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SUMMARY:Join us for the June 2024 edition of the RACIAL JUSTICE MEETUP!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the June 2024 edition of the RACIAL JUSTICE MEETUP on Tuesday\, June 11\, 2024 at 1 p.m. (est) / 12 p.m. (cst) / 11 a.m. (mt) / 10 a.m. (pst)!\n\n\nWe will be led by guest meetup speaker\, Brittney Williams\, LMSW-C. Brittney will lead our meetup in a presentation entitled Public Defense Practice with LGBTQIA+ Clients. Don’t miss this meetup as we celebrate PRIDE Month and honor both our LGBTQIA+ clients and colleagues!\n\nReminders and Zoom link will be provided on the racial justice listserv.\n\nAre you a NAPD member and want to join the racial justice listserv? Email BGT at brittanygt@publicdefenders.us to be added.
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/join-us-for-the-june-2024-edition-of-the-racial-justice-meetup-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240612T120000
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SUMMARY:Social Work Meetup: A Discussion About Testifying
DESCRIPTION:Do you testify in court cases as an expert or about mitigation at sentencing? Have you thought about what it might be like? This meetup will discuss the pros and cons\, successes and pitfalls of testifying in court. Led by members of SAGE Mitigation (Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston) including founder\, Betsy Wilson\, this will be an enlightening\, informative\, and engaging conversation about testimony! \nBetsy Wilson is a founder of the Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston\, where she leads a multidisciplinary team of sentencing advocates and record specialists. SAGE conducts mitigation investigations in federal and state and capital\, juvenile-life-sentence\, and non-capital cases throughout the country. Betsy has been dedicated to capital defense and mitigation for her entire legal career and has conducted sentencing investigations in more than 120 cases\, including more than 70 capital cases. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1998\, she worked as a trial attorney at the New York Capital Defender Office representing clients in capital cases from arraignment through disposition. Betsy has developed expertise in mitigation investigations involving complex trauma\, intellectual disabilities\, mental illness\, drug dependency\, exposure to toxic substances and toxic environments\, and gang affiliation. She spends an embarrassing amount of time tracking her airline and hotel status.
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/meetup-sw-testifying/
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SUMMARY:Supervisors\, leaders and senior investigators
DESCRIPTION:Please join us tomorrow for our monthly meetup\, bring your concerns\, issues and successes! \nSee you then! \nJon
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/meetup-inv-supv-2024-06/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T140000
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SUMMARY:Meetup Investigator - Open Chat
DESCRIPTION:Hey Investigators\, \nWe understand how things can get stressful\, and we’re here to make it better. Our meetup? It’s more of an open conversation—no strict agenda. It’s Friday\, a perfect day to let off steam! Bring your complaints\, quirks\, and successes. Let’s hang out! \nSee you Friday\, \nJon \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/meetup-investigator-open-chat-6-14/
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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SUMMARY:Social Work Supervisors Discussion on Training Continued
DESCRIPTION:The Social Work Supervisors Discussion will continue to talk about training this month\, and possibly move into the realm of discussing caseloads and caseload standards\, so be sure to join and contribute what’s happening in your space! \nFacilitated by: Kevin Bishop\, LCSW\, Social Worker Coordinator with The Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel (CO); Michael E. Moore\, LMSW\, Social Work Supervisor with The Legal Aid Society\, Criminal Defense Practice (NY); and Claudia Dunne\, LICSW\, Director of Social Work & Private Social Service Vendors\, Youth Advocacy Division (YAD)\, CPCS (MA). \n 
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/meetup-sw-supv-training-2/
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240626T120000
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SUMMARY:Social Worker Meetup: What And How Are We Learning?
DESCRIPTION:We talk about training for our jobs\, but what are we learning in\, on\, and for the job? This meetup focuses on the topic of what and how we are learning in our job. Are you attending conferences? Reviewing materials in MyGideon? Participating in NAPD online courses? Reading journal articles or books? Learning from colleagues or clients? However you are learning\, come talk about how (and what) you are learning on the job\, for the job\, and then share your resources! \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 Social Work Training and Resource Coordinator for NAPD\, 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.
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/meetup-sw-2-learning/
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SUMMARY:DEI advocates\, JOIN US our June 2024 edition of the DEIJ+ MEETUP!
DESCRIPTION:DEIJ Advocates\,\n\nJOIN US our June 2024 edition of the DEIJ MEETUP!\n\nWe will be led by meetup speaker\, Amari Harris\, Esq. Amari will lead us in a presentation – An Open Discussion about Identity\, Culture\, and the Law. Get ready to engage and brainstorm! Don’t miss this meetup!\n\nThe meetup agenda\, speaker bio\, and reminders will be posted on the listserv.\n\nBe sure that you don’t miss a DEIJ Meetup (every fourth Wednesday of the month) or our discussions by adding our calendar to yours and joining the listserv.\n\nNot on the listserv? Send your request to be added to the DEIJ listserv to BGT\, DEIJ Coordinator\, at Brittanygt@publicdefenders.us.\n\n\nSee you soon\, DEIJ!
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/dei-advocates-join-us-our-june-2024-edition-of-the-deij-meetup/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240628T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240628T150000
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SUMMARY:Investigator Meetup: Open Chat
DESCRIPTION:Hey Investigators\, \nWe understand how things can get stressful\, and we’re here to make it better. Our meetup? It’s more of an open conversation—no strict agenda. It’s Friday\, a perfect day to let off steam! Bring your complaints\, quirks\, and successes. Let’s hang out! \nI will resend the link to the meeting room the day of the event\, for those who might be having difficulty in getting that information. \nSee you Friday\, \nJon \nJonathan “Jon” Lyon\, Investigator Resources Coordinator\nJonathan Lyon is currently the Investigator Resource Coordinator\, past Member Support Coordinator and the national survey investigator for National Association for Public Defense. Since the pandemic he has led roughly 75 meetups for investigators both nationally and internationally.  Jon is the president of Lyon Legal Logistics to help attorneys in and out of court with Discovery and technology and has assisted attorneys in multiple federal court jurisdictions. He is also a legal investigator for McClain Investigations.  Jon began his investigative background working in a PI firm and then for 12 years for the Office of the State Appellate Defender of Illinois. His primary focus has been on post-conviction death penalty cases. In addition\, Jon worked for LexisNexis as an award-winning national trainer of the CaseMap suite of software. He also worked for Lockheed Martin as a contractor supporting government attorneys and investigators with software and electronic discovery support needs. He is a Certified Defense Investigator through DePaul’s Center for Justice in Capital Cases and a Certified Trainer through the Bureau of Justice Assistance. He has taught at the Clarence Darrow Death Penalty Defense College\, Cardoza\, DePaul\, Kent\, Iowa\, and University of Michigan law schools.  He has also taught at the National Defense Investigator Associations Annual Conferences\, National Association of Legal Investigators annual conference\, National Association for Public Defense\, The Innocence Project\, NACDL\, Federal Defender’s winning strategies conferences\, Life in the Balance\, American Society of Criminology\, US Army\, and numerous state and county public defender conferences. It is not unheard of for Jon to be invited back to conferences.  Jon is the Creator/Webmaster for the internationally utilized website www.internetsleuth.net. \n\n\n 
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/investigator-meetup-open-chat-7/
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