Social Work Meetup: Talking about Deportations

This meetup will focus on talking to our clients about the mass deportations as they risk impacting our clients and their families. We will also discuss and work to better understand the impact of these deportations on those affected. We […]

February 2025 DEIJ and Racial Justice Meetup Mashup:Confronting Race Advocacy and Healing in the Shadow of Systemic Bias (Black History Month Edition)

Join the February 2025 DEIJ and Racial Justice Meetup Mashup for BLACK HISTORY MONTH! NAPD’s Executive Director, Lori James, MSW, will give her highly anticipated presentation – CONFRONTING RACE: ADVOCACY AND HEALING IN THE SHADOW OF SYSTEMIC BIAS ©. Through […]

Social Work Meetup: Incorporating Immigration Stories into Mitigation

Crimmigration is the intersection of criminal and immigration law, but it is also an opportunity to develop and tell the immigration story through mitigation. Immigration stories can be rich with hope and heavy with trauma and in this week’s meetup […]

Social Worker Supervisor Discussion

This discussion is for supervisors of social workers, mitigation specialists, dispositional advocates, sentencing advocates, and social work interns. It offers an opportunity to talk with other supervisors about how to coach, evaluate, and manage the work in defense based offices. […]

Social Worker Supervisor Discussion

This Supervisor Discussion will continue the conversation around employee evaluations and other aspects of supervising social workers (and those in similar roles) in defense based offices. Facilitated by: Kevin Bishop, LCSW, Social Worker Coordinator with The Office of the Alternate […]

Kintsukuroi Sentencing

Kintsukuroi, the Japanese art of “golden repair,” involves mending broken pottery with gold, silver, or platinum, embracing the flaws as part of the object’s history rather than concealing them. This philosophy can be a powerful tool in federal criminal defense. […]

A Neurocriminological and Nutritional Neuroscience Exploration of the “Twinkie Defense”: A Look Back and Lessons Learned

In The People v. White (1979), Dan White’s legal team employed a legal strategy that has since become widely known as the “Twinkie Defense.” Specifically, his lawyers argued that White’s diet, which included an over-reliance on unhealthy foods, contributed to […]

Anosognosia: A Primary Reason for Treatment Noncompliance, Medication Refusal, Substance Misuse, and Other Problematic Outcomes

Anosognosia is a complex condition where a person genuinely lacks awareness or insight of the fact that they suffer from a disability, disease, or disorder. This lack of insight or awareness can extend to deficits that involve executive function, emotions, […]

Investigator Supervisor Meetup: First meeting of the year!

Hi supervisors, Come join us for the first meetup of the year! What are your plans for the coming year and what we hope to accomplish, and what we did well in the past year! See you Wednesday! Jon   […]

Social Work Meetup: How Do We Get Them to Care?

So often, our mitigation work uncovers harrowing life stories about individuals’ lives. These stories are compelling to us, but may fall flat with the finder of fact. How can we help them care? How can we present mitigation in a […]