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4th Annual Criminal Defense Community
FREE CLE VIRTUAL Conference
JUNE 17 - JUNE 19
Wednesday, June 17
8:30-9:30
Topic: Using Maps to Tell Your Client's Story: Community Risk Factors, Crime Exposure, Environmental Hazards, and Chaos Maps
Presenter: Amy Nguyen, Owner, Capital Maps
9:45 - 10:45
Topic: Assessing Eyewitness Evidence (Practical Guidance to Determine IF You Should Reach Out to an Expert)
Presenter: Dr. Stephen J. Ross, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Washington, Tacoma.
11:00 - 12:00
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LUNCH
1:30 - 2:30
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2:45 - 3:45
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Thursday, June 18
8:30-9:30
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9:45 - 10:45
Topic: Prison Reform and Advocacy
Presenter: Donna Hamm, Founder & Executive Director
11:00 - 12:00
(.5 Professional Responsibility*)
Topic: When Faith and Culture Matter: Leveraging Expert Witnesses to Understand and Defend Your Client
Presenter: Dr. Elizabeth A. McAlister, Professor, Religion & African American Studies at Wesleyan
LUNCH
1:30 - 2:30
Topic: Know Enough to Help (or Refer): Employment Law for Criminal Practitioners
Presenter: Tyler K. Allen, Owner, Tyler Allen Law Firm
2:45 - 3:45
Topic: Metabolites, Myths, and Mistakes: Defending Marijuana DUI Cases
Presenters: Grace Myers, Owner, Grace Myers Law; Michael Grommes, Forensic Toxicologist, Blood Alcohol Testing & Consulting
Friday, June 19
8:30-9:30
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9:45 - 10:45
Topic: AHCCCS Terminations, Exclusions, and Credible Allegations of Fraud
Presenters: Andrea Tazioli, Partner, NCP Law; Jessica Kokal, Partner, Outside Counsel for AHCCCS at Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson
Ms. Tazioli's website / Ms. Kokal's website
11:00 - 12:00
(.5 Professional Responsibility*)
Topic: Working with SMI Clients
Presenter: Daniel Inserra, Attorney, Office of the Public Advocate, Mental Health Division
*Professional Responsibility
Per MCLE Regulation 101(L) “Professional Responsibility (Ethics) Hours” mean those types of continuing legal education outlined in Rule 45(a)(2) including ethics. Such CLE programs may address diversity and inclusion in the legal system of all persons regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disabilities, as well as, the elimination of bias."
Per Rule 45(a)(2) "Professional responsibility includes instruction in legal and judicial ethics, professionalism, and malpractice prevention, and may include such topics as substance abuse, including causes, prevention, detection and treatment alternatives, attorneys' fees, client development, law office economics and practice, alternatives to litigation for managing conflict and resolving disputes, stress management, and the particular responsibilities of public lawyers, judges, and in-house counsel, to the extent that professional responsibility is directly addressed in connection with these topics."
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