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  • Wed
    •
    Jan
    29
    2025
    Time
    1 Hour of CLE (For recording), Live session was 1.25

    Webinar: Doubt at First Sight- Mastering the Art of Opening Statements

    Location

    Zoom

    For our first training of 2025, Lauren Anderson will discuss opening statement structure, the importance of storytelling techniques, theory paragraph development, dealing with bad facts, and how to attack the prosecution’s case while telling the story of your client’s innocence.

     

     

     

    Speaker

    Lauren Anderson

    Handouts and Recording

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts, the reporting link, and a link to provide feedback for the session. Please allow 24 hours post event to request a recording.

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    Handouts

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts, the reporting link, and a link to provide feedback for the session. Please allow 24 hours post event to request a recording.

  • Wed
    •
    Feb
    05
    2025
    Time
    1 Hour of CLE

    Brown Bag: Shut the Front Door

    Location

    Zoom

    In this training Kristin LaVoy will provide an overview of various defenses you might want to raise for your client both pre-trial and at trial.

     

    Wayne Roster Members: Meets Tier 1 Requirement

    Speaker

    Kristin LaVoy

    Handouts and Recording

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts and reporting links.

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    Handouts

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts and reporting links.

  • Thu
    •
    Feb
    20
    2025
    Time
    1.5 Hours of CLE

    Webinar: Seeing is Believing- Use of Visual Aids in the Courtroom

    Location

    Zoom

    In this webinar Guy Cardamone will cover how to use PowerPoint in a way feels nothing like PowerPoint! He will provide tips for making it easy, engaging, and story driven.

     

    Guy Cardamone is a Supervisory Associate Federal Defender with the Federal Defender Service of Western Wisconsin. He was previously the training director with the Wisconsin State Public Defender. Over his  career in both Wisconsin and Miami, Florida, he has defended the indigent accused of all levels of crimes, from homicide to simple battery. Guy has also taught criminal defense and trial skills nationwide as a faculty member of the Wisconsin, Kentucky, and New Jersey Trial Skills programs, and has presented for NACDL, OACDL, and the Wisconsin Public Defender.

     

    Register >> Here  <<

    Speaker

    Guy Cardamone

    Handouts and Recording

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts, the reporting link, and a link to provide feedback for the session. Please allow 24 hours post event to request a recording.

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    Handouts

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts, the reporting link, and a link to provide feedback for the session. Please allow 24 hours post event to request a recording.

  • Tue
    •
    Mar
    04
    2025
    Time
    1.5 Hours of CLE

    Brown Bag: Violations of Probation 101

    Location

    Zoom

    In this training, Cait De Mott Grady will provide a primer on violations of probation. She will cover: VOP procedures, major cases on point, strategy considerations, what happens afterward, and more!

     

    Speaker

    Cait De Mott Grady

    Handouts and Recording

    Request handouts and the recording here

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    Handouts

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  • Wed
    •
    Mar
    05
    2025
    Time
    1:00-2:30

    Skills Workshop: Evidentiary Foundations (2025, Session 1)

    Location

    Zoom

    This workshop is a repeat session of the Wayne County Evidentiary Foundations and the first skills session of 2025. It covers the basics of admitting exhibits at trial or hearings.

    Because this is a skills session it will not be recorded. To obtain skills credit, you must be on time with your camera on. You will be required to participate and try each exercise. Skills hours also count towards regular annual requirements.

     

    Registration is full – please email klavoy@waynecountymi.gov to be placed on the wait list or if you are interested in a future session (in person or virtual)

    Speaker

    Kristin LaVoy

    Handouts and Recording

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  • Wed
    •
    Mar
    12
    2025
    Time
    1.5 Hours of CLE

    Brown Bag: 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Showdown

    Location

    Zoom

    This session was similar to the 2024 Sentencing Guidelines Showdown but with new hypotheticals. In this training, Kristin LaVoy provides the basics of the sentencing guidelines with an opportunity for participants who attended live to try their fast fingers for a prize. (Those of you watching the recording can play along for fun)

     

     

    Speaker

    Kristin LaVoy

    Handouts and Recording

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts, the reporting link, and a link to provide feedback.

    View full list

    Handouts

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts, the reporting link, and a link to provide feedback.

  • Wed
    •
    Apr
    09
    2025
    Time
    1:00-3:00

    Skills Workshop: Use of Statements (2025, Session 1)

    This workshop is a repeat session of the Wayne County Use of Statements Workshop.

    This workshop is geared for newer attorneys or those that could use practice impeaching, refreshing recollection, or use of prior recollection recorded.

    Because this is a skills session it will not be recorded. To obtain skills credit, you must be on time with your camera on. You will be required to participate and try each exercise. (Skills Hours also apply towards annual CLE requirements)

     

    REGISTRATION FULL-  Let Kristin know at klavoy@waynecountymi.gov if you’d like to be added to wait list

    Speaker

    Kristin LaVoy

    Handouts and Recording

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    Handouts

  • Thu
    •
    Apr
    17
    2025
    Time
    1.5 Hours of CLE

    Brown Bag: Strengthening Your Case with Experts and Investigators

    Location

    Zoom

    NDS Assistant Supervisor, Ken Riggins and roster attorneys, Matt Dupree, Leanna Belcher, and Tameka Tucker provide real examples of how investigators and or experts assisted them in defending their client. Hear how using the right expert or finding the right evidence made all the difference in getting a favorable result or telling a story of their client’s innocence.

     

     

    For Wayne Roster: Tier 2 Training Requirement

    Speaker

    Ken Riggins, Matt Forrest, Leanna Belcher, and Tameka Tucker

    Moderator

    Daniel Eichinger

    Handouts and Recording

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts, the reporting link, and a link to provide feedback.

    View full list

    Handouts

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts, the reporting link, and a link to provide feedback.

  • Tue
    •
    Apr
    22
    2025
    Time
    1 Hour of CLE

    Brown Bag: Discovery Tips and Tricks

    Location

    Zoom

    In this training, Ben Gonek gives suggestions on ways to better locate, organize, and use discovery in defending your clients.

     

     

    For Wayne Roster Attorneys: Meets Tier 1 Requirement

    Speaker

    Ben Gonek

    Handouts and Recording

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts, the reporting link, and a link to provide feedback.

    View full list

    Handouts

    All training will be recorded unless otherwise noted. To access a recording or handouts for 2025 Trainings, please use this >>form<<.

     

    A link to the video will be sent to your email along with the handouts, the reporting link, and a link to provide feedback.

  • Wed
    •
    May
    07
    2025
    Time
    2:00-3:30

    Webinar: Can I Get a Witness? Common Issues in Cases Involving Lay Witnesses

    Location

    Zoom

    Erin Van Campen will provide an overview of the common legal issues related to lay witness, including witness lists, the prosecution’s obligation to call endorsed witnesses, hearsay and Confrontation issues related to unavailable witnesses, the authorities allowing you to impeach witnesses, and the rules that apply when a witness asserts privileges. Erin will also share tips and best practices for approaching and interviewing witnesses.

     

    Register HERE.

     

    Speaker

    Erin Van Campen

    Handouts and Recording

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    Handouts

  • Wed
    •
    May
    28
    2025
    Time
    2:00-3:30

    Brown Bag: The Psychology of For-Cause Jury Selection

    Location

    Zoom

    Many defenders are taught the for-cause method of jury selection at an early point, and know that the primary goal of voir dire should be to identify and remove legally impaired jurors. What many are never taught, however, is the “why” of this method. This presentation will give attendees an overview of the psychology at the root of the for-cause method. Attendees will become more secure in their jury selection approach, develop voir dire techniques that better incorporate basic psychology principles, and will be better equipped to confidently train new defenders in best jury selection practices.

     

    Defense team members may register here (If you prosecute in any capacity, do not register).

    Speaker

    Kelson Bohnet (Capital Public Defender, Death Penalty Defense Unit (Kansas))

    Handouts and Recording

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Wayne County Defender Training

Training recorded more than 3 years prior to viewing will not count towards attendance with the MIDC’s annual continuing legal education requirement.

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