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Friday, June 11, 2021

June 11: Ethical Duties and Best Practices in Working with Youth: Considerations Related to Culture, Race, and Special Circumstances

In working with juvenile clients, defenders and system partners must demonstrate sensitivity and understanding regarding each child’s unique qualities and experiences, including a youth’s sexual orientation and gender identity, immigration status, special education needs, and experiences with abuse and exploitation. 
In this session, presenters will identify implications of these circumstances for representation of a juvenile client, and will explore strategies for ensuring that juveniles receive care, treatment and guidance consistent with his or her best interest in partnership with system partners. Additionally, competent representation requires defense counsel to demonstrate racial, ethnic and cultural understanding and to identify and address bias within oneself and within the juvenile justice system. While explicit racism and other forms of racial and cultural bias persist, they have become less prominent and public over the past century. Also important, and likely more pervasive, are questions surrounding implicit bias—attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, decision-making, and behavior towards racially marginalized youth, without our even realizing it. 
This session will explore some harmful side effects of how our brains naturally perceive, categorize, and draw inferences about a youth trapped in the system. Further, this session will present select strategies for de-biasing our brains.
Part of the Series: In Defense of Juveniles: What Delinquency Attorneys Need to Know about Working with and on Behalf of Youth
Date/Time:
June 11, 2021
1:00 am to 1:00 pm PST
Presenters:
  • Hon. Marian Gaston
  • Christian Bijoux
Credit:
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California-approved MCLE provider and this event has been approved for 2 hours of general MCLE credit. 
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Thursday, May 6, 2021

May 7: Disposition, Post-Disposition, and Probation

Advocacy at the disposition phase of a case can have a significant impact on the consequences of adjudication for a child. Effective representation requires knowing the range of dispositional options available under the law, including placement options, and the resources available within the local community. 
Child’s counsel must understand how risk assessments and evaluations are considered in developing dispositional recommendations and how conditions of probation must be tailored to the individual client. The ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with the child client in order to develop a dispositional plan is critical. 
This webinar will address these essential topics as well as provide a foundational understanding of how the probation system ideally functions and how this is relevant to the work of the juvenile defender. In addition, since the responsibilities of child’s counsel do not end at disposition, this webinar will address the juvenile defender’s responsibility to counsel the juvenile client on their right to appeal and provide continued advocacy at all review or revocation hearings.
Title:
Disposition, Post-Disposition, and Probation
Part of the Series: In Defense of Juveniles: What Delinquency Attorneys Need to Know about Working with and on Behalf of Youth
Date/Time:
May 7, 2021
1:00 am to 1:00 pm PST
Presenters:
Jennifer Cannady, JD and Brian Richart 
Credit:
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California-approved MCLE provider and this event has been approved for 2 hours of general MCLE credit. 

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

March 5: Detention and Pre-adjudication Practice

This session provides participants with an overview of juvenile court pre-trial practices, highlighting key points in the evolution of a juvenile delinquency petition once it is filed in the juvenile court. Presenters will 
  • Provide a detailed exploration of key pre-adjudication decision-making points, including detention hearings and probable cause determinations
  • Review statutory criteria, case law, and practical strategies related to pre-trial advocacy. The extensive research and recent policy reforms regarding the harms associated with detention will be discussedExamine the advantages and consequences of an admission in the juvenile court and the ethical and practical obligations of children’s counsel in advising the client
  • Provide a detailed overview of competency law in the juvenile court, exploring the role of juvenile defense counsel to recognize and adjudicate the competency of the client prior to facing delinquency charges
  • Discuss key considerations in litigating competency are discussed. 
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Date/Time:
Friday, March 5, 2021
11:00 am to 1:00 pm PDT 
Presenters:
Sue Burrell, JD; Dorothy Daniels, JD; Maureen Pacheco, JD & Arthur Bowie, JD
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Credit:
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California-approved MCLE provider and this event has been approved for 2 hours of general MCLE credit. 
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

April 15: Critical Challenges: Confessions, Strikes, and Transfer

Motion practice is a key part of delinquency counsel’s ethical obligation to protect the constitutional and statutory rights of juveniles in juvenile court proceedings.
This session will examine 
  • Critical challenges every defender should consider, including motions to suppress statements and evidence, and provide the legal basis and key arguments related to each challenge
  • The application of adolescent development research to motion practice
  • Information on the transfer of juveniles to adult court, including an explanation of current law and procedure as well as key considerations for effective advocacy in transfer hearings
  • An overview of the complex and important topic of three strikes law as it relates to juvenile adjudication.
Title:
Critical Challenges: Confessions, Strikes, and Transfer
Part of the Series: In Defense of Juveniles: What Delinquency Attorneys Need to Know about Working with and on Behalf of Youth
Date/Time:
April 15, 2021
11:00 am to 1:00 pm PST
Presenter:
Robert Lu, JD 
Credit:
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California-approved MCLE provider and this event has been approved for 2 hours of general MCLE credit. 
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

November 12: Introduction to Juvenile Court and the Role of the Juvenile Defender

This session provides participants with an overview of the juvenile court and its purpose, highlighting key points in the evolution of delinquency philosophy and procedure from its origin until today. 
The session will also explore the specialized role of juvenile defense counsel and the duties and core ethical obligations in the representation of juveniles. 
Presenters will walk through the flow of a typical delinquency case as it enters and moves through the juvenile court, providing a detailed overview of key hearings and other critical stages. 
Commonly used terminology will be defined and recent case law and legislation will be highlighted.
Presenters will lead an interactive exploration of the concepts of zealous advocacy and client-directed representation and hypotheticals will be used to illustrate the unique role of juvenile defense counsel. 
Title:
Introduction to Juvenile Court and the Role of the Juvenile Defender
 Date And Time:
Thursday, November 12, 2020
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST
Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar - Register Now!
By:
  • University of San Diego School of Law’s Children’s Advocacy Institute
  • Judicial Council of California
Speakers:
  • The Honorable Roger Chan was appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court by Governor Jerry Brown in 2016. He has been assigned to the Unified Family Court since August 2017, where he presides over family, dependency, and juvenile justice trials, as well as the juvenile justice collaborative courts. He is a member of the court’s Executive Committee and previously served as the Supervising Judge of the Traffic and Infractions Division. Judge Chan is a member of the California Judges Association, CJA’s Juvenile Court Judges of California Executive Committee (Co-Chair of the Legislative Committee), the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the Judicial Council Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee. Prior to his appointment, Judge Chan represented children and youth in San Francisco and Alameda counties for 18 years, including co-founding and serving as Executive Director of East Bay Children’s Law Offices in Oakland. Judge Chan has co-sponsored several bills into laws that improve how the juvenile court serves youth. He is a proud alumnus of UC Berkeley and UC Hastings College of the Law. Judge Chan is honored to be the first openly LGBT Asian-American appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court.
  • Jo Pastore is an attorney practicing more than 30-years, primarily in the area of criminal law. She spent over 27-years with the San Diego County Department of the Public Defender and engaged in all aspects of indigent defense. She spent a significant amount of time in the Juvenile Delinquency Division. She also managed the Writs & Appeal Division and filed numerous challenges that defined California Delinquency and Dependency Law. She supervised the Delinquency Division and was responsible for new policy planning and implementation, including creating the Juvenile Behavioral Health Court. After leaving the Public Defender, she worked as In-House Counsel for a local business and recently became self-employed. She currently handles criminal and special education cases and acts as a consultant. She is an Adjunct Professor at California Western School of Law, her alma mater, where she has taught for over 15-years and is a board member for several non-profits.
Credit:
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California-approved MCLE provider and this event has been approved for 1 hour of general MCLE credit and 1 hour of legal ethics MCLE credit.
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