Legal Services Staff Section Professional Development Seminar
Columbus, Ohio
September 10-13, 2008
The Legal Services Staff Section Professional Development Seminar is the only national training event designed exclusively for legislative attorneys and drafters. The seminar offers drafters the opportunity to hone their skills at analyzing proposed legislation from the point of view of all of the stakeholders and solving problems that may arise during the drafting process. Sessions on pressing issues facing state governments will give legislative attorneys valuable information to take back to their legislatures. This two and a half day seminar provides an opportunity for staff to sharpen their skills while sharing ideas with peers from other states. However, anyone who sees relevant training possibilities in the agenda is welcome to attend.
The Plenary Sessions
The plenary sessions are the part of the seminar when all attendees are present. These sessions will include: Policy Responses to The Mortgage Disaster in Ohio; Plain Language Drafting and Statutory Interpretation: Three Points of View; Thoughts From the Bench: Discussion with a Supreme Court Justice; and the Legal Services 2008 Distinguished Scholar.
Bill Drafting
The program for bill drafters includes sessions on: The Legislative Drafter as Problem Solver, Drafting Criminal Law; Plain Language Drafting and Statutory Interpretation: Three Points of View
The Topical Sessions
Using faculty from academia and state legislatures, the seminar offers a challenging agenda that explores conceptual and practical bill drafting and legal issues. The sessions are designed to provide an in-depth and interactive learning experience by offering stimulating faculty and a unique format. Sessions will include:
o Resolving Contested Legislative Elections When Existing Law Doesn't Guide the Courts: A Case Study
o Obligations of Law Enforcement Agencies in Arresting or Detaining Foreign Citizens
o Science and the Law: The Curious Case of the Juvenile Criminal
o International Adoption
o Ethics for Legislative Lawyers
o DNA Evidence
o Who Survives on Death Row and Other Facets of the Death Penalty
o Fight Blight: How Cities Are Dealing with Property Abandoned in Subprime Foreclosures
The LSSS Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series
The Distinguished Scholar Lecture is the keynote address of the LSSS Annual Professional Development Seminar and is designed to introduce academic content of the highest order to the seminar agenda. This year, the Distinguished Scholar is Peter M. Shane, Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law, Moritz College of Law. Professor Shane is co-author of Democracy Online: The Prospects for Political Renewal Through the Internet, Separation of Powers Law: Cases and Materials; and A Little Knowledge: Privacy, Security, and Public Information After September 11.
Continuing Legal Education
The seminar is designed to qualify for continuing legal education (CLE) credits in those states that have mandatory CLE. Application materials will be made available. However, final acceptance of CLE hours is the prerogative of your state’s CLE authority.
Please join us for this unique learning experience and opportunity to meet with colleagues from other states. |
