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Presented by Rene Valladares, Federal Public Defender for the District of Nevada
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Objections with Rene Valladares
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Hearsay Part II presented by Rene Valladares
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Hearsay Part I presented by Rene Valladares
Presented by Rene Valladares, Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Character Evidence and Impeachment Part II presented by Rene Valladares
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Character Evidence and Impeachment Part I presented by Rene Valladares
Rene Valladares provides a roadmap for identifying and developing strategies for the evidence issues all defense lawyers face – including a framework to addressing relevance/prejudice, character/bad acts, privileges, opinion testimony, and more!
An ongoing interactive webinar series regularly hosted by NACDL Senior Resource Counsel Vanessa Antoun. Wednesdays at 2 pm ET / 11am PT. On this page, you can register for the series, volunteer as faculty, submit feedback, and watch past videos!
Lengthy Sentences and A Second Look at Injustice: Dr. Ghandnoosh Discusses Her Report & Research on Prison Sentence Lengths and Criminal Justice Policies. Presented by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., The Sentencing Project, Washington, D.C.; and Seth P. Chazin, moderator, The Law Office of Seth P. Chazin
Presented by Judith Resnik, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT; and JoEllyn Jones, Jones & Ortiz P.A., Glassboro, NJ
Dr. Bruce Frumkin joins the NACDL Engage & Exchange Discussion Series with host Mark Satawa for Competency to Waive Miranda Rights and False/Coerced Confessions: The Use and Misuse of Expert Testimony.
Trying Your Case at Sentencing, a New Paradigm for the Defense, based on the article published by Jon May and Edward R. Shohat in The Champion, ""Sentencing: The Trial Practice For the 21st Century." Article attached as PDF.
The Human Toll of Civil Forfeiture presented by Jennifer McDonald and Dan Alban of Institute for Justice
Featuring Pat Cresta-Savage, Gabriel Reyes, Jack Donson, and Elizabeth Blackwood
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