In-Person Training Event Description
The Law & Technology Series: Electronic Courtroom Presentation (ECP) Workshop provides CJA panel attorneys, assistant federal public defenders, and federal defender organization staff with legal, strategic, and technological tools to present information persuasively in federal courtrooms for trials and hearings. This program uses a combination of plenary presentations and small group, hands-on instruction. In the smaller breakout groups, attendees will practice how defense teams can utilize courtroom technology during direct and cross-examination, opening statements and closing arguments, using PowerPoint and Trial Director software which are well suited for electronically presenting information in the courtroom.
To get the most out of the small-group sessions, attendees are strongly encouraged to brin their own case materials (hearing or trial), particularly for the PowerPoint portion of the workshop. Working with your own facts means the skills and exhibits you build at the workshop can be applied directly for your next hearing or trial. All attendees are required to bring their own laptop computer for the workshop. In order to be considered for admission, all applicants MUST complete and return a short skill set rubric (SSR) before an individual registration submission is finalized. This allows the workshop organizers to group participants by experience level. NOTE: the presentation software programs used in this workshop are designed to work on Windows operating systems (as opposed to Mac). If accepted, you must bring a laptop running Windows, or a Mac laptop running a virtualized copy of Windows.
CLE Applicable Event
IN-PERSON PROGRAM:
This is an in-person program. Defender Services Office Training Division, (DSOTD), generally seeks CLE accreditation for participants and faculty attending its in-person programs. CLE for this program will be sought in all applicable jurisdictions. However, actual CLE approval is at the discretion of each bar association/organization. Notably, you must sign in and out of the in-person program each day in order to receive full CLE credit. To minimize reporting fees per attorney/program, if you are barred in more than one of the following states: NM, TN, PA, NE, attendance will be reported to one state only. Attorneys are responsible for making sure the appropriate state and bar number is on file with DSOTD. For states that require DSOTD to report attendance, attendance will be reported using the bar number(s) and state(s) listed on the registration form submitted for this program. Failure to provide a state and bar number may result in DSOTD not being able to report your attendance. Within 30 days of the completion of an in-person program, DSOTD staff will send attendees a post program email with a CLE information sheet detailing the amount of CLE credit approved by each state, a uniform certificate of attendance and a program agenda. If you have further CLE questions about this program, please contact the DSOTD contact listed above. For general CLE questions, visit our CLE information center or email DSO_CLEAdmin@ao.uscourts.gov.
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