February 28-March 2/Nashville, TN: "Bring-Your-Own-Case" Capital Defense Training

For state trial practitioners in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas only.
Attendance is limited to defense practitioners with a pending state capital trial case. At least two members of the trial case team (attorney and mitigation specialist; attorney and investigator; co-counsel, etc.) must attend together. Preregistration required.
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), with the National Consortium for Capital Defense Training, announce a "Bring-Your-Own-Case" CAPITAL DEFENSE TRAINING for capital defense practitioners in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
Participants will work closely with faculty in large group plenary sessions and small group workshops utilizing a client-centered approach. Using the ABA Guidelines for Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases and the Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function of Defense Teams in Death Penalty Cases, the primary focus will be on developing a theory for life.
Topics to be addressed in the training will include brainstorming the case, effective teamwork, investigation and presentation of mitigation evidence, integrating the guilt-innocence and penalty phases, mental health issues, race and culture on the team and in the case, plea negotiation and settlement, and obtaining adequate time and resources for effective representation. Because of time constraints, the curriculum will not include coverage of capital jury selection or extensive guilt-innocence phase issues.
Following the program, ongoing consulting, technical assistance, and webinar training presentations will be available to the training participants to assist capital defense teams in achieving a successful resolution of their cases.
Title:
"Bring-Your-Own-Case" Capital Defense Training for TN, KY, AL, MS, AR trial practitioners
When/Where:
Thursday February 28 - Saturday March 02 , 2013
Belmont University College of Law
1900 Belmont Blvd.
Nashville, TN
By:

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• National Consortium for Capital Defense Training

Speakers:
Marc Bookman, Rebecca Cohen, Skip Gant, John Holdridge, Denny LeBoeuf, Susan Marcus, Sean O'Brien, Danalynn Recer, Odalys Rojas, and Raoul Schonemann, among others.
Contact:
Raoul Schonemann
Southern Center for Human Rights
rschonemann@schr.org
(404) 688-1202
Credit: 
Sponsors intend to apply for CLE credit for this program.

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