JUDICIAL VISITATIONSDuring <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>2005</strong> Term <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Court, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Judges <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Court, c<strong>on</strong>sistentwith past practice and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir ethical resp<strong>on</strong>sibility to oversee and improve<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> entire military criminal justice system, participated in pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>altraining programs <strong>for</strong> military and civilian lawyers, spoke to pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>algroups <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> judges and lawyers, and visited with judge advocates, militaryjudges, commanders, and o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r military pers<strong>on</strong>nel at various militaryinstallati<strong>on</strong>s.JUDICIAL CONFERENCEOn May 18 and 19, <strong>2005</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Court held its annual Judicial C<strong>on</strong>ferenceat <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Catholic University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> America, Columbus School <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Law, Washingt<strong>on</strong>,D.C. The program <strong>for</strong> this Judicial C<strong>on</strong>ference was certified <strong>for</strong> credit tomeet <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>tinuing legal educati<strong>on</strong> requirements <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> State Bars throughout<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> United States. The c<strong>on</strong>ference opened with welcoming remarks by DeanWilliam F. Fox, Jr., <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Columbus School <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Law and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> H<strong>on</strong>orable H. F.“Sparky” Gierke, Chief Judge, United States Court <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Appeals <strong>for</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ArmedForces. They were followed by speakers <strong>for</strong> this year’s c<strong>on</strong>ference,including Supreme Court <strong>Justice</strong> Sandra Day O’C<strong>on</strong>nor; Mr. David M. Crane,The Prosecutor <strong>for</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Special Court <strong>for</strong> Sierra Le<strong>on</strong>e; Senior Judge JackB. Weinstein <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> United States District Court <strong>for</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Eastern District<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> New York; Major General Yishai Beer, President <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Israeli <strong>Military</strong>Court <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Appeals and Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essor <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Law at Hebrew University in Jerusalem;Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essor Lee D. Schinasi, Barry University School <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Law; Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essor AnneM. Coughlin, University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Virginia School <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Law; Major Christopher W.Behan and Major Jeffrey C. Hagler, Judge Advocate General’s School, UnitedStates Army, Charlottesville, Virginia; Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essor Stephen A. Saltzburg,George Washingt<strong>on</strong> University School <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Law; Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essor David Wippman,Cornell University School <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Law; Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essor Clif<strong>for</strong>d S. Fishman, CatholicUniversity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> America; Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essor Paul Butler, George Washingt<strong>on</strong> UniversitySchool <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Law; and Lieutenant Col<strong>on</strong>el David Fillman, U.S. Air Force,Office <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Judge Advocate General <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Air Force.H. F. “SPARKY” GIERKEChief JudgeSUSAN J. CRAWFORDAssociate JudgeANDREW S. EFFRONAssociate Judge2
JAMES E. BAKERAssociate JudgeCHARLES E. “CHIP” ERDMANNAssociate Judge3