2016 Spring Public Defender Attorney & Investigator Conference - Attorney Track - Conference Materials

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Electronic conference materials for the 2016 Spring Public Defender Attorney and Investigator Conference (Attorney Track), held May 11–13, 2016 at Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, North Carolina. The agenda lists CLE sessions and scheduled activities across Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, including welcome announcements, ethics programming, case framing, DNA and forensic evidence topics, discovery strategies, admissibility issues, eyewitness identification, and probation and mental health related sessions, with speaker names and time slots for attorney-focused tracks.

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2016 Spring Public Defender Attorney & Investigator Conference (Attorney Track)

Attorney Agenda

Wednesday, May 11

Thursday, May 12 (A.M.)

Thursday, May 12 (P.M.)

Friday, May 13

# 2016 Spring Public DefenderAttorney &Investigator Conference(ATTORNEY TRACK) May 11-13,2016-Great Wolf Lodge,Concord,NC # ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE MATERIALS* *This PDF file contains "bookmarks,"which serve as a clickable table of contents that allows youto easily skip around and locate documents within the larger file.A bookmark panel shouldautomatically appear on the left-hand side of this screen.If it does not,click the icon—locatedon the left-hand side of the open PDF document—that looks like a dog-eared page with a ribbonhanging from the top. 2016 Spring Public Defender Attorney and Investigator Conference May 11-13,2016—Great Wolf Lodge,Concord NC Sponsored by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government,North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services,North Carolina Association of Public Defenders,&North Carolina Association of Public Defender Investigators ************************************** ATTORNEY AGENDA (This conference offers 12 hours of CLE credit.All hours are general credit hours unless otherwise noted.) WEDNESDAY,MAY11 11:30 Check-in(Conference Center Foyer) 1:20 Welcome &Announcements (White Pine Ballroom)Alyson Grine,Defender Educator,UNC School of Government,Chapel Hill,NC 1:30 Bar Complaints:How to Avoid or Handle Them [Ethics,60 min.] Brad Bannon,Attorney,Cheshire,Parker,Schneider,&Bryan,Raleigh,NC;Richard Rosen,Professor of Law Emeritus,UNC Chapel Hill School of Law 2:30 Framing Your Case to Get to Reasonable Doubt(What's Driving the Fact Finder)[45 min.] Artemis Malekpour,Attorney and Trial Consultant,Malekpour &Ball,Chapel Hill,NC 3:15 Break (Conference Center Foyer) 3:45 NC Public Defender Association Business Meeting[20 min.] 4:05 Indigent Defense Update [60 min.] Susan Brooks,Public Defender Administrator and Tom Maher,Executive Director,NC Office of Indigent Defense Services,Durham,NC 5:05 Reception (Terrace and Conference Center Foyer) THURSDAY,MAY 12(A.M.) 7:45 Breakfast(Conference Center Foyer) (IDS employees may not claim reimbursement for breakfast) | | White Pine 1&2 | Fallen Timbers | | --- | --- | --- | | 8:45 | FELONY TRACK
Mixed DNA Profiles and Problems of
Interpretation [45 min.]
Michael Coble,Forensic Biologist,National
Institute of Standards and Technology,US
Dept.of Commerce,Washington,DC | MISDEMEANOR TRACK
Discovery Strategies for District Court [45
min.]
Toussaint Romain,Assistant Public Defender,
Charlotte,NC | | 9:30 | Break (Conference Center Foyer) | | | 9:45 | FELONY TRACK
DNA:Update on NC Developments(panel)
[45 min.]
Michael Coble;
Maher“Max”Noureddine,President,
ForensiGen,Hillsborough,NC;
Sarah Olson,Forensic Resource Counsel,
Durham,NC | MISDEMEANOR TRACK
Admissibility of Social Media Evidence [45
min.]
Gilda Rodriguez,Attorney,Durham,NC | | 10:30 | Break (Conference Center Foyer) | | | 10:45 | FELONY TRACK
Eyewitness Identification Law and
Procedures [45 min.]
Michele Goldman and Kathleen Joyce,
Assistant Appellate Defenders,Durham,NC | MISDEMEANOR TRACK
Legal Issues Surrounding Gangs [45 min.]
Lisa Williams,Attorney,Williams &Williams,
Durham,NC | 11:30 Lunch on your own,except: · Chief Public Defenders and IDS staff meet forlunch (Wood Fired Grill) · NC Forensic Consultant Network meet for lunch(White Pine 1&2) ·Juvenile Defenders meet for lunch (Fallen Timbers) THURSDAY,MAY 12(P.M.) | | White Pine 1&2 | Fallen Timbers | | --- | --- | --- | | 1:00 | FELONY TRACK
Physical Evidence in Sexual Offense Cases
[60 min.]
Cynthia Brown,Physician,Mission Children's
Clinic,Asheville,NC | MISDEMEANOR TRACK
Misdemeanor Case Law Update [60 min.]
Alyson Grine | | 2:00 | Break (Conference Center Foyer) | | | 2:15 | FELONY TRACK
Motions and Legal Issues in Sexual Offense
Cases [45 min.]
Michael Howell,

FAQs

What are the dates and location of the 2016 Spring Public Defender conference materials?

The materials cover May 11–13, 2016 at Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, North Carolina.

What kinds of sessions are included in the Attorney Track agenda?

The agenda includes CLE sessions such as ethics, case-handling and evidence topics (DNA, mixed profiles, social media evidence, physical evidence), and legal updates covering felony and misdemeanor tracks.

Is the CLE credit general credit by default?

Yes. The materials state the conference offers 12 hours of CLE credit, and all hours are general credit hours unless otherwise noted.

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