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SUMMARY:Social Work Meetup: Getting Creative with Data and Tracking Outcomes
DESCRIPTION:Data collection in our work is vital for funding\, reporting to judges\, reports to stakeholders\, and expansion of our roles in our offices. What creative data are you measuring\, and what outcomes are you tracking (and how)? Come to this discussion to talk about your data collection efforts\, highlight your effectiveness and creativity with data\, and share your data collection goals! Special Tuesday edition of this meetup! \nStephanne Cline Thornton is a West Virginia native who has worked in and around criminal defense and mitigation for more than 20 years in Georgia\, Colorado\, and West Virginia. She is currently the Clinical Director for the West Virginia Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program\, and owner of Transform Legal\, a consultancy focused on mitigation\, training\, and sustainability. As a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Master Addiction Counselor\, Stephanne focuses on proper assessment for and access to trauma and substance use disorder treatment to ensure the health and well-being of affected individuals. Stephanne is on the Trauma-Informed Care Network Speakers Bureau and uses that platform to call attention to the intersection of secondary traumatic stress and legal practice. She approaches her work with clients\, lawyers\, social workers\, and mitigation specialists through a contextualized mitigation lens. \n 
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SUMMARY:RACIAL JUSTICE MEETUP - March
DESCRIPTION:Racial Justice Advocates\, \nIt’s time to march into another RACIAL JUSTICE MEETUP! \nTony White will join us again this year and lead a presentation entitled “Ensuring Equitable Access to Treatment and Recovery: The Role of Public Defenders in Connecting Clients with Substance Use Disorder Services.” \nLet’s connect and learn together! Meetup flyer\, agenda\, and speaker bio will be posted on the listserv. \nNot on the Racial Justice listserv? Send your request to be added to BGT\, DEIJ Coordinator\, at Brittanygt@publicdefenders.us. \nSee you soon\, NAPD!
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/march-2025/
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SUMMARY:Defying DNA Results
DESCRIPTION:This presentation is an introduction to the basics of serology and DNA analysis\, along with specific topics that defense attorneys need to be aware of when defending cases involving this type of evidence. \nSam Spencer is the co-owner and founder of SEP Forensic Consultants\, located in Memphis\, TN. She has been in the field of DNA analysis since 2009. Beginning her forensic career as a Special Agent Forensic Scientist in the Forensic Biology Unit\, Sam processed over 1400 cases for multiple agencies. She has experience with Y-STR analysis\, Next-Generation sequencing\, Probabilistic Genotyping\, and outsourcing lab analysis. She has provided expert testimony for both the prosecution and defense in several jurisdictions\, including at the federal level. Sam was also a member of the Violent Crime Response Team\, which involved processing and documenting crime scenes for local law enforcement. Sam also has experience working outside of the field of forensics including working as a Molecular Diagnostic Technologist at the Greenwood Genetic Center and a Lead Research at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. An Army brat and native of Clarksville\, TN\, Sam currently lives in Memphis with her husband of eleven years\, two boys\, ages 5 and 8\, and two dogs.
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