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TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
Challenging Youth Sex Offender Registry Cases
Understanding Detrimental Effects of Sex Offender Registration
Understanding the Impact that Sex Offender Registration has on Adolescent Development
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Childhood Brain Development
Developing Resiliency for Attorneys
TRAINING OBJECTIVES:
To provide juvenile defenders with the information necessary to challenge allegations of sexual assault and to address issues unique to juvenile sex offense cases.
By attending this workshop, the juvenile defender will:
- Have a basic understanding of the Adam Walsh Act and sex offender registration;
- Have an understanding of the new South Carolina law on sex offender registration;
- Learn to develop effective defense theories in juvenile sex offense cases;
- Learn about the harms of sex offender registration on youth and why it is not appropriate to place youth on sex offender registration;
- Be able to identify and challenge potential prosecution and defense experts in juvenile sex cases;
- Learn to raise mitigating factors and plan for disposition in a juvenile sex case, consistent with the client’s stated interests; and
- Learn how to approach intra-familial juvenile sex cases or cases involving relatives or close friends.
AGENDA
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Time
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Topic/Speaker
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CLE Minutes
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8:30 – 9:00
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Registration/Sign-In
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0
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9:00 – 11:00
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Challenging Youth Sex Offender Registry Cases
Amanda Powell, Esq.
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120
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11:00 – 11:15
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Break
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0
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11:15 – 12:15
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Detrimental Effects of Sex Offender Registration on Youth
Marjorie Loewer, Ph.D.
Melanie Hendricks, LISW-CP, ACSW
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60
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12:15 – 12:45
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Lunch (provided)
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0
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12:45 – 1:30
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Impact of Sex Offender Registration on Adolescent Development
Marjorie Loewer, Ph.D.
Melanie Hendricks, LISW-CP, ACSW
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45
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1:30 – 1:45
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Break
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0
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1:45 – 3:45
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Childhood Brain Development
Nina Spinelli, Director, Juvenile Arbitration Program, 2nd Circuit
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120
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3:45 – 4:00
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Break
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0
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4:00 – 5:00
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Developing Resiliency for Attorneys
Nina Spinelli, Director, Juvenile Arbitration Program, 2nd Circuit
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60
SAMH
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TOTAL
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405
(6.75 Hours)
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TUITION COST
Free to SC Public Defenders, SCCID Contract Attorneys, and USC Law Faculty
$175.00 - Private Bar/SCACDL - Please contact SCACDL to pay registration fee.
MCLE CREDIT
6.75 hrs MCLE credit, including 1 hr SAMH credit.
CLE Course No.: 920134
THE BLATT BUILDING – FINDING THE MEETING ROOM: After you go through security, go to your right. Room 112 actually has 4 doors, so any of the following door numbers will work – 112, 113, 119, or 120. Please sign in at the front of the room for CLE credit. Refreshments will be set up at the back of the room. Restrooms are to the left and right of the security desk.
FREE PARKING
Unfortunately, we do not have enough parking spaces for everybody in the assigned lot. If you have not received a parking permit, please park in the Marion Street Garage at 1219 Marion Street. Park on the second level in one of the spaces marked "Visitor." Bring your ticket to the seminar and present it to Lawrence Brown for validation.
DO NOT PARK ON THE STREET. Feeding the meters is illegal, and our schedule will not be conducive to that in any case.