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Old Fashioned Barbecue (free)
• First Timers Reception and Job Fair
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Members Craft Faire (free)
Texas Hold ’Em Poker Tournament ($75)
Friday Evening Reception and Silent Auction (free)

 
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Seminars

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Annual Conference:
Unlocking the Secrets of Trial Success

June 16–18, 2011

Seventh Mountain Resort, Bend

Coordinated by Alex Bassos, Metropolitan Public Defenders Office, Portland.
Program and speakers subject to change.

Thursday, June 16

Moderator: Alex Bassos

9:00a–
12:30p

Public Defense Services Commission Meeting

Noon

Registration
Exhibitors (all day) —
arrow JurySelectionPro, Beverly Hills, CA
arrow TravelPro, Tigard
arrow Data Discovery, Beaverton
arrow University Park Legal Nurse Consulting Inc, Saint Helena

1:00p

OCDLA Library of Defense
Alex Bassos

1:10p

Forging a Group Identity with the Jury so You’re Their Leader and the DA is an Outsider
Marjorie Russell, Thomas Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan

2:30

Break / Door Prizes

2:45

Understanding Immigration Law: An Easy Structure for Advising Your Clients
Bronson James, Portland

3:45

If You Can’t Change the Pieces, Change the Board: Using Jury Instructions to Shift the Case
Ryan Scott, Portland

4:45

CLE adjourns for the day.
Transition to Barbecue.

5:00

Barbecue with the Intoxilyzers, hosted by the OCDLA Board, free for attendees, friends and guests
Craft Fair (register on registration form or download a form)
• Catherine Creek Cowgirl Jewelry
• Alan Norris, Jewelry
• Marie Desmond, Jewelry
• Dawn Andrews, Buttons
• Karin DeDona, Herbal Bath Salts
• Mark Matthews, Recycled Plastic Bags

7:00

Texas Hold ’Em Poker Tournament ($75, see registration form, or call OCDLA)

7:30

The Dhamma Brothers (free) – A film showing what happens when you introduce Vipassana meditation to prisoners in an overcrowded maximum-security prison in Alabama.
“Gives you hope for the human race.” — Sister Helen Prejean

 

Friday, June 17

Moderator: Tahra Sinks, Salem

8:00a

Continental Breakfast (included)
Exhibitors (all day)
Silent Auction
(all day)

8:45

Appellate Roundup — Confrontation, Character Evidence, Stops & More
Josh Crowther and Jed Peterson, Office of Public Defense Services, Salem

9:45

Break / Transition to Beakouts

9:55

• Breakout — The Science of Persuasion
Professor Christopher Carey, Portland State University

• Breakout — Deportation and Admissiblity
Jennifer Rotman, Portland

• Breakout — Using PowerPoint to Take Control: Storytelling with Pictures
Tom Plunkett, St. Paul, Minnesota

10:55

Break / Door Prizes
Board Candidate Statements

11:15

Racing for the Goal Line: OCDLA's Legislative Team Racks Up Points
Gail Meyer, OCDLA Legislative Advocate

12:00p

Lunch (included), sponsored by TravelPro, Tigard
Board Elections
President’s Awards

1:30

The Increasing Threat of Victims’ Rights: If You Don’t Know What’s Coming You Aren’t Prepared to Fight (Ethics Credit)
Lane Borg, Director, Metropolitan Public Defenders Office, Portland

2:30

Break / Transition to Breakouts

2:40

• Breakout — Secrets from the Jury Room: How Juries Really Decide your Case
Ted Prosise, Ph.D., Tsongas Litigation Consulting, Seattle

• Breakout — Personality Disorders, Psychopathy and Dangerousness
Michelle Guyton, Ph.D., School of Professional Psychology, Pacific University, Forest Grove

• Breakout — Using PowerPoint to Win Cases: The Next Level
Tom Plunkett, St. Paul, Minnesota
Bring your laptop!

3:40

Break / Transition

3:50

Board of Directors Meeting

3:50

• Breakout — A Step-by-Step Guide to Excluding Scientific Evidence
Kevin Sali, Portland

• Breakout — What Padilla Means: A Vision for the Future
Panel: Paul Levy, General Counsel, Office of Public Defense Services, Salem; Bronson James, Julie Krull, Portland; Jennifer Rotman

• Breakout — Annual Review of Juvenile Law
Angela Sherbo, Youth, Rights & Justice, Attorneys at Law, Portland

• Breakout — iTrial: Tricks and Tips for Mac Users
Dan Feiner, Portland

4:50

CLE Adjourns for the day.

5:00

First-Timers Reception and Job Fair (free)

5:00–7:00 p.m.

Mad Man Evening Cocktail Party and Silent Auction (free)
Light snacks, no-host bar. Each attendee will get one free drink ticket. Sponsored by the Corson & Johnson Law Firm, Eugene.

7:00–9:00 p.m.

Free Time / Dinner on Your Own

9:00–
11:00 p.m.

Night Cap and Pub Quiz
Enjoy a night cap around the fire outside, while Pub Quiz Emcees Alex Bassos and Chris O’Connor challenge you with questions pertaining to the Oregon Library of Defense, Oregon history, OCDLA history and more. $10 entry fee to play.

 

Saturday, June 18

Moderator: Newly elected OCDLA President

8:30a

Hot Breakfast (included)
Exhibitors

9:00

Cops, Lies and Videotape
Lisa Hay, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Portland

10:00

Break / Door Prizes
Raffle Drawing (order raffle tickets here)

10:20

Getting Juries and Judges to Fight for the Presumption of Innocence
Marjorie Russell

11:20

Adjourn

 


 

 


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