Friday, October 28 – Summit 2016
OPENING SESSION
INTRODUCTION
Bridgett Ortega | President, Board of Directors, National Juvenile Defender Center
WELCOME
Mary Ann Scali | Acting Executive Director, National Juvenile Defender Center
VIDEO REMARKS
Hon. Loretta Lynch | Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
KEYNOTE PANEL
Tim Curry, Moderator | Director of Training & Technical Assistance, National Juvenile Defender Center
Broderick Johnson | Assistant to the President and White House Cabinet Secretary, Chair of the My Brother’s Keeper Taskforce
Karol V. Mason | Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Advanced Cross Examination
Whitney Untiedt, Randee Waldman
Challenging “Due Process Lite”: Strategies for Juvenile Probable Cause Hearings
Sue Burrell, Laura Cohen, Rickell Howard
Creating a Specialized Juvenile Defense Unit: Change from the Front Line to the Head Office
Stacie Nelson Colling, Julian Claudio Gotay, Lindy Frolich, Athelyn Jiménez-Emmanuelli
A Defense Attorney’s Guide to Juvenile Competence to Stand Trial
Angela Chang, Antoinette Kavanaugh
- Checklist
- Fitness Report
- Juvenile Attorney Competence Questionnaire
- Jodi L. Viljoen & Thomas Grisso, Prospects for Remediating Juvenile Adjudicative Incompetence
- Annette McGaha et al., Juveniles Adjudicated Incompetent to Proceed: A Descriptive Study of Florida’s Comptetence Restoration Program
- Janet Warren et al., Developing a Forensic Service Delivery System for Juveniles Adjudicated Incompetent to Stand Trial
Developing a Culture of Policy Advocacy in Your Defense Office
Alyson Clements, Joshua Perry, Pamela Vickrey
Ending Solitary Confinement: Strategies for Reform
Jessica Feierman, Jennifer Lutz, Eliza Nagel, Sandra Simkins
Expert Challenges to Identification Evidence
Lauren Brown, Heather Kleider-Offutt
For the Record: Juvenile Appeals Matter!
Richard Braucher, Amanda Powell
Juvenile Record Reform: How Being a Defender Makes You a Policy Advocate
Julie Biehl, Carolyn Frazier, Elise Logemann, Riya Saha Shah
Juvenile Reentry: Establishing Community Connections for Youth Success
Aleksandra Chauhan, Garien Gatewood, Tracey Tucker
Reimagining Reinvestment: Implications of Budget and Statute Changes on Practice and Policy
Michael Mitchell, Jeree Thomas, Jason Ziedenberg
Suppression Hearings: Strategic and Practical Considerations
Randy Hertz
MORNING GENERAL SESSION
SPOTLIGHT
Monique Morris | President/CEO and Co-Founder, National Black Women’s Justice Institute
PLENARY
Probation is Not a Win: Reexamining How We Approach This Common Disposition
Mary Ann Scali, Moderator | Acting Executive Director, National Juvenile Defender Center
Stephen Bishop | Senior Associate, Juvenile Justice Strategy Group, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Eduardo Ferrer | Legal & Policy Director, DC Lawyers for Youth
Margaret Samuel | Youth Advocate, Alexandria, Virginia
Gwyneth Rost, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Annotated Bibliography of Key Research Studies and Policy Papers Relating to the Efficacy of Probation
- Role of Defense Counsel at Disposition
- Role of Defense Counsel at Post-Disposition
- Probation Orders Infographic
- Probation Orders Brief
AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS
The Department of Justice and Juvenile Defenders: A Partnership for Reform
Stephen Bush, Winsome Gayle, Atteeyah Hollie
- Department of Justice Civil Rights Reforms in the Administration of Juvenile Justice 2012 – Present
- Summary of the Smart on Juvenile Justice Initiative
Dynamic Dispositions: Real-World Ways to Improve Case Outcomes
Eduardo Ferrer, Maria Guido, Tiffany Sizemore-Thompson
Fourth Amendment Challenges in a Variety of Contexts
Randy Hertz
Funding Juvenile Defense Work: Using Byrne JAG Grants
Melissa Goemann, Lisa Minutola
- National Juvenile Justice Network PowerPoint Presentation
- Delaware PowerPoint Presentation
- Fiscal Policy Center Toolkit
Lonely Data: The Ultimate Guide to Juvenile Justice Data for Juvenile Defenders
Nadia Seeratan, Melissa Sickmund, Andrew Wachter
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Smart On Juvenile Justice? Numbers You Need to Know
- Smart On Juvenile Justice? Where is Your State in the Policy/Practice Landscape?
No More Children on the Sex Offender Registry
Nicole Pittman, Lizzy Ullman
Paying for Punishment: Juvenile Costs, Fines, Fees & Restitution
Stephanie Campos-Bui, Jessica Feierman, Lauren Fine, HyeJi Kim, Brent Pattison
Preparing for Transfer and Amenability Hearings
Charlyn Bohland, Antoinette Kavanaugh, Katherine Lazarow
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Selected Bibliography
- Sample Transfer Hearing Report
- Can Risk Assessment Improve Juvenile Justice Practices?
- Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice: A Guidebook for Implementation
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School
Semuteh Freeman, Monique Morris
Shackling & the Impact on Client Communication
Christina Gilbert, Gwyneth Rost
Talking to Children About Sex: Taking the Right Tone in Juvenile Sex Cases
Elton Anglada, Sheneka McKenzie-Sage, Adrienne Winney
Youth Decarceration: Prison Practice and Politics
Julie Biehl, Sue Burrell, Carmen Daugherty, Tamara Steckler
AFTERNOON GENERAL SESSION
SCOTUS ROUNDUP
Angela Vigil | Director of Pro Bono & Community Service, Baker & McKenzie
SPOTLIGHT
Jennifer Egan | Advocate, Baltimore Action Legal Team (BALT)
SPECIAL GUEST
Stephen Bright | President & Senior Counsel, Southern Center for Human Rights
Robert E. Shepherd Jr. Leadership Award Presentation
Presented by Bridgett Ortega, President of NJDC Board of Directors