General Conference Coverage: The postponed 2020 General Conference will be held April 23–May 3.

Judicial Council Dockets

2024

  • General Conference May 2024
    • Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
      • Sunday, April 21, 2024: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 04 April 2024, 08:00].
      • There will be no Reply Briefs and hard copies are not required.

  • Spring 2024
    • Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
      • Wednesday, April 3, 2024: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 04 April 2024, 06:59].
      • Sunday, April 7, 2024: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 8 April 2024, 06:59].
      • Hardcopies must be received no later than April 10 for distribution to Judicial Council members.

2023

  • Fall 2023
    • Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
      • Wednesday, August 30, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 31 August 2023, 06:59].
      • Saturday, September 9, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 10 Sept 2023, 06:59]. Hardcopies must be received no later than Tuesday, September 12, 2023 for distribution to Judicial Council members.
  • Spring 2023
    • Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:
      • Thursday, April 6, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 07 April 2023, 06:59].
      • Monday, April 10, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 11 April 2023, 06:59]. Hardcopies must be received no later than April 11 for distribution to Judicial Council members.

2022

  • Fall 2022 (Updated 1/3/2023)
    • Deadlines for Submission of Briefs for item 1022-26, added on January 15, 2023:
      • Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 17 Feb. 2023, 06:59].
      • Thursday, Feb. 26, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 27 Feb. 2023, 06:59].
    • Deadlines for Submission of Briefs for item 1022-25, added on January 3, 2023:
      • Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must betransmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 02 Feb. 2023, 06:59].
      • Thursday, Feb. 11, 2023: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 12 Feb. 2023, 06:59].
  • Spring 2022
    • Deadlines for item 0522-01: Submission of Briefs (June 13, 2022) and Reply Briefs (June 24, 2022).
    • Deadlines for item 0522-02: Submission of Briefs (June 23, 2022) and Reply Briefs (June 30, 2022).

2021

  • Fall 2021 (Updated 3/15/2022)
    • Docket updated to include additional items.
    • Deadlines for item 1021-23: Submission of Briefs (April 12, 2022) and Reply Briefs (April 22, 2022).
    • Deadlines for item 1021-24: Submission of Briefs (April 19, 2022) and Reply Briefs (April 29, 2022).

2020

  • April 2020 (Updated 12/1/2020)
    • Docket updated to include four additional items.
    • Deadline for submission of briefs for these added items is January 5, 2021.

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