2010 Annual Conference

Conference Schedule

Topic: How Do Judges Judge: The Science of Judicial Behavior
Faculty: Chris Guthrie, Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee
Hon. Andrew Wistrich, Federal Magistrate Judge

Topic: Challenging the Rise in Non-Stranger Violence
Faculty: Casey Gwinn, President, National Family Justice Alliance, San Diego, California
• Challenging the Rise in Non-Stranger Violence

Topic: Selected Trial Issues in Domestic Violence Cases
Faculty: Hon. Catherine Shaffer, King County Superior Court, Seattle, Washington
Hon. Victor Reyes, 10th Judicial District, Pueblo, Colorado
• Selected Trial Issues in Domestic Violence Cases
• Danger Assessment
• DV Questionnaire
• Washington State Forms and Statutes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Topic: Facing the Challenges of Sentencing Adolescents Who Offend Sexually
Faculty: Frank C. DiCataldo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Roger Williams University
• Facing the Challenges of Sentencing Adolescents Who Offend Sexually: Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders
• The Perversion of Youth: Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders
• The Birth of a Moral Panic (Table of Contents and Introduction)

Topic: Bankruptcy and Civil Practice: From Crisis to Credibility
Faculty: Hon. A. Bruce Campbell, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Colorado
Hon. Elizabeth E. Brown, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Colorado
Hon. John C. Smiley, Lindquist and Vennum, Denver, Colorado
Hon. Elizabeth Weishaupl, 18th Judicial District, Colorado
• Bankruptcy and Divorce: What Divorce Counsel Should Know About Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Issues in State Courts

Topic: Implicit Bias and Challenges to Fairness
Faculty: Hon. J. Robert Lowenbach, Denver, Colorado
Jack Gardner, Psy.D, Greeley, Colorado
• Implicit Bias: A Primer for the Courts
• Implicit Bias and Challenges to Fairness: Should You Trust Your Gut in the Heat of the Moment?
• Resource Bibliography

Topic: Sentencing in Domestic Violence Cases
Faculty: Hon. Joseph Giarrusso, Jr., (ret.), New Orleans, Louisiana
Hon. Elizabeth P. Hines, 15th District Court, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• You Be the Judge: People v. John Jones
• Sentencing the Domestic Violence Offender

Topic: The Selection and Retention of Judges: How Judges Can Ride the Wave
Moderator: Hon. Gayle A. Nachtigal, Circuit Court of Washington County, Hillsboro, Oregon
Panelists: Hon. Shirley S. Abrahamson, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Hon. Robert Brown, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Arkansas
Hon. Gary Cohen, Provincial Court of British Columbia
Hon. John Conery, 16th Judicial District Court, Franklin, Louisiana
Hon. Marcelo Kopcow, 19th Judicial District, Greeley, Colorado
• Toxic Judicial Elections: A Proposed Remedy

Topic: Making a Better Judge: Procedural Fairness, the Third Step
Faculty: Hon. Kevin S. Burke, Hennepin County District Court, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hon. Steve Leben, Kansas Court of Appeals
• Document containing various materials on procedural fairness

Topic: Potpourri of Evidence Issues: Coping with Crawford: Not Joan, the Case and Digital Evidence
Faculty: Hon. Kimberly Frankel, 4th Judicial District Circuit Court, Portland, Oregon
Larry Pozner, Partner, Reilly Pozner LLP, Denver, Colorado
Daniel M. Reilly, Partner, Reilly Pozner LLP, Denver, Colorado
• Coping with Crawford
• A Potpourri of Evidence Issues: Admissibility of ESI
• Terminology
• Eleven Step Foundation for Computer Records
• Lorraine v. Markel Insurance Company
• Further Reading

Topic: Sentencing the Adult Sex Offender
Faculty: Greg Brown, Chief Probation Officer, 20th Judicial District Probate Department, Boulder, Colorado
William Dressel, President, National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada
• Sentencing Sex Offenders

Topic: The Williams Institute Program on LGBTQ Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Accurate Data, Practical Skills, and Best Practices
Faculty: Todd Brower, Professor of Law
Western State University College of Law, Fullerton, California
Gary J. Gates, Williams Distinguished Scholar, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California
Hon. Donna Quigley Groman, Los Angeles Superior Court
Jody Marksamer, Director, Youth Project and Staff Attorney, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, California
• LGBTQ Youth
• Hidden Justice (full document and Executive Summary)
• Core Recommendations from Hidden Justice
• Judicial Best Practices and Guidelines: LGBT Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
• Resources for Juvenile Court Professionals Serving LGBT Youth in Out-of-Home Carebr /> • Practice Tips for Judges: Juvenile Detention Hearings and Placement Orders
• LGBT Glossary of Common Terms

Topic: Building Your Own Court Security Team
Moderator: Steve Steadman, Security Advisor, Colorado State Court Administrator’s Office
Panelists: Kelly Boe, Deputy Court Administrator, Denver District Court
Derek Brown, Manager of General Services, City of Denver
Chief Marie Kielar, Denver Sheriff’s Department
Matthew McConville, Denver County Court Administrator
• Developing a Framework for Action
• Framework for Action for Local Security Teams

Topic: Supreme Court of the United States Review of Recent Decisions of Significance to State Court Judges
Faculty: Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean, University of California-Irvine School of Law

Topic: When Judges Fail, presented by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Judicial Education Division
Faculty: William F. Meinecke, Jr., Education Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Topic: Best Jury Practice
Faculty: Hon. Gregory E. Mize, Judicial Fellow, National Center for State Courts
Hon. Christina M. Habas, 2nd Judicial District, Denver, Colorado
John R. Rodman, John R. Rodman & Associates, Denver, Colorado
• Outline
• Bibliography
• Building a Better Voir Dire Process
• Principles for Juries and Jury Trials
• Fact Pattern
• Florida Pattern Instructions
• Oregon Pattern Instructions
• Utah Cautions
• Proposed Colorado Rule Change
• Obtaining Relevant Juror Information Effectively
• Juror Conduct
• Mistrial Trigger

Topic: Holocaust Breakout
Faculty: William F. Meinecke, Jr., Education Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Topic: Fee Shifting in Probate Cases
Faculty: Marc Darling, Wade Ash Woods Hill & Farley, P.C., Denver, Colorado
• Bill Concerning Clarification of Provisions in the “Colorado Probate Code” Concerning Compensation of Certain Parties

Topic: Current Issues in Criminal Practice in Colorado
Faculty: Forrest W. Lewis, J.D., Denver, Colorado
Mark M. Randall, J.D., Denver, Colorado

Topic: Current Issues in Probate Practice
Faculty: Catherine Anne Seal, JD, LLM, CELA, Kirtland and Seal, LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Financial Exploitation of Seniors

Topic: Personal Safety Training for Judges and Their Families
Faculty: Steven V. Berson, National Center for State Courts
Hon. Vincent A. Lilley, Roanoke County District Court, Roanoke, Virginia

Topic: Current Issues in Civil Practice in Colorado
Faculty: William L. Keating, Esq., Fogel, Keating, Wagner, Polidori, Shafner, Denver, Colorado
Kevin Kuhn, J.D., Wheeler, Trigg, O’Donnell LLP, Denver, Colorado

Topic: Select Issues in Trying Impaired Driving Cases
Faculty: Hon. Brian MacKenzie, 52/1st District Court, Novi, Michigan
Hon. Kent Lawrence, Athens, Georgia
Hon. John M. Priester, Administrative Law Judge, Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals
• Breath Testing: Discovery and Confrontation
• Ignition Interlock Devices: An Overview
• The Promise of DWI Courts

Topic: Website Demonstration
• AJA Website Information