The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky announces the following upcoming training opportunities:

From the Bench:  Q&A with U.S. Magistrate Judges- September 11

The court, in association with the Louisville Bar Association’s Federal Practices Section, will host a conversation with United States Magistrate Judges Lanny L. King, Colin H. Lindsay, and Regina S. Edwards on September 11, 2025 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT at the Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse.  Topics will include:

• Dos and don’ts of settlement conferences (including tips for Zoom conferences, written submissions to the court, and opening statements)
• Practice pointers on civil discovery/discovery disputes
• General practice pointers from the bench (any pet peeves)
• Trends in warrant applications
• Trends in pre-trial detention, any pointers regarding detention hearings

A light reception will follow.  To register, please visit https://loubar.ce21.com/item/from-bench-q-magistrate-judges-728003

United States Sentencing Commission- September 24

The court will host a free training event to be delivered by representatives of the United States Sentencing Commission on September 24, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. EDT at the Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse.  Lunch will be provided.  A draft agenda, along with speaker bios, is available here.  The KBA has approved this training for a total of five (5) hours of CLE credit.

For those unable to attend in person, this training will be streamed to the courthouses in Bowling Green, Owensboro, and Paducah. 

Please RSVP by COB on September 5 at https://forms.cloud.microsoft/g/LVd4FyWvCP should you wish to attend this event.  If there are topics outside of the agenda that you would like to see addressed, you may submit those to james_vilt@kywd.uscourts.gov.