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  October 20, 2017 LANGHAM'S THOUGHTS ON PEOPLE'S CHOICE AT THE COMP LAUDE AWARDS AND GALA By David Langham In 2016, I introduced readers to the  People’s Choice program  at Comp Laude. I remember when no one knew what Comp Laude itself was; boy has that changed. But in 2016, David DePaolo  started the People’s Choice  segment, built around a “TED Talk” format of very short (less than 6 minutes) presentations by a spectrum of workers’ compensation constituents. I recall last winter, after the Laude program, I ran into a “Comp Laudian” (© Langham, 2017) and the People’s Choice came up (s/he had no idea I had been the chair of the selection committee that year). As we discussed how s/he enjoyed the format and the speakers, s/he made a telling comment, “how do you even get nominated for that?” Well, obviously not an assiduous reader of my blog-wanderings (see links above).   The People’s Choice speakers are not elected or even nominated. They each submitted a proposal themselves.

  October 02, 2017 THE INNS OF COURT MOVEMENT By: Judge David Langham I was invited recently to speak at an Inns of Court meeting in Jacksonville. The gathering was scheduled in early September, but was delayed because a crasher named Irma showed up. She showed up uninvited, unwanted, and unloved. No on loves a hurricane (in fairness, there are those in Miami who root for “The Hurricanes” but that’s different). So, I found myself headed east last Tuesday. People often forget the geographic size of Florida, but from Pensacola to Jacksonville is almost 400 miles. There and back in one day is a significant trip.  The Inns of Court are a tremendous movement. They are also a young movement. The first American Inn was founded in 1980, so a history of only 37 years. I have been a member of the Pensacola Inn of Court for about fifteen years. The Inns are designed around providing education in a general sense, but more so around building professional relationships and mentoring. Mentoring is se