NAALJ 2012 Annual Conference Schedule

Sunday, September 9

1 - 3 pm

NAALJ Board Meeting
2nd Floor Board Room

 1 - 5 pm

Conference Registration
 3rd Floor near Lobby

5 - 7 pm

NAALJ/FALJC Welcome Jazz Reception in the Courtyard
3rd Floor, Ritz Carlton Hotel Courtyard

 7 pm

 FALJC Dinner
Optional Event for NAALJ Attendees

The educational program will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Monday, September 10

7:30 - 8:30 am

Breakfast & Registration
2rd Floor, Salon 1

8:30 - 8:40  

Welcome and Overview of Program & Events
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• NAALJ and FALJC Presidents

 8:40 - 9

Welcome to Louisiana and New Orleans
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• The Hon. Jay Dardenne, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

 9 - 10

Professionalism
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• The Hon. Jay Zainey, U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana

10 - 10:15

Break

10:15 - 11:15

Recent Developments in Administrative Law
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• Adjunct Professor Jerome Nelson, American University, Washington College of Law and University of Maryland Carey School of Law

 11:15 - 1:30

Lunch on Your Own or Optional Excursion to French Quarter Restaurant

•  Jazz Brunch at The Court of Two Sisters www.courtoftwosisters.com                   

1:30 - 2:30

Breakout Sessions

1. Sine qua non Steps to Ensure Successful Mediation: Focus: Workers’ Compensation Cases
1st Floor Breakout Rooms

• The Hon. H. W. Cummins, Administrative Law Judge (Ret.),and Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon School of Law; University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts Planning Public Policy and Management Department; and Lewis and Clark Law School, Environmental Law Program

 2. Special Education: Due Process Hearings

• James Rosenfeld, Director, Academy for IDEA ALJs and IHOs Education law Programs, Seattle University Law School
• The Hon. Larry Craddock, Administrative Law Judge, retired
• The Hon. Selina M. Brooks, Administrative Law Judge
• The Hon. Mary  Noe, Impartial Hearing Officer
• The Hon. Cathy A. Skidmore, Impartial Hearing Officer

 3. High Volume Case Management

• The Hon. Robert Lesnick, Administrative Law Judge
• The Hon. Alan Paez, Administrative Law Judge
• The Hon. Nancy Griswold, Administrative Law Judge
  The Hon. John Farrell, Administrative Law Judge

2:30- 2:45

Break

2:45 - 4:45

Courtroom Skills – Aikido, Mindfulness and the Art of Judicial Conflict Management
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• Ray Kramer, Director of Administrative Judicial Institute at the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings; and
• Charles Colton, Director/Chief Instructor of Aikido in the Schools and Aikido Extensions, Inc.

4:45 - 5

End of Day “Wrap-Up”

7 pm

Optional Evening Excursion

• Cajun Dinner and Dancing at Mulate’s
  www.mulates.com

 Tuesday, September 11

7:30 - 8:30 am

Breakfast with Vendor Presentation
2nd Floor, Salon 1

8:30 - 9:30

Appying the Evidence Rules in Adminstrative Proceedings
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• Michael Fontham, Adjunct Professor, Tulane and LSU Law Schools, Stone Pigman Law Firm

 9:30 - 10:30

Social Media and Ethics
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• Kelly Balfour, Law Offices of Ossie Brown

10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 11:45

Breakout Sessions
1st Floor, Breakout Rooms

1. Discovery Update/Issues

• Dana Shelton, Stone Pigman Law Firm,
• The Hon. Richard Manning, Administrative Law Judge, and
• Professor Mary Algero, Loyola University College of Law

2. Special Education: Report to Congress on Improving Special Education System

• James Rosenfeld, Dirctor, Academy for IDEA ALJs and Impartial Hearing Officers, Seattle University Law School

3. Administrative Driver’s License Reinstatement Hearings

• Marc Loro, National Highway Safety Administration

4. Organizational Alternatives for the Administrative Judiciary?

• The Hon. J.J. Mahoney, Administrative Law Judge, Moderator;
• The Hon. Daniel Solomon, Administrative Law Judge;
• The Hon. Robert Cohen, Administrative Law Judge; and
• Other Panelists to be Named

 12 - 1:30

NAALJ Challenge Grant Luncheon

(FALJC Membership Meeting)

1:30 - 2:30

Technology in the Courtroom, Part 1:

Case-Management, E-Filing, and Paperless Files
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• The Hon. Kate Weiss, Administrative Law Judge,
• David Smith, Sustain Technologies
• Panelists to be Named

2:30 - 2:40

Break

2:40 - 3:40 pm

Technology in the Courtroom, Part 2:

Remote/Audio-Visual Testimony, A Cost and Time Saving Tool
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• Martin Gruen, Deputy Director for Technology at the Center for Legal and Court Technology, William and Mary Law School,
• Panelists to be Named

3:40 - 3:50

Break

3:50 - 4:50

Technology in the Courtroom, Part 3:
Capturing the Record
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• Martin Gruen, Deputy Director for Technology at the Center for Legal and Court Technology, William and Mary Law School,
• Panelists to be Named

4:50 – 5

 End of Day “Wrap-Up”

7 pm

Optional Evening Excursion to Your Choice of Several French Quarter Restaurants

• “Dine Around” the French Quarter

Wednesday, September 12

7:30 – 8:30 am

Breakfast
2nd Floor, Salon 1

8:30 - 9:30

Diversity in the Courtroom
2nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• Kelly McNeil Legier, Director of Member Outreach and Diversity for the Louisiana State Bar Association
• The Hon. Freddie Pitcher, Jr., Chancellor, Southern University Law School
• Kim Boyle, Phelps Dunbar Law Firm, Past President, Louisiana State Bar Association
• Chauntis T. Jenkins, Porteous, Hainkel and Johnson Law Firm

9:30 – 10:30

Civil Law/Common Law: History and Comparison
2^nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• Professor Alain Levasseur, Jean Monnet Professor of European Community Law, LSU Law School

10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 11:45 

Judicial Review as a Check on Democracy
2^nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• Professor Keith Werhan, Tulane Law School 

11:45  - 12:15 

NAALJ Membership Meeting 

12:15 – 1:30 

Lunch on Your Own 

1:30 – 2:30 

BP Oil Spill Compensation Process
2^nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• Professor Ronald Scalise, Tulane Law School, Appeals Judge in BP Oil Spill Compensation System (Invited)

2:30 – 3:30 

Final Decision Authority Among Central Panel States (Analysis and Political Implications)
2^nd Floor, Lafayette Ballroom

• The Hon. Larry Craddock, NAALJ Fellowship Award Recipient, and
• Panel of Administrative Law Judges 

3:30 – 3:45 

End of Day “Wrap-Up” 

6 pm 

NAALJ Silent Auction and Reception
2^nd Floor, Salon 3 

7 pm 

NAALJ Banquet 

8:30 pm 

After-Party with the Central Panel Directors

• Ghost and Vampire Tour 

Thursday, September 13

8 am - noon

NAALJ Board Meeting
2nd Floor Board Room