Federal Defender’s Office CLE *FREE* for students, faculty, staff
The Federal Defender’s Office will host a CLE program at the law school on Friday, September 18 entitled “Defending a Federal Criminal Case,” which will basically showcase how to handle a federal criminal case from beginning to end. It will be free for students, faculty and staff to attend. Please see the program below and attached and if you are interested in attending, fill out the attached registration form and submit it accordingly.
Friday, September 18, 2015
University of Memphis Law School, Wade Auditorium, 1st Floor
7:45 A.M. REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:25 A.M. OPENING REMARKS DORIS RANDLE-HOLT, FEDERAL DEFENDER
DEFENDING A FEDERAL CRIMINAL CASE
8:30 A.M. THE INDICTMENT, THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, AND THE INFORMATION
NED GERMANY AND MARY C. JERMANN-ROBINSON, ASSISTANT FEDERAL DEFENDERS
9:30 A.M. BREAK (10 MINUTES)
9:40 A.M. BOND HEARING: FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED/WHAT IS A PRESUMPTION CASE?
LEE GERALD, ESQ.
10:40 A.M. BREAK (10 MINUTES)
10:50 A.M. ARRAIGNMENT TO PRETRIAL MOTION HEARINGS: SETTING YOUR CASE FOR TRIAL
TYRONE PAYLOR, FIRST ASSISTANT FEDERAL DEFENDER
12:00 NOON LUNCH
1:00 P.M. VOIR DIRE – IS IT IMPORTANT TO PREPARE FOR IT?
LESLIE I. BALLIN, ESQ.
2:00 P.M. BREAK (10 MINUTES)
2:10 P.M. PROTECTION OF COOPERATOR INFORMATION: HOW CAN WE PROTECT THE CLIENT?
PANEL DISCUSSION – JOHN FOWLKES, JR., U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE, ART QUINN, ESQ.,
BARRY McWHIRTER, ESQ., DORIS RANDLE-HOLT, FEDERAL DEFENDER
3:10 P.M. BREAK (10 MINUTES)
3:20 P.M. WHAT IS THE STATE OF LAW AS TO CONCURRENT SENTENCES AND U.S.S.G § 5G1.3?
DAVID M. BELL, ASSISTANT FEDERAL DEFENDER
4:20 P.M. BREAK (10 MINUTES)
4:30 P.M. THE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN NEGOTIATING A PLEA
MICHAEL STENGEL, ESQ., and CJA PANEL REPRESENTATIVE
5:35 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS
