2018 NLADA Annual Conference--Resilient Justice has ended

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2018 NLADA Annual Conference--Resilient Justice

This year’s conference includes a special focus on Racial Justice, Diversity, and Inclusion Programming. Workshops that will address this overarching theme include [RJ] after the session title.

Wesley Shackelford

Texas Indigent Defense Commission
Deputy Director
Austin, Texas

5:30pm CDT

Annual Meeting of Members - A Discussion on Racial Justice, Diversity, and Inclusion Galleria Ballroom I-IIMaha Jweied • Te’iva Johnson Bell • Tracy Figueroa • Regina Kelly • Kimberly Merchant

8:30am CDT

Opening Plenary Session Galleria BallroomRodney Ellis • Max Laun • Lora Livingston • Ariel Simon • Rhodia Thomas • Jo-Ann Wallace

10:30am CDT

Defender Caucus - Pretrial Reform Plaza Ballroom I

12:15pm CDT

ACCD Meeting – Leadership Training: How to Make the Case for Public Defense Resources (NOTE: This meeting is by invitation only.) MonarchKeir Bradford-Grey • Vivian King • Tami Sawyer • Kevin Tully

2:15pm CDT

Innovative Public Defense in America Post OakGeoff Burkhart • Scott Ehlers • Morgan Shell Mentoring in Public Defense WestchesterMalia Brink • Genesis Draper • Jonathan Rapping • Drew Willey • Sarah Wood

4:15pm CDT

Building Rural Defense Post OakGeoff Burkhart • Kimberley Simmons

8:30am CDT

Holistic Defense: Intake through Resolution Best Practices for Cross Practice Collaboration SageMs. Michelle Burrell • Vichal Kumar • Porsha-Shaf’on Venable The State of Texas Indigent Defense Post OakRobert Doggett • Alyse Ferguson • Ray Keith • James McDermott • Wesley Shackelford

10:30am CDT

Defending Our Own: The Life and Journey of the Black Public Defender [RJ] San FelipePatrice James • Keir Bradford-Grey • Kevann Gardner • Lori James-Townes • Martesha Johnson • James King • Adeola Ogunkeyede Surveys, Data, and Client Satisfaction in Indigent Defense West AlabamaRebecca Ackerman • Sergio De La Pava • Nicole Taylor

12:05pm CDT

NLADA Awards Luncheon Galleria Ballroom

2:30pm CDT

Race and Wrongful Misdemeanors [RJ] Post OakNikki Trautman Baszynski

4:15pm CDT

From Criminal Defense to Civil Action, Pre-Entry to Re-Entry: Recognizing the Transformative Power of Embedded General Civil Legal Services in Public Defender Offices [RJ] Post OakWes Caines • Runa Rajagopal • Cecilia Riera • Mohammed Sheriff The Right to Counsel National Campaign: Championing Public Defense by Garnering Support from Unlikely Allies Plaza Ballroom IIKim Ball • Genevieve Citrin