Conference Schedule

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Monday, December 2, 2024, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Registration 
Monday, December 2, 2024, 5:00 PM
No Host Social 
Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Registration  
Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Conference Orientation 
Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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
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
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
Keynote Luncheon 
Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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
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
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
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
Lunch On Your Own 
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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
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
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
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
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
Honors Luncheon 
Thursday, December 5, 2024, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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
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
Closing Remarks and Preview of 2025 Conference