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Judicial Conference Meeting

Scheduled on Monday, November 20, 2006 @ 10:00 AM

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