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NATIONAL COLLEGE OF PROBATE JUDGES
2008 Spring Conference
May 18 - 21, 2008
St. Louis, Missouri
Tentative Program
Sunday, May 18
St. Louis Cardinals have a HOME GAME today.
Come early at take in the game.
2:00 - 6:00 PM Registration
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome
Reception
Resort Casual
Attire*
Monday, May 19
Breakfast on your own
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Registration
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Vendor Exhibits and Coffee
Service
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome
Remarks
Hon.
Joseph A. Egan, NCPJ President
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Educational
Session
Speaker: Chip Robertson, former Chief Justice,
Mo. Supreme Court
Topic:
"The Missouri Plan: A Selection System Under
Attack"
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Vendor Exhibits & Coffee
Break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Educational
Session
Speaker: Jesse Rodriquez, Deputy Director,
Justice at Stake
Topic:
"Political Attacks on the Fairness of America's Judiciary"
1:30 PM
Golf Tournament at Normandie Golf Club,
the
oldest public course west of the Mississippi
Tuesday, May 20
Breakfast on your own
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Vendor Exhibits & Coffee
Service
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Educational
Session
Speaker:
Erica Wood, Commission
on Law & Aging, ABA
Topic: "Guarding the Guardians: Promising
Practices for Court Monitoring"
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Vendor Exhibits & Coffee
Break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Educational
Session
Speakers: Shirley Accardo Weitgelt, Decedents'
Estates Auditor
Debra Slaughter, Guardianship Estates Auditor
McDonald Worley, Esq., former Staff Attorney
Harris County Probate Court No. 2, Houston, TX
Topic:
Guardianship Accounting - A Model
12:30 - 4:00 PM Executive Committee
Meeting
(immediately following
education session)
Wednesday, May 21
Breakfast on your own
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Vendor Exhibits & Coffee
Service
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Educational
Session
Speaker: Robert L. Fine, MD, Dallas, TX
Director, Office of Clinical Ethics, Baylor Health Care System
Director, Palliative Care Service, Baylor Univ. Medical Center
Topic:
"Improving Care at the End of Life: What Probate
Judges Need to
Know About Brain Injuries, CPR, ANH, and Palliative Care"
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Vendor Exhibits & Coffee
Break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Educational
Session
[Dr. Fine continued]
12:30 - 4:00 PM Executive Committee
Meeting
(immediately following
education session)
*Resort Casual Attire –
Sports coat (no tie) and slacks for men, casual dress or pants
outfit for women. |
