Cooper AIC Chattanooga, TN

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2006-2007
First Place Who Wants to be a Professional(ism) Millionaire? The Wex S. Malone AIC Baton Rouge, LA Second Place Pellicano Problems: How Do You Hire and Supervise Private Detectives, and What Happens When Things Go Wrong? The South California Business Litigation AIC Los Angeles, CA Third Place Winning the battle but Losing the War: The Story of What Happens When True Stakeholders Are Ignored and Advocacy Trumps Ethics and Civility The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Outstanding Programs 3600 Seconds Presents: United States v. Thompson The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Barristers in BabelCertified Interpreters for Courts and Clients The Willamette Valley AIC Salem, OR BLOWOUTAt the Intersection of Profit and Ethics, What Happens when the Client Calls The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Lawyers Lives Lived The Sagamore AIC Indianapolis, IN The Seven Deadly Sins: Greed/Greed is Good The George & Donald Simpson AIC Vancouver, WA You Dirty Rat!: Mandatory Reporting of Attorney Misconduct Under Rule 8.3 The AIC of Acadiana Lafayette, LA What To Do When You Receives Privilege Information from Opposing Counsel The C.H. Ferguson, White Tampa, FL Best Special Project Corporate Renewal and Restructuring Boot Camp The Hon. John C. Ford AIC Dallas, TX

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2005-2006
First Place A Mediation in Mayberry The Sagamore AIC Indianapolis, IN Second Place Deep Clue: the Law of Confidential News The Earl Warren AIC Oakland, CA Third Place To Rap or Not to Rap, That is the Confunction: Ethical Obligations When Street Talk Enters the Courtroom The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Outstanding Programs Clawing Your Way to Victory: The Tension Between Our Adversarial System and the Search for Truth The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA 2046; A Space Out OdysseyLegal Ethics v. Pharmaceutical and Technological Advances The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Zoot! The Wray Ladine AIC Modesto, CA Twelve Labors Before Three Witches: Estoppel and Equipose in the Crucible of Oral Argument The Earl Warren AIC Oakland, CA Taking the Family Legit The Sam A. Crow AIC Topeka, KS Wheel of Mis-Fortune The lAnson-Hoffman AIC Norfolk, VA A Legal Eagle and His Fumbled Lateral: A Cautionary Tale of Law Firm Duty and Betrayal The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA The Evolution of Parentage Law in California as Affected by Scientific, Social and Other DevelopmentsOr whos Your Daddy? The Earl Warren AIC Oakland, CA Best Special Project One Night Forever The Wray Ladine AIC Modesto, CA

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2004-2005
First Place The Cat Lies, the Lawyer CriesWhats the Ethical Rule When the Perjury Flies? The Earl Warren AIC Oakland, CA Second Place The Jury Trial is Vanishing: Should Anyone Care The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Third Place Noisy Lawyers & Silent Clients: Sarbanes-Oxley & the Ethical Role of the Attorney The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Outstanding Programs ModestoThe Drop Dead Musical The Wray Ladine AIC Modesto, CA Own A Piece of the Rock The University of Pennsylvania Law School AIC Philadelphia, PA The Separation of Church and State The Patrick E. Higginbotham AIC Dallas, TX The E-Prentice: The E-Trial From the Boardroom to the Courtroom The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Frivolous Lawsuits: Cutting Edge or Over the Edge? The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Sympathy for the Adjuster: When Non-Lawyers Call the Shots The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA You Are What You Speak: Whether to Promote or Pillory Political Correctness in Legal Discourse The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA

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2003-2004
First Place Queer Eye for the Guilty Guy: From Witness Geek to Witness Chicthe Fine Art of Witness Preparation The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Second Place Abercrombie & Fitch LLP The University of Pennsylvania School of Law AIC Philadelphia, PA Third Place Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Pro Bono Practice in the 21st Century The AIC of Acadiana Lafayette, LA Outstanding Programs The Constitutional Convention of 1787 The Garland Walker AIC Houston, TX One Nation Under god: America Examines the Separation of Church and State The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Ex Parte Milligan The Indianapolis AIC Indianapolis, IN & The Sagamore AIC Indianapolis, IN Oxley-Moron theatre of the Air The Louis M. Welsh AIC San Diego, CA Justice for Just US; Its Only Fair The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Best Special Project Inns of Equity: High School Intern program The Honorable John C. Ford AIC Dallas, TX

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2002-2003
First Place The Lord of the Litigation: Trial and Tribulations of Local Counsel The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Second Place Listen, (Doo Wah Doo), Do You Want to Know A Secret?: When Winning Isnt Everything, Its the Only Thing The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Third Place Pro Bono: To Give or Not To Give, the 1.7 Billion Dollar Question The Ralph M. Brown AIC Modesto, CA Outstanding Programs From In-House to the Big House The J. Willard OBrien AIC Villanova, PA Youve Got Mail: Ethics and the Internet The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Sixteen Years of Batson: Are We There Yet? The Sam A. Crow AIC Topeka, KS Dont Mess With My Bill The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Marthas World (Where Corporate Opportunities Meet a Lawyers Professional Responsibilities): Its a Good Thing or Is it? The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Best Special Project Electronic Journal of Trial Advocacy The George Mason AIC Arlington, VA

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2001-2002
First Place Honey, We Shrunk the Judge: The Diminishing Role of the Judiciary The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Second Place The Death Penalty on Trial The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Third Place / Most Creative Program People v. Big Bad Wolf The Earl Warren AIC Oakland, CA Fourth Place Thou Shalt Not Endorse Religion The Pittsburgh AIC Pittsburg, PA Fifth Place 70 Years from Scottsboro The D.R. Smith AIC Ocala, FL Sixth Place / Best Research & Documentation Systems of Civil Law Around the World The Owen M. Panner AIC Portland, OR Seventh Place Lawyering Happily Ever After: Legally Correct Bedtime Stories The AIC of Acadiana Lafayette, LA Eighth Place Bar Interference The Ralph M. Brown AIC Modesto, CA Ninth Place Read the Preamble The Judge William R. Overton AIC Little Rock, AR Tenth Place Jury of Her Peers The Sam A. Crow AIC Topeka, KS Best Special Project Chapter 11 Practice Course The Honorable John C. Ford AIC Dallas, TX

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2000-2001
First Place Part-Time Lawyer, Full-Time Dilemma The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Second Place The Travails of Henry VIII The Charles Longstreet Weltner AIC Atlanta, GA Third Place Quick Thinking5 Seconds for Your First and Final Answer The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Fourth Place Illinois v. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb The Charles Fahy AIC Washington, DC Fifth Place From the Boardroom to the Courtroom The Warren J. Ferguson AIC Santa Ana, CA Sixth Place Electronic Evidence Extravaganza The New York County Lawyers Association AIC New York, NY Seventh Place The English Inns of Court: Medieval Beginnings to Contemporary Practices The Sagamore AIC Indianapolis, IN Eighth Place Think Before you Peek: Electronic Surveillance in the Workplace The University of Pennsylvania Law School AIC Philadelphia, PA Ninth Place When World Collide D-I-V-O-R-C-E & Bankruptcy The Sam A. Crow AIC Topeka, KS Tenth Place / Best Research and Documentation A Titanic Arbitration The Pittsburgh Chapter AIC Pittsburgh, PA Most Creative Program The Complete Survivor The Ruth Bader Ginsburg AIC Oklahoma City, OK

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1999-2000
First Place Lawyers in Love The Sam A. Crow AIC Topeka, KS Second Place Dorothy, Youre Not in State Court Anymore The William P. Gray Legion Lex AIC Orange County, CA Third Place The Hidden Language of Negotiations The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Fourth Place Its All in the GameTuning in the Legal Ethics Channel The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Fifth Place The Ethical Duty of Counsel to Clients in Test Cases: Lessons from the Scopes Case The Charles Fahy AIC Washington, DC Sixth Place Withdrawing as Attorney: Ethically Jumping Ship The Honorable Benjamin Aranda, III AIC Torrance, CA Seventh Place / Most Creative Program Everything I Really Need to Know About Practicing Law I Learned in Kindergarten The AIC of Acadiana Lafayette, LA Eighth Place Judgment Day: A Lawyers Soul on Trial The Kansas City-Ross T. Roberts AIC Kansas, MO Ninth Place Its a Wonderful Witness The Prettyman-Leventhal AIC Washington, DC Tenth Place Secrecy in Litigation: How Far Can You Go to Keep Things Quiet? The C. Edwin Moore AIC Des Moines, IA Best Research and Documentation The ConstitutionCasualty of War The Earl Warren AIC Oakland, CA

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1998-1999
First Place Ethical Dilemmas, Strategies and Techniques When Your Client Cant or Wont Pay The Peter M. Elliott AIC Santa Ana, CA Second Place The First Amendment and the Courtroom The Charlotte E. Ray AIC Washington, DC Third Place Problems in Professional Responsibility The Charles C. Doe AIC Portsmouth, NH Fourth Place Plea Bargaining: Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in the American Criminal Justice System The Charlotte E. Ray AIC Washington, DC Fifth Place Ethics and Professionalism In and Out of the Courtroom The Dean Henry George McMahon AIC Baton Rouge, LA Sixth Place Temptations: Fables for Hard Times The Prettyman-Leventhal AIC Washington, DC Seventh Place Effective Advocacy in the Courtroom of the Future The Kansas City-Ross T. Roberts AIC Kansas City, MO Eighth Place The Ethics of Communicating with a Partys Employees The Guy G. deFuria AIC Media, PA Ninth Place Endings The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Tenth Place Difficult Depositions: You Be the Judge The Ruth Bader Ginsburg AIC Oklahoma City, OK Most Creative Program The Wreck of the SS Philadelphia: Leaks and Other Releases The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Best Research and Documentation Mount Everest on Trial The David K. Watkiss-Sutherland II AIC Salt Lake City, UT

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1997-1998
First Place Virtual Ethics: Conflicts of Interest in the Year 2000 and Beyond The Charles Fahy AIC Washington, DC Second Place Can an Ethical Lawyer be Your Partner? The Boston AIC Boston MA Third Place / Best Research and Documentation Search Warrants in White Collar Cases The Edward Bennett Williams AIC Washington, DC Fourth Place Sara Smith v. Private University The Owen M. Panner AIC Portland, OR Fifth Place Associates Reaction to Partners Fraud in Court The Sterry R. Waterman AIC South Royalton, VT Sixth Place High Profile Cases The Earl Warren AIC Oakland, CA Seventh Place Juvenile Thoughts on Crimes, Competency, Conflicts and Compensation The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Eighth Place The Other LawyersWe Hardly Know You: Minorities and Women in the Practice of Law The William J. Holloway, Jr. AIC Oklahoma, City, OK Ninth Place An Overview of Criminal Law Issues Relevant to the Civil Practitioner The Honorable William B. Enright AIC San Diego, CA Tenth Place All That Glitters is Not Gold The Frank Rowe Kenison AIC Hanover, NH Most Creative Program How to Get a Divorce Without Really Crying (For Love or For Money) The Thomas S. Forkin Family Law AIC Cherry Hill, Camden County, NY

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1996-1997
First Place Six Score and Eighteen Years Ago Litigation in Abraham Lincolns Time & Today The Charles Fahy AIC Washington, DC Second Place Do You See What I See? Fallacies of Eyewitness Testimony The Anthony M. Kennedy AIC Sacramento, CA Third Place / Most Creative Disbarment at Elsinore The Daniel Webster AIC Manchester, NH Fourth Place / Best Research and Documentation Attorneys on Trial The Edward Bennett Williams AIC Washington, DC Fifth Place st Ive Got a Secret Confidentiality in the 21 Century The Harry Phillips AIC Nashville, TN Sixth Place The Future of the Civil Jury System The Boston AIC Boston MA Seventh Place Email and the Knight Raiders The Prettyman-Leventhal Washington, DC Eighth Place 50 Ways to Leave Your Partner The C.H. Ferguson-M.E. White AIC Tampa, FL Ninth Place The Trial of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd The Grand Rapids AIC Grand Rapids, MI Tenth Place Hitting the Lawyer in the Pocketbook The Dean Henry George McMahon AIC Baton Route, LA

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1995-1996
First Place Dont Slip on Appeal: A Cautionary Tale in Three Parts The Kansas AIC Topeka, KS Second Place The Stressful Day The Sterry R. Waterman AIC South Royalton, VT Third Place / Most Creative Love Potion #9 The William R. Overton AIC Little Rock, AR Fourth Place Legal Malpractice The Charles Fahy AIC Washington, DC Fifth Place The Door Swings: Lawyers on the Move The Prettyman-Leventhal AIC Washington, DC Sixth Place Limits of Zealous Representation The Willamette Valley AIC Salem, OR Seventh Place Negotiation: Civility and Ethics The Boston AIC Boston, MA Eighth Place Making and Meeting Objections The Ross T. Roberts AIC Kansas City, MO Ninth Place Mediation Dos and Donts The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Tenth Place Achieving Racial Equality and Eliminating Racial Bias in the Judicial System The Justice William Glen Terrell AIC Tampa, FL Best Research and Documentation The People v. Clarence Darrow, Parts 1-5 The Sutherland AIC Salt Lake City, UT

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1994-1995
First Place / Most Creative L.A. Law on Trial The Ross T. Roberts AIC Kansas City, MO Second Place Are Ethical Attorneys an Endangered Species? The Louis M. Welsh AIC, San Diego, CA Third Place / Best Research and Documentation What Should Happen to Baby Jane? The Chicago AIC Chicago, IL Fourth Place To Coach or Not to Coach? The Louis M. Welsh AIC San Diego, CA Fifth Place Civility Does Our Profession Have a Problem? The Charles Fahy AIC Washington, DC Sixth Place Calendar Conflicts and Ones Duty to the Court The Charles Fahy AIC Washington, DC Seventh Place Invading the Sanctity of the Jury Room The Temple AIC Philadelphia, PA Eighth Place The Use and Abuse of Demonstrative Evidence The Giles Rich AIC Washington, DC Ninth Place The Accidental Fax The Prettyman-Leventhal AIC Washington, DC Tenth Place Harrad v. Barry; State v. Douglas & Contance Harrad The Hon. Peter T. Fay AIC Miami, FL

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1993-1994
First Place The Louis M. Welsh AIC San Diego, CA Second Place The Charles Fahy AIC Washington, DC Third Place The Charles Fahy AIC Washington, DC Fourth Place The Tallahassee AIC Tallahassee, FL Fifth Place The Justice William Glenn Terrell AIC Tamp, FL Sixth Place The Joseph Ball-Clarence Hunt AIC Los Angeles, CA Seventh Place The Leo A. Deegan AIC Riverside, CA Eighth Place The Giles Rich AIC Washington, DC Ninth Place The Thomas E. Fairchild AIC Milwaukee, WI Tenth Place The Abraham Lincoln AIC Peoria, IL Best Overall The Charles Fahy AIC Washington, DC Hot Topic The Chicago AIC Chicago, IL Best Year-Long Fact Pattern The Judge William R. Overton AIC Little Rock, AR Most Creative The Prettyman-Leventhal AIC Washington, DC Best Research and Documentation The Vassar B. Carlton AIC Melbourne, FL