The Commercial Division Advisory Council in New York has organized a unique lecture series on commercial litigation during June 2026. The series will be presented virtually on Zoom to summer and other associates at multiple offices of major law firms throughout the United States. The goal of the series is to educate our future and current lawyers about the Commercial Division and commercial practice, the wide variety of cases that come before the Commercial Division, and the value of clerking, interning, and litigating in the Commercial Division. The speakers at each program will include a Commercial Division Justice and some of the best-known commercial litigators in the United States. Each of these five programs will last one hour and will be scheduled between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
The topics and principal speakers are:
| Date | Topic | Speakers |
| June 4, 2026 | Motion Practice | Robert J. Giuffra Jr. |
| June 10, 2026 | Written and Electronic Discovery | Lynn K. Neuner |
| June 17, 2026 | Depositions | James P. Rouhandeh, Michael Scheinkman |
| June 24, 2026 June 30, 2026 |
Trials Artificial Intelligence |
Loretta E. Lynch, Daniel J. Toal Katherine B. Forrest |
The Commercial Division Advisory Council presented similar lecture series during 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The lecture series in 2022 was primarily for summer associates in New York State, the lecture series in 2023 was expanded to summer associates throughout the United States, and the lecture series in 2024 and 2025 were also offered worldwide to international members of several bar associations and international alumni of a number of law schools. Because of the success of the prior lecture series, the invitees at this year’s lecture series have been expanded to include all associates at major law firms throughout the United States, instead of just summer associates.
If your firm’s summer and/or other associates would like to attend, please RSVP via e-mail to ggrissett@kelleydrye.com. The Commercial Division Advisory Council plans to accept RSVPs from law firms, not from individuals, and to provide a Zoom link to one person designated by each law firm to enable viewing of the programs by groups in each of the firm’s locations.
Thank you to Bob Haig for providing this information.
Posted by Douglas L. Toering of Mantese Honigman, PC.
