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NAPD 2023 Rise, Resist, Represent Conference

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We recorded over 90% of the sessions. Those not to be recorded will be noted in the description. NAPD did not apply for CLE or CEU for this event and is not able to provide certificates of attendance. This allows us to keep this amazing low price.

12:45pm EDT

Opening Remarks and Keynote Room AGeoff Burkhart • Lori James-Townes

1:00pm EDT

Prison Letters Project Room AJohn J Lennon • Ava Navarro Fakhrabadi • Natalie Smith • Johnathan Terry • Emily Bazelon • Kayla Vinson

1:45pm EDT

LegalServer Open Table Talk TBALegal Server • Legal Server VeeLead Open Table Talk TBAVeeLead • VeeLead ZLS Open Table Talk TBAZLS • ZLS

2:00pm EDT

A Holistic Approach to Public Defense: How to internalize Diversity, Equity & Inclusion within Multidisciplinary Offfices Room KMJ Jihad • José Morales-Crispin Being Trauma Prepared: A Case Study and How to handle the onslaught of trauma in Public Defense Room HBenjamin Schirm Collaborative and Creative Defender Advocacy Outside of Court Room IScott Hechinger • Alexzandria Poole Developing Best Practice Standards for Improving Quality of Representation Room EChristopher Boyle • Celia Joyce • Estée Rubien-Thomas Easing Law Student Suffering in Silence Room BJerry Organ • David Jaffe • Janet Stearns Empathy Across Cultural Memberships Room MCrystal Currie Felony Murder Room FNazgol Ghandnoosh How Do You Know if You're Doing Right by your Clients? Using Experience Surveys to Advance Client-Centered Representation Room NRobyn Mar • Noel Valerio • Isaac Ortega Integrating Paralegals, Social Workers, and Investigators on the Defense Team: Team Work Makes the Dream Work. Room JTaneal Behrens • Latosha Watts Mental Health Litigation: Maximizing the Use and Impact of Social Workers Room GJodi Metz • Pamela Sheppard • Laura Rose Regionalizing Services in Non-Statewide Offices Room LAngela Peterson • Nichole Jongsma Derks • Michelle Haidl Starting, Growing, and Sustaining a Private Mitigation Practice Room CBetsy Wilson • Aleca Sullivan Winning with Expert Witnesses Room DSandy Feinland

3:15pm EDT

Working as a Team in the Parkland Case Room ACasey Secor • Tamara Curtis • Gabrielle Darden • Melisa McNeill

4:00pm EDT

LegalServer Open Table Talk TBALegal Server • Legal Server VeeLead Open Table Talk TBAVeeLead • VeeLead ZLS Open Table Talk TBAZLS • ZLS

4:15pm EDT

#SAYHERNAME: The intersection of the child welfare system, law enforcement, and other barriers to family reunification, and how family advocates can help flip the script Room KShrounda Selivanoff • Marci Comeau Collaborating with Communities for Systemic Change Room IRaj Jayadev • Alexzandria Poole • Asia Johnson • Melissa Moore Core Staff Ethical Duties to Clients Room MMelinda Pendergraph Creative Motions Practice: Trial Management Edition Room BKelson Bohnet Effective Communication with your Clients and Family Members Room LAnthony Graves Empowering Public Defense Room EVichal Kumar • Emily Galvin-Almanza Litigating Fair-Cross Section Challenges: Fighting for a Diverse Jury Room CNina Chernoff Meeting with Meaning Room HJennifer Uyeda • Lisa Lunt Poetic Justice: Combating the Single Story in Pleadings Room DIjeoma U. Eke The Art of Difficult Conversations Room FElizabeth Miller Unintended Trauma from Defending Children Room GStephanne Thornton We Are All Public Defenders: Equality and Respect through Interdisciplinary Practice Room JVivianne Guevara • Desiree Lassiter Witless - Pre-trial Witness Assessment Room NThomas Lancaster

5:30pm EDT

Love and Litigation: Practicing Self Care When Litigating Room ACynthia Roseberry

6:30pm EDT

Second Look Litigation Network Room GBecky Feldman • Amy Fettig

8:30am EDT

Mindful Moment, Open Sky Room HMarsha Plank • Cynthia Barlow

10:00am EDT

"You Should Live Here": Innovative Ideas on How to Sell Moving to Your Community Room KJonathan Sacks • Melissa Wangler • Patrick Crowley • Michael Naughton • Kuda Chidzonga Are You Exploring Developmental Trauma with Your Clients? Impact & Significance Room HTerri Green Art from the Inside: Evolution Room OAntonio Espinosa • Jessica Espinosa • Jennifer Marx • Ricardo Dominguez If You Cannot Afford a Lawyer None Will be Appointed to You: New Research on Sixth Amendment Deserts Room EAndrew Davies • Victoria Smiegocki • Shelby Peck Information Management for Busy Lawyers Room BKathleen Casey-Gamez • Rocky Ramirez Initial Appearance and Charging Time: Efforts to Reform the Earliest Stages of the Criminal Process Room FMalia Brink • Jiacheng Yu Intentional Language and Strategic Communications Room IScott Hechinger • Asia Johnson Negotiation: Changing the Game by Understanding Your Counterpart's Story Room DKeeley Blanchard Shrinking Your Case: Pretrial Litigation and Pregnancy Loss Criminalization Room LYveka Pierre The Future of Public Defense: Leadership & Culture Room MEve Primus The Movement Origins of Public Defense Room NSam Allison-Natale Trauma, Leadership, and Dealing with Teams Through Difficult Situations Room GJoseph Medici Welcome Aboard! Developing a Workplan for Onboarding New Hires at Your Office Room CRenate Lunn • Kristin LaVoy

11:00am EDT

LegalServer Open Table Talk TBALegal Server • Legal Server VeeLead Open Table Talk TBAVeeLead • VeeLead ZLS Open Table Talk TBAZLS • ZLS

11:15am EDT

Plenary Session: Flikshop - Connecting Families to Their Incarcerated Loved Ones Room AMarcus Bullock

12:15pm EDT

Creative Communication to Uncover Mitigation Room HEsther Gueft Defending a Person Accused of a Sex Crime Room LSusan Seahorn Ethical and Effective Defender Use of Social Media Room ICrystal Maloney • Olayemi Olurin • Eliza Orlins From Policy to Practice: The Role of Public Defenders in the On-Going Search for Alternatives to Incarceration. Room JLisa Washington • Raul Ayala • Ion Meyn How At-Risk Youth are Misunderstood by the Criminal System and Society Room MBetsy Wilson • DeCedrick Walker Increasing Litigation through Strong Attorney Client Relationships Room NAlexander Kostal Interstate Issues in Criminal Defense After Dobbs Room FMichael Noveck Keeping a Felon with a New Felony out of Prison Takes Effort and a Team Approach! Room KJohn Lind • Shannon Garcia Show Me the Money: Driving Resources Toward Defense Expansion Room DEmily Galvin-Almanza Talent Development: Successful Coaching Tips, including building strong relationships, developing performance evaluations, and setting SMART goals Room BElizabeth Miller The History & Impact of Racism in Child Welfare Room OIeshaah Murphy The Misdiagnosis Epidemic: Clinicians Harming Clients through Misdiagnosis of ADHD Room CTimothy McArthur, LCSW We're Your Colleagues, Not Your Clients: Unpacking Unconscious Bias Within Public Defender Offices Room GLatoya Hampton • Brittney M. Williams What Can Data Do for You? Room EAndrew Davies • Victoria Smiegocki • Shelby Peck

2:00pm EDT

Autonomy to Decide: Managing an Effective Defense with a Challenging Client Room FStacy Newman • Randolph Fiedler Better Jury Selection in an Environment of Increasing Challenges Room CMichael Stout Beyond Padilla: Deportation Defense Units and Embedded Immigration Defense Room GRaha Jorjani Data-Informed Strategies to Address the Rural Defender Shortage Room EPamela Metzger • Kenitra Brown Digging for Gold, FOIA and Open Records Advanced Course for 2023 Room NKevin McClain How Defenders Can & Should Work With Press Room IRob Wildeboer • Scott Hechinger • Topher Sanders • Fiona Ortiz • Jeff Chorney In's and Out's to Mitigation Report Writing Room HLindsey Sandoval • Kyle Varvil Leveraging Data and Analytics to Increase Funding and Enhance Indigent Defense Services Room ODeepak Budwani • Sarah Rothschild Mitigation Investigation from the Client's Perspective and It's Potential For Healing Room MBetsy Wilson • DeCedrick Walker National Public Defense Workload Standards: The Study, the Results and the Uses Room JMalia Brink • Cynthia Lee • Stephen Hanlon One and Done: Discovery Review, Analysis and Cross Preparation in the Chapter Method Room DLarry Pozner Recruiting Social Workers and Non-Legal Staff Room BCorey D. Smith • Gilan Merwanji • Jodi Metz • Stephanne Thornton Sparking an Office Culture of Wellness with Teamwork, Training, & Traditions Room KJenny Andrews • Heather Cessna • Justin Heim • Tatiana Kline • Sandi Dawson Using Appellate Process to Effectuate Systemic Change Room LRobyn Veasey • Annick Lenoir-Peek

3:00pm EDT

LegalServer Open Table Talk TBALegal Server • Legal Server VeeLead Open Table Talk TBAVeeLead • VeeLead ZLS Open Table Talk TBAZLS • ZLS

3:15pm EDT

Memories of the Gideon Case from a Man Who Was There. Room ABruce Robert Jacob

4:15pm EDT

Beyond Implicit Bias: Litigating Race Issues to Protect Equal Justice in Child Welfare Room JByron Conway, Jr. Bridging the Gap: From Early Defense to Shelter Hearing Room LJennifer Stoller • Olivia Vo From Counsel to Coercion (and everything in between): Striking the Right Balance between Client Autonomy and Attorney Advisal Room HSarah Knight • Angelo Petrigh Investigator Meetup Recap 2023 Room NJon Lyon Law School Pipeline to PD Offices: Successful Examples Room FDwight McDonald • Eve Primus • Kuda Chidzonga Mentorship Matters: Building Brave Spaces to Empower, Include, Elevate Room DJennifer Uyeda PEACE Cognitive Interview for Defense Investigators Room MPaul Chambers Poverty and Prison: Frustrations Of My Past Room EChamp Napier Presenting an Effective, Compelling, and Dynamic Direct Examination Room KAndre Vitale Prosecutorial Misconduct & Developing New Strategies to Fight It Room GPeter Santina The Kealoha Case; The largest corruption case in the history of Hawaii Room CAlexander Silvert Thriving’ in the Community: One-stop Resource Application for the Justice Involved and Community Room ODeepak Budwani • Bryan Burzon Writing Op-Eds and Commentaries Room IScott Hechinger • Davis Rich

5:30pm EDT

Public Defense Trivia with Kristin LaVoy Room HKristin LaVoy

8:30am EDT

Yoga: Breathe and Move Room HCynthia Barlow

10:00am EDT

50 Shades of Grey Goes to Court: How to Present BDSM and Non-Monogamy in Court Room LJill Weinberg Aiding and Abetting Felony Murder Room CClaire Diegel • Greg Egan Creating Office-Wide Systems to Recognize & Share Stories of Injustice Room ICraig Futterman • Sharone Mitchell • Alexzandria Poole Defending a Case with Ballistic Evidence Room KAndre Vitale Gender Bias in the Cases of Women Facing Extreme Sentences Room MNathalie Greenfield • Sandra Babcock Getting the Most out of Brady v. Maryland, Before, During, and After Trial Room FBen Miller • Amanda Rogers I Could Have Been Your Client Room HSharronda Wheat Lights! Camera! Action! : Screenwriting Your Case Room BPrya Murad Media Perpetuating Copaganda Room JAlec Karakatsanis Rallying Public Support for Public Defense through Music - Concerts for Indigent Defense Room GStephen Saloom Secrets of the Killing State Room DCorinna Lain What Being a Camp Counsellor Taught Us about Public Defender Training Room EConnor Barusch • Skailer Qvistgaard

11:15am EDT

Plenary session - Talk Back about Ricochet Documentary With Members of the Defense Team Room AManohar Raju • Matt Gonzalez • Francisco Ugarte

12:00pm EDT

Closing Room AManohar Raju • Lori James-Townes