Making the Case For Life (2023)
CLE Credit: Up to 14 hours of self-study CLE credits. Please confirm with your state's CLE commission to ensure this program is available for self-study CLE certification.
Program Summary: Make the case .... for your client's life with NACDL's Annual Making the Case for Life Seminar. This program is designed to help capital defenders, investigators, and mitigation specialists. This in-demand program contains cutting-edge presentations regarding pretrial investigations, capital jury selection, new perspectives on discovering the story of the client and mitigation evidence. You will learn from seasoned capital trial lawyers, nationally-known law professors, and jury consultants, who will offer their personal perspectives, advice, and proven strategies for making the best case for life. If you are handling or may handle a case in which your client is facing the death penalty, then this is a must-see program for you!
Presentations Included:
1. The First 100 Days | David Wymore and Christopher Adams
2. Experts: Finding & Getting the Right Ones | Jacqueline K. Walsh
3. Pre-trial Guilt Investigation - Finding Opportunities to Front Load Mitigation | S. Boyd Young and Christopher Adams
4. Making Witnesses Feel Comfortable: Investigation and Mitigation in Nikolas Cruz Case | Nawal Bashimam and Kate O’Shea
5. Capital Voir Dire: The Nikolas Cruz Case | Nawal Bashimam, Kate O’Shea and Casey Secor
6. Panel: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder / Exposure | S. Boyd Young, Nawal Bashimam, Kate O’Shea and Casey Secor
7. Using ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) in Answering "How Did We Get Here?" | Dr. Adriana Flores
8. Complex Record Collection: Assembling the Complete “Mitigation Library” | Juliet Yackel
9. Finding Mitigation in Every Case: Community Mitigation, Building the Story, Cultural Competency | Theresa M. Duncan
10. Defense-Victim Outreach: Opportunities for Principled and Effective Engagement | Tammy Krause
11. Neuropsychology 101 for Capital Defenders | Dr. Joette James
12. RAP ON TRIAL: When Rap Lyrics (and Other Forms of Expression) are Used Against Your Client | Andrea Dennis
13. Race, Culture, and Voir Dire | Heather Pruss, Ph.D.
Prices
- List Price $225.00
- Member Price $199.00