MEET THE
SPEAKERS
ERIC H. HOLDER JR.
Former United States Attorney General, & Author
Eric H. Holder Jr., former U.S. Attorney General and co-author of Our Unfinished March, brings a deeply informed, justice-oriented perspective to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Holder explores how the right to vote—central to the democratic vision of the Declaration—has been expanded, threatened, and defended across U.S. history, and why protecting it is essential to honoring America’s founding ideals.
SESSION: KEYNOTE: THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley Law
Erwin Chemerinsky is Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He is one of the nation’s leading constitutional law scholars and a widely respected authority on civil rights, federal courts, and constitutional interpretation. Dean Chemerinsky is the author of numerous influential books and casebooks, including Constitutional Law, and is a frequent commentator on constitutional issues before the U.S. Supreme Court. His scholarship and teaching have had a lasting impact on legal education and constitutional jurisprudence nationwide.
SESSION: CONSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION OF POWERS
HALEY MOSS
Attorney, Speaker, Author, Advocate, and Consultant
Haley Moss is an attorney, author, speaker, and nationally recognized advocate for disability inclusion and neurodiversity. She made history as the first openly autistic attorney admitted to The Florida Bar. Haley is the author of Middle School—The Stuff Nobody Tells You About and Great Minds Think Differently, and she regularly speaks to legal, judicial, educational, and professional audiences about accessibility, inclusion, and equity. Through her work, she promotes greater understanding of disability in the legal system and advances best practices for creating inclusive institutions.
SESSION: KEYNOTE: NEURODIVERGENCE IN JUSTICE
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
Hon. Debra Stephens
Chief Justice, Washington Supreme Court
SESSION: THE FOUNDATION OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE: CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION / TRIBAL JUSTICE AND STATE COURTS
Hon. Diane Humetewa
US District Court Judge, District Court of Arizona
SESSION: TRIBAL JUSTICE AND STATE COURTS
Hon. Nadine Padilla
Judge, Isleta Pueblo Tribal Court, New Mexico
SESSION: TRIBAL JUSTICE AND STATE COURTS
Hon. Daniel B. Shanes
Chief Judge, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Lake County, Illinois
SESSION: A WORLD CAFE SESSION / EVIDENCE REFRESHER
Hon. Donna J. Mowrer
Chief Judge, Ninth Judicial District Court Judge, Division IV, Chair of the New Mexico Education Subcommittee
SESSION: A WORLD CAFE SESSION
Richard Phillips
Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative
SESSION: THE ETHICS OF SPIRITUALITY AND LEADERSHIP
Hon. David K. Thomson
Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court
SESSION: THE ETHICS OF SPIRITUALITY AND LEADERSHIP
Dr. David Clark
Laboratory Fellow, National Security Education Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory
SESSION: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Dr. Charles R. Farrar
National Security Education Center
SESSION: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Dr. Catherine Plesko
Los Alamos National Lab
SESSION: THE ART OF APPROXIMATION
Spurgeon Kennedy
Vice President of the Crime and Justice Institute
SESSION: INNOVATIONS IN PRE-TRIAL
Hon. Victor Reyes
District Judge (Ret.), Tenth Judicial District, Colorado
SESSION: TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES / JUDICIAL WELLNESS
Dr. Francois Hemez
Livermore National Laboratory
SESSION: UNCERTAINTY AND CONFIDENCE / VALIDATIONS OF SIMULATIONS
Hon. David Murphy
Judge, Second Judicial District
SESSION: JPLI TRAINING
Hon. Scott M. Bernstein
Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Florida
SESSION: YOUR ROLE AS JUDGE / JUDICIAL DISCRETION
Dr. Duncan McBranch
Los Alamos National Lab
SESSION: ASSESSING SCIENCE / ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Aaron Holloman
Deputy General Counsel, NM Administrative Office of the Courts
SESSION: LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY UPDATE
Michael Stewart
Attorney Senior, NM Court Education Institute
SESSION: LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY UPDATE
Prof. Barbara Bergman
Director of Advocacy and Professor of Law, James E. Rogers College of Law
SESSION: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE UPDATE
Melanie Mitchell
Santa Fe Institute, Author of AI for Thinking Humans
SESSION: AI 101: HOW DOES IT WORK? WHAT CAN AND CANT IT DO?
Hon. Judge Leanna K. Weismann
Court of Appeals, Indiana
SESSION: AI 101: HOW DOES IT WORK? WHAT CAN AND CANT IT DO?
Christopher Moore
Santa Fe Institute
SESSION: AI IN THE BEGINNING AND END: RISK ASSESSMENTS, BAIL ARRAIGNMENTS, PAROLE
Richard Berk
Emeritus, Criminology and Statistics, University of Pennsylvania
SESSION: AI IN THE BEGINNING AND END: RISK ASSESSMENTS, BAIL ARRAIGNMENTS, PAROLE
Hon. Judge Jarod K. Hofacket
6th Judicial District, New Mexico
SESSION: AI IN THE BEGINNING AND END: RISK ASSESSMENTS, BAIL ARRAIGNMENTS, PAROLE
Andrea Roth
Law, University of California, Berkeley
SESSION: AI AT TRIAL: MACHINE GENERATED EVIDENCE, SEARCH, FORESNSICS, CONFRONTATION
Marc Canellas
Public Defender, Maryland
SESSION: AI AT TRIAL: MACHINE GENERATED EVIDENCE, SEARCH, FORESNSICS, CONFRONTATION
Hon. Judge Jane Levy
2nd Judicial District, New Mexico
SESSION: AI AT TRIAL: MACHINE GENERATED EVIDENCE, SEARCH, FORESNSICS, CONFRONTATION
Melanie Moses
Santa Fe Institute / University of New Mexico
SESSION: AI IN THE COURTHOUSE: USES BY JUDGES AND COURTS
Sonia Rankin
Law, University of New Mexico
SESSION: AI IN THE COURTHOUSE: USES BY JUDGES AND COURTS