Volunteers sought for high school
mock trial competition
The Michigan Center for Civic Education (MCCE) is seeking volunteers to support Michigan’s 2024-2025 High School Mock Trial competition.
MCCE is looking for judges, lawyers, paralegals, law firm staff, court staff, law students, college students, and anyone else interested in the law and helping young people. Sharing this volunteer opportunity with staff, colleagues, friends, and neighbors is also encouraged.
For more information or to sign up, contact Lydia Mitchell at lmitchell@miciviced.org or 517-242-0320.
MCCE is looking for judges, lawyers, paralegals, law firm staff, court staff, law students, college students, and anyone else interested in the law and helping young people. Sharing this volunteer opportunity with staff, colleagues, friends, and neighbors is also encouraged.
For more information or to sign up, contact Lydia Mitchell at lmitchell@miciviced.org or 517-242-0320.
Attorneys discuss impact of
facial recognition settlement
The Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (CDAM) will conduct the webinar “Impact of Facial Recognition Settlement on Criminal Defense” on Friday, Jan. 17, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
As a result of a settlement in Williams v. City of Detroit, the Detroit Police Department has made substantial changes to its policies governing facial recognition technology and eyewitness lineups. Those changes will likely affect the work of criminal defense attorneys who are representing individuals arrested by the Detroit Police Department.
This session aims to educate defense lawyers on how the settlement might improve their ability to defend those individuals, as well as national trends in the police use of facial recognition.
To register for the free webinar, visit https://cdam.wildapricot.org.
NAPD schedules Virtual Tech Expo
The National Association for Public Defenders will conduct its Virtual Tech Expo 2025 online Thursday and Friday, January 30-31.
This event is designed for public defenders at all stages of AI integration. Attendees will learn from public defense professionals who are leveraging AI in ethical and impactful ways.
These sessions will cover:
• AI in individual casework: Enhancing case strategy and outcomes.
• Systemic arguments using AI: Empowering your advocacy for criminal justice reform.
• Automating systems within public defense: Streamlining workflows to better serve clients.
• Ethics and responsible use.
• Creating and updating office policies.
• Process for selecting vendors.
To register for this event, visit https://publicdefenders.us/event/napd-virtual-tech-expo-2025.
This event is designed for public defenders at all stages of AI integration. Attendees will learn from public defense professionals who are leveraging AI in ethical and impactful ways.
These sessions will cover:
• AI in individual casework: Enhancing case strategy and outcomes.
• Systemic arguments using AI: Empowering your advocacy for criminal justice reform.
• Automating systems within public defense: Streamlining workflows to better serve clients.
• Ethics and responsible use.
• Creating and updating office policies.
• Process for selecting vendors.
To register for this event, visit https://publicdefenders.us/event/napd-virtual-tech-expo-2025.
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