Practice Pointers for Virtual Hearings

Hosted by the Federal Bar Association Minnesota Chapter Class Action and Mass Tort Practice Groups

On Monday, May 17, 2021, Stacey Slaughter moderated “Practice Pointers for Virtual Hearings,” a panel hosted by the Federal Bar Association Minnesota Chapter Class Action and Mass Tort Practice Groups. The panel featured  judges, career law clerks, and a court reporter, discussing the shift to near exclusive use of remote video hearings in civil litigation, with topics including:

• Effective preparation for lawyers and clients for a remote video hearing;
• Effective oral advocacy in a remote video hearing;
• Managing demonstratives and preparation of courtesy copies of electronic briefs and exhibits;
• District of Minnesota resources for remote virtual hearings; and
• The future of remote video hearings after the pandemic.