California Western School of Law

Cedar Street, San Diego, CA 92101

 

As cannabis legalization and regulations evolve, the United States is at a tipping point. There are now several pending Congressional Bills related to cannabis including decriminalization and rescheduling of the drug. Thirty-six states have some form of medical marijuana, 18 States, D.C. Guam, Northern Marijuana Islands, and Tribal nations have recreational marijuana laws with many other states exploring recreational marijuana for 2022. These continued changes in laws are impacting our courts and society. It is also creating a dynamic and sometimes confusing landscape for various disciplines including Law Enforcement, Judges, Drug Court Professionals, the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry, Academia, and Employers Human Resource Associations & Organizations.

 

As a result of this confusing landscape, the American Judges Association (AJA) partnered with California Western School of Law (CWSL), Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA), Colorado Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office (HSO), the National Judicial College (NJC), New England Association of Recovery Court Professionals (NEARCP)  and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and are bringing forward a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary approach to cannabis issues facing all of these disciplines.

 

The AJA, the VOICE of the Judiciary, is the largest judges’ organization in North America and provides the highest quality of continuing professional development for judges.

 

CWSL is San Diego’s oldest law school, established in 1924. It is among the top 3 law schools in the United States for required experiential learning credits and among the top 10 law schools in the United States for ethnic diversity (2019 U.S. news ranking).

 

DATIA the premier drug and alcohol testing industry association, was founded in 1995 and represents the entire spectrum of drug and alcohol service providers including collection sites, laboratories, consortiums/TPAs, MROs and testing equipment manufacturers.

 

HSO is responsible for developing and administering behavioral programs that improve the traffic safety environment in Colorado by reducing the number and severity of traffic crashes.

 

NJC Created more than a half-century ago at the recommendation of a U.S. Supreme Court justice, The National Judicial College remains the only educational institution in the United States that teaches courtroom skills to judges of all types from all over the country, Indian Country and abroad.

 

NEARCP is a non-profit consortium of professionals working with and in recovery courts across six states:  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.  Our members work across all recovery court dimensions and include judges, lawyers, treatment providers, case managers, probation and law enforcement officers, and other professionals.

 

SHRM, Voice of all things Work, is a community of 300,000+ members across the globe, dedicated to making better workplaces for a better world and renowned for their professional development tools and competence-based education programs.  

 

MISSION

 

The Mission of the Symposium is to engage, integrate, and network associations and organizations, including law enforcement, academia, judges, drug court professionals including specialty court judges, the drug and alcohol testing industry, and human resources and others around the topic of cannabis by developing educational tracks and panels dedicated to each discipline along with integrated panels and plenaries.

 

OBJECTIVES

To elucidate and identify the current issues related to the legalization of cannabis and its impact on law enforcement, academia, judges, drug court professional, the drug and alcohol testing industry, and human resources, and, to educate all disciplines, analyze the interrelationships of all disciplines, and to ultimately develop best practices.

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FACULTY

The Symposium features the leading authorities in the areas of Judges, Recovery Courts Professionals, Academia, Human Resource Professionals, Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry Professionals, and Law Enforcement Leaders, who will share their insight on how cannabis laws and regulations are affecting their disciplines. Symposium submissions by presenters at NICS and other legal scholars are planned for publication in an edition of the California Western Law Review dedicated to the Symposium.

           

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Judges, Attorneys, Professors, Law Enforcement, Medical & Treatment Providers, Toxicologists, Recovery Court and Specialty Court Professionals, Court and Workplace Administrators and Managers, Human Resource Professionals, Drug and Alcohol Testing Professionals, and anyone else interested about cannabis issues.

          

CLE/CEU/CME ACCREDITATION

Certificates available for state submission and approval.

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SPEAKER & VENDOR DISCLAIMER

The views expressed in presentations made at National Interdisciplinary Cannabis Symposium (NICS) are those of the speaker and not, necessarily, of NICS. The presence of vendors at NICS, does not constitute an endorsement of the vendor or speaker's views, products, or services.