judicial conference

American  

noun

Law.

1. a conference of judges held to discuss improvements in methods or judicial procedure through court rules or otherwise.

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Example Sentences

The chief justice is “the leader in some sense, but you cannot fire people if they don’t follow you,” he said at a judicial conference in June.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Justice Elena Kagan at a recent judicial conference called for an enforceable Supreme Court ethics code.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2024

Wade testified that they met during a judicial conference in October 2019 and spoke often beginning in 2020.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

“We’re not imperial, and we too are a part of a checking and balancing system in various ways,” Justice Kagan said during an appearance at a judicial conference in Oregon earlier this month.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Moreover, both the judicial conference rules and the 1978 statute they are based on have ambiguities.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023