The Appellate Judges Education Institute (AJEI) Summit, co-hosted by SMU Dedman School of Law and the ABA Judicial Division Appellate Judges Conference, is the pre-eminent provider of appellate judicial education in the United States. The annual AJEI Summits are designed by appellate judges, lawyers, and staff attorneys and are unique in their focus on the challenging issues that judges and lawyers confront in the appellate area.