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    <num>11-744</num>
    <heading>Judicial conference.</heading>
    <text>The chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall summon biennially or annually the active associate judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the active judges and magistrate judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to a conference at a time and place that the chief judge designates, for the purpose of advising as to means of improving the administration of justice within the District of Columbia. The chief judge shall preside at such conference which shall be known as the Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia. Every judge and magistrate judge summoned shall attend, and, unless excused by the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, shall remain throughout the conference. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall provide by its rules for representation of and active participation by members of the District of Columbia Bar and other persons active in the legal profession at such conference.</text>
    <annotations>
      <annotation doc="Pub. L. 94-193" type="History">Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1102, Pub. L. 94-193, § 1(a)</annotation>
      <annotation doc="Pub. L. 103-266" type="History">June 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-266, § 1(b)(8), 108 Stat. 713</annotation>
      <annotation doc="Pub. L. 112-229" type="History">Dec. 12, 2012, 126 Stat. 1611, Pub. L. 112-229, § 2(a)</annotation>
      <annotation type="Effect of Amendments">The 2012 amendment by Pub. L. 112-229, in the first sentence, substituted “biennially or annually” for “annually” and added “and magistrate judges”; and in the third sentence, substituted “Court of Appeals” for “Courts of Appeals” and added “and magistrate judge”.</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1973 Ed., § 11-744.</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1981 Ed., § 11-744.</annotation>
      <annotation type="Cross References">Superior Court, family division, exclusive jurisdiction, see <cite path="§11-1101">§ 11-1101</cite>.</annotation>
      <annotation type="Cross References">Court administration, chief judges, responsibilities, see <cite path="§11-1702">§ 11-1702</cite>.</annotation>
    </annotations>
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