Judicial Conference Meeting

Judicial Conference
<align="center">November 24-25, 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

9:00 a.m.     Judicial Conference Convenes

Call to Order Judge Douglas Herman Chair, Judicial Conference

Roll Call
Sally A. Holewa
Executive Secretary, Judicial Conference

9:05 a.m.    Business Meeting of the Judicial Conference

Approval of Minutes
Announcement of Appointments to Judicial Education Commission
Report of the Commission on Legislation
For the Good of the Order

9:45 a.m.     Growing a World Class Program - New and Updated Award-Winning Child Support Enforcement Business Practices to Enhance Services Through Improved Customer Service to All Parents, Including Obligors (1 CJE)

Mike Schwindt
Director, Child Support Enforcement Program
ND Department of Human Services

James C. Fleming
Deputy Director/Chief Legal Counsel, Child Support Enforcement Program, ND Department of Human Services

10:45 a.m.     Break

11:00 a.m.    UND Law School Clinical Education Program: Courses in Reflective Lawyering (1 CJE)

Margaret Moore Jackson
Associate Professor of Law, University of North Dakota School of Law

Daniel Schaffzin
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of North Dakota School of Law

Noon   Lunch

Reading of Memorial Resolution in Recognition of Service Provided by Judge Jon R. Kerian

1:00 p.m.     Effective Sex Offender Management in North Dakota: "The Containment Approach Model" (1 CJE)

Tim App
Retired Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Corrections, Executive in Residence at Northeastern University College of Criminal Justice, Director of Operations for the Counseling and Psychotherapy Center, Inc.

Susan H. Wagner, LSW
Program Administrator, Division of Mental Health& Substance Abuse Services, ND Department of Human Services

2:00 p.m.   Relationships Past and Present: A Developmental Lens for Just Decision-Making in Children's Lives (2.75 CJE)

Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D.
Consultant and Former Director (retired) of the Center for Early Education and Development, University of Minnesota

3:00 p.m.   Break

3:15 p.m.    Child Development - Continued

Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D.

5:00 p.m.    Adjourn

7:00 p.m.    Law & Literature (2 Ethics)

Paul LeBel
Dean and Professor of Law, University of North Dakota School of Law

(Hosted by Justices Dan Crothers, Carol Kapsner, Mary Maring, Dale Sandstrom, Gerald VandeWalle)

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

7:00 a.m.    North Dakota Judges Association Breakfast Meeting

8:00 a.m.   24/7 Program: What It Is and Where It's Going (.75 CJE)

Wayne Stenehjem
North Dakota Attorney General

8:45 a.m.   Advanced Issues in Child Custody: Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Other Challenges (3 CJE)

Robin M. Deutsch, Ph.D.
Director of Forensic Services, Children and the Law Program
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

10:00 a.m.    Break

10:10 a.m.   Child Custody Issues - Continued

Robin M. Deutsch, Ph.D.

Noon    Adjourn