NAHO Board of Directors Meeting

Conference Registration

Orientation & CLE Information

1A-Curing Hearing Problems: The Doctor Is In!

1B-Preserving the Rule of Law in Administrative Hearings

2A-Credibility Assessment in Administrative Hearings

2B-Mastering the Prehearing Conference: Efficient Case Management

Optional Activity: Aquarium of the Pacific

NAHO Cheers and Gear Social

Conference Registration

Orientation & CLE Information

3A-Legal Reasoning & Writing for New/Non-Lawyer Adjudicators, Part 1: Legal Reasoning

3B-Hearing Management Techniques 1: Practical Solutions to Common Problems

3C-Complex Litigation Issues in Discovery, Scientific Evidence, & Motion Practice

4A-Legal Reasoning & Writing for New/Non-Lawyer Adjudicators, Part 2: Practical Learning

4B-Order in Your Orders 2.0: Advanced Tools & Techniques for Drafting & Self-Editing

4C-Prehearing Practice for Hearing Officials: Motions, Discovery, & Due Process

5A-Legal Reasoning & Writing for New/Non-Lawyer Adjudicators, Part 3: Writing Skills Practicum

5B-Pride & Pronouns: Addressing Gender Identity & Expression in Hearings

5C-Establishing Agency/Central Panel Policy for Administrative Adjudicator Use of AI

Keynote Luncheon

6A-Security Precautions That Every Adjudicator Should Take

6B-Basic Evidentiary Procedures & Practicum: Instruction & Implementation

6C-Civil Rights, Title IX, & Executive Order 14168

7A-Ethics: Maintaining Neutrality Despite Feeling Hostility, Sorrow, or Aversion

7B-Beyond the Basics: Evidentiary Rulings on Contested Evidence

7C-Due Process in K-12 Student Discipline Hearings

Conference Registration

8A-NAHO Annual Membership Meeting

8B-Case Management

9A-What's So Special About Your Hearings? The Upside, the Downside & the Darkside, Part I (S)

9B-From Statute to Hearing Room: Understanding Public Benefit Changes Under H.R. 1

10A-What's So Special About Your Hearings? The Upside, the Downside & the Darkside, Part 2

10B-Resolving Conflicts & Concerns in Human Services Hearings: Scenarios & Discussion

10C-Not attending Session 10

Lunch on Your Own

11A-Ruling on Objections, #1 for Newer/Non-Attorney Adjudicators: Objections to Testimony

11B-Shifting Burdens of Proof: What Is It, Who Has It, & When Does It Shift

11C-Tsunami Warning: Impact of Quantum Computing on Hearing Officials

12A-Ruling on Objections, Part 2: Substantive Objections to Non-Testimonial Evidence

12B-Due Process Elements Workshop

12C-Confrontation De-Escalation Techniques for Heated Hearings

13A-Effective Use of Interpreting & Translation Services for Administrative Adjudicators

13B-Best Practices for Writing Complex (Low Volume) Decisions

13C-Navigating Student Discipline Disputes: Hearing Scenarios & Discussion

14A-Best Practices for Managing Hearings Involving Self-Represented Litigants

14B-Facilitating Settlement of Administrative Agency Cases

14C-Hearing Management Techniques 2: Effective Fixes for Recurring Dilemmas

15A-Judicial Ethics for Hearing Officials: Social Media Use, Recusal & Taking Judicial Notice

15B-Administrative Law Update from Appellate Courts

15C-Reacting to the Unthinkable: What to Do in An Active Assailant Situation

Certification & Commendation Celebration Luncheon

16A-Judicial Ethics for Hearing Officials: Ex Parte Communications & Maintaining Neutrality

16B-Now they Call You Judge: Thoughts on Taking the Bench for the First Time

16C-Internet Evidence: Who, What, When & Why of Admissibility

17A-The Demeanor Behind the Decision: How What You Do Matters as Much as What You Decide

17B-Working Smarter: Shortcuts & Search Strategies for Adjudicators

17C-Education Law Update

Closing Remarks, Preview of 2027 and CLE Information