NAPD Darrow Baldus College 2024: Full Schedule

Below is the current draft of the schedule. There will be some small changes as we work to finalize the sessions.

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2:45pm CDT

A-Z of Internet Searching

This session will cover web sites, software and A.I. you 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!

Speakers

Jon Lyon

Investigator Resource Coordinator, National Association for Public Defense

JONATHAN LYON is currently the Investigator Resource Coordinator, past Member Support Coordinator and the national survey investigator for National Association for Public Defense. Since the pandemic he has led roughly 125 meetups for investigators both nationally and internationally... Read More →

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

Breakout session

2:45pm CDT

Negotiation & Counsel are you ready to proceed?

Speakers

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 →

Friday June 7, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 125

Breakout session

9:00am CDT

Brainstorming the Multiple Uses of ID Investigations in Non-Death Penalty Cases

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

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 identify... Read More →

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

Breakout session

9:00am CDT

Interviewing for Adaptive Defecits

Speakers

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

Breakout session

9:00am CDT

Preparing yourself for Trial Mentally and Physically

Speakers

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

Breakout session

Subject ID

9:00am CDT

School Records

Speakers

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 225

Breakout session