2025
Registration is now open for the 2025 Joint Annual NMI District Court Conference and PJC Mid-Year Conference in Saipan September 24-26, 2025.
Each PJC Member jurisdiction is allotted two sponsored seats at the conference, this sponsorship includes airfare, lodging, ground transfers, and per diem. We may have limited self-pay admission or additional seats at this, please contact me for details.
The registration deadline is August 30, 2025.
Jurisdictions that do not intend to use their seats may designate their seats to another jurisdiction, please email me for details on how to designate these seats to another jurisdiction.
Course Description
The Pacific Judicial Council’s 2025 Mid-Year Conference promises a vibrant and intellectually rich gathering of judges, legal scholars, and attorneys from across the Pacific and beyond. Held in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, this year’s conference is uniquely combined with the NMI District Court’s Annual Judicial Conference—offering three days of compelling presentations and high-level judicial and attorney training.
This year’s agenda explores the frontiers of judicial interpretation and emerging challenges facing the courts, with keynote addresses and panels led by the chief judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Sixth Circuit, other Court of Appeals judges, Pacific Island justices and legal educators from Yale and Berkeley Law.
Highlights include:
- Live Ninth Circuit Oral Arguments and Q&A
- Sessions on Statutory and Constitutional Interpretation
- Timely panels on Artificial Intelligence, Pretrial Practices, and Judicial Ethics
- Island-Focused Constitutional Reviews
- Corpus Linguistics
- Virtual presentations by Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis on AI in the courts
2024
REGISTRATION OPEN - JOINT ANNUAL DISTRICT COURT OF GUAM CONFERENCE AND PACIFIC JUDICIAL COUNCIL BIENNIAL - AUGUST 26 AND 27, 2024, 8:30AM - 5:00PM
https://www.pacificjudicialcouncil.org/sites/default/files/joint_district_court_of_guam_pjc_biennial_registration_flyer.pdf
2023
The Pacific Judicial Council Discusses Artificial Intelligence at Saipan Conference
https://www.kuam.com/story/50137265/pacific-judicial-council-discusses-artificial-intelligence-at-saipan-conference
Made-up Legal Citations Have Been Submitted to Courts, says Justice Carbullido
https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/made-up-legal-citations-have-been-submitted-to-courts-says-justice-carbullido/article_097854ce-8e96-11ee-930c-5fa90cc43f91.html
Carbullido Addresses Technology Conference on Saipan
https://www.saipantribune.com/news/local/carbullido-addresses-technology-conference-on-saipan/article_61bb356e-8e89-11ee-9f5b-134d87a951ef.html
Welcome to the New Age: Judges, Guests Talk Technology in Saipan Conference
https://www.guampdn.com/news/welcome-to-the-new-age-judges-guests-talk-technology-in-saipan-conference/article_5e9ddd14-8e4d-11ee-b354-2387295f3744.html
Carbullido: AI a Strong Yet Dangerous Tool
https://www.saipantribune.com/news/local/carbullido-ai-a-strong-yet-dangerous-tool/article_55d01fbe-8e96-11ee-936f-8f16957211fe.html
President Simian Addresses the Pacific Judicial Council
https://gov.fm/index.php/component/content/article/35-pio-articles/news-and-updates/742-president-simina-addresses-the-pacific-judicial-council
Renewal of Custom and Tradition in Micronesia's Legal Systems
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/renewal-of-custom-and-tradition-in-micronesia-s-legal-systems
Chuuk State Supreme Court Oath Ceremony for Chief Justice Jayson Robert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdq_SiCNvYc
2022
Palau Judiciary Mourns the Loss of Chief Justice Arthur Ngiraklsong
"https://islandtimes.org/palau-judiciary-mourns-the-loss-of-chief-justice-arthur-ngiraklsong/
Recap of the Fourth Biannual Pacific Judicial Council Conference (ACTL)
https://parkerpoe.azurewebsites.net/webfiles/Glaser%20Article%20in%20ACTL%20Winter%20Journal.pdf
The Pacific Judicial Council Holds 3-day Mediation Training
https://www.mvariety.com/news/pacific-judicial-council-holds-3-day-mediation-training/article_f519d34e-5841-11ed-9167-03baa6193ec8.html
Pacific Judicial Council Meets on Guam
https://www.guampdn.com/news/pacific-judicial-council-meets-on-guam/article_dc7f9444-37e5-11ed-920f-3f663c08b92f.html
Our View: Hosting Judicial Conferences, a Good Sign of Post-Pandemic Recovery
https://www.guampdn.com/opinion/our-view-hosting-judicial-conferences-good-sign-of-post-pandemic-recovery/article_e577fbf2-3891-11ed-98cb-eb9fd55070b3.html
Annual District Conference of Guam and Biennial Pacific Judicial Council Conference
https://www.gud.uscourts.gov/news/annual-district-court-guam-and-biennial-pacific-judicial-council-conference
Chuuk State Supreme Court Chief Justice Repeat Samuel Dies
https://www.postguam.com/news/chuuk-state-supreme-court-chief-justice-repeat-samuel-dies/article_4795179e-21e9-11ed-b3d3-c38651846f9c.html
Pacific Island Judges Initiate Innovative Pilot Program to Tackle Family Violence
https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/circuit-executive/pacific-island-judges-initiate-innovative-pilot-program-to-tackle-family-violence/
2021
EQ Education Program Aims to Decrease Family Violence Throughout Micronesia
https://www.pncguam.com/eq-education-program-aims-to-decrease-family-violence-throughout-micronesia/
The Pacific Judicial Council Tackling Family Violence Across Micronesia
https://www.postguam.com/news/local/pacific-judicial-council-tackling-family-violence-across-micronesia/article_5b69981a-50ea-11ec-a94e-e724c490ae4b.html
2020
Associate Justice Oldiais Ngiraikelau Sworn in as Chief Justice
https://islandtimes.org/associate-justice-oldiaisngiraikelau-sworn-in-as-chief-justice/
Micronesia Mourns Death of Chief Justice Camillo Noket, President of the Pacific Judicial Council
https://www.guampdn.com/news/local/micronesia-mourns-death-of-chief-justice-camillo-noket-president-of-pacific-judicial-council/article_b7bdcc82-e0f5-5976-bb50-14747224f710.html
NMI Judiciary Welcomes Pacific Judicial Council and American College of Trial Lawyers
https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/nmi-judiciary-welcomes-pacific-judicial-council-and-american-college-of-trial-lawyers/article_4efb916c-2be2-5825-aa52-b64725cd0141.html
80-Plus Judicial Officers Expected at 3-day Conference
https://www.saipantribune.com/news/local/80-plus-judicial-officers-expected-at-3-day-conference/article_016b8d04-1c6a-5a17-91a6-7038dd3f7063.html
Saipan Hosts Pacific Judicial Council Conference (ACTL)
https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/saipan-hosts-pacific-judicial-council-conference/article_23664c47-f440-5d5c-a3e1-5c591c242421.html
2019
Pacific Judicial Council Conference Wraps Up
Pacific Judicial Council conference wraps up - PNC News First (pncguam.com)
Judges from the Pacific Judicial Council Attend Education Conference on Guam
https://www.guampdn.com/news/local/judges-from-pacific-judicial-council-attend-education-conference-on-guam/article_c42f2fd2-4663-5b6a-8406-cb72d3ed2d8b.html