2019 These Thank-You Cards Came from Students at Reno’S Dorothy Lemelson STEM Academy Elementary School

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Annual Report to Stakeholders 2019 These thank-you cards came from students at Reno’s Dorothy Lemelson STEM Academy Elementary School. Theirs was one of the ﬁrst groups to come to the College for our Reading & Robes program, launched in 2019.

n putting the nishing touches on this report describing events from 2019, we could not help thinking that 2019 seems like a long time ago. Classroom instruction at the NJC, like virtually all colleges and schools, remains on hold because of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Massive protests continue over police brutality and racial injustice. Political Idivisions within the United States, which many already consider to be the worst since the Civil War, only seem to deepen. In these troubled times, we are heartened by your continuing support of our institution and its mission: to make the world a more just place by educating and inspiring the judiciary. We hope you take encouragement and inspiration from what you read in these pages. Our expanding Reading & Robes program is teaching disadvantaged children how justice is supposed to work and about their civic responsibilities. An NJC alumnus helped make the world a safer place for children in Pennsylvania by helping expose cruel crimes. An alumna in Louisiana is helping young victims of human tracking see a brighter future. In Colorado, NJC judges are leading a coaching program that promises a healthier, more sustainable and expert judiciary. “e arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” An abolitionist minister spoke these words in 1871. In 1958, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. repeated them to a nation in which the promise of equality for all had still not been realized. We need to understand that the arc of the moral universe does not bend on its own; it takes sustained eort. ank you for being arc benders with us.

Hon. Benes Z. Aldana (Ret.) Peter Bennett President Chair, Board of Trustees

2 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 1 “It was an eye-opening and powerful moment in my life…. ” — Billy G. Johnson Jr., Judge Presiding, Justice and Small Claims Court, Midland, TX. He participated in When Justice Fails, Threats to NEWS the Independence of the Judiciary, when it was held in Montgomery, Alabama, birthplace of the U.S. civil rights movement

Enrollment reaches 12-year high both the courts and press. at event took place at the had previously been aliated with the Bolch Judicial as, “You’re not really a trial judge until you’ve been Enrollment in the College’s tuition-based courses National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and was Institute at Duke Law School. reversed.” reached a 12-year high of 1,316 in 2019. Highlights of carried on C-SPAN. Considered the leading provider of appellate judicial One of the aims of the program is to improve diver- the year included reaching the maximum enrollment education in the United States, the AJEI presents an sity within the judiciary, and the rst cohort, selected of 100 for the spring oering of the General Jurisdiction Teaching at the federal courthouse annual Summit open to all state and federal judges and through a competitive admission process, included course for new judges and 98 in the fall. in Chicago lawyers who practice appellate law people of Asian, African, East Indian and Hispanic an- e College’s total enrollment for 2019 – including e College partnered with the U.S. Court of Appeals cestry. ere were also more than twice as many women special and innovative courses, grant-funded courses, for the 7th Circuit in Chicago to present a continuing NJC Science Bench Book as men. and various custom and self-study courses, presented in legal education course on best practices for dealing with endorsed by Justice Breyer At the end of the course, participants were given person and online, reached 9,480. self-represented litigants. e College and Justice Speakers Insti- a special engraved walnut sounding block (pictured) Illinois Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier and 7th Circuit tute combined to publish a rst-of-its bearing the NJC logo. ey were told that they will e program included a visit to the home (pictured) NJC and ABA present roundtable on threats Chief Judge Diane Wood delivered welcome remarks kind digital Science Bench Book for state receive a matching gavel with their name inscribed on it of the French judge and political philosopher Montes- to democracy to more than 75 federal and state adjudicators at the court judges. (e book imagery at when they make it to the bench. quieu, who articulated the concept of the separation of e NJC joined with the ABA’s Standing Committee Dirksen Federal Building. e College later hosted a right is for illustration purposes only; Two weeks after the course, participant Olga Álvarez powers. on the American Judicial System to present a judges’ mixer for about 150 legal professionals at the Chicago Montgomery, Ala- the text is only available in digital form.) was appointed a judge of the California Superior roundtable discussion titled Undermining the Courts: Bar Association. bama. Funding was provided by the State Justice Institute. Court in San Diego. e photo on the back cover of Educating judges from around the world e Consequences for American Democracy. Judges heard from In the introduction, Supreme Court Justice Stephen this report shows her receiving her gavel from William Oregon’s AG and the ABA’s president Every year judges from around the world learn at the e program took place at the ABA’s annual meeting Bryan Stevenson of Breyer endorses the book as a “helpful and necessary Brunson, NJC director of special projects, custom deliver Jackson Lectures NJC through a partnership with the State Department’s in San Francisco in August and featured an all-star line- “Just Mercy” fame eort.” courses and international programs. Two leading women in the legal community nationally International Visitor Leadership Program. up of four state Supreme Court justices (three of them (right, in the gray A few months after that, the Virginia General Assem- presented Justice Jackson Lectures at the College in During 2019, judges from… chiefs) and two federal judges, including James Robart blazer and black Judicial Academy for aspiring judges debuts bly approved Lorie A. Sinclair Taylor for a six-year term 2109. (pictured) of the Western District of Washington. He shirt) and enjoyed For the rst time in NJC history, the College oered a as a judge in the Loudoun County General District • e Kyrgyz Republic studied human tracking and In the spring, Oregon Attorney General Ellen was the judge President Trump labeled a “so-called the experience of a course not for judges but for aspiring judges. Court. She is the rst African American to serve as a court responses to the problem; Rosenblum gave advice to new judges enrolled in judge” for blocking one of the president’s proposed lifetime when they e new Judicial Academy enrolled nearly 40 experi- judge in the county. • Malaysia learned about the rule of law, the impor- General Jurisdiction on how to become a good judge. Muslim bans. got to ride the very enced attorneys from 16 states. e week-long course tance of the independence of the judiciary, and the She is a former federal prosecutor and state trial and e panelists agreed that judges have a responsibility same bus (pictured explains about what is entailed in being a judge and Teaching in France’s wine country U.S. judicial system; to speak out against eorts to undermine the judiciary. appellate judge. provides advice on how to improve one’s chances of above) on which Rosa Parks de ed segregation laws in e College’s inaugural Judicial Renaissance course in • e Maldives, including the chair of the Presidential Manny Garcia, standards and eth- In the fall, American Bar Association President Judy being elected or 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a white passen- the wine country of Bordeaux, France, welcomed judg- Commission of Enforced Disappearances and Deaths, ics editor for USA Today Network, Perry Martinez spoke on how the ABA and the judiciary appointed to the ger. es from the United States, Europe, Uganda, Pakistan, studied judicial independence and training and the served as moderator. work together as allies for justice. bench. e initial Stevenson is founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, India and South Korea. tribal judicial system in the United States; e program was follow-up based in Montgomery. class included a During the weeklong educational experience, judges The ride of a lifetime • Saudi Arabia learned about the rule of law and judi- to the College’s December 2018 panel of three state engaged with experts from the arts, humanities and e College brought its long-running course When cial reform. national symposium on threats Appellate judges group joins NJC supreme court chief science to better understand the context of the legal Justice Fails: reats to the Independence of the Judiciary to democracy posed by eorts to Directors of the Appellate Judges Education Institute justices who shared system and judges’ place within it. • Fifteen island nations in the Paci c Judicial Strength- to the birthplace of the U.S. civil rights movement, undermine public con dence in voted to transfer the group’s aliation to the NJC. It sage advice such ening Initiative began receiving webcast instruction

2 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 3 “Thank you for hosting the tribal court judges in Anchorage! It was very informative and helpful to many tribal groups starting their own courts…. ” — Rudy S. Clark Jr., Associate Judge, Hualapai Tribal Court, Peach Springs, AZ, a participant in Essential Skills for Tribal Court Judges NEWS

Judicial Education Two faculty share College’s by former Nevada Senator and Senate Majority Leader and hosting from the NJC. e consortium is admin- decision making, the subject of a national symposium Manager Bryan highest teaching honor Harry Reid as the man who saved the 9th Circuit. Reid istered by the Federal Court of Australia and funded the College presented in early 2020 in Washington, D.C. Walker was honored For the second year in a row, the was referring to Hug’s eectiveness at defending the by the Foreign Ministry of New Zealand. African judge the ﬁrst as the NJC employee College’s highest teaching honor, the V. court from conservatives who wanted the massive court e NJC also presented online learning workshops beneﬁciary of Flanagan for 2019 who best Robert Payant Award, went to a pair of broken up because of its perceived liberal bent. in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, with funding from the U.S. Scholarship exempli ed all ve faculty members. He was appointed to the 9th Circuit in 1977 and Agency for International Development. And President e College hosted a reception of the College’s core Toni Boone (above) served as an ad- continued to serve as an active, then senior, judge until Aldana delivered the keynote address at an internation- in honor of Sierra Leone Su- values: integrity, ministrative law judge for the Oce of Administrative his full retirement in November of 2017. He was a al conference on the rights of indigenous peoples in President Aldana presents preme Court Justice Emmanuel leadership, justice, Hearings of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles trustee of the College from 2000-2007 (chair, 2004- Mérida, Mexico. the "traveling trophy" for the Ekundayo Roberts, the inaugural Judges inspecting a water project on California's honor, a mini statue of Justice excellence and in Las Vegas from 2003 until her retirement in 2014. 05). Judge Hug is remembered as a cheerful leader and Monterey Peninsula. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. innovation. She has been a frequent instructor in Administrative a wonderful mentor and valued friend who epitomized Co-hosting a conference in Korea recipient of the Hon. Patrick e topic: Sustainable Water Rights in Drought. Law: Fair Hearing and Evidence Challenges for Adminis- optimism, patience, kindness and humility. e College joined with its counterpart in South Korea Flanagan International Judicial Scholarship. e NJC’s counterpart for federal Article III judges, President Aldana with trative Law Judges. and Korea’s Supreme Court to present an international Justice Roberts (pictured with Judge Flanagan's wid- the Federal Judicial Center, provided funding for federal North Carolina Chief Senior judge Phyllis Wil- Samuel G. DeSimone conference in Korea on challenges facing judiciaries ow, Caroline Flanagan) used the scholarship to attend judges to attend, and three U.S. Supreme Court special Justice Cheri Beasley liams Kotey (right) is a clinical Judge Samuel G. “Big Sam” around the world. the College’s faculty development workshop. At the re- masters who handle water disputes were among the (left) and Anna Elizabeth professor of law and director DeSimone, a beloved NJC Co-hosted by ception he thanked supporters of the Flanagan endow- participants. Blackburne-Rigsby, of externships and pro bono faculty member who was Korea’s Judicial ment for the opportunity to study at the NJC. He also chief judge of the District programs at Florida International aliated with the College for Research and eloquently discussed eorts to recover from civil war in Hon. Jan Morris (Ret.) joined the College as of Columbia Court of University. She has frequently more than 45 years, passed Training Institute, Sierra Leone and how he plans to use the skills learned director of the National Tribal Judicial Center. Appeals, at the Confer- taught Judicial Ethics and Special away at his home in Mick- the event attracted at the NJC to help improve his country’s judiciary. Judge Morris was a tribal court professional ence of Chief Justices in Court Jurisdiction. leton, New Jersey, at the age more than 450 e endowment was established by the family and for more than 30 years, including 20 years as a Asheville, North Carolina. of 88. people, primarily many friends of the late Judge Flanagan, who was a tribal judge and 15 years on the NJC faculty. Photo taken at the IN MEMORIAM He joined the faculty in 1986 and taught for the judges but also faculty member of the College and served as chief judge Biltmore Estate. Procter R. Hug Jr. NJC nearly 100 times, including many sessions of legal academics, of the district court in Reno. e fund provides schol- Activist, author and lawyer Ellen Krug General Jurisdiction, Dispute Resolution Skills, Managing government law- arship support for an international judge aliated with Former NJC Trustee Procter R. Hug Jr., a giant of the became the NJC’s rst transgender faculty Hon. Ari Tobi-Aiyemo, magis- Complex Litigation and Conducting the Trial. yers and law rm managing partners. the Northern Nevada International Center’s Interna- legal profession in Nevada who served as chief judge of member when she taught the webinar trate with the Lagos State Judi- Generations of NJC alumni will remember him Among the topics discussed: maintaining the inde- tional Visitor Leadership Program to attend courses at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Transgender Court Users: What Judges ciary, shown here with President strolling the classroom telling stories, suspenders pendence and legitimacy of the judiciary, and the ways the NJC. 9th Circuit and was instrumental in Need to Know. Aldana, became the rst Nigerian straining over his girth. He always praised correct an- technology, including arti cial intelligence, is changing the establishment of e National Dividing the Waters convenes at judge to earn the Master of Ju- swers, or even wrong answers that were close, with an the practice of law and administration of justice. Judicial College in Reno in 1964, Stanford Law Hilary Tompkins, a Navajo woman and dicial Studies. She was joined by enthusiastic “A-plus-plus! Notify the dean immediately In his talk, President Aldana addressed those and oth- passed away at age 88. In 2019, Dividing the Waters, the College’s aliated former solicitor for the U.S. Department of the Judge Agatha A. Okeke (High that we have another brilliant judge at the NJC!” er issues from the perspective of the U.S. judiciary. He Judge Hug led the 9th Circuit program for judges who adjudicate water litigation, Interior, joined the Tribal Advisory Board of Court, Abuja) later in the year. also spoke about implicit or unconscious bias in judicial from 1996-2000 and was credited convened its annual conference at Stanford Law School. the College’s National Tribal Judicial Center.

4 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 5 Professor Zimmerman's teaching in the Faculty Development Workshop was supported by grants from several organizations, most recently the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The State of Nevada provided ﬁnancial support for many other courses in which he taught.

AFTER 46 YEARS, LONGEST-TENURED FACULTY MEMBER CALLS IT A CAREER Professor Zimmerman teaching in 1994 and (right) a recent photo. He taught communication for the College every year from 1974 to 2019. he faculty member with the longest tenure – only to be pulled over by campus police. to by some as “getting Zimmerized,” says John Meeks in the College’s history, Gordon Zimmer- “How I wish I could have been a y on the wall in vice president of the Institute for Court Management at man, 75, retired in 2019 after 46 consecu- that car and heard the dean tell the cop that he had the the National Center for State Courts. tive years teaching for the NJC. chief justice of the United States in his car.” During his career, Zimmerman taught lawyers and TAn expert in organizational communication, he Zimmerman’s teaching contributions typically con- judges in 47 states (all but Maine, Delaware and Alaska) taught in his rst class for the NJC – four of them, ac- sisted of a three-hour presentation on how judges could and nine Canadian provinces, he says. tually – in 1974. at was just 11 years after the found- communicate more eectively in a courtroom setting. “It seemed that when you taught at the College, every ing of the College. He went on to serve as an instructor In early years he would videotape judges conducting judicial organization in North America would hear in more than 300 courses, including at least one section mock proceedings, such as arraignments, then go over about you.” It’s one of the reasons he calls the opportu- of General Jurisdiction every year. the recordings and oer suggestions for improvement. nity to teach for the NJC “the most important event in He estimates that he taught about 300 NJC course His primary occupation was serving as a professor my professional life.” participants per year. Over 46 years, that would add up in the University of Nevada, Reno’s Department of NJC Distinguished Professor Ron Hofer, who has to 14,100 judges, not accounting for those who had Communication. He taught about organizational, in- taught writing for the NJC for 27 years, met Zimmer- him for more than one course. terpersonal and nonverbal communication. He served man in Wisconsin in the early 1990s when the Wiscon- In addition to GenJur, he regularly taught in Special as chair of the department for 12 years and took early sin Judicial College hired Zimmerman to sharpen its Court Jurisdiction (basic and advanced), Decision Mak- retirement in 2009. faculty’s teaching skills. ing, Administrative Law: Fair Hearing and Leadership He says teaching judges was “a lot more fun” than “Sharpen he did! Most of us tended to have only one for Judges. teaching college students because the judges actually teaching style—droning through prepared lectures until One of his favorite NJC memories is from the early wanted to be in class and were committed to getting the bell rang. But Gordie would have none of that,” says 1970s when Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burg- better. He fondly recalls being part of a trip to Moscow Hofer. er came to the College to deliver and St. Petersburg in 1995. He was part of a group of Zimmerman taught the faculty how to get discussions the Justice Jackson Lecture. After ve NJC faculty, led by President Robert Payant, who going through small-group work and other interactive the lecture, Burger was in a hurry traveled to Russia to teach judges in the country’s new techniques. to catch his ight back to Wash- High Commercial Court. Hofer says that when he and his friend of 30 years get ington, D.C, and NJC Dean Ernst In addition to his lessons on courtroom commu- together, they still often talk about the art of teach- John Watts volunteered to drive nication, Zimmerman often led faculty development ing. When they were young teachers, they agreed that him to the Reno airport. workshops throughout the country. Typically the goal good teaching was 90 percent content and 10 percent Zimmerman says he watched of such courses is to teach someone how to teach oth- presentation. with interest as the dean peeled out ers. e common term is “train the trainer.” “Now that we’re nearing the teaching nish line, we of the parking lot in his large red- Such is Zimmerman’s fame that in judicial education still agree with those numbers,” he says. “It’s just that we and-white Buick, tires screeching circles, completing a train-the-trainer course is referred had the labels reversed.”

6 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 7 READING & ROBES: Here's President Aldana in the Model Courtroom with ﬁrst- through ﬁfth-graders from the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows (Reno, Nevada). They're holding autographed copies of Justice Sonia Sotomayor's autobiographical "Turning Pages." Pictured elsewhere are students from Reno's Dorothy Lemelson STEM Academy and the enCompass Academy charter high school in Reno. Other judges pictured, all from the Reno area, are Frances Doherty (p. 10), Janet Berry (p. 11), and Bruce Beesley (left) and Scott Freeman (p. 11).

INTRODUCING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN TO A DIFFERENT WORLD

n spring of 2019, the College’s then grant writer, from six other states – Alabama, North Carolina, New Susan Robinson, and Chief Financial Ocer Mexico, Iowa, Hawai`i and Ohio – also have launched Patrick Grimes were trying to think of ways that programs or expressed interest in doing so. the NJC could contribute to the ABA Judicial Children from third grade to high school participate IDivision’s annual Judicial Outreach Week. in Reading & Robes, either through their school or Held each year in early March, the week (actually 10 a community organization such as the Boys & Girls days) aims to raise awareness of the importance of the Clubs. Most of the children are racial or ethnic minori- courts in upholding the rule of law in the United States. ties and come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Over the years, the pair had often heard judges Reading & Robes has been featured multiple times on bemoan the demise of civics education in schools. Rob- local TV news and was highlighted in the Judicial Divi- inson and Grimes started thinking about ways judges sion’s summary of Judicial Outreach Week activities. could teach children about the justice system and the Robinson, now the NJC’s director of advancement, work of judges. and Grimes, now chief of operations and nance, e result was Reading & Robes, a program in which judges, wearing their robes, not only explain what they do but share their love of reading. With younger children, the sessions usually include reading aloud from culturally diverse books with themes of justice, fairness and the law. e program debuted in the NJC’s Model Courtroom in March 2019, and that remains the principal venue. But Reading & Robes programs have since been introduced to courts in Las Vegas and rural Nevada. Judges

8 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 9 Reading & Robes has received grant support from the William N. Pennington Foundation, the NV Energy Foundation and the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation.

began providing the Reading & Robes participants with laptop computers they can keep. Alexa Perez, a student at the enCompass Academy charter high school in Reno, Nevada, wrote to thank Justice Sotomayor for sharing her life story. “It made a huge impact on me,” she wrote, “because you brought yourself all the way to the top and you were a Latina, too. You inspire me to do better as a young Latina to help bring up my potential in the future.” She also thanked her Reading & Robes host, Reno District Court Senior Judge Frances M. Doherty, who, in turn, wrote to Sotomayor to make the Supreme Court justice aware of the impact the program is having. “e experience was exhilarating,” Doherty explained, “because your story is, in many ways, their stories, except your story gives them hope and optimism for their futures.”

expected the program to surpass 1,000 total participants betes, which Sotomayor began dealing with as a child. by the summer of 2020. anks to grant support from the William N. So far Reading & Robes has relied on three autobi- Pennington Foundation, the NV Energy Foundation ographical children’s books by Supreme Court Justice and the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, the children Sonia Sotomayor, who is of Puerto Rican ancestry and receive autographed copies of the books. But that’s not grew up in housing projects in the Bronx. all. ey also are treated to lunch and given NJC logo “Turning Pages: My Life Story” is a picture book for gifts, including a backpack, gavel-shaped pencils, and a younger children. “e Beloved World of Sonia Soto- plush eagle toy. ey also receive a pocket-size Consti- mayor" is a longer book for older readers. “Just Ask: Be tution. Dierent, Be Brave, Be You” explains about Type 1 dia- In 2020, a donor who wishes to remain anonymous

10 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 11 Judges Fisch, Lichtenstein and Roman attended the NJC with scholarship support from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and the State Justice Institute.

COACHING COLORADO’S JUDGES TO BE THEIR BEST

n the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, when now a retired state court of appeals most courts were closed or had severely curtailed judge, and Gilbert M. Roman, their operations, some judges began anxiously deputy chief judge of the Colorado wondering about what their courthouses would Court of Appeals. Fisch now serves Ibe like when they reopened. as the coaching program’s coordina- ‘There are a lot of burnout How would juries operate, given social distancing tor. Lichtenstein is deputy program requirements? How would sta keep a safe distance coordinator. Roman is a member of issues. They’re overworked and from the parties to a case? How would judges keep from the executive committee. this is a highly stressful job. bringing the virus home to their families? Colorado is one of only a handful ’ “We’re the leaders in the courthouse, and a lot of of jurisdictions with a judicial —Susan Fisch, retired judge and judges were stressed-out thinking about those deci- coaching program. Others are Mas- coaching program coordinator sions,” recalls Susan Fisch, a retired judge from Jeerson sachusetts, Idaho, Minnesota and County, Colorado. “I had one say to me, ‘is isn’t what the District of Columbia. In most I signed up to be as a judge.’” of these jurisdictions, the program Lucky for Colorado judges, some already had trusted is mandatory. In Colorado, it’s vol- advisers they could turn to for advice and emotional untary. Discussions are con dential, support. e Colorado Judicial Peer to Peer Coaching and nothing is tied to performance reviews. program began in 2019 and by 2020 had grown to 25 In Colorado’s program, both parties must have at Roman says another goal of the program is to pro- pairs of coaches and “coachees.” Judges from all levels of least two years of experience on the bench. Several mote peak performance. He mentions a TED talk by the state’s court system participate, from magistrates to coaches are retired judges. surgeon Atul Gawande. In his talk, Gawande recalls Supreme Court justices. e coaching program is dierent from the typical noticing that his knowledge and abilities showed steady e program originated in an NJC course Fisch at- mentorship program in which a new judge learns the improvement early in his career. en he hit a plateau. tended in 2017, Building Capacity: Peer to Peer Coaching ropes from an experienced counterpart. Fisch says dis- “I thought, ‘Is this as good as I’m going to get?’” Skills for Judges, led by Jan C. Bouch, an NJC faculty cussions between coaches and coachees often focus on He decided to ask a professor he studied with in member, Professional Certi ed Coach and owner of the the mental and emotional strains of judging: feelings medical school to sit in on one of his operations. After Justice Coaching Center. e course was entirely funded of isolation, secondary trauma, decision fatigue. observing what Gawande thought had been a perfect by the State Justice Institute. “ere are a lot of burnout issues,” Fisch says. operation, the professor had plenty of suggestions for It was then developed through participation in the “ey’re overworked and this is a highly stressful job. improvement. College's Faculty Development Workshop and the Colora- ere’s also the isolation of being a judge. Who else e creators of Colorado’s program hope coaching do Institute for Faculty Excellence in Judicial Education can they talk to about the issues they’re dealing with will have a similar eect on the judicial technique and by two other Colorado judges: Nancy J. Lichtenstein, in a case? Only another judge.” the well-being of their state’s 425 judicial ocers. IMAGE

12 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 STOCK THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 13 Judge Krumenacker serves as administrator of the George J. Barco Judicial Continuing Education Fund for Pennsylvania judges that was established by The Barco-Duratz Foundation.

SUPERVISING THE SEARCH FOR AN AWFUL TRUTH

e, the members of the grand jury, Johnstown. e man was found to have assaulted more

need you to hear this,” states the than 100 children at the school in the Altoona-John- Pennsylvania judge and NJC alumnus and faculty member Norman Krumenacker points to the 884-page introduction of a Pennsylvania grand stown Diocese, leading to the 2016 grand jury investi- report on a priest child sex-abuse scandal that was “ jury’s 2018 investigative report on gation that Krumenacker supervised. at probe and compiled by a grand jury he supervised for two years. childW sex abuse in the Catholic church. its report led the state’s attorney general to authorize a e document accused more than 300 priests and broader investigation examining whether there was a If the Pennsylvania church ocials of molesting or raping more than a statewide coverup. A new grand jury began its investiga- ‘ thousand boys and girls. Jurors found evidence of tion into six more dioceses. Grand Jury Act had criminal sexual acts committed against children as far Krumenacker says he knew the case would attract in- not provided for back as 1947. One priest impregnated a 17-year-old tense media scrutiny and he felt better prepared because girl. Another admitted to sexually assaulting at least a of a course he had taken with the NJC in 2008, Essential reports, the public dozen boys. Court Teamwork in Dealing with the Media. He says the NJC alumnus and faculty member Norman Krume- course taught him how to manage a case with national would have never nacker III, a judge in Cambria County in west-central implications while also building trust with a grand jury. known the truth.’ . Pennsylvania, supervised a grand jury’s investigation of Pennsylvania Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney Gener- PA

, the oenses for two years. He says the resulting 884- al Dan Dye, who prosecuted the case, says the supervis- —Pennsylvania Assistant page report may be the most comprehensive accounting ing judge’s role with a grand jury is to ensure that the Chief Deputy Attorney ever of priests and child sex abuse in the United States. jury’s investigative powers are used ethically. “I viewed General Dan Dye JOHNSTOWN

, e grand jury met for 25 sessions, reviewed a half-mil- him as an advantage in the process,” Dye says, “another lion internal diocesan documents, and exposed a mas- layer to ensure we did it right.” sive coverup that included bishops shuing oending During the investigation, church ocials argued that DEMOCRAT - priests to other dioceses and ordering information about they weren’t being given due process and that the grand the most frequent predator priests to be kept from the jury proceedings and press coverage had stained their for reports, the public would have never known the TRIBUNE community. reputations. e Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled truth,” Dye says. THE , e United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that a redacted report would be released, temporarily Ultimately three superiors from the Franciscan Friars called the oenses “a moral catastrophe for the church.” concealing the identities of 11 accused priests. were successfully prosecuted. Two priests accused of e case began in 2014 when the Pennsylvania attor- But the 23 grand jurors Krumenacker supervised molesting children were convicted and remain in state

PHOTOGRAPHER ney general announced it would investigate reports of voted unanimously to release a nal report with speci cs prison. e deaths of other accused oenders and the

sexual abuse that implicated a Catholic religious brother about the people and oenses. state statute of limitations prevented additional prose- STAFF

, and athletic trainer at Bishop McCort High School in “If the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Act had not provided cutions. BERKEY

14 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 TODD THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 15 Judge Ree Casey-Jones attended the NJC with scholarship support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the State Justice Institute

NJC alumna Ree Casey-Jones oversees the STAR Court in HELPING RESCUE GIRLS FROM THE SEX TRADE Shreveport, Louisiana, which oers young victims of human tracking a chance at a better life. egally, anyone under age 18 who is involved them, and then keep them in the life. e program in Caddo Parish is modeled after a in the sex industry is considered a victim “ey’re smart, they’re clever. If they were legitimate STAR Court in Compton, California, and is the rst of human tracking because they cannot businessmen, they would be millionaires.” of its kind in Louisiana. Casey-Jones says she gained legally consent to sex. e chief probation ocer began working with the the con dence to lead the initiative from participating LLaurie McGehee, chief probation ocer for the 11-year-old after the girl was arrested for a minor oense in the NJC’s Leadership for Judges course in 2018. Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish, Louisiana, home of and the sex-trade aspect of her life came to light. e As of spring 2020, there were 14 girls enrolled in Shreveport, tells a story about a girl who was 11. court gave permission to remove her from her home to a the program, ages 10 to 18, and two graduates. e e circumstances were common, she says. e safer environment—only to see her relapse and go back judge recalls seeing the grads at their jobs. One works youngster hadn’t seen her father since her parents split to the tracker. at McDonald’s, the other at Target. up when she was 6. Her mother tried to be a good sin- e turning point came after the girl entered the “e one at Target saw me and said, ‘at’s my gle parent, but the girl fell in with a group of older girls parish’s STAR Court program. judge!’ ey both looked so good. It was like night who pulled her into their relationship with a tracker Launched in March 2019 by McGehee and NJC and day … they looked like young ladies. It was a or pimp. alumna and Caddo Parish Juvenile Court Judge Ree good feeling,” she says. McGehee says trackers know how to identify Casey-Jones, the program aims to help juveniles adju- McGehee says STAR Court participants sometimes vulnerable girls and boys, lure them into the life, groom dicated of delinquency who are identi ed as victims receive rewards for accomplishments, such as a trip of human tracking. to a show at Shreveport’s historic Strand eatre. e Participants can have experiences introduce the girls to a world beyond their sentences reduced what they’ve known, she says, “and they often decide or dismissed entirely by they want something better out of life.” completing a program of at’s what happened with the relapsed 11-year-old. ‘They often decide they education and assistance McGehee says the girl, now 14, is healthy and happy. focused on hygiene, She recently joined her school’s ag line. want something better out self-esteem awareness, McGehee, who says she has known tracking parenting (for teen victims as young as 4, directs FREE: e Coalition to of life.’ —Laurie McGehee, chief probation ocer for the Juvenile Court for mothers) and help in End Human Tracking in Louisiana. She knows the Caddo Parish, Louisiana attaining a high-school 14 girls enrolled in STAR Court represent a tiny frac- equivalency degree. STAR tion of what are believed to be hundreds of thousands stands for Succeeding of tracking victims nationally. But for at least one of ATIN

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HOTO 16 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 P THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 17 “I became friends with fantastic people from around the country and learned that, although we come from strikingly different backgrounds, we share many of the same struggles and challenges as new judges. I have no doubt that I have made lifelong friends with my colleagues at the NJC. ”

FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE — Lisa Chavez Ortega, District Judge, State of New Mexico, a participant in General Jurisdiction

2019 DONORS American Board of Trial MoveMeHawaii Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Hon. James D. Rogers (Ret.) Hon. Richard W. Carter (Ret.) SILVER GAVEL CIRCLE Hon. David Wurm Hon. Nancy A. Fuerst Mrs. J. Sherry Rabus Advocates Foundation Kaul Foundation Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Mr. Philip and Mrs. Jennifer Hon. Jess B. Clanton, Jr. ($125–$249) Hon. John E. Galt Ms. Liani J. Reeves, Esq. The College acknowledges Mr. John L. Holcomb, Esq. Ms. Lydia I. Beebe Satre (Ret.) BRONZE GAVEL the following alumni, faculty NV Energy Foundation Hon. Benes Z. Aldana (Ret.) Mr. Theodore O. Gest Mr. Gareth W. Rosenau AAJ, ABOTA FUND NEW International Academy of Hon. Sophia H. Hall Hon. Peter E. Schoon, Jr. Hon. Gary L. Clingman (Ret.) CIRCLE (UP TO $124) and friends for their gener- Ms. Marianne Short, Esq. Hon. George H. Allen (Ret.) Hon. W. Michael Gillette Mrs. Isbelle Ruch ous contributions received Trial Lawyers Foundation Prof. Ronald R. Hofer Simmons Hanly Conroy Hon. Robert S. Cohen (Ret) Ms. Charisse Abbie (Ret.) COURSE AND SYMPOSIUM ON during 2019. AmazonSmile Mr. Tony F. Sanchez III, Esq. M. R. Bauer Foundation JUSTICE CIRCLE Mr. Kim Dean Hogrefe, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Mea- Hon. Michael J. Devine Hon. David A. Anderson Hon. Douglas W. Golden JURY TRIALS Hon. James M. Batzer (Ret.) Hon. Louis H. Schi Mr. Robert L. Parks, Esq. ($10,000-$14,999 ) Mr. Peter J. Neeson, Esq. gher & Flom LLP Hon. William F. Dressel (Ret.) Hon. Mayceleen JD Anson Mr. Dennis A. Gorman CORNERSTONES Hon. G. Paul Bollwerk, III Hon. Inta M. Sellars The American Association for Justice awarded the Petco Foundation Ms. Augusta S. Dowd, Esq. Parsons Behle & Latimer Mr. Dave Stewart, Esq. Mr. Kerry Flanagan Mr. Greg Applebaugh Mr. Donovan Greening ($50,000+) Hon. H. Harrison Braxton Jr. Ms. Lonnie Shodeen S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Mr. Roman M. Silberfeld, Esq. The National Conference of Hon. John G. Baker College $100,000 to develop a reimagined Advanced American Association for Mrs. Dale K. Raggio Hon. Roger L. Forando (Ret.) Hon. Andrew J. Hairston Hon. Phillip K. Sinclair State of California Depart- Bar Presidents Trial Skills for Judges: Managing the Jury Trial course. Justice - Robert L. Habush South Carolina Bar Robert Z. Hawkins Foun- Hon. Gary A. Graber Hon. Walter J. Brudzinski Hon. Anthony J. Baratta Hon. Thomas G. Halko Endowment ment of Water Resources Foundation Hon. J. Scott Vowell (Ret.) Hon. Brock Smith dation Mr. Patrick Grimes Hon. Janette A. Bertness Hon. Georey C. Hall The changes included adding an interactive sympo- William N. Pennington Ms. Patricia D. Caerata, Ms. Dawn Lee Snell American Bar Association Thomson Reuters Mr. Mark G. Tratos, Esq. Esq. (Ret.) sium on the fourth day of the course to give judges, Foundation CRYSTAL GAVEL Mr. Mark I. Harrison, Esq. Hon. Timothy P. Hannon Hon. Marshall A. Snider The William Randolph Ms. Angelina Tsu, Esq. Hon. John P. Capuzzi, Sr. Dr. Dan W. Bolton III attorneys and academics a forum to explore ways to Hearst Foundation HONOR CIRCLE CIRCLE ($500–$999) Hon. J. Mark Hayes II Hon. Glenn S. Hara Hon. Angela R. Taylor LIBERTY CIRCLE Woodburn and Wedge Hon. Charles R. Cloud Dr. Jan C. Bouch recognize and avoid their own biases and address juror State of Nevada ($5,000-$9,999) Hon. James G. Blanchard, Jr. Hon. Ronald D. Heslop Ms. Annalie Harvey Ms. Karen G. Thompson ($15,000-$24,999) Hon. William Cobb Hon. William L. Boulden Mr. Alan R. Brayton, Esq. PLATINUM GAVEL Hon. Carrie Bland Ms. Elizabeth Hubbard Hon. William W. Haury, Jr. Hon. Theresa C. Timlin implicit bias. The course and symposium took place FREEDOM CIRCLE Beta Beta Gamma Ms. Sandra L. DeGaine Mrs. Sheena Britschgi American Board of Trial Hon. Cynthia L. Brewer Hon. Thomas J. Lanphear Hon. Christopher G. Hauser in March 2020 in Washington, D.C. Additional support Foundation CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499) Hon. David I. Brochstein Hon. Tracie A. Todd ($25,000-$49,999) Advocates, Dallas Chapter Mr. William J. Brunson, Esq. Hon. Allene H. Lindstrom Hon. Frederick D. Dorsey Hon. Calvin D. Hawkins Ms. Melissa H. Brown, Esq. Hon. Mary-Margaret Ander- (Ret.) (Ret.) Hon. Allan A. Toubman for the course came from the ABOTA Foundation Animal Legal Defense Fund Beasley Allen Law Firm son (Ret.) Hon. Toni E. Clarke (Ret.) Mr. Timothy A. Lukas, Esq. Hon. Matthew L. Headley Mr. Douglas A. Cannon, Esq. Mr. Nicolas Economou Senator Richard H. Bryan, Mr. Michael Trudell ($25,000), the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Brooks McCormick, Jr. Trust Mr. Edward R. Blumberg, Ms. Norma Barnes-Euresti, Mr. Edward Cohen Ms. Judy Perry Martinez, Esq. Esq. Hon. Joe L. Hegel (Ret.) Hon. Lisa S. Van Amburg ($7,500) and ABA Section of Litigation ($1,500). for Animal Rights Law and Civil Justice Reform Group Esq. Esq. Hon. Susan L. Formaker Policy Hon. Andre M. Davis (Ret.) Hon. Melvin M. Menegat Mr. John F. Burgess Mr. Matthew Hippler Hon. James C. Van Winkle Gabelli Foundation Inc. Hon. Bobbe J. Bridge (Ret.) Ms. Marybel Batjer Hon. Todd George E.L. Cord Foundation Mr. Patrick Flanagan Mr. S. V. Novacek Hon. Ann-Marie Carruth Mr. Emmanuel Horowitz Mr. Brian Van Denzen, Esq. Mr. Mario J. Gabelli Mr. Jonathan Bridge, Esq. Mr. Peter Bennett, Esq. Hon. F. Michael Goodbee Mr. Randall Ebner, Esq. Mr. Robert Gabrielli Hon. Steven D. Olmstead Hon. Thomas E. Chens Mr. Craig Howard Hawaii State Bar Foundation Ms. Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Hon. Nancy G. Hamill Hon. David A. Voluck Hon. Margarita Solano Ber- Hon. David M. Gersten (Ret.) Colonel Tara A. Osborn, U.S. Hon. Thomas C. Clark II Hon. Beth Faber Jacobs Mr. A. Cliord Edwards, Esq. Hon. Leslie A. Hayashi (Ret.) Esq. nal (Ret.) Hon. Peggy Fulton Hora Mr. Bryan D. Walker Hon. Stephen L. Gizzi Army (Ret.) Hon. Edward D. Cohen Hon. Tod J. Kaufman ExxonMobil Corporation J.F. Maddox Foundation Dennis & Phyllis Washington Hon. Janet Berry (Ret.) (Ret.) Hon. Cotton Walker Hon. Frederic B. Rodgers New York State Magistrates Foundation Hon. Mary E. Howes Hon. Earl G. Penrod (Ret.) Hon. Frederick C. Cohen Hon. John H. Larsen (Ret.) Association Hon. Archie E. Blake (Ret.) Hon. Robert C. Hunter (Ret.) Hon. Laura A. Weiser Ms. Ann Thornton Field, Esq. Hon. Phyllis Williams Kotey Ms. Susan Robinson Hon. Robert T. S. Colby Ms. Patricia A. Lee In Honor of Hon. Tera In Memory of Hon. Stephen Mr. Kenneth J. Bolen Hon. Randy Idler Hon. William L. Wellons Mr. Rew R. Goodenow, Esq. (Ret.) Ms. Ann Silver (Ret.) Hon. Thomas R. Lett Salango S. Goss Hon. Toni T. Boone (Ret.) Hon. Gilbert V. Indeglia Hon. Douglas G. White Helen Roberti Charitable Ms. Joy Lyngar, Esq. Hon. Philip S. Straniere (Ret.) Hon. Tijani Remus Cole Hon. Jennifer Long Hon. Tod J. Kaufman Hon. David R. Sweat Mr. J. Douglas Clark, Esq. Hon. Mark A. Juhas (Ret.) Hon. Christopher T. Whitten Trust Dr. Shawn and Mrs. Diane Hon. Tim Sulak Hon. Jack T. Lu In Honor of Mr. Gareth In Memory of Hon. Paul STATE‘Thank OF NEVADA you, for DOUBLES hosting the tribal Cooney and Conway Marsh Hon. William G. Kelly Hon. Daniel J. Crothers Hon. Chang William Rosenau Hatﬁeld Mr. Robert D. Hunter, Esq. Hon. David R. Sweat (Ret.) Hon. Julian Mann III UP ITS SUPPORT Cozen O'Connor Hon. Chad C. Schmucker Mrs. B. Lee Lazzarone Ms. Margaret M. Crowley, Mr. Patrick Winans Mr. Emmanuel Horowitz Ms. Susan Robinson Mr. Joseph M. Racicot, Esq. Mr. Harold Thompson Ms. Carol M. Marin court judges in Anchorage! It was Mr. Calvin R. X. Dunlap, Esq. (Ret.) Hon. Melanie S. Matsui Esq. Hon. Steven A. Wise In Memory of Hon. Jake The State of Nevada appropriated $500,000 in un- Robins Kaplan LLP Hon. Laura A. Tighe The Martin Family Trust Mrs. Caroline Flanagan Ms. Wendy Schneider New York State Magistrates Ms. Harriet E. Cummings Hon. William H. Wol, Jr. Looney very informative and helpfulRoxie andto Azad Joseph Ms. Maria N. Tirona Association Hon. J. Matthew Martin restricted support for the College over the next two Foundation Mr. Steve Flanagan Ms. Darcee S. Siegel, Esq. Mr. E. Duane Daugherty Ms. Sandra S. Yamate, Esq. IN MEMORY Hon. Calvin D. Hawkins Hon. Robert J. Torres, Jr. Hon. George A. Pagano Hon. James G. Martin years. That was double the previous appropriation. Mr. Matt J. Sweeney, Esq. FrankGecker, LLP Mr. Walter L. Sutton, Jr., Esq. Hon. Amy M. Davenport Hon. Thomas A. Zonay OF In Memory of Hon. Florence K. many tribal groups starting their Hon. Rick W. Varner Hon. Teresa P. Rankin (Ret.) (Ret.) Ms. Sandra Marz Murray In addition, the Nevada Attorney General’s Oce The Clinton H. and Wilma T. Mr. Jerey M. Goldberg, Esq. In Memory of Edward M. GOLDEN GAVEL CIRCLE Hon. George D. Varoutsos Hon. Frederic B. Rodgers Ms. Sue DeFuentes Chagnon Hon. Janette A. Bertness awarded the College a Services, Training, Ocers Shattuck Charitable Trust Hon. P. B. McLauchlin, Jr. own courts…. American Board of Trial ($250–$499) Ms. Ellen Walker (Ret.) ’ Mr. Jason Wilson, Esq. Advocates, Minnesota Hon. Michael Lawrence Ms. Vicki Menante IN HONOR OF Hon. Laura A. Tighe In Memory of Edward Silver, and Prosecutors (STOP) grant from the federal Mr. Gareth W. Rosenau, Esq. Douglas (Ret.) Esq. Chapter Hon. Marcine S. Anderson Hon. Brian H. Williams Ms. Elizabeth Morgan- In Honor of Hon. Benes Z. In Memory of Hon. Samuel Violence Against Women Act for $60,000. The grant DIAMOND GAVEL Ms. Ann Morgan Beesley, Hon. Don R. Ash Mrs. Jill M. Winter Hon. Gloria Sturman Ms. Chrystn Eads, Esq. Beesley Aldana (Ret.) G. DeSimone (Ret.) Ms. Ann Silver will be used to provide domestic violence training for CIRCLE ($2,500– Esq. Hon. Patrick B. Augustine Ms. Nancy Neal Yeend Hon. John E. Thorson Mr. Greg Evangelatos Hon. Lewis M. Nixon Hon. Peggy Fulton Hora Hon. Gilbert V. Indeglia (Ret.) judges in Elko and Las Vegas, NV. $4,999) Hon. Rory R. Olsen (Ret.) Ms. Mary Burdick Ms. Katheryn Yetter, Esq. Hon. Terry L. Thurbon (Ret.) Hon. Joseph J. Farah Hon. Steven J. Oeth Hon. Jess B. Clanton, Jr. Rawle & Henderson LLP Hon. Jane D. Fishman (Ret.) In Honor of Hon. William (Active Ret.) American Board of Trial Ad- Hon. William C. Carpenter, Jr. Dr. Gordon I. Zimmerman Hon. Reggie B. Walton Hon. Brian M. O'Leary Dressel (Ret.) Hon. Gary A. Graber vocates, Tampa Chapter James T. Richardson, J.D., Hon. G. Michael Witte (Ret.) Hon. Thomas Fowler Mr. P. Dermot O'Neill Ph.D.

18 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 19 “I honestly feel like I am able to be a better judge and person due to this course. ”

FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE — Shequitta Kelly, Judge, Dallas County (TX) Criminal Court No. 11, a participant in Mindfulness for Judges

Mrs. J. Sherry Rabus Hon. Anthony J. Baratta Hon. Robert E. McBeth* LEGACY GIVING Dividing the Waters National Association of Drug Court Ms. Dawn Lee Snell Hon. Scott J. Bergstedt Hon. Mark J. McGinnis Scholarships PARTNER ENDOWMENTS Here’s how to make a gift that will benefit you now and DRI — The Voice of the Defense Bar Professionals Hon. Gloria Sturman Hon. Linda M. Billings-Vela Hon. John J. Molaison If you prefer to provide scholarship assistance, with a HON. CAMERON support the College for all time ORGANIZATIONS Federal Bar Association National Association of Hearing Ocials Mr. Harold Thompson Hon. Toni Boone Hon. Michael R.Morgan* minimum gift of $50,000 you can endow a scholarship National Association of State Judicial BATJER ENDOWMENT Ms. Karen G. Thompson Mr. Kevin J. Bowling Hon. James A. Morrow* The National Judicial College has played a key role American Academy of Addiction Federal Court of Australia in your name, the name of a loved one, or of a colleague. Psychiatry Educators Ms. Marybel Batjer Ms. Maria N. Tirona Prof. Todd Brower Mr. John Muër in educating judges since 1963. Through your will, a A scholarship endowment of $50,000 will generate Florida Department of Highway Safety American Association for Justice and Motor Vehicles, Bureau of National Association of Women Judges HON. DON R. ASH Hon. James C. Van Winkle Hon. Louis B. Butler* Hon. Michael Noble charitable remainder or life trust, or by naming the NJC proceeds to bring new judges to the General Jurisdic- American Bar Association Administrative Reviews National Bar Association ENDOWMENT Mrs. Jill M. Winter Hon. Thomas E.Chens* Hon. Steven D. Olmstead as the beneficiary of your life insurance or IRA, you can tion course for decades to come. Foundation for Advancing Alcohol National Center for State Courts Woodburn and Wedge Hon. Daniel J. Crothers Hon. Reba A. Page* help the NJC continue to provide judges with the knowl- ABA Judicial Division Hon. Don R. 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Blake Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society Mr. Greg Evangelatos Hon. W. Michael Gillette* Hon. Caroline W. Streater Retirement Plans Name the NJC as a beneficiary to all the Courts Judicial Studies Graduate Degree Dr. Shawn and Mrs. Diane Program Northern Nevada International Center Mrs. Caroline Flanagan Marsh Hon. Gary Graber Hon. David T. Suntag* or part of your IRA and your gift will pass tax free. Association of Defense Trial FMCSA REFUELS Pacific Judicial Strengthening Mr. Kerry Flanagan James T. Richardson, J.D., Hon. Barbara Arnold Hon. Allan A. Toubman* Attorneys Justice Management Institute Initiative Mr. Patrick Flanagan Ph.D. Harcourt* Hon. Ramona F. Tsosie* COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S Kansas Supreme Court, Oce of Judicial Charitable Remainder Trusts Place cash or property Blackfeet Nation Mr. Steve Flanagan Hon. Kristi L. Harrington Hon. Edward T.Wahl Administration Pretrial Justice Institute SENATOR WILLIAM J. worth $100,000 or more in a trust to provide you with LICENSE PROGRAM Brennan Center for Justice Mr. Matthew Hippler Hon. David NeilHarris Hon. Lori M. Walkley Law School Admission Council State of Nevada RAGGIO ENDOWMENT income for life or a term of years. The remainder will be WITH $1.39 MILLION Bryan Cave Mr. Craig Howard Hon. Jenifer M.Harris Hon. Reggie B. Walton* Logan University Stetson University College of Law Mrs. Dale K. Raggio Sgt. Travis Herbert distributed to the NJC. Bureau of Indian Aairs Ms. Elizabeth Hubbard Hon. Brian O. Watkins The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis- Louisiana Division of Administrative Law Tennessee Administrative Oce WM. T. (BILL) Hon. Ilona M. Holmes Center for Court Innovation Hon. Randy Idler Prof. Penny J. White* tration awarded the College a $1.39 million Loyola Law School of the Courts ROBINSON III Hon. Thor A. Hoyte Charitable Lead Trusts Place cash or property in a trust Center for Health and Justice at Hon. John Larsen Hon. Wise, Steven A. Wise* grant that will run through 2023. The grant Minnesota Department of Human Tetra Tech DPK Hon. Jamey H. Hueston* TASC Inc. Mrs. B. Lee Lazzarone ENDOWMENT Hon. Thomas A.Zonay that pays a fixed amount to the NJC for a term of years. Services, Appeals and Regulations Thirty-Seven Wines will support the NJC’s long-running work Center for Human Tracking Ms. Lydia I. Beebe Hon. Mary Katherine Human Division Ms. Patricia A. Lee * Distinguished Faculty Upon the completion of the term the assets transfer to helping state courts comply with federal Court Solutions Tribal Judicial Institute Hon. Karen L. Hunt* Mr. Timothy A. Lukas, Esq. Hon. G. Michael the NJC. Minnesota State Court Administrator’s United States Department of Witte rules for Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDL). Center for Public Policy Studies Ms. Carol M. Marin Hon. Eileen A. Kato* Oce, Judicial Education Division Agriculture, National Appeals Board Hon. Michael E.Keasler* The program provides education to judges, Center for Sex Oender Management The Martin Family Trust Certificate of Deposit or Other Security National American Indian Court Judges University of Nevada, Reno Hon. William G.Kelly* outreach and technical assistance, including Central Panel Directors Association Ms. Sandra Marz FACULTY WHO If there are judicial causes you care about, we can help William S. Boyd School of Law Hon. David A. Kimberley state-specific and national webcasts, a CDL Civil Justice Reform Group National Asian Pacific American Bar Ms. Vicki Menante you have a positive impact by making a planned gift to The Williams Institute at the UCLA VOLUNTEERED Prof. Phyllis Williams Kotey* website and listserv and stakeholder support. Conference of Chief Justices Association Foundation Ms. Ann Morgan Beesley, Esq. School of Law Hon. Efrain Alvarado* Hon. Melissa L. Jones support NJC course development in a specific area of National Association for Presiding Mr. S. V. Novacek Conference of State Court Administrators World Justice Project Hon. Don R. Ash* Hon. Daniel S. Jurkowitz the law. Choose from Administrative Law, Appellate Law, Judges and Court Executive Ocers Mrs. Isbelle Ruch Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Yakama Nation Hon. Neil Axel Dr. J. Matthew M. Martin General Jurisdiction, Military, Special Court or Tribal. National Association of Administrative Council of State Governments Law Judiciary

20 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 21 “ The content was both relevant and helpful, the faculty were excellent, and the venue was . perfect. I enjoyed as well meeting judges from all over the country. ”

FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE — Mark C. Gildea, Associate Justice, Superior Court, Boston, MA, a participant in Managing a Jury Trial

BOARD OF Edward R. Blumberg, Esq. BOARD OF TRIBAL HUGE BOOST TO Richard H. Bryan, Esq. PETCO, OTHERS HELP TRUSTEES Douglas A. Cannon, Esq. VISITORS ADVISORY TRIBAL EDUCATION Chair A. Cliord Edwards, LAUNCH ANIMAL LAW GRANT SUPPORT Chair Peter Bennett, Esq. Hon. Toni E. Clarke (Ret.) BOARD Esq. PROGRAM FROM JUSTICE Chair-Elect Hon. Christopher Kim Dean Hogrefe, Esq. Hon. Lisa L. Atkinson In 2019, The National Judicial College held cooperative agreements with the U.S. Department of T. Whitten Co-Chair John L. Holcomb, Robert Hunter, Esq. Esq. Hon. Michelle Brown-Yazzie Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. The NJC serves as a sub-recipient on U.S. Department of DEPARTMENT Treasurer Alan R. Brayton, The College presented 10 new webinars on Peter J. Neeson, Esq. Hon. Bobbe J. Bridge (Ret.) Justice cooperative agreements with the University of North Dakota School of Law Tribal Judicial Esq. Hon. Charles Cloud animal law after the successful launch of the The Oce of Justice Programs at the U.S. Robert L. Parks, Esq. Secretary Hon. Leslie A. Jon Bridge, Esq. Hon. Ingrid Cumberlidge Institute. Department of Justice awarded the College Animal Law Justice Fund. Hayashi (Ret.) Darcee S. Siegel, Esq. Melissa H. Brown, Esq. Lisa Dickinson, Esq. The NJC also serves as a sub-recipient on two U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, The programs examined topics such as how a $750,000 tribal justice grant to provide Immediate Past Chair Walter L. Sutton, Jr., Esq. Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Esq. Hon. Matthew L.M. Fletcher Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration cooperative agreements awarded Sandra S. Yamate, Esq. the law relates to animal cruelty, livestock, training and technical assistance to Native Ann Thornton Field, Esq. Timothy R. Donovan, Esq. Hon. Vincent L. Knight to the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. These are important collaborations between American tribal courts. The NJC and our Hon. Mary-Margaret Angelina Tsu, Esq. Augusta S. Dowd, Esq. support, service and therapy animals, and ani- Anderson (Ret.) Colleen Lamarre, Esq. medical professionals and the legal system on the topic of opioids. Hon. Marianne Short Randall M. Ebner mal care and sheltering during a pandemic. partners, the Tribal Justice Institute and the Norma Barnes-Euresti, Esq. Hon. Gary E. LaRance (Ret.) The NJC partnered with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Trac Safety Rew R. Goodenow, Esq. The Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law Center for Court innovation, will maintain a Hon. Margarita B. Bernal Stacy L. Leeds, Esq. Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Commercial Driver’s License website dedicated to tribal justice inno- (Ret.) Hon. Sophia H. Hall Mike McBride III, Esq. & Policy, the Petco Foundation and the Animal program to provide trac safety education to judges. vation, deliver a train-the-trainers course, Carl D. Liggio Sandra McCandless, Esq. Legal Defense Fund each donated $25,000 Marsha J. Rabiteau, Esq. The NJC also receives grants from the State Justice Institute, a nonprofit organization estab- and provide capacity-building technical Hon. David Raasch to launch the series. In addition, the law firm Joseph M. Racicot, Esq. lished by federal law in 1984 to award grants to improve the quality of justice in state courts, and assistance to tribal justice systems. Hon. Fawn Sharp of Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila provided Hon. James D. Rogers (Ret.) to foster innovative, ecient solutions to common issues faced by all courts. The College also received a subrecipient Hilary Tompkins, Esq. $143,505 in donated time for the expertise Roman M. Silberfeld, Esq. Hon. Ron Whitener grant for $50,000 from the Bureau of Jus- of renowned attorney and animal law expert Dick A. Semerdjian, Esq. Robert Williams, Esq. tice Assistance through the Tribal Justice Bruce Wagman. David Stewart, Esq. Hon. Robert Yazzie Institute at the University of North Dakota Animal law is a fast-growing field. In 2000, Jason Wilson, Esq. Charles R. Zeh, Esq. School of Law. The grant will help the NJC only a handful of law schools oered a course provide training and technical assistance on animal law. Today, more than 150 do, and outreach to help tribes develop and imple- FACULTY JOINT judges are seeing increasing numbers of cases ment responses to precipitous increases in COUNCIL COMMITTEE generated by the growing number of lawyers doing this work. crime, particularly violent crime. Chair Hon. Robert E. McBeth Joint Committee of Co-Chair Hon. Kristi L. Law Firm Partners and Harrington Corporate Counsel Hon. Ilona M. Holmes Co-Chair Carl Liggio, Esq. Hon. Efrain Alvarado Co-Chair Roman Silberfeld, Esq. Hon. Toni T. Boone Cyndie Chang, Esq. Hon. Jess B. Clanton Jennifer Parent, Esq. Donna Haddad, Esq. Mark Clouatre, Esq. Hon. Jennifer Gee G. William Shaw, Esq. Scott Hayden, Esq. John Cruden Hon. Vincent L. Knight Vince Verde Jennifer Hilsabeck, Esq. Pankit Doshi, Esq. Hon. Phyllis Williams Kotey Richard D. Williamson, Esq. Joe Lee, Esq. Daniel Gourash Hon. Thomas A. Zonay Alan Bryan Odette Polintan, Esq. Robert “Buzz” Hines, Esq. Angeline Chen, Esq. Jody Porter, Esq. Kay Hodge, Esq. Kelly-Ann Fayette Clark Mark O’Halloran, Esq. Helen Kim, Esq. Courtney Camp Enloe, Esq. John McKay, Esq.

22 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 23 The Judicial Academy works quickly. P. 3 IMAGES FROM 2019 President Aldana, right, with the leadership of the Nation- al Trial Academy, all wearing the NJC’s President Aldana with NJC trademark T-shirt. Trustee Richard Bryan in front of Held each year in the his former residence, the Nevada NJC’s Model Court- Governor’s Mansion in Carson room, the mock trial City. Bryan was governor from competition is spon- 1983 to 1989 and then a two-term sored by the ABA’s U.S. senator. The College held a Tort Trial & Insurance reception (see selﬁe, opposite Practice Section and page, lower left) for the Trustees the American Board at the Governor’s Mansion. of Trial Advocates.

That’s the actual bus on which Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955 in deﬁance of segregation laws. Participants in the NJC’s When Justice Fails course got to ride in it. See page 2. Three NJC presidents: President Aldana is ﬂanked by his predecessor, Chad Schmucker (right) and A young participant in the College’s President Schmucker ‘s predecessor, Bill Dressel, at The gentlemen in the dark clothing and beards are judges from Saudi Arabia. President Reading & Robes program (page 8) is a going-away party for Chad just before he moved Aldana (second row, center) hosted a gathering for them at his home during their visit to Reno. interviewed by a local TV station. back to Michigan to be closer to family.

24 ANNUAL REPORT TO STAKEHOLDERS, 2019 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 25 The NJC’s challenge coin, a military tradition President Aldana brought with him from the Coast Guard, honors individuals and special achievements.