January -June 2023: Law Office of the New Mexico Public Defender. Assessed past two years of training (all of which were by remote due to covid pandemic), reviewing and planning new lawyer training and annual training plan, will be speaking at 2023 annual conference in Albuquerque NM on June 7 & 8th
July-Dec. 2023: . Created agenda & case problems and taught at new lawyer training in November 1-3 2023; also did a training development program for their staff on October 31. Created agenda for new lawyer trial skills training to take place in February, will develop case problem and attend to assist with getting this off the ground.
Agenda
8:30 – 8:45 am Welcome & Introduction to Interactive Training program Chief/Deputies/Liz
8:45 -9:45 am Lecture: Mitigation & working with social workers Jennifer Barela
KC Quirk
9:45 – 10:00 am Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Client Interviewing Lecture & Demonstration Deja Vishny
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch on your own
1:00 – 1:45 pm Breakout-Brainstorm the client interview & assign topics
1:45 -2:45 pm Breakout continues: Perform client interviews
2:45 – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 – 4:45 pm Pretrial 4th A motions Deja Vishny
Thursday, November 2, 2023
8:30 – 9:30 am Lecture: Competency Dayna Jones
9:30 -10:45 am Breakout: Client communication scenarios
9:45 – 10:45 am Breakout continues: Perform client interviews
10:45 – 11:00 am Break
11:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Storytelling Matt Cockman
12:00 – 1:15 pm Lunch on your own
1:15 – 2:15 pm Lecture: Sentencing Advocacy Liz/Tashika
2:15 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 4:00 pm Interactive Evidence 101- Foundations, admitting evidence, recognizing hearsay & relevancy issues Deja Vishny
4:00 – 5:00 pm Lecture: When science is in your case/Do I need an expert? Raymond Maestas
**Meet at the 505 after the training.
Friday, November 3, 2023
8:30 – 10:00 am Breakout: Sentencing Arguments
10:15 -10:15 am Break
10:15 – 11:00 am Ethics- Interactive Discussion Deja Vishny (Adrianne)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Lecture: Theory of Defense & How to Prepare for Trial Deja Vishny (Liz)
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch on your own
1:00 – 1:45 pm Lecture: Discussing Plea and trial options with clients Liz
Jan-June 2024: Assessed past two years of training (all of which were by remote due to covid pandemic), reviewing and planning new lawyer training and annual training plan. spoke at 2023 annual conference in Albuquerque NM on June 7 & 8th. Suggested speakers for the June 2024 conference. Created agenda & case problems and taught at new lawyer training in November 1-3, 2023; also did a training development program for their staff on October 31. Created agenda, case problem and taught at their new lawyer trial skills training to take place in February, will develop case problem and attend to assist with getting this off the ground. Contact is Training Director Elizabeth Holmes, elizabeth.holmes@lopdnm.us. This project is complete.
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