The Association of Corporate Counsel, Michigan Chapter, will present an “In-house, Hiring, Resource Allocation, & Rightsourcing Happy Hour Discussion” hosted by Paragon Legal on Wednesday, June 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Goodnite Gracie in Royal Oak.

Paragon Legal’s Angela Ventro, business development manager, and Shannon Murphy, VP of recruiting, will lead an interactive discussion on how in-house legal teams are navigating hiring challenges, resource allocation and rightsourcing in today’s evolving legal landscape.  

The event will feature light bites, drinks and conversation.

To register, visit www.acc.com/chapters-networks/chapters/michigan.

The State Appellate Defender Office and the Criminal Defense Resource Center will present a webinar on “Litigating Coerced Confessions: Using The Social Science of Coerced Confessions in Suppression Arguments, Trial Strategy, and Post-Conviction Claims” Wednesday, June 11, from noon to 1:30 p.m

This training will provide defense attorneys with new tools with which to litigate their confession cases at the pre-trial, trial and post-conviction stages. The training will begin with a summary of the most relevant social science on coercive police interrogation and coerced confessions. It will then address strategies for strengthening suppression arguments on voluntariness and Miranda grounds.

Discussion also is planned on how to respond to common arguments opposing expert testimony, and how to navigate some negative Michigan precedent on the issue. Lastly, the training will discuss raising novel post-conviction claims—namely, a newly-discovered evidence claim based on the evolution of the science on confessions and interrogations.

Speaking at the webinar will be Lauren Gottesman, a staff attorney with the Strategic Litigation Department of the Innocence Project.

To register for the training, visit www.sado.org/go/FC25. Questions may be emailed to cdrc@sado.org.

The State Bar of Michigan Law Practice Management & Legal Administrators Section will host a conversation with attorney Mike Morse, founder of Mike Morse Law Firm, on Thursday, June 12, from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom.

Morse with John Nachazel authored a book that covers many law practice management topics called, “Fireproof.”

To register for the conversation, visit https://connect.michbar.org/lpm/home.

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