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Chris Dennie

Kent County Office of the Defender
Director
Grand Rapids, Michigan

8:30am EST

New Executive Director Training -- Day 1 Nicolet B

8:30am EST

New Executive Director Training -- Day 2 Nicolet B

2:00pm EST

Exhibits Renaissance Foyer

7:00pm EST

Welcome Reception Renaissance Foyer

7:30am EST

Continental Breakfast Renaissance Foyer Exhibits Renaissance Foyer

8:30am EST

Opening Plenary Session Columbus BallroomAllyson Maynard-Gibson • Rashida Tlaib • Dennis Archer

10:00am EST

Break Renaissance Foyer

10:30am EST

Defender Caucus: Criminalization of Race and Poverty Mackinac Ballroom WestAaron Salter • April • Loren Khogali • Melanca Clark • Chante Parker • Jonathan Sacks

12:00pm EST

Lunch on Your Own TBD ACCD Meeting: Upholding the Sixth Amendment (by invitation only) Cartier BallroomStan Germán • La Mer Kyle-Griffiths

2:15pm EST

What’s the Value? Addressing Diversity and Implicit Bias in Your Legal Aid Organization Joliet ABTanya Douglas • Lillian Moy • Dina Shafey Scott

2:30pm EST

The Non-Adversarial Role of Public Defenders and Prosecutors: Lessons Learned on How to Advance Criminal Justice Reform through Collaboration Nicolet AJohn Chisholm • Thomas Reed

3:45pm EST

Break Renaissance Foyer

4:30pm EST

The Parity Project: How to Advance Advocacy on the Principle of Equal Pay for Prosecution and Defense Richard ACurtis Watkins • Premal Dharia • Janet Sabel • Jared Trujillo

8:30pm EST

NLADA Game Night! (Hosted by the NLADA Client Council) Cartier Ballroom

7:30am EST

Continental Breakfast Renaissance Foyer Exhibits Renaissance Foyer

8:30am EST

Organizational Alignment for Community Lawyering Marquette AKimberly Jones Merchant • Rasheedah Phillips Changing the Narrative about the Criminal Punishment System & Race Mackinac Ballroom EastANDREA NIEVES • Asia Johnson • Rabiah Burks • Vaidya Gullapalli • Marie Ndiaye

10:00am EST

Break Renaissance Foyer

10:30am EST

The Impact of Implicit Bias on Client Experience and Outcomes Mackinac Ballroom WestKimberly Jones Merchant The Right to Counsel Is a Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel Nicolet AChad Catalino • Manda Mitteer

2:30pm EST

Is Competency the Floor or the Ceiling? Moving Beyond Cultural Competence Toward Cultural Humility: LGBTQI2S Best Practices Joliet ABElisa Gomez • Lauren Lofton The Players in the School-to-Prison Pipeline Structure: Untangling the Complex Web of Inequities Mackinac Ballroom WestKimberly Jones Merchant Legal Ethics in the Delivery of Legal Services: Technology, Conflicts, Confidentiality, & Fairness Mackinac Ballroom EastBob Gillett • Kenneth Mogill The Impartial Jury: Is It a Real Thing? Duluth ABBrendon Woods

4:00pm EST

Break Renaissance Foyer

4:15pm EST

Appearance Advocacy: Using Technology to Engage Clients, Secure Better Dispositions, and Support Bail Reform Richard ASeann Riley • Ellen McDonnell Reentry in Rural Areas: How to Advance Holistic Defense Nicolet AChad Catalino • Manda Mitteer Revising the ABA Ten Principles Duluth ABBrendon Woods • Malia Brink