New Attorney Training
January 18-22, 2005

The Role of the Public Defender, Client Relations, and Pre-trial Prep

Tuesday, January 18th  

7:30-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast  

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. - Overview  

9:00 - 10:15 a.m. - The Role of the Public Defender

10:30 - 12:30 p.m. - Ethical Considerations and Client Centered Representation

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch

1:30 - 2:00 p.m. - Keynote address

2:00 - 3:45 p.m. - Client Relations/Interviews

4:00 - 5:30 p.m. - Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence / Search, Seizure, and Fruits

5:45 - 7:00 p.m. - Dinner  

Wednesday, January 19th

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast  

8:30 - 10:00 a.m. - Theory of the Case

10:15 - 12:00 p.m. - Discovery

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch

1:00 - 3:15 p.m. - Investigation (general)

3:30 - 5:15 p.m. - Suppressing Statements and Identification

5:30-6:45 p.m. - Dinner

Thursday, January 20th

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast

8:30 - 10:30 a.m. - Investigation / Taking a statement

10:45 - 12:00 p.m. - First Appearance, Bail, and Arraignment

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 p.m. - Preliminary Hearings (law and "how to")

2:30 - 4:15 p.m. - Preliminary Hearings (exercises) - breakout groups

4:30 - 5:45 p.m. - Severance and Similar Transactions

5:45-7:00 p.m. - Dinner

Friday, January 21st

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast

8:30 - 10:30 a.m. - Motions Practice - thinking creatively to make the most of your motions practice

10:45 - 12:45 p.m. - Search and Seizure Litigation (breakout groups)

12:45 - 1:45 p.m. - Lunch

1:45 - 4:00 p.m. - Suppressing Statements and Identification (breakout groups)

4:15 - 5:30 p.m. - Brady Jurisprudence

5:45-7:00 p.m. - Dinner

Saturday, September 22nd

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast

8:30 - 10:30 a.m. - Litigating Severance and Similar Transactions (breakout groups)

10:45 - 12:45 p.m. - Litigating Brady (breakout groups)

12:45 - 1:45 p.m. - Lunch

1:45 - 3:15 p.m. - Trial Prep and Organization

3:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Legislative update

3:45 - 4:30 p.m. - Concluding Remarks / Presentation of the First Annual Darrow Award