Fundamental Advocacy Skills Training Program

REGISTRANT INFORMATION - WELCOME TO PD103!

MATERIALS AND ADVANCE PREPARATION:  Each of you will receive a printed workbook when you sign in on Tuesday, but you need to review the materials linked below and do some preparation in advance. 

 Also, please also review Bob Dudek’s Record Preservation Demonstration Outlines.  The outlines will not only help you understand the demonstrations, but they will also allow us to proceed without a lot of setup explanation during the presentation. 

WORKSHOP MATERIALS

Agenda

Breakout Group Assignments

Floater Assignments

Basic Goals for PD103 Participants

PD103 Course Outline & Homework Assignments for Workshops

Breakout 2: Obstacles to Introduction of Evidence Work Problems

Domestic Violence Case File

DUI Case File

Drugs Case File

Dudek - DV Demonstration Outline

Dudek - DUI Demonstration Outline

Impeachment Problems

Resources

SC Rules of Criminal Procedure

SC Rules of Evidence

ERROR PRESERVATION - QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 2018 SML.pdf

Public Defense 101 Manual 2018 (rev2).pdf

GENERAL INFORMATION:

HOTEL:

RESERVATION CONFIRMATION:  For those of you staying at Home2 Suites, you should have received your confirmation number from the hotel.  If you have not, please let me know.

PAYMENT:  SCCID pays for the base room rate+tax and valet parking for students.  You are responsible for any additional fees, tips, etc.

Faculty Members please contact the hotel if you need to make advance arrangements for payment or have any questions.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS - Checkout Thursday:  We will need to check out of the hotel Thursday morning.  The hotel has kindly agreed to hold our luggage and allow us to keep our vehicles with them until PD103 ends on Thursday.  They will have a room designated to hold our luggage when we check out on Thursday morning.  Please make sure that your luggage is packed, tagged and secured to be held by the hotel.

COMMUTER PARKING:  For those of you who will be commuting, unfortunately, the courthouse does not have all-day parking.  The best place to park will be the Commons Garage at 60 Beattie Place, Greenville, SC, which is adjacent to the Hyatt Hotel and across the street from the Courthouse.  Click the link for address and rates: https://greenvillesc.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Commons-Garage-29

MONDAY EVENING DINNER:  If you’re going to be checking in or are already in the area Monday evening, please join us for dinner.  We will be going to  Grill Marks at 209 South Main Street.  It’s Dutch treat.  We’ll plan to meet in the lobby of the Home2 Suites about 6pm and walk down to the restaurant, or you can just meet us there.  You’re welcome to just show up, but if you know in advance that you plan to join us, please send me a text (803-270-7657) so I can give them an idea how many of us to expect.

WHERE TO GO TUESDAY:  See map below for walking directions to the Court House.  Tuesday morning, registration is from 8:30 – 8:45 a.m.  Enter through the main courthouse entrance (Yellow Star).  When you go through security, you should see the Jury Assembly Room.  That’s where we’ll be for most of our full-group sessions.  We will also be using the jury assembly room break room for our break room.

DRESS CODE:  Basically, office casual is fine, just not bum-around-the-house, COVID-Quarantine casual.  No need to dress up like you’re going to trial unless that is your idea of casual or you really just want to.

COVID CONSIDERATIONS:  At this time, the Chief Justice’s order is still in place requiring masks (All persons entering a courthouse shall be screened for fever and shall wear a protective mask while in the courthouse) so please make sure that you have your mask.  SCCID DOES NOT provide masks.

ABSENCES AND TARDIES:  If you will be absent or late at any point during PD103, please call or text to let me know you haven’t been abducted by aliens.  If you just don’t show up, I will have to track you down.

TUESDAY EVENING SOCIAL:   Social Gathering Tuesday evening from 6 – 8 pm at Carolina Ale House 113 South Main Street.  SCCID will provide the food.  Cash bar.

Who Should Attend

Attorneys must meet the following requirements to participate in this workshop:

You must be employed by a South Carolina Public Defender’s Office either full-time OR contracted directly with the Public Defender's office, OR you must have an Indigent Defense criminal-defense contract current as of 7/1/21

AND

You must have fewer than 3 years’ experience as a public defender or equivalent trial practice as a criminal defense attorney

AND

You have not attended PD103 in the past

This conference is not open to private practitioners, who do not meet these criteria.  

Prior participation in PD101 and PD102 is not a prerequisite.   

Level of Instruction:  Introductory/Intermediate

 Program Summary

Public Defense 103: Trial Skills Workshop is a 2 1/2 day trial advocacy program comprised of presentations and on-your-feet small group sessions including pretrial motions, entering evidence, making objections, impeachment and cross-examination.  Participants will perform in a series of practical workshops to incorporate what they learned from the presentations in exercises simulating discrete phases of a trial.  Case materials for the exercises will be provided for the participants before the conference.

Registration

See  Register  button at bottom of page. 

You must log in to your SCCID account to register.

If you do not have a SCCID account, please CLICK HERE FOR FULL INSTRUCTIONS TO SET UP YOUR ACCOUNT.

If you have forgotten your password or have other difficulties, please contact LBrown@sccid.sc.gov or JSprankle@sccid.sc.gov for assistance.

Hotel Accommodations

For student participants whose travel to the Greenville County Courthouse exceeds 50 miles, SCCID will provide hotel accommodations. SCCID has been able to reserve a limited number of rooms for participants at the Home2 Suites downtown near the courthouse.  Those rooms will be available based on conference registration order, so please register as soon as possible to secure your hotel room.

For student participants, SCCID will cover the base room rate plus tax and any hotel parking fee.  The participant is responsible for any additional expenses.

For faculty members, SCCID will handle reservations to qualify you for our group rate and to avoid double-booking.  You will be responsible for payment for your own accommodations.