Supreme Court of California Judicial Conference

8:30 am - 9:00 am		Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:35 am		Inaugural Session Welcome Remarks by: Dean Christopher Edley Jr., The Honorable William H. Orrick, Jr. Distinguished Chair and Dean, Berkeley Law Jeffery Bleich, Immediate Past-President, State Bar of California and Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson Holly J. Fujie, President, State Bar of California and Shareholder, Buchalter Nemer Keynote Address by: Governor Pete Wilson, Former Governor of California & Of Counsel, Bingham McCutchen LLP
9:35 am - 11:05 am		Plenary Session 1 Review of the Supreme Court of California's 2007-08 Term
Moderator:		Justice Kathryn M Werdegar, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California
Panelists:		Dean Kenneth W. Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law Victoria J. de Goff, Partner, De Goff & Sherman & Former President of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Gerald F. Uelmen, Professor of Law and Director, Edwin A. Heafey Jr. Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara University
11:05 am - 11:20 am		BREAK
11:20 am - 12:50 pm		Plenary Session 2 The Death Penalty and the Appellate Process
Moderator:		Justice Carol A Corrigan, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California
Panelists:		John K Van De Kamp, Of Counsel at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and Former Chair, California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice Dane R. Gillette, Chief Asst. Attorney General, State of California Michael Laurence, Executive Director, Habeas Corpus Resource Center Nina Rivkind, Supervising Deputy State Public Defender, State of California & Lecturer, Berkeley Law
12:50 pm - 2:50 pm		Lunch & Panel Discussion
1:20 pm - 2:50 pm		Lunchtime Panel Judicial Elections and Impartiality
Moderator:		Jesse H. Choper, Earl Warren Professor of Public Law and Former Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law
Panelists:		Hon. Thomas R. Phillips, Partner, Baker Botts LLP, Texas and Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas Justice Christine M Durham, Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas J. Moyer, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio
2:55 pm - 4:25 pm		Plenary Session 3 Arbitration and Private Judging
Moderator:		Justice Ming W. Chin, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California
Panelists:		Justice Richard Dennis Aldrich, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District Deborah Hensler, Judge John W. Ford Professor of Dispute Resolution, & Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Stanford Law School Michael Rubin, Partner, Altshuler Berzon LLP Richard Chernick, Esq., Vice President and Managing Director of JAMS' Arbitration Practice
4:25 pm - 4:40 pm		BREAK
4:40 pm - 6:10 pm		Plenary Session 4 Access to Justice in Family Court
Moderator:		Justice Marvin R. Baxter, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California
Commentator:		Richard R. Banks, Professor of Law & Justin M. Roach Jr. Faculty Scholar, Stanford Law School
Panelists:		Justice Laurie D. Zelon, Associate Justice, Court of Appeal Second Appellate District Bonnie R. Hough, Managing Attorney, Center for Families, Children & the Courts M. Sue Talia, Family Law Specialist, Law Offices of M. Sue Talia, California
6:10 pm - 7:00 pm		Reception Reception is co-sponsored by the California Supreme Court Historical Society
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm		Dinner Special Address: The Honorable Ronald M. George, Chief Justice of California