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2020 Annual Public Defender Conference

09/21/2020
Going Virtual this Year - Online via Webex Live Webcast.
Monday | September 21, 2020 - Wednesday | September 23, 2020

 

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2020 Public Defender Conference Evaluation Survey

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Google Code Word Survey for Tuesday, September 22.  Please CLICK HERE to begin survey

 

Google Code Word Survey for Wednesday, September 23.  Please CLICK HERE to begin survey

 

 

September 21 – 23, 2020

Online via Webex Live Webcast

See Complete Agenda Below or Click this Link

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The 2020 Public Defender Association Conference will be presented using the Webex Online Training platform. 

This year's format requires a two-step registration process -

1. Payment Registration  2. Webex Registration

Unpaid registrants will not be eligible for CLE credit.

 

STEP ONE:  Payment Registration

Registration Fee for Attorneys:  $275.00 by September 14, 2020

$300.00 after September 14, 2020

Investigators and Paralegals may attend at no charge this year.

 

Registration Fee Payment:

Make check payable to:  SC Public Defender Association

Mail Payment to:  SCCID, Attn: Wanda Carter, PO Box 11589, Columbia, SC 29211

 

Click Links Below for Conference Payment Registration Forms:

 

2020 Registration/Payment Remittance Form-Individual

 

2020 Registration/Payment Remittance Form-Group

(Use this form for PD offices or other offices with multiple registrants.)

 

STEP TWO:  Webex Registration

Each person attending must register individually for the online Conference sessions using the links below.

You must register for each day of the Conference.

You must also register for the Implicit Bias Breakout Session if you wish to attend it.

In compliance with the modified CLE rules currently in place each day of the conference will be assigned a separate CLE course number,  Therefore, each day will require a separate Webex registration.  The Implicit Bias Breakout Session on Tuesday will also be hosted as a separate training session. 

 

 WEBEX REGISTRATION LINKS
 

Monday, September 21, 2020 

Day 1 Webex Registration Link

https://oid.webex.com/oid/k2/j.php?MTID=t2c4240072b9e38127b94bfad12815858

 

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 

Day 2 Webex Registration Link

https://oid.webex.com/oid/k2/j.php?MTID=td7baa3d9ed72f35d4f32418d9c53516e 

 

Implicit Bias Breakout

Webex Registration LInk 

https://oid.webex.com/oid/k2/j.php?MTID=te114b98c35b873c09ace51849973bd2d 

 

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 

Day 3 Webex Registration Link

https://oid.webex.com/oid/k2/j.php?MTID=t6b91db58bf938e40b65b77f2f7bdad3e 

 

   DAILY CODE WORD SURVEYS
 

 You must complete the daily code word surveys to receive CLE credit.  If you missed a word, fill in "MISSED".

You will not receive CLE credit for the topic for which a word is missed.

It is not permissible to ask others to provide you missed code words.

   Day 1 Code Word Survey
 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSmMr394efTlMJqiE4C6p1OU3XoOuK27gPnjOk7sWUh_NjeA/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

   Day 2 Code Word Survey
 

Ihttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYiMSwrkYMlP7VT8f2uKT28HwuzArdMTMc8abL3u2PT6JFtg/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

   Day 3 Code Word Survey


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeihgoWhZipisY-iG0PertA39wPxGdeNcYjT-dqSbZ7FXrJmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

2020 PD Conference Participant Survey

Your feedback is important.  Please click this link to give us your impressions of the 2020 PD Conference.

Participant Survey-PDCon2020  

 

  

 

 

AGENDA

 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

8:45 am — 9:00 am   

Opening Remarks

Breen R. Stevens, Esq.

9:00 am -  10:00 am  

Mistakes of Medical Examiners & Prosecutors in Homicide Cases

Jamie Downs, M.D.

 

 10:00 am - 11:00 am

 

 

SAMH Hour: Stopping the Train Before it Wrecks: Maintaining Mental and Emotional Wellness (Panel Discussion)

Jason Turnblac, Esq. (Moderator)

Susan Knight, Ph.D.

Rob Madsen, Esq.

Aimee Zmroczek, Esq

11:00 am - 11:15 am

  Break  
11:15 am - 12:15 pm  

Ethics Hour 1: Addressing Proper Procedures and Heading Off Common Mistakes when Responding to Disciplinary Matters

John Nichols, Esq.

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm    Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm  

Mental Health Cases:  What to Look For

Susan Knight, Ph.D.


   
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm  

Preparing and Presenting Mental Health Defenses and Mitigation

Constantine Pournaras, Esq.

Laura Young, Esq.

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

  Break

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

 

Robert's Rules - Case Updates and Upcoming Issues

Bob Dudek, Esq.

   

 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

9:00 am —  10:00 am 

 

 

Litigating Discovery: Rule 13, Brady, and ASOL's Hiding the Ball

Jim Brown, Esq.

 

10:00 am — 11:00 am 

 

Getting Creative with Case Presentation

Chris Adams, Esq.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

 

Ethics Hour 2: Practical Ethics for the Defense Bar

Susan Hackett, Esq.

 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm   Awards  
 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm   LUNCH  
     AFTERNOON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS - CHOOSE ONE
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm  

BREAK-OUT SESSION (1) - DPPP & SCDC Updates

To Attend this Session Remain in Main Training Session

 
   

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm  

 

DPPP Update

Matthew C. Buchanan, Esq.

 

  

  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

SCDC Update

Christina Catoe Bigelow, Esq.

 

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

 

BREAK-OUT SESSION (2) - Implicit Bias

To Attend this Session Log out of Main Training Session and Log in to Implicit Bias Training Session

 
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Implicit Bias and How to Properly Raise Race in the Courtroom in the Juvenile and Adult Criminal Justice Systems

Aleksandra Chauhan, Esq.

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 

 

9:00 am — 10:00 am 

 

Battered Woman Syndrome: History and Current Use for Defense Attorneys in South Carolina

Lois Veronen, Ph.D.

Whitney Danso, Ph.D.

Alexis McInnis

 
 10:00 am - 11:00 am  

Consumer Electronics and the IoT (Internet of Things): The Next Wave of Digital Evidence

Lars Daniel

Evnisa Forensics

 

11:00 am — 11:15 am

 

Break

 

11:15 am — 12:15 pm 

 

Social Media Evidence: Finding It, Preserving It, Getting It In or Keeping It Out

Tim Kulp, Esq.