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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.

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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