Instructor: Mark Carman graduated from Colorado State University in Wildland Hydrology and obtained his law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1981. He was a litigation attorney practicing in many western states until his appointment to the Federal Bench in 2013, with his primary chambers located in Yellowstone National Park, where he presided over cases arising within Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park and the vast federal lands of western Wyoming. Description: Yellowstone National Park has hosted a Federal Judge for 132 years, and Judge Carman had the honor of serving in that position. Judge Carman will share the history, stories and remembrances of the Yellowstone Judiciary as well as his thoughts on the art of judgeship in this unique Court.