It’s not a stretch to think that lawyers who stay on top of cutting edge trends in technology also have a well-honed awareness of current events.

Even then, most of the lawyers, judges, and computer science professionals at the inaugural IT-Lex “ Innovate Conference” in Winter Park, Fla., probably weren’t ready for John Facciola, a United States magistrate judge in the District of Columbia, to talk about Miley Cyrus and her infamous “twerking” episode from the MTV Video Music Awards in August. The conference, which began on Thursday afternoon, wraps up with a full slate of events on Friday. (Here’s a preview of the conference.)