Registration
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

2012 - 2013 Board of Directors Lunch Meeting
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Optional Visit to the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women
Approximate Time: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Visit to the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW). The date for the excursion has been changed from Thursday to Wednesday, October 9, 2013 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (departure from the hotel at 11:30am). Participants will tour the Academic Building (upholstery, office occupation, education classes), Administrative Segregation areas (not Death Row), the Infirmary area, one housing area, the Law Library and Chapel if time permits. A bag lunch and snacks will be provided, including authentic Louisiana pecan pralines. Buses will depart the hotel at 11:30am, and will return to the hotel at 4:30pm. Please notify NAWJ upon registration, download and complete this required form here. A photo copy of your drivers license is required in advance and should be faxed or emailed along with this form to vcollins@lasc.org or (504) 310-2359. In order for this visit to occur, a minimum of 10 participants is required.

International Judges Reception
(By Invitation only)
Time: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

First time Attendees and Mentorship Gathering
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception at the Ritz Carlton
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

JAZZ BREAKFAST AND WELCOME CEREMONIES
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

Opening Plenary – Kenneth Feinberg, Esq.
Time: 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

KEYNOTE Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
Time: 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
Time: 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
Time: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

• Film Screening of the “Girl from Birch Creek” - a biography of Rosalie Wahl, Justice (Retired) Minnesota Supreme Court. Click here to reach the film’s website. Speaker: Emily Haddad, Independent Filmmaker.
• NAWJ Committee Meetings

Louisiana Supreme Court Reception Featuring a History of Louisiana Women Judges
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: 400 Royal Street, New Orleans

Mix and mingle with fellow conference attendees in the beautiful Beaux-Arts home of the Louisiana Supreme Court, in the French Quarter. A special exhibit of the History of Louisiana Judges will be on view.

Hospitality Social
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

NAWJ District Breakfast Meetings
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Plenary Session - Writing a Woman Judge's Life: Judicial Biography as History
Program Chair: Professor Sally Kenney, Director, Newcomb College Institute, Tulane University Time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Panelists:

• Jane de Hart, on Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Constance Backhouse, on Hon. Claire L’Heureux Dubé
• Mae Quinn, on Hon. Anna Moscowitz Kross
• Barbara Babcock, on Hon. Clara Foltz
• Marlene Trestman, on Bessie Margolin
• Tomiko Brown-Nagin, on Hon. Constance Baker Motley

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Friends Keynote Luncheon
Time: 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

• Keynote Address by Barbara Arnwine, Esq., Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

The Landrieu Family - The Family Business: Public Service
Program Chair: Chief Judge Susan M. Chehardy, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, Louisiana
Time: 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Panelists:

• Moderator: Clarence J. (Clancy) DuBos, III, Esq., Journalist and Attorney
• Maurice E. Landrieu, Jr., Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu
• Judge Moon Landrieu (Retired, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal), Former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary
• Judge Madeline Landrieu, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
• Clerk of the Court Cheryl Landrieu, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Time: 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

NAWJ Resource Board Meeting
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Cuisine in the Quarter
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Gather a few fellow conference attendees for dinner and head out to explore the French Quarter’s culinary treasures. Whether it’s a casual muffuletta or poboy, a Cajun gumbo or jambalaya, or sweet treat beignets or bananas foster, the Quarter has something delectable and delicious for everyone.

Decadent Dessert Party - Where the Deep South meets the Southern California-Mexico Border
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Breakfast – Committee Meetings
Time: 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

NAWJ Officer Investiture and Annual Business Meeting
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Optional Lecture on New Orleans Cuisine by Kit Wohl, Author and Photographer
Time: 10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Human Trafficking: Aiding Survivors- Shelter and Restorative Care Services and Best Practices in Federal and State Courts
Program Chair: Judge Joy Cossich Lobrano, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, Louisiana
Time: 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Panelists:

• Sergeant Michael Geiger, Portland, Oregon Police Bureau
• Linda Smith, Founder and President of Shared Hope International
• Kara Van de Carr, Founder and Executive Director of Eden House, Former U.S. Diplomat
• John A. Martin, Ph.D., Director, Center for Public Policy Studies, Immigration and the State Courts Initiative and Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative
• Ronal Serpas, Superintendent, New Orleans Police Department
• Steven Weller, Ph.D., J.D., Senior Consultant, Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative, Center for Public Policy Studies
• Katherine Krupa Green, J.D., Ph.D., Co-founder of Eden House; Law Clerk to Judge Shelly D. Dick, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
• Clemmie Greenlee, Human Trafficking Survivor, Resident Director of Eden House
• John B. Krentel, J.D., L.C.S.W., Former Behavioral Health Court Liaison; Eden House Board of Directors
• Judge Elizabeth Lee, San Mateo County Superior Court; Chair of NAWJ’s Human Trafficking Subcommittee
• Jonathan D. Mattiello, Executive Director, State Justice Institute

Optional Lecture on New Orleans Cuisine by Kit Wohl, Author and Photographer
Time: 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Optional Eden House, Fayard Home and Garden District and Uptown-University Area Tour. See below.
Approximate Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Eden House is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) two-year residential program for women who have been commercially and sexually exploited. Modeled after Magdalene House in Nashville, Tennessee, Eden House provides six to eight women a safe and supportive home for two years, free of cost. Through Eden House, women receive wrap-around services such as counseling, education, and job training. Since addiction is often connected with prostitution, a twelve-step program is part of the Eden House model. The program is highly successful: two and a half years after beginning the program, 72% of the women who join Nashville’s Magdalene House are clean, sober, and no longer being sexually exploited and trafficked.

The home of Calvin and Frances Fayard located at 5809 St. Charles Avenue is a familiar New Orleans landmark. Architects Toledano and Reusch designed and built the mansion in 1896 for grocery tycoon Nicholas Burke as a gift to his bride. Architect Robert Cangelosi, Jr. called the Fayard home “unquestionably the most impressive and photographed house on the Avenue. . . an outstanding example of the picturesque mode of the Colonial Revival style.” The Fayards are only the fourth family to own this splendid home.

Enjoy a tour through the New Orleans’ elegant Garden District, once part of the plantation owned by Bienville, the founder of New Orleans. Visit the “American” section of town that was built to rival the architectural splendor of the Creoles’ French Quarter. This historic district is known for its marvelous examples of Greek Revival and Italianate architecture. The homes of former Kings and Queens of Mardi Gras are located here, as well as the home of the premier family of football - the Mannings - where Archie lives and Peyton and Eli grew up. You'll also see the former residence of celebrated author Anne Rice, as well as the house where Jefferson Davis died in 1889; and Toby’s Corner, the oldest house in the area (built in 1838). Visit Lafayette Cemetery, one of our Cities of the Dead, and learn about our unusual above-ground burial system. Note: Some of the tour will be a walking tour on uneven sidewalks and streets, so please wear comfortable shoes! The bus will also drive down St. Charles Avenue and view New Orleans uptown area, Audubon Park and Tulane University and Loyola University

Optional Fashion Event at Saks Fifth Avenue
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m

NAWJ 2013-2014 Board of Directors Meeting
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

NAWJ Annual Awards Reception and Banquet
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Farewell Breakfast
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

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NAWJ PIN/PENDANT

New Orleans jewelry designer, Dominique Giordano, has been commissioned to craft a unique piece of jewelry for the National Association of Women Judges in conjunction with this year’s annual conference. Co-designing the pin/pendant is our own Judge Mary Hotard Becnel, Annual Conference Co-Chair. Dominique is donating 10 percent of the sales of the pin/pendant to NAWJ.

The sterling silver abstract geometric pin/pendant represents the figure of a woman judges wearing the traditional black robe and holding the scales of justice which bear pearls of wisdom. The pin is also available in a gold robe or dress for women lawyers.

The Pin/Pendant is $150. A 16”-18” adjustable sterling silver chain is also available for $45. Shipping and handling is $17. To order email contact@dgiordano.com or visit www.dgiordano.com. Download order form here, and flyer here.

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