Governing for Results 16 - Washington State Digital Archives

Office of Administrative HearingsInteragency Advanced Administrative Law Judge TrainingIt is difficult to find high quality specialized training for Administrative Law Judges(ALJs) and Hearings Officers other than sending people to the National JudicialCollege (NJC) at the University of Nevada - Reno. A consortium of stateadjudicatory agencies has contracted with the NJC in the past years to provideinteragency training in Washington at lower cost. This year the Network ofAdjudicatory Agencies sponsored our own three-day Advanced AdministrativeLaw Judge in-state training at the Evergreen State College. We reduced costseven further by eliminating NJC administrative costs.ResultsIn-state training for 55 Administrative Law Judges/Hearing Officers for lessthan $5000, compared to at least $15,000 if conducted by NJC or at least$50,000 to send people to the NJC campus.Relevant training from presenters, expert on Washington law, including a fullday from Court of Appeals Judge Dean Morgan on evidence.Networking between ALJ's and Hearing Officers from 15 agencies who mightotherwise have no contact, learning about similarities, differences, and bestpractices in administrative hearings in different agencies.21.5 hours of legal education credits for each employee for $87 each(commercial programs typically cost $20 to $50 per credit hour).Team Name: Network of Adjudicatory AgenciesTeam Members: Office of Environmental Hearings: James Tupper (trainingcommittee chair); Department of Retirement Systems: Ceil Buddeke; WesternWashington Growth Management Hearing Board: Les Eldridge; Department ofSocial and Health Services: Linda Marousek; Office of Insurance Commissioner:Patricia Peterson; Office of Administrative Hearings: Art WangCONTACT: Art Wang, (360) 664-203183