CRIMINAL LITIGATION 2011 - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CRIMINAL LAW - FULL 12.5 HOURS + 8 HOURS JUVENILE/CINC

The 23rd Annual Criminal Litigation Seminar follows the decades long tradition of focusing on practical topics for litigators.  This year the Juvenile Track is back, with 8 hours, including 6 hours plus on CINC matters. The location is the Hilton Hotel on Pinhook Road in Lafayette  For a printable brochure with all the details, click this link, or call Jill at 225 767 7640.  Lunch is not included.

SPECIAL GUEST - JON RAPPING from the Southern Public Defender Training Center: cutting edge training for 21st century defenders.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11th

Criminal Litigation Track Schedule (6 hours 30 min)
8:30-9:00 Registration and Breakfast
8:50-9:00 Welcome

9:00-10:00 Tony Champagne, State Board Progress and Developments - What's happening with the LPDB and how it affect you.

10:00-11:00 Jay Dixon, Trial Diplomacy - The new District Defender in Calcasieu Parish discusses approaching and working with your judges under the new paradigm of Act 307, which gives the public defender independence.

11:00-12:00 Bob Noel, Soap or Not Soap? - Our veteran trial lawyer Bob Noel has the current status on Sex Offender Assessment Panels, which are currently on informal hold as DOC considers the structure and operation of the program for lifetime sex offender registration.

12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)

 1:00-2:30 Bill Goode & Samuel Ward, Traffic Stop Boiler Plate - Bill used a videographer and stop videos to show that a traffic narcotics stop program was using boilerplate to justify stops.  Here's how it worked to secure a grant of a Motion to Suppress.

2:30-4:00 King Alexander, Sex Offender Registration A to Z - This is a whole body of law now, and some people will be branded for life.  Find out how and why as Calcasieu PD King Alexander combs through the statutes.

4:00-4:30 John Rapping, Training Opportunities - A quick look at the SPDTC as an option for new public defenders and for chief defenders looking for a comprehensive method of showing new lawyers what the public defender profession is all about.

Saturday, November 12, 2011
Criminal Litigation Track Schedule (6 hours 15 min)
8:30-9:00 Registration and Breakfast
8:50-9:00 Welcome

9:00-10:30 John Rapping, Being the 21st Century Defender:Professionalism in Communication - How to reach the client and why it matters to both of you.

10:30-12:00 G. Paul Marx, Recent Cases and Statutes in Criminal Justice - The best of the latest cases and statutes impacting the criminal practice in Louisiana.

12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-2:00 Leslie Schiff, Ethics in Client Communication - You cannot ethically represent a person you have not communicated with about the case!  Why doing so is unethical!

2:00-2:15 Break

2:15-3:15 JJPL Team, What Reform Really Means Now (This is also intended for the Juvenile Track attendees) - An overview of the state of reform in juvenile justice for Louisiana.  Why things have changed and how.

3:15-4:30 Wesley Ware and Brittany Yoes LGBT and Mental Health Issues (This is also intended for the Juvenile Track attendees) - Don't miss the mental !  Kids have problems that are critical under the Children's Code and have a different impact from what happens in adult court.  Understand how these important issues impose obligations on you as their counsel!

JUVENILE TRACK  (separate room)

Friday, November 11, 2011
Juvenile Track Schedule (2 hours 30 min)

1:00-2:00 G. Paul Marx , Ethics: 10 Things I Hate About Juvenile Court -  The old "do what we think is best" is gone from the law of juvenile justice: is it gone from your court?  Too many courts don't know the professional obligations of juvenile defenders, even though its 20 years after reform!

2:00-3:30 Janet Brown and Annette Roach, Juvenile Justice Panel: How Standards Help You - A Juvenile Appellate Lawyer with LAP and the 15th Judicial District, Annette Roach provides insight on performance standards and the Children's Code in CINC and Deliinq.  Janet Brown is the Juvenile Team Leader for the 15th Judicial District and the standards are what she uses to explain such novel concepts as "denial on first appearance" to a sometimes skeptical bench.

Saturday, November 12, 2011*
Juvenile Track Schedule (3 hours 15min)

9:00-10:00 Annette Roach, Professionalism: Using the Writ - How to challenge error of the trial court.

10:00-11:15 Tracey Davenport McGraw, Getting a Plan for CINC - Getting involved for your CINC clients from ground zero, including conferences formerly dominated by CFS.

1:00-2:00 Sean Collins, Post Transfer Representation - After your kid 'graduates' to felony adult court, does it still matter if he's a kid?

*The last two Juvenile Track Presentations are listed
under the Saturday Criminal Litigation Track Schedule. If you
attend all the above presentations and the last two presentations
on the Criminal Litigation Track schedule, than you will have
completed 8 hours of Juvenile Presentations/Training.