2011 Annual Conference

Conference Program

Topic: Representing Justice: Art, Architecture, and Justice and the Intervention of Democratic Courts
Faculty: Dennis E. Curtis, Clinical Professor Emeritus of Law and Professional Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
• Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy, and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms
• Representing Justice — Table of Contents
• From Fool's Blindfold to the Veil of Ignorance
• Object Lesson: On and Off Her Pedestal
• Representing Justice — PowerPoint

Topic: Race Results: Hollywood vs. the Supreme Court — Ten Decades of Racial Decisions and Film
Faculty: Eileen C. Moore, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 4th District, Division 3, Santa Ana, California

Topic: Innovative Judicial Approaches to Victims
Faculty: Daniel Cojanu, Vice President and Program Director, Canine Advocacy Program, Novi, Michigan

Topic: Drug Courts: A Primer on Drug, Sobriety and Juvenile Drug Courts
Faculty: Susan P. Marrinan, Judge (ret.), San Diego Superior Court
Michael J. Haley, Chief Judge, 86th District Court, Traverse City, Michigan
Peggy Fulton Hora, Judge (ret.), Walnut Creek, California
• Juvenile Drug Court — PowerPoint

Topic: The Leadership Team and High Performance Courts
Faculty: Raymond L. Billotte, District Court Administrator, 5th Judicial District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kevin A. Enright, Presiding Judge, San Diego Superior Court
Donna Jo McDaniel, President Judge, 5th Judicial District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Michael M. Roddy, Executive Officer, San Diego Superior Court

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: Introduction to Evidence-Based Sentencing for Drug-Involved Offenders
Faculty: Douglas B. Marlowe, JD, PhD, Senior Scientific Consultant for the Treatment Research Institute, Chief of Science & Policy for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• Evidence-Based Sentencing for Drug Offenders: An Analysis of Prognostic Risks and Criminogenic Needs
• Evidence-Based Dispositions for Drug Offenders — PowerPoint

Topic: Implementing Evidence-Based Practices
Faculty: Richard Couzens, Judge (ret.), Placer County Superior Court, California
William Ray Price, Jr., Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri
• Evidence-Based Practices: Reducing Recidivism to Increase Public Safety — PowerPoint
• Evidence-Based Practices: Reducing Recidivism to Increase Public Safety — A Cooperative Effort by Courts and Probation
• The Need for Evidence-Based Sentencing — PowerPoint

Topic: Judicial Ethics in the Internet Age
Faculty: Ann E. Brenden, Administrative Law Judge, Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, Des Moines
John Priester, Administrative Law Judge, Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, Des Moines
• Judicial Use of the Internet

Topic: Women Convicted of Domestic Violence
Faculty: Lisa Young Larance, RENEW Program Coordinator, Catholic Social Services, Washtenaw County, Michigan
• A Framework for Understanding Women's Use of Nonlethal Violence in Intimate Heterosexual Relationships
• Re-Examining 'Battering': Are All Acts of Violence Against Intimate Partners the Same?
• Serving Women Who Use Force in Their Intimate Heterosexual Relationships: An Extended View
• Additional Resources: Addressing Women's Use of Force in Intimate Relationships
• When SHE Hits Him: Why the Institutional Response Deserves Reconsideration

Topic: Families in Crisis: Combat Veterans and Domestic Violence
Faculty: Douglas Hatchimonji, Judge, Superior Court, Orange, California
Lon Hurwitz, Judge, Superior Court, Orange, California
Col. Maureen Robles, Veterans' Services Coordinator, Orange County Health Agency
• Danger Assessment
• The Continuum of Options for Parenting Plans in DV Families
• Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Bench Guide
• Impulsive Behavior and Anger Management Issues vs. Domination and Control Issues
• Lethality Profile: Law Enforcement, Factors to Look For
• Types of DV Most Clearly Identified by Recent Research

Topic: Evidence-Based Sentencing: A How-to
Faculty: Douglas B. Marlowe

Topic: National Center for State Courts Pilot Program, Judicial Training on Elder Abuse
Faculty: John E. Conery, Judge, 16th Judicial District Court, Franklin, Louisiana
• Identifying and Responding to Elder Abuse: A Bench Card for Judges
• Elder Abuse and Neglect Module One: The Physiology of Aging
• Elder Abuse and Neglect Module Two: Identifying Elder Abuse and Neglect
• Elder Abuse and Neglect Module Three: Crafting Court Responses

Topic: Issues of Funding and Ethics in Problem-Solving Courts
Faculty: Brian Chodrow, Program Manager, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC
Peggy Fulton Hora
David Wallace, Director, National Center for DWI Courts, Arlington, Virginia
• Sustainability: Accessing Resources for Your DWI Court

Topic: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Domestic Violence — What Judges Should Know
Faculty: Terra Slavin, LGBT Domestic Violence Expert, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
D. Zeke Zeidler, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Monterey Park, California
• LGBT Domestic Violence — PowerPoint
• LGBT Scenario

Topic: Courts and the Media: The High Visibility Case, Using People v. Kobe Bryant as a Case Study
Faculty: Ben Holden, Director, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media, Reno, Nevada
Pamela Mackey, Haddon, Morgan and Foreman, PC, Colorado
Terry Ruckriegle, Chief Judge, Fifth Judicial District, Breckenridge, Colorado
• Colorado Court Order #37
• Colorado Court Order #82
• Colorado Court Order #183
• Colorado Court Order #376
• Colorado Court Order #626
• Colorado Court Order #757
• Colorado Court Order #109
• Colorado Court Order #11-01
• Worlds Collide: The Digital Native Enters the Jury Box

Topic: Veterans Treatment Court
Faculty: Brian Clubb, Project Director, National Association of Drug Court Professionals, Alexandria, Virginia
Wendy S. Lindley, Judge, Orange County Superior Court, Santa Ana, California
• Veterans Treatment Courts — PowerPoint
• Orange County Combat Veterans Court — PowerPoint

Topic: Settling the Civil Case
Faculty: Ronald L. Bauer, Judge, Orange County Superior Court, California
Leo Bowman, Judge, Oakland County Circuit Court, Pontiac, Michigan
Bryan Levy, 46th District Court, Binigham Farms, Michigan
• Settling the Civil Case
• Mediation Outline

Topic: Pro Se Litigation
Faculty: Deborah Chase, Senior Attorney, California Center for Families, Children and the Courts
Bonnie Hough, Senior Attorney, California Center for Families, Children and the Courts
• Handling Cases Involving Self-Represented Litigants: A Bench Guide for Judicial Officers

Topic: Emerging Constitutional Issues
Faculty: Gregory Caskey, Judge (ret.), Contra Costa County Superior Court, Martinez, California
Kimberly Frankel, 4th Judicial District Circuit Court, Portland, Oregon
Brian MacKenzie, Judge 52/1st District Court, Novi, Michigan
• Search and Seizure — PowerPoint
• Coping with Crawford — The Sequel
• MacKenzie PowerPoint

Topic: New Developments in the Science of Judicial Behavior
Faculty: Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Professor of Law, Cornell University Law School

Topic: High Performance on the Road
Faculty: James McMillan, Principal Court Management Consultant, National Center for State Courts
Robert J. Torres, Jr., Supreme Court of Guam