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Darrow Baldus College 2024
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Tuesday, June 4
 

10:30am CDT

Faculty Meeting



Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:30am - 12:15pm CDT
4th Floor Faculty Lounge

12:30pm CDT

Welcome



Speakers
avatar for Emily Hughes

Emily Hughes

Professor and Senior Associate Dean, University of Iowa College of Law
Emily Hughes is a professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Iowa College of Law, where her research and teaching focus on death penalty defense, criminal law & procedure, and Professional Responsibility. She worked as an Iowa state public defender... Read More →
avatar for Jeff Sherr

Jeff Sherr

Training Director, National Association for Public Defense
Jeff Sherr​ is the Training Director for the National Association for Public Defense producing hundreds of webinars for public defense professionals across the nation. Prior to that he was the Manager of the Education and Strategic Planning Branch of the Kentucky Department of Public... Read More →


Tuesday June 4, 2024 12:30pm - 12:50pm CDT
Room 295

1:00pm CDT

Storytelling: The Heart & Soul of a Winning ID Claim
Speakers
avatar for Joette James

Joette James

Clinical Neuropsychologist, Alina Assessment Services, PLLC
Dr. Joette James completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, her internship at Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology... Read More →
avatar for Juliet Yackel

Juliet Yackel

Attorney & Capital Mitigation Specialist, Law Offices of Juliet Yackel, Evanston, IL
Juliet has devoted her entire 30-year career to the defense of death penalty cases. She started working as a capital lawyer in 1992 before shifting her focus to capital mitigation. She has worked on over 85 capital cases in 19 states.Juliet regularly serves as invited faculty at national... Read More →


Tuesday June 4, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 235

1:00pm CDT

The Story That Was Never Told
Telling a good story isn’t easy. But to ensure a proper understanding and appreciation, of our clients’ lives, there are core competencies: understanding mitigation, report writing, interviewing, understanding the importance of collateral information, testimony, and working as an agent and team member of defense counsel. Reports are core tools need to help the rest of the world understand the lives of our clients in a way that was never told before. The session will cover:
  • Ways to develop a powerful story 
  • How to connect the dots for the reader 
  • Review material needed for powerful reports 
  • The importance of explaining the process, while humanizing your client through words

Speakers
avatar for Lori James-Townes

Lori James-Townes

Executive Director, NAPD
Lori James-Townes is the Executive Director of the National Association of Public Defense. Lori assumed this leadership position after three years of working as Assistant Training Director for NAPD and more than 25 years of working on defense teams representing indigent defendants... Read More →


Tuesday June 4, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 225

2:30pm CDT

Break
Tuesday June 4, 2024 2:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

2:45pm CDT

Stereotypes and Misconceptions
Speakers
avatar for James Patton

James Patton

Professor of Instruction, Department of Special Education, University of Texas at Austin
James R. Patton is currently an independent consultant and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught students with special needs at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in both public and private settings. He was formerly on the... Read More →


Tuesday June 4, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
Room 235
  ID Track
  • Subject ID

2:45pm CDT

4:15pm CDT

Break
Tuesday June 4, 2024 4:15pm - 4:30pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

4:30pm CDT

4:30pm CDT

WhyStorming
Whystorming is brainstorming technique that explores potential questions jurors may need answers to come to a life verdict.   We will all participate in an interactive workshop simulating jury deliberations.  

Speakers
avatar for Jeff Sherr

Jeff Sherr

Training Director, National Association for Public Defense
Jeff Sherr​ is the Training Director for the National Association for Public Defense producing hundreds of webinars for public defense professionals across the nation. Prior to that he was the Manager of the Education and Strategic Planning Branch of the Kentucky Department of Public... Read More →


Tuesday June 4, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm CDT
4th Floor Student Lounge
 
Wednesday, June 5
 

8:00am CDT

Coffee & Snacks



Wednesday June 5, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

8:15am CDT

Faculty Meeting



Wednesday June 5, 2024 8:15am - 8:45am CDT
4th Floor Faculty Lounge

9:00am CDT

Legal Strategy in ID Cases
Speakers
avatar for Emily Paavola

Emily Paavola

National Habeas Assistance and Training Project
Emily Paavola is counsel with the National Habeas Assistance and Training Project.  She practices in Columbia, South Carolina.  From 2008 to 2017, she ran the South Carolina Death Penalty Resource Center (now called Justice 360).  Prior to that, she worked as a project fellow for... Read More →


Wednesday June 5, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Room 235

9:00am CDT

The Bridge Between Merits and Penalty Phase
Speakers
avatar for Emily Hughes

Emily Hughes

Professor and Senior Associate Dean, University of Iowa College of Law
Emily Hughes is a professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Iowa College of Law, where her research and teaching focus on death penalty defense, criminal law & procedure, and Professional Responsibility. She worked as an Iowa state public defender... Read More →


Wednesday June 5, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Room 225

10:00am CDT

Break
Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00am - 10:15am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

10:15am CDT

Small Groups
Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Break out rooms

12:15pm CDT

Lunch
Wednesday June 5, 2024 12:15pm - 1:30pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

1:30pm CDT

Deficits in Adaptive functioning: Part 1
Wednesday June 5, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Room 235
  ID Track
  • Subject ID

1:30pm CDT

Mitigation Mapping
Speakers
avatar for Amy Nguyen

Amy Nguyen

GIS Analyst, Capital Maps, LLC
Amy Nguyen is a Researcher, GIS Analyst and owner of Capital Maps, LLC in the Dallas, Texas area. Her specialty is mapping Department of Justice community risk factors and performing demographic analysis. She holds master’s level certification in Geographic Information Systems (GIS... Read More →


Wednesday June 5, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Room 225

2:45pm CDT

Break
Wednesday June 5, 2024 2:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

3:00pm CDT

Small Groups
Wednesday June 5, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Break out rooms
  Both Tracks
  • Subject ID

4:15pm CDT

Race and Culture in Capital Cases
Wednesday June 5, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm CDT
Room 295

5:30pm CDT

Faculty Meeting



Wednesday June 5, 2024 5:30pm - 6:00pm CDT
4th Floor Faculty Lounge
 
Thursday, June 6
 

8:00am CDT

Main Lobby, Law Building - Coffee and Snacks
Coffee and Light Breakfast

Thursday June 6, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

9:00am CDT

Deficits In Adaptive Functioning: The Social and Practical Domains
Speakers
avatar for James Patton

James Patton

Professor of Instruction, Department of Special Education, University of Texas at Austin
James R. Patton is currently an independent consultant and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught students with special needs at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in both public and private settings. He was formerly on the... Read More →


Thursday June 6, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Room 235
  ID Track
  • Subject ID

9:00am CDT

Working with Experts
Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Friedman

Jennifer Friedman

Deputy Federal Defender, Federal Defender Capital Habeas Unit, Central District
Jennifer Friedman is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She was a Deputy Public Defender in Los Angeles County for 33 years and served as the Forensic Science Coordinator and Assistant Special Circumstance Coordinator for the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s... Read More →


Thursday June 6, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Room 295
  Traditional
  • Subject ID

10:15am CDT

Break
Thursday June 6, 2024 10:15am - 10:30am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

10:30am CDT

Small Groups
Thursday June 6, 2024 10:30am - 12:15pm CDT
Break out rooms

12:15pm CDT

Lunch
Thursday June 6, 2024 12:15pm - 1:15pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

1:15pm CDT

Interviewing for Adaptive Deficits: Getting the Lifesaving Stories
Speakers
avatar for Betsy Wilson

Betsy Wilson

Founder, Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston
Betsy Wilson is a founder of the Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston, where she leads a multidisciplinary team of sentencing advocates and record specialists.  SAGE conducts mitigation investigations in federal and state and capital, juvenile-life-sentence, and non-capital cases... Read More →


Thursday June 6, 2024 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 225

1:15pm CDT

Social Geography
Speakers
avatar for Cyndy Short

Cyndy Short

Mitigation Specialist, Sentencing Advocate & Trial Attorney, CLS Mitigation & Consulting Services LLC
Cynthia Short is a capital trial lawyer, mitigation specialist and sentencing advocate with 25 years of experience in capital litigation. Her practice includes state, federal and military jurisdictions. She has been recognized for her work by the Missouri Bar, the Missouri Public... Read More →


Thursday June 6, 2024 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 225

2:30pm CDT

Break
Thursday June 6, 2024 2:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

2:45pm CDT

Small Groups
Thursday June 6, 2024 2:45pm - 5:15pm CDT
Break out rooms

5:30pm CDT

Faculty Meeting



Thursday June 6, 2024 5:30pm - 6:00pm CDT
4th Floor Faculty Lounge
 
Friday, June 7
 

8:00am CDT

Coffee and Snacks



Friday June 7, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

9:00am CDT

Best Practices & Understanding IQ Scores
Speakers
avatar for Kylee Miller

Kylee Miller

Assistant Professor, Licensed Psychologist, Oregon Health & Science University


Friday June 7, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Room 235

9:00am CDT

Attacking Aggravating Evidence
Speakers
avatar for Kim Green

Kim Green

Regional Manager, Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy
Kim Green began working for DPA in the Richmond Trial Office in 2010. She subsequently transferred to the Lexington Trial Office, before transitioning into exclusively capital representation with the Capital Trials Branch East Office. She now serves as the regional manager for the... Read More →


Friday June 7, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Room 225

10:15am CDT

Break
Friday June 7, 2024 10:15am - 10:30am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

10:30am CDT

Small Groups
Friday June 7, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
Break out rooms

12:00pm CDT

Lunch
Friday June 7, 2024 12:00pm - 1:15pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

1:15pm CDT

Intellectual Disability in Capital Cases
Speakers
avatar for Juliet Yackel

Juliet Yackel

Attorney & Capital Mitigation Specialist, Law Offices of Juliet Yackel, Evanston, IL
Juliet has devoted her entire 30-year career to the defense of death penalty cases. She started working as a capital lawyer in 1992 before shifting her focus to capital mitigation. She has worked on over 85 capital cases in 19 states.Juliet regularly serves as invited faculty at national... Read More →


Friday June 7, 2024 1:15pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 225

1:15pm CDT

Malingering
Speakers
avatar for Joette James

Joette James

Clinical Neuropsychologist, Alina Assessment Services, PLLC
Dr. Joette James completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, her internship at Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology... Read More →


Friday June 7, 2024 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 235

2:30pm CDT

Break
Friday June 7, 2024 2:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

2:45pm CDT

A-Z of Internet Searching
This session will cover web sites and software you probably never knew existed or could access, that can provide necessary information needed for your investigation, right at your fingertips.   Each letter of the alphabet has a web site, and, as a bonus, you’ll see a piece of software and an app as well. All this will happen in a fast-paced, fun, and useful presentation that can impact your cases today!

Friday June 7, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 235

2:45pm CDT

Negotiation & Counsel are you ready to proceed?
Speakers
avatar for Lorinda Youngcourt

Lorinda Youngcourt

Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington & Idaho
Lorinda has been a public defender for 35 years. Starting with capital post-conviction relief at the Indiana State Public Defender's Office, to trial work with the Marion County Public Defender Agency, to private practice doing court-appointed capital cases, to creating the Lawrence... Read More →
avatar for Emily Hughes

Emily Hughes

Professor and Senior Associate Dean, University of Iowa College of Law
Emily Hughes is a professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Iowa College of Law, where her research and teaching focus on death penalty defense, criminal law & procedure, and Professional Responsibility. She worked as an Iowa state public defender... Read More →


Friday June 7, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 225

2:45pm CDT

Small Groups
Friday June 7, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Break out rooms
 
Saturday, June 8
 

8:00am CDT

Coffee and Snacks



Saturday June 8, 2024 8:00am - 8:30am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

9:00am CDT

Advanced Interviewing Techniques
Speakers
avatar for Betsy Wilson

Betsy Wilson

Founder, Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston
Betsy Wilson is a founder of the Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston, where she leads a multidisciplinary team of sentencing advocates and record specialists.  SAGE conducts mitigation investigations in federal and state and capital, juvenile-life-sentence, and non-capital cases... Read More →


Saturday June 8, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Room 295

9:00am CDT

Don’t leave mitigation behind just because Atkins Claims can be intimidating
Come explore how to lose the labels and look for developmental vulnerabilities and adaptive behaviors that are mitigating. Rule in our client intellectual limitations. This session is for investigators, mitigators and lawyers both post-conviction and trial

Speakers
avatar for Jessica Carrier

Jessica Carrier

Mitigation Specialist, Jessica Carrier Mitigation
For the past 16 years, I have worked in organizations advocating for children and populations whose voices were not heard.  I have worked with kids with behavioral challenges, mental health concerns, learning disabilities, and trauma.  This experience has given me the skills to... Read More →
avatar for James Patton

James Patton

Professor of Instruction, Department of Special Education, University of Texas at Austin
James R. Patton is currently an independent consultant and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught students with special needs at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in both public and private settings. He was formerly on the... Read More →


Saturday June 8, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Room 235

9:00am CDT

School Records
Speakers
avatar for Juliet Yackel

Juliet Yackel

Attorney & Capital Mitigation Specialist, Law Offices of Juliet Yackel, Evanston, IL
Juliet has devoted her entire 30-year career to the defense of death penalty cases. She started working as a capital lawyer in 1992 before shifting her focus to capital mitigation. She has worked on over 85 capital cases in 19 states.Juliet regularly serves as invited faculty at national... Read More →


Saturday June 8, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Room 245

9:00am CDT

Preparing yourself for Trial Mentally and Physically
Speakers
avatar for Jeff Sherr

Jeff Sherr

Training Director, National Association for Public Defense
Jeff Sherr​ is the Training Director for the National Association for Public Defense producing hundreds of webinars for public defense professionals across the nation. Prior to that he was the Manager of the Education and Strategic Planning Branch of the Kentucky Department of Public... Read More →


Saturday June 8, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
4th Floor Student Lounge

10:00am CDT

Break
Saturday June 8, 2024 10:00am - 10:15am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

10:15am CDT

Small Groups



Saturday June 8, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Break out rooms

11:30am CDT

Closing
Speakers
avatar for Emily Hughes

Emily Hughes

Professor and Senior Associate Dean, University of Iowa College of Law
Emily Hughes is a professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Iowa College of Law, where her research and teaching focus on death penalty defense, criminal law & procedure, and Professional Responsibility. She worked as an Iowa state public defender... Read More →
avatar for Jeff Sherr

Jeff Sherr

Training Director, National Association for Public Defense
Jeff Sherr​ is the Training Director for the National Association for Public Defense producing hundreds of webinars for public defense professionals across the nation. Prior to that he was the Manager of the Education and Strategic Planning Branch of the Kentucky Department of Public... Read More →


Saturday June 8, 2024 11:30am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 295
 
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