| Monday, December 2, 2024, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| Registration | | |
| Monday, December 2, 2024, 5:00 PM |
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| No Host Social | | |
| Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
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| Registration | | |
| Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM |
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| Conference Orientation | | |
| Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
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| 1A Admissibility of Digital Evidence: Hearing Officer’s Role as Gatekeeper, Part 1 (two-hour class) (E) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 1B Laws Student Discipline Hearing Officers Probably Don’t Know, But Should, Part 1 (two-hour class) (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| 1C The Road Ahead: Autonomous Technology in a World of Commercial Motor Vehicles, Part 1 (two-hour class) (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
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| 2A Admissibility of Digital Evidence: Hearing Officer’s Role as Gatekeeper, Part 2 (E) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 2B Laws Student Discipline Hearing Officers Probably Don’t Know, But Should, Part 2 (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| 2C The Road Ahead: Autonomous Technology in a World of Commercial Motor Vehicles, Part 2 (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 3A Self-Represented Litigants & the Role of the ALJ (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 3B Determining Consequences: Sanctioning Authority and the Limits of Discretion (E) | A more weighty or somewhat more complex class | |
| 3C Conducting Expedited IDEA Hearings (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
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| Keynote Luncheon | | |
| Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
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| 4A As the Dark Clouds Gather: Recent SCOTUS Administrative Law Opinions (E) | A more weighty or somewhat more complex class | |
| 4B Staying on Track! Confining the Hearing to the Issues Stated in the Hearing Notice (E) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 4C Assessing Evidence of Actual Physical Control of Motor Vehicles in Administrative Hearings (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
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| 5A Why and How: Legal Research for Non-Lawyers (M) ¥ | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 5B Artificial Intelligence Skydives In: Safeguarding Fair Hearings in the Age of AI (E) | A more weighty or somewhat more complex class | |
| 5C Keeping Hearings Fair and Easy: Promoting Efficiency While Preserving Due Process (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
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| 6A NAHO Annual Membership Meeting | | |
| 6B High Volume, Low Stress: Adjudicator’s Guide to Navigating High Volume Dockets (E) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 6C Central Panels: Their Development and Operation (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 7A Plenary: Surviving a Hearing Official’s Dreadful, Horrible, Very Bad, Awfulest Workdays (E) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
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| Lunch On Your Own | | |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
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| 8A Best Practices for Using Interpreters to Ensure That All Are Heard (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 8B The Administrator Law Judge—Best Practices for Supervising Adjudicators (E) | A more weighty or somewhat more complex class | |
| 8C Evaluating Standardized Field Sobriety Test Evidence in Administrative Hearings (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
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| 9A History and Development of Administrative Law: How We Got Here (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 9B Algorithms, Flavors, Tiny Papers, and Dead Fish: Navigating Technical, Proprietary, Voluminous, and Unusual Evidence (E) | A more weighty or somewhat more complex class | |
| 9C Common Problems of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Hearings (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| 9D - Investigating and Presiding Over School Discipline Hearings (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| Thursday, December 5, 2024, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
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| 10A Bench Skills for New Adjudicators and Those Who Want to Polish Their Practice (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 10B Ethics: Maintaining Neutrality & Avoiding Impermissible Ex Parte Communication (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 10C Handling the Hot Seat: When the Agency (or District) is Just Wrong, But in Denial (E) | A more weighty or somewhat more complex class | |
| Thursday, December 5, 2024, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
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| 11A Understanding Due Process for Non-Lawyers and New Hearing Officials (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 11B Making the Transition from Advocate to Adjudicator (E) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 11C Assessing Evidence of Actual Physical Control of Motor Vehicles in Administrative Hearings (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| Thursday, December 5, 2024, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 12A Revealing the Outcome: Best Practices for Writing Adjudicatory Decisions and Orders (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 12B Ethics Review: Codes of Conduct for Administrative Hearing Officials (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 12C How to Draft the Ideal Script to Open Every Hearing (E) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| Thursday, December 5, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
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| Honors Luncheon | | |
| Thursday, December 5, 2024, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
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| 13A Understanding Judicial Independence for Non-Lawyers and New Hearing Officials (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 13B Case Review: Unexpected (Surprising) Developments in Human Services Hearings (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| 13C Handling Video Evidence: Admissibility and Reliability (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| Thursday, December 5, 2024, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
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| 14A Hacking Legal Terminology: Decoding Legal Language and Improving Word Usage (M) ¥ | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| 14B Adjudicating Civil Rights Discrimination Cases (S) | Specialized classes unique to a specific hearing type or policy area | |
| 14C Oh, No! They Aren’t Represented! Effective Hearings with Self-Represented Litigants (M) | General interest session on the fundamentals of adjudication | |
| Thursday, December 5, 2024, 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM |
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| Closing Remarks and Preview of 2025 Conference | | |