The 27^th Annual BBA Spring Break Weekend will be held on Thursday, May 1, 2025, and Friday, May 2, 2025, at the Westin Annapolis Hotel, 100 Westgate Circle, Annapolis, Maryland.

Registration includes the program materials, buffet lunch on Thursday at 11:00 a.m., cocktail party at Carrol’s Creek Café on Thursday at 5:30 p.m., dessert reception hosted by YVS Law at Azure Bar and Lounge on Thursday at 9:00 p.m., continental breakfast on Friday at 8:00 a.m., and luncheon on Friday at 12:15 p.m. The featured luncheon speaker on Friday is Callahan Walsh, Executive Director of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and co-host of America’s Most Wanted on Fox and In Pursuit with John Walsh on Investigation Discovery. Space is limited. The deadline to register is April 18, 2025. The BBA cannot guarantee that it will accept your registration if you fail to register by that date.

There is no registration fee for judges, judicial law clerks, or faculty members, but they are required to register for Spring Break.

All registrants will receive the Spring Break program written materials in a PDF file immediately before the beginning of the program. Any registrant may elect to also receive the written materials in a printed book for an additional $35.

The BBA has a room block with the Westin for the night of Thursday, May 1, 2025, under the name “BBA Spring Break 2025.” To make a reservation using the Westin’s website, go to BBA Spring Break 2025. The group discount rate is $224 for the night. The Westin will release the room block on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. As a courtesy, if you choose to extend your stay, the hotel has offered limited rooms at the group rate, based on availability, from April 28, 2025, through May 5, 2025. To book your reservation to include any of these additional nights, please contact Westin Reservations at (800) 937-8461.

If you have questions regarding Spring Break or the registration process, please contact Maria Ruark (judge_ruark@mdb.uscourts.gov).