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Judicial Council Division
Annual Meeting
July 18 – 23, 2015
Preliminary Agenda
Saturday, July 18, 2015
TBD NBA Board of Governors Meeting TBD NBA Board of Governors Reception 3:00pm – 4:30pm Judicial Council Division Executive Committee Meeting Sunday, July 19, 2015
7:15am Buses depart hotel for Convocation Service 8:00am -­‐ 10:00am Convocation Service at Second Baptist Church 10:30am -­‐ 12:30pm Jazz Brunch for Judicial Council Division Members At a private home in View Park section of Los Angeles Return to the hotel 11:00am -­‐ 2:00pm NBA First Plenary Session 2:00pm -­‐ 4:00pm JCD Nominations Committee Meeting & Interviews 5:00pm Buses depart for Welcome to LA Reception (if it is off site) 6:00pm -­‐ 8:00pm Welcome to L.A. Reception and Opening Session (location still tentative) Monday, July 20, 2015
9:00am – 10:30am Presidential Showcase: “The Role of the Judiciary in Ensuring Equality for All” 10:30am – 12:00pm Judicial Council Division Opening Session, Rededication & Memorial Service (Please wear robes) 12:30pm – 1:15pm JCD Nominations Committee Meeting & Interviews 1:30pm – 3:00pm CLE Seminar I: Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions Objective: Judges will view a new database cataloging some of the more than 45,000 federal, state, and local collateral consequences of criminal convictions in all 50 states, so they can understand the barriers faced by ex-­‐offenders 3:30pm – 5:00pm Judicial Council Division Business Meeting & Elections Preview 8:00pm – 10:00pm NBA Opening Session and Live in L.A. Reception Tuesday, July 21, 2015
9:00am-­‐ 10:15am Non CLE Seminar: Building Wealth: Preparing for Life after Retirement Objective: Financial planners will discuss strategies for creating and preserving wealth for judges as they plan for retirement and for life after the bench 10:30am – 12:00pm Chair’s Showcase: CLE Seminar II: What Were They Thinking? The Neuroscience Behind Judicial-­‐Decision-­‐Making and Implicit Bias Objective: Through the use of emerging research in neuroscience this interactive course will educate judges on how judges and juries determine veracity, intelligence, threat, and competence so judges can improve fairness in decision-­‐making 9:00am – 2:00pm NBA Elections: General Voting 12:00pm – 1:15pm 1:30pm – 3:00pm Judicial Council Division Elections CLE Seminar III: The New Pro Se Litigants: Unrepresented Immigrants and Children in America’s Courts Co-­‐Sponsored by the Immigration and Family Law Sections Objective: Judges will learn how to handle immigration petitions filed by unaccompanied children who have crossed U.S. borders fleeing from countries where their safety and freedom were at risk 3:30pm – 6:30pm Suite Boutique 7:00pm – 10:00pm NBA President’s Reception Wednesday, July 22, 2015
7:00am – 9:00am NBA Law School Alumni Breakfast 10:30am – 11:30am Non CLE Seminar: Cyber Security presented by Los Angeles Host Committee TBD Youth Outreach Program: Watts/Willowbrook Boys and Girls Club 11:45am Judicial Council Division Thurgood Marshall Luncheon Social | Doors open 12:00pm – 1:30pm Judicial Council Division Thurgood Marshall Luncheon 1:30pm – 3:30pm NBA Presidential Showcase 6:00pm Buses depart for Chair’s Reception 6:30pm – 9:30pm Judicial Council Division Chair’s Reception California African American Museum (tentative) Thursday, July 23, 2015
9:00am – 11:30am NBA Closing Plenary TBA JCD 2015-­‐2016 Executive Committee Meeting 6:00pm – 10:00pm NBA 90th Annual Convention Awards Banquet