Training Opportunities
ACCR’s annual Bring Your Own Case (BYOC) Training December 7-9 2023.
Participating teams will workshop their capital case with nationally renowned experts while earning 801 CLE credits. Sessions will cover topics like mental health, Intellectual Disability, pretrial motions practice, race in your case & much more. Please reach out to Kaylyn at kchristian@atlanticcenter.org for more information.
ACCR and PDAP Hosted
Ballistics & Gun Shot Residue
July 24, 2023 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenter:
Frederick M. Wentling, Former Head of the PSP Ballistics Unit, Lebanon, PA
Cell Phone Forensics II: LOCATION DATA
June 28, 2023 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenters:
Jason Silva, Managing Director - Admitted & Certified Digital Forensic Examiner, Cornerstone Discovery, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph Sierra, Certified & Admitted Digital Forensic Examiner, Cornerstone Discovery, Philadelphia, PA
Secondary Trauma & Self-Care (Mental Health Awareness Month)
May 31, 2023 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenters:
Sylvia Brown, Clinical Social Worker & Therapist, Philadelphia, PA
Sara Jacobson, Executive Director, Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Cell Phone Forensics I: DeviceS
April 26, 2023 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenters:
Jason Silva, Managing Director - Admitted & Certified Digital Forensic Examiner, Cornerstone Discovery, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph Sierra, Certified & Admitted Digital Forensic Examiner, Cornerstone Discovery, Philadelphia, PA
Victim Outreach/DIVO
March 29, 2023 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Tammy Krause, National Defense-Victim Outreach Co-Coordinator for the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project, Harrisonburg, VA
Victim impact Litigation
February 22, 2023 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Marc Bookman, Esq., Litigation Director of ACCR, Philadelphia, PA
PCRA II:SHINN V. RAMIREZ AND BYO CASE
January 25, 2023 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Daniel Silverman, Esq., Private Practice Defense Attorney and full time faculty member in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Highly Aggravated Cases
October 26, 2022 3-4:30 PM EST
Panel of Presenters:
Tamara Brady, Esq., Former Chief Trial Deputy, Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, Greeley, CO
Russell Stetler, Former National Mitigation Coordinator, Berkeley, CA
Henderson Hill, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney, Capital Punishment Project, American Civil Liberties Union, Durham, NC
Junk Science
September 28, 2022 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Chris Fabricant, Esq., Director of Strategic Litigation, The Innocence Project, Brooklyn, NY
PCRA I: NUTS AND BOLTS OF PCRA
August 31, 2022 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Daniel Silverman, Esq., Private Practice Defense Attorney and full time faculty member in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Capital Defense Team Dynamics
July 27, 2022 3-4:30 PM EST
Panel of Presenters:
Shawn Nolan, Esq., Chief, Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Marc Bookman, Esq., Litigation Director at The Atlantic Center, Philadelphia, PA
Lela Hubbard, LMSW, Mitigation Specialist and DVO Practitioner, Jackson, MS
Rachel Primo, Mitigation Investigator, Capital Habeas Unit, Philadelphia, PS
Kaylyn Christian, Mitigation Services Coordinator at The Atlantic Center, Philadelphia, PA
Mental Health Experts: Selection, Prep & Cross
June 2, 2022 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Jennifer Friedman, Esq., Federal Defender at the Capital Habeas Unit, Central District of Los Angeles, CA
Mitigation & Storytelling
April 27, 2022 3-4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Kaylyn Christian, Mitigation Services Coordinator at ACCR, Philadelphia, PA
PERSUASIVE SPEAKING & WRITING
February 23, 2022 1:30-3 PM EST
Presenter: Marc Bookman, Esq., Litigation Director of ACCR, Philadelphia, PA
The IMPORTANCE OF Trauma
December 1st, 2021 1:30-3 PM EST
Presenter: Sean O’Brien, Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, MO
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN CAPITAL CASES
October 27th, 2021 3 - 4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Russell Stetler, Former National Mitigation Coordinator, Berkeley, CA
Jury Questionnaires and Jury Instructions
September 29th, 2021 3 - 4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Marc Bookman, Esq., Litigation Director of ACCR, Philadelphia, PA
GETTING STARTED ON CAPITAL CASES: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET THE CALL
August 25th, 2021 3 - 4:30 PM EST
Presenter: E.J. Rymsza, Esq., Partner at Miele & Rymsza, P.C., Central Pennsylvania
GOOD LAWYERING IN CAPITAL CASES: A VIEW FROM THE BENCH
July 28th, 2021 12 -1:30 PM EST
Presenters:
The Honorable Luis Felipe Restrepo, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
The Honorable Timothy J. Sullivan, Magistrate Judge, District Court for the District of Maryland
The Honorable Theodore A. McKee, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
INTRODUCTION TO DNA
June 30th, 2021 3 - 4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Jennifer Friedman, Esq., Federal Defender at the Capital Habeas Unit, Central District of Los Angeles, CA
CONSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL VOIR DIRE: THE MORGAN V ILLINOIS METHOD
May 26th, 2021 3 - 4:30 PM EST
Presenter: Marc Bookman, Esq., Litigation Director of ACCR, Philadelphia, PA
GETTING THE PLEA DOWN: RESOLVING YOUR CAPITAL CASE
April 28th, 2021 3 - 4:30 PM EST
Presenters:
Patrick Egan, Esq., Partner at Fox Rothschild, LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Tony Ricco, Esq., Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, New York City, NY
Kristin Rice, Esq., Chief Public Defender, Adams County, PA
COVID ISSUES: CONTINUANCE MOTIONS, LITIGATION RELATED TO DELAY, AND BACKLOGS
March 31st, 2021 3 - 4:30 PM EST
Presenters:
Dana Cook, MSW, National Mitigation Coordinator, Philadelphia, PA
Carol Marciano, Esq., Deputy Public Defender, Lehigh County, PA
Kate Hickman, Esq., Chief Deputy Public Defender, Washoe County, NV
Hosted by our partners
Re-Thinking Justice: Mitigation Impacting the U.S. Legal System
April 20-21, 2023
ARC, Inc.'s 2023 Jacksonville Conference will be held on April 20 - 21 at the DoubleTree hotel near the Jacksonville Airport. This two-day training, Re-Thinking Justice: Mitigation Impacting the U.S. Legal System , is designed to help strengthen advocacy for individual clients and advance the field of mitigation overall.
We are honored to have Herman Lindsey, Executive Director of Witness to Innocence, as our keynote speaker. Topics will include Mitigation and Decision-Makers, Coalition-Building: Exploring How Individual Practitioners Can Work with Others to Push Mitigation Forward, The Path Toward Justice: Lessons from Killing States, and more.
2022 Bring Your Own CaSE Capital Defense Training
March 29th-31st, 2023
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the Arizona Capital Representation Project (ACRP), and Advancing Real Change (ARC), Inc., are pleased to announce the spring Bring Your Own Case (BYOC) training program.
This is an intensive client-centered training designed to provide support, consultation, and technical assistance for capital defense teams. Through a series of plenary sessions, teams will engage with foundational topics, then pair with another team to brainstorm cases in two-hour sessions guided by rotating facilitators. All expert facilitators bring a wealth of knowledge and experience as capital litigators, mitigation specialists, investigators, consulting mental health experts, and more. Participants will leave this training with specific plans of action toward the furtherance of their cases and will have built skills that can be applied to future capital defense work.
2022 Making the Case for Life Seminar
August 24th-26th, 2022
This seminar is designed to help capital defenders, investigators, and mitigation specialists. Participants will hear cutting-edge presentations regarding pretrial investigations, capital jury selection, new perspectives on discovering the story of the client and mitigation evidence. The seminar will be held at the Astor Crowne Plaza, New Orleans, LA for a total of 12.0 General Credits.
2022 ARC Inc. Baltimore Mitigation Training: Dismantling Dehumanization
June 2nd - June 4th, 2022
This training will be held in person at the University of Baltimore School of Law. It will be centered around exploring what it means to dismantle dehumanization, why it’s important both within and beyond mitigation work, and how we can increase intentionality around how to dismantle systemic practices and policies that currently uphold dehumanization within the legal system. Keynote speaker: Craig Haney, Ph.D.
PACDL Joint Annual Conference
April 28th and 29th, 2022
This training will be held in person at the Harrisburg Hilton Hotel. Participants who choose the capital case track will hear session on Rule 404 Issues Explained, Motions Practice for the Capital Attorney, Mitigation Storytelling, Updates in Electronic Discovery, Forensics and Hidden Hazards - Prosecutorial Misconduct (Ethics).
CAPITAL VIRTUAL BRING YOUR OWN CASE TRAINING
February 24th-March 2nd, 2022
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), Advancing Real Change (ARC), Inc., the Arizona Capital Representation Project (ACRP), and attorney John Holdridge, invite you to apply to attend a virtual Bring Your Own Case training program to be held via Zoom. This training is offered to capital defense teams working on trial cases at the state level. Teams with resentencing cases are eligible to attend.
Questions? Contact Liz Vartkessian at esv@advancechange.org.
CAPITAL VOIR DIRE TRAINING: THEORY & INTENSE PRACTICE
May 12th-May 14th, 2022
Join the National College for Capital Voir Dire (NCCVD) and Colorado Law for a fantastic two and a half day hands on training program hosted at the University of Colorado School of Law. Scholarships are available. Please contact Ann England at ann.england@colorado.edu with questions.
Northern Pennsylvania Regional Defender Training
October 13th-October 15th, 2021
The training will be held in-person in Williamsport at the Holiday Inn Express from October 13th to October 15th. Participants will receive 16 CLE credits including 0.5 ethics credits.
Contact Sara Jacobson at SJacobson.pdap@gmail.com for assistance.
HOT TOPICS IN CAPITAL CASES
October 5th, 2021 9-1:30 PM EST
Learn about the latest developments and important topics in capital case litigation. 3 substantive and 1 ethics CLE credit are being offered. Fees apply.
Faculty includes:
Robert Dunham and Ngozi Ndulue: Death Penalty Information Center
Senator Sharif Street
Lisette McCormick: The PA Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Fairness
Kelley Henry: Federal Public Defender
Ruth E. Friedman: Director of the Federal Capital Habeas Project
NACDL’s ANNUAL MAKING THE CASE FOR LIFE 12 hour web training
August 26th-August 28th, 2021
It’s not too late to get your credits from the NACDL’s annual Making the Case for Life training seminar.
