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• Old Fashioned Barbecue (free)
• First Timers Reception and Job Fair (free)
• Members Craft Faire (free)
• Texas Hold ’Em Poker Tournament ($75)
• Friday Evening Reception and Silent Auction (free)
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Coordinated by Alex Bassos, Metropolitan Public Defenders Office, Portland.
Program and speakers subject to change.
Moderator: Alex Bassos
9:00a– |
Public Defense Services Commission Meeting |
Noon |
Registration |
1:00p |
OCDLA Library of Defense |
1:10p |
Forging a Group Identity with the Jury so You’re Their Leader and the DA is an Outsider |
2:30 |
Break / Door Prizes |
2:45 |
Understanding Immigration Law: An Easy Structure for Advising Your Clients |
3:45 |
If You Can’t Change the Pieces, Change the Board: Using Jury Instructions to Shift the Case |
4:45 |
CLE adjourns for the day. |
5:00 |
• Barbecue with the Intoxilyzers, hosted by the OCDLA Board, free for attendees, friends and guests |
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. |
Moderator: Tahra Sinks, Salem
8:00a |
Continental Breakfast (included) |
8:45 |
Appellate Roundup — Confrontation, Character Evidence, Stops & More |
9:45 |
Break / Transition to Beakouts |
9:55 |
• Breakout — The Science of Persuasion • Breakout — Deportation and Admissiblity • Breakout — Using PowerPoint to Take Control: Storytelling with Pictures |
10:55 |
Break / Door Prizes |
11:15 |
Racing for the Goal Line: OCDLA's Legislative Team Racks Up Points |
12:00p |
Lunch (included), sponsored by TravelPro, Tigard |
1:30 |
The Increasing Threat of Victims’ Rights: If You Don’t Know What’s Coming You Aren’t Prepared to Fight (Ethics Credit) |
2:30 |
Break / Transition to Breakouts |
| 2:40 | • Breakout — Secrets from the Jury Room: How Juries Really Decide your Case • Breakout — Personality Disorders, Psychopathy and Dangerousness • Breakout — Using PowerPoint to Win Cases: The Next Level |
3:40 |
Break / Transition |
3:50 |
Board of Directors Meeting |
3:50 |
• Breakout — A Step-by-Step Guide to Excluding Scientific Evidence • Breakout — What Padilla Means: A Vision for the Future • Breakout — Annual Review of Juvenile Law • Breakout — iTrial: Tricks and Tips for Mac Users |
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) |
7:00–9:00 p.m. |
Free Time / Dinner on Your Own |
9:00– |
Night Cap and Pub Quiz |
Moderator: Newly elected OCDLA President
8:30a |
Hot Breakfast (included) |
9:00 |
Cops, Lies and Videotape |
10:00 |
Break / Door Prizes |
10:20 |
Getting Juries and Judges to Fight for the Presumption of Innocence |
11:20 |
Adjourn |
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Download link for entire Annual Conference written material.
Download link for demo files for June 17, 2:40 p.m, Tom Plunkett PowerPoint breakout, “Using PowerPoint to Win Cases: The Next Level.”
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Online reservations here. Use group code 10968T.
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Marriott
1-888-257-3000.
Central Oregon Accommodations
1-866-617-0179. Various properties.
Scholarships/VolunteerOpportunitiesContact OCDLA by June 6 concerning partial scholarships, extended payment plans, or volunteer opportunities. |
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