‘Appellate Defender Annual Fall Training’ offered online this month

The State Appellate Defender Office and Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System will conduct the “Appellate Defender Annual Fall Training” on October 22, 24, 28, and 30 via Zoom. 

These trainings are set up “meeting” style where attendees will have the opportunity to have their camera and microphone on to increase learning and engagement.  Attendees may choose to attend all or some of the below programming.

 The training schedule will feature:

—Tuesday October 22        

• MAACS Town Hall, Facial Recognition, with Ramis Wadood and Phil Mayor, ACLU

• Hearsay Refresher, with Kristin LaVoy, NDS

• What a Judge Wants, What a Judge Needs, with Michigan Court of Appeals Judges Adrienne Young and Sima Patel

• MAACS Town Hall, with  Patricia Maceroni, MAACS

—Thursday, October 24

• Sentencing Case Law, with  Anne Yantus, Michigan Sentencing PLLC

• Changing Narratives, with  Daniel Harawa, NYU Law

• Understanding MDOC Records, with Chelsea Richardson and Greg Wines, SADO

—Monday, October 28

• Resentencing Ins and Outs, with  Marilena David, SADO

• Innocence Issues, with Andrea Lewis-Hartung, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

• Michigan Case Law Update, with Jessica Zimbelman, SADO

—Wednesday October 30

• Litigating Sixth Amendment Claims Outside Strickland’s Framework, with Alexis Hoag Fordjour, Brooklyn School of Law

• Standards of Review and Harmlessness, with Michael Mittlestat, SADO

• Litigating Racial Injustice, with Christina Swarns, Innocence Project

• Gearing Up for a Ginther: Prep, Tips, & Tricks, with Ali Wright, SADO

Each day has a unique registration link.  To register for the online training, visit www.sado.org and click on “Upcoming Events.”  

Anyone with questions may contact Marilena David at mdavid@sado.org.