Judicial Excellence Through Education

10-9-2013 The 6th International Conference on the Training of the Judiciary “Judicial Excellence Through Education” November 3-7, 2013 The Hyatt Re...
3 downloads 0 Views 854KB Size
10-9-2013

The 6th International Conference on the Training of the Judiciary

“Judicial Excellence Through Education”

November 3-7, 2013 The Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C. United States of America

10-9-2013

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2013 to

9:30 AM 5:00 PM

IOJT Executive Committee Meeting NCSC Center House

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2013 to

12:00 PM 6:00 PM

Registration Regency Foyer

to

2:00 PM 4:00 PM

IOJT Board of Governors Meeting Columbia C

to

6:00 PM 8:00 PM

Welcome Reception Regency B-D Substantial hors d’oeuvres will be provided

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013 to

7:00 AM 6:00 PM

Registration Regency Foyer

to

7:00 AM 8:00 AM

Breakfast Regency B/C

to

8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Cyber Cafe Regency Foyer

to

8:30 AM 9:00 AM

Opening Ceremony Regency A Speakers: Honorable Eliezer Rivlin, IOJT President, Justice, retired, Supreme Court of Israel, Israel Mary Campbell McQueen, President, National Center for State Courts, USA Honorable Michael G. Heavican, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Nebraska, USA

SUBJECT 1-A: LEADERSHIP and JUDICIAL EDUCATION

to

9:00 AM 10:00 AM

Opening Plenary 1.0: Leadership in Judicial Education Regency A Speakers: Honorable Jeremy D. Fogel, Judge, Director, Federal Judicial Center, USA - Chair Honorable Amady Ba, Judge, International Criminal Court, The Hague, The Netherlands 2

10-9-2013

Honorable Christine M. Durham, Associate Justice, Utah Supreme Court, USA Honorable Joyce Low, District Judge, Director of the Strategic Planning and Training Division, Singapore Jean-François Thony, Prosecutor General, Court of Appeal of Colmar, France Description: Effective leadership is essential to communicate the inextricable link between the rule of law and judicial professionalism. Strong leadership also enhances political support for judicial education institutions, encourages the appropriation of adequate funding, and inspires public confidence in the judiciary. This session will explore the role and responsibilities of four principle sources of judicial education leadership: the President or Chief Justice of the highest tribunal, the Judicial Training Institute Director, the Institute Advisory Board, and, in many countries, the Ministry of Justice.

to

10:00 AM 10:30 AM

BREAK Hall of Battles Refreshments provided

to

10:30 AM Noon

Concurrent Sessions Session 1.1: Leadership Skills for Judges Regency D Speakers: Honorable Ivor Archie, Chief Justice, Trinidad and Tobago Supreme Court, Trinidad and Tobago - Co-Chair Honorable John Byrne, Justice, Chair, National Judicial College of Australia, Australia – Co-Chair Honorable William F. Dressel, Judge, President, The National Judicial College, USA Ms. Jenny Green, Academic Director, National Judicial College of Australia, Australia Description: This session will review the development and delivery of leadership programs for Heads of Courts in Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the USA. It will be a practical and interactive session with opportunities to share ideas and ask questions. The session will focus on two key areas:  the identification of the leadership skills that a head of a court needs in leading judges of the court (operating in a Common Law system) and  the lessons learned in the development and delivery of these programs. Session 1.2: Leadership Skills for Judicial Educators Bunker Hill Speakers: Maureen E. Conner, Ph.D., Professor, Michigan State University, USA - Chair Livingston Armytage, Ph.D., Director, Centre for Judicial Studies, Australia Nataliya Petrova, Deputy Chief of Party, USAID FAIR Justice Project, Ukraine 3

10-9-2013

Description: Judicial educators require leadership skills to work effectively with judges to develop and implement high-quality judicial education curricula. This session will explore how judicial educators can identify and obtain necessary leadership skills. Session 1.3: Judicial Education as a Social or Institutional Change Agent Concord/Lexington Speakers: Jillian Boyd, Senior Advisor, National Judicial Institute, Canada - Chair William J. Brunson, Director of Special Projects, The National Judicial College, USA Honorable Georgina Jackson, Justice, Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, Canada Honorable Mary Moreau, Justice, Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Canada Description: Judicial education programs can encourage judges to consider different ways of administering justice, often in ways that have policy implications. How can judicial education be used in the most appropriate and effective way to incorporate and promote policy? Session 1.4: The Building Blocks of Judicial Education Institutes: Governance, Funding, and Infrastructure Regency A Speakers: Mary Fran Edwards, Judicial Capacity Building Expert, Strengthening the Lesotho Justice Sector Project, Ireland - Chair Peter Goldschmidt, Director, European Institute of Public Administration, Luxembourg Lavdim Krasniqi, Director, Kosovo Judicial Institute, Kosovo Geeta Oberoi, Ph.D., Director, The Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies, Mauritius Description: Effective judicial education institutes have common attributes in any culture. They all require good governance structures, they all need adequate and continuing funding, and they all need staff and administrative support. This session will highlight judicial education institute best practices in these areas.

to

Noon 1:15 PM

LUNCH Regency B/C

4

10-9-2013

to

1:30 PM 3:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions Session 1.5: Challenges for Recently Established Training Institutes: Developing an Action Plan Regency A Speakers: Mary Fran Edwards, Judicial Capacity Building Expert, Strengthening the Lesotho Justice Sector Project, Ireland - Chair Peter Goldschmidt, Director, European Institute of Public Administration, Luxembourg Lavdim Krasniqi, Director, Kosovo Judicial Institute, Kosovo Geeta Oberoi, Ph.D, Director, The Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies, Mauritius Description: This session will be a hands-on workshop exploring the governance, funding, and infrastructure issues considered in Session 1.4. Session 1.6: Judicial Education Program Evaluation Regency D Speakers: M. Christy Tull, Manager of Curriculum Development, Ohio Judicial College, USA - Chair Anne Goldstein, Human Rights Education Director, International Association of Women Judges, USA Description: Evaluation of the effectiveness of judicial education is considered to be a standard practice for well-functioning judicial education institutes. This session will review the levels of program evaluations that can be done and what can be accomplished with the different levels. Participants will consider evaluation methods that incorporate the latest academic research and the practical experiences of judicial educators. Session 1.7: Curriculum Design and Development Concord/Lexington Speakers: Rainer Hornung, Ph.D., Director, German Judicial Academy, Germany - Chair Honorable Wojciech Postulski, Judge, National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution, Poland Description: In this session the faculty will explain what is meant by the term “curriculum” and how curricula can be designed and developed. Participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences in designing and developing curricula.

to

3:00 PM 3:30 PM

BREAK Hall of Battles Refreshments provided 5

10-9-2013

to

3:30 PM 5:00 PM

SUBJECT 1-B: JUDICIAL SKILL BUILDING Concurrent Sessions Session 1.8: Teaching Judicial Ethics and Judgecraft Concord/Lexington Speaker: Jeremy Cooper, Professor, Judicial College, United Kingdom – Chair Description: This session will explore considerations in teaching judicial ethics and judgecraft to appointed judges. The session addresses judicial behavior both inside and outside of the courtroom. Session 1.9: Dispute Resolution Skills for Judges in Civil Law Countries Regency A Speakers: Line Durocher, Senior Advisor, National Judicial Institute, Canada - Chair Honorable Sylvain Coutlée, Judge, Court of Quebec, Canada Honorable André Roy, Justice, Superior Court of Quebec, Canada Description: This session will introduce participants to an experiential, skills-based model of education used by the National Judicial Institute to teach settlement conferencing skills to Canadian judges. Inspired by the judicial settlement process set out in the Québec Civil Code of Procedure, this model teaches a six-step process using a variety of innovative techniques. After being presented with both the model and the six-step process, participants will role play some of the teaching techniques and explore further ways to effectively enhance judges’ skills in dispute resolution. Session 1.10: Enhancing the Decision-making Process Bunker Hill Speakers: Ingo Keilitz, Ph.D., Senior Justice Reform Specialist, The World Bank, USA - Chair Pamela Casey, Ph.D., Principal Court Research Consultant, National Center for State Courts, USA Honorable Steve Leben, Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, USA Description: The session will discuss the science behind how individuals process information and come to decisions. It highlights some of the factors (e.g., decision fatigue, multitasking) that affect the decision-making process - often without the individual's conscious awareness. The session will consider the implications of the science for implementing procedural justice principles - voice, neutrality, respectful treatment, and trust - that have been shown to increase litigants' perceptions of fairness.

6

10-9-2013

Session 1.11: Judicial Demeanor and Communication Regency D Speakers: Janine McIntosh, Director, Institute of Judicial Studies, New Zealand - Chair George Thomson, Senior Director, National Judicial Institute, Canada Honorable Helen Winkelmann, Chief High Court Judge, Chair of the Institute of Judicial Studies, New Zealand Description: People who come before the courts want the opportunity to be heard by an impartial judge. This session will explore how to improve judges’ listening and communication skills.

to

6:30 PM 8:00 PM

United States Supreme Court Reception U.S. Supreme Court Welcome Remarks Honorable Eric T. Washington, Chief Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, USA (buses depart hotel at 6:15 PM and U.S. Supreme Court at 8:15 PM) Substantial hors d’oeuvres will be provided

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 to

7:00 AM 6:00 PM

Registration Regency Foyer

to

7:30 AM 8:30 AM

Breakfast Regency B/C

to

8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Cyber Cafe Regency Foyer

to

9:00 AM SUBJECT 2: JUDICIAL EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF THE RULE OF 10:15 AM M LAW

to 1

Session 2.0: Judicial Education in Support of Justice System Reform, Independence, and Accountability Regency A Speakers: Angela Quiroga Quiroga, Director General, Judicial Studies Institute of the High Court of Justice of Mexico City, Mexico - Chair Isabelle Poinso, Senior Judge, Deputy Director, Head of International Development, Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature, France Virginia Simari, Ph.D., Federal Judge in Civil Matters and Director of Instituto Superior de la Magistratura, Argentina 7

10-9-2013

Description: This session will explore approaches to support the rule of law through judicial education. Techniques to enhance the likelihood of successful judicial reform will be shared, including workshops for the development of accountability in the judicial system, as well as lessons learned as applied to implementation of judicial training institutions throughout the world. Session 2.1: Election Law Concord/Lexington Speakers: John Meeks, Vice President, Institute for Court Management, National Center for State Courts, USA - Chair Cheselden George V. Carmona, Professorial Lecturer / Development Consultant, Philippine Judicial Academy, Philippines Honorable Marcelo Navarro Ribeiro Dantas, Judge, Federal Court of Appeal, Brazil Honorable Pedro Esteban Penagos Lopez, Justice, Electoral Court of the Federal Judicial Power, Mexico Honorable David Amilcar Shikomera Majanja, Justice, High Court of Kenya, Kenya Amy McDowell, Education Program Manager, Co-Director, The Joint Election Law Program, National Center for State Courts, USA Description: In this session the panelists and participants will discuss how judges can best be educated to resolve election law disputes. Session 2.2: A Strategic Vision for the Training of the Judiciary Regency D Speakers: Lyn Slade, Chief Executive Officer, Judicial College of Victoria, Australia - Chair Edith Van Den Broeck, Director, Judicial Training Institute, Belgium Honorable Marilyn Warren AC, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Victoria and Chair, Judicial College of Victoria, Australia Description: From different perspectives each of the speakers will outline the importance of a strategic vision and engagement for judicial education, as follows: BELGIUM There is a shift in needs currently taking place in the Belgian Judicial landscape. The Strategic Vision for the Training of the Judiciary is a document that was drawn up in 2013 and which has been edited in the context of a “needs analysis.” This document describes the challenges of the Belgium judicial system regarding training and what role the Training Institute plays in tackling them. The session addresses the following questions: What are the needs of a modern judicial system? What challenges will the judicial system be faced with in the near future? What is the added value of the Training Institute to meet these future demands and overcome the challenges? 8

10-9-2013

   

AUSTRALIA Since 2002, the Judicial College of Victoria (JCV) has provided education for judges, magistrates and tribunal members in Victoria, Australia. Insights will be presented from a judicial perspective on innovative aspects of the JCV’s work. Key experiences in the organization’s strategy and development will be the focus, including: foundational work and transition from, in the beginning, initial skepticism about the need for judicial education to, a decade later, institutional acceptance; judge-led curriculum design and education and its relationship to systemic learning and intervention; the challenge of ongoing innovation and judicial engagement; and the JCV’s unique strategic vision for the future, with a move to a tertiary or “academic” model of judicial education.

to

10:15 AM 10:45 AM

BREAK Hall of Battles Refreshments provided

to

10:45 AM Noon

Concurrent Sessions Session 2.3: Bench Books and Reference Manuals: Preparing Practical Publications for Judges Regency A Speakers: Sylvan Sobel, Director, Communications Policy & Design Office, Federal Judicial Center, USA - Chair Livingston Armytage, Ph.D., Director, Centre for Judicial Studies, Australia Honorable Ljiljana Lalovic, Judge, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Description: Publications are the most basic and accessible form of distance education. This session will describe different types of written judicial education resources, including procedural manuals that serve as a reference tool for first instance judges (sometimes called benchbooks) and monographs that provide an overview of specific areas of law. Some benchbooks include process-oriented checklists for judges, others have sample forms, and, in recent years, judicial training institutes have developed e-books with links to legislation and case law. This panel will also use case studies to illustrate the publication development process, from appointing an advisory group, to selecting authors, developing a production time line, and peer review. Session 2.4: Justice Administration: International Framework for Judicial Excellence Regency D Speakers: Dan Hall, Vice President, Court Consulting Services, National Center for State 9

10-9-2013

Courts, USA - Chair Victor M. Castro Borbon, Chief, Office of the Secretary of Public Administration, Mexico Honorable Colin Doherty, Judge, District Court, New Zealand Honorable Jan-Marie Doogue, Chief Judge, District Court, New Zealand Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director, Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration, Australia Description: The International Framework for Court Excellence was developed by an International Consortium consisting of groups and organizations from Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States. The goal of the Consortium’s effort has been the development of a framework of values, concepts, and tools by which courts worldwide can voluntarily assess and improve the quality of justice and court administration they deliver. The Framework is a resource for assessing a court’s performance against seven detailed areas of court excellence and provides clear guidance for courts intending to improve their performance. Participants will learn how the Framework can be used to help judges improve the administration of justice. Session 2.5: Findings of the International Survey Regarding the Criteria Employed by Various Nations for the Selection of Judges Concord/Lexington Speaker: Baruch Nevo, Professor, University of Haifa, Israel – Chair Description: Countries around the globe are choosing their judges according to an aprioric known set of criteria. These sets of criteria reflect the philosophical, anthropological, and practical contexts within which the legal systems in the various countries operate. Theoretically, there are many selection methods available. Some are called "preliminary" or "screening" devices and they are rough and rapid by their nature. Others are more subtle and continuous and they allow for more fine-tuning of personnel selection. During the period October 2012March 2013, a questionnaire was sent through the internet to all IOJT members. The questionnaire consisted of two parts: * Preliminary requirements, (e.g. Higher education degree in law; Age limit) * Selection variables, (e.g. Bar Examination Score). Each part included several basic items, each item dedicated to one selection criterion. The aim of the survey was to collect comparative data regarding the ways nations choose their judges. The presentation will report on the major findings of the 2012-2013 survey. The emphasis will be on selection criteria common to all nations.

to

Noon 1:15 PM

LUNCH Regency B/C

10

10-9-2013

to

1:30 PM 5:00 PM

OPEN - Optional Tour Excursions (buses will depart at 1:30 PM) Free evening to make your own dining arrangements

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013 to

7:00 AM 2:00 PM

Registration Regency Foyer

to

7:30 AM 8:30 AM

Breakfast Regency B/C

to

8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Cyber Cafe Regency Foyer

to

9:00 AM 10:15 AM

General Assembly Regency A

to

10:15 AM 10:45 AM

Break Hall of Battles Refreshments provided

10:45 AM 12:15 PM

SUBJECT 3: TECHNOLOGY AND JUDICIAL EDUCATION

to

Concurrent Sessions Session 3.1: Technology in Support of Judicial Education Regency A Speakers: T. Brettel Dawson, Professor, National Judicial Institute, Canada - Chair William J. Brunson, Director of Special Projects, The National Judicial College, USA Alistair Duff, Deputy Director, Judicial Institute for Scotland, Scotland Description: Technology has become more attainable and useful for judicial education institutes at all levels of development. In this session three judicial education organizations with broad experience in providing technology-based education will discuss how technology can benefit all judicial education organizations. Session 3.2: The Online Judicial Learning Environment Concord/Lexington Speakers: Joseph R. Sawyer, Distance Learning and Technology Manager/ Program Manager, The National Judicial College, USA - Chair 11

10-9-2013

Honorable Tom Crabtree, Chief Judge, Provincial Court of British Columbia, Canada Honorable Joseph W. Bovard, Justice, Ontario Court of Justice, Canada Description: This session will present innovative online programming approaches. Presenters will discuss the choice to invest in online learning and best practices gleaned from experience. Session 3.3: Judicial Training in the Digital Age: Towards Developing a More Systematic, Pragmatic Approach to Judicial Use of Social Media Regency D Speaker: Karen Eltis, Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada – Chair Description: Social media and the Internet generally are facts of modern life, and as such, the judiciary has a responsibility to ensure that the benefits of technology are harnessed towards the better administration of justice, rather than subverted for undermining public confidence or unnecessarily curtailing judicial activities. This session will address the practical steps that judicial education programs might consider taking in order to address the challenges associated with judging in the digital age generally and with social media in particular.

to

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

LUNCH Regency C/D

to

1:30 PM 5:00 PM

Exhibits and Knowledge Fair Regency B Judicial education organizations represented at the conference will display and demonstrate their work. In addition, the Knowledge Fair will showcase education technology products and services offered by several businesses. Snacks and beverages will be provided during the Fair.

to

6:30 PM 9:30 PM

Gala Dinner Library of Congress (buses depart hotel at 6:30 PM and Library of Congress at 9:30 PM)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013 to

7:00 AM Noon

Information Desk Regency Foyer

12

10-9-2013

to

7:30 AM 8:30 AM

Breakfast Columbia A/B

to

8:00 AM Noon

Cyber Cafe Regency Foyer

to

9:00 AM 9:20 PM

Welcome and Invitation from the Chief Justices of the World Conference Geeta Ghandi Kingdon, Ph.D., Chair of Education Economics International Development, Institute of Education, University of London, England and President, City Montessori School, India

SUBJECT 4: JUDICIAL EDUCATION and the ACADEMY

to

9:20 AM 10:15 AM

Plenary 4.0: Collaboration Between the Academy and Judicial Training Institutes: Challenges and Opportunities Columbia A/B Speakers: Mary Campbell McQueen, President, National Center for State Courts, USA - Chair Anthony Manwaring, Deputy Head of International Department, Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature, France Honorable Joel Mwaura Ngugi, Judge, High Court of Kenya, Kenya Honorable Ronald B. Robie, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, USA Eli M. Salzberger, Professor of Law and Former Dean, University of Haifa, Israel William Treaner, Dean, Georgetown Law Center, Georgetown University, USA Description: This plenary session will be a facilitated discussion about the challenges and opportunities raised by partnerships between the Academic Community and Judicial Training Institutes, including: 1) ethical concerns, such as judicial and academic independence; challenges to the appearance of impartiality; balancing perspectives in the development of legal issues; and 2) issues of common interest to the Academy and Judicial Training Institutes, such as the use of technology in education; changes in research methods and information available over the internet; and the impact of specialized attorney practice in justice systems with judges expected to preside over a broad range of cases.

to

10:15 AM 10:30 AM

BREAK Hall of Battles Refreshments provided

to

10:30 AM 11:30 AM

Plenary 4.0: Collaboration Between the Academy and Judicial Training Institutes: Challenges and Opportunities (continued)

to

Noon 1:00 PM

LUNCH and CLOSING SESSION Columbia A/B 13

10-9-2013

Closing Remarks Honorable Eliezer Rivlin, IOJT President, Justice, retired, Supreme Court of Israel, Israel Mary Campbell McQueen, President, National Center for State Courts, USA

Adjournment ****************************************

to

1:00 PM 1:45 PM

Board of Governors Meeting Congressional C/D

to

1:45 PM 2:30 PM

Executive Committee Meeting Congressional C/D

14

Suggest Documents