2025 Judicial Conference Program

Thursday APRIL 24 cont’d.

Workshops Please attend the sessions for which you registered. These are 90-minute workshops that run from 1 – 2:30 P.M. and repeat from 3 – 4:30 P.M. unless otherwise noted.

1 – 2:30 P.M.

Burned Out: How Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma Are Impacting You, Your Courtroom, and Your Colleagues The direction is to have an expert in the areas of vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue speak about what it is, what it looks like, and how it impacts you. The bulk of the presentation would hopefully be discussing tangible and practical ways to mitigate compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma, and also, how to have the difficult conversation with your colleagues when you notice or identify signs of compassion fatigue in them. FACULTY: Hon. Pamila J. Brown (Sr.), District 10, Howard County Hon. Cara Y. Lewis, District 10, Carroll County Duane T. Bowers, LPC, Duane T. Bowers LPC, LLC Dr. Camille Adams Jones, LMSW, CEAP, Chartum Jones Therapeutic Consulting Choptank A Diminution Credits and Sentence Calculation In this workshop, you’ll hear from Michelle Fowler, Director of Commitment Services, DOC, Gina Hanson, Executive Deputy Director of Commitment Services, DOC, Jennifer Schmitt, Director of Case Management, DOC, and Michael Doyle, Deputy Principal Counsel, DOC, as they discuss how diminution credits are applied to sentenced defendants. Learn more about who earns diminution credits and how diminution credits are determined and calculated. Discuss the health general release process (HG § 8-507) and the guidelines for imposing a sentence after issuing a VOP warrant. FACULTY: Hon. Maria L. Oesterreicher, Circuit Court for Carroll County Michael O. Doyle, Deputy Counsel, DPSCS Michelle Fowler, Director of Commitment Services, DPSCS Gina Hanson, Executive Deputy Director of Commitment Services, DPSC Jennifer Schmitt, Director of Case Management, DPSCS Galleon

MARYLAND JUDICIARY

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