2021 Judicial Education Course Catalog

THU 2

MON 13

ADR: Successful Settlement Conferences 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Competency/NCR 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

This full-day session will provide a nuts andbolts presentationof the competency evaluation and restoration process, and the NCR defense. The competency presentation will include practical considerations in the courtroom, understanding the expert report, voir dire, and application of the legal standard. With regard to the NCR defense, faculty will discuss an overview of the historical perspectives on insanity defenses in the United States through the present day, as well as practical considerations in the courtroom when an NCR defense is raised. Faculty also will explore what happens to the defendant after being adjudicated NCR, including the conditional release process. This course will feature interactive hypothetical case studies, small group discussions, and faculty demonstrations, which will allow participants from different jurisdictions and levels of experience to learn from one another. Due to the interactive nature of the content, this class is limited to 24 people. Coordinator/Faculty: Judge James H. Green Faculty: Judge Marina L. Sabett; Keith A. Lotridge, Esq.; Khalid El-Sayed, MD An old favorite: three judges, including two from the Court of Special Appeals, identify and analyze recent and important criminal law and procedural decisions from Maryland'sappellatecourts. Coordinator/Faculty: Judge Douglas R. M. Nazarian Faculty: Judge Julie R. Rubin; Judge E. Gregory Wells Evidence in Criminal Cases 1:00 P.m. – 4:00 p.m. This course will review new developments (case law, statutory, technological) that affect evidence issues in criminal trials, recurring issues that present difficulties in resolution, and practical considerations in handling of evidence issues in the courtroom. We will analyze case scenarios that provideanopportunity tograpplewith these issues. Coordinator/Faculty: Judge W. Michel Pierson Faculty: Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer, Professor David Jaros THU 9 Impact Criminal Cases 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

This'll court! The parties are so far apart! This settlement offer is a joke! And these are the folks who are about to appear at your pretrial settlement conference. This course, taught by an esteemed faculty of ADR professionals, will help you hone your skills to increase the potential for settlements either at or arising from your settlement conferences, and for the participants to feel the process was fair, productive, and meaningful. The course will cover pre-session preparation tips tomaximize settlement potential and tools that you can put to use during the sessions themselves, including handling difficult conversations. The program will include mock settlement conferences followed by debrief sessions with the faculty. The skills taught can be applied to pretrial settlement conferences and other situationswhenjudgesmayserveasneutrals. Coordinator: Judge Jeffrey M. Geller Faculty: Barry L. Gogel, Esq.; Joyce A.G. Mitchell, Esq.; Jeffrey A. Trueman, Esq. Is It Because I’m Black? 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. therateofwhites,andatleasttentimestherateinfivestates.In2014, Maryland led all states with blacks being 72%of all persons sent to jail. This is especially troubling when African Americans only make up less than 30%of Marylanders. Brown, poor, and LGBTQ persons do not measure much better, and are more likely to be sent to jail than their white counterparts. How do judges play a part in these disparities?What are judges missing?What biases underlie our self- proclaimed equal treatment of defendants? More importantly, how dowegetbetterandminimizethedisparityinthecourtroom? Coordinator/Faculty: Judge Zuberi B. Williams TUE 28 never settle! I'll see you in African Americans are incarcerated in state prisonsacrossthecountryatmorethanfivetimes

WED 29

Guardianship Nuts & Bolts 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

As the senior population rises, guardianship case loads are increasing and becoming more

complex. New guardianship court rules went into effect in 2018 and more are in the works. This course will cover the “nuts and bolts” of guardianship: law and court processes, themanifestations of mental diseaseanddisabilitiesinadults,court tools,andhowguardianship intersects with other areas of law. Judges will receive practical information on how to protect assets and handle issues that may come up during the guardianship, including conflicts and alleged or suspectedabuse,neglect,orexploitation. Coordinator: Judge Karen A. Murphy Jensen Faculty: Judge Patrick L. Woodward (Ret.); Judge DaNeeka V. Cotton; Sharon Y. Christmas-Deberry, Esq.; Dr. Carole T. Giunta; Angela B. Grau, Esq.; Ria P. Rochvarg, Esq.

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. B.B King

2021 Judicial Education Course Catalog

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