2007 ACRA MIDWINTER CONFERENCE

 

1.5 CEU's Coming to a Golf Green Near You!

 
     
Register Now! Click on the link to the left register online for the 2007 Midwinter Conference.

You’re Cordially Invited to

ALABAMA COURT REPORTER’S ASSOCIATION

2006 MIDWINTER CONFERENCE, JANUARY 18 - 20, 2007

Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Tuscaloosa, AL

Where

Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Tuscaloosa, AL

HOTEL REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 27, 2006.
Hotel Reservations:  (205)752-3200.
Room rates are $79 single/double; $84 triple; $90 quad.
Make sure to note that you are attending the ACRA Midwinter Conference
 

When  January 18 - 20, 2007
Fee Members $150 / Non-Members $190 / Students $60/ One Day Only $95
Registration Deadline January 5, 2007 (Registrations postmarked after 1/5/07 -- Add $30)
Contact Info Diana Battles, ACRA Convention Chair, 1504 Country Club Drive SW, Jacksonville, AL 36265,

AGENDA

          

THURSDAY 1/18

 

TIME

 

EVENT/SEMINAR

 

PRESENTER

CEUs

APPLIED

FOR

10:00 – 12:00 pm

ACRA Board Meeting

 

 

10:00 – 5:00 pm

Registration and Vendors

 

 

1:30 – 2:00

Welcoming Remarks/Conference Overview

Diana Battles

 

2:00 – 3:30

Judicial Technology in the Reporting Arena (e-filing, e-orders, future computer advances)

Mike Carroll, Deputy Director, Administrative Office of Courts

1.5

3:30 – 3:45

Break

 

 

3:45 – 4:15

State of Alabama Judicial Update

Sue Bell Cobb, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama

Callie Dietz, Administrative Director of Courts

.5

4:15-5:15

Filing Appealed Transcripts, Civil And Criminal

(e-filing for appellate transcripts)

Hon. Lane Mann, Clerk, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals

Hon. John Wilkerson, Clerk, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals

1.0

6:00 – 7:30

Westervelt Warner Museum:  American History Through an Artist’s Perspective

Self-paced

1.0

 

Dinner on your own

 

 

FRIDAY 1/19

7:30 – 9:30 am

Continental Breakfast

Registration Continues

 

 

8:00 – 10:00

Alabama Board of Court Reporting Orientation

Paula McCaleb, Administrative Assistant

2.0

10:00 – 10:15

Break

 

 

10:15 – 11:15

Ethics Laws in Alabama

Jim Sumner, Executive Director, Alabama Ethics Commission

 

1.0

11:15-12:15

Arson Investigation from Civil and Criminal Perspectives

Ed Paulk, State of Alabama Fire Marshal

1.0

12:15-1:45 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:45 – 3:15 pm

Keeping Your Momentum

TBA

1.5

3:15 – 3:30

Break

 

 

 

3:30 – 5:30

Methamphetamine and Its Dangers

TBA

2.0

5:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

Dinner on your own

 

 

SATURDAY  1/20

8:00 – 9:00 am

Voluntary Prayer Breakfast

 

 

8:30 – 9:00

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 1:00 pm

Breakout Sessions – Software Training

 

4.0

 

Stenograph, Digital CAT, Advantage, ProCAT

Keith Atchison, Carman Santone, TBA, Deby Owens

 

1:00 pm

Submit Conference Evaluations, Adjourn