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Voir Dire: Part II presented by Kyana Givens, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Public Defender Western District of Washington (Seattle)
Race Matters I: The Impact of Race on Criminal Justice September 14-15, 2017 | Detroit, MI
Voir Dire: Part I presented by Martín Sabelli, Law Offices of Martin A. Sabelli, San Francisco, CA
Powerpoint slides by Lisa Wayne. Presented at the NACDL Post-Dobbs Defender Skills Summit in July 2023
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation as Amici Curiae In Support of Appellant
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure regarding proposed rule changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Brief of Amici Curiae Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and 32 Other Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner (On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Louisiana).
Correcting Juror Bias: A Case Study on Internet Entrapment Julie Blackman; Corinne Brenner; Ellen Brickman November 2010 30 Lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil From “The Lord’s Prayer” Matthew 6:13 (King James Version) To borrow a variation of the title from Steven
