Upcoming MCLE Events – Statewide
In a collaborative effort, CCAP, FDAP, ADI, SDAP and CAP-LA are sharing information related to MCLE opportunities, trainings and training resources, to assist panel members in obtaining continuing education. We hope you all can attend.
› The Ethics of Client Communication
April 23, 2025 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Remote
Hosted by: ADI
ADI staff attorneys Charles Anderson and Laura Furness will moderate a virtual discussion of strategies and ethical considerations when communicating with challenging clients. The presentation, which includes hypotheticals and polling questions, is relevant to both criminal and dependency appellate practitioners.
*1.0 hours of MCLE Ethics credit will be offered.* – Registration Link
› Persuasive Legal Writing with Daniel U. Smith
Hosted by CAP-LA
April 29, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Webinar via Zoom
Join us for a presentation by Daniel U. Smith, retired Certified Appellate Specialist, member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers and author. Mr. Smith teaches the key writing techniques that judges advocate to make legal writing persuasive. This is a general legal writing seminar on how to achieve clarity by writing that exemplifies brevity, simplicity, continuity and specificity.
Attendees will receive a free copy of Mr. Smith’s book, “Persuasive Legal Writing.”
*2 hours of MCLE general credit is offered for this training*
Attendance to this event is strictly limited to project staff and panel attorneys. Registration links were emailed directly to CAP-LA panel attorneys and to each of the project’s training coordinators on March 28. 2025. If you are on another project’s panel, please contact your project’s Training Coordinator or Bridget@lacap.com for the registration link.
› SDAP’s Annual Seminar! – May 30, 2025 – time TBD
SAVE THE DATE
SDAP’s annual seminar will be held on Friday, May 30 via Zoom. The exact time and topics will be announced soon.
› FDAP’s Annual Seminar! – In-Person Oct. 10, 2025
SAVE THE DATE
The seminar will be held in person on October 10, 2025, at the California Endowment’s conference center in downtown Oakland. Join us for a day of criminal and dependency breakout sessions, a keynote speaker, lunch, and the opportunity to connect with your colleagues. Topics and registration information to be announced at a later date.
*Approximately 5 hours of MCLE credit, including appellate and criminal specialization, will be provided.*
› Other Training Opportunities
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
CADC’s 31st Annual Conference and Seminar May 16-17, 2025
Location: Liberty Station Conference Center, San Diego. The two-day conference will be filled with informative and inspiring presentations, including the Project Directors Roundtable, a report from CADC’s lobbyist and criminal and dependency break-out sessions, providing a total of up to 8.5 hours of MCLE credit.
INFORMATION & REGISTRATION link
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• 4/7 – AB 1186 Implementation for Juvenile Defenders
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM – Register Here
AB 1186 (Bonta, 2024) eliminated youth restitution fines and made numerous changes to the restitution system in juvenile court. Asher Waite-Jones (Berkeley Law), Caitlin Andersen (Berkeley Law), and Raúl Arroyo-Mendoza (Contra Costa Public Defender’s Office) will explain the changes in statute and provide practice tips on litigating sticky issues. Please bring your thoughts, your questions, and any information on how judges in your county are implementing AB 1186! **Eligible for 1.5 Hours of General MCLE**
• 4/15 – Suppressing Coerced Confessions: Utilizing the Social Science of False Confessions and Working with the New “Deception Ban” Legislation – Part 1
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Register Here
What happens to a youth’s SYTF commitment when they pick up new adult charges? This Zoom Room will focus on the legal limits and how to navigate custody issues when a client either wants to avoid or remain in county jail. We’ll discuss options around modifying or terminating SYTF time, and how to frame arguments when adult prosecution shifts the context of juvenile commitments. Bring your questions and ideas as we collectively explore the gray areas and strategize around best practices. **Eligible for 1 hour of MCLE Credit**
• 4/16 – Suppressing Coerced Confessions: Utilizing the Social Science of False Confessions and Working with the New “Deception Ban” Legislation – Part 2
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM – Register Here
This training will provide criminal defense attorneys with new tools to litigate suppression of their clients’ custodial statements. In part 2 of the training, we will take a deep dive into the recent deception ban law, Assembly Bill 2644, which went into effect on July 1, 2024, and prohibits law enforcement from using threats, physical harm, deception, or psychologically manipulative interrogation techniques during a custodial interrogation of a person 17 years of age or younger. (Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 625.7.) **Eligible for 1.0 Hours of General MCLE**
› OSPD – April 2025 IDID MCLE Training Opportunities
Unless otherwise noted these trainings are intended for criminal defense team members only, including attorneys, investigators, social workers, paralegals, mitigation specialists, law office professionals, and other job roles on defense teams.
4/30 Countering Bias
TATIANA KLINE, Training Attorney, Office of the State Public Defender
12:15 PM – 01:30 PM – Zoom Registration Link
IDID is proud to present a five part webinar series on fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in the public defender workplace. In the first presentation of the series, attorney Tatiana Kline will invite attendees to recognize how unintentionally learned biases harm marginally oppressed coworkers and how in order to positively evolve, we must all take steps to actively unlearn and counter these biases. At the end of this session attendees will leave with an understanding of the various forms of implicit bias, the nuanced ways it permeates the workplace, and how to take steps to actively unlearn bias.
*1.25 hour MCLE Credit in Implicit Bias is offered for this training*
› OSPD Online On-Demand Courses
Racial Justice On-Demand Course
“OSPD is excited to open a new on-demand course on the Racial Justice Act. You will learn all the basics, refresh your knowledge, and stay up to date on RJA developments! These videos and written materials have been collected from around the state and are meant to help practitioners regardless of their experience in litigating the RJA.”
*Participants are able to earn up to 10 hours MCLE self-study and specialty credit.
Information & Registration Link
Defending Against SVP Commitments On-Demand Course
This course is intended for anyone in Indigent defense looking to learn more about Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) petitions and defending against these civil commitments. Those taking this course from start to finish can expect to spend approximately 9 hours to complete. However, registrants should also feel free to take this course at their own pace. Completion of this course earns 8.25 hours of general MCLE credits.
*Participants are able to earn up to 8.25 hours of MCLE self-study credit.
Information & Registration Link
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MCLE Seminar Questions? Please email Bridget@lacap.com.