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Wednesday, October 20
12Noon to 1:30 pm NCMC Board of Directors Meeting (luncheon meeting)
By invitation only
2:00 pm to 4:30 pm Optional Court Tours
- High Security Criminal Courts
Meet at: Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center
(Contact Sylvia White-Irvy at 213-972-4232 for directions)
- Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court
Meet at: Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court
(Contact Sylvia White-Irby at 213-972-4232 for directions)
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Welcome Reception – Lexis/Nexus (Host)
Hon. Rufus King III, Senior Judge (ret.), Superior Court, District of Columbia
Chairman of the Board
Hon. Charles “Tim” McCoy, Presiding Judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles County
President
Site: Palm - Downtown Restaurant
1100 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Thursday, October 21
8:00 am to 9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
Site: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, downtown Los Angeles
9:00 am to 9:30 am Opening Remarks and Conference Overview
Hon. Charles “Tim” McCoy, President, NCMC
John “Jack” Clarke, Executive Officer, Superior Court, Los Angeles County
9:30 am to 10:30 am The Big Economic Picture for Metro Courts
Facilitator: Dr. John Hudzik, Michigan State University
What do you know about the long-run fiscal conditions of your court? How do you obtain that knowledge? What information do you need to make long range plans? How do you stay informed about your financial environment? What information is available? How do you get it? What “political spin” is placed on information from various sources?
10:30 am to 10:45 am Break
10:45 am to 12Noon The Big Economic Picture for Metro Courts (cont’d)
Discussion moderator: Dr. John Hudzik
Do specific issues and real-life incidents experienced by the attendees correlate with academic findings, data, and recommendations? What do chief judges and court executives encounter “on the ground?”
12Noon to 1:30 pm Group Lunch
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Politics of the Budgetary Process
Facilitator: Dr. Roger Hartley, University of Arizona
How do you develop effective relationships with your funders? What are the best roles and tactics for the chief judge and court executive? What performance measures should funders use in assessing metro courts? What do court leaders need to know about how funders make decisions about budgets?
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm The Art and Science of Judicial Formation in Today’s World
Facilitator: Noreen L. Sharp, ESQ, O.P.
In good times and bad, trial court leaders are duty bound to help new judges overcome the everyday difficulties they encounter in order to excel in their new profession. How do we do so and leave a legacy of service and mission driven jurists? Can we prevent the urgent (shrinking resources) from driving out the important (better judges)? Ms. Sharp has successfully helped the leadership at the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County (Phoenix) do so. Her insights and experiences offer helpful advice to us.
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Special Reception
Site: TBD
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Group Dinner (No host)
Site: TBD
Friday, October 22
8:00 am to 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am to 10:15 am Rationing of Court Services
Facilitator: Dr. Tom Clarke, National Center for State Courts
How do you manage your operations with reduced funding and resources? Are there effective ways metro courts have reduced services? What do you do when backlogs are so bad that they constitute a de facto denial of services?
10:15 am to 10:30 am Break
10:30 am to 12Noon Leadership During Times of Crisis
Facilitator: Hon. Charles “Tim” McCoy
What are the necessary leadership tools for chief judges and court executives to possess in dealing with fiscal uncertainty? How do you motivate and keep your bench informed about relevant organization issues? As “first among equals,” how do you lead your bench through tough times?
12Noon to 1:30 pm Group Lunch
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm The Media as a Help in Telling the Court’s Budget Story?
Facilitator: TBD
The media is often assumed to be at odds with the court or in the business of exposing bad news and sensational stories that reflect poorly on the court. Yet, some courts have found ways to collaborate with print and television news to promote accurate facts and positive stories about court budget problems. How do they do it? Are techniques transferrable to other courts?
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm to 4:00 pm Wrap Up and Conclusions
Hon. Charles “Tim” McCoy
John “Jack” Clarke
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm NCMC Board Meeting
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Closing Reception and Dinner
Site: TBD
Saturday, October 23
8:00 am to 10:30 am Optional Continental Breakfast and Discussion
Focus: NCMC Future Conferences; Topics; and Initiatives
Site: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Room 522
1Adaptations for urban court leaders from the Survivors Club, Ben Sherwood, Grand Central Publishing Company, New York, NY. (2009).
2Adaptations for urban court leaders from Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading, Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA (2002).
3Adaptations for urban court leaders from the Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything, Stephen M.R. Covey, Free Press, New York, NY (2006).
4Adaptations for urban court leaders from Leading Change, John P. Kotter, Harvard Business Press, Boston MA. (1996); and Good to Great and the Social Sectors, Jim Collins, Harper Collins Publishing Company, New York, NY (2005).
5Adaptations for urban court leaders from The Twelve Elements of Great Managing, Rod Wagner and James Harter, Gallop Press, New York, NY (2006).