The Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (CDAM) will present its Advanced Criminal Defense Practice Spring Conference 2021 titled "It's Not Always Black and White: Race, Confessions, and Preserving Your Client's Rights" on Friday and Saturday, March 12-13, online via Zoom.
The keynote speaker will be Andre Vitale who will speak on "Litigating Racial Discrimination in Criminal Cases" Vitale has served as a public defense lawyer for more than 21 years as a trial lawyer, training director, educator, and mentor. He currently works as an acting first assistant deputy public defender and trial chief Hudson Trial Region of the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender.
Some of the other sessions offered at the conference include:
• "False Confessions and the Reid Technique" with Gerald A. Shiener
• "Walker/Miranda: When Your Client's Confession Isn't Voluntary" with Lillian F. Diallo
• "Moving Beyond Bias to Cultural Competency as a Professional Skill" with Tracey Brame
• "Justice for the Mentally Ill" with Elisha Oakes
• "Unequal Application of the Law Based Upon Racial Bias" with Todd Perkins
Additional updates and announcements will also be presented during the conference.
CDAM's Spring Conference registration fee includes both Friday and Saturday sessions. Single-day registrations are not available.
Registrants will receive an automatically generated email with the Zoom Link by Monday, March 8. This link will be used for both conference days. Registrants will also receive a copy of every speaker's presentation, which will allow registrants to attend the live sessions that best suit their schedule and watch video replays of the sessions they were not able to watch live. As such, no refunds will be allowed after Friday, March 5, since every registrant will be able to access the training live, via videotape, or a combination of both.
Cost for the conference is $400. Register online at www.CDAMonline.org. For questions, call CDAM at 517-579-0533.
