NAALJ 2011 Annual Conference Schedule

(Application approved by NM CLE for 15.70 hours, including 2 hours ethics)

Sunday, September 18

1 pm

Coronado Rm.

NAALJ Board Meeting

1-5 pm

Mezzanine

 Conference Registration

 2 pm

Stiha Rm.

 Special Ed Section Meeting

3:30 pm

Stiha Rm.

 

Special Preconference Event—Spy vs. Spy in Santa Fe: A Hotbed of Espionage (Click Attractions button below for more information) Keep this event in mind when you make your travel arrangements!

5:30-7 pm

La Terraza Rm.

Evening Reception

Monday, September 19

7:30 am          Continental Breakfast and Registration
Mezzanine

8:30 am
Ballroom South

Enchanted, I'm Sure: Journeys of an Environmental ALJ around New Mexico—Felicia Orth, Hearing Officer, N.M. Environment Department

9:30 am
Ballroom South  

Evidence for Administrative Law Judges—Penny White, Professor, University of Tennessee School of Law

10:15 am
Mezzanine

Break 

10:30 am
Ballroom South 

Evidence for ALJs (continued)

11:30 am

Lunch on your own

1 pm
Ballroom South 

Judicial Independence and Ethics: What's the Relationship?—Ann Marshall Young, Administrative Judge, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

3 pm
Mezzanine

Break

3:15 pm
Ballroom South 

Security for Administrative Law Judges—Carl W. Caulk, Acting Assistant Director for Judicial Security, US Marshals Service 

4:30 pm

Educational Programming Completed

 Tuesday, September 20

7:30 am           Continental Breakfast
Mezzanine

8:30 am
Ballroom South 

“The Response MovieCombatant Status Review Tribunals and the Protection Offered by the Rules of Evidence—Julian Mann, Chief Administrative Law Judge, North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings; Christopher Behan, Professor, Southern Illinois Univ. School of Law; Sig Libowitz, Esq., writer-producer-actor of The Response Click here for more details about this presentation.

10:45 am
Mezzanine

Break

11 am
Ballroom South 

Victor Rosskopf Award Presentation to Judge Duane R. Harves

11:15 am
Ballroom South

After the Smoke Clears: A View Toward the Appeal—A. Joseph Alarid, Judge (Ret.) New Mexico Court of Appeals

Noon
La Terraza Rm.

Mentor –Challenge Grant Lunch & Fellowship Presentation

Master or Commander? The Workers’ Compensation Hearing Officer and Adjudicatory Power—Dave Torrey, Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Judge

1-3 pm

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

1-3 pm
Ballroom South

Track A: Communication Skills for Administrative Law Judges—Carol Herrera, former Director, N.M. Family Court Services

1-2 pm
Coronado Rm.

Track B-1: IDEA: A Journey From Complaint to Hearing—Morgan Lyman, Special Education Hearing Officer

2-3 pm
Coronado Rm.

Track B-2: Remedies in Special Education Cases—Jane Yohalem, Special Education Hearing Officer; Muriel McClelland, Special Education Hearing Officer

1-2 pm

Stiha Rm.

Track C-1: The Three R's from the Labor/ Personnel Perspective—Pilar Vaile, Labor Arbitrator and Mediator; T. Zane Reeves, PhD, Labor Arbitrator and Mediator; Rita Siegel, Labor Arbitrator and Mediator

2-3 pm

Stiha Rm.

Track C-2: High Volume Dockets—Beverly Maez, Steve Baca, Trenton James, Administrative Law Judges, New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions; Steve Wise, Administrative Law Judge, Iowa Workforce Development

3 pm

Educational Programming Completed

3:15 pm
La Fonda Lobby

Afternoon and Evening Special Event—Enchanted Evening in New Mexico (Click Attractions button below for more information) 

 Wednesday, September 21

7:30 am           Continental Breakfast
Mezzanine

8:30 am
Ballroom South

Reliability Standards for Experts & Scientific Evidence—Michael Saks, Professor, Arizona State University School of Law

9:30 am
Mezzanine

Break

9:45 am
Ballroom South

Decision-making for Adminstrative Law Judges—Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Professor, Cornell University School of Law; Chris Guthrie, Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Law

11:15 am
Ballroom South

 NAALJ Membership Meeting

Noon
Santa Fe Rm.

Lunch: Enchanting Tales from New Mexico—Cisco Guevera, Local Storyteller

1 pm
Ballroom South

Conflicts of Interest and Conflicts of Pistols: History of the Development of New Mexico’s Courts—Charles Daniels, Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court

2 pm
Ballroom South

Don't Be a Potted Plant: Steps to Ensure a Fair Hearing Even Before You Take the Bench—Melissa Lin Jones, Administrative Appeals Judge, Department of Employment Services, Washington DC

3 pm
Mezzanine

Break

3:15 pm
Ballroom South

Navajo Nation Perspective on Issues Facing Indian Country: From Water to Jurisdiction—Bidtah Becker Attorney, Navajo Nation Department of Justice

4:15 pm

Educational Programming Completed

5:30-7 pm
La Terraza Rm.

Reception -- Silent Auction

7-9:30 pm
La Terraza Rm.

NAALJ Annual Banquet

   

 Thursday, September 22

 8:30 am
Ballon Boardroom

 NAALJ Board Meeting


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