Nationwide & International
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Presentations & Webinars
(303) 501-3242
Providing Professional Presentations
My presentations and webinars have been conducted nationwide and I have presented to attorneys, law enforcement, drug court professionals, toxicologists, academia, policy makers, and judges.
Judge Mary A. Celeste (ret.) sat on the Denver County Court bench 2000-2015. She was the Presiding Judge 2009-10 and the co-founder of the Denver County Court Sobriety Court. She is currently a law school professor teaching Marijuana and the Law at California Western School of Law and is considered a national content expert on the topic of cannabis. She is a former member of the Judicial Advisory Board for the Foundation for the Advancement of Alcohol Responsibility (FAAR); Faculty for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) and the National Judicial College (NJC). She has also served as the past chair of ABA National Conference of Specialized Court Judges; the President of the American Judge’s Association and the Colorado Women’s Bar Association Foundation, and, as a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Judicial Outreach Liaison. She has written many articles and is a national speaker on the topics of marijuana; marijuana and drug impaired driving, drugged driving, and specialty courts.
She has presented to AJA; ALA; NEADCP, NADCP, APPA, AJA, ABA, DATIA, NHTSA, NEADCP, Lifesavers, Pennsylvania DUI Association, Michigan and Louisiana Association of Drug Court Professionals and to Judges, Attorneys; Specialty Court Conferences, and Safety Highway Offices in the States of Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, U.S. Territories, and in Canada.
Previous Presentations
Oklahoma County PD Office
Oklahoma Dept. MHSA, Criminal Justice Div.
The Legalization of Marijuana & Hemp & Its Impact on the Courts
December 5-7, 2023
U.S. Silica
Marijuana, CBD & Hemp Derivatives in the Workplace
Katy Mills, Texas
September 25, 2023
September 26, 2023NADCP
Cannabis Driving & Testing
Houston, Texas
June 27, 2023
NADCP
But I Thought I was Using a Legal Drug: The Complex World of Hemp Derivatives Like CBD and Delta 8
Houston, Texas
June 27, 2023
SHRM
Marijuana, CBD & Hemp Derivatives in the Workplace
Las Vegas, Nevada
June 11, 2023
ISASIC
Webinar
History of Cannabis in the U.S.
May, 2023
SUNY
Legal History & Neuroscience Cannabi
Webinar
September 7, 2022
American Probation & Parole Association
Chicago, Illinois
August 28-30, 2022
The Legalization of Hemp and Its Impact on Testing & Law Enforcement
NADCP RISE
Nashville, TN
July 27, 2022
The Use of Medical Marijuana & CBD in the Courts
New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Brown University School of Public Health
May 4, 2022
The Commercialization of Cannabis
Marijuana, CBD & Drug Courts
National Interdisciplinary Cannabis Symposium
May 20-22, 2022
California Western School of Law, San Diego California
Use of Medical Marijuana in Treatment Courts
DATIA Conference
March 30, 2022
Louisville, Kentucky
The Legalization of Hemp & Its Impact on Testing
Nevada Limited Jurisdiction Judges Winter Seminar
January 25 , 2022, Las Vegas, Nevada
What is New in Cannabis & Driving
Seton Hall University
Legislative Journal Cannabis Law Symposium
February 4, 2022
Cannabis and the Fourth Amendment Search & Seizure
Virtual
Behavioral Health Professionals Maine
Medical Marijuana and Treatment Courts
September 15, 2021
New Mexico Judicial Conclave
Institute of Public Law UNM School of Law
September 23, 2021
The Colorado Experience: The Impact of New Marijuana Laws New Mexico
American Probation & Parole Association
The Use Medical Marijuana in the Courts
VIRTUAL on Demand
August 24-28, 2020
VIRTUAL
Fargo, N.D. September 24, 2020
Marijuana Search & Seizure; Marijuana Legal History, Neuroscience, Toxicology VIRTUAL
Pacific Judicial Council (PJC)
11/6/20 The Legal History; Neuroscience, Pharmacokinetic and Toxicology of Cannabis and Alcohol; 11/20/20 Drugged Driving;
American Judges Association Webinar May 13, 2020 1:00 p.m. CST
Standard Field Sobriety Testing in Impaired Driving Cases Webinar
AJA/Illinois Judges Marijuana & Driving...Panel Moderator
September 16, 2019, Chicago, Illinois
NADCP, Cannabis Driving Update, Marijuana and the Youth; Drug Court Judges Breakout; Drug/DUI Court Breakout Panel, Washington, D.C. July 14-17, 2019
State Bar Association of North Dakota, Marijuana & the Youth; Cannabis & Driving, June 12,, 2019,Fargo, North Dakota
New Mexico Municipal Judges Conference
The Impact of marijuana Legalization on the Courts
May 1, 2019
Angel Fire, New Mexico
DATIA
Cannabis Driving Update
April 11, 2019, Chicago, Illinois
New England Association of Drug Court Professionals (NEADCP), Marijuana Update, November 29, 2018, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Nevada Administration of the Courts Conference
Marijuana and Opioids and Their Impact on Specialty Courts
November 9, 2018, Sparks, Nevada
American Judges Association (AJA), Marijuana and the Youth, September 25, 2018, Kauai, Hawaii
National LGBT Bar Association & International Association of LGBT Judges, Marijuana and Its Impact on the Courts, August 9, 2018, New York, New York
American Trucking Associations (ATA) Marijuana: Legal Strategies to Stay Legal and Operational, July 17, 2018, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
National Council of Juvenile and Family Judges, Keynote Closing Plenary, Marijuana and Its Impact on the Juvenile Justice System, July 25, 2018, Denver, Colorado
New Mexico Judicial Conclave, Drugged Driving, June 7, 2018, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA), MAT and Its Impact on Testing in Drug Courts, May 24, 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana
National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), Judges - Adult and DWI Treatment Courts, May 30, 2018. Houston, Texas
National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), Legal Issues, Ethics and Confidentiality Ask the Expert Table, June 2, 2018, Houston, Texas
Association of Legal Administrators, (ALA) Marijuana in the Workplace: A Practcum Workshop, May 5, 2018, National Harbor, Maryland
American Probation & Parole Association, (APPA) Cannabis & Driving, January 22, 2018, Houston, Texas
New England Association of Drug Court Professionals (NEADCP), Marijuana and the Youth, November 29, 2017, Marlboro, Massachusetts
National Association for Court Management, (NACM) Marijuana & the Youth, February 12, 2018 New Mexico Judicial Education Center, Drugged Driving, September 27, 2017, Sante Fe, New Mexico
NASRO School Safety Conference, Youth and Marijuana, July 26, 2017, Washington DC.
National Association of Drug Court Professional (NADCP), Washington, D.C., Marijuana Laws and Their Impact on Specialty Courts, July 10, 2017
National Association of Drug Court Professional (NADCP), The Use of Medical Marijuana for Veterans with PTSD in Veteran's Courts, Washington, D.C., July 11, 2017
National Association for Court Management (NACM), The Legal History, Neuroscience and Toxicology of Marijuana: What the Justice System Needs to Know, July 12, 2017, Washington, D.C.
Colorado Collaborative Justice Conference, The Legal History, Neuro-science & Toxicology of Marijuana, Denver, Colorado, May 31, 2017
Colorado Collaborative Justice Conference. Marijuana & Opioids and Their Impact on Specialty Courts, Denver, Colorado, June 1, 2017
Kansas Judicial Conference, Cannabis & Driving, Topeka, Kansas, June 9, 2017
Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys & State Bar of Michigan Marijuana Law Section, The Legal History, Neuroscience & Toxicology of Marijuana, East Lansing, Michigan, May 12, 2017
Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys & State bar of Michigan Marijuana Law Section, Marijuana & Driving, East Lansing, Michigan, May 13, 2017
Michigan Court Administrators Association (MCAA), What Court Administrators Need to Know About Marijuana Driving Cases, Thompsonville, Michigan, May 19, 2017
Association of Legal Administrators, Marijuana in the Workplace, Denver, Colorado, April 5, 2017
Texas Association of Specialty Courts, Marijuana Laws & Its Impact on Specialty Courts, Austin, Texas, April 10, 2017
Arkansas Drug Court Conference, Marijuana Laws & Its Impact on Specialty Courts, Little Rock Arkansas, April 12, 2017
LifeSavers Conference, The Legal History, Neuro-science and Toxicology of Marijuana, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 26, 2017
ABA Traffic Seminar, The Legal History, Neuro-science & Toxicology of Marijuana, Savannah, Georgia, March 7, 2017
Texas Center for the Judiciary's Criminal Justice Conference Drugged Driving Update, Austin, Texas, February 10, 2017
North Dakota Drugged Driving Summit, Cannabis & Driving, Bismarck, North Dakota, December 1, 2016
Arizona DUI Conference, Marijuana & Driving, Tempe, Arizona, December 2, 2016
New England Association of Drug Court Professionals, Marijuana and Driving, Marlboro, Massachusetts, November 16, 2016
Nevada State Court Conference, Marijuana Laws and the Effects on Specialty Courts, November 4, 2016
Oklahoma Judiciary, Cannabis & Driving, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 2, 2016
Oklahoma Judiciary, Legal History, Neuro-science and Toxicology of Marijuana, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 2, 2016
Colorado Bar Association, DUID Advanced Practice, The Fallacies of Colorado’s 5 Nanogram Inference in DUID Cases, Denver, Colorado, October 20, 2016
American Judges Association (AJA), Cannabis: The Greening of North America, Toronto, Canada, September 26, 2016
American Probation & Parole Association, (APPA), Reducing Impaired Driving Recidivism with IID Use, Cleveland, Ohio, August 29, 2016
Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia, Cannabis & Driving, St. Simons Island, Georgia, June 23, 2016
Colorado Highway Safety Summit, The History, Neuroscience and Toxicology of Marijuana, Keystone, Colorado, June 8, 2016
National Association of Drug Court Professional (NADCP), The Nuts and Bolts of Alcohol & Other Drug Testing in Specialized Treatment Courts, Witness Creditability, Anaheim, California June 1, 2016
Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association, (DATIA), The Greening of America: How Marijuana is Changing the Legal Landscape, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 24, 2016
The Expert Institute Webinar, Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana, April 21, 2016
Texas Municipal Courts Education Center, Marijuana & Driving, Dallas, Texas, March 20, 2016
Texas Municipal Courts Education Center, Marijuana History, Neuroscience & Toxicology, Dallas, Texas, March 20, 2016
American Bar Association Traffic Court Seminar, Cannabis & Driving, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 17, 2016
Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals, Marijuana History, Neuroscience & Toxicology, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 15, 2016
Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals, Marijuana and Driving, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 15, 2016
Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals, The Use of Science & Technology in Specialized Treatment Courts, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 15, 2016
ISCT, Specialized Treatment Courts, Dallas, Texas, February 20, 2016
ISCT, The Structure of Courts, Dallas, Texas, February 20, 2016
American Bar Association Webinar, Hot Topics in Specialized Courts, Coordinator & Moderator, December 17, 2015
American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT), Cannabis Legal Panel, Denver, Colorado, December 9, 2015
American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT), Dos and Don’ts in Expert Testimony in Marijuana Driving Cases: Judicial Perspective, Denver, Colorado, December 9, 2015
Nebraska Highway Safety Office, Marijuana and Driving, Lincoln, Nebraska, December 8, 2015
National Center for DWI Courts (NCDC) Training, Sharing & Due Process, El Paso, Texas, October 28, 2015 National Center for DWI Courts (NCDC) Training.
North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT), Marijuana Driving Laws, San Francisco, California, October 10, 2015
American Judges Association (AJA), The Future of Per Se and Zero Tolerance Marijuana Laws, Seattle, Washington October 6, 2015
National LGBT Bar Association, Romer and Its Progeny, Lavender Law Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 6, 2015
National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), Marijuana & Driving, National Harbor, Virginia, July 27, 2015
American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), Alcohol Monitoring Based Upon Risk Assessment: Which Tool is Right, Los Angeles, California, July 12-15, 2015
Louisiana Association Drug Court Professionals, Neuro-Science and Toxicology of Marijuana, Lafayette, Louisiana, June 26, 2015
Municipal Courts Education Center, Drugged Driving Workshop, Austin Texas, March 29, 2015
Colorado Bar Association, Views From the Bench, October 23, 2014
National Center DWI Courts, Webinar Drugged Driving and Its Impact on DWI Courts, October 16, 2014
Colorado Impaired Driving Conference, Blood Draws; What Now After McNeely September 22, 2014
Pennsylvania Highway Safety Office, Lunchtime Keynote Marijuana & Driving and The Use of Science & Technology to Detect and Monitor Drugs & Alcohol in Impaired Driving Cases, October 31, 2014
Colorado Judicial Conference, Blood Draws; What Now After McNeely, September 9, 2014
Colorado Judicial Conference, The Admissibility of Oral Fluid Testing, September 8, 2014
MADD, Florida, Marijuana Trials & Tribulations, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, August 1, 2014
MADD, No Refusal Workshop, Denver, Colorado, McNeeley & Implied Consent, July 8, 2014
NHTSA, TSRP Training, Cracking the Nut of the Judiciary, July 15, 2015
American Bar Associations (ABA), Webinar Blood Draws; What Now After McNeely, June 26, 2014
National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) Debunking the Myths of Marijuana, May 29, 2014
Colorado Collaborative Justice Conference, Marijuana and Its Impact on Drugged Driving, May 14, 2014
LifeSavers Conference, Marijuana and Driving: Trials and Tribulations, April 28, 2014
Utah Judges Association Drugged Driving, April 19, 2014
Colorado Creditors Bar Association, CLE, Garnishee Liability Hearings, April 4, 2014
American Bar Association (ABA) Specialized Courts Webinar, Driving & Marijuana: Debunking the Myths, March 20, 2014
American Judges Association, The Legalization of Marijuana & Its Impact on the Law, September 2013
Colorado Judicial Conference, Drugged Driving and the Use of Science & Technology, September 2013
Colorado Judicial Conference, Garnishee Liability Hearings & Default Judgments, September 2013
NHTSA JOL National Meeting, The Impact of Drugged Driving, September 2013
LifeSavers Conference, Role of the Judge in DWI Courts, March 2013
American Bar Association, Technology Webinar, March 2013
Michigan Association of Drug Court Professionals, Technology and Drugged Driving Presentation, March 2013
Colorado County Court Judges Association, Technology Presentation March, 2013
Nevada Safety Summit, Technology Presentation, Reno Nevada, 2012
NHTSA Joint Regional Conference TSRP/LEL Presentation, 2012
American Judges Association, Technology Presentation 2012
Colorado Judicial Conference, Drug Recognition Expert Presentation, 2012
Washington Judicial Conference (Spokane & Seattle) Drugged Driving Presentation, 2012
ABA Webinar, Drug Recognition Expert, 2012
Colorado Collection Attorneys Association, Summit, Process of Service Presentation, 2012
American Judges Association National Symposium Coordinator, 2012
Wyoming Circuit Judges Conference, NHTSA JOL Presentation, 2011
Denver County Court, Civil Division, Post Judgment Remedies Presentation, 2011
Denver County Court, Name Change Procedures Presentation, 2011
Colorado Collection Attorneys Association, Practice in Denver County Court Presentation, 2011
Teaching Vignettes, Denver District Attorney’s Office and Public Defender’s Office, 2010
Colorado Women’s’ Bar Association, Convention Speaker 1994, 1996, 1998, 2005 & 2010; Judge in Residence 2011
Colorado Bar Association CLE Program 2007
American Judges Association Coordinator/ Moderator Educational Program 2007, Vancouver, Canada
American Judges Association Coordinator/ Moderator Educational Program 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana
Colorado Women’s Bar Association Convention Panel 2006
American Judges Association Mid-Year Seminar 2005
American Judges Association Coordinator/Moderator Educational Program 2004, San Francisco, California
Arapahoe County Bar Association 2004, LGBT Issues, Las Vegas Nevada
Colorado Women’s Bar Association, Coordinator/Moderator
Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council
June 17, 2020, Indianapolis, Indiana, Cannabis & Driving
VIRTUAL
American Probation & Parole Association
Boston, Mass., August 1, 2020, Medical Marijuana & The Courts
VIRTUAL
North Dakota Association for Justice
Fargo, N.D. September 24, 2020
Marijuana and the 4th Amendment Search & Seizure; Neuroscience, Toxicology & Testing Cannabis
Upcoming Presentations
New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Brown University School of Public Health
May 4, 2022
The Commercialization of Cannabis
Marijuana, CBD & Drug Courts
National Interdisciplinary Cannabis Symposium
May 20-22, 2022
California Western School of Law, San Diego California
Use of Medical Marijuana in Treatment Courts
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SPECIALIZED COURT JUDGES
National Traffic Academy
June 13 2022
Denver, Colorado
Medical Marijuana and the Justice System
NADCP RISE
Nashville, TN
July 27, 2022
The Use of Medical Marijuana & CBD in the Courts
New England Association of Recovery Court (NEARCP)
Massachusetts
Medical Marijuana and Treatment Courts
(TBD)
Topic Areas
- Drugged Driving
- Marijuana and Driving - Youth and Marijuana
- The Use of Science and Technology in Specialized Treatment Courts
- The Legal History of MJ…Toxicology…Neuroscience of Marijuana
- DREs and Toxicologists as Experts in MJ Driving Cases
- The Admissibility of Oral Fluid Testing in Court
- Specialized Treatment Courts: What Are They?
- Risk Assessment Tools in Alcohol Cases: Which Monitoring Tool is Right
- Constitutional and Ethical Issues in Drug/DWI Courts
- The MJ Driving Case from Soup to Nuts
- The Future of Implied Consent Laws
- McNeeley and Blood Testing
- The Structure of Courts: Who Are the Gatekeepers
- Marijuana Laws and Its Impact On Specialty Courts
- Expert Testimony in Marijuana Driving Impairment Cases
- Marijuana Toxicology
- Marijuana and its Impact on the Law
- Marijuana in the Workplace
- Drug Recognition Experts
- The Use of Science and Technology to Monitor and Detect Alcohol and Drugs
- Drug and Alcohol Testing
- Witness Creditability
- Per Se Marijuana Driving Laws
- Marijuana Around the Globe
- Drugged Driving and its Impact on DWI Courts
- Marijuana and its Impact on DWI Courts
- The Use of the Toxicologist in the Courts
- Service of Process
- The Use of Ignition Interlock Devices to Reduce Recidivism and Crash Fatalities
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Judge Mary Celeste (Ret.)
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