Below is a list of the scheduled Defender Services Office Training Division (DSOTD) events. Any events that do not have a finalized date can be found on the Browse Unscheduled Training Events page.
Registration for DSOTD events is limited to persons who provide services pursuant to the Federal Criminal Justice Act (CJA). For more information regarding this requirement, see the training events registration disclaimer. For event specific questions, contact the DSOTD staff member listed as the event contact. Applicable continuing legal education, (CLE), accreditation information for each event can be found in the "Full Event Description" section of the event listing. For additional CLE information please visit the CLE Information Center.
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Sep. 17, 2025 (1:00PM–2:00PM)
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Appellate Webinar Series, Session 6 - You Are What You Write! The Ethical Implications of Appellate Brief Writing Competence, candor, communication, decorum—all of these rules of professional conduct apply to appellate brief writing, often in surprising ways. Can we… Full Event Description
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Sep. 24, 2025 (1:00PM–2:15PM)
Virtual
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Federal Defender Investigators, Paralegals and Mitigation Specialists A Virtual Series: Session 3 – Make a Federal Case Out of It: Investigating and Defending §1326 Cases At first blush, §1326 cases may seem factually simple: according to the government, your client was… Full Event Description
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Oct. 8, 2025 (1:00PM–2:00PM)
Virtual
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Among its many provisions, the First Step Act (FSA) provides opportunities for certain individuals to earn time credits (separate from good time credits) and be released from prison or transferred to prerelease custody based on those credits. Understanding your client's eligibility to earn… Full Event Description
Registration Closed
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Oct. 15, 2025 (1:00PM–2:00PM)
Virtual
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GoToWebinar
Appellate Webinar Series, Session 7: Standard(s) Time – Strategies for Winning Under Every Standard of Review This will not be your standard “standard of review” presentation. Moving beyond a mere review of the standards, this program will focus… Full Event Description
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Oct. 22, 2025 (1:00PM–2:15PM)
Virtual
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GoToWebinar
WEBINAR: Federal Defender Investigators, Paralegals and Mitigation Specialists, A Virtual Series Session 4: Navigating Client BOP Program Options & Tips For Gathering Client BOP Records Programming is an important subject for our incarcerated clients…Where may I have… Full Event Description
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