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SUMMARY:NAWJ 2026 Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nRegistration\n  \n\n\nRegistration Rates\nLate\n\n\nMember Rate\n$865\n\n\nNon-Member Rate\n$915\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\nVisiting New Orleans\nLooking for fun things to do or places to eat? Check out an extensive list of fun activities and restaurants compiled by our conference planning committee. \nPlease contact jmihoc@nawj.org for any registration questions. \nFirst 200 registrants will receive a free copy of Beyond Bourbon Street: An Insider’s Guide to New Orleans \nCancellation Policy: The cancelation fee for persons who cancel before September 24\, 2026\, is $100. Registrants who cancel after September 24\, 2026\, will not be eligible for a refund. If you must cancel\, please let us know as soon as possible to allow others to register. \nHotel Information\nThe Roosevelt New Orleans\, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel 130 Roosevelt Way New Orleans\, LA 70112 \nThe NAWJ rooming block is closed but you may use this link to find hotel accommodations at the Roosevelt – https://bit.ly/4AJWJKJ \n\n   \nConference Agenda\nInformation subject to change. All times are listed in Central Time. \n   \n\n\nWednesday | October 14\, 2026\n\n\n11:30 AM – 3:30 PM\nBoard of Directors Meeting\n\n\nThursday | October 15\, 2026\n\n\n8:30 AM – 12:15 PM\nNew Judges Training Seminar: A separate registration fee is required for this seminar ($250 NAWJ Members/$300 Non-Members) – REGISTER HERE.\n\n\n12:00 PM – 7:00 PM\nRegistration Open\n\n\n12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\n\nOptional Lunch & Learn – CoCounsel Legal for the Bench – Trusted\, Transparent\, Verifiable AI \nThrough a live demonstration\, judges will see how courts are using the new CoCounsel Legal to streamline judicial workflows with AI grounded in trusted legal authority\, linked to underlying legal sources\, and designed to deliver transparent\, easily verifiable results. Presented by Thomson Reuters. \n\n\n\n3:30 PM – 4:30 PM\nNew Member and First Time Attendee Gathering\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:15 PM\nPlanting the Seed\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nResource Board Gathering\n\n\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\nWelcome Reception – All attendees welcome Hosted by John and Yulia Houghtaling\n\n\nFriday | October 16\, 2026\n\n\n7:45 AM – 5:00 PM\nRegistration and Exhibit Hall Open\n\n\n7:45 AM – 9:00 AM\nBreakfast\n\n\n8:00 AM – 9:00 AM\nDistrict Meetings\n\n\n9:00 AM – 9:15 AM\nIntroductions\n\n\n9:15 AM – 10:30 AM\nOpening Plenary Session Gavel to Headlines: How Judges Can Speak to a Divided World Without Losing Their Credibility\, featuring Michelle Miller\n\n\n10:45 AM – 12:00 PM\nBreakout Sessions\n\nPutting Your Own Oxygen Mask on First: An Approach to Judicial Wellness\nCountering Disinformation in the Courts: A Threat to Judicial Independence and Democracy\nJudicial Forum: Assessing the Impact of AI in Courts\n\n\n\n\n12:15 PM – 1:30 PM\nAwards Luncheon\n\n\n1:45 PM – 3:00 PM\nPlenary Session: Makin’ Cake Layers of Justice – A Creative Expression of Race\, Class\, Equity and Law in America with Dasha Kelly\n\n\n3:15 PM – 4:30 PM\nBreakout Sessions\n\nThe Rule of Law Recession: What Can Judges Do?\nHot Topics in Family Court: The Latest Science on Substance Use\, Intimate Partner Violence\, Developmentally Sensitive Parenting Plans\, and Emerging Issues\nFrom Ecosystem Vulnerabilities to Bad Actors: Understanding AI-Driven Risks in Modern Courts\n\n\n\n\n4:45 PM – 5:45 PM\n\n\nIVP Showcase: Informational Open Committee Meeting\nFrom Identification to Lifelong Healing: Judicial Leadership in Building Multidisciplinary Responses to Human Trafficking and Complex Trauma\n\n\n\n\n6:00 PM – 7:00 PM\nFriends Reception\n\n\nSaturday | October 17\, 2026\n\n\n7:30 AM – 1:00 PM\nRegistration Open\n\n\n7:30 AM – 8:45 AM\nBreakfast\n\n\n7:45 AM – 8:45 AM\nCommittee Meetings\n\n\n8:45 AM – 9:45 AM\nNAWJ Annual Meeting\n\n\n10:00 AM – 11:15 AM\nBreakout Sessions\n\nAt the Intersection of Judicial Decision-Making\, Political Economy\, and Access to Justice\nEthics With a Focus on AI\nLaw\, Justice\, and the Holocaust: How the Courts Failed Germany\n\n\n\n\n11:30 AM – 12:45 PM\nPlenary Session: SCOTUS Year in Review featuring Dean Erwin Chemerinsky\n\n\n1:00 PM – 2:30 PM\n\nOptional Lunch and Learn – AI for Courts: Practical Use Cases and What’s Next * \nThis educational Lunch & Learn session will help courts better understand AI\, discuss new AI developments\,  what requirements AI should have when being used for legal work and practical AI use cases for courts. Presented by LexisNexis. \n\n\n\n1:00 PM – 5:00 PM\n\nFree time to explore New Orleans \nLooking for fun things to do or places to eat? Check out an extensive list of fun activities and restaurants compiled by our conference planning committee. \n\n\n\n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM\nGala Reception\n\n\n6:30 PM – 9:30 PM\nGala Dinner and Dancing\n\n\n\n*  This event is designed to comply with applicable US federal and state and local rules regarding permissible gifts and expenses. By attending this event\, invitees will comply with the applicable gift\, disclosure\, and approval laws and policies of their respective organizations and agree to the receipt of a gift\, understanding that there may be potential disclosure of the gift(s) in applicable lobby disclosure filings of the donor. Please ensure that you are familiar with the rules of your organization and that you follow them. Any food\, refreshments and promotional items provided during the event are not mandatory and are offered solely to those who may accept them. International guests should abide by their local laws\, regulations and policies.  \nSponsors\nThank you to all of our sponsors! \nGOLD \n\n    \n\n\nHon. Mary Becnel\n\nJohn & Yulia Houghtaling\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nSILVER \n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \nBRONZE \n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGlago Williams \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nSMALL FIRM and INDIVIDUAL \n\n    \n\n\n\nCharles Ralston\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCol. Linda Murnane\nNew Orleans Bar Association\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n  \nWIFI \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nSOCIAL \n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nIN KIND \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nEXHIBITORS
URL:https://www.nawj.org/event/nawj-2026-annual-conference/
LOCATION:The Roosevelt New Orleans\, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel\, 130 Roosevelt Way\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70112\, United States
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