Join us October 18th from 10am to 4pm at The Shepherd's Church in Cary, NC for an awesome day of fellowship, collaboration and discussion with legal and medical professionals. The Triangle Christian Medical and Dental Associations is partnering with the Christian Legal Society to bring you an event that spans our callings in health and law. Details coming soon, but mark your calendar now!
10:15 Chief Justice Paul Newby
11:00 Breakouts-
1st Breakout: challenges and joys in sharing your faith in your profession— Dr.Mike
Hagland
2nd Breakout: Biblical Case to protect Human Life
3rd Breakout: Estate Planning as ministry – Joe Mitchiner
4th Breakout “Financial Faithfullness” Roger Gum, Blue Trust
12:15 Lunch - provided
1:00 Greetings from The Shepherd's Church
1. Beginning Well – Ryan Boyce
2. Persevering Well, avoiding burnout – Dr. Lloyd Hay
3. Ending Well – Hale Stephenson
4. Add on: Family Lawyers working with Psychiatrists and Psychologists – Richard
Gantt
2:30 Issues in ethics that implicate both medical and legal professions
Christa Evans, Michael Zhu, Health. Dr. Ben Thrush, Nathaniel Parker
3:15 Featured Speaker Dr. Marty McCaffrey - Ethics + Law in the Neo Intensive
Care Unit (NICU)
4:00 Conclude
Paul Martin Newby is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, having first been elected in 2004. Justice Newby is an Adjunct Professor at Campbell University School of Law, where he teaches courses on state constitutional law and appellate practice. He is also the co-author of The North Carolina State Constitution with History and Commentary (2d ed. 2013) with Professor John V. Orth of the University of North Carolina School of Law. The North Carolina Bar Association honored Justice Newby in 2011 with its Citizen Lawyer Award, and in 2012 he received its John McNeill Smith, Jr. Award, recognizing his work in the area of constitutional rights and responsibilities. In recognition of his professional service, Justice Newby received the James Iredell Award and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Southern Wesleyan University.
Justice Newby works to enhance professionalism among North Carolina’s lawyers having served as chair of the Commission on Professionalism. Justice Newby co-chairs the Chief Justice's civic education initiative, traveling across North Carolina to meet with school and civic groups to discuss the Supreme Court and the role of the judiciary. He is the Court's liaison to the North Carolina Business Court and the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners. He is a frequent judge at various moot court and mock trial events. Justice Newby speaks to lawyers and judges from around the world about the American legal system and the rule of law, including groups of international parliamentarians and judges for the Open World Program, sponsored by the Library of Congress. He has been an instructor for the North Carolina Judicial College and various continuing legal education courses.
Justice Newby actively participates in the North Carolina Bar Association. He is currently a member of the Justice and Judiciary Committee (2018-present). In the past, Justice Newby has served on the Strategic Planning & Emerging Trends Committee (2015-2018), the Appellate Practice Section Council (2015-2016), International Law Section Council (2010-2015), the Technology Advisory Committee (2005-2011), the Litigation Council (2005-2011), and as Vice President (2008-2009).
Dr. Marty McCaffrey is a Professor of Pediatrics at UNC Chapel Hill in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. He is a retired Captain in the US Navy and served as the Director of Neonatal Care at the Naval Medical Center San Diego and the Consultant to the US Navy Surgeon General for Neonatology. Dr. McCaffrey is the Director of the Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina (PQCNC or “PICNIC”) which has conducted 11 statewide quality improvement projects across the North Carolina. The mission of the PQCNC is to make North Carolina the best place to give birth and be born. He is also the Co-Chair of the CDC’s National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives. Dr. McCaffrey also has a strong interest in the care of infants and children, and the support of families with challenging prenatal diagnoses. As a member of the International Trisomy Alliance Board and the Be Not Afraid Board he offers significant medical and emotional support to families dealing with difficult diagnoses in their unborn and born children. He has most recently published on the topic of trisomies in the September 2016 issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics.
