Every year, the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law presents the Annual Longshore Conference. This is the “go-to” conference for all Longshore and Defense Base Act industry professionals.
This year’s conference should delight. All district directors are attending and speaking, as are all of the Office of Administrative Law Judges’ district chiefs. This is a rare gathering of all the Longshore and DBA elite.
For more information about the conference, visit Loyola’s Continuing Legal Education webpage. For ease of reference, I’ve reprinted the schedule below:
Thursday, March 10, 2016
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Registration
8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Introduction and Announcements
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Significant Judicial Decisions Impacting Claims Arising Under the Acts and its Extensions
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. A National Overview of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Practice Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Navigating Concurrent Jurisdiction
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Return to Work and Vocational Rehabilitation
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Longshore Jeopardy!
Friday, March 11, 2016
8:30 a.m. – 9;30 a.m. Litigating Attorney Fee Claims
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Practice Before the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. An Update on the Benefits Review Board
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Legal Ethics and Professionalism in Mediation Practice
