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2006 Seminars

  • Fri
    •
    Sep
    08
    2006
    Time
    1:30pm
    Make-Up Date
    Jan
    19
    2007

    View From the Bench

    Location

    Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave., 13th Floor Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

    A panel of Judges will discuss several topics including Motion Practice, Jury Voir Dire, Probation Violations, and Getting Assignments. This session will be particularly useful to new attorneys just starting to take assignments.

    Moderator

    Matthew M. Evans

    Handouts and Recording

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  • Wed
    •
    Nov
    15
    2006
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Make-Up Date
    Feb
    26
    2007

    Civil Consequences of Pleas/Trials

    Location

    Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave., 13th Floor Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

    There’s more to a conviction than sentencing: learn about the impact on child support and custody, education, housing, professional licensing, and more.  Expungement as relief from such consequences will also be explored.  Presenters are Terri L. Stangl, Executive Director of Saginaw’s Center for Civil Justice, and Miriam Aukerman, Soros Fellow at Legal Aid of Western Michigan.

    Moderator

    Dawn A. Van Hoek

    Handouts and Recording

    1. A Legal Outline
    2. Resource List
    3. Client Questionnaire
    4. Civil/Criminal Connection
    5. Barriers to Reentry
    6. Child Support Prisoner Packet
    7. Expungement Packet
    8. “Clear Your Name” brochure
    9. “Kinship Care” Packet
    10. “Why and How to Get Your Criminal Record”
    11. Sample letter to Selective Service for individuals failing to register due to incarceration
    12. Power Point Outline.

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    Handouts

    1. A Legal Outline
    2. Resource List
    3. Client Questionnaire
    4. Civil/Criminal Connection
    5. Barriers to Reentry
    6. Child Support Prisoner Packet
    7. Expungement Packet
    8. “Clear Your Name” brochure
    9. “Kinship Care” Packet
    10. “Why and How to Get Your Criminal Record”
    11. Sample letter to Selective Service for individuals failing to register due to incarceration
    12. Power Point Outline.
  • Wed
    •
    Nov
    22
    2006
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Make-Up Date
    Feb
    02
    2007

    Sentencing Guidelines

    Location

    Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave., 13th Floor Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

    Anne Yantus from the State Appellate Defender Office will discuss timely sentencing issues with an emphasis on changes to the sentencing guidelines. Included in her discussion will be issues often overlooked by trial counsel.  This seminar should help counsel to preserve sentencing issues for appeals.

    Moderator

    Donald L. Johnson

    Handouts and Recording

    Sentencing Updates

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    Sentencing Updates

  • Fri
    •
    Sep
    29
    2006
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Make-Up Date
    Feb
    09
    2007

    How To Get Your Client Medical & Psychological Services while in the Wayne County Jail

    Location

    Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave., 13th Floor Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

    Lavinia Ruckes-Ekong, Department Manager of Wayne County Jail Behavioral Health Criminal Justice Diversion Program, will provide an overview and details on the program, which works cooperatively with judges, attorneys, court personnel, community service providers and jailed defendants.  The program’s mission is to keep non-violent mentally ill defendants out of jail and involved in community-based treatment.  Attorney Phillip Thomas and associate, Stephani Judd, will provide the attorneys’ perspective.

    Moderator

    Christine M. Grand

    Handouts and Recording

    Philip J. Thomas’s Materials and Lavina Ruckes’s Materials

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    Philip J. Thomas’s Materials and Lavina Ruckes’s Materials

  • Fri
    •
    Oct
    06
    2006
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Make-Up Date
    Feb
    16
    2007

    Power Up Your Trial Presentation

    Location

    Judge Kenny's Courtroom, Room 602, Frank Murphy Hall of Justice

    Thursday, October 12, 2006, 1:30 p.m.
    Friday, October 27, 2006, 1:30 p.m.

    Learn how to effectively use technology in the courtroom.  Participants will learn the core concepts and strategies of Power Point to effectively and efficiently persuade jurors in their cases.  Each session is limited to 12 participants.  To register for a session, please contact John Powell by e-mail (john@sado.org) or by telephone (313) 256-9833.

    Moderator

    John Powell

    Handouts and Recording

    Power Up Your Trial Presentation and Michigan Case Law on PowerPoint

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    Power Up Your Trial Presentation and Michigan Case Law on PowerPoint

  • Fri
    •
    Oct
    13
    2006
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Make-Up Date
    Feb
    23
    2007

    Drug Court & Treatment Facilities

    Location

    Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave., 13th Floor Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

    Learn the “ins and outs” of Drug Court :  Former Circuit Court Judge and Present Director of the Drug and Problem Solving Court , William Leo Cahalan, will discuss the requirements, eligibility and goals of the program.  Judge Cahalan will also announce new court initiatives for retail fraud court and other new programs.

    Moderator

    James B. Schlaff

    Handouts and Recording

    Outline

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    Outline

  • Fri
    •
    Oct
    20
    2006
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Make-Up Date
    Mar
    02
    2007

    Preliminary Exams

    Location

    Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave., 13th Floor Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

    Thirty-sixth District Court Judge Donald Coleman and Attorney Gerald Evelyn will discuss preliminary examinations, including practice tips and strategies.

    Moderator

    Mark L. Brown

    Handouts and Recording

    Outline

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    Outline

  • Fri
    •
    Nov
    10
    2006
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Make-Up Date
    Mar
    09
    2007

    Demonstrative Evidence

    Location

    Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave., 13th Floor Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

    Bring your case to life.  Demonstrative Evidence is an important tool to illustrate and drive home your point. Defense attorney Mark Satawa will discuss why you should use demonstrative evidence and how to use it.  Theresa Webster from Evidence Express will tell you where to get it and how to introduce it.

    Moderator

    Opolla Brown and Thomas M. Loeb

    Handouts and Recording

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  • Fri
    •
    Nov
    17
    2006
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Make-Up Date
    Mar
    16
    2007

    Criminal Law Update

    Location

    Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave., 13th Floor Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

    In their traditional informative and entertaining presentation updating Michigan Supreme and Court of Appeals cases, distinguished Cooley Law School Professors Ronald J. Bretz and James M. Peden bring the “latest and greatest” from the “Supremes” and the “COAs.”

    Moderator

    Judge Thomas E. Jackson

    Handouts and Recording

    Outline

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    Outline

  • Fri
    •
    Dec
    01
    2006
    Time
    1:30 pm
    Make-Up Date
    Mar
    23
    2007

    U.S. Supreme Court Update

    Location

    Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave., 13th Floor Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

    Wayne State University Law School Professor David A. Moran will analyze the decisions of the United States Supreme Court, from the perspectives of an educator and active Supreme Court litigator.

    Moderator

    Susan F. Reed

    Handouts and Recording

    Outline (PDF)

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    Outline (PDF)

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