Judicial Conference
November 20-21, 2006
Bismarck, North Dakota
Monday, November 20, 2006
10:00 a.m. Judicial Conference Convenes (Picasso/Davinci)
Call to Order
Hon. Mary Muehlen Maring
Chair, Judicial Conference
Roll Call
Sally A. Holewa
Executive Secretary, Judicial Conference
10:15 a.m. Keynote - Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care (.75 CJE)
Hon. Nancy Salyers
Fostering Results
Chicago, Illinois
Introduction: Paul Ronningen, Director, Children and Family Services Division, North Dakota Department of Human Services
11:00 a.m. Break
11:10 a.m. Fostering Results - The Permanency Picture in North Dakota (.75 CJE)
Paul Ronningen
Director, Children and Family Services Division
North Dakota Department of Human Services
Hon. Nancy Salyers
Fostering Results
Chicago, Illinois
12:00 p.m. Lunch (Rembrandt)
12:50 p.m. Crawford v. Washington - The Impact on Child Abuse (1 CJE) (Picasso/Davinci)
John E.B. Myers
Professor of Law, University of the Pacific
Sacramento, California
Introduction: Hon. Dale V. Sandstrom
1:50 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. Evidentiary Issues in Child Abuse and Domestic Violence (1 CJE)
John E.B. Myers
Professor of Law, University of the Pacific
Sacramento, California
3:00 p.m. Break
3:10 p.m. Kinship Care (1.25 CJE)
Hon. Leonard Edwards
Judge-in-Residence, Center for Families,
Children & the Courts
San Francisco, California
Kevin Campbell
Technical Assistance Consultant, National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning, Hunter College School of Social Work
Introduction: Hon. Carol Ronning Kapsner
4:30 p.m. Children's Justice Initiative Task Force Report
Hon. Gerald W. VandeWalle
Chief Justice
North Dakota Supreme Court
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
7:00 p.m. Law & Literature (Renoir/Russell) (2 Ethics)
Seeing the Invisible Victim: The Spiral of Abuse in Roddy Doyle's
THE WOMEN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS
Paul A. LeBel
Dean, University of North Dakota School of Law
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Following Law Wine & Cheese Mixer (Renoir/Russell)
& Literature Hosted by Justices Carol Kapsner & Mary Maring
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
7:30 a.m. North Dakota Judges Association Breakfast Meeting (Rembrandt)
8:30 a.m. Reconvene Judicial Conference (Picasso/Davinci)
Wireless Handheld Technology (1 CJE)
Kurt Schmidt
Director of Technology
State Court Administrator's Office
Introduction: Hon. Douglas Herman
9:30 a.m. Break
9:40 a.m. Vicarious Stress & Judicial Wellness (2 CJE)
Isaiah M. Zimmerman, Ph.D
Clinical Psychologist
Washington School of Psychiatry
Introduction: Hon. Daniel J. Crothers
10:40 a.m. Break
10:50 a.m. Vicarious Stress, Continued
12:00 p.m. Review of Juvenile Policy Board Proposed Legislation
(Submitted for Informational Purposes Only)
Hon. Debbie Kleven
Chair, Juvenile Policy Board
12:20 p.m. Lunch (Rembrandt)
Presentation to Retired Judges
1:00 p.m. Business Meeting (Picasso/Davinci)
Committee Report
New Business
Old Business
For the Good of the Order
Adjourn