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Lesson 1 – Overview of the Juvenile Justice Process

• Handout – Flow Chart
• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Terms Chart
• Supplement – Annotated Outline of Critical Stages and Key Decision Points in a Juvenile Case
• Supplement –  Juvenile Justice Terminology Handout

Lesson 2 – Role of Juvenile Defense Counsel  (Updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Role of Counsel Bibliography
• Handout – Summary of Key ABA Model Rules
• Handout – Forensic Exercise Fact Pattern
• Supplement – National Juvenile Defense Standards
• Supplement – Role Of Juvenile Defense Counsel in Delinquency Court
• Supplement – 10 Core Principles of Providing Quality Delinquency Representation

Lesson 3 – Organization 101: Managing the Juvenile Caseload

• Handout – Discovery Checklist
• Handout – Investigation Checklist
• Handout – Motions Checklist
• Handout – Sample Case File
• Handout – Sample Case List
• Handout – Sample Check-in / To-do List
• Handout – Sample Investigative Memo
• Handout – Sample Trial Memo
• Handout – Sample Trial Notebook
• Handout – Timeline of Effective Advocacy
• Supplement – Sample Case Outline

Lesson 4 – Adolescent Development

• Handout – Annotated Bibliography of Studies (updated May 2018)
• Handout – Case Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 1
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 2
• Supplement – Alternative Disposition Report
• Supplement – Sample Disposition Memorandum

Lesson 5 – Interviewing and Counseling the Youth Client

• Handout – Forensic Exercises
• Handout – Sample Client Release of Information Form
• Handout – Sample Initial Custodial Interview Form
• Handout – Sample Representation Agreement
• Supplement – Interviewing Tips Cheat Sheet
• Supplement – LaVigne Article on Language Disorders

Lesson 6 – Interviewing the Youth’s Collateral Contacts

• Handout – ABA Model Rules 1.14 & 1.6
• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise A
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Sample Release of Information Form

Lesson 7 – Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) (Updated Dec. 2018)

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 1
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 2
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 3
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 3 – Facilitation Chart
• Handout – LGBTQI-GNC Terms & Definitions
• Handout – Tips for Working with LGBTQ Clients
• Supplement – Hidden injustice: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Juvenile Courts
• Supplement – LGBT Youth in Court
• Supplement – Sample Court Order Re: Transgender Healthcare in Detention
• Supplement – Sample Motion Re: Court’s Usage of Correct Pronouns for Transgender or Gender Non-Conforming Youth
• Supplement – Sample Court Order re Transgender Healthcare in Detention

Lesson 8 – Dealing with Difference

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Forensic Exercise C

Lesson 9 – Arrest and Intake

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Sample Declaration of Rights
• Supplement – Shut Up Card

Lesson 10 – Challenging Probable Cause and Detention (Updated May 2021)

• Handout – Forensic Exercise A (PC Hearing “On the Papers”) (updated May 2021)
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B (PC Evidentiary Hearing) (updated May 2021)
• Handout – Forensic Exercise C (Detention Problems) (updated May 2021)
• Handout – Bibliography
• Supplement – 10 Principles for Providing Effective Detention Advocacy
• Supplement – Affidavit of Dr. Marty Beyer re Shackling Harms
• Supplement – Detention Checklist
• Supplement – Juvenile Defender Self-Assessment Checklist
• Supplement – Supervisor Tool for Managing Best Practices in Detention Advocacy
• Supplement – Legal Strategies to Reduce Unnecessary Detention
• Supplement – Sample Conditions of Release Form
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Oppose Psychological Evaluation
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Reduce Detention
• Supplement – Sample Motion for Child to Appear without Restraints
• Supplement – Sample Risk Assessment Tool
• Supplement – Sample Suspect Information Report
• Supplement – Florida Juvenile Rules Amendments re Shackling
• Supplement – NJDC Commentary on Proposed New Mexico Anti-Shackling Rule (2012)
• Supplement – Sample Memo Challenging Shackling

Lesson 11 – Interactions with Probation Officers, Prosecutors, Judges, and Parents

• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Lesson 12 – Theory of the Case

• Handout – Chart A
• Handout – Chart B
• Handout – Exercise A
• Handout – Exercise B
• Supplement – Ethical Standards & Rules
• Supplement – Developing a Theory of the Case
• Supplement – Theory and Themes

Lesson 13 – Investigation

• Handout – Forensic Exercise A
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Sample Witness Statement
• Supplement – Bibliography
• Supplement – Directory for Requesting Information from Cell Companies
• Supplement – Important Considerations before Requesting Cell Phone Information
• Supplement – Directory for Requesting Information from Social Media Companies
• Supplement – Important Considerations before Requesting Social Media Information
• Supplement – MySpace Sample Legal Request Cover Sheet
• Supplement – MySpace Sample Consent Form
• Supplement – Sample Cases Where Investigation Was Key
• Supplement – Sample Consent to Release Facebook Information
• Supplement – Sample Ex Parte Motion for Investigator Funds
• Supplement – Sample Investigative Checklist
• Supplement – Sample Letter to Accompany Subpoenas
• Supplement – Sample Student Confidentiality Agreement
• Supplement – Sample Witness Interview Memo

Lesson 14 – Pretrial Discovery Practice

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Sample Discovery Log
• Handout – Summary of Key Constitutional Cases
• Supplement – Sample Discovery Letter
• Supplement – Sample Motion for Discovery Sanctions
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Preserve Evidence
• Supplement – Sample Motion for Pretrial Discovery
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Compel Discovery

Lesson 15 – Competence to Stand Trial

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Checklist for Clinician Selection
• Supplement – Sample Ex Parte Motion for an Expert
• Supplement – Survey of State Juvenile Competency Procedures
• Supplement – Developing Statutes for Juvenile Competence: A Guide for Lawmakers

Lesson 16 – Guilty Pleas (Updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Missouri v. Frye
• Supplement – Lafler v. Cooper
• Supplement – Washington v. A.N.J.

Lesson 17 – Challenging Transfer to Adult Court (Updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Lesson 18 – Principles of Motions Practice

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Motions Checklist
• Supplement – A Collection of Sample Motions

Lesson 19 – Fourth Amendment Challenges (Updated Mar. 2021)

• Handout – Annotated Bibliography (updated May 2019)
• Handout – Implicit Racial Bias Annotated Bibliography
• Handout – Policing As Trauma Annotated Bibliography
• Handout – Stereotype Threat Annotated Bibliography
• Handout – Fourth Amendment Analysis Cheat Sheet
• Handout – Forensic Exercises (Full Lesson)
• Handout – School-Specific Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Auto-Specific Forensic Exercise

Lesson 20 – Challenging Youth Statements (Updated Nov. 2020)

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Suppression Theory Chart
• Handout – Miranda Analysis Flowchart
• Supplement – Innocent but Proven Guilty
• Supplement – Key Case Principles (updated Aug. 2019)
• Supplement – Police Induced Confessions
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Suppress Statements in the Lopez Exercise
• Supplement – Social Psychology of False Confessions
• Supplement – Summary of Reid Interrogation Techniques
• Supplement – Illinois Amicus Brief
• Supplement – IACP Reducing Risks-Effective Juvenile Interview & Interrogation (2012)
• Supplement – Amicus Brief in California v. Elias V.

Lesson 21 – Challenging Identification Testimony (Updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Bibliography (updated June 2017)
• Handout – Forensic Exercise Part 1
• Handout – Forensic Exercise Part 2 (updated Oct. 2020)
• Handout – Analysis of Forensic Exercise (Optional Handout)
• Supplement – DOJ & NIJ Eyewitness Evidence Guide for Law Enforcement
• Supplement – Allowing ID Experts – Jurisdiction Case Summaries
• Supplement – Sample Memo in Support of a Motion to Suppress ID
• Supplement – State Cases Modifying or Rejecting Manson v. Braithwaite
• Supplement – State v. Henderson
• Supplement – Perry v. New Hampshire
• Supplement – Wells et al.: Simultaneous vs. Sequential Lineup – Report of AJS Eyewitness ID Field Studies
• Supplement – Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification

Lesson 22 – Opening Statements (Updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Lesson 23 – Cross-Examination

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Skit Scripts

Lesson 24 – Direct Examination and the Defense Witness

• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Lesson 25 – Use of Documents and Exhibits

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Facebook Consent to Release Information Form
• Supplement – Directory for Requesting Information from Phone Companies
• Supplement – Considerations Before Subpoenaing Cell Information from Phone Companies
• Supplement – Directory for Requesting Information from Social Media Services
• Supplement – Considerations Before Subpoenaing Information from Social Media Services
• Supplement – Sample Letter of Request to Accompany Subpoena

Lesson 26 – Impeachment

• Handout – Difference between 2Cs Method and 3Cs Method of Impeachment
• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Sample Impeachments

Lesson 27 – Evidence and Objections

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Essential Objections
• Supplement – Sample Motion in limine to Exclude Evidence
• Supplement – What Is Hearsay?

Lesson 28 – Hearsay

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – What Is Hearsay?

Lesson 29 – Experts

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise A
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Sample Voir Dire of a Prosecution Expert
• Handout – Sample Voir Dire of a Defense Expert
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Appoint an Expert

Lesson 30 – Motion for Judgment of Acquittal/Directed Verdict

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Sample Motion for Judgement of Acquittal

Lesson 31- Closing Arguments

• Handout – Forensic Exercise A
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Forensic Exercise C
• Handout – Forensic Exercise D
• Handout – Strategy Chart
• Supplement – Transcript

Lesson 32 – Challenging Juvenile Sex Cases (updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise (updated Oct. 2020)
• Handout – Mitigation and Disposition
• Handout – Sample Voir Dire of Youth Witness
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Voir Dire Youth Witness and Exclude Testimony

Lesson 33 – Drug Cases

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Sample Formal Discovery Letter
• Supplement – Sample Initial Discovery Request
• Supplement – Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
• Supplement – Bullcoming v. New Mexico

Lesson 34 – Immigration Consequences

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Immigration Consequences of Delinquency
• Handout – Immigration Resources
• Handout – Immigration Terms
• Supplement – Dept. of Homeland Security Memo re Immigration Policy
• Supplement – Deportation System Flowchart
• Supplement – Duty of Defense Counsel
• Supplement – Factsheets on Options for Immigrant Children
• Supplement – Form 1-693
• Supplement – Immigration in the Juvenile Court System Map
• Supplement – Immigration Enforcement and the Deportation System
• Supplement – Padilla v. Kentucky
• Supplement – Steps to Advising Noncitizen Clients under Padilla v. Kentucky
• Supplement – Youth Immigration Relief Screening Sheet

Lesson 35 – Disposition Advocacy

• Handout – Disposition Planning Chart
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Forensic Exercise (Gun Adaptation)
• Handout – Annotated Disposition Studies Bibliography (2015)
• Supplement – Sample Alternative Disposition Recommendations
• Supplement – Sample Pre-Hearing Submissions

Lesson 36 – Preserving the Record and Engaging in Appellate Advocacy

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Sample Appellate Memo Form

Lesson 37 – Post-Disposition Advocacy

• Handout – Forensic Exercises
• Supplement – Juvenile Records Expungement Manual
• Supplement – Sample Alternative Disposition Recommendation
• Supplement – Snapshot of Juvenile Sex Offender Registration

Lesson 38 – Multi-Systemic Advocacy: Family, School, and State Agencies

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Multi-Systemic Advocacy Chart
• Handout – Forensic Exercises

Lesson 39 – Advocacy in Special Education Cases (Updated May 2021)

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Key Terms

Lesson 40 – Advocacy in School Discipline Cases (Updated May 2021)

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise (updated May 2021)

Lesson 41 – Collateral Consequences

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Checklist for Counseling Clients
• Supplement – Collatoral Consequences Chart

Lesson 42 – Raising Race (Updated Nov. 2020)

• Handout – Annotated Bibliography Race And Defenders
• Handout – Implicit Racial Bias Studies Annotated Bibliography (updated Apr. 2021)
• Handout – Policing as Trauma Annotated Bibliography  (updated Apr. 2021)
• Handout – Stereotype Threat Annotated Bibliography  (updated Apr. 2021)
• Handout – Sample Motion to Suppress-Bakari Matthews (updated Nov. 2020)
• Handout – Race and Adolescent Development Annotated Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – When you’re the only white person in the room
• Supplement – Amicus Brief Challenge Transfer Manduley v CA
• Supplement – Cross Racial ID Memorandum
• Supplement – Equal Protection Challenge Transfer Peo v Rose Trial Motion
• Supplement – Litigating Race Issues Equal Protection in KY
• Supplement – Motion to Suppress based on vagueness and race
• Supplement – NACDL Racial Disparity Report
• Supplement – Racial Ethnic Argument Excerpts IL Appellate Defender
• Supplement – Stop and Frisk Civil Complaint Floyd NY

JTIP Certified Trainer Feedback Loop Cheat Sheet

JTIP Trainer Checklist

JTIP Logistics Checklist

Maryland Specific JTIP Lessons and Materials (updated May 2021)

Adolescent Development

• Handout – Forensic Exercise 1
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 2

Advocacy in School Discipline Cases

Advocacy in Special Education Cases

• Supplement – Parent Agreement
• Supplement – Redacted IEP and Assessments

Challenging Identification Testimony

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Experiencing, Remembering and Reporting Events
• Supplement – MD 3-506.1 Identification Procedure Requirements

Challenging Probable Cause and Detention

• Handout – Forensic Exercise A
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Forensic Exercise C

Challenging Waiver to Adult Court

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Key Maryland Transfer Statutes and Rules
• Handout – Maryland Transfer Statute

Challenging Youth Sex Cases

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Mitigation and Dispositions

Challenging Youth Statements

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Key National & Maryland Legal Principles & Cases for Statement Suppression & Voluntariness

Disposition Advocacy

• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Fourth Amendment Challenges

• Handout – Forensic Exercise A
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Forensic Exercise Answer Chart
• Handout – Fourth Amendment Analysis Cheat Sheet
• Handout – Fourth Amendment Annotated Bibliography
• Handout – Implicit Racial Bias Annotated Bibliography
• Handout – Policing As Trauma Annotated Bibliography
• Handout – Stereotype Threat Annotated Bibliography 

Guilty Pleas

• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Opening Statements

• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Raising Race

Role of Juvenile Defense Counsel

• Handout – Forensic Exercise Part 1
• Handout – Forensic Exercise Part 2