Winning Strategies Seminar

The Winning Strategies Seminar brings together a dynamic group of attorneys and other legal professionals to speak on a wide variety of topics, all specifically designed to keep CJA practitioners abreast of the most recent and important developments in federal criminal defense.  Sessions include both large plenary lectures as well as smaller breakout sessions that meet the specific needs of the advanced practitioner and the less experienced attorney alike. 

Sessions will include such topics as: Keynote address by Christina Swarns, Innocence Project Director; Wellness for All in Public Defense with Ron Tyler; Supreme Court Update with Easha Anand; Presumed Guilty - How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky; When Fake Becomes Real - Defending Against AI-Generated CSAM Charge with Megan Graham; Coloring in the Fourth Amendment with Daniel Harawa; Breaking the Cycle - An Attorney's Role in Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Clients' Traumatic Experiences with Dr. Kele Kirschenbaum; Eyes in the Sky - Defending Privacy Rights Against Persistent Aerial Surveillance with Kyana Givens and Ebisa Bayisa; Ethics - How Much to Advise Naturalized U.S. Citizen Clients about Immigration Consequences with Isaac Wheeler; A Defender's Guide to Top Ten Evidence Issues with Rene Valladares, and much more.

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) accreditation for this seminar will be sought in all applicable jurisdictions. Limited financial assistance may be available to non-federal defender registrants for travel and/or lodging purposes. Financial assistance applications must be returned by 5:00 PM EST on December 30, 2024. 

For those attending in person from FPDOs, the Conference Identification Number (CIN) for this seminar is CONF250034.