21st National College on Judicial Conduct and Ethics

The 21st National College on Judicial Conduct and Ethics will be held on Wednesday October 29 through Friday October 31, 2008, at the Embassy Suites Downtown Lakefront, Chicago. The room rate is $239 a night, single occupancy, plus tax. The tuition will be $300.

Please note that the schedule is a little different than it has been in the past, with registration beginning at 2 p.m. Wednesday the 29th, a reception on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., a plenary session at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, 3 concurrent sessions on Thursday, and 2 concurrent sessions on Friday, ending at noon.

Registration materials will be available shortly. Below is a list of the topics to be covered and the faculty who will be facilitating the sessions. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Plenary Session: Judicial Ethics and Discipline Around the World

• Marla Greenstein, Executive Director, Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct

• Dale Simon, Head, Office of Judicial Complaints, United Kingdom

• Justice T. Strasberg-Cohen (retired), The Ombudsman of the Israeli Judiciary

• Representative of American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative

Best Practices for Judicial Ethics Advisory Committees

• Keith Stott, Executive Director, Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct

• Judge Ellen Flatley, Member, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Committee on Judicial Ethics
   

Campaign Conduct and Political Activity

• Robert Alsdorf¸ Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Washington

• Jonathan Coughlan, Disciplinary Counsel, Supreme Court of Ohio
   

Determining the Appropriate Sanction

• Steven Scheckman, Deputy Administrator, New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

• Judge James Wolf, Member, Florida Commission on Judicial Qualifications
   

Disqualification

• Charlie Geyh, Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law

• Reiko Callner, Executive Director, Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct
   

Ethical Guidelines for Members of Judicial Conduct Commissions
 

• Justice Judith McConnell, Member, California Commission on Judicial Performance

• Seana Willing, Executive Director, Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct
   

Ethics for Judges and Their Families
 

• William Johnston, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, Delaware

• Judge Mary Johnston, Superior Court of Delaware
  
   

Introduction to the Canons for New Members of Judicial Conduct Commissions

• James Alexander, Executive Director, Wisconsin Judicial Commission

• Judge Randall Cole, Chair, Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission
   

The Prestige of Office
 

• Robert Tembeckjian, Administrator and Counsel, New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

• Judge Ray McKoski, Member, Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee
   

Revisions to the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct
 

• Judge Cara Lee Neville, Member, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to Review the Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct

• Gordon Doerfer, President-Elect, American Judicature Society

• George Kuhlman, Ethics Counsel, American Bar Association

• Mark Harrison, Chair, ABA Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct

The Role of Public Members
 

• Dee Dee Naven, Member, Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline

• Patrick Sexton, Member, Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards
  
   

When Judges Speak Up
 

• Victoria Henley, Director-Chief Counsel, California Commission on Judicial Performance

• Cynthia Gray, Director, American Judicature Society, Center for Judicial Ethics
   

More information will be posted later in May - please check back often for updates.