NCADP 2005 Conference Schedule

Thursday, October 27  10:00am-8:00pm       Registration		 10:00am-8:00pm       Affiliate Caucus Sessions 12:00pm-6:00pm       Vendor Set-up 5:00pm-6:00pm         NCADP Board of Directors Meeting  Friday, October 28 	 7:30am                     Registration Opens 7:30am                     Vendors Open 9:30am-10:30am       Opening Plenary/Welcome Panel 10:30am-12:00pm     Plenary: State Legislators Speak Out				
12:30pm-2:00pm       Workshops: Building the Base – Reaching Out to Key Constituencies
                                  (Part One—Looking at projects that work)				
	                     —Reaching out to religious people
	                     —Reaching out to students and youth
	                     —Reaching out to Families of Murder Victims/Death Row Inmates
12:30pm-5:00pm       Legal Seminar: Cutting Edge Legal Issues  (see below for full schedule!)	
	                     —Federal Habeas Corpus law
	                     —Human Rights Laws in U.S. Courts
	                     —Post-Conviction Relief and Mental Retardation
	                     —Prohibiting the Execution of the Mentally Disabled
	                     —DNA Testing and the Law
2:00pm-3:30pm        Plenary: Framing to Win—How to Change Public Opinion	                
3:30pm-3:45pm        Break							
3:45pm-5:15pm        Workshops: Building the Base – Reaching Out to Key Constituencies
                                 (Part Two-Strategies for greater inclusion-a facilitated discussion)			
	                    —For religious people
	                    —For students and youth
	                    —For families of murder victims
	                    —For families of death row inmates/exonerees	
5:30pm-7:30pm        Dinner (on your own)						
8:00pm-10:00pm      Film Festival—Scenes from:					
	                   —After Innocence
	                   —Deadline
            	                   —The Trials of Daryl Hunt
	                   —Race to Execution
                                   and more!!!!  Saturday, October 29  7:30am                    Registration Opens						 7:30am                    Vendors Open						 9:00am-10:30am      Plenary: Journey of Hope-Texas					 10:30am-10:45am    Break							 10:45am-12:00pm    Skills Building Workshops (Round One): 				                                    —The Power of One: How to Be an Effective Citizen Lobbyist                                    —Winning Step-By-Step: How to Organize and Win Moratorium                                            and Abolition Resolutions                                    —Human Rights, Human Wrongs: How to Stop the Execution of                                           People with Mental Disabilities                                    —The Art of Activism: Using Documentary Film to Change Minds                                            and Build the Movement                                    —New Allies: Working with Consultants to Maximize Success                                    —Creative Activism: Using the Internet to Educate and Engage                                            the Public  10:45am-12:00pm     Legal Workshop:  How Lawyers Fit into the Overall Struggle		
12:00pm-1:30pm       Author’s Book-Signing						
12:00pm-1:30pm       Lunch (on your own)			
1:30pm-2:45pm         Skills Building Workshops (Round Two): 				
	                    —Repeat of Round One Workshops 3:00pm-5:30pm        Protest March						 7:00pm-7:45pm        Awards Banquet Reception					 8:00pm-11:00pm      Awards Banquet - Keynote Speaker:  Bryan Stevenson			

Sunday, October 30  8:00am-9:00am        Interfaith Reflections                                                            		 9:00am-11:00am      Council of Affiliates Meeting

 

Legal Seminar Schedule

Recent Developments in Death Penalty Jurisprudence—An Overview
Friday, October 28, 2005

12:30 p.m.             Welcome & Opening Remarks, Jim Marcus, Executive Director of the Texas                                              Defender Service
1:00 p.m.               The State of Federal Habeas Corpus Relief for Death Row Inmates
                                   Ruth Friedman, Leading Expert on Federal Habeas Corpus
1:45 p.m.               The Application of International Human Rights to Capital Cases in U.S.                                                      Courts, Hadar Harris, Executive Director, Center for Human Rights and                                                       Humanitarian Law, American University Law School
2:30 p.m.               Break
2:45 p.m.               Access to Post-Conviction Relief for Death Row Inmates with Mental Retardation                            in Light of Atkins v. Virginia, Naomi Terr, Leading Expert on Developing                                                         Mitigating Evidence in Capital Cases
3:30 p.m.               DNA Law and the Death Penalty, David Dow, University Distinguished Professor                                         at the University of Houston law Center
4:30 p.m.               Break
4:45 p.m.               Overcoming Obstacles to Prohibiting the Execution of People with Mental                                      Disabilities, J. Gary Hart, attorney for Kelsey Patterson
 
The CLE will conclude at 5:30 p.m.