Saturday, October 28 – Summit 2016
MORNING GENERAL SESSION
PLENARY
50 Years After Miranda & 5 Years after J.D.B.: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Want to Be?
Rourke Stacy, Moderator | Deputy Public Defender & Trainer, Juvenile Division, Los Angeles County Public Defender Office
Hon. Cheri Beasley | Associate Justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina
Laura Nirider | Co-Director, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Ann Roan | Training Director, Colorado State Public Defender
Tiffany Sizemore-Thompson| Assistant Professor, Juvenile Defender Clinic, Duquesne University School of Law
MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Bench Trials: Theory of the Case and Other Strategies to Overcome Impediments
Randy Hertz
Challenges & Strategies for Rural and Tribal Juvenile Defenders
Amanda Bear, Gar Blume, La Mer Kyle-Griffiths, Brad Peterson
Challenging Bias at the Front Door: Detention Advocacy for LGBTQ Clients
Currey Cook, Jack Harrison, Shannan Wilber
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Sample DCFS Detention Letter
- LGBT Youth in Juvenile Court
- Resources for LGBTQ Youth
Developing Juvenile Caseload Limits
Joshua Dohan, Katrin Johnson, Richard Pittman, George Yeannakis
A Diploma or Third Degree?: Litigation and Policy Challenges to School Interrogations
Richard Braucher, Megan Crane, Laura Nirider, Rourke Stacy
DNA: Science in the Courtroom
Mary Dayton, Claudia Saari
Expressed-Interest Lawyers and Social Workers: A Defense Dream Team
Anna Bulkin, Mitchell Feld, Sara Ward, Wendy Wolf
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Clinical Assessment Sample
- Sample Motion for Funds for a Social Worker
- NLADA 50-State Survey of Child Abuse Mandatory Reporting Statutes
- NLADA The Interdisciplinary Defense Team & Confidentiality: What Defenders Need to Know
- YAD Functions of a Social Worker on Delinquency Cases
- YAD Referral for Social Services
- YAD Sample Report
- YAD Using a Social Worker in Delinquency Cases
- YAD What a Social Worker Needs From a Lawyer
Montgomery v. Louisiana: Strategies & Lessons Learned for Juvenile Court
Joanna Visser Adjoian, Marsha Levick, Shobha Mahadev, Heather Renwick
Reentry & Collateral Consequences: Minimizing the Damage of Juvenile Court Involvement
Kris Henning, Serena Holthe
- National Grant Resources
- NJDC Materials
- Duty to Counsel on Collateral Consequences Bibliography
- Collateral Consequences Chart
Special Education Advocacy and its Effect on Juvenile Dispositions
Semuteh Freeman, Marlies Spanjaard, Teresa Eden Zabala
Trauma & Resilience: Understanding the Duality and How to Use It as Part of a Defense Strategy
Samantha Buckingham, Eduardo Ferrer, Antoinette Kavanaugh
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Transformation Through Accommodation: Reforming Juvenile Justice by Recognizing and Responding to Trauma
AFTERNOON GENERAL SESSION
PLENARY
“Fuhgeddaboudit, Counselor:” Winning Over Unconvincible Stakeholders
Rebecca Diaz-Bonilla | International Communications Consultant, Lumen8 Advisors
Angela Vigil | Director of Pro Bono & Community Service, Baker & McKenzie
AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Acting Your Age: Mens Rea and the Reasonable Child Standard
Christopher Northrop, Carlann Welch, Wendy Wolf
Courtroom Advocacy for Transgender Clients
Rick Mula, Erin Robinson
Defenders at the Table: Lessons Learned from Unconventional Defense Partnerships in Statewide Policy Reform
Hon. Thomas Foster, Ruth Rosenthal, Trent Wetta, Terri Williams
Disability Rights Advocacy for Youth in the Juvenile System
Brian Capra, Diane Smith Howard, Jennifer Pokempner
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Overview of I.T. v. Los Angeles County, et al. Settlement
- Re-Entry Resources for Public Defenders
Ethics Hotspot
Laura Cohen, Ellen Marrus
Evidentiary Issues that Regularly Arise in Delinquency Cases
Randy Hertz
Get On Your Feet: Communication Techniques for Convincing the Unconvincible Bench
Rebecca Diaz-Bonilla, Angela Vigil
J.D.B. and Miranda in Practice: Effectively Challenging Juvenile Statements
Martin Feinman, Tiffany Sizemore-Thompson
Post-Disposition Start-Up: Building a Post-Dispo Practice from Scratch
Stephen Bush, Joshua Dohan, Lisa Minutola, Sandra Simkins
Raising Racial Factors in Fourth Amendment Challenges
Kris Henning, Ji Seon Song
Smart on Juvenile Justice: Creating Developmentally Appropriate Reforms
Julia Alanen, Lauren Dollar, Serena Holthe, Chryl Jones, Nadia Seeratan
LATE AFTERNOON GENERAL SESSION
SPOTLIGHT
Kris Henning & Lauren Dollar, Rural Ambassadors Program | Co-Director & Staff Attorney, Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center
SPOTLIGHT
Christine Henningsen & Joy Suder |Co-Directors, Nebraska Youth Advocates
SPECIAL GUEST
James Bell | Founder and Executive Director, W. Haywood Burns Institute