On March 4, 2025, Holland & Knight partner Andrew Lowenstein traveled from West Palm Beach, Florida to Dayton to meet with federal judges from both Dayton and Columbus - along with bar leaders from the Dayton Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association Dayton chapter - to teach them how to do the “Civil Discourse and Difficult Decisions” civics scenario utilized by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in Washington, D.C. Thereafter, the judges, law clerks and bar leaders engaged in a three- hour civics presentation and oral argument session by the students with high school students from the Dayton STEM School.
Federal judges Michael Newman, Caroline Gentry and Peter Silvain, Jr. pose with federal court law clerks helping to organize the civics program along with University of Dayton School of Law professor Shea Dailey, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jade Smarda, and Federal Bar Association Dayton chapter president Mike Scarpelli.
Pictured here is Dayton Bar Association President, Judge Michael Newman; United States Magistrate Judge Peter Silvain, Jr.; United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Deavers from Columbus, Ohio; Andrew Loewenstein; and DBA executive Director, Jennifer Otchy.
The Dayton STEM School students, federal judges, federal court law clerks and externs, and Andrew Lowenstein all pose together following the students’ oral argument and civics presentation.