I.O.P. 47.1: Judicial Conference

(A) There shall be held pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 333 a conference of all circuit, district, magistrate and bankruptcy judges of the Circuit, in active service, for the purpose of considering the business of the courts, and advising means of improving the administration of justice within the Circuit. It shall be the duty of every judge of the Circuit in active service to attend such conference. Bankruptcy judges on recall, and part-time magistrate judges, may attend, but are not required to do so.

(B) The first day of the conference shall be devoted to a session for the judges alone, in which there shall be discussed matters affecting the state of the dockets and the administration of justice in their respective districts.

(C) Members of the bar to be designated, as hereafter set forth, shall be members of the conference. Such members, except members emeritus, shall participate in the conference discussions and deliberations on the second and third days.

(D) Members of the conference from the bar shall be as provided in I.O.P. 47.2 as approved by the active circuit judges sitting from time to time in administrative session.

(E) The Circuit Executive of this Court shall be the secretary of the conference, and shall make and preserve an accurate record of its proceedings.

(F) Each member of the bar designated as a member of the conference shall pay membership dues in an amount fixed by the Court of Appeals, to be applied to the payment of the expenses of the conference as approved by the Chief Judge of the Circuit. The payment of membership dues shall be a condition to retention of conference membership. The Chief Judge is entitled to excuse payment of such dues in the proper circumstances.